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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1955)
The Lowdovn By (iK.NK ANDJJtSON ")iip of the smallest linemen tin entire Pacific Coast Oml Hcc last fall. Jim Kolnrts of Orc- Km Slate, dropped in to we yi'stcitlny. He was hound lor California air hise with a 2nd Lh iiti nanl's commission, and wih spend the next three years in lh' a if lorce. At Ti-Ii and barely 160 pounds, he appears tf small lo play bin lime idlhiatf football. But despite in- jiu ii H tie managed to start ut Ml Kilard in over h;i!f (he Heaver k4h Inst year. It was no picnic for Hie tonsil lil,lle guy, playing opposite bruis cm like UCLA's Jack Kllcrm. bill Itoberts loves football and he nev er stopprd Irving. Throughout his prep and colkgi days he was always noted for his A. s. I 4? JIM ROBERTS Small but rugged hustle and enthusiasm. He earner! A (I -City honors in high school and iff the Shriner's All-Siar fool billl game he picked up a trophy an the culstaiiding lineman in ad dition to the Most Valuable I'lny.r award. Allthouidi warned thai he was too small for I'CC football, he just wouldn't listen. Afler winning his Kook mum ral, he won three vars ity grid letters before! graduating last week. Roberts it outstanding proof that determination and hustle count more than just si.e alone, and that If a follow really wants to play fool ball, nothing will stop him Whether local baseball fans real ize li or not, there has been a tremendous amount of work done behind the scenes in fixing up the municipal basen.,,! park this sea son. Many funis and individuals have generously contributed lime, money and materials for improve ments. Must outstanding, of course, have been the visiting and home b-nin dressing re mis and show j ers whirl) are lust now being com pleted. In addition, the grand-j stand was painted, the outfield fence was re-painted on the inside, j a gate was erected In separate th'-i playing field from the stands, old Imanls were replaced, the road til th dl'i tumid was black topped, and a batting cage is in Cie proc ess of being constructed. While the ball park is slill a long' ways from being a model dia- ting better. And pi.tns a.-xi year include moving tho dugouts in closer to home plate and sink ing th in, scrapaig and ivluifirifc the entire infield, n'W concession stands and ticket offices, and wa ttr fountains in the grand stands. A new electric scoreboard is even in prospect, but Unit may take an other year. The following concerns and in dividuals all donated to maki the )Jfri Hend Uj;ger baseball team possible, Hend Nash Co., Miller Lumber Co,, KHNU, U. S. National Hank, Don Waddle Co., Moty and Van iJyke, Gregg's Man ner Bakery, Caslunans Inc., Bend Furniture Co., Mannhehners', Sto ver - Ix-Mlane, Kundingsland Motor Co., Tuwne Motors, Ward Motor Co., Ct niral Oregon Motors, Bend Garage Co., H. dries Distributing Co., The B'nd Bulb-tin, T. F. Hrooks, A. J. (Jlassow. Ors. M ic- tey. Courier and McCus'te r, i rmond, (Joodric.'i, Foley mid firay. Copper Boom, Hi tot Butte Inn, Tile l.aud Mart, Brandis J'hrift Wise Drug and The 1st Na ii'n;il I'.iink. Olhers who eond ibuted !.j0 wen flordon Hanflal) Insurance Agency I'iggly Wiggly, Pine Tavern, Sin top mil Schul.e, Murray Bros. Con struct ion Co., Trail ways Coffci shop, Don Denning, Stacy Smith. Wagner's grocery, Pacific Trail ways. Bend - Portland Trucking service, AF of L Labor temple, Itoberl 1 biningway Clinic, Des chutes Federal Savings and Imn. Lumbermen's Insurance Agency. .1, C. Penney Co., K.lks club, Bend Kiwanis, Dyer's Aulo service, Mc Kay and Panner, and Ci'y Cleaners. Mclennan Plumbing Co. donat ed all the lalmr for the dressing rooms as did Smith Kloctric. ('en tral Oregon Pumice Co., Brooks Scanlou Inc., l-con.ird Lundgreti Lumber Co., Bend Kedi-Mi Co., Bern! Aggregate ami paving Co Consumers (las. Fred Paine and Sh"rwin-Williams Co., all made in valuable coniribiitious. Memlx-rs of Hie following unions. Plumbers, Carpenters, Laborers and Kleeiricians, as well as many individuals spent hours out there world