3 Scorned Southpaws Turn
Tables On Former Buddies
By JOE REICHLER
Auociftled Preu Sporlswrltaf
A trio of scorned southpaws
were dancing on ir today to the
music made by the moans and
groans of the Detroit Tigers and
Cleveland Indians.
Fresh from upset victories over
the pennant contenders, the trio
pitchers Stubby Overmire, Bill
Wight and Billy Pierce proved
once again how embarrassing it
can be to underestimate a castoff.
Overmire, cast adrift by Detroit
last winter, gained sweet revenge
upon his former employers yes
terday when he hung a 6-2 defeat
on the league leaders to give the
St. Louis Browns an even break
in their doubleheader. The Tigers
had come from behind to win the
onener. 5-4.
Wight and Pierce, traded off by
tne New ront xanKees ana ir
ecrs. respectively, turned in spar
kling performances in pitching the
Chicago White Sox to 2-1 and 6-5
triumphs over the Indians.
Taking advantage of the Tiger
and Indian lapses, tne yanxees
won two games from the hapless
Philadelphia Athletics, 6-4 and 5-2,
to climb into second place past
the Indians. The Bronx Bombers,
who open a long home stay Tues
day with an important three-game
series against the Tigers, thus
chewed a full game off the Ti
gers' lead and moved another
game, in front of the Tribe. The
Tigers' margin over the Yanks is
three games.
Rid Sox Hold
Boston's idle Red Sox remain in
fourth place, six games off the
pace. A washout of their scheduled
game with Washington halted tem
porarily their seven-game winning
streak.
Ram also cut the National
league activity. With the four
eastern teams yielding to weeping
skies, the spotlight was thrust on
the St. Louis Cardinals. The Red
birds rose to the occasion, coming
from behind to nip the Cincinnati
Reds, 3-2. Stan Musial drove in all
St. Louis' runs with three sin
gles. Howie Pollet gained the nod
over Cincinnati's Ken Raffens
berger. The victory moved the
Cards into a third place tie with
Boston.
Paul Minner and Frank (Dutch)
Miller, another pair of discards,
pitched the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2,
5-2 sweep of a doubleheader from
Pittsburgh. Minner. the former
Brooklyn Dodger lefthander, al
lowed eight hits for his seventh
victory in the opener. He was
helped by Andy Pafko's 29th
bomer.
Hiller, an ex-Yankee, spaced
seven hits for his ninth victory
against two losses. Bill Serena
drove in three runs for the win
ners. Ralph Kiner rapped his 37th
homer for the Bucs.
Tigers Coma Back
The Tigers were forced to over
come a 4-1 deficit to beat the
Browns in the opener. They won in
the ninth when Aaron Robinson,
former Yankee and White Sox. sin
gled Vic Wertz home with two out.
The 31-year-old Overmire, who
was able to win but four games
for Detroit in the last two
years, gained his fifth victory for
the Browns in the nightcap. He
allowed nine hits and walked four
but was strong in the clutch as
the Tigers left 10 men stranded.
A home run by another castoff,
outfielder Marv Rickert, gave
Wight the edge in the pitching duel
with Cleveland's Bob Lemon.
Wight gave up five hits to six for
Lemon. Rickert's homer came
with one on in the fourth.
- Pierce allowed only six hits in
the second game, which seventh
inning home run by Gus Zernial
decided.
The big bat of Joe DiMaggio
and some slick pitching by lefties
Kddie Lopat and Eddie Ford gave
the Yankees their two victories
over the A's. DiMaggio's three
run homer and two subsequent
singles helped Lopat gain his 14th
win in the opener. Ford checked
the A's with six hits in the night
cap for his fourth victory.
Cheney Studs Add
Two League Wins
Central Point added two more
scalps to its belt over the weekend
by downing Ashland Saturday
night, 8-1 and Crescent City on
Sunday, 5-3.
This finishes their schedule ex
cept for one makeup game with
Roseburg. The Chiefs proved to
be a nemesis two Sundays ago
by edging the Cheney Studs 1-0
for their first league loss. Man
ager Earl Sargent of the Chiefs
announced yesterday that the final
do-or-die game will La played next
Sunday afternoon, Aug. 27, at Cen
tral Point. If the Chiefs win again
Lthey will be in I tie with the
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Louis-Charles Fight Will
Finish Heavyweight Boxing
By'GAYLE TALBOT
(For Hugh Fullerton Jr.).
