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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1952)
WKDNKSDAY. JULY 23, 10152 PAGE TEN HKRALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OKFT.ON I , . J-.,.:-...V PREACHER WINS Bob Richards,. La Vtrnt, Calif., panon, won the Olympic pole vault cham pionihip Tuesday with a leap of 14 feat, 1 1.4 inches, beating Don Lai of Illinois who failed at the tame record height. ' fay Red Hard IF PROFESSIONAL baseball ever makes a comeback in Klam ath Falls, it's my hope it will be on an independent basis. . Don't for a moment think you can't find good baltolayers without helo from organized baseball. There's a flock of htsh school and colleee graduates who want to take a fline at professional base ball. BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BECOME CHATTELS TO A MAJ OR LEAGUE CLUB. . The Florida State League (Class D immediately cornea to mind, but there are other cases. Three or four teams in that league bolted affiliaUonsjwith the major league clubs and fielded teams Just as good many times much better. ,. LETS '. TAKE av hypothetical case John-Jones Is a high school out fielder who hits the baU several country miles and fields like a Kazelle. - But he doesn't Immediately want to go into bondage - to the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox or any other major league club.. When you sign a contract with the big leagues, you're not only Inking your services but your heart and soul. - It's a tough Job going to the corner drugstore without getting permission. Exaggeration for the sake of emphasis, but not far off base). Let's get back to John Jones. He's Just one of many such boys who would like to day professional baseball but without strings. ' He wants to feel like a free moral agent. Then if he has a good year or two and the diamond big-wigs start to .pert up, he'll be in a position to dicker. WHAT'S THE situation now? Jones may sign with the St. Louis Cardinal club, maybe just a one year contract. At the end of the year, maybe he's had a bad season in one of the Cards' Class C or D farm tlubs. They don't want him any more, but be cant rustle up a an other baseball Job. ' . Another major league club can't buv Jones unless the Cards' offi cially release him. Jones may find himself In the position many others have of be ing sidelined by the Cards but not being able to play ball for any one else. There have been cases you've seen them in the newspapers where a ballplayer is made a free agent. But you can bet the mortgage on your house that he's crippled, blind in one eye and doesn't know the difference between a fast ball and a slow crave. BASEBALL IS Big Business. But the odd part of it is. the boys who run the business, the major leagues, are themselves causing a drop at the turnstiles. Let's use John Jones in another role. Let's say he's handed a (80,000 bonus to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies. . It turns out he's not worth 80 tents. The Phils have spent tSO.000 and haven't received- anything In re turn for their Investment, BUT .:--- If the Phils had spent S80.000 on thai- f,Mti lnh thpv -rnttlri hnva been developing not Just John Jones, out io or v ouirr uuiiu Joneses who may someday be wearing the Philly uniform. LETS BRING it home for a mo ment. The Klamath Gems would still be operating if the Phillies had helped them financially. Eighty grand would have oper ated the club for two years, may be three with good gates at Klam ath Falls. The same is true everywhere. It is my guess if the major league clubs would have budgeted their money, leaving enough for the op eration of their farm clubs., there would be many minor league clubs now operating that have closed shop. - Receipts of tiie past few years have mirrored a decrease In Inter est in major league baseball. Operation of minor league clubs theoretically serves two purposes: n It develops ball payers for big league competition and. (It it surs up oaseoaii interest, makes fans baseball-conscious In hundreds of small towns, villages and hamlets. In the long run this interest pays off at the big league turn stiles. YOU HAY have your own name for it. But. by any name, it appears evident the major league brass is biting the hand that feeds it. The years roll bv swiftly, side lining the DIMagglos, Gehngs, Fel lers, et al. Good, baseball talent is a con tinual and ever-constant need. That's the purpose of your lower classification leagues, schooling for graduation into the Big Show. But without minor leagues, base ball players will in time become a rarity. If minor league clubs are to stay in business, they must have mone tary help from their admitted par ents, the big leagues. While this is written, a definite move is underway to discourage huge cash outlays to untried rook ies, instead steering that kind of money to running the farm clubs. If it Isn't done, you'll see a de finite trend to independent base ball. Personally. I'd like to see Inde pendent oaseoaii here. But I'm Just as sure now as I was when the Far West league fold ed that professional baseball is gone for good. I hope I'm wrong. Favorites, Rain Win at Seattle 8EATTLE W Ann Barclay, Vancouver B. C, seeded No. 1 in girls singles, breezed to an easy 6-1, 6-0 victory over Kay Ashley, Seattle, Tuesday as rain washed out most of the scheduled matches in the Washington State Tennis Championships. - The only other seeded player to see action Tuesday was Milton Lew, Seattle, No, 2 In Junior men's singles, who easily defeated uon nmeuieran, Seattle, s-i, o-i ;, y.i-..S r-rmwf:ili A BATTS Barbara Batt uses her sister Gillian for a human hurdle demonstrating form while working out at Brigh ton College, England. The 21-year-old twins are sprinters en the Brighton Ladies Ath letie team. Richter Called By Army LOS ANGELES Les Richter, California's all-America guard and linebacker, was lost to the profes sional Los Angeles Rams yesterday. Richter notified Rams Coach Joe Stydahar that he bad been called