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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1956 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE NINE NYGuild Mow Inoperative Rosen Inks '56 Cleveland Pact Victory Reported ByHelfand By JACK HAND ' ' NEW YORK (IP) The Boxing Guild of. New York went on the "inoperative" list today with the lesicnation of every Important licensed manager piled on the I desk of. Julius Holland, chairman! of the New York Stale Athletic I Commission. Helfand signaled Ihe final step' of his victory over the guild yes-j terday when he announced. "For all practical purposes it is in-1 operative." He said all licensed 1 Hampers "with the passible ex-! ception of one or two" had quit the broken guild. He had set a Jan. 16 for all to resign or lose their licenses. He had to say "except nosslblv one or two" because the commis- sion wasn't positive If some of the li men carried on ine guild list actually belonged. The list was tuined over to the commission. under 'subpoena Helfand reported 57 resignations last night and said he had word a lew more were on the way. Al f.most all of the remaining 18 do not hold New Yorc licenses. In several cases, the licenses were revoked or suspended during the nine-month inquiry. Charlie Johnston, president of the International Boxing Guild of which the New York Guild is an affiliate, wired his resignation ' from San Francisco. There was no Indication Johnston planned to give ; up his office In the international ; guild, now under federal indict ' ment on charges of violating the ( antitrust law. Bill Daly, secretary treasurer of the IBC and a mem ber of the New York local, did not resign. He Is the manager of welterweight Vlnce Martinez, but his license was suspended and he did not apply for a renewal when it expired last summer. Cus D'Amato, acting president of J the New York guild in the illness of President Max Waxmanl did re sign as an officer, member and director. Andy Niederrelter, th local's recording secretary, re-jrL,K- rroweo. me , waicnworo. oi signed but Charley Bauer, secre- ?"otner Roosevelt today for his tarv-treasurer. did not step down.!196!5 Detroit Tigers-speak softly nailer's linonco tunc rnvnlrori fnr CSlTy a biT Stick. refusing to testify during the in-!. quiry. Winter Games Site Confused CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy Iffl This little resort town, site of the 1956 Winter piympics, was. In a state of conlusion luesaay. ';' Some of the athletes who came ,'ts train for the games, which open Jan. 26, were leaving town hunt . lng tor better snow. Some ski teams were setting back their arrival dates in hopes that the weather would improve and snow would fall. The local citizenry was wringing Its hands In despair. But for the bobsledders, all this was fine. The temperature dropped late Monday and the bob teams were aH set to get back In action. Wa ter was poured on the treacherous 16-curve run and by Tuesday morning, it was hard and fast. The skiers were a gloomy lot, although the American team is not yet on the scene. Nelson Bennett of Sun Valley, Idaho, manager of the American Alpine team, came in to make fi nal arrangements for his outfit, ' and said he planned to keep them in Austria, where they are train ing, until Friday. "They want to work out and J practice by themselves," he com mented, "and besides, the snow is very good there." The Japanese ski team arrived yesterday, took one look at the conditions and immediately made arrangements to head for Austria t practice. Spokane's Entry Remains In Doubt SPOKANE Wl Whether Spo kane will enter a team in the Northwest Baseball League in 1959 remained in doubt Tuesday. Directors talked over the club's financial problems at a lengthy .meeting Monday and afterwards declined to discuss their plans. "We've got one more thing to do before we make an announce ment," said one director who asked that his name not be used. "No comment at this time." Curt Haggerty. Indians presi dent, said Saturday the team's financial problems stem largely from Ferris Field seating arrange ments which he said may have kept down attendance last year. Haggerty said the-club may sit out the 1956 season If directors cannot raise the money to Improve the park. Fighis Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - John L. Sullivan, 1633, England, outpointed Tony Johnson. 