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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN Ralph Kiner Reports Plans Of Retirement Br MILTON RICHMAN Inilfd Preai Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP) Ralph Kiner of the Cleveland Indians, the lead ing home run hitter of the post war era, said today he is retiring from baseball at the end of this season because of "physical rea sons." The 32-year-old outfielder, who has bit a total of 367 homers dur ing 10 active seasons in the ma' Jors. said he was "temptea to quit" several times during the uddle oi tne current campaign because of a back condition. "The only thing that kept me from quitting during the season was the possibility that I might be ible to help the Indians win the pennant." he said. RETIREMENT "But I've definitely made up my mind that this is my last season," he added. "I'm no longer In physi- Prothro Has Eyes On Future By MATT KRAMER CORVALLIS, Ore. ifl Oregon State's new coach, Tommy Pro thio, who apparently figures he has nothing to lose anyway, or dered a scrimmage on the first day of practice. When the players emerged with out injury, Prothro grinned over his luck, and said it proved his boys were in excellent condition. He at once ordered scrimmages dally to keep, and perhaps im prove, on that condition. Now If condition and luck could win the Coast Conference title, Prothro and his boys might be the ones to watch. But not even the grinning Pro thro, former assistant at UCLA, believes that. He has a team that (A) finished last in the conference last sea son; (B) has started to learn a new offensive system, and (C) has no sure-fire stars. So he Is making the best of It, with one eye to the future. The new offensive system will be the single wing the UCLA ver sion. The hope is to correct some of the faulty blocking shown by Oregon State last season. Protnro believes the double teaming possible in single-wing play will open more holes for the Staters than did the single-man blocking of T-formation. As for the standout players, Prothro will Just have to develop them. He has a couple of fine prospects to begin with. One is John Witte, the 240-pound tackle who was on the varge of stardom ss a sopho more, just before going into the Army for two years. Now he is back, looking as fast as before and twice as tough. Another is Ray West fall, a Jurv lor from Honolulu, who showed brilliance at times last year as a T-formation quarterback. He can also run and punt, and so is expected to be the tailback in the new system. His replace ment is another player from Ha waii, sophomore Bud Francis. Francis is faster, but the edge in passing goes to westiaii. Prothro also has 23 other letter men, but they were not Imnres- sis e as a group last year, when the line was leaky and reserves lack ing. This still may be the case. although some improvement is to be expected. Five of last year's regulars will De among the starters to bolster the team. They include tackle Howard Buettgcnbach, guard Bob Riggert. center Larry Stevens, halfback Dick Mason and fullback Tom Berry. Oregon State will open against Biigham Young at Corvallis, Sept. 17. ral condition to play regularly and there's no sense in prolonging the agony." Kiner said he bad no idea what he is going to do but he empha sized that he was not interested In any possible managerial offers. "I may go Into business some where in Southern California," he said. Kiner, a powerful right-handed hitter who took great pride in his accomplishments, ranks a 1 x t b among baseball's all-time home run hitters. His total of 367 hom ers is topped only by Babe Ruth, 714, Jimmy Foxx, 534, Mel Ott. 511. Lou Gehrig, 493, and Ted Williams, 385. Reduced to part-time status with the Indians this year, Kiner, who is receiving an estimated $50,000 salary, has hit 16 home runs so far and is batting .242 with 51 runs batted in. TRADED Those figures are a far cry from the ones he posted while playing with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1946 until he was traded to the Chicago Cubs on June 4,. 1953. During that stretch he won the National League home run title or tied for it seven straight years. As a sophomore In the National League, he hit 51 home runs in 1947 and then threatened Babe Ruth's all-time mark in 1849 when he hit 54. Kiner received an estimated $75,000 salary in 1953 and the only National League player ever to top him In that department was Stan Musial of the Cardinals, wnose peak earnings were between $80,- 000 and $85,000. In all, Kiner's es timated baseball earnings total $517,000. Double Race Program Set For Hardtops Another double hardtop racing weekend is in store for the Basin racine fans this Friday and Sun day at Klamath Speedway accord ing to Klamath Racing Association president Benny Morrison. The regular weekly program of hardtopping will be held this Fri day evening at the speedway, then on Sunday a special benefit race will be held for Sam DeMorgandie, one of the local drivers. DeMoreandie