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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 2 B Hornets Trim Merrill, COUNTY B LEAfiUE IV L Pel. Merrill 1 0 1.0WI Bonanza 1 0 1.000 Chiloquin 1 0 1.01)0 Gilchrist 1 1 .50(1 Malin 0 1 .000 Sacred Heart Academy 0 1 .000 Bly 0 2 .00 Friday Results Henley 49, Malin 42 ( non-league I Chiloquin 47, Gilchrist 34 Bonanza 64, Bly 28 , Merrill 52, Sacred Heart Academy 33 By JOHN NOI.EN Herald and News Sports Writer A scrappy crew o Henley Hor rets put a damper on t lie pos sibility of Malin nabbing the 1!)5!J 60 County B League champion ship when they toppled the Mus tangs 49-42 in a non-league clash Friday night. Only a week ago Malin handed the Hornets a 52-30 defeat in the first game of one of two county pre-season tournaments and then drew the league's "darkhorse" roll when they, downed defending OSC Tournament Foe r rstrt , OREGON STATE COLLEGE -Border conference champion last year, and regarded by almost ev eryone as a shoo-in to repeal that's New. Mexico Stale Univer sity, the school Oregon Slate must face in the opening round of the fourth annual Far West Classic here December 26, 28 and 29. . Coach Slats Gill must have de cided long ago the task of beat ing the Aggies isn't an easy one. New Mexico Stale is loaded with veleran talent, and in 6-8 Billy Joe Price the Aggies' boasl one of the real all-America hopefuls. He was a unanimous choice for all Border conference honors lasl year with a (9,-point average and in early games this fall has looked even better. Presley Askew, the coach, is be ginning his seventh year at New Mexico State, and as a college menlor, his won' and lost record stands at 136-116. BUI defense is one of his slrong suits. For ex ample, his 1955-56 team had a starling five that averaged less than six feet, yet earned a rating as third in the .nation on delcnse This will be- New Mexico Slalc's first visit to Oregon, and Willam ette Valley fans probably would be interested in learning more about the school. It's located at University Park, New Mexico, three miles south of Las Cruccs and 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas. The enrollment is approx imately 3,000 and the school was founded in 1889. The Aggies generally have field ed strong basketball teams and have wound up in a losing sea son only once in the last five years. Their 1959 record was 17-11, as compared with 13-13 for Oregon Stale. Sophomore George Knighton was outstanding on the freshman team last year and is expected to shoul der much of the load. Whereas Ailment Takes Ex-SL Great ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sunny Jim Botlomley, 59, the only player in major league baseball history lo drive In 12 runs in one game, died ol a heart ailment while Christ mas shopping Friday. The former first baseman, the National League's most valuable player in 1929 and a veteran of 15 seasons wilh Ihe SI. Louis Cardi nals, Cincinnati Reds and old St. Louis Browns, lived up lo his name until the end. He was joking with a friend only moments be fore he was found slumped over the wheel of his car in a downtown parking lot. u was on rpi. m. rim. mm James Leroy Botlomley wrote his name into the record books with six hits good for 12 RBI against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The hils Included two home runs, a double and three singles. He repealed his six-for-six achievement on Aug. S, 1931. against Pittsburgh, this time wilh double and live singles. He is the only National Leaguer to go six-for-six two limes. The cocky first baseman, who ware his cap at a rakish angle and was noted for his sunny dispusi tion, had a lifetime balling aver ge of .310 and fielded .988 during his 1.991-game career, most of it with the Cardinals. CONFERENCE CROWS NEW YORK cl'PH - The Eastern College Athletic Confer ence raised ils member schools lo 121 Friday when it admitted Koudoin, C. W. Post, Quinnipiac. Jtochostcr Tech, .Ihe University ef Rochester and SI. Francis of Brooklyn. The ECAC also admit ted an affiliate, the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Soccer Conference making 1 total of 20 member groups. J Malin Bonanza, Chiloquin Nab Victories county titlist Merrill, 43-37 the fol lowing night. Then came the return engage ment with Henley which threw the league into a tossup with any one of several teams rated as poten tial