Th Nwi-Rtitw, Roseburg, Or.. Wd.. Dte.
Club Owners Of Majors
Seek New Commissioner;
Chandler Refuses To Quit
11, 1fSODA.0UIIPH Uuvm
Quintet Tumbles
To Bulldogs, 47-30
The Sutherlin is wees handed the
local juniors their second hoop de-
: leat of the season last night at
I the Roseburf high school gym by a
' score of 47-30.
FT. PETERSBURG, Fla. r tant position. But leaainz possinu-; The Bulldogs led all the way and
Th. mi tor leasue club owner, ities were rord rricK, president 01 were never seriously threatened
determined to remove baseball the National .league: George ' At the end of the first quarter they
Commissioner A. B. Chandler with-! Trautman. head of the minors; and led. 14-. By halftime they were
out becoming involved in legal en- Warren Giles, president of the leading 24-1S. They put on a burst
tanglements, will select a new Reds. ! in the third quarter and ended that
commissioner as soon as possible. I onvincen mat i nannier in-. canto witn a 37-211 margin.
Uncertain whether they can tended to go through with his prom-; Sutherlin guard. Kenny Wahl was
force Chandler from office before is to finish out his term "to the high point for the evening with
the end of his term, the owners , last second" despite pressure t o nine counters. For Roseburg. for
are hopeful that the naming of a resign, a majority of the own- ward Bob Owens was close h"hin4
successor soon will prompt the era were prepared to let him with eight points.
commissioner to "see the futility , rwe until iney can come up wiin
- .. -ii" .ml reiion Meanwhile, a new leader.
'-handler remains commissioner. There is much confused thinking
i
Attempt Failed
i the matter for there is no clear
Llnaupr
si iMr.ai.iN
finrra. 'I'
Knrkaon 'ft
WlrfOS irt
v.hl if
l.niri.n
rs ri el t
i. .ti.mnt m huv im ("handler's cut rule on the subject. Some own-
,i.ri when the rommis- era believe they cannot force the
sioner reiterated his determination commissioner to resign. Others in- C.r ,i,
to st ck to the awi. a year ynn sit -ma piim .an ..r ,
... L ..... ..... .. ..., if hi. rnntrme-t IS honcM IIO. Tl-nmpwn 'ft
until nis iive-ycr cjnu.vv ....... - ---.- ; K,ouh i
A majority are not sure.
Miv l 192
The owners voted yesteraay io -
select a new commissioner to re- Rr AT Iflm
the former governor an : . -.
nlace
r. ... 1... Tk.i 'mm -
U. a. senator trom neniiic.j. n..i. il w KMMta
unprecedented action was taken in MOTiey Jnort
a special meetinf alter a series nT y p LJ
conferences Involving the 111 club OO TrO nOnOrS
Finnrll
' Cliurrhman
j Tnt.li
! .rnl art
I R.rN.n 'f'
, O-Atni 'f
j Hampton i.l
Sir,.!., if
SI
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I II 14
r( ri ei t.
uirbo
Krn. l
Draka 0
.I-J...I. kth Ua0n heads and 1 Htrka if'
a bevy of lawyers. This followed rHII.ADKI.PIII A - 'P -Nor- j
by about 20 hours the failure of the man Van Brorklin of the ls An- i.mi
club owners to vote Chandler a new geles Rams and Marion Motley of ''" ''
contract. the Clevelanil Browns carried nff. fmato
Kentucky- Kansas
Cage Clash Billed
By The Aaaoclated Praas I
Kentucky and Kansas moved
ishead with perfect recortls today
toward their important clash Sat-
rhnd!r. who succeeded the late . the passing and ground gaining
Judge Kennesaw Mountain 1-andis honors in the National Koolball
In 194S, appeared in person before league's regular aeason.
the owners to make plea for his The two may meet in the '.oop's
job. Emerging from the momcn-j title game, l-ns Angeles finished
toua session IS minutes later, the season in a tie with the Chicago
Chandler refused to comment. ' Bears for National conference hon
Later, however, he said: ors. Cleveland was tied by the New
Hosted CTufc Officials York Giants for first spot in Ameri-
-I want in and inld them the An conference.
whol story. I did not recede from ! Van Brorklin attempted 2.13 ,.. in Lexington. Ky.. where pu
my stand earlier in the day." i passes, completed 127 for 2081 pll w, mtH , with former
Despite the drastic setback, I yards and 18 touchdowns. The Ram , mJlll,r
Chandler last night continued his aerial artist had an average gain, Boh of nM, ,,ding contenders
annual custom of playing host to , per pass of M yards. f nion, roPgl! basketball hon-
Ihe club officials at a dinner which ; Graham Second i ,. ..j,.j hi harriers last
went on witnoui a niu-n. jut-mm- mc -
missioner seemed his old self, liv-! department was Cleveland s Otto
ing up to his nickname of "Happy." j Graham, fifth a week ago and sec
The only owners among thosn ond in the final atandings. Graham
who attended the meetings but tossed zai passes, connecieo wiin
K..r miaaine from the ban- 137 Bood for 1043 yards and 14
ki. .
