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Roseburg and Twin Falls will
meet at 6:30 tonight in the finals
for the championship of the west
ern regional American Junior Le
gion regional tournament at Ya
kima. Twin Falls won the right to meet
the Douglas County crew Monday
night when it downed lop-ranked
Billings, 30, behind the bril
liant two-hit pitching of right-hander
Robert Burch. The loss dump
ed the pre-tourney favorites out
of the running with their second
consecutive defeat.
Itoseburg's Lockwood Motor nine
assured itself of a lmals spot bav
urday night after defeating , its
first three opponents, Sitka 28-6,
Twin Falls 7-3 and Hillings 4
Rematch
Tonight's battle will be the sec
ond tussle between me two respec
tive counterparts. Twin Falls
bowed to Coach Hill Harper's lads
in their first meeting, 7-3, Friday
night, Dick Smith went the dis
tance while scattering six hits. Bri
an Thomson, ace righthander of
the Idaho aggregation, was tagged
with the loss.
The same two hurlers Will prob
ably lock horns again in the fea
ture battle. Twin Falls will need
a win in the, first game to keep
any possible title Hopes alive. A
win for Roseburg will bring an
immediate halt to the western re
gional spectacle. If a second game
is needed, it will commence at
the conclusion of the initial con
test. Then To Billings?
The winner of the five-day show
is slated to travel to Billings,
Mont, for a three-team sectional
showdown. Teams who will meet
there are winners of other western
regionals such as currently run
ning at Yakima.
Whoever comes out first at Bil
lings is set for one of the four
spots at tho national finals to be
held in Bismarck, N. D., next
month.
The balance of the Roseburg
lineup will be the same as that
which won over Twin Falls and
Billings. That would find Bill
Rudzik behind the mask, Ron
Bcamer at first, Bob McClellan
at second, Allen Lindbloom at
third and Larry Bissonctte in the
shortstop hole.
Outfielder
The outfield will consist of Dan
ny Kinnc in left, Bill Ocrding in
center and Jimmy Brown in right.
Ocrding will be around for relief,
should the need arise. If a second
game is needed. Ocrding will bo
tho mound nominee, says Harper.
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L-;f,A A hv 6 The NewJ-Raview, Roseburg, Ore. Tues., Aug. 21, 1956
Del McKay, well known local
radio announcer, wiU'fly to Yaki
ma, Wash., today and help broad
cast a play-by-play account of the
final Legion contest between Twin
Falls and Roseburg. The game will
originate from radio station KIT
in Yakima. It will commence at
6:30 p.m. and will be carried over
radio station KRXL, Roseburg,
commencing at 6:25.
The second game will also be
aired, if needed.
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RONNIE BEAMER
. . . has scouts buzzing
DEL McKAY
. . to air final
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' EUGENE M The University
of Oregon baseball coach pro
tested Tuesday against the signing
of a freshman pitcher by the St.
Louis Cardinals,
Earlier this summer Ralph
Coleman, Oregon State College
baseball coach, also had pro
tested the signing of a freshman
from his school by the Cardinals.
In each case, the scout who
recruited the players was Tony
Governor, Palo Alto, Calif. He
signed up Stan Thompson, a left
handed pitcher from Nyssa, Ore.,
last weekend.
"The signing of Thompson by
Governor and the Cardinals is
another in a series of crippling
blows which have been dealt
college baseball in the last few
years by some professional organ
izations and ' this one man in
particularly," said Don Kirsch,
the Oregon coach.
Minor Leagues
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Denver 9, St. Paul 8 (10 innings)
Omaha 13, Minneapolis 4
Only games scheduled
TEXAS LEAGUE
San Antonio 5, Fort Worth i
Tulsa 7-2, Houston 5-7
Only games scheduled
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Mobile 3, Memphis 0
Atlanta at Nashville, postponed,
rain
( Chattanooga at Birmingham, post
poned, rain
New Orleans 4, Montgomery 2
(1st game completion of July
j 22 suspended game; 2nd game,
postponed, rain)
Braves Boost National Lead 2Vi;
Pressure On Brooklyn, Cincinnati
Bevos Tipped
4-3 BySc&cfos
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W L Pet. GB
89 49 .645
78 59 .569 10'4
70 64' .522 17
65 71 .478 23
64 73 .467 24 V4
61 76
Los Angeles
Seattle
Hollywood
Portland
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
Vancouver
.445 27'4
60 75 .444 27VS
58 78 .426 30
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York
W L Pet. GB
.609
.588 2lh
68 50 .576 3'i
58 58 .500 12'4
55 59 .486 WA
.438 20
.412 22'4
44 68 .393 24 Ml
70 45
67 47
51
47 67
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nobody's won the pennant yet
in that hectic National League
race, but as of today the pressure
definitely is on Brooklyn and Cin
cinnati while the first-place Mil
waukee Braves, loaded with the
best pitching in the league, play
it cool behind Burdctle, Spahn and
Buhl.
