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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1963)
Baseball, on the high school lev-! el, just barely beat cut tlie start! o football season this year. Coach Bob Williams and the Klamath Union Pelicans will begin lull scale tun-a-dav workouts Monday. The Kamath Basin Babe Ruth team, with a host of football prospects among the Rroup, is now on its way hack from the Babe Ruth World Seres and will not be in time for the Monday drills. The prospective Pelicans, 80 strong showing up for a crack at varsity positions, turned out to pick up equipment Thursday night and took physicals at a different meetin". Williams explained the early schedule this way. The candidates will be out for first drills Mon day morning at 10:30. The sec ond practice session is the same IT FITS, COACH Les Thurman, an end, gets some equipment fittings from assistant coach Jack Peterson as the Klamath Pelicans make ready tor the coming grid year. Thurman will be a prime prospect (or an end posi tion. The Pelicans begin their first drills Monday with session; planned twice a day. Pennel Shatters Vaulting Record, Reaches 17 Feet CORAL GABLES. Kla. (UPI , John Pennel, hurrying to beat a thunderstorm, became the first man in history to clear the height of 17 feet in the pole vault Satur day as he soared over the bar at a world record 17 feet, t inch. "I've been looking forward to this. 1 felt relaxed and now I feel great," the former Coral Gables high school track man said after his feat in the Gold Coast AAU track and field meet at the Uni versity of Miami. He broke his own world record of 16 feet. 10' inches, set in Lon- bar and accepted the vault for formal submission as a world record, the 23-year-old Memphis, Term., native tried three times unsuccessfully to clear the bar at 17 feet, four inches. "He liac) just cooled off while they were measuring the record," said University of Miami coach Robert Downes, a longtime friend and tutor of Pennel. "But I pre dict he's good for 17 feet, six inches." Pennel used a fibre glass pole for his vault, and said he had the uprights carrying the crossbar moved forward slightly in order to put the bar under him at He cleared the bar in his first ,the very peak of his leap. attempt at 17 feet, 3 inch, hust ling to make his try when he saw a thunderliead bearing down on the field and heard thunder rum bling. "Let's get it over with before it rains, rennet iom oniciais. as u turned out. the storm passed over, i After authorities measured the! ECU Pelicans Begin Football Practice Monday ciay 5:30 p.m. The schedule slightly Tuesday whenlyet. the hanges the boys are to begin at 9 30 a.m. and 5 30 p.m. The other practice slates will be announced later although the boys should know about them. There will be a scrimmage Thursday afternoon beginning at :t:30. Coach W illiams announced that he would make the first cut following that scrimmage. Friday starts Football Week for the Klamath Pelicans. The annual Chicken 'n' Beans" game is planned for Saturday night at Mo doc Field, beginning at 7 p.m. All the lettermen leported (or the equipment distribution," Wil liams said. When asked about the quarterback situation lie said this "Smith i Walt i is our PAT i point alter touchdown' kicker, too. He came out and wiU be working on that. He goes to the doctor Mon day, but he hasn't been released He will keep working on kicking." Smith was in an automobile accident during the summer and was injured. Williams works hard on and puts out a brochure tor his pros pective players during the sum mer. He says in this that withl the lettermen which are return ing and some of the outstanding members of the .layvee and Iresb man teams, that the Pelicans! have the makings of a fine club This, of course, with the idea in! mind that fluid work and de-1 ire are the nucleus of any club t hose returning lor more var sity action include ends Tom Day John Jendiiciewski, Les Tluir man and Don W orkman. Tlie three returning tackles are Bill Mills, Don Plowman and John En- i ight. The