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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE ELEVEN Directors Announce Oaks Switch To B.C. 6KATTLE Ifl A switch of the Pacific Coast League's Oakland franchise to Vancouver. B.C., ap peared Tuesday to be only a for mal announcement away. Side talk during an emergency session of PCL directors here Mon day indicated that only three minor items were left to be resolved be for the league gives its official blessing to the move. Brick Laws, president of the Oaks, and PCL president Claire Ooodwin were en route to British Columbia Tuesday for a meeting with the Vancouver city council ' College Gridiron J Briefs By UNITED PRESS . SEATTLE. Wash. tUP) Coach Johnny Cherbert took no chances of increasing the injury roster of his Washington squad as he held the Huskies to light drills in their workout yesterday. All five quarterback hopefuls were out on the gridiron for the first time, as the team ran through a long defensive session. PULLMAN, Wash. (UP) Coach Al Kircher has named his starting backfield for the USC opener next Saturday as Ned Miller, full back; Bob Iverson, quarterback; Jim Haggerty and Everett Gust, halfbacks. Right halfback Dewey Keith, sidelined since Sept. 3, and full back Bob Miller suited up yester day and were pronounced In con dition to play. BERKELEY, Calif. (UP) The University of California Bears went into their next to last prac tice session today before the team .leaves for Saturday's season open er at Pittsburgh, Penn. Yesterday. Nick Topac. a Junior darkhorse. copped the 41st annual Roos Brothers punting contest with an average of 53.6 yards. Runner up witav an average of 45.fi yards was varsity guard Don Cilkey. MOSCOW, Idaho. (UP Pood poisoning, which has sidelined 14 of the University of Idaho's foot ball squad, today spelled finis to the team's chances of upsetting Washington, according to Coach Bkip Stahley. , EVahley said the illness, which first hit the team last week. "Just about kills" Idaho's chances for victory in the season opener at Seattle Saturday. STANFORD, Calif. (UP) The Stanford Indians should he almost at full strength for their season opener against the College of Pac ific Tigers at Palo Alto Saturday and even the "experts" think they should win it. -J At a meeting of the Northern fJalifornla Football Writers Asso ciation yesterday. Conch Jack My ,rs of COP suggested that "Stan ford should be favored by at least seven points". "I agree," Stanford Coach Chuck Taylor echoed. "We fully antici pate to win the game." to hammer out the final details. Laws said he and Goodwin v. anted to verify that Vancouver would charge Laws only b per cent rent on Capilano Stadium, a sim ilar take of the concessons and that a roof would be constructed at the stadium. Otherwise. Laws said, he and a special baseball committee of the Vancouver city council had agreed on everything in principle that would stand in the way of a fran chise switch. At the directors' meeting Mon day, the San Francisco Seals Inc. was given until Sept. 23 to settle its financial problems. The organ ization is (284.000 in the red. in cluding $30,000 owed the league. Goodwin said S. H. and Norwood Patterson had withdrawn their 'op tion to purchase the Seals. Good' win said the Pattersons felt their action was in the "best interests of the league." In other action Monday, the dl-rectors: 1. Approved purchase of the San Diego club by the Westgate-Cal-ifornia Tuna Packing Co. from William Starr. 2. Accepted the resignation of Starr from the board of directors and appointed James B. Lane, rep resentative of Westgate-California, as Starr's replacement. 3. Authorized league counsel Les lie M. O'Connor to review the PCL constitution so it can be simpli fied. 4. Set the first two weeks in Nov ember as the time for the annual meeting, with the site to be se lected at a later date. B Gridders Await Play Woods Battered By Kid Centella NEW ORLEANS ifl Power- punching Kid Centella of New Or leans, lortiiled by a victory over highly-regarded Bobby Woods, of Spokane, Wash., tossed challenge' at higher ranking lightweights Tuesday. .Centella displayed a powerful left hook Monday night in slicing Woods into bloody submission. Woods went into the ring a 2-1 favorite, but he looked like a 10-1 shot as Centella rocked him with sweeping lefts and turned the Spo kane gamester's face Into a scarlet mask. Sooners, Buffs Given Nod . . . Iwo-W ay Race Seen For Big 7 Py DON' FAl'KOT Head Coaih, Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. 