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Newspaper Page Textfamm Minus Chureh Tifil 5 vMih THE FAMOUS RALEIGH TIGERS, one of the top ranking teams of the Negro American League, will clash with the Roseburg White Sox in on exhibition game scheduled for Monday at Legion Field at 8 p.m. The Tigers are one of the top touring Negro ball clubs in America, offering a fast, aggresive brand of baseball for the fans. Com- Packed Weekend Roseburg's White Sox are due to take to the road (or three days then return to Legion Field for an exhibition game against the Ra leigh Tigers, one of the top Negro touring teams in the nation. Tonight the White Sox open the crowded agenda with a practice same against the Eugene Ducks The clash with the league-leading Ducks is set for Bethel Park at 8 p.m. daylight time. Saturday, Fire Danger Now At Peak The Oregon Game Commission reminded sportsmen that parts of the state now are In their most extreme fire peril at any time this year and that everyone going afield during the months aneaa must exercise special care. Phil Schneider, state game di rector, pointed out that the woods , and range lands are especially dry following two winters of light snow fall and limited spring rains which have not been sufficient to pene trate the soil. Adding to the dan ger is a heavy growth of grass and annuals now in the drying stage. Eastern Oregon water holes and creeks are the lowest of any time in the past several years. A fire of any kind cannot only mean the loss of vegetation on al ready critical watersheds, Schneid er stressed, but also the loss of fishing, hunting, and recreational opportunities for many years to come. :- ' ) ' i I hi -4 I lit4 fel '.THESE CHINOOK SALMON were caught in the North ; Bend area. Left is Harold Hall of Roseburg and the angler ;ot right W. C. Wallace, mayor of Norway, Ore. (Harless Sport Shop) . : Sports In Brief J By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOOTBALL I PHILADELPHIA Judge Allan X. Grim, of the U.S. District Court, ruled that the National Football League's television con tract with the Columbia Broad casting System for 1961-62 was invalid because it violated anti trust laws. TENNIS CHICAGO Fifth-seeded Don Dell of Bethcsda, Md., scored an upset in the quarterfinals of the National Clay Courts Tennis Tour nament, eliminating the Wimble don finalist, Chuck McKinley. GOLF t MILWAUKEE Don Massen gale and Fred Hawkins fired 65's to tie for the lead in the opening round of the Milwaukee Open. i RACING :iNGLEWOOD, Calif. - Windy Sands ($33.40) took the $21,900 Lakes and Flowers Handicap at Hollywood Park. ! Five of Michigan State's 1961 football rivals Wisconsin, Michi gan, Notre Dame, Purdue and Northwestern have been Spar tan grid foes for mora than 40 years. Braullo Baeza, who won the Bel mont with 65 to 1 Sherluck, start ed riding at 15 in his native Pan ama. His father and grandfather were jockeys, (- the Sox will travel to North Bend for a single outing against the Coos Bay-North Bend Lumber jacks in Oregon State League competition. Saturday's game is scheduled for 8 p.m., while a doublcheader at North Bend is set for isunday at 1:30 p.m. Monday the local semi-pros will be back in town to host the Tigers in a single game at 8 p.m. The 1961 version of the Raleigh Tigers is managed by Ralph Fort- son, hard-hitting first sacker from Newark, N.J. Fortson led the team in home runs last season with 33. Another top star for the invading Tigers is Robert Fowl er, 21 year old catcher from Bir mingham, Ala. Paul Carson, the long-ball-hit- ting second baseman for the Tigers is 19 years old. while general manager James Austin recently signed Johnny Gilliam, three-letter athlete from Alcorn College in Mississipp. The pitching staff for the Tigers is headed by a brother combina tion in the form of righthander Henry Garrett, and lefthander John Garrett from