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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY. DEC. IS. 1949 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON rAtni SET EM SPORTS ROUNDUP www.y Hufh Fwllerton NEW YOIIK. Dm. II If you have ever wondered why hockey nrrr fulfilled lie promise of be romltMl a real big-league apart. Prank llouclirr reluctantly admits It la because there aren't tnouch food players to 10 around. . , tlial'a not rxactly the way Prank puia It, but he ran plik out three to flva play, ere on each nallonal league team ha trrme outstanding alara ("and mi quoin, please; Ilia ntliir teams mil hi art mad at ma"). . , and earh Uam la rarrylm lour or five players )ul good enough to ham nn, who would be replaced If better playera could be found. , . If the leaiue tried to expand. It would mean each Uam would have to car rv more of thMi liieffectlves. . "Iva been out weal looking at amaieura. and the boya who are nlavlm tunlor hockey look Ilka Juve lilies.'1 llouclier adtla. "liven with 28 clubs to draw from, the minor Irani prospects aren't any belter than the one we have.". . . Prank blamea the war for retarding the development of talent, but we're not so sure. . . even In the old day there waa )il about enough ma terial lo give eurh club two good forward llnea snd four good defenae men. Ilul that waa an inry nerom Prelim Looms as Fight Co-Feature That Welaar-Olluian go at the armory Prlday night la going to have a co-feature tuaala with too much promote to be billed a a mere preliminary event. Thla aecond feature, announced lut Uil morning by Matchmaker Mark Ullard la a rematch of llghlwelghta Johnny Uruce, Medford, and Ueorgle Price, Merrill, who are algned to square off In a all-round aeml-flnal. Theae two highly pusuacloua young batllera fought to drew In the aeml lo the dinger ttnapp-Krank tumble attraction here De cember 3. then. Danny 7.aadliukl, who came from (Irrmaiiy to WaUrlown. B. D., as a displaced person, reported to high arhool coach Clelua Clinker for ba.ketball practice. . . being a eoc rer player, he aometlmra kicked the ball imleed sf dribbling II, but he tried hard and Clinker waa aorry in put hla name nn the lint of randldaUl to be dropped. . . but ' Danny rouldnt read enough Eni liih lo know whet the list meant and Clinker rouldn't apeak enouith I (irrmm lo tell him. . , he con- J tlnued to report and when the first aame came. Danny waa given ' uniform. . . now Clinker eeve he ! could make a basketball player out of the kid If he only could talk ' to him. Adolph Ituup. Kentucky basket ', ball roach, ta telling folka hla NCAA rhamplnnshlp Uam grossed IIM.000 tor Uie university last season. . . not a grow exigeerailon, eilher. . , local baseball fana are having a big lime trying to gueaa the namea In all Ihoae tradra the OlanU have discussed. . . Cnlumbla'a basketball team will vlatt Denver. Seattle and Fimene. Ore., on Ita Christmas trip, first lime the Uone have vllled the Went coat since their IM4 Roe ' Bowl tour. . . headline: "Harvard going lo drop big time football." . . going to? When O k I a ta e m a'a footballer! whipped Missouri, 31-1. the Mexico, Mo. quarterback club attended. . a few daya 'etrr 8ooner Coach Bud Wilkinson received IhU letter from tbe club president. . . "Dear Mr. Wilklnann: We underaland you have been offered the coaching Job at the University of Mlnneaola. Atur rareful coiuldcratton our club haa endoraed thla movement 100 per cent." Coaches Favor Platoon NEW YORK, Dec. 13 UtV- College tootball'a much maligned two pla loon ayiura received aupport from new quarura today. A newspaper nauonwioe aurvey allowed more college football coachra fur It Uian against It, with tile main boost coming surprisingly eiinuuh from menuira of amaller Inslitu- Uona. Coach Lou Little of Columbia, chairman of the football rulea com mittee. Issued a strong statement In favur of the free aubitltulion rule. Pacific coast football ooachea hut night voted 7 to 6 In favor of keep Ing the rule that permit II -man umu lo be thrown Into a game at a time. The New York Herald Tribune aald It aent questlonnalrea lo more than MO coachra of big