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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1961)
m i Si If Undefeated Plan To Stretch Win String 3 GARY HEAD 1 . . . quick I0& ' T-Birds Rap ;i Hal's Quiniet , CHILOQUIN (Special) Jackie Barney led a Tlmnderbird point parade that passed Hal's Sport Shop 75-55 in a non-league basket ball game played here Wednes day night. . ' , . Of the seven T-Birds' to see ac- tion, six shot in the two-column figures. In a preliminary game Sprague River topped the Chiloquin Pir ates 68-53. Sport Shopper Terry Sherrell got away with high honors for the night despite the Birds, however. He hit 13 field goals, most from the outside, and counted one ; free-toss. . Barney was next with 20, all ' from the floor. JoJo George with ! 14 for the losers, and Jim Evans, with 12,. were next. The T-Birds were tied 18-all at ' the end of the first canto but moved out to a '37-29 halftjme margin and were ahead 55-44 at the end of the third frame. - ' Friday night the Thunderbirds return to action when they host the Satus (Wash.) Eagles on the ' Chiloquin High floor. The prelim binary which will begin at 6:30 ; will feature the Chiloquin Hunt- era versus the T-Bird" second tinit. ' Chiloquin (75) J. Barney !0, Uavld 10, Rull 10, S. Barney. 10, T. Dumom-;u Evans 12. Ochoa J. i." haI'k Snnrl Shoe (SSI SherreM 27. George 14, Jlmlnez 2, Abraham 2, Yuen 7, Schlect 5. : ... . Newest Pro Club Eyes Bonnie Star - PITTSBURGH (UPI) a luuiv ter Lenny Litman set his sights today on St. Bonaventure -star Tom Stith as the first "name" player for a Pittsburgh" entry in the ncW American Basketball League. keen assured playing dates in the city's new Civic Arena. "Right, now I'm trying to line up Stith. He is in oi.r territory which cov ers West Virginia, Pennsylvania. New York, New Jersey and ad of New England." Professional basketball will re turn to Pittsburgh next season for the first time in 14 years. The Pittsburgh Iionmen operated dur ing the 194()-47 season in the old American Basketball League. Oscar (Sparky) Adams,' Pitts burgh insurance executive, was named Dy Litman to serve genera manager. Along with se - lectins players, their immediate jth lhe Pe,ican juniop varsU task is choosing a coach. The sophomore scramble is "I wanted Dudey Moore La scheduled 'to get underway im Salle College coach) but he.tiirnedmcdialcy after (he frosh game me down." Litman said. Moore,,whjch s(artj M j 0.c,ock coach at Duqucsne University or ' 10 seasons before he took the La . i J?; Bobo Olson tri llu nuuiu l,a uii. e. jvju- lar choice. Litman said he was assured by NBA President Maurice Podoloff that he wouM be given considera tion for a franchise. "He left the door open for fu ture entry into the NBA." Litman said. "But I had heard that some NBA owners oppose granting me a franchise." Earlier this week showman John H. Hatris withdrew his bid for an NBA franchise amid con fusion. He announced that Boston Celtic star Bill Sharman had agreed lo cocch in Pittsburgh and'tels walked to the wrong corner the deal had the blessing of Ccl - tic owner Walter Brown. KU Wrestlers Long Jaunt. Home Stand Face Matmen Victories number eight and nine are in sight for the Klamath Un ion wrestlers but they'll have to sleep fast in order to get the job done. . i Today the undefeated Pelican varsity grapplcrs grabbed a bus for Grants Pass where they'll give the Cavemen a try in a district dual meet at 7 o'clock tonight then climb back aboard for the ride home. Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock in Pelican Court they will square off against the Bend Lava Bears for the second time this season. Although the schedule maty s for a short night the Pels are rated the easy favorites over both their competitors. The match with the Cavers is the second in district competition,' the first meeting of the two' The home stand with the Lava Bears is a return bout. In an earlier tangle with the Bend crew the Pelicans won every bout to register a convinc ing 50-5 triumph. Both appearances will feature preliminary bouts pairing the jun ior varsity squads. This afternoon the KU frosh team met the McLoughlin Junior High . team in Medford. Tomor row, while the varsity and jayvees are busy on mats number one and two, the baby Pelicans will mix it up with the Bend Cubs on number three. Coaches DeLance Duncan and Jack Petersen took a squad of '44 on the trip to Grants Pass for tonight's action. Duncan put his charges through elimination bouts during the week to decide the varsity assignments for the weekend. Those earning berths included (by weights) Jim Loag at 93 pounds; Gary Head at 106; Milo Crutnrine at 115; Sherd Duncan at 123; Ross Griggs at 130; Dale Crumrine at .136; Bob Mitchell'at 141; Dave" Gonzales or Henry Swrsegood, 148; Larry Wishart at 157; Larry McClure, 168; Art Mills, 178; Joe Cox at 191 and Gary Hancock, in the heavyweight bracket. KU Sophs, Craterians To Tangle The KUHS Wildcats, leading the Southern Oregon Conference pack with a perfect 3-0 record, travel to Central Point Saturday after- Inoon to take on the Comet sophs '. ...L:i. ..:n it' in a game which win aeciue u the Klamath, crew can hold on to their present first place berth in the league. Coach Bill Mansfield plans to . ri i r n- 1 start uvn riper anu nay laJlor at me lorwara posis, ana win iP'ace M center Fred Kelly under the basket Rick Horn, who has drawn praise' for his hustling and hard work in. practice this week, will fill one of the guard spots while the other is still up for grabs. Scrappy Doug Pyles, who came tluougli in last week's game, and Gail Phelps, are tooth serious con tenders for the other guard slot. Mansfield is also expected to call upon Glen Chamberlain, Sandor Vinzcc, John McGinnis and Den nis Southard. Bud Wolter who normally oper ates from the vacant guard post will be missing from the Wildcat ,. . . , . . Easy Winner dleweight champion Carl (Bobo) Olson, 177, Portland, toyed with raac acn" Airueuc runa, con Bobby Daniels. 172, until the sixlhjSisted of nine 10-minute games. .; round of their 10-round light ' " heavyweight bout Thursday night, then unloaded his heavy punches on the previously unbeaten fighter to take an easy decision A crowd of 2,573 watched as Olson staggered the Duluth. Minn., were accuvd today of deliberate boxer in 'ho sixth. In the seventh, ly ignoring British Empire cham- Olson landed repeatedly and Dan- iwbcn the round ended. Olson was tin charge in the remaining rounds. Klamath Animal Supply Everything For The Stockman Pet Owner Vaccines, medicines, equipment' . . . Hot Shot ond Syringt repair. ' 0i t A.M. till e r M. l;ta isv Acres! (raaa Ike Tewai Theater. j MILO CRUMRINE ... able at 115 Sharpshooter Wins Crown Bob Hall, p. 13-year-old seventh grader from Roosevelt School, scored 36 points to walk away with the Klamath Falls free throw shooting championship in the fi nals held here Tuesday, Hall will vie in the state cham pionships which will be held in Corvallis Saturday. Hall topped a squad of eight: iL BOB HALL , fra throw king finalists representing each of the Klamath Falls grade schools. Tied for .second place with 33 each were ' Lester Thurman, Fremont, and Kim Coon, Alia mont. Bob Williams of Mills was third with 32 and Steve Stew art of Congei was fourth with 23. Jim Tucker, Fairview, and Scott Kellslrom of Riverside tied for fifth with 22 each and Charles Miles of Pelican School was last with 16. The free throw contest for the grade schnol age youngsters is an annual event sponsored by the Elks Lodge. Klamath Fails Lodge 1247 is backing young, Hall s trip to Corvallis. The shootoff was held under the supervision of Klamath city school athletic director Jim John son. Each of the boys entered in the contest is a member of city grade school basketball teams which participated in the annual cage, jamboree; held on Pelican Court last Saturday night Hall's Roosevelt A team de feated the Pelican A's 9-8. Results of the other jamboree games; Altamont A 8. Mills A 3; Alta-; mont B to, 'Mills B 5; Riverside A 13, Conger