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Babe Gordon Knocks Out It. Wagner Powerful Left To Body Ends Bout In first Wagner Dropped After 1 Minute 40 Seconds; Other Bouts Please Fight Results MAIN-EVENT Babe "Hard pock" Gordon, 180, Roseburg, KOd Keller Wagner, 192, 8alem, In 1:40 of the first round. SEMIFINAL Al Cliff, 155, Portland, TKOd Davey Ball, 160, , Bakersfield, In 5th. PRELIM Tommy Weathers, 149, Camas Valley, TKOd Mel vln Woodail, 142, Redding, Calif., In 3rd. PRELIM Davey Ball, 160, Sa lem, TKOd Dick Collie, 152, Win chester, In ,3rd. PRELIM Lyle Wescott, 138, Roseburg, decisioned Pete Col lins, 138, Salem, In four rounds. By DAN MINDOLOVICH (News-Review Sports Writer! Man, what a left! Manager Ernie Nazelrod said . his boy would be out to end tha light as quickly as possible. Naz elrod was not kidding! Babe "Hardrock" Gordon, the lad with the pile-driving left hand didn't waste a second be fore he had his opponent where he wanted him. Before the fans could get comfortable after hav ing gone out to the refreshment stand . during pre-main-ev'ent in termission, Gordon had Keller Wagner on the deck for the count. After a brief Investigative flurry of punches by both boys, Gordon lashed out with his left. ' His fist didn't travel more than ;, ten Inches, but it caught Wag ner right on the cheek. As Wagner started down, Gor . don lashed out with another left that caught his opponent in the stomach. The force of the blow threw Gordon off balance and he fell on top of Wagner. He got up quickly and as Wag--. ner tried to do the same, it was obvious he had had it. His eyes were glazed as he strug gled to an upright position. Wastes No Time Gordon wasted no time. He lashed out again with his mur- derous left hook, catching the dazed Wagner on the chin. Wag- ner stumbled for the ropes and Gordon followed up with a short : left to the body again. . Wagner went through the ropes. His seconds took one look at him, and decided their boy had enough. They motioned ' to Referee Red jGreen and the flight ended there. "'.' It took Gordon exactly 1:40 to dispatch Wagner. In the dressing room, Gordon indicated it was that last smash to the body that did the trick. He had tested Wagner's stom ach earlier and decided that was the place to make the fight pay off. Manager Nazelrod stated he considers Gordon the heavy weight boxing champion of Ore gon. "I'll put up Gordon against any other heavyweight on the Pacific Coast," he added. Fights Two Opponents In the other events, Davey Ball, taking on two opponents last night when Bob Galligan failed to show up, won one and lost one. Al Cliff caught him over the left eye in the fifth round of a scheduled six-round main event and opened up a nasty wound. The fight was stopped and Cliff was awarded the TKO. Ball pressed the capable Cliff consid erably, apparently not being han dicapped a bit by an earlier ac tion against Dick Collie, who was scheduled to fight Galligan. Ball held the experience edge over Collie and played with the stout-hearted Winchester lad for most of three rounds. Referee Green finally stopped , the one-sided affair, awarding the go to Ball. Collie wanted to Runs Like New Engine Has been completely torn down and rebuilt to our exacting specifications Worn parts replaced with New Gen uine Ford Parts Immediate Delivery LOCKWOOD Sat., July 9, 1949 Tha News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 f ft JL Or s :i PEEWEES IN ACTION Play such as that pictured above will be offered Roseburg baseball fens today at 8 p. m., when the 12-year-old Roseburg Peewees host the visiting Bashor's Bombers from Portland at Finlay Field. Although no admission will be charged, a "pass-the-h'at" offering will be taken with proceeds to go toward purchase of equipment. :. ...X TENSE MOMENTS are the common thing in Peewee baseball, too, and the doubleheader with Myrtle Creek Thursday provided its share of thrills for these youngsters and their friends. Too young to play with the 14-year-old group,! these kids cheered their