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tiMiiil
i:xit tiik i;ms.
A bright IiiciiI upon picture li
(liirknin! this work Ijy llin dcilli
ill i ulr nnlonal liuii'liiill in Kliim-
III Full".
It comes (Irllnlli'ly im Ihr .,nit
fatality of the your on tlm lurul
front but It alnu ioiiiim with no
burprlno tug.
league liuii brum flinintlrrlng
round In red Ink lor tlin limt two
y im of IU lour-yi'iir rxlnli-nci.
The big Mtlur-plrxiiH blow ciimr.
nf course, Inkt ynir wlini li'imun
ofllclaln voted to put tin" IriiKiiu
on a hoiiic-andlioine liniinciul
baeln.
Thill means In simple terms Hint
home teams got Hit money, the
visitors sot tho trip mill Hint's nil.
TIIK I.KAfltlK'M IIIIAKS wok" mi
thin yrnr to voin back In the UU-40
pill but It was loo hi If.
The league- vh luiiPv I'vrrv num
ber was already riddled with hi
debledneiui. 'Ilie Kliuunlli Full" rhil). In lake
Ju.it one In currently wallowing Hi
a I'JO.OOO pot of rr Ink. Purl ol
that In coming to Unnln Hum. n Ky
llml diirnn'l llkn to unit lor hit
money.
Ilul Ml 111 Ihr dli i'Olinn of Ihr
Grins well planning In ko alinitl
nnd piny Imneball. A huni' monirv
raining plnn was In the lorinutlvc
kUkp.
This corner's compliments ko In
I he director lor their willlUKiir-n
to keep pIlrhlllK rtrville u '.Ml-gruntl
dellrlt thnl laced them.
Thev wnnled to gu uhrnd UK
CAUHK T1IKY KKI.T THAT I'ltO
KEHflIONAIIIAHKHAIX IH HOMfc
TJI1N0 WE SHOULDN'T LOHK.
TIIKV WT.ItK ItKillT.
We do need professional base
bull. Ilundredn ol Inriil baseball
fnnn aro hnrd hit by thn hiiiiouik e
meiit Hint there will be no league
lllln yenr.
I feel sure Uie Ooni would luive
somehow kepi operntlUK this yenr.
Dul you fun' I piny If there's no
one tn nlnv with.
Redding and Mrdlord, I'm told, i
lust plnln threw III the sponge nl
Monday's leniiue meeting In fled-;
ding.
That left three tennn with no
choice but to follow null.
TIIK BTOItV ol the end ol pro
trnMonal baseball hern Is mude ad
ditionally and for those who've been
around baseball lor lonw lime.
Because they know llml Jerry
Donovan's announcement Hint the
leaguo would tnko year's liollduy
lo atralKhlen It's nuances, then
bounce buck In the running aiuln.
b pure and simple "sour grapes."
And Donovan knows It ton
Ttiere have been lew Instances
1,0 few Hint nono como Immcdliitely
lo mind where a town waved go:a
bv to profmsloiwl baseball, thrn
came bark In.
Tlie sportAwrlllnR boys at Med
ford lold me that Donovan "ex
pressed optimism thnl tho Fur
West league would be operating
next year iWMi".
Sounds good and makes a Rood
alor. Hul Donovnn has been
r.round bascbnll too long. Mi
toivnie wns In his check bin .rod
when he smiled nnd stild, "We'll
. be back."
KIKK IIMIKK'K. business man
ager of the local club, had another
lory lo tell.
"Donovan was almost In tears."
Derrick said.
Nslurslly. bemuse the leniine
prexy who also heads Iho Culllornln
Hlate leniiue. knows that It will
be live or ten yenrs IF AT ALL.
before there's another Fur West
league, at least comnrlsed of the
trams that folded Monday.
CollBPsh.d a lensue Is i wnitmmv.
Major league clubs will immed
iately switch their affections now
and look lor other plnces lo plucc
Class a Dull ciuos.
Don't be surprised If California
pops with a Class D leuKue.
When the major league pull out,
they seldom come back. And a
Class D lengue needs affiliations
with major leniiue biiscbnll.
Say, for hypothetical cases, the
now-defunct Fur West league
cranks up nmln next year.
Plnvers wl'l be ns sciiroe ns
straight Bourbon at a church con
vention. Thine that niny be on the loose
will look with some skepticism on
league that mny fold the next
week or month.
