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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1954
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
Commission
Officials Of
Absolves King
Weiser Peafch
so
Bjr CLAYTON HANNON Lillard also mentioned that he. with the battle after the disputed ,that he could see no signs of negll-
to an open meeting of the Klam-!cou'cln't 6ee any reason for the count In the first round, but be- igence on the part of anyone, and
alii Falls boxing commission Sat-
uiday afternoon In the council
chambers of the city hall, it was
declared that no signs of negligence
was present in Friday night's box
ing match which claimed the lile
ot Ralph Weiser, a well known
Bealty lighter.
Weiser, who died early Saturday
bout to be stopped due to Weiser's cause he was not the signed man- classified It as a "tragic accident.
condition while fighting. agcr for Weiser and was only act-1 Dr. Adler summed up the nicet-
TKSTIMONY Ing as a handler, he went along Ing, which was well attended by
Following Moss' testimony, with the fight only upon Weiser's ' relatives of the deceased and many
Frank Steele, tuneaeeper at tue say so. As the local handler stated, iring followers, clearing any of the
bout, appeared on the stand for a I "he had the last say in any mat- ring officials for the death and
morning at Hillside Hospital lol- ZmoZ
lutvuig iiiotu mjui i Diuinmcu in
short session belore the commis
sion and reassured the group that
Moss had not given Hall a long or
short count In the first round Hall was confused during the first
round count, but that Hall was con
ters of that nature." said, "If we would have been able
CONFUSED to overcome the accident, believe
Miinorn also said lie uiougni mat ; me, we would have."
the 10 round main evenL of the " " " .i.t...uc. suu nma. .iiutu muic uy ncuci a uiuwt, uu
IZ rZ am 1D also , called to the stand by by misunderstanding the count pro-
massive cerebral hemorrhage, ac-
Uip commission and both of them
cording to the reports presented at
the hearing.
Dr. George H. Adlcr, who Is the
commission doctor and acted as
the chairman of the three-hour
hearing, stated following the gath
ering of the managers, officials,
members of the commission and
Teddy Hall, Weiser's opponent, that
he thought it was a very unfortu
nate happening of fate, and ex
pressed the deepest sympathies on
behalf of the commission. .
WITNESS
(The first witness called to the
stand at the hearing was Dr. J.
Martin Adams, who was the acting
yringsidc physician In the absence
of Dr. "Adler.
r; Drt Adams slated that he had
- rhpr.keri all of the f itrhters before
Vthc bouts started and found all of
them to be in normal health and
could see no reason why any of
the fighters would not be able to
conform to the commission rulings
governing a fighter's health.
When Dr. Adams checked the
fallen fighter' in the ring immedi
ately following the knockout, he
found Weiser's heart and pulse to
be in normal response, and the
.same was found upon another thor
ough check of the Beatty Bomber
at the hospital, but as time went
on, life began to lose its important
! battle for the well known fighter.
An autopsy was performed by
Dr. G. R. Nicholson, a member
of both hospital staffs in Klamath
ji'alls in the capacity of pathologist,
and his report verilied the fact
that Weiser had died of a brain
hemorrhage.
Dr. Nicholson's testimony also
disproved any reports that the
Jimmy Grow Weiser fight or the
Di.ton Hoxsey - Weiser fight in the
J past month or two had any bearing
ton the fighter's death, since the
ihemorrhase was so massive that
jit would have had to happen in no
.smore man 14 10 24 nouis preccuniK
jtho autopsy, which was held late
Saturday mornina.
j EXPLAINED
j Dr. Adler further explained this
I point as he indicated that the hem-
orrhage would have had to have
i happened in the ninth round of the
" light, the same round that Weiser
' collapsed, because of the massive
' ness of the hemorrhage. If it had
"happened in the sixth or seventh
(I rounds, the fight wouldn't have
liasted the nine rounds it did.
.j Wally Moss, the commission ret
leree, who holds an official's 11
4 cense in 36 of the 48 stales of the
J nation, was the next witness and
3 the major share of his questioning
was based on the first round knock
1 down and disputed knockout of
SHall.
The explanation, which came
from the ring rule book, this and
many other commissions follows,
a was made by Moss as he pointed
out that it was weiser' ugnt ana
he could have allowed the battle to
go on or call it quits with a knock
out victory to his record, even
though Hall was perfectly all light
to continue fighling.