ni; without pay to help build a. better . ball park. The City of Bend is helping clear thi road behind the fii base bleachers, and is planning on oiling and fixing up die parking space. Without I he assistance of the above - named firms, a lop - notch baseball team would not have been possible. Not only are the Loggers sharp in tin ir new Yankee pin stripe uniforms, but they rale as lefiuite contend rs lor the Smiih tii Oregon league champions lip. We have tried to run a com plete list of those up (he ball park and sincere! hope we haven't li ft anybody oip. II is difficult to compile a com plete list with so many individual and firms donating so generously Many people u ho went nut there, picked up a hammer and worker for a coupli h i vmiwii n lj I 1 1 I rnr i 1 1 The Bend Bulletin, Thursday, June 16, 1955 George Shaw To Play With Colts in '55 4 1 7 i:m BALTIMORE, Md (UP) George' Shaw, the nation's top collegiate - (piarterback last fall at the Uni y versity of Oregon and the Haiti-k more Colts' bonus pick in the Na lional ro-ttball League draft, todav signed a pro football contract. I Colt President and (leneral Man-I ager Don Kellett said Shaw agreed to a one-year contract putting an end to reports he might pass up foitball for professional baseball after lengthy and detailed conver sations. Salary terms were not dis closed. The ISO pound bonus baby led the nation in total offense in 15-1 with XA yards. He completed !il of l!Hi passes and racked up a .'!!) yard punting average. As a jun ior lu? topped the country on rle-i tense and earlier set an N-C-A-A record with 13 pass interceptions. . Shaw reportedly received several attractive diamond offers but de cided on big league football rather than baseball in the minors. But; Kellett said that Shaw was given permission to play baseball if he has the chance and may be signed by the Portland Beavers in the Pa cifie Coast League. S ftjr. r 4 . 17 'VS Golf Trio Ends in Tie U was oi!d or even select inn at the Bend Coif club Wednesday and three Indies tied for Class A honor. They were Mrs. Don Dyer, Mrs. W. A. Crimsley. and Mrs. D. P. Norton. Mrs. Ray Yarnes won Class B. For nine holes there was a tie between Mrs. Ray Forrest and Mrs. W. K. Chandler. Kig'il Bend ladies journeyed lo Hosehurg for Willamette Valley Southern Oregon play Tuesday, and five of them came back vic torious. In Class A. Mrs. A- S'ipe won gross with an ", and Mrs. .loe Crahlman won net with a 77. Mrs. Mert Watige and Mrs. K. C. Sullivan tied for net honors in Class B with Xls. while Mrs. Vein Larson took Class C with a net 75. Mvs Ken Hicks. Mrs M-1 Kaper md Mrs. W. K. Crimsley also made the trip In eclectic phv for M;y. Mi's , P. Norton grabN-d Class A helping to fiv laurels with a net (in, the same score posted by Mrs. Il'iy arnes in winning Class B Mrs. Fred Paine look class C wtth a net (W SAM SNEAD Favored to win Open U.S. Open Is Underway SAN FRANCISCO (UPt-It's the old-timers versus the youngsters, with old man par in between, as the 55th annual National Open golf tournament got underway today on the Olympic Club course that has been dubbed "The Monster." The names of Dr. Cary Middle coff, Sam Snead and Ben llogan. among the veteran campaigners, are listed as the choices to win this most-coveted of all crowns. But it is a gruelling test on an exacting course and for that rea son such brilliant young shot-makers as Gene Littler, Dick Mayer, Bob Rosburg and Mike Souchak also are given a good chance to cop the big prize. Portland Edges Hollywood, 1-0, In Hurlers' Duel By I'NITKD I'KKSS , San Diego and Portland used different caliber weapons last night against their Pacific Coast League foes, but the results came out exactly the same. League leading San Diego used the pop-gun type attack in the first inning to score a run while Portland unlimbered an elephant gun in the final frame. But when the dust rue each had a 1-0 victory San Diego over tor menting Oakland and Portland over fast-moving Hollywood. Seattle kept pace with the lea ders by bombmg San Francisco Pacific Coast league W L Pet. OR San Diego 44 . 