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I I Plywood VFW Beaten In Deciding Game, 12 To 7 Schtrner Squirts Open Season's Second Half By Trimming Elks, 4-3 Umpqua Plywood annexed the first-half City league Softball championship by defeating Vet erans of Foreign Wars, 12-7, In nine Innings at Flnlay field last night. In the twilight contest, Scher ner Squirts gained a second-half first place tie with Plywood by defeating Roseburg Elks 4-3 in seven Innings. The titular game was a frantic affair with the score being tied twice before Plywood forged ahead on six tallies In a big sev enth Inning. Vets earned the lead in the opening stanza but Plywood took over in the third on three runs across. The Vets came back with two more counters In the fifth to tie up the game at three-all. Vets surged ahead In the sixth with two runs, but Plywood tied It up again with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the same frame. Then in the seventh, Bill Ben- son, ace Plywood first sacker, with tnree men on, smacKea one into deep, center good for four bases. Martinson followed with a single, scoring Bill Garrison. Martinson came In on an overthrow to rack up the sixth tally. Behind six runs, the vets con tinued to struggle '.J the end. Ply wood added another run in the eighth for good measure while the Vets continued to goose-egg. Then in the bottom of the ninth, the Vets came to life with two runs, but that proved to be too lit tle and too late. Other home run hitters were Noble White, Plywood, In the third with one man on, and Larsen, VFW, with Larry Strode on. 8qulrti Edgt Elks In the opening game, Squirts tapped pitcher Walton for 10 hits but good Elks fielding kept all but four base runners from scoring. The lodge brothers made every one of their three hits count for runs. The soft drink lads scored three times in the fourth on three hits and an error. They never scored after that Excitement ran high in the sixth, when Elks scored twice and were within one run of tleing up the ball game. Louis McAllister, Elks catcher, got to third base and was waiting for a chance to spurt home and tie up the ball game, but three succeeding outs ended the rally. Llncacore: R H VFW ...... 100 022 002 7 8 Umpqua Ply. ..003 002 61x 12 12 Batteries Plywood: Baugh man and Marsters. Vets: Causnell and Seitz. Umpires: Lindner, plate; Taylor, bases. R H Elks 000 102 0 3 3 Squirts 100 300 0 4 10 Batteries Elks: Walton and McAllister. Squirts; Moon and F. Schemer. Ike Williams Favored In 3rd Go With Bolanos LOS ANGELES, July 21. P) Champion Ike Williams gives Mexico's Enrique Bolanos his third crack at the world light weight crown tonight In a bout billed for 15 rounds at Wriglcy field. Winner of the first two match es, the Negro clouter from Tren ton, N. J is generally favored to turn back the third challenge. But Bolanos' legion of admir ers, here and In his native Mex ico, are equally confident their toreador of the prize ring will pull an upset and become the first fighter of his native land to hold an undisputed title. Matchmaker Charley MacDon ald, a veteran in fight matters, predicted a turnout of 18,000 to 20,000 fans and gate receipts of $100,000 up. The fight Is being staged for i i I Carbureter I I Troubles? I I If your carburetor isn't func tioning properly, perform ance gets worse and your gas bill is higher. HANSEN , MOTOR CO. I Oak A Stephens Phone 446 Ls-S-J Wins Initial Softball Title 6 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., July 21, 1949 Roseburg Softball All-Stars Scheduled For 2 Tough Games Against Medford Opponents Information from Medford way Softball team will have a real and Sunday afternoon, when it faces Mcdford's top klttenball crew, 3 j JEWELER HURLER Vern Col lins it h talk of Medford toft ball circles. In three games, Pitcher Collins fanned every man he faced, according to Bob Frink, assistant manager, Andy's Jewelers. Collins1 team is the only one from Oregon invited to the Woodland, Calif,, invitational tournament. The top Medford Softball group plays Roseburg All-Stars here Saturday night at 8 and Sunday afternoon at 2. Three Shutouts On 3 Hits Each Seen In Coast League By JIM BACON (Aiioclatcd Preii Sport Writer) Pacific Coast league pitchers were mighty stingy Wednesday mgnt three games were won on three-hit shutout performanc es. Another