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TKUKSPAY, FEBRUARY 27 1958 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH TAILS. OREGON- PAGE N1NR Al Lopez Explains To Critics Br LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports E4itor TAMPA. Fla. (UP) Al Lopei, more optimistio than ever, had a ready explanation today for those criticizing hi Chicago White Sox for trading away such established players as Minnie Minoso and Larry Doby. He'll do anything to beat the Yankees. And he feels this is the year it will be done even with out Minoso and Doby. The White Sox gave up those two outfielders and pitcher Jack Harshman to get among others. Early Wynn, Al Smith, Billy Goodman and Ray Moore. DEALS HELP "I think we can take the Yan kees with those players added to what I've got," he said frankly. VAfter all, we wouldn't have made those deals unless we were sure they would help us. So we had to give up. good players to get the men we felt we needed to win' the pennant." Lopex admitted he was "more than a little tired" of finishing second to New York. He'a done that six times,- five as manager of the Cleveland Indians and last year in his first season at the helm of the White Sox, Only once has he finished ahead of the Yan kees, when his Indians won the pennant in 1954. "I wanted Wynn because he can beat the Yankees and all the other clubs," he explained. "I wanted Smith because he seems to play his best ball against the Yankees. I needed Goodman to plug a role at third base and while he may not be the best fielder in the world, he's a handy man with a bat in his hands. WANTED MOORE "And I wanted Moore for our bullpen because we lost 27 games last year in the last two innings of play simply because we didn't have the right guy in the bullpen. I'm sure Moore will be the right guy mis year. "Smith may. not hit as much as Minoso, but he'll do a better job for you in the field," Lopez point ed out. "Wynn wants to beat the Yankees as badly as I do. You can bet that for every Yankee series I'll have Wynn, (Dlckr Don ovan and (Billy) Pierce ready to (hoot at them with Moore in the bullpen." Wynn and Donovan are the only two ngnt-handers m the' league wh have beaten the Yankees more-times than they have lost to them, Lopez calls his pitching potential "the best in the league." While he tabs the Yankees as the club to beat, he warned that the Tigers "are going to be tough to beat, too. "But if we beat the Yankees, we'll win the pennant." he add' ed. "And I'm sure with those four new men we 11 do it this year. No more of this finishing second for me." TIME OUT r "Why not. Silly? We already have one of those oa wir library wall Demaret Eyes Golfing Jinx BATON ROUGE, La. (UPl-De-fending champion Jimmy Demar et will be fighting a local jinx at the Baton Rouge Country Club to day as he tees off on the first round of the $15,000 Baton Rouge open; no golfer has repeated as winner of the tournament. . However, the weather seemed to favor the smiling golfer from Houston, as a field of 152 moved out on-the tough par-72 course. Demaret sometimes plays his best under adverse weather conditions. Three other former Baton Rouge champions Bob Toski, Jackie Burke Jr., and Bo Winin ger are also in the field. Gallery favorites this year in clude Ken Venturi, Ed (Porky) Oliver, Peter . Thompson (last year's runner-Bp to Demaret) Lloyd Mangrum, and the local fa voriteLionel Hebert. OTI Banquet Date Changed The date for the Oregon Tech basketball banquet has been changed from March to March 17 according to John Hobson, OTI dean of men, due te a con flict In campus activities. The banquet is open to the public and all sports fans are rged to attend and pay tribute to the Oregea Collegiate Con ference champions. The cost of the dinner will be $1.50 per per sea. Tickets for the banquet will be placed oa aale at downtown Klamath Falls locations the first of next week, Hobson announced. Ex-Giant Working For Yanks ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. l - Andy Cohen, after 30 years, is back with New York. Only this time he is a member of the Yan kee organization instead of the Giants. How many fans remember Andy Cohen and his remarkable