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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1959)
"1 HFRM.n An fvs K't MTii fit ; nRFr.nv n-- fcTTr mm MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16. ft -' -M J STATE TOURNAMENT BOUND The pictured members of the Klamath Union High varsity wrestling team all won berths in the coming state tournament which will be he'd in Corvallis this weekend, as a result of their finishes in he District Tournament held at Klamath Union Friday and Saturday. The Klamath Falls squad placed second behind fha winners, Grants Pass. The Pels amassed a total of 183 Lead Western Loop PAflF'ir COAST CONFERENCE i By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS W L Pet PU OP California 8 2 .800 639 506 Washington "7 3 .700 646 583 Stanford 7 4 .636 591 587 Oregon State 6 5 .545 711 713 South. Calif. 5 5 .500 622 537 UCLA 5 6 .455 699 695 Idaho 4 6 , 400 584 614 Oregon 3 7 :loo 580 647 Wash. Stale 2 9 .182 644 734 I Stanford, coming on with a late By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS season spurt, kepi itself in mathe To no one's surprise, the Cali- matical contention, one and a half fornia Bears are still on top in the j games off the pace, by repeating Pacific Coast Conference basket-, California victories over UCLA ball race alter another lull round of action. The Bears, aiming at their third John Thomas a. . a Southern Calitornia split a week- PPHCIS NPW 1 'n Ihe north. The Tro- " "'"Ijans clipped Idaho. 69-65 Kriday. Jump Record Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK AP' John Thom as calmly predicted today he will high jump 7 feel. Vi inches in the National AAU Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday. No one in history ever has pro- rsl Ifa-J h i ii i . nit that h ii inHnnru ,a' The world outdoor record is 7-1 by the Soviet Union's Yuri 'Eleva tor Shoe1 Stepanov. The amazing 17-year-old Boston University freshman cleared an even 7-feet for the second time in three weeks in the New York Ath letic Club Games in Madison Square Garden last Saturday and just did miss at 7-P4. "But I think I'll do it a. the AAU championships." said the 6- 4'i Thomas. "I was disappointed: Whitman that I didn't do it in the New York College of Idaho A C. meet. I don't know what hap-j'-ewis and Clark pened to me." Pacific After clearing 7 (eet 'he's still the only man alive to make the height indoors' Thomas tried for 7-U4. He missed all three tries, but barely touched the crossbar on the second effort "I feel a lot belter now thai I've done 7 leet twice" he oh-irnaay night alter heating college una. ure luesaay served. "I don't feel so nervous of Idaho, while Willamette bowed A new stop on the light map is about t - Ito Whitman ,Kanab. Ltah. where middleweight He didn't want to mention it I But Ihe reverse happened Satin iMilo Savage meets Nathan lsh on and. in fact, didn't but he had a day night-C of I beat Linfield Kriday. slight muscle pull as a result of 1 82-69. while Willamette rolled winning the hurdles in the Newiover Whitman M-M England AAU championships last. But Willamette's hold on CrUSOOerS DlMiP Wednesday Pace 8 tenuous one The! T He also-had a couple of psycho-1 Bearcats have a 92 record. Lin- ACOdOIIIV. 56-41 IxmoI hlnrkt working aoainst "eld IS 8-2 I 1 j,jm -J Even if he never does beat 7" feel. Thomas' mark is certain to he recognized by the AAU. When he jumped 7 (eet for the first time in the Millrose meet officials for got to measure Ihe cross bar as r.A h, ih mu. m ih m. I fyjijn This time, a whole horde of them raced lo ihe bar as soon asi John went over Tape measures It appeared from all over nitely was official. Chiloquin Club Opens Campaign liuluvi i . - vn rmnusiasuc group of small-bore marksmen met in the hall here Sunday nightl to reactivate the Chiloquin Rifle nun. an orgamzaiion inai nasijyj Class A-l prep football cham- iwi-ii iKiriinni mi i u .iitohik seasons seasons un rne agenua lor ine nanaiilj ere the election of officers and! instruction of a plans for Ihe construction new range mis spring ,, Picked to lead the group were. - IMS oaiuwin presiuem r i n uuiau Kirk, vice president Lou Pohl. secretary-treasurer James David, range officer and Claude Myers. Instructor. Gordon David will headl Bonanza 4. Roundup 0 the range planning committee Summers Lane 2. Lorella 2 Shoot nights will be each Wed-j Stevens 3. Pmes 1 esday and Friday at 7 p.m. in the old Chiloquin gym. beginning! There is Charles White of the this Wednesday with a gel 'ogether Baltimore Orioles, Bill White ol Ihe shoot Business meetings will belSan Francisco Giants and Sammy held once a nir.n'h 1959 straight conference title, bowled over hapless Oregon Friday. 