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o O W'sTsV i 1 ' 1 1 A tnmv pmrp-Detrolt pitcher evS waT K Legion Honors Won The Junior Lesion tournament at Drain Is over, and what a tourna ment it wasl Eugene was crowned champion of the Southern Oregon district Monday night, but not until after four grinding days In which a maxlmun seven pamcs were played. The powerful Pitchford Mo tors nine, coached by Duane Mel lem, had to beat every team at the tourney. It didn't succeed un til the tournament had been pushed into an extra day of play. Here's how they were seeded be fore going into the playoffs. Medford had a slight edge over Eugene by virtue of being defend ing champions and having five re turning players. North Bend was Slugged as the third choice and rain, the darkhorse. LOvi 8$ iii UII WBMrlAID COMPANY fOllbWD, OUOON Disston Chain Saws ONE and TWO MAN Parts and Service . AXES -SLEDGES -WEDGES Handles and Accessories EVINRUDE OUTBOARD MOTORS l'iH.P.to33H.P. ALUMINUM LOCK SHINGLE ROOFING Life-Time Guarantee CARL 4PEETZ 920 S. Srepheni Roseburg, Oregon PrSnt 3 5333 m'TMiMTiiiriiiiwi"'1 1 1 . i t, n Bob Cain (above) pitched sensational the gam. with loaoed ad none Ttgeri won, 8-0. or r f i mrt t 7 After Four Grinding Days Of Play The first round saw everything go as expected. Eugene waltzed over Drain, 13-1, and Medford eked out a 7-6 win over North Bend. This tough victory by the 1950 king pins was a definite sign that the North Benders had been underes timated. It wasn't until the bottom of the ninth that Medford got a break on Lloyd Lewis' wildness to come from behind with two runs. As Expected The prognosticators were still batting a thousand Saturday night when North Bend flared up in two innings to eliminate Drain, 5-2-The second game between Med ford and Eugene was pegged as the battle of the titans and it was all of that. It went 10 full innings after Eu gene scored four runs In the ninth inning to tie It up. Dick Weaver, heralded as the best pitcher at the tournament, lost control in the fifth and gave up six runs. He was shifted to the outfield and re placed by Jerry Wicks. The Med ford squad had a comfortable 6-2 lead going into that fatal ninth. Lloyd Hart suddenly went wild and loaded the bases. On the next two plays men were nipped at third' and Hart was one out from vic tory. A single brought in the third run, but mats wnen disaster struck. Eugenes weaver swauca a high fly over first base. It was an in-the-bag catch for Medford's Darkhorse Appears By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK iP) Who is the "Mr. X" the club owners refuse to identify as their dark horse can didate for baseball commissioner? As the 16 big league executives convened today to elect or got a closer line on their next com missioner, "Mr. X appeared to be the possible choice over the "big five" in tlie fore of the specula tion. The five were Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, the tremendous national figure: James A. Farley, the busi ness man; and George frautman, Ford Frick and Warren Giles, the baseball men. Others on the slate containing some 30 to 35 names included Gov. Frank J. Lausche of Ohio, ben. Edwin Johnson, (D.) of Colorado, and Chief Justice of the supreme court Fred M. Vinson. But the Identity of "Mr. X" re mained a deep, dark secret One owner, who didn't want his name mentioned, agreed the big five were out front. He added, however: "But there Is one other name so highly placed that it would em barrass him if It were to be known. '' "Holy Joe" Becomes Head Football Coach FORT LEWIS, Wash. m Many a football coach Is a holy terror, but the Fort Lewis War riors will get their tutelage this fall from a man whom the soldiers fondly call a "holy Joe." The post athletic department an nounced the appointment yester day of Cap. Chalmers F. Caith crs of Los Angeles, chaplain of the 354th engineer combat group, as head grid coach. In charge of the line will be Lt. John Hansen, for mer Montana State college tackle. About 90 candidates will begin pre season drills Aug. 13. GIFTS DON'T HELP NEW YORK - UP) The fans honored Sam Mole at Yankee sta dium last night, giving the Wash ington outfielder an automobile among other things. So Mcle, a native New Yorker, grounded out twice and fanned twice. o .eY 1 i v. cy i. tw. fW Ttlephoto) relief performance Ll" 'he ou There was . , Ned Landers, but it bounced off his glove and the tying run scored. Eugene added live more runs in the tenth to win the game, 11-6. The irony of the win was that Ned Landers, who muffed the sure third out that would have meant Medford win. had won the game against