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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1941)
Poor Yeather Hampers Pelican Nine Yorkouts Hampered by adverse weather conditions that have pre ralled in this community since local baseball enthusiasts three veeks ago announced that Klamath Falls would be represented n the fast Oregon State league this summer, the Pelicans have teen unable to conduct organized drills that would get them Into shape tor the season's opener May 11 at Bend. Waltonians To Hear Fly Expert A talk on flies and an actual demonstration of fly tying by two recognised experts will be the feature of this months' regu lar meeting of the Ixaak Walton league Wednesday evening at Hickman's cafe. Called for 7:30 p. m, the gath ering will see several reels of Interesting movies ana De treat ed to a free Dutch lunch. With the opening of the fish ing season Just a few days away, the conclave will probably draw nearly all Walton anglers, tacn member Is urged to bring a guest. San Diego Marines Cancel Grid Card SAN DIEGO. Calif.. April 7 UP) The San Diego Marines, a powerful football force for yean, have cancelled their nine-game 1841 schedule because of the defense program and the "uncertain times and future." Capt. George Esau, athletic officer of the marine base here, announced the cancellation which left eight Pacific Coast college teams with unexpected open dates and apparently msfItmI an mnA to h hrilliant pigskin history of the marines at least until international crisis has passed. 1 ietc - PAGE SIX Stringer Termed 'Best in Years" By HARRY GRAYSON MIA Sorrta, Spam lafur Pacific coast baseball men told those Interested in the Chicago Cuba they had two Los Angeles Lou-Lou's Stringer as well as Novikoff. and Jimmy Wilson, having seen for himself, now knows they were right. Louie Novikoff was accepted as a left fielding certainty from the outset, but to date the 21-year-old Louis Bernard Stringer has been much more Impressive than the home run manufactur ing Mad Russian . . the outstand ing members of the Wrigley party, as a matter of fact. Wilson saya Lou Stringer is the finest recruit he has seen in his 19 years in the National league . . . declares the Los An geles high school product can't miss being a great lnfielder. Stringer wasn't supposed to be able to play anywhere but at second base, but with Billy Her man anchored there he was or dered to turn his attention else where. STRINGER STARS AT STRANGE POSITION Stanley Hack is a fixture at third, so young Stringer center ed his attack on shortstop, where Manager Wilson considered the Bruins so weak last trip that he sent Bobby Mattick, Outfielder Jimmy Gleeson and an unan nounced athlete to the Reds in exchange for the veteran Wil liam Harrison Myers. Already Stringer, in a strange position, makes it appear as if that move was totally unneces sary. Billy Myers, as things are go ing now, will be nothing more than a reserve infielder. What pleases Wilson most is that Stringer has attracted at m a Larry MacPhail Inserts plate In sidepocket of Shorstop Pee Wee Reese's cap at Havana training base. President MacPhail ordered all Dodgers and members of Brooklyn farm clubs to wear caps quipped with guard to halt head injuries. The cap was designed by Drs. George L. Bennett and Phillip Dandy of Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore. XIiiuMr T4r! K-nHrt who has less than five weeks to whip a squad together and se lect a starting lineup, Monday was hoping for some warm spring sunshine for the next few weeks to give his players the necessary conditioning. Oth er clubs in the circuit, Albany, Hills Creek, Toledo, Eugene, Bend and Medford, already have had several practice ses sions and are far ahead of the Pelicans in their pre-season pro gram. Complete roster of the 24 dl rectors of the local team, ac cording to Secretary-Treasurer Earl Brooks, is as follows: Al Dollarhide, Lynn Roycroft. Dave Bridge, Al House, Harry Hargrave. "Curly" Jobe. Curt Strong, Cliff Molatore, Joe Ma honey, Joe Wright, Earl Ware, Webb Kennett, Jack Grove, Hugh Gearin, Pete Driscoll, Bill Elliott, Lois Serruys. Dick Reeder, Joe Ward, Arlet Edsall, Pete Lesmelster, Verne Moore, Walt Fuller, Glenn Hout and Harry Sprague. The 12-game schedule of the Klamath Falls team, involving all Sunday contests, follows: FIRST HALf Va- 11 Khaat- Falla al Bra. May IS Bva. Ma- ts Albaav at Klamath Falla. . Jum 1 Klamath Falla at Toledo. JmM Maim at Klanath Fall. Jtma IS Klamath Fella at M-lford. Juaa 13 klamath Falla at Hill Crtejk. SICSND HALF Jbm ?S Bead at Klamath ralla. Jal- IS Bre. Jul to Klamath ralla at Albaav. JalT S7 Tolnto at Klamath Falla. Anjraet S Klamath Falla at Euerfla. Aufust 10-Medford at Klamath Falla. -usual 17 Hilla Crwk at Klamath Falla. Uerald Aprii .