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; WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21. 1953 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE 1 B oirthern Oregon Clash Mere B kif CLttTON KAHHOM The Northern California League baseball situation may be at an all time low now, with Klamath Fall a questionable member and several of the other entries wondering what can be done to boost the summer semi-pro circuit. And without the NCL. Northern California sports fans would be wanting for something to do with their summer Sunday afternoons. Irv Whitt, manager of the Klamath Kuhs, reports that there is some question as to whether or not the local semi pro club will be in operation this summer. And for once, it is not a problem of finances. Seems the Kubs are above water as far as money is concerned, but what they need Is some person, or organization to get behind the team to take care of the promotion and behind-the-scenes work. Reports from other Northern California League cities indicate a turn towards a later opening date and earlier closing date. Such a move would help the teams in obtaining top college ballplayers who get out of school late and must finish their summer ball season by the first of September. The late-start and early-end plan that has been suggested seems to have some strong backing. Mc Cloud, a longtime member of the : league, had to withdraw last year ' because of lack of players. This problem would probably have been ' solved if the league play had not started until after t h e school year when college ballplayers were available. ' Weed would probably favor such a proposition. The Sons played good ball during the regular sea son, after the addition of a few prime players from college, but in the playoffs, after losing these came prime additions, their play fell off sharply. Klamath's case is just about the same. The Kubs depended upon . several college athletes to fill out its club. But most of these were home grown and were able to make it home for the weekend eames until school finally ended A later opening would help the Kubs and save a few dollars trav eling expenses on the part of the boys who motored home on the weekends for a game. The big bug in the Kubs' case seems to be the lack of promo tional leadership. Whitt has his hands full trying to run a club on the playing field. If such responsi bilities as ticket selling, schedul ing. promotion stunts and general managing duties were to be taken over by a local organization the Kubs would be sure to improve by the move. Here is a chance for a local service organization interested in building up its youth program treasury to make a move. We have no idea what type of fi nancial agreement can be "made between the Kubs and a local group to handle such a job. But whatever it is means pure profit and a chance -to help build our community. It's something to think over. Let's hone the Northern Cali fornia League continues to oper ate. Without it, our summers would be baseball-lonesome. There is a possibility that Medford might join the circuit this year which woud help to build up a new and stronger rivalry within the league. IRV WHITT looking for some help Tech Hosts Raiders Tonight In OCC Play OREGON COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE W L Pet. PF PA South. Ore. 4 0 1.000 308 MS Port. St. s o l.non 224 tsi Ore. Tech 1 3 .250 244 305 East. Ore. 1 3 .250 269 29fl Ore. Col 0 3 .000 147 211 Tuesday Results Portland State 65, Oregon College 44 Wednesday Game Southern Oregon at Oregon Tech F'riday Games Southern Oregon at Portland State Eastern Oregon at Oregon College Oregon Tech bye .Saturday Games Southern Oregon at Portland Slate Eastern Oregon at Oregon College Oregon Tech bye Southern Oregon College's con ference-leading Red Raiders come to town tonight for an Oregon Col legiate Conference basketball meeting with the Oregon Tech Owls from the Mile High Campus Game time is 8 o clock. A preliminary game is sched uled for 6:15 pitting two of the top City League basketball teams. Oregon Food, comprised of KUHS coaches, and Fleet's, a group of OTI students, will tangle in the prelim contest which will count towards the City League standings. Coach Wally Palmberg's Owls and Ted Schopf's Raiders from Ashland will be out in force as the two clubs meet for the first time this season. There is never a dull moment in SOC-OTI ath letic meetings and tonight's class will be no different. i From other scribes' pens: Dick Strite, Eugene Register- Guard "One news service writer suggested that Tippy Dye (Wash ington basketball coach) take so lace in the words of Red Auer bach, coach of the Boston Celtics, on the subject of the coaching pro fession: 'A few years ago he (Dve) was a hero. Now he's dope because of a couple of freaks out there can't put the ball through the hoop.' If the Boston coach had ever seen Smart (Doug) and Boin (Bruno) in action he'd never think of those two Huskies