Those three ton the NL's earned
run averages. Lew Burdette has
managed to knock off Cincinnati's
contending Kedlegs four times
without defeat. Bob Bum has beat
en Brooklyn's world ; champion
Dodgers six times without a loss.
Warren Spahn and Burdette
combined to salvage an important
split in the four-game, series at
Cincinnati. Spahn quieted the am
bitious Kedlegs Sunday, t n e n
came back in relief to get the final
out as Burdette beat them 3-1 on
a five-hitter last night.
The Braves lack the Kedlegs'
power, but they again made their
blows pay oil in the series tinaie,
riding in on home runs by Ed
Mathews and Joe Adcock al
though held to just four hits by
Brooks Lawrence.
It was the only game scheduled
in cither league and hoisted the
Braves into a 2'j-game lead as
they return to Milwaukee for a
home stand. Brooklyn, slated to
play five games against the Red
legs and Braves in five straight
days this weekend, has a one
game bulge over the third - place
Cincys at the moment.
Mathews 28th home run follow
ed a two-out second-inning triple
by Hank Aaron that broke through
Lawrence's hitlcss spell. Then
Adcock hammered his 30th homer
wilh two out in the sixth for the
Braves' third hit off the 16-7 right
hander, who now has lost five of
his last six decisions.
Burdette was rolling along on a
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three-hit shutout for eight innings,
Then rookie Frank Robinson wal
loped his 30th homer to lead off.
the ninth. A walk followed, but
Ted Kluszewski hit into a double
play that eased the situation for
Burdette.
But when Wally Post lined a sin
gle, Manager Fred Haney waved
in southpaw Spahn. He got Ed
Bailey on a game-ending ground
er. That nailed Burdettc's 16th suc
cess against seven defeats and put
his ERA at 2.46 tops in the majors.
Sports Calendar
TUESDAY
BASEBALL: American J u n I or
Legion; Western regional, Yak
ima. (Championship game).
Roseburg vs. Twin Falls, 6:30
p.m., second game to follow if
needed.
BOWLING: Mixed doubles, 7:30
p.m., Roseburg Bowling Alley,
WEDNESDAY
SOFTBALL: Twilight League: City
Drive In Market vs. Christian
Church, 6 p.m., Vets ball field,
makeup contest. -
BOWLING: Men's doubles, 7:30
p.m., Roseburg Bowling Alley.
RACING: Roseburg. Hoadrunners
Club, 7:30 p.m., Bruce Beer's
barn.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TENNIS
BROOKL1NE, Mass.' Davis
Cuppers Vic Seixas and Ham
Roger Becker and Mike Davies,
6-4, 9-7, 6-2, in the first round of
the national doubles.
GENERAL
VANDALIA, Ohio E. C. Dan
iell o Idalou, Tex., wonthe vet
eran's tiHe in the Grand Ameri
can trapshoot.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Buffalo 12, Rochester 2
Only game scheduled
PIONEER LEAGUE
Magic Valley 10-9, Potacello 5-1
Billings 6, Idaho Falls 4
Missoula 5, Great Falls 4
Boise 2, Salt Lake City 1
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sacramento's Danny Baich, aft
er driving in the first two Solon
runs, settled the game with
fourth - place Portland Monday
night with a tenth inning homer
that trimmed the Beavers 4-6,
Victory brought the Solons with
in Vh. games of the first division
in the Pacific Coast League.
