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Inspired Bees Edge Alaska Champs, 3-2 By NIEL CELLERS News-Review Sparti Editor Warming up for the Western Re gional tournament which opens Thursday at Legion Field, the Alaskan champs from Anchorage bowed to the Roseburg Bees Mon day. Playing under the lights for the first time, the Fort Richardson Po lar Bears from the Anchorage area put up a valiant fight before going down to an inspired Bees team by a 3-2 count. The Bees took advantage of a shaky start by the Polar Bears to collect two runs in the initial frame. After the first inning the game proved to be nip-ana-luck down to the wire. Danny Withers led off the first inning for the winners with a dou ble to right field which dropped in untouched when the fielders lost the ball in the lights. Chuck Per son followed with a single off the third baseman's glove, and both runners scored when the throw from the outfield to second base sailed into right field. The Alaskan champs fought back to tie the score with single runs in the sixth and seventh frames. In the sixth Terry Gose was safe on an outfield error to open the inning. Gose advanced on a wild pitch and a passed ball, then scor ed when pitcher Doug Rogers drill ed a two-out single through the box. Three walks and a sacrifice fly accounted for the tieing run in the seventh. Jim Roddick, Dick O'Ncil and Dick Trapp drew free passes to load the sacks before Gose loft ed a high fly to center which scor ed Roddick after the catch. Alaska's lead was short-lived, with the Bees scoring the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Butch Watson reached first when 1 lie catcher couldn't hang onto a third strike. Watson went to sec ond on a wild pitch and scamper ed to third when an attempted pick - off play at second went astray. Withers singled to drive in the tie-breaking counter. Pete Woodworth, coming on in the sixth inning in relief of starter Russ Hubbard, was credited with the prestige win tor tne Bees, Woodworth fanned four, gave up two hits and walked five bat tcrs. Hubbard struck out five, walk' ed three and gave up two hits in five innings. The pitching for Alaska was divided between Troy Gerzine and Rogers, with Rogers working tne linai seven irames. At the plate the four Alaska hits were scattered among four boys, while Withers, Person and J i m Coon each had two base blows for the winning Bees. Coon's sixth in ning triple and Withers' double in the opening frame were the lone extra base raps of the game. The same two teams will collide again tonight at 8:30 at Legion Field, with the Alaska champs set to meet Lewiston, laano, inurs day at 6 p.m. in the opening round of the western Regional tourney. LINESCORE: Alaska 000 001 1002 4 4 Rsbg Bees 200 000 lOx 3 9 2 Batteries: Alaska; Gerzine, Rog ers (3) and Meany, Kautsky (7). Roseburg; Hubbard, Woodworth (6) and Heeter. WP: Woodworth (3-0). LP: Rogers (6-2). In The Majors By United Prtss International American League W. L. Pet. GB New York 74 40 .649 Chicago 66 SO .569 9 Minnesota 65 51 .560 10 Baltimore 65 54 .546 11 Mi Cleveland 57 61 .483 19 Boston 55 60 .478 19V6 Kai.sas City 52 62 .456 22 Los Angeles 54 66 .450 23 Detroit 51 63 .447 23 Washington 52 74 .362 33 Musial Announces Retirement Plans j, ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI) This is Uio final season for Stan (The Man) Musial. Musial, one of the greatest hit ters in baseball history, an nounced Monday night he will re lire as an active player at the end of the current sagson. The 42-ycar-old Musial, who spent c quarter of a century in the Cardinal organization as a player, will continue to work for the Red Birds in an executive capacity. When the Cardinals rctiro the familiar No. 6 this fall it will complete the longest playing ca reer of any major leaguer with one team. Owns Many Records The lilhe, slightly stooped slug ger, wilh the unique "corkscrew" butlini! stance, will bow out with complete or partial ownership of 58 major league, national j.c.uuc and All-Slur records. The surprise announcement al a Cardinal picnic at the plalatial home of club owner August A. Busch Jr. came only a week