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6 Tht Newi-Review, Roiebura, On,- Tun,, Moy 24, 194 iaxim Decisions Vin Carries Light Heavy Championship Foe's Boxing Skill Too Much For Ring Veteran; Promoter Heavy Loser CINCINNATI, May 24 (F) There's an old maxim that a steady drop of water will wear away the hardest stone. And a Maxim proved that old maxim last nlRht. Joe Maxim of Cleveland parlayed robust youth and the drop of water a flicking left hand Into the NBA light heavyweight championship of America. Joey, one of the lightest hitters !n the business, used his rapier like left to spear a decision in 15 rounds over 34-year-old Gus Les nevich of Cliffside, N. J., who last July 26 lost his world's title to Freddie Mills in England. Only 6,931 fans braved the rain to pay a gross gate of $56,151.50, and a net of $40,429.08. That left Promoter Sam Becker some $45, 000 in the hole, after paying the lighters and other expenses. Lesnevich went out like a cham pion. He was unmarked, except lor a slight bruise beside his left eye. He said he had no alibi, and that he lost because he couldn't keep his face away from Maxim's lllcking left. Lesnevich swarmed all over Maxim to take the last round by a country mile. But he had dropped the six right ahead of it as his 34-year-old legs failed to keep up with his lighting heart. Maxim, also unmarked, said he was stunned a couple of times by Lesnevich's winging rights In the early rounds, but that the f lunches which really hurt were efts to his midsection. Becker said the lighters had agreed to a rematch this summer in case Lesnevich lost, and that a meeting on that angle would be held today. Beavers Get Outfielder Marquez From Cleveland CLEVELAND, May 24. P) The Cleveland Indians have op tioned outfielder Louis Marquez to Portland of the Pacific Coast League. Marquez, who was In the Cuban League last year, had been play ing with Newark of the Inter nal lonal League. He was claim ed by both the Indians and the New York Yankees, but base ball Commissioner Chandler awarded him to the Tribe. M.'lwHWWiilil.liuuiliii i in nana il SUIT ! n,..ll,.inil..llll. r WHOLESALE ZEBRA-CRACKERS Nightworki All Kinds FIREWORKS WAREHOUSES 2041 Stephens Soxl Enterprises The fresh mountm'n sir. .. the rippling 1 I sttcam... the thrill of the Citch'..i.' II 'J4-aprj !' A' then t sundown, home to a 111 " . refreshing gliss of light Olympia. Ill l JffjL These are smong the good I i ! fS'k. r U Btrr, lit Ugk K,fintmml tVwwjr MiJImV Ir"fne ffk eiTHfi mwiMe evii etrit.rwtitiNefo ... FRIDAY HEADLINER Al 'Pinky" Cowan it i harmless ookinq lad with fists that land 1 1 Ic hard-swung sledge-ham- ers, at any fiqht man who has seen tha Spokane lad in action will attest. Ha will oppose Mickey C i m m a 1 1 , Redding Calif., In an eight-rounder here Friday night. The action will take place at the Roseburg Armory. A second main event and two preliminaries will round out the card. (Photo Lab pic ture.) Rookie Sievers Tops Batters In American League CHICAGO, May 24. P Rookie Roy Sievers, who made his start in the St. Louis sand lots, has taken over the Ameri can League batting lead with 375. The Browns' 22year-old out fielder is nine percentage points ahead of another rookie, slug ging Gus Zernlal of Chicago, who holds :,i:cond with .306 in averages computed through Sun day's games. Zernlal has step ped to the plate 123 times while Sievers has made only 72 trips. The White Sox freshman drop ped 13 points below his mark of a week ago. Dom DIM.igglo of Boston mov ed from fourth to third with .349 although skidding 20 points lor the week. Other leaders were George Kell of Detroit with .343; Ed die Joost, Philadelphia, .342; Ted Williams, Boston, .327; (a 28 polnt climb lor the week); Gor don Goldsberry, Chicago, and Dale Mitchell, Cleveland, .326 apiece; Tommy Henrich, New York, .324; Eddie Robinson, Wash ington, and Bob Hillinger, St. Louis, each wilh .322. In the specialized department, Williams was tops In runs-hat-tedln with a boost of live lo 32; Joost added 10 more runs for a 40 total; Boston's Vein Stephens fattened his homer production