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PACE TWItVl HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY, DEC. I, U9 V!? QUI (3 I CtaD ffi i' L'- 7 wsM aa. aIUt Eugene Eyed For Far West Prom Uit sport grapevine to the iporu desk comes the Information reportedly reliable that Art Had tor, one of the angels of the Far West baseball league who operated , the Pltuburf club In lfM and the Santa Rosa club in IMS. Is reported to be dickering heavily In Eugene to build a baseball park there and bring Eugene Into the Par West. The reason , Eugene did not to Into the Western Inter national league recently was , that no one would put up money for a park. Radler, be ing an outsider and apparently, well - muscled around the pocketbook, may chance. Whether Eugene would go for class D baseball Is open for argu ment Quite possibly large numbers of citizens In the Willamette valley metropolis would consider class D be neath their dignity. But they used to go overboard for semi-pro ball. Hadler, swell guy from all re ports, has had a lot of trouble with his clubs. The Pittsburg team of IMS didnt draw and finished the season as a road club. The IMS Santa Rosa team dis banded In mid-season. Hadler took It on the chin In both places. He deserves better. Reno's entry into the PW league is virtually certain. The Silver Sox . have been given an official release by the class C Sunset league. All sow necessary Is for Par West moguls to give the Sox their bless- ln. .ml Hi In n.l U. i V -expected sometime In December. if Reno comes in, the league win be full wlth'eight teams, three from Oregon (Klamath Palls, Medford and Eugene), four from California Redding. MarysvOle. Pittsburgh and Willows) and one from Nevada Reno). , RED Hl'RD have a better This Is It Oregon's two major undefeated, on tied high school class A elevens clash at Multnomah stadium Satur day to decide the title. - Tour writer la probably the only sports scribe m the state picking La Grande to win, unless Union county scribblers' loyalty overshadows common sense." Statistically, the) edge goes to Grant. But a feeling persists that the Tigers had to get a bad game out af their system and the 7-4 squeak ever Marshfleld was It. Both teams should be high for the final showdown. Both have crushing fullbacks In Al Hansen Grant) and Wayne Berry (La Grande). Both have smart field generals in George Shaw (Grant) and Fritx Haun (La Grande). Shaw and Haun are both sharp passers and the game may go to the air if ground efforts fall. Halfbacks Dale Cuff and Duane Seibert of Grant are capable running mates for Han sen. The same can be said for Charley Brack ett and BUI West for the Tigers. The lines are both strong. A bet ter final couldn't have been ar ranged. The script has been fol lowed all the way through and the state's best teams will tell It with touchdowns. Looking Up Look for a healthy city set-up In basketball this year with the all Important change already made that of splitting Into two leagues. New President Sam Neslin says If the city Is to keep basketball, this year will tell the tale. "You can be sure, the cage sport will come back Into Its own this J ear," Sam tells us. There'll be more on this later. Lambeau's Pact Renewed 2 Years GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec 1 () Earl L. (Curly) Lambeau. who founded the Oreen Bay Packers on a city eandlot, will remain at the National Football league team's helm another two years. Lambeau's contract was renewed at a long board of directors meeting last night. The board also author ized issuance of another $200,000 worth of stock. Directors declined to comment on terms of the contract, but indicated It was similar to his current one which expires December 31. This one called for 125,000 a year for eervlng as head coach and general manager. Outsider Gains Beaver Cage Spot PORTLAND, Dec. 1 WV-One out siderBob Payne moved Into the starting lineup of Oregon State's defending coast conference basket ball tltlists today as the Beavers awaited tonight's - opening tilt against the , Portland University Pilots. Psyne, a transfer from Ban Fran cisco Junior college, was named to a starting forward berth by Coach Slats Gill. With him at the opening tip-off will be four veterans For ward Olen Kinney, Center Len .Rlnearson and Bill Harper, Dick Ballentyne or Tummy Holman at the guards. The Staters move out on an east- road trip altar tonights slash. MAPP, M BEL MY FOR Ursal "Ginger" Snapp esesebaeh attempt Blailc, Little Defend Two-Platoon Football NEW YORK. Dec. 1 () After half a century of rules Juggling, has college football reached a state of near perfection? Earl (Red) Blailc. the Army coach, joins Columbia's Lou Little in saying that it has. "We have the greatest football right now the country can possibly have." West Point s head tactician declared yesterday in leveling a blast at foes of the two-platoon system. 