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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1954 HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN 1 J Deal 'Splits Connie Mack With Baseball Br TOM BRADSHAW PHILADELPHIA ! Bustling big league baseball and aging, ail ing Connie Mack were all but separated today after an up-and-down "marriage" that lasted more than half a century. Mack was abed in his suburban apartment with a million memories and a cheek for $604,000 received yesterday from Chicago business man Arnold Johnson for Mack's share of the stock in the A's fran chise. There remained to formalize the sale of the A't some paper work ARNOLD JOHNSON . . . man' with the money Involving Mack's sons Roy and Earle, and the granting of approval by the . league owners. TYCOON A league meeting was scheduled by President Will Hanidge Mon day morning at New York's Com modore Hotel. At that session the owner of the seven other clubs in the loop will be asked by the Mack family to okay the sale to JolVson, 47-year-old former naval lieutenant comrimnder and present coin-machine tycoon. Johnson plana to pay Roy and Earle Mack each $450,000 for their stock and shift the Athletics to Kansas City, where plans were be ing pushed to remodel the ball park now occupied by the Amerl can Assn. Blues. Harrldge said In Chicago yester- Top State; Prep Teams Seek Titles By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The state's two top high school football teams go into games this weekend that will , determine whether -they will gain the state playoffs.- Undefeated and untied Marsh field, ranked No. 1 in the latest AP poll, will tangle with arch-rival North Bend. A win will give Marah field the district 6 crown In class 1- A. South Salem, ranked No. 2, will engage in its first cross-town rival ry, meeting North Salem in a game that could give South Salem the district 8 title, this Is the first year that Salem has had two high schools. Somh Salem is unbeaten but once-tied. The other berths in class i-A al ready are filled, but five class 2-A playoff spots will be at stake in weekend games. Three undefeated teams. Vale, Junction City and St. Helens, will be Involved. Vale meets Ontario for the dis trict 7 crown. Junction City will tangle with Pleasant Hill, needing a win to gain the district 5 title. St. Helens will travel to Oswego In the playoff for the district 1 title. . Another playoff will send Co quille to Ashland for the district 6 crown. Central of Monmouth Independence also needs a victory over Serra of Salem to gain the district 3 title. - ; Previous title-winners in class 2- A were Reedsport in district 3, Dallas in district 4 and Prlneville in district 8. Oames involving other teams In the top 10 of the AP poll will send Roseburg to the field of the No. 3 team. Grants Pass. Medford, No. 5, will play Crater, and Milwaukie. the No. 6 team, will meet West Linn. Pendleton. No. 7, will travel o Milton - Freewater seeking a ninth consecutive triumph of the season, and Prlneville, the No. I team, will be at Bend. day that Johnson's ownership of New Yolk's Yankee Stadium "will be thoroughly explained" at Mori. days meeting. OPPOSITION . Tnere have been reports of oddo- isilion to Johnson because of ibis tie-in. Prior to the Oct. 12 meeting In Cnicago at which the American League had approved the transfer of the A's to Kansas iciv. Job tlRnn had given assurance he would take any steps the league wished in re gard to Yankee Stadium. only one league owner, W. ,o. (Spike! Briggs of Detroit, has ex pressed opposition to the Johnson deal and he would have to be join ed oy two others to block the trans action. - Tommy Richardson, president of the Eastern League, who had made an unsuccessful bid for the A's last month, said last night he still b interested In a deal. He said he and a group of associates would be willing to pick up the Athletics losses through 1955 up to a maxi mum of $250,000 and then buy out the Macks. The club would be moved out of Philadelphia If it then appeared a hopelessly losing prop osition here. . "OUTRUSHED" There was no Immediate indica tion as to whether an "outrushed" Philadelphia syndicate was still in the picture. The Johnson deal Involves a total of about 3!4 million dollars. In ad dition to the payments to Connie and his two sons, Johnson and his associates would take over the $1,200,000 mortgage on the A's property plus the $800,000 in out standing club debts. Johnson said yesterday he would have a million-dollar fund set aside to rebuild the A's from a player standpoint aiming at a Ilrst divi sion spot within a couple of years. com Koy and Earle, as well as their sons, may be retained In the club's front office organization. And Connie Sr. would be given the honorary title of chairman of the Board of Directors. The apparent end of the Mack baseball dynasty to all Intents and purposes came yesterday in the setting of Connie Mack's sick room, against a backdron some what resembling the land rushes oi tne early West. SYNDICATE Representatives of a four-man Philadelphia syndicate the rem nants of an eight-member erouo that had failed previously to net league approval of their offer for tne club showed up at the Mack home with checks for $604,000. Johnson had beaten them there, however, by an hour and. the Chi- Icagoan emerged the winner. Mrs. uonnie Mack told newsmen: "Mr. Johnson is a nice man and he won out. We said whoever got here first would be the buyer. Mr. Johnson was here al t o'clock: the Philadelphia group came at 10 a.m. The Philadelphia group dillydallied." A source close to baseball's elder statesman said he was delected over the strong possibility his team was headed for other parts. - fii MW. