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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1947)
Panthers Bear Henley Countv "B" Title . . Chiloquin Basketeers Stave Off Last-Ditch Hornet Rally For 35 to 33 Championship Win; Face Playoff With Rogue River ' By Hole Scarbrough The Pontherk ot Chiloquin winners of 22 straight gomes without defeat this season ore the B leogue bosketball champs of Klamath county for 1947. The Panthers squeezed by the Henley Hornets 35 to 33 before an overflow crowd of fans at KUHS court Saturday night to take the crown. ........ , .... Chiloquin, incidentally, had already grabbed off the Lake county B championship by defeating Paisley a week ago today, and now foces the Rogue River Rogues this week-end for the southern Oregon title and a berth in the state playoffs. The game Saturday night ended In a photo finish with Henley sweating for one more bucket as time ran out, and it was a nip-up all through the four quarters. d (ourcnn hin renter for the Panthers, connected with a free toss to start the icorlna Fred Hess' poured one Grey Mask, Weidner Signed For Third Straight Battle The Grey Mask and Billy Weidner, participants in two of the most hectic mat battles of all time in the Klamath Falls ar mory, will hook up again Thurs day night in their apparent duel to the death. Acceding to many public hints that the officiating in the past two struggles has been some what insufficient in the heat of the battle. Promoter Mack Lil lard has decided to hire two ref erees to watch over the pro ceedings, figuring that the ex tra third man might be able to keep the fight on a level where tile best man will win. So referee Wally Moss is to have some help in his work Thursday night ' ' Oregon State Has Virtual Cinch On Northern Crown STANDINGS W. L. Pet. PF. PA. Oreran StL IS 1 M M 1S Wublnftn SUta .4 .! Ml 107 Vutlailu 1 -K MS 75 Orim 1 M 1 Uaha IS .MS US 111 SEATTLE, Feb. 17 (St Pennant-bound Oregon State college cagers open their four-game in vasion of the Inland Empire this Friday and Saturday against Idaho at Moscow, while the quin tets of Oregorl and Washington tangle in- Seattle to decide third and fourth places in the northern division, coast conference, casaba race. - The Oregon State-Idaho clash pits the top and bottom of the northern division chase. The de- Tulelaker Paces Shoot Bob Weir of Tulelake, a com paratively new hand with that Klamath Gun club has apparent; I ly had a lot of shotgun, training pecause ne topped tne last snoot with only one miss in SO targets J. Martin Adams, Charlie Martin and Bill Davis each ac counted for 48. Clyde Fox nailed down the handicap shoot with a score of 47 out of 50 on the Wocus course. Latest results: Varna II yda. Baca. . Bob Weir J. M. Adami Charlie Martin Bill Davia Clyde Tax Pete Driicoll Ken Colwell John Coulson Tom Wattera ,, , Prent Puck.tt Al Hatton Paul Hilton Shirley Congdon Hoy Geinger Jamei Horn Herb Hauger F. D. McMillan A. V. Jacob-en . Bill Tripp Bill Hilton R. D. Brannanun . V. E. Davie E. G. Geinger B. Lapcley Al Xoeler V. Steele L. L. Lombard Ray Billing. L. W. Pinhall C L. Svensgaard J. D. Stanley Al Mocabee 45 4S 42 -.40 -37 -0 33 WEBFOOTS WIN EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 17 fZPI University of Oregon Mermen captured a 44-31 swim win from the visiting Washington State college Tanksters here Saturday. This Ad is worth 10 Discount" Are you thinking of Painting Your Car This Spring? NOW is the time to do it Expert workmanship, good materials, and -a well equipped, sufficiently heated shop ARE YOUR INSURANCE of a beautiful and long lasting finish, THREE DAYS ONLY And for 3 days we will allow you a 10 discount on the cost of all labor. You may have 30 days in which to have your car painted. Stop in and see us for a free estimate. BUDGET TERMS IF DESIRED AUTO PAINT SHOP John Probst, Mar. 201$ Bo. 6th (Next to Conner's Radio Service) Phone 8361 m in from the side for Henley, The fight will be scheduled for five rounds at the top of the regular card. Reserve seat tick ets are now on sale at Castle berry's drug and the Klamath Billiards. For the past two Thursday nights the Mask and Weidner have done everything but mur der each other, and there are some who will swear that those were the very intentions of the two embattled huskies. On both occasions police pro tection has had to be extended the Mask to rescue him from the fans. On one occasion the bout was called a draw and then last Thursday Weidner was given the nod on a foul, or rather a whole string of fouls. defendins Idaho titlists need win in one of three remaining contests to stave off being the first team in division history to so throush sr. season without a triumph. Coach Slats Gill's Stat ers, must sweep the series to clinch the title before meeting the runner-up Washington State college five the following Mon day and Tuesday in Pullman. The Seattle five eliminated the Washington State quintet from all but slim mathematical chances at tying the Oregon State pacemakers with their 59 40 triumph Saturday night. Ore gon handed the hapless Idahoans their 13th conference loss in as many games. 