FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1954
H.ERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FAi LS. OREGON
PAGE THIRTEEN
Spooner j
May Be
Ball Hero
By GAYLE TALBOT
MEW YORK (-Unless early re
turns are misleading, a throwback
to ol' Jay Hanna iDUzy) Dean is
about to burst upon the baseball
scene in the person of Karl Spoon
er, the left-handed young extro
vert who reports to the Brooklyn
Dodgers next March -1. Tne Kid
seems to believe in taniself tue
way the great man did when he
joined the St. Louis Cardinals 23
years ago.
Spooner is the New York state
pneeuom who in his first big league
start last Sept. 22 struck out 15 Gi
ants and practically paralyzed the
newly crowned National League
champions 3-0. A few days later,
to prove it was no accident, he
whiffed an even dozen Pittsburgh
Pirates. They were a couple cf
such strutting, overwhelming per
formances as ol' Diz loved to put
on lor nis puonc.
PREDECESSOR
And now the newcomer with the
jumping fast ball Is oiling up his
tonsils and even talking like his
Illustrious predecessor. Recovering
from a knee operation which he
figures should increase his effec
tiveness about SO per cent, he says
he doesn't expect to have any
trouble at all with Willie Mays of
the Giants, who has just been ap
pointed the league's Most Valuable
Player. He says he has Willie s
number.
Even in his greatest year, 1934.
when he was winning 30 and losing
only 7, Dean never stuck his neck
out farther. It is on the record, of
course, that when Dis announced
he was going to cool off a batter,
or any number of batters, he al
most invariably did so, and
laughed at his victims in the pro
cess. It remains to be seen wheth
er Spooner can similarly back up
nis words with deeds.
WHIFFED
On the day the kid set a new
record for strikeouts in a pitcher's
first big league game, he faced me
mighty Willie only twice. He
whiffed Willie the first time, but
on the second go-round the Negro
star popped a single into ngnt
field one of the three hits the Gi
ants collected off the freshman
wonder. After that, Willie retired
for the day.
In fact, to put Spooner's dazzling
feat into proper perspective, it
probably should be noted that only
a handful of Giant regulars went
all the way that day. They were
only 48 hours past their victoiy
celebration, and some of them
were not feeling too sporty. Man
ager Leo Durocher, being the kind
ly, considerate fellow that he is,
used his second string freely. Billy
Gardner, stiff from months on tne
bench, struck out three times, for
example.
TIME OUT
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Vandals
Working
Elements
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
By THE ASSOCIATED PRLSS
Thursday's Result
FAR WEST
Carroll (Mont) M. Rirlre R7
BjT JERRY O'BHIEN Onlnrarin Cnllovx Ml Pil'Miminnnt
MOSCOW, Idaho I Harlan v nnii.i V
Hodges, the scholarly chemist on Humbold, M Pl5aiena Narene
the University of Idaho coaching (
?S ,"m',w"lt-slI''ba.'! Portland 4. San Diego State 85
Whitworth 02. Cat Poly 54
Willamette 67, Puget Sound 63
King Commission
Rejects Motion
Whitman 78, Eastern Wash 61
elements like NH. FS and ND to
develop a Winning formula here in
his first try.
n,a I, ... .. n wit
no height - than in any other i8'- Mar,in's w" Linficld 68
on prospects of Northern Division ' '
basketball lab in the league. He ;NiaBara 99. Syracuse 74
has FS, fair speed, but ND. no ist- Francis (Pa 88. lona 58
depth. He also has LP little pros- Temple 77. St. John's tBkn) 69
pect of winning very much. iFordham 65, Colgate 51
But Hodges, who learned nisi"""" " un uonege m
"Magnificent camera work
on thii fight!"
3
Kiner,
Frick
To Meet
NEW YORK (Pi Ralph Kiner
probably will be asked to sign a
new 1955 contract with the Cleve
land Indians when he ar.d Baseball
Commissioner Ford Frick meet
here Saturday.