after Musial said he would not mukc a statement concerning his retirement until the end of the current season. "Baseball has been my life," Stan told tho gathering of play ers, their wives and children, and a few newsmen. "1 love baseball. I like nothing belter to do than play baseball. "Nothing beats playing in the big leagues and putting on that big league uniform. "I came in with a winner in my first full year with tho Card inals in 1942 and I'd like to go out the same way. I've dreamed for a long time of playing one more World Series. I think we still have a chance to do it." Loss To Gams General manager Bing Devine called Musial's decision "a great loss to llio playing end of the game but a gain to the executive side." "It's a sad thing for baseball, for St. Louis, for Stan's many friends, for Stan's wife and fam ily but a happy one for the Cardinals who need someone like Stan to slop into our midst," Devine said. Indication that Musial's retire ment was imminent came when his batting avcrago continued to tumhlc this season. Musial went for a week at a time without being in the lineup, then when he was put in ho would be lifted often tor a pinch-runncr or dc tensive replacement. Asked if anything particular made him decide to quit, Musial said: "1 just think Ivc had enough, regardless of what kind of year I've had. I'll be 43 next winter, mid by next baseball seas on I'll be heading for 44." Monday's Results Boston 5 Minnesota 4 (Only game scheduled). Tuesday's Probable Pitchers New York at Boston (night) Terry (13-11) vs Monbouquettc (14-7). Cleveland at Chicago (night) Grant (8-10) vs DcBusschcre (2-4). Wednesday's Games New York at Boston Washington al Los Angeles, night Detroit at Kansas City, night Baltimore at Minnesota, night Cleveland at Chicago, night National League W. L. Pet. GB Los Angeles San Francisco St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh Philadelphia Milwaukee Houston New York 69 46 .600 .... 66 51 .564 4" 64 53 .547 6 64 56 61 54 60 57 61 58 59 59 45 74 .533 Vh .530 8 .513 10 .513 10 .500 ll'Si .378 26 38 79 .325 32 Monday's Results Phila 3 San Francisco 1, night Pittsburgh 4 Houston 2, nighl Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Pittsburgh al New York (night) Schwall (6-6) vs. Jackson (7 14) San Francisco at Cincinnati (night) Marichal (18-5) vs. Maloney (17-4) Los Angeles at Milwaukee (night) Podres (U-8) vs. Spahn (13-5) Houston at St. Louis (night) Johnson (6-15) or Bruce (5-8) vs. Broglio (12-8), Wednesday's Games Pittsburgh at New York Chicago at Phila., 2-twi-night San Francisco at Cincinnati, nighl Los Angeles at Milwaukee, night Houston at St. Louis, night Roseburg 9 Co-Favored With Powerful Billings In Regional Tournament By NIEL CELLERS News-Review Sports Editor WASHINGTON CHAMPS Seloh-Naches bounced back from a 2-1 setback to defeat Kent, 5-2, in the battle for the Washington American Legion baseball championship. The previously undefeated Yakimo area team suffered its lone defeat in the tourney at the hands of Kent. Playing for the Washington champs in the Western Regional tourna ment at Legion Field will be: (kneeling) manoger Bill Carlon; (front I to r) Rodney Alvord, Jack Lambert, Ken Applegote, Jim Rust, Jim Foster, Jack Briggs and Matt Gregorich; (back I to r) coach Mike Carlon, Terry Cochran, Gary Blaine, Rocky Briskey, Don Wald bauer, Ron Meyer, Mike Zirkle and Jerry VanDpBrake. Washington will open in tournament play at 1:30 p.m. Thursday against the Wyoming champs. SPORTSMAN'S' GIVIN6 SLACK LINE IN SPIN-FISHING PICKUP OPEN - When a game pish takes a minnow or other bait and runs, give him slack line so he feels no resistance before he stops to swal low it. the reel's pickup is usually closed (engaging line) when bait is taken, so you must pull off some slack line quickly by hand, or flip pickup open so the line spirals out. close pick up again to set hook after fish stops. 