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Roseburg Loses To Nevada Champs, 11-9, Takes Third In Western Regional Tourney Five Runs Scored In 9th Inning As Lockwood 9 Fouqht To End 8 WINNING RUN Gordon Avery (No. 15) receives congratulations from Lockwood Motors team mates offer blasting a home run to give Roseburg o 5-4 victory over Pomona, Calif., in Saturday's Western American Legion Junior Regionals game. The win odvonced Rose burg into Sunday's play ogainst Hawthorne, Nev. The local nine lost an 11-9 decision to Hawthorne to finish third in the eight-team tournament at Bend. (News-Review Photo) Roseburg Swimmers To Race In Junior Olympics Tuesday A strong contingent of Roseburg. Fred McGinnis, with Pat Milei and awimmers will travel to Portland Mac Hirayama assisting. Sports Calendar Tuesday to compete in tha Ore ton Association Junior Olympics Long Course championships. , The Junior Olympics will open Tuesday, with the concluding ac tion set for Wednesday. Leading the local aquatic stars in the girls lOand-under competi tion will be Laurie McLaughlin. Miss McLaughlin will compete in tha freestyle and backstroke races. Ron i'rashour, Ricky Chile, Bob Pylc and Chris Longfellow will be in action for Roseburg in the boys 11-12 bracket. Frashour will swim the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, the SO-meler butterfly and a lap of the 200-meter relay. Longfellow will compete In the 50-metcr hrcaststroke, and join Frashour on the relay squad, while Clute and Fyle will be in the relay. Carrying Load Carrying the load in the 13-14 girls competition for Roseburg will he Diane Yates, Dana Rhoden, Mary Ellen I-orcnz, Patty Bis snnetle and Dcnice Doyle. Miss Yates will be a contender for hon ors in the 50-meter freestyle, the 100 meter breaststroke and join with Misses Lorenz, Rhoden and Bijsonclle in the relay. Miss Doyle will compete In the 200-meter individual medley, Miss J-orcnz will bo in the freestyle ac tion. Miss Bissonette will swim the 100-meter backstroke and Miss Rhoden will compete in the breast stroke with Miss Yates. Four boys, will represent Rose burg in the 13-14 age group, with Terry Fitzgerald swimming on Iho relay team, the 100-meter breast stroke, the 100-meter backstroke and the 50-meter freestyle. Rob Williams will see action in the re lay and the 100 and 50-meter free style and the relay. In addition to swimming a lap of the relay, Mike Bailey will compete in the 50-meter freestyle. Coach for the Roseburg team Is Watktnd Fights By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Caracas, Venczula Kder Jnfre, 118, Brazil, stopped Ramon Arias, 115(4, Venezuela, seventh round bantamweight title fight. New York Jorge Fernandez, 150, Argentina, defeated Isaac Logart, 147W, Cuba (10). Monday Ltglon Bas.ball Wttt.rn Regionals - Hawthorne (Nevada champions) vs. Phoenix (Arizona champions), finals, 8 p.m. (rDT), Bend. 8 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Mon., Aug, 21, 1961 Beavers Take Two From Tacoma Behind Hitting Of Gene Oliver By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hammerin' Gene Oliver Sunday provided the Pacific Coast league with the answer to who's going to slop the Tacoma Giants? The answer: Hammerin' Gene Oliver. Oliver hammered three homers and drove in eight runs to pace his Portland Beavers to ,10 0 and 10 4 victories over the Giants. It snapped their victory string at 16. It also ended a Portland losing streak at six. Despite the double loss the Gi ants were still 10V games ahead of the second place Mounties, who lost 6 4 to the Hawaii Islanders. Third-place Seattle gained two games on the Giants, and are now 13 back, with a 4-3, 5-4 sweep over Salt Lake City. San Diego and Spokane split, the Padres winning 1-0 and the Indians taking the nightcap 4-3. Only two games are on tap Monday. Hawaii winds up its