County Hoop Tourney
Under Way Tomorrow
Eight Squads Matched to Determine B League Champ;
Championship Game Will Come Up Late Saturday Night
i Bright ond eorly tomorrow morning the eight basketball outfits of the county high
school B league will begin a 10-game tournament from which will come the county 1947
champion and candidate for action on o statewide basis. Klamath county this athletic sea
son has already produced one state B champion the Henley Hornets in football and
the No. 1 seeded team in the casaba tourney, ChiloquirTs Panthers, is rapidly gaining
favor to bring a second crown into this section of the state.
But there are a lot of hurdles for Chiloquin or any other of the county hoop teams
to cross before thinking about the state basketball meet at Arlington. One of them is a
M playoff between the eventual
Grants Pass Football Series Broken
Some schedule troubles are popping up for the Klamath foot
ball Pelicans of next fall, and Joe Peak, athletic director, is on
the prowl for at least one more game, maybe
two.
The gridiron scries with Grants Pass, which
has been carrying on every year for a long,
long time, is having to be scrapped for the
present year at least, and that leaves another
hole in the Pel 1947 slate. Previously there was
one noticeably vacant date.
Klamath Falls had slated its regular tilt
with the Cavemen, to be played October 10.
But in the revamping of the state prep districts
Klamath was placed in one league and Grants
Pass in another.
The Pelicans will be in district 2 with Med
ford, Ashland, Bend, Lakeview, Burns, Prine
ville and Redmond, while the Cavemen are
segregates with Roseburg and the other towns
on the coast.
To get in enough games in their district, the Cavemen had
to call off the Klamath date. The Pels already had an open spot
on October 31, so the situation now stands with only six football
contests and an opening jamboree on the hook for sure.
Lakeview, Prineville and the Pels will play in the three-way
jamboree, and the other tilts are with Medford, Ashland, Bend,
Salem, Grant and The Dalles, a skimpy slate.
So Jo Peak is looking for another gam or two. H has
put out fUrs to Roseburg, Hood River. Reno. Sacramento,
Longview and to some teams in the California bay area,
but with no visible success yet. .
But he still has hopes of filling at least one of the dates,
preferably October 31, for a home game.
P. S. Anyone having a high school football team desiring to
play the Pelicans October 10 or 31. please wire Joe Peak, direc
tor of athletics, Klamath Union high school, Klamath Falls, Ore.,
collect.
Department Of Inconsequential Dope
The Rogue River, Ore., Chinooks,. an independent basketball
team, defeated Sams Valley, independent ditto, 104 to 36. over
at Gold Hill Monday night ... A lad named Junior Dimick
scored 44 points for the Chinooks during the course of the eve
ning ...
Looking through the World Almanac (an indispensable article
of literature in a newspaper office), we find that a guy by name
of Joe Walcott was one of three recognized titleholders in the
welterweight boxing division back in 1904-06 ... so if that's
Jersey Joe Walcott, he's older than even his most violent de
tractors would guess ...
The fellow who expects to fight Jo Louis under the
name of Jersey Jo Walcott Is actually named Arnold Cream.
and he was barred from the New York ring several years
man Horn ma of advanced aae ...
But back in this other Joe
pugs who were also recognized
called Dixie lua ana noney meiuuj ...
Speaking of boxing, Larry McLane, the local trainer and
matchmaker, had better insert in his school a short course in
how to get off the deck before the referee counts 10 . . . The
ir. hou Knih hand and knees off the canvas at the count
of 10 . . . but we've had several
resting a second too long, ax
night.
Four Hoop Teams Slaied
For AAU District Action
According to latest word from
across the hill, only four teams
will participate in the Southern
Oregon AAU district basketball
tourney, now tentatively slated
for February 24-25 at the Med
ford gym.
Jean Eberhart of the Ashland
Elks, who is handling the AAU
arrangements, sail, that since
only two dates at the gym are
available, just four quintets
rather than eight will be in the
tourney, and the winner will re
present this district at the AAU
hoop meet in March.