'We would be downright nuts to go back to thinking In terms of M34 and 1835. Only the old guard Is against the two-platoon." Blalk's remarks came at luncheon Owls, Pels Open Cage Warfare KUHS Trovds to Redding, OTI Faces SOCE Here The Klamath Pelicans travel and the Oregon Tech Owls make a home- stand to open the 1949-1850 basket ball season this week. Both are two-game series. Paul McC all's lads leave Friday morning for Redding where they play the Shasta Wolves Fridsy and Saturday nights In king's-X tussles. The Owls play before the home folks on the mile-high court the same nights against Southern Ore gon College of Education. The preliminary game of the Owl Red Raider game Friday night fea tures the Oregon Tech Junior var sity against Weyerhaeuser'a town team. The lumber five was one of the stickout teams In the city league last season. The preliminary starts at (:1S with the main event on the Tech court due for an S:U opening. The Klamath Jayvees will play the preliminary skirmish to the Pels against the Redding Jayvees. IS GO SOUTH McCall will bring about It players south. Bkeet O'Connell's crew will face a fast SOCE team, spearheaded by Baldy Foster, noted for football feats, and Bill O'Neal. O'Connell's starting five will prob ably be intact from last year. Bob Montgomery, rubber-legged trickster. and Al BellotU will open at the for' ward berths.. Ouards are Chuck Warren and Paul Helns. Center Is Gene Hllficker. Many of the Pels are having trouble unkinking football knots. A tentative starting five for Klamath which McCall said is subject to change, will show Ronnie Lowell and Jerry Overon at forwards: Bill Toole and Bob Y smell at guards and Dick Doege at center. meeting at which he was presented the Lambert trophy, honoring his unbeaten team as the outstanding college eleven in the East. "The two-platoon game as we play it has much more speed than the old game, and It is safer.'.' he de clared. "We had only five timeouts due to injury all this season and only one man did not return to the game." That would have been Impossible In the days of "iron man" football, the Army men to said. Yesterday's iron men wouldn't have stood a chance against today's constantly refreshed specialists, he added. Blaik's remarks re-echoed some sentiments expressd by wily Lou Little during the recent furore over the unlimited substitution rule. "IH tell you frankly I think our football today la Just about perfect," the Columbia coach said. "It la at It senith as far as the spectator and player are concerned. "I don't see how we could chance It to make It much better." Little Is chairman of the rules committee of th" Football Coaches association. He polls the coaches on Ideas for changes and then wtth the committee msses recommendations to the rules making body. The Columbia coach said it was natural that football should reach a point of stability as has baseball so that major changes year-ln and year-out would be unnecessary. We have about reached that point now," he said. "Every change Is designed to make the game a more attractive one to play and watch and a safer one for the com petitors. "We couldn't Improve much on what we have now with our special ization, wide open play and mass substitutions." Blaik, Little and other proponents of the unlimited substitution rule, which permits me of offendve and defensive units, declare the rule has made the game faster, more Inter esting and safer. Opponents of trie two-platoon sys tem argue the unlimited substitution rule favors the rich schools and works extra hardship on those poor In material. Sox Wives Can Tag Along CHICAGO, Nov. 30 OP) As a reward for vacating the American league cellar last season, Chicago White Sox players will be permitted to take their wives to spring train ing in Pasadena, Calif, next March. Wives were banned from the IMS camp, but General Manager Frank lane announced yesterdsy thst the door is now open to them. However, they will not be allowed to accom pany the team to the San Francisco area for a week of exhibition games, nor follow It on the homeward tour. Automobiles still will be barred. I 5 Mia, from Town lJ 6 Vf r. I runcners PIER Trad Dynamite Friday In A rmory Ring Two great middleweight who curry lethal bombs in the brown leather gloves occupy the spotlight