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Newspaper Page Text6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Fri June 13,' 1952 11-8 To All-Stars The top of one league and the bottom of another was on the block in Y'MCA Softball competi tion Thursday night at Veterans Field and home runs told the story. Chiefs Leading League With 6 Double Plays Southwestern Oregon League Basebsll Standings W I CB Roseburg 4 2- ' Drain 4 3- CB - NB . 4 2- Bandon 5 1 3 Vi Alcrilord 4 4 1 Coquille 3 5 2 Brookings 0 6 4 ' Games this weekend Rose- burg at Coos Bay . North Bend, Brookings at Drain, Modford at Bandon, Coquille, bye. Wilh the release of the first com prehensive statistics on Seo u t h westorn Oregon League baseball play by Chuck Plummer, it be comes quite evident that the nose- burg Chiefs find their strength in the field. Plummer's statistics show the cnieis leaa in the number of double plays wiRi six. Coquille has five in two more games. Coos Bay-North Bend and Brookings each have jour. Barney Koch figured In all six of the Chiefs double killings, incidentally. The Chiefs have committed only six( errors In six games to come out second in this department. Coos Bay-North Bend leads with only five miscues. Drain is third with 12. Coquille is the most butter-fingered team In the league with 33 bobbles. Interest will center this weekend around the two top defensive clubs in the League, but judging from the statistics the first-place battle between Rosebure and Coos Bay North Bend may hinge on offense. Hero the Lumberjacks have the edge. They have five hitters over .300 while Roseburg can boast only two, Lovell Baker and Hal Zurch cr. - MAIN EVENT AUSTRALIAN TAG TEAM MATCH GEORGE DUSETTE and BUCK WEAVER VS. LEO WALLICK and BOB CUMMINGS SEMI-FINAL GORDON HESS ELL vi. FRENCHY ROY First Match Starts 8:45 P.M. N il aYEASSOLD KSltra ' v 4 -T i Mm' 8?RAf.ULuTfLA.V0R 0F 0LD ians Lose In the Church League, Vets All Stars added a fourth victory to an unblemished record by shad ing f irst Christian Church, 11-8, In the Industrial League, the eel- lar-dwelllng Junior Chamber of Commerce lashed out with unre lenting fury to smother Roseburg Sand and Gravel, 25-13, in the heaviest scoring battle of the year. It was the first win for the Jaycees and hoisted them into a cellar tie with Roseburg Sand ana uravei. The All-Stars had to stage a nve-rua wnirlwind linish to cap- lure tnoir Church League win. The Christians blew away with a mighty seven-run rally In the sec ond to grab a 7-4 lead. They were still on top by a single run going into the bototm of the sixth when the storm broke. An error and a triple brought in the tying run. Heimrich pushed the All-Stars ahead wilh a homer good for two- runs. Fagcr singled and Ross brought In two more with the sec ond homer of the inning. In the Industrial League, It was as wild a scoring bout as any seen this year. In notching 38 runs, the two teams scored almost at will. Pl.chcr Larry Kingry of Roseburg Sand and Gravel managed to do litlte more than fill out the team. The Jaycees blasted out 25 hits. Sand and Gravel picked up 9. The two teams were tied at 8- all In the bottom of the third, but the Jaycees picked up 10 runs on 9 hita in the fifth to wrap up the game. This inning was highlighted by Art Pollard's home runs. Ho set some kind of record by scor ing two round trippers In the same frame. Wayne Crooch and Tunncy Kennerly each collected four masters in the second. 