Greenville, S.C. James Drummond was the sur prise of the 1960 club and is back serving as a pitcher and an out fielder again this year. Another top hurler for the Tigers is 19-year-old Billy Christmas, who was the ace hurler for the North Caro lina high school champs this spring. Last year the Tigers had a 92-28 record for the soason, and, to date, have been even more im pressive this year, ihe ligers Pee Wees Feature Good AMERICAN LEAGUE (11 and under) W L Pet. GB North Roseburg 8 1 .889 Roseburg No. 1 5 2 .714 2 Roseburg No. 2 5 3 .625 2H Glide 5 4 MS 3 Fremont 4 4 .500 3'i Riverside X 2 5 .286 5 Green x 2 5 .286 5 Eastwood 0 7 .000 7 x played to tie NATIONAL LEAGUE (13 and under) W L Pet. GB North Roseburg 8 1 .889 Fremont 7 2 .778 1 Glide x 6 2 .750 lit Riverside x 5 2 .714 2 Roseburg No. 1 2 5 .286 5 Eastwood 1 8 .143 6 Green 1 6 .143 6 Roseburg No. 2 1 7 .125 6!4 x plaved to tie CONTINENTAL LEAGUE (It and under) W L Pet. GB Green 6 0 l.ooo Roseburg No. 2 3 2 .600 2li Fremont 3 2 .600 2h Roseburg No. 1 2 2 .500 3 North Roseburg 1 4 .200 4 '4 lame o 5 .000 5U No-Hitter Pitched No-hitters by Dick Williams and Mike Sullivan sparked the base ball action at Green in Thursday's )?1 -M lb posed mainly of young ployers the Tigers have sent many major league stars up the ladder of success since being organized in 1946. Mike Coen has been nomed as the starting pitcher for the local semi-pro team, while no starter has been named for the Tigers. Due For White Sox were founded in 1948 and played in the Negro Southern League at that time. During their stay in the Southern League, the Tigers sent such stars as Charlie Neal of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wes Coving ton of the Kansas City Athletics, Milt Smith of the St. Louis Car dinals and "Mudcat" Grant of the Cleveland Indians up to the ma jor leagues. The Tigers are reported to be a colorful ball club specializing in fast action and spectatular base ball for the fans. Against the Tigers, manager Mike Coen, ex-Sacramento hurler, will handle the pitching duties. Coen is also set to see some action tonight against, the Ducks as scheduled starter Gene Wagner is out with an absessed tooth. Record 6-1 Coen currently has a 6-1 record for the Sox, and has an earned- run average of 1.32. Wagner should be ready for relief work in the weekend series at North Bend, as well as for Monday's outing. Wagner has the top ERA for Ihe White Sox with a 1.12. Starting assignments for the out ings with the Lumberjacks will go Sports Calendar Friday Baseball Cottage Grove Legion vs. Rose burg Legion, 6:30 p.m. double header, Legion Field, Roseburg. Myrtle Creek Legion vs. Oak- ridge Legion, 8:30 p.m. double header, Oakrldge. Drain Legion vs. North Eugene Legion, 3 p.m. doubleheader, North Eugene. Roseburg White Sox vs. Eugene Ducks, 8 p.m. Bethel Park, Eugene. Hardtop! Hardtop Races, 7:30 p.m. time trials, 8:30 p.m., Races, Roseburg speedway. Softball Church League First Baptist vs. Faith Lutheran. p.m., Veteran's Hospital Dia mond I. First Methodist vs. First Chris tian, 6 p.m., Veteran's Hospital Diamond 11. Saturday Baseball Roseburg White Sox vs. Coos Bay-North Bend Lumberjacks, 8 p.m.. North Bend. Softball Church League Latter Day Saints vs. Vet Pa tients, 4 p.m., Veteran's Hospital Diamond I. North Roseburg vs. Nazarcne, 4 p.m., Veteran's Hospital Dia mond II. Church of God vs. Green Com munity Church, 6 p.m., Veteran's Hospital Diamond I. St. George's Episcopal vs. Mel rose Community Church, 6 p.m., Veteran's Hospital Diamond II. round of Pee Wee action. Williams tossed a near-perfect no-hitter as he kept Green's 16 and undcr's perfect league record. Facing the North Roseburg (Win chester) squad, Williams struck out 10 and issued one free pass as he recorded an 11-0 victory. Green scored five runs in the third inning to clinch the win, then added six more in the fourth. Don Coolcy's