Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, June 29, 1947, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Textffl52r,fc1Rl-Half Softball Play Ends Tuesday ... vnAmhm of the I tenant spninr amrla I Leading Clubs Rsy. member Ljuard sports U since Vriizene over the week- 1 ke a position in the sport -r th. Portland Ore- C Springfield High athlete, on me ---- - r Vfleld High- sporis corre- fSintin 1938 and ln 1939 when lTZ.t the University of Ore s'" .-hnnl h SIB i: rhool he was a worker. r 1939 Ray became PTmember of the staff and rSJ I until February of 194! tenant, senior grade. Bay returned to the Register- ijuard sports staff and to the; University of Oregon in October! oi ma. He graduated from the; umversity at the close of the! spring term. Sports Editor Dick Strite an nounced that Bill Love, another citt recreational it Aot r former staff member who served 'SJ"' ... w t In the Navy during the war. will ; Outdoor stoii".'.Z. i his former position this week. Love was a Resister-Guard Set Final Clash HIGHCLIMBEB sports correspondent at Eugene '""'in'! " . inrnedo bomber pilot Ray E..ished hlmsell ana among; rr jcorations gained the E'i highest honor, the Navy '.. th. ranV nf 11.11- fle lieiw - EUGENE WELDERS SUPPLY CO. ime County's Leading Welders Supply Store DISTRIBUTORS of: . nobart Are Welders iflffln Roberts Am Welders QUI AmPB mv nciucia Miller Are Welders flpan Safety Equipment Sillonal Welding- Equipment jjl-staie neraini auo-i Full Line of AO and Electric Bod DELIVERY SERVICE jj ff. 6th Phone 470? High in 1941 and became a res-u-J h7 enlisted In the U.S. Navy,"' tt memoer in 1942. He en Men tered the Navy in June of 1944 and graduated- from the Univer sity of Notre Dame in 1946. He completed a year's service in the regular Navy in June as an ensign. Wesley "Red" Gates? former! University (Eugene) High sports correspondent and University . of Oregon journalism major, will continue as a regular member of the staff. He, too, was in the Navy during the war. Eugene, Cottage Grove Juniors Play Sunday The Eugene Junior Legion base ball team is scheduled to play Its final Lane county league game Sunday afternoon at Civic Stad ium. - The game will be played Immediately following the Hills Creek-Giustina Cascade League contest and will start at approxi' mately 5 p.m. Eugene has regis tered one victory over the GroV' ers, but may run put of pitchers after being slated to ' play at Springfield Saturday night. Color Hormony ulluypTi," Phone 968 Brown and Whites by FLOClCHEin l;. There's nothing like a spot ofV ' . pure white to give that touch of Summer coolness to an outfit of darker tones. For "clothes" harmony from head to toe, wear Roraheim Brown and Whites. $14.95 1060 Willamette With pitchers the likes of Ewell "Blackle" Blarfcnell (who hurled a no-hitter and has won ten straight) on his mound staff. Johnny Neun will have difficulty flndine m olace for a rookie twlrler the ret i like&yof Thurston's Howard Fox at the present time. . . . Cincinnati i.joo is no ball of fire in the National League, and if Fox continues his '.tu winning ways with the Syracuse Chiefs he might returnto the par .wo'ent club. Jg: The big righthander, who got his first local start with Orrin las Snellstrom in the old Big Six bush league, has won three of his last wo. four starts and his most recent appearance, June 17, was his best snowing of the season. He shutout third-place Jersey uity wiin live hits in nine innings as his club won 4-0. He truck out three and allowed onlv nnn walk whirh Inriirates hm has started to master Tuesday night at Civic Stadium .control, marks the final eames of the flrat Because of Fox' Improvement. Syracuse is resting only a couple h.if J , r-t r, !, f Sames behinl the first-place Montreal Royals in the International half of the City Recreational r...m,. .inic Shell service " EaKles . Merchant a . z . o SCHEDULC Tusrtay nitht Civic Stadium T:(S Steen'i vs. Martin's Upholder. :00 Rubenttein'i vs. Outdoor Store. Softball League season, with a possible three-way tie between the Rubes, Outdoor Store and Steen's In the offing. The high His record to date follows: IP S3 13 Pet. .429 R 28 H 42 SO 22 BB 32 WP 4 flying Rubes continue at the top ' , JJ'fJl undefeated, with st..'