in the term as freaks. They are solid college basketball stars. . . . Jack Richard, Corvallis Gazette- Times "Comment heard in the press box at Los Angeles this past weekend alter tne announcement came over the PA system that Stanford had handed Washington its third conference defeat 'T hey laid Boin out last season . . . maybe they should lay Tippy Dye out this year. . . .' " Al Lightner, Salem Statesman Discussing the fact that ex-Ore gon coach and now Pacific Coast Conference official Bill B o r c h e r has just recently been married . . . "When the news that Borcher had taken his vows reached Cor vallis, one wag quickly quipped, 'Good! Now if she'll only keep him home nights. Moore was the target of some "grandstand bench jockeys" . . . he'd better learn to accept such action because if he continues to keep his scholastic work above board, he'll be hearing lots more in the next four years . , . but our reports also indicate that lots of the verbal tosses came ill the tone of deep respect . . . and who wouldn't respect a 21-point effort on the part of a 6-8 flash of bas ketball prowess? On our trip to La Grande last weekend with the Owls, it was in teresting to look over the- new field house and athletic plant that has graced the Eastern Oregon College campus ... a figure in the neighborhood of $635,000 is said to be the tab on the new EOC gym and the plant is not completed yet. . . . Eastern Oregon officials have plans to put in a girls PE department, an archery., range and other athletic and PE develop ments including a swimming pool when this is finished the figure will jump to over the one million dollar mark ... as long as Ore gon's higher education schools are being bolstered by such new buildings, it would be nice for one or two improvements to be made at Oregon Technical Institute say a new and larger bucket to place on the basketball floor to catch the drops of rain that stream through holes in the OTI gym roof ... or stripping around the big front doors and windows of the gym to keep the cold winds and drifting snow outside. . . . Bill Veeck is battling hard in an effort to buy the Chicago White Sox ... and keeping his fingers crossed that the colorful Veeck is successful as general manager of1 the Cleveland Indians Frank Lane . . . can you imagine what kind of promotional antics will be ar ranged between these two gents if Veeck is successful? Veeck, you will remember, brought several in novations to baseball in years past while with the St. Louis Browns such as the midget batter used to draw base on balls and lure fans into the ballpark . . . with Vceck's promotional talents and Lane's trading and color background, the American League would be in for quite an improve ment. . . . Allen Jones, four-year Oregon Tech football letterman, found out that the game of basketball can be rough. . . . Seems Al was playing in a City League basket ball game last week when he slipped and fell. The damage: a broken ankle. Jones is now on crutches saying, "football wasn't this hard on me." It's Interesting to hear the same e?rSc!a"' manager of welter- ouote come from two different I"'"1 '"'ner, is a picture roaches on two different nights I'ramemaKer after two different games. But try this one for size. I After last Friday night's OTI win over Eastern Oregon, Moun-I taineer coach Bob Quinn said. "I have never coached such a dead and flat team. It was the worst team I have had." So after Saturday night's game when EOC bounced back and clubbed the Owls in the second game, Tech coach Wally Palmberg used the same words just as f rsn as they were first cast by . Basketball Scoreboard By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon Prep Basketball Portland League Grant 66, .Wilson 47 Cleveland 83, Roosevelt 54 Madison 49; Lincoln 25 Franklin 61, Washington 47 Jefferson 64. Benson 42 Other Scores Myrtle Creek 65, Giide 51 Oakridge 57, Drain 56 Riddle 60, Oakland 58 Elkton 43, Yoncalla 36 Sutherlin 55, Douglas 33 Davs Creek 65. Canyonville 43 Forest Grove 54, Oregon City 32 Neahkahnie 45, Rainier 44 Aurora 49, Scio 37 Newport 64, Florence 38 Willamina 51. Amity 29 North Salem 48, North Eugene 21 Clatskanie 54, Estacada 45 Toledo 76. Taft 51 Stayton 47, Gervais 33 Woodborn 48, cascade ji Nestucca 52, Sheridan 48 Dallas 55, Tigard 41 Grcsham 63, Clackamas 43 Hillsboro 50, Milwaukie 38 St. Helens 64, Lake Oswego 44 David Douglas 39, Central Catho lic 38 Waldport 52, Rcedsport 49 Knappa 44, Jewell 34 Seaside 80, Warrenton 47 St. Francis (Eugene) 44, Creswell 28 Vernonia 69, Tillamook Catholic 48 Albany 52. South .Eugene 45 South Salem 57. Willamette U. Frosh 53 Sherwood 49, Salem Academy 44 Serra (Salem) 52, Monmouth 37 Philomath 53, Yamhill .19 St. Paul 52, Detroit 42 1 Siletz 52, Valsctz 45 Chemawa 48, Colton 42 Falls Citv 56. Eddyville 48 South Salem JVs 50, Sublimity 48 Mt. Angel 65, Canby 52 Manleton 50. Crow 38 Milton-Freewater 61, St. r atricn s (Walla Walla) 45 Jefferson 