NEW YORK -OPl It is ironic
and regrettable that Joe Louis, the
man wno revived heavyweight box
ing and made it the most glamor
our sport of them all tor more
than a decade, should now b e
forced to bury the remains.
For no matter what happens on
the night of Sept. 27 whetner Joe
whips Ezzard Charles or Ezzard
Wallick Piledrives
Grable In Mat Duel
Both Lee Grable and Leo Wal
lick made good use of their fav
orite holds Saturday night at the
Roseburg armory, but Detroit's
Wallick showed how he became
Pacific coast junior heavyweight
champ by taking two falls and the
match.
, In the first fall Wallick was
making illegal use of the fists
which piqued Grable no end. Fin
ally, after some heated discussion,
Grable batted his opponent into
the ropes and took the fall with
his hinhlv vaunted abdominal
stretch. This is the hold with which
he took the Hawaiian junior heavy
weight championship a short time
ago.
Wallick came back with a will
for the second fall and, after a
series of reverse hangman's holds
pinned Grable to the mat.
Throughout the match Wallick
was making considerable ellort to
catch Grable in his favorite pile
driver. Grable, however, up to the
last minute, put on a fine defen
sive show frustrating Wallick's
every attempt. Finally Wallick
succeeded after slugging Grable
into submission and left him un
conscious on the mat.
Cowbov Ace Abbott pegged him
self as a real meanie as he lost
the preliminary match by making
illegal use of the ropes. Popular
Jack Kiser, although winning the
match on a referee s decision,
found himself pretty well tied up
in the ropes where Abbott' had left
him, dangling by the neck.
Abbott got the first fall with
a reverse headlock and kiser took
the second with a skin-the-cat.
COAST LEAGUE
By Tha Associated Press
w
Oakland 90
San Diego 84
Hollywood 80
Seattle 76
San Francisco ... 73
Portland I u 67
Los Angeles 65
Sacramento 57
Pet.
.604
.568
.537
.510
.493
.462
.442
.383
Sunday's Results ,
Seattle 4-8, Sacramento 3-6.
Los Angeles 6-3, Hollywood 4-4.
San Diego 5-1, Portland 4-0.
San Francisco 11-1, Oakland 9-5.
Saturday's Results
Portland 5, San Diego 4.
Los Angeles 9, Hollywood 7.
San Francisco 11, Oakland 4.
Seattle 8, Sacramento 5.
whips Joe the game is a goner
for a long time to come. Good
heavyweights appear to be a van
ishing race, gone with the dino
saur. The coming fight means nothing
to the 36-year-old Louis except au
opportunity to raise some money
to pay off -taxes. He has no desire
to fight again, and the training
grind will be galling to him.
If. he wins, then what? He will
have done nothing more than prove
that the younger heavies are a
sorry lot, indeed, as had been
more than suspected.
Had the old champion not been
forced to come back, then it might
have been possible in time to be
come accustomed to Charles as
the titleholder and to generate
some interest in a bout between
him and, say, Lee Savold, the ex
bartender. But if Joe wallops the Cincinnati
Negro, as the bookies now favor
him to do by odds of 3-1, Ezzard
might as well wrap it up. And
beyond him there isn't a heavy
weight in the country of any stat
ure Even around the gyms these
days the managers no longer call
you aside and confide that they
have a young heavy prospect who
can move around and take it and
throw a left hook like Dempscy.
There is a distinct spirit of lassi
tude among the pilots.
Charles is in an unenviable spot
in every respect. He never wanted
to fight his old idol, Louis. It was
forced upon him. It offered him
his first chance to make some
real money, even though he had
to accept 20 percent of the net
while Joe was demanding and get
ting 35 percent.
The fight offers him very little
else. It is highly doubtful that a
victory would boost his popularity
or cause him to be regarded all
of a sudden as a humdinger of a
heavyweight. He was unfortunate
in having to go through with the
Freddie Beshoie bout in Buffalo.
Though he finally stabbed Fred
die into a bloody wreck after 14
rounds, hzzard let everyone see
once again that he couldn't dent
a doily with either fist. Not only
that, but he got hit far too often
by Beshore.
"And if that guy can hit him,"
as one observer put it, "so can
Joe Louis. That's all I want t o
know."
Finally, if Ezzard fools 'em and
bats the old champion around for
15 rounds, what will the fans say?
