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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1941)
u NVITATIONAL TODRMEYi LONG He Ought to Carry Bucky Harris pilches horseshoes at Orlando, Fla., base. The Wash ington manager really ought to carry them in his pockets, kick one up above the clubhouse doer or wrap a tew around the bjts J of his National. Grid Stars May Enlist StaadUo, Thompson la Canada for War Service VANCOUVER, B. C, March 24 (UP) Norman (Big Chief) Standlee, star fullback of Stan ford university's Rose Bowl championship football squad, and his teammate. Jack Thompson, hitch-hiked here from Stanford to enlist in the Canadian Royal Air Force, it was disclosed to night. Standlee, however, was reject ed by the RCAF because of color-blindness and Thompson then then abandoned his attempt to join the force because he couldn't be with Standlee. Standlee, of Lone Beach, CaL, and Thompson, of Butte, Mont, said they came here because they were "fed up" with college. They indicated they may try to join the Canadian army. They were ineligible for the navy be cause they are not British citi zens. They said they hitch-hiked here from Palo Alto in three and one-half days. 40 Honkers Turn Out for Track Squad LAKEVIEW Approximate ly forty boys in Lakeview high school have begun training in track for the coming meets this spring. Lettermcn back for track this year are Dan Barry, (mile), Joe Barry and Jim Ogle (half-mile). Tommy Jenkins (sprints). Gar net Clifton (hurdles), and Melvin Kidd (hurdles and broad jump). Bob Nelson and Marshall Aires who placed first and second in the cross-country runs are out for the mile. Bud Travis who placed second in the A -Class cross-country runs is also out for the mile. Maurice Drenkel, is working on discus. The first quadrangular meet is with Alturas, Cedarville, Lakeview, and Adin at Alturas, April 19. The District meet this year will be at Grants Pass. DAPPER INJURED SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 24 (IP) Cliff Dapper, ace catcher for the coast league Hollywood Stars, nursed a com pound fracture of the right in dex finger today, an injury which may keep him out of play for weeks. The finger was shattered yes terday by a foul tip off Gene Handley's bat as Hollywood de feated Sacramento 11 to 10. Business Manager Oscar Rel chow said the injury was so severe an operation was neces sary. SARASOTA, Fla. Manager Joe Cronin is hoping the Boston Red Sox may finally realize some of the pitching the club always has hoped for from Jack Wilson. He worked six innings against Louisville yesterday and allowed only three hits. BASEBALL IXHIIITIOM rMfetyrt (N) 7, Clnelflnatl INI 1, HVA (A) , St. LouM (N) l CMMIlM (A t. Htm Vortt N) t. MltMpMa (A) 4, FltlMHIrffl (N) t CMMS A I, CMMfe (N) I. MMI (N) t, St. Lou A 4. MtamaMla AA) t, aotton IN) Squti (. nMr (ID , miaMOila (N) 4. SMtan (A) , LMMtrHK (AA 4. WMMntto 1A) II, Dtralt (A) I. Em in Pockets Badminton Crowns Won By Seattle PORTLAND, Ore, March 24 (JP) Like Mother Hubbard's cupboard, Oregon's badminton trophy room was bare today, cleaned out by an invading force of Seattle racquet wielders that carted off all Oregon open bad minton championships yester day. Ham Law and Virginia Hea ton led the trophy-raiding party from the north, collecting three each before the firing was over. Law whipped Sam Lee of Portland, 15-11, 15-2. for the men's singles crown and then teamed with Tom Ough, a fellow townsman, to defeat Lee and Chet Van Houten of Portland. 