by three for 11; Mitchell had six triples and Zernlal punched three more doub les for a bag of 15. Kell led in nils with 46 and Dilllnger was the best base stealer with lour thefts. New York's Eddie Lopat head- Lesnevich Four Big Bouts Await Fans On Friday's Bill Spider Renaud Battles Wescott In One Prelim; Bennett Is Shaping Up By DAN MINDOLOVICH Requests by Douglas Countv fight fans to bill Spider Renaud on a Roseburg fight card prompt ed Promoters Ernie Nazelrod and Sandy Sanders to sign the Port land tignter against Lyle Wes cott, Rosebur? National Guards man, in a four-round preliminary at the Roseburg Armory Friday nignt, isazelrod announced today. Fans who saw Renaud fight in Portland had nothing but praise for him and they just naturally figured other boxing spectators would enjoy him, too. Reportedly. Renaud has a clever style that is hard to figure out. This feature, plus plenty of hard, dynamic punching, puts the Portland gladiator in a class of lighters that guarantees top ring perform ance, Nazelrod indicated. Dick Collie will figure In the other four-rounder. A suitable op ponent is in the process of being procured for Douglas County s pile-driving puncher from Win chester. A grim contest Is anticipated in the eight-round battle between Al "Pinky" Cowan and Mickey Gim mell. Both lighters are well known here as de luxe crowd pleasers. This is another battle between a boxer and a slugger, with Glmmell favoring the point system, while Cowan likes to win his battles via the knockout road. Orrock Vs. Bennett The other half of the double main-event brings together riancin', prancln' Sonny Orrock of Spokane, and Deputy Sheriff Dallas Bennett of Douglas Coun ty. Orrock has shown more con tempt than respect for previous opponents engaged here, but he plans to play it straight and seri ously on the coming card. itemizing Bennett Is no cub at the fight game, Orrock will dis pense with the clowning and t"t down to business in a hurry. Ben nett, wno accepted Urrook s chal lenge to battle with gloves, is presently working off poundage and shaping up at the Armory raining sianie. No Substitutions The card is unique In that no fighter has ever fought his op ponent either locally or in other rings. Promoter Nazelrod said program changes will be avoided Ibis weekend as all fighters are being held to a contract. Dis ciplinary action will be taken by the Boxing Commission in the event any lighter fails to appear hairing legitimate excuses, such as illness. Tickets are currently available at Wally's, J-V Sporting Goods Store, Monarch Cigar Store, and Swede Vang's at Camp View. Ringside seals are going at $2.10 and $2.00. General admission Is SI. 50 and children are $1.00, tax included. ed the pllche.e by southpawing to four wins without a setback. Hal Newhoi'ser of Detroit led ! In strikeouts with 40. YOURSELF .?;. -V- if f V' 1 IS vf ,'rk fa f - y : if l . & hi y i wu. eta ' u llv. .. ..;-, '-.j T' t If BIG FISH There's a look of satisfaction on the face of Al Dav enport here, as he holds up the big fish he caught at Umpqua the other day. A Chinook, it weighed 4?'j pounds. (Picture by Master Photo Shop.) Homers Chief Vin Factors In Big Leagues Stephens, Henrich Pace Bat Wielders; Braves Now Top National Loop By JOE REICIILER tAMoclsted Preu Sports Writer) Undoubtedly two of the great est "money players" in baseball today are Vein Stephens of the Boston Red Sox and Tommy Hen rich of the New York Yankees. Stephens is hitting only around ,270, but he leads the ma lots in home runs and runs hatted in. Henrich, whose nine-year batting average is only .282, gets most of hits when they count. He's hitting .320 now, is second in home runs and up among the leaders in runs batted in. Each has been responsible for a half a dozen victories lor his club. Stephens has 11 home runs antl four cf them broke up ball games. Henrich has eight round trippers and half of those de cided games. Three times this year Stephens batted In live runs in a game. Both Stephens and Henrich hit homers yesterday to help their learns win. Vei n cracked his lit h Into the right