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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 194? hERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON f ACE NIN6 Snapp Row Investigation Shows Blame is Widespread MiialS sai Bla sailae The rrcriit controversy over the Ineligibility ' M e r r 1 1 1 a UjwcII rlnapp le aiwwballlng Uilo an un- . Jurtunale rhubarb mid demands ad M'Uuiml comment. Linu curnrr, commenting on thr alluatlon hi Monday's column, did iwl intriid to lr the whole bulk ! nf Ihf blame on Mrrrlll. ; ,' Certainly the blame mint be ' shared with the entire county loop t ayslrm mid err ! tain Individuate J who knew lor certainty that I the Husky half- bmk a In eligible. Rathrr than register a carn al mention of Hnappa Inrlliii. blllly. firm aland a ho u Id have been taken and presented lo Merrill au- thorlllra. HI n IU'RO lrorue Elliott, Henley's principal but principal at Mrrrlll when Hnapp Ural donned gridiron tta definitely made the atatemrm. "1 played him i In the rliihlh grade) . , , knowing he'd be Ineligible in hu aenior car." Al the time. Elliott said he waa working under the assumption Snapp would be too old In hla aenior year. A It turned out, thu waa Incorrect. However, thla much iUnda aa the alark truth. Mlloit and ne doubt othrra connected with the league hould hare been more emphatic, rattier than make mere mention of Hnappa Ineligibility In off-the-cuff conversations. It la difficult to determine riart ly who finally made an official pro teat or when auch action wecurred. Hut, unfortunately. II waa dona after Merrill had won rive league game and waa on the way toward tt league title. Why No Proteit? ' Z: In the meantime, Harold Urn jdrlrkaon. Merrill coach, maintains that ha wasn't aura of Snapp a In eligibility. H a true that ha had no 1 doubt heard rumora but Inaamurh i aa the Huskies continued to knock lTvrr grid npponrtita and no OKFI CIAL PROTEST or even state ment from league member Uiat a proteat would bo made, naturally ' lead Hrndrlrksnn to believe that maybe rumora of Hnapp a Ineligibil ity waa ao much hogwaxh. ,.. It waa rrpnrtrd that Bonanza ; waa one of the schouls proteatlng. i Put, If no, why didn't they proleat J I1KFORE the October 15 game? ; Henley played Merrill October 1. Again a question bob up why J didn't Flllntt make It definite he would protest the garni It Hen a drtckson played Snapp? I From what I ran gather through numeroua convematlona the only j "protests" were casual "you-better-a lonk-lnto-thla-boy-Bnapp he-may-" be-lnellglble" atatrmriits. a The matter flrat bobbed up. Hen- drlrkaon aald, the day of the Ho- nanta-Malln game when Honansa principal Clayton Sharp talked to t llendrlckonn. Ilendrlckaon, In turn, ; filed a letter lo the Oregon State activities aaooelalion aaklng for ' 'eligibility data when Snapp waa re J portedly playing In the eighth grade. The anawer. a verbal one, at a later liearlng here In Klamath Falla, waa J la the effect that the recorda could a oiot be fonnd. Thla column lan't written lo com Opletely contradict the flrat pub JVlnhcd statement, but rather to aay 'that the blame la widespread for the a whole affair. Loose Ends I ' If any major blame la to be dl- ; rerted. It should be aimed at thou ! who allowed Snapp to play In the eighth grade tinder the assumption a he'd be Ineligible when a aenior. I Ilendrlckaon. upon Investigation. J found that there had been no I changes In the atate ruling aa to ! age. The 8napp boy waa misled orlg- inally which la aeconriary In 1m- portanre to the fact that no action a waa taken until the Huaklea were well on their way to a county title. There la one Important question t I'd like answered before thla mat- Gun Repairing BACK FOR LINE DUTY Rum Johnston, big Oregon Tech tackle, otter repeated inuries hove kept him from full health for the Owl football ogendo, will be neor full strength for the Vanport Viking tangle Soturday night in Portland. His most recent injury, on onkle hurt, is healing rapidly, Coach Dale Dougherty said. Monotonous, Isn't It? YANKEE JOHNSON BOOTS 94 IN ROW NFVV YORK. Nov. 1 (4V-One of these Sundays, maybe three or four years from now. Hurvey iPati Johnson of the New York football Yankees It going to miss a kick for point after touchdown and spoil a moat promising record. At the moment the former