and small collegea throughout the country, asking: "Do you believe In Uie two-platoon aysum and ha It helped or hurt football?" The paper aald 41 per cent of Uie coachca replied that thry thought the two platoon ayaum had helped Uie aport and only 31 aald It hurt the game. Another 7 5 per cent atuwercd that Uie rule helped the big achoolt and worked a hardship on Uie amall. The remaining 13 5 per cent was on Uie fence. The paper aald Uie aurvey ahowed Uie amall college coachea liked the ayalem better lhaif did the blgtlme lulora. Plfty per cent of Uie amall college coachea who answered thought Uie two platoon played helped football. The bigger college coachra polled only 40 per cent In aupport of It with 38 agalntt and Uie othera doubtful. Come Prlday evening. If Bruoe and Price throw aa much leather with as much Hp aa they did in their previous Ungle, rbnph WeUer and Buddy Oilman may find their main-go bout merely the evening's anti-climax. Uruce fought hla way lo Uie Houtiiern Oregon Qolden O loves light and welter titles before mak ing the squared ring a place of business rather Uian a hobby-lobby, Because of hla Impressive amateur record and Uie proven power In either fist, Bruce went Into the De cemoer 2 fight a healthy-odded favorite. But Price, with a goodly thron of Uie Merrill faithful yowling him on. upset Uie form-playing wise acres and came within seconds of taking a decision from Bruce. Both battlers scored hard and olun through Uie first five rounds and Price went Into Uie final chap ter with derided victory margin. But the Merrill lad made one Utile mistake and that was all Uie ring wise Bruce needed: he promptly polraxed Price with such severity Uie Merrill fighter took a seven count and had to be content with a draw. If their match coming up Prlday la a ruggedly entertaining aa that first go, one or both boys will definitely be In line for main consideration. I'd Pennant Playoff To Boss BLUE RIBBON GIRL Marie Jo DeWitt, astride Midnight Sensation, won the American saddle breed award in the town and country class at Chicago's International Livestock expo sition. Marie is an habitual winner. A resident of Grand Rapids, Mich., and just 14 years old, she has collected 3G5 blue ribbons in events oi this type. 4 Mat Card Outlined For Uie fralure attraction on to morrow night's armory wrestling card. Promoter Mack Ullard haa lined up a tag team setto Involving four arch rivals, Buck Davidson and Cleorge Dusette against The Great Atlas and Jack Upacomb. It won't be Uie first time this quartet had occupied Uie mayhem aquare together; last time, Atlaa and Lipscomb won the mauling match from the Davldson-Duselte combine. The fracaa la billed aa a two out of Uiree. no time limit affair. The preliminary opener at 8:30 pita young Oeorge Strickland, the Ohio Adonis, against veteran Billy McEuln of Texas. This one la to be a two out of three with a one-hour limit. SneadHas High Hand MIAMI. Pla., Dec. 13 14' 81am. mm' Sammy Snead. Uie gallery. drawing professional golfer from White Sulphur Springs, W. Vs. wound up the 1V4B season as Uie top- ranking money winner with 33, 073 83 In tournament prize money. Bnead won six major tournaments to top Uie field. In Uie annual list of golfing "superlauves" Issued each year by Uie Professional Oolflng association. Cary Mlddlecoff of Ormond Beach, Pla.. waa luted as the moat Improved golfer. Mlddlecoff this year won Uie U. 8. Open championship and four oUier events. He Ued In Uie Motor City Open with Lloyd Man rum and waa runner-up in four oUier events. Ben Hogan of Hershry. Pa., wis listed aa the unlucklrst pro. Hogan waa forced to quit golf following an automobile accident. Fred Haas Triumphs MIAMI, Pla., Dec. 13 W Freddy Haas Jr., a comparative newcomer to Uie professional golfing ranks, won first money in Miami's 26u annual Open golf tournament yes terday by defeating Bob Hamilton In dramatic U-hole playoff by two strokes. It waa Uie 33-year-old former na tional intercollegiate champions second major triumph since he turned professional In IMS. Hla first victory also waa won In a playoff when he defeated Johnny Palmer and Ben Hogan In an extra round