261 -Foot Jump Brings Triumph . SEATTLE, Feb. 17 P) Jo seph Perrault of Ishpeming, Mich., soared 261 feet on Olym- pian hill in the High Cascades Sunday for an easy triumph in the Pacific Northwestern Ski aerociation's class A champion ships. He totaled 230.25 points Sixteen-year-old Joe Vincent of Leavenworth, Wash., leaped 198 feet on his second jump to score 218.65 and win the class B event. Henry Sotvedt of Van couver, B. C, won the senior class competition with leaps of 159 and 170 feet and a point total of 203.10. Perrault's first jump' was 248 feet and ranked as second best of the day. There were only three spills on the class A . hill. One of them came on the end of a 242-foot effort and cost Wilmer Hampton of Wenatchee, Wash., fourth place. Tom Mo braaten of Vancouver was sec ond with leaps of 234 and 245 feet, and Arnt Ofstad, Seattle, third with 201 and 214.. Tigers Clinch LA GRANDE, Feb. 17 The La Grande Tigers won a spot in the Eastern Oregon district bas ketball playoff Saturday by de feating Baker, 51-34. The Tigers will play the winner of the On-tario-Nyssa-Vale series for a berth in the state championships. It is estimated that Stradiva- rius, famous Italian violin maker of Cremona, made approximate ly 1000 violins. then added a foul shot. Cillis Hannegan hit a Panther free toss. Ben Sheppard a long shot for Henley, then Gay lor Hatch er and Hannegan scored buck ets for Chiloquin. Score at the end of the first quarter was 6-6. The second quarter saw the Panthers hook a four - point lead, 14-10, then lose it on a couple of long ones by Archie Ruttcr and a lay-in by Ben Sheppard. Henley led at half time. 16-14. . After th nst period Chilo quin began breaking a bit iaiUr and took a momentary margin, only to lose it and win it back. End of the th'-d quarter was 27-24 for the Panthers. G'aylor Hatcher, captain' and sparkplug of the Panthers, fouled out on -the first play of the fourth period, but Allen Hatcher took his place under the basket. By the four-minute automatic time out the score was 33-27 for Chiloquin and the final gallop was on. Hess laid in a two-pointer for Hen- lev and Rutter counted on one of his special long pushes to put the count at 33-31 and Chiloquin took time out to cool the Henley boys off. When play was resumed Se verson potted the Panthers' last bucket, and both teams tried three unsuccessful shots at the basket before Chiloquin again took time with 40 seconds to go. Rutter missed one try for the Hornets, then connected with another long one for the final tally as time ran out. Although the Hornets fell one basket shy, Archie Rutter was high scorer with 14 points. Hess had nine and Severson nine. Consolation honors of the tourney went to the Sacred Heart Trojans as they defeat ed the Merrill Huskies 27 to 26 in another wild scramble. The win margin was a free throw completion by Jack Marey with Just a minute to go in the game. After that 'both sides had and missed numerous shots at the hoop- Sacred Heart took a 10-4 lead in the first period but were, held- to a pair of one pointers as. the Huskies staged a drive to square the count at 12-12 halfway. Then in the third period Merrill picked up speed and went into a 25-19 lead, only to lose it in the early minutes of the fourth as Bill Pickett laid in five Doints and Jim Manning hit a single basket. Lewis Sim mons' free throw was the only Merrill point of that quarter and it put the score at 26-26 and set the stage for Narey's winning shot. Bill Pickett scored IS points for the Academy in that game. Canadian Beauty STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Feb. 17 UP) Barbara Scott, 18-year- old Canadian be: uty, won the women's world figure skating championship yesterday. : Daph ne Walker of England was second and Gretchen Merrill of Boston third. 5SB5r ,, 11 NATIVIOAD "CHUMS" fat Top Distributor Batta Candy Ca. Bears Get Waldorf For Post BERKELEY, Calif., Fob. 17 () Big Lynn Waldorf had a new job cut to his size today -reviving the golden era of foot ball at the University of Cali fornia. The task of coaching the Gold en Bears, who last went to the Rose Bowl in 1S38 when they whipped Alabama 13-0, was ac cepted as a "challenge" .lust night by the man who has been grid iron mentor of Northwestern in the Big Nino the past 12 years. He succeeds Frank Wickhorst whose contract wus tnken up amidst a clamor of students after the Bears won only two games out of nine last season. "I understand that previ ously the associated students at California have been in charge of athletics to the ex tent of hiring and firing coaches." Waldorf said at Evanston. 