63, Alsca 51 Wv'east 56. The Dalles 51 Pleasant Hill 71, Willamette (Eu gene) 45 West Fir 61, Coburg 44 Harrisburg 47, Lowel 46 Mapleton 50, Crow 38 Triangle Lake 60, Mohawk 47 St. Mary's (Medford) 58, Talent 34 Butte Falls 44, Jacksonville 40 St. Paul 52, Detroit 42 ' COLLEGE BASKETBALL Virginia Military 81, Virginia Tech 78 Bowling Green 68, Kent State 59 Murray IKY) 73, East Tenn 62 Florida Southern 84, Rollins 76 Centenary 72, Louisiana Tech 69 Providence 73, Upsala 37 Akron 66, Toledo 65 Grinnell 70, Coe 66 Southern Oregon will he point ing for an end to a string of de feats on the local collegians floor. Oregon Tech has not lost a home game to a Southern Oregon Col lege basketball team in three sea sons. 01 1 has turned back the Raiders in home games plaved on the Tech floor in 1956. 1957 and ih.t. ticidsmakers see an end to the OTI "home floor winning streak" tonight with the Raiders being the heavy favorites. Dave D'Olivo, a 6-4 product of Klamath Union High School, will be leading the Raiders into action against the Owls. The former KU prep star is a leading scorer and rebounder in the Southern Oregon basketball program. D'Olivo is averaging about 20 points a game and will be a tough foe for the Owls to stop this evening. Running with D'Olivo at forward for SOC will be Dick Smith. Punk Biddington, a regular starter and one of the Raiders' top scorers. will probably be on the sidelines with an injury. It is not known if Biddington will see any action at al! this evening. Don Vannice is expected to open at center for the Raiders. Other Southern Oregon starters will probably be Jim McAbce and Gordie Carrigan at the two guard slots. McAbee, a former Talent high athlete, is a returning starter from Southern Oregon's second place team last year and is the clubs top playmaker, Carrigan, who gives McAbee a big assist in directing the SOC offense, is a good outside shooter and is cap able of hitting in double figures any night. Palmberg will have a pair cf lettermen on hand to open the 1959 SOC series, along with three newcomers. The holdovers are guard Charlie Wilson and forward Dell Fra'ncis, The newcomers are center Paul Layher, guard Jim Ramseyer and forward J i m Horton. Francis is still a question able starter for tonight's game as he waits for a foot injury to heal completely. Francis missed last weekend's Eastern Oregon scries, but is expected to play to night, and possibly draw a start ing nod. If Francis does not start, fresh- Y Its f c Floyd, Swede Ready For Heavyweight Go ANOTHER McCUTCHEON Oregon Tech has another McCutcheon on its basketball club this year in the pres ence of Jess McCutcheon, a 6-4 freshman from Spring field. Jess' older brother John played four years of basket ball for the Owls, including two as all-conference. Jess will probably see some action tonight when the Owls host Southern Oregon College on the OTI floor. Game time is 8 p.m. SiPOKTS Mays Signs Contract For $80,000 Season SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Star center fielder Willie Mays, who heard both cheers and boos in his first season in San Francisco with the Giants, draws an estimated ' W I 80.000 as his 1959 salarv. ,n M,B II, trie' t,,-.;t unit nt tin n f 1 T time. Freshmen Jess McCutcheon, forward, and Leon Wilson, a guard, will probably see lots of re serve duty this evening as the Owls top bench strength. This will be the only basketball play of the week for Palmberg's cagers. The Owls draw a bye Fri day and Saturday and will not play until next Tuesday night when they travel to Ashland for return game with the Red Raid ers. This weekend s slate finds Eastern Oregon going to Oregon College and Southern Oregon at Portland Slate. Phil Mover Defeats Dupas PORTLAND (AP) - Portland boxer Phil Moyer Tuesday night repeated the performance put out by his younger brother, Denny, last month he won s 10-round decision over Tony Dupas of New Orleans. Phil, weighing 152 pounds, kept the 150-pound Dupas off balance with his left jabs. Dupas nose was bloodied In the fifth round and his eye . was swollen closed in the eighth round. But despite this, Dupas' best round was the ninth. Moyer said Dupas caught him with a low blow in the eighth round and Moyer had to go to his corner for about a minute to catch his breath. A crowd of about 1,100 saw the fight, which was Moyer's 14th vic tory in 15 starts. Roger Rouse, 165, Portland, won a unanimous but unpopular. Stockton, Calif., in an eight round preliminary. However, Fra zicr was down for the count of nine in the first round. the advantage this year of not having to contend wilh a wire fence in front of the Seals Stadi um scoreboard. It s being torn down. President Horace Stoncham an nounced Tuesday night that the fleet player had agreed to terms. The amount wasn't announced but Willie was believed to have received a $5,000 boost from his $75,000 of last season when he was runner-up both for the National League batting championship and