I CAN IIP. WKONfi.
I hope I nm. I'll be the first lo
welcome bnck professional base
ball here.
But I can't cook up any opti
mism along these lines.
TIME OUT!
55-
OA t
"l.ooks like they've discovered
Texas' defensive weakness!"
SHUFF STUFF
The second nlitht of shuffle
boarulnu Inst night saw Suburban
blank Roundup, 4-0; Tat's shut out
Ihe Eagles and Bill's Plucc and
Schtiss Tavern split, 2-2. Games to
night will clone out this week's
flay-
IT'S POOLE'S
. 'v ; For
SKISond SKI BOOTS
SKI BOOTS fom $9.75
els,
Li
Klamath
Home To
llv III I) III III)
'I'he Pellr-ntin h i'e currentlv
Inbhrd ns the bent hhdi school
: li'uiu in Oregon, uccordlnii to the
m i iiniiiliiti'd opinion ol thn state's
I sporliiu rileiK mill spoi Iscimters nl-
lllhiti'fl with the Associated I'ress.
The lllnck Tom:, o i. Me llunl
bnrnly slipped Into the first week's
1 poll wllh li teuth-pluco honorable
mention vote.
Thiil, two cliivs before Khimulh
I Kulli mid Mi dlord otjen Ul .i 4
1 pluy V'niliiy nnd Kutuiduy nlKhls
I on iviirufi Ciiiirl. Rives the I'els
! u bulky i-ilKC mi puper.
Hut l''nnirt HotTiiuiot will bihm
lib leiiin liere holding a big psy-
rholiKicii cilKC
opi;n i.CAfii i:
; It till nnikes lor n touch-und-Ro
si'i ies mi the two Houthern OreKon
powers hiuiich Iimiriiv cumpulk'iiH
they hope h-uds to n plucc In the
JACK HORTON, whose
basket sent the Pelicans
into an overtime victory
over Bond Saturday nifiht,
will be at a forward spot
Kriday nitwit, when the
Klamath five hosts Med
ford in the t)ist. 4 opener.
Muri-h sliile loiirninent.
Paul Mi-Cnll s Pels llv s (1 1 1
record In pre-lenttue Riimes. In Ihc
same number of khiR's-X outlnRS,
M-dford hns won five, lost three.
, On the win side of the books,
Ihe Tanwirio count Corvnlljs
i twice i, Cottaoe drove, Reedsnort
' nnd Coqullle as lis victims.
I ReddliiR, Ko'-eburn and Univer
sity HlRh ol Eusenc have dealt
i Me-lford !i setbacks.
n i:iKi tik
Compnrallve-wlse. Ihe Pels tied
ReddliiR In a name Hint saw the
; nll'etnl srorer lo his mathemntirs
j nnd edited Ihe Shastns the next
j lllKht, 4J-3B
I Olher Klamath Fulls victories
have been al the expense of Spring
field twice. Bend twice and Cen
Irul Catholic. The Portlnnd Catho
lic five handed the Pels their only
loss m the remntch.
Roelnndt will have three of last
sen.son's regulars on his squad.
They arc Din Spinas, Dennis Con
ner and Ed Bingham.
Jim Holloway. member of last
year's stale B champion Phoenix
team, Is a transfer who promises
to heln Medford.
ItKADY
McCnII said yesterday that Cal
vin Ollmore, who saw Just brief ac
tion In the Bend series, will be at
full strength for the district open
ers with Medford. Ollmore dislo
cated a finger In scrimmages last
week.
With the often under-rated psy
eho'cgiral factor rldliiR on Me;f
ford's side, tho Pelicans will need
Ollmore. who teams with whlj
boy Jerry Johnson In Ihe guard
positions.
Bin Ralph Carroll Is at center
while Riidnr Ray Bell nnd Jack
Horlon hold down the forward
spots.
The Klamath Junior varsity oc
cupies Ihe 6:45 preliminary spot
both nights, meeting Klamath Pack
ot the Victory league Friday night,
the Mi.lford Jayvecs Saturday.
HOCKEY
Pnolflit rnaaf llnrkev
lly The Associated I'ress
Saskatoon S Tacoma 1
Bon Morrison, Mgr.
