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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURS, OREGON, FRlftAY, JUNE 21, 1946
Purge of Boxing
Game Demanded
By Rep. O'Toole
WASHINGTON, Juno 21. OP)
j-representative Uonald L.
mvmle. the scraDuv Irishman
who aimed a haymaker at the
Louis-Conn fight, followed it to
day with a short jah at the fisti
cuff sport in general.
"The trouble with boxine " the
New York Democrat told a re
porter, "is that persons in au
thority in the various states nay
no attention to it until something
like this a national fraud and
scandal comes along.
"What the sport needs is proper
supervision, and the governors
could solve the problem by nut
ting competent men in as boxing
officials, paying them well and
giving them needed power."
O'Toole said the "National Box
ing Association can't get the job
done because it lacks authority."
New York, Xor instance, where
the Louis-Con fight was held, is
not a member of the NBA, he
noted.
NBA Head Hits Back
Abe F. Greene, president of the
NBA, came up fast with the an
swer to that one.
"Maybe this would he a good
time for Mr. O'Toole to use his
cood offices to bring his home
slate of New York into the NBA
fold for the good or boxing,"
Greene commented In Paterson
N. J.
He further suggested that the
congressman "keep boxing gen
erally out of his barbecuing of
promoter Mike Jacobs and con
centrate his fire on his home sec
tor, which was the locale of the
promotion." x
As his clincher Greene re
marked that the NBA made the
same objections to the bout, be
fore it came off, that O'Toole
. raised afterward.
Demands Investigation
O'Toole, a 44-year-old Brooklyn
Ite with an athletic background,
sent a telegram to Edward Eagan,
New York state boxing commis
sion chairman yesterday, calling
for an investigation ol wecines
day night's heavyweight Cham
nionship affair.
He also demanded that purses
of the fighters be held up "In Jus
tiee to those who were swindled."
"One more fraud (such as the
Louis-Conn bout ) and boxing will
be ruined in the United States
for manv years to come," he
wired Eagan.
In an interview later, O'Toole
said that Promoter Mike Jacobs
has an "absolute monopolv" on
boxing, und that boxing in New
York has not gone Into the nut
ter; it's gone into the sewer."
Jacobs Also Replies
Asserting that Jacobs ties up
'romising boxers with contracts
to fight for him before he will
agree to arrange title matches,
the lawmaker added that the
promoter also controls nouts in
Madison Souare Garden, the Polo
Grounds and Yankee Stadium.
Jacobs, n New York, replied
to O'Toole's blast by saying that
the representative "wanted com
plimentary tickets and I refused
him so now he comes hollering."
Th is O'Toole denied and stateu
that his New York law partner
lnv ted him to attend tne ngnt
as his guest but he "turned it
down.
Later. O'Toole announced that
he would sue Jacobs tor $r00,000
for "accusing me of extortion
I have instructed my New lorn
attorneys to file suit for dam
ages."
No Fraud, Eagan Declares
Of the fight, O'Toole told a
renorter that Conn should not
have been permitted to enter the
same ring with Louis; that he
visited both training camps and
had first hand knowledge of the
condition of the fighters. Louis
was tough, hardened b workouts
with rugged sparring partners;
Conn was not, he asserted.
In New York Lagan said ne
sa wno necessity for an official
investigation. He asserted tnere
saw no necessity for an official
fieht and that the rules of the
State Athletic commission nau
been observed In every detail.
BOWLING
SCORES
The mixed bowling league,
composed of ladies and men, put
lortli wnal could te lermea as
Just a lair evening last night at
Ihe Roseburg Bowling Alleys In
their third week or play of the
summer league. High keggler of
the evening was Art Mentzer who
took both nign individual game
score and high Individual series
score with 198 and 544 respec
tively. MIXED I.EARIIR
Train Standlnzs
'Battle Royal' of
5 Grapplers Will
Be Torrid Affair
Team ' ' Won Lost
No. 4 5
No. 1 t
No. 3 , o
No. 2 8
Game Wednenday, June 19
No. 2 won 3; No. 1 won 2: No. 4 won
1: No. 3 won 0.
High Individual Game Score
Art Menlzer, 108.
High Individual Series Scores
Art Mentzer. .144. .