for the Portland, Ore., Open in IMS. Haas, UU and good humored New Orelans pro, carded a one-under par 34-34 60 against Uie veteran Hamilton's one over par 35-3871. Hamilton, pro from Landover, Md . aullered a bad case of putung Jitters In Uie nerve-wracking playoff and lost all hla holea by missing ahnrt putts. . Haa received 83000 and Hamilton I14O0 plus 8127 each as their share of Uie gale receplia from Uie playoff round. Video Problem Disturbs PCC Bigwigs at Carmel Conclave CARMEL. Calif.. Dec. 13 WV-The Impact of television on Uie sports world today disturbed Uie annual w jiier meeting of the Pacific Coast cenference. Its Influence on PCC football was a major factor as faculty represent atives, athletic directors and other delegates resumed deliberations. At larue waa what future financial ar rangement would be made with visual radio. All agreed something must be done about Uie relaUonshlps be tween video and football played In stadiums. Frankly worried were the dele- Coaltown Nears Annual Honors BALTIMORE, Dec. 13 WV-Coal-town, beaten by Capot twice on Uie race track, la running head-end-head with his rival In the mythical race for "Horse of the Year" honora. The 4-year-old Calumet colt pulled even yesterday by winning the 14th annual poll conducted by Uie Turf and 8 port Digest. Capot, the fumed Qreentree stable 1-year-old, was accorded Uie honor by the Dally Racing Form in an earlier poll. In the Digest balloting Coaltown received 103 of Uie 303 vote cast by newspaper, radio and television re porters. Capot drew 71 votes, Sports Mirror Today a Year Ago The major leaguea agreed to Increase Uie num ber of night baseball game. Three Year Ago Welterweight Charlie Pusarl scored his 47th straight victory by knocking out Charlie Taylor. Five Year Age Oklahoma A. and M. defeated New York university in basketb.ill, 44-41 . Ten Year Ago The New York Baseball Yankeee were voted the No. 1 team In eporta In Uie year-end Associated Press poll. Basin Casaba Talks Called Both county and city Independent basketball teams are asked to be represented tonight In meetings at Uie Klamath Falls city hall council chambers. The sessions are called for 7:30. Details of cperatlon of the bas ketball league are to be Ironed out, and a ached uie drawn up. Manageri and sponsors of all team are asked to be at Uie meeting. Punt Record Established 8 A NT A CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13 IIP) For Uie last two football seasons. Halfback Hall Haynea of the Uni versity of Santa Clara haa bettered Uie nation's existing punting record only to get nosed out for season honora. Haynes. co-captaln of the Orange Bowl-bound Broncos, waa ranked aecond last year behind Charley Justice of North Carolina. Figurra Just released by the Na tional Collegiate Athletic bureau showed this past season Haynea ranked third, behind Paul Stom baugh of Furman and second-place Justice. Haynes' punting average In 10 gamra this year waa 44.07 yards in M times. Buirabaugh's new record was 44.7 yards. Justice was only a fraction of an Inch ahead of Haynes in the average, with 44.08 yards. The old record, set by Justice last year, was 44 0 yards. REAGAN SCOUTS Danny Reagan, playing manager for last season's Medford Nuggets of the Far West league, has been released by the Nuggets to become a talent scout for Uie Philadelphia Phillies. Business Managed Mel Carpenter aald no replacement had been de cided upon. Reagan will represent Uie Phillies on Uie West Coast and probably will deal largely with Uie Klamath Falls Oems. Uie Phils' af filiate In Uie Far West wheel. Reagan managed Santa Rosa dur Ing Uie IMS season and although having a last-place club In 1MB was very popular in Medford and was expected to pilot the Nuggets in 1950. During the Far West playoff last season Reagan was added to the Klamath Falls roster as a replace ment catcher. DEALS EXPECTED NEW YORK, Dec. II A. B Chandler, commissioner of baseball. la reported ready to string along with the National league tn Uie major's squabble over pennant playoffs. The National league voted yester day to keep It present system of playing best-two-out-of-Uuee In the event the