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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1963)
&2 jerry waggoner Spring It sprung, the gras lly conditioned athlete, which we riz, I wonder where them floweret think is a great cause for the Is? The grammar Is terrible and (he spelling Isn't exactly out of Webster's, but the meaning is the tame. Baseball season is upon us. Spring is here with baseball, but the weather Isn't giving the game an even break around this area. Speaking of baseball, we had a visit Tuesday morning by John Bianchi and his mother. John had just received his traveling orders for spring training camp. He is; property of the New York Mets and has been instructed to report for spring training April 1 at Santa Maria, Calif. John, who played Class C ball his first two years in the pro circuit with the Salisbury Braves in North Carolina, has a contract to move up to Class A ball this year. The Mets have two Class A farm clubs in Salinas, Calif., and Auburn, N.Y. "Auburn has my contract, but I hope to stay on the coast, Bianchi said. This will be the former Pell can't third year in the pros. He was on his way to AAA Syra- cuse last season when he injured hit back and caused a setback, He hopes to make big In Class A this season. He batted .345 last year with 15 home runs and 45 RBIs. Here's wishing him the best success and hoping he ad vances quickly. , The raging controversy over deaths in boxing seems to be the bulk of the fcports news recently Gov. Pat Brown of California is heading a drive to have the "bru tal sport" banned. He tried this last year when champion Benny "Kid" Paret was killed by chal lenger Emile Griffith. He has some following, all seemingly in the political world and the Vatican. Even now as former champion Davey Moore lies in state, Brown and other political-minded aspir ants in California (and perhaps other states) are trying to climb the political ladder by climbing aboard the "ban boxing" band wagon. It was revealed by experts that the cause of Moore's death was caused when he struck the back of his head on the bottom strand (A the ring rope, a million in one chance. It seems to us that the higher-ups are using this, which has been controversial for years and years mainly because of the criminal element in boxing, as a stepping stone to higher things, politically. We will agree that tighter grips need to be placed on the sport (or business), whichever you pre fer. And a person with a weak stomach isn't likely to climb into the ring. He must be a superb- black spots in the game. A more rigid physical should be en forced and by qualified physi cians, not those appointed by commissions lor years running upon years. But for some in the higher of fices to clamor for a ban on box ing we think is utterly ridiculous. if a ban is placed on boxing, it will come next in football, base- ball and the rest of the sports and all Americans will have left in the future is Old Maid and tiddlywinks. But perhaps we should rule out tiddlywinks, too. because someone might get sore thumb from it. There were over 40 deaths in JOHN BIANCHI Daltons Headline Mat Card HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Wednesday, March 27, 19M PACE 1-C 4 Pel Boosters Meet Tonight The Pelican Bonstre Club will hold its weekly meeting tonight, beginning at 6:30, at the Broil er Restaurant. This will begin a new season for the Boosters as they be gin backing the Pelican base ball, track and tennis teams. Baseball coach Bill Mansfield, track coach Jack Peterson and tennis coach Gil Boyd will tell the Boosters about the prospects of their respective teams and what they think will come about In the Southern Oregon Confer ence league. football. Why not ban that be loved sport. How many are killed, drivers and fans alike, in race car driving. Ban H. How about Little League baseball. A 'few boys are killed each year while participating in that sport. Why not ban automobiles altogether? We are a fat and flabby America anyway, or so we've been told. One story we received over the wire stated that "unless new mandatory equipment provisions can be instituted, boxing is doomed to wider public disfavor." We've heard no wide public dis favor. All the disfavor has come from politicians that we have seen or heard. Something should be done about boxing and we think it's on the1 road to being accomplished. The fitness test as mentioned above and perhaps a federal control over managers and such to stop the unscrupulous managers from trying to get the last fast buck out of their boys and leaving them penniless and sometimes punch drunk. But to ban boxing it's ridiculous. And we think that if Gov. Brown of California does get a bill through to be voted upon, it will be. defeated and will be a serious blow to his political reputation. A call from Chuck Bailey, past president of the Babe Ruth League, revealed that tryouts for the Klamath Basin Babe Ruth League prospects will be held this Sunday and the Allowing Sunday at Wright Field, the dia mond at the high school, at 1 p.m This is for boys 13-14-15 who are residents of the area covered by the city elementary school dis- trict. This district supplies eight of the 12 teams in the league. Prospects are to report to Wright Field at 1 p.m. The second Sun day will be for those who might miss the first Sunday trials. Bob Mezger is the new league president. The Dirty Dalton Brothers, claimants as direct descendants of the Dalton gang back in the days of the growing West, head line tonight's wrestling card at the Klamath Auditorium at 8:15. The Daltons will take on an up and coming duo in Rocky