-. 1941 tention through his hitting more than his fielding. , Though far western judges ex plained that he was more for midable in clutch . . . belted six homers to account for vic tories in the eighth and ninth innings and batted in 89 runs, bis Coast league average was no more than .263. So you can imagine Wilson's delight when in a stretch of 10 games he traveled at a .583 clip. Among a number of healthy pokes was a 400-foot homer. In two engagements with the Pitts burghs, he hit a home run, a double and a half dozen singles in 10 trips. Texas Relay Team Sets World Mark AUSTIN, Tex., April 7 (UP) The University of Texas medley sprint relay team, Saturday set I a- new world record of three minutes, 24 seconds at the 14th annual Texas relays. The mark was five tenths of second under the recognized mark set by Pittsburgh in 3938. Captain Morris Barefield of Texas ran the 440 yard lap, Billy Seay and Fred Ram-dell ran 220 yards each and Mac Unstattd ran the anchor half mile. Earle Meadows, the southern California alumnus, failed to achieve a new world record in tne pole vault. Meadows cleared 14 feet, six inches, well under Cornelius Warmerdam's world outdoor mark of 15 feet, 1-1 inches. Meadows holds the world indoor record. ' The first United States census was taken in the year succeed ing Washington's inauguration as president. Winner aip-ipslliailpll p. I 111 II J la-WW ? mm CraUr Wood Masters' to Craig Wood Veteran Runner-up Copt Augusta Tourney With 280 AUGUSTA, Ga April 7 (P) If this is in a slightly celebrant mood, ladies and gentlemen, we simply must beg your indul gence. Ever since roughly six o'clock yesterday evening we have been helping to celebrate a golfing victory which deserved celebration as much as any single triumph we can recall. Reference is, of course, to Craig Wood's triumph in the eighth annual Augusta Masters tournament. Wood won by three shots, he finished with an even-par 72 for a 72-hole score of 280, eight under par. He beat P. G. A. champion Byron Nelson by three strokes, and he had the seasoning and the golf shots to clinch the victory with a two-under-par finish for the last nine holes. Close Twice Thus Wood, at 39, attained a peak which imost professional golfers hit ten years earlier. Though he won the metropolitan open less than a year ago with a new championship record score of 264, this was the first time in his career that he has been able to take down one of the pro game's four top prizes the U. S. and British opens, the P. G. A., and the Masters. Twice before he had come close at Augusta, in 1934 and again in '35. But this time he left no doubt about the issue. He shot a six-under par 66 the first day to lead by five strokes; followed up with a 71 to retain a three- shot margin: added another 71 to preserve that advantage, and then followed up today by "killing off" P. G. A. champion Byron Nelson after the Toledo (O.) pro had drawn even with nine holes to play. Deschutes Fish Feud Breaks Open Again THE DALLES, April 7 (IP) The Deschutes river fishing rights feud broke into the open again today with threats of pad locking gates giving access to the region above Maupin. The struggle between The Dalles rod and gun club and a private sportsmen's club of Port land began several years ago. The private club purchased a strip of abandoned Oregon Washington Railway & Naviga tion company right-of-way and placed locked gates at the en trances. The Dalles club offset this by leasing the major portion of the abandoned right-of-way, giving access to some sections of the river. But again the private club acquired property toward the Maupin end of the strip and placed a locked gate across the right-of-way, the only available road. Lewis Ralph, The Dalles' club secretary, announced today the purchase of 160 acres of land near Maupin. "We are going to erect a gate there and lock it, and nobody will be able to use a car in