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FIVE-TIME LOSERS
Weary Beavers Prepare
For Highly Rated Oilers
nisht. and it wasn't easy for ei-
I ,h"'
Kentucky, held to even terms for
' a half, had to rally to turn back
Xavier of Cincinnati, 67 at Lin
COWBOY CARLSON, rodeo performer from Cheyenne. Wvo.
will meet ruqged Leo Welliclc t the armory arena Saturday night.
Veteran toust Johion, Seattle,- tell victim to uerlion s bulldog
ging" hold last week. .
lemon Takes Top
Pitching Honors
For 1950 Baseball
By Charles Chamberlain
Amencar T e.7ueb..7b.lT season L OREGON STATE COLLEGE seen on the Bradley maple in .
was one of hard - knocks ,, ' Oregon State's trave - weary bas-, lont tioie
pitchers keleers, losers in all five tames ; Weaken On Read
, ' on barnstorming tour into the I Coach Slats Gill's club weakened
il! ! 1 M,tn EaM and Midwest, returned h.me h.dly avainst Illinoia and Indiana,
winners, compared to five a year Sila,r rj8nt Ind b(.glin inok.ng , which in part, can be attributed
InfrnMltiTJ'Zl''," u home P""r in 'ill to the 'ueted task of facing top.
nUilT .T 11. ?2 . J T coliseum Saturday night with the notch opposition on three succes.
.ir ,,?,m" .f 20J.poVfd by : national AAU Champion Phillips ' sue nighls while on the road. II.
r..riy wynn, s leveiara s JU-ycar- n. B,rll..,l. ni l, j hnni. won 71.51 mnA the Hnosi.ra
I Despite the losses, the pre-1 emerged victorjous, 72-4.V
season jaunt was not too discour-1 Veteran forward Bob Payne, the
nine Tl.- 1) a. . - A.a Imul mm ,.l cMlinH'a laHinff IWlinlmiL'r lasS
Most of lftSO'a pitching honnra tnr tnp quints in the country, which : seeson, connected for 2 field goals
" should aid them in tne fonnnm-1 and is cnanty tosses tor 71 pointl
official nI northern division hoop chase. on the trip to top the Beavers,
j Best Efforts Versus Braves ' Danny Johnston, the prize sopho-
The Orangemen JroDned a 59-47 more transfer guard. wa next i
decision to Canisius at Buffalo be- ', line with 51 tallies. Payne's aven
fore 10.24(1 fans. Their next stop i age was 14 2 per contest and
was Madison Square Garden. Johnston s 10-2 Regular t enter .tint
where 12.000 watched them lose a
7S-5 battle to New York univer
sity. In that contest, the score
was tied four times in the last
12 minutes, before the Violets fin
ally pulled it out of the fire.
Pcobably the best showing was
marie at Peoria apainct RraHlpv.
The Only Other twirler in the ! the natinn'a xrnnA - ranL-in team. Th. RrtcMhurif i-h m
charmed 20 - game circle was New I Oreson Stale ouisrored the Braves i mained the onlv undefeated haa.
York's ViC Raschi With 21-8. He 1 in fi!rt enale 3.1.7 hut Rl-aHlev : bAlhalt nuintot in th hioh ..1,1
led in WOn lost percentage With I nirlced nn 20 free throws to in- lacl ninht aa Ihev rnmnxl . ..
734 and was Hill in KI1A With sure rlne 77-74 virlnrv. The ' Ihe Snlhcrlln a rnah h.
3 .99 runs per nine-inning game. 1 Associated Press account said it home floor.