A 8: Conger B 12. Riverside B 6; Roosevelt B 8, Pelican B 0; Altamont Midgets 10, Fremon' Midgets 3; Fairview A 10, Mi!bj A 8; Fairview B; fi. Mills B 0, and Fairview 10,i Mills 0. The jamboree, which was spon sored by the Pelican Booster Club "h a" proceeds direct to the I ACCUSE FULLMER, PENDER i tw vnRk- ii:pnr:nno Pull. f - 1 V - mm--- I-,v'- mer and Paul Pender, co-holderscollcgc!l of the middleweight championship, pion Dick Tigci of Nigeria in their title defense plans. Jersey Jones, Tiger's American representative, made the charge. gPOIKT WAYNE SCOn. Sport Editor Friday, January SO, 1S61 Big '8' Defenders Meet Arch -Rivals By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kansas Slate and Cincinnati, two streaking college basketball powers, take to the road for key tpsts tnnioht and take it from ,. , , .L.'lPal yeraui s snocKea uemons ine word is: beware! - i . . The lOth-ranked Kansas State Wildcats, unbeaten in their last 10 games, dctend their Big Light Conference lead afiainst arch-ri.,"- c(ercnt leaH, duties Patterson also taught gen val Kansas at Lawrence. Surging ..... , .M :,: r eral science and physical educa- Cincinnati, now 12-3 after a ' game string of successes, is at tough Drake in a Missouri Valley Conference match. Both would take kindly to avoid ing the kind of trap the road has held this week for seventh-ranked DcPaul. Their 12 -game streak snapped Tuesday night at Notre Dame, the Demons moved on to Kalamazoo Thursday night and were ambushed by Western Mich- igan, oo-ou. Reawakened Houston (10-5), Chiloquin, Bonanza Battle 'B' Feature County League W U Pel. Pf PA Chiloquin (9-2) Malin 8 SI Merrill 16 5) Bonanza (A-5) Sacred Heart (J-4) a 0 (33 490 560. .500 5 504 .500 449 541 .100 291 399 .000 361 614 GlkhrUt (3-5) Bly (0-11) . 0 10 The league leading Chiluquin Panthers, unbeaten in six County B League basketball starts so far this season, could find them selves in a tie for the (op spot at the close of action tonight but it would take some unexpected happenings to make it happen. The Panthers, easily 4he lead er in both offensive and defensive league statistics, face the Bonanza Antlers tonight on the Bonanza floor, and this could mean lrou ble. The Antlers 13-3) ran into a cold spell lasti Tuesday but it doesn't figure to last. The other portion of the "a situation finds the third-place Mer rill Huskies visitors to the Malin Mustang range Should they lose and the Panthers lose the Ma lin quint will be tied for first. Meanwhile Sacred Heart figures to improve its 3-3 mark since it plays host to the underpowered Bly Bobcats. . A Siskiyou league battle on tap tonight and Saturday finds the surging Tulelake Honkers hosting the Butte Valley Bulldogs and Big Valley in that order. Paisley and Gilchrist mix on! the Grizzly court tonight in a game that can neither hurt nor help Gilchrist's B standings. Sat County B League Leading scorers O Player TP Avg. I Butch Crume (CI II 114 Keith Murray (SHA) 17S 169 136 Jim nan loiyi Ed Parnell (Ml Larry Rick (ral Bob Brown (Ma) Denny E Ills (B) Frank Heqlund (C) Bucky Wilson IM) Ed Case Id Gerald Warren (G) 13 lis 9 a 11 io; (C-Chlloouini SHA-Sacred Heart; Merrill; Ma-Malin; G-Gllchrllti B-Bonan. la.) Eagle Skiers Grab Fourth WEED - The COS ski team placed fourth in a field of five teams at the ski meet held at the Sugar Bowl on Donner Pass Sum mit last Friday and Saturday. The results of the slalom were Richard Ridgeway, sixth place. Ted Swan. 12th place, and Robert Johnson, 17th. The results of the downhill were Ted Swan, sixth, Richard Ridgeway, 12th, Bob Googins, 15th, and Robert John so". '6th, They were beaten by Nevada. Sierra, and Stanford who placed in that order. They defeated Chico Slate. The Eagles had a four man team competing against eight-man teams from the other TURKEY & HAM SHOOT 10 A.M., Sun., Jan. 22 Boy Scout Camp Bonanza, Ore. Shotguns Rifles Refreshments Benefit Big Spring Park PACK 11 wn.cn iom us nve oy a loiai or 17 Doints. sui ed Texas A&M R!l- 85 Davton U0-4) nipped slate ri-W:u,c