North Bend the night be fore by singling home the two winning tallies with two outs. Medford Upiet Sunday On Sunday afternoon, North Bend which hadn't been noticed up to this point came from behind in the eighth inning to boot Medford from the tournament. This sur prise 9 6 upset spotted the North Bend crew as a team with "guts," but it had to play another game that evening with only a few hours rest so Eugene stood as the odds on favorite to walk away with the championship. It turned out to be no such thing. North Bend took over the lead in the initial frame and never relin quished it. The final score was 7-5-This meant that both teams had lost one game so a deciding game was necessary Monday. By this time, the pace began to tell and North Bend just couldn't meet the power Eugene brought to bear in the second game. Eugene opened all stops and trounced the tired but glorious upstarts from North Bend, 16-2, in the final meet ing. Owner's Favorite The general feeling was that no now commissioner will emerge from the meeting. But that was the feeling back in 1945 when A. B. (Happy) Chandler was elected. The new commissioner is as sured of receiving a higher sal ary than either of his predeces sors, the lato Judge K. M. Landis and Chandler. Landis' salary was $50,000. Chandler's was Increased after a few years to $65,000. The latter resigned last month after the owners refused to vote him a new term. Graziano Scores Confusing Kayo BOSTON UP) Rocky Grazl ano who hopes to regain the world middleweight championship one day, won another fight last night from Chuck Hunter of Cleve land but there was considerable confusion before the verdict was announced finally. Massachusetts boxing commis sioners announced, belatedly, "Graziano wins. Hunter is disquali fied and his purse forfeited to the commonwealth." Graziano, who had a similar ex perience four weeks ago in Kan sas city with Cecil Hudson of Mil waukee, appeared to have knocked out Hunter late in the second round. Referee Ed McDonald began counting when Hunter went down after being hit on the chin by a Graziano right cross. McDonald appeared to have counted Hunter out and headed for that portion of ringside where the commissioners sit. The two fighters began mixing again and McDonald stopped them. The fight was then announced "no contest." Major League Leaders By Th Aiaoclated PrH AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING baicd on 330 tlmei at bati Mlnoio, Chicago, .34H rain. Philadelphia. .3,14. RUNS BATTKD IN Williams, Boston, 94 Robinson. Chl eKo. 68. HUME RUNS Zernlal. Philadelphia, 34, William. Boston. 23. PITCHING i based on seven decisional Morgan. New York. 8-1, .889 reller, Cleveland. 17-4, .810. NATIONAL LEAGUE RATTINO Mimlal. St. Louis, .370 Aahburn. Philadelphia. .357. RUNS BATTED IN Irvln, New York. 79 Ktner, Pittsburgh, 78. HOME RUNS KInrr, Pittsburgh and Hodge. Brooklyn, 31. PITCHING Roe. Brooklyn, 15-1, .tt3 Brecheen. St. Louis, 7-1, .778. OAK FLOORING . No.2R.L. $180 a Thousand Cedar "V" Rustic o 8" No. 2 $98 a Thousand DIAL 3-7876 Ualfcy oOumber SafcS PACIFIC HIGHWAY SOUTH Across from Umpqua Plywood o Eugene Wins junior Legion Crown; Senators North Bend Falls Before Ace Pitcher Eugene will represent Southern Oregon in the state Junior Legion tournament at balem tnis week end. The Pitchford Motors nine left no doubt Monday night as to which was the best all round team at the Drain district tournament. Be hind the 17-strikeout, three-hit pitching of Jack Henkel, Eugene plowed over worm Bend, 16-2. The new champions combined this stellar pitching with a 13-hit batting attack that drove two North Bend pitchers from the mound and pummeled another unmercifully. Eugene's Henkel, by far the best pitcher in the tourney, reached his peak in this final contest. Only 35 batters laced mm. and of these al most half were whiffed. Only Lee bwain. North Bend's ace catcher escaped going down by way of the strikeout route. Of the three hits Henkel gave up only one was clean, a sizzling single over second base by Tom Crabtree. The other two could have easily been credited as errors. Three Hits Allowed John Willoughby lasted just two thirds of an inning against the murderous batting on the Eugene side. He gave up three hits and two runs in facing six batters. This short stint was enough to lose the game for him. Diminutive Dick Beisanz, a 13-year-old North Bend hurler who had done admirable work as a reliefer during the tour nament, relieved him. He stopped the blistering attack for just one inning- In the third, Dick Weaver met mm wun a rousing ciounie ana scored later on a fielder's choice. Then, the