13-55, land once-formidable I'CLA on saiuraay. SMI. The two victories put them a iuii game in noni oi nasmngton ana ine oniv way tne Huskies can catch California is wnh the help of some other teams. Washington has already met the Bears twic this season and lost on both oc cations. and Oregon UCLA fell to the Indians. 69-61. and Oregon lost. 64-53. Washington easily beat o.r-gon State, 75-59. in its only weckcii-1 game, with Doug Smart's 20 points leading the way. but dropped a close 77-75 contest to Washington State when Jim Ross tossed in a 25-fool jump shot in the last eight seconds. California's victory over UCLA gave the Bears an 8-2 record in PCC play. The Bruins salvaged some consolation from the per- formance of their ace cuard. Walt Torrence. He got 23 points and; leads the PCC individual scoring!(harging young prospect Friday at race with points Willamette U. Tops In NW Northwest Conference Standings W L Pel Willamette Linfield Dec. 22 draw when they box Mon- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'day at Philadelphia. Willamette won and Linfield Vince Martinez, flattened by lost so Willamette was back in Virgil Akins when he reached for first place today in Ihe Northwest Ihe welter crown in May at St. Conference basketball race. Louis, boxes unbeaten Denny Moy- Linfield vaulted into first place The two teams are scheduled) mpet Friday and Saturday In I " l,K "Jf """"-.St. ence games o UK wees. i iic iiiai win in icu in sa-. lcm. Ihe second McMinnville The conference's other two teams r acme ano i.ewis ano IClark both were idle Saturday K'" 0!ncr games this week match C of I at L-C and Whitman al defi-'f0'''0 Thursday Jefferson Star Jailed Sunday PORTLAND i.AP'-Two vouths. 'ooin ouisianoing roruana nign.m Mr school athletes were iailerl Sun- Dirk r. dav booked on charges of ccnv (rom an automobile xj,e two are Rave Stephen Ren (r0 jctferson's fullback on itsi pionsmp team, ana Junior Pearce k. ..J- 11.. D...l,.a 1 ...... 'who leads Ihe Portland League; scoring as a member ol Ihe Washington baskethall team, jf Poilc, iBia lh(. ,w0 w.re hrJg connection with the theft ol gsoimj from a parked car. connection with the theft oline Irom a parked car. SrnjffSiiiff White of the Boston Red Sox. ! points as compared to the Cavemen's 203. In picture No. I, Gary Hancock who earned the runnerup spot in the heavyweight division smilingly holds the runnerup squad trophy. At his left is Warren Olson, runnerup 106 pounder; and at his immediate right is Larry Alexander, 148 pound runnerup. At the extreme right is Bill O'Neill, the second Contests By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bob Baker, once the No. 1 chal lenger but now an unranked heavy I will test newcomer Billy Hunter lot Detroit in the Monday night ! bovine feat,, at si MMuji Arena Von YnrL- Baker has (ought them all. building up a 51141 record, but , has faltered at the lsi h,,,-Hi e time after time, Now he is back among the also-rans. Hunter scored a flashy knock out in a Madison Square Garden prelim a few weeks ago. His rec ord is 11-5-1 for 17 fights. Sonny Listen, a Philadelphia heavyweight who has trouble get ting opponents, (aces Mike DeJohn another ranked boxer. Wednesday in Miami Beach. Fla. Lislon has a fine 22-1 record, losing only to Marly Marshall in 1954 and reversing that with a knockout in a rematch. DeJohn. a big boy from Syra cuse, N.Y., owns a 36-5-1 record. He dropped two decisions to Nino Wildes last year and thumped Bob Baker and Willi Bcsmanolf. He will be remembered best for his one-round knockout over Ar gentina's Alex Miteff in 1957. The heavyweight fight will be seen on ABC television dene Fullmer. world middle from Jan. 2, Uuniaht champion 1957 to Mav 1. MiiT, faces a Madison Square Garden when he lakes on Wilfie Greaves of Ed-1 monton. Alherla and Detroit. Kullmer has won eight straight since Sugar Kay Robinson knocked him out in their Chicago title rematch. Fullmer also stored a 10-round nontitle decision over Greaves in Salt Lake City on Jan. 28. 