its Most Valuable Player award Despite a mid-season batting slump that started some of the fans booing. Mays hit .347 for the season, his highest in six with the Giants and second only to Phila delphia's Richie Ashhurn with 350. In voting for the MVP award, Willie placed second to Chicago's Ernie Banks. Mays, 27, is No. 3 in the major league salary bracket, which topped by Ted Williams' $125,000 with the Boston Red Sox and Stan Musial's $100,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Mickey Mantle re ceived $75,000 from the New York Yankees last season and reported ly is asking $85,000 for. 1959. Stoneham reached agreement in a telephone call with Willie in New York. It was a far cry from last year's spectacular news confer ence at Seals' Stadium when Wit lie's 1958 contract was announced Last season Mays collected 208 hits, his greatest production, drove in 96 runs and scored 121, more than any other player in the loop He also led in- stolen bases with 32, and slugged 29 homers. Over six seasons with the club, Mays has hit for a .317 average with 1,111 hits, 216 of them home runs. A stellar fielder, he'll have PSC Mc.tn.en Topple Linfield PORTLAND (AP) Portland State's wrestling team defeated i squad from Linfield 33-3 Tuesday The Portland team won in, all weight divisions except one. Picking up the odds and ends: Our reports from Corvallis In dicate Glenn Moore, the ex-Klam-ath Falls prep basketball sensa tion who is now playing for the Oregon Frosh, may be in for some bad times in that valley city . . . seems in last Saturday night's RookFrosh game at Corvallis, O People Read SPOT ADS - you are Stoner Electronics 4842 So. Sixth St. Will Be CLOSED January 19th Through 26th For Vacation Save Your Money Wait For Hal's SALE Coming Soon - Watch For Our Ad HO AH 'IT SPORT n D W SHOP 532 MAIN NEW YORK (API - The long and sometimes baffling list of likely candidates to meet Floyd Patterson in his next defense of the world heavyweight champion (ship had narrowed down to one today lngemar Johansson Swede who was disqualified from he finals of the 1952 Olympics for relusing to fight. Promoter Bill Rosensohn said the fight was 90 per cent in the bag and he plans to stage it in Los Angeles, Colorado Srpings or yew ork. Neither the promoter nor the fighters are the important cogs in tne negotiations, lhcy all are merely spear carriers for tempes tuous Cus D'Amato, Patterson's manager. Unless something untorcscen happens. I cannot see any obsta cles in the way of a title match, Cus said. Coming from D'Amato, that is like the weather bureau predicting fair and warm for the next year. There have been suspicions all along that Johansson if he could get out of his return bout contract til hddie Machen, whom he knocked out in the first round last year would be Patterson's next opponent. But D Amato, a suspicious one found all sorts of obstacles. As lale as last Sunday, he refused to talk to Eddie Ahlquist, a Swed- h boxing promoter, who lists imsclf as Johansson's agent. Rosensohn, however, persuaded D'Amato to talk to Ahlquist, at least until Johansson shows up. "The picture brightens pretty much now that Cus and Ahlquist have talked." said Rosensohn, who promoted Patterson's last defense of his title against Roy Harris. Patterson, as usual, let D'Amato do all the talking, but in his home in Goteberg, Johansson said: "Of course I am glad for the chance to meet Patterson and I am ready to meet him any time." Ahlquist probably will summon Johansson, the European cham pion, here this week to complett plans. Rosensohn said he could not dis close the financial arrangements, but it was expected that Patter son would get a 40 per cent cut and Johansson 20 per cent. He said the television rights would go on the open market, but that he leaned toward home TV. Johansson has won all 21 of his professional bouts. His biggest vic tory was over Machen, a highly regarded American heavyweight, whom he starched last Sept. 14. Patterson has defended his crown three times since he knocked out Archie Moore in the final of an elimination tournament to decide a successor to Rocky Marciano. Oregon College Beaten By Viks MONMOUTH (AP) .- Every member of the Portland State basketball squad played Tuesday night as the team rolled to an easy 65-44 Oregon Collegiate Con ference victory over Oregon Col lege of Education. Leading the Portland State scorers were John Fredrick, 16; Don Bridges, 14; and Stan Web er, 13. Don Shcrk led the losers with 9 points. University of North Dakota foot ball coach Whitcy Helling has won seven championships in 10 years of high school and college coach ing. ', ' " ' ' f ', I mint piwr Cl ; rwiuiysai . vein ; , ! s-s f 4 ; . 4 sMimng! ' ; 'An ' M' 5 -i THE AMERICAN DISTILLING CO, INC. Ntw You Pakln, in. Snnallto, Calif. Jeep vehicles are completely engineered for 4-wneel drive, rjoj Just 2-wheel drive modifications or conversions. 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