1723,. New York. 10. NEW ORLEANS Charley Jo seph, 15934, New Orleans, stopped Moses Ward. IS2'. Detroit, 6. SAN DIEGO. Calif. Irish Wayne Cooke. 128' 2. Los Angeles, stopped Baby Comacho, 12? '2. Mexico City. 1. Orioles Sign Wilson BALTIMORE Jim Wilson, 'he No. 1 workhorse of the Balti more . Oriole pitching staff last year, signed Tuesday for the 1956 season. Wilson was bought from the Mil waukee Braves last April 14 and started 31 games for the Orioles. He won 12 and lost 18. He formerly played at Seattle In he Coast League. Tech Hoopsters Idle; KU Pels Host Ashland Oregon Technical Institute's Owls take the week off from basketball play, but coach Don Peterson's Klamath Union High School Pell cans face their third "big" series in as many weeks of the Southern Oregon Conference cage season Friday and Saturday nights at i Pelican Court Wally Palmberg's Owls are idle this weekend, but will take up uieir maple court weapons a week from tonight when the play host to the Southern Oregon College Red Raiders In an Oregon Collegi- ate Conference basketball encoun ter. For the local basketball fans, high school cage action again draws the spotlight, as the Pelicans collide head-on with the Ashland Grizzlies this weekend. And the two-night stand pitting the White birds against the Ashlanders has turned out to be another import ant series. Two weeks ago when the SOC Bucky Harris Contemplates Tiger Power WASHINGTON (UP) Bucky Harris, who served nearly as many terms in Washington as Baseball's ageless "boywoiider" Isn't claiming a pennant. But he is1 quietly, though happily, contem-i plating the power packed in the big sticks carried by his big six, led by the best American League batter of them all Al Kaline. "Get me a couple more bats in there." Harris mused, "and it would be Interesting. Maybe we could do It. You never can tell." FAVORITE , Harris talked his'favorlie subject as he relaxed in the lobby of a plush apartment buildlr.g, where he and Mrs. Harris are visiting with friends. "This year, as last," he said, fingering a gold baseball bat tie clasp, "the accent will be on youth with some aging influence in the pitching department." Harris has a two-platoon classifi cation for his pitching staff. Here's what he calls his "big three of youth" Billy Hoeft, Frank Lary and Bob Miller "who looks like he's going to do It this year." And there's his "big three of experi ence" Virgil Trucks. acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a trade for outfielder Bubba Phillips; Steve Gromek and Ned Garver. Harris said he "could stand more strength in the infield and out field." CLASSY INFIELD The left side of his Infield shortstop Harvey Kuenn and third baseman Ray Boone is the class of the league. Earl Torgeson, who did "pretty well" last year, is at first; Fred Hatfield at second. Kaline and Bill Tuttle give the Tigers a one-two punch In the out field. The other outfield spot Is a tossup. Harris was impressed with Charley Maxwells performance late last season. Behind the plate Is young Frank House who, says Harris, has "im proved tremendously." House is a big stick man along with Kaline, Kl-Qiin, Boone, Tuttle and Torge son. Harris also is trying to con vert outfielder J. C. Porter into a catcher. Crosby Tourney Set For October PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Ifl The S15.000 Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur Golf Tournament will be held here again this year, Oct. 19-21. according to plans tenta tively approved Monday by Crosby and Ray O'Brien, tourney tour manager for the Professional Golf ers Assn. The switch from the usual Jan uary dates was made because heavy rains such as hampered players Saturday and Sunday are not uncommon in this area in Jan uary. Drenching didn't seem to bother Dr. Cary Middlecoff of Memphis, who mudded through the 54-holes for an amazing 202 and the title. WSC To Name New Boss Shortly SEATTLE i.fi Washington State College will announce "with in a reasonably short time" a re placement for Al Kircher. W8C football coach who was fired at the end of the 1955 season. C. Clement French. WSC pres ident, said the football