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BASEBALL PHILADELPHIA Arnold Johnson, Chicago businessman, bought the Philadelphia Athletics for approximately $3,500,000. RACING BALTIMORE Kinda Smart 'M 20i took feature at opening ol Pimllco's fall meeting. ALBANY, Calif. Track Medal (10.30 scored a two length vic tory In feature at Golden Gate Fields. People Do Read SPOT ADS -you are! Ducks Face Task Of Stopping UCLA LOS ANGELES I The un beaten UCLA football squad Is well aware It has been named ihe top outfit In the nation, but he young men of Westwood are .studiously trying to ignore the tact. Their main concern Is to defeat threatening Oregon team Sat urday and keep the record straight. Fortunately, in Henry R. (Red) SF Proud Of Sports Heritage By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK I The citizens of San Francisco are extremely proud of their sporU heritage, especially of the dominant role their city played ill the early days of prize lighting in this country. It was to be expected that they would vote overwhelmingly for a five-million-dollar bond issue to build them selves a big league ball park. Everything points to the proba bility that the Coast city will with in a period of not too many years strongly rival New York City and Chicago for recognition as the na tion's sports capital. Indeed, it Is a virtual cinch to do so once it has a 50.000 capacity 6tadium and can bid for the heavyweight cham pionships. The next two title bouts are scheduled- there. Paddy DeMarco defends his lightweight crown against Jimmy Carter there Nov, 17, and Bo bo Olson gives Joey Gi ardello a shot at his middleweight bauble Dec, 15. The national audience which saw Olson annihilate Garth Panter In a tuneup fight two nights ago can realize without being told that the latter bout figures to be a terrific attraction one which only a- short time ago would have been held no where except in the populous East. While the DeMarco-Carter return Is not quite the same promoter's dream, it is sufficient to bolster San Francisco's ego. Nothing of the kind Is going on around here, at least. The closest this city has come to seeing a championship lately was Rocky Marclano passing through hurried ly on his way to a banquet engage ment. Since the Saxton-Gavilan welterweight showpiece in Phila delphia recently, about the only ones even discussing the fight SCORES cur LtAoi'i Underwood's coca cola Grtlft Foods Lucca Cafa KC Palnla Safeway Mac's stora Wlnama levators K) Creainery Crster Lake Marh. Last night's results: Lucre 4. Mac's O Underwood's 3, Safeway X Crisis 4, KC Paints u Crater Lake 4, Wliuma 0 Coea Cola S, KF Creamery I W t, 11 11 11 11 30 It IS 10 17 IS IT IS 11 31 11 31 S3 Sanders, UCLA has a coach who isn't about to lei bis players take their press clippings too much to head. EXCELLENCE In addition to his excellence In coaching the single wing mode of attack, Mr, Sanders is a master In applied psychology, gifted In the use of the verbal needle If necessary. Oregon still has a taint chanee to gain the Rose Bowl bid in the Pacific Coast Conference, despite losses to Stanford and Southern Calllornia. ' Quarterback: Oeorge Shaw poses a threat for any op ponent. UCLA is Ineligible to make the bowl game again, having been there last New Year's Day. But UCLA, with a team Red says is the best lie ever ooached, has a reputation, and its host of talented Individuals, sparked by tailback - Pi imo Villanueva, plan to defend it. Last week UCLA knocked off California, 27-6. Previously, UCLA ruined Stanford, 72-0 and Oregon State, 61-0. Were the 72 and 61 point scores rolled up to Improve their national rating? "Definitely not," replied Sand ers, He pointed out that against Oregon State, his third and fourth string players played much more than the regulars or so-called sec ond team. It was much the same against Stanford. , EACH GAME ,' Each game is taken as they come, Sanders explained, and this is as true of Onegon as Us was Oregon State and the rest. Sanders' scouts fay Oregon Is better than last year. Last year UCLA had to go all out to win, 12-0. Shaw has been hampered In running by a muscle injury, but he Is still the total offense leader in the conference, with 1,245 yards. Oregon Coach Len Casanova named Shaw, halfbacks Dick James and Lloyd Powell and lull back Jasper McGee to lead off in his T-formation backfleld. Vil lanueva, blocking back Terry De- Bay, right halfback Jim Decker and Davenport make up the Bruin foursome. Urlggs Foods went crazy in last night's Cl'.y League bowling action at Lucky Lanes and kept the pin boys hoping as they rolled a 3044 pin series and the first and sec ond high garnet of 