Wil liam A Mary stalwart haa booted M one-potntera In a row. This la 31 better than Uie former professional land, of course, college i record hung up by Jack (Automatic) Manders with the Chicago Ilea r a away back In IS33-37. (Menders' National football lrague record was broken 10 days ago by Cliff Patton. Philadelphia Eagles' guard who ran hla consecu- ter la wiped off the slate and put down aa an unfortunate circum stance caused by a lark of thor ough Investigation BKFORE the league play started. IHW C'nt'1.11 OKA.V CI.AI.MINn THAT RKl'OKDS IIAVF II KIN LOST TO N 11 R g T A N T I A T E HNAI'P'H M'MItrK OF COMPETI TION YKARS. HAND DOWN A DISgt'AI.IHl ATION RVl.l(i ON HOMKONE8 8AY-80T There la no doubt land Hen drlrkaon told me aa much) that Snapp la Ineligible. But my opinion Is that the league organisalion and the stale ruling body should tie acme loose enda together and direct athletic matters In a more efficient mannrr. P. S. Snapp did not play in the Sacred Heart game and thus the Huskies have one official win on Its record, contrary to published re ports. . Note to aroused Merrill citizens: Those who thought Snapp waa In eligible should havt taken definite tepe before league play started to find out for aure. It waa an ex pensive gamble. tive string to 77 over a three-year period. The last time Johnson failed In his specialty aa on Brptember 13. 1M7, In a game against the rival Loa Angeles Dona of the All-America conference. Even that, however, as 'not quite the blot on his career that one might suppose. "t didn't exactly mlaa It." Johnson confides. "That one waa blocked.' The Yankees' third-strong center also has found time to make himself one of the most feared field goal kickers In the pro game. Hit boots from the field have won three games for the Yanks already this season. Since he Joined the stadium crowd In 46. Johnson has made good on 31 three-pointers out of 31 at timpted. Five of them were from 40 yards or more. - Bosox Land Trio on AP Star Team NEW YORK, Nov. 2 UPv-The New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodg ers, rivals in the last world series, each gained two berths on the As sociated Press' 1V4B major league all-etar team. Both, nowrvrr. were forced to play second fiddle to the Boston Red Sox. who led all clubs with three representatives Outfielder Ted Williams ind Pitchers Mrl Par Mil and Ellis Kinder. The remainder of the dream aiiuad picked by a poll of III members of the Haarball Writers Association f America Is composed of one player each from the Detroit Tigers, Ml touts Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Tommy llenrlrh, a converted first baseman, and Khovtatop Phil Rli suto art the world champion ' Yankees on the squad, tterond Baseman Jackie Robinson f'slrher Rav CamDanella are the Dodgers' representatives. j Third Baseman George Kelt, only Tiger on the team, received the 1 most votea. He waa named on 113 of the 116 ballot" cast. Williams waa next with 112. Others to hit the century figure were Robinson. 108. and 8tan Muatal, Cardinals' star flycsutier. 100. Campanrlla Just missed with 99. A feud that started last week In Henrlch got 97 votea for first and the armory ring will be continued five in the outfield. Musial got tonight with two principals added, three additional votes, all for first Jack Lipscomb, a sneering, vlll- bsse. The smallest number of votes alnous grappler. perturbed at his fnr winner went to Ralph Klner. opponent, the Yaqui Kid. directed a Pittsburgh's home run slugger whose Sunday punch at the Kid s teacher. ( club through necessity, moved 68 votea won the right field post. : Yaqui Joe. skippering the fight lto larter quarttrj. R1Z71TO WINS ! 0m ' Mra""""' th rhubart The club started AprU 17 In one . . . . 