race ends In a tie. The American decided to continue Its "sudden death" one-game elimina tion. Because of the deadlock, the final decision now goes to the commis sioner who Is expectd to make known hla viewpoint at the com bined meeUng tomorrow. NEW YORK, Dec. 13 tP The National league haa decided to re store twl-nlght doubleheadera and that old headache, the suspended game, which waa used In wartime At Its meeting yesterday the senior circuit brought back the rule that games called on account of Sunday curfew or for getaway pur poses will be resumed at the point of Interruption at a later date. The two leagues couldn't agree on the problem of disposing of games Interrupted by darkness. The Na- Uonal decided to finish all day games under lights to be turned on only In the final aeries between Uie two clubs. All Clubs Waiting For Yanks to Lead NEW YORK, Dec 13 WV-aeome Stimwelas of the New York Yankees and Eddie Robinson of the Washington Senator! are the road-blocks to an expected deluge of player deals here at tha major league meetings. According to President BUI DeWttt of the St. Louis Browns, every American league club except the Boston Red Bog Is waiting for New York and Washington to close trade talks before making their own moves. Th VinlM, mnA W.ltln4jil hold tha key to all player deals." LEAGUE BERTH LANDED PORTLAND, Dee. 13 UP The long -discussed league for Oregon's smaller state colleges Is now a reality Uie Oregon collegiate ath letic conference, a five-school circuit. The three colleges of education. Vanport of Portland and Oregon Technical institution of Klamath Falls, are Uie members. grles from Southern California not all Uie schools but those repre senting the two major colleges. In the Los Angeles area there are now 307.000 television sets a potential of 500.000 video viewers. Both schools noted a drop In at tendance. Other Important business before the conference heads today Included the problem of alumni recrulUng. Conference Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt aald abatement proceed ings had been started against an unspecified number of colleges. Schmidt declared the conference would consider voting on the propo sition that If alumni were consid ered guilty of repeated offenses In recruiting athletes that such schools would be subject to abatement pro ceedings under the conference regu lations. "Repeated violations will make the offending college liable directly to the conference, Schmidt said. Oossip In conference circles wss Uiat Ted Shlpkey. head footfall coach at the University of Mon tana, had been offered the same Job at Washington State college last night He was offered the head coaching Job at University of New Mexico. Shlpkey was one of Stan ford's great ends. Conference circles also heard that Navy was withdrawing from top drawer competition and had dropped negotiations with Stanford for games In 1051 and 1992. DeWItt aald. as Uie meetings entered their aecond session today. "At least three clubs would like to have Btlra welae for second base. Just a many are Interested In getting Rob inson tor first." When Manager Casey Stengel waa Informed that tha rest of tha circuit waa waiting for his Yankees to make the first move, ha did not act sur prised. . "I wouldn't doubt that a bit," ha grinned." They all need second basemen and we have threw good ones. Why any one of our second sac leers Jerry Coleman, Oeorge SUrnwelss or Al Martin, whom we bought from Oakland would be a regular with any other club. Yea, I'd trade Btlrnwelsa but I'd have to get a front line pitcher for him." Trade rumors Involving tha Na tlonai league, continued to flMt ! about hut DOthlne concrete waa an, It came into being nere yesterday nounced. Just as tha Amertaan In a previously unannounced meet- i loop was waiting for tha Yankee Ir.g of college officials. They agreed and Senators, so were the Na- SAMMY BAUGH SNARES PRO PASSING HONORS PHILADELPHIA. Dec. IS OPr-By the narrow margin of two points, Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins won the National Football league passing UUe for the sixth time In his II years as a pro fessional. Under Uie Inverse grading