In the fifth inning Baich tripled
in Al Heist and Joe Koppe. Sac
ramento tied the score with two
out in the ninth when Heist hom
ered. Steve Bilko slammed his 48th
homer and three singles to drive
in three runs as Los Angeles
coasted to a 12-1 victory over San
San Diego. The lone Padre
tally scored in the eighth when
relief pitcher Bob Kerrigan, one
of the league's weakest batters,
singled in John Merson. It was
Kerrigan's second hit of the season.
Reliable Elmer Singleton lost
his sixth game as Bob Purkey of
Hollywood held beattle to live
hits. The Stars won 6-2. Singleton
has won 16.
San Francisco and Vancouver
were idle.
Tom Saffell was taken out of
the Portland lineup in the fifth in
ning after he cracked his knee
against the center field fence
while chasing Baich's triple. Saf
fell singled and scored the first
run tn the opening frame on Jack
Littretrs double.
The Angel victory while Seattle
was losing restored Los Angeles'
league lead to lO'i games. While
the Angels were accumulating 17
hits, Dave Hillman limited the
Padres to lour hits, struck out
eight and walked only one. It was
his 16th win against five defeats.
Singleton got off to a bad start
with Danny Kravitz' two-run hom
er. The Stars followed it with two
more tallies in the second inning
when Carlos Bernier hit his 12lh
triple to drive in Paul Peltit and
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Having just returned from the
American Junior Legion western
regional baseball tournament at
Yakima, Wash., and still a mite
shaky after our first trip into outer
space, we take this opportunity to
pass on a few of the highlights
from the baseball spectacle.
First of all, the Lockwood Mo
tors gang has captured the back
ing of the hometown Yakima fans,
due mainly to thir fine sports
manship both on and off the field.
Also related to this writer, from
several Yakima rabid baseball
fans, was the fine hustle shown
by our gang of Legion baseball
ers. THE BACKING of the local
fans has been deeply appreciated
by the Roseburg aggregation as
il itanrlv record will attest. Any
who have played in the field of
competition know migmy wen uiui
the backing of the crowd is a big
advantage.
A big thanks also goes to the
manv fans here at home who have
pulled for the gang while glued
to the radio, not 10 meiiuuu me
many fine words of encourage
ment received by wire and tele
phone. . .
Eleven major league scouts are
on hand, representing most of the
big name teams. All of them are
drooling over the spectacular hit
ting and fielding of Roseburg's
Ron Beamer.
THE SMOOTH fielding left
hander has been fielding superbly
and his hitting is nothing short of
sensational, in the game against
Sitka, he rapped out four straight
hits, including a double and drove
across three runs.
Affainst Twin Falls, he collected
one hit in three trips. During the
game, Beamer scored two runs,
the latter on a theft of home in
a double steal with Dick Smith.
In the Bi inss thriller, the Kose-
burg ace rapped out 3-6, including
a three-run double off the left
field wall. The bases-loaded rap
drove starting pitcher Jim Neal
off the mound, and Roseburg went
on to post a 7-4 win.
In the three games to date, he
has handled 20 putouts without an
error, not to mention three that
were pulled out of the dirt on low
throws from teammates.
Over the three games his bat
ting average is .600. (9-15). This
leaves little doubt as to why the
big league scouts picked him as
unanimous first base on their all-
star team.
ALSO GETTING undivided at
tention is Bill Oerding. The wee
southpaw has been fielding and
hitting well, and his mound per
formance against Billings made
many in the park take note, es
pecially the group from the cow
boy state.
The reports had Oerding as a
junk hurler. Lefty soon erased all
doubts as to his ability with a
fast ball by setting seven down on
strikeouts over the route, most of
them with his hard one.
From what we observed of the
many pitchers on hand, Rose
burg's Dick Smith has to take a
back seat to none. The strong
Glide ace net down Twin Falls on
six hits and aided his own cause
greatly with a three-run clout over
the distant (360) left field wall.
We might add that it has been the
lone blast out of the park in the
show, although several have been
near the outfield barrier.
OVERLOOKED we think, dur
ing the all-star selections was
Bill Rudzik, the moon-faced catch
ing stalwart of the Lockwood
crew. Rudzik may not be the best
receiver in the tournament, but he
By BROWNIE ' VALDEZ
sure was the second best, in my
books.
Top rated pitcher in the meet
was Montana's Dick Montee. This
we agree with, but our vote for
the hardest throwing pitcher in
the tournament goes to his left
handed teammate Elwood Hahn.