Frick disclosed yesterday he was
holding up approval of Kiner's con
tract in which the slugging out
fielder volunteered to take a salary
cut above the 25 per cent limit.
Kiner, who received a reported
$65,000 with the Chicago Cubs last
season, was traded to Cleveland
last month. Figuring his poor sea
son with the Cubs entitled him to
no more than 140.000 for next year,
he signed his new contract witn
the Indians Tuesday.
Kiner insisted he was- setting no
precedent In taking an unusual cut
oi approximately 40 per cent.
Reports persisted, however, that
other players would disapprove
such a procedure, figuring a dan
gerous precedent would be set.
In Pittsburgh, Kiner said he still
didn't see anything wrong with the
contract, but If Frick wanted him
to sign a new contract, he would
abide. The new contract presuma
bly would be around $49,000 on the
basis of a 25 per cent cut.
Old OfQeva Idilh
The Sportsman
By CLAYTON" HANNON
THAT TIME has arrived, or so
it seems, when the migratory bird
shooting comes to a slowing pace.
and what birds there are in the
country seem to be living the
"Life of Riley," with very few
hunters seeking to do them harm.
From all the weekly reports
there are still plenty of birds in
the area, but not too many hunters
to keep them moving, and what
hunters there are haven't seemed
to be making a large kill.
Many hunters have already
paegked away their scatterguns for
another season, and probably they
are the wiser, while others, who
will keep seeking out good hunting
until January 3.
Langell Valley still seems to be
the best spot In this Basin, al'
though it too has its poor days,
The overall picture again looks
spotty, but some birds should be
taken, despite the clear and col a
weather conditions.
Some hunters have been picking
up some fair to good duck shoot'
ing on the Klamath River below
the highway, and in some of the
hunting clubs to the South.
most BODIES of water are
frozen and the mallards and pin
tans can be found on the open
drainage ditches for those who
like to juinp-shoot. Langell Vallev
again should be good, especially
lor tne pintails or springs.
To settle an argument that has
been circulating around the Basin
for the past week or so, we checked
with game enforcement officers
for a definite answer. Hunters will
have to have a 1955 hunting license
to hunt after December 31, The
duck stamp is stll lgood.
Four arrests were made by
members ot the Oregon State Po
lice this past week and all four
were for angling closed waters.
Those arrested were Lincoln Ru
dolph Gabriel, 27, of Olene. Frank
Gabriel Jr., 28, Olene, Catherine
Pearl Parkhurst, 37 Klamath
Falls and Frank Gabriel 72, of
Olene. The fines ranged from $10
to
THURSDAY'S FIGHTS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AKRON, Ohio Carmen Ba
tilio, 150, Syracuse, N.Y., stopped
Ronnie .Harper, 152, Detroit, 3.
Pat McMurtry
Floors Seals
PORTLAND If) A sizzling
riRm to me jaw floored Kirby
oeais oi ssan uiego for the third
time inursoay night and the ref
eree handed young Pat McMurtry
his 12th victory as a professional
boxer.
Referee Ralph Gruman stopped
the fight at 2:45 of the second
round. It was the 11th knockout in
'.2 professional fights for the Ta
coma heavyweight, a former Ore
gon Golden Gloves champion.
McMurtry weighed 188 and Seals
192.
In preliminaries:
Paul Kennedy, 149, Portland,
drew with Ralph Colvin, 154, Es
tacada.Ore. Dean Abney. 158, Salem, Ore.,
stopped Merced Moniz, 155, Oak
land. Calif. 1.
Kel Wayne. 158. Vancouver,
Wash., stopped John Rowland,
156 Oakland, Calif., t.
Richie Reed, 16U Tacoma out
pointed Jimmy Howard 15a Oak
land Calif. 6.
Julius Washington 171 Oikland
stopped Sgt. Billy Parker 170 Ft.
Lewis 4.
