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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1949)
I V Baseball, Racing Reveal Big Drop In Patronage On Memorial Day By FRED HAYDEX NEW YORK. Way 31. (.Pi Lost, strayed or stolen 52,156 ma jor league baseball fans, 26,836 racing enthusiasts and $1,294,466 in pari-mutual betting money. . Those figures represent the , eight big-time ball parks and 10 ''delv scattered points, only four of the country's race tracks yes terday as compared to the Me morial holiday a year ago. The wartime and postwar sports boom is past its peak if you take sports as a barometer. Combining the two major sports, you'll find that at the 18 attracted oO.OOO or more specta tors. Tops for the day was the 60,095 fans who saw Vulcan's Forge win the Wright Suburban Handicap at New York's Belmont Park. An estimated 56.000 witnessed the Hollywood Park-at - S a n t a Anita program at Arcadia, Calif., Truck and Auto Repairing Welding Radiator Servica Truck Parts Bought and Sold All Work Guaranteed Ray's Truck Shop 20SS N. 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It saw the Giants split a pair of games with the invading Brooklyn Dodgers. Fourth on the list was the 40,530 at Chicago, scene of a White Sox Detroit Tigers standoff in an other double fray. Total betting at 10 tracks hit S11.767.55S against a 1948 figure of S16.062.024. Attendance dipped from 345,997 to 319,161, with only Garden Slate Park, at Camden, N. J., and Delaware Park doing better business at the gate and betting windows than last year. An estimated 150,000 saw the 500-mile automobile race at In dianapolis, 25,000 under the 1948 count. The crowds at four National League parks held up pretty well with a total of 142,067 or a mere 3,409 less than last year's 145,476. But the American League's 143. 553 fell 48,747 under the 192,300 of 1948. Oak and Rose Sts. Phone 80 ool omfortable lothing R OY'S Men's Store Hollies Lose Twin Bill But Retain Lead Second-Place San Diego Drops Pair To Beavers; Other Teams Divide By JIM BACON 'Associated Press Sports Writer) Hollywood's Stars lost a Memo-, rial dav doubleheader but the lowly Portland Beaver patrol came to thei.- rescue. , The Oakland Oaks took tho pair from the league-leading Twinks, 8 to 3 and 2 to 1. But it made no change in Hollywood's five-game margin over second place San Diego. Portland rose mightily from the league cellar to trim the slugging Padres, 10 to 9 and 3 to 2. Milo Candini, late of the Wash ington Senators, won his first start for Oakland in hurling the opener, in the second game, the Slars came close to tying up the ball game in the sixth when they scored their lone run. Herb Noren, who had doubled, was called out at the plate with the tying run orr Jack Jensen's throw from left field. Hollywood hotly disputed the umpire's decision. In the first game at San Diego, the Beavers piled up a ten-run lead before Tommy Bridges tired after blanking the Padres for six innings. Portland needed the ten runs as the Padres scored nine in the last three innings. Vince Shupe, recently traded to Port land, was downright mean to his former mates, hilling two homers and driving in five runs. In the second game, Johnny Rucker hit a first inning homer with two aboard to give the Beavers the winning margin. It was Ricker's second homer of the day. Holcombe Hurls Blank Ken Holcombe pitched a three hit shutout as Sacramento took a 4-0 opener from Seattle. The Ramiers took the nightcup 10 to 3. Russ Oppliger, usually a re liefer, limited the Solons to seven hits in his first start of the season, Six Solon errors helped the Scat- tie cause in the nightcap. Los Angelet, and San Francisco split their twin bill, the Angels winning the first, 10 to 6, and drooping the second, 6 to 1. Will hmmerirn was tne winner or tne opener and Ken Gables the loser, both in relief roles. Pat Seerey hit two homers for . the Angels and Roy Jarvis one for the Seals. In the second game, Walt Jud nich's three-run homer in the sixth was the crushing blow. Arky Vaughan homered for two more Seal tallies in the seventh. BASEBALL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEA ere w New York 25 1 Roaton 20 1 Philadelphia - 31 1 nasningum i i Detroit 20 1 Chicago 19 1 Cleveland .17 1 SU Louu 10 : NATIONAL LEACVE New York . Brooklyn ... Bo ton St. Louis Cincinnati . Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburgh . Pet .676 .Wrt .S2S .525 .51 a .4H7 ,4Hti .250 Pet ,5ti4 .W4 ,5t4 ,514 .5K1 .474 .4H5 .400 Drain Captures State B Title By ii. swamping union PORTLAND, May 31. (.P) The Roosevelt Roughriders , of Portland won the state class A high school baseball champion ship Saturday night and Drain stretched its perfect season rec ord to the class B title. In the final at Vaughn Drain thumped Union, 18 to 2, to take home its first state baseball title. Drain's victory pace came in PACIFIC COAST I.r.ACU'E W L Hnllvwood San Dieuo Seattle ban t ranclsco Oakland Sacramento Los AnKeles Portland Pel .t:tl ,5: .Slifl .sou .500 .41)2 .444 .3(il Tues., May 31, 1949 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 7 the fifth Inning when the class B school scored 10 runs. They came on six hits, five walks and an error. That cinched the title for the school that hadn't'lost a game this year. The southern Oregon team added three more runs be fore the seven-inning champion ship game was eiosed. Union was trying for its third state B school title. The eastern Oregon athletes had captured the basketball and track crowns this year. The average adult male brain weighs 49 ounces and the average adult female brain weigh 44 ounces. NEW LOCATION! Dr. H. B. Scofield Palmer Chiropractor Rifle Range Road 4-10 mi. North of County Shops Office Hours 10-11 and S-f Saturdays 10-12 A. M . X-ray neuro-calometer seryle for spinal correction. Seventeen and - one-third mil lion women were emploved in the United States in November, 1948. tational proved the most popular since the tournament was start ed. Last, year only 46 took part. Weather, except lor a couple light showers, was ideal. Visit ing goiters expressed enthusiasm' over the play and' commented lavorably relative to the trophies. The visitors were entertained by the Roseburg Host Club Satur day 'night at the club house. Mayor Albert G. Hegel was toast master. Eugene McElroy was tournament chairman. EsrjsyssyssMMMMMM m ii i iu iis,i ii Ijiim nmi imip i dfeXjIsSllirsll I DEAB' SUCH V.F VOU KNOW ) I If MUCK in HO. MV ENGINES X GUESS YOU'RE ONE ) I 7 if??Mf&Mn I TCWKMLE 1 ANVBhTIbB I TH' MUD, DEAD AND I'M I OF THE FEW WHO THEV COULD B0A OF 5UCH MNe stKVKe. ii 114 N. Rose Before Your Vacation Get a Summer SAFETY Check Up You may save a life . . . maybe your own Corkrum Motors, Inc. I'oitr DcSoto-Plymouth Dealer Phone 408 You'll be happy on washday too, with a GE Automatic Washer. One load of wash ing can be done in 20 seconds; just set the controls. lut only since I got my General Electric '"'C.I? All-Automatic Washer! Birkenhead Beats Cliff Smith, 3-1, In Golf Finals Joe Birkenhead, Eugene, walk j ed off with honors in Roseburg's j annual invitational golf tourna i ment concluded Monday at the I Roseburg Country Club. Birken head defeated Cliff Smith, Port- land, in the finals, 3 and 1, Bill Johnson, Corvallis, was medalist winner, turning in a two under par score. Par for the local course is 72. Pete Pearson, Roseburg Joined the ranks of select golfers by scoring a hole In one on the num ber 8 hole Sunday. Defending Champion Eddie Simmons, Medford, went down to defeat Sunday before the sharp shooting of Sonny Brown, Coos Bay, before reaching the semi finals. ' ! Cliff Smith, in the semi-finals, ' was carried to the 26th hole be fore finally edging out Brown I for the right to meet Birkenhead in the finals. Other flight winners wer? an nounced as follows: First flight, Wendell Miller, Portland, with Forrest Lingley, Cottage Grove, as runner up; second flight, Neil Myers, Portland, with Jack Mc Larrin, Coquille, runner up; third flight, Tony Milosevlch, Coos Bay, with Irvin Dctlman, Myrtle Point, runner up; fourth flight, Joe McDage, Roseburg, wilh Ira Mays, Medford, runner up; fifth flight, John Woods, Roseburg, wilh Fred Sears, Medford, run ner up; sixth flight, Ray Beachy, Roseburg, with Andy Chinchiolo, Medford, runner up; seventh flight, P. A. Riley, Roseburg, with Hank Burr, Coquiiie, runner up. 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