WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1958
By CLAYTON HANNON
Herald end News Sporta Writer
We've had a good year locally,
one filled with many exciting and
interesting sports attractions that
won fame and fortune for some.
sorrow and defeat for others. But
m all, we can i complain.
What was the top local sports
story in wsu: mats a tough
question to answer. We had many
"Top stories.
Such nominations as the Pelicans
state Al basketball championship
Merrill's winning the state B foot
ball title; Oregon Tech's domina
tion of the Oregon Collegiate Con
ference as the Owls won the bas
ketball, track and football titles
(the latter was forfeited by the
school because of ineligible play
ers) or many, many others.
While we had several very out
standing team efforts that stood
out. there was no shortage of in
dividual stardom. The Klamath Ba
sin had more than its share of
standout individuals in the world
of sports in 1058.
What about big Glenn Moore, the
leader in the KUHS state basket-
hall championship? What about
Oregon Tech's little Ail-American
guard Allen Jones and all-Coast
end Norm Hooper? What about
Vein Allen, the Tulelake teacher
and coach, who rolled a 747 series
to set a new Lucky Lanes bowling
record and possibly an all-time city
alley mark? What about Dr. Jim
Noel who won the Reames Golf
and Country Club championship?
And you can't leave out Moore,
Dave Robinson and Bob Peterson
who were named to the all-state
A-l Basketball team at the
close of the tournament. Or Denny
Knowles who copped t h e state
class B trapshooting title.
Besides team and individual ef
forts, we were in on several
"firsts" for the Basin. Klamath
Falls played host to the regional
Babe Ruth League finals. Klam
ath had its first season of official
Little League baseball play. Local
sports car enthusiasts formed a
car club. Also a first was the ini
tial archery hunting season when
local bow and arrow followers set
out to, bag doer in August and
September in the Keno area.
Let's review 1958 season by sea
ton, sport by sport.
Archery
The big event for Klamath area
archers was the first bow and ar
row deer hunting season in August
and September. Local bowmen took
part in the usual number of state
and invitational shoots held this
past year, holding up the honors
for their respective clubs.
Baseball
Summer baseball was headed up
by the Klamath Kubs' title drive in
Northern California League base
ball play. This was also the first
year for Little League baseball, as
six teams of local youngsters took
part in the national program for
10, 11 and 12 year olds. Johns
Jlanville won the KF Little League
championship in the first season's
play. Klamath was the host to the
northwest regional Babe Ruth
League tournament, which was won
by Washington's entry from South
King County. Local Babe Ruth of
ficers have also offered a bid for
the state championships to he held
here this coming summer. Merrill
advanced to the state B semi
finals before losing out. Oregon
Tech's Charlie Ganter was named
to the Oregon Collegiate Conference
all-star team at shortstop. Ron Ow
ings, ex-KUHS and Southern Ore
gon College baseball star, signed
a bonus contract with the Pitts
burgh Pirates, but was released
after a shoulder injury while play
ing for Las Vegas. Hi Hatfield did
a fine job in managing the Klam
ath Falls American Legion Junior
baseball team to the league cham
pionship and into the district finals
and state quarterfinals before bow
ing to North Bend, two games to
one. It was the first legion title
here in several seasons. Donn
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LITTLE LEAGUERS Klamath Falls enjoyed its first of
ficial Little League baseball season in 1958. Above are
members of Bob's Union team, one of six, to take part in,,
he. local program for boys 10. II and 12 years of age.
mvievjing lorn Sports Happenings
PELICAN BASKETBALL Klamath Union High School defeated Grant High of Portland
for the state A-l basketball championship last March in Eugene. Above Glenn Moore
snares rebound In title game. ,
was named the outstanding player
in the Northern California League
all-star game at Dunsmnir after he
sparked the south to victory over
the northern stars. Merrill's town
team won the Klamath Basin In
dependent League crown. The Port
land Beavers and Vancouver Moun
ties of the Pacific Coast League
played an exhibition game here
early in the spring, with the Moun
ties winning. The Beavers' start
ing pitcher was Niles Jordan, ex-
Klamalh Falls Gem hurler in the
days of the Far West League.