home run paced the fourth inning roily. Dick Flink, star Green outfielder, was injured dur ing the contest and will be out for the rest of the season. North Roseburg continued to set tho pace in the 11-and-under and 13-and-under action with wins over Green by 2-0 and 5-2 scores. Sullivan struck out seven as he threw a no-hittcr in the 11-and-under game for North Roseburg. The winning runs scored for the visitors in the top of the third frame. Tom Hoskott was the win ning pitcher in the 13 and under contest. Perfect Game Pitched Bill Correll pitched a perfect game to lead the Glide 11-and-un-ders to a 10 victory over Roseburg No. 2 in Pee Wee action Thursday. Correll faced nine batters in the three-Inning affair as he retired the visitors in order. In addition i to Steve Clark, Bob Whipple and either John Livingston or Ron Beamer. The starting infield for the White Sox will find Terry Markham at first base. Dave Cellers at second Rod Trask at third and Jim Dietz at short tonight against the Ducks. In the outfield, Coen will have Les Bogner in left, Livingston in cen ter and Kick bummers in ngnt Sharing the catching chores for the Roseburg nine will be ex South Eugene star Tom Myers and ex-University of Oregon backstop Dick McClain. McClain is set to start tonight, then will handle one of Sunday's outings. Top Hitters Named McClain and Beamer are cur rently the top hitters for the local team, both swatting the ball at near a .450 clip. Dietz and Bogner are both over .300, while Living ston leads in RBl's with 15. Beamer will miss tonight's game, but will be ready for the series with the Lumberjacks. Coen will not be able to attend the games at North Bend and will be replaced by George Sanders and Ken Ayres as head of the local team. Chiefs Commit Host Of Errors By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Wenatchee Chiefs were holder! Friday of a Northwest League baseball record but one they are hardly proud of. The Chiefs committed 10 errors Thurs day to exceed by one the mark held jointly by Lewiston and Yaki ma. The bobbles benefitted the Ya kima Bears who took a 7-3 deci sion to pull a full game in front of second-place Lewiston. Tn- Cities made it two in a row over Lewiston, downing the B rones 8-4 ana Eugene took a 10-mmng con test with Salem 4-3. Wenatchee miscues led to four Yakima runs. Seven of the bob bles were made by infielders, with shortstop Ken Hubbs tagged with three of them. Kerry Buckner drove in two Bear runs with sin gles and Eddie Crawford banged out a pair of doubles for the win ners. Bill Barraclough's three - run homer in the second gave Tri- Citics a 4-1 lead it never relin quished. Lewiston fought back with Jim Small's solo homer in the eighth and a two-run circuit clout by Bill Bryan in the ninth, Chico Heron also homered for Tri- Cities. Winner Fred Rick gave up six hits in winning his ninth in 20 outings. Eugene came back from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game in the eighth and send it into overtime. Ron Phifer's solo homer that came when Jim Barbicri missed a shoestring catch brought in the tying counter. The Emerald's won it with Jeff Koss's run-scoring double. to his pitching, Correll collected a base hit and scored the winning run in the bottom of the second inning. Glide also picked up a victory in the 13-and-under game, coming out on top, 7-4, over Roseburg No. 2. Steve Anderson was credited with the win, though he was re lieved in the fifth inning. A two-run rally in the top of the seventh kept Roseburg No. 2 from being whitewashed in the trip to Glide as the Roseburg 16-and-un-der team came through with a 7-6 win. Dave Sevall handled the pitch ing for the winners and retired Glide in order in the bottom of the seventh after his teammates had given him a one-run margin in the top of the stanza. Teams Split Wins Roseburg No. 1 and Riverside split a pair of Pee