Lefthanders
Have Notable
Day In Majors
Seven Turn In Victory
Performances, Two Of
' Them Of Shut-Out Type
By JOE REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
Tommy Byrne would like a tip
on now to pitcn to jonnny upon.
Llpon, .250 hitting Detroit
shortstop, twice this season has
blasted Byrnes' hopes o pitching
a no-run, no-nit game.
Johnny first played the vil
lain's role last May 8. Byrne had
a no-hitter going through six Inn
ings, but Llpon greeted the New
YorK Yankee lefthander with a
single to start the seventh. He
collected the second of Detroit's
three hits In the ninth, as Byrne
came through with a 12-0 victory.
Llpon was all that stood be
tween Byrne and a no-hitter last
night at the Yankee stadium as
Tommy hurled another 12-0 shut
out against the Tigers.
A crowd of 55,591 had visions
of the first hilless game by a
Yankee pitcher since Monte Pear
son shut out Cleveland 11 years
ago, as Byrne mowed down the
Tigers without a safety for seven
innings.
Then came the eighth and
up strode Llpon. Byrne threw a
high inside curve. Llpon swung
and the ball sailed on a line to
ward the left field corner. It
landed just Inside the foul line
fair by a foot. The partisan
crowd groaned as Llpon crossed
first with a single the only hit
of the game by the Tigers. Six
other Bengals reached base, all
via bases on balls. Eddie Lake,
Tiger third baseman, walked on
each of his four trips to the
plate.
"I wouldn't have minded It so
much if he had gotten his hit off
a strike pitch," Byrne said later.
Byrne had fine support In
registering his fifth victory of
the year, which Increased the
Yankees' first place lead over
Detroit to five games,
Big Day for 8outhpawi
Byrne was only dne of the
seven lefthanders who came
through with flying colors yes
terday. Rookie southpaw Maur
ice McDermott pitched the Bos
ton Red Sox to a three-hit 70
victory over the St. Louis
Browns. Recently recalled from
LouiBvllle, McDermott faced only
28 batters In chalking up his
second victory.
Alex Kcllner another rookie
southpaw registered his 10th
triumph pitching the Philadel
phia Athletics to an 11-4 victory
over the Chicago White Sox.
Kellner gave up five hits In be
coming the first lefthander In
the majors to win 10 games. The
victory moved the As into second
place, one half game ahead of
i Detroit.
; A lefthander Joe Hatten
kept the Brooklyn Dodgers In
first place In the National league,
pitching the Brooks to a 7-2 tri
umph over the Reds In Cincln-
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YAQUI KID Son of a one-time top-flight wrestler, who will
make hit debut in Roieburg Saturday night against Lefty Pacer,
Upper Umpqua Fishing
Prospects 'Favorable'
PORTLAND, June 23.
Fishermen looking for the best
luck will try the Deschutes area
this weekend, but some pretty
lair angling may be expected in
a few other areas, too.
That is the report of the state
game commission. In detail It
Includes:
Douglas county Rosnburg
Upper Umpqua area, water con
ditions and Insect hatches favor
able. Trout angling good. Anglers
urged to continue reporting all
tagged fish.
Diamond lake Fishing rea
sonably good. Limit catches be
ing taken on troll with flatfish
and Russell lures. Fly fishing
fair.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
(By the Assnrlntfrl Prrsst
NEW YORKi-Snnily Snddlpr, 12S, New
York, knocked out Luis Ramon, 12ft 13,
Puerto Itlcn, ft,
SYnACUSH. N. Y Nick Berone,
178 12, Syracuse, outpointed Phil Mus-
catn, 1R9, Buffalo, 10.
BROOKLYN Fltzle Pruden. H l.
St. Catherines. Ont., stopped Vlnnle
Ruiiano, in, new lorn,
natl. Hatten allowed six hits Wi
llis sixth victory, half of them
over Cincinnati.
