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Robinson's Bat Triumphs For Brooklyn Defeat Of Giants Keeps Dodgers At Top; Cards Twice Defeat Cincy By RALPH RODEN Associated Preu Sportswriter Pennants are won by great pitching staffs but the Brook lyn Dodgers haven't one. So they are basing their flag hopes on a crackerjack infield Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Billy Cox. Robinson came through In the clutch twice in the rain and mud at Ebbets Field yesterday to help beat the New York Giants, 7-3. and keep the Dodgers in first place. He singled with the bases loaded in the third to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead and after the Giants had tied it, he singled home Duke Snider for what firoved to be the winning run n the seventh. A defeat would have dropped the Dodgers into second place as the runner-up St. Louis Car dinals scored a double triumph over the Reds in Cincinnati to .cut the Brooklyn advantage to a half game. Harry (The Cat) Brecheen pitched the Red Birds to a 4-3 triumph in the opener and Lefty Al Brazie, with help in the ninth from Gerry Staley, downed the Reds, 7-4, in the final. The last place Chicago Cubs smashed Pittsburgh's eight-game winning streak, blasting the Pi rates, 8-6 and 9-6, at Forbes Field. Rain postponed a game be tween the Boston Braves and Phils at Philadelphia ii n d a doubleheader between the Yank ees and Washington at New York. Feller Halts Browns Bobbv Feller received credit ! for a 7-4 Cleveland triumph over the St. Louis Browns in a game that was called at the end of six innings because of rain. Jackie Graham drove home all the St. Louis runs with a pair of homers. His 14th and 15th of the season. The victory moved the Indians to within five and one half games of the Yanks. The Boston Red Sox took a doubleheader from the Phila delphia Athletics, 8-5 and 11-10, to stretch their winning streak to seven games. Detroit and Chicago split a pair, the White Sox taking the opener, 4-2, and the Tigers the nightcap, 1-0, although held to two hits by Randy Gumpert. Sactos Climb To Second Spot In Coast League (By the Associated Press) The Sacramento Solons are the newest sensation in the Pa cific Coast League, and the big question today is; where did they come from, Six days ago the Solons were somewhere in the vicinity of fifth place. Today Sacramento is number two in the standings, 10 games behind Hollywood. They arrived Sunday by tak ing both ends of a doublehead er with Seattle, 8 to 0 and 3 to 2. The Solons swept the six-game series from the Rainlers, who now have lost nine in a row. The shutout belonged to Ken ny Holcombe, who, like Tom Rose in the second game, twirled six-hit ball. And what of Seattle? Th Rainlers' two-week home stand was their most disastrous In years. They won only three out of 15 games, dropping 11 of their last 12 starts. Seattle's skid is reminiscent of last year when a mid-season drive carried the Rainlers within one game of the top before they cooled off. Today the Rainiers are In fifth place. At Hollywood, the Stars split with San Francisco, dropping the opener, 4 to 2, and winning the abbreviated nightcap on Art Schallock's 4-to-0 shutout. San Diego also hit the skids Sunday, dropping to fourth place on a double defeat at Portland. The Beavers took the opener, 9 to 4, then held off a Padre up rising in the finale to win, 7 to 6. Oakland split with Los An- fcles, dropping the first game, to 3 and beating the invaders 9 to 8 in the nightcap. The Acorns are in third place, 11 games off the pace. In deference to the annual All-Star game at Seattle tonight, there will be no other activity among Coast League teams un til Wednesday. Bottle Thrown At Game May Cost Boy An Eye DALLAS, Texas. July ll.-(.T) I A pop bottle hurled at a Texas ' League baseball game last night may cost Lloyd R. Webb, 13, an eye. 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Middle right are first place winners in the junior men's division. Front row, George Claussen, NE YMCA; second row, Traver Campbell, unattached; John English, MAC; Jack Palmer, PAC; John Welch, MAC; John Goode, PAC. Lower right are first place winners in the senior men's division, George MeFaul Jr., MAC; John Welch, MAC; Larry Dunbar, MAC; Johnny Coode, PAC. (Pictures by Paul Jenkins) Coast League's All-Stars Will Battle Tonight SEATTLE, July 11. UP) Biisebull civil war breaks out here tonight when North meets South In the seventh annual Pa cific Const League All-Star game. In previous skirmishing the South has won six, the North one. Probable starting lineups: SOUTH Daln Clay, San' Diego, left field. Gene Handloy, Hollywood, sec ond base. Irv Noren, Hollywood, center field. Max West, San Diego, right field. Kddle Malone, Los Angeles, catcher. Chuck Stevens, Hollywood, first base. Jim Bnxes, Hollywood, third base. Roy Nicely, Sa; Francisco, shortstop. 1 L'U. Co- TMnnn ttt.nrt NORTH Artie Wilson, Oakland, short stop. Joe DiMaejgio Apt To Be In All-Star Contest BROOKLYN, July It (flnToe DIMagglo mny be in the starting lineup tomorrow when the Amer ican League's star-studded array faces the National League's best in the Kith annual All-Star game at Ehbcts Field. The way was paved for DIMag glo's nppenranne as a starter when Tommy Henrlch, his New York Yankee outlleld teammate, and No. 1 choice for the starting right field berth, said he did not think he would be fit to play. Henrlch suffered a knee Injury a week ago and has been out of the lineup since. Johnny Rucker, Portland, left field.