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PACE EICHT HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1948 Game Biologist Clears Coastal Closure Order Rogue, Siuslaw, Umpqua Open For Salmon ly HALE SCARBROUGH Sports Editor, The Herald And New Thf stale game comm,sion, which hu the worlds worst public it! a lions set-up and consequent ty is comtantly be inn roasted on one side or the other, today took another view of its recent and frequent ly -re pea ted announcement about the closing of coastal waters tor salmon and steelhead fishing during 1 arch and April. t. The waters primarily concerned with salmon and steelhead aiiKltnit in this area are the Roruc mid Cnipqua and those rivers, together with Uie Siuslaw, are not included in the same commi&stons ban. Last Tuesday, and on several occasions in recent weeks, the commission has issued blanket "warning in anglers" that a "new regulation passed by the game commission closes the coastal waters to salmon - 1 and steelhead fishing during the Single Former Pel In Rookie Lineup , Only one former Pelican will be in the lineup Saturday night when the Oregon State college Rooks come to $iwn for a king's-X basketball game with Coach Wayne Scott's Klamath Union high school aggregation. The ex-Pel is Clarence Bussman, a 1947 football and basket ball star. The other Klamath grad who started OSC basketball. Jerry Thorn. & reported to have dropped off the Hook squad. Two games on the slate for the pelicans this week-end are exhibi- Cage Loop Dn Final Go-Round STANDINGS W. S Pet 1.000 .&33 .833 .500 dilchnst Chiloquin Henley .5 Sacred Heart Merrill Bonanza lialin Bly 3 3 1 1 0 jOO .167 .1S7 .000 'The last spui of the Klamath county B' school basketball wheel is coming tonight all eight teams pitching into their final game of the scheduled season in the shuffle for places in the county cage tournament which starts February 20. . Gilchrist, out in the lead and un defeated in six games, will be favored to still be that way after tonight's tilt with the Sacred Heart Trojans and gain first seeding in the tourney. The Grizzlies are extremely hard tp beat on their own floor and that's where tonight's game is be ing played. The real change in the stand ings may come in second place. Chiloquin's Panthers have occupied that spot all along but the Henley Hornets crept into a tie. They play tonight at Chiloquin and if the Hornet win it'll be an upset The Panthers have been picked to re peat as county champ. . Bonanza s Antlers, ensconced in a tie for sixth place with Malin, might drop back a step to seventh after playing the fast-rising Mer rill Huskies at Merrill, while Malin probably will climb into undisputed sixth place and cram Bly farther unto the league basement after their game at Malm. Woolens Trip School'Quintet ; The Oregon Woolen squad of the Basir basketball league's city divi sion last night popped the OVS Owls 46-34 on the OVS court to take sec ond place in the city standings, but must play the Owls once more to secure a 6pot in the league's cham pionship tournament. Date of the tournament or of the (JVS-Orcgon Woolen playoff has not been set. Marion Rcginato counted 18 rjoinls for the Wools and was high sfcorer of last night's game. . Bert Andrews Wins Broun Award ', NEW YORK, Feb. 13 IIP, Bert Andrews, chief of the New York crald - Tribune's Washington bu reau, will receive . the American Newspaper Guild's 1947 Heywood Broun memorial award. , The guild, announcing the selec tion last night, cited Andrews for "his work in exposing the state cjrpartment's method of dismissing employes for security reasons with out letting them know the reasons." ' Andrews' stories, the guild said. Brought a reform in method prac Jced by the department. tome To Terms SEATTLE, Feb. 13 IIP) Southpaw Burler Herbert Carpel and Short flop Johnny O'Nell have accepted terms and will sign with the Seattle Ralnlers when they reach spring (raining camp, club officials said today. Carpel was obtained from Newark of the International league. i A rattlesnake coiled like aen hose cannot strike. a gar- ; Acomb's Bakery Presents KUvgHS j SOC J. V.'s TONIGHT 8:30 I KFLW-ABC tion affairs designed lu keep the boys on sharp edge tor resumption of district A play next week. The Pels, leading the district, need only one win in tour games to clinch tile tjiilcrence title tor the second straight year. Tonight the Klamath quintet meets the Southern Oregon college junior varsity at 8:1$ and will be