Co-1 lumbo and Cowboy Bob Boyer in the main event feature. Wild Bill Savage will tangle with young Rickey Hunter in the semifinal and Klamath's Buck Davidson, if available, will be in the first match, probably against one of the Daltons. The Daltons will be defending their Northwest Tag Team cham pionship tonight against the two youngsters, Columbo and Boyer, I he Daltons also w ill give an exhibition of fancy gun handling before their match and Jack Dal ton will challenge all comers to a fast draw contest with promoter Elton Owen putting up a $10 prize for the winner. The brother combination from Kansas City have been taking the Northwest by storm and arc IU1UWII UIIUUIIUUl U1B ttlCMllUKI. - - - m m world for their dirty tactics and 1 1 ft T NPPflPfl come into the arena dressed in fancy cowboy attire and toting their .45 revolvers. They some times shoot them, with blanks, of course. Columbo and Boyer are a worthy pair for the brother com bination. Columbo is an ex-boxer from New York and carries a hot temper along with a hefty punch. Boyer is one of the fast est men around but hasn't a great deal of experience yet. But he makes up for it in hustle and toughness. He recently beat the Northwest champion Maurice Va chone in a non-title bout in Rose-burg. Savage is another of the rough and tumble contingent and likes to dish out the rough stuff. He will be meeting a young and ca pable matman in Hunter who is improving rapidly. He could give Savage a lot of trouble in the semifinal. b : f S At r r. v. I Ji IU1SU I First Round Playoffs Begin For NBA Teams YSA ill m st - RAMS SIGN TERRY BAKER 'After signing, a Ram contract, Tarry Baker, left, and Ram General Manager Elroy Hirtch, set up Baker's first pass as a Ram. Baker, a 22-year-old Heisman Trophy winner, was the first draft choice of the Los Angeles Club last fall. ' , UPI Telephoto Charities Attorney To Decide OnTests Injured Hull Leads Hawks Past Detroit Red Wings ,5-4 By I'nilrd Press International Even a banged up Bobby Hull is tough to stop. Ignoring considerable pain in his injured shoulder. Hull popped in two first period goals Tuesday night to p a v e the way for the Chicago Black Hawks' 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red W ings in their opening semifinal game in the National Hockey League playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs opened their defense of the Stan ley Cup by whipping the Mont real Canadiens, 3-1. Hull, who had scored seven goals in 14 regular season games against the Red Wings, gave the Black Hawks a 2-1 lead with his pair in the opening period at Chi cago. Ab McDonald. Eric Nester- enko and Bill Hay tallied in the second stanza to increase the Hawks' lead to 5-2. Hay's goal proved to be tlte winner when Alex Delvccchio and Gordie Howe scored for Detroit in the final period. Glenn Hall, recently crowned Vezina Trophy winner, turned aside 29 Detroit shots. Terry Sawchuck totaled 31 saves at the opposite end of the rink. The Maple Leafs also started fast in their opener at Toronto. Bob Pulford scored in the lirst period, then Dick Duff and George Armstrong hiked the Leafs' lead to 3-0 in the second stanza. Jean Beliveau tallied Montreal's lone goal while the Leafs were two men short later in the middle period. Johnny Bower made only 19 saves in the Toronto net. Mont real nctmindcr Jacques Plante totaled 32 stops. The second games in the best-of-scven scries will be played in the same cities Thursday night. ATLANTA (UPD-Former Uni versity of Georgia Athletic Direc tor Wally Butts said Tuesday he would let his attorney decide whether he should take another lie detector test regarding an ac cusation he conspired to rig a football game. State Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook had requested that Butts and Alabama Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant, also accused in the al leged "fix, submit to new tests. Bryant's attorneys advised their client against a second test, which they said, "would serve no useful purpose" since Bryant al ready has passed such a test. Butts and Bryant have been charged in a recent Saturday Evening Post article with rigging the 11)62 Georgia-Alabama foot ball game which Alabama won 35-0. Both men denied the accu sation and Butts has filed a $10 million libel suit. Bryant also is expected to sue the Post regard ing the article. The Story ol a College Football Fix. Butts and Bryant underwent separate, privately arranged lie detector tests which their attor nevs said they passed. But Cook said he wanted the two men to take polygraph tests adminis tered by the State Bureau of In vestigation. Butts said he referred Cook's request to his attorney, William Schroder. "I will do whatever he says since he has filed in court my lawsuit against the Saturday Evening Post. Butts said Schroder said' he would confer with Cook before making a deci sion. Cook indicated earlier he ap parently was satisfied with t polygraph test given George Bur nett, an Atlanta insurance man the Post article said overheard Butts giving Georgia team se crets to Bryant in a long dis tance telephone conversation pri or to the game. For Moore LOS ANGELES UPI - The manager of boxer Davey Moore today disclosed "they'll never have to stage any charity shows' for the family of the former featherweight champion. "Davey wasn't a spender," said Willie Kctchum. "He always put his money to work for his fam ily. I'm not sure about the amount of cash in his bank account, but he's got things to show for his fighting. He doesn't owe any body." It was estimated Moore's wife and five children will have a monthly income of $300, plus considerable real estate holdings Ketchum revealed the status of Moore's finances while plans were completed for flying little Davey , body back to his native Spring field, Ohio, for funeral services More than 10.000 California box ing fans and friends paid their final respects Tuesday night to Moore, who died Monday without regaining consciousness following the loss of his featherweight title to Sugar Ramos. The 29-year-old boxer lapsed jn to a coma shortly after recover ing from a knockout by Ramos Thursday. Death came less than 76 hours later. Moore's body was to be flown to Ohio by commercial airliner for funeral services Saturday at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Springfield. Rams Finally Land Beavers' Baker By I'niU'd Press International The first round plavotls of the National Basketball Association turned out just fine for the Bos ton Celtics, but they could have been better for the Los Angeles Lakers. The Extern Division champion Celtics take on Hie Cincinnati Royals Thursday night at Boston in the first game o( a sectional final and the Western Division champion Lakers swing into ac tion against the St. Louis Hawks at Los Angeles Sundav. Both best-of-seven series will deter mine the playoff finalists. Big "O" Pacet Royals Cincinnati, led by Oscar Rob ertson's 32 (wints. defeated t h c Syracuse Nationals, 131-127, in overtime and Bob Petlit's 35 points paced St. I-ouis to a 104 100 victory over the Detroit Pis Ions in Tuesday night's climactic first round games. The Celtics beat the Royals 9 times in 12 games during the regular season, so were pulling for them to oust the Nats, who split in 12 games with the world champions. The Lakers had trouble with the Hawks during the regular season, boating them only seven times in 12 games. Detroit, on the other hand, lost to the Ink ers II of 12 meetings. "All the way to L A." the Roy als shouted in the dressing room as champagne corks popped, fig uring they could get by Boston and L A. would win the Western title. Cincinnati, which won its open ing series, 3-2, trailed by as much as eight points in the third period and won the game on the shooting of Jack Tuyman and Wayne Embry in the overtime. Shaffer Nets 45 A goal by John Kerr of the Nats sent the game into the ex tra session tied, 114-all. Twyman wound up with 24 points and Bob Boozer 20 as six Royals hit -dou ble figures to offset 45 points by Lee Shaffer. . ; St. Louis won its scries,! 3-( but had to fight off a late "De troit rally. The Hawks moved aliead by 14 points, 6147. early in the second half, but behind Don Ohl's scoring, the Pistons closed the gap to 93-91. St. Louis then scored five straight points and coasted to victory with three minutes to play. Zelmo Bcaty and Rill Bridges e ich added 17 points for the Hawks while Ohl lopped the Pis tons with 32 points. LOS ANGELES (UPI - It took a long, long time but the Los Angeles Rams finally landed the No. 1 prize of the 1962 col legiate football season All- America quarterback Terry Ba ker of Oregon State. Baker, who couldn't sign until the end of the basketball season. flew here Tuesday from Portland, Ore., and was greeted at the air port by Elroy Hirsch, assistant to Ram President Daniel Reeves. A brief conference followed, and within an hour after the plane landed, Baker was signed to a 1963 contract. No terms were disclosed, but it was presumed the 22-year-old left hand passer one of the most honored collegiate football players in history received a healthy bonus from the National Football League team. "I've alwavs followed the Rams." said Baker, who added he was interested in living in the West. His home is in Portland. "1 was hoping they would draft me," he said, referring to t h e Rams. "When they did, I was anxious to play for them." Baker also was awarded the Heisman and Maxwell trophies. He led Oregon State to victory in the Liberty Bowl with a 99-yard run. Baker's basketball talents were such that he was named to the All-Star team for the Western regional National Collegiate Ath letic Association (NCAA) tourna ment. He helped Oregon Stale gain a spot in the NCAA semifinals. MARCH SERVICE SPECIAL! LUBE ( 11 mm (With Oil Chsnoe) JIM OLSON MOTORS INC. Ph. 4-5126 FUEL OIL DELIVERED 7 DAYS A WEEK Ph. TU 4-6788 7 DAYS A WEEK Ph. TU 4-6788 Jay Hawk PETROLEUM 2135 So. 6th or So. 6th and Creit Umpires Meet Slated Friday The Klamath Falls Umpires Association will hold a meeting Friday night at the City Hall at 7:30 p.m. to prepare for the upcoming baseball season around the area. AH umpires are urged to at tend and the coaches, mana gers and fans may also attend. FIGHTS By United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) Frank Narvaez, 136, Puerto Rico, out pointed Tommy Griffin, 133, Phil adelphia (Hi. SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPD-Luis Molina, 139, San Jose, outpointed Robhy Scanlon. 137, San Francis co (io. ANGELS SKIX RICHARDSON PHOENIX. Ariz. (UPI I The Los Angeles Angels have sold pitcher Gordon Richardson to At lanla of the International League. . Richardson, who had a 13-6 rcc nrd with Tulsa in the Texas League last season, had been ac quired by the Angels in the mi nor league draft (or $25,000. 'My Whiskey' Two words that reflect the warm, personal pride a man has in a brand that's true to his trust. Say Seagram's and be Sure tucii MTiuttl covin. ( rcn cm mmu hsi' M nutn. s mm iiuim (Mill BOATING " CAMPING TENT CLOSE OUT 25 MORE OFF Our Already Low Sale Prices Choose from sixes 9x11 and 9x12 in both high quality duck and nylon. All name brand tents. 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