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Chiefs Rack Up 18th Win 6 Tht Newi-Rtvitw, Roseburg, Off. Thurt., July 13, 1950 BUS SPORER Umpqua Chiefs' Pitcher Has Remarkable Record By GEORGE CASTILLO Newe-Review Sports Writtr It's the ninth inning bases load ed one out. What spot for a re lief pitcher. That's what faced Bus Sporer of the Roseburg Chiefs as he walked to the mound in the cru cial championship game of the dis trict semi-pro baseball meet in Ml. Ansel. The first man goes down twinging. One more out for the championship. Could he do it after three grueling days of pitching. He did. The last man struck out. This was just another feat for the man who had won the previous three games in the four day meet and hid distinguished himself as the outstanding player of the se ries. Role of Iron Man This wasn't just a hot streak He had taken the role of iron man in the Southern Oregon Baseball league by pitching in every league game but one and winning 8 with out a loss. His league and exhibition record for this year shows he pitched 64 1-3 innings, and struck out 110 men for an average of almost M a game. Twenty-one runs were scored against him with only five ol these being earned for an earned run average of .078. Beside this he's hitting a thumping .384. A native of Douglas county, Bus was born in 1924 in Days Creek. He grew up with a love for base ball. He broke in with the Ameri can Junior Legion club, playing three years with the team which, incidentally, was runner-up for the state crown in 1937. Played With Salem His first year of pro ball was with Salem of the Western Interna tional league in 1940. Then in 1041 he traveled to the Pacific as an employee of Contractor's Pacific naval air base at Wake island where, ironically, he was captured two months before he was to re turn to the States. After 44 har rowing months in a Japanese pris on camp it was a long uphill fight to regain his health. He cred its it to baseball. He went back to the Salem club for two and a half years. Then h was sold to the San Francises Seals and optioned to Yakima, who won the pennant last year while he was For I- . m n WORK HORSE Bus Sporer, ibova, famed the Crescent City oall team by a 5-1 count Sun Jay in a Southern Oregon league gam played on Finlay field. Sunday's win ran Sporar's garnet won record to more than a doz en so far this season, Th rec ord includes three wins at the Mt. Angel district tournament last week a feat which, com bined with his hitting, earned him th title, "Most Outstand ing Player." (Staff photo.) there. Last winter he was sold to Victoria but decided he liked home town Roseburg better. So he set tled here with his pretty wife, Bet ty, and son, Denny, and proceeded to s-it southern Oregon baseball on its par. would you build a twenty thousand dollar home next to the city dump? How many beautiful homes have you seen in Roseburg -- overlooking a mill burner? located near an auto wrecking yard? next to railroad tracks? surrounded by dilapidated shacks? This condition can be pr?vnted only by careful planning which characterizes An exclusive residential development assuring to purchasers a neighborhood of fine homes and luxurious surroundings, fully protected from undesirable encroachments. a complete list of protective covenants see Oakland Club Downed, 7-2, On Three Hits By CHUCK PLL'MMER The Roseburg Umpqui Chiefs racked up their 18th win of the season Wednesday night as they defeated Oakland, 7-2. They have lost only one. Pitcher Cy Whidden won his fifth game of the year, pitching the first six innings, giving up only three hits and striking out eight. Bruce Hamilton took over the seventh, giving up two runs, neither earned and one hit. He struck out four Oakland batsmen. Four of the Chiefs' seven runs were earned, as they scored two in the first inning, one in the third, another in the fifth, and three more in the sixth. John Herman started the initial inning with a single and advanc ed to second on Iovell Baker's single. He went to third on an error by the Oakland center fielder, and scored on a passed ball. Stan Norby then hit a double, scoring Baker. Norby, who was the sparkplug of the Chiefs with three hits in four trips to the plate, scored the second tally in the third. He singl ed to right, stole second, advanced to third on a passed ball, and came home on Phil Smith's long fly to center field. John Linde, the Chiefs' slugging first baseman, scored in the fifth, when