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8 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., May 16, 1949 Chiefs Win Season Opener Craters Held To Eight Hits By Richardson Locals Touch Visiting Hurlers for 12 Bingles; Koch Gets Four for Five A free-hitting Roseburg Ump qua Chiefs club initiated South ern Oregon League play by rack ing up a 11-7 victory over the visiting Mcdford Craters at Fin lay Field Sunday. For Walt Richardson, Chiefs' hurler, it was his first league victory and second win of the season. He allowed eight hits all in the first four Innings, while striking out eight oppo nents; fwenty-six-year-old Barney Koch, former'y with the Brook lyn Dodgers and now coaching at Tigard High School, was star hitter of the day, getting four-for-five trips to the plate, in cluding a triple and p homer. He accounted for four. Roseburg runs. Medford did most of its tally ing in the first three innings, scoring seven runs by then. The Craters made their final bid for a win in the eighth vUh a lone run. Roseburg runs came in all but three innings, witn tnree eacn in the first and third, two each in the fourth and eighth and one in the sixth. Medford's Cotty Johnson and ' Lou Cardo both scored in the first inning on first baseman Byron Ward's triple. Both scor ers had singled. Roseburg went ahead in its portion of the first on tallies by Koch, George Sanders and Norm. West. Additional singles by Jerry Huggins and Lovcll Baker ran Roseburg's first-inning count up to five. Medford's Cartwright leveled the tally at 3-all in the second, on a single parlayed into a run. The Craters scored three more times in the third, after flatten ing the Chiefs with two triples, a double and a base on balls. But their lead was short lived. Roseburg bounced back with three of Its own runs In the bottom portion of the third to knot the count at 6-all. George Sar.ders, West and Huggins scor ed after getting to first on an error, a hit and a base on balls, respectively. Lead Regained In Fourth Koch regained the lead for the Chiefs by banging a triple in the fourth. He and Virg Sanders, WATCH REPAIRING ' ALL WORK GUARANTEED Open daily, Sundays and Evenings. Closed Saturdays. MARKET HIGHWAY 99 N WALNUT Bi -1 r tr U JlpUl AND R rsTRleT HOME TOWN NEWS "Mother wants a new dreis . . . we've got te pour It on, but thick." You'll want to get a supply of wood for fuel this winter. Buy from the ROSEBURG LUMBER CO., today ... it can be drying this summer. .. i v'ytf'jU'f rTi LEAGUE PLAY OPENS Top picture, Medford Manager Mac McNew connects with a pitched ball hurled by Mayor Albert G. Flegel, while Sandy Sanders, local sports enthusiast and one of the Chiefs' sponsors, is ready with glove and mask. In the lower picture, Roseburg pitcher Walt Richardson scores the final Chief run in the eighth. The Chiefs won the league opener I 1-7 at Finlay Field Sunday. who had walked, were flagged ahead one more base on pitcher Kent Clark's balk. Sanders scor ed the same Inning on a single by brother George. Stan Ward, Medford first base man, scored the final tally for the visitors after drawing" a walk. Roseburg's two final runs were scored by Koch and pitcher Rich ardson in the Inst half of the eighth. The visitors went through three pitchers in an attempt to stem Roseburg's avalanche of hits. Clark started for the Cra ters organization. He was relieved by Paul Heunncr after giving t-(K RIVERSIDE ADDITION (O) SNACK CHRISM'S WMH SHOP 60 IVanut St. up 10 hits in the third. Roseburg's Richardson appear ed to be getting into trouble in the eighth, when he allowed three bases on balls, almost suc cessively. Phil Telford started to warm up, but Richardson was able to hang on until the final stanza. The Chiefs play Reedsport in a .light game at Finlay Field on Wednesday. Game lime Is 8 p.m. Medford Craters- B Fnngone, cf 8 Johnson, SB 1 Cnrndo, rf ft Wnrd, lb 3 Noi-ly, 2b 3 Chandler, c 4 CnrtwrlKht, 3b 2 McriiMh, II .. Clnik. p 2 Riinkey, SI 3 1 leu n tier, p ,. 