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Uffl QUNTCT LOSES T SflLEBfl TEflM, 37-26 '''. Pelicans' Halftime YSC Takes Beit to Sock It Here But Anyway Sock It BlDflDGlD Opener at Pullman PAGE ELEVEN Lead Fades March 15, 1941 Bid Goodbye Tough on C. C. Blapnlcka. 1 general manager n( the always-aVbrlriesmald-never-ebrlde Cle veland Indium, It ttory by Marry Crayion who run things in t h NBA (port depart mant and la cur rontly tourlnK t h a grapefruit circuit major leiguo 1 1 a m bathi. Cyril C. iayt Orayaon, hat bean peacock Ing about for five yeara now at the discover- n o aimnleki er of Rapid Rob- ert Keller, the ! Indians ace flreballer. By thlt : recommendation alone hat the ' "bungling" Slap titan from a f Mediocre tcout to hit pretent , eminence, the NF.A man clalmt i True dUcoverer, according to the "expote." all thlt time hi i been Pat Oonohue. one time big 1 league catcher who It living In tuaanfnlna mnflMlv a few milef from Feller's home town of Van Meter, Iowa. . 1L.1 T i. . . . y if IMIIW ilia wngnw wna befriended by Billy Evan, , whom Slepnleka tucceeded In u the ladlana' front eltlce. yean V ago. ' Pat premised. In return. , to tome day find a pitcher for t . BUly. Thirty yean later he . taw Robert William Andrew E J relief pitching teml-pro ball M the Iowa eorntleld circuit. kJ Old Pift eyet popped, aayt If Gray ton. and he Immediately tat y down and wrote Event a letter. "Here." It retd. "it the greatest Ditcher tlnce Walter Johnson." Event tent Slapnlcka, then a scout to Van Meter where rei ler wet tlgned for $63 a month. Replacing Evtnt at general manager of the Tribe. Cyril C continues Grayson, couldn't have built a better case Wad ing to free egency for base bell's finest pitcher hed he tried. He "recommended" that Bob be tlgned by New Orleans, "rec- 1 ommended" that he be gotten off the retired list, "recommend ed" that he be tlgned by Cleve land for 11500. It It suspected that Commis sioner Landls would have made the wonder boy a free agent In the winter of 1938 had Teller de- tired hit freedom. Upshot of the maneuvering, enda Orayson. was that "dt aplte all of Cyril Blapnlcka'i juggling and bungling. Bob Feller, the pitching genlut first recognised by eld Pat Donohue. stayed with the Cleveland club." BASEBALL IXMItlTION MMWaaalla ) S. MM (Ml . eiMtlra N II, Cutan All-llart a. II. U (N) , 0alaM A I. thtStMUll (N a, iMlM AI 1. Hm VhI AI S. LMMavllta (AM 1 fMiaeaiaNa A n. pmaboraK IN) SM raw ANAHEIM. Calif. W Con nie Mack la as buty at ever ID reading the gospel of baseball t functions of all klndt In this vicinity. Usually he workt the luncheon and dinner circuit. but yesterday he Joined mem ber of the Pittsburgh Pirates at breakfast given In their honor by the San Bernardino Argonaut! club. The A't and Pirates were rained out of an exhibition yesterday but were to try again today here. nnvuinuznisnunM., ""1B3 130 YEARS Yjz) $ ig&Tiv J OLD J I m NOINCRUSeiNPKICt (Continued Prom Page One) ship money because of earlier defeat!. Fifth place will go to either Roteburg or Biker, meeting Sat urday morning for the consola tion price. Roseburg today elim inated the Columbia Prep team of Portland 14 to 22, and Baker handed Corvalllt drubbing, 31 to 16, SALEM, March 14 MOc-Rose-burg't tall basketeers reached the consolation finals of the 22nd Oregon state high tchool basket ball tournament today by shad ing Columbia Prep of Portland, 14-22. Hughet, Roteburg gutrd, turned In the clincher field goal. Inking a middling long shot in the last two minutes to break a 22-32 tie. Roseburg led at halftime 20-17 but the Portland teem forged ahead at the three- quarter mark, 29-27. OToole. Prep center, again turned in a whopping personal scoring total, 21 points. Baker Joined Roseburg In the consolation final In today't sec ond game by tmothcrtng Cor valllt, 31 to lg. Baker and Rose burg will play for fifth place. The Bulldogs Jumped ahead quickly and were never threat ened. In the second quarter they held Corvalllt tcorelett and per mitted the valley team only one point In the third period. Hoi man waa the scoring virtuoso with 13. SALEM, Ore.. March 14 (UP) The Astoria high school basket ball team moved Into the finals of the Oregon state prep tchool championship tournament to night with a 38-33 victory over Oregon City. Astoria meets Salem for the championship tomorrow night. Salw (in Official! t CoUmaa awl Kla. LAKELAND, Tla. Cf Some observers here believe Manager Del Baker already hat decided on Eric McNalr for the Detroit Tigers' regular shortstop thlt season. Despite an ankle Injury on the first day of training, Mc Nalr hat been Impressive In practice. Dick Bartell, the vet eran who held down the Job last year, still It In the running with Frank Croucher alto hold ing an outtlde chance. MIAMI, Fla. UP) So much haa been written about the un certainties of the New York Giants, little attention hat been given their strong men. One of these. First Baseman Babe Young, hat been looking great and It leading the team In bat ting with .444. Bump Hadley, pickup from the Yanka, topi the pitchers. He haa allowed only one run In six Innings. WILHELM HIRED INGLEWOOD, Calif., March 14 A-William E. Boeing. Se attle sportsman and airplane manufacturer, hat engaged Cecil (Centaur) Wilhelm to train hit string of 36 thoroughbreds at the summer meeting at Holly wood park. Wilhelm, former cowboy, tuc ceedt Ted Horning, who remalnt with Boeing at tuperlntendcnt of the Concord farm between Oakland and Sacramento. HOLLYWOOD, March 14 UP) Inflalder Joe Hoover and Out fielder Frenchy Uhalt remained the only holdouts today on the Hollywood Baseball club. Business Manager Otcar Rel chow came to terms yesterday with five players, Pitchers Wayne Osborne, Johnny Blttner and Lefty Joiner, Catcher Bill Brenzel and Outfielder Ham Schulte. SAN TERNf-NDO, Calif., March 14 VP) Weather permit ting, Seattle goca up agalnit the Chicago White Sox In an exhibi tion ball game here today mlnua the services of ltt crack hurler. Dirk Barrett. Barrett, slated to hurl against the American leaguers, was painfully but not seriously hurt yesterday when Outfielder Edo vannl threw ball which hit the hurler on the ripper part of hie right arm. Ira Scrlbner, Lea Webber and rookie Hunk Anderson were named for pitching duty, and Barrett wat ordered to take a few daya' rest Like the manna which the Is raelites found In the wilderness, democracy cannot be obtained once for all, but mutt be gather ed anew every morning. Presi dent George Cutten, Colgate university nimmona, - t, irlinilftAfl aauuoa. IT r it, K.iaiu l"n, f t. M,-, 3"r, S " S, (Ux-rM Coom. t - " I. Uva Ull. I i 0. hlOMB Collar, t a, FatUraoa Narmlna. S . I . Tetmmatei of Johnny Stout, the smiling kegler who Fridiy left for service with the U. S. army engineer In Hawaii. Johnny has been In Klamath Falll for the past two yeara as draftsman with the ttete highwey depart ment. Hit IBs-average currently It fourth in the Clessle leegue. Above, left te right are member! of the Matt Flnnlgan team) BUI Oweni. Beauford Howard. Stout Lloyd Brltt and MacBetb. Entry List Swells For Langlauf Race Pete Hedburg, Famed Cross-country Star, Al Carlson Favored for Sunday Grind Heided by Amblin Al Carl ton, rugged Crater Lake Ski club akler, and Pete Hedburg. twice winner of the grueling 44 mile langlauf once held from Fort Klamath to the rim and back, entries hit the ten-mark Friday for Sunday'! 4-mlle cross country race from the edge of Crater lake to the Annie Spring! checking station. Jointly sponsored by the Gun Store and the local tkl club with prizes donated by the store, the race will begin, at 1:30 Sunday. It is expected the winning time will be about 33 minutes. Hedburg't entry came In on Thursday and Immediately estab lished him as the top favorite In what will be the first langlauf competition held in the park since the demise of the famed Fort Klamath races which once attracted the nation'! topflight cross-country stars to Crater lake. The short, powerful Swede's feat of twice winning the exhausting grind it believed to be unduplicated. Carlton, who next week will hang up hit - boards and Join Uncle Sam's new army as volunteer, Is ranked at one of the best downhill skiers at the park. He it a timber cruiser by