league champs. In conference aclion Friday Merrill, Chiloquin and Bonanza jumped into a three-way tie for first place, all with identical 1-0 records. The Huskies dumped Sa cred Heart Academy 52-33, the Panthers lought olf Gilchrist 47-34 and the Antlers thumped tiny Bly. 64-23. Malin Upset The Hornets, paced by the long range shooting of guards Floyd Kendall and Hay Jackson, holh hilling for 15 points, came from a 35-33 third quarter deficit to pour in 16 last period tallies to Matin's seven. Kendall paced the fourth quar ter attack by tanking eight vital counters, six on free throws. Jack son canned 10 of his total in the first half while Hornet post man Bert Allbrillon hit for six mark ers in Die third frame. Price is 6-8, Knighton is only an inch shorter. "They could be two of the linest players in the coun try this season," Coach Askew proudly tells. Slats Gill has never been one In turn down a challenge, and the challenge looms as a big one when New lcxico Slate comes lo town. The Beavers have never lost in Ihe Far West Classic and they would hate to start now right in the opening round. Hank Aaron NLBatChamp CINCINNATI (AP)-llammci'in' Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves, who led the National League batters from the opening week to the season's end, Satur day was crowned the official champion for 1959. : Aaron wound up with a .355 av erage to win the senior, circuit title for the second time. The Braves' outfielder won his first crown in lu.ifi with a ..'128 mark Joe Cunningham of SI. Louis fin ished second with a .343 average'dio (NBC) last season, official averages re leased by National League Head quarters disclosed. Eddie Mathews, another Mil waukee slugger, edged Chicago's Ernie Banks lor the home run championship. Mathews hit one in the final playoff game against Los Angeles, giving him 46. Banks had 45. Ernie led in 1958 with 47. MacPhail New Oriole Prexy BALTIMORE (AP) - Lee Mac Phail is officially Ihe new presi dent of the Baltimore Orioles, but Jim Keelty, the outgoing chief, says he'll keep a hand in the team's operation. MacPhail, lapped for the job by Keelty when the latter announced his resignation, was formally pro moled from general manager lo president at Friday's board meet ins. Ending speculation that he might also sell his slock in the club. Keelty agreed to remain on Hie hoard. MacPhail, in stepping up to Ihe lop Oriole post, matched an ac complishment of his colorful fa ther, Larry MacPhail, who head ed Ihe "Sew York Yankees until his 1947 retirement linm baseball Lee. who will continue lo per form Ihe duties of general man ager, will receie an estimated $35,000 a year Pioneers Tipped By U Of Hawaii PORTLAND (API-Lewis and Clark put up a stiff battle through Ihe first half but caved in in the second period and lost a basket ball game to Ihe University of Hawaii ."iii-43 Friday night. The Portland loam led through most of the first half by slim mar gins and was ahead 23-20 nl Ihe intermission. Boh Fox. who had led Lewis and Clark's scoring through Ihe first half, fouled out with only live minutes played in the first period. From then on the Rainbows mmcd steadily up and then ahead. The University of Hawaii led In shooting averages, .290 lo .218 REDSKINS SIGN TWO WASHINGTON UPI - Quar terback Jim St. Clair of Santa Barbara College 1 Calif 1 and full hack Jim dotty of Notre Dame were signed Friday by the Wash ington Redskins ol Ihe National Fuolball League. HERALD AND The (all Mustangs, with several players plagued by sickness and injuries, were led by guard Handy Miller who sank 16 points to grab high point honors. Allbritton con tributed 10 points to the Henley cause while Jim Long aided Ma lin with nine. The box score: Henley Mill Allbritton 10. Chapman 4, Reiling 5, Jackson 15, Kendall 15; Subs Mills. Malin (421 lick 5, Long 9, De Merrill 7, Miller 16, Kirkpatrick 3; Subs Sleyskal, Stastny. Trojans Downed Merrill, challenged by a tough SUA defense throughout the first half, posted quarter leads of 10-5, 22-13 and 33-22. Husky ace Bruce Brickner, 6-5, was held to four points in Hit first half and col lected only 13 poinls over the route, far below his league-leading 19.5 average. With Brickner having an off night, Husky forward Brian Fields and guard Bill Bcasly took over. Fields topping all scorers with 17 while Bcasly hit 12. The shorlcr Trojans were paced BOWL LINEUP Dec. 19 Bluehonnet at Houston, 3:30 p.m. Texas Christian (8-2) vs. Clcmsmi (8-2), national TV (CBS). Liberty at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Penn Slate 18-2) vs. Alabama (7-1-2), national TV (NBC), radio independent network. Holiday at St. 1'rlrrshurg, Ha., 12:30 p.m. Lenoir Rhyne (10-0) vs. Texas A&I (11-1), national TV (CBS). Dec. 26 North-South at Miami, 8:15 p.m. All-star teams. Blue-Grey at Montgomery, Ala., 2:30 p.m. All-star teams,. 