Wee games Thursday at Finlay Field, with Roseburg winning the H and un der game, then falling to the Riv erside 13-and-unders. In the 11-and-under action Rose burg No. 1 squeezed out a 3-1 win as Doug Richmond handled the pitching. Completing the bat tery for the winners was Jim Cave, while Fred Worsley suffered the loss. Riverside unleashed a powerful hitting attack to win the 13-and- Beavers Lose Fourth Straight By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Portland Beavers Thursday lost their fourth straight Pacific Coast League baseball game, bow ing 10-6 to Vancouver. The Mounties gained a total of 16 hits off three Portland pitch ers. Beaver starter Glenn Mc- Minn gave up the first six runs. Carl Greene was credited with the victory. Meanwhile, Seattle, battling to regain first place in the league, put on a one-game demonstration of "How To Get 'at in Baseball' with Spokane's luckless Indians. The Rainiers, who sometimes couldn't buy a basehit while try ing to halt Tacoma's recent suc cessful drive to the top, got 18 of them en route to a 16-1 decision over the Indians. Giants Win But despite the barrage, the Seattle nine stayed two games behind the Giants who made it three straight over the San Diego Padres 2-1. Vancouver swept a three-game series with Portland, dropping the Beavers 10-6 in the finale at Van couver. Salt Lake City beat Ha waii 8-z. Seattle's win made it two-out-of- three against Spokane, tied with San Diego in sixth place, but the schedule toughens again as the Rainiers move to Vancouver for three games with the Mounties. Vancouver is in third place, only a game behind the Rainiers. Tacoma, meanwhile, will re main at San Diego to close out a seven-game stand. Hawaii stayi at salt Lake City but Portland moves to Spokane. Homer Hif Seattle started its attack with the first Spokane pitch, Dave Mann lifting it over the left field fence for a homer. Lou Clinton also homered, with a man aboard, before the inning ended. Mann hit his second round-tripper of the night in the fourth with one on. Clinton and Harry Malmberg had four-for-five for the evening. In juries forced Spokane to shuffle the lineup. Outfielder Dan Bow man played third and also pitched. Catcher Mike Napoll went to third when Bowman was sent to the mound. Two of the league's leading hurlers, Ron Herbel for Tacoma and Joel Horlen for San Diego, matched six-hitters. Herbel struck out eight and Horlen seven. Two of the three runs were homers. Bill Hain circled the bases in the fourth and Joe Taylor hit one for the Padres only tally in the seventh. the first five innings. Portland Salt Lake City scored three runs in the third inning-featured by Max Alvis' lead-off homer-and that was the needed cushion. Bobby Balcena homered for Ha waii. Oregon Coast Tourney To Draw 300 Golfers ASTORIA (AP) More than 300 golfers will compete in the 51st annual Oregon Coast Golf Tourna ment which will open here Sun day.. There will be three divisions in the six-day tourney senior men, men and women. Attendance Holds Up COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) At tendance at minor league base ball games is running about even with last year s. despite a reduc tion of five cities and the loss of Minneapolis-St. Paul to the Amer ican League. In a midseason survey of all games played through the fourth of July, 69 clubs rcoprt attend ance dipped this year to 5,328,754 from 5.352,755 in 19t0. Pitching under contest by an 18 9 count Mike Anderson was the winning pitcher, while Larry Flynn, Mike Doyle, Jim Myers, Keith Andes. Glen Ezard, Mike Anderson and John McWhortcr set the pace at the plate. Andes had a perfect 4-4 game, and Doyle drove in three runs. Fremont Claims Win Fremont's 13-and-unders soared to an early lead, then held off tastwood s late rallies to grab a 10-7 victory in Pee Wee play Thurs day. Bob Purcival handled the pitch ing for