Moss, who was criticized by
many fight fans following the bout
for nermittinir the flBht to continue,
7 was acting under the rules of the
National Boxing Commission and
was in his own rights to let the
fight go, providing Weiser wanted
it that way, and he did.
Promoter Mack Lillard,
said the knockdown ruling here dll
lers with those he has fought un
der belore.
In several cities, the count
doesn't start until the fighter de
livering the punch arrives at a
neutral corner, in Klamath Falls
hits the canvas. This is the reason
Hall misunderstood Moss' i-mint in
the initial round and knowing be
bad to take an eight count, he
stayed down instead of bobbing
rignt Dack up. as all of the wit
nesses testified they thought he
was able to do.
Hall, who was greatly disturbed
by the tragedy, said that the
thought he might give up the ring
Dusincss Decause ot tne accident.
Hall also mentioned that Weiser
was just as strong in the ninth
with hi blows as he was in the
first two or three rounds.
HANDLED
Wark, Hall's manager, who has
also handled Weiser In fights be
fore, especially in Washington and
northern fight circles, thought Wei
ser was slowing down in the sixth
or seventh rond, but as the Seat
tle light manager, mentioned, "he
did this often, likek he might be
getting his second wind for the
final two or three rounds."
Weiser's handler and acting man
ager, C. E. "Red" Mllhorn took
the stand before the commission
and stated that in test questions
delivered to his fighter between
rounds, the deceased fighters an
swered all of them perfectly, and
showed no signs of being in danger.
Milhorn also asked the Bomber if
he was hurt or if anything was. the
matter, but the reply was negative,
except he said he was "a little bit
tired" at one time.
Milhorn was against going on
cedure. Milhorn also mentioned In
answer to a question asked by a
commission member, that his boy
nad slowed a lltt.e but not to any
point where he was unable to pro
tect himself from Hall s blows.
District Attorney Frank Alder-
son, who was invited to the hear
ing by Dr. Adler said afterwards,
Grant Wins
Prep Swim
Championship
Rosburg
Captures
Miami Open
MIAMI, Fla. GB Bob Rosburg.
a roly-poly young man who almost
wasn't there, pocketed the $2,000
first prize money in the Miami
Open Golf Tournament after a dis
play of putting that had spectators
bug-eyed.
"I had decided not to come down
for this one. It's a long way to
Miami from California and I
didn't think it would be worth the
trip." the San Francisco putting
perfectionist said yesterday after
winning his first major tourna
ment. "Now I'm awfully glad I
changed my mind."
The chubby, 28-year-old Ros-
burr's putting was at a peak in the
final round over the par 36-35 70,
6,620-yard Miami Springs course.
His ability to stroke them in
from as far as 50 feet away en
abled him to vault from a tie tor
sixth, two strokes off the pace
Into first place. His sensational
32-3365 gave him a 273 total, 7
under par.
Bo Wininger, Oklahoma City,
tied for the lead with National
Open champion Ed Furgol, St
Louis, and Ted Kroll, New Hart
ford, N. Y., after three rounds.
was the only one of that trio who
managed to break par yesterday
and his 69 gave him second place,
one stroke behind Rosburg, and
$1,400 prize money.
Doug Ford, Kiamesha Lake,
N. Y., the 1953 winner, shot a fine
67 to pull Into third place with 278
He collected $1,000.
Furgol and Kroll took 70s and
EUGENE (P Grant High School
,',f Pnrllnnrf Ratnrrinv umn It fmiWh
straight state swimmlnr champion- tied for Iourth t 276 with former
snip, scoring 66 points. South "hd np junus 0010s. mm
Salem was runncruo with 22. Pines, N. O, and Pete Cooper
Then came St. Helens 21. Lake Tampa. Boros, the first-round pace
Oswego 18, Lincoln 12, Jefferson isetter, had a 69 and Cooper card
and Washington 10, Cleveland and ed a fine 67
Benson 8, West Linn 4, Beaverto il One stroke back were Herman
and Junction City 1, and North Bairon, White Plains, N. Y., and
SCORES
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Troy V. Cook 48
Poieet's Market 4.1
Swin Lake Moulding Mlt
Louit's Foods 31 1
Medo.Land 30'
J. W. Kerrta K'a
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Sunrise Service IB'i
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Last ntght'i reiuJW:
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Med -Land 3, Sunrise S
Washington Whips JYU;
So. California Trips Beavers
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In the Saturday game at Cor- itha Huskies their first loss in lour
Northern Division basketball ! vallls, OSC took an early lead but starts,
teams hit the road again this week i couldn't hold It The Beavers went Washington State pulled a thrll.
