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Ezzard Charles Defeats Gus Lesnevich In 7 Rounds Battered Eyes Compel Loser To Quit Fight Ntgro Still Champion lut Falls To Convinet Thar Ht's Top Qualify By JACK HAND NEW YORK, Aug. ll.-P Ezzard Charles has sold himself to New York as the best ot poor lot ot heavyweights. The lean Clnclnnatf Negro still lacks New York state recognition as world heavyweight champion but he rules the 47 states under the N.B.A. Most of the 16,6.(0 sweltering fans who saw him make Gus Lesnevich surrender at the end of seven rounds last night at Yankee stadium, seemed willing to accept him. The next move is up to Eddie Kagan, chair man of the State Athletic com mission. Maybe It's best to hold off un til 28-year-old Charles meets the winner of the oft-postponed and still vague Bruce Woodcock-Lee Savold "title" fight In London. That's what Eagan plans to do. But for all practical purposes, Charlies Is the champ. The doubting Thomases who still hold out are looking for an other Joe Louis. Brother, there Just ain't another Joe Louis around. You might as well get used to Ezzy, for he may be with you for a long, long time. Club Loses Money It is hard to criticize Charles 6 Tht News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Thur., Aug. 11, 1949 for his performance In stopping Lesnevich. Certainly, he was hit and hurt when durable Gus shot his bolt In his only flurry of the fight in the sixth round. But Charles lMght back gamely un der fire. At the end of the next round, Gus' manager, Joe Vella, asked Referee Ruby Goldstein to stop It. The International Boxing club, promoting its first New York fight since buying out Mike Jacobs, must have dropped a bundle on the show which gross ed only $75,832 plus $17,500 for radio rights, Lesnevich took such a slash ing around the eyes that it may well have been his last fight. The fight went just as it fig ured, with Charles absorbing early punishment but opening the old scar tissue around Gus' eyes. Charles met Lesnevich's llrt round rush with a sustained at tack that made Gus' knees buck le. It was the same story In the next three rounds. The fighters suffered from the intense heat of the hottest day of New York's hottest summer. Most everybody, including the judges, had Charles out front, 6-1. in rounds at the end. Charles weighed ISO, Lesne vich 182. Jos Louis Comments Joe Louis watched his hand picked successor defend the heavyweight title for the first time and then declared again that he has no plans to come out Softball Playoff Starts Tonight City Softball league play enters Its final phase tonight at Kinlay field with Umpqua Plywood and Schemer Squirts set to battle for the city crown and the right U represent Roscburg at the district tournament. Tonight's game Is the first of a scheduled two-out-of-three play off series. It will be a regular nine inning affair and start at 7:30 o'clo?k. For the Squirts, Swede Vang is expected to start on the mound, while Plywood may solicit the pitching services of Roy Baugh man, who In 10 league games, has dropped only two. of retirement. Still moving with a panther like grace, the retired champ drew the biggest hand of the night as he walked around the ring last night before the battle. He wished good luck first to Charles and then to Lesnevich. Then the big fellow took an end seat nec.r a neutral corner, Joe's opinion? "It was a good fight until he (Charles) got to the eyes. Then it was just a matter of time." Did he think he could lick them both? "Naw, I'm too old." And he broke Into what for him was a pretty pood grin. site PwM! A at rifa ffl). ( bitter Ipf tin iwn mJMGk TIRE CAN DO.. SUPER-CUSHION Ifr frTn D0E$ BETTER! An& -.. "S. Rough roads level out like magls und.r th.s. bigger, softer tires'. You rid. re laxed refreshed at th. and of long trip, that tire you out with conr.ntlonal tires. 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With the baseball season nearly over, sports fans will substitute the thud of leather armor crash ing against more leather armor for the diamond and the familiar crack of the bat, as an object of spectator appeal. School colors, yell queens and water buckets will replace the peanut, popcorn ana ice-coia soda pop comes the football season. Ceoe Sherwood, head football coach at Senior High, announced football uniforms will be Issued to candidates of the 1949 Indian varsity team Tuesday, August 23. Practice Start Oat.d Practice will start Wednesday, August 24. This year, the Oregon Athletic association set up a new practice schedule, advancing the date one week, to give high schools an extra week of football before quarter finals play. The quarter final entry will be decided on the field rather than In the office of the high school athletic boards this year. Hereto fore, a team may have failed o make the quarter-finals due to early season reverses, then after the district selection was made by the board, this same team may have forged ahead of the "picked" winner. The practice will be avoided this year, as the season starts early enough so that the district entry may be picked on the basis of competitive results on the grid iron, rather than by speculation of the district athletic board. Indians Face Start The Roseburg Indians start th season this year with