30 .595 Seattle 42 32 .568 2 I Hollywood 36 35 .507 6 I Oakland 35 37 .486 8 I San Francisco 34 38 .472 9 Portland 32 36 .471 9 Ixs Angeles 33 40 .452 10 Sacramento 32 40 .444 11 i Chisox Edge Nearer Yanks In Dividing with Baltimore lly United I'mia Nelson fox weighs in at a mere 142 pounds, tobacco chaw and all, American Iueue. w. l. ret. ;b New York 39 21 .6.'i0 Chicago -.34 20 .630 2 Cleveland - 35 23 .603 3 Detroit 31 25 .554 6 Boston 27 31 .466 11 Washington ... 23 34 .404 14'i Kansas City 22 36 .379 16 Baltimore 19 40 .322 19' : utll havt hill al I lllsfil- inn VllillT S MKIM I K.l N'KW YORK (Uli WVIIrrweicht I ;'rlor Cnnslanrc of Triniilart and itl hmii-s an cveiiinlinicMli'vvidil P.amm Kiirntes ol Bifco Clobbers Mo'pse, 22 to 0 fiifco clobbered .Moose, 2'2 to 0. in an American Little League baseball game ;it South Harmon field Wednesday. Winning hurler Hobby Larranr-e whiffed II and only gave up three hits. Cllen .lorgrnsrii had five fur fiv for IJift-o, including a double am! home run. Bobbin Petrie also! smashed nut a homer. Panny Ne-! son. Jack. IIIiHlrtt. and (ary Haw-1 gen cnllected Ihe nnly Moose hit'; i It II K Bifco (IOiTJ .vl'-' pi j Miwse 0O0 000 0 3 1 -I Larrance and .1 o r g e n s e n: Wange, Hlodgett 1, and Hawgen. 10-2 while Los Angeles got out of the basement by virtue of a 6-3 win over Sacramento. The San Diego Padres, not as muscular as they were a few weeks ago, scored in the first in ning against Don Ferrarese with out a hit. Ferrarese walked the bases loaded and then Buddy Peterson scored the night's lone run on an infield force. Only Seorinjf " That was all the scoring as the Pads were held to three singles. However the Oaks were not too robust either against Cal McLish. getting only six singles and one less run than the Padres. Carl Powis accented the first syllable of his last name in the top of the ninth inning and boomed a home run that accounted for all the scoring in the Portland-Hollj-wood contest. Bob Alexander went alt the way and limited Hollywood to five hits. The Beavers got six safeties off George M un g e r and George O'Donnell. Munger gave way for pinch hitter in the seventh. The pinch hitter was George Vico, who homered in the role last night to win the game. Last night he fanned on three pitches. Hal Rice ami Piper Davis ho mered for the Angels as they nushed Ihe Solons back into the cellar. Davis also chipped in a double and a single to aid the Angel scoring. n'tnain anoiiymoiis. 1'iey call have the that their wrk has mond, il slowly and surely is yet-really been appreciated. I Lns Aimeles have signed to meet in a 10 rntind bout al Madison Sipiare Garden Wednesday, .Inly I :(. us I.' m " mew, its AMPHiBIOUSBOAfcb. Hit! erenf: PH,!S l0 3RD. I L'i:r?i " - p.rsri -- Now ct last you can take an 13 or 21 ft. Ccbsn Cruiser to your favorite lake, river or bay, without worry about loading or unloading of trciler. The new re tractable trailers now installed in our cruisers make it possible for one man to launch or take out of the water any 18 or 21 f t. cruiser with ccse cf operation. These Boats Are Nov on Display at The Wheels liff up into specially constructed well and lowers on a screw raisintj tlic Cruiser an aver age of 13 to 15 inches off the ground. Amphibious Boat Company 1405 S. 3rd, Bend Phone 608-W Stop in and In quire about Installing d set in your Cruiser Gregg's Routs Elks, 16 to 9 Gregg's capitalized mi wild pitching to run away from the F.Iks, Hi In !), in a Nation:) Lit tle League baseball game at Juni per park Wednesday. T'irce Kll hurlers cave up n walks and M hits, while Jim Wiley of Gregg's permitted nine hits, but struck out 1(1 and only gave nut three free passes. Aggies Nipped By Wake Forest OMAHA. Neb. (UP) Well- rested Wcst-rn Michigan sends its ace left-hander. Gary Graham, against Wake Forest's right-handed sophomore. Buck Fichtcr, to night in the championship game of Ihe NCAA college world series. Wake Forest won a berth in the finals Wednesday night by blank ing Oklahoma AS M. 2 0, behind the four-hit pitching of John Sin koe. Western Michigan dr ew a bye Wednesday night because it was the last team to lose in the double elimination tournament. Seixas-Trabert Team Defeated LONDON (UP) The defeat of America's Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas. the world's No. 1 doubles Outstanding Petroleum Marketing Opportunity MEoar with Gilmore" Territories Now Open for WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS (Pacific Northwest and Navada) Unusual long-term Profit opportunity; roady to moke contractual arrangement! for yean with qualified men. 