trying to erase a previous S8-3U de- j feat suffered at the hands ot the , SOC youngsters in Ashland. On that . former occasion the Pels were minus I three players by disciplinary action, j but all are re-instated and will be playing tonight i Another hobble has come up to : worry Coach Scott now. Big Ed i Whitney, only left-hander on the I team, and little Tommy Edwards, mft v be out with ilniM. The Southern Oregon conference (district 4) is inoperative this week. all teams playing exhibitions and preparing to go Into the last phase of the struggle. Last night at Grants Pass the Cavemen, frustrated four times this season by the Pelicans, took out their wrath on the Central Point Pointers 61-38. Dick Button New Figure Skate King DAVOS PLATZ. Switzerland. Feb. 13 if) Richard Button, of Engle wood. N. J.. won the world figure skating championship today. Button. 19. came from behind to outclass a field of 13 skaters from eight countries and thus add the world title to the Olympic cham pionship he won last week. Both of Button's nearest rivals. Hans Gerschwiler of Switzerland. defending champion, and Ede Kiraly, Hungary, fell while trying to do the Axel Paulsen, one ot skating's most difficult figures. Button's form was so flawless that three of the nine judges gave him 5.8. The highest score is six. The official results gave Button 1983.7 points. Gerschwiler bad 1948.3 points. Kirly was third with 1917.9. John Letting arver of the United States was fourth with 1909.8. James Grogian of the United States was fifth with 1907.2 and H. Graham Sharp of England sixth with 1808.9. Title Try Falls Flat NEW YORK. Feb. 13 A S0-year-old Irishman made an un successful bid for Joe Louis' heavy weight title in an unscheduled, punchless tiff at a Broadway night club early today. Thomas Delaney, the Irishman, landed on the floor after taking a wild swing at Louis' jaw. Witnesses agreed the champion didn't hit his challenger. Before the swing. Delaney told the champion: "So you're Joe Louis. Well. I'm going to beat Walcott to the title. I'm going to become the lhTwrieave'8htchamp'onc,'Token T Bombay Louis and his party were leaving the Ebony club at 3 a.m. when the challenge was Issued. Marshall Miles, the champion's manager, commented Delaney tell "apparently trom the wind we caused by getting out of there so quickly." Delaney, a six-foot. 200-pounder, refused to give his address to police, who let him go with a warning. As for Louis, he was heard to say as he entered ha car, "foolish fel low." Chiefs Acquire Sixth Player WENATCHEE. eb. 13 'T,-Vasil Plttu, Rookie right hander from Bridgeport, Conn., returned a signed contract to the Wenatchee Chiefs of the Western International league yesterday. He was the sixlh player to sien with the Chiefs this year, but Presi dent Joe Brownlow said the entire half dozen probably will be farmed to class C teams for seasoning. NOW IS THE TIME To Reserve a Martin Outboard Motor lor Delivery fir fore Fishing Season eiliiS IT AND t'OMPARF. The Advanced Kngineerlng Features Available Only on MARTIN OUT BOARDS On hand for Immediate delivery MARTIN Ifidl t.t Horsepower MARTIN 1401 4.S Horsepower Authorized ( AII1 tm tltVICI F 194S g. 6th Phone 4366 MOTSIE'S months ol March and April. I But. at the insistence of The ' Herald and News and sport sm a ' here. Bob Hoi low ay, the game com t mission s chief biologist in Portland. has amended the announcement tc 1 exclude the Rogue. Siuslaw and j ANOTHER BOOT i So persons planning trips to one 1 of those streams during the months j mentioned can so ahead with res ervations and preparations and write off the 'closure'' business another blunder of the game com mission. The last week in March and the ironth of April are considered tlx best months for salmon fishing on those streams. According to the game commls- j sum's official news release, the ; closure order in coastal streams 'serves to i educe the angling in tensity on 'hese waters and to give protection to the breeder stocks, particularly 01 steelhead and cut throat during the spawning period." Excluded from the order in ad i d1t'" to ,ht Ruf- Siuslaw and I .