coaching situation was discussed bv WSC Board of Regents at meeting here Monday but no final decision was reached. The school has received some 70 applications for Kircher'a Job, French said, and the board has narrowed the list down to a "few." He refused to identify any of the applicants. CLAYTON HANMON SPORTS EDITOR opened, the Pels met Grants Pass in two "big" games that could have meant a lot in the final out come of the conference race, and a berth In the state tournament.' Klamath won both games. Then last weekend, another crucial faced the charges of coach Don Peterson's Pelicans, but the KUHS quintet fell before Medford twice. giving the Tornadoes a one-sided lead in the conference standings. Now Ashland, which la regarded by many sources as the doormat of the conference, comes Into Pelican territory riding ' on the crest of a series split with Grants fass over the past weekend of basketball play. And to stay any. where near the league leading Medford cage machine, Klamath must capture both games. The Grizzlies humiliated Grants Pass Saturday evening by sweep ing an 35-61 triumph from the Cavemen after losing a 58-55 forth quarter decision In Friday's con test. The 24-point spread of Ash land's victory over Grants , Pass is far better than what the Pels could muster In their meetings against the Cavemen. Klamath turned back Grants Pass by mar gins of eight and 11 points. Coach Al Simpson has four of the five starters back from last year's team, and Ashland by no means is expected to be the "soft touch" some are figuring on. Led by Gene Parent. Harry Johnson. Phil Sword and Stewart Baker, all of whom are seasoned veterans, the Grizzlies are beginning to pick up the scent of the second state tourney berth for this district that Grants Pass and Klamath have been smelling, ! Pro Meeting Views Seen By Hal Wood By HAL WOOD United Press Sporta Writer LOS ANGELES (UP) Patrol ing the corridors at the pro foot ball meetings: Red Strader, deposed San Fran cisco Forty Niner coach, has been pacing the halls looking mighty lonely. He says he has no pros pects of a coaching Job right now. There are reports here that he and owner Tony Morablto of the Forty Niners aren't seeing eye-to-eye on the pay-off for the final two years of Red's unfinished con tract. . . Every owner, coach and player in the National Professional Foot ball League is happy as a kid with a new toy to have stout Steve Owen back In the league. Owen, long-time head coach of the New York Giants, has been hired as assistant by the new coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Hugh Devore. . . PCL MEETING Right in the midst of all the football meetings here, the Pacif ic Coast Baseball League holds a session today, too, to discuss an other new schedule. . . Visiting sports writers are won dering if it ever will be possible to olav a football game In Los An geles without a rhubarb. First it was the Rose Bowl Beet over in ept officiating, then the pro bowl controversy on the safety. . . CBS is bidding to get the eon tract to handle all pro league games on television. . . Mike McCormlck, one of the di rectors of the Green Bay Paclers. is moving west to go Into business in Los Angeles. . . Bert Bell, commissioner of the league, still believes there are at least "a few" cities available in which professional football would be a great success with the right management. Among these are Dallas and Buffalo both with disastrous financial records in the past. . . CONFIRMS PAYROLL Bell, incidentally, confirms that the San Francisco Forty Niners (occasionally called tightwads by some sports writers) have one of the top two or three payrolls In the league. . , Art Rooney, owner of Ihe Pitts burgh Steelcrs. who made his first million gambling, U enjoying playing the horses at Santa Anita but on a much more modest scale these days. Strictly a minor leaguer in the plunging depart ment a far cry from the day he cleaned out the bookies for about SSOO.OOO at Saratoga many years ago. . . The professionals followed the colleges In making it mandatory to use "hash marks" to denote each yard on a football field. . . George Preston Marshall, own-' er of the Washington Redskins, had a good idea to increase the excitement of football, but the ' other