to active army duty effective Aug. 1. The Rams recently acquired Richter from the Dallas club In an 11-for-l trade. He holds a re serve second lieutenant's commis sion in the army and his call to active duty was not unexpected. The grid star, who lives at Fresno. Calif., will report to Camp Cooke near San Luis Obispo. Although scheduled to play with the College All-Stars In Chicago on Aug. IS, it was believed doubtful he would be able to participate be cause of the call to duty. He probably will have two years of military duty. McElhenny WitMrers MENLO PARK. Calif. I Veteran Coach Buck Shaw took a three-hour gander at 30 of his San Francisco 49ers who showed up for their first 1952 training session and said "It's too early to tell." Although only rookies were told to report Tuesday, IS veterans also showed up. Shaw displayed pleasure at the agility of Hugh McElhenny, former University of Washington halfback and a newcomer to the 49ers. Following the workout, McEl henny left by plane for Chicago to work out for the Chicago All Stars Los Angeles Rams game next month. Tof- fiHfL Wv evil turn V' Change to an old-time brew!) fiftfTatanw. ACME UUUW laossSamis HELSINKI, t Another Olympic, record fell Wednesday as the fn.,.ii. Hu flf Irarlt Mvllci field com petition began ill Ihe big Olympic three event. ti. ,.A,a,i,'a lirrtad litmn mitrlr of 6.69 meters l!8 feet 8.0 Incite) was suojeciea to a ina ussaim and was smashed by four girls, one an American, within a short time after competition started. Russia meanwhile Increased Its lead in the over-all point scoring bv taking the gold medals in the first two free style wrestling championships that were decided. ki.lrftbuhii.nl tnnfe th heavyweight title and David Clm- asurinze me nnauicwciKi uicum, .... ......I lA-4-4.4-9t trmlno VMl UC uouw v-v-- basis this added 20 points to , l.i-l v.. 1 .. Kussia s unoyiciai wlmt tu It to li6 5 points. All point scoring ... . i. . rl.-.nkn ( unftfftrlfil , 111 MIC vijiKtlo only Individual victories are rec ognised. The United States which has scored aU its 11& points In track aud Held events has lour survivors in other divisions of the wrestling competition which will be com pleted Wednesday afternoon. Yvctlc Williams of New Zealand got off the best Jump of the early trlBls clearing 6.16 meters (30 feet J.S2 inches! nearly two leet beyond the old Olympic standard established in 1W8 by Olga Gyra mati of Hungary. The women's broad Jump was added to the Olympic program for the 1MB games ui London. Right behind Miss Williams In the qualifying for Wednesday after noon's final came Mabel Landry nf rhirasn with a lump of 19 feet 3.S0 inches. Two Russian girls. Aleksandra Chudlna and Nina Dtjerkina. also exceeded the former record. American men who have been setting the pace in tills unpreced ented record - breaking carnival contented themselves with ordin ary performances as they had to attain only comparatively easy qualifying distances. Czechs Win Crew Race yittt crwirT (A fT-M-hftlclnVFikla won the four-oars with coxswain race Wednesday as the final event in h nlumnlf. mariner rhamnlon- shins got under way under overcast skies and a light drizzle in the Meilahti gnu. I- J aftrr,r1 Whllfi the University of Washington crew representing the United Slates fin ished irura. rnw -i .iiiriui rrtM-ti who rali hired the fast-starting English boat at the halfway mark, won by a length In 1:33.4. Switzerland was timed In 1:36.6. and the U.S. in 7:37.0. 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Econom ical, tool Each ean of Risk vea 4 saJlon of lather -over 60 wonderful ahavea. At dnmlata. m. (KrwthJt-kwi O IffM Utt HteMill e Mai f All three American entries. Outlined for the Javrlm throw final without removing thrlr sweat suits winch servrd as protection against raw cold weather. Franklin IBudl Held of Lakeside Cnllf. former Stanford allilele ni off the best American toss, lit feet 163 Inches. Cy Young of Modesto Calif, did 930 feet 6 01 Inches on Ills second try afler missing on hi first and Bill Miller of Phitemx, Arts., threw 212 feet 1 63 inches. The minimum qualifying dis tance was 209 feet 11.14 Inches. Walter Ashbaugh, Cornell Uni versity athlete from East Liver " lh ana- Plna "" IU PCL SHAKES DOWN TO TWO-CLUB TIFF By The Associated Preaa At long last, the Pacific Coast League pennant race seems to be shaping Itself Into a two learn race, with Hollywood and Oakland the class of the contestants. The Oaks chipped a half-game off the Hollywood hold on first place Tuesday night by defeating San Francisco In a double-header, 3 to I In the opener, and 8-5 In the second contest. Hollywood slammed 17 hits, high lighted by three-run homers by Carlos Bernler and Jack Phillip. s as the Stars subdued Sacramento, 11 to 4. Hollywood collected nine runs In a wild third inning and drove Chesty Chet Johnson from the mound. Los Angeles was rained out at Seattle, but Portland went on a FASCINATING FACTS! 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'IVx., quitlll Ird lor the Html ol the hop. atrp and Jump in Hie Hist half of the field. Azimuth rleared 47 trrt 1041 liii'hra Hi the triple Jump and Uerhnntt 49 leet, 1.71 Imiies. George Shaw of New York, third American entry, failed to qualify when ho fouled on Hie third try. A distance of 47 feet 1.44 Inches wua required to qtinllly. Noun ol the Aini'ilcniis la expected to be a strluM lute colitrnder. Hill Krrslnko of Kuclld. Ohio, Amriii-au liruvywelghi wrestler, wa.i rliinliialrd rliilil at the start of the final day of mat conijietltloii. slugging spree at 8an Diego, won the ball game 16 to 3, and put the Padres six gainea behind the league leaders. Pitchers Ouy Flet cher and Hob Malloy couldn't hold the reaurgmg Heavers, and In fielder Whltey Wletelmann w a a given the chore of finishing up but he fared no better. Hank Arlt, the Portland first sarker, got a triple and a homer and butted In five runs. People DO TOO read small space ads - you are! 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