Team No. 1
B. McNult 113 125 150430
S. need 120 103 117342
H Mfiit7ei-
A Mer.tirr 1110 130 1! 344
Handicap l: 134 134402
Total 780 077 740 2107
Team No. 4
A. Pullln 170 127 133430
E. Kadik-un 100 150 1374112
F. Lund 113 124 131370
p Lund 140 100 18341)11
Handicap m h-"-1
Total! 747 717 720. 2102
Team No. 2
B. Elliott 110 131 103418
A. Elliott 187 180 141 4f,7
G. Hllllurd 171 173 120-408
H. minora i .to -
Handicap 171 171 171313
ToUl 7 "700 743 2280
Team No. 3
M Shnv 138 174 128440
H Pratt 133 107 170-S2H
J. Roberta 122 120 1183ial
L w?rs 88 107 10331X1
Handicap 153 133 133-450
Totals 34 757 080 2001
The Men's Doubles resume
league play for the fourth week
next Monday night at 8 P. M., in
the M weeK summer series
Although there will be an odd
number of oarllcioants in Satur
day's wrestling "battle royal" at
the Koseoiug Armory, micic win
be no advantage for either Ihe
villains or scientific matrnen.
Georges Dusetle and Joe i.y
nam will be the cleanies. Mike
Nazarlan and Billy McEuin will
be the meanies. Jack Poppen
heimer will be a neutral.
None of the grapplers are ex
pected to team up, however, be
cause the top purse of $300 will
go only to the winner and there
can be only one victor. Other
contestants will collect compar
atively little.
First man eliminated will re
ceive only expense money for his
short efforts. The second and
third matrnen downed will re
turr for a 30-minute match in
which only the winner collects a
IS? Illr stipend other than expenses
the final skirmish
will be compensated by $75 above
expenses. , r
All Tru'n iinu m-icicc AjKwi,
Owen enter the ring simultan-
by routing the Philadelphia Ath
letics, 9-2. under a barrage of
home runs by Greenberg, Lake,
Swift and Pitcher Trout, who
gathered In his seventh triumph.
Edward's ninth inning single
drove in Case with the run that
gave the Cleveland Indians a 4-3
victory over the Washington
Senators.
NEWARK, N. J., June 21. P
Gene Tunney says the Louis
Conn fipht "was the worst thing
I have ever known."
Tunney, former world heavy
weight champion, said that the
title fight was "just what I pre
dicted six months ago."
"John Public took it on the chin
again," he told a reporter.
The average sleeper is esti
mated to change position 35
times n night.
FALL IN!
SHIPMATES AND BUDDIES
Let's go all out for the
RODEO
Saturday and Sunday
Cive the gang a hearty welcome
Report back to the
VETERAN'S LOUNGE
Open 6 P. M. Both Days
Dance to the Music of Boby Doty and
His Orchestra
Baseball Standings
National
W.
Brooklyn 35
St. Louis 34
Chicago 27
Cincinnati 26
Boston 25 .
Pittsburgh 23
New York 24
Philadelohia 21
American
Boston 42
New York 37
Detroit 32
Washington 29
Cleveland 26
St. Louis 26
Chicaeo 22
Philadelphia 15
Pacific Coast
Oakland 53
San Francisco 52
Los Angeles 44
San Diego 42
Hollywood 40
Sacramento 40
Portland - 30
Seattle 28
L.
21
23
23
25
31
30
32
30
10
24
25
26
32
32
32
42
29
31
37
43
42
45
50
52
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Softball Games May
Show Title Contenders
Tonight's Softball games should
determine the main contenders
for the city championship as four
or the rive league teams play
their rinal games of the first half
of the round-robin series at the
Koseburg city bull diamond.
The undefeated Monarchs meet
the KlkK' nine at 7:30 P. M. in
the first of the doubleheader, fol
lowed by a contest between the
Associated Service "teen-agers"
unri tlie Pastime Tavern of Suth-
etiin. Neither of the contesting
teams In the two games nave
played their opponents in league
play previously. Team standings
fullnura-
W. L.
Monarchs 3 0
Sutherlin 2 1
Kainbow f 2
Elks 1 2
Associated . '
"GOODWORD" GARY'S GABFEST
'a cooling ;d
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IN SUMMER'S W ?JiV((
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! ITS WHAT JJyiU,
WE ALL fisCLV
tV,,.' free, for-all grappling,
sorinkled by an Inevitable
amount ot fistlcuns, win continue
..,ithniii met until onlv two men
remain on their feet and the
other three have euner ueeii pm
no,! In I hf milt Or kavoed.