- ir name miuma. s-on apparently would like close are the main Columbia, tributaries of the Columbia east of the city of Si Helens, the Wil lamette and tributaries. t'NDER HEAVY FIRE The game commission, now under j fire from sportsmen and sports or- ganlzations all over the state and I being investigated by a legislative j interim committee, continue to i make expensive fumbles like the one this week and further get Itself into hot water with the public be ; cause of a complete lack of under standing of how to get information across to the public. If the commission would take the money it wastes in making such mistakes and nire a trained news paperman to write Its "bulletins." much of the trouble would be cleared up. There is a growing demand that the present members of the com mission be thrown out of office and the commission is not doing a single thing to prevent the demand from becoming an actual bounce. Philly Boxer To Hospital After Match PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 13 IIP) Ed Franklin. Philadelphia heavyweight, was reported in serious condition at Temple university hospital today after he was floored by Bill tChicken) Thompson in the eighth round of their bout at the Met. Franklin, 187. was knocked down twice for a count of nine last nignt in the eighth and final round. He managed to come up Just before the i final count only to encounter ! flurry of lefts and rights that sent j him back to the canvas unconscious 1 as the bell tang. Thompson won by a unanimous decision. His seconds revived him and took him back to his corner where he again collansed and slid to the floor. Dr. Joseph I. Levy, sta.e athletic commission psysician. or dered an ambulance to rush Frank lin to the hospital. At Temple hospital, physicians said It might be necessary to per- j form an emergency operation. J L : ci.,,.. .VJOnani dlayer BOMBAY. Feb. 13 OPt Mohandas K. Gandhi's assassin has been flown to Bombay trom New Delhi, it was learned today. The special plane carrying the as sassin. Naturam Vinayak Godse. arrived in Bombay before dawn Thursday. Elaborate precautions had I been taken against attempts at sui- I cide. i Police reported they traced a 1 Bombay driver engaged bv Godse for i visits to friends Just before the assassination. Rcdflsh spawn In the fall of the year to the seaward of the passes, and the newly-hatched young will drift in the tides to the protective area of bays and lagoons. Sports Afield. RALPH'S GUN SHOP Will check your "HEAD SPACE" in the following calibers FREE OF CHARGE l' 257 Rem. Roberts 270 Winehesler ( 8 M. M. Mauicr 250-3000 Savogt OUR GAUGES ARE MONEY CAN BUY, AND "On lh Hi-woy to 4820 South Sixth In The 9-Pound Division : . j This young husky U one week old todav and his old man can hardly wall to start teaching him the manly art of self defense, lie b the son of Mr. and Mr. Lvren Simon, and Loren, otherwise known as "Dutch." is wrestling coach at KI MS. The little gu' name Is Steve. Lute Scorer Pushes To Even 400 Points SEATTLE. Feb. 13 P The slam- , furtably In front of the pack. Well bang boys of the Pacific Northwest ; buck but still In second with 358 basketball slowed up a bit during n',.b Jon'1-',on. o( Willamette. . , . . , , . , Cliff Cmndall of Oregon Slate i... cr ,j. c.w. iiinr urn i. but even so high Harry McLaughlin of Pacific Lutheran pushed his set son total to an even 400 points for 24 games. Dropping under his average of 17 per outing. McLaughlin counted It points in two games to remain com- Yet Linksmen In Front At Rio Grande HARLINGEN. Tex.. Feb. 13 .'i Veteran campaigners Jimmy Le maret and Clayton Heafner led the way today as a field of 106 moved Into the second round of the 1 10.000 lower rtlo Grande Valley Open. Sixty spots in the final 3S-liole battle for the money were on the line and the race was close. Twenty nine crack shots who bettered 35 3671 par over the Harllngen mu nicipal course's 6045 yards yesterday were within a range ot five strokes. Demaret, the links troubadour from Ojal, Calif., and Heafner. the big blond from Charlotte. N. C. whittled par by six strokes apiece as they came in with 65s. Bob Ham ilton of Evansville. Indi. was Just one atroke back, while three more professionals were tied at 67. They were Ky Laffoon on St. Andrews. 111.; Otto Grelner of Baltimore, and Stewart iskipi Alexander of Mid Plnes, N. C. Monte Signs For Tuesday Monte Montgomery, Indian slug ger who is probably the woikingest fighter produced by the local ring since the war. has been signed for the lower half of the double main event of Tuesday's armory fight card. Montgomery, a lightweight. Kill meet the experienced Cal Robinson, a colored boy trom Seattle, in the first 10-rouiidcr of the evening. The other 10-rounder and true mam event of the card will be in the welterweight division and put Phil Sampson, kayo puncher from Reno, now making his home in Klamath Kails, against Kenny Sanderson of Crescent City. Reserved seat tickets for the matches went on sale today at Matt Finnigans sporting goods store on Main street. Two other bouts, four-rounders, will be preliminary to the twin top bill. HOIITS LAST NIGHT Philadelphia Bill "Chicken" Thompson. 