get ting up the Deschutes from Maupin." he said. "When the private club agrees to open its gates to the general public we will do likewise. Until this is done, the private club and other anglers will have to walk along the 30-mile stretch of river." PORTLAND, Ore., April 7 (IP) The Pacific Northwest Y. M. C. A. volleyball champion ship trophy will remain in Seattle for another year. The northern team clinched It Saturday night by defeating Helena, Mont., 13-15, 13-6, 15-8. in the championship's final round. j Sacramento Only Undefeated Pacific Coast Team in Inauoural Series Kegling Worries Bombermen Louis' Hondlers Afraid Bowling Arm Will Hurt Champ's Musto Chances By SID FEDER ST. LOUIS. April 7 (P You'll never believe this, but Joo Louis takes No-Squat Tony Musto in the arena Tuesday night and Joe's managers are worried. Only it's neither Musto nor the fight they're worried about. It's just how much effect bowling, the heavyweight champ's latest "playtoy," will have on his ability to pitch his high, hard one in the right. As for Musto well, sir, up to yesterday John Roxborough, one of the bomber's co-pilots, had never seen the stumpy slug ger. For that matter, Joe hasn't known him very long. Naturally this doesn't make much difference to Louis. They all look alike to him two hands, two eyes and a no.se. Diiterent Muscles Up to now, no one cared how badly Joe beat the litlar- golf ball, but Roxborough is frank ly skeptical about taking on ten-pins. It's not because he's afraid Joe'll let fly with the big ball some night and commit mayhem on the pin boy. "But," he explained, "you use a completely different set of muscles bowling than you do fighting. And rolling the bowl ing ball underhand may effect Joe's overhand punching power. It makes the shoulder move al together differently and we're thinking it might have an ef fect a drag on those muscles." Of course, Joe isn't going to let a little thing like that worry him. He figures if he can't hit those other guys with his right, he'll do it with his left. That's how he feels, anyway, about Musto, who qualified for the title shot by (A) working as a grocery clerk in Blue Island, 111., and (B) serving as a pud dler in a steel mill at Harvey, 111. ' , Oregon Trackmen Defeat Portland EUGENE, April 7 m Uni versity of Portland captured first place in eight of 15 event here Saturday, but the Uni versity of Oregon won the school's annual dual track meet, 70 to 60. Lcs Steers, the Webfoots' sen sational high Jumper, clinched the Oregon victory by winning the Javelin and high hurdles. He placed second in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 11 inches, giving first place in the event to a teammate. Art Howscr and Bob Duffy were the leading performers for the Pilots. Howscr ran off with top honors in the 100 yard and 220-yard dashes and Duffy crossed the tape ahead i of the field in the mile and two-mile events. HONORS SPLIT IN YMCA SWIM, WRESTLE SALEM, Ore., April 7 (ZD Portland, Tacoma and Seattle divided honors Saturday In the northwest Y. M. C. A. swim ming and wrestling champion ships. Portland Central captured the senior swimming crown, Seat tle the Junior splash title and Tacoma the wrestling championship. Dangerous Danny McShain, shown her pinned by Pete Belcastro, last Tuesday ran into an unscheduled second opponent when Bulldog Jackson, of Skagway and Chlloquln, intervened more than once to aid the Weed Italian. Referee Tex Hagar is restraining Jackson from pitch ing In to halp Pate, who seems to be doing all right. McShain and Belcastro meet again Tues day night at the armory. , They t The Al Doriac-Pat Kissinger walterwtights bumped heads In each lost by a knockout. Dorlae Cincinnati Leading G By JUDSON BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer The Cincinnati Rrds aren't squeezing the Grapefruit league dry, but they arc mak ing themselves look mighty good for the opening of the National league season week from Tuesday. The world (Champions have won 15 games and lost 10 in the cit rus circuit, a mark which j I oo k s a little puny Desiae the record of the New York Yank res' 22 victories and five defeats. .,,t ......... i Ernie Lombrdlotner club, that have been piling up de ceiving decisions against mi nor league opposition. But 24 of the Reds' 23 Sport Briefs By EDDIE BRIETZ NEW YORK, April 7 (The