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Newspaper Page TextCy gcatltlMfJh Sporis Editor Eleven (Entries For 20-30 Meet Pelican Thinclads Are Defenders; Medford i Track Squad Looms As Threat Of Tourney Eleven thlnclsd teams re under the wire for the 20-30 club's i annual Invitational track and field meet to be held on Modoc field Baturday, and there Is a possibility that some more teams may get In their bids by late mall. Yesterday was the deadline for returning entries, and so far the i teams coming include Klamath Palls Pelicans. Medford. Ashland. 'Orants Pass. Oold Hill. Central Point, Henley, Merrill, Malta, Chllo- The 1M6 meet had 16 schools - Wildlife Situation Critical ' WASHINGTON. April 22 ( Wildlife In the United States Is i facing one of Its most critical periods I In history, in the opinion of Albert I M. Dav. chief of the federal fish ' and wildlife service. ! In testimony before the house ap propriations committee, made public today, he said there were about 17 ,000.000 people, exclusive of com mercial fishermen, who purchased hunting and fishing licenses. "Recent returns of hunting and fishing licenses, which ended June 30, 1946. shows a 20 per cent Increase over the previous year," Day added. .; "It reached the highest figure In all history of over 9.850.000 as com pared with approximately 8500.000 in 1945. The sale of duck stamps increased from less than 1300.000 in 1942 to almost 1300.000 in 1946. Pish ing license sales jumped from around 8.000.000 in 1943 to more than 6.250. 000 in 1945. "It looks now like peace can be harder on wild game and fish than war." If congress approves recom mendation made yesterday by the house appropriations committee, state conservation commissions can pick up their wildlife restora tion projects where they halted during the war. The committee recommended a provision in the interior department appropriation bill that federal aid for wildlife restoration projects in clude all ammunition license fees and similar funds received during the year ending next June 30 and credited to the wildlife restoration fund. This amount Is expected by some state conservation commissioners to amount to (5.000,000. The com mittee said an additional tl5,000,dbo accumulated in the wildlife fund during the war. New Challenge ' To Light Title PHILADELPHIA, April 22 0P Juste Fontaine, a high-powered puncher from Milwaukee, shaped up today as a leading contender for a shot at the lightweight titles of Bob Montgomery and Ike Williams after chalking up his 35th knock out In 59 bouts. The scrappy lightweight blasted out his latest kayo last night over Ruby Kessler of New York in 1:52 of the seventh round of a sched uled 10-rounder at the arena. Hans Norland Phone 6064. Auto Insurance. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CKED1TOB9 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON IN AND FOR THECOUNTT OF KLAMATH Df PRO BATE. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK P. GROHS, sometimes known us F. P. Grohs, Deceased. Notice U hereby given to the creditor of uld decedent, and ail persons In terested In nil estate, to present their claims to the understated, the duly appointed executrix of said estate, or to J. H. Carnahan, her attorney, 211 I O. O. F. Building. Klamath Falls. Oregon, within six months from and after this 25th day of March. 1947. being the dale of the first publication of this notice. Dated this 24th day of March, 1947. -NEVA L. GROHS, Executrix of said estate. M. 23; A. 1-8-15-22 Nq 662. NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOAKD OF EQUALIZATION OP LANGELL VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT The Board of Directors of Langell Valley Irrigation District acting as a Board of Equalization, will on the 6th day of May. 1947, at the office of said district at LangeU Valley, Oregon, meet for the purpose of reviewing and cor recting its assessment and apportion ment of taxes for the fiscal year be ginning July 1, 1947. ICELAND W. PETTEGREW, Secretary of the Board of said district. A. 13-22 No. 681. iii hi; lliilin Saturday, April 26 Music by Pappy Gordon Dancing 10 Till 2 Admission S1.00 ri n .a 11 entered, and was won by Klamath Falls witn Meaiora placing scconu and Bend tmrd. Tnat win, incraenv- ally, was the fourth In a row for tne Pels In this big track event. On Saturday the finals In shot nut. Dole vault and discus will be run off In the afternoon, starting at 1:30. and the remainder oi ineaiier noon will be derated to trials In th nthar evenu. - The track finals will be completed under the lights of Modoc Held saturaay nigm. starting at 7:30. Onlv once before, back several years ago, has a track meet been hold under the hints here, and that one turned out extremely cold, but backers of Saturday's event shave high hopes that this week-end will be a warm one. Ralph Hill, former University of Oreeon and Olvmuic track star, will act as clerk of the meet and keep the events moving. At least one record is expected to be broken during the meet, providing the track Is fast and the weather not too cold. George Fullerton. Ashland's miler, last year paced the feet In 4:35.5 for a track meet mark, and did better several times on other courses. This year Fullerton has been making about the same tune but really hasn't been let out yet. He should pare several seconds off his last year's time for the mile. Fullerton. Incidentally, set the only record made in the 20-30 meet last year. George Rasmussen of Bend, pole vaulter, tried three times to reach 12-foot-3. but never made It. The meet record for pole vault Is 12-foot-34. set by Bob Hender shott. now assistant coach tor the Pelicans, when he was a student at Bend. Lott Returns To Mat Wars Jlmmie Lott. an old-timer in the Klamath Palls ring, will be back for the first time in several years to clutch with Pete Belcastro In a five-round event Thursday night. Since both Jlmmie and Pete were grappling here 10 years ago or more, it should be quite a reunion. Lott, an ex-Alabama football player, has been devoting his time to the east and south lately. . . , Tony Ross of SaTem and Dory Dillard. tall Indiana boy. are slated to meet in the three-stanza opener. Main-eventing Thursday night will be Billy Weidner and