guards are lid by Steve Campbell and Mike McKibbon with Terry Christiansen, Bill Crain and Larry Dow pushing them to the limits for starting positions. The lone returning center is Jay Paxton. Smith was tlie only return ing quarterback. Fullbacks include big Mike Kitching and Vern Pe trick, halfbacks Ben Kerns, Chuck Mills. Terry Eccles and Rich Gus- talsun. Some of the talented freshmen include Bob Williams Jr., who! ould slip into the QB slot with Smith injured, big fullback Bob Moore, rugged end Glenn Miller and several others. This group w ill make the more experienced boys work for their positions. Williams stales that hustle, de sire and guts will have to be the determining factor and will have predominance over any decision made concerning any boy. The Pelicans will hpve only an eight-game schedule this season due to the realignment of some of tlie state's other leagues. They have dropped Marshfield of Coos Bay as the opening opponent. The Telicans will instead open against Grants Pass in a non-countingl game. That will be at Modoc Field! on Sept. 13. That game is only' three weeks from last Friday. Tlie! second game will find tlie White-1 birds going to South Salem and on the road attain the following week lo Corvallis. The fourth game returns to Klamath where (he Pels host North Salem in an other non-counting game I it ion . Tlie first counter is at Giants Pass on Oct. 11. Tlie sec ond game is Medford here on Oct. 18, Ashland here on Oc(. 23 and Crater there on Nov. I. SPITBA1.LS CHICAGO iL'PH - When base ball outlawed the "spitbal!" in 1320 only 17 pitchers registered as spithall throwers and were al lowed to use the pitch as long as they remained in tlie game. Many others failed to register be cause thev tltoucht the rule Then begins the league compe-lwouldn't slick. Bout Rescheduled ' MONTREAL (UPI - Tlie post poned Sugar Uay Uobinson-W'ilfie Greaves 10-round middleweight fight has been rescheduled for Sept. 5, promoter Regis Levesque said Tuesday. Robinson reported that X-rays of his left wrist, injured last week in a sparring session, revealed no fracture and that he planned to resume training today or Thursday. IIKRALD A.M) NKIVS. Klamath Falls, Oregon Sunday, August 25, 1963 PAGE 1-C Locals To Play S. Valley The Klamath Falls Medo-3els, champions of tlie Northern Cali fornia Semi-Pro Baseball League and defending champions of the President's Cup of last year, w ill host the Nor-Cal Playoffs. The first game w ill be today in Gem Stadium at 2 p.m. when the Medo-Bels tackle the rugged Scott Valley nine. Scott Valley finished third in the league competition behind second place Weed. The Medo-Bels were champions. They won the President's Cup last sea son after a seaon which found them off the lop rung. "They're all set lo go." says Hi Hatfield, manager. Hatfield would not single out any indi vidual player for praise, he did note thai Tony Sellari, the catch--, er. is playing his Ust game today with the Medo-Bels. Sellari has a scholarship to play football at the University of Okla homa and will leave next week for pre-scason activity with the Sooner squad. Sellari joined the Medo-Bels af ter several games had gone by and filled the catcher's sxt va cated by Dave Saks very well. Saks was one of the coaches (or the Klamath Basin Babe Ruth team "We'll miss him i Sellari ." Hat field commented, indicating that he hoped the Medo-Be'.s would pol ish olf Scott Vailev todav and Gonzalez Decisions Rivero CLAMORING FOR ACTION TO BEGIN These young Klamath Union Pelican football hopefuls were clamoring for action when this photo was taken and they will get their hands full of it come Monday when grid drills begin for the local lads. They were in for this picture while wait ing on equipment to be issued. Most of these boys were on the iayvee or freshman squad last season and getting their first taste of varsity competition. The first session starts Monday at 10:30 a.m. and the second one at 5:30 p.m. The first game is Sept. 13 at Modoc Field against Grants Pass in a non-conference outing. NEW YORK (LTD - Middle