. .nd h. aftfld and is hitting .167, Fox, who fields his position well, has been playing errorless ball Oiitdnn. tnr. t-niii i ,.j U1CK wnitman, monireai outneiaer, nil at a .zvu cup ounm mo nnaltlnn iiHih i. ...k las senes of games reported by The Sporting News. He also nan position with one loss each. m?.Ti!V cenar-oweiiing i Dick-S reCord to date foilowS! Idled 20 fielding chances, including two assists, without an error. first game of the Tuesday night double header, starting at 7:45 p. m. Rubenstein's will attempt to keep their record clean as they take on the Outdoor Store in the night-cap. Steen's and the Outdoor Store nines were forced to the limit Tuesday night ln downing their opponents, as Bob's Shell forced the Marketmen to go nine Inn ings before bowing before a 9-5 score. Eugene Merchants tied the Outdoor Store 4-4 into the ninth inning, when the Storemen let loose a hitting barrage that netted them six runs to win 10-4. VFW had an easy night as they dropped Martin's Upholstery 8-0, and the Rubes had a 13 hit slug-fest- as they swamped the Eagles 16-1. In a make-up game Steen's Market dropped the Eagles 10-1 in a five-inning game. Batting averages remained high during the past week as Doug Frye. although not playing main tained his lead, along with Pitcher Paul Sowers of Martin's. However the two have not been up enough to really be classified as having averages. Paul Muller of the Rubes and Herble Gilbert of the Vets are batting well above the .500 clip to lead the hitting pa rade. The leading hitters follow: AB H Pet. Sowers, Martin's ....... 6 4 .667 Free. Shell .667 Muller, Rubes 17 .539 Gilbert. VFW 19 10 .S26 Stevens. Rubes .... S 4 .500 B. Dunn. Rubes 14 T .500 Shlsler. Merchants ...... 0 9 .500 Czalkoskl, Rubes' 17 .463 Parker, Outdoor Store: 14 fl .429 Whitney, Merchants .... 21 .429 Greene. VFW 19 8 .421 Wolfe, Merchants 20 .8 .421 Wolfe. Merchant 20 a .400 Murray, Rubea . 10 4 .400 Fulps, Rubes 13 f .365 Four Linn-Lane Tilts On Sunday Schedule Linn - Lane Lekgue baseball teams swing into action again to day with four games on the sched ule. In the northern division the leading Sweet Home team travels to Lebanon and Junction City goes to Harrlsburg. Sweet Home grabbed the lead last week with a victory over Harrlsburg. A southern division game will take YoncaJla to Oakridge. In an Inter division tilt, the Hills Creek Babes travel to Brownsville. AB 132 RBI 14 n 36 Pet. .273 PO 77 A 7 Pet .976 Elmer Miliary, another ex-Oreron Webfoot In organized base' ball, will remain with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League as a utility inflelder, according to the Los Angeles Associat ed Press bureau. Mallory played in six straight games early 'In May when Lou Stringer, regular secondbaseman, was Injured, ana he hit exceptionally well. Since that time he has appeared in the lineup once as a shortstop, twice as a pinch-hitter and on tnree otner occasions as a substitute base-runner. His record to date follows: AB 23 RBI 5 H 9 Tel. .391 PO 13 A 11 Pet. .S6 G0QWIS His Jittery fielding is probably the chief reason why he Is a utility Inflelder instead of a regular secondbaseman or snortstop. ine a. r. also reports that J. Wellington "Wimpy" Quinn. former Oregon third- baseman and reserve firstbaseman for the Angels, has been working out with the club during the past ten days, but It has not been de cided whether the workoutn are for exercise or a possible comeback. He was forced to leave the club before the season started because of Illness, presumably contracted during his war sen-ice witn tne u. b, marines. Bree Cuppolettl. who was AH-American Fullback Mike Mlkulak's "right arm" In line-backlnt on the co-Coast Conference champion Oregon football team of 1933, is returning to Oregon' and expects to enter business either in Eugene or Portland. . . . r or some years me dynamic little guard was director of recreation for the city of vir. Binla. Minnesota. ... Apologies to Oregon and Jimmy Ne.wqulsl. ... We were given to jnderstand that Jim would collect his sheepskin during the spring term, but now discover that the halfback was not Iri school spring term and expects to finish up next fall and play football for Coach Tim Ailr.n. . . . Tt wan rumored that one member of the Oregon tennis team, that failed to qualify a single man ln the semi-finals of the N. D- championships on the home courts, attempted to campaign for funds to enter the NCAA tournament ai utwi. American sports have entered six new words to the latest edition of Funk & Wagnall's dictionary FOOTBALL, in a political sense; NOSE, used in horseraclng: PUCK, as in hockey: TAW, a verb con nected with marbles; CAT'S. CRADLE,, from, and RINGER, as In horseshoe pitching. - Springfield Play Near End; Meet Set AMERICAN LEAGUE Richardson and Allen -. explorers Scouts . Thurston ... Arnold-Powell Wrlfht's W .. 