owners turned it down. He ; wanted the kick-off to be from the 30-yard line (instead of the 40). so that the long bootera couldn't kick the ball over the end zone thus nullifying potential 100-yard run-becks. More Sports On Page 10 Indian Slugger Takes Cut By UNITED PRESS Once-feared slugger Al Rosen exercised his damaged right hand today by signing his 1956 Cleve land Indians contract for a 20 per cent pay cut and offered the hope that he'll regain his batting touch this year. Rosen's collapse at the plate, from a .300 hitter on the Indians' pennant-winning team of 19M to a 344 hitter in 1955. was a major factor in the Indians' loss of the league crown. The rapidly graying Rosen, who will be 31 the day spring training opens on March 1. will receive an estimated $32,000 salary during the coming year. The 20 per cent pay cut he received was almost all that the baseball law allows 25 per cent, being the Involuntary limit. BLAMES INJURY Rosen told the Indians' general manager that therapy has Im proved his injured right index fin ger and that doctors now do noi believe that surgery will be neces sary. He suffered the Injury in 1954 and blames much of his '55 batting woes on his inability to grip a bat properly. The New York Giants announced the signing of Whltey Lockman, the man who has been on the team longer than any other present Giant since 1945, ulthough he Is only 29 years old. After hitting .273 with 15 homers last year, the blond vet eran was believed to have received the same $27,000 salary as last season. MontoIrv!n. teammate of Lock man on the Giants' 1954 world championship- team, signed with his new team the Chicago Cubs. Chicago drafted the veteran out fielder from the Giants' Minneap olis farm team of the American Assn., where he batted .352. The Cubs also announced the signing of two rookies up from Los Angeles catcher Jim Fanning, a .226 hit ter, and shortstop Ed Winceniak, who batted .248. SIGNERS First baseman Walt Dropo and pitcher Al Papal came to terms with the White Sox, giving the club 10 slgnees. The Kansas City Athletics signed shortstop Joe Demaestri, a .249 batsman who missed the end of the season because of an injured arm, and pitcher Bill Herrlage, a draftee from Montgomery, Ala., where he had a 15-7 record with a 2.40 earned run average. The Baltimore Orioles signed a new farm team Lubbock, Tex., of the Class B. Big State League SCORES TRANSPORTATION LEAGUE W I. BS 21 4R 2S 4S 38 44 32 4.1 3.1 37 3? 37 3D 30 40 34'i 41 t M'j :, 20 47 19 (1 KalDine "A" Modoc Building A and B Paint KFLW Klamath Lbr. and Box Herald and Newt KalDtne "B" Acme Concrete Interstate Waterboys K Amusement Macdoel Tavern Klamath Jets Last night's results: A and B 3 Klamath Jets t Klamath LAB 3 Kalolne "A" 1 Acme 3 K. Amusement 1 Kalplne "B" 4 Herald and News 0 Macdoel Tavern 3 KFLW 1 Interstate 3 Modoc Bldg. Supply 1 High team game Kalplne 'A" 1012 High team series Klamath Ibr. and Box 28B7 High individual game Fred Stemler 237 High Individual aeries Ivan Bold 338 MOOSE MA'S LEAOUP W I, Kvan'i Grocery 44 32 Btng's Caft 4.1 33 Women of the Moose 41 3A Schneider's 40 38 Suburban Flower 3. 41 Southern Oregon Muiie 34 42 Hyde's Jewelers 34 42 Klamath Flower Shop 33 43 Last night's results: Women oi the Moose 4 Suburban Klamath Flower 3 Schneider's X 1 Ding's Cafe 3 Hyde's Jewelers 1 Southern Oregon 2 Evan's Grocery I High team game Bing's Cafe 730 Hitch team series Klamath Flower 203 High individual game 11a Douglas 210 High individual series Ila Douglas 308 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOOTBALL LOS ANGELES The 12 club owners of the National Football League voted commissioner Bert Bell a $10,000 bonus and passed a new rule which will curb piling on and "lessen injuries and ani mosities." RACING MIAMI, Fla. Illusionist (16.90) closed out Tropical Park'a biggest meeting by winning the $58,500 Tropical Handicap. Griggs Posts Win Origgs Food Store whipped Bo nanza 42-22 In a Klamath Olrls League basketball game last night at Roosevelt school. Shlela Powell, Shirley Anderson and Maxine Johanson scored 14 for the winners, while Louise Hubble and Mary Collins each had eight for the losers. NOW IN PROGRESS with BIG SAVINGS The Gun Store 714 Main Ph. ISil SKI SALE Ore Tech Drops Top