a tough op ponent In the Medford Black Tor nado, to be played at Finlay field Friday night, Sept. 16. Sherwood sees a difficult season In store for the Indians, with 16 lettermen lost from last year's varsity. Returning lettermen In clude halfbacks Dale Bonebrake and Bill Van Horn, fullback Bob Scott, end Dale Blanck, tackles Glen Schofield and Chet Rowe, guards George Parker and John Rauschert and center Don Parr. With the graduation of Bobby Sanders, the quarterback position remains wide open for new can didates. Tentative prosoects for this position are Ron Strickling, Bob Barrows and Mickey Coen, up from junior varsity ranks. Sherwood Indicated this year's team will be started from "scratch." Ray Brown will coach the new Indian group from the line of scrimmage, while Norm West will mentor the jayvees. Roseburg's league schedule will Include the following teams: Co quille. Myrtle Point, Reedsport, Marshfield and North Bend. Non league games are scheduled with Ashland, Grants Pass and Cot tage Grove, In addition to Med ford. Assisting Sherwood prior to the start of school this fall will be Frank Purdy, Hod Turner and Ed Wyatt. The latter trio will coach the junior high school foot hall' team after school starts. BASEBALL STANDINGS iBv th AMoclae) Prai PACIFIC COAST LIAQll W L Hollywood 8rramnl Oakland San Disgo Stattt Portland . 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F. 49ers Win Grid Game From Los Angeles Dons LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11 UP) ine san rrancisco 4yers sttil have the Los Angeles Don In their hip pocket The San Francisco all-America conference entry posted itseighih win over the Dons In nine starts last night with a 28-7 exhibi tion victory before 81,272 fans. The huge crowd, one of the largest ever to see a pro grid game here, saw Krankle Albert, the 49era' smooth field general, exercise his usual mastery, Al bert drove his speedy mate 65 and 66 yards on the ground for early scores, then pitched a 62 yard scorer to Jim Cason. John Strzykalsky bucked three yards for one score, Ed Carr raced 16 for another and Verl Lillv- whlte ran 15 with an intercepted pass for a third touchdown. Joe Veterano booted all four conversions. The Dons, playing without their ace Olenn Dobbs, had to rely on rookie George Taliaferro. The former Indiana star did nobly in the pinch, running for 37 yards and passing for 51, despite only one day's practice with his mates. Taliaferro passed 13 and 15 yards to Dick Wilklns, then skirted end five yards for the Dons' only tally in the third quarter. Ben. Agajanlan con verted. The big turnout contrasted sharply with that of another ex hibition Involving all-America teams. Buffalo and Baltimore at tracted only 2.953 fans in their game at Wilmington, Del., last night. Baltimore won, 28 to 7. Jensen Again Big Gun As Oakland Defeats Rainiers By JIM BACON Associated Press Sports Writer. Jackie Jensen is fast becoming as big a hero on the baseball diamond as he was on the grid iron. The former University of Cali fornia grid star was poison again Wednesday night to the Seattle Rainiers as the Oakland Oaks scored seven runs in the tenth Inning to win, 11 to , Jensen, those grand slam hom er broke up the ball game the previous night, poled another cir cuit clout and his tenth-inning sin gle put the Acorns ahead lor the first time. The Oaks sent 11 batters to the plate In the hectic 10th. Earl Rapp, ex-Rainier, smacked two doubles in the frame. Orv Grove threw a four-hitter at the hapless Los Angeles An gels as his bacramenlo colons took a 10-to-O decision. The San Diego Padres took a pair from San Francisco, 3 to 2 and 4 to 1. Tom Kipp, Padre southpaw, hurled five-hit ball In the opener. Al Kosens two-run homer paced the second game as sault for the Padres. Frank Kelleher's 22nd homer of the year a two-run blast en abled the Pacific Coast league leading Hollywood stars to shade Portland 3 to 1. Portland, a team which appeared to be going nlaces a few weeks ago, now has scored only six runs In its last five starts. Page's Relief Job For Yanks Downs Bosox Browns Edgt Cleveland; Cardinals-Brooks Tit Continues In 4th Day By JOE REICHLER AwocUud Pre. Sport. writer By all the laws of baseball statistics, the Boston Red Sox, not the New York Yankees, should be leading the American league today. The Red oox own the circuit's top batier in Ted Williams. They possess the league's "winnin? est" pitcher In Mel Parnell. In Williams and Vein Stephens, they have the one-two leaders In home runs and runs batted In. In addition, they lead In team batting and slugging, and ranx third compared to the Yankees' seventh In team fielding. Should n't tha' rate them the No. 1 spot In the standings? Yet the Red Sox find them selves in third place, six and a half (jamei behind the front running Yankees, who also own a five-and-a-half game bulge ovr the runner-up Cleveland Indians. There is only one answer for this strange, and, for Boston, sad state of affairs. The Red Sox don't have Joe Page and the Yankees do. It's as simole as that Pag Again Saves Yankees Take yesterday's Important game octween the Yankees and Red Sox in Boston. A three-run rally In the top of the seventh, highlighted oy Hank Bauer's two-run single, had given the Yankees a 3-1 edge over Joe Dobson. Stephens