4 .. 3 :: h -. 0 VATIONAt, LEAGUE W Methodists 3 Booth-Kelly 3 VFW 2 Post Office . Pet. 1.000 .750 J00 .250 . .000 .Pet. 1.000 1.000 .500 .000 Glenwood 0 3 SPRINGIELD, June 29 Richardson-Allen came out as first round winner in the American division of the Springfield Soft ball League, with four wins and no losses, followed by the Explor er Scouts with three victories igainst one defeat Oakway Team Named For WV Tournament The Oakway team to represent the course in the near future Willamette Valley Golf Tourna ment has recently been announc ed. Composing the, team will be Ted Jones, Jim Donahue,' Jack Nichols, Al Erickson, Sam Peters and Hal Dove. Wayne Leigh and Ray Willson have been selected as alternates. . Qualifying Is progressing for the Oakway tourney which will get underway shortly after the Wil lamette Valley fiasco. Around BO men have qualified but at least a dozen more are "wanted in order that the tourney may be split up In two brackets. Also urgently wanted are entrants in the wom en's division with but a half Rcglsler-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Sunday, June 29, 1M7, Page 21 12 Golf Teams In Valley Meet Entries in the 11th Willamette Valley Golf association, to be play ed over the Eugene Country Club and Laurelwood courses July 5-6 will be held open until Wednesday, according to George Mack of Eu gene, acting chairman for the association. Both courses will also be available for practice rounds July 4. The Broadmoor club of Port land, 1939 winner, heads the list of the 12 six-man teams entered to date. There are three other Port land teams Colwood, Rose City and Riverside. There will be three teams from Eugene Laurelwood, Oakway and Eugene Country Club. Other teams entered include The Dalles, Albany, Klamath Falls, Corvallis, and Cottage Grove. Mack said he was certain that the Portland Golf Club, Columbia Edgewater of Portland, and Salem would enter the tournament along with possibly five other teams from various sections of the state. Lou Jennings, individual win ner last year, is expected to re turn with the Portland Golf Club sextet. Eastmoreland of Portland, defending champion, has not entered. Previous tournaments were con fined to 36 holes in one day. This year each entrant will be required to play 18 holes on each local course, but only 18 each day. En tries are restricted the one team from each course. 4 Cottage Grove Loop In 3-Way Deadlock TT Motorcycle Races At Benton-Lane Track Friday, July 4 The Eugene Motorcyle Club's TT races, postponed from June 8, will be staged at the Benton-Lane Speedway the afternoon of July 4. The fine quarter-mile track and the attractive purses offered win ners of the series of events are at tracting wide-spread attention among motorcycle jockeys and several new top-flight riders will be entered in the holiday event. Entries have been received from Rob Flack of Great Falls, Mont., and from Bob Chaney and Dick Hanson of Boise, Ida. All former contestants are expected to be on hand in an effort to take over the point .leadership for the season. PENDLETON BOXER LOSES HONOLULU, June 28 W Henry Davis, 125, Honolulu, bounced back from a six-count knockdown in the fifth to knock out Hal Hoshino, 128, Pendleton. Ore, in one minute of the seventh round In their 10-round main . event Friday night. ' r LISTEN TO sHssj Bon-Vue Homes Program I (jrer guan Monday ..1.9:15 - t-M p.m. Tuesday ....6:45 7:60 pjn. Wednesday 6:30 6:48 p.m. Thursday ...7:45 8:00 p.m. Friday ..6:30 6:40 p.m. Arthur M. Gilbert & Sons Gilbert Built Homes 3o your COLLAR FIGHT VOUR RECK? COTTAOI GOV( SOFTBAU, Studlifs W Knickerbocker's Variety. Lorane Valley Lbr. Co. . Glthens Motors Quality Market CrerweU VTW . Xaglts Harold's Clinic Bresslar's rurnltura Bapust Church . '. COTTAGE GROVE. June 29 First place remained all tied up three ways ln the Cottage Grove soitbail League, with Knicker bockers, Lorane Lumber and Githen's Motors sharing the lead ing position. Githen's is slated to go against Lorane Monday, and the Eagles play Hal's Motor Clinic. Wednes. day action sees Bressler's and Creswell in action against Quality ana hbjs Motor clinic. All games scheduled for the fourth of July have been postpon ed to a later date. r st sSri wmim S r 1. 