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Dodgers Edge Pirates In Ninth Inning I The News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Wed., Aug. 31, 1949 UftflfiAK' 0 Dim Homer Decides O O I Contest, 43 Cardinals Blasted By Boston Braves; Bosox1 Kinder Blanks Detroit By JACK HAND Ntwi-Riviiw SoorU Writer Thanki to Gil Hodgei, the Brooklyn Dodger are only a game and a half behind the St. Louis Cardinal! In the rugged National league race. Hodges, prooahly the best first baseman in the league although he Is playing his first full season at the Joh, is giving Jackie Robin son a run for his money as the most valuable Dodger. He is hit ting only .294, but his sense of timing is terrific. Rex Barney, struggling to re deem himself, after flopping bad ly all season, trailed Muiry Dick son, 3-2, in the ninth inning yes terday when big Gil did his stuff. VThere was a runner on first and one out. V . Hodges slammed a Dickson ' gopher ball special into the left field seats for his 21st homer to break up the ball game. That ruined Dickson's budding win streak and handed Pittsburgh a 4-3 loss. - The riirfa1' aann-lrintr "roil. Ins," the Boston Braves, turned on their old-tormentors to blast St. Louis, 12-4. In addition to the loss, their fifth In 20 meetings with the.lM8 champs, the Cards were crippled by an Injury to pitcher Ked flungcr. The husky righthanded winner of 12 games left the game after he pulled a side muscle batting in the third. Other National leaguers were Idle. Yankees' Lead Reduoed ' The crippled New York Yan kees lost a full game of their American league lead, which now measured three games, by . drop ping a 6-2 decision to the St. Louis Browns. Runner-un ' Boston blanked Detroit, 3-0, behind Ellis Kinder to snap the Tigers eight game win string. Yankee Ed Lopat was knocked out In the fourth Inning with Stan Spence's second straight double. Rookie Roy Slevers was the batting star, knocking in throe 'Brownie runs to ease Al Papai's pitching Job. Lopat s third Inning homer was the only Yank core off Papal until the seventh. Kinder, almost a sure thing to Join Mel Parnell In the 20-win club, picked up his 17th victory with a brilliant five-hit shutout of Detroit. Eight-game win streaks. Battle Royal Of Six Men On Saturday Wrestling Bill To Feature Two Yaqui Indians Two Yaqui Indians from fht rugged Sonori mountains of Mexico, Yaqui Jot and the Yaqui Kid. will lead a six-man field in a wrestling "baHlt royal" at fht Roieburg Armory Saturday night, Matchmaker Elton Owen announced. Other principals in the free-for-all for a $250 purse will be Jack Kiser, ex-coest champ from Portland; Pierre LaBelle, talented French-Cenadian from Montreal; Tony Falletti, the Italian villain from Brooklyn; Billy McEuin, the rough and tough kidney puncher from Texas. Three of the Drlnclpals are aim ing at a title match with Buck New Date Announced For Woodeock-Savold Battle Weaver, and a victory Saturday would go a long way In establish ing any of the trio as title con tenders. The ambitious group in cludes the young Indian, Kiser and McEuin. The six-man event will actually be three matches. The first two men pinned to the mat or knock DONCASTER. England, Aug. na i t . t 1. ?nn mons set next Ma for the heavy- r" "V .L" ", " 'r.u .,,. weight fight Ma ior me neavy- - - : i,u between Bruce1 retire for the evenlng-with J"" Woodcock and Lee Savold of Pat terson, N. J. They were originally scheduled to meet Sept. 6, but Woodcock was injured in an auto mobile accident. LEAGUE LEADERS (By The Aaioclated Prull NATIONAL LEAfilJE BATTING Roblnion. Brooklyn, .330: Sllutfhtrr. SI liuii, .337. RUNS BATTED IN Roblnion, Brook lyn. 103: Klnrr, PHUbursh. 93. HOME RUNH Klner, Plttiburfh. 3T; Mu.lal. 8t l.ouli. 37. STRIKEOUTS Spahn, Bolton, 113: Ntwcomb. Brooklyn. 111. AMI.KIf AN I.EAdl'I BATTINU Wllllami. Bolton, 397; Kelt, roiroll. 344. RUNS BATTED IN-8tepr,ni, Bol ton. 140: Wllllami. Boaton. i:w. HOME RUNS Wllllami and Suphani. Boilnn, 33 HTHIKEOUTS-Trueki, Detroit, 133: Newhouier. Drlroll. 112. owned by both the Tigers and pitcher Kred Hutchinson, were fractured by the Red Sox attack that Included Vern Stephens' 35th homer and No. 8 for Dom Di Maggio. Cleveland's scheduled game with the Philadelphia As was washed out but the Tribe moved up a half game to within five games of the Yanks. Washington's Lloyd H 1 1 1 1 e turned In his best game since Join ing the Senators from Oakland in June when he shut out Chicago with three singles, 1-0, In 10 innings. enough compensation to pay ex penses. The next two ousiea win return for a one-fall, 30-minute match, and the finalists will wres tle for 30 minutes or two out of three falls. The two Indians, the veteran Joe and the fast-developing Kid, are expected to attract the most attention among Douglas county fans. The other matmen have wa. ned that the referee must watch out for any ganging up be fveen the two Indians, and Mc Euin said, "All hell will be pop pin' if those