90ME REELS HAVE BAIL PICKUPS THAT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY - WHEN CRANKED IN REVERSE THEY FREE LINE INSTANTLY. Florists Win Softball Title PORT ANGELES, Wash. (UPI) The Portland Erv-Lind Florists Sunday niRht won the Northwest Regional Women s Softball tourna ment here by defeating Salem,' Ore. 2-1 in the final game. Portland scored two runs in the first inning on a double by Mar-1 lene Piper and singles by Carolyn j Fitzwater and Jackie Rice. I Salem earned the right to play in the finals by defeating Port Angeles 1-0 in 14 innings earlier1 in the day Sunday. Cheyenne Wins Wyoming Title Cheyenne, Wyo., earned the sixth berth in the American Legion Jun ior Baseball Regional Tournament which starts hero Thursday by de feating Casper 6-2 Monday morn ing for the Wyoming state cham pionship. Cheyenne dropped an 11-5 deci sion to Casper Sunday night to send the eight-team double-elimination tournament into the final game Monday. Cheyenne, coached by Claud Mc intosh, compiled a 19-U record for the season. Big guns of the mound staff arc a pair of lefties, Bud McBridc and Ron Bircher. Mc Bride won two games during the stale tournament, including the fi nal game Monday. In the hitting department, I lie Cheyenne squad is led by right fielder Gary Tomlin and shortstop Tom Case, both batting about .350. Cheyenne will meet Selah-Nach-cs, the Washington champion, in the first game of the tournament at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. Lewiston, Idaho goes against An chorage, Alaska at 6 p.m., with Roscburg taking on Billings, Mont, in the final game about 8:30. New Umpires Selected For Tournament Play A change. in the lineup of um pires for the American Legion Re gional baseball playoffs due to begin Thursday at Legion Field in Roseburg was announced by legion officials today. The change was made necessary due to the inability of two of the men in blue from Spokane, Wash., to come to Roseburg as scheduled. Al Reed of Spokane suffered a cracked knee cap in an automo bile accident over the weekend and is incapacitated for umpiring du ties. Jerry Bowcrman, also of Spo kane, had to forego his committ ment because of personal matters requiring his attention. Umpires Bo Klingman and Chuck Stolsig, both of Springfield, have been secured as replacements. Klingman and Stolsig, along with Bob Shaw of Eugene and Bob Chil ton of Helena, Mont., will handle the playoff series. All are selected, certified and signed by the Nation al Legion Baseball Commission. 6 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore Tues., Aug. 13, 1963 Entries Mounting For First Umpqua Valley Tennis Meet the opening day between the tourn ey co-favorites, Billings, Mont.,! and Lockwood Motors of Kosenurg. Lockwood Motors, sporting a season's record of 47-9, will have the support of the majority of the spectators and will be performing on its home stomping grounds. These two factors, combined with the outstanding record built up by coach Bill Harper's crew sends the Oregon champs into tourna ment play, a slight favorite ovcri xwinner Game t draws bye PCL Standings By United Prtss International Northern Division W. L. Pet GB Spokane 80 48 .625 Tacoma 67 61 .523 13 Hawaii 62 64 .492 17 Portland 59 69 .461 21 Seattle 57 70 .449 22Wi O'homa City Dallas-Ft. W. San Diego Salt Lake Denver Southtrn Dviiion W. L. Pet GB 67 59 .532 66 61 .516 1V4 62 66 .484 6 39 66 .472 7V4 55 70 .440 llMi Monday's Results Dallas-Ft. Worth 17 Oklahoma City 1 Tacoma 5 Salt Lake City 1 Hawaii 8 Portland 3 Hawaii 8 Portland 3 (Only games scheduled) Tuesday's Probablt Pitchers Salt Lake City (Seyfricd 0-11) al Tacoma (Rivas 11-6) Portland (Thies 3-7) at Hawaii (Sovde 7-13) AIR RESEARCH Turbo Charger DIESEL INJECTION SERVICE 1750 N. E. Stephen! 