3 Chiefs Defeat Crescent City, 6 - 2 ; Cardinals Lead In National League Hampton Hits 2 Home Runs And One Single Losers' Only Runs Off Pitcher Kraust Tallied In The Seventh Inning By HAL EDGAR Led by Earl Hampton, . who got one-half of their six hits, the Umpqua Chiefs defeated Crescent City, 6-2, Sunday, at " Crescent City. , . , Hampton was the hero of the . day with two horn' runs and ' a. single irtfour official trips to ' the plate. He hit the first pitched ball of the game for a homer to give the Chiefs a lead they never relinquished. , The Chiefs tallied again In the fourth whan Jerry Hugglns worked Clausen for a wIk. Hug- gins went to second on Wilson's sacrifice and to third on a Cres cent City error, then scored on a passed ball. In the fifth Inning, with one away, Norm West walked, stole second and scored on Hugglns' single. The Chiefs made it 4-0 In the seventh, when Hampton singled, went to second on an error and to thlru on George Sanders' sac rifice. West followed with a Texas leaguer to center, scoring Hamp ton, i .' , Crescent City retaliated with two counters of their own in the seventh, when Pete Wilson bounced a screeching double off Earl Hamptor s bare hand, -tollman singled to left scoring Wil son, and went to second on the throw-in. He scored on Clausen's single to right. The Chiefs clinched the con test In the eighth when Barney Koch Blngled and, after two were out, Hampton belted his second homer of the day deep Into, cen ter field. Crescent City's Wilson paced Hampton for hitting honors, also with three-for-f our. Mel Krause struck out 11 and walked two' while allowing 10 hits. Clausen walked five, struck out one and allowed six hits. The box: .Rosaburei AB ... 4 .... S Hampton, 3b V. Sanderi, If , O. Sander i, it , "WeBt, lb jHuRglna, rf ....M. Wilson, cf Koch, 3b Coor, o ............. 'Kraust, p Cretcent CII71 Knapp, If Mirfel, 3b ' Ralnemer, rf R. Pe tenon, lb Yamor. cf . WiUon. 2b .... L.. Peterson, 0 Hoffman, 'Clausen, p Hannebeck, If Ryan, e - Cooper, la ............ Soiaburs . 100 110 120 .Crescent City ..000 000 300 a Error. Hoffman, Wilson, R. Peterson .3, L.. Peterinn 2, Ryan. RBI Hoffman, ; Clausen, Hampton 3, West 1 .Hueglns .1. Strike outs Krause 11, Clausen 1. BB Krause 3, Clausen B. DP Koch to , O. Sanders to West. Left on bases Roseburg 11, Crescent City 11. Home ; runs Hampton 3. Horse Outwalks Man With Ease LEBANON, July 25.-W) Just In case you ever want to settle an argument or win a bet on the subject a horse can outwalk a man. The question was settled hero last night with a six-year-old sor rel gelding finishing 14 miles In front of . the ; "walking man of Oregon" In a 75-mlle walkathon at Lebanon Meadows track. Big", Reds, owned and ridden by Ralph ' Smith, Linn county rancher, covered the distance In 14 hours and 40 minutes. The horse took an early lead over hiker Paul Smith, 64-year-old Mill City resident, and steadily widened the gap. They started together at 6 a.m. About '200 paid to see the fete sponsored by the Santlam wran glers. Smith, who walked In a trans continental walking contest In the early '20s, still had 14 miles to go when the horse finished. Smith didn't walk them. 6 The Newt-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Mon., July 25, 1949 O Andy's Jewelers Rack Up Double Win Over Roseburg Softball All-Stars; Visitors' Collins Strikes Out 24 Me? ; Andy's Jewelers of Medford beat the best Roseburg had to offer In a weekend series of softball games at Flnlay field. . Roseburg's All-Stars were shut-out, 11-0, behind the dazzling one hit pitching of Vern Collins Saturday night, then a combination of Jeweler hurlers stopped the All-Stars 11-4 Sunday afternoon. Weaver Defeats Yaqui Kid; Hager Conquers McEuin By CHUCK PLUMMER Battling Buck Weaver, the mat villain from Indiana, moved a step closer to winning the Pacific coast junior heavyweight champ ionship Saturday night at the ar mory, when he decisioned the Ya qui Kid via the two-out-of-three fall route. He will meet Tex Ha ger, who decisioned