1NEAI It looks very much like an exciting Oklahoma-Colorado race this year in the Biir seven. The inclusion of Oklahoma is noilimj new. but don't under-esli-niate the Butts. Both have very fine lines, with Colorado not having 1oji a sinsle lineman oft lust year's first and second tc:ns. Oklahoma, of couise lost two cren ends Max Boyd ston and Carl Allison and center Km I Burns. Unle'-s some sophomore backs come through. I doubt that either club will luuv any real flashy backs. But nobody will move the ball very consistently ugatnst their lines. If the Sooners" quarterback. Jim Harris, can 40 all right on the knee operated on Inst year. Bud Wilkinson's boys will be awlully NF..VS PROBABLE ALL-ISU'. SKVKN E Joe INobra, Oklahoma K Jon McVYillUms. Nebraska T Sam Salerno. Colorado Turnout Good For Opening Hooters Meet Interest was high last night at the first evening meeting of the Owl Hoots. Oregon Tech Booster's club, as 40 or more Klamath Falls sport fans met for a dinner meet ing at the Winema Hotel to dis cuss plans for the coming football season of the Mile High Campus. President John Schubert pre sided over a short and informal business meeting, which included talks by the four Oregon Tech football coaches and director Win ston Purvine. Head coach Rex Hunsaker ex pressed to the Owl Hoots that he thinks "this bunch of boys is the best we have ever had at OTI, and we should come up with a good squad, but." added Hunsaker. "our competition Is also getting better. Last season Compton had 41 lettermen, and this year they are said to be tougher." Schubert appointed committees to work towards the homecoming game. Saturday, November 6, against OCE, and the Compton game to be played here on Oc tober 8. Anyone Interested In Joining the OTI booster's organization may do so by calling Schubert, Harlan Dexter or Bill Mills for Informa tion. The next meeting will be held Monday, September 19 at the Wi nema starting at 6:30. Eyebrows Bounce As Harris Names Rookie MONDAY'S FIGHTS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Isaac Logart, 145'i. Cuba, outpointed Al (Sugar) Wilson. 147. Englewood. N.J.. 10. OODEN, Utah Gene (Cyclone) Fullmer, 15950, West Jordan, Utah, outpointed Al Andrews, 160, Su perior. Wis., 10. NEW ORLEANS Kid Centella. 138',, Mew Orleans, outpointed Bobby Woods, 137', i, Spokane. NEW YORK W When 21-year-old Bcb Miller was announced as the Detroit Tigers' pitcher for today, most of the New York Yankees looked at each other and wondered, "Who's he?" Tiger Manager Bucky Harris, clean out of capable starters, nom inated the 21-year-old left-hander to open the two-game series that could make or break the Yanks' dreams of the American League pennant. They're a game and a half out with only 12 games to play. They've only broken even In 20 games with uie flfth-placa Ben gals, so they don't face a push over. "We're not giving anything away," said Harris when eyebrows were raised at the thought of send ing a boy on what looks like a man's errand. "If I find Miller doesn't have it, there'll be a full bullpen ready to pitch. I won't waste any time getting him out of there. "Since he rejoined us last week from Augusta (Class A Sally League), he has looked very good loosening up. He is a better pitcher than he was when we sent him down in June. He has improved his curve ball considerably and that's what he needed." "I remember him," muttered Casey Stengel of the Yanks as though he had more Important things on his mind which he does. "He pitched a couple of innings of relief against us early In the season. He had good control for a kid. Looked like a prospect," Steve Gromek would liave gotten the starting assignment for the Tigers, but Harris apparently has MONDAY'S STARS Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PITCHING Lino Donoso, Pi rates, went the route, giving up six hits in 9-3 victory over Card inals. BATTING Dale Long, Pirates, batted in four runs with a single, double and three-run homer against Cards. given up on him. He hasn't pitched a complete (tame since June and has been batted out 12 times in a row. Stengel, still shaking his head over a split with the first place Cleveland Indians Sunday, opened with Bob Turley on the mound. He said he would go with Don Larsen In the second game. T M Pertnoy, Missouri G Bi DoUnscr. Oklahoma (1 Ulc'A Sta in, Colorado C Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma Q Jimmy Hunter, Missouri H Homer Jenkins. Colorado II Bobbv BuTis, Oklahoma F Bill Carrinsloii. Kan. Stale hard to beat. Without him. they may have trouble. The line fea tures guards Bo Bolinaer, a po tential All-America, and Cecil Gray and cc.iter Jerry Tubbs, a fullback last year. Colorado has an outstanding tackle in Sam Salerno. Homer Jenkins steps into the important tailback post In the single wing. ' Missouri is young and pretty in experienced, with only four regu lars off the '54 team. Our quarter backing Is all new. If we can win hall our games, I think it will be a fairly good season for non-loop opponents include Maryland, Mich igan, Southern Methodist and Utah. The only backfield regular we re turn is quarterback Jimmy Hunter, and he was a left half as a sopho moie. - ,: Kansas State, with a fine center in Jim Furcy, should have a good team and we'll piobably be bat tling them, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa Stale for third place. Nebraska and Iowa State look like they might be somewhat weak er than a year ago. The Huskcrs, however, have seven sophomores from last year's first two units who matured into juniors. And Vlnce DiFrancesco has 19 lettermen at Ames who should Valdes Favored Over Don Cockel! LONDOfo ifl Don Cockell oi England, making his first appear ance since being laid low by heavyweight champ Rocky Mar ciano. was a 4-5 underdog in a comeback bid against Cuba's Ni no Valdes at White City Stadium Tuesday niRlit. Valdes will be trying to regain some prestige, too. 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