debut with the Giants on opening aay, April 15, 1928. Cohen, a dark-skinned, black- haired rookie, up from Buffalo, nervously stepped, into the big snoes 01 nogers Hornsby at sec ond base and, almost at once, captivated the town so completely that the fans forgave Manager jonn. Mctirow for. trading away the great Rajan to the Boston Braves. , - The inspired 22 year-old Cohen clouted a single, double and home run off the Braves' star pitcher Bob Smith. He drove in three runs and scored the other in the Giants 4-2 triumph. He -continued his sizzling pace for . several weeks. Unfortunately, he was no Horns by and his fall from grace was al most as speedy as his rise. Within two years the compact little Tex an from El Paso was back in the minors. Today, 30 years older and at least that many pounds heavier, he is manager of the Yankees' Denver farm club in the Ameri can Assn. During the past two weeks he has been assisting Casey Stengel and his crew of coaches and minor league pilots in the in structional course for Yankee hopefuls. "This will be my 15th year as a manager," Cohen said, "and I thought I knew a little bit about this baseball business. But what an education I've been getting just listening to Casey and the others. No wonder the Yankees keep on winning pennants. This is where the Yankee success originates. Right here. Never In all my years have I teen such an efficient method of teaching, attended such interesting meet ings and listened to such thorough lectures and coaching techniques." Hornet 5 In Rogue Tourney Coach Ted Ammerman and hli Henley Hornets left today for Ash land to compete in the Sub-District 6-A-2 tournament to be held on the Southern Oregon College court. Thursday, February 27, through Saturday, March 1. Rogue River and Glendale will pair off in the first game at 6:30 p.m. Thursday while the Henley cagers. go against Eagle Point in the second contest which is sched uled to get under way at I p.m. Brookings and Illinois Valley are slated for- the nightcap. The re maining entry. Phoenix draws a bye for the first day's activity. Probable starters for the Hornets are forward, 6-1, senior Gary Cur ry; 5-10 senior, Jim Herringshaw, the Henley high-scorer, at a guard slot; Alvin Born, 6-3, senior center; Larry Ferguson, 5-11, senior guard, with senior Lee Kaylor, 6-2, who is number two man in the score column filling the remaining for ward spot. Burrell Gober, 6-2, junior heads the list of reserve strength which includes Del Herringshaw, Leroy Larson. -Joe Tacchini, Jim Chap man, Doug Kammerer and Phil Swisher. The Henley club has a 11-won, 10-lost record for the season which, incidentally is unique in that they have not met any of their fellow conference members to date. The Hornets racked up (34 points to 730 for their opponents In the 21 game schedule. The tournament winner will meet the representative from the north em half of the district in a two of three game playoff series to de termine the club to represent the district In the State A-2 tourney which is held at Salem.' Last year's state- entrant was Glide, 'who defeated Phoenix in the playoff games. p 9 - c EUJ Pelican, Comet Clash Ends Season THE HENLEY HORNETS, Klamath County's lone A-2 school left today to compete In the Sub-District 6-A-2 tourney to be played on the Southern Oregon College 'court. In their first game they meet Eagle Point. From left to right, front row, Jim Harringihaw, Del Her ringshaw, Leroy Larson, Leo Kaylor, Joe Taechini and Burrell Gober. Kneeling, Jim Chap man. Left to right, back row, Alvin Born, Doug Kammerer, Larry Ferguson, Gary Curry and Phil Swisher. . . County Tourney Now In Progress Tonight at 7:M the Chilequla Panthers tangle with the Sacred Heart Trolans la the third game of the County B Tournament bow la progress oa the OTI court. The Matin Mustangs, county league champions, face the Bo nania Anllera tonight at t:S0 In the nightcap. The Mustangs, rated a alight edge in tourney play, face the fifth-place Ant lers in what should be the key game of the opening day's ac tivity. . . This, arte moon the Bly Bob cats, challenged the Paisley Broncos at It SO p.m. and the Merrill Huskies met the cellar dwelling Gilchrist Grizzlies at TMSt.