Although Dusette. new coast
junior heavy champion, and Ly
former Australian title-
holdrr, are top iavorura, i"
mat meanies are certain to make
.i.i.,.,,. int7h Nazarlan. the Ar-
.?.:;... i lc one of the
meiuuii rtasa.-io.i., . ----- -roughest
orapplers in the busi
ness. McEuin, the tough. Texan
who holds the southwest iigni
heavy title, will make things mis
erable with his kidney punching,
a 1. 1 ...wh Pnnnpnhpimer will
..irrv the most weight, the big
Dutchman is given only an out
for victory.
Fans are warned to arrive on
time for the opening bell when
t iha firpunrks are touch
ed off and the starting time will
i .. v-..if hniir earlier than usual,
8 a-. M., in order to allow the
Sheriff's Posse dance to be held
the same evening on the Armory
floor.
Bosox Blanked for
Seventh Defeat in
Last Eight Gaines
n, flin AQ'nrintd frOSSJ
Tf the Boston Red Sox can still
see through the fog that has en
gulfed them, they can take a good
gander tonight at their scheduled
opponent, Bob Feller, who started
them on men- uiim.i"B
Since Feller set them back on
n,ir iinels .lune 12. the Boston-
ians have dropped seven of the
last eight games including
nieht's 2-0 setback at the hands
of the St. Louis Browns.
Sammy ZoldaK, a somnpaw, Hp
plied the whitewash brush to the
ragged ueu ia mi u. -
catin" the feat of teammate
Muncrlef the other mgnr. uuu
son, Zoldak's mount opponent,
put lip Still opposiuu". uui
first-inning lapse, when the
Browns tallied all their runs,
overshadowed his nine strikeout
total.
Yanks, Chisox Spilt
Boston lost only a halt game
of Its lead as the runner-up New
York Yankees were held to a
spilt in their doubleheader by the
Chicago wnite &ox. neat cigin
hltter by Dietrich halted the Yan
kees 31 in the opener as Yankee
pitching ace, Chandler, gunning
for his 11th victorv. was forced
to accept his third defeat. Bevens
gained the colit for the Yanks by
besting Lcfy Ed Smith 61 in the
nightcap.
Brooklyn's pace-setting Pddg-
ers and the challenging St. Louis
Cardinals readied themselves for
their "crucial" three-game series
for the National League lead
wh'ch starts tonight by knock
ing over the Pittsburgh Pirates
and Boston Braves resiiectively,
in casv fashion. Brooklyn won
7-3 while the Cards triumphed
9-1.
Tigers Beat Athletics
The third place Detroit Tigers
advanced to within nine and a
half games off the American pace
Oaks Add Half
Game to League
Lead Over Seals
By the Associated Press)
The Paciifc Coast League's big-
est baseball burlesque of the sea
son lelt the Oakland Acorns in
the lead today with a game and a
half advantage over their chal
lengers, the San Francisco Seals.
While the seals were Idle last
night, the Acorns had a hitting
bee and blasted the San Diego
Padres, 14 to 3. The game was a
Irolic lor players and tans aime.
PeDDer Martin's haoov but not
very lucky Padres came out on
top In the fun by putting on an
eighth-inning comedy. Del Bal-
linger, pinch-hittlng tor unappie,
let Acorn Hurler sneas iirsi oi
ferlng go by, and Umpire Gordon
Ford called it a strike.
Ball neer beefed and In the
middle of the argument pulled out
a toy pistol, shoved it against
Ford's stomach and pulled the
trigger.
Ford failed to laugh and, appar
ently considering such conduct un
becoming in a league wnicn naa
announced its aspirations to be
come a major, tossed isainnger
out ot the game.
But the never-threatened Oak
landers had a lip-roaring time
putting across their 14 runs on
lb nits ana iour errors.
8tars Down Sacto
In the only other league game
scheduled, the Hollywood Stars
turned back the Sacramento
Solons, 6 to 3, captured their
short series two games to one.
Rescieno. Hollywood starter, re
ceived credit for the victory, and
Freitas was charged with the loss,
The San Francisco Club, oppos
ing Hollywood tonight, announced
the addition of right-handed
Hurler Emmett O'Neill, formerly
of the Boston Red Sox and Chi
cago White Sox. The Seals ped
died Kermit Lewis, outfielder who
topped the league with 115 runs
batted In in 1942 and then went
into the merchant marine, to the
Seattle Rainiers. He has failed to
hit his old slugging style this
season.
Onkldnd takes on the third
Dlace Aneels at Los Angeles to.-
nieht Seattle opposes the Solons
at Sacramento and Portland
meets the Padres at San Diego.