5 Schools Cited On 'Purity Code' PORTLAND Wl The Pacific Coast Conference, winding up its most militant mectinz in years. cited five more schools Thursday for suspected violations of the puri ty code. That brought to seven the num ber of cases reported in the annual summer meeting of conference of ficials. Commissioner Victor Schmidt said three of them were flagrant violationi r WRESTLING SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ARMORY ' KENTUCKY-NATURALLY l r 9 1 rt I S h rl tCH i ft Arlitt Tops Batmen For SWOL Loop Batting Laden AB H PCt. RBI Arlitt (CB) Burdell (Brook) Scrlvens (CB) Burgher (Ban) Vi'enner (Ban) Kirsch (Dr) Stetter (CB) Baker (Ros) Roelandt (Med) . Storey (Dr) 23 13 .565 18 29 23 26 11 26 22 31 "20 8 .500 14 .486 11 .478 12 .461 5 .454 11 .423 9 .409 12 .387 7 .350 Lelnlnger (CB) 20 7 .350 Buzz Arlitt of Coos Bay-North Bend continued to lead the South' western Oregon league's heavy ni iters mis week although he drop pea 35 per centage points over the weekend. His .565 -vas still 65 points bet ter than runnerup, Frank Burdell of Brookings, who just moved in to the top ten this weekend with a brilliant showing at Medford. Aagin Lovell Baker was the only Roseburg Chief to hold a po sition in the top ten. He held his per centage of .409 but fell from seventh to eighth place. Hal Zur- cher is the only other Roseburj patter, with a .333 showing. Drain'a Don Kirsch was the leading batter for the northern Douglaa County nine. His .451 however, is based on only 11 times at bat Harvey Storey drop ped an tne way from tilth to ninth on his team's double loss at Coos Bay-North Bend. Burdell wa the only man In the League with more than one hom er, and he had only two to his credit. Glenn Stetter of Coos Bav- North Bend leads the league in triples with two. Frank Roelandt is tops in the double department with five. Storey, Claude Buckley of Coquille and Joe Tom of Ban don each have four. In another offensive depart' mcnt, Jim Sinovic of Bandon leads the League in stolen bases, with five. Barney Koch and Moose Blevlns of Medford are tied for second wilh only two. In The Majors FRIDAY'S BASEBALL By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W Pet. .714 .648 .627 .509 .471 .408 .396 .25 Brooklyn New York 35 31 - 32 27 24 20 19 Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh 14 Thursday Results Chicago 3, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 15, Brooklyn 10 Boston 11, Pittsburgh 2 New York at Cincinnati, Rain. MERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. .609 .585 New York 28 31 31 27 24 21 23 Boston Cleveland Chicago Washington Philadelphia St. Louis .519 .500 .467 .434 ,294 Detroit 15 Thursday's Results New York 3, Detroit O Cleveland 7. Washington 4 Boston 7, St. Louis 5 Chicago 10, Philadelphia 4 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W Pet. .616 .606 .557 .493 .479 .420 .417 .403 San Diego Hollywood Oakland Seattle Los Angeles Portland San Francisco Sacramento 45 43 39 34 34 29 30 29 GREAT SINCE 1888 8 6 PROOF KENTUCKY Yanks Win , 3-0; Sox Nip Browns By The AuocUUd Preaa Casey (the prophet) Stengel leads his New York Yankees west Friday in first place just like ha said be vould. Stopping off in Boston on the way home from his first western swing, Stengel said: "If we can win anywhere, it's at home. We should be able to go up and grab the lead sometime in the next two weeks." Stengel wasn't kidding. Once the Yanks got home they proceeded to blast away at a 12-oM5 pace, win ning 10 of 11 from the western teams. Both the Yanks and Red Sox caught Cleveland and passed them. Young Tom Morgan popped up with a fine three-hit shutout in Thursday's Yankee Stadium. finale, 3-0. over last place Detroit. Detroit went home with a seven game losing string to show for their eastern trip the nine-man deal with Boston Sid Hudson, acquired from Wash ington Tuesday, kept the Boston Red Sox in step with the Yanks, only 13 percentage points out of first place. Hudson needed relief help from young Ivan ' Delock in the ninth to subdue the enraged St. Louis Browns, 7-5. Beavers Snap Rainier Victory String At 11 With 2-1 Contest By The Associated Press Portland snapped Seattle's Pa cific Coast League winning streak at 11 Thursday night. The Ralnlers bowed to the Beav- eri 2-1 and evened the series in Portland at a game apiece. Seattle could collect only six hits off Fred Sanford, three of them coming in the eighth inning when the