weight contender Jose Gonzalez of Puerto Rico weathered a ter rific battering in the fourth and fifth rounds and came on lo score his fifth straight victory Saturday night on a unanimous 10-round decision over slugger Juan Rocky i Rivero at Madison Square Garden. The somewhat taller Gonzalez, weighing 159'i pounds to the somewhat pudgy Rivera's 161, beat the "little bull of the Pam pas" from Argentina with super ior long-range fighting. There were no knockdowns in the nationally televised bout but the crowd of 2.000 was thrilled by the furious punching in most of the rounds. Gonzalez, ranked HMh among contenders by the World Boxing Association and eighth bv the Ring Magazine, was favored at 11-5. But in the fourth and fifth sessions, it seemed that he might be knocked out. Rivero Gains Advantage In the fourth, Rivero almost paralyzed him with a right to the body that kept Gonzalez bent over during most of the round as Rocky battered him with short hooks to the head. In the fifth, Gonzalez kept in a deep bobbing crouch to escape body punches but he was stag gered by head hooks three times. Puerto Rican Jose, who had been superior in the first three rounds, rallied in the sixth and then came on to win every round therealter. He staggered rugged Rivero who never has been stopped in the eighth and ninth, and then used most of the roueh tactics Johnny Pott By Palmer Ml Ithstands Charge To Hold Golf Lead AKRON, Ohio iUPH Johnny! Pott withstood one of Arnold Palmer's late putting charges to keep the lead bv one stroke in the American Golf Classic Satur- dav. The 27-vear-old Missouri-born Pott shot a 36-3571, one over par. which enabled him with his total of 206 to hold a one-stroke lead over Palmer, who had six sensational birdie pulls that put him back in contention after tailing off the third round six Arokes behind Pott. But Pott kept the lead when the chips were down. When Palm er sank a 30-fool putt for a birdie on the 18th, Pott was only on the loth green and knew he had to "par in" to hold his lead. He did just that. Palmer carded a stunning 34-32 66 over tlie 7,165-yard Firestone Country Club course Saturday and called it "one of my better rounds of golf, especially my putting." Sank Three Birdies Palmer, the defending cham- feet, lead lor it gave SI. ouo in bonus money which brought him to a total of $2,333.33 for three days play. Two strokes off th; pace was 27-year-old Bobby Nichols, who shot an even par 70 lor a total of 208. Then came U.S. Oiicii cham- ..pioii Julius Bonis, also wilh a par 1 Tii .,!;., L;...i;,. .... i I..... pion, sank tin co nirdie putts ol 10 leet on the first nine and three birdie putts of 15, 20, and 30 feet on the back nine as he charged back from what he called "two mediocre rounds." He had carded a 70 and 71 in those two rounds. Pott, who complained, "I dicln'l n,, n,, ,, ,. , ,7, . , ' , !"0 including birdies on the last! uiu VL'siciudv mi ruuay lieu,,,, i,nic sank birdie putts of 60 and 55 make the job of defending the h hi butU huUns while holding. Referee Johnny Lobianco warned Gozalez lor those tactics but did not penalize him. Loses Eighth Rout Rivero. unianked among con tenders, sullered the eighth de feat in his career of 47 bouts despite the fact that former mid dleweight champion Rocky Graz lano. his new mentor, was shout ing advice from the corner in every round. It was linero's thud defeat in lour United Stales fighls. The three ring officials favored cup Iney won last vear a tune easier. Hatfield again appealed for lo cal fans to support the Medo-Bels. pointing out that it is composed of star baseball athletes of this area. The tentative starting line up will feature Blake Griggs on the mound with Bill Mansfield rea dy for mound duty in relief. Sel lari will he behind the plate Dean Dunson at lirst. Jim Keller at second. Ron Owin:s at third. Sherm Alien at short. Don (ire-del in left held. John Bianchi in cen ter and Rav Tjvlnr in right. Tlie other half of the cup playoKsi Gonzalez on a rounds basis finds Dunsmuir at Weed today.! follows: Referee Lobianco. 