stay at Vancouver and Seattle goes to Tacoma for a single game that ends the home-and-home schedule of the two teams. Portland backed up four-hit pitching by Glen McMinn in the first game with a 13 hit attack that Included Oliver's bases-loaded homer in the second inning. Oliver hit two onc on homers in the second game to run his season total to 27. WANTED! MEN -WOMEN Pro port now for U. S. Civil Ser vie fob openings In this arte during the neit 12 months. Government positions poy as high at $446.00 month to it art, They provido much gnat r security than private employ mtnt and excellent opportunity for advancement. Many posi tions rtquiro Httlo or no special ised education or experience. But to get ono of these jobs, you must pass a test. The com petition it keen and In some coses only one out of five past. Lincoln Service heSpt thousands prepare for these tests every year. It is on of the largest, and fastest growing privately owned schools of Irs kind and Is not connected with the Gov emment. For PRE! Information on Govern ment jobs, including list of posi tions and salaries, fill out cou pon and moil at once TODAY. You will also get full details on how you con qualify your self to pass these tests. LINCOLN SERVICE, Dept. 40 Pekin, Illinois I am very much Interested. Pleone send me absolutely FREE (I) A list of U. S. Government positions ond salaries; (2) Information on how to qualify for a U. S. Government Job. Name i - Age Address H City State Givo Exact Directions to1 Your Heme Hawaii scored three runs in the lop of the ninth to take the game away from Vancouver. Third baseman Ken Toothman, who once wore a Mount, e uniform, turned on his old team-mates, collecting a home run. two singles and pair of walks in five trips to the plate. He drove in two runs and scored three one on a third in ning homer. Seattle chased in four runs in the fourth inning of the opener and slaved off Salt Lake City rallies to preserve the victory. The K aimers scored four runs ir the first inning of the nightcap The Bees came back with a single run in the second and three in the fifth, Backto-biiek doubles by Bob Tillman and Marian Coughtry in the sixth won it for Seattle. Bob Bowman's ninth inning dou ble followed by three singles scored the three runs that won the nightcap for Spokane. San Diego won the opener in the top of the ninth on Ken KeUcr's single scoring Joe Taylor. Wrestling Matches Scheduled For Fair Matchmaker Kllon Owen an nminced today that he has signed a tag team match as the special Douglas County Fair match for Friday night. BinK Ki I .oe, the sensational Chi ncse from Hong Kong, will team up with the great Negro wrestler Lu ther Linilsey against Shag Thomas and Kurt von i'oppenheim. i Thomas is a bin 235 pound N'eg ro who was an All American guard for Ohio Stale a few years back He and I.indscy are built hcadbut tcrs, and they have no love fur each other. In fact, every time they have met on the mat in north em cities the match has ended in a riot. Bing Ki Lee, with his knowledge of ju-iilsu.and judo, will make an ideal partner for the powerful I.ind sey. Von I'oppenheim, the proud Prussian, who is teaming up with Thomas is well known here and is still rough and tough. In the two prelims, which will precede the team match, Linilsey will jangle with von Poppenheim and Thomas will go against Bing Ki Lee. ROBERT BOOK Transmission Specialist Aik for Bob Whin Y.u Art I a LOCKWOOD MOTORS 745 S. E. ROSE PHONE OR 3-4487 OFFER GOOD THROUGH MONTH OF AUGUST 1951 FORD 1961 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AUGUST SPECIAL $9.95 Drain Tr.nmiMlon Drain Canvartar Cltait Oil Pan and Scran Adjust Bonds ond Linkoto Tore.no Convorttr loirs Fill With Canuino Ford Fluid Road Toil Cor REG. $13.65 CARS PICKUPS Includot Fluid, Goikotf ond Labor By NIEL CELLERS Nowi-Roviow Sports Writer BEND