lield bullpen with Ted Williams on base to pave the way lor Boston's 4 0 triumph over Detroit. It came In the third Inning wilh two mil. Henrich's blast came In the first Inning, wilh two males aboard to enable the Yankees to overcome a 20 deficit. The Yan kees went on from there lo win over the St. Louis Browns, 103. Braves Top League The Boston Braves took undis puted possession of first place In the National League by de feating the Oibs In Chicago, 3 1-4. It was the only game in the Na tional League. The victory open ed up a half game spread be tween the Braves and the runner up New York Giants. Vein Birkford allowed 10 hits but went all the way for the Braves to register his sixth vic tory against two defeats. Marv Rlckert paced the Braves at bat IRRIGATION KM-! WHEN YOU BUY A GHEEN SYSTEM, YOU BUY THE VERY FINEST BUY WHERE YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, OREGON Phone 98 Locoted W. Washington St. and S. P. R. R. Tracks jit -r Bud Ward Wins Golf Title At Pendleton PENDLETON, May 24 UP) Finishing 13 strokes ahead of his nearest rival and 14 under the 72-hole par of 280, Bud Ward, Spokane amateur, sauntered off with the 1919 Pendleton open golf championship yesterday. Yesterday's 157-68 on the final 36 holes gave him a low gross of 266. Emery Zimmerman, Portland professional, shot a pair of 70s to card a gross 279 and claim $450 of the $l-,500 professional pot. Among the pros, Gordon Rich ards of Seattle was second with 280 and defending champion Chuck Congdon of Tacoma and Zimmerman trailed him with 285. Dave Hemley of Pendleton was second-best arriateur with 285. TRACK MEET TODAY Coach Jack Newby reported an inter-class track meet will be run off al Finlay Field this afternoon. Tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders will compete. with a home run, single and double and drove In five runs. Walt Duhial was the loser. The world champion Cleveland Indians broke out of. a losing slump to defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 7-3. Early Wynn, obtained from Washington in a winter trade, went the route for his first tri umph with the Indians. He al lowed six hits. A five-run fourth against relief pitcher Charlie Har ris put the game on Ice lor Cleve land. Randy Oiunpert hurled a three hitter against Washington as the Chicago White Sox whipped the N.ils, 31. Singles by rookies Gus Zernlal and Jerry Scala brought in the winning runs. The triumph put the White Sox Into third place, a game behind the Athletics. The News-Review classified ads bring best results. Phone 100. SYSTEMS; pasupweniii Kit-ii-i4iit.a,iMi.t im .'rieaiw!irwaiwwfnet 3 ijdri ii ill-Maine i a-miiam fi'lii SW " aW Chiefs Dated Tonight Yith Reedsport Richardson Gets Nod For Mound Duty; Crescents Scheduled Here Sunday Tonight at Finlay Field, the Roseburg Umpqua Chiefs face Reedsport In a non-league base ball contest. Wally Richardson, with two wins and no losses to his credit, is scheduled to hurl the nine-inning affair, accord ing to Manager Earl Sargent. Game time is 8 o'clock. The Chiefs are enjoying an early season winning streak, having beaten live out of six teams, including two league op ponents. The addition of Bill Schemer to the local squad is expected to enhance Roseburg's prospects considerably. In the Prospect ac tion Sunday, the diminutive right fielder hit three lor live times a good average in anybody's ball game. Other recent additions, includ ing Pitcher Claude Buckley from Oregon Normal at Monmouth and Barney Koch, now coaching at Tigard, should make the Chiefs a baseball powerhouse with which to be reckoned in Southern Ore gon League play. Crescents Here Sunday Sunday, the Chiefs entertain Crescent City on the local base ball diamond. Buckley is tenta tively scheduled to pitch the con test for Roseburg and Koch may get away from Tigard to take over sgcond base lor the Chiefs. A Memorial Day classic has been lined up and the Medford Craters are the opponents, Man ager Sargent said. Although the Craters are members of the Southern Oregon League, the contest will be of non-league status. Sargent said the two