profession and In perfect physical shape for Sunday's race. Looming as certain contend ers and possible winners are Clarence Hill, ex-University of Oregon miler; Delbert Denton, Fort Klamath's winner of the once-held Trallbreaker's race: and Ralph Hill, brother of Clap ence and loser in the disputed 3000-meter Olymi ic race of 1932. Other entrants are: Greer Drew, former northwest inter collegiate cross-country champ; Frank Drew, also an ex-lntercol- Bowling At Klamath Recreation LADY BUG LEAGUE Bhaw Stationery Sawtelle 91 132 123 348 Allen 102 118 126 344 Pernlgottl 143 181 134 430 Milne 152 142 126 420 Stout 182 146 109 439 Handicap 106 106 106 318 778 795 728 2299 O. K, Transfer Company McCollum 154 140 138 432 Mulllt 101 137 117 Griggs 137 142 122 Upp 100 124 13.1 Britt ....157 164 147 Handicap . 96 96 96 745 803 755 2303 Mary's Beeuty Shop Yorkland 138 113 159 410 Bowne 131 159 134 424 Williams 175 145 160 480 Anderson .......144 123 147 414 Leiblein 132 147 179 458 Handicap 79 79 79 237 799 766 858 2423 Swan Confectionery Johnson 157 136 131 424 Howard 122 133 134 409 Mahoncy 154 160 183 477 Strader 133 163 145 441 Haupert 113 144 146 405 Handicap 64 64 64 192 74J 800 803 2348 11 center, Friday bade farewell to legiate titleholder: Gordon Cun ningham, Crater lake combined downhill and slalom tltlltt; Johnny Robertson. Chlloquin veteran: and Bob Briscoe, pudgy. tough Fort Klamathite and vet eran of past langlauf grinds. LELIVELT ESTATE , BELIEVED $2500 ' LOS ANGELES. March 14 UP) The estate of Jack Lellvelt, says his widow, consists principally of 8000 shares of capital stock, valued at 52 500. In the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast Base- bell league. Mrs. Lelivelt pe titioned for probate of the will of the former Lot Angeles and Seattle club manager, who died Jan. 20. BOYES SPRINGS. Calif, March 14 P The San Fran cisco Sealt started their tick lilt today with five case of poiton oak. Don White, left fielder, Sam Gibson, pitcher; Ferris Fain, first baseman; Rudy Vic toria, pitcher, and Fran Morris, catcher, are the victims. The number 2 Yannlgans beat the No. 1 Yannlgans 6 to 4 In a camp game while the regulars went through three hours of batting practice yesterday. Al- vin (Jake) Powell, centerfielder purchased from the New York Yankees, tried out his batting eye for the first time this year. HAVANA WV-The Brooklyn Dodgers are divided house to day with Coach Chuck Dreaten leading half the squad Into Mi ami and Manager Leo Durocher directing the remainder in an exhibition series against the Cuban All-Stars. The two unit will rejoin In ' Florida Sunday night after Durocher's outfit winds up its affairs here. Scores Ola's Tavern Dlcklson 101 191 134 426 Cheyne 137 124 144 405 Kilgoro . 166 141 152 459 Martin 117 93 130 340 Booth 92 101 111 304 Handicap 72 72 72 216 685 722 743 2130 Wlsener Nash Bray 153 159 181 498 Lawler ..159 137 193 489 Chase 122 109 149 380 Weatherford ..104 139 143 386 Gates 149 165 203 517 Handicap 80 80 80 240 769 789 949 2507 Royal Crown Cola Eaton 138 177 138 Landers 99 94 110 Poppy .... 122 145 154 Haley 177 180 148 Handicap 60 60 60 696 656 810 1862 Daggett Insurance Gardner . 137 140 138 415 Sullivan 144 160 111 418 Hanvllle 126 124 134 384 Backes 123 168 129 420 Handicap 61 61 61 183 591 653 873 1817 Looking for Bargains Turn to the Classified page. geM0Bf if0flt9 ltR 9 hlatJ To Win 44 te 41 Gem AgelMt Srswfortf PULLMAN, Wash.. March 14 (UP) Washington Bute college eame from behind In the fading moment tonight to shade Stan ford 46-41 In the opening game of their Pacific Coast conference basketball playoff. . Badly dieorganlted tnd trail ing at the half, 20-11, the Cou gar (taged a tuning comeback to tie the score and then attain and hold their lead against des perate Cardinal rallies. Scoring honors, with 11 points each, went to Ken Davidson of Stanford and Kirk Oebert WSC guard. Cebert paced the Cougars' second-half reve.