and next as the loop nears the iu' " 'rant 6-2 'n opening mln- Iter out ot the lire despite a 38
end of its schedule of pre-seaaon tes ' Soucal sank three straight poim scoring spree by Whitworth'a
warmup games. ! baskets and was never headed. The 6-10 center Phil Jordan. The lead
Oregon State travels to San (Trojans led 27-15 at the half. Tro-1 changed hands half s dozen times
Francisco for a pair of weekend 'lan guard Dick Welsh was high as the teams battled down to thn
games In the Cow Palace, while '.scorer wiui iv puuua. non nooins wire, wnuworui ira ji-i? miaway
series wasnuigton uies to Mannattan,
Jorcc Ross with a 516
and Lynne Albert with her 203 Kansas, for a single contest Bat'
high single game score registered : uraay wnn Kansas state.
Salem 0.
Two meet records were broken
and a third was tied a." more than
100 swimmers from 13 schools took
part in the meet.
Art Wall Jr., Pocono Manor, Pa.
Each had a 68 in the final round.
California
Men Rumored
For OSC Position
PORTLAND lift Two Univer
sity of California coaches are
among candidates being consider
ed for the head football coaching
job at Oregon State College, The
Oregonian reported Sunday.
The newspaper said "reliable
sources" report Hcrm Meister, line
coach under Lynn (Pappy) Wald
orf at California, backfield Coach
Wes Fry and OSC athletic director
R. S. (SDeci Keene conferred dur-
who is ; mg the recent Pacific Coast Con-
appointed and works under the fcrence meetings at Pasadena,
commission rulings, was a later Calif.
witness at the hearing and he st.it- OSC is looking for a coach to
ed his wholehearted support of replace Kip Taylor who along with
Moss, who he said is a qualified
official and competent to work
matches in any ring in the country.
his assistants Len Younce, Ward
Cuff and Hal Moc, resigned after
the 1934 football season.
IAST
NIGHT Ml
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DORTMUND, Germany Rex
Layne, 207 3,, Lewiston, Utah,
drew with Heinz Neuhaus, 214
Germany. 10.
BOSTON Peter Mueller, 155,
Germany, outpointed Joe Miccli,
148, New York, 10.
HAMILTON, Bermuda Nino;
Valdes. 208 'i, Cuba, stopped Jim-'
my Walls, 183, Englewood, N.J.,
2.
HAVANA Puppy Garcia, 126, !
Cuba, stopped Tony Grasso, 124,
United States, 2.
HOLLYWOOD Charlie Saw- i
yer, 148. Los Angeles, stopped
Bobby Morales, 153, Mexico, 2.
Top Hoop
Teams
Bite Dust
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The betting today is that no col
lege basketball learn will go
through the season with fewr
than two or three defeats.
The campaign is lett. than two
weeks old and already teams
tapped for outstanding court sea
sons nave been dumped uncere
moniously from the unbeaten
class.
Exactly half of the ten 10 teams
In the Associated Preys' preseason
poll bit the dust for the first time
Saturday. They were Duquesne
(No. 3i, Iowa (No. 41, Holy Cross
(No. 5), Niagara (No. 8) and
Notre Dame (No. 9). Indiana (No.
6) was beaten earlier Ir. the week
In addition, llth-rcnked Okla
homa A&M was knocked off as
were 12th-rated St. Louis, peren
nially powerful Western Kentucky,
North Carolina, Fordham, Army,
Texas Christian and San Fran
cisco. Duke, Penn Slate. Wake
Forest and Kansas State also have
been beaten.
POWERFUL
La Salle and Kentucky, one-two
In last week's AP poll still were
among the unbeatens but not be
fore they were handed real, honest-to-goodness
scares. The Explorers,
behind from the opening whistle,
were forced into overtime before
eking out a 76-75 victory over
Niagara. It took a desperation
rhot by Bob Maples with only six
seconds left for La 8alle to regis
ter Its fourth triumph.
Kentucky had its toughest game
since it last was beaten, by SI.
John's in 1952, edging Xavier of
Ohio 73-69 for its 37th straight.
The Wildcats led by only 70-69
with less than a minute remaining.