redskins try anything tricky. They'll wish their tribe had never heard of scalping." It appears Inevitable that Joe will altempt to both aid and protect his protege in his first battle royal. He has done virtually that In every other match. Fans who haven't seen Joe In action for years will be surprised at the ability of the veteran. He has appeared several times at the Veterans hospital and recently fought a successful team matcn in Eugene. In the meantime It was under- slooi the the Roseburg com mission has backed up Referee Owen's decision of last week when he disqualified Georges Dusette when the Frenchman lost his head for a time In a hectic bout against Weaver. Reserved seat tickets for Satur day's show are on sale at Powell's. Roseburg High Grid Hopefuls Working Out Players Perform Under Guidance Of Coaches In Team-Building Efforts There's never a dull moment at Flnlay field these nights. The lighted practice area Is a bee-hive of activity, with more going on per second than any of the circus brotners could provide In a three ringed affair under the big-top. Last night, Cece Sherwood, head football coach, aided by Norm West, cracked the whip and prospective quarterbacks gave a .i ... A i . i Ui-inuiiBiiaiiuii ml pausing lu truus anu DacKS. On another section of the field, Ray Brown worked with linemen on tackling. Early arriving Junior high scnool talent, working un der coaches Frank Purdy and Ed Wyatt, were Initiated into the secrets of blocking and tackling. Prospective punters punted and ends scurried down-field to tackle would-be ball carriers. Last night's drill was topped off with a 30-minute scrimmage. with most of the work concen- traed on new plays. Sherwood will use the T-formation and single wing, alternately, as the occn sion demands. Dale Blanck, sturdy letterman end, is out of bed after suffering from the mumps. He Is expect ed to be In a football uniform shortly. The candidates wound up the rugged session with wind sprints, before knocking off for the night Practice will continue each eve ning this week, with the exception of Sa'urday, at which time the candidates will meet in the morn ing. No practice will be held over Sunday and Monday, Labor day weekend. Night practice continues next week, until school starts, Sept. 7. Afternoon drills will be launched at that time, Sherwood said. Season ticket sales start Wednesday, Sept. 7, at a time and place to be designated by ticket manager Jack Newby. A $6.00 book will entitle season ticket purchasers to reserved seals at six home games, including the opener with Med ford. Four of the big Elater fireflies of Mexico or Brazil can throw enough light by which a book can be read. ROY'S MEN'S STORE PRE-SEASON OVERCOATS Regular 50.00 West-of-Eng!and Coverts TV SALE hv- .aJJ II . . Ill 7 i ij ' ' will ( I ,. :: -; 1 ; I hold the coat of V? hY ' ' 1 I your choice until f WC 1 1 October 1. Lay away a coat h I J V today. iff M OVERCOATS Timely i . . 57.50 and up Botany "500" . . . 60.00 Samuel Martin. Ltd. . . . 75.00 and 85.00 (Imported English) Alligator . . . 27.50 to 42.75 S and H Green Stamps given en every purchase. Adjoining U. S. National Bank Top 3 Teams In Coast League Win It looks like it will take that crucial Hollywood-Sacramento se ries, starting Friday, to cause any excitement in the Pacific coast league. Tuesday night's results found the loop's first three teams win ning and the league standings un changed. Hollywood blanked San Francisco, 7 to 0, to keep its three game lead. Oakland homered a lCMo-3 victory off Los Angeles to stay In second place while Sacra mento edged San Diego, 3 to 2, to stay a game behind the Oaks. Gordy Maltzberger threw a five-hitter In shutting-out the seals. Dick Kryhoskl, Loyd Chris topher and Jackie Jensen slammed the four-baggers that produced eight of the Oaks' runs. Jensen's blast 'a me with the bases loaded. Ai.gel Carmen Mauro homered in all of the los ers' runs. Jim Tabor's 15th home run of the season provided the Solons' tying run. In the seventh he doubled and then scored the win ning run. Seattle nosed out Portland, 2 to 1. Jack Warren's fourth inning homer was the clincher. The Rainiers' first tally was unearned. Chiefs Dated For Playoffs' Finale Sunday, the Roseburg Umpqua Chiefs wind up a successful base ball season in the Southern Ore gon league, by playing either Medford Craters or Ashland Lith ians for the Shaughnessy base ball trophy, at Finlay field. Ashland and Medford battle it out tonight at Medford, to decide which meets Roseburg. The loser plays Central Point for the con solation prize. The four clubs were the top teams in the South ern Oregon league, that ended regular play a week ago Sunday. The Chiefs were on ton with eleven wins and only three losses. Also listed for Sunday is the announcement of the All-Star team of the Southern Oregon league, according to Chiefs' man ager Earl Sargent. The Chiefs will try for their 35th win in 47 games played. Mel Krause will start the pitching for Roseburg. BASEBALL STANDINGS Bv The AMorlated Prnn rACIUC IOAHT UAHll i W L Pef Hollywood . 