1957. Greaves has 12 straight victor- 8181 ies 800 The fight will be carried on NBC 545 radio-TV. 455' Len Mathews and Ray Lancast 4O0 er. two young Philadelphia light oool weights, will try to settle their winner of 111 straight, al Port- Coach Jerry Kempfs Sacred i Heart Trojans were dumped by the Mary's Crusaders. .56-41 Sun d afternoon in a non-league con- . . T, ,,i:inK' home court. The home team was behind all the way. yielding leads ol 13-5. i .14 17 and 4H M lo the Crusaders at the first three quarter marks Sacred Heart s Mike Brumble and St. Mary s Bob Miksche tied for scoring honors with 13 counters apiece followed by Trojans Tom Ambers; Larrv Jackson and Cru sader Dick Evans with nine each The Academy outshot the visi-l tors from the loul line, hitting on 13 of 23 attempts while St Mary was garnering 13 of 24 Itl Krnk lar'lBob Kv.n. C Ml Bnimnl. Mikrhr ui o ' Amh Bobsled champion Art Tyler rr - "'",?r s.' XSH mSS A.,!?''!,lrcl on advee from the boss" Ron Dulev 4' C. Hurly st tor s.rrea He Pon Min- - .. -- - T' . .. nln mii"nn .iii Offinl- AHn.nn. Lam OTI Boosters Set Meeting The Owl Hoots, the Oregon Trrh booster rlllh. will hold their regular weekly meeting tnnlsht ( 8:30 al Ihe Chuck Wagon. "Ml Klamath snorts fans. ejHbtfl or not, are Invited to attend." ttated rluh president Diek Gallasher. vrBX--B- Today's Sport 'Sugar Ray1 Keeps Division In Knots Bv OSCAR PRALEY Icrack at either Robinson or NEW YORK 'UPP - Middle- silio. weight champion Ray Robinson Kullmer finally has given still nas Doxing s ousiest aivision lied into knots today and the time has arrived when his leading challengers must risk their repu tations or become flyweights from lack of food. Robinson still is holding off on a title defense while he seeks a lucrative June crack at Archie Moore's light heavy crown. Carmen Basilio marks time waiting, as the number one chal lenger, for a shot al Robinson Gene Kullmer. ranked second, has been waiting two years for a NY Track Crowds Chill fast-IBam ft I .m m w jlXWIl lCIUIIY NEW YORK 'UPP Angry Ron 'Delany told the "New Y'ork crowds" lo like it or lump it he isn't going to run any taster than necessary. Turns out Delany has a touch of Ted Williams in him. He doesn't appreciate being booed and when he is, like last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, he's apt to tell off his detractors. The skinny mile kingpin Irom Dublin complained ralher bitterly about "the New York cr o w d s which always boo me" alter he had dropped down Irom his mile specialty to win the half-mile event in the relatively slow time of 1:52.2. n-i tJ. U A, A I nnl tVi-.il Hidnf treatment an where e e MM ol .ramem anere er e .. indoor and It made less ol an impression with Ihe crowd lhan the band which hlared away in the Garden stands Delany barely beat Manhattan's Tom Murphy to the tape in run ning his first half-mile event in live years Former Pitt star Arnie Sowell. who holds the world rec ord of 1:30.3. was third and Mike Hawson of Britain fourth. Dclanv discovered he couldn't run his own race so much in the ball-mile as he ordinarily does in the mile. "In the mile. " he said. "I can gamble and lay back. But In the half-mile 1 have lo stay up with the leaders " Bill Dellinger ol Oregon was tar off his 8 50 record in winning the two-mile event with a clocking ol 8:59 8. and in olhpr events. Josh Culhreath of the Philadelphia Pio neer Club won Ihe 500 yard run 7 7, while Klias Gilbert of Winston Salem Teachers took the M) yard high hurdles in 7 3 , , RAhC M LhalTID May Quit Sport ST MOR1TZ. Switzerland 'I'PI 1 ronav n n en n msp r an out just m case his wile changes her Portland State and SOC could well mind decide the title The two teams The 43-year-old physicist fromre scheduled to meet only once Weston. Mass piloted his home-1 more alter this week made sled to the world bobsled- And, in addition, none ol the ding championship Sunday and other three conlerence teams ap then, after a hurried conference pears to have a chance for Ihe with his wile. Agnes, announced title he was retiring Irom the danger Eastern Oregon is in third ous sport Tyler and his erew of Garv Sheffield ol Lake Placid. NY. Parker Voorn ol Bellmore. N Y . and Marine Lt Tom Butler of ISaranac Lake. MY. raptured Ihe I title with an aggregate of fiv e minute.. 