at the armory tomorrow (Friday) night In a scheduled ten-round brawl before an expected capacity mob. Th principals are I'raal "(ilnger" Snapp, blonde bomber from Merrill, and t ransit Glmbrl. blark-thatched bpokane. Wash blaster. The end Is expected to come sud denly, far short of the billed ten heats. It Is generally felt that the fighter who gets there -fastest with the ra os test" will have his hand hoisted In victory. Snapp wants ta win to even mat ter while ti tin bet will be throwing hie best shots cbinward to prove that his five-round knockout over Snapp last May waa ne flake. The odds, although strictly un official, favor the Spokane Slasher to repeat the kayo win registered in a Tacoma tight that had the fans talking for months afterwards. Olmbel will be favored not only becautc of his first victory, but also th fact that heVaa been active In the ring while Snapp 's loss to Olm bel was th Merrill Mauler's last appearance in th ring. Th Snapper has been on tne Inactiv list tor over six months. However, argument in favor of Snapp hinge on th fact that he needed the layoff to scrsp a stale edge from loo much battling. In the Interim, Snapp has kept In good shape by sparring with any and all comers at Southern Oregon College In Ashland where he Is now attend ing school. Another factor la favor ef Ginger, although not enough argument t make him the favorite tomorrow night, la th tart that bt a longer has weight worries. Snapp had considerable troaei making th middleweight limit la bis last few tights prior t teaa tempararily shriving the gloves. He'll not try t mak the limit for this engagement. Aa a consequence. Merrill's pride and Joy will probably enter the ring a few pounds heavier than Olmbel, who expects to hit th lM-pound mark. Th tight, a natural for Klamath basin where Snapp wants to show befor hi barkers, will be the first in many months staged here by Pro moter Mark Lillard who wrested the little plum from Ta corns Impr sartos. One six-round srml- mdup and three tour-round preliminaries will set the stage for the headline Snapp Olmbel feature. .Johnny ftru. senaatlonal Med ford lightweight, Juat recently turned pro after rapping several amateur honors, will scrap In the seml-wlnd-ap with Pappy Jarksan. Brace's latest consoesl la a els roand derision aver Idaho's Jack Smith la Portland Tuesday night. Bob Eastmsn and Willi Jackson will mix in a four-round special. Two other tours will complete th card. Th flrK preliminary goes on at I SO pjn. Th armory doors open at 7:S0. Wally Mom will referee. Frankie Gimbel 'i '49ers Halt Strike Because "Obligation is to Grid Fans .. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 1 The San Francisco 49ere pro football squad called off a threatened strike today. A team spokesman said the 32 players decided their obligation to fans who want to see them play the New York Yaiueee here Sunday waa more important than their demand for a $400 bonus per player for the game Sunday's affair It a semi-final playoff In the All-America confer ence. Earlier Team Captain Norman SUndle. ZU pound fullback and onetime Stanford great, and Half back Len Eshmont, former Fordham flash, speaking as "elder spokesmen said the men wouldn't show ap for II II CAGER, TOO Boldy . Foster, famous for gridiron posses, will fact the Owls Friday and Saturday nights-but this time will be donned in basketball garb. Gordon Thinks It Over CLEVELAND. Dec. I Wi Tht Cleveland Indians acted pretty con fldent today that Joe "Flash" Oor don will be back at second base for them In the spring. General Manager Hank Green berg says: "I'm convinced Gordon will be back." At his home In Eugene, Ore.. I Gordon says: "IH think It over"! Gordon earlier this week said he wanted to drop out of major league baseball next year and play in the Pacific Coast league, preferably with Portland, which Is much Interested in his proposal. But Greenberg told Joe by tele phone yesterday that a deal like that Is "out of the question." Asked later whether his hope to play In the minor league still stood. Gordon replied: "Well, I can still hope, I suppose." Greenberg said he told Gordon "we consider him the best second baseman and we couldn't possibly turn him loose. "We'll send Joe a contract the same time we send out all the others, and I'm sure he'll sign It and send it back. We can use him." Incidentally, Gordon heard that the Sacramento Solons of the Pa cific Coast league were Interested in his services. Just to cover the Angles, he telephoned his pal, Sacra mento City Manager Bartley Cav anaugh. Then he requested the following home run