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THURSDAY'S BASEBALL
I Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
. W L Pet. GB
Cleveland 19 8 .704
Chicago 18 9 .640 2
New York 14 10 .583 3'4
Detroit 15 11 .577 Vi
Washington 11 15 .423 -7Vi
Kansas City 10 15 .400 8
Boston 11 17 .393 8tt
Baltimore 8 19 .296 11
Thursday's Remits
Boston 12, Kansas City 7
Washington 3, Cleveland 0
Chicago 6, Baltimore 2
Only games scheduled
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
Brooklyn 22 4 .846
New York 13 11 .542 II .
Milwaukee 14 12 .538 8
Chicago 14 14 .500 9
St. Louis 10 12 .455 10
Pittsburgh 11 15 .423 11
Cincinnati 9 16 .326 12"i
Philadelphia . 8 .17 .320 13(4
Thursday's Results
Milwaukee 2, Brooklyn 1 (12 in
nings) Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 0
New York at St. Louis, rain
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, rain
It's getting so that only some
time guys, castoffs and sore arms
pitch no - hitters in the major
leagues any more. The big name
pitchers just come close.
Toothpiok-chewin' Sam Jones, a
(-4 right-hander whom Cleveland
gave up on because of a sore
arm, added to the trend by hand
cutting Pittsburgh's Pirates with
out a hit in a 4-0 victory for -the
.Chicago Cubs yesterday.
It was the first no-hitter since
last June 12, when Jim Wilson
stopped Philadelphia cold 2-0 for
the Milwaukee Braves. Wilson had
been around since 1945,' getting
trials with the Boston Red Sox,
St. Louis Browns and the Phila
deluht A'a before ioining the
Braves in Boston in '51. Now he's,
with Baltimore. -1
One in 1953 I
The most recent no-hit success i
before Wilson's was the 6-0 job
a lad named Bobo Holloman hum; I
on the Athletics for the Browns
in 1953. He did it in his first start
for St. Louis, but won only two
Straffon Signed
As Drain Coach
A former Roseburg semi - pro
baseball player, Ray Stratum, has
been hired to coach basketball
and baseball at Drain High
School.. He replaces Del Dungey
who has resigned.
Stratton, who will also assist in
football at Drain, has orched bas
ketball and- baseball for the past
two years al Harmon, ho will also
handle social studies and physical
education at Drain.
At Bandon be compiled a base
ball record of 22-2. His current
team is undefeated. His basket
ball record over the same period
was 26 games won and 24 lost. He
is a graduate of the University of
Oregon in 1950.
Dungey resigned the Drain post
alter three years there He has
not indicated where he might be
next employed.
He coached baseball for the past
two years and basketball for three
season. In his first season at Drain
he was an assistant footoall coach
to Ernie Cornea. He is a 1950
firaduate of the University of Port-and.
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more that season while losing
seven. From there he trailed off
to the minors,
You have to go back to 1952
before -you find names like Virgil
Trucks and Carl Erskine in the
nohitter list. Since then, the big
guys in the majors have just
missed.
Jones 29, made it tough on him
self at Wrigley Field yesterday bv
walking the bases full with none
out in the ninm.
Then he dug deep and threw
just one more pitch outside the
strike zone while fanning Dick
Groat, Roberto Clemente and
Frank Thomas to become the first
Cub to hurl a no-hitter in 40 years
and the first Negro ever to do it
in the majors.
Wslks Seven
Jones, part of the winter deal
that sent Ralph Kiner to Cleve
land, walked seven and fanned six.
The Cubs backed him up nicely
in the field and tagged loser Nel
son King and Vern Law for 15
hits, one Ted Tappc's homer.
The lone other National League
game also was spectacular. Del
Crandall broke it in in the 12th
with a home run off Ed Roebuck
his first hit in 24 at bats that
gave Milwaukee a 2-1 victory over
Brooklyn, The Dodgers now have
lost two striaght, after winning 22
of 24.
Rain postponed Philadelphia at
Cincinnati and New York at St.
Louis.
In the American, Maury MeDer
molt and Washineton broke Cleve
land's winning streak at six games
by a 3 0 count, beating rookie Herb
Score despite only two hits off the
lefty in six innin"s. Chicago beat
Baltimore 6-2 with four runs in
Baltimore 6-2 with four runs in
the ninth and Boston whacked
Kansas City 12-7. Detroit and New
York were idle.
Williams Reports
To Red Sox Camp
BOSTON 11 A weary Ted
Williams arrived in Boston by
plane Friday to rejoin the Red
Sox for whom he swung a mighty
bat many years.