10 82 seconds for lour runs down the twisting, one mile St Mori'.i Olympic ehu'e man in the 141 pound class. In picture No. 2 are 130 pound champ, Glynn Michael and 123 pound titlist Larry Bender, right. No. 3 shows 157 pound king Larry Badorek, left, and 191 pound winner John Hancock. In the fourth photo are Milo Crumrine. left, Ray Johnson, center and Rich Herrera at right. Crumrine is the No. 2 man in the 98 Parade Ba up So this Friday he'll return to Madison Square Garden and risk his rating and his build-hack string of eight in a row against threatening Willie (.reaves of Canada. It doesn't figure as an easy payday for the 27-year-old Mormon mink rancher from West Jordan. l:tah. You might tigure that Fullmer, I a man who look the middle - weight crown Irom Robinson in January ol 1957 and lost it back tour months later, would be a shoo-in against Greaves Alter all, Fullmer has won 48 of 52 bouts and 21 of those by knockouts. Greaves, on Ihe other hand, has a record ol only 27 wins m 37 bouts, although he won 15 by b..nU,,l D,,l UMlm'e rnnnl I -jc decemng as a camouflaged tank'.,h,s total ' Pnoonix lhc There was a time when the 23-year-old Canadian was managed by the late Jake lints. Mintz was one of the bravest managers in ring annals. He wasn't atraid for his boys to fight anybody! Greaves was in oer his head so many times he began to tcel like a guy who tests bathing suits. Rut Wilfie, which is a shorten ing of his given name of Wilfred. now is with a winning stable. One of his backers is C. W. Smith, owner of the stakes-wmning Hills dale. This stable is one of the few to whip Round Table, no mean and Dwighl 'Red' Morrison, bothHupp i Co bagged for the fourth feat on the tuil, and it sees nolplaying semi-pro ball now. havcitime last year reason why Wilfie can't score Ibeen named to the Boston Celtics' A victory over Auburn could his 14th in a row. reserve roster for the Nationallmake that kind of second-class This engagement is the feature Basketball Association playoffs, lentry more palatable lor Baron ol a sort of "family night" which, wi" brol,h, ,0 -vou on v,d anothpr fttUlni in.rUnder I 'n's "baby;' brother lay. 21 will engage ,n financ.ally.dvsigned fisticuffs with a club fighter named Jackie Hayden out of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Portland Viks Stay In Front Oregon Collegiate CorHerence Standings W I. Pet I Portland Slate 10 1 909 Southern Oregon 10 3 7ti'i Eastern Oregon 6 8 .500 I Oregon College 2 9 .182 Oregon Tech B TIIK ASSOCIATED PRESS The championship in the Oregon Collegiate Conference basketball race may be decided this week Portland State, the conlerence i leader meets second place South lern Oregon in games rriday and Saturday nights at Ashland Portland Stale has a 10-) rec ord, but was beaten 84-13 Satur day night by Seattle Pacific in a non-conference game Southern also saw action Satur day nicht. but won a conference Iga'me. The Red Raiders nipped )roaon College of Education 48- I41 Th. ,.,.oLnH m hfi,., n place with a mediocre 8-8 rec ord Ihe Eastern squad, though. swept a two-game series hy Sat urday night trouncing Oregon lech 79-87. The onlv other games this Aeek will match Oreion College and Eastern at La Grande Friday and Saturday. Big Prize Clinched By Littler TUCSON. Ariz 'AP' - A 250 ' ' TIIK ASSOCIATED PMM yard approach that stopped eight' happens when college has- feel from the ISlh Din clinched theikethall's only major unbeaten $15,000 Tucson Open and his sec ond tournament in a row for Gene Littler Sunday. It didn't matter that his putt for an eagle stopped an inch short. Littler tapped in a birdie and won $2100. "That wood shot was the key to the tourney," he grinned. ine san Inego. Calif., pro trailed rookie Joe Campbell by six strokes and Art Wall Jr. hv three going into the final round Playmg conditions on the par To. fi. 4114-yard El Rio Course were ideal, the temperature in the mid 70s. Both leaders faltered, soaring over par. Littler took thij lead wilh iu-imn pun irom ine apron Dl " ', a oiruie v.oing 1 ln, SW-y '"In. he led by Ml UM The