Why, they'll say that Ezzard, the
coward, waited until Joe was fat
and decrepit and out of breath and
tnen supped him the works.
They say the biggest mistake
Jack Johnson ever made and he
turned in some beauts was in cut
ting down and humiliating another
champion who tried to come back,
Jim Jeffries.
Pastime Vins
Grudge Game
Sutherlin Pastime and Scher
ner's Bottlers of the city Softball
league staged a friendly grudge
battle in Sutherlin Sunday after
noon before a crowd of 150 people.
The Pastimers won 6-5.
Since nothing was at stake, the
game lacked much fire usually
found in a regular league game.
There were numerous errors, part
icularly by the Schemer's who
were playing with a makeshift
team minus many of their star
players.
Ralph Sanstede pitched for
Schemer's and gave up four hits
while Swede Vang handled the
mound chores for the winners and
gave up an equal number.
Highlight of the game was Jack
Loomis' homer for Sutherlin with
two men on bases. Spud Harris
slammed a homer for the losers.
Tomorrow night-the city champ
ion Schemer's Bottlers will jour
ney to Drain for the district play
offs. They will play the first game
with Cottage Grove at 7:30. The
second game will pit Springfield
and Coos Bay. The winners of
these two games will meet at a
date to be decided later.
Hours Announced
For Football Togs
Football Coach' Cece Sherwood
of Roseburg senior high school
announced Sunday that equipment
will be issued Wednesday, Aug.
23, between 3 and 6 p.m.
Issuing will take place in the
main high school building for the
fouf high school classes; fresh
men, sophomores, juniors and sen
iors. The seventh and eighth
grades will not report for equip
ment until a week later, on Aug.
30.
Practice will begin Thursday
and will be held every night but
Saturday, when the high school
hopefuls will appear on the field
in uniform at 7 p.m. and workout
until 9. Alterations will be made
on these times for certain posi
tions. Sherwood said that some of
the backfield will probably report
twice a day.
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ye 268
By Tha Associated Press
W L Pet.
Tacoma 78 48 .619
Yakima 78 50 .609
Tri-City 69 57 .548
Wenatchee 69 58 .513
Victoria 58 71 .450
Vancouver 53 71 .427
Salem 52 75 .409
Spokane 49 76 .392
Games Sunday
Tacoma 7-1, Salem 5-0.
Yakima 10, Spokane 2.
Tri-City 27, Wenatchee 2.
Only games scheduled.
- Games Saturday
Tacoma 8, Salem 3.
Yakima 12-8, Spokane 2-1.
Tri-City 2-6, Wenatchee 1-5.
Victoria 6-4, Vancouver 1-3.
In The Majors
Br Tha Associated Praaa
NATIONAL LIAGUI
W L Pet.
Philadelphia 69 45 .605
Brooklyn 60 47 .561
Boston 60 50 .545
St. Louis 61 51 j
New York 57 53 .518
Chicago 50 63 .442
Cincinnati 47 64 .423
Pittsburgh 41 72 .363
Yesterday's Results
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2.
Chicago 4-5, Pittsburgh 2-2.
Phildelphia at New York and
Boston at Brooklyn, postponed
rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet.
Detroit 72 39 .649
New York 71 44 .617
Cleveland 71 46 .607
Boston 69 48 .590
Washington 50 61 ,450
Chicago 46 71 .393
St. Louis 39 72 .351
Philadelphia 40 77 .342
Yesterday's Results
Chicago 2-6, Cleveland 1-5.
Detroit 5-2, St. Louis 4-6.
New York 6-5, Philadelphia 4-2.
Washington at Boston, postponed
rain.
Major League Leaders
By The Associated Press
National League
BATTING Musial, St. Louis,
.363; Hopp, Pittsburgh, .343.
RUNS BATTED IN Ennis,
Philadelphia; 100; Kiner, Pitts
burgh, 97.
HOME RUNS Kiner. Pitts
burgh, 37; Pafko, Chicago, 29.
PITCHING HUler, Chicago.
9-2..818.
American League
BATTING Goodman, Boston,
.357; Kell, Detroit, .349.
RUNS BATTED IN Stephens,
Boston, 118; Dropo, Boston, 113.
HOME RUNS Rosen, Cleve
land, 33; Dropo, and Stephens,
Boston, 27.
PITCHING Trout, Detroit.
10-2, .833.