Hoopsters Wally Palmberg. Oregon Techni cal Institute basketball coach, an nounced today that Charlie Bogle, high-scoring 6-9 center, and out- , dimming luiwuru jujiuuy rosier have been dropped from the OTI basketball squad. The reason for dropping the two outstanding basketballers was breaking of training rules follow ing the first game of a two-game series with Eastern Oregon College of Education last Friday night at La Grande. Palmberg went on to say Uiat the two boys have been a constant source of trouble, both on and off the basketball court. He had held several conferences with the two boys and went along with their promises to straighten out, but in that they had shown no indication of keeping their half of the bar gain, "I had no choice but to drop them from the squad," the Tech coach stated. Athletic Director Rex Hunsaker gave Palmberg a vote of confi dence this morning as he stated "Wally has given up his two top scorers, but I feel that the drop ping of Bogle and Foster will add something that has been missing irom me squaa so tar this vear. That something is team spirit." Last Saturday night at EOCE. Tech was beaten 100-63. but Palm berg played Bogle and Foster only In the closing minutes, when he was forced to because several of the other Tech caaers were I benched with five personal fouls. Oregon College at Monmouth also announced that Bob Janes had been dropped for good and that Von Summers had been suspended for a week. Coach Robert Livingstone did not say what the reasons were. Malin Splits Basin Battles Malln's A's opened their Klam ath Basin Independent Basketball League season on a victorious note Kfnnrinv nlirht . Malln k,,t Malin B's found the going rough. ine Ainietics posted a 63-54 win over theHnvhnwlFs whtU th nf fell 42-38 before Merrill. boo Johnson and Jim Conroy led the Athletics to their win with 17 points, while teammate Rod Dietrich added 18 more. High for the Jayhawks was Reviss and Drtslclll With 1A anH 14 Iy. The halftlme score favored the Mcculloch and Tompkins spear headed the Merrill victory with 15 and 12 point efforts, while Stev enson led the losers with 12 count ers. The halftlme margin gave racuui a d4-;sj margin. only v-rx COOK KNOWS WHAT'S IN 4 THE POT! THE AUTO BIOGRAPHY" TELIS WHAT'S FORMER OWNER'S NAME ADDRESS - PHONE CERTIFIED TRUE MILEAGE MECHANIC'S DIAGNOSIS REPAIR DONE ACCIDENT HISTORY 606 So. Sixth COLLEGE BASKETBALL By THE ASSOCIATED TRESS Monday's Results FAR WEST Pacific 84. College of Idaho 79 Paclfio Lutheran 84, Central Wash ington 61 Whitworth 68, British Columbia 58 Phillips Oilers 68, Bucban Bakers 57 (AAU) Utah 89, Montana 60 Colorado State 86, Idaho State 66 Lewis ti Clark 83. Whitman 67 EAST Duquesne 76, Bowling Green 54 Vtllanova 95, Brandels 82 Kings (Pa. I 99, East Stroudsburg Teachers 58 SOUTH Vanderbllt 69. Mississippi State 49 Georgia Tech 79. Mississippi 58 Tennessee 91, Louisiana State 8 North Carolina 64, Maryland 66 William tt Mary 66. Virginia Tech 57 Virginia 72, Washington It Lee 71 Miami (Fla.) 85. Stetson 79 Florida State 85, Loyola (New Or leans) 75 Morehead (Ky.) 98, Murray (Ky) 81 MIDWEST Illinois 92, Purdue 76 Wisconsin 69, Michigan 58 Indiana 79, Michigan State 70 Notre Dame 86, Northwestern 72 Kansas 68. Iowa State 63 Nebraska 83, Missouri 77 Bradley 93, Detroit 85 Washington (St. Louis) 71, Loyola (Chicago) 63 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 98. Texas A&M 66 Rice 83, Texas 58 YMCA Church League The Salvation Army and Assem bly of God basketball teams turned In victories in half of last night's YMCA Church League cage action at Altamont Junior High. In the other two games played, church of the Brethren and Stewart Lennox triumphed. Summers led the Salvation Army to a 21-19 win over Klamath Tem ple with 10 points, while the As sembly of God team whipped the LDS 1st. Ward entry 31-18 with Hubble scoring 11 for high honors. Both of these games were in the unlimited division play. The Brethren registered a senior division triumph over Lost River DoMolay 23-16. Hill scored eight points for the winners. Stewart Lennox scored a 21-14 win. over Klamath Lutheran in the other senior game, as Hardin tallied nine pointa. Shuff-Stuff Last night's results: NATIONAL LEAGUE Eagles 2 Mecca 2 Tat'a 3 Wocus 1 