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6 The Newt-Review, Roieburg, Ore Thur. Moy 19, 1949 i omm Don Hubbard Hurt In Fall Over Hurdle Accident To Athletic Star Blow To Indians' Chances At State Meet Roseburg' chances at the state track meet in Corvallis tomor row and Saturday were dealt a serious blow Wednesday after noon. Don Hubbard, star Indian hurd ler, tripped over a hurdle in practice, fell, and severely lacer ated his right knee. A two-inch gash was opened when he fell to the cinders. Although he will not participate in the meet, Coach Jack Newby said Hubbard, who was appointed captain of the team, will make the trip north with Irvln Stritzke and Bob Sconce. Stritzke will run the mile while Sconce will throw the javelin. Hubbard, Newby related, had an excellent chance of placing high in the track meet at Cor vallis. The slim, wiry track man had an outstanding season in track competition. He broke previous 120 -yard high hurdle District 4 record In the meet held at Eugene May 12, by running the course in 16 seconds flat in the morning pre liminaries. In the finals he tied the previous record. The previous record of 16.2 was set by Jim Flnlay of Rose burg In 1941, and later tied by Bob Krell In 1945. Krell, an ex Roseburg track and football man, recently finished his fourth year of football at Oregon State Col lege. Hubbard Is the only Roseburg man who would have partici pated In two events. The lanky basketball ace also qualified' by placing second In the 200-yard hurdles at the District meet. Roseburg will be dependent upon Sconce and Stritzke to bring home a win. Stritzke was edged out or first place in the mile run, being beaten by Norm Lodgewooa, Sluslaw, who ran the distance in 4:45.6. Sconce placed first In the Dis trict meet with a 159'91" toss. Coach Newby will accompany the lads, who leave here early Friday morning, House Will Welcome FDR Jr. As 'Democrat' ' WASHINGTON, Mny 19 (IP) Democratic Leader McCormnck (Mass) said Wednesday Franklyn D. Roosevelt Jr. of New York will be welcomed In the House as a Democrat. Roosevelt won the house seat i V pay- 'MWMirM"iw 1 TRACK STAR HURT Don Hubbard, flashy high and low hurdler, was inured while prac ticing on the Finlay Field cin der track Wednesday. He wil be unable to participate in the state track meet at Corvallis, but will travel with the team as captain. Roseburg will be de pendent upon miler E r v i n Stritzke and javelin tosser Bob Sconce to rack up Indian points at the meet. (Rod Newland picture). LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING Schoendionst, St. Louis, 3.78, Marshall, New York, .373. RUNS BATTED IN Campa nella, Brooklyn, 21, Mize, New York, Klnor, Pittsbu gh, 22. HOME RUNS Mize, New York, 8, Kincr, Pittsburgh, Cam panclla, Brooklyn, 7. PITCHING Brunca, Brooklyn, 6-0. AMERICA LEAGUE BATTING Zernlal, Chicago, .378, Goldsbcrry, Chicago, .370. RUNS BATTED IN Williams, Boston, 31, Wertz, Detroit, Steph ens, Boston, 27. HOME RUNS Stephens, Bos ton, 9, Williams, Boston, 8. PITCHING Wight, Chicago, and Lopat, New York, 4-0. of the late Sol Bloom In a spe clnl election Tuesday. He ran on the Liberal nnd Four Freedoms' Parties tickets after being denied the Democratic nomination. McCormack, asked by report ers what would be Roosevelt's status, replied: "He's a Democrat and will be welcomed by us with open arms." Washington Trims Tigers On Home Run Feller Again Fails As Yanks Blank Cleveland; Cincinnati Tips Braves By JACK HAND (Associated Press Sports Writer) How about that zany Washing ton club? Now they come up with a one-hitter shared by four dif ferent pitchers. Not content with upsetting the American League with a streak of nine straight victories in the west, they're back home winning ball games in unorthodox fashion. Last night's pitching involved Paul Calvert, Dick Weik, Forrest Thompson and Dick Welteroth. Thev served up a total of one hit a single yet they needed a three-run homer by EdUle Robin son to top Detroit. 6-3. Of course, there's a gimmick, nine bases on balls and three er rors made it close. It turned out that the hit Aaron Robinson's single in the fourth didn't fig ure in the scoring. Calvert was forcd to retire in the seventh because of a blistered finger. Weik walked four in a row and was derricked in the seventh. And Thompson was lift ed for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. Feller Again Mauled Bobbv Feller took another beat ing as the New York Yankees thumped Cleveland's faltering ace, 6 0, behind Vic Raschl's two hit pitching. The Yanks; led bv. Tommy Hen rich's two homers, clubbed Feller for 12 of their 13 hits in the seven innings he worked. The Boston Red Sox, back In their happy hunting ground at Fenwav Park, made it two In a row over Chicago, 7-4. Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams hit hom ers to hand Marino Pieretti his first defeat while Ellis Kinder staggered home with an 11-hitler. Home runs bv Stan Snence, Roy Slevers and Sherm Lollar enabled the St. Louis Browns to win (heir ninth in 29 starts, down ing Philadelphia, 8-8. Clncv Defeats Braves Cincinnati continued to upset the National League picture, knocking off the Boston Braves, 13-9, on Grady Hatton's homer with the bases loaned in ine last of the ninth. As the New York Oiants bowed to Pittsburgh, 5-3, Boston had a chance to gain the undisputed lead by a victory. Brooklyn went on a 20-hlt spree to thump Chicago, 14-5, with Joe Hal ten coasting to his third win, a lOhltter. Rov Campanella and Duke Snider hi. home runs lor the Dodgers. Johnny Mize hit homers nos. 304 and 305 of his career, passing the Idle Joe DIMaggio to take the lead among active major leag uers, but the Giants lost to Pitts burgh, 5-8. ' - The Phillies made It two In a row over the St. Louis Cards, 3-2, on a double by Granville Hamner and a single bv Eddie Wailkus off reliefer Ted 'VllKs. curt Simmons went all the way for his first win. BASEBALL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W L New York H Detroit 15 13 Philadelphia H 14 Washington 15 14 rhlrnau 14 14 Boston U 13 Cleveland - 10 St. Louis - - JVt. .967 .556 .517 J17 .500 Pel. ,503 .503 .55(1 .519 .464 ACA .417 .385 Pet. .608 .551 .520 .519 .400 .4ti9 .408 .367 12 110 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Boston 16 11 New York 16 11 Cincinnati .. 15 12 Brooklyn 14 13 Philadelphia - 13 15 Pittsburgh 13 15 St. Louis 10 14 Chicago 10 16 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Hollywood - J1 20 San Diego 27 22 San Francisco ...26 24 Oakland 27 25 Seattle 23 28 Los Angeles 23 26 Sacramento ..22 25 Portland 18 31 Surgeons Patch Earl Torgeson's Left Shoulder BOSTON, May 19. UP) Earl Torgeson, Boston Braves first baseman, was resting comfortab ly at St. Elizabeth's Hospital where he underwent an opera tion on his injured lett shoulder. Drs. Joseph Shortell and Roger Doyle who performed a similar operation two years ago on the Braves reserve infielder Sibby Sisti, said Torgeson's recovery looked "very bright." The hard-hitting first baseman suffered a shoulder separation Saturday night when he attempt ed to break up a double play at second base against the Brook lyn Dodgers. The doctors removed about 12 Inches of fascial tissue from Torgeson's thigh and placed It in the left shoulder. During the operation he was given a pint of blood and two pints of a saline solution. The doctors would not specu late as to when Torgeson would return to the lineup. However, they do expect him back before the season ends. . . . let's Go FISHING! 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Meantime, Koy Helscr was setting the Oaks down with sev en hits. Two Oakland runs were unearned. The 17-hlt Beaver assault was paced by effective homers from the bats of Johnny Lazor and Joe Burgher. There were six two-base blows and a triple by Eddie Basinski. The top-ranking Hollywood Stars bowed 3-1 to Seattle, the Rainiers scoring all their runs on homers by Tony York and Neil Sheridan. York also played sparkling defensive ball with eight assists and two putouts. Charlie S c h a n z limited the Stars to four blows, snapping VYHlard Ramsdell's winning streak at three games. San Francisco moved up to third spot in the standings on a percentage basis as a result of Oakland's defeat. The Seals and San Diego didn't play because of rain. The Sacrament') contest at Los Angeles also wat postponed, be cause of wet grounds. Pacific Wins Baseball Title From Willamette McMINNVILLE, Ore., May 19. (P) Masterful relief hurling by John Burak led Pacific University yesterday to an 11-6 victory over Willamette and the championship of the Western Division of the Northwest Baseball Conference. The clubs had tied for the title in regular season play. Pacific will play the College of Idaho, eastern Division crown-wearers, for the Conference title in a best- o.'-three series opening tomorrow nignt at horest orove. "urak took over in the second and pitched one-hit ball for 7 23 innings. Deal With Farmers To Extend Bird Hunting Rights Plan Of Game Board PORTLAND, ' May 19. UP) A scheme to give bird hunters more places to shoot and yet Keep farmers contented will be tried out by the State Game Commission. Pointing out that the number of posted lands has greatly in creased, State Game Supervisor C. A. Lockwood outlined an ex perimental program, to be car ried out with cooperation of land owners. Blocks of 2.000 or more acres will be established for upland game. 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