He posed briefly for photograph
ers, shook hands with one of a
handful of fans then left to get
a few hours sleep before going to
Fenway Park to huddle with Gen.
Mgr. Joe Cronin.
Ted's decision to return to the
baseball wars after having an
nounced his retirement came
Wednesday minutes after a Miami
court decided on terms of his di
vorce settlement.
How soon he gets into action de
pends on Ted alone, according to
cronin ana tieia ooss Mine jug
gins. - Higeins nut it this way:
" "It'll take him some time. I
don't know how long, to get so he
can follow the ball again, that
lakes a little doing.
THURSDAY'S STARS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
1 PITCHING Sam Jones, Cubs
Walked the bases full in the
ninth,, then fanned the next three
batters to register the first no-
hitter of the season and the first
by a Negro in the majors, beat
ing Pittsburgh 4-0.
HITTING Gus Zernial, Ath
leties Belted two home runs
taking the major league lead with
10. that drove home four of the
A's runs in a 12-7 defeat by Bos
ton.
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6 The News-Review, Roseburg,
Local Summer
Staging Player
All three of Roseburg's baseball
empires are thriving, for the pres
ent, at least
And all have problems in com
mon bond.
Whereas in the early stages the
difficulty was one of financial as
surance, now the obstacle is cor
alling the necessary manpower.
The Roseburg semi-pro Chiefs
are definitely "in" the Southern
Oregon League as of last week,
and the principal problem con
fronting moguls is seeking out the
necessary baseball talent.
Team manager Hal Zurcher has
just completed a swing through
the Willamette Valley for prospec
tive signees, and though he re
ports "nothing definite yet," he
says that indications "are encour
aging." He expects to have a pretty
clear idea of a team lineup in
about 10 days. The Chiefs begin
olav at Medford May 28.
The Roseburg Evergreen League
entry the Eagles, reports, that
about 10 players were present for
its initial practice last Sunday, in
cluding "most back from last
year's hustling team."
Kindred Returning
To Meet Pederson
Big Don Kindred, the headbut
ting Nemo star, has returned to
Oregon and claims that lie is mak
ing a special trip up here Satur
day night just to get even with
Eric Pederson who neat mm me
last time out.
He Bets a chance to get his
revenge in Saturday night's fea
ture match of a double main event
card at Uie Armory.
Pederson says that he has no
fear of Kindred and '.hat if he
doesn't beat him, he will leave the
state and go back to California
and his uranium prospecting. The
match was signed with the stipula
tion that the loser leave the state.
' Pederson, who favors the full
nelson, will be? outweighed by
some 20 pounds, but his raw cour
age and terrific strength figure to
easily make up for that. It will be
his first Roseburg appjarance in
several weeks. Kindred has been
wrestling in the San Francisco
area.
The first half of the .louble main
sends Bulldog Bud Curtis post ward
against dashing Danno McDonald.
Curtis is described as "easily the
cream of the rouglitcs nuw appear
ing in the Northwest." He played
guard for Arizona State in football
and uses that rugged ability in
the Wn&
McDonald's standing baekbreak
er ic a wicked hold which he will
be trying to get lo pull an upset
on favored Curtis.
Both halves of the double main
are for 45 minutes or the best of
three falls.
The special event for 20 minutes
or one fall matches the popular
Irish Red McKim against Jerry
Woods. McKim is a former AAU
champion from Oklahoma A & M.
Last week. Woods. th3 national
TV star, defeated Oino Nicolini in
a dandy match and is again favor
ed here Saturday.
Bearcats Win Twin Bill
To Close On NWC Title
FOREST GROVE. Ore. I -Willamette
took both ends of a
baseball double-header from Pa
cific University Thursday, 8-2 and
:t(l, and moved to within a game
of the Northwest Conference cham
pionship. The Bearcats can clinch Hie
title by winning one of two games
scheduled with Lewis Si Clark
Saturday at Portland.
BASEBALL
GAME OF THE DAY
TOMORROW
DETROIT TIGERS
VS
NEW YORK YANKEES
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1 PM.
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Baseballers
Talent Hunt
The Eagles report that "we have
temporary use of Finlay Field,"
and we expect to hold practices
again tonight at 5 p.m. and on Sun
day afternoon. Play in the Ever
green League begins June 5.
Vic Lewis' old-timers' baseball
enterprise "will know definitely
where we stand by next week."
"We will know," reports Lewis,
"how many are going to play and
if we are going to have it by
then. We will find out when the
school grounds (Finlay Field) are
open to us."'
There was a turnout of six pros
pects at the most recent practice.
No date for a second practice was
given.
Hardtop Races
Slated To Start
First hardtop 'auto races of the
season are slated to bcjin Sunday,
May 22 at the Roseburg Speedway.