Lefty Howie Pollet enabled the
St. Louis Cardinals to stay within
a half-game of the Dodgers,
pitching the Redbirds to a 10-6
triumph over the New York
Giants.
Southpaw Warren Spahn, aided
by a 15-hlt attack against five
Chicago pitchers, chalked up his.
ninth victory, pitching the Bos
ton Braves to a 12-5 victory over
the Cubs,
Lefty Curt Simmons went all
the way for Philadelphia as the
Phils swamped the Pittsburgh
Pirates, 9-3.
Early Wynn was the only right
hander to notch a victory, but
even he needed help from a left
hander, getting it from Frank
Paplsh In the ninth to receive
credit for Cleveland's 4-3 triumph
over the Washington Senators.
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BASEBALL STANDINGS
AMERICAN LIT A HUE
W. L. Pot.
New York ...;,9 22 .tvifl
Philadelphia 35 27 ,56ft
Detroit .. 31 27 ,!W4
Cleveland 31 27 .S:i4
BoRlon .32 28 ,333
Washington 20 31 ,4R3
ChicnKn 2ft 38 .397
St. LoulB IB 43 .259
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pel.
Mrooklyn 37 24 .607
51. Lottli 3(1 24 .BOO
Philadelphia .3fl 28 .5fi3
Boston 35 28 .558
New York 30 30 .SOO
Cincinnati 2ft 35 .417
Pittsburgh 24 37 .3P3
Chicago 22 39 .361
PACIFIC COAST LKAGI'B
W. L. Pet.
Hollywood ..57 33 .633
Sent tie 50 40 .556
San Diego 44 44 . 500
Oakland 44 44 , 500
Sacramanto 42 43 .4M
Portland 39 46 .450
San Franrlnco 39 49 .443
Lou Angelen 36 52 .404
LEAGUE LEADERS
(By the Associated Presto
AMKniCAN l.r.AOUK
BATTIN& Kell, Detroit, .353;
DIMag
Hio, niisLon, ..Ml).
RUNS BATTED TN Williams
Bot-
ton. 70; Stephens, Boston, fifi.
HOME BUNSWIMlams. Boston, 17;
Stephens, Boston, and Joost, Phlladel
phia. in.
PITCHING Wynn. Cleveland, 4-0; Ras
chl, New York, 11-1.
NATIONAL LEAGUI
BATTINO Robinson, Brooklyn, .3S8;
Srhnenrtlrnst, St. Louis. ..'14S.
RUNS BATTED IN Robinson, Brook
lyn, 39: Hodpes, Brooklyn, 4B
HOME RUNS Klner, Pittsburgh, 13;
Muslal. St. Louis. 14.
PITCHING Sewell. Pittsburgh, 4-0;
Branca, Brooklyn, 8-1.
Easter's Injured Knee
To Undergo Examination
SAN DIEGO, Calif.. June 24.
Big Luke Easter, San Diego
t'aelre Negro first baseman who
has been sidelined by an old knee
Inlury. left today for Cleveland,
where he will undergo further
examination.
Dr. Edward Castle, Cleveland
physician, will examine Easter's
knee and If he believes an opera
tion necessary, Easter will under
go surgery Immediately. If he
decides playing won't set hack
Easier, the big first baseman no
doubt will Join the Padres next
week.
'Cleveland has every Intention
of buying Easter from us at the
end of this season and the In
dians are anxious to know what
Is what on his knee," Padre
President Bill Starr said.
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Squirts Defeat
VFW; Plywood J
Wins Over Elks
Schemer Squirts pulled them
selves out of a hole with a six
run splurge in the fourth inning,
to defeat VFW, 6-5, in the twi
light portion of Thursday night's
Softball doublcheader at Finlay
Field.
In the nightcap, Umpqua Ply
wood easily defeated Roseburg
Elks, 9-1, tapping Elks pitcher
Tom Johnson for hits in each
inning.
