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1. : JU " y :! if 4 of "YOU HATE TO QUIT THE GAME" says Bobby Doerr of his retirement as he casually discusses his 15-year career with the Boston Red Sox. The 34-year-old second baseman .. had to give up baseball because of an ailing back. Here, at left, he nostalgically dis cusses his career and recollections of the game with Mayor Al Flegel at the Pee Wee . baseball rally meeting in the Junior High School auditorium last night. (Staff Picture) Doerr Stresses Practice Every inch a baseball player, veteran major leaguer Bobby Doerr added another host of young devotees to his list Tuesday night. Speaking casually to a youthful audience at the Pec Wee rally meeting in the Junior High auditor ium, he stressed "practice" as the golden key to success. Every youngster in the scattered ; audience was ready to dun his ; glove and cleats after the lithe veteran of IS years major league campaigning with the Boston Red Sox finished speaking. The gray ing second baseman pointed out that talent isn't the only neces sity for big league ball playing. He cited such imen as Hank Greenbcrg, Ted Williams and Bob by, Feller. "All these fellows prac ticed and practiced," he said.' He emphasized particularly the rise of his teammate, Outfielder Ted Williams. "Whenever he was hav ing rough days at bat, Ted would go out early in the morning and practice batting for two or three hours before a game," Doerr point- JUMBO SHRIMP o t The DRIVE INK Opon Every Day 4:30 p.m. 1 mi. South on Hiway 99 cd out. "He was a man of good ability, but didn't rest on his laur els," said Doerr. Doerr said he met Williams for the first lime when the Ited Sox hitting giant was brought into the Snn Diego training camp. He said Williams knocked the first three balls pitched to him over the fence. "I have seen so many cases, however," said Doerr, "where a youngster of outstanding ability would slack off because of the con stant praise. Then, the boys with only fair ability, who had prac ticed, would pass him up." "Anybody with a little talent can get inlo professional baseball with plenty of practice," he con cluded. The professionals in every sport are looking for new talent, he stated. As a case in point, he re vealed that Boston has 30 scouts on the payroll. Now 34, Doerr hung up his glove this year after 15 years with the Red Sox. He joined them in 1934. Because of a worn out disc be tween two vertebrae in his back, he was advised to quit. Since then he has been taking it easy at his llahee home in southern Oregon. In the goad natured question and answer period after his discourse, Doerr recalled his greatest thrill in the 1947 All-Star game when he banged a homer with two men MAIN WRESTLING SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ARMORY EVENT Mixed Tog Toom Match LEO WALLICK and BUCK WEAVER vs. MASA KIMURA and SHIBUYA YAMAUCHI SPECIAL EVEN TV FRANK STOJACK vi. JACK-LIPSCOMB First Match Starts 8:45 P.M. on bases. "I felt like I was run ning on air," beamed Doerr. He praised Junior Legion base ball as a stepping stone to his success. He said he played on a Junior Legion team in Los Ang eles, most of which later went into the majors. 4 Teams Listed In 'B' Tourney Lisled as the four contending teams in the stale, "B" division baseball tournament at Drain this Friday and Saturday are Gervais, Creswell, Malin and Boardman. Gervais, District 1 champ, elim inated Westport of District 2 one of last year's contenders, Creswell beat Drain, and Southern Oregon's Malin dumped Cascade Locks in the quarterfinals. Boardman, the district' 7 victor, topped Harper of District 8 Saturday afternoon to gain the fourth berth. Creswell and Gervais will meet In the 7 p.m. opener Friday, and Malin and Boardman tangle in the second game of the doubleheader at 9 p.m. The winners of Friday's games will meet for the championship in the tournament's finale Saturday and the losers will precede them in Iho halite for third place. The tournament this year is be ing sponsored by the Drain Lions Club. 15-Man Field Picked For Pro Golf Tourney CHICAGO lPI The 150 - man field fur the 1952 Professional Golfers Association tournament at Louisville June 18-24 was complete Wednesday with the addition of 104 sectional qualifiers. PGA Headquarters assembled names of the leaders in 30 sec tional