Harvard 64, Middlebury 61
utica 84, Potsdam 68
Alliance 78, Allegheny 69
Gettysburg 80, John Hopkins 66
SOUTH
Western Kentucky 75, Colorado
State 67
Roliins 84, Citadel 71
Florida 70, Miami (Fla) 61
Virginia Tech 71, Davidson 70
Louisviana Tech 76, .Texas West
ern fi9
chemistry in Illinois and his bas
ketball in Kentucky, could come
up with an explosive1 combination
al times that might rock someone
else from the Northern Division
tide. It's happened here before.
DANGEROUS
"To be real dangerous, though,
we need a big man to get those
rebounds," says he, an obvious
observation since the starting line
up will average only c little over
6-Ieet-l. . 'Missouri Vnllpv fifi XTpNak nn
Hodgos, who quit as an oil com-1 Memphis State 70, Murray (Ky)
pany chemist for coaching, came
here from Murray State. Ky. Ken(uckv statc 84 . Wilberf orce 48
where his teams won 106 and loot !Moiehead (Ky) 76, Union (Ky) 75
47 in six years. He ixpccted to ; Delaware sla(e 16 Hampton S6
find nine lettermen. He has eight, j MIDWEST
SLrr"ennI!hy;m'ura 81. Warrensburg ,Mo)
guard, had packed up and gone
south with Coach Chuck Finley to
Mississippi Southern.
Hodges has taken five of the
eight veterans for a Jast-breaklng,
quick-shooting team thai will have
to hold up. There isn't very much
on the bench.
"We'll fast break every chance
we get," Hodges warns, despile
the lack of strong reserves.
He has two quick 6-ioot guards
to bring down the ball. Bill Bau
scher, a Junior, is a trirky dribbler
and very fast. Bob Falash, who
has won three letters, was fifth in
scoring last year.
Jim Sather, at 6-4 the tallest
man on the first five, has been
switched from guard to center. He
weighs only 175 but can handle
himself on rebounds.
THREAT
Harlan Melton, a 6-2 senior with
a fine ump shot from the key, is
the Vandal scoring threat at for
ward. He popped in 296 points ;n
23 games last season, second best
on the team. Jay Buhler, the fleet
ex-football halfback, is at the
other forward. He made only eight
points all last year in seven games
but has been hitting well now.
Don Monson, a 6-2 forward who
won three letters, looks like the
best of the reserves. The others
include Jay Webb, 5-11 sopho
more; Carl Swanstrom, a 6-6
junior center: Bud Nelson, 6-3
guard, and John Sullivan, the 5-11
football end.
It's only an average team that
isn't likely to make much noise in
the conference. But Hodges has
some potentially powerful ele
ments in the biggest, highest
scoring freshman club Idaho has
ever had.
The feeling here is a big boom's
coming after a possible plop.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BASEBALL
NEW YORK Willie Mays,
sensational outfielder with the
New York Giants, was selected
the National League's most valu
able player of 1954 with Cincin
nati's Ted Kluszewski second in
the voting.
NEW YORK Commissioner
Ford Frick said he was holding up
approval of Ralph Kiner's 1955
contract with the Cleveland In
dians which calls for a salary cut
In excess of the 25 per cent limit
and probably will ask Kiner to sign
a new pact.
GOLP-
HAVANA Tommy Bolt and
Shelley Mayfield each shot a 65,
7 under par. to tie for first round
lead in $16,000 Havana Invitation
Tournament.
RACING
ALBANY, Calif. Samoa Winds
$7 won the Eddie Thomas Me
morial Handicap at Golden Gate
Fields by a length over Track
Medal.