The Ashley Chevrolet squad
is expected to get the call from
Klamath, while other teams will
be drawn from the Grants Pass,
Medford and Ashland areas.
Jim Maguire, president of the
Klamath Basin league, said that
he expects the Ashley team to
uphold its commitment to finish
the Basin league season and take
part in the playoffs, whether it
goes into AAU competition or
not. Playoff dates here are Feb
ruary 26 and March 1, so there
Ml
Walcott's time, the other two
as welterweight champs were
instances of a resting combatant
uarreu namngion mu
would be no conflict with the
proposed AAU dates at Medford.
The Ashley quint is in first
place in the city division, and has
only one more game to play.
Portland Loses
Second Baseman
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 13
The Portland Beavers had one
more pitcher on their roster to
day but appeared to have lost a
second baseman.
James Bucher, a keystone
man, returned an unsigned con
tract and said he would devote
full time to his 16,000 chickens
on a Palmyra, Pa., ranch.
The signed hurler was Jake
Mooty, veteran right-hander.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By The Associated Press
JERSEY CITY. N. J. Pat Co
miskey, 220, Paterson, N. J.,
knocked out Lee Oma, 193, De
troit, 7.
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I winner ol me tourney sinning
tomorrow and the champion of
the Jackson-Josephine county a
circuit.
Last year Merrill won the lo
cal title, but lost out to tho
Rogue River Rogues, two games
out of three.
First game tomorrow, starting
at 10 o'clock on Altamont court,
puts Gilchrist against Bly, and
the second contest of the morn
ing has Chiloquin playing
Sacred Heart, at 11 o'clock.
Then, with time out for din
ner, Merrill plays Malm at 1 p.
m., and Bonanza gets together
with Henley at 2 p. m.
For the remainder of th
tourney th whole troup
moves to th Klamath Union
High school gym. Tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock th winner
of th Chiloquin-Academy tilt
comas together with th win
ner of th Bly-Gilchrist con
test, and at S o'clock th Merrill-Malin
winner plays th
BonamaHtnlty winner, these
games still pointing toward
the championship.
That accounts for six games
tomorrow.
Consolation rounds set going
Saturday at 10 a. m. when the
losers of first-round contest hook
up for two games at the high
school court.
The consolation victor will be
determined in a third-round
squabble Saturday night at 8 o'
clock, and the tourney winner
and county champ will emerge
from the final game played Sat
urday night.
The champion squad will
then play th winntr of th
Jackson - Josephine circuit,
probably Rogue River. Febru
ary 21-22. A three-game series
may decide that, but ther is
a possibility that only on
gam, winner take alL will be
played.
And the winner there will go
on to Arlington to play with the
state s best March 6-7-8.
H. L. Smith, Johnny Lynch,
Dale Throckmorton. Darrell Pot
ter have been selected as offi
cials for the tourney, with Joe
LaClair and Harold Douglas
listed as alternates. Loy Barker
will do the announcing, Elton
Fishback the scoring and Earl
Graham the timekeeping.
Trippi Signs
For Crackers
ATLANTA, Feb. 13 UP) The
Atlanta Crackers, Southern As
sociation baseball team, have
Charlie Trippi's name on a 1947
contract and Club President Earl
Mann said today the University
of Georgia athlete would play
center field "until it is proven
he definitely isn't ready for AA
league competition.
Trippi, all-America football
halfback and a hard-hitting dia
mond star at Georgia, signed the
agreement here yesterday. He is
under contract to the Chicago
Cardinals of the National Foot
ball league.
Terms of the contract with Atlanta-
were not made public but
reliable sources have indicated
it provided a S10.000 bonus for
signing and a $400 a month
salary.
The Pittston. Pa., army vet
eran will graduate March 20. -
Sportsmen Will
Choose Off icers
At the Willard hotel tonight
the Klamath Sportsmen's asso
ciation will hold election of of
ficers for 1947. The meeting will
start at 8 o'clock, and a dutch
mncn will be prepared after the
session.