The Squirts, with a win and no
losses, pace the city league, which
started play Monday night.
VFWs were off to a first inn
ing lead on a run by Chuck Tay
lor, who scored on Potter's
single. Taylor hit 1.000 in four
trips. The Vets tallied again in
the second on runs by Brunner
and Windshlp, then Increased
their run count to four in the
fourth on a run by Goznell.
After that, It was the Squirts'
ball game. Behind four runs as
they came to bat In the fourth,
the Squirts started filling the
bases on walks by Shapro and
Moore. Sid Moon clouted one,
scoring Shapro. Nichols, San
stead and Fred Schemer each
got on and scored, as pitcher Bill
Goznell allowed three walks and
three hits.
The plywood workers wasted
no time tuning in on pitcher
Johnson of the Elks in the night
cap. Garrison. Plywood leadoff man.
clouted one into center field that
should have been good for four
bags, but not being sure he had
tagged second, Garrison returned
from third, then couldn't make it
home on the throw-in.
Harris homered in the same
Inning, after White singled, put
ting the count at three-nothing,
Plywood.
Garrison took a fast round trlD
in the third, this time making
certain he tagged all bases. White
scored again on Puffinbarger's
single.
Puffinbarger and Marsters
each scored In the sixth, while
Baughman and Larsen tallied in
the seventh to put the game on
ice.
Foy, Elks left fielder, scored
the only run for his team, coming
in on a passed ball, after singling
the only Elks hit of the eve
ning. Leafirue Dlav continues MnnHav
night, with the Squirts and the
millmen teelnff off. VFW and
the Elks play the late game.
Barrett Pitches
Padres To Victory
Over Hollywood
IBy the Associated Press)
Kewpie Dick Barrett is still
a pitcher to he reckoned with on
the Pacific slope.
The fat and fortylsh fllnger re
leased recently by Seattle racked
up another win for his new mates,
the San Diego Padres, with a
stylish six-hit 8 to-2 verdict last
night over the league-leading Hol
lywood Stars.
Hollywood, however, lost no
ground. Second-place Seattle was
shutout with three hits by Los
Angeles' new righthander, Bryan
Stephens.
Denny Golehouse allowed only
seven hits for the losers, but one
was Wayne Terwilliger's homer
and two were run-producing bin
gles by Clarence Maddern.
Oakland and San Diego moved
up into a third place tie as the
Oaks dumped Sacramento, 9-8.
Led by Earl Rapp's four for-four,
the Oaks knocked the Sacs from
third to fifth with a 13-hit attack
on four pitchers. Tony Freitas
drew the loss.
San Francisco gained In Its bat
tle to take over sixth place from
Portland with a 4-3 decision. Man
ny Perez pilched a scoreless
three-hit relief job for 7 23 In
nings to win after Steve Nagy
blew up In the second. The Seals
kept pecking away at Roy Hel
ser to tie It in the seventh and win
In the eighth off reliefer Bill
Fleming.
Grants Pass Golfers
Dated Here For Match
The Grants Pass Country Club
folfers will come to Roseburg
undav for an interclub meet
with the Roseburg Country Club
members. About 20 are expected
from the southern city. This Is
one of a series of Interclub match
es being played during the sum
mer months by the Roseburg
players.
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HAND HOLDERS Don Gehrmann (right), Wisconsin's great dis
tance star, takes his teammate, Herb Barten of Michigan, by the
hand to be sure he gets across the finish line ahead of USC's BoD
Pruitt (behind Barten) for second place In the 880 in the Pacific
Coast Conference - Big Ten track meet at Berkeley. Cal. Gehrmann
won and Barten placed second. The Big Ten cindermen upset the
P. C. C, 70-62.
Uniforms Arrive For Peewee Baseball
Players 64 Of Them; More Money
Needed To Finance Season's Program
Wednesday was a big day for Roseburg Peewee baseball play
ers, as baseball uniforms for 64 players arrived in town.