Rainiera scored their only run. The Beavers picked up seven in eluding Joe Brovia's second inning home run oft Art Del Duca and Earl Johnson. Portland added the run needed to win the fifth. Hollywood grabbed a 2 to 1 vic tory over San Francisco, capitaliz ing on a walk, a sacrifice, an error and a force play to put over the' winning tally in the seventh in ning. It was the tenth straight loss for the Seals, who skidded down into seventh place. Another winning streak was snapped in Los Angeles, the An gels whipping Oakland, 5 to 0, aft- Brosch Leading In National Open DALLAS in Bespectacled balding AI Brosch, 40-year-old teaching pro from Garden City, N.J., fired a subpar 68 to take the lead in the opening round of tne 52nd National Open Golf cham pionships Thursday. That was one of two sub-par rounds manufactured by the field of 162 in the first day of play on the heat - blanketed Northwood Course. Ben Hogan, the defend ing champion and winner of three national open titles in his last three Three others fired even par 70's. They were Sam Snead, one of the three top favorites In pre-tourna-ment reckoning; 44-year-old Hor ton Smith, the PGA president, and Dick Metz. Magazine Boosts S. Oregon Loop Southwestern Oregon League baseball gets a statewide boost in this month's Issue of Oregon Sports, "The Southwestern Ore gon Issue." The slick-page publication de- voles almost its entire content to what it calls, "Exclusive cover age of Oregon's fastest baseball league." included Is a more-or-less thorough coverage of base ball in the entire area, including Roseburg, Drain and Glcndale. It's complete with pictures. Particularly interesting is a comprehensive report on the ori gin and history of the League as written by Managing Editor Les lie Pete himself. He credits Bon Cheney, present "angel" of the Medford Cheney Studs for bring ing the league out of the sticks and forcing it to -its present top notch quality. J FISHIN6-M Ytt) - V ; U The seething Browns played the game under protest because player manager Marty Marion had been suspended indefinitely after Wednesday's argument with um pire Bill McGowao. Cleveland also clung on the Yanks' heels, only a half game back, by beating Washington, 7-4, for Bobby feller's sixth win. Chicago climbed par Washington into fourth place, only four games out, with a 10-4 verdict over Phila delphia. Chico Carrasquel's two triples and Sherm Lollar's two-run homer led the sox' 14 hit attack. In the National, St. Louis con. tlnucd to mess up the league-leading Brooklyn Dodgers, 15-10, to make it three out of four for the scries. The loss cut the Brooks' lead over idle New York to 3 'i games. The Giants' game at Cincinnati was rained out. Chicago continued to scoot in pur suit with a 3-1 victory over the Phillies for the Cubs' 15th win in their last 19 games. Lew Burdette pitched one-hit ball for eight relief innings after re placing Ernie Johnson with two runs in and nobody out in the second as Boston whipped Pius- burgh, 11-2. er the Acorns had captured seven stra eht. San Diego and Sacramento toiled 15 innings before the had bacs won out, 6-5. The setback cut the Pa dres' loop lead to one game. The hapless San Francisco club desperate for talent, reached into its Yakima farm outfit Thursday to appropriate for its own use the only two players batting over .300 Bill Andring, who will take over the first base spot, and Gene Klin gler, who will replace. Bill McCaw ley in center field. North Umpqua Fishing Best The best chances for fishermen this weekend will ba in the North Umpqua area, the Roseburg of fice of the Oregon State Game Commission reveals in its week end summary. Trout fishing is re ported "good" through the area, with main stream catches report ed better than those in the tribu taries. Flying Caddis and other light-colored flies are favored." Some summer steclhead iye be ginning to appear below Winchest er Dam. Fishing is' still slow but good catches are being