special news aervicci iro Durocher apparently isn't too happy about having Van Mungo I back. Specials to the New York j papers quote him: "Next time, Mungo goes or I go." . . . Hank Iba, crack cage coach of the Oklahoma Aggies, is spiking re ports he II shift to Iowa U . . . George llalas, Clark Shaugh ncssy and Ralph Jones, Lake Forest college coach, are collab orating on a book, "The Modern T Formation" . . . Mike Jacobs is burned up at the unsatisfac tory ending of that Conn-Bar-lund thing in Chicago. The way Mike's store teeth are clacking indicates Lou Nova instead of Conn will get that June shot at Joe Louis . . . Lou Novikoff took his first chew of tobacco the other day and for a few moments felt 1 1 k e a real big leaguer then it caught up with him. THE WEEK'S WASH Umpire George Barr Is get ting in shape for the National league season by scampering around the Tulsa ball park What are You Doing Here? Both Lost By Knockout '. ............ ra fight In Kansas City ended with both man stretched out. The the third round and fell. Referee Harry Corbett (center) ruled (left) Is from St. Loulsi Kissinger (right), Kansas City. Reds Currently rapefruit Circuit games have been against ma jor league opponents seven different clubs representing both leagues and Mill Mc Kechnie has been steering his raiders to hit opening day at full throttle. The tipoft that he is about to succeed came yesterday when Cincinnati downed the Boston Red Sox five to three with six-hit pitching by Duke Derringer and Gene Thomp son and a 12-hit attack. Derringer had been struck in the groin by a batted ball in Florida and had been away from the tram for a couple of weeks. He showed that he Is his old fearsome self again by holding the Red Sox to one hit for three In nings in his first start since rejoining the clubs. Catcher Ernie Lombardl has been limping on the an kle he injured Just before last year's world scries and there has been doubt about how much help he would be this year. ' But he rapped out seven mornings weekly , . . recommended: Harold Parpott'a slick piece of Frankie Kovacs (tennis Dizzy Dean) in the cur rent S.E P. . . . Kansas hunch players cleaned up when a nag named Snsnak (Kansas in re verse) galloped home at Tropical paying 53 smackers . . . four members of the Detroit club alone draw salaries totaling $125,000 per. Now guess Grecnbcrg and who? . . . HOW COME? Southwestern sports scribes arc steaming . . . Seems the of ficials who selected the national AAU's ail-American cage team completely overlooked Hazel Walker Crutcher, of Little Rock, seven-time all-Amcrican in her 14-year cage career . . . Didn't even get honorable mention . . . Now is that a nice way to treat a cagercttc who has sparked her team to five national champion ships in five years? a Gcorgo Halm mighty pleased with the way colleges are snap ping up his Chicago Bears for coaching Jobs. First UCLA got Bernle Mastcrson. then "Eggs" Munsko went to Holy Cross and now Carl Brumbaugh goes to Boston college . . . Slip Madlgan is running specials from Los An geles to the Kentucky derby and Prcakness. r three hits, two r lhm rimi. ( JWOSj b 1 e a. and yFCI caught alx In - I nlngs yesterday to show he is fit. These devel opements over shadowed the slelght-o f hand magic many of the b I c leag uera were showing the BUI MrKcchale h u s lies last week. Most of the teams were heading homeward with one day stands against assorted ri vals and the Yanks, Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Card inals all succeeded In winning every one of their seven ses sions during the week. But there wasn't a major league victim in the lot. The Detroit Tigers, laying over in Florida to avoid the bad weather they encounter ed by an early tour last year, lost five out of six games during the week and lan guished in the grapefruit cellar. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Long-Bell Lbr. Co. Lee 203 172 106 373 Hess 139 191 200 330 Howard 187 109 145 531 Haydcn 170 203 181 554 Southwell 149 154 184 ,487 Handicap 42 42 42 126 802 061 848 2801 F. W. Bold Ic Son Booth 213 102 109 874 Driscoll 157 177 213 547 Bold 193 187 168 548 Bray 141 203 190 534 Haley 173 166 161 300 Handicap ...... 43 43 43 120 020 038 974 2832 Weyerhaeuser Martin 187 148 175 510 Ross 231 186 140 546 Gcigcr 109 160 178 537 Welch 215 146 101 532 Strong . 