suffered a broken lower-left leg in last Sunday's special Labor Day Weekend pro gram. Club members and track officials will be donating their time to help Sam take care of his doctor bills. Tne accident came when De Morganidle's K-28 was broadsided by another hardtop in one of the Sunday races. The roll bar inside of K-28 was broken lose and snapped against DeMorgandic's leg result iw; in a fracture. Tills is the second driver put on the disabled list. Earlier in the year, .Dale- Hankins was shelved when he fell and broke both wrists while working on the track's light ing system. The races Friday evening will ooen with time trials at 7 o'clock and the first competitive action is slated for 8 o'clock. Sunday the time-ins will be held at 4:30 and the first race opens one hour later. Both of the hardtop shows will carry the full load of races in cluding three heats, the final heat, two trophy dashes." the 15-lap B main and the 25-lap A-main. Mor rison said special events will ac company both of the speedway programs. By I'NITKD PRESS EUGENE. Ore. (UP) Working under the assumption that the spies will be out early this year, Coach Len Casanova sent his University of Oregon Ducks through a secret session yesterday. Tne interior of the Ducks' line got considerable attention as Cas anova worked to fill holes vacated by guard Jack Patera, center Ron Pheister and tackle Keith Tucker. Pacific Coast Conference Football Camp Briefs From Here and There Senior fullback L.irrv flnrr!! cirf ,AnhAmn,a na.i.,..i. n- who lettered in 1953 but was kepi I Giauulias and guard Don Gilkey out of play last year, dropped out because his old leg injury was bothering him. Ceir.er Wallace Brown, who turned out last spring looked best on the punting assign ment and named Gianulias. guard Nick Poppin, end Ed Brandt and quarterback Joe Contestable and then decided not to return to outstanding in the placement de- CORVALLIS, Ore. (UP) Joe Francis looked like the most likely candidate for a starting tailback spot yesterday as he consistently got off the longest kicks during an Oregon State practice session. Coach Tommy Prothro weicom ed sophomore guard Bob McKit- trick to the squad and looks for ward to the arrival of tailback Ray Westfall. Both men were de layed by ROTC summer camp training. SEATTLE. Wash. (UP) Univer- sily of Washington's top quarter back candidate Steve Roake split a right hip muscle during prac tice yesterday, weakening the Huskies' offensive hopes. Coach Johnnv Cherberg said he did not know the extent of the in jury, but that it was the type that could keep Roake out of action from one day to one month. PULLMAN, Wash. (UP) Four quarterbacks got a workout yes terday as coach Al Kircher order ed his Washington State Cougars to take to the air and he said the results were "better than aver age." Kircher said that senior letter men Bob Iverson and Frank Sar no were holding down the first two quarterback spots now, but that sophomores Dwight Hawkes and Dick Temby, switched from halfback only last week, looked "impressive." MOSCOW. Idaho. (UP) They were coming and going at the Uni versity of Idaho yesterday, and Coach Skip Stahley hopes he broke even. BERKELEY, Calif. (UP) The University of California Bears scheduled their first all-out scrim mage for today, and Coach Lyn Waldorf hopes to find out what he has besides kickers. Yesterday he took a long look at his punters and place kickers. He partment. STANFORD. Calif. (UP) Coach Chuck Taylor of Stanford Univer sity was singing the injury blues today as his Indians were being carried to the sidelines. Donald Geddes. leading center candidate who piayed varsity last season, suffered a knee Injury and will be out indefinitely. Ernie Dorn. starter at halfback, wits struck bv a virus infection and rushed to Palo Alto Hospital. SAN JOSE. Calif. (UP) The San Jose State Spartans were rewarded for their "hard work" yesterday when Coach Bob Bronzan gave them half a day off. He said the squad was "one of the hardest working groups" he has ever seen. He added that several of his old hands were beg liming to hit their stride particularly ends Clarence Wessmen and J,eon O' Neill, tackle Jim Adams, guard Jim Hughes and halfback Bill Hah- nung. JACKSON. Calif. (UP) Coach Jack Myers and his College of Pacific Tigers suffered a setback yesterday when left halfback Gene Peterson announced that he would Dot play football this year, Peterson, an all Big-Eight Con ference star the last two seasons with Modesto J.C., had been a standout in spring practice here. He said he was passing up the sport for academic reasons, but might return for the 1956 season. You Can Be Sure The Job Is Done Right When Done Bw GRAHAM BROS. 554V EXCAVATING GRADING ROAD BUILDING CBS Covers Big Ten CHICAGO (UP) The first of five Big Ten football games to be tolpvispH on a regional basis in the Midwest this fall by the Col umbia Broadcasting System will be the Michigan State - Indiana j game on Sept. 24. 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