JUCKELAND TRUCK
SALES and SERVICE
11th & KlamatH Pit. 2-2581
I
wis. Aw
Wolves
Host To
Oretech
With a respectable 7-4 record In
non-counters under their belts, the
Oregon Tech Owls sturl plnyliiR for
the blue chips In a Frlduy-Siilur-dnv
basketball series ugulnst the
Oregon College Wolves.
Tha two-game cuge set, opening
Oregon Uolleglato Conlnience
i.hootliii; for both tenuis, i.,iows on
OC'IC's Monmouth court.
Vunport lends the OCC circuit,
scoring two wins over Eustern Ore
gon College lust weekend.
I're-luuguc activity points ill) a
wealth of conipiirlson between the
Owls nnd Ihe Wolves,
'Ihe Monmouth five bus won four,
lost three. '
Two of the wins and the sumo
number of losses have been ugulnst
Himthein Oregon College.
SI'I. IT
'I'he Wolves split with Mnllcld In
a pair of close contests, the same
team the Owls beat (J7-54 In a
single showing.
'I he other OCR triumph wns over
Pacific University.
Oretech 'h record agnln.'.t the
Raiders of Southern Oregon hasn't
been as Impressive.
Thiec of the Owls' losses have
been to the Ashland quint. 'Hie Hill
toppers won one from BOCE.
The fourth loss was to Humboldt
State In Arcalii, Cnllf., over the
weekend, but Ihe Owls won the re
turn sculfle Bnlurduy night.
GRANT) HI.A.MH
The other lour wins by the Owls
have been two-gnme grand-slums
over the now-defunct I.assen JC
team and Bhnsta College ol Red
ding. Art Kirklnnd has made another
switch lor the OCE series.
Wayne Holzfuss will open at cen
ter and Homer Duncan goes back
lo his lorwurd spot lo work with
Jnck Plnkley.
Guards nre Deadeye Don Sulphln
and Lcn Cenetln.
Tom Schubert will go back to a
forward spot along with Jerry
Wyati on the second team. John
Koch understudies Holzfuss at cen
ter. Jack Brown hus been boosted up
from ihc juyvces lor ihe trip at a
guurd position.
The good news la the return of
Murv Hummuck, letlcrman guard.
Hammack broke his wrist Dec. 7
uguinst SOCE and has been on the
shell since.
WII.I. IIKI-P
Klrklund said he wasn't In shape
to go "lull speed ahead ", but he'll
help.
The other ' two spots on the 12
mun pleyer squad that leaves
Thursday morning are open until
Just before dcpurlurc, Kirklnnd
suld.
Big gun for the Wolves Is letter
man Harold Pitcher, who operates
at center, although Just six leet
lull.
Olher leltermen on the OCP
team nre Howard Sullivan, last
year's leading scorer, and Bob
hushnell, "most valuable player"
on the 1050-51 team.
Packers, ,
Metiers
In Wins
Metier Bros, spanked DeMolay
and Klamath Pack got by Crater
Lake in the Victory league cage
agenda last night at Falrview.
Tex Robinson led Metler's 46-17
romp over DeMolay with II points.
Klamath Pack distributed Its
scoring among Dean Lowell 8i.
Herb Barrett 8i, Chick Qulnowskl
(Ai and Gary Clark (7) In Its 38-31
win over Crater Lake. George Han
son and Louie Tnuchcr had 8 and
7 for Ihe Craters.
Bftx aeoret
.MKTI.I.R 1401
nneltrher 7
Cheyne S
nohiiuon 11
Meller 7
(It) m.TIIOI.AT
4 Pirkett
4 Hnnnon
3 Kilredie
Montgomery
c.
Thornton
i;
KlnmarK
Metier aiiba Dow 4, Crawford 1
l.vona 8. Roberta 3. DeMolay auba
Vlahga. Smith i. 8rhoender 2, Hoiel
man, Ciimmlnga ?. Porter.
I aATKR 1.1 1 1 (Jil KLAMATH PACK
St. John 3 F 8 Lowell
Hnnaoii B V 4 Davidson
l.entx 4 C 8 Barrett
Dexter (1 3 Dixon
flora 7 7 Clark
Crater auba Miller 1. Taurher 7.
Rpratfue. Packer auba Overen, Wrlffht.
Qullnowaki 8. Oldham.
The Hcrshcy Bears of the Ameri
can Hockey League have missed
the post-season playoffs once in 13
years. That was In the 1949-50 sea
son. Altamont Jr.