was a six-hitter. . One of the three-hitters came from the arm of Sacramento's Ken Holcombe. The 4-to-O tri umph over San Diego brought the fast-moving Solons to with in 61 games of the league-leading Hollywood Stars. Hal Saltzman, who was re leased a year ago by Seattle, had sweet revenge on the Ralni era. He threw a three-hitter at them and enabled his Portland Beavers to cop a 3-tc-0 win. It gave Saltman a 14 won and six lost record for the season. He allowed none of his former team mates to get past second base. The third three-hitter was the work of Lefty Lou Tost of Oak land, who notched a 3-to-O win from the San Francisco Seals. Mel Duezabou's two-run homer took stick honors for the Oaks. Hollywood and Los Angeles split a marathon doublehcuder. The Stars rallied to nab the opener, 3-to-2, In the extra clghlh Inning. It was a scheduled seven Inning affair. Pinky Woods al lowed but six hits and whiffed seven In chalking up his 14th win. In the loosely-played night cap, the Angels won, lO-to-5, aft er once trailing, 4 to 0. the benefit of a youth founda tion founded by comedian Lou Costcllo. Referee for the bout, services gratis, will be Jack Dcmpsey, lormer neavyweigni King. Ike won a somewhat unsatis fying split decision In 15 rounds of action in their last encounter. In their first battle Williams stopped Bolanos In eight rounds. PANETILA 5 Ike lorf at fM Cintr HtUti PANETILA till ivilliili li liti) I H'kt PANITIIA If ft;. ! V: ( 5c Olitflbalit 17 I McDimK Cir Cmpir, Plttlml I Hsaaasisisv Indicates the Roseburg All-Star battle on Its hands Saturday night Andy's Jewelers. According to Dick Miller, Andy's Jewelers manager, his or ganization has won 20 games this year and has lost one. Oftly nine runs have been scored against the Jewelers In that time. Jewel ers beat the colored Ghosts by a i-i score in a innings. Pitcher Vern Collins Is' the pride and joy of the Medford club. He has five no-hit, no-run games to his credit. Collins pitched in the state tournament last year. The team came out fourth best In the state. Catcher Bob Frink Is consid ered one of the best In southern Oregon, manager Miller stated. Frlnk Is batting the ball at a cool ,38. Monty Montgomery, first base man, is another heavy hitter and plays a wicked first sack, Miller Indicated. Center Fielder Fred SImcox played In the tournament last year and still has to make his first error in two years. Cookie Cook, right fielder, and spare first baseman, is one of the older players and is consid ered a steady ball player, to hear Miller tell it. Third Baseman Ken Knapp is a newcomer to the club, Miller Informed, and Is "really holding down the hot corner." Shortstop is Hugh Williams. He is slugging the ball at .365. Second Baseman Billy Werner Is reportedly the fastest man on the club and one of the best hunters. Manager Miller covers left field In a creditable manner. Last year he was picked for the All State team at the tournament. Don Waldon and Bill Russell balance out the squad. Roseburg City league secretary Louis McAllister said Mayor Al bert G. Flegel will umpire the Saturday night game. Yonccilla Loses To Junction City Junction City Reds helped Lane county's cause in the Lane-Douglas baseball league, by defeating Yoncalla of Douglas county, 5-3, in a Tuesday night tilt at Junc tion City. Home runs by Don Rucker and Lefty Mortensen did the trick. Junction Cltv did all its seorlnt? In the fourth Inning with two runs on two hits. Junction City waited until the fourth inning before scoring any runs, then in the fifth Rucker and Mortensen made their fast cir cuits which netted Junction City three runs and the victory mar gin. Yoncalla scored In the fourth on two hits, then added two runs in the seventh on two more bin gles. Junction garnered 10 hits to Yoncalla's seven. Yoncalla com mitted three errors, Junction mlscued twice. Winning pitcher Cliff Morten sen struck out seven and allowed no walks. Bun Parker's three-for-four was the best Red batting effort. Swimming Records Tumble At AAU Meet PORTLAND, July 21. (F Three records were cracked as Multnomah Athletic club and Portland Aquatic club dominated the opening events of the Oregon AAU swimming net last night. One of the record smashers, however, was unattached. He was Traver Campbell whose ;38.4 for the 50-mcter backstroke broke the old record for