little righthander loaded the bases with two walks and a hit batter to set the stage for Chuck Hoeflein's shattering triple to left field. Lloyd Lewis finished out the game after that five-run inning, but not too successfully. He gave up runs in all but the seventh inn ing. Charles Stevenson pounded tne tournament's first inside-the-park homer off Lewis - and Hoeflein added two doubles to his already bulging game average. ' Coast Team Cold The explanation for the rather dull contest lies primarily in the fact that Eugene was hot and North Bend was cold. Probably no Junior Legion team in the state could have defeated the Eugen ians.' They had the unbeatable combination of outstanding hit ting, pitching and fielding. Mean while, North Bend after , three gruelling days of sudden death baseball, was dead tired. The usual potent hitting was off, the pitchers were worn out and timing was lacking In the field. According to a telephone mes sage from Mike Trapman, state junior Legion baseball commis sioner, Eugene will play in the opening game of the state tourney. The southern Oregon champs will face Hood River, the eastern Ore gon kingpins, this Friday night at 6:30 on Waters field in Salem. The other three teams in the double elimination affair will be Contact Lumber of Portland, Forest Grove and Salem, the host team. Kuirnt SOS 132 03X IB 13 1 North B.nit 001 010 OOO 1 Jl WMlouchby. Bclsanx 111. Lewi 131 end Swain Henkel and Bowen. Winning- pitcher, Henkel losing plteher, Willoughby. Donkey Baseball Ends In 5-5 Tie Pierce Auto Freight and Ump qua Plywood proved Monday night on Finlay field that baseball played on muleback will never re place the common garden variety. After jockeying seven reluctcnt donkies in pursuit of a little white pellet for an hour, the reaction among the players was that rid ing contests should be limited to the race tracks and polo grounds. Even more disheartening was the fact that the score at the end of five innings, when the game was called, read 5-5. This was one tie game, however, that neither team was willing to replay. If a star could be chosen from the 18 players, it would be Jim White of Umpqua who pushed across two runs in three times at bat. He managed to persuade his donkev around the four-base route at Finlay field although the beast was visibly disgusted with the whole affair. AREO CLUB IS HOST PORTLAND (iT) -The Aero club, Portland, will host the Ore gon State outdoor Junior swim ming rournamenl al jauen Deacn park here Aug. 11-12. Feature event will be the 1951 men's junior national 165-yard in dividual medley competition. Louisiana State has beaten Geor gia Tech in football only once in eight tries. Beaten 6 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. -Tues., Aug. 7, Topnotch Sporting Events Listed For Sutherlin Fans Sutherlln will be the sports Mecca of Douglas county this weekend. In conjunction with the annual Timber Days celebration, that city has scheduled some top- notch baseball, wrestling and box ing tor tne nrst two of the three day celebration. No better choice could have been made for a baseball contest than the one pitting Medford's Cheney Studs against the Roseburg Ump qua Chiefs. These two teams, cur rently first and fourth, respec tively, in the Southwestern Ore gon league, have been feuding for two years with never an absolutely decisive win being posted. Last year, only one game was won by more than a single run. That was the Shaughnessy cup final which Medford took, 5-2. Two ef the 1950 games were 1-0 affairs. Competition Tight This year, the competition has been just as tight. Medford has won all three of the contests, but again all were by only one point The Studs took the first two, 3-2, and the latest tangle, 4-3. That's on Saturday afternoon. Friday night, plenty of sporting action is scheduled too. Under the sponsorship of Jugs club, arrange ments were made with Elton Owen to sign up four of his top wrestlers for a trip to the Suth erlin festival- He chose Jack O'Reilly, who will face Walt "Sneeze" Achiu, the jiu jitsu ar tist, and George Strickland, who will tangle with hea'dbutting Rufus Jones. Preceding this 8:45 affair at the Sutherlin high school gym, a bene fit boxing card has been slated at 8 p. m. It sports the cream of the In The Majors By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet B Now York 65 Cleveland 64 Boston 61 Chicago an Detroit 48 Washington 45 Philadelphia 39 St. Louis 32 .031 .621 1 .592 4 .562 7 .475 16 .437 20 .371 27 .311 33 53 71 Aionaay-a nesuna New York 4, Washington 0 tnlght) Chicago 10. Detroit 1 (nlghtl lOnly games played) NATIONAL, LEAGUE W Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Boston St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh tNo games 68 33 .653 .557 SU .510 H'.i .489 17 .4110 17 .465 IB .443 21 .402 25 ii Two Underdogs Score In Far West Contests By The Associated Press The Far West league's tail-end teams had to go 10 innings to do it, but they shaded that loop's two top dogs by one point last night Medford's basement dwelling Rogues edged first place Klamath Falls 11-10 when John Malgraini scooted home on Charles Malm berg's fly to right field. It was the Gems' first loss in that just ended five-game series. Fourth place Reno, meanwhile, defeated second spot Redding 12-11 when shortstop Bill Murphy over threw to third b?se, allowing Mitch Lobrovich to score. Tonight, Medford travels to Reno to begin a three-game series and Klamath Falls starts a three rounder at Eugene. BUY WHEi YOU SHARE IN THE SAVINGS DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-Operative Exchange ROSEBURG, Located W. Washington DIAL 3 FREE PARKING AT W By Yankees, 3-0 1951 youngster slugging crop in Suth erlin. In the 58-pound class, Jimmy Moore meets Curtis Nelson. In the "heavyweight" 75-pound bracket, LeRoy Hong takes on Kenneth Moore. This card is being staged for the benefit of the high school boxing fund. West Side Edges Methodists, 7-8 West Side snuffed out a seventh inning rally by Methodist to steal a tight 8-7 Twilight league victory from the Methodist nine and widen the gap between third and fourth place. The game, played Monday night on Veterans field, saw West Side shove across its eight runs in the first four innings and coast the rest of the route, but the coasting almost went too far. The losers went scoreless for two frames and then started the long climb in the third with a single tally. They added two more in the fourth and came within striking distance in the sixth when they pushed across three more. Another run In the seventh narrowed the margin to the final score when Larry Mac Allister doubled to knock in the seventh counter. He died on base when Chuck Vasey grounded out. Dick Bonebrake and Jim Gilbert collected home runs for the win ners. ( In the Industrial division game. Smith Motors took it on the nose a "am. Melrose pasted the cellar team, 14-6. The first Melrose man at bat, Jerry Stidham, set the pace with a home run. From then on it was all downhill. Four runs came across in that frame and two more in the second when Stanley Long lofted a two-run homer. Mel rose cinched the win in the fifth with a three-run flareup set off by Ault's four-m aster. For good measure, the winners piled on five more in the seventh. Smith Motors scored lone runs in the second and third and four in the sixth. Top Swimmers Signed For Meet With the Roseburg All-City meet by the boards, attention now turns to the biggest swimming event in this part of the state, the South ern Oregon Invitational, which is slated for Aug. 18 and 19. For the third year, the Junior chamber of commerce has made reservations on the municipal pool for the Amateur Athletic Union ac credited event which will draw the biggest swimming names in t h e Northwest In addition to the regular com petitors, the Jaycees have called on many of the nation's exhibition acquatic stars. For instance there's Al Patnik, who will appear here for the third successive year. The retired Olympic diving champ Is still the unexcelled master of the springboard. Then, there's Jack Henderson, also a repeat performer from last year. He's the top rated clown diver and acrobat in the Northwest. To add a little more spice to the event, the Jaycees have signed the Northwest champion log-roller, Birler Ellison. OREGON St. and S.P.R.R. Tracks - 5022 THE FARM BUREAU fS Young Hurler Keeps Yanks In 1st Place By JOE REICHLER Associated Presi 8 pom Writer ine New York Yankles appear to have come up with a worthy renlrpmnr 51...,, RMHi. Ford. He is 21-year-old Tom Mor gan. One of the reasons critics were predicting the fall of the Yankee empire last spring was because of Ford's call to the armed forces. "Where will the Yankees get a replacement for Ford?" ' They asked, "Who among Casey Sten gel's newcomers is going to win those nine games that Ford copped after the Fourth of July?" Early hopes that Morgan might do it faded when the young right hander was shipped to Kansas City last May after losing his first start. But Morgan came back after a month of seasoning and wasted no time filling Ford's shoes. Stengel started him against Washington on June 28 and he re sponded by shutting out the Sen ators, 3-0. Since then he has racked up seven more