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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1961)
u The Oregon Tech Owls have a lot on their minds and a lot of work to do in getting ready for their jaunt to Ar eata where they'll tangle with the powerful Humboldt State Lumberjacks Saturday night. But they weren't too busy Tuesday to take time out lor an action which we hope will be duplicated on college gridirons the country over. Every sport fan in the country will recall the hor rible air tragedy that claimed the lives of 17 Cal Poly football players en route home from their game with Bowling Green just about a year ago now. When the UPI's Hall Wood uncovered some facts concerning the plight of the players who survived the ao cident and the families of those who were killed (his story follows), the Owls decided they wanted to help. ' Read the story, then check the Techmen's reaction By HAL WOOD United Press International SAX FRANCISCO (UPI) It was just a year a Co Oct. 29 that a plane carrying a band of Cal Polly football players crashed in the Midwest, killing 17 and maiming many others for life. It was one of the worst-sports disasters in history and today the survivors in San Luis Obispo, Calif., the home of the small school, still are in trouble. The result is that there'll be a Mercy Bowl grid game played in Los Angeles Nov. 23 between Bowling Green and. probably Fresno State. The promoters hope to raise $700,000 to help the survivors and pay off some of the costs of the tragedy costs that still hang and are mounting every day. The list is tremendous. One gridder still is taking treatments, has a $28,000 hospital bill and sees nothing bright for the future. Funeral expenses for the 17 men still haven't been paid. One football player left a wife and four children, all under six years of age. Two players still are under medical care and probably will be for the rest of their lives. And so it goes on through the list. The airline that was carrying the team to its day of doom went bankrupt, and the Insurance company found a loophole on this basis that it did not have to pay off. Not a nickel's worth of insurance ever was collected. The college did have an NCAA insurance policy, but this paid off only at the rate af about $9,000 a person which was chicken feed for any destitute wife to try to bring up children on. About $60,000 came in last fall after the crash on the pleas of news media. But the backers of the Mercy Bowl game say that at least $300,000 more is needed. Ticket sales opened last week and the first week found $20,000 in the till. But they'll have to do better than that. It's strictly a nonprofit, slmonpure game. All the play ers participating in the game will pay to get In. So will of ficials, sports writers, publicity men, ushers and all others. The Coliseum is donating its facilities.'- Roy Easley, a Los Angeles Stale football player who happens to be student body president, is working out a deal asking every college football player in the country to buy a ticket. The National Football League already has donated $7,500. Many pro teams are purchasing tickets. But more and more is needed. The hope is that enough money can he. collected to provide trust funds for the 11 sur viving children of the eight married men who died in the crash. . So if you know anyone who wants a ticket to the Mercy Bowl, please have them forward the money to: Mercy Bowl Football Classic, Box 800, Los Angeles State College, Los An geles, 32, Calif. Tickets are $.1 each. West, Baylor Fire Lakers; Gap Widens By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The St. Louis Hawks, who've made winning the Western Divi sion of the National Basketball Association a habit, may have a tougher time of it this season now that young Jerry West has come of age. West, the former West Virginia All-America with the all-round skills, hit the 30-point figure for the third straight game Tuesday night as he and incomparable El gin Baylor fired the Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-122 victory over the Cincinnati Royals. When' the rookie-studded New York Knicks upset St. Louis 112 110 in the second game of the doubleheader at Madison Square Garden, the Lakers found them selves I'j games up on the Hawks with the season hardly started St. Louis has yet to win in two starts while the Lakers are 2-1 and showing no special weakness now that it is established that Baylor won t have to carry the heavy scoring alone. Upon hearing of the Mercy Bowl plan the entire Oregon Tech team, I he 33 players, the managers, and the coaching staff, took about two seconds to decide they would help 100 per cent. Their check for 39 tickets to the Mercy Bowl game will be en route to Los Angeles State Col lege this weekend. We sincerely hope others in Klamath Falls and across the na tion will follow their lead. SKA A oumU Adopts Migid Hule$ Pels Face Comets Minus Key Back WAYNE SCOTT, Sports Editor Wednesday, October 25, 1901 PAGE I B For many seasons past the an nual Klamath-Medlord game has been the "big" one lor the Pcli- GARY BUCHHOLZ . , , injures knee Pollsters Elevate Roseburg By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A new leader took over the Associated Press high school foot ball poll today Roseburg, the un defeated power from the always rugged District 5 of southwestern Oregon. Roseburg, which was ranked No. 2 last week, climbed into the t (Continued On 4-R) cans but this year it's Friday night's game with the Crater Comets at Central Point that gets top billing. A victory over the Comets Fri day night means the KU eleven still has a possible shot at a playoff berth a defeat and they can hang up their gear