Georges Dusette in a no time limit, finish match for the Pacific Coast Junior heavy title. Weidner, the current champion, and Dusette, the No. 1 challenger, have one no-fail dead lock to their credit and this coming bout is tabbed for a finish, one way or the other. Local Lifters Placed In AAU PORTLAND, April 23 WV-Three Klamath Palls contestants won places in the annual Oregon AAU weight-lifting meet here Sunday. Ed Samuels, Portland, lifted 700 pounds in the three Olympic lifts to win the heavyweight division, followed by Tony Nelms, Klamath Falls, second, and Roy Premo, Klam ath Falls, third. W. S. Kessler, Klamath Falls, was second in the 148-pound class. We Can Put Your 1941 or 1942 Car In New Car (Condition and you can recover this reconditioning cost when you get your new car You'll get higher trade-in allowance! If your car it in top condition, you'll get top price ... if it it in poor condition your trade-in value it proportionately lower. Let ut put your pretent car in new condition NOW, and enjoy tafe, satisfactory and economical transportation until you can get a new one. This added value will help you pay for it. f5ssr- ' Dick i. Miller Co. OLDS and CADILLAC DIVISION 7th & Klamath "FOUNDED ON SERVICE" Telephone 4103 Major Park Gates Click By The Associated Press Judging from early returns, the attendance at the major league baseball parks this season should come pretty close to matching last year's record. Despite poor weather which has caused the postponement of 16 games during the lirsl week ot ac tion and cut into the crowds In others, the 16 big league clubs drew a combined total of 786.991 cash customers, an average of 18.309 per game. During Uie first week a year ago, the majors, taking advantage of perfect oaseball weather, got In 50 of their 63 scheduled games which attracted an average ot 30.038 per game. With the Increase in the number of night games and added interest in such cities as Pittsburgh and Cleveland, where new owners have taken over. It is not Inconceivable that the 1947 attendance will ap proach, if not top, last year's amus ing figures. Meadows Opening May 17 PORTLAND. Ore.. April 22 Two announcements made today seem to Indicate that horse racing's comeback In Oregon Is nothing less than sensational. William P. Kyne, Portland Meadows general man ager, announced the stakes pro gram for the spring meeting open ing May 17, and also announced that applications for stalls for over 1300 thoroughbreds have already been received for this meeting. In addition to the applications received for Oregon horses, hun dreds of horses now racing In Call forma are coming as well as i goodly contingent from Canada and Fnoemx. The stakes program for the spring meeting, which will run nightly ex cept Sundays for at least 25 days. is highlighted by the Memorial Day Handicap at a mile and one-six teenth for 3-year-olds and up for a stake of $6000 (added). The races Memorial Day will be held in the afternoon with first post at 3 p. m. The balance of the meeting will present night racing which proved so successful last falL Post tunes for night racing will be 7 p. m. Saturdays when ten races will be carded and 7:30 other nights with nine races' programmed. WIBC Delegates Select Officers GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., April 22 w some boo delegates to the Wo men s International Bowling Con gress will meet tonight to elect of' fleers and select a site for the WIBC 1949 tournament. Delegates from two west coast cities Seattle and San Francisco have done intensive campaigning to bring the meet to their home grounds two rears hence. Colum bus. O.. St. Paul. Minn., and St. Louis also seek the honor. Next year's tournament will be held in Dallas, Tex. Cal Favored SEATTLE. April 22 UPt Cniver-1 sity of California ruled a solid fa-U vorite today for Saturdays resump-; tlon of north-south cinder meetsJ with the University of Washington. The Huskies are conceded strong chances of winning only three events the 860, high hurdle and pole vault. Want To Go FISHING? You'll find verything you need at POOLE'S Bicycles & Sporting Goods tn So. 7th 10 Round Bout Tops Ring Card -Althmuih the bout Is scheduled for 10 rounds, there Is every Indica tion that tonight's armory main event will be finished off In much shorter order. Both Dusne Hoag and Monte Montgomery will be out for a quick end to the other guy. When the two battling light weights last met two weeks ago it was Hoag who finished the tight for his feet, and Monte was on the canvas at the count of 10 In the second round. The Portland Utile man, Hoag. Is not a stynsi ana pre fers to slug It out and gel it over with. Montgomery, who Is generally easier golig, proved last tune that h i willing to no in and. slug. A five-round bout tonight will also draw Its share of attention from the customers when Bruce Miller and Bob Eastman, middlcwelghts. mix In the special event. Both are popular ringsters and the tight will be a test for Eastman in that Miller is the toughest opponent he nas faced here. The semi-wlnduD. also five rounds. will be in the lightweight class, with Max Jasper of Portland meeting Ralph Welser. The two prelims will be four rounders. Darrell Harrington is slated to fight Rod Bortls ot Ash land, welterweight division, and George Price and Cal Hutchinson have the lightweight opener. The fights start at 8:30 and gen eral admission tickets will go on sale at the armory, box office au hour in advance. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 1.000 .800 .867 .400 .400 .333 .333 .167 Chicago Boston New York Detroit Washington St. Louis Cleveland Philadelphia ... GAME YESTERDAY Chicago 6. Detroit 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet. .833 .667 .500 .500 .400 .400 J75 J33 Pittsburgh .... Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago ....... New York . Boston Cincinnati St Louis 2 GAME YESTERDAY Chicago 3, Cincinnati 0. I YOU'LL LOOK BITTiR IN TIIL0X-9 TM0VSIRS ) ASK YOUR OIALIR OUTSIDE PAINTING Guaranteed PRE-WAR QUALITY! Pure Lead and -OH, or L.T.Z. Used Exclusively! Phone Today ' for estimates and listings for the season. ROPER and ROPER FADCCTNO CONTBACTORI I4SS Klsmslk An. Ph.n. 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