Through Coach Barney Koch's efforts, money was raised for
the purchase of these suits and other equipment necessary to the
game.
Financing of the Peewee pro
gram was given a shot in the arm
by the Roseburg Park Commis
sion, composed of Percy Croft,
chairman; Mabel Lewis, Earl Wi
ley, Bruce Elliott and Wayne
Crooch, who donated a grant of
$500.
The American Legion Junior
Legion Baseball Committee, un
der the chairmanship of Frank
Hammerschmith, agreed to lur
nish additional financing in the
amount of approximately $450.
ThT-se two amounts will under
write the complete PeeWee pro
gram In regards to "hare essen
tials." Hammerschmith said. He
Indicated more money is need
ed to assure a continued summer-
program, scheduled to last two
montns.
Fred Lockwood, local Ford-
Mercury dealer, provided a com
plete set ol new uniiorms ior me
Junior Legion team, as well as
additional money for balls and
bats, Hammerschmith added.
He pointed out "few people re
alize that baseballs now cost $24
per dozen and few games can
be played with less than six to
12 balls being used.
"The pained expression the
spectators see on the faces of
Barney and myself are not so
much due to the opposing team
scoring a run. but more to tnat
of a $2 ball going Into a wooded
area never to be found."
Hammerschmith reported 22 In
dividuals and business firms have
made contributions, other than
the purchase of season tickets,
for the purpose of assisting in
the summer recreation program.
He emphasized that more mon
ey could be "well spent" if there
are any busjness firms or indi
viduals wishing to put their dol
lars to a "sound investment In
our youths."
Mayor ai f iegei is iiananng
the money for this purpose, Ham
merschmith added. "A check to
him will be olaced in the Pee
wee baseball fund."
Portland Trip On Program
In an Interview with Mayor
Flegel, he said he hoped to have
enough money to finance the
summer baseball program as well
as send the team on a barnstorm
ing trip to Portland. .
Flegel Indicated the trip would
end in a visit to the Lucky Beaver
ball park, where the peewees
would be treated to a double
header featuring the Portland
Beavers.
Mavor Flegel urged that Rose
burg townspeople attend a Pee
wee session at Finlay Field. "Any
weekday morning spent mere
would be enough to make a base
ball fan of the most indifferent
spectator." Flegel stated.
"I hope this summer's program
is the start of a year-round sports
enterprise for Roseburg and sur
rounding area children," Flegel
said.
He related that Myrtle Creek
Distributed in Roseburg
has a summer ball program In
operation under the "able tule
lage of Frosty Loghry." Flegel
said challenges are presented to
Oakland, Sutherlin, Canyonville
and Riddle to get in step. Ke in
dicated that in some instances
a consolidation ' move "might be
sound."
Flegel reported that the Eagles
Lodge of Myrtle Creek is financ
ing the program there and that
Chairman PhilliDs of the Myrtle
Creek Baseball committee is now
attempting to uniform Loghry's
players for a series of games with
Roseburg Peewees.
The Roseburg Mayor suggest
ed that interested persons still
have an "opportunity to 'give a
lift to youth' by modest or sub
stantial monetary gifts.
"No amount of money is too
small or too large," Flegel stressed.
Softball Games
At Drain Riot Of
Sports Comedy
Two hundred-fifty fans were
greeted with thrills, chills, star
plays, errors and ommisslons
Monday night at the Drain Ball
park, when the town's four soft
ball teams put on their benefit
double-header.
The Woolley Wood Worms or
Cattle Rustlers, took the field at
7:30 p. m. against the Whipple
Rock Busters, better known as
Sand Fleas. This proved the game
of the evening. Behind the stellar
pitching of Big Jim Stoop and his
air-tight infield, which exhibited
many sparkling plays, the Cattle
Rustlers took the count over the
Rock Busters, 8 to 2.
