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6 The Newi-Revlew, Roieburg, Or. Thur., June 16, 1949 Foe Of Kahuf Locks Lethal In Workouts Gordon Displays Heavy Wallop In Shaping Up For Friday Bout Here "If Gordon ever lands a solid blow, Kahut's gonna know he's been hit!" That's the consensus of flat statements being made by ob servers of Babe "Hardrock" Gor don working out at the Roseburg Armory during the past few weeks. Hard-muscled, hard-fisted Gor don is winding up a gruelling self-imposed training schedule that has put him in tip-top fight ing trim. Mickey Gimmell, lighter and quicker than heavyweight Gordon, has been sparring with Roseburg's contribution to heavy weight boxing, keeping h i m primed to meet an equally fast and clever Kahut. Gordon indicated he will be "ready" for Joltln' Joe the night of the fight. Kahut wound up an exhibition tour of Southern Oregon cities last night, and is back in Rose burg to. rest up for the Friday night open air boxing show at Finlay Field. The Woodburn walloper's man ager, Jack Capri, stated his boy is in better shape now than he's ever been in many of his previous fights. "We'll take it easy from here on out," Capri pointed out. "No more heavy workouts before the fight." Bout To Bs Broadcast Southern Oregon Interest In the coming conflict Is steadily gain ing momentum. Three radio sta tions will carry the fight, with the possible addition ot two others. Flovd Wvnn. toD snorts an nouncer In Klamath Falls, will he at the ringside to give a blow-by-blow description of the main go. The fight will be aired over Sta tions KRNR, Roseburg; KOOS, Coos Bay, and KUIN, Grants Pass. Medford and Eugene may be in on the hook-up, according to reports. Promoters Nazelrod and San ders siated children may see the fights at a flat $1.00 per child. Ringside and reserved scats are still available at Monarch Cigar Store and J-V Sporting Goods Store. Negro Hurler, In Debut For L A., Defeats Beavers , By GRAHAM BERRY Aaaoclated Preaa Sportawriler The battle for the basement takes the Pacific Coast League spotlight today. The Los Angeles Angels step ped out of the cellar momen tarily at least by overwhelming the Portland Beavers last night 8-3, aided by five Beaver mis cues. The night before the Port land club had emerged from the low spot at the expense of the Angels.' Now the Beavers are back below again. The Angel win was featured by the debut of Booker McDan iel, the first Negro pitcher to perform in the circuit. He went the route and gave up five hits, struck out six and walked eight. Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodger boss, saw his affiliate club, the loop-leading Hollywood Stars, shellack Sacramento 10-4. Second plnee Seattle kept pace with Hollywood by setting back San Francisco 6-4, to remain 55 games in arrears. The San Diego Padres shaded Oakland 3-2 on Storey's two-run triple In the seventh. 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IS Cleveland Washington Boiton Chicago .. St. Louta - .400 .419 .303 AMERICAN LEAGUE L Pet .an .577 .350 .334 .528 .413 .308 .358 Pet. .830 .581 .544 .404 ,473 .430 .42.1 .410 Brooklyn M 31 St. Louta Boiton Phllarlelnhia ..30 ...31 TCu, Vorlc 28 Cincinnati 22 31 Pittsburgh 31 M imcago e PACIFIC COAST LP AGUE W L Hollywood SI 30 Seattle 4S 3d San Diego - 43 3D Rurrnmentn 38 38 Oakland - 38 43 San Franclaco Los Angelea .... Portland ...36 44 ...34 4 Conference Sets Advisory Season On Waterfowl SEATTLE, June 16. 7B The western migratory bird confer ence recommends a 60-day season on waterfowl and a $2 duck stamp fee with strings attached. It voted at its session here to make the recommendation to the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Western Association of Game Commissioners made a similar proposal the previous day. The conference's 60-day pro posal includes a recommendation that each Western state be al lowed to select its own season straight or split within the over all plan. It also recommended that: shooting hours extend from one- half hour before sunrise to sun set; the daily hag limit on ducks Be seven, with tne possession limit 14; the dally bag limit on geese be five, with not more than three to be of the Canada honker tvpe or Brant and with possession limit the same as the daily; there be an open season on jacksnlpes and an open season on mourning doves within the Pacific flyway; Congress pass the bill to raise the duck stamp fee to .