22,000, national radio, TV (NBC). Copper Bowl at Tempe, Ariz., 3:30 p.m. Southwest All-Stars vs. National All-Stars, national TV (CBS). Dec. 31 Sim Bowl at El Paso, Tex., 4 p.m. North Texas State (8-1) vs. New Mexico Stale C7-3). Jan. 1 Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif,, S p.m Wisconsin (7-2) vs. Wash ington (9-1), national TV, radio (NBC). Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, i p.m Louisiana Slate (9-1) vs .Mississippi (9-1), national TV ra Cotton Bowl at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. Syracuse (10-01 vs. Texas (9-1), national TV, radio (CBS). Orange Bowl at Miami, 1 p.m. Missouri (6-4) vs. Georgia (9-1), national TV (CBS). Tangerine Bowl at Ornaldo, Fla., 8:15 p.m Presbyterian (9- 1) vs. Middle Tennessee Slate (9- 0-1). Prairie View Bowl at Houston, 3 p.m. Prairie View A&M (8-2) vs. Wiley, Tex. (2-8). Jan. 2 Gator Bowl at . Jacksonville. Fla., 2 p.m Arkansas (8-2) vs. Georgia Tech (6-4), national TV (CHS). East-West at San Francisco, 4:50 p.m. All-star teams, nation al TV, radio (NBC). All-American at Tucson, 3:30 p.m. Major College All-Stars vs, Small College All-Stars. Jan. 9 Senior Bowl at Mobile, Ala., .1 p.m All-star teams, national TV (NBC). Jan. 10 Hula Bowl at Honolulu 7 p.m. All-star teams. Idaho Splurge Pulls Out Win SEATTLE (API -Idaho put on a second-half splurge that al most spoiled Washington's home basketball dehul Friday night, hut Ihe Huskies pulled out a 56-32 vic tory in the last minute. Washington stretched its 34-27 halftimc lead to 43-30 early in the second period before Ihe Vandals could rally. Using a two-im-onc defense. Idaho quickly cut the margin lo five points. With less than two minutes lo play sophomore Gary Floan sank a basket and the Van dals were even at 52-52. Washington sophomore Lyle Bakken hrokc in for a layup and George Grant picked up two more points for Ihe Huskies on a couple of free throws. The Vandals were hurl when starling center Rollic Williams fouled out with three minutes left in the game. Grant, the Washington captain, was high scorer with 16 points. Floan made 12 for Idaho. In a preliminary contest t h e Washington trosh downed the Idaho (tosh 66-63. Dan Hoag was high man for the visitors with 17 points. Dale Easley topped Wash ington with 20 tallies. Harvey Kuenn of the Detroit Tigers led Ihe American League in hiltino in 1i.V wilh 3.VI m hits wilh 198 and in doubles with 42.1 NEWS. Klamath Falls. Ore. In by center Tony Krok's 14 points. Krok. assigned to defend Brick ner, kept the Trojans in the game and gathered more than his share ol rebounds. Reserve Carl Shuck added 10 lo the SUA cause. The box score: Merrill (52 1 Fields 17, Haskins 2, Brickner 13, Salvadori 8, Beas ly 12: Subs Carlcton, Artery, Chance, Wilson. SUA (331 Murray 5, Andersch 4, Krok 12, Manning 2, Slowey; Subs Shuck 10, Krueger. Ambers. Antlers Ramble Bonanza started slow against the Bobcats, holding a 24-15 halftimc lead, but went to work in the third frame as they hit for 24 points. Chester Schooler, last year's third top scorer in the county, topped all scorers with IB while teammate Sylvan Crume and Jim O'Conner added 13 and 11. The scrappy Bly quint was led by Jim Tucker's 12 counters while sophomore Jim Hall nailed 10. Bly, hitting only nine field goals lo Bonanza's 30. out-scored the Antler crew from the charily Siskiyou Leadership Divided Three Ways SISKIYOU COUNTY LEAGUE L Pet, Weed Yreka Dunsmuir McCloud Mount Shasta 0 1.000 0 1.000 o l.ooo .000 .000 Thursday Results Dunsmuir 5. McCloud 44 Friday Results Yreka 52, Mount Shasta 34 Defending champion Yreka and Dunsmuir moved into a, three-way Pro Gridders End Season By THE- ASSOCIATED PRESS A rematch of last year's Na tional Football League champion ship between Baltimore and New York was set up Saturday when Ihe Colts rallied for 21 points in the final quarter and a 45-26 vic tory oyer the Los Angeles