15-11, 13-15, 15-8, for the doubles title. Miss Heaton collected the women's singles tiara by whip ping Margaret Gildseth of Se attle, 11-7, 11-3. She also shared the doubles championship with Jean Deacon of Seattle. The Hea ton-Deacon combination beat Mrs. Ann Amburn and Gladys Lensch of Portland, 15-7, 15-1. Law and Miss Heaton made it a clean sweep for Seattle by defeating Bill WUkison of Port land and Margaret Bennett of Seattle, 15-6, 15-5, in the mixed doubles final. BOYES SPRINGS. Calif., March 24 UP) A Sunday crowd of 2000 was on hand at this modest training grounds as the San Francisco Seals closed their six-game coast league practice baseball series with a 5-3 win over Oakland. The Seals, bunching three runs in the third off Henry Pippen. won the spring series, four games to two. FORT MYERS, Fla. The Cleveland Indians already are looking forward to their tour northward with the New York Giants. They beat the Terrymen 2-1 yesterday to square their eight-year srjrins rivalrv with the Giants at 43 victories apiece. The teams have a dozen games left against each other. REJECTED WASHINGTON, March 24 (IP) The republican national commit tee today received resignation of Chairman Josenh W. Martin Jr., and promptly rejected it unanimously. Gun Club Shoot E. Hamm L. Swope ., S. L. Woodard . F. Olds Dr. Ledingham , P. Puckett B. Cloake W. E. Lamm H. Garich T. B. Watters J. Steiger H. Baum B. Davis B. Houston N. Reed C. Martin J. F. Adams D. West A. Rice Hauger Dunn Jack Ray Jno. Divens Hilton Cornett N. Y. Quint Holds Title 2nd Time Record Crowd of 11,377 Watch Playoff Contest Or Madison Square Court NEW YORK, March 24 (UP) Long Island university came from behind with a spirited sec ond half drive to defeat Ohio university 56-42 tonight and win the national Invitation basket ball championship for the sec ond time in four years. A third consecutive record attendance within six days 18,377 saw the game at Madison Square Garden. Ohio Outscored Ohio's "fastest team in the country" was outscored but far from outfought as the Black birds overcame a 25-21 half time deficit to duplicate their title win of 1939. Sol Schwartz of Long Island shared scoring honors for the game with Frank Baumholtz of Ohio, each caging 19 points. Baumholtz' game total brought his tournament mark to 53 points for a new record. 40 Fouls The losers also cracked anoth er tournament mark as a team by caging 40 fouls to better by 10 the record hung up by St. John's in 1939. Tonight's attendance bettered by 20 the record set only last Saturday night and brought the tournament total to 70.826. which also bettered the best re corded total of 70,000. Roosevelt Sets New Record in Free Throwing Roosevelt school furnished the new records this year in the an nual basketball free throw shooting tournament conducted in the city elementary schools. The Roosevelt boys not only outshot the boys from the other five competing schools but bet tered the mark set last year as they hit 552 compared to the 474 score of 1940 made by Fre mont school. In this event each school se lects a team of 15 boys who each shoot 50 free throw attempts. At the end of the 50 shots the 10 highest scorers school an addi tional 50 tries, making 1000 shots for each competing team to be scored. Roosevelt scored 552 on their 1000 shots, Fremont was next with 527; Mills third with 490. In the individual scoring "Bob" Walters of Roosevelt bettered the record of 65 out of 100, set by Mickey Butler, as he made good 80 of his 100 attempts. Palmer and Noel from Fremont also bettered the old mark with I records of 70 and 67 respec tively. MIAMI, Fla. Shortstop Bill Jurges is back in a New York Giants uniform with an encour aging report from the Mayo clinic on the dizzy spells that have plagued him since he was beaned last summer. He said he received 14 injections and the doctors told him to resume prac tice and that dizziness probably would not return. SUDS MEET MAJORS LONG BEACH, Calif., March 24 (IP) Winning eight of 11 ex hibition games, the Seattle Rainiers go into major competi tion this week, meeting the Philadelphia Athletics at Ana heim Wednesday and Pittsburgh at San Fernando Friday. Seattle defeated its coast league rival, Los Angeles, 6-3 here yesterday for the third vic tory in four meetings with the Angels. At San Fernando Sat urday the Suds won 8-6. 