boys under 14. The other new records were set by multnomah club s 150-meter med ley trio and by Johnny Goode, PAC, In the 100-meter backstroke for boys 16 and under. Goode's time of 1:22.1 erased the 1:25.6 set In 1938 by Jerry Mulkey of Salem. Plnehurst, N. C, was founded as a winter resort In 1895 by a uoston man, James w. runs. Distributed In Roseburg G$k III Yankees Down Cleveland By Score Of 7-3 Brooklyn Defeated By Pirates As Cardinals Wallop Boston Braves By JACK HAND (Auociated Preu Sports Writer) Larry Doby's "skull" and Joe Di Magglo's hitting have put the cooler on Cleveland's pennant drive at least temporarily. Doby drew a fine jf an un disclosed amount last night aft er he was thrown out trying to steal home with the bases load ed and nobody out in the eighth inning. Doby's Cleveland mates trailed the league-leading New York Yankees, 7-3 at the time. That turned out to be the final score. Lefty Joe Page, who had just replaced "steady Eddie" Lopat, was having his troubles. He walked manager Lou Boudreau on four straight pitches to force in a run. He hadn't found the plate in two' tosses to Bob Ken nedy. Then it happened. Doby broke for the plate as Page walked back toward the resin bag. The pitcher whirled and threw to catcher Yogi Berra, who tagged Doby as he dove head first across the plate. Page proceeded to walk Kennedy. Then he found his stuff to fan Jim Hegan and make pinch-hitter Ken Keltner ground to Bob by Brown. There seemed to be no ex cuse for Doby. Third base coach Steve O'Neill didn't send him in, although the crowd of 75,340 booed him. Doby s club trailed by four runs. It definitely was not any situation for a steal. Dl Maggio, who lifted the Yanks past Boston when they threatened in late June, drove In three runs with a triple and a homer and scored twice as the Yanks again stretched their lead to 4s games. Chisox Win In 9th The Boston Red Sox drooped 8i games behind the leaders by bowing to the Chicago White Sox 8-7. The White Sox won in the ninth on a triple by George Met kovich, two intentional passes and Eddie Malone's outfield fly, scoring Metkovich. Detroit pushed over three runs In the eighth to shade Washing ton, 6-5. johnny Lipon's squeeze bunt single scored Hoot Evers with the winning run. Evers led me attack with three singles oil loser Mickey Harris. Brooklyn Loses Ground Brooklyn lost a full game of its advantage in the National. The St. Louis Cardinals clipped tsrooKtyn s margin to a games by a 10-lnning night game de cision over the Boston Braves, 6-4, after the Dodgers lost an afternoon, 8-6 verdict to the on rushing Pittsburgh Pirates. Ralph Kiner lowered the boom on the Brooks, driving in five runs with home runs Nos. 25 and 26. His second homer came In the top of the ninth with two men on and Brooklyn leading, 6-5. Lou Klein, one of the three Cards who returned to organized nan irom tne Mexican league, belted a two-run double that broke up the Boston game In the 10th Inning. The Braves routed Howie Pollet with four runs in the second inning. Sautr Hat Big Day Hank Sauer drove in all the Chicago Cubs' runs with two homers and a triple In their 11 Inning. 4-3, victory over the Phil lies. Sauor, who hit only four homers for Cincinnati, now has 14 as a Cub and 18 for the year. His triple off reliefer Curt Sim mons scored Andy Pafko who scored in the eleventh. The New York Giants set a new major league consecutive in ning scoring record while whip ping Cincinnati, 5-1. By scoring In each of the "first' three 'in nings, they extended their streak to H innings, me old record was 12, set by the Giants in 1923. Philadelphia at St. Louis in the American league was postponed because of wet grounds. Teenagers enjoy making their own sundaes at a nartv. Serve one or two kinds of ice I cream plus a help-youiself-tray. On the trav can go small bowls of chocolate sauce, sliced peach es, shredded coconut, cnoppea nuts, marshmallow topping, and raspberry syrup. By Batti Candy Co. i S. Oregon League Lead At Stake In Sunday's Games SOUTHERN OREGON LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Roseuurg .. . 