tourneys and annulinced that 44-ycarold Dick Metz, one time tourney regular who's been missing recently, had the top score. Mctz, of Arkansas City. Kan., shot 66-G6--132 in the Oklahoma sectional meet at F.nid. That was one stroke more than Rod Munday of York, Pa., recorded last year or the all time low qualifying mark, 131. UWVJi f SPRING .Bou. EKa I VI ir oHTioiSoH fry? 6 The Newi-Review, Rosabura, Or. Wed., May 21, 1952 Jensen, Harris Aim For Pennant By Tht Associated Prtst The Jackie Jensen-Bucky Harris ticket is sweeping the country since they opened headquarters at Wash ington, they've won more delegates than Eisenhower and Taft . com bined. With impish delight in the em barrassment of the rich New York Yankees who let both men go, the public is getting a kick out of the surge of tl e underdogs. Second place may turn out to be an over-ambitious perch for the Senators. But they are looking up not down at the moment. Only two games behind Cleveland, after Tuesday night's 2-0 decision over St. Louis, the Jensen-Harris ticket is in the mood to claim a pennant on an early ballot. Jensen rapped toinrav Byrne for a perfect 3 for-3 night. Since join ing Washington, 17 games ago, Jensen has batted .375. That brought his season average up to .314. While Jensen sprayed base hits, Harris, fired as Yank manager in 1948 basked in a new-found wealth of pitching. Connie Marrero, the chubby lit tle Cuban, did the shutout pitching for Harris Tuesday night with a four-hitter against the Broewns. While the Yanks might have rea sons to regret the deal that sent Jensen to Washington, they could point with pride to the Johnny Sain purchase and Mickey Mantle t four hits at Chicago. Sain's efficient six-hitter against Chicago Tuesday night for his fourth win, 4-3, made him the Yanks' top winner. Rain washed out the rest of the big league program, including the entire four-game National League schedule. Melrose Blasts 9-1 Victory Off Sand & Gravel Melrose won its second eame of the season in YMCA Industrial League play Tuesday night at Vet erans Field by slugging Roseburg ana ana Grave;, 91. Zeke Walton twirled a niftv four- hitter to hold the S and G team in check. He gave up single hits in the first, third, sixth and seventh. The losers got their on V run in the fifth on two walks and two pass- ea Dans. It took lust two innings of work for the Melrose squad to rout the losers. The winners exploded with six runs on four hits in the second inning. Then, they grouped three more in the sixth inning on a sin gle hit,- two walks and a passed ball. S and G pitcher. Bud Ellison, allowed only one other hit in the game. In the Church League game, First Mothodi3t faied to turn up with a team and First Christian won by default. Tee Honors Co To Mrs. Bridges Mrs. Ralstyn Bridges and Mrs. Roger Gee look top honors in the A and B c'ass competition at the Roseburg Country Club Tuesday. Mrs. Bridgse scored the low gross for the day and Mrs. Gee clipped off the long drive on Hole No. 5. In C Class, Mrs. Byron Wood ruff won low gross and Mrs. Norm Seifarth made the long drive on NO. 5. The Country Club women hosted a visiting group of 25 Coos Bay women sunaay in a nine-hole invi tational tournament. Mrs. Walter Brydges scored the low gross of 44, and Mrs. Roger Gee took low net honors with a 38 in the tourney. Next. Tuesday's play will be sweepstakes and the second round of the summerlong Oregon Worn ens Golf Association competition. LaMotta Hoping For Knockout nPTOAlT in r i.'jl.m ruimer aiimue- weight Champion Jake I.aMotta has been talking about an easy si ana even a KnocKOut in his Hairston at Olympia Stadium Warlnaerl.,.. ninht mil me 3U . year - old Bronx null l.hn h.c .... .u. light - heavyweight title, is rated a slight underdog. Some of the betting gentry have made Hairston a R. futmrita anrt lha I) ...... Negro was expected to be at least an even money choice by fight time, i I'.ni. i .u.l. the bout will be telecast and broadcast on a national network. In The Majors AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. Cleveland 20 11 .645 Washington 17 12 .5.36 Boston 17 13 .567 New York 15 13 .536 St. Louis ' 16 16 .500 Chicago 14 16 .407 Philadelphia 11 15 .423 Detroit T 21 .250 Tuaiday's Results Washington 2, St. Louis 0 New York 4, Chicago 3 Boston at Cleveland rain Philadelphia at Detroit rain PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet- San Diego 30 19 .612 Oakland 27 19 .587 Hollywood 27 20 .574 Los Angeles 24 23 .511 San Francisco 24 24 .500 Portland 19 26 .422 Seattle 19 27 .413 Sacramento 18 30 .375 Tuesday's Results Los Angeles 4, Sacramento 3 Oakland 3, San Diego-1 San Francisco 3, Portland 1 Hollywood at Seattle postponed Angels To Climb Ladder In PCL By The Associated Prrst Look for Los Angeles, loaded for bear through the courtesy of the parent Chicago Cubs, to climb sev eral rungs up the Pacific Coast League ladder this week. The fourth place Angels expect to advance at the expense of bot tom rung Sacramento and have, in fact, already gained a full game on loop-leading San Diego by down ing the Solons Tuesday night 4-3. The cherubs' chances of soaring are enhanced by the fact that San Diego is engaging socond place Oak, and and third place Hollywood is meeting Seattle, a club with more stuff than its current seventh position indicates. Tuesday night was Lefty O'Doul night in Oakland. The San Diego manager got a TV set from the fans, the gate for arguing with an umpire and his boys took a 3-1 licking from the Acorns. At Port land. San Francisco beat the Beav ers 31. Hollywood at Seattle was rained out. BUILDING EQUIPMENT SKILL SAWS CEMENT MIXERS PAINT SPRAYERS LANSING - OLIVER TOOL RENTALS OPEN SUNDAYS 10-12, 4-f ' 847 S. 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During his one-year stay. he nnanhpH ft-nchman haclrntk.,11 and varsity baseball. The sincere young mentor said he debated the move for some months hefnre rippiHtntr tn nnil iho system. "I came here with inten tions of staying in the school svs tem for some time," he said. "For that rPflsnn r fopl han ahnnt ing. I was perfectly satisfied until mis opportunity came up," he said. He will go into business as an emnlnvee nf Ifpnnprh DuvIibh ; Harmony House. Zurcher ha hppn rnntranioA fn continue as coach of the Pee Wee and Junior Leeinn hacphAll m-n. grams this summer. Track Champions At Eugene Meet LOS ANGKLES I Tho annual Pacific Coast Conference uhck ana neici championships at Eugene. Ore., this weekend feature some of the nations's outstanding candidates for the U. S. Olympic games team. Southern California's Tro with an 18 - man team, will be aiming at the school's 12th straight PCC championship. Five conference athletes boast the best college marks in the country this year. They are Rod Richard of UCLA. 20.8 in the 220-yard dash; George Brown, UCLA, with 26 feet 3 in the Broadjump; Jack Davis, USC, 14.0 in the high hurdles: shot- putter Parry O'Brien. USC, 56 feet B'.i, and Sim Iness, USC, 182 feet 5 inches in the discus. Oregon's Jack Smith, with 9.6 in the 100, is the fourth best in the nation. His teammate, Emery Barnes, is No. 2 in the high jump at 6 feet 8 inches; and still another Webfoot, Chuck Missfeldt, is third in the javelin at 219 feet 1 inch. Oregon State's pole vaulter, Lyle Dickey, is second at 14 feet U inch. Plans for a return match be tween Frankie Stojack and Leo Wallick fell through again this week. Wallick will be back to take part in a main event mixed team match, but he refused to wrestle Stojack again on the grounds that he didn't think Stoiack deserved another chance. The Roseburg Wrestling Commission is expect ed to take action immediately. Meanwhile, Wallick and Buck Weaver were the only two grap plers who would agree to meet two Japanese judo stars who are currently drawing cpapacity crowd on the coast. Thev are Masa Kim ura and Shibuva Yamaguchl. Kim. ura is undefeated in 14 years of judo competition. To prove the point,. he has offered $1,000 to any man who can stay with him 10 min utes in a jacket match. Weaver and Wallick say they will claim the money. The main-event tag-team match ill be mixed. The style of the first fall will be determined by a flip of the coin. It will be either catch-as-catch-can or judo. The second fall will be wrestled in the oopos'te style from the first fall. If a third fall is necessary, the style will be determined by the team wiiicn won its fall in the fastest time. The one-hour semi-final will see Frankie Stojack back in the Rose burg Armory arena also. The pop ular favorite will meet the old war horse, Jack Lipscomb, in a one hour two-out-of-tlirce-falls event. 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