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About The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1949)
Battlers Ready For Swatfest Tonight 28 Rounds Of Biff Scheduled For The Fans Gordon And Wagner To Headline Attractive Program At Armory Fistic artistry Is on tonight's agenaa at tne Koseourg Armory, Douglas County light . patrons are offered an Impressive aggro Ojlinfl nt lltAurl-A rinn (alant tentatively scheduled to last 28 rounds. Main interest is centered in the 10-round clash between Rose burg's favorite heavyweight Babe Hardrock Gordon and Salem's Keller Wagner. Fight followers are wondering If the Babe can repeat his per formance of three weeks ago, when he gave Joe Kahut a sur prising setback in his aspira tion to reach the top of the heavyweight ladder. Wagner also desires to meet Kahut, with a result similar to that gained by Gordon. The visitor from the Capital City will have to keep a con stant lookout for Gordon's lethal left hand. The Roseburg battler has no intention of letting the famed paw rest during tonight's tussle. . Other fighters listed for ac tion tonight Include Davey Ball, Bakersfield, and Al Cliff, Port land, in the six-round semi-final. In the preliminary events, the following opponents are listed to go four rounds: Dick Collie, Win chester, vs. Bob Galligan, New Mexico; Lyle Wescott, Roseburg, vs. Pete Collins, Salem; Tommy Weathers, Camas Valley, vs. Mel vln Woodall, Redding, Calif. The initial bout starts at 8:30 p.m. Salmon Season Opening Finds Fish Scarce ASTORIA, July 8.-WP) The summer commercial salmon sea son operations are under way in the Lower Columbia but fish are scarce and about half the fleet is Idle. Prices are still unsettled. Pack ers offered 20 cents from the opening day until August 1; 18 cents to August 10; 15 cents for the rest of the season. But nego tiations are underway for high er prices, a union spokesman said. The poor spring season, caus ed by nigh water and a small run, heightened anxiety of the lishermen over prospects of a repeat performance this summer of last year's light catch. The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri., July 8, 1949 i o ms& oi r HEADLINER ON TONICHT'S CARD Keller Wagner, above, Salem, opposes Roseburg's Babe "Hardrock" Cordon in a sched uled 10 rounds toniqht at the Roseburg Armory. Wagner has won II of 12 bouts since being discharged from the Army. He shows improvement in every fight, according to Manager Phil Ravei. who said his nrotea. is analina for a crack at Joe Kahut. Wagner is scheduled to fight a main event in San Diego, where he made a good impression in a previous bout there. Peewees Face Tough Test In Their First Game, Against Bashor Bombers FIGHTS LAST NIGHT (By the Associated Prefla) 14B', Irvln'gton, outpointed Al Evans 183'i, Montreal, 8. VKW VORK Steve Bellolse. 103. New York, outpointed Tony Demlcco, 165, Schnectady, N. Y., 8. wavonnic. W. J. Tony Rlcco. 1M, Bavonne, knocked out Jimmy Millisan, isavi, Pateraon, N. J., 2. NEW VOUK Pat Kellv. 142. Ireland, outpointed Pete Kennedy, 1451,, White nams, n. x., a. Ocean Bottom Gorget A number of deep gorges, In cluding one more than 20 miles long and three miles wide, are at tne oouom oi tne Aiianuc Ocean northeast of Nantucket Shoals. DOUBLE MAIN EVENT BUCK WEAVER vs. GEORGE DUSETTE TONY ROSS vs. AL SZASZ w R E S T L I N G ROSEBURG ARMORY, JULY 9, 1949 ' A Cough and tough Bashor Bomber group Is scheduled to ar rive nere tomorrow to tussle Bar ney Koch's 12-year-old Peewee aggregation at finiay leld. The local junior edition ball players are rated the underdog, as Frank Bashor's talented team has played four league games to date, winning all of them. Koch's clan has not yet en gaged another team In diamond competition, having limited its playing to lntra-squad practice sessions. In their most recent game, the Bombers defeated Scappoose, 2-1, in a touch-and-go game that called for supreme effort on the part oi Portland s top-Ilight Pee wee players. It