Rams. The triumph gave the Colls the Western Division title wilh a 9-3 record. New York's Giants wrapped up Ihe Eastern title last Sunday. They'll meet in Ballimore Dec. 27. Last year the Colts won 23-17 in overtime. Sunday the Chicago Bears (7-4 1 put their six-game winning streak on the line against the Detroit Lions (3-7-1) in Chicago while the San Francisco 49crs (7-4' play host to the Green Bay Packers 16-5).. In the Eastern Division the Philadelphia Eagles (7-4) play Ihe Cleveland Browns (6-5), Ihe Giants (9-2) end their regular sea son at Washington against the Redskins '3-8) and the Chicago Cardinals (2-9) meet the Steelcrs 1 5-5-1) in Pittsburgh. Coach's Return Almost Certain DETROIT (AP) - George Wil son is almost certain to return next season as coach of Ihe Do troit Lions of the National Foot ball League. President-General Manager Ed win J. Anderson, in the same pre carious position as Wilson, like wise is expected lo return in his same capacity next year. Both men had been under fire from some of Ihe Detroit football Co.'s 13 directors and some fans in recent weeks. The Lions, who lend their season against the Bears in Chicago Sunday, have won only three of 11 games. The Lions' executive committee supported Wilson and Anderson in a statement Friday after a meet ing. The committee consists of 16 of the, 13 directors. Only four at tended Ihe meeting. The full board meets next Fri day when official approval is ex pected. ALABAMA GETTING SET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (UPI) Ala bama's football learn is sched uled to hold its last contact work out Saturday before tapering off for its date with Penn State in the Liberty Bowl, Dec. 19. Coach Paul Bryant said Ihe Crimson Tide will steer clear of contact work all next week. Survey Maps Currtnt U. S. Geological Survey Mops. STANDARD QUADRANGLES WtUe-o Klomoth, Wettern Deschutes, Eotrrn Jock ion Counties Covered, ONLY 50c Klamath County Abstract 422 Main TU 4 5155 Sunrlav. Dec. 13, 1059 Non-Counier stripe, hitting 10 of 17 while Bo nanza nailed four of nine attempts. The box score: Bonanza (64) Brooks, Dear borne 6, C. Schooler 16. Crume 13. Jim O'Conner 11; Subs Roberts 3, Warner, Ellis 4, R. Schooler 7, Albert, A. O'Conner 2, Joe O'Connor 2. Grizzlies Tough The Grizzly quint kept within shouting distance of the taller Pan thers, Chiloquin leading at the quarter posts, 10-5, 19-14 and 30-23. "We pushed them hard," said Grizzly coach Les Martin, "but they gradually pulled away in the last quarter." Gilchrist was led by Charlie Russell and Chet Em ery who hit 10 points each. The winning Chiloquinites were led by Lyle Hall's 11 counters. Panther Ron Hoggarth added nine. The box score: Chiloquin (471 Hall 11, Harris 6, Hoggarth 9, Hegland 6, Ochoa 7; Subs LeBcau 8. Gilchrist (34) Hawkins 5, War ren 7, Russell 10, Emery 10, Erick son 2; Subs Hazelwood, Simmons tie for first place wilh Weed in the Siskiyou County League by posting decisive conference wins over Mount Shasta and McCloud respectively. Thursday night the Tigers hand ed McCloud a 55-44 whipping while Friday Yreka's Miners, looking un usually dull, defeated Mount Shas ta 52-34 in the weekend's only oth er conference lest. Miner coach Dick Edwards, de scribed his learn as making a "poor showing" in the first half which ended with the Yrekans hold ing a slim 18-16 edge. But the Yreka quint began to pick up ground in the second half, post ing a 32-22 third quarter advant age" and pulling out lo their 18 point spread at the finish. Yreka center Bill Wilson, 6-6, lopped all scorers with 15 poinls while Miner Gary Grcsham and Mount Shasta's Tom Gardner each tallied 14. Ten of Gardner's total came in the first half. "We played bad ball," said Ed wards, "but I'm not taking any thing away from Mount Shasta. They have a nice ball club and made it real difficult for us, cs pecially that first half." Yreka's Jayvecs registered a 36-19 win over the MS JVs in The preliminary contest. Jack Stewart headed the losers with 14 while Bob Sage led the winners with seven. The box score: Yreka 1521 Severns 9, Eddy 2. Wilson 15, Sanford 3, G. Gresham 14; Subs Dowling 5, Hill 4, Fletch er, Russell, R. Grcsham. Mount Shasta (34) Mathany 5 Toftum, Cross 3, Crispi 6, Gard ner; Subs Hough 3, Sinigiani 3, Clark. New Eagle Boss Picks Two Aides LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coach