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Fox' six hits in eight tries raised his batting average to .323 and the two homers gave him a total 'of live for the season a personal single season high. He's driven in 25 runs this year and has 20 ext'-a base blows among his 71 hits. Bobby Young's eighth-inning sin gle drove in Gil Coan and negated Fox' first-game heroics as the Orioles scored a 6-5 victory. But Nellie homered in the third inning and also delivered a single when Ihe White Sox scored their second run in the eighth inning en route to a 2-0 nightcap victory. Billy lloclt gained credit for his sixth victory with relief aid from Werner Birrer in the ninth as the Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees, 8-6. Brtyiklyn Chicago New York Milwaukee Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Iouis Pittsburgh National league W. I. M 14 33 26 .31 27 29 2!) 21 31 .23 30 . 23 31 . 19 38 I'd. till .759 .559 11 hi .534 13 .500 15 .436 lS'i .434 lS'j .420 19 .333 24' i Southpaw Dean Stone limited tile Indians lo three singles in pilot ing Ihe Washington Senators to a 7-0 triumph. Mi I Parnell yielded three hom ers and needed Tom Hunt's help in the ninth inning but registered his first win of 1955 as Ihe Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Ath-letics.9-6, in the other American League game. rt-dlfg Beat Dodgers In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers bowed to the Cincinnati Redlegs. 5-2, but main tained their ll'i-game hold on first place when the New York Giants beat the second - place Chicago Cubs. 7-2. The Philadelphia Phils defeated the Milwaukee Braves, 4-0. and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgn Pirates, 7-3, in other games. Weber Moves To 3rd Round PORTLAND L'P The girls grabbed the spotlight in the Ore gon Golf Association's annual jun ior championships yesterday with one Getting a hole in one and fav orites Carole Jo Kahler and Sue Do Voe winning their matches. Susan Samll of CbrvaUis, who won overx Alice Hammer of Coos Bay on the 19th hole, shot a 132 yaid hole-in-one on the 11th hole at Riverside. She used a six iron. Miss Kaliler, of Sutherlin, de feated Rosemary Killen of Port land 6 and 5 and Miss DeVoe, of .Med ford, won over Elin" Porritt of Kugene, also 6 and r T-,. other girls' semt-finalist is Shirley Sieg mund of Kuqene defeated Gretchen Glar; u! Pendleton, 2 and 1. Gary Hval, favorite in the junior division, downed Tom Carter of Portland 7 and 6. Others moving into the third round were Ron Web er of Prineville, 7 and 6 winner over John Dunkin of Portland; -Gary Gcrtsen of Eugene, one-up winner over John Holmes of As toria, and Gordon Marlatt of Eu gene 4 and 3 winner over Joe Hall mark of Rosehurg. In the champion boys' division. Bigg Lovett of Columbia blasted George Mack of Waverley, 6 and 4. Other boys' winners were Bill Au brey, Corvallis, with a 3 and 2 win over Jerry Pcrrine, Portland; David Munro, Portland, who de feated Bob Kelly. Portland, 4 and 3; and Tom Hamiin, Med ford, with . a 5 and 4 victory over Peter Geers- : ten, Eugene.. NOW YOU CAN GET THE GREATEST T2RE ADVANCES OF 1955 AT SPECIAL SAVINGS! GREATER ELOWOUT PROTECTION, NEW PUNCTURE PROTECTION, EXTRA SKID AND SI3EWALL PROTECTION MILEAGE NEVER KNOWN BEFORE! l.yle Low" led winners witli:,Pam- threw the doubles coinpeti-l lluvf fur f . irelmliiv.: a i:raw1 ''nn open tcxl.iy in the Iondnn sl im homer L-e Vi k .iml Dirk Grass Courts tennis totirnamcnt. ! 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