Garver Rates Second ' hv ,ar ,h' most thrilling fray : The locals held Sutherlin to a
' single field goal in the first half
1 ,1r two points while they were
I running up four field goals and
I a free throw for nine points. The
low scoring first half ended. 1.V2
Cleveland's Rnh Keller IB 11 , ' ia. rive mem- , in tavor 01 noseDurg.
third ir 1 ERA wiMh J.43; In a" ' b'" of na,ion'8 No 1 fonlba" In ,h' Fca'"i hilt- Jw5' p"-
.15 pilcf.ers in 10 or more com-' ' ,!,M,h.ra'-, ,:sr."' FX, i.lZTJV''a' r.A'1,1
vt .... ... ..u.i.. ub.. ... ..... 1 i.iuiau., oa KliaiB
Senior bowl game here Jan. 6 ! through the hoop for 12 points and
old right - hander. Three hurlera ,
were below the three . run mark 1
in 1949.
went to Cleveland'a right, handed '
stir, wii Lemon, A. . L.
statistics showed.
Wins Most Games
Lemon booked the most wins. ;
23 (against 11 defeats); led in;
strikeouts with 170; pitched the '
most innings, 288; tied at 22 with I
St. Louis' Ned Garver for the most 1
completed games pitched, and 1
faceo th; most batsmen, 1,095.
Lemon also permitted the most !
hits, 2h. and finished 10th on the 1
ERA list with 3.84. I
I Nau committed the most fouls-
j 23.
Frosh Win Third
Straight Victory
Wynn. enjoying his best season
since 1943, won 18 and lost eisni. '. Fivt Sooner To Play
Finishing second to him in ERA c.;, R.wi f-'
was Garver with 3 S. His won- ,n nior BOWI (JOtfU.
lost mark was a negative 13-lg.
plete games were under the four
runs per game level.
Non-Title Encounter Will Pit
Parks Against LaChappelle
ing.
1 missing irom uir ..-: .... j. " ,. ,.. ,h. second in a sow
ouet were. Fred Sai-h of St. J-nuis , iraicnnowns. mis average ... j ' .7." "'
:"j ti . c,.n.h.m f the New n.ss was 7 B8 yards. i 'or the Wildcats.
York Giants. Both clubs naa repre-
sentallves however.
Cheered by his well-wishers with
such remarks aa "Don't live up,
Happy," and "Keep your chin up,"
he replied, "I've never hacked
down from a fight In my life and
I don't intend to retreat now."
Still Hopeful
Motley in winning ground gain- Kansas won its fourth in a row
ing honors, look over the crown of over St. John s of Brooklyn in r.ew
the Philadelphia Eagles' Steve Van! York's Madison Square Gartlen,
Buren.
Motley, big Cleveland fullback,
gained 810 yards in .140 tries to
rack up an average gain of 5 8
yards.
I'hiladclpnia s rrana iegier nn-
52-51. Clvde Lovellette. the Jay
hawks' crack center, won it with
a goal in the last 15 seconds.
Now Phog Allen takes his Kan
sana to Lexington to play Adolph
Rupp's Wildcats in Kentucky t new
Something may happen yet," he ished second 77 yards back in the ; u oon.ono coliseum. Allen taught
added hopefully. ! Inl' roiumn. Rupp much of the basketball he
In the meantime club owners rears top n.c.iv.r i knows while th Kentucky unor
aid committees would be named ! Us Angeles' Tom Fears one
soon to consider candidates lor ! of vsn nroc.un s lavorne largeis
the joh. Dan Topping, president of j held onto lop pass receiving hon
the Yankees, said he was hopeful ors and set a new league record in
thai some nrneresa wntiin be man mi urv mi. rr,n
by the time the owners meet again
next February.
No one ventured to mention any
pnssihl eandidatea fnr th impor-
Tam On Wins Girit'
Volleyball Tournament
fully arcepled 84 aerials to retain
the title he first won last season.
Doak Walker, the Detroit flash,
won scoring honors with 128 points,
seconll best mark in the history of
waa at Kansas,
The game offers another Interest
ing sidelight in that it matches two
of the country's better centers
the seven-foot Bill Spivey of Ken
tucky and the six-nine Iivellette. j
Spivey pitched in 23 points last i
night against Xavier. lovellette
connected for 15 against St. John s
secomi nest mam in ine numiry i -. . . .k.M k. .rt-,-ihtn tn
the loop. Johnny Lujack of lhe ; Their duel should b. something to
The only thing in the path of a
Pacific coast junior heavyweight
championship match for Maurice
LaChappelle is a previous com
mitmcnt. Champ Herb Parks, the
aggressive and well liked Cans
dian, feels obligated to give ftie
erstwhile titlcholder, Leo Wallirk,
first crack at the crown.
LaChappelle, who defeated
Buddy Knox here last week; has
been signed against Parks for 1
non - title skirmish, according In
Matchmaker Elton Owen, aid th
bout will headline Saturday's
weekly mat show at the Roseburg
armory arena.