$2, pro viding 25 percent of the funds be used for protection. Chiefs To Battle Drain Tonight The high flying Roseburg Umpqua Chiefs will be at It af-,aln tonight at Finlay Field, this time against some touch opposition from Drain. Although only an exhibition contest, the game mny equal Southern Ore gon League games in interest, action and color. Drain fields a rugged set of bnll players, who mix it up with ol her equally rugged cluhs from Lane County. Drain has hnd some bad luck In the Lane Douglas League, but their op ponents have consistently been cluhs with which to reckon. For the Chiefs, tonight's con test will be a warm-up for a League game Sunday, to be plaved here with opponents from Central Point. Sunday's battle will he Roseburg's 17th this season, including its sixth League game. After Tuesday night's game at Medford, several batting av erages toppled and new per centage leaders emerged. Norm West dropped to fourth place with .381, while Barney Koch, with .441, now leads the Chiefs. George Sanders follows closeJy with .421. Hal Edgar paces the .300 bracket hitters with a .394. Lovell Baker drop ped from .304 to an even .300 after Tuesday. If nothing else, tonight's tilt may be an Intra-tenm hatlle to see who will out-average his teammates In batting percentages. Tonight's game starts at 8 o'clock. 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(P) The University of Wash ington, for the second consecu tive year, drew the heaviest total fine for violations of the Pacific Coast Conference's athletic code. Faculty athletic representatives of the league announced Wednes day that Washington had been fined a total ot $5,500. The northern school topped the list last year with a fine of $3,550. A surprise contender 'or the dubious distinction of being fined the most was the University of Idaho against which was levied $4,010. Washington State College was fined $3,720 and other schools were assessed ns follows: Stanford University, $2,800. University of Southern Califor nia. $2,370. University of Oregon, $1,300. University of California at Los Angeles, $555. University of California, $350. University of Montana, $200. Oregon State College, $120. Schools Given Warning Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt, who announced the fines, said the Individual viola tions would not be disclosed. Schmidt also reported that in the last 12 months eight ot the 10 member institutions had been nsked to abate the activities of certain alumni and supporters of their schools' athletic programs in connection with prospective students. The schools warned were Cali fornia. Idaho, Oregon State, Southern California, Oregon, Washington State, Stanford and Washington. The 1050 track and field meet was awarded to th? University of California, to be held at Berkeley Mnv 26 and 27. The football practice season One or Two Man Power Chain Saw The lightest twin cylinder power chain saw on the market. Weighs less than 45 lbs. (Excluding cutting at tachment) Standard one man felling and bucking bars up to 42 ins Two man cutter bars up to 5 foot cutting capacity. Dual finger tip engine con trols and hond grips conven iently located for efficient one or two man operation. Full 360" eight position swiveling without putting the saw down. I - 1 ( f ir 4$ 41Jh4totf4ft4..& was moved up to give a full IS calendar days prior to the first game when the season starts be fore Sept. If?. The practice start has been Sept. 1. The 1953-51 schedule making was put over to the December meeting. The commissioner was author ized to name a lull time super visor for football and basketball officials. It is not mandatory. Earlier the conference voted to prohibit televising of motion pic tures of any athletic events under conference sponsorship and chose Carmel, Calif., for the Dec. 1114 meeting. Security Status Given Jim Aiken PORTLAND, June 16. (.fl Jim Aiken, the University of Ore gon's head football coach, now has security. The State Board of Higher Edu cation has approved his appoint ment as associate professor of physical education on indefinite tenure. Oregon State's Lon Stlner,' who resigned last spring, had indefin ite tenure, but recent University of Oregon coaches have not. Board President Edgar W. Smith said he could not recall that any U. of O. coach had had that security. Under Indefinite tenure, a fac ulty man can be removed only km cause. na losing games is not cause. Smith said. "Of course, the wolves could make life miserable for him," Smith added, "but if Aiken want ed to, he then could turn to teach ing. Indefinite tenure is some thing Aiken deserved nnri thn board was pleased to follow the reenmmmondntinn of Harry New burn, University president, In "iving It to him." LEAGUE LEADERS AMCRICAV I r.Mll E Bnttlng KW1, Detroit, ,34a, DIMaggio. Boston. .HL"!). nun .lulled in-wnilnnu nd Steph ens, Knstnn, .1(1. Home rutin-stephrtii, BnMon. tS, Will iams. Boston unci Jotwt, Philarirlphln. 14 Pttrhtng-, nnm-hi, New York, lfl-1, .909; Reynolds, New York. 7-1. n?5. NATIONAL l.KAOl'K Batting Robimoit. Brooklyn, ,353. Kt ner. Pittshurtth. ..140 Huns hattril in - Knbinson. Brooklyn. S3. Hmlurs, Brooklyn. 44. Home runs-Kiiifr, Pittsburgh, 14; Se ir.inick. Philadelphia. VI Purhlnii Sewfll. Pittsburgh, 4-0. 1.000; Branca, Brooklyn, 8-1. ,BU. Cerdan-LaMotta Battle Likely To Occur Tonight nr-HROlT, June 16.