older teammates to a 15-14 victory, then took a 4-1 decision over the younger visitors. Youngsters like those pictured above will see action tonight at 9 when they meet the invading Bashor's Bombers from Portland under the Finlay Field lights. continue, , but Green was ada mant. In another four-rounder, Tom my Weathers of Camas Valley surprised the fans with some of the most torrid fistic action ever seen locally. He came out of his corner like a buzz-saw on the loose and opponent Melvin Woodail was forced to fall back. Weathers kept up the terrific pace of punching and Referee Ked (jreen nanea we iray oe fore Woodail suffered serious in' jury. The four round curtain-raiser saw Lyle Wescott of Roseburg outpoint Pete Collins in a slow go. Loinns was game DUt lacK ed experience. Wescott was never in danger. Pat Padelford refereed the first round of the curtain raiser, but due to a technicality, the Boxing Commissioner ordered Promoter Sandy Sanders to sub stitute Red Green in his place. The Commission contended it had not been notified a new ref eree was to work the bouts. SEATTLE BUYS SCHUSTER SEATTLE, July 9. (ff) Schu ster the "Rooster" will be back at his old shortstop post for the Seattle Kalniers tonight, in a straight-across swap, the Raini ers late yesterday traded infield- Aria WW ' MOTORS 'inslflssM'Tst BASEBALL STANDINGS fBy the Associated Press l PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. Hollywood 65 41 .613 Oakland 54 50 .519 Seattle 55 51 .519 San Dieao 54 51 .514 Sacramento 52 50 .510 fontanel 48 55 .468 San Francisco 46 48 .442 Los Angelei 43 61 .413 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 50 26 .658 Philadelphia ...44 32 .579 Cleveland 43 32 .673 Boston 39 36 .520 Detroit 40 38 .513 Washington 32 42 .432 Chicago 32 46 .410 St J-OUii .24 S3 .316 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. Brooklyn 46 30 .605 St. Louis 44 32 .579 Boston 42 36 .538 Philadelphia 41 37 .526 New York 37 37 .500 Pittsburgh 34 40 .459 Cincinnati 31 42 .425 Chicago 28 49 .364 LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Robinson. Brooklyn, .357; Mar shall, New York, .335. Runs batted in Hodeea. Brnolclvn. 65; Robinson, Brooklyn, 61. Home runs Kiner, Pittsburgh, 21; Gordon, New York. 15. Pitching Roe. Brooklyn, 8-2, .800; Branca. Brooklyn and HeinUelman, Philadelphia, 10-3. .769. AUCKItAN LEAGIIE Bat tins' Hell. Detroit. .350: DlMafftrla. Boston, .333. Runs batted In William and fitatih- ens, Boston, 83. Home runs stepnens, Boston 20; Wil liams, Boston, 19. Pitching -Reynolds, New York. 9-1, .900; Raschl, New York, 13-2, .867. er Bobby Sturgeon to Los An geles for Bill Schuster, who was a key figure in Seattle's 1940 Pacific Coast League pennant drive. As one wag put it: fowl for fish. J. N. Boor . Outboard Motors 924 Gdn. Vally. Rd. Ph. 530-J-l KANGAS BOATS and acces sories . . . Boden Wire. Throttles, etc. Service and Sales FISHERMEN! The Torn-Cod and Snappers Jf-P, entered Sunset Bay last week. Sunday, 19, catches A went from 30 tn 100 fish tn V1 a person. We have the fish, boots and accommodations if you have tha time to catch them. L. A SMITH N COOS BAY, OREGON Rt. 2, Box 688 8 Phono Emplrs 8341 ' Night Baseball Attracts Fans In Major Play Crowd Stays In Stands Whilt Phillies. Braves Battle For 16 Innings By JACK HAND Assoclstcd Press Sportswrlter Good old night baseball. How the customers love it. A full scale program of eight night games yesterday brought a bumper crop of 198,170 paid ad missions Into the treasury. Even at 1 o'clock In the morn ing, they love it in Philadelphia where some 11,238 watched the Boston Braves wrangle a 16 inning decision from the Phillies, 4-3, in a 4-hour-16-minute strug gle. It looked as though the. Braves and Phils never would finish be fore the deadline but they finally managed to wind up matters on rookie Catcher Del Crandall's fly ball, scoring Marv Rickert from third base. No inning can start after 12:50 a. m., local time. Hit On Head Boston's Shortstop Alvln Dark was carried off the field after