clip ped Yankee starter Ed Lopat for his 28 1. homer in the last half of the lnnning to make it 3-2. After Lopat survived a shaky seventh inning. Manager Casey Stengel excused his lefty for the cay and summoned his trouble shooter Page. Joe retired the dangerous Sox with only one harmless infield single in the eighth an I ninth to preserve the Yankee victory. It marked his 36th relief ap pearance and the 20th game he's saved, rage's record is 10-4, but he's saved seven others for an other Yankee starter, Allie Rey nolds, ana two lor Tommy Byrne. Page has been in only 11 losine Yankee games. Other Results The Indians lost ground when they were edged out. 5-4. by the lowly St. Louis Browns. Dick Kokos, former Indian chattel, j homered In the ninth off Bob Lemon to snap a 4-4 tie. Washington's Senators and Chi- j cago's White Sox pulled a couple of upsets. The Nats shaded the Philadelphia Athletics, 8-7, and the Chisox topped the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, In 10 innings. faherry Kobertson s grand slam homer in the fourth, and six I Washington double plays won the 1 game for the Nats. Hits by j Chiefs, Powers Billed Friday Roseburg's Umpqua Chiefs are scheduled lo go nine Innings with Powers Athletic club Friday night at F'nlay field, starting at 8:30 o'clock. Manager Earl Sargent Indi cated either Vic Lewis or Wally Richardson may pitch for the CWtatm T act v.Br Pnuj.n rkjlt the Chiefs! 5-3, and the visitors are reportedly Dent on turning in a repeat performance. Sundav, the Chiefs travel to Central Point for a Southern Ore gon league game. The Chiefs were defeated, 12-6, by Central Point in a game here June 19. Canyonville Amateur Boxing Bouts Slated The Canyonville Lions club Is sponsoring its third amateur box ing match at tne canyonville com munity hall Saturday, August 13. Matchmaker Henry Ford said any boy interested in participating should contact him at Ford's camp, Canyonville. Reliance Edges Banks In Semi-Pro Playoff WIRTT AVn Alio- 11. t.3V JReliance system of Portland snuff- ,ed out a ninth-inning rany msi ! night to edge Banks, 6 to 4, and 1 force the Oregon semi-pro base ball title series into an extra I game. I The two trams will meet to I night to determine the champion iand the berth in the regional tournament in Bremerton, Wash, this weekend. Banks was shut out until the final frame, and chalked up lis first loss in the double elimination reries. Is Rodeo Dated At Kellogg By Juvenile Grangers Kellogg Juvenile Grange holding its second rodeo Satur day, Aug. 13. at the Kellogg I Grange hall. There will be goat I roping, calf riding, greased pig contest, stake race, and other contests. Soft drinks will be on sale. ' GOOD MEATS SANITARY MARKET BOTTOM LAND Fronting North Umpqua River This choict tract is only 9 miles from Roseburg. Al though oway from noise ond heavy traffic, it is easily reached by good road. (Six miles is paved.) Has all su burban utilities. The river loam soil slopes gradually back from the water to a crest of beautiful building sites. A fringe of trees skirts the beach. There are two large excellent brooder houses with concrete floors, a fair barn with 35 stanchions, tractor, ond imple ments. Mostly fenced. Wonderful opportunity for subdividing, dairying, crop forming or raising fine stock. Unsurpassed for a real coun try home location within easy commuting distance. At the total price of this place, the land is costing only about $300 an acre, while similar or inferior land is be ing offered at 2 or 3 times our price. Good irrigated crops could pay for this place in a few seasons. Th price is $25,000 and we will consider your terms. We will also consider dividing this property. C. S. Briggs and Co. 112 W. Cost Phone 914 Charlie Kress, Eddie Malone and Herb Adams, plus a wild pitch by Dizzy Trout, gave the White Sox threelOth inning runs and a win for Mickey Haefner. Deadlock Continues The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals remained dead locked for the first place In the National league for the fourth straight day. The Brooks need ed a ninth inning home run by Jackie Robinson with one on to beat Philadelphia's Phils. 7 5. Thr Cards, behind the six-hit pitching of- lefty Al Brazle, took an easy 8-0 decision from Cin cinnati. Southpaw Warren Spahn turn ed in his 1-ith victory as he pitch ed the Boston Braves to a 41 triumph over the New York Gi ants and Doyle Lade pitched the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. SLABWOOD In 12-16 and 24 In. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone SSI LEAGUE LEADERS New-Rv)ew Correspondent NATIONAL LCAUIE Batting Robinson. Brooklyn, .MT; Slaughter. St. Louis. 334. Runs batted In-Robiruon, Brooklyn. 92: Hodge. Brooklyn, 83 Home run Kiner, Pittsburgh. 29: Gordon. New York, and Saucr, Chi cago, 34. AMERICAN LEAGL'B Batting Willi ami. Boston. .349; Dil linger. St Louis. 343 Rum batted in Stephstns, Boston, 113; Williams. Boaton. 112. Home runs Williams, and Stephens, Boiton, 2D. . . Pitching Reynold!, New York. 11-t, .846; Wynn, Cleveland, 9-3. ,750. The American automobile In dustry produced 4.797,650 passen ger cars and trucks in 1947. 'Sotet Your EGG PROFITS Alt rw Triangl. X-fra Isa FreAKM a l4 fM , maximum og production. 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