1 Britflen 1 Mohler, p X Snndo 1 T.ilnl 35 Roseburg Chiefs B Koch, 2b 9 V. Sanders, U 3 G. Sanders, ..... S Well, lb S MugKlns, 0 ., 4 Duller, 3b 4 R. l.onK, c( 4 Kdunr. rf 4 Richardson, P 3 Total 37 11 13 27 9 2 Summary: BrMsen struck out batting for Jleunner tn lllh. Sando filed out bat- tlim for Haskev In Dth. Craters 213 000 01O 7 Chiefs 303 201 02X-M1 Stolen bases Cartwrlirht 2, G. Sand ers 2, Raker, R. Long, v. Sanders. Sac rifice V. Sanders. Two-base hits 2. Three-base hits Curado, McBeth. Koch. Home run-Koch. Double play G. Sandct-s to Koch to West. Rons bat led In-Ward 3. McBeth 3, G. Sanders 3. West 2, HiiKRins, Baker, R. Long, Edttar. Innings pitched Clark 3 plus, lleunuer 4. Mohler 1, Richardson 9. Hits Off Clark 10. Hucnner 1, Mohler 2, Richardson 8. Strikeouts Clark 1. Hueuner 3, Richardson 8. Base on balls Clark 2. Mohler. Richardson 4. Balk Clark. Left on bnse Medford 5, Rose burg ft. Earned runs MedTord fl, Rose burg 10. Umpires Al Flegel, plate; Marlon Thomas, bases. THANKS EXPRESSED In a letter to the News-Review, Lee Roy Hanson, principal at Junior High School, Yoncalla, and secretary of the Douglas County B League, 'expressed ap preciation and thanks on behalf of B Schools, to Hod Turner, Ccce Sherwood and Jack New by for taking charge of the first annual Douglas County track meet held st Flnaly Field May 7. , 'They wert In chargp . . . i they did a fine job," Hanson wrote. PRUDENTIAL LIFI Insurance HORACE C. BERd 8peclel Agent 111 W'st Oak Office 712-J Rei. 871-J MOVING TO BUILDING AND IN SUTHERLIN, MAY 31 &3 DURING MONTH OF MAY PRICES CUT TO THE BONE WITH FITTING PERFECTION MAX SCHWARTZ Clothier 124 W. Con 11 to 7 Seals Defeat Sacramento In Twin Bill Padres, Angelenos Split; Hollywood Sweeps Two Games From Portland By JIM HUBBART (Associated Press Sports Writer) In all the world there is only one creature who loses less ar guments than a mother-in-law and that's a baseball umpire. Al Summers is a case in point. Sacramento Pitcher Kenny Hoi comb had held the SeaiS hltless for a 4 13 innings when, after two bases on balls, he threw his glove on the mound and stalked angrily toward the plate. Summers promptly gestured toward the clubhouse, and that was all for Holcomb. It's against Coast League rules to argue balls and strikes. San Francieco went on to win the game, 4 to 3 in a 10-in- ning battle. The Seals also took the nightcap, b to 3 for their seventh straight victory. They are now in third place behind San Diego and Hollywood. And the Padres, too, had um pire trouble Sunday. They drop ped the opener of their double- header at los Angeles, 8 to 7, but the game was played under protest after the third inning. Manager Bucky Harris stormed to his feet when big Luke Easter was tagged out while loitering back to base on a foul ball. Harris maintained the ball couldn't be in play because the batter and pitcher were not in their boxes. But umpires Pat Or and Bill Doran wouldn't change their minds. The decislo.i on the protest Is up to League President Clarence Rowland. If the protest is ruled valid, San Diego takes the series, 4 to 2. Otherwise they win 4 to 3. The Padres bounced back with a vengeance in the nightcap, trouncing the Angels, 13 to 1. Will Ha fey twirled four-hit ball. At Portland, Hollywood swept a twin bill from the Beavers, 7 to 6 and 10 to 4. Relief pitcher Art Schallock quelled a ninth inning Portland uprising in the opener, using three pitches to whiff pinch hitter Jimmy Gladd. The Seattle Kalnters divided with Oakland, winning 11 to 4 and losing 10 to 2. Oakland got off to a four-run lead in the first frame of the second game. Billy Martin led off agaiast Floyd Bevens with a double, and George Metkovlch followed with a single. Then Les Scarsella doubled. With two runs in and a man still aboard, Bev ens' first toss to Lloyd Chris topher was a home run ball. Seattle took the scries, 4 to 3. Roy Helser Will Coach At Linfield College PORTLAND, May 16. VP) The Portland Beavers' ace left- handed pitcher, Roy Helser, will coach baseball at Linfield Col lege, McMinnvllle, next year. Helser said he will finish the season for Portland, but would not join the Beavers next year until after the close of school In June. He won 12 letters in base ball, football and basketball at Linfield during the 19321936 span, Washington State Tips Huskies in Track Meet SEATTLE, May 16. VP) A 79-62 decision Saturday gave Washington State College its 17th straight dual track win over Washington. Double winners for the Coug ars were Rich Paeth, who won the mile and the two-mile; Fran Polsfoot, the two hurdle events, Dick Kenlston, both dashes, and Frank Mataya, shot and discus. Oregon Shades O. S. C. By One Point in Ducri Meet EUGENE, Ore., May 16. 