7 2 .777 Ashland 7 2 .777 Myrtls Creek 6 3 .667 Medford S 4 .555 Central Point 4 4 .500 Crescent City 3 5 .375 Grants Pats 3 6 .333 Prospect 0 t .000 Sunday's Results Roseburg 10, Prospect 6. Grants Pass 9, Crescent City 0. Ashland 22, Medford 13. . Myrtle Creek 3, Central Point 2. Although Friday night's tilt at Flnliy field between the Rose burg umpqua Chiefs and Crescent City will provide an interesting exhibition for the home town fans, main interest is centered in the Crescent City contest to be played Sunday at Crescent City. If Ashland can hold out against a strong Central Point nine and Roseburg defeats the California club Sunday, Ashland and the Chiefs will continue to be tied for the big game Sunday, July 31, when both clubs play here. That contest may prove to be something to write home about. In a June 5 visit to the land of Ashes, Roseburg clamped down early in the game and finally won 17-11 in one of the highest scor ing league tussles the Chiefs have encountered to date. In the meantime, Roseburg Chiefs fans may see the Chiefs practice up for the Sunday leaguer by visiting the baseball diamond Friday night, when Rose burg plays the Glendale town team. Game time Is set for 8 p.m. Oakland Stays At Top Of Evergreen League Oakland remains in top spot in the evergreen league, despite a 1311 loss suffered at the hands of McKenzie Bridge In recent league action. Other recent game results in clude Cresswell 12. Elkton 10: Junction City 9, Florence 2. League standings as of July 17: W. L. Pet. Oakland 5 1 .833 Elkton 4 2 .666 Florence 3 3 .500 McKenzie Bridge 3 3 .500 Creswell 2 4 .333 Junction City 1 5 .167 BASEBALL STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York m ni ? Cleveland 49 33 .583 Boston 46 40 .535 Philadelphia 46 41 .529 Detroit 46 43 .523 Chicago 38 50 .432 Washington -...34 48 .415 St. Louis ., 29 53 .345 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Brooklyn ....52 33 .812 St. Louis ..... 50 38 .581 Boston ..47 40 .540 Philadelphia 44 42 .512 New York 42 41 .508 Pittsburgh . 40 44 .476 Cincinnati 34 50 .405 Chicago .. 32 53 .368 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Hollywood 70 48 .593 Sacramento Mlll ,.. 31 52 .540 San Diego ,. 59 58 .504 Seattle 59 58 .504 Oakland 38 58 .500 Portland 38 58 .491 San Francisco 52 64 .448 Los Angelea 48 6fl .414 LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Associated Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING Robinson, Brooklyn, .358; Marshall, New York. .335. RUNS BATTED IN Robinson, Brook lyn. 70; Hodges, Brooklyn. 66. HOME RUNS Kiner. Pittsburgh, 28; Gordon. New York. 19. PITCHING Chambers, Pittsburgh, 8-1, .837; Sewell. Pittsburgh, 3-1, .833. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING Di Maggio, Boston, .344; Kelt. Detroit, .337. RUNS BATTED IN Stephens, Bos ton, 9(1; Williams, Boston, 93. HOME RUNS Stephens, Boston, 23; Williams. Boston. 22. PITCHING Reynolds, New York, 10 1. .ffllfl: Wynn, Clevelants, 7-1, .875. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT (Bv the Associated Press NEW YORK IJerome Stadium) Rot Carter. 149, New York, knocked out Al Bernard. 148. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.. 1. B1NGHAMPTON. N. Y. Joe Taylor, 1A04, Blnghampton. outpointed Rueb en Jones. 169, Norfolk. Vs., 10. WINDSOR, On t. Dominic Btrardo, 186. Windsor, outpointed Billy Sulli van. 209, Buffalo, N. Y , 8. HOME TOWN NEWS "GLAD I'M NOT RICH ... IT WOULD ONLY MEAN I'D HAVE TO START WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY." You don't hove to be rich to loy in o supply of wood and sawdust before the foil hush .'. '. order frdm' the' ROSE BURG LUMBER CO. Support the industry that supports you. 1 r w if 7 a - ;' , If - S3Tnwwsj.mi.Mn in Z ' ill ROBINSON TESTIFIES Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, tells fhe House un-American activities commit tee in Washington, that if Singer Paul Robeson "wants to sound silly" in public, "that's his business." Robinson said Negro Ameri cans would fight for this country "against Russia or any other enemy." (AP Wirephoto) r RETAINS TENNIS TITLE Frankie Parker (left), -congratulates Richard (Pancho) Gonzales in Chicago, after Gonzales defeated him 6-1, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3 to retain the National Clay Courts tennis title. Both are from Los Angeles. IAP Wirephoto ) PAL Troupe, Ages 6 To 21. To Offer Public Free Show In Athletics At Finlay Field Tonight at Finlay field, a talented group of athletes ranging in age from 6 to 21, will put on a two-hour boxing, wrestling and