Billy McEuin In the other semi-final match on the wrestling bill, In the near fu ture at the Roseburg arena for the belt tut. It took Weaver only 33 mln utes and 27 seconds to dispose of the Mexican Indian In two out of three falls. Weaver took the first fall In 14 minutes flat with his famous backward neck cracker, after a variety of holds had been applied. The Kid countered In the second fall with an abdominal stretch in 10 minutes, 45 seconds. then Weaver captured the final canto with & Boston crab in nine minutes. In the other match, which open ed the card, things looked bad for Roseburg favorite Tex riager after he lost the first fall to Billy McEuin, but the ulmlnutlve bat tler came back to take the next two falls for the right to meet Weaver In a title match. McEuin captured the first tall in 15 min utes with a hammerlock and arm stomps. After evening up tne match in tne secona tan in iu minutes, Hager, In an exciting finish, took the match with flying dropklcks and a body press. BASEBALL STANDINGS (Dy the Associated Press) . NATOIONAL LEAGUE W St. Loula M ' Brooklyn ........ I" Boston ..48 Philadelphia .-...40 ' Nsw York -. 44 4 Pet. .800 .5(10 .322 .910 .000 .483 .404 .380 Flttstiurin ............ Cincinnati Chicago .... 30 35 37 AMERICAN LEAOIIE W L Pet. .840 .848 .944 ,9:n .923 .429 .391 .344 New York 87 Cleveland -S3 Boston ..... .49 Philadelphia ...49 Detroit . -.--....48 Chicago -.....39 Washlnntcn 34 3U LOIIII 31 38 PACiriO COAST LFAOHS Pet. .883 .5.11 .912 . .900 .490 .4118 .438 .413 Hollywood ... Sacramento Oakland Portland Seattle . San Diego San Francisco Lns Angeles .... LEAGUE LEADERS (By the Annoclated Premt NATIONAL LB All UK Bflttint Robinson, Brooklyn. .3!-9; ManhBll, New York, ,XV2. Hum batted In Roblnnon, Brooklyn, 78; Hodgei, Brooklyn, tif). Home rum Kiner, PUUhurgh. 37; Gordon, New York and Saucr, Chicago, 10. Pitchtnf Chamberi, Pittsburgh, M 8-1, ,857, fleweli, Pittiburgh, 0-1, ,83.1. AMERICAN LEAGUK Batting Kail, Detroit, and Wllllami and DlMngdlo, Boston, .,142, Runs batted In Wllllami. Boiton, 100; Stephen!, Boiton. 07. Home runs Wllllami, Boiton, 29; Ste phen, Boston, 114. Pitching Reynold!. New York, 10-1, .900; KuKitva, Chicago. 6-1, ,857, Eddie Akridge Wins Canadian Rodeo Honors MEDICINE HAT, Alia., Julv 25. rB Eddie Akrldgc ot Bear er, Okla., who won the North American all-around cowboy championship at Calgary earlier this month, also held the South ern Alberta rodeo circuit's all around, bareback bronc and steer riding titles today. Lnwson Fore of Los Angeles trailed Akridge for the southern all-around crown at the conclu sion of the threodav Medicine Hat stampede Saturday. O Collins was the star of the first game. He was a one-man ball team, striking out 24 batters out of 30 that faced him. Only three Roseburg men were able to get on base. Roy Baughman slam med out a long one that left field er Moler had to back up for. The ball landed In the glove, then bounced out and Baughman took three bases on the miss. Noble White was the only All Star man able to get a clean hit off Collins a low blooper over the first baseman's head good for a single. With the exception of two Rose burg fly-outs and a ground out pltcher-to-flrst, when Chuck Tay lor layed down a futile Dunt, all Roseburg outs occurred at the plate. Rosebure used Wilklns for five and one-third Innings, then sent in Forbes, after the Jewelers pounded the All-Star starting hurler off the mound in the sixth, at which time seven runs were scored on four hits and five Rose burg errors. The visitors hit off Forbes three times while Wil klns was tapplcd for eight bin gles, including a round tripper by Ken Knapp, who scored two men ahead of him. Sunday Games Story In the Sunday game, Wilklns held the visitors hitless for two and one-third Innings but three men crossed the plate while he held down the pitcher's box. Roy Baughman took over in the third and allowed six scattered singles, but All-Star miscues accounted for four of seven runs scored while he was on the