was learned that Bashor's nine-year-old son, Doug, may be the starting hurler for the vis itors. Another Bomber lad ex pected to be in the starting lineup Is Buck Knight, son of William W. Knight, who is business man ager of the Oregon Journal. Young Buck, formerly of Rose burg, is the nephew of Lotus Knight Porter, News-Review so ciety editor, and he reportedly plays a flashy shortstop position. The 11-year-old handles hard-hit grounders with ease and gets them to first in a hurry. Although Roscburtr Poewees are impressed with the Bomhers' victory record, at least three players contacted have indicated the locals are ready, willing and able to handle the situation. Rose burg Peewee Dennis Brundage, Fred Hargis and Leroy Sargent declare they will give the Bomb ers their first defeat of the sea son. No admission will be charged at the gate, but a hat will be passed and any contributions col lected will be used to defray base- oan ana licia expenses, uame time is 8 p. in. Ha't Boss Now Governor A. G. Crane of Wy oming now bosses the trustee of the university of Wyoming. For merly president of the univer sity. Crane was fired by the trustees in la-u. COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything for tha Builder at Reasonable Pricet. Meant Just That Whether you are remodeling or building a home, or ony type of structure, here you can secure ony and oil materials required. We buy in large quanti ties, have ail the equipment necessary for economical handling and pass the savings 'olong to you. You are invited to Inspect our displays, our stocks, our facilities to serve you, and secure an estimate on any materials needed. Budget plan if desired. COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Floed & Mill Sts. Phone 121 Yankees Push Athletics Five Games Behind Dodgers Boost Lead By Beating Braves While 1 Cards Lose To Pirates By JACK HAND AlBoclated Press Snnrt.wrltr The New York Yankees con tinue to knock off their rivals one by one. The Philadelphia As were the latest, shoved five full games behind the Yanks by last nignt s d-z setDacK. Allie Reynolds' route-eolne performance against the As must have been encouraging to Man ager Casey Stengel, who keDt "Wahoo" in his regular starting turn despite his many knock outs. Reynolds' 9-1 record is deceiv ing but there was nothing phony aooui nis iive-nitter lasi nignt. A two-run homer by Hank Bauer broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth to give Allie a working margin over Lou Brissie, like Reynolds an All-Star pitching, selection. Cleveland, making another move, crept to within a game and a half of the As by smother ing Chicago, 8-2, with a 17-hlt attack. That enabled Bob Lemon to coast home with his ninth victory. Mickey Haefner Fired The Boston Red Sox trampled Washington, 8-3, and , chased Mickey Haefner rieht off the Senators ball club. Owner Clark Griffith, dlssatisified with Haef- ner's "indifferent" performance, gave the pint-sized lefty his walk ing papers after a bad first In ning. Haefner walked five, mess ed up a grounder and allowed one hit as the Sox rolled up a five-run lead. Detroit teed off on Red Em bree for six runs in the first Inning to snap its five-game los ing streak with a 9-2 romp over the St. Louis Browns. Dodgers Stretch Lead ' Brooklyn boosted its National League lead to two full games by trimming the Boston Braves, 5-2, after runnerup St. Louis bowed to Pittsburgh. 