Lockwood motors ninth inning rally fell short as Roseburg and Oregon hopes for a trip to the American Legion World Series were dashed Sunday by the "Cin derella" team from Hawthorne, Nev., in the Western Regionals here. The scrappy Nevadans went wild in the first inning, sending 14 bat ters to the plate to rack up nine runs. Hawthorne went on to build up a 10-2 lead before Roseburg came back with two counters in the sixth, making it 10-4. Capital izing on its third round-tripper of the game Hawthorne grabbed an 11-4 lead going into the top of the ninth. Roseburg s hopes were revital ized lor a short time in the final stanza as five runs crossed the plate and the tieing run was on first with no outs. However, Neva da held tight to grab an 11-9 vic tory. Boat Pomona Saturday Lockwood's posted a 5- 4 win over Fomona, Calii., to re main in the running for the West Coast title. Home runs played a big paTt in the tournament for Roseburg both for and against the Lockwood Wo tors crew. In opening with a vic tory over Anchorage, Alaska, the local nine used homers to build up the lead, then was plagued by four-basers by Phoenix, Ariz., in the first loss at Bend. Bouncing back after the Phoenix loss Lockwood Motors used two grand-slammers to down Richland, Wash. Saturday it was a solo cir cuit clout by Cordon Avery which gave Roseburg its margin, while three home runs by Hawthorne helped to eliminate the Oregon champs Sunday. Placed Third Roseburg ended play in the Re gionsl with a 3 2 record, and third place. The creditable finish high lighted a season which saw the lo cal squad win 54 while losing only eight. Hawthorne, the team not giv en a chance at the start of the lourney, will clash with Phoenix at 8 (PUT) tonight for tne cnam pionship needing two wins over the Arizona champs to take the crown. Should Hawthorne upset the powerful Phoenix squad the final game will be played Tuesday at 8 o.m. (PDT). Toby Leigh's two-run smash over the left-center field barrier Dared Hawthorne's first inning at tack. Allen Langendorf followed eieh with the second home run of the game, while pitcher Keith Stauffer aided his own cause with the third Nevada homer in the bot torn of the eighth. Coach Bill Harper used three pitchers in an attempt to keep Roseburg s hopes alive, blaner Walt Edmonds faced four batters before giving way to Arlan Foote in the first inning, with Tom Hoods coming on in the sixth to finish the contest. Tagged With Loss Edmonds was tagged with the loss as he issued three walks and a single to the four men he faced. With no ouls, one run in and the bases loaded Foote was called in from the bullpen. Foote managed to get the first batter out, then let fly with a wild pitch to allow the tieing run to score. A squeeze bunt put Nevada ahead before Leigh and Langendorf teed off for their round-trippers. Foote remained in trouble as triple, an error, two walks and a single scored three more runs. The curve balling right-hander then settled down to limit Nevada to two hits and one run for the next four innings, llobbs took over after a pinch hitter had been used in the lop of the sixth for Foote. The ace Roseburg hurler gave up two hits, one a home run, in the three re mnining frames. Stauffer handled the pitching for Hawthorne, and except for the sixth and ninth frames proved more than the Roseburg batters could cope with. When the local squad threatened to tie the score in the ninth Dean Sisk was brought in from center field to protect Stautfer's win. Saturday Roseburg fared the sizzling fastball o( Bill Singer who limited the winners to six hits while striking out 12. How- Johnson Tells How His Career Began SEATTLE (AP) "Somebody didn't show tip for a boxing bout in Bremerton, and they got me to go on as a substitute. The guy weighed about 190. I weighed 1H2. "He knocked me down in the first round, but