- Tonight's games will he broadcast by Floyd Wynne over Radio Statloa KFLW as will Friday and Saturday'! games. Today's Spori Parade Japanese 'Sandmen' Vie By WAYNE SCOTT Herald-New Sports Writer The Southern Oregon Conference champion KU Pelicans head for Central Point Friday to tangle with the Crater Comets in the last two games of regular season play. The Pels, who earned their state tournament berth two weeks ago, clinched the SOC title by over whelming the Grants Pass Cave men in their final home-court se ries. In the-Crater club the White- birds face a team, who in spite of their 3-won, 9-lost record, are potentially dangerous. Coach Don Anielak's crew can, as is the case rTTiTTTinTTLTnnri IHiMilillHilll Bears Untroubled By PCC Stats LOS ANGELES on In Coast Conference scoring statistics, the California Bears are nothing but a bunch of also-rans. But this state of affairs doesn't trouble the Bears. They happen to be leading everybody else in another ttatistical area the con ference standings. Figures released by the confer ence office Wednesday show that the Bears are only sixth in team scoring, but rank first in defense and second in another important department, rebounding. California, now a' game and a half ahead of second-place Ore gon State, has allowed an average of only 62.1 points per game while scoring an average of 58.7 Itself. Oregon State ranks second in scor ing, with an average of 55 2, and second in defense, with 54.8. Idaho has the best offensive av erage, 69.9, and the worst defen sive mark, 67.7. In rebounds, Oregon State leads with 536 and Cal is second with 507. Idaho Stat Whips PU POCATELLO, Idaho 1 Re sorting to ball control tactics in the waning minutes Wednesday night, Idaho State College whipped Portland University 61-90 in a non conference basketball game. Portland rolled to a 20-11 ad vantage midway in the first stan za but hookshot artist Leroy Bacher and Lloyd Harris trans formed it into a 26-all tie with three minutes left of the half that finished with Idaho leading J2-M. Bacher was the game's high man with 26 tallies, followed by Harris vs. Yank's Mantle Inks Contract For $72,000 ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. (UP) Mickey Mantle won his salary tussle with the New York Yankees when he signed his 1958 contract for an estimated $72,000. Mantle, who has been holding out for that sum, walked into the hotel room of Lee MacPhail, di rector of player personnel, at 9:30 a.m. e.s.t. Two minutes later, he signed and was en route to the ball park for tne club s first of- licial practice session. Mantle, who today signed for just $5,000 less than the club paid Babe Ruth, received about $60,000 last year. He won the American League's most valuable player award in !9o7 for the second straight year. Mantle had 1 .35 average and hit 34 home runs last season, By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP) The Japa nese sandman is going to get a chance to prove that he wasn't a one-shot sleeper. That's little Pete Nakamura, who beat the world's best golfers, including Sam Snead and Jimmy Demaret, in the International Tro phy matches at Tokyo last Octo ber. Completing a grand slam, he and his partner, Koshi Ono, also copped the two-man Canada Cup trophy. Now they are coming here to compete in the Masters Tourna ment at Augusta, April 3-6, and there Is a possibility that they will play a Miami exhibition against. Snead and ' Demaret. " Snead would probably walk to Miami from Boca Raton and De maret conceivably would trudge all the way from Houston for an other crack at the two Japanese. Because Sam and Jimmy were "all shook up" the day they played the two- Japanese head and head. ., Nakamura shot a three under par 68 that day and One a 70, while Demaret had an even par 71 and Snead bounced to a 74. When the tournament was over, Nakrfmura had walked off with Robertson Retakes Scoring Title Role All Not Wei I In Brave Camp BRADENTON, Fla. W) Mil waukee Braves General Manager John Quinn is beginning to frown just a little because 10 of his world champions remain unsigned and some of them won't even talk to hum. "Sure it would be a relief to have everyone in the fold and ready to