111. "I have been told all that will be changed and that the incoming staff will be responsible directly to the president. I was assured that would be my position." What salary Waldorf will get was not disclosed, but the Jovial "Pappy" is understood to have been receiving about $10,000 a year at Northwestern and he re marked last night that "Califor nia offers a challenge and an opportunity that I could not aftord to turn down." Free to choose his own Berk eley staff, as California bids for a return to the glory of such Boar machines as Andy Smith's 1921-22 "wonder teams," Wal dorf will head west Tuesday to sign a three-year contract. He said he was considering as a pos sible assistant, Burt lug worsen, "who was with me eight years before becoming line coach at Illinois." Pels Trounce Ashland Five . The Klamath Falls basketball Pelicans Saturday night won their ninth district 4 game by defeating Ashland 50-22 on the Gfiizly court. The Pels now have nine wins and a single loss, and go a full game ahead of the Mediord TWnado at eight and two. Coach Wayne Scott said that he was very much satisfied with the two easy victories the Pels took in the week-end series on the poor Ashland floor. LeRoy Coleman scored 15 points. Gene Hover had 13 and Jerry Thorn seven. Medford. idle in league play over the week-end, lost to the Coos Bay Pirates 47 to 39 Sat urday night, after being squashed by the Oregon Frosh 62-25 Friday. Next games for the Pels are with . Cehyal' . Point in that school's gym next Friday and Saturday, " Jacobson Named To U of O Position EUGENE. Feb. 17 (JP) Dr. Paul B. Jacobson, Davenport, la., school superintendent, has been appointed dean of the Uni versity of Oregon school of edu cation. University President Dr. Har ry K. Newburn said Jacobson's appointment was subject to for mal approval by the state board of higher education. The new dean will succeed Dr. James H. Jewell, retired, on July 1. Jacobson will also direct high school teacher training programs on the campus. King Gustav of Sweden has I royal fisherman" who accom panies the ruler on all fishing trips. a of $Mxn&( 7oiaca4 'ml 1 Ten Players Selected As County Stars The championship Chiloquin basketballcrs placed thins men on the county nil-slur team se lected by couches mid of fit-lulu during Inst week-end's tourna ment, and the runner-up Hon Icy Hornets also took a trio of sputa o:i tho 10-miin squad. Gaylor Hatcher of Chiloquin, Fred Hess of Henley and Billy Fngan of Dlv wore iiminlmmis choices. Each is captain of his respective team. In addition to Hatcher, the the Panthers placod Hay Sever son and GIHis IltmmitHn. Hen ley had Hoss. Vince Hodnor and Archie Rutter, Bly had Fngnn, Mull. UaA Dl.il A,lrlii,Mt 2.i- cred Heart placed Jack Nnrey ana Ullchrist placed Junior Ja cobs. All 10 were outstanding for their play and suortsmanshiD during the tournament, and will receive awards given bv the Gun Store. The permanent trophy offered by the Klamath County Princi pals a:id Coaches association for the championship team wont to the Panthers, as did the newlv- originated traveling trophy do nated by Matt tlnnlgnn. The awards were made after the final game Saturday night. Favorite Let Out ARCADIA, Calif.. Feb. 17 VP) Hubble Bubble, $22.70, won the $50,000 San Vicente handicap at Santa Anita, yesterday, when favored Stepfather was disqualified for bumping after finishing firstj Hormone was second and On Trust third. A 53,000 crowd bet $3,557,897. - Stetson Hats They're Here NOW! 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Thousands of outstanding young meii, able to meet the new higher standards required, arc enlisting in the Regular Army. And because of the special advantages offered, the Llilta tai "Sana 00." "Marriari ENLIST NOW AT YOUR NEAREST U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION Post Office Building Klamath' Falls ANOTHER By The Associated Press Possibility that the o-.w-tlino soveivtonm Pacific const profes sional basketball circuit would soon find Itself with only a quartet wax Indicated today with aummncenumt by Spokane Manager Rtife Fox of receipt of a telegram from the tram's front office indicating the club should withdraw. "I don't think anything Is def. inlte, though," Fox added. Tho Spokane five, winners of Stanford Casts Shadow On UCLA SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 ll) UCLA's mighty Bruins led tho southern division of tho Pacific coast conference today but a dark horse Stanford team cast a big red shadow on the Uclans' climb to tho loop basketball crown. The Bruins knocked California out of a season-long lead and went out In front over tho week end In two games thut saw the division's nine-yoar-old scoring mark of u points In a single game broken two nights running, 83-32 ana: 7z-au. But while the hlgh-rlding Westwood quintet was trimming tho defending champion Bears, an unassuming Stanford team clipped USC twice in two nights. 