for the season. . A pair of factors, the injured knee of halfback Gary Buchholz. and the "shotgun" offense of the Comets, could" pose some prob lems for the Pels Friday night. Buchholz, who took over at right halfback after Ken Lewis: was benched for the season with an injury, suffered a twisted knee in practice this week and will be unable to play Friday night. Working in his position are Bud Wolter, Earl Brinson and Roger Macy, the defensive star who turned fullback for one play and a touchdown last weekend. Coach Keith Johnson's Crater squad is the first team the Peli cans will have faced which em ploys the "spread" formation. He claims a backficld with plen ty of speed, provided by wing backs John Champ and Jerry Wald, and an accurate passer in the person of Mike Ghnes. The emphasis in KU prepara lions this week is definitely on pass defense since the aerial is the prime factor in the shotgun offense. The game is the final regular season tilt for the Whitebirds who have chalked up a 5-2 record in overall action to date. Their loss es were 13-12 to North Salem and 13-7 at Grants Pass. In other Southern Oregon Con ference action this weekend the Medford Black Tornado hosts the Ashland Grizzlies and Grants Pass draws a bye. WAC Scheduling Awaits Approvals PHOENIX, Ariz. UPI - Tent tive schedules of the new Western Athletic Conference were sent to university presidents of the league today for final approval with the question of expansion still left unanswered. The tentative schedules were agreed upon Tuesday at the final session of a three-day meeting of representatives of the University of Arizona. Arizona State Univer sity, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming and Brigham Young University. Paul Brechler, the Skyline Con ference Commissioner, who will lead the new league, explained that anything done at the meeting 'Pepper Pot" Pars Record SAN MATEO, Calif. (APi-Thc California turf record of a jockey winning six races on one program was equalled at Bay Meadows Tuesday by Ralph Neves, a vet eran of 27 years in the saddle. The "pepper pot" of Portuguese descent thus became the fifth rider to take six horses to the winner's circle. He shares a mark held by Johnny Adams, Basil James, Johnny Longden and Wil lie Harmatz. Neves, 43, has a career total of 3.578 winners which places him sixth on the list of winningest jockeys. He is leading the current Bay Meadows meeting, now in its final week, with 40 winners in 147 starts. would have to be approved by uni versity presidents of the league. Brechler said nothing definite could be announced on schedules until they were approved by the schools. He said that the presi dents were expected to meet in December and the schedules prob ably would be made public around that time. On the question of expansion, Brechler said the presidents de cided two weeks ago "this is not the time they will weigh the prob lem ol expansion. When they will I don't know." The commissioner said he thought everyone felt that even tually there would be more schools in the league, but he added "whether there would be eight, eleven or twelve. 1 don't know." College To Be Players 'Shielded' NEW YORK (AP)-The Nation al Collegiate Athletic Association still smarting under the basket ball scandals of last March, aimed today to tighten the regu lations on college players to the extent that they will be complete ly shielded from outside influences. The powerful IS-man council of the NCAA a body which rarely. if ever, is questioned by the or ganization, Tuesday adopted four amendments to NCAA rules which would tighten the holds on college players. ' The four amendments w ill be presented with the council's back ing at the annual NCAA conven tion in Chicago on Jan. 11-13. They are almost certain to be passed. The amendments are: 1. The barring of all outside basketball competition, including the summer leagues. "Originally," said Walter Byers, executive director of the NCAA, the recommendation was to bar the players from summer com- (Continued On 4-BI Pel Boosters Meet Tonight Klamath area football fans are slated for a double portion of gridiron entertainment tonight when the Pelican Booster Club holds its regular weekly meet ing at 6:30 In the new Rick falls Restaurant. . . All KU parents and rooters, whether club members or not, are invited to attend. , The program Is to be conduct ed by the KU coaching staff under the direction of Bob Wil liams. Movies of the Pelican Springfield game and the Ore gon Stale-Idaho game are to be shown. The city grade school coaches will be honored guests. 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Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies and more recently piloted the Denver American Association team to a pennant, was added to the Cubs' coaching staff Tuesday. Metro. 43. replaces Harry, Craft, who left the coaching staff to sign as manager ol the new Houston Colts ot Ine National League. . i Other members of the coaching staff are Charlie Grimm, Elvin Tappe, Rip Collins, tsoopy Adams, Goldie Holt, r red Marun. Verlon Walker, Vedie Himsl and Lou Klein. The Cubs, who had no manager last season and plan none for 1962, had as many as 11 coaches during the last campaign. Blades Skate To 5-4 Win By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Los Angeles Blades, new comers to the Western Hockey League, made their first invasion of the Canadian provinces a suc cessful one Tuesday night when they skated to a thin 5-4 victory over the Calgary Stampeders. New pride of the Octagon! 1962 WIDGET f Yes. Looks can be deceiving. But... this jaunty new rocket is as fast as it looks. 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