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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
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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
Wednesday, March 27, 19M
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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pitcher Gordon Richardson to At
lanla of the International League.
. Richardson, who had a 13-6 rcc
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