1 I MORRISON nENNING Clothea for Men McDonald Theater Building . MICHAELS STERN Value first CLOTHES ing interest to date.. - saaess.s.a...s..smi asjaaeatsaasasssaM. rBtr.-...' ..'J,.J'I.W' (nl V' fVi,s PvAf TO THE H irlr 3 S "LOADED ROLLING RADIUS" at'' Run Coaler Itit Longer Better Traction When your ermslly round Pneumatic Tire is placed under load ... It settles down end flattens out, as shewn en Illus trations at right. This settling down and flattening out estab lishes the leaded "lolling Badlus" of the tire. HawkblADit. jMeuti cured to the eating while both the tread and eating are retained appreiimately in the same cross sectional shape they assume under lead en the road. j MawkuUon CuiheKfio Heeds ! JTYi w. ,T1J rw 1313 CURIO THE WAY TH1Y RUN XTGX3V 3L W MUlfMINT RUN THE WAY THEY ARE CURED HOWARD HEMDER TIRE SHOP 6th and Madison Sts. Irish-Swarti Shopping Center Phone 245 HOUSE MOVING & RAISING AHRE & RICHMOND 840 Van Buren St. Pb. 8639-W ii t it t .1 ir,I i ta fe-minlne dlvoteers signify, make-up games remain to be,,.. :,MPi j... played before the first round is ended. The Methodists and Booth Kelly, now sharing first place. play Wednesday night for the leadership, and the Post Office nine will be fighting to keep out of the cellar when they meet Glenwood at the high school field Tuesday night. .Richardson - Allen meets the Steen's Marketmen of Eugene in a double-header exhibition game June 30, under the lights on the high school diamond. League playing will resume ac tion July 7, as the teams enter into the second round of a three round schedule. The Springfield Softball Asso ciation will meet Tuesday night at the CIO hall in Springfield at 8 p.m. At the meeting plans will be laid for the second round of play and season ticket money will be collected. Anyone interested in becoming an umpire is urged to attend as well as other inter ested parties. ' GARDEN LOAM ; Prompt Delivery ECGENE SAND A GRAVEL CO. Ph. 134 ORDER NOW! amxe Self Smoothing PAINTS VARNISHES ENAMELS LIGHTNING'S 1151 Willamette Phone 1116 A (gIL EVERGREEN VACATIOHLAND The rettteM roll of the mighty Pacific . . . Iroad tandy booches . . . Rushing mountain riven . . . Hue lakes, cool and clear Quinault, Crescent, Sutherland, Cush man, and many others . . . Forest highways that load deep Into the Olympics . . . Hood Canal, a winding arm of the sea, with it seventy-mile marina drive. Write tko OLYMPIC PENINSULA SHOUT HOT11 ASSOCIATION, Col men Ferry Terminal, herns, tor ea ottractive pocket of travel literature) loclodiag e directory of hotels, raserta end tempt, factoring true hospitality end tiwllenr occemmo- ootioot, priced to fit year wring kudgat. Dividend! A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COMFORT and i . SERVICE 'SSSS. In 1948, a tefal of 11,156 householders of Euaeno area served by the Euaeno Water Board paid S5SS.558.73 for 51.112,559 kilowatt-hours oi olectrical energy. This was cm average rate of 1.11 cents per liwhr. The national average rate la nearly throe times as high. It Is 3.22 cents per kilowatt-hour, according le the 1946 summary compiled by the Edison Electric Institute lor all electric utilities both publicly and privately' owned. At this national average rate, the 51,112,559 kilowatt-hours of energy used by Eugene residential customers would have cost $1,645,824.40. This is $1,039, 267.68 mora than was charged for this service and energy by the E.W.B. ft Is a MILLION-DOLLAR DIVIDEND paid to the Eugene Water Board's resides Hal electric customers ln the form of added comfort and service which elec tricity provide for lighting, cooking, water heating, and operating of house hold appliances. This MILLION-DOLLAR DIVIDEND Is proof of the wisdom of the Eugene Water Board' constant cam: "To provide water and electricity to Eugene and vicinity at rates a low a possible consistent with good Mrvie and sound biCBiclncj Commission of Water . and Hectrlo Utilities