mound. Roseburg came to life In a big fifth inning, with all hands bat ting around. Four runs were scor ed on two hits. Two hit batters cost the Jewelers as .nany runs that inning. Collins put in a brief appear ance in the final frame and Louis McAllister, first man to face him, cracked out a single along the third base line,- but he fanned the next three men, to end, the game. ' Boli Frlnk started on the hill for Andy's outfit. He was relieved by Moler alter the bad mm inn ing. The City Softball league is scheduled to meet In a twin-bill tonight at Flnlay field, starting at 7:30 o'clock. Umpqua Plywood and Roseburg Elks play the open er, while Schemer Squirts and Vets of Foreign Wars wind It up. 500 Pound Sturgeon Caught In River Net HOOD RIVER, July 25. IIP) The biggest sturgeon caught here In many years 500 pounds and 10 feet long was pulled out of the Columbia river Friday. John Schaerf, a commercial fisherman, found the giant fish In his net. Brought ashore, It more thar filled the bed of a pick up truck. Schaerf planned to sell the fish to a frozen food .ockcr firm at a price over $130. The sturgeon was caught Just downstream from the Interstate bridge. It didn't damage the nets. Elk Hunting Banned In Douglas County Area Oregon's new game commis sion, in its first day of business held Saturday in Portland, clos ed that part of Douglas County east of U.S. highway 99 to elk hunting. After other minor changes were made In the tentative rules drawn up two weeks ago by the DON'T MAKE AMOVE 'til you see FLEGEL Transfer and Storage Phone 935 Dodgers Given Walloping By Score Of 14-1 Musial Bangs Four Hits, Including Homer; Yanks . ' Defeat Tigers In 11th I By JOE RT.ICHLER -(Associated Pres, Sports Writer) 1 The only reason the St. Louis Cardinals are in first place to day Is that they own title to Stan itthe man) Musial. ! Musial, hitting only ,.299, Is far below . his normal batting gait, but he was the big gun m the Cards' 14-1 blasting of the Dodgers yesterday which shot them into the league lead by a half game over the Brooks. In that game, Musial completed a batting cycle a single, double, triple and home run. He also batted in .four runs. . : The 24 hits in 53 times at bat that Musial has collected against Dodger pitching this season adds up to a .453 batting mark. At Ebbets Field, his average Is a cool .533. . . Yankees Win In 11th ' The New York Yankees ral lied gamely to come from be hind and defeat the Detroit Ti gers, 6-3, in 11 Innings. As . a result Cleveland's 7-5 and 5-2 sweep of a doubleheader from Washington cut only a half game from the Yankees' margin which is now four games. The Yankees tied the score at 2-2 In the top of the ninth when Johnny Llndell homered off Hal Newhouser. Then In the bottom half, a fine throw by outfielder Hank Saucr cut Johnny Lipon down at the plate in a close decision. Three singles and a triple by Bauer featured a four run 11th. Lemon Posts 12th Win : Bob Lemon relied upon his bat to register his 12th victory against four losses. The Indian righthander belted two homers in the opener. First br.seman Mickey Vernon was the Tribe's big gun '.n the nightcap with two homers. The third place Boston Red Sox dropped eight and a half lengths off the pace, dividing a doubleheader with the St. Louis Browns. The Browns eked out a 9-8 victory In the opener. Jack Kramer gained his first victory of the year as the. Red Sox won the second, 8-4. ' ' The Philadelphia Athletics swept a twin bill f.im the Chi cago White Sox, 7-2 and 6-4, for their fourth and fifth victories In their last 17 games. Joe Cole man and Charlie Shantz were the winners. Pirates Win Twice Pittsburgh came from behind twice to sweep a doubleheader from the Boston Braves, 4-3 and 7-6. The Pirates spotted the Braves a 30 lead In the first In ning of the opener, but caught up with Johnny Sain In the fourth and beat him In the seventh. Dino Restelll's first hit in 14 times at bat scored Johnny Hopp with the winning run. The Cincinnati Reds took a doubleheader from the