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
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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 .
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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.
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June 16, 1951 for a second straight
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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
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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
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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
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From P C L Lead
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Oakland has ousted Hollywood
from the Pacific Coast league lead
for the first time since June 4
and Seattle's big Jim Wilson roils
merrily on with 14 consecutive
mound triumphs.
The Oaks made it two in a row
over Hollywood with a 1-0 win -terday
and assumed a two-p"-r-centage
point lead .596 to .5i4.
The veteran Clyde Shoun posted
his 11th victory in a southpaw
duel with Herb Karpel. Each pitch
er gave up only two hits.
But the amazing Wilson, never
hotter in his 28 years, again post
ed the day's top performance. 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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tied scorelessly on. Each pitcher
tannea SIX Dauera ill uiie ui uir,
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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.
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