55-50 and 50-48, to keep third filace and move closer to the eaders with a .500 average. majority of them are enlisting for 3 year. If yon are looking for the road to a profitable future, your nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station can furnish all details. Highlight! of Regular Army Enlistment 1. Choice of any brinch of service which ft 111 hit quotei 10 be filled, end of certain ovenee. theatere which atill have openlnga, on 3-year enllaimenta. 2. Enlistment ait from II to 34 yeara Inclusive (17 with parents consent) except for men now in Army, who may reenlist at any age, and former service men depending on length of service, . A reenllstment bonus of ISO for each year of active aervfee since such bonus waa last paid, or since last entry Into eervice, provided reen llstment Is within I months after last honorable discharge. y 4. Leave credit accrues at the rate of 30 days per year of service, I. Mustsrlng-out pay for all men eligible there for, when discharged to enlist or reenlist. $. Educational benefit a under OI BUI of Rights for men who enlist before official termination of war and remain in service 90 days or more. 7 Family allowances for dependents of men en listing or reenlfsting continue until 6 months after official termination of war. I. Enlistments for t 2 or I years. (I -year en listments permitted for meti now in the Army with 6 Of more months of service.) V. Option to retire at half pay for the rait of your life after 20 years' service increasing to three-quarters psy after 30 years' service. All previous honorable active federal military service counts toward retirement. it fana," "Valca af faa Army.' "PraaMy MKM,0 a) NtWS, mania t On. PRO TEAM only one gutiie In 18 sturls, re cently absorbed the defunct Sa lem Trullbluzors. . Handicapped by lack of suit ublo playing facilities In Spo kane, the Ulaxers hnvo made most of their appearances on lha rond. Limited attendance us well us the loam's allowing were believed responsible for any de cision to withdraw. It wus the attendance factor thut knocked both Ynktmn and Salem from tho league. Spokane added two more de feats to Us record over the week-end with runuerup Hellion hum tur-.ilng In a 30-fltl win Sat urday and a BH-32 decision Sun day, Gale Bishop, ItallliiHhain pliiyor-coiieh, potted 17 points In playing only the aecnnd half of Saliirclay's game and netted 18 yesterday. League-leading Portland con tinued to run a full fivo games ahead of the pack with twin Portland Skiers Win Webfoot Paddlers PORTLAND, Feb. 17 (Pi Bill Hoff.steUer, University of Port land, and Curulyn Teren, Asso ciated Women Skiers, won the class C slalom at Mount Hood yesterday with respective times of 1:11) und 1:31.4. Marianne Gehrke of Oregon State college, placed second with 1:31.8. Jerry Ulrrg, Unlvorsily of Portland, took the second men's place with a time of 1:10.8, One of because jpwfpii jyfi noAnnn UNDID WMIlKIY NM00' nt turn sttntAi jniiri tMM Uatm fttTui.r. THE ARMY GROUND FORCES WORLD'S GREATEST SCHOOL FOR Staff Sargaant Sargtanl , , Corporal . . Privaia Pint Privata . , tVa Hall" an yaar radla. MONDAY, Fat. . " Tw MAY FOLD, wins over Vancouver 80-51 Saturday and 5H-8II Hunday. Big John Mandle paced the scoring in both victories with a total of 47 points In Iho two games. Norm Baker collected total of 30 for Vancouver. All teams are Idle by tho schedule tonight but the one two Portland and Bolllngham quints open a two giimo series In Belllnghum tomorrow. Scuttle goes to Vancouver Wednesday and Thtiroduy, then tackles Bet llnghnm Krlduy and Saturday. Basin League In Final Week It's the luitt roundup fur Ilia Klamath Hindu basketball leogue. This week, tonight anil Wcduesduy, will see the finish of the season's hoop play end the championship tourney Is si ed to start February 28. Tonight on Altuinont court at 7:30 American Legion bul lies with Hals Sports, unci lit Iho second tilt Iho Four-Star Merchunts go up against Ore gon Woolen. There Is a dnuhlohouder ut Tuleluke tonight, Merrill play, ing the league , loading Flyers and the Lungell Valley Heavers taking on the Merchant. The Merrill Independent play MalUi. Henley Is at ChlloiUlil and lleatly at lloniintn. City Delivery Service. Ph. KIT. 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