7-3: The two winners will then meet in Judge Tony Rossi. 8-2. and judse a sin;le pame sudden death cla.-h Marvin Goldberg. 5-1-1. The Unit at the field of the team that tin- ed Pre.-s International had Gon isned h;he-t in season p. ay. ;alez ahead, 8 2. Medford's Team Leads In Tourney Medlord's swimming team totik the lu st da's lend in the Lake view Lions Invitational Sw immine Meet Saturday after the girls' events had finished. Mcdlord grablied the lead with 20!i points. Lakevicw was sec ond wilh 187, Sweet Home third at ll.V. Bond with loii'j and Klamath Falls with 6!i. Ursula Arzncr. a 9-10 aae group guj. w,i5 uricd the most outstand ing g,rl swimmer as she cap tured two iirsts and set a new meet tecuid. The boys weie lo swim toda in Ihe second half of the meet liie Klamath boys were expected lo taie well in their division with Jerry Kramer leading the way. Moie than 85 per cent of to day's farm-reared young people mu-l select non laim careeis. Welcoming Scheduled For Team There will be a big welcom ing committee to greet the ar riving Babe Kuth team from the World Series Tournament in Farm in g ton, N'.M. Presently, (lie arrival time is expected to be sometime Monriav night. The correct ar rival time of the team Hill he carried In this paper Monday. The other news media also Kill carry the expected arrival time. A portion of the Klamath t nion High School band is scheduled to be on hand for the greeting which is sched uled to be held at .Modoc Field because of parking facilities and lo help keep traffic clear in the downtown section. The Pep Peppers are in Ihe process of making some wel coming banners to greet tlie (earn and the rally stjuad is also to be on hand. Mavnr Hob Veatch and (ieorge Callison, rhamber of commerce man ager, will also he on hand for I be welcoming ceremonies. Kob Hartlctt and Wayne Scott will be the masters of cere monies. It is urged that all people who can, attend the welcoming. The team did a good job in Ihe tournament wilh a 1-2 record and went farther than any Klamath team ever. And the competition Included the 10 best teams in the world, and they looked it. So come out and welcome them home. par for was happy he stayed in the, v. hich played longer than usual for it gave him another Saturday because of a steady rain which started at 7 a.m. and did not stop until the leaders were making the turn Saturday alternoon. Five Off Uad Five strokes olf the lead al 211 1 came Harold Kneece, with a third-round lid; Lionel Hchcrt, with a fill; Masters and PGA champion Jack N'icklaus with a, 71; and Australian Biuce Cramp-1 ton with a 72. i , for a total of 210, even the Firestone course, McKinley-Ralston Duo Set To Meet Mexican Net Pair l' ' T: ; I'll Hl ! : . W Seen on I K V vJ" jt' l'f ' ; r; -I iZ j uSX camPuses I J z-s. rrf t r r " : Akc VYi 8 CIIKST.NLT HILl,, Mass. IUPH Ranking Davis Cup slars from the United Slates snd Mexico sol up a rematch of last year's championship Saturday when they scored semi-final victories in tlie National Uouhles tournament. Inclc Sam's best. Chuck Mc Kinley and Ilenny Halston. beal lintain's Itoyer Taylor and Bob by Wilson while deiending cham pions llalael Osiina and Antonio I'alalox stuped an uphill triumph over the domestic pairing of C'lill Huchholz and lion Kishcr. McKinley and Italslon never were in serious trouble though they had lo go five sets for a li-l, 1-B. ti :i. 4 (i. -2 win over Tay lor and Wilson. (Jsuna and Palafox dropped the Inst set ol their match bul roared hack lo win in lour, 3-7, HB, 8-ti, lit. Both .semi-final matches were played in a stiff breeze and he (ore a capacity 4.000 crowd. Australians Margaret Smith and Robyn Ebbcrn knocked the last British twosome out of (lie wom en's division. Tlie second-seeded foreign tandem whipped Dcidre Call and Klizabelh Staikie. 6-3. 6-4, in a match that lasted bare ly .10 muiutcs, Victory for tile Aussie girls set1 up Sunday's anticipated linalc againsl live-time queen Dai lone Hard of Los Angeles and two time champion Maria Hueno ol Brazil. 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