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Hornets Trim
Merrill,
COUNTY B LEAfiUE
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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
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Counties Covered,
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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.
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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
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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
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We have tried unsuccessfully
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Yanks and Kansas City have faith
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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."