2-0. in the afternoon. Joe Hatten survived a threat ening ninth inning to record his seventh victory on the strength of a three-run Dodger attack on Warren Spahn in the first inning. Gil Hodges, with a two run double, boosted his league leading RBI total to 64. Mnie Bonnam shut out the Cardinals with six hits for Pitts burgh's sixth straight victory. uino Kestelil, the Pirates' line rookie, drove home both runs with a double oti Gerry Staley in the sixth inning. Lefty Dave Koslo had a night he'll never forget as he hit his first two major league homo runs, driving in five runs in the New York Giants' 11-3 slaughter of the Phillies. Koslo now has a 9 0 career record against the Phils. Despite 17 Chicago hits. Cin cinnati eked out a 7-6 edge over the Cubs. Walker Cooper got his fourth homer in two days. It was No. 11 for Cooner, seven since he left New York June 24. , 4 Teams Bunched For Second Spot in Coast League By BILL BECKER Aiioclated Press SoorUwrltap It's a close race for second place in the Pacific Coast League today. Nobody appears to be mak ing much headway in overtak ing the leading Hollywood Stars but after last night's doings Se attle, ban Diego, uakland and Sacramento were closer than an old maid's knitting society. They were clustered within a range of nine to 11 games back of the Stars. Oakland's defending cham pions the only team to hold a season edge on the Stars- celebrated Manager Charley Dres- sen's new contract with a 9-4 win over Los Angeles. The fast-improving Oaks slam med four Angel pitchers for nine weu-timea blows, including hom ers by Mel Duezabou, Frank Keir and Cookie Lavagetto. Lou Tost rescued the game after homers by Butch Moran and Cliff Aber son kayoed Milo Candinl in a four-run fifth inning. The win left the Oaks In fourth place, a half game behind the San Diego Padres which sDllt. 0-1 and 6-1, with Portland, and oniy one game Denind runner up Seattle, which fell 4-1 before Sacramento. The Sacs got to Charley Schanz for five hits and all their runs in the ninth inning. Until then Jackie Albright's hom er had been the only tally. Man ny Salvo, who relieved Don John son, got credit for the victory. It was the Rainlers' fifth straight loss. Red Lynn, ex-Los Aneeles chucker, twirled a two-hitter to edge San Diego's Jake Mooty ana scorea -rortiana's winning run after doubling in the first game. Then the Padres' Al Jur isich stopped the Beavers in the nigntcap lor his llth win. John Ritchey's homer paced the Padre attack. Cully Rikard's two-run double was the big blow that gave San Francisco's Steve Nagy a 3-1 de cision over Hollywood's Gordy iviauzDerger. BASEBALL STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE w T. Brooklyn as no St Louis . . 43 32 Philadelphia 41 38 Boston , 41 36 New York 37 36 Pittsburgh 33 40 t-incinnau 31 Chicago 28 48 AMERICAN LEAGUE w r. New York 49 26 PhlladelDhia 44 .11 Cleveland 42 32 Detroit 40 37 Boston 38 36 Washlnaton 32 41 Chicago 31 46 iU IXUIM , 24 SI PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Hollywood M Seattle San Diego uaKiano L 41 Hospital Stars Wallop Myrtle Creek Lions Veterans Hospital All-Stars thumped Myrtle Creek Lions, 17-2, in an exhibition Softball game at the Hospital playing field Thursday night. with tne exception oi tneiutn inning, the All-Stars scored in every frame, tapping Lions' pitcher Meiers lor 12 hits. The All-Star hurler didn't al low a single visitor hit. The Li ons' only runs came after third baseman Tucker and Pitcher Meiers reached first on errors in the seventh inning. The All Stars scored six runs on four hits in the first, then again in the sixth the Hospital patients scored seven runs on four hits. Twilight League play contin ues July 11, with All-Stars sched uled to meet the Hospital em ployes in an evening action. 8acramento Portland .....i San Francisco Loa Angeles Pet. .600 .573 .332 .332 .507 .452 .431 Pet. .653 .537 .508 .519 .514 .438 .403 .320 Pet. .610 .524 .511) .515 .503 .461 .447 .417 Tony Ross Demands Police Protection For Szasz Bout; Weaver To Take On Dusette Tony Ron, the "Salem Sadist," has asked for police protec tion when he meets Al Siasx in one of the two main-event wres tling matches at tha Roseburg Armory Saturday night. In his last meeting with tha talented little Hungarian, the police were forced to break up a dressing room brawl that followed Szasz' victory over the Salem villain. This will be the third local meeting between the two mat enemies, Ross having beaten the bouncing Szasz in the first en gagement. The match is almost certain