tumbling show that starts at 7:30 o'clock and which is free to the public. Approximately 18 youths connected with PAL, a Portland or ganization dedicated to helping boys keep from becoming "de linquents," will participate in tha show. Mickey Pease, young Portland policeman, is the originator of the PAL Idea, which dates back to 1945. He decided there wasn't enough being done to keep boys off the street corners, so he set out to do something about it. Result: 400 bovs are members of PAL, Inc., and are entitled to the privileges extended by the organization, which includes box ing, wrestling, tumming, ping pong, softball, basKetball, lenc ing, gymnastics and other body building and mind-sharpening activity. The boys pay one dollar a year to belong, but any boy who can furnish proof of inability to pay is given a honorary free card. The Portland police has noth ing to do with PAL, but Pease has been detailed by the depart ment to direct the gym. He keeps in close touch with the juvenile court and any borderline case is invited to Join PAL. The Loyal Order of Moose is financing the PAL tour, the pur pose of which is two-fold. The boys have an opportunity to va cation in southern Oregon towns and the other objective is to im press upon each community a sense of responsibility for the guidance and direction of their youth. After a visit to The Dalles last summer, The Dalles police launched Its own PAL program. LOGGERS You Art Cordially Invited to the TRIANGLE LOGGING SUPPLY, INC. Hwy. 99 South at City Limits PHONE 1580 Ken Werniing Fred Gooeh Jr. OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY JULY 23 9:00 A. M. TO 4:00 P. M. IMPORTANT $4000.00 worth of New Logging Rigging on Salt at less than wholesale prices. NO SALES TO DISTRIBUTORS Triangle Logging Supply, Inc. Hwy. 99 South at City Limits PHONE 1580 Alumni Assn. Has First Call For Football Tickets The clamor for football season tickets to University of Oregon games has begun. Jim Aiken's 198 Pacific Coast Conference co champion Ducks team will be seen in action by jam-packed grandstand and bleacher sections this fall. Pre-season predictions Indicate every Duck game will be a sell out. Tickets will be scarce and worth their weight in uranium capsules. ' Football season tickets and single game application forms to Webfoots games are now being mailed by the athletic depart ment of the University of Ore gon to all members of the Alumni association. George Luoma, Roseburg attor ney and University of Oregon alumni association director for Douglas county, said association members are entitled to prefer ence season tickets ahead of sev en other classifications. "This year more than ever be fore members of the Alumni as sociation will benefit by purchase of season tickets," Luoma stated. The Roseburg attorney pointed out the "impossibility of provid ing every fan with a seat on the 50-yard line" and added that now it is becoming "increasingly dif ficult to provide choice seats be tween, the goal lines." Luoma lists many reasons for lack of adequate seating at Uni versity of Oregon football games. Among these are increased stu dent enrollment, greater number of alumni and general growth in the population of the Eugene area and other areas in the state. "It is no longer possible for the University to provide single gams ticket buyers with seats compar able to those secured in the past," Luoma warned. "Emphasis Is placed on season tickets. Douglas county residents who are graduates or former students of the University of Oregon are urged by Luoma to apply for Alumni association membership at the University of Oregon Alumni association in Eugene, and to further apply for prefer ence season tickets at the ath letic department of the Universi ty of Oregon in Eugene. Luoma advised that member ship in the association is $3 for one year, $5.50 for two years, 510 for five years and $60 for life membership. Federal-Bought Spuds To Be Resold For Feed Stock PORTLAND, July 20 IM The first price-support federal pur chase of potatoes this year was reported today. The Production and Marketing administration said 1000 sacks of 1949 crop Malheur county pota toes were purchased for S1.40 for No. 2 and No. 1 size B grade. The potatoes are to be resold at 20 cents a sack for livestock feed. 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