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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
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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-
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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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PHILADELPHIA (UPIl-Plans
were completed Tuesday to make
Dec. 4 a red letter day in the
history of boxing and television.
A fan will be able to buy a
ticket to a theater and watch via
closed circuit TV a boxing dou
bleheader, including the champi
onship bout between Floyd Pat
terson and Tom McNecley being
fought in Toronto, Canada.
The other half of the twin-bill
will feature a heavyweight match
at Philadelphia between Charles
i Sonny Liston and Albert West
phal of West Germany.
ChiCubs Sign
10th Coach;
'That's Ail'
CHICAGO (UPI) The Chica
go Cubs have signed their 10th
coach for next season and Gen
eral Manager John Holland said
today there would be no more ad
ditions. Charley Metro, who played
briefly with the Detroit . 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.
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