Patterson has been appoint val Wittenberg 46-45 and Ken- cd hei"' football coach at Kooso tucky Wesicvan edged St. Francislvclt H'Ph ln Portland, it was re- 78-78 in overtime, in oilier . .mam, nnmftj nn inni-tniiv mtm c ' J " " V sum program. .Montana aiaie i oi i ,r,,,p0 .Vhv nnriiir- I .ihran l 7 -n ' ', - ... u.....i ,.l,:..u t I,. i Iiuus.uii. nuni, in no i.iv iu starts ended third-ranked Brad ley's 18-game w inning streak and then thumped St. Louis. Houston broke a 83-83 tic in the last three minutes on tuo driving layups by Ted Luckcnbill and two free throws by Tommy Thomson The Aggies got their last two points on Don Stanley's jump shot with six seconds left. Luckcnbill finished with 29 points for Hous- ton Stanley with 27 for the los ers. urday the Malin five play host In tlm Attiirac MnHnn Rr:,vAG in iiuii-cuuiiii-r niai piuiiMM.-s mc works. The county scoring race finds Chiloquin's Butch Crume a safe 27 points ahead of his closest com petitor. Sacred Heart's Keith Mur ray. Crume scored 30 points Tucs- day night against the Trojan to hike his total to 202 for 11 games and an average ot 18.4. Murray, however, can t be counted out since he packs 175, and a 14.9 average. Neither of the two ton shnntors sllnue anv sinns of slacking up so the chase could'"iy in the Army. Prior to his wind up in this order unless third. Pclicnrt assignment Patterson had n an m-nriiir-pr . m a nf R v adds some more heal to his pur. suit plans. Hall has 169 in 11 games for a 15.4. From a percentage standpoint, Gilclu ist's Gerald Warren, w h o has a 13.5 mark tor eight games, could . make fhlng rough if ho finds the range against the Bron cos over the weekend. KEITH MURRAY , . . keeps crowding Pelican Long - Time Supporter Saturday KU Coach Lands Job In Portland ; - ' i kou);ih ana jayvce looioau coac l'u " uy raw mi- r..n iwuhiici auueiic airecior. Patterson, 24, lias boon a mem- - r of " Klamath I'nion coach ing staff and faculty for the past Jvcar. In addition to his coachinc on. WADE PATTERSON . , . new Rough Rider His appointment at the home of the Rough Ridei-s becomes in ef fect on June 2, this year, said McCall. Patterson replaces Marv Crass w ho experienced an 0-9 win- loss record this past season at Roosevelt. He will also serve as! frosh basketball coach in addition to his academic duties. ' Patlerson, who established an enviable football record at the University of Idaho before gradu ation in , lu rviamalll of wrveo as a touch in ine mm vice, He rejected pro foolbiill bids from the Chicago Cardinals, Ottawa and the Denver Broncos in order to tako the Klamath Union job. During his tenure as head of the jayvce grid program at KIT Pat terson s team compiled a 4-won, 3-lost, 1-tied record, In basketball to date his freshmen have won 12 games while losing only one, Patterson will continue his Klam ath Union, duties until the close of school this spring, . KU athletic director Jim John- ion. when not il ion otfatiersons appointment, said, "We hale to sec Wndc go . . . his tremendous enthusiasm and his ability have reflected in evervthing he has done. His teams have done excep tionally well. It's a rarity that a coach so new in the business can step into a position such as this in an A l scnool ... in fact, it almost never happens. We, of the KU staff, wish him the best pf luck and we all feel that Roosq velt made a wise choice." I st Christian , Squads Win A pair of First Christian Church quintets, one in the high school division of the YMCA - Church League, and one in the Unlimited Class of the loop, each notched wins in Tuesday night basketball In the High School'group First Christian slopped Immanucl Bap- list 23-20. while the elder squad edged Klamath Lutheran 35-32 Roy Lundgron hit 13 FC points in the unlimited action to grab high scoring honors for the night. Hioh School Division Plrsl Christian (1)1 Albere 9. Nldever 1. Rooks 7. Rawlins 4. Hampton'- 6. Immanuel Baptist (30) Klttroll 3, Cox ?. Trippeit, Barnwell, Richardson 1, Steel 12, Cray 1. , . ,. Unlimited Division