89 70 .960 I Oakland 83 71 .541 ! Sacramento B3 74 ATJ : San Olego B2 77 .516 Seattle 79 BO .417 San Francisco .... 7 &1 .478 Portland 75 Kt .475 Loa Anfrlei tt4 98 .400 AATIUNAL I.EAGIK W L PC Loula 78 4fl filB Brooklyn - 78 49 .Stifl Boiton AA SO .520 Philadelphia 64 H2 .508 Nw York 82 62 .500 PIlUbUTfh 57 67 .4H0 Cincinnati 50 74 .4nr Chicago 49 70 AMERICAN I.EAGIK W L Pet New York - 77 46 .2 Boiiton 76 51 .598 Cleveland 73 52 .584 Detroit 72 57 .558 Philadelphia Bfl 58 ,532 Chicago SI 75 .405 St. Louli 46 82 .359 Washington 42 .'12 .3.19 FIGHTS LAST NIGHT 'By Tha A hoc t ted Pregi HARTFORD. Conn Vic CmrrirH 1U Wllran. Conn , outpointed Frank ie Vla ant. 144. Thomatton. Conn, 12t. MONTREAL Kay Edwardi. 128 3 4, New York, outpointed Ma uric La Cha pe ne. i.wt. Montreal ikh. LOS ANGELES Maxl Doe men. New Orleam. knocked out Lem Thom- 137, Chicago, 14-. i 9 ItJs safer driving If wheels aw.alJdnflJ I And running straight i a AFX. COMPLETE MM 1 5 FOR YOUR FORD (y Jjt wsttf mt y Atljmt ctssW N wlwslt wlwJs y Oixk (Mi Ui Wow K Adjnt itwhi swaooh" y laipr) krakM he Vi y laad test at of the Y.M.C.A.-sPonored I " V j junior men's tennis doubles J ' 5 fl A- lament were Dick Jacob- 1 I L v ' ( and Ronnie St rick ling " .C V CITY CHAMPS Declared win ners city tourn son sna nonni jiricsiing j (ttAnrimal. when thev defeated ',r Gene Henry end Gene Wilker- Jjj 4 son (kneeling), on the local J(l court Monday. f- f t Jacobson, also winner ot tne junior men's singles tourney, is Presentation of first place ribbons climaxed the summer season for boys of tfiis age and play will be suspended unti next year, again under fhe spon sorship of the local "Y". (Staff photo.) Major League Scouts Eyeing Junior Series OMAHA, Aue. 31. UP) It's payoff time for some teen-agers' baseball ambitions. Tonight the American Legion Junior baseball little world series opens here. At stake will be a championship sought after by lb, OOO sancllot teams, a place in baseball's hall of fame and may be some careers in big league baseball. The boys who hope to cash In on a summer or more of dead- earnest sandlot play come from Ulcinnatl, Atlanta, Oakland, Calif., and Wheeling, W. Va. For the little world series scouts from all of the 16 major league teams will be in the stands at Omaha's municipal stadium. Championship Golf Play On Af Country Club Local golfers at the country club are currently in the midst of championship play. Ward Cum- mines Jr.. having defeated Charles Kash, will play his father wara lAimmings hr., wno de feated Maurice Hallmark, for the club championship. two tournaments are sched uled for the coming weekend. A 3ti-hole handicap tournament will be played Saturday and Sunday, while on Monday a foursome tournament is listed. Roseburg country club golfers defeated the visiting Cottage Grove team, 43 i to 191, here Sun day in a team match. I .. - I r. irl 1 fvi i 1- '-E Cubs To Spare No Cash To Get Needed Players CHICAGO, Aug. 31. UP) The Chicago Cubs may be wal lowing In the bottom of the Na tional league, but the sky's the Improvements At Finlay Field About Completed Improvements to ' Flnlay field and the grandstand are rearing the completion stage, according to Cece Sherwood, football coach at Senior high and athletic di rector of the Roseburg school system. . Underneath the grandstands, a special partition has been built, to accommodate Junior high school gridders, who will work alongside Sherwood's varsity team. Closer contact between Jun ior and senior school groups is being stressed this year, so that the younger football aspirants will have first-hand knowledge of what to expect when they reach the "senior level. - Drying racks are still being constructed, on which uniforms will be hung after each game. In the first aid room, studenti have covered the walls with a new coat of painT. V A new hot water heater hai been installed and hot water in the showers is assured after each practice session or game. Two carloads of cinders donat ed by Roseburg athletic support ers, were shoveled onto the track. It will be rolled and allowed to settle for the track season next spring. With an eye to cutting down water expenses, a pump has been installed near the grandstand and water is being pumped from the river to irrigate the turf and practice area. Heretofore, city water was used to wet down the field. Also, new sprinklers have been purchased. Arthur McGhehey, local cab inet maker, is donating labor to make football benches from lum ber donated by the Roseburg box ing promoters. Tentatively listed for early con struction is another section of bleachers, opposite the grandstands. limit on money for fresh talent. That came from owner P. K. Wrigley, who estimated yester day that the Cubs have spent $2,000,000 on player material over a four-year period, including this season. 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