-(.T-To nvnid the threat of an interna innal boxing incident, bolh mid llcweight champion Marcel Cer .lan of French Morocco and chal- Distributed in Roseburg Phillies Down Cubs Twice In Doubleheader Cardinals Snap Dodgers' Winning Streak; Yanks Stretch League Lead By JOE REICHLER A.sociated Pra Sportawriler "Win for Waitkus" has be come the new battle cry of the "fightin' Phillies" of Philadel phia. Shocked by the shooting ot Eddie Waitkus, the Star Phllly iirst Daseman, nis teammates were determined todav to do their best to boost the morale of the stricken athlete. Waitkus was shot and seriously wounded by a girl fan in a hotel room early yesterday. The Phllies wasted no time in carrying out their promise. They swept a doubleheader from the UMcago Cubs, 4-1 and 3-0, to move into a virtual tie with Boston for third place in the tight National League race. The twin triumph gave the Phils a four-game winning sireaK ana a record 01 lu vic tories in their last 13 games. They trail the first place Brook lyn Dodgers by only three games. Cardinals Halt Dodgers The Dodgers' eight-game win ning streak came to an end last night when the St. Louis Cardi nals whipped them, 9-5, and cut their first place margin over the Red Birds to two games. Nippy Jones enjoyed his biggest day in the majors with a perfect four-for-four. He smashed a home run, two singles and a double to bat in six runs. Pittsburgh's Pirates duplicated Tuesday's feat by coming from behind with a four-run rally in the last of the ninth to nip the Braves, 8-7. Dino Restelll, a rookie outfielder, took Pittsburgh brdting honors with two homers and a single. Yanks Down Chisox The American League leading New York Yankees opened up a four-game lead over Detroit, whipping the Chicago White Sox, 9-4, while the Tigers were los ing a 2-1 game to Philadelphia. Cleveland sunk the Boston Red Sox deeper into a rut, drubbing tiie Sdx, 8-5, and Washington stayed in fifth place shutting out tne St. Louis Browns, -o. Rookie Ray Boone, who has replaced Manager Lou Boudreau at shortstop, clouted his first two major league home runs to lead the Indians to their sec ond straight victory over the Red Sox. Gene Bearden was the win ner. The Giants were rained out at Cincinnati. Juke Box Given To Swimming Pool Sunset Automatic Music Co. has donated the use of and in stalled a new juke box at the Roseburg Municipal Swimming Pool. The automatic record nlaver will have a complete selection of new ana ponuiar music, and will play continuously without the in sertion of coins. The record sup ply wilt oe pnangea at intervals, to keep adequate popular music at all times, and to meet the re quests of the swimmers. Users of the pool are asked to make suggestions as to the type of music they prefer. The machine wiil be installed Inside the dressing room, so as to provide protection from incle ment weather, but a loud speaker will project the music outside. The juke box will replace the city-owned record player, which has been In use since the pool opened. Persons using the pool have been requested to bring the cor rect change for admission when possible, so as to eliminate the necessity of keeping too much change on hand and to assist the caretakers In speeding their work during rush hours. Admission to the pool is 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. Towels rent for 10 cents and suits for 35 cents. Swimmers are also cautioned against bringing valuables with tiiem. lenger Jake LaMotta of New York will weigh in again today for to night s once-postponed title h"'. The weatherman promised "partly cloudy" weather out none of the rain that caused the post ponement yesterday. lernan remains the favorite but the 5 to 8 price may melt as much as two points by rlngtlme for the 15-ro ind battle scheduled for 10:00 p.m. (EST). by Botes Candy Co. 3-r - W ' ' '; I j, i i I. r-1 V - 1 I 'i r WILLIAM C. CHATHAM, phys ical education instructor in Drain High School and manager of the Douglas Living War Me morial Pool, wiil attend the Red Cross aquatic school at Camp Longfellow, Wildcat Lake, near Bremerton, Wash., June 20-30. Upon completion of this school ing he will receive a certificate as Red Cross water safety in structor and will supervise the Douglas County Chapter Vater Safety program to he conduct ed at Drain this summer. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT 'By the Associated Presai MIAMI. Fla. Charlie Zivic. 158. Pitts burgh, knocked out Gene Ilardiaon, 151-4, Norfolk. Va. S. NEW YORK Pete Kennedy, 147. White Plains. K. Y. knocked out Tony VUerto. 