he smash ed out a triple and crossed the platter on Norby's single. Catcher Tex Chandler started Roseburg's scoring in the sixth when he walked and scored on Whidden's double. Whidden then scored on Baker's single, and Her man, who walked, tallied on I.in de's grounder to first base. The Chiefs scored all of their runs off Wally Richardson, ex - Roseburg pitcher. DeGroot came into the ball game in the seventh for Oak land and allowed only one hit for the remainder of the tilt. Oakland scored both of their tal lies in the first of the ninth on a walk, a double by K. L. Jones, and two Rosehurg errors. Roseburg's George Sanders was the only casualty of the game. He pulled some muscles in his should er while sliding home in the first inning. i Summarr: OAKLAND V. Jnnee. 3b Garev, 2b Kenny, If , Hnean. cf . Pleuard, M ... Hce. r ". .Innee, rf . "Tord. lb . ''irfhm, a ' . II . CP JJaiutiorne ROSEBURG W. I. L. SCORES (By Th. Aatoetalad Praeei W. L. Pet. Tacoma .. 47 35 .573 Yakima 49 37 .570 Wenatchee 48 37 .565 Tri-City . 48 39 .552 Spokane 38 46 .452 Victoria , 38 49 .437 Salem 35 48 .432 i Vancouver 34 48 .415 GAMES LAST NIGHT Spokane 8, Tacoma 7, Yakima 20, Victoria 8. Salem 5, Wenatchee 4. Vancouver 12, Tri-City 2. Ted Williams Has Operation On Ailing Limb BOSTON, July 13 !P) Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox 1125.-000-a-year outfielder, undergoes an operation for a fracture of the left elbow today, but his .teammates still have their sights set on the American league pennant. "There is a good possibility Wil liams will be out for the rest of the season," orthopedic surgeon Joseph Shortell said as he pre pared to perform the operation in Cambridge. , i But the Red Sox took the news of their lanky slugger's injury in the All-Star game as "part of the game" and refused to admit thev were out of the pennant race, al though eight games behind the front-running Detroit Tigers. . "There's no filling Williams' shoes," said Manager Steve O' Neill in announcing Clyde Voll mer will take over left field and bat in Ted's no 3 spot. "It is pretty tough luck for him find the hall rluh. hut there is nnth. ing we can do about it," the Bos ton pilot added. Johnny Pesky's comment was typical among the sockers "gee. that's tough for Williams and cer tainly tough for all of us. but these things happen and we simply will have to battle all the harder." Williams suffered his injury af ter hauling down Ralph Kiner's long smash in the first inning of the All-Star classic in Chicago's Comiskey Park Tuesday. SOFTBALL TONIGHT City softball league play was called off last night because of the Chiefs Oakland game, but it will resume tonight. Sutherlin is slated .to play Pitco and the Elks will take on Firmco. Crokee, lb 2 e 34 4 24 12 VMPQUA CHIEFS B H O A Herman, rf 3 1 1 0 Baker, If 4 3 10 Linda. Ih 4 1 10 4 G. Sandrri, aa 10 0 1 Norby, 2b .. 4 3 5 4 Smith, cf, aa 4 0 10 Chandler, c , 2 0 0 0 V. Sander. 3b 3 10 2 Whidden. p S 3 7 4 Hamilton, p 10 4 0 B. Sanden, cf 3 10 0 Avres, lb n n 0 0 31 11 37 IS Umplrea, Flesal and' Block. Jen ace REALTY Costner Trips Ike Williams' Drive To Title PHILADELPHIA, July 13 f.P Ike Williams was expected to use George (Sugar) Costner as a step ping stone to a welterweight title fight with Ray (Sugar) Robinson. Instead, the lanky Costner thrash ed lightweight champ Williams and emerged himself as a top contender for Robinson's crown. Costner turned in the fistic up set of the year last night when he handed Wiliams ont of the worst lickings the 135 pound titleholder ever received. The Camden, N. J., Negro simply smashed Ike into sumbission in a 10 round non title scrap at Shibe Park. So superior was Costner that one of the judges, Frank Knarsborough, gave the winner all 10 rounds. The other judge, Lou Tress, and Re feree Dave Beloff were not much kinder. Both scored it 8 2 for Cost ner. The Associated Press score card voted Costner 8-1-1. A crowd of 9.809 paid a net gate of $30,543 to witness the sur prise Costner victory. They saw Sugar George clip Williams with a vicious left hook in the third round and then go on to record a thumping triumph. Williams never was the same after that third round punch. He lost his. reflexes and fought the final seven rounds on his fighting instinct and courage. Like the champion he is, Wil liams rallied briefly in the seventh round and looked for a minute as if he would do the impossible and kayo Costner. He rocked George with a left hook