the winners, scattering five hits over the route. Casey suf fered the loss as he was tagged for eight hits. Denny Sporcr and Jeff Guntner led the Fremont attack with iden tical 2-3 records at the plate. The big blow for Eastwood was a grand slam homer by catcher Kenny Cooper in the fourth inning. Fremont took a 4-1 lead with a four-run uprising in the second in ning, then went on to lead 7-1 at the end of three. Eastwood nar rowed the gap on Cooper's round tripper in the fourth, but Fremont iced the win with three in the bot tom of the inning. A scheduled 11-and-under game was postponed, and will be made up today at 5:30 p.m. 6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Drain And Myrtle Creek Winding Up Legion Slate Drain and Myrtle Creek will wind up their Legion baseball sea sons this weekend with a pair of doubleheaders planned for each squad, Today, Drain will travel to North Eugene for a 3 p.m. twin bill with the Dunham Motors nine, while South Douglas of Myrtle Creek will be at Oakridge for a pair starting at 6:30 p.m. Sunday will end league play for League Standings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS National League W. L. .. Pet. G.B. Cincinnati 56 36 .609 Los Angeles 54 37 .593 1V4 San Francisco .. 48 42 .533 7 Pittsburgh 44 39 .530 7V4 Milwaukee 43 43 .500 10 St. Louis J! 43 46 .483 1114 Chicago 38 51 .427 10V4 Philadelphia .... 27 59 .314 26 Thursday's Results Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 0 Los Angeles 10, Cincinnati 1 San Francisco 10, St. Louis 6 Today's Games San Francisco at Cincinnati (N) Los Angeles at St. Louis (N) Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (N) Chicago at Philadelphia (N) Saturday's Schedule Chicago at Philadelphia Milwaukee at Pittsburgh San Francisco at Cincinnati Los Angeles at St. Louis (N) American League W... L Pet. G.B. Detroit 60 33 .645 New York 58 32 .644 V4 Baltimore 51 42 .548 9 Cleveland 52 43 .547 9 Chicago 47 47 .500 13W Boston 44 51 .463 17 Washington 42 50 .457 17'A Los Angeles 39 54 .419 21 Minnesota 38 54 .413 21V4 Kansas City 33 58 .363 26 Thursday's Results Detroit 15, Baltimore 8 Cleveland 12, Boston U Only games scheduled Today's Games Cleveland at Minnesota Detroit at Kansas City (N) New York at Boston (N) Washington at Los Angeles (N) Baltimore at Chicago (N) Saturday's Schedule New York at Boston Baltimore at Chicago Cleveland at Minnesota Detroit at Kansas City Washington at Los Angeles (N) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. G.B. Tacoma 58 37 .661 Seattle 57 40 .588 2 Vancouver 58 43 .574 3 Portland 48 45 .516 9 Hawaii 45 56 .446 16 San Diego , 43 56 .434 17 Spokane 40 53 .430 17 Salt Lake City 38 57 .400 20 Thursday'! Results Tacoma 2, San Diego 1 Salt Lake City 8, Hawaii 2 Vancouver 10, Portland 6 Seattle 16, Spokane 1 Friday's Schedule Seattle (Hal Kolstad 9-2) at Vancouver (George Bamberger 8-3) 8 p.m. PDT. Portland (Weldon Mauldin 0-1) at Spokane (Rick Warren 2-2) 8 p.m. PDT. Tacoma (Georges Maranda 5-2) at San Diego (Lynn Lovenguth 3 5) 8 p.m. PDT. Hawaii (Bud Podbielan 1-6) at Salt Lake (Don Schaeffer 2-5) 8 p.m. JUST. NORTHWEST LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Yakima 13 6 .684 Lewiston 13 8 .619 1 Wenatchee 9 9 .500 3V4 Salem 9 10 .474 4 Tri-Cities 8 11 .421 5 Eugene 6 14 .300 IVi Thursday's Results Yakima 7, Wenatchee 3 Tri-Cities 8. Lewiston 4 Eugene 4. Salem 3 (10 innings) Friday's Schedule Eugene at Yakima Wenatchee at Lewiston Tri-Cities at Salem Light Heavyweight Title Goes On Block Aug. 29 SEATTLE (AP) NBA cham pion Harold Johnson puts his light heavyweight crown on the line against Seattle's Eddie Cotton in a title fight here next month. Aug 29 is the tentative date. Johnson's manager, Pat Olivieri approved a contract in New York Thursday. The agreement gives Johnson a guarantee of $20,000 and the privilege of 40 per cent of the gate, whichever is