he was hit on the head by a ball thrown by Gran Hammer in the 13th inning. His physician said his condition was not serious. The Phils tied the score with two out in the ninth when Richie Ashburn singled and raced home on Hammers double. Both tal lied in the 11th before the Braves finally pulled it out for Reliefer Bob Hogue. Schoolboy Rowe, who came on in the 12th, was the loser. Largest and most enthusiastic night crowd was at Pittsburgh where 36,366 saw Bill Meyer's "darkhorse" Pirates of last spring rang up their seventh straight victory, 2-1, over Chicago. . Vic Lombard!, the half-pint southpaw, earned hi s fourth straight important victory with a six-hitter that defeated Dutch Leonard. Brooklyn, Cards Win While the Pirates continued their delayed climb, Brooklyn and St. Louis carried on their savage battle for the lead. Both contenders won, leaving the Dodgers with a two-game edge. Brooklyn just escaped with a 4-3 edge over the slugging New York Giants by using three strong-armed pitchers to whip Clint Hartung for the first time. The Giants' 'henom" never had lost to . the Dodgers until he bowed to Reliefer Rex Barney be fore 34,468, largest Ebbets Field night crowd of the year. Howie Pollet, e n j o y I ri g" his greatest year since 1946, posted his 11th triumph. He yielded 10 Cincinnati hits but allowed only one run in a 6-1 Cardinal tri umph. Ewell Blackwell yielded nine hits and four runs before he was lifted for a pinch hitter in his second starting job of the year. Blacky was the loser. Singles In 12th Joe Page's 12th Inning single backed up a fine job of relief pitching for a 4-3 edge over Washington that boosted the New York Yankees American League lead to six games. The Yankee Stadium crowd numbered 35,845. Back In friendly Fenway Park, Vern Stephens banged his 20th homer in the Boston Red Sox' 7-1 romp over the Philadelphia A's. Joe Dodson pitched the Sox to their fourth straight before 34,276 fans with the help of three snappy double plays. Cleveland, now only a half game back of the second place A's, staved off two St. Louis Brown rallies to escape with a 6-5 decision. Larry Doby's two run homer in the first Inning off Cliff Fannin supplied the victory margin for the Indians who have won seven of their last eight. Young Walt Pierce of Chicago turned Tn a five-hit game against his old Detroit mates for a 3-1 win. Bob Swift's homer in the third was the only Tiger score. Moylan Is Again Given Chance To Upset Parker SPRING LAKE, N. J., July 9. W) Eddie Moylan, the only man who's ever beaten Frankie Park er in a Spring Lake invitation tennis tournament, gets a chance to do It again today. If the stocky Irishman from Trenton, N. J., upsets Parker in the semi-finals of the 41st Spring Lake tourney, it will be his sec ond surprise win in as many days, and also will provide a strange parallel to the 1947 event. Moylan, who yesterday upend ed the fourth-seeded Gardner Mulloy of Miami, Fla., 6-3, 6-4, won the tournament two years ago by startling upsets over Parker and Mulloy. The true tarantula is found in southern Europe. Roseburg Day Is Scheduled For Medford Contest Roseburg; baseball fans will be feted at a 'Roseburg Day" affair Sunday afternoon -at JVfedford, where the Umpqua Chiefs are scheduled to play the Craters in a Southern Oregon League ac tion. According to Chiefs' manager, Earl Sargent, a special block of seats will be reserved for Rose burg baseball fans. Tickets to the game are available for sale at Wally's Pastime, 329 West Cass. Also, on the afternoon agenda Is an exhibition game between the Medford Nuggets' of the Far West League and a team from Vallejo, Calif. Sunday's game will be Rose burg's 25th since the start of the season. In that time, the Chiefs have lost only five games. Their most recent defeat was at the hands of the Kansas City Mon archs, a cracker jack baseball club that plays "for keeps." Monarch! Disappoint Some fans voiced their disap pointment in the Monarchs, inas much as they thought the visitors were a "comedy team, that would