1038 and 1031 to smother the opposition. Runnerup honors went to Crater Lake Machinery with their series of 3010, good enough to take top nonors any otner evening, and they also had a 1031 game to share sec ond place laurels with Griggs' 1031 score. I.arron Griggs had the high In- aiviauai series score with a 627 total, while Gene Doughty had the second high three line total with 960. Game action was topped by uon .ruiier with a 236 with Griggs noiuing second nest with his 233 one line total.' LADV BUG LIAUIE Al Schmerk 31 11 Pelican Drive-Inn " ;'n J3 Beacon's Service 10 13 A and B Paint in n Wonia Cate 18 14 Bunny's Founlsln 17 is Snoop and Schulse IT is Urifai Foods 14 in Hilltop Cafe i5 jS Mllanl's 13 lo Howard's Cleaners 13 30 Valuer's ' 10 23 Last night's results: Beacon's 3, Schmeck 1 Snoop snd Schulze 3, Pellcsn 1 A and B 3. Grlffls 1 Valuer's 3, Bunny's 1 Hcwsrd's 3, Wong's 1 Mllsnl's 3, Hilltop 1 Nation's Top Football Teams Playing For Fun By T11E ASSOCIATED PRESS College football turnt the corner tomorrow Into November, the tra ditional month for determining the bowl game teams, and In this Minor League Attorneys. Delaying Suit WASHINGTON I Attorneys for a Piedmont League owner have delayed Indefinitely the filing of a suit seeking minions in damages for alleged "Invasion" of minor league territory by radio and TV accounts of major league baseball games. James P. McGranery, lawyer for Prank Lawrence who owns the Portsmouth, Va.. club In the Pied mont circuit,- said Thursday he was not yet ready to act. Lawrence has said he will seek damages from the 16 major league clubs and baseball commissioner Ford Frlck. Previously, Lawrence had said the suit would be entered by Nov. 1, HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE. ORE. MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern Mrs. J. B. Barley Joe Barley Jr. Proprietor! and B Paint with their 038 high single game and Howard's Clean ers with a 2654 series high. Second high game went to Howard's with a 007 count while Beacon's had the second high series with a 2634 pin total. whacky season the teams who can't go to the bowls will be steal ing the headlines from those who can. UCLA, for example, finds Itself in a painful position. The nation's top-ranked team can add to its prestige by, whacking Oregon, but if it does, it will go a long way toward boosting Southern Califor nia, UCLA'a bitter cross-town rival Into the Rose Bowl. UCLA is Inel igible this year, but the No. 10 team. Southern Cal.. will be al most certain of the spot If the Trojans belt Stanford tomorrow BARRED Similarly, Oklahoma, the No. S team. Is barred from another trip to Miami for the Orange Bowl this year, but the Sooners are the de termining factor in the Big seven conference. Oklahoma meets Iowa State, which doesn't flnure to both' cr the Sooners.tomorrow, but N? braska and Missouri, the leading contenders at the moment, follow on the Oklahoma schedule. And the University of Miami, barred from bowl activity by an NCAA ruling, can and to its No. 6 ranking by whacking oft-beaten Auburn tomorrow and following that up with victories over Ala bama and Florida. Both of the lav ter are in the running for the South eastern Conference title, with de signs on the Sugar or Cotton Bowls. Arkansas, the surprise team of 1954, will be going after Its seventh consecutive victory against Rice, and another win by the fourtn- ranked Porkers would Just about Lorelei DePape and Doris Bene dict maintained control over the Individual scoring aotion in last night's Lady Bug League play at ijucay i,anes. The high series honors were tak. en by Benedict with her 606 score. while a 214 game was high enough for DePape to take top spot. Sec ond high game went to Doris Ry- ccr wim ner zos one iur total. Other series totals that ranged from 810 or better Included Clara Beard, Flora Bagley, Mary Both- wen, nprris Ryser and Lorelei De Pape, who registered scores of 540, 517, 615. 510 and 513 resneo. tlvely.' Team action was topped by A The Most Practical SPORTS CAR in all the World! Why Sure, It's the New Hudson Metropolitan See It At Juckeland Motors 1 lth and Klamath Ph. 2-2581 wrap up the Southwest Conference title and an automatic berth In the Cotton Bowl. They'll be In the bowl for sure If Texas AiiM should end its victory famine with an upset of Southern Methodist. It's almost unheard of, however, for the Southwest Conference race to be decided so early and nobody would be surprised If Rice upended Arkansas, thereby throwing the race into the usual mad scramble, SIGNIFICANCE Purdue, No. 8, Is the only other team In the top 10 with a game that has bowl significance. This Boilermakers have only an out side chance of overhauling high flying Ohio State In the Big Ten race. They won't have any chance at all if passer Len Dawson and runner Bill Murakowskl don't sub due Iowa, which Is currently ranked 12th and anxious to get back In the select group. Ohio State, ranked just behind UCLA In the poll, can't afford to let down against Pittsburgh, which already has bounced two teams (Navy and West Virginia) right out or the top 10. game are district attorneys. 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