-sal, when hit one-handed push shot knotted the count at 11-all with 10 minutes to go. Stanford promptly pulled way to five-point lead but gain Washington Bute tied the core and then went ahead on Sophomore Marv Gllberg't fait break down the floor. Score Tied Twice Stanford tied the (core twice In the last three minute but WSC clinched It triumph when Vera Butt, forward, dropped In push shot, making the (core 43-43. Th northern division cham pion, who won 11 out of 16 con ference test, took an early lead but 11 minute after the open ing whistle Stanford rolled Into lead it held for most of the game. The Cardinals quickly stretched an 11-8 advantage to nine point Just before the end of the first half. In the second period, Washing ton State made good on 13 field goal In 31 attempt. Each team connected on 18 out of 63 at tempt from the field during the entire game. The club meet again tomor row night and, if necessary, In third contest Monday. Sport Briefs By EDDIE BRIETZ NEW YORK. March 14 (The Special New Service) Boston college's naming Denny Myers a football coach get our whole hearted applause because he is personable gent full of Ideas . . . Hi term at Brown expired March 1, which it on reason he had the inside track .... The B. C. rector Instructed the grad uate board to have no dealings with coaches under contract elsewhere . . .Joe DiMaggio confide he expect to be a proud pop in October and the Yank probably will offer him fat bonus for first call on the youngster' service if a boy Hal Mender. Detroit rookie who is a fast aa Buck Neweom, 1 afraid to cut loose for fear he'll kill a batter. AT LAST I I Minneapolis seem to have beat Madison Square garden un der the wire with honest wrest ling .... Anyway, 8000 roaring fans saw old Bronko Nagurskl beat Ray Steele for title No. ISC .... And the Morning Tribune solemnly reported "it was a ihooting match from be ginning to end, much to the sat isfaction of the throng. HEARD AND SEEN Co-ed hearts fluttered when Pete Smith (Who looks like Gary Cooper) arrived at Marquette as Coach Tom Stldham'a assistant. Only hitch wet Pete brouiht Mrs. S. with him . . . Wish all of you could have read Dick Cul lum't side-splitting column In the Minneapolis time on how a guy can make himself present able to his beagles for an out lay of only $219.78 . . , George Case, Washington outfielder, will be awarded the John E. Plant cup for 1941 tonight. Award goes to the Peddle school graduate who was outstanding in atnieuca during last yeer , There will be no eastern and western division in the Ameri can hockey league next season . . Al Schachf a book getting good review all over. TODAY'S GUEST STAR Henry Vance, Birmingham Age-Herald: "Doo Prothro says he'll keep 10 pitcher thlt year . . . That's eight more than the New Manager Bill Skiff of points of bringing a beUinto contact with a ball, a they limber Fernando. Calif. Left to right Budnick. pitcher, and Sylvester Tommy Harmon Signs Contract For Picture NEW YORK, March 14 (UPV Tommy Harmon. ail-American football player from Michigan, signed a contract with Columbia Picture today to make one pic ture at a salary of 13375 per week. Shooting of the picture which has been titled, "Harmon of Michigan," will start In July, following Harmon's graduation from University of Michigan, and is expected to net him a total salary of approximately i3.uuu. 14 SHOT DOWT. BY RAF ATHENS. Greece, March 14 UP) RAF headquarter an nounced today 14 Italian fighter planes were shot down and number badly damaged yester day in battle over the Klitura Tepeleni sector of Albania with out the loss of tingle British plane. Greek dispatches declared five Italian divisions had been shat tered in Italian offensive launch ed In the last seven daya In re sponse to Benito Mussolini s re ported adjuration to his officers to "do something." A furious Italian assault over a wide front in the central sec tor about Tepeleni was com pletely beaten back, the Greeks said, and great losses were suf fered. Greek dispatches from the front said Mussolini would re turn to Rome from his visit to the front empty-handed and "covered with shame" after fail ure of the offensive he had per sonally ordered. Fourteen columns In Kelly's postof f Ice London directory are required to take care of all pri vate residents named Smith. In