system tn which Uie number of completions, per cent of completions touchdown passea, yards gained and per cent of Interceptions are all taken Into account, Baugh finished with 1 points according to the league's final statistics released today. Second place with 18 points went to tha Chicago Bears' Johnny Lil jack. Tommy Thompson of the Philadelphia Eagles, last year's win ner, was third with 13 points. Baugh attempted 255 passes, com pleted 146 for a gain ot 1903 yards and IS touchdowns. Ha had a per centage of completions of 69 9 and had only I S per cent Intercepted. The Esglea' Steve Van Buren won ground gaining honora for the third auccesslve year and the fourth time in five years. The former Louisiana State aUr gained 1141 yards In 363 attempts tor a 4.4 yards average. Tony Canareo of Green Bay, lead er for seven weeks, finished second with 1040 yards. Tom Fears, Los Angeles aecond year man. set ud another new league record by catching 77 passea, tnere more than Don Hutson a mark. Fears picked up 1013 yards with his catches. J 5 Min. from Town jj Panthers Join Irish Schedule 80UTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 13 (yPl The University of Pittsburgh showing signs of returning to Its old powerhouse self, Is the only new. comer on a nine-game 1950 Notre Dame football schedule announced last night. Southern Methodist, which scared Uie Irish before fading 37-30 in the last game of the 1949 season, and Washington, a 27-7 vlcum, do not IT appear on the 1950 chart. Center Jerry Groom of Des Moines, la., was elected captain ot the 1950 Irish In their 3nd year of football compeUUon. Montreal Johnny Greco. 1M Montreal, outpointed Herble Kro nowltx, 156, Brooklyn (10). Owls Visit Raider Lair The third meeting between South ern Oregon college and Oregon Tech mis basketball season comes off tonight at Ashland. In two previous clashes, the Owls and Red Raiders split. Oregon Tech winning the tint 2-2 on their home mountain-top court and losing 45 39 at Pelican court. The two tesms are fast becoming top rivals in small college athletic competition. . Grade Tourney Nears Finale Fremont and Riverside are meet ing this afternoon for the right to square off against Fairvlew tomor row in Uie city grade school B vcllryball tournament. Falrview Is undefeated and reached th finals ot the double elimination round by scoring wins over Roose velt and Riverside. Yesterday Fremont beat Mills Il ia. 15-7, 15-12. while Riverside ellnv tnated Roosevelt 13-2 and 15-5. Country Has Two Ten-Goal Players NEW YOHK, Dec. 13 UTt CeeU Smith of Austin, Texas, and Stewart Iglehart of Westbury, N. Y- still are Uie country s only ten-goal or "per fect" polo players. They retained Uie highest ratirg on Uie handicap list for 1950 an nounced yesterday by Uie United States Polo association. Smith, who came up from a Texas ranch in the early thirties, hss held a ten-goal ranking since 1938. Igle hart s perfect ranking dates from 1937. NEW YORK, Dec. 13 JP The major leagues will hsve a night opener next season for the first tune In history. The St. Louis carainais announced they would start Uie campaign against the Pittsburgh Pirates at sportsman s pare tne night of April IS. NEW YORK. Dec 13 Wl Phila delphia's Connie Mack retains his post as vice president oi tne Amer ican Baseball league. The Athletics' octogenarian was reelected yester day by league directors. NEW YORK, Dec. 13 0P Both the American and National Baseball leagues showed attendance drops In the 1949 crowd figures, released yes terday. The American drew 10,730,' 647 compared with 11.150.099 In 194. The National drew 9,484,718 com pared with 9,770,743. NEW YORK, Dec. 13 VP) Billy Evans, Detroit Tiger general man ager, was the lone dissenter as the American league voted 7-1 against the return ot Uie spltball. -Nothing haa been done to help the pitchers In the last IS years." argued Evans yesterday. "This Is Just a trick delivery such as the knuckleball, forkball and so forth, which are legalized." NEW YORK. Dec IS OP) The major league all-star game will re turn to Its birthplace next year. It will be played at Chicago s Comlskey park, where the first one was