go to work Saturday when spring training opens for the full squid," Quinn said. "I'm doing my part trying to contact all the unsigned, but if they don t answer the telephone we can't get together." Quinn is not sure where most of them are. They are always "out" when phone calls are put through to tneir winter homes. Those sitting it out include pitchers Lew Burdette, Bob Buhl, Gene Conley and Don McMahon; i n f 1 e I d e r s Red Schoendienst. Johnny Logan, Frank Torre and Felix Mantilla; and outfielders Wes Covington and Bob Hazle. There was a report that Man tilla was as close to the - Braves' camp as Jacksonville, Fla., and that Conley was on the way South, but Quinn couldn't verify it. The general manager expected to get some support at the bar. gaining table from Club Presi dent Joseph Calrnes, who was due to arrive last night and bring a bit more authority into the talks By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oscar Robertson, a quiet kid who plays the role of hatchetman for Cincinnati, has shot back into the individual scoring lead in ma jor college basketball while giving the Bearcats all but an official berth in next' month's NCAA championships. He bagged 50 points, 25 in each half, as Cincinnati downed the tourney-hopeful St. Louis Billikens last night 91-73. The Bearcats, No. 3 in the Associated Press poll, now are 21-2 and have pocketed Canadiens Strive For Championship By UNITED PRESS The Montreal Canadiens, denied a chance to Back into tne nation al Hockey League regular season championship, will attempt to get the job done themselves tonight when they meet the Toronto Ma- Die Leafs at Montreal. A Montreal victory against the Maole Leafs will give the Canadi ens an ll'i game lead and the pennant, for the second-place New York Rangers now have only 11 games to play. The Canadiens missed a chance to back in Wednesday night when the Rangers downed the Chicago Black Hawks, 4-3, at New York. Shuff-Stuff Armory 3, Tlny'i 1 Wocui 4. Pinei 0 Roundup 3, Eaglti 1 Gervaii 3, Summer Lant 1 BALL FARE COUKTT TOl'BNAMINT At Oreeen Tech 1:30 Bly ve Pauley S30 Merrill i Cikhrlit 730 CKUoquIn vi Sacred Heart ' ;JO Malln VI Bonanza VICTOBT LfAOl I Al Mllla Srheel 45 Gun Store vt Moundinf craft. B.OO Farmer'i Sand and Cravel Coca Cola KLBSKI NAMED PITTSBURGH (UP) Al Hub ski, veteran minor league player and manager, has been named manager of the Pittsburgh Pi rates' new farm club at San An gelo, Tex., in the newly formed Sophomore League. Kubski, 38, it i native of Baltimore. Lew Hoad Ends Gonzales Threat ODESSA, Tex. UP)-Lew Hoad ended Pancho Gonzales' " come back attempt" at one match Wednesday night, beating the pro king 22-20, 10-8 in a gruelling 2 hour and 13 minute match. The win for Hoad ended Pan cho's claim ha was on a "come back following his easy victory at Dallas Monday night, and gave the Aussi a 17-9 lead in their loo-match world's pro crampion ship tour, Beavers Sign Gray PORTLAND (Al The Pacific Coast League Portland Beavers Wednesday signed Dave Gray, a former pitcher with Eugene of the Northwest Baseball League. Gray, recently discharged from the Army, was with the Beavers at their soring trainine camn in 1956, He was later sent to tugene onus left no worse than a tie for the Mis souri Valley Conference title. ' Even if Cincinnati should be up set by Wichita Saturday' and wind up in a deadlock with Bradley jor the crown, it's a-' sure bet the Mo-Valley will select the Bearcats as its NCAA representatives. Miami (Ohio) and Tennessee Tech won their conference cham pionships, which carry automatic berths in Ihe' NCAA Tournament, but only Miami definitely is going to the playoffs. - Miami knocked - off Marshall 82-73 for its fifth Mid-American title in seven years and now will meet Pitt in the MidEast regionals at Evanston, 111., March 11. Tenn essee Tech defeated Morehead 66-63 in overtime for the Ohio Val ley crown, but may not go.to the NCAA since three men ' on the squad are four-year men and are not eligible for the tournament Morehead, the runner-up, might go instead, meeting Notre Dame at Evanston. BOOSTS AVERAGE The Billikens, who had their eve on ' tne National invitation Tournament, grabbed a quick lead