Basketball
Klamath Union High and Oregon
Tech both produced some fine bas
ketball in 1958. The Pelicans won
25 of 2fi games and the state cham
pionship by beating Grant High of
Portland. The Owls won their sec
ond straight Oregon Collegiate Con
ference basketball title, plus post
ing a 20-6 season record. Merrill
igh won the county tournament
title, but lost in the district play
off to Talent. Oregon Food Store
BUTCH KIMPTON
. . playing for Webfoots
led the City League standings and
captured the district AAU honors
before losing out in the area finals.
Klamath had three on the all-state
team in Glenn Moore, Dave Robin
son and Bob Petersen after win
ning the A-l title. Moore also set
a new all-time KUHS nasneiDan
1000-point mark in three years of
competition. The same three Fels
Moore, Robinson and Petersen
along with Bob Niles were named
to the all-Southern Oregon Confer
ence team for their play. Oil
players on the all-OCC team were
John McCutcheon, Truman Wil
liams and Charlie Bogle. Butch
Kimpton. a 1957 graduate of KUHS,
sparked the University of Oregon
frosh basketball team last winter,
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and now as a sophomore is bidding
high for a starting job on the
Webfoot varsity. He is classed by
Oregon basketball leaders as one of
the top guard and playmaking pros
pects to come out of the state in
many years. Larry Pretty Weasel
scored 52 points in one game to
lead Lodge Grass (Montana) to the
championship of the annual all-
Indian invitational basketball tour
nament at Chiloquin. The tourna
ment, the biggest in the history
of the meet was again sponsored
by the Reservation Jaycces.
Bowling
A in - lane addition to Luckv
Lanes Bowling Alley was the big
news for local bowlers. All new
automatic pinsetters help to take
care of the huge demand made
on the South Sixth Street bowling
establishment. Vern Allen's 747
headed the list of individual efforts
on the KF lanes. Three other 700s
were rolled Frank Beard's 709,
Cliff Stemier with a 706 and Roy
Harris with a 704. Stcmlcr teamed
with Bob Victorin fo win the men's
state class A doubles champion
ship at the state tournament, l.a
Rayne Harris continued to pace the
women bowlers by winning another
city all-events 'scratch champion
ship. Lucky Lanes was busy with
exhibition schedules as nationally-
known greats slopped here lor pub
lic shows. The three names who
were here included Dick Hoover,
Buddy Bomar and Bill Lilliard.
Boxing
The armory was quiet as far as
professional boxing was concerned
this past year. In Lakeview the in
tcrest in amateur and PAL boxing
clubs for boys was high. Frankie
Lightle of Lakeview won the 147-
pound state AAU novice boxing
championship.
Cross Country
For the second straight year,
Oregon lech sponsored a cross
country team. Although the team
against SOC and was on a limit
ed schedule, Coach George Miller
had some fine track prospects
Heading the list was Roger More
land and George Pappen, the lat
ter the Owls top distance runner
in track.
Dogs
Again the two retriever field tri
als sponsored by tne ahasta-Cas
cade Retriever Club were success
ful. Over 100 entries took part in
both the spring and fall meetings
Clover, a Lab, and Joaquin Nug
get, a Golden, were the winners of
the Open All-Age stakes at the two
S-C trials. Hal Shidler qualified
and entered his fine Labrador,
Hal's Spi-Wize-Zeke in the national
amateur championships held near
San Francisco. Zeke finished all
nine of the series and placed high
in the final standings. Pat Mont
gomery and Bob Trotman worked
on the trial grounds crew while
Jim Slilwcll, another local retriev
er leader, was one of the three
judges.
Fishing
We had a good fishing season.
As usual, many anglers hooked
some lunkers from the waters of
Williamson River, Agency Lake
and Upper Klamath Lake. Dia
mond Lake was very good early
in the year, with fly-fishermen get
ting several weeks of good fishing
late in the season. Lake of the
Woods despite a scare that the
trout in the lake were dying be
cause of a tapeworm was very
good for pan-sized fish and was
heavily stocked for future fishing
seasons. Klamath River was better
early in the spring than it has been
for years.