start "cutting up" after gaining a comfortable lead. Manager Sargent points out the Monarchs "never cut up." They play ball with one eye on the major league scout that is usually looking the club over. Sargent related that Monarch men continually try to knock the pitcher off the mound, with the idea of building up a comfortable batting average. Satchel Paige and Jaokle Rob inson are two of the Monarchs' alumni a clear indication that the boys are out to play serious ball. Roseburg's losing pitcher was incorrectly named as Mel Krause in that game. Actually, Roy Long was the losing hurler, as the game was tied when he entered the game and the opposition gained the lead again while he was in the box. The matter of winning and losing pitcher sometimes poses a considerable problem for the Roseburg scorekeeper, who be fore coming here, was under the impression a pitcher was some thing from which to pour water. Hollywood Stars 10 Full Games Ahead In League By BILL BECKER Associated Press Sportswrlter Hollywood, first in movies and usually near the last in the Coast League, is blowing its top to- aayi Fred Haney's ever-hustling Stars zoomed to a new altitude 10 full games above the pack wun a cpme-irom-Denina 3to-4 win last night over San Fran cisco's saddened Seals. The way they did it was typi cal of the new regime. , Trailing 4-2 because 'of Walt Judnich's three-run homer, the Stars rapped out four hits in the last of the eighth for three tal lies. Mike Sandlock, a .253 hit ter, drove In two runs to tie the score. Then little Johnny O'Neil, batting .209, won the game with a single. Con Dempsey, going the route, was tagged with his ninth loss, while big Pinky Woods, fourth Hollywood pitcher, checked the Seals in the final two-frames for his 13th win. Oaks Beat Angels Oakland took a bookkeeper's hold on second place .5192 to .5189 over Seattle. The Oaks edged Los Angeles, 8-7, In 10 in nings, while the Rainiers were dropping their sixth straight, 3-1, to Sacramento.. Relief hurler Forrest Thomp son won his own game for the Oaks with a 10th inning single scoring Billy Martin. Thompson held the Angels fairly well aft er homers by John Ostrowski ana cuff Aberson naa routed Rex Cecil. Another four-bagger by Ostrowski and one by Nels Burbrlnk forced the game into overtime. Cookie Lavagetto hom ered for the Oaks. Orval Grove's neat four-hitter and Ralph Hodgin's two-run lease were Sacramento's main weapons against Seattle's Denny Gale house. The Rainiers tallied In the first, drew blanks from then on. Portland knocked San Diego Into fourth place with Roy Hel ser besting Jess Flores, 3-1. Hel scr's double, Leo Thomas' single and steal, and Johnny Ruckcr's bingle provided, the winning mar gin. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT fBv the Associated Press) T.nfin hfach. N. Y. Blllv Graham, Ml ft, New York, outpointed Jimmy San- aers. It',, f-iiisourKn u. hUUiIWUUl., ..Bin. nil .im"i. l.TTi, Los Angeles, outpointed Harold "Baby Face" Jones, J:i7'a, Detroit, 10. DENVER Don Lee, 160, Edison, Neb., outpointed Joe Danos, 154. Denver, 10. SAN FRANCISCO Al Hoosman, 20B, New York, stopped Kay. Bievens, zu-i, Burllniame. Calif.. 1. STOCKTON, Calif. Jess flores. 137, Stockton, and Toto Marlines, 140, Stock ton, drew, 10. AWAIT BELL ARCADIA. Calif.. July 9. m Nine three-year-olds awaited the bell todav for the ninth renewal of the $50,000 Westerner, fea ture attraction of the Hollywood turf club season at Santa Anita Park for the sophomore divi sion. PoDUlar choice was C. H. Jones and Son's pedigree In the mi e and one Quarter race tor- merly known as the Hollywood Derby. G. McArthur Well Drilling 11 miles east en N. Umpqua Road Watch for sign or write Box 175, Idle- yld Route, Rose- 38H in i.iisis i I Mii'am. RETURNS TO WARS Always a top favorite with wrestling fans, Ceorges Dusette, above, absent on a Midwest campaign for nearly e year past, will be back on the mat at the Koie- burg Armory tonight. The super- muscled warrior will take on foxy Buck Weaver in the top half of the