played In 1933. NEW YORK. Dec. 13 fPV The two major leagues will have a Uni term pitching mound next year 15 Inches high, no more, no less. They agreed on this In separate meetings yesterday. In Uie past both the American and National have permitted vary-lng-slzed mounds not exceeding 15 Inches. they wanted to start at once. So they brushed off the technicalities involved and decided to let pre viously scheduled games with each other count toward the basketball title this season. Baseball and football are to be discussed at a later meeting, prob ably in March. At that time some ot Uie technicalities may be ex pected to bob up, such as the con troversy over round robin play and the finer points ot eligibility. For the time being eligibility Is similar to the coast conference In event cne team has not played tlonai leaguers waiting for the ton Braves. FIGHTS 1A8T NIGHT Baltimore Terry Moore, 154, Baltimore, outpointed Holly Mima, 158 , Washington (10). Newark Tony Rieclo, 149V, Ba yonne, N. J., outpointed Sammy Angott, 148, Washington, Pa, (10). enough opponents to warrant a 1 m championship, or In case of a tie. coaches will meet to decide on Uie winner. Officials agreed a playoff would be best in ease ot a tic The colleges of education are Eastern Oregon College of Educa tion at La Grande, Southern Oregon College of Education at Ashland and Oregon College of Education at Monmouth. Southern Oregon already was a member of another circuit the Far West conference. A ftnokeaman said that for the time being Southern ' V Oregon would compete tn both con- L ferences. 1 T Dr. Renrv M. Gunn. D resident of r OCE. was named secretary-treasurer. w OUiers at Uie meeting were: Dr. W nuDm u. cnitwsF. hskih zicuu president: Dr. Stephen Exler, direc tor at Vanport; Elmo Stevenson, of Southern Oregon; Skeets O'ConneU ot Oregon Tech; J. P. Cramer, dean of the general extension division; Winston Purvine, Oregon Tech di rector, and Joe Holland, Vanport football coach. Better Weather Info Sought PORTLAND, Dec 13 OP) For esters want better weather forecasts during Uie seasons when timber slashings are being burned. The Western Forestry and Con servation association delegates were told Uie timberman needs accurate weather data as much as commer cial alrlanes and farmers. L. T. Webster, assistant state forester for Washington, suggested a specialized tire westher report. Earl B. Tanner, Portland, chair man of the board of the Booth Kelly Lumber company, Springfield, was elected president at the con vention here Saturday. The soybean was once a "sacred" grain of the Chinese. Klamath Jayvees Facing Hornets The Klamath Union high basket hall Junior varsity will take over Pelican court tonight while Uie var sity rests, playing the Henley Hor nets ot the county high circuit. Game time Is S o'clock. A preliminary starting at 8:45 puis the KU freshmen against the Henley B squad. DNN& you'll COCrTAliS ft IOVI ft iMi t lit em nf"t a smm tmjtm A, I afSMaVVa m4t9 itBfiaturi a nmumt4.tmstr . vwvmv Ctnt r urn. Awniaf Jnnanw Aimngl J COIUM9IA IIIWIIIII, INC. O TACOMA, WAIHINOTOM Distributed by: 1. Marvin Hilton Distrlbatiag Co. Moke Your NEW YEAR'S EVE Reservations Now! Col-Ore Supper Club Racing Wire Service Cut MIAMI, FIs, Dec 13 0PI Western Union wires carrying racing in formation to 120 spots In four Southeast Florida counties were Idle today, on orders of the state railroad and public utilities com' mission. The wires were unplugged yes terday afternoon and caused some contusion Just at post time but bookmakers reportedly hastily Im provised a telephone relay system. Gambling sources predicted a telephone substitute would be "run ning something like normal In a couple of days." The commission charged the In formation was used for gambling purposes. AT THE GUti STORE j FISHING TACKLE for CHRISTMAS FIGHTS LAST NIGHT St. Louis Willie Pep, 130, Hart ford, Conn, outpointed Harold Dade. 126, Chicago (10). Salt Lake City Rex Layne. 186, Utah, knocked out Joe aSndel. 305, Los Angeles (3). New Orleans Mimmie Adragne. 130. Pittsburgh, drew with Augie La para, 135, New Orleans (10). 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