Buck Shaw of the Philadelphia Eagles Saturday selected two aides, Jerry Williams and Nick Skorich as his assistants to guide the East in the pro bowl football game here Jan. 17. Coach Red Hickey of the San Francisco 49ers. who will handle the West, named Mark Duncan as his aide and will pick another in a few days. Fred Klceman, the groom for Warfare, 1959 2-year-old cham pion, was a steeplechase rider in Germany years ago. ARCHERY GIFTS FOR THE SPORTSMINDED FAMILY! See Our Fine Line of Archery Tackle Learn the fun of Bow Shooting! baiu nnirrc s Dun rrviwtj QUIVERS GLOVES ARM Complete Lino of DO-IT-YOURSELF ARCHERY SUPPLIES Free Instruction! We feature the Howatt Line of fine Bows. Let us help you with your Gift Selection. FARMERS LUMBER CO. 7151 So. 6th Ph. TU 4-8677 "Home of Klamath Archers Indoor Range" Yankees, KC Back In Rut; Complete 7-Player Trade NEW YORK (AP) The New- York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics, old hands at swap ping players, have completed their 13th transaction with out fielder Roger Maris the key play er in the seven-man deal. Thwarted in an attempt lo trade with other clubs in both leagues. the Yankees Friday obtained Maris, on whom they have had designs to plug an" outfield lirtlc since they wound up third in the American League last season. With the 25-year-old, long-ball hitting outfielder they also got veteran shortstop Joe Demaestri and first baseman Kent Hadley. A Yankee spokesman said De- Maestri probably will be used as trade bait in an effort to strength en the pitching stalf. To Kansas City, the Yankees sent Norm Siebern, a hard-hitting but weak fielding outfielder; pitch er Don Larsen. plagued with a sore arm almost ever since writ Allen High As Lakeview Dumps Cats LAKEVIEW- The towering Lakeview Honkers spilled the vis iting Klamath Union Wildcats 60-53 in a tight third and fourth quarter battle here Friday night which featured separate battles for individual scoring honors between the Honkers' Frank "Pinky" Kgen hoff and the Cats' Sherm Allen. Allen, a dead-eyed sophomore guard, ripped the net for 26 points to nudge out Egenhoff who count ed 25. In the preliminary game, the KU freshmen absorbed their first loss of the season when they fell 45-37 in a low scoring encounter to the powerful Honker JV squad. Coach Berge Borrevik's Honk-1 ers started off wilh a bang to revenge their earlier defeat by the KU sophs by scooting to a 11-7 first quarter lead. The half- time count was 29-19 for Lake- view but the Cats worked to with in six points, 46-40, at the third pe riod mark. Wildcat mentor Hank Smith's scrappy crew, who hit .7o0 from the charity lane and controlled the backboards throughout the test. moved to within one point of the onkers in the third stanza behind the efforts of Allen, Earl Brinson, Kent Hunsaker and center Dana Ash. But the Klamathites fell short as Jerry Sawyer dunked in four straight gift shots, Jerry Parkin son added two more and Charles Cosscy dumped in two fielders to push the host team back into a safe lead. Reserve Dave Stippich hit for seven tallies for the shorter Wild cats in the heated final frame. Coach Bob Johnson's freshman quintet lost the game at the free throw line as they sank a mere three of 18 attempts to the Lake view Jayvees' nine of 17. Grover Dahn paced the Frosh with 15 markers while teammate Dick Scott added 10. The box score: Lakeview (60) Sawyer 9. Park inson 10, Egenhoff 25. McCoy 6, Maxwell 6; Subs Cossey 4, Conn Daron, L. Peters. Wildcats (531 Dearing 2, Hun saker 7. Ash 1, Allen 26, Brinson 8; Subs Stippich 7, Kaler 2, Mai comb. Preliminary: Lakeview JV (45) Smith 1 Barry 2, McKay 9, Reynolds 11, Tooke 9: Subs Godsby 2. KU Frosh (371 Kelly, Woltcrs 2. Scott 10, Dahn 15, Horn 2; Subs Pyles 4, Spencer 4. Church Piper, Chamberlain, Kerr, Adams ARCHERY EQUIPMENT & begin at $130 from GUARDS ARROWS ing his name in the record books with a perfect World Series game in 1956 and Hank Bauer, 37-yer-old outfielder and Marv Throne berry, utility first baseman-outfielder. The deal came only four days from the end of the inlerleague deadline and five days after the pennant-wining Chicago White Sox and the runnerup Cleveland Indians apparently strengthened themselves in another seven-player swap. s h '' I ,-1' I ' f V- f DON LARSON , . . one of many Veeck 'Shocked CHICAGO (AP) To say Bill Veeck, president of Ihe Chicago White Sox, American League pen nant winners, was aroused by the New York Y'ankees-Kansas City Athletics seven player deal would be putting it mildly. This is what Veeck had lo say about it: He was "shocked." , Since Arnold Johnson has head ed the A's, the Yankees and A's have formed an "unholy alli ance." The Y'ankees gave the A's some players the Easterners "didn't need." "This kind of thine comes under Ihe heading of conduct detrimen tal to baseball." .