Hahn came in during a relief -ole
against Roseburg and struck out
13 of the 18 men he faced. He re
tired the side three times on KO's
and got two more in two other
frames. He gave up three hits and
one earned run.
THIS MIGHT BE a wild guess,
but we would probably be safe in
stating that close to 100 ardent fol
lowers of the team have taken the
trip to Yakima over the weekend
to help boost the Lockwood gang
along. Many have stayed over.
An item we forgot to mention
during our writings last week was
the fact that the team entered the
tourney with brand-spanking new
uniforms. And of all the teams
taking part, Roseburg has to take
a back seat to none.
The uniforms are green pin
stripe (Yankee type) with green
lettering. Numbers on the backs
and fronts f the uniforms are a
bright fire engine red. New three
quarter length jackets were also
purchased. They are red with
white sleeves and the outstanding
combination makes a very attrac
tive set.
GREATEST PIECE of strategy
in the regional show to date came
in the initial contest between Sitka
and Roseburg. It took place in the
eight-run Roseburg sixth.
Roseburg had the bases loaded
as local batters were staging one
of the greatest batting attacks of
the year. Jerry Bergdoll was work
ing "for Sitka and was having a
tough time getting Roseburg bat
ters out. He was the third Alaska
pitcher used.
Bergdoll had already given up
four hits in the frame and had
the sacks loaded, due to control
trouble. When Oerding stepped up
to the plate, the Sitka team man
ager called time and waved left
hander Jerry Smith, the original
pitcher, back in from his left field
spot, to pitch against Oerdin?.
Oerding made a quick trip to
the bench and asked permission to
switch-hit. Harper, knowing the
ability of his lefty, nodded in ap
proval. OERDING ran back to the right
handed batter's box and teed off
on the first pitch thrown by Smith
lacing it sharply off the shortstop's
knee into left for a single that
scored two runs.
Oerding went grinning info sec
ond on the throw to the plate, the
coach was last seen bouncing his
hend into the wall.
One outstanding note on the
Alaska nine. We would be safe in
saying that of the 16 lads on the
roster, 12 of them smoke and
make no bones about hiding the
fact.
Worse yet. most of them will be
playing Legion baseball for the
next two or three years. . .
Roseburg and Twin Falls will
commence the championship bat
tle for the regional crown tonight
at 6:30 p.m. Lets all get bohind
the lads and give them our top
most support, and push them into
the sectional slated for Billings.
Jacobv Leads
Team To Win
Jim Jacoby rapped out a two
run homer and a brace of dou
bles, as he led the Lookingglass
Church Softball team to a rousing
18-5 victory over North Roseburg
in the final YMCA championship
playoff game Monday night at the
Fairgrounds Field.
The winners utilized a 14-hit at
tack while downing the North
Roseburg gang. They dented the
plate for a single run in the first,
four in the second, two in the third,
four in the fourth, four more in the
fifth and capped the onslaught with
inree in tne sixm.
The losers countered with two in
the first and three in the fourth
Ned Nay scattered six hits, walk,
cd four and struck out six over the
route for the win. Johnson was the
losing hurler. He gave up all 14
hits, hit another and walked eight.
Les Green and Lee Swift hit for
triples, and winning pitcher Nay
added a double to round out the
extra base hit parade. Dave Wylie
with 2-2, Roy Miller with 2-4, Nay
with 2-5 and Jacobv with 3-5 were
the leading hitters for the winners.
M. Stone was the leading hitter
for the losers with 2-4. Extra base
raps were collected by Brady
Montgomery, who hit a triple and
C. Stone, who rapped out a double.
Lookingglass also won (he
YMCA League title. They went
through the complete schedule
without a single setback, winning
11 games along the way.
Line score:
No. Roseburg 200 300 0 5 6 3
Lookingglass 142 443 x 18 14 3
Batteries: No. Roseburg John
son and Kolstad Lookingglass
Nay and Miller.
MONDAY'S STARS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PITCHING .
Lew Burdette, Braves Shut
out the robust Rprilpac nn thna
hits for eight innings, then needed
relief help for the final out in
gaining his 16th victory with a 3-1
decision.
HITTING
Ed Mathews, Braves Ham
mered his 28th home run, with a
man on, in 3-1 victory over Red-legs.
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