Football
The top football news here was
Oregon Tech's great 6-2 season
which included a 4-0 Oregon Colle
giate Conference season record.
But the Owls bubble burst when
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the school found it had four ineli
gible players, and forfeited the ti
tle. The Owls lost only to Hamilton
Air Force Base and Whittier Col
lege, while grabbing such big wins
as 66-7 over Oregon College and
40 0 over Southern Oregon before
forfeiting 1-0 after the announce
ment of ineligible players. Although
KUHS had a poor season in the
won-lost column, end Gary Kran
enburg was named to the Oregoni-
an s all-state honorable mention
list. Merrill rolled up its first state
class B football championship and
an undefeated team under the
coaching of Al Keck. Keek's teams
in the last three years have ad
vanced to the quarterfinals, semi
tinals and now the championship.
Merrill clubbed oncalla W)-7 in
the championship game for the
biggest score on record for any
state high school championship
game, regardless of classification
Jack Himclwnght, ex-KU football
er, played his third year of vai
sity football for the University of
Colorado and was named to the
all-Big Eight Conference first team
ALLEN JONES
. . . little A-A mention
as a tackle, as well as. making
LTl s all-America honorable men
tion list. Jack also played in the
Copper Bowl game as a member
of the Southwest team. Al Sieg
ner, another ex-Pelican, played his
second year of football at Monterey
Peninsula (JC) College and was
picked to the West team which
played in the East-West All-Ameri
ca Junior College bowl game. Five
Klamath County B high school foot-
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OCC CHAMPIONS Oregon Tech won its second
straight Oregon Collegiate Conference basketball title in
1958. Above, all-conference iter John McCutcheon puts up
a shot in a game against Oregon College.
REGISTER NOW
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BIG PRIZES
THE BEST WHISKERS
bailers from 1957 played in the an
nual East-West B Shrine game in
Pendleton last August. The five
were Perry Laney, Merrill; Dick
Steyskal, Malin; Steve Pope, Chilo
quin; J. D. Mc.Murtry, Merrill and
Jasper Strunck, Bonanza. Oregon
Tech has six boys on all-star and
all-America teams at the close of
its fine season. Allen Jones, the
four year letterman guard and cap
tain, was named to the Associated
Press' Little All-American honor
able mention list. End Dale Mc-
Culloch was on Williamson's Rat
ing System little A-A honorable
mention list. Jones and end Norm
Hooper were picked to the second
team all-Little Pacific Coast team
selected by UP1. Hooper was a
first team selection and Jones a
second team choice for all-Little
Northwest honors. Backs Earl
Green and Charlie Ganter and
tackle Arnold Metcalf were picked
as honorable mention on the all
Little Northwest team. Charlie Wil
son, Ardell Hamilton, Frank Wil
son and Roy Johnson were all
OCC football choices this fall along
with Jones, Hooper, Ganter, Green
and Dick Hill.
General
Len Surles and Don Mcgale re
signed from positions al Klamath
Union High School and the ath
lotic department. Joe Peak quit
the post as physical education and
health director of the city grade
schools, ourles, for nine years a
JOE PEAK
. . . leaves Klamath post
member of the KU staff, left his
track job here and moved to Or
ange, California where he is a jun
ior high athletic director and city
recreation otficer. Mcgale. after
guiding the Pels to the state bas
ketball title, quit to take a post in
the Oregon State College PE de
partment. Peak, after a very long
tenure with local schools, dropped
out of the teaching business and
moved his family to the coast.
Golf
Dr. Jim Noel won the club cham
pionship at Reames. Clark Good
Ileames pro, set a new course rec
ord by posting a 68 for 18 holes.
A pair of hole-in-oncs were re
corded this season once by Bill
Hagelstein Sr., and the other by
Max Marvin both came on the
short seventh hole. Bob Harrahill
defeated Wes McNce for the Presi
dent's Cup title. In the all-Basin
Tournament, Carl Woods won the
low gross honors and Pelican foot
ball coach Andy Knudsen led the
low net field. High school golf was
also started for KUHS students as
a part of the high school athletic
program, under the direction of
Bob Johnson and Good.