78
Wooster 88, Ashland 78
St. Ambrose 69, Great Lakes 66
Illinois Wesleyan 70, MacAlester
64
SOUTHWEST
Oklahoma City 63, Texas Christian
44
Lamar Tech 67, Ada (Okla) Oilers
65
Austin 91, Sam Houston Stale 73
Ozarks (Ark) 53, Hendn'x 51
Delta State (Miss) 80, Ouachita 65
Centenary 84, Texas Wesleyan 60
NAIA TOURNAMENT
(First Round)
Gustavus Adolphus 59, East Texas
51
Arkansas Tech 87, St. Benedict
(Kan) 59
Rockhkurst 72, Western Illinois 65
Tenn Ail 77. Springfield (Mo) 67
NEW MEXICO TOURNEY
(First Round)
Wayland (Texi 86. St. Michaels
(NM) 47
Adams (Colo) Slate 66, New Mex
ico Western 64
Panhandle A&M 49, New Mexico
Military 45
Arizona State (Flagstaff) 91, New
Mexico Highlands 63
SAN FRANCISCO I The final
sound in Carl (Bobo) Olson's suc
cessful defense of his middleweight
crown against Pierre Langlois of
France has been decided against
Langlois' American aeent George
Kamer.
Chairman Tony Entenza of
the California Athletic Commission
late yesterday rejected Ranter's
contention the lb-round title light
ending in a TKO of Langlois In
the 11th Wednesday night, should
be declared a draw.
He imposed a two-week suspen
sion on Kanter and demanded a
written apology from the New
York agent because ol the latter's
charges the fight was stopped as
a result of Langlois being butted
so badly the Frenchman's eyelid
was spilt open.
California's new "butt rule"
reads that if a fiBiiiei is leading
on points when a tight is stopped
because of an injury caused by
butting, he receives the decision?
if he is trailing on points and but
ting causes an end to the fight he
gels a draw.
The referee stopped the Olson
Langlois fight in 68 seconds of the
11th round because of a deep gah
over Pierre's left eyelid. Don
shields, former fight commission
inspector, said movies showed Ol
son opened the cut with a long
right hand punch in the six:h
round.
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according to a club spokesman, r
Everyone present, at the annual
shoot has a chance to win a turkey
and beginners are urged to turn
out for nils weekend's action. Ac
cording to reports, approximately
75 gunners will be on the line at
one time or another this Sunday.
ine ciud nas niso piannca sev-1
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for those attending. Spectators are
also urged to attend this weekend's
shoot. Free coffee and donuts will
be served by the club.
Besides the regular 12 gauge
event and the gun games over the
day long event, there will be a
special 20 gauge contest, so all !
scattergunners are urged to re
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HAVANA Wl A field of tour
ing U.S. pros figured to give par
another beating Friday with Tom
my Bolt of Houston, Tex., and
Shelley Mayfield of c h 1 c o n e e.
Mass.. leading the way Into the
seeona-round of-the S15.000 Havna
Invitation and pro-amateur Golf
Tournament.
Bolt and Mayfield fired 66s. 7
under par, in Thursday's round,
just a stroke off the competitive
record for the 6.377-yard, par 72
Havana Country Club course set
in 1949 by Jimmy Demaret. But
despite the excellent rounds, Bolt
and Mayfield had Just a one stroke
lead over Ed Purgol. the U.S. open
cnampion irom Clayton. Mo., and
Skip Alexander of St. Petersburg,
Fla.
MT. CARMEL, Pa. Johnny
Lombardo, 158, Mt. C a r m e 1,
knocked out Mel Parker, 153, Phil
adelphia, 4.
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Puget Sound 67-63
SALEM Ore. it) Dave Gray
bucketed a long shot, then sank
three free throws, all In overtime,
to give Willamette a 67-63 basket
ball victory over Pniw, nf Tr,,.t
Sound' in a non-conference game
uuie inursoay nignt.
Willamette'! Ron Fitzgerald sent
the came into nvprHmn uitw
long set shot that tied the score
ni. ua-tui us me regulation period
ended.
High point man was CPS' John
Barnett with 18. Pete Reed had
13 for Willamette.
Whitworth Rolls
SPOKANE in Two players
scorca ji points apiece Thursday
night as Whitworth steamrollered
to a 82-54 basketball triumph over
California Polytechnic.
Whitworth's 6-10 center Phil
Jordan got his in 20 minutes oi
playing time. It took Ernie Hall.
6-3 Cal Poly forward, 37 minutes
tn match the total.
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