673-4156 ROESBURG BOWL 24 LANES Local and out-of-town entries arc pouring in for the Umpqua Valley Open Tennis Tournament which will be staged at the Stewart Park courts Aug. 16-17-18. Al Hoffman reports that the tournament promises to be a thrill er with rugged opposition lined up for every category. Persons planning to enter the tourney are reminded they have until Wednesday to have their reg istration blanks turned in to Hoff man or Tom Keel, tournament di rector. Registration blanks may be picked up at the YMCA build ing in Stewart Park or at the Roscburg High Athletic Office. Every player entered in the Umpqua Valley Open will play at least two matches, as a con solation bracket has been set up for first round losers. In the men's division of the tournament top entries to date have been received from Southern Oregon College stars Ken Steven son and Dick Blacksmith, former Medford ace. Stevenson and Black smith teamed up to win the Ore gon Collegiate Conference doubles title in the spring. In addition to the entries from the south, several have been re ceived from as far north as Port land. At least a pair of top flight Portland lasses will be competing for tne women s crowns. Among the top local entries will be Don and Mike Harris and Bob McKee in the junior men's di vision, wilh Tom Gardiner, Tom my Hill and Jim Sevall entered in the boys 14-and-under bracket. In the 16-and-under age group top local players signed up are Brian Phillips, Mike Hoffman and Jim Thorn. Don Lowe, former Rose burg prep star now living in Eu gene, is expected to be here to compete in the men's division. Competition will be held in the men's singles and doubles, wom en's singles and doubles, , junior men s singles and doubles for players 18-and-under, boys singles (16-and-under), and boys singles and doubles (14-and-under). The United States Lawn Tennis Association rules will govern play during the three-day tournament and junior players will be limited to three events. Junior players must report to (be Stewart Park courts by 8 a.m. Friday, with play in the men's di vision not starting until 6 p.m. the same day. Trophies will be awarded the winner of each division, with the runners up receiving medals. For further information on the Umpqua Valley Open which is sponsored by the Roscburg Tennis Association contact Keel. "Baseball fever" is running rampant throughout Roseburg as six state American Legion champ ions prepare to converge on Le gion Field for the 1963 Western Regional Tournament. The lineup was completed Mon day when Cheyenne captured the Wyoming crown with a 6-2 triumph over Casper. The victory gave Cheyenne the sixth berth in the tournament which opens here Thursday. Despite being the last team to qualify for the Regionals, Chey enne will kick-off the action Thurs day at 1:30 p.m. when it meets S e 1 a h-N aches, the Washing ton champion. In a twi-mght: doubleheader Thursday the re-! maining four teams will see their first tournament action. Lewiston, Idaho, and the Fort Richardson Polar Bears from j Anchorage. Alaska, will lead off1 the doubleheader at 6 p.m;, fol-i Thursday lowed by the featured game of, N10WvcmpJ,9rtltv',"wMn...n team boasts of in Oregon, and is with a' 19-11 record after surpris- a definite threat for the Regional ing a strong Casper crew to win crown. The Polar Bears from the state crown in an extended Alaska are back for the second state tournament which wound up consecutive year at the Regional Monday. level. The Alaskan champs are facing one disadvantage in the fact that until Monday night they had never played under the lights. Still the invaders from the northland field a well-balanced club with good pitching, and after losing an ex hibition game to the Roseburg Bees Monday sport an 18-5 rec ord for the year. Joining Alaska in an underdog role will be the Wyoming entrant. Cheyenne invades Legion Field Tourney Schedule SCHEDULE A ISM N 1) Selah-Naches, the Washington entrant, came through with an in spired 5-2 win over Kent in the state finals. The Washington team features sharp fielding and a hard hitting attack which could carry it through the tournament with a few breaks. Top hurler for Selah Naches, a team from the Yakima area, is Mike Dirkle, who in eight innings struck out 16 Kent batters. Lewiston captured the Idaho crown with a lopsided 10-1 victory over Idaho Falls, while Billings won its title wtih a 7-1 win over Helena. To reach the finals the Fort Richardson Polar Bears '' nipped Sitka in three straight games in a best-of-five series, while Roseburg came through by winning three out of four games in a playoff series with Sargent i Construction (Madison) of Port land. When play opens Thursday after noon, it will be the first time Roscburg has been the host city for the