Suburban 2 Tiny'a 2 THE- ';; (tr sf 'V'- J IN PARKER PONTIACS "GOOD WILL" USED CARS. Illinois Registers Big Ten Cage Win By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If you can win on the road in the Big Ten conference, you've practically got the basketball championship in the bag. and Illi nois, with a 2-0 tour Just com pleted, is starting to cram the pennant into its satchel. The mini, ranked No. 6 in today's Associated Press poll, pranced away out front (4-0) tn the con ference race with an easy 92-76 decision at Purdue last night. It followed an equally impressive victory at Indiana Saturday. An eight-minute surge, tn which they outscored the Boilermakers by a 2-to-l clip, wrapped it up for the Illinl In the second half. George BonSalle, Illinois' 6-8 center, hit for 21 points, but Purdue's Joe Sex son was high with 22. Elsewhere, Vanderbllt, rated No 6, whipped Mississippi State 69-43 to take the Southeastern Confer ence lead, and North Carolina, with a No. 9 rating, toppled Maryland 64-55 to grab the Atlantic Coast conference top spot. S. Saddler Favored To Retain Crown SAN FRANCISCO W Although he has one decision against him and will be giving away 10 years In age, featherweight king Sandy Saddler will be a solid favorite to defend his 126-pound crown tomor row nlcht against Gabriel Elorde, the Filipino champion of the Orient. Elorde, who won a 10-round deci sion from Sandy in a nontitle 10- round bout last July 20 in Manila, will be the eighth champion from foreign countries that Saddler has met in defense of his title. Preflght publicity has made much of the Flash's left - handed stance, which admittedly bothered Saddler tn Manila, and the deadly seriousness with which he has trained for the bout. Only 32 yeara old to Saddler's admitted 32, Elorde unquestionably will make a supreme effort to be come the third Filipino In ring history to take a world title back home. The other two were fly weight Pancho Villa and middle waurht Ceferlno Garcia. Bui boxing men here wno nave watched both fighters point out that Saddler has never lost more than one fight to any of his 159 professional opponents. They don't think that this time Is going to be anv different. Saddler lost once to Elorde, they say, and this time he'll have his own answer to the southpaw Filipino. PONTIAC YOUR 4-WHEEL DRIVE HEADQUARTERS Illinois has a clear lead over idle Ohio State and Iowa, both 2-1, after Wisconsin's 69-58 upset of Michi gan. The Badgers used Just live men to break a seven-game losing streak. Michigan had been tied with Purdue for second place. Indiana stayed in the Big Ten race with a 79-70 decision over cold-shooting Michigan State. Juli us McCoy was high with 34 points for the Spartans. Vandy breezed against Mississip pi State with Babe Taylor scoring 22 while Joe Gibbs hit 19 and snared 21 rebounds. Georgia Tech, meanwhile, defeated Mississippi's usually high-scoring Rebels 79-68 and Tennessee lopped Louisiana State 91-82 as Heim Thompson scored 33. LSU's Rog Slgler, the SEC's leading scorer, had 21. North Carolina, behind Len Rosenbluth's 22 points, led prac tically all the way and hit 30 of 34 free throw attempts while beat ing Maryland. Duquesne's Si Green poured In 44 points to whip Bowling Green 76 54. Kansas took over second place In the Big Seven, defeating Iowa State 68-63 as Maurice King scored 20 points. 14 In a tight second half. Arkansas gained the Southwest Conference lead from idle Southern Methodist, whipping Texas AIM 98-66. , Tonight's Ballfare CITY LEAGUF at Altamont Jr. High . 6:30 YMCA vs. Joslen Ramblers 8:00 Skeets vs. Nat'l Guard "Reds" VICTORY LEAGUE : at Mill School 6:30 Tigers vs. Gun Store ' ' 8:00 Heatons vs. Wildcats COUNTY B LEAGUE (non-league) 7:00 Henley at Chiloquln i.oa Maun at Bonanza - 7:00 KU Wildcats at Sacred Heart Butte Valley Victor DORRIS Butte Valley High School posted a 61-40 basketball win over Sacred Heart Academy of Klamath Falls here Saturday night by a 51-40 margin. Gary Porterfleld, James cope land and Allan Nicholas led the BV attack. Dean Michaells scored 15 to head the Sacred Heart scores. In the B game, Sacred Heart tell 31-29 before the Butte Valley Bs. Jockey Willie Hartack will ride fnr nnitimit Farm at Hlaleah this ' winter. I&TTT0 Ph. 8124