Supporting Program
A strong supporting program will
send Cowboy Carlson, the fast-im-provin?
rodeo performer from
Cheyenne, Wyp., against Wallick in
the semi final feature. The opener
of the three-star bill will mark
the local debut of Danny O'Rourke,
ex West Pointer, against Glen
Dettnn. sensational young Salt
Lake City star.
! Major interest, of course, will
be the LaChappelle - Parks battle.
The Freochman, who now lives
at Tacoma, Wash., was very im
pressive in defeating the villain
from West Virginia. His "hang-
I man's hold" and head - snappers
may prove too much for the
j champ. Parks, however, has al
ways been considered by member!
I of tne grappling fraternity as the
I toughest foe in the business he
cause of his aggressiveness. He
1 moves into an opponent continu
ally, making a perfect defense
against many of the modern day
I holds.
J Scientific Wrestling
The mam event should be a
classic of scientific wrestling, hut
will not be without the colorful
land dynamic action that is a by
I word with matmen of th lighter
weights.
' Reserved seat tiokcts for the
show, expected to draw another
big attendance, are on sal at
i Powell's.
Tu-A ftf thtt fellOai hftU-l hAlinrf k.-k In. tk. nlokl Tk . k . I
Tommy Byrne of New York Sooners are all - America. Thev ' ter score was a safe, rr-19 Virgil
again was the wildest hurler wiin lre Frankie Anderson, first team Gulhrev. another guard, toted up
a total of 160 passes. 19 below his defensive end, and fullback Leon g counters at the end of the even-
Jw i u.iK-ipuia a Heath, second defensive team.
Kellner allowed the most runs, 157, j Tn 0her ,hrw ,re Norman Mr-:
and also absorbed the most de-, s;,hb. guard, co -captain with !
feats, 20. Last year. Kellner was Hh. Harry Moore, center; and '
I m me 03 . win group. . Claude Arnold, quarterback.
Mickey Harris, waa Washington I
southpaw fireman, appeared in the
most games, 53, and won five whit
losing nine. Detroit's young Art
OILERS CONQUER
homers, 29.
SPOKANE (.VI Tli veteran
Houtteman gave up th most ; Pnillips Oilers smothered a green
isonzaga university DaKeiiiau
team (17-43 last night tn continue
their all winning sweep of Pacific
Northwest opponents.
Seven foot Bob Kurland plavetl
onlv lit minutes and even then
confined hit effort to play-making
WANTS
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By The Aiaoctatcd Press
The AAU national titlit held
AKI5PN'v0,rLil!'ltlT',l!hlChra"i"'h" tfian .conn,
pion Ike Williams, 143, Trenton, ,. .
1- r :. i r,.!.. h...l tan Th AAU national
Akron (91 (non . title). " a '
OMAHA Harold Jones. 14. Although Scott Foxley, Washing
Detroit, outpointed Ronnie Harper, ton State halfback, is only 5-10
139l,j, Charleston, West Va., (10). i ami weighs 1B0 pounds, he is a
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y-Jimmv I bk."h"11 ar as, well as one of
Flood. 165, New York stopped Sal h 1"d,n8 Punler!' on the P,c,f,c
SHE
Chicago Bears waa aecond with : rc
109 points.
Punting honhrs went to Fred
Th girl'l Intramural volleyball 'Morrison of the Bears by a close
lournamenl, aponsored by th girls margin. Morrison had an average
athletic department of Roseburg ; 'rk of 43 3 yards,
high school, has been eompleteU. The anks Orhan Sanders was
Team one placed first, having j th league's best pass stealer with
beaten teams two. four and five. I ' He tied the mark set by Dan
The captain of team on w a Sandifer, then with Washington, in
Dixie Nay. Members of her team i 1M8-
were: Mickey McKern, Arlenel "
Coffman, Donna Henry, Barbara PILOTS DOWN 'CATS
Peterson, Joy Reed, Doris Wylie.l SALEM (P) Warren Brown
Dolores Doyle, Pat Reidy, Carol didn't acor a point in th first !
Bishop and tit Morgan. half, hut opened up with a !2 point ;
Team aix placed aecond in the barrage early in the second period j
tournament. Captain of this team last night In bring Pnrtlsnd uni
w as Grace Hasbargen. Other mem-1 versily ragers from behind and!
hers Included: Marion Boise. Jo i set the stage fnr a 89 58 victory i
Travis, .Id Ann Gross. Cathy over Wi'lamette. j
Raade, Elirebeth Wolff. June j Willamette's Smilh pared the
Meyer, Meredith Clark, Pal M c-, overall scoring with 20 points, i
Craw, Olive Chandler and Janet Portland trailed 34-30 at half
llarpham. time.