South Africa, a married man with thiee children and an income of $3500 a year is not required to pay Income taxes. Burro meat Is offered for sale in butcher shops of Las Vegas. Nev., and a few other towns in the desert area of the southwest, Phillies usually have . . . They can't afford to carry too many players ... If they do, the banks will quit carrying them." If You Ever NEED A WRECKER Phone 3121 Day or. Night ' RUDY TO CO Anywhere Any Time Official AAA -Tawing Service BALSIGER MOTOR COMPANY PHONI3121 the Seattle Rainier gives his boy are Gllly Campbell, catehen Joe Johnson, pitcher. Gunners Set Registered Shoot Sunday Klamath Gun club marksmen Friday looked forward to their j second registered shoot at the organization's Wocus traps next. Sunday. Ten-thirty has been set as the hour. Coincident with the announce ment of the registering competi tion eame the revelation Klam ath gunner have thus far scored 13 out of a possible 16 point In the Oregonlan telegraphic meet Local tcattergunners have defeated seven team and tied one. It was aim announced that 10 entrant appeared last Sunday for the weekly postal handicap which is being staged between Bend, Eugene, Medford and Klamath Falls. Twelve turned out the preceding week. New shooters were again en couraged to come out to the Wocus traps by the disclosure the Gun club is able to loan good trap guns to those who are not equipped. Quiz Contest Feature of Walton Meeting Wallace TJerlings walked off with the first prize in the Sports quiz contest, feature event of an Interesting Izaak Walton lea gue dinner meeting held at the wiilard hotel Wednesday eve ning. Lloyd Drew was second. Two motion pictures were shown at the regular gathering of the Waltonians, one dealing with an exhibition by Flycaster Tony Acceto, and another on the problems faced by eastern game groups in providing suf ficient game for the Atlantic states huge populations. New members introduced were N. A. Long of Long's apparel shop and George M. Hoffman of the Algoma Lumber company Guest present were Ed Craw ford, president of the County Fair board; Jess Johnson, Fair Board secretary: N. B. Drew, Fred Glover, Bill Clark, Lorn B. Dalcour, and Stewart Balslger, Next meeting of the Walton league will be at a free dutch lunch on April 2. The place will be announced later. London hum 4903 arM if docks, including a water area of in acres. Motwy-Btck Guarantee oa EvtryBottl Tali arUaksr at 4 jma eld a M OLD MR. BOSTON t n . JJK All rich whiskey C- '4 yoors old OvCA KZT YouMI.tay .old Pq1 J little lnatructloa oa the finer up for the IB41 season at Sea McNemee, catcher) Skiff. Nick Annual ABC Meet Opens Wbcoasla Bowtar Rod 2i7 for lest tatfivlaW ST. PAUL, March 14 UP) There are 54 more day ahead in which to prove the averages wrong but the expert who fol low the annual tournaments of the American Bowling Congress will take their hit oft to any home-town hotshot who cornea to an ABC event with a 200-or better average and bowl it. Probably the least envied Of the ABC entrant were thoes who got the 1941 tournament off to a (tart last night With new pin and slippery new alley, the chances were slight that any one would raise much of a scor ing rumpus. The closest anyone came waa Milton Gardner, of the Buieka of Ashland, Wis, who got the fans and himself all tightened up when he reeled oft eight straight strikes, then spared out in bis second game tor 267, the best opening individual gam. His other scores were 137 and 177. There are probably 1500 bowl ers with league averages of 200 or better in the 17,009 loop rolling throughout the country but only nine men have averaged better than 200 in the past 10 ABC tournament. Ned Day, of Milwaukee and Santa Monica, Calif tope the list The national match champ ion has a 202.83 rating. Other, in order, are Welter Ward, Cleve land, Johnny Crimmins, Detroit, Hank Marino, Milwaukee, Fred Breckle, Detroit Kermit Mtur er. Syracuse, N. Y William Munn, New York, Adolph Carl son, Chicago, and Andy Var ipapa, Brooklyn. All of them will compete la the 1941 meet at later date. 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