Hardtop officials have been hard
at work in recent days iltempting
lo get the track back into good
shape after winter damage. They
indicate that everything will be
ready for the first show in a week.
Most of the same fieid of cars
that has been on the trjck during
the past two years will be racing
again this year. Coos Bay racing
association cars are also expected
on the track for the opening pro
gram. There has been no major over
hauling on the track plant itself
during the offseason. Major im
provements were made ihere afler
me first season ol racing in l!)a3.
Sunday programs will start at
1:30 with time trials and the regu
lar racing agenda follows, starting
at 2:30.
1,400 Tracksters Set
For West Coast Relays
FRESNO, Calif. Wl Hot weath
er and an expertly conditioned
Ratcliffc Stadium arena are in
prospect for nearly 1,400 athletes
Saturday in the 23th West Coast
Relays.
World, Olympic, Pan American
and national record holders aTT
assortment that adds up lo 23
champions will enjoy perfect
competitive conditions in their el
forts to break records. The spot
light is likely to be on Wes San-
tec's try for the 4-minute mile.
Southern California, the peren
nial national track champion, is
seeking its 10th straight relays
team title. The Trojans expect
uotime trom ulla, Mantora and
Occklental, which also are rated
among the nation's five best col
legiate teams. The Trojans have
won the championship here 22
times .
Fishing Prospects 'Slow'
In Umpqua River System
The weekly fishing raport of the
Oregon Slate Game Commission
called last week's trout and sal
mon fishing conditions on the
Umpqua River system "general
ly slow.
The streams of the upper and
middle Umpqua River area were
higher and turbid from melting
snow. Lower Umpqua River spring
Chinook angling is poor, with con
tinued warm weather, prospects
for the coming weekend do not
appear much better, tributaries
not draining the Cascades may
supply lair trout lisning.
Some catfish are bein(; taken in
the Elklon-Sawyer rapids vicinity.
Smith River' cutthroat angling is
good. Loon Lake trout angling is
fair.
TO
CONCLUSION
Church, Lumber
Teams On Top
In Twilight Loop
TWILIGHT LEAGUE
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L Pet.
0 1.000
0 1.000
Methodist Church
Wilbur Lumbtr
Copco
Post Office
News-Review
PAL Club
VA All-stars
BLM
Christian Church
VA Employees
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2
1
0 1.000
1 1
.500
1 1
1 1
1 1
0 1
.500
.500
.500
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.000
Wins during the week have put
Methodist Church and Wilhur Lum
ber at the top of the YMCA Twi
light Softball League.
The Methodist Church team beat
the VA All-Stars 12-7 in a Thurs
day night game for its second
league win. Wilbur handed defend
ing tournament champion BLM a
17-13 setback in a postponed game
and then handled PAL Club by a
9-5 margin.
In other results, News-Review
won its first game in two years,
taking the VA Employees 12-7 and
the Post Office dc.'eated the Chris
tian Church 8-2.
VA All-stars 010 06-7 8 2
Methodist Ch. 100 2912 10 5
Harold and Charlie: Todd and
Ricketts.
PAL Club 003 115 6 2
Wilbur Lbr. 231 3x 9 7 3
Daniels and Reitman, Stovall
and Baker.
Christian Ch. 000 002 1 3
Post Office 008 Ox 8 6 2
Morgan and Marr; Beat and Al
len. News-Review 043 2312 10 4
VA Emp. 103 30 7 8 2
ABC Name Team
Fails In Title Try
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Iff) An
American Bowling Congress team
championship remains about the
only title which has escaped the
current edition of Stroh's Beer of
Detroit. '
The Stroh's made their annual
team bid Thursday night and post
ed only a 2,934 series, which
doesn't even put them in the top
10. Stroh's won the ABC cham
pionship in 1934 but with an en
tirely different roster.
Stroh's got off to a fast start
with a 1,043 game but faded to a
934 and closed with a 957. Only
Tom Hennessey managed a 600
series. He roiled games of 225,
181 and 223 for 629.
For the first time in five days,
one change was recorded in the
standings Thursday. Tony Dobosz
and Roland Pauch of Chicago com
bined for a 1,274 total, good for
10th place in doubles.
A
with more
good taste
6 PROOF
Glide Captures T Baseball
Title By Beating Riddle, 5-1
By JIM VANCE
This appears to be a year of
banner individual prep track per
formances in the stale, and the
Portland high schools have been
attracting the most attention.
Mark Robbins, who is undefeat
ed in three years, has already been
"out-timed" three times in t h e
city. The fastest is a 4:28.6 by a
Grant boy, Roger Stoutt. Robbins
has gone 4:30.6 in his quickest.