7F Fighting off a late Oregon State bid, the University of Ore gon scored a hairline 66-65 win over the Beavers in a northern division dual track meet Satur day. Oregon's Walt McClure ran the 880 in 1:55.7. clipping a tenth of a second off the mark set by Klrman Storll of Oregon in 1940. MY NEW LOCATION and Tailor Roscburj BASEBALL STANDINGS AMKBICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 1 .640 Detroit 14 11 .50 Chicago 14 12 Philadelphia 14 13 .319 Cleveland ..10 10 .WO Washington 13 13 .500 Boston 10 12 .439 SU Louis S 19 .296 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 18 9 .640 Boston 16 9 .640 Cincinnati .: 13 12 .520 Brooklyn 12 13 .4M) St. Louis 10 12 .455 Philadelphia 11 15 .423 Pittsburgh 11 15 .423 Chicago 10 14 .417 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. Hollywood 30 19 .612 San Diego 26 22 .342 San Francisco 26 23 . 531 Oakland - 26 24 .520 Seattle 24 25 .490 Los Angeles 23 26 . 469 Sacramento : 22 25 . 4fifl Portland 17 30 .362 Riddle Girls End Season With Win Over Glendale The Riddle Irish girls Softball team closed the regular season with a 16 to 3 victory over the Glendale Pirates, at Riddle Fri day. Boyd, Irish pitcher, allowed three hits and struck out seven hitters. In the fifth inning she fanned three Pirate batters in succession. Caraway hit a home run for Glendale in the first inning to put the Pirates in the lead but Riddle tied it up and went ahead 2 to 1 on hits by Hollingsworth, C. Burgoyne, and D. Burgoyne. tne Irish shut the Pirates out in the second and then pounded Land, the Pirate pitcher, for seven nits and went ahead 9 to 1, Glendale scored two runs in the third and that was all for them. Riddle scored two in the fourth after Sparks took up the pitching for Glendale. In the fifth, after loading the bases on hits by Gilbreath, Daniels, and Aikens, Jennie Howard, the Irish second baseman, crashed out a long home run putting the Irish ahead 14 to 3. Zumwalt then singled and C. Burgoyne followed with a home run into center field making the final score 16 to 3. The Irish meet Drain Thurs day, May 19, at a site yet to be chosen, for the Douglas County championship. Indians, Vikings Battle Tonight The Roseburg Indians baseball team, under Coach George Erick son, playing under the lights for the only time this season, meet Myrtle Creek at Finlay Field tonight starting at 8 p.m. A large turnout of fans is expected to see the Indians play their next to the last game of the season. Tuesday, the Rose burg varsity nine meets Suther lin at Finlay Field in a game scheduled to start at 3 o.m. Erickson reported he may start. enner rom Johnson, Mickey Coen or Claren Hooper on the mound tonight. Bobby Sanders will catch. The Roseburg club came out second best tn earlier games with Myrtle Creek. The Vikings won 161 In the first contest between the two schools. Later, Roseburg bounced back with a slim 3-2 win in a game played here. Roseburg again visited Viking territory, however, and lost 9-8. A Roseburg win tonight would put the four-game Indian-Viking series at even-Stephen. Roseburg High Tennis Team Blanks North Bend - The Roseburg Indian tennis team, under Coach Al Hoffman, neat worth Bend 70 in matches at North Bend last weekend. In the sineles matches. Dick Jacobson defeated Bob Goulav 8-6, 7-5; Roy Van Horn defeated Sonny Gomes 6-4, 6-4; Ron Strickllne defeated Red Swain 6-0, 6-1; Bob Schindler defeated hhorty Krak 6 0, 6-4, and Larry Henninger defeated Ted Smith 6-2, 6 0. In the doubles matches, Gor don Conley and Norm Queen beat Goulav and Gomes 6-4. 6-2: Orval Bruton and Chuck Plum- mer beat Red Swain and Smith 8-6, 3-16, 6-3. Conley and Queen will repre sent Roseburg at the district tourney to be held at Coos Bay May 21. for EASIER Sawing! SAW f) nurtirtAttr,, tmlme Hold the Speedmatie . . , and you'll be surprised! It does not "nose down". . . tip or tilt like msmy other iml It's always in l balanced cutting position! Press the trigger . . and there's no dangerous twist due to starting torque. Even the moving parts art dynam ically balancedl SPtlDDUtlCI teea'l OselltY-sefttl iMrtlMty strMolhieal til IT TOOAYI Umpqua Valley Hardware 202 N. Jaokson Chisox Blank Cleveland In Doubleheader Athletics Defeat Yanks Two Straight; Brooklyn Shut Out by Braves By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer False alarm! Chalk up anoth er error for the experts who pre dicted a two-team .race between Boston and Cleveland .for the American League pennant. The prognosticators failed to take