Not one piece of- the 62,026
square feet of tile in the New
York Public Library was worn
out in 35 years ot usage. .
Bird feathers are the strongest
natural structure.
Defeat of Conn
Leaves Nobody To
Fight Joe Louis
Bv GAYLE TALHUT
NEW YORK, June 21. HP)
Never before in the nine years
sinop he won Ihe heavyweight
championship has Joe Louis stood
out over the world's fighting men
to the extent he does today.
When the big Negro knocked
nut Billv Conn with such con
vincing ease Wednesday night he
just about fought himself out of
prospective challengers for his
title. He tinas nimseu out on a
high plateau, all by nimseu.
Probably not since Jim Jefferies
retired for lack of opposition has
the field been so Darren oi con
tenders, men whom Promoter
Mike Jacobs might hope to pit
against Louis In a big outdoor
fight. It would be difficult to
cmpss wnen joe win iieiii aKaui.
jNac itogers, jacuus inaiii
maker, admitted yesterday that
it might be a year before some
youngster would emerge from the
nation's gymnasiums and small
fight clubs and eaten tne puDiic s
fancy.
Conn Insists He's Through
When he showed up at Jacobs'
office yesterday to get his fat
check, Billy L-onn nau uui
changed his mind about quitting
a hnsiness that calls for a person
to be hit by Joe Louis. His lore
head still was discolored and he
had a couple ol nau-neaiea
wnimrts nn his face, but he didn't
look like a man who had been
through a thresher, the way Tony
Galento did, for instance, after
he had played with tne cnamp.
"I'm Still not Kiouing myoen,
cairt the Pride of Pittsburgh. "
didn't have It last night, and when
T knnw that, that's the time to
quit. I was fully prepared to make
a stinKin ngnt tot aevtMi m
rounds. I didn't care how much
they booed, because i Knew mey
would foreet about that after I
opened up and started banging
Joe around.
"I felt eood going into the
eighth round. I kept telling the
guvs in my corner to tune it easy,
that Joe and I were fighting 15
rounds, and to let me attend to
Joe. And then Joe hit me. That
last left he hit me was a beauty,
wasn't it?
Joe Turns to Golf
Louis, with no one to fight, in
tends to wrap himself up tern
porarily In golf, and the new
restaurant he is opening out In
Harlem. The latter will be known
as the "Joe Louis" restaurant,
and a syndicate is supposed to be
sinking $800,uuo in tne estaDiisn
ment. "After I nlav a few golf tourna
ments I'm goin' to spend all my
time at the restaurant, joe saio.
The heavyweight champion is
somewhat silly about golf. He has
shot a 68 on a fairly standard
course and has scored numerous
par 71s and 72s. Those who have
nlaved with him say his long
nima is a lnlu. and that he can
hit a drive like Byron Nelson's,
but that he is lncnnea to iiuo
few around the greens.
Cummings, Quine
High in Golf Play
Ward Cummings, witn a lutui
score of 37, and Hub Quine with
a net score ot 40-b m, were win
nor in the V.'ednesdav golf tour
nament held at the Country Club
une 19.
Wnldo Perrv won long drive
on Number 5 by powering out a
230-yard drive, and Charlie Kash
iinu tn the nin on Number
8. Lyman Spencer won tne Diinu
bogey event with a 46.
fnttape Grove golfers invade
Roseburg Sunday, June 23, for
team competition.
Total ridep. Net
Ward Cummlnga 37 J
Ernie Pearson . 39 4
Hub Quine o
Ivan Hatfield 40 3
Maurice Hallmark 42 4
Jack Rodgera . 42 1
BUI Courter 42 6
R. Bridges
Bob Harris . 44 5
Walt Fisher
fnr nurchase of the Cleveland In
dians already had "gone through"
and that he had bought "about
one-sixth" of the baseball club.
TJone declined to say how. much
mnnev he had Dut up as his share
of the purchase price but it was
reported he was paying i ,uuu.
The radio funny man is asso
ciated with Bill Veeck, former
president of the MllwauKee liud
of the American Association, in
negotiations for purchase of the
Indians.
The soybean is an Asiatic herb.
Charlie Kash 44
Waldo Perry 46
Lyman spencer o
Dick Dlngley - 50
Art Pearson - J
Bob Hope Buys Share in
Cleveland Baseball Club
LITTLE ROCK. June 21. UP)
Radio and Screen Comedian Bob
Hope said here today that a deal
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The club is, offering $100 Loan Certificates. Jo be repaid, without interest, from
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