weekly card. Elkton Defeats Drain By 19-9 Elkton defeated Drain 19-9 in an exhibition baseball game played at Drain Wednesday. The Elks tapped two Drain hurlers for 20 bingles. KiKion started slowly, out soon started connecting for hits and runs. Cowbrouch and Parks each hit home runs while Myers and Frib ble each doubled. A sprained ankle was suffered by Doug Finley in the fifth inning, when he slid into second. He was replaced by iid Mitchell. Both Finley and Mitchell en joyed a good batting night. Fin ley getting one lor one, while Mitchell hit three for three. Turner and Homer Parks each drew two hits apiece for Drain, while Celler doubled and Parks tripled. i.iKton pitcher Swearingen gave up seven hits, walked six and struck out 13. Drain's Wyant gave up 14 hits, walked four and struck out eight. L. Johnson gave up 6 nns ana sirucK out eignt. .iKion scorea 17 earned runs to Drain's 5. Elkton 002 132 51519 20 5 Drain 100 110 330 9 7 6 Batteries: Elkton Swearin gen and Pribble. Drain Wyant 7, L. Johnson 2 and Jacobs. Los Angeles Player Leading Portland Meet PORTLAND. Julv 9 MO Glenn Basseit, Los Angeles, re mained tne only calllornia hope In the men's slnRles of the ah nual Oregon Tennis Tournament today. Arrayed acalnst him In th seml-flnals are two Portland players, ton-seeded Emerv Neale and unranked Hugh Flndlay, both of Portland, and Jack Lowe, Seattle. Lowe, who will meet Neale today, advanced to the round-of-four by oustine Jack Shoemaker. Los Angeles, 7-5, 9-7. Flndlay, pmea against Bassett, scored an upset by eliminating fourth seed ed Clyde Knox, Portland, 7-5, 11-9. Neale and Bassett reach ed the seml-flnals earlier. San Diego clinched the wom en's singles crown when Carol Dclm and Jean Doyle, both of that city, moved into the finals. June Merserau, Portland, default ed to Miss Diem because of an infected foot. Miss Doyle easily defeated Mary Green, Vancouver, a. u., H-i, b'l, in the semi-finals. Warren G. Harding Trophy On Golf Block LOS ANGELES. July 9.-UP) Prefacing the start of the Na tional Public Links Golf Cham pionship Monday, competition by 32 threesomes from 24 cities in the country gets underway this morning for the Warren G, Hard ing team trophy. two nunarea and iu players, survivors of qualifying by more than 2.000 public links perform ers, go into match play early Monday lor the big prize won last year by Mike Ferentz of Long ttcacn, cam. Suit Yourself at Joe Richards DON FORBES Representative Douglas County Four Top-Flight Wrestlers On Armory Program Tonight One of the most brilliant wrestling shows of the season Is ex. pected at tha Roseburg Armory tonight when Matchmaker Elton Owen presents e double-barreled main event. First of the one-hour matches will be between Tony Rost end Al Szasz, starting af 8:30 p. m. It will be the third end "rubber" skirmish between the two grappling enemies. Rost tricked the fast-stepping Hungarian the first match. When Szasx defected the so-called "Salem Sadist" in the second match recently, the two then staged dressingroom battle that was stopped by police. There is every reason to believe the third tilt will develop into a bloody brawl. The other headliner is expected to be a scientific classic, match which will count in the current light-heavyweight coast champion tournament. It Involves Buck Weaver, University of Indiana football star, and Georges Dusette, the popular and mus cular French-Canadian who will be making his first appearance here in more than a year. Weaver won his second straight tour ney triumph last week with an "unpopular" victory over Jap Sugi Hayamaki. Elton Owen will referee both bouts. " ' Walker Cup Golfers Play In Seattle Meet SEATTLE, July 9. UP) Two present and two former Walker Cup golfers step to the tee at the Seattle Golf Club this afternoon, getting the Pacific Coast's first Morse Cup matches under way. Paired in the opening two-ball foursome are Harry Glvan of Se attle and Jack Westland of Ev erett against Johnny Dawson and Bruce McCormick of Los Angeles. Given and Westland both