into consideration the over all improvement of the so-called weaker clubs particularly the Chicago White Sox and Washing ton Senators. With the New York Yankees grabbing an early lead, and De troit and Philadelphia playing better than .500 ball, it now looks like a dog-eat-dog battle right down to the wire. Only four-and-a-half games separate the first place Yankees and seventh place Red Sox. The White Sox went into tsiird place yesterday when they shut out the Indians twice at Chicago, 10-0 and 2-0. Bill Wight and Allen Gettel were the winners. Wight, the ex-Yankee southpaw, pitched a five-hitter in the opener for his lourtn straight victory without defeat. Gettel, who once pitched for the Indians as well as the Yankees, doled out four hits in the nightcap. Yanki Lose Twin Bill Coming through with a spec tacular seven-run outburst in what proved to be the final inn ing of the second game, the Athletics overcame a 60 deficit to nip the Yankees 7-6 for a sweep of their doubleheader. The A's also fought an uphill battle in the opener, winning 8-7 in 11 innings after trailing 7-3 going into the seventh. Joe Dobson posted his first victory of the season limiting the Senators to four hits as the Red Sox shut out the Nats 3-0. The lowly Browns divided a doubleheader with Detroit to make it five victories in their last seven games. After the Tigers had won the opener, 9-3, the Browns came back to win the second game, 12-4. Boston's Braves and the New York Giants continued in their first place National League dead lock for the third straight day. The Braves made it three in a row over the Brooklyn Dodgers with a 4-0 shutout triumph, while the Giants whipped the Philadel phia Phillies, 7-3, for a sweep of their three-game st. Vern Bickford pi ched the shut out for Boston, permitting the fourth place Dodgers only four singles. Cardinals Edge Pirates Chuck Diering's two-out double in the ninth drove in the tying run, and Red Schoendienst's single sent in the winning run as the St. Louis Cardinals came up with two runs to nip the Pitts burgh Pirates, 4-3. Cincinnati and Chicago divided a doubleheader, the Reds winning the opener, 6-5, and the Cubs taking the nightcap, 8-5. Johnny Wyrostek, whose ninth inning homer with a' man on base had sent the first game Into extra innings, singled in Red Stallcup with the winning run in the 10th. 0er39fi1oekf up . 9,ooo I... o.t.w. :-2S!3? r-i Ke. V-I engine. BI, Qvod- jmmS4t fi$hi W; r - W v V LARGEST BEAR? Contender for record as world's largest bear is this giant Kodiak, killed on Kodiak island, Alaska, by Morris Tallifson (shown with skin) and Larry Matfay. The bear weighed ah estimated 1,800 pounds and skin measured II feet 5 inches lona &nA I I feat wirin. Offlrijtl maaturpmAnit ArA-bftinn sunt to Boone and Crockett club in records. ( AP WireDhotol . Bosses Cavort in Chiefs Awarded Prizes for 'Firsts' Brief opening day ceremonies were conducted at Finlay FftM by Mayor Albert G. Flegel, Sandy Sanders, one of the local semi-pro baseball club sponsors, and Medford Manager Mac McNew, ac companied by the Roseburg Elks-Community band. Flegel traded his umpire's cap I for one with a longer bill, then took' his stand on the mound. Sanders was behind the plate to see that His Honor put the prop er amount of English on the pellet. McNew was the batter. Had McNew let the first one go by, Flegel fully intended to run behind the catcher, don his umpire's cap and call his own toss a strike. However, McNew hit at the ball, which bounded somewhere between third base and the dugout. Prizes were awarded to Ump qua Chiefs players for turning in various "firsts." Prizes were donated by Roseburg merchants. Barney Koch walked oil with the most awards. He received four dozen eggs from Grant Phil lips for hitting the first single, a Ronson lighter from Wally s Pastime for- hitting the first three-bagger, and cigarets from Monarch Cigar store lor nit- ting .the first homer. Other winners were Virg San- Remodel or Complete your home or your business building the easy way See the COEN SUPPLY COMPANY MWfor) Dofar Cs6 Extra driver comfort Is Bonus Built into every Ford Truck. You get new 3-way air control . , . new coach-type seats which give more head, leg, and elbow room . . . "Picture Window" Visibility and new Level Action cab tuipeniloa A truck for your job big or molt. And vn-y . 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