reported on the South Umpqua River above Milo. Other points report catches only poor to fair. catches with May flies" are reported in central coastal lakes. Most central coastal streams are low, with some catch es being made with bait and flics. Warm water fish in the central coastal area are biting well. Cat fish are spawning and are hard to catch. Trout fishing is Door In coastal lakes and streams. In the lower Rogue River and in the Grants Pass-Galice area, salmon fishing is "poor," but better in the Bybee Bridge area. Fishing is expected' to improve with the weather in the Rogue area, with bait and flies reported best. Water is high and milky, but dropping. Duke Gives OSC 18-7 Trouncing OMAHA ttl Unless there are a couple of surprises, that foxy old major leaguer Jack Coombs is going to retire with the realization of his fondest dream an NCAA baseball championship. The former Philadelphia Athlet ics hurler is leaving Duke Univer sity this season at the age of 70. He wants the NCAA title as a cli max to his 32 years of coaching. On strength of their perform ance in beating Oregon State 18-7 in the first round, Thursday, the Blue Devils appear ready and able to satisfy their coach, in the double elimination affair Anxious to confound the railbirds were Missouri, Holy Cross and i Jenn State in the winners' brack et and Texas, Western Michigan, Colorado State and Oregon State in the losers' bracket. How to Be Safe in the Water YM.CA Rules for WattrSaftty don't go in for. COMPETITIVE WATER. S 'PORTS WITHOUT ',4 TRAINING. J LET'S SW'M MHHETfllrV- M IN ELECTRICAL STORMS.AYOID SWIMMING, OPEN BOATS.Bl 'ACHES, flELDSOR.TR.EES. SAFEST PLACES ARE: HOUSES. AUTO MOBILES, UNDER. STEEL LIE FLAT OH GROUND. Australian Tag Match On Card Reputations are at stake In the semi-final bout which is slated to precede the Australian tag team trophy match at the Roseburg ar mory Saturday night On the, bill at 8:45 is a scientific classic between Gordon Hessell of Yelm, Wash., and Frenchy Roy of Quebec. Hessell is back in Rose burg after many television main events in the Puget Sound area. So far since his return, he has been forced to take a back seat on the wrestling cards because of more interesting main events. To move into the . local ' main-event classification, he has to prove he can rub shoulders with the creamy crop of talent which hat studded the grappling programs in late weeks. Frenchy Roy, on the other hand, has to regain . face. He recently lost his light heavyweight title to Billy Melby. To get another crack at it, the Canadian has to prove he deserves a re-match. Following this match, the North- Favorites Survive In Amateur Tourney CLARKSTON, Wash. I Most of the favorites were still in the running Friday as the Washington State Amateur Golf Tournament entered the second round. Two championship flight rounds were scheduled at the Clarkston Golf and Country Club and two rounds of first-roundchampionship flight losers. 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ATIONSANO STAY WITHIN THEM. 1 Team Trophy Saturday Night west Tag team championship goes on the block with a match glitter ing with some of the fondest names in current Roseburg wrestling an nals. The defending champions, Georges Dusette and Buck Weav er, meet their stiffest challenge since gaining the title from the team of Leo Wallick and Bob Cum mings. If it isn't a full-scale riot, it should stir up one because Wal lick is still incensed over the treat ment he got from a group of irate fans last week. tW A MONTH TO 1 " lOtTOlAOVFOt gw mwmmjr BEE YOUR NEAREST K AI 8 E R F R AZ ER DEALER TO O AT l n "He's trading him in for a new Kaiser Manhattan with the world's safest front seat." EE YOUR NEAREST K A I S UP TO A MERCURY The Only Outboards With o Q O O O O 6 RIGHT OOWH J HE USE! Moll orj lolUf tearing ThrougKevt at... 202 North Jackson 9 Seattle Shooter Gets 5th Trophy RENO, Nev. 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