Over KFLW tonight Frank
McCornack. official of the asso
ciation, will interview John Mc
Keasj. state game commission
biologist, on the topic of big
game.
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CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 13 1.1')
Winding up their home season,
league-leading Oregon State
moved well ahead of challenging
Washington State in northern di
vision Pacific coast conference
basketball last night with an
other trimming fur luckless
Idaho.
The Beavers, winning their
10th conference gume tu one de
feat by Washington, easily de
feated last year's titleholders 71
to 37 although big Red Rocha,
center, who. scored 36 points for
a new northern division mark
Tuesday night, tallied only 18
points. It was Idaho's 11th con
ference loss to no victories.
The win made second place
Washington State's task in its
remaining games all the harder.
Washington State, with an eight
won, three lost record, pluys
Washington at Seattle Friday
and Saturday nights and must
repeat their carly-seusou double
victory over the Huskies, scored
on their home floor, to remain in
the race. The Cougars will fly
to Seattle to conserve their en
ergy for the crucial series.
The game was never in doubt
last night. Oregon State took an
early 11 to 5 lead and moved
out in front 41 to 16 at halftime.
In the other week-end scries,
Idaho moves over to Eugene for
games with Oregon Friday and
Saturday nights.
Ashland Trip
Faces Pels
Way out front of the district
4 high school basketball pack,
the Klamath Pelicans have two
dates across the mountain with
the Ashland Grizzlies Friday and
Saturday nights.
The Pels, with seven wins and
a single defeat in loop play, are
pointing for a berth in the state
hoop tourney at Eugene, but
have a number of hurdles to
jump before time for the playoff.
Medford's Tornado is a step
back of the Pels, with eight wins
and two losses, and the eventual
representative of district 4 is not
expected to be apparent until
the final game of the Pelicans
with Medford early in March.
in two previous tilts with Ash
land, on the home court, the
Pelicans took easy victories by
scores of 51-32 and 54-22.
Ashland is In fourth place in
the circuit standings.
Zale Watching
Graziano Case
WICHITA, Kas.. Feb. 13 UP)
Tony Zale. middleweight boxing
king from Gary, Ind., today
awaited the final outcome of
Rocky Graziano'e difficulties
with the New York state athletic
commission and the National
Boxing association before sched
uling any more opponents
Zale convincinelv riisnospft nf
Len Wadsworth, Toronto. Can
ada, here last nleht. knockine
out waaswortn in the third of
a 10-round non-title bout. The
Canadian fighter had been
floored in the second and again
in the third round before the
knockout blow.
Town, County
Divide Pair
In a sparkling non-conference
doubleheader at Altamont gym
last night, town teams of the
Basin basketball league earned
a split with visitors from the
county division.
In the first tilt Hal's Sports
beat the Merrill Townies, 46 to
40, and in the afterpiece Chilo
quin topped Oregon Woolen, 53
to 50.
Wayne Hatcher was hot and
scored 28 points for Chiloauin.
but he was just a step ahead of
Andy Anderson, who had 26 for
the Wools.
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MEDFORD. Feb. 13 The
Klamnth Fulls Ashley Chevrolet
basketball team Inst night de
tented the Moblloll squad of
Medtord 46-36 on a small uraric
ttohuol gym here, and eliminated
(lie utters rrom a proposed AAU
dMrlct playoff.
llie Chevs led the game all
the way, taking a 13-6 bulge at
the end of the first quarter and
were out front 24-11 at half
time. Bob Erlandson counted a
dozen points for Ashley - and
George Brosterhuus had 10. -
The AAU playoff is slatAi for
February 24-25 and tho Medford
high school gym has been rented
for that purpose. Four teams
representing Grants Pass, Rogue
River, Ashland end Klamutlt
Falls are entered..
Wild Battle
Re-Match Set
A re-match of the main event
which put fans on their feet and
left voices hoarse lust Thursday
night, is set to top the armory
grappling card t. night.