bigger. ROSE HOTEL'S ROSE ROOM Entcrtoinmtnt with Muiic Opn 10 AM Clow 2:30 AM Also Fin Din in 9 AH Doy Ore. Fri., July 21, 1961 both teams as Drain hosts Oak ridge, and Myrtle Creek will be invaded by Cottage Grove. Both Sunday doubleheaders are set to start at 2 p.m. Ran Cool. Dwight Pontius and Mike Blomberg are set to handle the pitching for the Drain squad. Pontius and Cool are the probable starters, with Blomberg set for re lief action. Cool, a flashy left hander, has been the mainstay of the Drain staff this season, and joins Pontius in the no-hit bracket for the year. Sharing the catching duties tor the northern Douglas County team will be Gary Cox and Jerry Reeves. Lonnie Risseeuw and Bob Allen are the probable starters for South Douglas. The two starters will get help from Ron Weakley and Tom Morrison if needed. Allen, a Glen- dale ace, recently recorded a win over South Eugene, while Risseeuw and Weakley were two of the main stays for the Riddle Irish in high school ball. Mike Markham, a recent eighth grade graduate, will be behind the plate for South Douglas. Auto Club's Rally Set This Sunday The Valco Auto Club is sponsor ing a "Hare-Hound rally Sunday. Those interested in attending should gather at the Roseburg High School parking lot at 10 a.m. The irst car will go out promptly at 10:15. Trophies will be awarded to the winners. It is not necessary to own a sports car in order to participate as the rally is a time and distance event and not a road race. Those attending should bring lunch for themselves, swimming apparel and fishing gear. Coffee will be furnished. PERFECT BALANCE means winning time in racing and winning taste in Carstairs compare... ior code No. 222B taste and price $ 70 Pint Code No. 222C r i Carstairs has perfect balance. It's light in body, yet rich in taste. That's why it's the choice of the man who cares. CARSTAIRS the perfectly balanced whiskey I'.sirn'wn h noor. n m.t kwiu LDS Scuttled By 26-3 Count Green won the YMCA Church League Softball title Thursday night with a lopsided 26-3 victory over tne Lauer-uay saints. , The victory gives the champs an 11-0 league mark with only one game remaining before the start of the best two-out-of-three playoff with Jackson Wholesale, the win ner of the Twilight League crown. The first game of the playoff will be held Monday at 6 p.m. on the Veteran's Hospital Diamond. The winner of the three-game series will advance to the district soft ball tournament. Lorentx Pitches Win Gary Lorentz pitched Thursday's win for the new champs, limiting LDS to a single hit in the first inning. Lorentz struck out three and walked eight as he had the op ponents hitting at the fielders. After battling to a 3-3 deadlock at the end of the first inning, Green started the merry-go-round with five runs in the top of the second to move out in front. Green continued to add to the margin with two runs in the third and one in -the fourth, then exploded for 15 counters in the top of the fifth. The 15-run uprising came on 12 hits as the winners ivA 19 bat ters to the plate. Three Homers Hit Home runs by Al Cummings, Don Olsen and Leonard Floth sparked the win. Other extra base hits included a triple by Don Wells and doubles by Jim Forney aifd Butch Richardson. Les For ney was 4-6 at the plate for the winners and Floth had a perfect 2-2 night. Jim Forney, Olsen and Richardson had identical 2-4 rec ords at the plate, while Cummings was 2-3. Don Lowe collected the lone hit for LDS in the three run rally in the first inning. Saturday the Church League champs will clash with the Church of God in their final league game, then open the playoff with Jack son Wholesale Monday. LINESCORE: R H E 352 1(15) 26 18 2 300 ; 0 3 1 7 Green LDS Batteries: Green; Lorentz and Cummings. LDS; Evans, Strink ling (2) and Miller. White Seal sfiuti. custum mstuim m, louimut rr. n UBSTAIK fegfj White Seal I vgfl - ' :