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The Sports Corner
Six-Foot-5 End Burke Will Receive,
Says Oregon State’s Gridiron Mentor
CORVALLIS, Ore. W — What
do you do after losing Terry Ba
ker, the All-America quarterback
who has been the heart of your
offense?
“Throw to Burke,” says Coach
Tom Prothro of independent Ore
gon State.
That is Vcrn Burke, a 6-foot,
5- inch, 200-pound senior end.
“He's our chief threat.” says
Prothro. “And that’s our offense—
Throw to Burke and have 10 other
men ready to do something else
when the other team concentrates
on Burke.”
It is so hard to keep the tall
Burke from catching passes that
most teams like to have two —
three if possible — defenders
around him when the ball sails
downfield.
Another tall pass-catcher will
be on the other end of the line —
either senior Len Frketich from
Chino, Calif., or junior Doug Mc
Dougal from Portland. Both are
6- 5.
All are excellent receivers, but
one problem remains: Who gets the
ball to them now that Baker is
gone?
Getting first crack at the job
is Gordon Queen, a 6-foot, 1-inch,
185-pound junior from Richmond,
Calif. As a sophomore, he was
Baker’s understudy last season,
completing 12 of 27 passes. Next in
line for quarterback is Warren
Wodworth, a 18-pound sophomore
from Washougal, Wash.
YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City 4, Washington 3
Cleveland 3, New York 2
Chicago 2. Boston 1
Minnesota 3, Detroit 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 0
Philadelphia 8, New York 6
Cincinnati 4, Houston 3
Chicago 3-3, Pittsburgh 1-4
San Francisco 11, Milwaukee 3
Frank Prothro says Queen has
had a tendency to hold the ball
too long. But he has been getting
away with it in practice, mostly
because of excellent protection.
That is provided by the flock of
experienced backs and interior
linemen. There were 12 such line
men and 9 lettermen backs when
practice started. A couple of the
interior linemen since have
dropped out with knee injuries,
but other lettermen have moved
into their places.
Prothro also is concerned that
his line-backing may not be as
strong as last year. He may use
platoons to help solve the prob
lem.
Summing up, Prothro considers
this team — except for the loss of
Baker — better balanced and with
more depth than last year.
This time Oregon State will
play at Utah Sept. 21, then will
meet Colorado, Baylor, Washing
ton, Washington State, Syracuse,
Stanford. Indiana, Southern Cali
fornia and Oregon.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
A Russian officer, a Pole, an
old woman and a pretty young
woman are on a train which en
tered a tunnel behind the Iron
Curtain. There was the sound of
a kiss and then a slap.
The old woman thinks: “What
a fine girl, such morals!”
The girl thinks: “Strange that
the Russian would try to kiss the
old woman instead of me.”
The Russian thinks: “That Pole’s
a smart fellow. He steals a kiss
and I get slapped for it.”
What really happened?
The thoughts of the Pole tell
the answer: “Pretty good. I kiss
the back of my hand, hit a Rus
sian officer and get away with it.”
It is estimated there are 170
j million rats in the United States
j — not counting the ones you can
; probably name personally.
SPORTS WHIRL
The soft-hitting, quick-moving
Drxigers, who have put the threat
ening Cardinals down with left
handers, will throw another south
paw in a bid to finish off St.
Louis.
An even more important factor
is the Dodgers’ edge in the loss
column. They have lost four fewer
games than St. Louis.
The two victories have boosted
Los Angeles’ morale so high that
Manager Walt Alston, usually a
reserved type, has been quoted as
saying: “It looks good.” Then Al
ston added: “I hope I can say the
same thing after tonight’s game.”
Downcast Cardinal Manager
Johnny Keane says: “Good pitch
ing will always beat good hitting.
The Dodgers’ pitching has been
great and that’s the story of this
series so far.”
Former light-heavyweight cham
pion Archie Moore has been de
feated for the second time in two
tries at the polls. Moore, a candi
date for City Council election in
San Diego, Calif., finished fifth
in a field of six nominees.
Y. A. Tittle, the San Francisco
49er discard who has led the New
York Giants to pro football heights,
is the current top passer in the
National Football League. Tittle
completed 16 of 23 for 243 yards
and three touchdowns Saturday.
Jimmy Brown of Cleveland is the
leading ground gainer — 162 yards
in 15 tries for an average of ten
and eight-tenths yards. Tommy
McDonald of the Philadelphia
Eagles leads in pass receiving —
seven for 179 yards and two
touchdowns. Jimmy Brown also is
the leading scorer, with 18 points.
Japan's Hiroyuki Ebihara is the
new7 world flyweight boxing cham
pion. The 23-year-old Japanese
fighter won the 112-pound crown
by knocking out defending cham
pion Pone Kingpetch of Thailand
in the first round of their sched
uled 15-round title bout in Tokyo.
The end came at two minutes and
seven seconds.
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SEEM LESS BRILLIANT THAN PLANETS
BECAUSE OF THEIR GREATER OlSTANCCt
V^EN DIO LATIN CEASE TO BE
A SPOKEN LANGUAGE?
LATIN CEASED TD BE A SPOKEN
LANGUAGE IN THE YEAR 580 A.D.,
BUT IT REMAINED THE ORGAN OF
GENERAL LITERATURE UNTIL THE ^
EARLY 17™ CENTURY!
Tn the early days of our country thousands of
workers came to America's shores to help build
the first transcontinental railroad.
The first known traveling construction men date back to 1000
B.C. King Solomon imported stone masons and carpenters to aid
in the building of his famous temple.
By writing to The Construc
tion Men's Association at 17
Avenue of the Americas,
New York, N.Y., skilled
American workers can ob
tain news of job openings
abroad. The CMA works
round the clock filling for
eign requests for skilled men
and women. They also offer
without charge information
regarding placement on jobs
that include high pay with
free room, board, medical
care and travel.
Dead Hurricane Dumps
Cloudburst, Floods Texas ;
BEAUMONT, Tex. UP) — Dying j
Hurricane Cindy, stalled over this!
southeast Texas industrial area,
set off cloudbursts that measured
almost two feet today.
Widespread flooding sent hun
dreds of persons fleeing their
homes to higher ground, many ;
of them rescued by trucks and
boats.
Cindy struck the Texas coast
with winds up to 80 miles an hour
Tuesday but almost immediately
lost its force. It was centered
north of Houston today, retaining
no damaging winds but dumping j
massive rainfall.
Deweyville, Tex., north of Or- !
ange, reported 22.76 inches of rain
by late morning.
“Cindy is decaying slowly due to
i a large portion of the circulation ;
still over the Gulf of Mexico,” said i
a Weather Bureau advisory.
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