Lost week tho Grey Musk
came within just a few seconds
of being throttled by big-armed
only vYcinner, nuer mo latter
had gushed his head and been
knocked temporarily aoofv in a
spill out of the ring.
roucc hud to stop the fray
because there was every indica
tion that Weidner intended to
finish off the Mask then and
there.
The two bovs have notified
Promoter Mnck Llllard by tele
gram that they are ready to go
at it again, so they're paired for
five rounds tonight. The Grey
mas nem out lor a snortened
bout, rather than the normal six
heats.
The Grey Mask currently hap
pens to be the Pacific coast
ligrttheavy champ, having lifted
the diadem from Billv Goclz at
Portland, but t',e title is not on
the counter tonight.
Remainder of the card also
promises lively action. In the
four-round scmi-windup Tommy
Nilan. chunky Australian,
clutches with Canadian Frankie
Hart, and in the opener, also four
heats. Buck Weaver gets to
gether with Tough Tonv Ross.
The matches start at 8:30.
Victory Loop
Margins Held
In Victory league play last
night the Murphy's Barber team
went into the lead of the Amer
ican division with three wins
and np losses by defeating Lin
coln street Grocery 25-13, The
mi was piayed on rairview
court.
Tommy Edwards and John
Paul Foster each made eight
points for the winners.
Also at Fairview court the
Hi-Y quintet kept its National
division leadership in one piece
by edging Trades and Industrial
31 to 29. A basket 10 seconds
before the final whistle gave
Hi-Y the win after the lead had
changed hands three times in the
last quarter.
Hi-Y has three wins and no
losses. Milt Thompson scored 11
?oints for the winning side, but
red Fuller was high with 17 for
T and I.
Turner Looks
Over Property
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 13 (IP)
Jim Turner, the new Portland
Beaver ball club manager,
checked Into town last night to
look over the home of the club
he is to handle this season.
He said he was through as a
pitcher and that the players who
stay on the Beaver roster this
season will be hustlers..
"They won't stay on the pay
roll if they don't put out," Turn
er declared.
OSC Rooks Win
CORVALLIS, Feb. 13 UP)
The Oregon State Rooks added
up 10 victories in 11 starts on
the basketball court today after
knocking over the Alsea High
school, 59 to 21, here yesterday.
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Joe Louis
Looks For
Matches
PANAMA CITY, Feb. 13 (IP)
Joe Louis is looking forward to
a summer title fight with British
Empire Champion Bruce Wood
cock, says his co-maiuiger, John
Rnxborough.
Tho heavyweight champion's
current Latin America tour is
providing Louis with flno train
ing, Roxborough added. The
Bomber's handler said Louis
liked the Idea of meeting with
Woodcock because of the Inter
national flavor it would give to
boxing,
Louis made the third appear
ance of his swing through the
Americas last night when he
boxed two exhibition rounds
each with his sparring partners,
Walter llacfer and Art Ramsey.
A crowd of 10,000, including
runking United States and Pan
ama officials, witnessed the pro
gram. Louis' next stop will be at
Lima, Peru, where he is sched
uled to box an exhibition Sntur.
day.
And from Jersey City comes
word that after a layoff of sev
eral years Pat Coinlskey Is buck
among the heavyweights hope
ful of eventually landing a title
bout with Champion Joe Louis.
The Paterson, N. J., 220
pounder slugged the favored Lee
Oma, of Detroit, to the canvas
In seven rounds lust night for
his second straight KO victory
! since being dlschnrgcd from the
'service. He previously flattened
Johnny Haynes in Los Angeles.
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UKRKKLEY, Calif.. Feb. 13
(,1')ll. o. "Frllx" Crisler has
turned down a tempting offer to
take over the lieud foiitbull
coaching Job at the University
of California.
Tlu Mlchlgun athletic direc
tor's decision to Mtny on us heud
man at Ann Arbor was muila
known last night in n telephone
talk with California's acting
f radiitttc manager, Ilrutus Hum
lion. In asking Hint his name
which headed the list of pos
sible candidates for the vacant
California post be withdrawn
from consideration, Crisler left
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