Dayton and North Carolina
State, ranked seventh and 10th
respectively In the AP poll, im
proved their prospects with re
sounding victories. The Flyers of
Ohio won their fourth in a row,
burying Bowling Green 109-39, and
the Wolfpack notched their fifth
straight with a 56-53 win over
Eastern Kentucky.
The biggest shock was George
Washington's 71-64 annual Ste:
Bowl triumph over Duquesne.
which admittedly was handicapped
by the absence of Si Green, its
spectacular scorer. Green was out
with an attack of appendicitis. Joe
Holun led the Colonials with 2b
points.
SURPRISE
Iowa's 97-94 loss to Missouri also
came as a surprise since the
Hawkcyes are favored to capture
the Big Ten title.
I n d 1 a n n a, Big Ten defending
champion, whipped Notre Dame
73-70 Saturday to hand the Irish
their first home defeat since Feb
ruary 1952
Holy Cross, rated one of the best
teams In the East, was rocked Dy
St. John's of Brooklyn, blowing a
35-33 half time lead to bow 93-73
Oklahoma's Aggies suffered their
first loss at the hands of Illinois
59-63.
the honors In the Individual scor
ing action of last night's Alley
Katz League at Lucky Lanes.
Oregon has the longest trip a
Ohio, for a single clash Tuesday,
flight to Louisville for a game
Runnerup spots went to Ross next Monday, then to Dayton,
with a 198 game and Vivian Wise and to Detroit for a singleton
with a 485 series. Wednesday.
Troy V. Cook took a 2493 series
and 849 game to lead the team
scoring action. Poteet's had the
number two series of 2436 pins,
while J. W. Kerns had a 821 game.
Tulelake Wins
Tulelake Honkers led by the
floor playing of Mike Purves took
a close 47-43 victory from the Ma
lm Mustangs at Tulelake last Sat
urday night In a non-league game
for both teams.
Purves scored 14 points to take
second high honors of the evening.
The high scorer was Tulelake's
Duff Adams with 16. High man for
Malin was Ray Johnson with a
total of 12 counters.
Malin won the preliminary game
as their B team wrapped up a
57-50 game over the Honker Bs.
Short score:
Malin (I SI P08 147) Tnltlake
Stavskal t4 r (Hi Manceau
Rajnua 0l F MSI Adama
Ollva IS) C 1121 Skalicky
Travis Hot G Hit Purves
Johnson iu a i0i Dahle
Subs for Malin: Dokken I7i. Suba for
Tulelake: Smith. Officials: Douglas and
D)C.
RACING
i ALBANY, Calif, Determine
($3) became the nation's leading
money winner for 1954, winning
the $25,000 added Golden Gate
Handicap at Golden Gate Fields.
REMAIN
Idaho and Washington State will
remain in or near their own back
yards. Idaho entertains California
Pnlv ml Mncmw Tiatrinv llnmnr.
row), . and Montana Saturday. !
Washington Slate plays Eastern
Saturday. !
Oregon State's opponents In the
Cow Palace will be the Unlver-;
slty of Sun Francisco and Santa I
Clara, two of California's tough
est Independents. The Beavers play
USF Friday and Santa Clara Sat
urday, then return home for a '
game with Seattle University next 1
Tuesday. I
Weekend action saw Northern :
Division teams break even with
three wins and three losses.
W ashington State beat Whltwoi lh
08-62 and Idaho edged Utah State
90-48 In overtime. Washington and
Brigham Young also went Into
overtime and BYU pulled out with
a 69-64 victory to even the series
at a win apiece. Washington won
Friday 64-44. Southern California
took two straight from Oregon
State, 65-35 Saturday and 45-43 Fri
day.
Oregon was idle.
led OSC with 10.
SPARKED
At Frovo, Utah, a late Washing
ton rally sparked' by Doyle Per
kins sent the game Into overtime.
With only seconds remaining, Per
kins' jump shot gave the Huskies
a 53-50 lead. Two BYU field goals
and a Washington foul shot tied
It at 54-54 at the end of the reg
ular period. The Cougars dom
inated play In the overtime to hand
of Uie first half but WSC rallied
to lead 35-34 at the Intermission.
Sophomore forward Larry Beck
paced the Cougar attack with 23
points.
Idaho and. Utah State staged one
of the highest scoring contests in
years In the clash at Moscow. The
score was tied 76-76 at the end
of the regular period and the teams
scored a total of 36 points In tha
overtime.
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