179'. Philadelphia, out pointed Ed. Franklin, 167, Philadel phia. . Wilkea-Barre Pete Mead, 158, Grand RapiJs, Mich.. TKO Cliff Hart, 152',, Syracuse, 4. v 30-04 i' 7 M. M. i' 30-30 Winchester i' 22 Long Rill. THE FINEST MORE COMING UP th Flywoy" Ph0B, 4273 ir I,,,,,,,,, 0lp no,trrn division coll tingeut with 316. In the northern division race (t self. Washington's Jack Nichols stumbled in the week-end tussles with Oregon State but clung to top spot. For his nine conference games Nichols has U3 points. Roger Wiley of Oregon edged around Vlnce Hun son ot Washington State into sec ond spot with 125 counters to Han son's 123. Only Craudall. Nichols and Wiley figured In the over-all picture as small college aces continued to dominate the scoring race. Willa mette and Portland each contrib uted two to the top 10. with one ech coming from Whllworth. Cen tral Washington and Pacific Lu theran. In the division picture. Wiley could take over top spot by collect ing 19 points In the Oregon-Idaho series tonlgnt irriaayi ana tiatur- day. Both Nichols and Hanson will be Idle until next week. The leaders i through games of i February 10 : ALL GAHta ci rr. Mrljiiitrhlin PLC Bob JohrtKjn. Willamette 31 CrandaH. OSC 34 lai 110 11 Jim Jonon. WIMamrtt 21 Dvlrh. Portland 29 NlrholMMi. Ont.. ttnh 31 Ntchol. Wh. . 72 Mnrtlock. Whltworth . 3 Wilfy, Oregon 32 Croak acquei, Portland M 113 313 .ot TV I ass 37 3S1 NORTHritV Dtvmo NirhcU. Washington .. I" .V. 4 1 Hi Wde, Oregon - 41 41 IIS Hai.Ksn. WSf 10 4M 37 1JJ Whit. Washington - . in M 24 94 Wilkin. Oregon . . J7 Iff o Crandall. OSC . 34 . Wl fare-. OSC t M II 1U Vandenburg. Wahlngton 10 3 33 Ml Williammnn. Oregon 2n 4i no O.. da. WSC , . ..10 W TO M t Figures May Prove Point Thirteen rounds of w ret. Ulna lor Frtdny the Thirteenth Is the ar rangement of the armory mat card tonlRht, and that combination ol figure probably will be unlucky for Komrone. Maybe three persons, the losers of the three bouts. Frankic Stojack. former Wash ington State find professional foot ball player. Is the headllner. meet ing Georges Dusette tn the ftve ro.aid main event. Stojack Is making his debut here. The other two battle will be four heats duration each. In the opener Milt Olsen goes to bat with Bob Cummlngs In what shoull be a! cleanly tiff, and the middle bout j puts Buck Davidson and Al Williams Into what probably will not be a i clean match but undoubtedly will be ' exciting. I We're Not Stock Brokers But We're Zooming Down ALL WOOL BLANKETS new 95 3 Hire 1xM. Bath Towels LIKE NEW Q f 29c, ix.u .we. B-15 JACKET ONLY 12.95 NEW WARM Water Repellent B asai j 527 Main ASPAfiF M FRf ANTIM? f Ex-USF Coach Might Forfeit Rockets Post McKcevcr's Blast May Follow Him Into Pro Circuit SAN FKANl'ISfO. Feb. 13 M'l The football eligibility ruckus kicked up by Coach Kd MiKcever at the University of Hail Francisco showed Minis today of following him Into professional football. President Tuny Mtirubtto of the Sun Francisco 4U cia is en route to Chlciigu with demands for an In vest linn tun by the Alt-America run frience of the "white paper" on U8F football which McKcever left be. hind when lie became coach of the Chicago Rockets. After coaching at USP for a year McKeever abruptly resigned last month to take the pro team Job and wrote a widely circulated letter lu which he questioned eligibility of 7i USP players ami nil money was paid to some of the Dons. Morabno left lust night fur a week-end meeting of official of the All-Atuerlcn conference, of which the 4l era and Rockets are members. "I ll say plenty about this at the meeting.'' Morubito said. He said he considered McKcrter's l lion "my business and I don't like It. I'MII'l.r: Wll.l. TALK "Wcie trying to build good will not tear It down." Morubito added. "He la one of us and Hople can't I help but ask: 'What kind of coaches do you hire?' " Asked if he believed McKcevcr's ; Job with the Ktvkris would be en- duncerrd. Mombito said: I "This certainly won't enhance It." I University of Nan Francisco olll i clals meanwhile returned a heavy i fire of counter charges at McKeever. I USF athletic officials charged Me I Keever