I got up and knocked him out.' Harold Johnson was recalling for newsmen here his debut as a boxer when he was in the Navy in 1944. Johnson, now the light heavy weight champion, meets Eddie Cotton of Seattle in a bout here Aug. 29. tie and Cotton began training Sunday. "I'll tram as hard for him." said the Philadelphia fighter, "as I would for Floyd Patterson." ever,' Singer had trouble finding, hitting In Saturday's game for the plate and was hurt by his er ratic control. Against Hawthorne, a two-run up rising staged by Roseburg in the top of the first opened the scoring. Mary trench and Doug Coplin walked. Both runners scored when Lake's single to left got by the fielder and rolled to the wall. Nevada more than came back in the bottom of the frame as Ray Montoya started a nine-run explosion with a free pass. Stauf fer advanced Montoya with a sin gle before walks to Dee Jeffers and Sisk forced the 1st run across. Foote came Ion to Ditch for Rose burg and struck out the first man he faced. On what appeared to be a squeeze attempt foote threw be hind the batter as Stauffer raced home. The squeeze was then used to move Nevada out in front by one run. At this point it started to look like "home run derby" for Haw thorne. Leigh cleared the bases with his drive, then Langendorf added another. Dick Blackorby kept the merry-go-round spinning with a triple to left and scored on an error on Montoya s grounder Walks to Stauffer and Jeffers load ed the bases setting the scene for bisk s two-run single, Circled Bases In the fourth frame Sisk circled the bases again for Nevada. The husky outfielder-pitcher singled, then continued around on three Roseburg errors. Roseburg's first bid to get back in the running came in the sixth With one out Lake, Avery and Lar ry uurr collected back-to-back sin gles which brought in one tally. A walk to Chuck Hiney loaded the bases and Beamer's solid rap drove in ine second run before an infield fly and fielding gem by Oliver ninnKs ended the threat. Coming around on one of Hobbs' fast balls Stauffer sent a towering fly down the left field line. The ball cleared the fence giving the winners an 11-4 advantage, Hobbs led off the ninth inning for Lockwood's with a walk which brought the Roseburg fans to life. trench advanced Hobbs with a sin gle and an error on a possible uoiiDie-play ball loaded the bases. Bob Manning came on to hit for Coplin and drove in the first run of the inning with a single.' Lake came through with a timely double to drive in two and send Stauffer into center field with Sisk coming on to relieve. Slashing Double Sisk was met by a slashing dou ble to right-center off the bat of Avery. Avery continued on to third on an outfield eraor and Burr walk ed before Sisk retired three in a row. Saturday night Hobbs was credit ed with the win after relieving Ron Lake in the 'seventh. Lake used slow offerings to keep the Po mona batters guessing, then Hobbs showed his blazing fast ball for the final three innings, and Pomona could not get used to the change. Still it was Avery's home run that provided Lockwood Mtrs. with the margin Saturday. Avery slammed the sphere over the right field fence as the lead-off batter in the top of the eighth. The blow came after Pomona had tied the count in the bottom of the seventh. Scored In Fourth Lockwood Motors scored three times in the fourth inning to take B R H RBI 3 2 10 4 10 0 3 10 0 5 2 3 3 5 12 2 4 0 11 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 110 0 10 0 0 1111 3o f 10 8 B R H RBI 4 2 0 0 4 3 2 1 2 110 4 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 112 4 111 3 12 0 32 11 10 8 Roseburg with two apiece, while Ron Cook collected three hits off Roseburg pitching. Cook had two doubles and a single to drive in two runs. Lake was the leading hitter against Hawthorne with two sin gles and a double in five