187 139 163 489 Handicap 36 36 36 108 1053 705 81)2 2742 Lamm Lumber Co. Laahs 153 202 158 513 Bayless 170 158 145 473 Smith 158 188 158 504 Short 148 178 119 441 Cox 141 172 201 514 Handicap 73 73 73 219 841 S69 854 2664 Ewauna Box Co. DcMaln 145 140 208 403 Yarnell 126 146 158 430 Tilton 168 147 136 451 Lohrey 167 169 168 504 Erlandson 143 162 128 433 Handicap ...102 102 102 306 851 886 000 2617 Big Lakes Box Co. J. Young 210 167 153 530 L. Young 90 151 115 356 Hickman 135 164 169 488 Potter 165 179 216 560 Rcistcr 170 186 157 513 Handicap 64 64 64 192 843 911 874 2628 BEAVER CREWMEN DEFEAT BC EIGHT By The Associated Press VANCOUVER, B. C, April 7 (IV) Oregon Stato college oarsmen won their annual races with tho University of British Columbia Saturday, defeating tne Canadians by a half-length In tho light crew race and by two and a half lengths in the heavy crew contest. Tense nerves? Drink bottle of Wieland's Ale at badtimel l! D.w.lLs. I Solons Lick Hollywood 3 Straight Seattle Suds Win Two, Lose On to San Francisco; Portland, Angels Split By The Auocialed Press ' Four shutout pitching Jobs opened the 1041' Pacific Coat ' League Ba.iebnll campaign Willi a bung, and then the throe gntne f weekend inaugural series was over only IVt r Murtln's Sno I ruinento club rmt'rg-d tiiisrath. cd. Crowds were somewhat below expectations at tho four Calif- ( ornln ballnnrks. though weather ' conditions were iftt-ul. ' 1 Sumiinciilo, making its bow at 1 home under Martin, new mana ger brought In from St. Louis Cardinals, blanked Hollywood in the Saturday opener, 50," with a home run hurrage, and ' wound up the brief scries with 1.000 per cent by hriiUng the ' Stars twice ye.atcrday, 4 3 in 12 ' innings and 10 in seven. - T Tony Frritas, veteran left hinder, gave up only three hits--in blanking the Stars Saturday, i Hill Thomas hurled the shutout : in yesterduy's nightcap, giving up but two hits, ditcher Jim' Cirilk drove In the winning runs -in both Sunday games. Seattle, lant year's pennant- winner, dropped a 10 decision to I. San Francisco at the Buy Park as the Seals scored on three hits in the lllth. Ed Stuts shut out, the Rainirrs with three hits. But yesterday Seattle came back to win both ends of the twin hill. 2 1 and 3 1, with lute ral lies. Oakland opened Its season with a 2 0 win over San Dirgo at the Padre Park on two runs in the 12tlt on Second Baseman Hugh Luby's double. Cotton Pip. pen pitched the shutout. Sun ' day the home towners took the dotiblrhradrr, 7 3 and 4 0. The Padres hud two big innings iq ' tho first game, and In the sec ond Yank Terry, on option front the Boston Red Sox, let the Oaks down with four hits. Portland beat Los Angeles 4 0 In the opener at Los Angeler on Ad Linku's mound Job. Yes tcrduy tho Angels won a batting marathon in the first game, 15- 14, and led the Ducks 3-4 In the sixth of the nightcap when dark ness forced an end and a play, off was agreed upon for later I in the season. Taaaa W. L. Pa,, ui.nto a 0 I "1 fM-atll. f I .! San llr I Hart fraafli( . Ilahlmit Jl. ,!!). Hi Cimaa Thra Waall foftlaM al hacrainrnlM. San rraarl.ro at Oakland. lUattla at I'M Ani-lr. llnllj arond at San Ul-tn. National Open Rounds Upped NEW YORK. April 7 WW One result of the award of the 1041 national open golf tourna ment to Fort Worth, Tex., liar the Increase in the number t K. district qualifying rounds from 25 to 27. Anticipating a larger entry list from the southwest for the first open ever held in that region, United States Golf as sociation officials hnd assigned two sectional qualifying loca tions to Texas Dallas and Houston and have made a few changes in other sections. New Orleans and San Francisco have been added to the list and Al bany, N. Y., dropped. (XHISITION ClnalfNiall (N) a. Bitten (A) t. Waanlnalon A) 4, Detroit a) f. Chtaaao (Al t, Chlcaffn N I. tHlarialph'a A 14, Plltabursh N) It IB Inrtinaa. BraftMvn (HI I, ftaar Orlaana SA) S. New Vftrti N) t. Atlanta (BA) A. Snalon (H) It. Tiitaa 4TL) If.. PMIatleliMila N a. Savannah (SAL) 1. SI. Lnifa (A) 10, OMahnm CMy TL S. Nanr Vnrh (At 14, Mamnhle (MA) . . Knoaalllo (SA) IB, Clavaland 4A IB. I RUPTURED? Afttr handiini trunt miny rtira w hurt tfteidtti the Little Doctor Truss li Ilia Itfii tm tin murtfl, ind ii tli aniwrr u all rupture tufftp. rs. Neil, ilmr. 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