against Cincinnati and hung on for six minutes. After that, Oscar had 'era hanging by their thumbs, boosting his season scoring aver age to 34.4 points a game. Idle Elgin Baylor of - Seattle tumbled to second with a 33.8 average after a 25-day stay on (op. Elgin has totaled 709 points in 21 games while Robertson has scored 792 in 23. Each has three games left. Miami blew a 10-point lead at the half and didn't bag the title until John Powell, gained a 74-73 edge and set off a 100 spurt with a jump shot with two minutes left. Wayne Embry led the champs with 26 rebounds and 33 points. Tennessee Tech came from four points back in the closing minutes for a 58-58 tie at end of regulation play, then capped the overtime tussle as Larry McDonald sank a pair of free throws with 19 see the individual low with a 10-un- der-par 274 . against Snead'a sec ond place 281. The Japanese won the team title with an U-undcr-par 657 against the Snead-Demar- et second place total of 566. - Demaret had a bemused look on his face after that round with the two Japanese players. "They don't hit the ball out of their own shadow, he grinned "but row they can score." .Snead nodded. "Every time I- looked at 'em.' he said, "all I see is arms and elbows as they bent over to pick their ball out of the cup." The two Japanese players were red hot. For example, on one nine hole stretch the tiny, sqiiat Naka mura was in five traps and fin ished the nine holes five under par. He holed out from three traps and one-putted after explod ing from the other two. They had practiced assiduously for that tournament, even though they were given little chances in pre-tournameht figures among the nest pairs from 30 other nations The ever-smiling Nakamura - had worked so long that he had a callous the size of a walnut on the palm of his left hand from the constant rubbing of the end of tne club shaft. Ono, a lanky Man churian who is a naturalized Jap anese, also had' practiced end lessly. - , - The Japanese plavers will be at a disadvantage of sorts here be cause they must use the larger American ball instead of the smaller British ball which is used in Japan. In international matches, players' may use either ball. But in tournaments and ex hibitions here, they would use the large ball. It wouldn't matter to me which ball they used." Snead said when' advised they were coming to tne united States. They won tair ana square in Tokyo but Id-sure like another crack at them if a game could be ranged.". . Neither Snead or Demaret has forgotten that seven-stroke shel lacking they took from the two Japanese In that head and head round at Tokyo. You can find an inference in Sam's tone that there would be courtesy but no mercy if they , ever hook tip again Little Pete, who looks like an Oriental Gene Sarazen, had really better be ready this time, IT thb ASSOCIATED I'tS CAST Tempi 7T, Lafayette M at. .loiepna trai tu, Laaue 77 Kordnam 91, Army 76 Amhent SO. Weilryan 4a Maine 65. Colby 58 Boiton Unlv 46. TuMi M Carnegie Tech 70. Waih Jeff 44 SI. Peteri iNJl 37, Adelphl 95 Northeastern 61, MIT 94 Bale 80. Bowduin 99 Lehigh 66. Delaware 53 Hofilra 66, r'alrlelith Dlcklnion 97 aoi'TH Maryland 96, Georgetown I DO 46 Tann Tech 66, Morehead lKl'1 63 overtime! Johni Hopklna' 75, Uralnue 47 Loulivllle 73. Depaul 95 Xavler lOhlo) 106Y Wentern Ky tl MIDWEST Cincinnati 91. St. Loula 73 Alma 78, Albion 73 SOUTHWEST Arltona B4. Loa Aneelea State M Texaa ASrl 88. Southweatern (Tex) 41 Arizona State - iTempcl 91, Arizona owe if lagatarn 77 FAI WERT Idaho State 61. Portland 90 College of Pacific 89, San Diego Ma rine! 65 Air Force Acad 61, Colo, College 54 Cal Poly (San I.UH oblipo) 81, UCallt taenia. uarDarai vu TOURNAMENTS North Htate Conference Flral Raunri High Point 74. Atlantic Chriitian 91 East Carolina 78, Appalachian 77 Kentorky 1AC Teurney . . - Flral Eeune Union iKyl 61, Georgetown (Kyi 49 Villa Madonna S3. Centra 63 mm iast NIGHT MM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA-' Joe Brown, 135. New Orleans, knocked out Orlan do Echevarrla, 136V. Cuba, 1 (non-title). with most cellar-dwellers, adopt the role tf "spoilers." . The Pelicans present quite a tar get for a team that has this in