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TENNIS VICTOR Portland's Bill Rose, left, receives the
men's singles trophy for the third straight time after win
ning the Herald and News Labor Day Tennis Tournament
at Moore Park. Presenting the award is Earl Brooks, tourna
ment chairman.
Hardtops
Again this summer, the Klamath
falls Racing Assn. headed a hard
top racing season. Bud Cook, a
veteran driver, ran off with (lie
individual point championship. The
IRA also started a junior racing
group for boys, and the youth
group took part in the weekly rac
ing sessions.
Horseshoes
For the first time, the city rec
reation department scheduled an
ROLLING TO STATE B TITLE
championship this year under
sets off on scoring run.
Trapshooting
Denny Knowles won Class B hon
ors In the state trapshoot meet,
Vern Moore traveled to Reno to en
ter in both the Golden West
Grand and the Pacific Grand. In
the Golden West, Moore fired a
100-100 and was high among the
finishers.
, Wrestling
KUHS lost the district champion
ship for the first time since com
peting in district competition. But
DeLance Duncan s Pelicans went
on to finish fourth in the state
tournament held at Oregon State
College. Pelican wrestler Lyle Mc
Farland won the slate champion
ship in his weight. Henley High
started a wrestling program in its
athletic program, and competed on
a limited scncdule, but will be plan
ning more mat action this year.
Only one or two professional wrestl
ing bouts were held at the armory.
The midgets were here once and
put on their usually fine show.
Jay Dearing, university of Oregon
wrestler via Klamath Falls, won
the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
wrestling title in his weight di
vision.
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all-city horseshoe tournament. The
winner was Johnny Henderson.
Hunting
Due to hot and dry wealhor con
ditions, our 1958 deer hunting sea
.-ion was poor. Several fine tro
phy bucks were bagged by hunters.
but for the most part, the big deer
and highly-sought alter bucks were
hard to find because of the drv
lorests. Pheasant hunters had t
good season, with plenty of birds,
Duck and goose shooting was good
early in the season, but here again
weather didn't help the hunters.
Merrill High School won
coach Al Keck. Above in
Skiing
The big news in this winter sport
was the official opening of the
Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl. Local ski
ers will be giving Ihe Northern Cal
ifornia winter wonderland lots of
business as soon as the winter
snow season is settled. Tomahawk
Ski Bowl on the Lake of the Woods
road also drew more Basin ski
fans this past year. Jean and Joan
Saubert of Lakeview won several
ski titles in meets all over the
country.
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The late season hunting condition!
included cold, but clear weather
with freezing ice chasing lots of
birds out of the country and into
California to the south. Several
gunners dropped big bear on out-
mgs this fall. Local elk hunters:
also had their share of success,
although the overall state outlook
for elk hunters vis poor.
Softball
The city recreation department
had another banner year for their
I'oung boys summer Softball rro-
cram for Bantam and PeeWee ace
boys. Market Basket s city league
winners advanced to the state tour
nament and lost out to Salem in
a 1-0 extra inning ballgame that
was broken up by a long home
run. The Klamath Basinettes were
reformed and entered the state
women's Softball tournament at
Medford. The local girls team
placed high in the state playoffs,
and also had several exhibition
games both at home and on the
road.
Sports Cars
Local sports car patrons formed
a club of their own, for "little
car people." The name of Ihe club
is Sport and Import Car Club. The
group held several travel-log trips
and timing races.
Tennis
Klamath Union High tied for the
state boys tennis championship.
The doubles team of Pelicans Juli
us Reynolds and John Bousquet
won the state twosome champion
ship. Jimmy Jackson won the Li
ons Club City Tennis Tournament
championship. Bill Rose for the
third straight year won the annu
al Herald and News Labor Day
Invitational Tournament.
Track
Merrill placed fifth in the state
B high school meet. Gordon Sellarj
was the lone KUHS representative
in the A-l meet and finished fifth
in the broadjump. The city recre
ation department, in conjunction
with the local school system, held
a summer track and field pro
gram which drew a large number
of boys into recreational activity.
Its first state Class B football
semifinal clash, John Hatkini
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