READY Oretech letterman guard Marv Hammack, after '
an early-season injury, is ready to go again against Oregon
College in Monmouth Friday and Saturday nights. Coach
Art Kirkland said Hammack would see "at least limited
duty" in the first action since he broke his wrist.
Webf oots Puff Lead
In Northern Chase
EUGENE, Ore. tfi Oregon kept
Its role as early pace-setter In the
Northern Division. Pacllic Coast
Conference, basketball race Tues -
day night wllh a 59-45 triumph over
Washington State
I'he win gave the Ducks a sweep
of the tfc'o-ganic series and lcit
them alone atop the standings with
a perfect record lor the siill-youug
season.
The Cougars, who lost to Ore
gon by the same score Monday
night, were In Ihe cellar with one
win against three losses. The divi
sion's three other teams have a
win and a loss apiece.
Oregon dominated the play al
most from the start. Paced by
Forward Bob Peterson, who cap
tured 26 rebounds to break the
Coast oCnference record of 21 he
set Monday night, the Ducks pulled
out in front early in the opening
period and were never headed.
They led 27-20 at the half and 43-
Hutchinson
Dunks 30
Franklin Hutchinson waxed hot
last night to dunk 30 points in Bly's
04-53 win over the Klamath Wild
cats on Bly's floor.
Bly led most of the way and
held a 39-37 halftime lead. Davis
scored 15 for Klamath, while Don
nle Wessell added 18 to Hutchin
son's 30 for Bly.
Box BCore:
WILDCATS (M
Chut field 2
Summers 4
Dnvij 13
Revana If
m.T
18 WeaaFll
7 Lybrand
7 M. Martin
2 Dillnvou
Armstrong 11
30 Hutchinson
Wildcat aubil Chase 8. Clordv 4. Mi-
Ihla. Bly uba J. Martin, Wlnfleld.
Cannon, Hadley.
GRIZZLIES .
Gilchrist lost. 37-20 non-league
basketball decision to Laplne last
night on the losers' floor.
Lapine also won the Junior high
preliminary over the Grizzlies by
a 21-20 squeak.
JANUARY 11TH
PAYLESS
DRUG
WEED
8 P.M.
WEED "B" CLUB
vs.
HILLTOP CAFE
7 P.M.
High Gym
oot Hp peimeirs
in 4 m
RtD HWO, trOtTS IDfTOg "' ' '
30 at the end of the third quarter.
I center Chct Noe and Guard Ken
Hunt each posted 15 points for Ore-
ionn for scorinir honors. Center
George Rosser was high for WSC
with eight.
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Molfttore t
Marvin n . .....
Rblinrlup
Lowell lacker
,. M IB
..II 21
.. VI 24
.24 28
. 211 32
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10 XI
l.aal Wrrh'l KiUlU
Shoop-SchuU 4 Roundup 0
Marvln'B 'A Lowell'i I
Schmeck'l 3 Molaturi'i 1
Although bowing, 3-1, to Al j
Schmeck s bowlers, third - place
Molatore's copped three-fourths of
the honors In the Ladybug kegllng
circuit last week.
Schmcck's had the high team se
ries, a 2464 performance, but Mom-1
tore's notched a high game, 880
and two of lis bowlers came
through for individual laurels.
Marie Fields rolled a 207 high I
game, Darotha Koberg a 483 high
series.
ilone of the team or individual
marks were high enough to earn
a place in the season's Big Three,
however.
Panthers
Upset
Bonanza
Chiloquin served notice last night
it may be the team to watch in
the upcoming Klamath County
Class B championship tournament
when it whipped the highly-rated
Bonanza Antlers by a 52-44 count
at Bonanza, a non-league game.
The Panters Jumped Into an
early eight-point lead before Bo
nanza scored. But the Antlers
started rolling and tied Chiloquin,
25-all, at intermission.
Gene Gentry led the Panthers
vith 24 points in one of the best
.'coring exhibitions this season
In county play.
Chiloquin had its big quarter.
after the rest period running up
a 44-34 three-ouarter lead.
Chiloquin won the jayvee pre
liminary over Bonanza, 40-32.
Box teort:
HII.OOI'I.V (51 (II) BONANZA
Parker 2 7 11 Cnsmt
D3vid 9 F 8 Hubble
nentry 24 C S Chandler
Vaden 7 G 10 Halev
Dubotf 10 G 2 Wilson
Chiloquin tub Anderaon. Nichoiaon.