are ex-Walker Cup players. Dawson and McCormick are on the 1949 squad. The Morse Cup competition to day and Sunday Is patterned after the Walker Cup matches which annually pit the U. S. Ama teur standouts against Britain's best. The S. F. B. Morse Cup, put up for the first time this year, brings the cream of California's amateur crop against the finest talent tne facuic jMortnwest can muster. Photogenic Sisters Are Favored At Broadmoor SEATTLE, July 9. CP) The Ehotogenic Bauer sisters from os Angeles Alice and Marlene will be among the favorites wnen tne women tee on at tne Broadmoor Golf Club Monday in qualifying rounds for the Pa cific Northwest Golf Association women's championship. Other prominent feminine links invaders are former cham- fiion Mrs. J. C. Herron of Port and, who won several titles un der her maiden name of Marian McDougall; and another Port lander, Mrs. Lyle Bowman, who used to cut a fancy golfing pace under the maiden name of Babe Frlese. Grade De Moss of Corvallls, Ore.; Mrs. Irene McCracken and Bubs Davles of Vancouver, B. u.; Vcva Butler of Pomeroy, Wash.: Wlnnifred Blakely of- Portland, Kose Eva Montgomery of ban Francisco and Mrs. J. H. Todd of Victoria are other contenders. Death Claims Jap Who Taught Judo To 'Teddy' TOKYO, July 9 UP) Adm. Isamu Takesnlta, who taught judo to the late President Theo dore Koosevelt, is dead. The 80-year-old retired naval officer died Wednesday at Oda wara city, 50 miles north of here, where he had lived since the end of World War IL Takeshlta was the last survlv Ine Japanese who took part in the signing of the treaty of Portsmouth, N. H that ended the Russo-Japanese war in 1905. Between conference meetings, Takeshita taught the Japanese art of self-defense to the Ameri can president who sponsored the pence talks, In one early session, Takeshlta, then a commander, tossed the energetic Teddy Koose velt 10 feet across the room. Roosevelt reportedly was amaz ed and asked how it was done. Takeshita was the Japanese Mechinery books bulls buildings tratet coti goldfish china glass tlret cement canaries drugs guns underwear bottles lumber shots neckties A Ai. f,tit fertlHaar nuts SXTJX clocks hides boots-tools hat. -hair -paper -oil plants tanks string plaster ears jewelry tractors vlollns furnaces fume bolts records furs wirlnadlihes safes eaas trees eoops rocks but tons dentures cabi nets paint THE ODDS ARE 2 TO 1 . . . . , , that your assurance program needs attention If It hasn't been reviewed recently by an experienced underwriter. A change of beneficiary perhaps . . . mortgage protection . , . or less life assurance and more provision for retirement. Let me review your assurance you will be under no obligation. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada State Bank Bldg. k 1)1 feu tel 15 I' ty. n WHEAT FIELD HARVEST Charles Blosser can work on his farm in Concordia, Kan,, and catch fish at the same time. Just to prove it, he holds the two three-pound carp he caught in his wheat field. The fish were stranded in the field from the nearby Republican River which overflowed after heavy rainaj Large And Classy Field Of 2-Year-Oldj Ready CHICAGO, July 9.-F) A exceptionally large and classy field of 15 two-year-old fillies i entered today in the 21st running of the Lassie Stakes at Arling ton Park. ...... If all go to the post, the six furlong dash will gross $57,575 with $46,325 going -to the win ner. ' Topping the list is the two horse entry from Charles T. Fisher's Dlxtana string, Here'a Hoping and Wondring. The for mer is a recent winner at Ar lington after a fine maiden vio tory at Detroit. naval attache at the embassy lit Washington at the time of the Portsmouth treaty. SLABWOOD In 1 2-1 6 and 24 In. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone 858 fruit pianos Steves pigs hose toys S i W:t fill lamps cows washers brlcht bedding dogs matches vegetable! pipe cigarette mud seeds rope wool diamonds 'X horses V j, ' V per- rugs '" . vL . .. . ti v Rose and Oak Phone 80 Oregon. Phone 565-R Res. 859