triumphs without a defeat. His eighth straight came last night, a 4-0 whitewash job against the same Senators. It was his third shutout. He won a 1-0 hurl ing duel from Ned Garver of St. Louis on July 20. The victory stretched the Yan kees' first-place American league lead over second-place Cleveland by one full game and over third place Boston to four games. Both Cleveland and Boston were idle. White Sox Win In the only other big league ac tivity, Chicago's fourth-place White Sox whipped the Tigers in Detroit, 10-1. First baseman Eddie Robin son cracked two home runs, a double and single to lead the Sox attack while righthander Joe Dob son stopped the Tigers with five hits for his seventh win. Morgan surrendered only five hits, all singles.' The Senators staged scoring threats only in the first and eighth innings. Gil Coan and Mickey Vernon singled in between outs in the first but Sam Mele struck out to end the inning. Pete Runnels singled and Cass Michaels walked to open the eighth but Morgan retired the next three batters. Another V n n Ir a a vnnlria n counted for runs off former Vank righthander Don Johnson, with his ninth home run to score Yogi Berra in front of him. Gil McDougald drove in the third run with a long fly and Gene Woodling's triple fol lowed by Bobby Brown's single closed out the scoring in the sev enth. " . The White Sox swatted loser Hal White and two reliefers for 15 hits to remain seven games be hind the Yanks. It was Dobson's ' The least expensive and most practical way to Rrove financial responsibility under Oregon's ew Financial Responsibility Law, Is a . . . FARMERS $5,00051 0.000 Bodily Injiry & $5,000 Property Damage Liability Policy. 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Turner Dial 1-7614 o Sacs Blank Padres,o2-0; Angels Lose Br The Associated Press Oldtimers in the Pacific Coast league racked their memories to day trying to recall a more auspi cious debut than Jack Pickart's. , The St. Mary's college right hander,, pitching his first profes sional game for Sacramento last night, shut out San Diego with only one hit, 2-0, in a seven-inning con test Jim Tabor's fifth inning dou ble was the only safety off Pickart, who packs 200 pounds on a six foot one inch chassis. Pickart fanned four and walked four In outpitching the league's ""' " ""X? strikeout artist Sam J ones, leo Richetti's two-run triple was the game clincher. Pickart, signed last week off the semi-pro Marysville Giants, is a senior at St Mary's. Even Score San Diego bounced back to even matters, 5-0, in the second game of the doubleheader. Lefty Bob Kerrigan wielded the whitewash this time, allowing only three hits. Tabor got three hits off Walt Cfough, the loser, and Harvey Sto rey slapped a two-run homer. The only other game saw Oak land defeat Los Angeles, 4-3, as Bill Ayers racked up his 16th win against 12 setbacks. Ayers gave up only six hits while his mates got 14, but the Oaks had to bunch four blows for two runs in the sixth to win. Fred Bacewski was the loser. i Ayers had little trouble with the Angeles after the first when Dee Fondy homered with one man on. . Only two games are scheduled tonight They are: Hollywood (John Lindell 9-7) at San Francisco (Al Lien 10-6). Portland (pitcner unannounced) at Seattle (Marv Grissom 16-9 or Hector Brown 12-5). Jaycees Will Attempt Win Over Myrtle Creek Women The Roseburg Junior chamber of commerce Softball team will at tempt to prove the sumpremacy ol the male tonight at 6:30 on Veter ans field. The opposing team is a Myrtle Creek town team made up entirely of women. This feminine squad has reportedly defeated every male team in sight in the Myrtle Creek area. The female champs will be running into some tough competi tion, however, since the Jaycees are currently leading the Indus trial division of the YMCA Twi light league. This battle of the sexes Is the second with Roseburg league teams. At Myrtle Creek a week ago, the Christian church team turned a series of bunts into a win by a topheavy score. first victory since the all star game July 10. Joe Ginsberg's eighth home run in the sixth was the only run scored off the 34-year-old hurler. A crowd Of 44,344 saw utility 4 Infielder Merrill Combs hit a two-l run homer in the ninth to give the''" Indians a 5-3 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in an exhibition game in Cleveland. n & DeCAMP FOR OTHER TERRITORIES SEIt W. Gaerge Kruegor Sutherlin, Ora Ph. 2621 Homer Blyth Drain, Ora. Ph. 9ii Vera White Myrtle Creek, Ora. Ph. 101 1. L Aikke Riddle, Ora. Ph. 121 T. L. Wearer Conyenville, Ora. 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