tournament was over when Littler! second shot was pin high Wall birdied the hole for the fourth time. Campbell needed a 40-foot put! for an eacle and a tie. He missed by a foot but got a birdie. Lit tier's M-under-par fi.V67-68-6ti 266 was two strokes better than Campbell and Wall tied with 267s. Campbell's M44-65-7I was good for $1,350. So was Wall s 66-64-67-70. Campbell's putt on the ninth hung on ihe rim for two minutes before it finally dropped for a birdie. The stroke he gained when il fell boosted his prize mon ey by $375 the difterence between a second place tie and a four-way tie for fourth CKI.TK S SIGN HKSKRVKS BOSTON UPi Arnie Risen HERMflAGE A FINE KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON I Nature's finest h our ton None better even at Higher prices! Golden giains, Kentucky's deep limestone water plus time, skill and the patience of a farming man make Old Hermitage one of the finest natural products on the market THE OLD HERMI1SGC CO. lOUiSVUlE. KY. DISTRIBUTED BY NATIONAl DISTILLERS PRODUCTS CO. It pound class; Johnson, the runnerup to Michael in the 130 pound weight, and Herrera was second in the 1 36 pound division. State tournament berths are awarded to both first and second place finishers in district meets. The tournament will be held at Oregon State College Friday and Saturday, and will find wrestlers from both A-1 end A-2 schools competing at the same time. Auburn, Kentucky Showdown Looms team plays a road game against a school that has lost only six of 1 18 home games in the last 16 years? The answer comes when Au burn, the invincible, plays Ken tucky, the mighty, in the Wild cats' lan a! Lexington Saturday night. With the cooperation of much whipped Tulanc tonight. Auburn will take a 30 - game unbeaten string irto the showdown of might against Adolph Rupp's precision coached gang By way of warm ing up for it. Kentucky has nailed its last 23 home A. umes dating back lo a loss in the Kentucky lnwt.it.onal to West irginia Dec 20. 1957. The long awaited Auburn-Ken-1 lucky showdown tops a week of major collisions. Within week, there ought to be a prctiy good Indication of how he ball seems to bo bouncing for the two big tournaments the NCAA and ihe National Invitation next month Auburn, at home against Tulanc tonight and at its peak after thrashing LSI- in a school record. Jj on ,he Coast; c,Ii(on,ia n.i-n. uiiiv., -Miuui. iikuna .u i rv an 110 Southeastern ( onler- ence slate against Kentucky. If Kentucky hurdles its Wednesday dale with V'andcrbilt, the 'Cats will be 0-2. With those two losses. Kentucky may wind up no better than third in the SKC behind Au burn and onco-hcaten Stale. Mississippi But hecause of Auburn's NCAA probation and the custom that prohibits Mississippi universities from competing against teams with Negroes. Kentucky may still get the nod to represent the con ference in Ihe NCAA tournament 4. . - ts wi. w p, Rupp Conversely. Auburn can just about clinch an all-winninf season as well as national ac ceptanceby beating the Wild cats. The Tigers wind up their sea sod against Tennesse and Ala bama, neither a serious problem. St. Louis is at Bradley tonight in the second part of their home-and-home duel to decide the chal lenger to Cincinnati in the Mis souri Valley Conference. St. Louis, riding a 14-game winning streak with its 16-2 record, took the first one last week but still trails Cin cinnati by a game. Kansas State can clinch at least a tie for the Big Kight title and another NCAA appearance with i O- 1JI ies U ml 'M .11 IUII lit llfl 1 1 i(l L . vr muh,, -.,. s day afternoon. On Wednesday. ACC titans North Carolina and North Caro lina State have a rematch. The Tar Heels who won the first duel as Ihe home club this time. On B,..-Ja. n..innni .Imn i na.. Jj tht . o( nomc. and.h(m)(, , ha, w ded(je ,h. Ivy championship. In the Skyline, front-running Utah takes to the road to try to wrap up its NCAA berth meeting runner-up Denver TI.,..rIli.,. .Ml , Movien Cut IIP- . . ,... VVanhintton ' ....... j ,j,u c. State Friday and Idaho Saturday trying to hold its edge over Wash ington in the PCC. A race horse in Melbourne has been named Rolling Pin. She is a i fitly sired by Home Defence. I SIGNAL I I TRAILER I I '-- Tlcktti from I j "C'l flUIUBt OLsJ B UNTVCslT 3
