FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1954
HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
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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.
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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
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-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
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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
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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.
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the modern school, was born there
and did all his early fighting there
hi the lB80's. or that Bob Fltz
slmmons fought and won his first
bout In this country there in 1800. '
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