Plrsl Christian (161 Roy Lundgron tj. Kessler 4, Ashby 10, Wykoff 4, Slurgeon 2, Scott J Kl. Lutheran ()' Haoen. Kurth 13. Lowry 6, Evanson 1, DeWltt I, Cunning ham 4. DREWS 733 Main end j " 4 ?iTlr ifffiL i ...I m 5 (agers, Ashland-KU League Test Dedicated To City Doctor Saturday night on Pelican Court! southern Oregon Conference bas. ketball game will be dedicated to Dr. George Wright as a small token of appreciation from both fans and players for his 40 years of service to Pelican atlilctcs. The doctor, who turned 81 last month, assumed the responsibility for the time clock at all KU nle basKetball games In 1921. nd at the same time began mending injured Pelicans. Dr. Wright, for whom Wright Field was named nearly 10 years ago, is now confined to a wheel chair because of a broken hip incurred in 1959, his last year I at the scorers bench.-He hasitv.," basketball games since his injury but he'll make it Saturday night with the help of a number of his friends in the Pelican Booster Club. Except for the years he attend ed medical school at Northwest ern University in Chicago Dr. Wright has been a resident and practiced in Klamath Falls. Dr. Wright also claims the dis tinction of being the first grad uate of a Klamath Falls high school. He was the sole mem ber of the class of 1895, his two classmates having dropped out of school before (lie term was over. At that time, according to doctor, it was called merely Klamath School, the Klamath Un ion tag being attached many years later. His injury has confined him to his home during the latest sport seasons but he has followed the Pelicans through radio cover age. Asked if he had a favorite Peli- tew icnill mci i ivoia, m, n iA.,m n. ,n Inn ft,- ii,-;-L, :J i.Tl......... .11 1 . vviiuni oaiu, nicy ve mi uwii my favorites I've had a new one each season in each sport If everything goes according to Pelican plans in Central Point tonight and at home against the Ashland Grizzlies tomorrow night lhe doctor will see the KU cag. ers notch their lOOth win against only 16 .losses in the past .four years. The Pels put .the wrapper on Ex-!llini Ace Tops Golfers PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (API- Husky Bob Goalby swung into to day's second round of the $50,000 Bing Crosby golf tournament witn a one-stroke lead and a string of six straight sub-par holes. The 29-year-old former Univer sity of Il.inois football player fired five birdies and an eagle as the windup to his first round. "That brought him the lead with i iix-under-par 66. Right behind him at 67 were defending champion- Ken Venturi, Howie Johnson, Dave Hill and Bill Collins. , Deadlocked at 68 were Jack Burke,. Jerry Barber, Dave Re gan, and at 6!) were Dick Strana han, Sam Reynolds, Dow Finster- wald.. Lionel Hebcrt, Al Balding. Waller Burkemo; Ted Krotl and Bob Rosburg. Warm, sunny, windless weather provided' the 'chance for low scores and no less than 39 fired sub-par first rounds; .' Goalby, . one-over-par through the first 12 holes, said, "I was just trying to shoot 70. I figured that was about the best' I could do." ' : '.". Playing the Monterey Peninsula course, he had missed the greens at the fourth, seventh, and tenth holes. Wolverine leek heevy dury shell jiortehide. Leigtr heel. I" high, Irown nen-merk com petit lee eutiele. Lew price) et..s I795 Use Our Revolving Charge Plant Manstore Town & Country fans Jo their Comet preparations Wednes- Central Point at A o'clock today, accompanied by the Jayvees who play the CP juniors in the pre liminary game. Pelican practice this week was chiefly designed to prevent the Pels from assuming that the Cra- tenans would play dead tonight I - W4 GEORGE WRIGHT . to be honored The Comets, although fourth In 1 r "ms? 4 T v 3. DR. thcithe SOC league standings, have a worrisome, potential, that has made coach Dean White a bit apprehensive. Regardless of the outcome of the Comet tesl. White' plans to "platoon" his squad against the Grizzlies here Saturday night. 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