1 ' 1 17SI1U WatJ VSa.! aCallia. s UlUCilktl sag Rlxxuto won with 83 'votes only However. the wUv. honors. Mexi- ,Malln and last week moved Into the START OF RHUBARB Jack Lipscomb applies a reverse headlock with a choke on the Yaqui Kid ond, ot the same time, aims o choice sneer at the Kid's manager, Yaqui Joe, last week at the armory. The affair broke into wholesale fist-throwing a few minutes after this was shot. Tonight Yoqui Joe and his Kid will team against Lipscomb and Buck Weaver in a team-wrestling scuffle. : Yaquis Go Against Lip, Buck "LITTLE SERIES" EYED BY ROWLAND LOS ANGELES. Nor. 2 (At A new "little world series" between the Pacific Coast league champion and either the America associa tion or International league pen nant winner is being talked. PCX. Prexy Clarence Rowland said Square Dancers Need More Room For the third time in eight months the Malin Square Dance one vow separated the Red Sox lrk to uke ,dTBnUge of iBrodway hall where they will hold pitching twins. The lennanaea lhe ,tUBtJoIlf applied s painful i their practice sessions every Wed ParneU. who won 2S games and lost jmpine n the Lip and the match mesday night, only eight, drew 78 votea. one more : WM 0TW. j This club now has a repertoire of than the rlghthanded Kinder, who Tonl(!ht Lipscomb will team with i some 40 square dances according led all American league pitchers Lnothrr Indiana grunt-and-groaner. i to their caller. Otto Ellis, with a 23-6 won and lost record. Buck weaver, ggsinst the two Ya- Klamath basin people who axe ln Of the ten mm selected, only two gUl, tne Ki(j an jot n a team .teres ted In these dances are asked are holdovers from the 148 team. r(,'ir I to contact a club member for lnvi- The Incumbents are Williams and , , ,h ,h. ., , u , itatlon to Join the club. Musial. Williams. In fact, has been n0.umU ,jr, the best two-of-three names on an 'ar nmociairo trama starting in 1946. Those missing from ' last year's squad Include Johnny Mlxe, first base; Joe Gordon, second base: Loa Boudrrau, shortstop: Bob Elliott, third base; Joe DIMagglo, center field; Birdie Tebbett. catcher, and Johnny Sain and Harry Brecheen, pitchers. Turkey Dinners For U. S. Troops FRANKFURT. Oermany, Nov. 1 0P Turkey dinners of Thanksgiv ing were assured today for Ameri can troops In Oermany and Austria. The army announced that 383.396 pounds of turkeys have arrived in Bremerhaven. They wlU be distri buted In time for Thanksgiving. The opener will see the return of aggressive Frankte RtoJark, who wore the northwest Junior heavy weight crown so long It became a habit. That Is. until Jack McAullffe lifted the bauble in Canada and during subsequent scuffles the title went to Bouncing Al Staax. The ex-Washington State All America footballer, will tangle with Maurice LaChappell In the one hour or two-of-three falls curtain raiser. The armory will open at 7:30 for ticket sale. The first bout goes on wt 8:30. Tickets can also be ob tained at Castleberry s drugs. Buck Davidson will referee the matches. Joe Said 'Write It'? They Did BOSTON, Nov. 2 (4V-The fans apparently "wrote" Joe McCarthy bark into the managership of the Boston Red Sox for the next two years. The front office disclosed last night that the Jut-Jawed pilot had been besieged with tan letters at his Tonawanda, N. Y. farm home. In sisting he continue as manager. They apparently answered a problem he brought to Boston when his club returned from Its vital two game aeries which gave the New York Yankees the American league title. The crestfallen 62-year-old man ager told newsmen then, "If you want me back, write It." Some sports writers did; others didn't. But the fans apparently set tled the problem with their kind letters to the taciturn Sox pilot. He came to terms yesterday at a salary believed to be between $50,000 and $55,000. Missing Hunter's Body Found PORTLAND. 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Rowland did not aay anything about future plans of that series. He added that lack of public in terest will force abandonment of the PCL playoffs regardless of whether the planned playoff with the east em circuit goes off. Wynne With Winners I i Fifteen contest games tor week of November 6: I. Washington Bute at Call fornla. 1. Oregon Bute at Idaho. 1. Washington at Oregon. 4. Stanford at Southern Call fomia. a. Iowa at Minnesota. f. Purdue at Michigan. 7. Indiana at Illinois. I. Notre Dame at Michigan SUte. 9 Wisconsin at Northwestern. 10. Ohio Bute at Pittsburg n, 11. Dartmouth at Columbia. 12. Navy at Tulana. 13. Maryland at George Wash ington. 14. Georgia Tech at Tennessee, 1ft. Baylor at Texas. First Twin Bill CINCINNATI WPI The first doubleheader recorded In baseball history waa played on September t. 1876, between the old Cincinnati Red Stockings and Hartford, Conn, In the Reds' first season in the National league. 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