Basketball Scores
WRESTLING
AT THE ARMORY
SATURDAY NIGHT
OPENING IOUT
SEMI-FINAL
Danny OKourk Cowboy Carlson
vt. VI.
Gln Detroit Lo Wallick
MAIN EVENT
Mauric
LoChoppll
vs.
Hrb Parks
First Match Starts 8:30 P.M.
rnurr.i raakktham.
By The Asvftid PrM
FhUhpsi OUrf T, Gonr 4S
Sftult 1'mv. SI. Rt Martini 4.1
Dissgon Col Iff AT. Pacific Cnlv. (M.
Vanpnrl 117. Whfr H'thi 1.
Portland Cnlv. fl, Wlllintl M
Rantfrn Orrgon m. Colli-gt of Iriahn IT.
Nebraska .Vt. Kami Claia -T
K.nsti 52. St John- tBrooklvn' M.
Diqnni 114, Ppprrdln iCallf i M.
Pnnrton .17. Rmiwi SI
pomtnn I' HI. naitmraith TS
T-n.nlt M, C.toig Waehmftnll M.
Cnlxal 7l. Nsw Vwti X'- 74
Kana 8ial 7.1. Wtchlta 42.
Si LniiU I'. 71. Hon ton V
Mirhtian 4ft. Marqutt 17.
Carlton 1. MrAIlr 47.
TnUcto .V. Invr 44
It-rliana Kl Txs Chrtttlan M
vtern Kvnturky T, Wftat Txai
Slat 4A.
4
Rir M, cloiiihwtrn ItUtana In
tttutt 10
Tulr .14, Oklahoma Bapttit M nvr
Ravlor 1, Hotithwaaf Ta fltat ST.
HinH SCHOOL BASKr.Tr.AI-L
Ttfarrl 17. Bharwood 17
!lwrt Horn 39, St. franrtt iFiifwn'
OakHrlf M. Drain M
Jimrtton Ctlv HI. Toledo M
CurlM-tt 4rl. rhlflir A2.
Mtlaukl If). Cimis 3A
U Hlamtt . l.owl1 22
lttanon .11. I'ntvrlt r.iin' 41
Haltrv .VI. Phtlimtlh M
MilUmlna .1.1. Krwnort M
North Uarlnn ."M. Si Paul XV
Matipin .12. Mnir IT
Parkdal 4.1, It. Man 'a Th DallM'
2.1
F'tarada Ml, Conrordla 41.
Nhalm 17. Caton .11
AshUnrl M. Fail Point 21
rrk Rns 4.1. Kandv XV
Ttartha 4. Rainier 4
rwari iMck .11. Odll .VI
( Uvelanrt iPortland Ml, Halt la
Cimind M.
Frattkhn (Portland! 44. Nwhrf Ml
Salom 4ft. Jffirnn (Portland' XI.
t.rar.1 iPortlartdi 47, HllUbnro 41.
Indians Acquire Birdia Tebbetts From Red Sox
ST. PETERSBURG, Fli. (.Vi
Thp Cleveland Indiani have pur
chased catcher Georae (Birdie)
Tehbetts from Ihe Bostrtn Red
Sox. Cleveland General Manager
Hank Greenberg announced early
today.
The M - year-old Tobhetls, who
came up to the his leagues in
19.W with" Detroit, balled ,310 in
97 Rmameslast year.
Greenherg revealed that' M was
a straight cash deal with no
VI a vers involved. He declined to
announce the turn.
Tehhetts. a noisy little receiver
known for hi squeaky voice, is
i regarded as on of the smartest
backstops in the game.
Snead's 1950 Earnings
, Highest In Golf History
) CHICAGO (VP Sam SneaU,
who used to caddy barefooted be
cause he couldn't afford .shoes,
I pocketed $:5,758.H3 in official golf
I winnings in 1950.
T It was the most prize money
ever grabbed by a pro in one sea
son. The drawling Virginian also
captured the Vardon trophy by av-
1 eraging 69 23 strokes through 96
1 competitive rounds. , .
Belloise, 162. New York 6.
LONDON Randolph Turph,
16J, Britain, stopped Tommy Yar
ost. 164 3 4, Pittsburgh (8).
LOS ANGELES Art Araon,
137W, Loi Angeles and Mario Trigo.
1.17 3 4, Monterrey, Mex., drew
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