clubs will play a separate series that will not figure in the League standings. Sargent also indicated a game may be played Thursday of this week, provided a suitable op ponent can be lined up. He in dicated it is difficult to arrange non-league affairs too far in advance and for this reason it is sometimes impossible to de termine who the opponent will be until a day or so before the g'-ime is scheduled. Pwraiiww'Pli-iM-ffl'wui'jwai;vl' 9 ttWSf'sttti I H 1!" E3 I Admission H II 11 II I Children 30c Vi si Vise I Adults 74c S3 h i Tax Included I urn mm mtrntiM fcj mmmmmrm nmntmum Miff IlftiM GORGEOUS LIVING ROOMS, DINING ROOMS, BEDROOMS Such glorious color! Sack manic easel And only 13.79 a gallon! No wonder Kem-Tone Is America's moet popular fiat wall paint! A 23 v Jy OIL I 1 J Z aam. V ' Nt WTT1 BKCtal ,r 202 N. Jackson BASEBALL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Pel. .617 .511 .5.11 .517 .S"fl .500 . .231 Nrw York Philadelphia Chicago Boton Washington It Detroit 18 Cleveland 12 St. Loula 9 NATIONAL LEAGUE L Prt .825 .611 .511 .511 .500 .4M .414 .345 Boston New York Brooklyn Cincinnati .... Philadelphia Pittsburgh .... St. Louil Chicago 12 Sconce Scores 6 Points With Javelin At Meet Six points garnered by Rose burg at the state prep track meet held at Corvallis Friday and Saturday of last week were posted by Bob Sconce's 167-loot one-inch javelin toss in the Sat urday finals. He was third, be ing beaten out by Ralph Sutton of Bend, who threw for 179 feet six inches ani Joe Caruthers of Grants Pass, who was second with a 173-foot seven-inch toss. Sconce made the finals by placing sixth in the Friday pre liminaries. He threw the shaft 159 feet eight Inches in the ear lier action. Ervin Stritzke was beaten out hy ll other milers in that event Saturday. No preliminaries were held in the mile run. Grade Schools To Vie In Track Contests Thursday Roseburg grade schools will hold a track meet at Finlay Field Thursday, May 26. Both girls and boys will com pete by sexes. The pupils will compete in one of three divi sions peewee, lightweight or heavyweight. From 150-200 pu pils are expected to compete in the various events, which will Include shuttle and standard re lays, sprints, runs, baseball throw ing and broad-jumping. from the famous laboratories that gave yoa Kent-Tone! scuff fffsmirfscm i7f WMx-T-' 1 0f 0X MMMtS o vss em SMjajriT nriliiillil in l nil it M ii lain li mlnmiai I iif I 1 AFHSltMA6Kt pv(S 00 UMPQUA VALLEY home, owned ond operated store I Try-Out Shows DiMaggio Not Yet Ready To Play i NEW YORK, May 24 (.P) ine status ot Joe Di.Maggio to day remained as uncertain as ever. Nobody knows just when the famous convalescent of the New York Yankees will be able to play. Even Joe refuses to hazard a guess. One thing is certain he is not ready right now, not even for pinch hitting purposes. The S90.000 slugger donned a uniform yesterday for the first time since he re-injured his ail ing right heel last April 11. He engaged in a half hour's batting practice session. Then he shagged flies for 10 minutes. The net re sulta handful of blisters and sore back muscles from swinging at too many pitches. Because of that he will not take any hitting practice today. But he hopes to get In a littla fielding practice. Weather Limits Archery Contest Entrants Weather kept away many who have participated in the archery golf match at the Roseburg Vet erans Hospital Saturday. But those who -did show up were en thusiastic about the game. An archery goll range is made up of nine holes or targets over a distance of 2,300 yards. Par Is 27. Of those shooting Saturday, Frank Grubbe marie the course in 27; Simons, 36: Woods, 37; Thur- low (playing a double round), ijai; uuricn, 38-32: Play will be resumed on the course next Saturday afternoon. If sufficient interest develops, an archery club will be formed. ti.iHsiriMrjii(A;jj.,iii win a,tmj RICHARDS BASEBALL GAME Tuesday Nite, May 24 8 P.M. Roseburg Umpqua Chiefs VS. REEDSPORT FINLAY FIELD Sensational new Kem-Glo! Looks and washes like baked enamel ! 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