mind. Rated the top team in the stnte on Ihe AP Press poll, they have a season record of 19 wins to one loss and a conference mark of 13-1, plus the fact that they are state - bound and. conference champs. In iKldilion, four of the top five scorers in the conference are Pel- icuns; Moore, in the number one slot and Peterson, Kobinson and Niles in the third, fourth and fifth. spots. Pel coach Don Mcgalc, realizing Ihe position his club is in, has aimed this week's practices' pri marily at sharpening the fast-break olfense tactics of his tall charges. while the Crater contests may be called anti-climactic, they are all-important to the KU five, since they represent the last competition the team will face before heading for Eugene. The necessary Inac tivity will last two and one-half weeks. A gloomy spot on. the Pelican horizon showed up in the form of a case of shin-splints for center Glenn Moore. The tall all-slater was forced to quit early Wednes day afternoon with the hope that he would be able to shake them before the weekend, KU scoring statistics, released today, show, that Moore lias collect ed a total of 356 points during this season's play to run his high school total to 1,065. The number two man Is guard Dave Robinson who. despite a two-game score slump has-managed 240 tallies to date plus leading the squad at the free throw line hitting 64 of 76 at tempts for a .842 mark.- Bob Peterson and Bob Niles round out the third and fourth place Spots with 219 and -182 re spectively, while breaking -about even at the head; of the rebound department. -. Directly behind Bob Niles In the conference scoring column is Wayne Allen, Comet workhorse, who has collected a total oh 136 points in 12 games for an 11.3 aver Pelican scoring to date: . , ra Ft.rr tp Moore 124 45-78 86 356 Robinion - - 8 64-78 36 340 Pcteraon ... . 70 .70-113 38 319 Nllei '78 2t-0 67 183 Herrera . t - - 32 . 15-24 ' 40 59 Ankeny ' 18 12-2.1 24 48 DeLap. Don 15 20-25 11 38 Blihop 0 10-13 1 10 Drace ' 1 3-7 ' 8 S Lewie 2 0-0 0 4 DeLap, Dave ' 1 ' 0-0 " 0 2 Dunson .. ..... 1 - 0-0 0 a Santo 10-0 0 2 Blnney . 1 0-0 -0 2 Hall 0 0-0 3 0 TENNIS TOUR SLATED NEW. YORK (UP) Young Bar,, ry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio, ranked fifth nationally, and Doro thy Head Knode of Forest Hills, N.Y., ranked third, will compete in international tennis tourneys at Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, and probably at Casablanca. They leave March '3 on the tour ar ranged by the U.S. State Department.. NOTICE. . ' The usual meeting of the Pel ican Booster Club will not be held tohlght. Many members will lake part In the County B Basketball Tourney now In progress on the OTI court. Thursday, March 6,. fs the next regularly scheduled meeting. V A THI Crazier THE or KENTUCKY BOURBON SINCE 10 IU fcr " Ufrnt X illtflU AID FIAIIU DISTIUUT (OUPAMT. UUDSIQIH. KfHTUCK where he pitched one game in Northwest League play belorc gO' ing into the service. FIGHT CALLED OFF . PROVIDENCE, R.I. (UP)-Next Monday night's scheduled bout be tween Dave Rent of Battle, Eng land and Ray Gately of New York has been called off because the local promoter was unable to fill son. Werner said he stumbled on the program. !a patch of new snow and fell. WERNER INJURES KNKE INNSBRUCK, Austria (UP Bud Werner of Steamboat Springs, Colo., has suffered a severe knee injury while training for the Kan dahar Race at St. Anton. Accord ing to reports received here, his leg has been placed in a cast and he will not be able to participate in any further ski meets this sea. Temple, ranked No. S and I headed for the NCAA, ran its winning streak, longest in major college play, to 20 with a breezy 77-34 job on Lafayette , as Guy Hodxers scored 21. St. Joseph's ' Pa. i rapped I.a Salle 82-77 in a battle of NIT hopefuls. Dapandablt Covarat MAYFLOWIR AUTO INSURANCE VIRN W. IMLEY Office rkene i-me tee I ae. eao efllee Sterile, Week. P RE ALT' VV 119 So. 6th St. TU. 2-4671 KLAMATH FALLS, ORIOON RIAL ESTATE 1 INSURANCE I ..... - i . i a a an. in i i - i - ' ' :J 7 03333 3m ' t-BuuSfS&B OPENING Saturday, March 1st Under new management Wt Jut? eufht. Came On Out. 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