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
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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.
Smith and Kbbern broke a
string ol 20 international doubles
titles lor Hard and Bueno just
one week ago in an upset victory I
al nearhv Manchester.
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