Philadel phia Phils, 10-1 and 4-3. A sin gle by Dixie Howell pushed over the Reds' winning run In the ninth of the nightcap. Grady Hatton led a 13-hit Cincinnati assault in the opener with a single, two doubles and a triple. The cellar shackled Chicago Cubs knocked off the New York Glnnls twice, 5-3 and 6-1, to put a fitting climax to the celebra tion of "Frankle Frlsch day" In C'.f Polo grounds. old game body, the hunting regu lations for this year ,ere formal ly adopted. ,.lim,ftl HiitKISJWSI WU,I ' 1 II Her'a why you ahould chooaa 1 Jm BERKELEY Aik for our fraa Utaratura and lat ua gira you particular on a Jat ayitam to do your Job. Thara la no obligation for thin aarrio. DENN-GERRETSEN CO. 402 W. Oak St. Boxes' 3 Homers Sparks Hollies' Double Victory By JIM BACON (Associated Press Sports Writer) Those hollywood S t a r i are twinkling again. Jim Baxes, the galloping Greek slammed out three home runs to give the Stars a double win Sun day over Los Angeles, 4 to 3 and 6 to 1. The sweep salvaged 4-4 draw for the Stars In the "civil war" series. Baxes' first homer broke a 3-3 deadlock in the first game. His other two came In the night cap and produced four Holly wood runs. The double win put the Stars five and a half games ahead of Sacramento which split a pair with San Diego. The Padres took the opener, 1 to 0, on a three hit pitching job by Bob Savage. The Padres built up a 6 to 1 lead In the first three Innings of .the nightcap but fizzled when the Solons drove Lyman Linde to the showers In the seventh on a four-run splurge. The final score was 9 to 8 for Sacramento. : San Francisco and Oakland also divided their twin bill. The Oaks took the opener, 2 to 0, and tne seals the finale, 5 to :., Parnell Woods' sixth-inning horn er decided the first game. Al Lien scattered eight Oakland hits in the nightcap. It was -is 11th win. The Portland Beavers, now In fourth place after occupying the raoinc coast league cellar most of the sepson, took a pair from Seattle, 3-1 and 5-1. The Beavers ganged up on Herb Karpel in the first inning of the nightcap to score an oi tneir n runs, Bill Burgher's grand slam horn er was the big gun. brufon-Miles Duo Gains Finals In Tennis Tourney Roy Bruton-Louie Miles and Earl Garrison-Bert Randall dou bles teams won their way into the finals in the YMCA city ton nis tournament this weekend. Both teams won over their op ponents in straight sets, reports Marlen Yoder, Roseburg YMCA general secretary. The Bruton and Miles combi nation beat Strickllng and Jacob son 60, 6-1; defeated Lindbloom and Kent 6-4, 6-3, then blasted Bill Garrison and Norman Moore, the latter being 1949 sin gles champion, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, al though extended in two matches. Earl Garrison and Randall hit the finals by whipping Gerretson and Lander 6-1, 6-2 and then beat ing Wilkerson and Henry 6-2, 6-1. In the semi-finals match, Gar rison and Randall won the first set 61 but ran into trouble, being extended 7-5 and 6-4 in the final two sets. Their opponents were Debernardl and Bover. Yoder said today that this IV nal match will be played next Sunday. The public is invited. He added that ribbons awards may be awarded at the conclusion of the tournament. Plant Seeded For Elk By Sportsmen Thrives ASTORIA, July 25 A plant seeded by the Clatsop Rod and Gun club in several moun tain areas is working out very well. The plant lotus major Is growing hardily, and being eaten by elk herds. The purpose of seeding It was to provide forage for elk. State game commission offi cials Inspected the experimental plantings and found them grow ing well, even in dry clay and rocky soil. ' According to Homer, steel axes were valued prizes In Grecian games. J. N. BOOR 924 Gdn. Vally. Rd. Ph. 530-J-l JOHNSON Sea Horse Dealer 2. Boats Boat Trailers Marine Equipment It li only natural that BarktUy ahould bar mor dpadabla Uaturai than all tha othara, bacama Btkhy ngnaern ponaarao th Modern Jet Water Syitem. 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