Bonanza tuba Dye 6, Barney 2.
iGame Cornish
PORTLAND Wl The State
Game Commission will meet with
sportsmen Friday to discuss
rhnmree In nnelinir reeulations.
Final regulations for 1952 will
'be announced two weeks later.
DUGAN
522 So. 6th. St.
CRUNCH Kurt Von Pop
penheim applies the head
lock on a helpless victim in
a recent match here. But
the big German will have to
have his headlocks in work
ing order tonight to beat
Pete Belcastro, the Weed
Assassin.
Belcastro
Returns
Tonight
Pete Belcastro. whose name Is
a by-word among wrestling goers
lh - ' r.,llrn. , .h.
rin ' be(ore an evnctCd tammed
bouse cf customers.
Belcastro meets Kurt Von Pop
penheim. the arrogant, sadistic
German, in the main event of an
all-star card.
It's a blazing start to the new
year of matfare. one that will
crobablv set records for mayhem
that will be hard to break.
The semi-windup also promises
more out-of-rinc action than in le
gal territory. This one puts Hurri
cane Herb Parks against Gene
Blakely, the rugged rodeo perform
er. Herb's brother. Billy the Kid.
mixes with Yorg Cretorian in the
j openeV at 8:30. Cretorian, dubbed
the Rumanian ADe in rings to the
north, will be making his first ap-
Ipearance here.
Big Powerful, High-compression Engine TSmS
U,n. Durvivnrl LTrrimA LONG, STROHB SPRINGS
Heavy, Rugged Frame and big-capacity xxles
Molded, Tapered, Cyclebond Brake Linings ScuT
Better Weight Distribution - -
PLUS SCORES OF OTHER GREAT
EXTRA VALUES... COME IN TODAY
and MEST
Phono
Trojans
Wallop
Hornets
Bv IIAVK UNDKRHILL
Sacred Heart's Trojans continued
their scourging of County Loop op
position with a convincing 47-26 win
over Henley last night at the
Academy gym.
Though not counting In league
standings, the Academy's win
showed it will take hard pressing
to roo ma irojans oi uie county
bauble this year,
Henley hit the scoring column
first with a push shot ' from th
side by Guard Gordon Ramsey, But
ouunawKing Kay Beard and bob
Howard soon knotted the count at
2-2 with gift shots, and the Tro
jans forged ahead to a first quar
ter ii-o jeaa.
The slow scoring Dace continued
as the Academy five managed to
double Its margin, leaving the floor
i nauume witn a zi-iu jeaa.
Lead by Substitute Forward
Wayne Neubert a deadeve from
side court with one handers the
irojans coasted along to a Z.-21
advantage at the three-quarter
mark. Neubert took top scoring
honors with 12 points. Henley's
Bees trounced the Trobabes, 37-25,
in a preliminary.
Box score:
HENLEY lie)
Ajideraon 7 F
b. hiii 2 ,r
Hayea 2 C
Ramsey 4 G
Lehto 2 G
(13) SAC. HT
2 Helderee
5 Koch
4 Mahonav
a Howard
8 Beard
Henley auba D. Hill
2. jonei. Mc-
Pherson. DeVore 5, Case Yadon X
Sacred Heart subs Neubert 12, Pratt 4.
weaael a, McAndrewa 1.
Smif h Top
Trapsman
R. M. Smith was the top shooter
at 16 yards when the Klamath Gun
Club held Its first regular shoot
Sunday on its. Wocus traps. Smith
hit 48 targets of 50.
Nelson Reed and Bill Davis tied
in the handicap competition with
45x50 Scores. '
Gun Club Pres. Vern Moore Is
extending a cordial welcome to the
public at the club's Sunday shoots.
Starting time
is iu:3o a.m. .
Sunday s results;
1 T. Baca.
43 43
4 X VJL
47 X f
47 4 .
46 43
43
43 X 21
-.42 x n
4 S
Smith ., -,
o.nev
r. vartln
Reed
Davis - m
Rundell ..
isranainaa ......
fqrland
Moore
bud Cloak
Brovles
c. J. Martin
BalslRer
DriscoU
Grant
Colley
Mrs. Cloake
Hilton
...42 x la
42
40 X 7t
40 40 '
40 40
38 40
33 X
Jl
X 21 X 11
Pierucclnt
.til X It
x-hot at 2S target only.
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