16-Yd. Handicap D'bls ..19 . 18 1432 20. 18 .19 2442 21 ..22 21 43 20 18 ..21 23 44 19 20 ..18 23 41 22 20 .19 1837 22 19 2039 .20 2040 17 19 .22 22 44 .22 2244 IS .22 2143 16 15 17 .23 .23 25 48 19 19 15 .21 2142 21 20 ..22 22 44 22 18 ..22 20 42 20 19 16 ..18 .22 2143 18 .25 2348 21 21 9 1120 9 ..10 818 10 .24 22 .21 22 43 20 PAGE SIX Brattain Wins Crater Class 2 Ski Slalom Fort Klamath Boy Nips Don Divert, for JCC Trophy; Evans Re-breaks Expert Mark Blaine Brattain. surprise en try from Fort Klamath, Sunday twice threaded through a dif ficult course set on the swoop ing xlnne nf Onrfirlft mmintiiin In a total time of 1:39.7 to edge Don Divens by two-tenths of a second and win the Crater lake novice slalom championship (or 1941. The young skier linked runs of :50.1 and :49.6 to capture the Klamath County Junior chamber of commerce trophy. Tom Welsh was third in 1:48:8 and chubby Bruce Wirth cop ped the fourth place medal in 1:51.9. Booming Blaine's final run was the last of the day and re grooved the medal list after it had appeared that Divens' two Nova Ready For Baer Ex-Collegian Has Hopes Of Meeting Louis Again NEW YORK. March 24 (UP) Lou Nova believes his mysteri ous "cosmic punch" will enable him to (1) replace Billy Conn as the June heavyweight challeng er and (2) wrest the crown from Joe Louis. Nova, who has deserted the Yoga for the cosmic, arrived in New York today to begin scri- ous training for his contenders' name wun niaxie Baer at tne Garden, April 4. ' As a backwoodsman. Nova came in from Lake Wallenpau pack. Pa., where he has been conditioning for a month. While a barber removed Lou's facial foliage, the big Californian dis coursed on the cosmic clout with reporters. These boxing Boswclls had no idea of what the ex-collegian was talking about, but they paid close attention, remembering I that when Nova came down from I the Hudson hills back in 1939, i spouting about Yoga, he was ! paving the way for his knock- out of Maxie Baer. ! Nova reported he scales 210 pounds and expects to fight at about 205, approximately five less than Madcap Maxie. For two weeks he has been boxing from five to seven rounds daily at Lake Wallcnpaupack with spar mates Hank Postaway, Jimmy Tucker and Joe Baski. He said he was in much better shape and punching with more dynamite than on January 10 when he pounded out an easy 10-round decision over Pat Comiskey. Courthouse Records MONDAY Complaints Filed Jabe Murray versus Great Northern railway, et al. Suit for damages. Plaintiff asks $2900 and costs for personal in juries and damage to his car. Don F. Hamlin, attorney for plaintiff. State Unemployment Compen sation commission versus George B. Kurtz, doing business as Kurtz Farm Service. Suit to collect unemployment compen sation contribution. Plaintiff demands $228.90 and 6 per cent interest on the sum of $197.20 from March 13, 1941 until paid. W. H. Dashncy, one of the at torneys for plaintiff. Dismissal State of Oregon" versus John Charles Rhodes. Order releasing on writ of habeas corpus. Justice Court J. R. (Tex) Williams, larceny. Asked for preliminary hearing. Bond set at $500 cash or $1000 property. Committed to county jail. Juanita Hillcocta, driving un der influence of intoxicating liquor. Fined $100 and 10 days. Committed. George Ellis Downs, unlawful selling of alcoholic liquor. Plead ed not guilty. Cash bond of $130 deposited. Robert Lee Miller, unlawful selling of alcoholic liquor. Took time to plead. Property