142, New York, 3. STOCKTON. Cnltf. -Johnny Efhan, 127. Honolulu, stopped Tony Bcccera, 128. Hermoalllo, Mcx. 7. Cleveland Indians Sign K-Falls Baseball Star KLAMATH FALLS, June 16. (B Ed Whitney, High School baseball star, has signed a con tract with the Cleveland Indians of the American League. Whitney, 17, a left-handed first baseman, will join the Bakers field farm team of the Class C California State League. He won a $1,000 Oregon Jour-nal-KPOJ baseball scholarship as the outstanding player in the all star game in Portland recently. Whitney said he would give up the scholarship but plans to at tend college, probably at the Uni versity of Oregon, between base ball seasons. S Formerly Sold for 104.95 'Reduced liy Piece . Il ALSO REDIiCED! if DeLuxe Model Tire$fone 3.6 H. P. Single Cylinder OUTBOARD MOTOR SucA. 'pea.tuiei w - Automatic Recoil Starter Faster Top Speed Slower Trolling Speed EASY BUDGET THE Phone 372 Roseburg Junior Legion Nine Defeats Sutherlin Team, 11-4 A hard-playing Roseburg Junior Legion club, under Coach Bar ney Koch, won their first League game In two starts at Finlay Field last night, defeating the visiting Sutherlin ball club, 11-4, in seven innings. Roseburg scored early, rack ing up nine runs In the first two innings, while Sutherlin's batters went down In one-two-three order In the first three frames. Dexter Garey itarted the ball rolling for the locals with a hard-hit single good for a run when Lloyd Stumbo followed with a double. Diz Burnett walked, then John Rauschert knocked the pair in with a single. Norm Smith and Garey singled In the second, Stumbo walked and Glen Scofield followed with ancther single. Burnett's double helped boost the score that In ning. Rauschert walked, then came In on an error, putting the count at 90, Roseburg. Gcofield's three-bagger in the third knocked in Garey, who drew a walk, then Roseburg went hitless for two innings. Rauschert's single in the sixth put Leo Bowers, who firsted on an error, across the plate, end ing Roseburg's scoring march. Sutherlln's Norris drew a sin gle off winning pitcher Mickey Coen in the second inning, but three succeeding outs left him stranded on second. B. Wall's single in the fourth put Nor ris, who was hit by a pitchea ball, across the platter for the iirst visitor run. bingles by K. Wall, Hills and Rice in the fifth were good for two runs, the latter two doing the scoring. Another run by Rice in the sev enth, who got on through an er ror, then advanced on a passed brill, ended Sulherlin's scoring effort. A neat double play in the sevenlh, Ripperger to Garey to Scofield, helped end the game. Coen, Koseourgs winning pitcher, allowed six hits during the game. Roseburg touched los ing pitcher W. Beamer for 10 bingles inducing two aouoles and a triple. The box score: Sutherlin B R H O A 4 0 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 I 1 1 10 0 3 0 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 113 0 3 2 13 0 1 0 0 0 3 23 4 21 13 B R H O A 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 -.4 12 9 0 .2 2 1,1 0 4 10 11 K. Wall. 2b Beamer. rf Flrm.m.. ss Norris. lb B. Wall. 3b .... Scllars. If Hllh. ef Flee, c W. Beamer. p . Rosebure:: Garey. 2b I L. Stumbo. 3b .... Scofield. lb Burnett, rf Bowers .ss 1 9 .J t I I 4 0 0 1 0 .i i i J .00000 . 0 0 0 0 1 17 11 10 31 10 Sutherlin : J - Roaeburs 3M 001 s II Errora Firman. Hills. Rlpperier. 2b hits Lloyd Stumbo. Burnett. 3D hits Scofield. Double playa Rlpperier to Car ey to Scofield. Innings pitched W. Beam er 8. Coen 7. Hits off Beamer 10. Coen S Strikeouts Beamer 3. Coen 3. BB-. Beamer S. Coen 2. Hit by-Coen iNorrlsl, Passed ball Rauschert. Noel Polk Now On Duty In Japan WITH THE EIGHTH U. S. ARMY IN OMIYA, JAPAN Recruit Noel Polk, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Polk of 731 East First Street, Roseburg, who re cently arrived in Yokohama, Japan, has been assigned to duty with Company A, Eighth Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry Division, which is on occupational duty in the densely populated Tokyo- Yokohama area. Recruit Polk enlisted In the military service on Dec. 27, 1948,, and underwent basic training tt Fort Ord, Calif. Ke departed from the United States on April--27, 1949, to begin his duties with the occupation forces In Japan. Recruit Polk's duties will con sist of security guard, additional training and general occupational requirements. He has not indi cated any direct plans for his career, but believes he will fol low a vocation he can learn in the Army. Polk is eligible to un dergo training in many varied fields offered by the Army Edu cation Program. Wolfe TKOs McCoy; Ball Decisions Cliff EUGENE, June 16. UP) Dick Wolfe, 148, Portland Indian, floored Mickey McCoy, 147, Los Angeles, four times last night be fore getting a TKO win in the second round of a scheduled 1 round fight card headlines. Davey Ball, 155, Bakersfield, Calif., decisioned Al Cliff, 159, Portland, In the six-round semi final. The News-Review classified ads bring best results. Phone 100. Rauschert. e Stumbo. cf .. Smith, it - - Coen. p Hooper, 44 Rtpperger, 44 FORMERLY 119.95 TERMS STORE 240 N. Jackson i (