but he didn't have the stamina to follow up his opening and Costner regained the offensive. Costner, 3 to 1 underdog in the betting, weighed 148, five more than Williams. He used this edge on the scales to good advantage. Costner, winner of 91 fights in 98 outings, said his left hook was his best punch and that Williams hurt him only once, with a similar punch in the seventh round.' Asked why he couldn't kayo the rubber legged Williams, Costner said, "That Ike, he sure can take it. MARIETTA AGAIN ITHACA, N. Y.. July 13-JPI-Marietta 0., will be the scene of the "Poughkeepsie Regatta" on ' June 16, 1951 for a second straight year. Roseburg, Oregon Phone 95 Select and save! Layaway Sale EVERY NEW FALL JACKET REDUCED! LIMITED PRE-SEASON OFFER! 5- I E I l-tv A feK SI ' H.' 1 Iff! ft I VII; COAST LEAGUE (By Tft. Aaeoclaled Prcaai W. L Pet. I Oakland 62 42 .596 Hollywood 63 43 .594 San Diego 55 53 .509 Seattle 53 52 .505 San Francisco 52 54 .491 Portland 48 54 .471 Los Angeles 47 60 .439 Sacramento 43 65 .398 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Oakland 1, Hollywood 0. San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 1. Sacramento 4, Portland 3. Seattle 3 , San Diego 0. LaMotta Easily Defeats Italy's Tiberio Mitri NEW YORK. July 13 f.P) Another Jake La Motta-Ray Robin son fight was in the making to day following the middleweieht champion's easy conquest of Italy's Tiberio Mitri. La Motta was due to step into the offices of the International Box ing club some time this afternoon ta pick up a check of around $.13,700 and to discuss plans for a sixth scrap with the welterweight king. The Bronx fighter paved the way for (he encounter by belting out a 15-round unanimous decision over Mitri in Madison Square Garden last night. It was like old times in the palace of sock as a surprisinglv large turnout of 16.3R9 paid $99,841 and rocked the roof with cheers. II was the biggest Garden fitiht gate in a couple of years. There was no radio or television broad cast. La Motta will cut into a richer pot than that if he signs to take on Sugar Ray outdoors in Septem ber. Abe Greene, commissioner of the NBA, said the champ had agreed in writing months ago to defend his crown against Robinson with in 90 days. 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The Rainier nghthander fanned 12 and allowed three hits in blanking San Diego, 3-0. Ntars Record It also ran Wilson's string of scoreless innings to 37. One more full length shutout and he'll tie the PCL record of 46 set in 1905 by Bill Toier of Los Angeles. He has two more wins to go to reach Frank Browning's league mark of 16 for San Francisco in 1909. In other games, San Francisco's Al Lien posted his 13lh victory by spacing 12 Los Angeles hits for a 3-1 decision, and Sacramento's Bill Evans subdued Portland, 1-3. Incidentally, five of Wilson's strikeouts came in succession in the first two innings, and he walk ed only one man. His Seattle mates, helped by two errors, gave him two runs in the first two frames. Jackie Albright's homer In the ninth was extra gravy. Sawed In The First The Oaks sewed up their im portant affair in the first inning ::'" speedy Artie Wilson beat out a bunt, stole second, raced to third on an infield out and scored on a fielder's choice. 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Each pitcher tannea SIX Dauera ill uiie ui uir, - -I . .tunic The nnlv elkor hit off Karpel was Mel Duezabou's single, ine nouywooa ims wrre likewise singles by Buddy Hicks and Cliff Dapper. The S!;rs will rely tonight on Glenn Moulder (6-5) to regain tt.A lA9,t HaL-land u-ill trv tn fatten their advantage with either Ernie Gl'Otft (7-41 or tan narnsi 10-a.j. Junior Legion Team Defeated The local Junior American Le gion team went to Coos Bay Wed nesday night but came back lick ing their wounds after being thump ed, 11-5. The Coos Bay crew went down in order the first inning but came back strong in the second with three runs on six errors and a single. They scored three more in the third, another in the sixth and four more in the seventh. The Roseburg juniors couldn't collect a hit until the fourth when they broke loose with three hits and as many runs but it m too late. They ended the scoring in the ninth with two more runs. The hits were evenly divided up with Coos Bay getting seven and Roseburg six. The difference was in errois. Sunbalhers do it! ASK FOR LIGHT, DRT 0 1950 Acme Brewtriei, San rronctice Hotel Umpqua l I K u
