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P A R A D E CE / H U A
COQUILLE, OKEGON
THURSDAY, JULY >, IMS.
The Champ Turns in His Gloves
Coquille Loggers Lose Eleven-Inning
Thriller To Forest Grove, 8 - 6
Miss America Becomes a Mrs.
by
CHUCK PRITCHARD. Sports Editor
After having the game securely tied up in the eighth inning,
the Coquille Loggers went on to lose a thrilling eleveri innning af
fair to the visiting Forest Grove baseball team Sunday afternoon,
July 4th, at the Coquille ball-park. The final count was 8-6.
Forest Grove drew first blood when they scored two runs
in the first half of the Fourth, b u t------------------
C OQUILLE
Coquille quickly took the lead by Douglass, lb -
chalking up one counter in their half Hendry, ci _
Allison, c ___
of the fourth inning and two more in Arlett, rf
the fifth.
Mclntee, ss
Another run in the seventh inning Goodman, if ..
plus two more in the eighth gave Co Salisbury, 2b
quille a 6-2 edge.
Marchand, 3b
It looked as though Coquille, was Olten, p _ _
a cinch to walk off with the game as West, p ____
Totals ___
Forest Grove came to bat in the ninth.
Olsen, who had pitched a magni
ficent game up to that point, retired Forest Grove 000 200 004 02—6 13 3
000 120 120 00— 6 13 3
the first two men who faced him, and Coquille
Errors— Morrison, L. DeBonte, Mc
the fans started edging toward the
exits.
lntee 2. Salisbury; doubles—R. De
Then, it started to happen. Sev Bonte, Allison, Salisbury; triples—■'
eral hard-hit balls coupled with sev Mclntee. Morrison, West; double
eral Coquille errors, turned the tide plays— Franck unassisted, McTlitee to
completely and before that fateful Salisbury to Dduglass; walks off O l
ninth inning was brought to a close, sen 3, West 2, Dayis 2; struck out by
Olsen 5, West 3, Davis 6, Jensen 1.
the score was tied at 6-6.
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From that point on, the die was
cast. Coquille tried desperately to
recover some small part of the m ar
gin they had held, but Forest Grpve
caught sight of victory and refused
to let go.
in the eleventh frame, the big bats
of the Grovers played a funeral
march for the Loggers and stopped
Coquille’s American Legion junior
only after two men had crossed the baseball team goes to Myrtle Point
plate.
Saturday, July 10th, for the final
Box score:
game of the season. Starting time is
FOREST GROVE
AB R H 2 p. m.
Morrison, s s ___________
4 2
1
A t the present time, Coquille and
R. De Bonte, 2 b _________ 8 1 2
Bandon are tied for first place in the
Helscher, 3 b ____________ 6
1 1
league »Unding. Each team has suf
Mann, cf ________________ 6
1 2 fered one defeat at the hands of each
Thorgerson, lb __- _____
5 1 3
other.
Eterno, r f ______________ 5
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Bandon is scheduled to tangle with
Franck, c
Powers this week and should both
L. DeBonte, If .
Coquille and Bandon be successful,
Davis, p '„ .........
a bang-up play-off game between the
Jensen, p ____
two teams w ill be in the offing be
Zimmerman, If
fore the league championship can be
T o ta ls _____
decided.
Legion Nine To Meet
Myrtle Point Saturday
Heavyweight champ Joe Louis hands over his gloves to fight pro
moter Mike Jacobs in New York and In return receives a check
for his kayo victory over Jersey Joe Walcott The Brown Bomber,
who defended his title 25 times, announced he would retire from
the ring and launch a political career.
Softball Championships
Scheduled For Portland
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Softball Fans
See Three Games
Q U IE T
Softball fans saw three thrill
ing contests played on the Co
quille ball-park during the past
week when the Active club met
the Cranberry Merchants, Lorenz
tangled with- Stevens hardware,
and the Eagles lodge battle4 the
hardy Merchants.
Wednesday evening, June 30, the
Active club ran into their toughest
game of the season when they bump
ed up against a greatly improved
Cranberry team. The Merchants
maintained a lead of 2-1 until the
sixth inning, when a hit and an error
combined to allow two Active run
ners to crocs tire plate and give the
Actlvlans that one run margin. The
final score was 3-2.
A double-header was staged Wed
nesday evening, July 7, between Lo
renz and Stevens; and Eagles vs.
Merchants.
Lorenz finally broke into the win
column of the second half standings
by outhitting the Stevens hardware
team 11-8.
In the second game, the Cranberry
Merchants took a slugfest from a
fighting Eagles team by a score of
16-9. The game was called at the
end of five innings on account of
darkness.
Second half standings:
Lost Pere’t
Active Club
2
0
1000
666
Cranberry Merchants 2
1
Safeway ...............
50U.
1
1
2
333
Stevens Hardware . 1
Lcrenz ...............
2
333
....1
Eaelps I -odirp
1
2
333
Season’s Standings:
Won Lost Perc’t
Active Club .
....7
0
1000
500
4
Stevens Hardware ... 4
Lorenz ............._...
4
4
500
Safeway _______ __ 3
4
429
Eagles Lodge ....... ... 3
5
375
Cranberry Merchants 2
6
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Mrs. Ella S. Winkels, newly ap
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H arrived on Tuesday. For the past
H year and one half, Mrs. Winkels has
H been connected with the Farmer*»
Home Administration at Grants Pass
M and Medford, and she served previ
ously with the same organization in
Minnesota. She graduated from the
University of Minnesota in economics.
Mrs. Winkels succeeds Mrs. Helen
A. Running, who is now residing in
North Bend.
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Mrs. Ella S. Winkels, new county
home demonstration agent for Coos
county, was honored at a reception
held on Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. May Maskey at Coos River. The
affair was arranged by the county
home extension chairmen and the
alumnae. Also present was Miss
Frances Clinton, of Corvallis, assist
ant state leader in the home exten
sion department, who is in thexioun-
ty fo r several days this week. 9
Home Demonstration
Agent Named
Reception Given
COQUILLE, OREGON
ED W ALKER
The World’s Amateur Softball Championships will open in
Portland the night of September 12 and close two weeks later on
September 26th, officials in charge of the tournament announced
after receiving confirmation of the dates from M. J. Pauley, ex
ecutive secretary of the National Softball association.
The tourney to be held west of Cleveland for the first time in
history will involve the 16 top girls’
teams and the best 16 men’s teams
in the world. The girls will decide
their championship first, launching
action September 12th and playing
nightly to the 18th, when the final
j tilt w ill be staged.
The 18 regional mens title clubs
I will inaugurate their tourney Sun-
1 day September 19 and continue
i through the 26th.
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Transportation is being arranged
for the various teams to visit out-of-
etty points of interest and it is the
hope of the committee that some of
the many regional champions may be
scheduled for games in cities and
towns outside of
Portland. Team
sponsors outside of Portland should
make note of this and if possible try
and arrange for one of the 16 best
teams in the world to play a game
RAY E. S M ITH (le ft)— General chairman of W->-ld’s Amateur Softball with his team or a local ali-star team
Championships, and Morris Roeoway. sponsor, point out dates on which in his own community.
title-deciding tournaments w ill be held In Portland. This is the first
dee "Spike" Ita lic ter Insuranoe of
time the aeries has been held west of Cleveland.
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