bond of $300 filed. PRINEVILLE BANK SOLD PRINEVILLE, Ore., March 24 (UP) The First National Bank of Prineville has been sold to the First National Bank of Port land, President Harold Baldwin announced today. The bank is the oldest In cen tral Oregon and was founded in 1887. March 25, 1941 fall-less, flawless races had I clinched the gold cup. Darting I Donald hooked :50.7 time to his :42 Initial run for a 1:39.9 total. I Best single time of the day I was hung up by Brash Bruce ! when he scooted through the twisting 15 or so gates in :48.4. I A bad tumble near the end of i his second run which forced him to climb back uphill 20 paces killed his title chances, I however. Welsh's :46.9 first : race nearly equalled Wirth's I best time. In novice race aftermath Hurricane Hank Evans, the IChiloquin kanoncn who skis for the University of Oregon, flash ed across the Silver Slalom fin ish line in :26.1 to again crack the expert course record which he last Sunday lowered to :27.1. Evans' race was run over slight ly icing 'sugar-corn snow, prac tically perfect conditions which occur only once or twice each season. In an effort to regain the course mark which he held up to last Sunday, Crater Lake Combined Champ Gordon Cun ningham rolled into a whinging eggbeater near the lower end and wobbled through the last gate in :49. Two other silver medals were won in Sunday's running of the weekly standard race. Jack Tav enner swung through the five i wide open gates in :29.4 and I Bob Leonard slipped under the I wire in :30 to bring to five the . total number of silver winners 'during the current season. Sol I Wirth failed in an effort to push into the top class when he fin ished in :33.1. In a practice run, Cecil Drew ' barrelled down in :27. He was ; not registered. Summaries: I NOVICI SLALOM : 1. Rlklne PmUM :. 1. l-in Durni :.S s. T..m W.l.h :. I. RnM- Wirth 1 S. Ftnh Kpntml 1 :tr;.4 A. IMck Tint .1:11.1 7. T. 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Young 140 191 183 514 Hickman 211 195 160 566 Potter 179 143 201 523 Roister ... 189 173 166 528 Handicap 66 66 66 198 983 957 936 2878 Long Bell Lbr. Co. Lee 168 244 133 865 Clark 149 170 190 809 Southwell .....205 169 187 561 Quinn 175 170 169 614 Hayden 222 182 168 870 Handicap 73 73 73 219 992 1008 938 2938 :r.l I Sllttr Hot AxartM Sol Wirth M.y ! Naa RtMrS HVnry Kvtm :ts.l Bowling j Klamath 9 Admitted to State Loop Locals Foreqo Northern California Franchise for Seven-Team Oreqon League EUGENE. March 24 W) Klamath Falls was admitted to the Oregon State Hnscball league at a meeting of the league's di rectors here yesterday. The league adopted tho one-gamc--week plun instead of two each week as played la.it year. Opening games: Albany at Medford, Toledo at Eugene, Klamath Falls at Bend, and Hills Creek, bye. The as yet unnamed Klamath nine, by the above entrance, has foregone plans to play in the Northern California league, Frank Snyder said Monday. First practice of the season was held Sunday and a turnout of over 20 prospective diamond men encouraged local backers. Although it was not made cer tain Monday, the one game each week will probably be played on Sunday. Previous indications were for, a two-game-a-week schedule calling for one contest under lights on Saturday night and another on Sunday after noon. Engen Yins 4-Vay Title Pfeifer Captures Harriman Cup With Slalom Victory By PHILIP HIARING SUN VALLEY. Idaho, March 24 iPh-Alf Engen still is the country's best all-around skier. This the husky Sun Valley rider established beyond ques tion by retaining his national four-way ski championship, cli maxing the performance with victory yesterday in the jumps, final event of the four-day tournament. Engcn's combined point total, achieved through a fifth in the downhill