to turn into a fistic bat tle. Ross is a former southeast middleweight mitt champion and during the War won five of six matches in Portland via knock outs. Although he uses his fists with considerable authority, Ross is al so a solid fundamental grappler and capable of meeting and beat ing the best man in the light heavyweight division. Regard less of the outcome, the skirmish is likely to turn into a bloody brawl. The result will not count In the current light-heavyweight competition to decide the new Pacific coast champion. Dusette vs. Weaver The other one-hour headliner, which will be in marked con trast to the Ross-Szasz clash, will feature Buck Weaver, Uni versity of Indiana athletic star, and Georges Dusette. Weaver will be seeking his third straignt tournament victory without a de feat. It will mark the first tour ney tilt for Dusette who has just returned to the Northwest after a triumphant tour of the East and Mid-Western wrestling capi tals. The muscular French-Canadian, who specializes in the full-nelson, may find himself the favor ite with Douglas County fans who became angry with Weaver last week when he employed rough tactics in defeating Sugi Hayamaki, the Japanese jiu-jitsu expert from Oklahoma. The twin headline program, expected to be packed with color and action, may attract one of the largest crowds of the sum mer season. Ringside seat tickets were reported at a premium, but Powell's report good seats are still available. A 4 i 0 If t-:? ' xi ; LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Robinson, Brooklyn, .359; Kiner. Pittsburgh, .335. Runs batted In Hodges, Brooklyn, M: Robinson, Brooklyn, 61. Home runs Kiner, Pittsburgh, 31; Gordon, New York, 15. Pitching Roe, Brooklyn, 8-2, .800; Branca, Brooklyn, and Helntzelman, Philadelphia, 10-3, .769. AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting Kelt, Detroit, .352; DlMaf glo, Boston, .333. Runa batted in Williams, Boston, and Stephens, Boston, 81. Homa runs Williams and Stephana, Boston, 19. Pitching Reynolds. New York, t-1, .00; Raschl, New York, 13-2, .867. ON MAT CARD Buck Weav er, at top, currently enjoying winning streak in wrestling bouts, faces his toughest op ponent at the Roseburg Armory Saturday night, when ha takes on super-muscled Georges Du sette in the upper event of the weekly card. The opening com bat will sea a 'rubber' match between Tony Ross, lower pho to, and Al Szasz, a pair of bit ter feudists who promise the fans some exciting action. Roseburg And Tri-City Juniors Play Saturday Barney Koch's Junior Legion baseball nine travels to Myrtle Creek Saturday for an afternoon action with the Tri-City Junior Legion Club. Drain is currently leading the league in this area, and is tenta tively scheduled to participate in the state tournament at Albany. Ball To Mark Finish Of Bass Derby At Reedsport The final day of the Lower llmnmu R TVrhV. Julv 15. ...m f,-a . 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Heavy slides blocking the Hell's Gate passage In 1913 depleted the spawning fish run from an esti mated 4,000,000 until they were counted in hundreds during low. water level years. Near extermination of the sock eye run through the boiling Heil't Gate passage has cost B. C. fish ermen an estimated $558,000,000, based on 1948 prices. Lloyd Royal, chief biologist of the Salmon Commission, said now that the first run is back the Commission believes "all the runs will be gradually rehabilitated." The long wait to discover ef fects of the fish ladders, he said was caused by the sockeye habits of returning to the sea for four years before returning to Sie rivers to spawn. "Cigarette" Microphone A new microphone designed for use by radio broadcasters weighs but 12 ounces and is smaller than a pack of cigarets. LOOK .1 SIGN PAINTING - DECORATING LCONTP'CJQfSl -AMERICA IT IS YOUR PROTECTION Fully Guarantc.a Reliable Quality Work At No Added Coat Roseburg Chapter P. D. C. A. 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