Regionals since 1959. In 1959 the state champions from Alaska, Washington, Montana and Idaho battled with the Lockwood Motors nine for a berth in the Sectional tournev which was held 10 Winner Oamt I vl. Winner Game I 1:00 1 t nn,l t .npkwnnri's. Mini! nut nn nUEwner Game i vt winner Game i.oo top in a thrill-packed tourney, III Winner Game t wim Game 10) then lost out to moeniX, AriZ., (P.M.) 1:10 l:C0 1:30 3 Idaho vi Alaska 3 Montana vi Oregon FRIDAY 4 Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 3 1:30 5 Winner Game 1 vs Loser Game 3 1:00 a Winner Game 3 vl winner Game 3 1:30 SATURDAY 7 winner Game 4 vs Loser Game 4 4:00 Ix Winner Game i vi Winner Game 4 1:30 SUNDAY 0 Winner Game 7 vl. Loier Game I 1:00 MONDAY the -teams from Idaho and Wash ington. The first night out Lockwood's meets the other tournament fav orite in the form of perennial win ner, Billings. Billings is boasting a 42-9 record for the season and will be the only team in the West ern Regionals that reached the Legion World Series in 1962. However, playoffs are not new to Idaho or Alaska's champions. Lewiston has captured the Idaho title for the past three seasons, the same record as the Roseburg Exhibition Golf Tickets On Sale SCHEDULE 6 (See Nolo 7) THURSDAY I Wyoming vi Washington t Idaho vi Alaska 3 Oregon vi Montana FRIDAY 4 Loser Oame 1 vi Loser Game 3 5 Winner Game I vs Loser Game 3 4x Winner Game 3 vi Winner Genu 3 SATURDAY 7 Winner Game 4 vi Winner Game S 4 Loser Game S vs Loser Game 4 SUNDAY f Winner Game 4 vs Winner Game 7 ISee Note 3) MONDAY 10 Winner Game I vi Winner Game 9 (See Nolo 4) TUESDAY II winner Game 4 vi Winner Game V 1:30 4:00 1:30 1:30 4:00 in the Sectionals. In recent years The Douglas County branch of tho Retarded Children's Associ ation is selling tickets to a star studded exhibition golf match In Portland Aug. 25. Bob Hope, Randolph Scott, Jim Garner and' Helen Detweiller, well-known pro woman golfer, will square off in the benefit match at Portland's Columbia Edgewater Country Club at 1:30 p.m. The golf match featuring the three famed actors is being spon sored as a benefit by the Ore gon Retarded Children's Associ ation. Tickets are on sale locally at the Roseburg Country Club, the Stewart Park Pro Shop and J. C. Sporting Goods. Half of the $2.50 for each tick- et sold in Douglas County will remain with the county chapter Hoffman or of the Retarded Children's As- ' sociation. the Sectional tournaments have been eliminat ed, with the winner of the various Regional tourneys heading straight to the World Series. The winner of the Roseburg tourney will head straight for Kecne, N. H., to compete in the eight-team Legion World Series. While the Western Regionals ,M (Region 7) arc in progress, other j tournaments will be going on in Springfield, Mass.; College Park. Md.; Greenwood, S. C; Memphis, t:oo I Tenn.: Lima, Ohio; Salina, Kans.; (II Winner Game 4 loiei Game or ana Long Beach, Calif., to deter winner Game I wins Game 10) I ... 3 ' ' . xwinner Gome 4 drewo bye j mine ine oiner seven entrants in Nolo: (l.) schedule A will be followed if, the World Scries. Winner Game 1 wim Oame 5. (3.) Schedule i The local action is scheduled to B will be followed only II Loser Game 3 , 11,e luLd -"-nun is sliiluuilu iu wins Game s. (3.) Winner Game 7 and draw to a close either Aug. 19 or winner Game I draw for bye in Game o. 20, depending on whether it takes (4.) It three teams reman after Game V 1A . j:j .l .: the two teams with two wim and one loss 10 or 11 games to decide the win- will play Game 10. 1 ner. Excitement - Thrills - Thundering Hoofs HORSE RACES Post Time - 1 :30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday DOUGLAS AUGUST 14-18 ROSEBURG IliU. Atlulh, 75c MlIll. Kids, 25c Winter Leagues Nearly Full A FEW SPOTS OPEN MONDAY Filled. TUESDAY Women's 3 Team Spots Open. WEDNESDAY Men's 3 Team Spots Open. Early Shift. THURSDAY A couple of Early spots for men. FRIDAY Filled straight across except for 3-Man Team. Start 7 PM thru at 8:30 P.M SATURDAY Junior Bowlers, 10 a.m. Telephone your Chevrolet dealer for any type of truck. OAK and STEPHENS HANSEN MOTOR CO. ROSEBURG. OREGON Ph. 672-4877