One Portlander has run the half
mile a fraction under two minutes,
1:59.5, and a pair have done 9.9
in the 100-yard dash. A couple
more bave been doing the high
hurdles near the :15 flat mark
through most of the season.
THE 220-YARD daoh has been
done in 21.9 by Roosevelt racer
Julius Strong, and that school's re
lay team did the relay in 1:31.4,
and that's four .seconds faster than
the Marshfield team did in win
ning the subdistrict relay here last
weekend.
Downstaters need take no back
seat in the field events, however.
Here, the Portland contenders are
definitely behind. In fact, with the
likes of Bill Henderson, Rudy Mor
gan, Hod Schepman, W i 1 1 a r d
,-Reeve, Bob Richmond and Jay
Wilson, all from the Coos-Douglas
subdistrict, this area has the state's
best. Portland schools resumed the
discus and javelin this year after a
layoff of 10 years or so.
Rcedsport, a champion in t h e
Coast League's major sports year
in, year-out, took fourth place in
the league's annual track meet
last weekend with 16 points.
THAT 79-MATCH tennis winning
streak reported Wednesday by a
New York high school was at Nott
Terrace High school. The streak
lasted eight years before broken
by a school called Mont Pleasant.
The score was 5-2.
In watching Roseburg lose its
first team match in 72 here Wed
nesday, it was easy to see useless
ness of it all. North Bend is easily
the equal of the Indians and cer
tainly was the master of them in
mid-week.
No excuses need be made. But
so many of those close ones, it
seemed, were hitting just barely
on the wrong side for the champs
and just barely on the right side
for the challengers.
It was a much closer match
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than that 6-1 score indicates. Jim
Powell, who lost that final S-7 set
that ended it all, needed but one
point on four occasions to win that
mat-Mi that wniilrl hnvi made a
team score of 3-1 instead of 4-0.
And in the first doubles maten.
with the cause already lost, Steve
Uall an1 firmer Dnnaca lost the
first set 10-8 after needing one
point on seven occasions oetore to
win it 9-7. But then there's always
those days.
HERE'S THE LATEST on Doug
las County's baseball pros. There
is no word yet on Mike Coen from
the Three-I League in the mid
west. Last week, Glenn Elliott picked
up win number one on the mound
for Portland, working six innings
and giving up two hits. He is now
1-0. Myrtle Creek's second pitching
contribution, Clyde DeWitt, toiled
in two games last week and drop
ped one of them for a season's rec
ord of 0-1. In the two games he
worked five innings, gave up five
hits, walked five and struck out
four.
William Cade of Oakland went
hillward in three games for Phoe
nix. Arizona without winning or los
ing. He gave up seven hits in eight
innings,, walked six and tanned u.
He is 0-2 on the vear.
Reedsport's Carl Peterson, with
san Diego, nit .za tor me wuea
and is now .287 for the season.
TRIES FOR 28
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when he faces strong-jawed Ralph
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DOUGLAS LEAGUE
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Glide 5 1.001
Camas Valley 3 i ,M0
Riddle 2 2 .500
Elkten 1 2 .333
Oakland 1 1 .250
Yoncalla 1 4 .200
Glide defeated Riddle 5-1 Thurs
day to win the Douglas B League
baseball title ' and make a clean
sweep of 'the league hardware for
major sports in the current school
year. Earlier, Wildcat teams had
won the football and basektball
championships.
Glide Coach Jack Forsyte call
ed on sophomore Dick Smith to
do the hurling and the 6-0 right
hander responded with a four-hitter
behind flawless support.
Glide hitters, meanwhile, led by
Dick and Allen Smith, and Danny
Kennie, poled out nine hits to earn
all five runs.
The winners tallied twice in the
second on a single by Smith, a
walk to Duke Bevans and Kennie's
two-run base hit.
In the third, Wayne Kennaday
hit safely, Gene Polley got on base
via a fielder's choice and Dick
Smith homered to deep left center.
Another run was scored in the
fourth on Kennie's single, which
was turned into third bases when
the right fielder bobbled the ball
and Allen Smith's double.
Riddle registered in the sixth on
Bill Edward's three base hit and
a single by Jim Bndicott.
Smith struck ten for Glide and
walked four. Edwards struck out
four and pitched one walk.
Leading hitters for Glide were
Allen Smith with a double and a
triple, Kennie and Dick Smith with
2-3 apiece. Frank Raulston, Rid
dle third baseman, hit 24.
Glide meets the winner of the
Coos-Curry league for- the district
title, but no game date has been
set yet.
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Glide 00 1Q0 x 5 9 0
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