at bats. I The lanky first baseman also led in RBIs with three. Sisk was 3-4 for the winners, while Stauffer and Blackorby each had two base knocks. ROSEBURG () French, ss Jarvis, 2b Coplin, rf Lake, lb -Avery, 3b Buff, cf Hiney, If Beamcr, c Edmonds, p Foote, p Hobbs, p Thormin, (a) Manning, (b) TOTALS 1 HAWTHORN Montoya, 2b Stauffer, p-cf Jeffers, Sisk, cf-p Blanks, lb Lyle, 3b Leigh, ss Langendorf, If Blackorby, rf TOTALS (a) pinch hit for Foote 6th. (b) pinch hit for Coplin 9th. R H E Roseburg 200 002 005 9 10 5 Hawthorn 900 100 Olx 11 10 3 E Lake (2) Burr (2) Foote, Lan gendorf, Stauffer, Montoya. PO-A Roseburg 24-7. Hawthorn 2711. DP French to Jarvis to Lake; Leigh to Montoya to Blanks; Lyle to Montoya to Blanks. LOB Roseburg 9, Hawthorn 6. 2B Lake, Avery. 3B Blackorby. HR Leigh, Langendorf, Stauffer SB French, Jeffers (2). SH Lyle. SF none. Pitching IP H Edmonds, L P 1 Foote 4 6 Hobbs 3 2 Stauffer, WP 8 9 Sisk 1 1 WP Foole. U Russell, Seivers, 3:15. A 981. ROSEBURG (5) French, ss Jarvis, 2h Coplin, rf Lake, p-lb Avery, 3b Thormin, cf Burr, of Beamer, c Fortune, lb Hobbs, p TOTALS POMONA Stillinger, cf Margala, 2b Whitten, He Lopez, c Cook, rf Barker, lb Glascoe, 3b Acres, ss Singer, p Gaffney, (a)lf TOTALS R ER BB SO 4 4 3 0 6 2 4 5 1115 9 7 8 7 0 0 11 Shaw. T B R H RBI 4 0 0 0 4 12 0 3 110 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 12 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 30 5 6 4 B R H RBI 5 0 2 1 5 0 11 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 34 4 6 4 HAPPY COACHES Bill Harper ond Don beverson, coaches of the Roseburg Lockwood Motors American Legion Juniors accept the best wishes of Pomona, Calif, coach Woody'Hansen after the local nine chalked up a 5-4 vic tory over the California entrants in the Western Regionals at Bend. The loss eliminated Pomona, while Roseburg went on to take third place by dropping an 11-9 game Sunday to Hawthorne, Nev. (News-Review Photo) Kart Action In Tri-City Has Close Finishes, One Accident A total of 32 karts were timed in at the Tri-City track Sunday after noon in an event marked by close finishes in rearly every race. Onlv one accident was recorded in the afternoon's events when Rick Barnes lost his steering wheel and plowed into a fence. The driver was unhurt, but the car was pretty well banged up. Jim O'Ncil and Carl Martin, Ten mile, each took trophies for fast limes, O'Neil getting his in the A Standard race, and Martin in the A-Supcr. O'Neil's fast time of -.35.4 set a new track record for the event. Martin's time in the super was :25.7. Winners in the other events in cluded: Junior Boys Lewis Sullivan, Springfield, first; Garry Condray, Grants Pass, second. A-Sportsmen Evie Allen, Reeds port, first. A-Standard O'Neil, first; George Wingerd, Eugene, second; Gale Burk, Riddle, third. A-Supcr Martin, first, O'Neil, second; Mike Cobb, Eugene, third. B-Stock Dick Allen, Reeds port, first; Betty Hurst, Junction City, second. B-Super Charlie Greer, Myr tle Creek, first; Dick Allen, second. (a) ran for Lopez in 8th. R H B Roseburg 000 310 0105 8 3 Pomona 000 111 1004 6 1 E Fortune, Avery, French, Acres. PO-A Roseburg 27-8. Pomona 27-9. DP Singer to Acres to Barker; the initial lead. Coplin started the uprising wilh a walk, advanced to I Barker unassisted. second on a passed ball and went 1 LOB Roseburg 7. Pomona 8. to third on Avery's single. Coplin j 2B Stillinger, Cook (2). scampered home on a second pass- 3 B none. ed ball before consecutive walks to HR Avery. Phil Thormin and Burr loaded the j SB French, Jarvis, Singer. sacks. Beamer popped one to short I SH Singer. right which could not be handled ! SF none. as two runners streaked for home, j Pitching .. IP H R ER BB SO Lockwood's added another tally Lake 8 3 3 2 2 2 in the fifth, but Pomona racked ! 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