Idaho Star Paces Win
In Junior Legion Play
YAKIMA, Wash. WP Dick
Dodel, star hurler for the Lewis
ton Ida. Junior Legion baseball
nine, struck out 21 players last
night as his teammates routed the
Kau Tom post of Honolulu 20-3
in a second round game of the
American Legion regional junior
baseball tournament.
Only three islanders got hits off
the Idaho ace. One of the blows
was an inside-the-park home run
by Albert Abinoha with a mate
aboard. '
It was the double elimination
tournament's first defeat for the
Hawaiians who earlier had drub
bed Billings, Mont., 9-3.
Lewiston, which byed through
first round play, tangles tonight
with Yakima, the tourney's only
other undefeated team. The Wash
ington champions smothered Port
land's Contact Lumber Co. nine
25-4.
Padres Slap Bevos Twice,7
Show Slight Gain On Oaks
By JIM HUBBART
Associated Press Sportswrtter
It still looks like an Oakland
schoo-in for the Pacific Coast
league pennant today, but those
rampaging San Diego Padres are
closing ground fast.
While Oakland was splitting with
San Francisco, the Padres won
two more from the hapless Port
land Beavers yesterday by scores
of 5 to 4 and 1 to 0. San Diego
now trails the Oaks by games.
The shutout went to Al Olsen
via a three hitter in the seven
inning finale, it was his 17th
triumph of the campaign, and it
snapped the hitting streak of Port
land's Luis Marquez at 20 games.
Garrison finishes were the or
der of the day at Los Angeles and
Seattle. A 10th inning homer by
Chuck Stevens gave Hollywood a
4 to 3 victory over the Angels in
their second game; Tod Davis
lofted one aver the fence in the
Golfing Expert .
Pleases Fans
Paul Hahn, the Hanford Calif
ornia golf pro, staged an amazing
exhibition of divot magic at the
Roseburg Country club Sunday
afternoon before a crowd of about
40 people.
' His repertoire of shots included
some that had the golf enthusiasts
agog. Best known was the William
Tell shot in which he cracks a
ball from the lips of his assistant.
This startling precision highlighted
the entire performance. For in
stance, he drove off six balls in
quick succession with accuracy
from graduated tees placed in a
line in front of him.
Some of his trickier shots were
slapping the ball 250 yards straight
down the fairway while in a sitting
position, hitting a ball 225 yards
while standing on one foot and
using one hand, and hitting two
balls at once with one slicing and
the other hooking.
Hahn spends his summers at
the Riverwood Golf club at Dun
dee, Ore. He was impressed by
the local country club and prom
ised to return again next year.
EUGENEAN WINS TITLE
GREAT FALLS, Mont. VP)
Eugene Thiessen of Eugene, Ore.,
national 10-mile motorcycle cham
pion, added the northwest district
motorcycle ti'.le to his list o f
laurels yesterday.
bottom of the ninth to give the
Rainiers a 4 to 3 conquest of Sac-'
ramento in their opener.
Davis' round tripper was h i a
second of the contest. He tagged it
on the first pitch by reliefer Ken
Gables and with one aboard. Seat
tle also won the afterpiece, t to 6,
with a two run sixth inning.
Stevens led off the 10th with his
homer after the Hollywood! had
tied up the scheduled seven inning
affair with an unearned tally in
the seventh. The Angels took the
opener, 6 to 4, via catcher Ray
Cash's three run homer in the sixth
frame.
At San Francisco, Al Gettel
chucked a five hitter in behalf of
Oakland in the second game and
whipped the Seals, 5 to 1, while
his mates raked Al Lien and Coa
Dempsey for 11 blows. San Fran
cisco won the opener, 11 to 9, on
Brooks holder's two-run double in
the seventh.
That game was the first PCL
pitching triumph for 24-year-old
Teddy Savarese, up from the Yak
ima, Wash., farm.
Marquez, labeled by Portland
Manager Bill Sweeney as "the
best player in the league right
now," demonstrated yesterday that
he's certainly the fastest, anyway.
The Peurto Rican centerfielder
won a 75-yard race between games
at San Diego. He finished six feelr
ahead of Orestes Minoso, Padre
third baseman.
Marquez already holds victories
over Oakland's Artie Wilson and
Jum Busby of Sacramento, and
that's just about the elite o the
PCL speed merchants.
As usual, the clubs will travel
Monday. Tuesday night's series
openers find San Francisco at
Hollywood, Los Angeles at Oak
land, Seattle at Portland, San
Diego at Sacramento.
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