had- I. Told five players lie brouuht here for the VKf team to cover up the f"t they Imd previously at- lencien other colleges ! !. Stripped the athletic files ot j such papers as schedule negnlla j tlons. alumni letters on prospects ana tootball plans. X Repeatedly exceeded budgets lor grid games. OM.V ONE Ol T Father Jerome Sullivan, athletic moderator, announced that only one of the M players named bv Mr. i Keever Phil O'Connor, formerly of Wotre Dame and St Units university ''ere tonight and UCLA i3-3i tomor definitely was Ineligible Onlv one " night. Stanlord (0-4 plays the other Joe Mocha, said by McKeev. to have attended Pittsburgh. Bethany and Maryland remains in doubt. Father Hullivaii said. He added that McKeever hart "compromised" five players m-ho ' Report from Htauford picture the failed to mention previous college I I"1 Place Indians as greatly Im atlenilunce but that their names will ' proved. oe clear unless any opponent ob i Jccts to their playing. Ducks Stage Series With Vandal Five UNIVERSITY OP OREGON. Ku gent. Frb. 13 The Orntoii Ducks oprii Ions home stand hrre (exlsy and Saturday snen the Idaho Vnll dals invade McArthur court lor the final two samrs of the IB48 series. The Iradltloni'.l Dads Day pro Brain will hlghlmht the taint Sat urday nisht. The tame is the Ie ture attraction il the days wrrk end. In the llrst two games, played last week at Muscov. the Vandals and Wrbfoota traded wins. Following the game with Idaho. I the Ducks will play a home and ! home series the following week-end w ith Ihe Oreg in State Beavers. Then the Ducks return to McArthur court for two games with Washington 8tate and one with Oregon State. Last werk in the Inland Empire Ihe Ducks lost three of the fuur games and all but eliminated them selves from the 11M8 northern divi sion race However, with games still to be played against the Cougars and lieavers. both very much still In the title picture, the Ducks may play an Important role In deciding which team wins the 1948 flag. Lightweight Marine Plywood Plywood Rowboars They have ribs. Link River Boat Works 8.111 r'HOXT STREET HUCK TOWELS NEW - 173 12c, Reg. 38c each aej. "work jacket mtANi) r NEW 73C This la the durable lint fatigue Jacket. Phone 3523 Three Event Brackets Scheduled For Trials Final Hi'istigciiienls are being worked out for the Parlflc Coast .w'lielliiiictl retriever trials lu be held Saturday and Hunilay on I he Kin ninth ritrr three miles out of town toward Dorrts, Willi t'uee brackets of events scheduled. ttaturo'ay at a. in. Ilia trials Meissner Acquires Partner PORTLAND, Frb. 13 -A SOO-mll kl trip tlown Ute Ctm-.ut mutmlaiit mn 110 wiltirrnr.u will be nupinplctl utter all. Jm'k MrlftMier, Cail Sum mil wtxKhmAti, yrMrrritty minounccd he whi ptuitHmmtf hi& publlciied Irlp imlctluurly bci'tiu.to he hud been rrrMtrilly diaiouruttcd Iium koiiiu uiulit). Uut todtiy he has punnet' and i he will make ihe trip (turn Mt. Hood lo Critter Lake niter all. The ptutuer u fcriu. I'cntlirny, 'JO, ut Muldrii. Mom., Who la Kulkllig us a itkt imuuciur at Ml. lloud. Meiuuer iu tu have tuned hli bulu trip down the CaM.adii today Friday the Thirteenth but now he will ail Until Ut'Xl WcdnrtKlay lu alluw rrnthrny lu gel hu equip mem ready. They expect lu be tout JU day. Only twice duel Mrlwuicr and now J'cuiheny plan lu luuch ctwli KHltuU alter Uiry leave Government camp, each time u replenish tup plies lu the pound pack the) will cany. They expcvl lo pick up additional ralluna al the bamiam highway un the 10 tn day and on (He Willamette highway un the 30lh day. The f ureal aet vice waa c ret tiled with dUcuuruging .yeiAuer hum hit solo juuj.iey, pointing out the risk ol the venture. Bears Should Take Pennant UKHKrXr.Y. Call!., Krb. 13 .T) California call virtually clinch the southern division basketball title ol the Pacific Coast conference this wrrk-end. The Bears 4-0i meet the Uni versity of Southern California il-3 southern tams In reverse sched- uw ' ' Coach Nibs Price Is confident III. I ,k- wl" dd two more victories to ! their string of fuur. SKi SALE MfUl edged. Ilirkory ridge p SKIS Now $11.95 WHITE STA; Ski Pants Now $12.50 Nklt for rent . , blmllnii mounted. GUN STORE 1lt Maie HIGH SCHOOL Graduates,., WANT GOOD PAY? I)f llJL CHANCE TO GREATER YV EARNINGS IN .... ANY OF THESE . . i r (" T.l.lyp.npr.lnriH.HI. CSf k Jf'" """ H"f arm TTTT ap.'.tnri Kl.rlrlrl.n; OmM IJBnl.l lh Twhnlrl.n; 2', , lS JJn.m.n. 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