dope: How far is it from home plate In your stadium to the left field wall? Also, whst direction Is the prevail ing wind In your ball park? Gordon hit 20 home runs with the Indians this past season. lb gam unless they wer prom lord the bonus. Tony Morablto. one of the club owner .said nothing doing. He told the tprrs to turn out for practice this morning or the season would be over, as far as they were concerned. The squad of 32 went Into a huddle last niche They came out of It at midnight with the announcement there would be no strike. Their spokesman handed out a statement saying: "It la th unaalmooa derision of the team that aar first and most Im portant loyally la to the fans who have supported as so loyally, W feel th earn obligation to th reaching staff. "Th business principle which bronchi aboat the difference I secondary In the hearts of the team aa compared la ear obligation to ear fans. "We therefor hsve decided to en ter next Sunday's contest with a most determined will to win. We still feel our principle Involved In re questing remuneration for next Sun day's game wss most fslr and sound, since all of us were under the Im pression at the time we signed our IMS contracts thst compensation for this gsme would be forthcoming." The 49ers won second place last Sunday In final All America confer enc standings by beating th Yan kees Ji-14 la a bruising game. Th Tanks wound up third and th two teams art scheduled to open th playoff her. I Tony MorablU met th strike I aa fig f f d threat yesterday by saying If th.lWIL (0011016$ Football Feed Ends Local Grid Season Football season, locally, Isn't over yet not quit. There's the annual Lions club football banquet honoring Pelican footballers scheduled for Tuesday, 0 SO p. m, in the Willard hotel. Three awards will be msd this year, on mor than previously. Presentations will be mad to th moat "Inspirational" player, to th outstanding linemen and the third, an added feature, to th boy who compiled th beat gridiron notebook of th year. " Keeping a notebook waa on of th requisites nf th Pellcsn grid ders this season. An outstanding sporla flur has been landed lor th main spesklng pot. He Is L. H. Oregory. sports editor of th Oregonlsn. Oregory hss been calling sports shot for th Oregonlsn for dersdes and Is considered sn authority on football. mn rrpon lor loaay s prae- . - aai tlee. th Sunday gam would b lor- UOt UQ lnCitiCt team did not report for today's prae. tlee, th Sunday game would b for felted to th Yankees and th squad disbanded. Morablto said player contracts specifically called for appearances In all exhibition, training camp, confer ence and playoff games without ad ditional compensation and that con ference rules prohibit plsyer bonuses for playoffs. Cancellation of Sundays gsme would have meant refunding an es timated S75.0O0 In advance ticket sales and the '4Ber owners would have had to meet th Yankees' guar antee of 115.000. i SEATTLE. Dec. I lPl Two West- ern International league graduates figure strongly In th rebuilding plans of the Seattle Pacific eoaal league Ralniers. according to Torchy Torrance, vice president of th n til fhth Torrance Identified th pair as , him will b Will Urban at th other Th banquet, a turkey feed, la open to the public. Tic ket csn be purchased at Hal's nort shop. Radio Station KFJI will make a tape broadcast of Ih attalr. Chuck Bonney, Lions club school actlviiira commute chairman, an nounced that th University of Call, ferula will send an action film of a top flight grid gam for th oc casion. Votes fur the plsyer awardt are mad by secret ballot by th plsyets themselves. Soph Changes Warren's Mind EUGENE. Or, Dee. 1 11 - A sophomore hot-shot hss chsnged Coach John Warren's plans to In stall a two-platoon system tor th University of Oregon basketball team. Warren hsd plsnned to have a "big team" and a "Utile team. alternating them to throw th op position off-balanc. But along cam "little" Ken Hunt of Coo Bay, Or. He showed so much ability that Warren now thinks Oregon will far better by mixing th two platoons together. Hunt will be In the starting llnmp tomorrow night when Oregon tackle; Utah Slat at Salt Lake City, Wimr" Len Tran. second bsaeman, and Dick Binovle. an outfielder. Both wer with Vancouver, B. C. last sea son. The club executive said th two rookie will bt given every chane to break Into the starting lineup. forwsrd post. Bob Amacher at center, and Paul Powers and Msl Kraus at guards. Phoenix. Arts. Charlie gala a, 147 't. Phoenix, mopped Bobby Lakln, 147 4. New York, . 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