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"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-
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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.
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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.
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Wallick Rejects 2nd Match
iWith Stojack In Arena Here
HAL ZURCHER
. . Coach Resign! Job
Baseball Coach
Quits School To
Enter Business
resignation Tuesday as baseball
headmaster at Roseburg High
School.
'f have rpppivorl a huclnncc tit-
fpr Uhiph ie inn tiffin,,!! U fonn
down." he stated. The District 4
School Board has accepted the
resignation.
Ac a fTt-arlnata nf Ihn TTniirat-citi,
of Oregon, Zurcher entered the
Roseburg school system last Sep
tember. 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.
Stojack is still burning for a re
match with Wallick and says he'll
protest to the commission again if
they don't force the issue. "Wal
lick is ducking me," Stojack said.
Ski Club Will Hold
Outdoor Meet Tonight
The Edelweiss Ski Club will hold
its first outdoors meeting of the
year tonight at 6:30.
Umpqua Park will serve as a
combination picnic grounds and
meeting place for the club. High
lighting the meeting, Fred Weber
will give a demonstration of moun
tain climbing, a sport which is
expected to be added to the other
activities of the club in the near
future. .
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