- Leo Thomas, Portland, third base. Helnat Becker, Seattle, first base. Al Lyons, Seattle, right field. Al White, Sacramento, center field. Billy Martin, Oakland, second base. Bill Raimondl, Sacramento, catcher. Charley Schanz, Seattle pitcher. 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The Chiefs come ud with a heavy schedule of baseball this week, weonesaay nignt, wortn Bend comes here for an exhibi tion tilt, then on Friday, the Harlem Globe Trotters invade Finlay Field. The Trotters offer the type of baseball fans ex pected the Monarchs to provide. The Trotters cut up and make with some fancy ball handling when things get dull. Saturday night, Corvallis Is tentatively scheduled to make an appearance here, then on Sun day, Prospect comes here for a League tussle. R H E Roseburg ....000 210 2005 8 1 Medford 000 000 0000 3 5 Batteries Krause and Coor; Heuner and Tex Chandler. Roseburg Beats Tri-City In Junior League Game Heavy hitting, including three home runs, featured the Rose burg Junior Legion baseball vic tory over the Tri-City Junior Le gion club Saturday, as the Rose burg Juniors brought home a 10-4 victory. Coach Barney Koch's nine scor ed in four of the seven innings as they played ten hits Into a similar number of runs. Big stick for the Roseburg .attack was rightfielder Howard Burnette, who collected a double and a home run in two trips to the plate. Tri-City scoring was confined to one big inning. They went out In front, 3-4, in their half of the third when McDaniels, cen terfielder, looped out a four-run homer. R H E Rosehurg :. 10 10 2 Tri-City 4 3 3 6 Tho Nowi-Roview, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., July 11, i o ggaaua ol BASEBALL STANDINGS Brooklyn St. LouI Boston NATIONAL LEAGUE W . L 47 31 47 32 43 38 Philadelphia . New York . Pittsburgh Cincinnati - Chicago AMERICAN LEAGUE New York .... Cleveland Philadelphia Boston . Detroit . Washington . Chicago St. Louis 24 L 27 S3 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE w - Hollywood 67 Sacramento . , 53 Oakland San Diego . Seattle Portland 53 33 San Francisco 47 Los Angeles 43 42 50 52 53 54 Pet. .603 .5113 .544 .510 .500 .455 .400 .375 .579 .557 .3:18 .513 .440 .413 .312 Pet .615 .524 .514 .509 .505 .472 .433 .421 LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Pressl virinvAi i.FAr:t;E Batting Robinson. Brooklyn, .362: Kiner. Pittsburgh, .333. Runs batted In Robinson and Hod- Home runs Kiner, Pittsburgh, 23: Gordon. New York. 16. Pitching Sewell. Pittsburgh. 5-0 1.000; Roe. Brooklyn, 8-2, and Lombardi and Chambers, Pittsburgh, 4-1, .800. AMERICAN LEAGUE Ratllnif Krll. Detroit. .345: DIMag glo. Boston, .339. Huns oaueo m nicyiicio, u I: Williams, Boston. 85. Home runs Williams and Stephens, Boston, 20. . Pitching Keynoios, new iu,, w. .000; Wynn, Cleveland, 6-1, .837, Whitetail Deer Season Set For Douglas County PORTLAND. July 11. UP) The general deer hunting season for Oregon was set for Oct. 1 through Oct; 20 in tentative 1949 50 regulations listed today by the State Game Commission. The eeneral season is lor buck- tail and mule deer in all counties and in Douglas County for white tail deer. One thousand permits for ante lope were approved for Aug. 20-25 and elk hunting in western Ore gon was set for Oct. 25-Nov. 3 and In pastern Oregon Oct. 25 Nov. 20. The American robin is a mem ber of the thrush family. The true robin redbreast the old world robin is a member of the warb ler family. Weaver Defeats Dusette; Szasz Victor Over Ross By CHUCK PLUMMER Two thrilling matches, jam packed with excitement, were on hand for the overflow crowd of spectators at the wrestling matches in .the Armory Satur day night. The preliminary match stole the show, with Al Szasz beating his old enemy, Tony Ross, in a rough-and-tumble affair. The main event was a tourna ment match, with Buck Weaver, using some of his usual tricks to dispose of popular George Dusette, in two out of three falls. Weaver took the first fall with his specialty, a neck breaker, and Dusette came back to take the second with a full-nelson. After about ten minutes had passed in the final fall, Weaver attempted to throw Dusette out of the ring, but Dusette turned the trick on him, reversed, and threw Weaver out instead. Wea ver came back up to the ring limping badly and complained of a bad ankle. He was protest ing to referee Elton Owen, and when Dusette came up to lis ten, Weaver jumped up, grabbed Dusette around the neck and applied the neck breaker, to take the fall and the match; Dusette got even, however, in the brawl that followed. The Pan.lign it,raotlat- nnnhoH TXoa. ver around the ring a few times before Elton Owen stopped the fight. The preliminary was a grudge match, with both wrestlers peev ed at each other from previous matches. The crowd was a little disappointed, because compared to Ross' and Szasz's other match es, this one was tame. 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