-, CusD.Stalled By Ring Aides INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Na tional Boxing Assn. executives Saturday listened to Cus D'Amato's version of his troubles with the New York State Athletic Commission and decided to do nothing about them for the time being. The manager of former heavy weight champion Floyd Patterson talked to the special NBA Execu live Committee session for over two hours, behind closed doors. "It was decided to take no ac tion about D'Amato's future stat us in NBA territory until after the New Y'ork Supreme Court rules on his appeal from life sus pension by the commission there," .ba i-resiaeni Antnony iviacero ni, Providence, R.I., said. The New York commission look away D'Amato's manager's lie ense. A hearing on D'Amato's appeal lo the high state court is set for next Tuesday. HARRINGTON VS. ORTEGA NEW YORK (UPI) - Si Harringlon of Honolulu will meet Caspar Ortega of New York ii a 10-round welterweight bout a Madison Square Garden on Jan Toketee Lions Club Shotgun Shoot Benefit For New Hospital Survey Fund TURKEY SHOOT at Klamath Gun Club Wocus Sunday, Dec. 13th 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gun Games . . . Splatter Boards Coffee Bar Open Sponsored By Toketee Lions Auxiliary We have tried unsuccessfully lo trade with other clubs in both leagues," said Yankee General Manager George Weiss. "The Yanks and Kansas City have faith each other." A total of 59 players have shut tled back and forth between New York and Kansas City since Ihe Athletics moved from PhiladcN phia during the winter of 1954, Several have made the trip both ways. Maris, who began his major league career with Cleveland, batted .273 with 16 homers and 72 runs batted in last season. De Maestri hit .244 and Hadley .253. Siebern, who had defeasive dif ficulties in the Y'ankee Stadium left field, hit .271 with 11 homers and 53 RBI. Bauer, who has plaved all of his 11 seasons wilh Ihe Yanks, wound up wilh a .238 mark and Throneberry with .240. Larsen compiled a 6-7 record and a 4.32 earned run mark. Elks Sponsor Annual Youth Caqe Test Youngsters of all ages through and including the eighth grade have already begun the prelimin ary competition toward the Ore gon State free-throw championship and the right to accompany the OSC Beaver basketball team, on road trip to California during Ihe coming basketball season. The contest, which is sponsored on a slate-wide basis by the Stale Elks Association, is being staged locally by the Elks Youth Activi ties Association, under the chair manship of Estin Kigcr. Boys from each of the city and county schools of the KF area are now engaged in elimination con tests to determine the champion ship of the individual schools. Winners from each school will compete in a county-wide basis for the championship of Klamath County in a shooloff to be held on Pelican Court December 22 at 7 p.m. The county champions will then be provided an expense-paid trip lo Corvallis on January 2, to com pete for the state championship and the grand prize. During the battle for individual school supremacy each of the boys, who must have registered through Jim Johnson, KU athletic director, at TU 4-7595, will be allowed 50 shots at the basket. In the shootoff for the county title each entrant will be allowed 25 shots, said Johnson. Ex-OSC Gridder New Grid Coach REGINA (AP) Ken Carpenter, 30, a former Oregon State College football player, Friday was named coach of the Saskatchewan Rough riders of the Western Interprovin cial Football Union. Carpenter, a native of Seaside, Ore., was with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League for three years before joining the Roughriders. JOE REJECTS OFFER TOKYO 1 UPI) Joe DiMag gio, ex-centerfield great of the New Y'ork Y'ankees said Friday he recently rejected an offer to earn $50,000 by making 13 one minute commercials because "I don't care for that phase of mak ing money."