The second game bctweeen the
Lion Crumbs and the City Kilo
wats proved a three-ring circus.
Everybody but the water boy and
ambulance driver pitched for the
Crurftfos. After seven innings of
wild and exciting plays the
Crumbs came out on the short
end of a 2-to-l score, or correctly
stated, 32 to 16.
The Drain Camp Fire Girls, un
der Mrs. Gertrude Whipple's guid
ance, sold boxes of candy and
soda pop to the crowd. These
funds raised went to the indi
vidual girls to help meet their
expenses for summer camp. Pro
ceeds from the sale of tickets will
be equally divided between the Boy
Scouts, sponsors of the affair,
and Camp Fire Girls for summer
camp exonses.
An expression of thanks for all
participants and those contribut
ing tow ai d the fund was extended
by the Lions Club Youth Com
mittee. by Bote Candy Co.
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Back Little Leagues For Youngsters,
Advice Of Cardinals' Manager Dyer
By HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Sports Editor
NEW YORK (NEA) Any baseball man will tell you that
there are fewer good players today than at any other time in history.
Eddie Dyer believes the principal reason Is that in more recent
years youngsters have been exposed to the game too late.
The manager of the Cardinals
is a staunch believer in tne j-itiie
League movement now sweeping
the country.
It enables boys to grow up with
the game. Only lads from eight
to 12 are eligible.
The Little League idea was con
ceived in Williamsport, Pa., 11
years ago by Carl Edwin Stotz, a
bottling company executive who
is now the organization's national
commissioner. An assist goes to
Bill Kehoe, associated with a na
tional weekly published In Wil
liamsport and who encouraged
Stotz.
There are now 400 Little
Leagues, comprising 1600 teams,
the bulk of them situated in the
east.
New $25,000 Little League
parks have just been oDened In
Houston, Tex., and Naugatuck,
Conn.
Dyer is so enthusiastic about
the plan that his insurance agen
cy there is sponsoring a club in
the Houston Little League.
Dyer, long the St. Louis Na
tionals' minor league trouble
shooter and chief scout, urges or
ganized baseball to get behind the
Little Leagues.
"The trick in all games Is to
start them young," says Dyer.
"My son didn't have a hard ball
In his hands until he was 16. I
asked him why, and he told me
the kids didn't play hard ball. It
is played only sparingly in gram
mar school. That is neither right
nor good for organized baseball.
"The average youngster can't
afford to play hard ball today. A
uniform costs at least $9, a glove
$14.75, shoes $8.50, a bat $3.45 and
a ball S2.50. I know because I
inquired.
"To play now a youngster defi
nitely needs some sort of an asso
ciation behind him."
Little Leagues range In num
ber of clubs from four to 28.
Most Little League parks are
miniatures of major league
plants. They are enclosed, have
the finest infields and concrete
dugouts, are equipped with lights,
electric scoreboards and loud
speakers.
From Little Leagues big ball
players grow.
In 1883, on a hunting trip to
the Badlands of North Dakota,
Theodore Roosevelt helped trail,
capture and transport to jail
three thieves.
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Szasz, Falletti
Will Grapple In
Card's Opener
Ably supporting the Saturday
mat card at the Armory, which
brings to Roseburg the famous
Yaqui Kid, is a one-hour prelim
inary between Al Szasz and Tony
Falletti.
The Kid, who Is In Roseburg
today with his manager, Yaqui
Joe, meets Lefty Pacer In the
main event.
Szasz hasn't lost a match in
Roseburg since returning to these
parts but he'll be up against a
tough competitor in Falletti.
Although the Hartford, Conn.,
Italian has lost his last two
matches in Roseburg, he's anxi
ous to get back on the winning
trails, so plans a concentrated at.
tack on the popular Hungarian.
Whether Szasz' whip-wristlock
can counter the rough stuff of
Falletti Is to be seen. But it looms
as a great match, and one that'll
be a ,good stage-setter for the
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