race, fourth in slalom and third in cross-country be sides the first in jumping, was 374.9. That, as an evidence of the champ's predominance, was closer to perfection 400 points than to Gordon Wren's second place 340.4. Concurrently. Gretchen Fros cr of Denver, by finishing first in downhill and fourth in slalom, carried away the women's cham pionship in the two-event Harri man cup races. Third place in the four-way, by a fraction of a point, went to Leon Goodman of Sun Val ley and McCall, Idaho, with a point total of 340.1. Barney Mc Lean, Hot Suhihur Spring, Colo., was fourth in at 332.3; Bert Irwin, Princeton, B. C, fifth 330.9; David Bradley, Madison. Wis., sixth, 330.6; Olaf Rodcgaard, Portland, Ore., seventh, 326.6. The making of gloves and mit tens is a $70.000000 Industry giving employment to 28.000 persons in nearly 400 factories, according to the census. The Government We Musi All Sacrifice Profit OIJIIS CO TO YOU! Check Our Prices PELTS 21c Per Pound i On Our M & S We S34 Market Street Ya Got . . i Winsome William McEwtn McEuin above Is shown earning his daily bread by pinning the groTeling Prince NihsUkls to the; Klamath armory mat in on fall ol laat Tuesday's weekly pr formance. Tho arrogant Arabian, on the basis of this and othtt showings, will this week m.t Ptt Btlcattro of Weed In armory main event. Cal Cindermen Win First Major '41 Meet LONG REACH. March 24 (UP) The University of South ern Culifornia track and firld team, making its first major ap pearance of the season Saturday i won the 13th annual Long Beach relays with a total of 43 ! points. j The Trojans easily finished ahead of the Southern Califor nia Athletic association, with 20 ' points, and the Olympic club of I San Francisco, third with 18. I Bukersfield high school won the prep school division with 38 I points. Santa Monica high was I second with 16. rulinnry I'nion KyvH Wnjfo Si'nl Wage scales and contracts will be considered at a meeting of the culinary alliance called ( for 8 p. m. Monday at the , labor temple, according to G. ; C. Tatman, secretary. 1 Tatman said that two meet Ings have been scheduled, one J for Monday afternoon and the . other for the evening, In order j that all members might attend THREE INJURED MEDFORD, March 24 UP, Three persons sustained slight injuries while skiing in Crater Lake national park Sunday. They were: Ben Burgess, Klam ath Falls, possible right font fracture; Miss Elenora Korspeck, Klamath Falls, sprained right ankle, and Emmett Meade, Grants Pass, sprained left an kle. Watch the Classified Paqe! Snya iu:i: weh.iilx,. Stnle-Iiispcelcd 21-ton Settles BAG COMPANY Bur AH Scrap Metals, Hides and Me, Pal Training Camp Briefs By The Associated Press C'LEAHWATEK. Flu. Paul Derringer, thr Cincinnati Hills' pitching dean who was hit irf I lie groin by a liner lust week, will not accompany tho club to Cuba for an exhibition series. He said he will rrmnln at his homo in Snrasotu until the lat ter port of the week and thcri go to Miami to work out Willi the Phillies until tho Keds ro turn. LKF.SIIURG. Fin. Manager Piicky Harris of the Washington Senators was depressed today at possibility of losing Third Hascniun llmltly Lewis to the army. Lewis bnnged out five hits in six trips yestertltiy as the Nats whaled the Detroit Tigcrrs to the tune of 13-5. LAKE WALES, Fin All winter the New York Yankees brain trusters said the only prob lem in the way of a pennant was pitching. This problem is looking less difficult now. Until the St. Louis Curtis scored two runs in the seventh yesterday, the Yankee hurlers hail worked 16 scon-less innings and Red Huffing, one of the clubs' ques tion marks, worked three of the shutout frames In his debut against the lli'tlhirtls. &1MED IT? f HE Srap Iron 87.75 Per Ton Wool Phone 4882