Medford mail tribune., July 24, 1955, Image 8

EIGHT MTDrORD (OREGON)
taps!
Portland Shooter
Breaks 250 Targets
Bert Dompier. Seattle, best
ed a field of 213 shooters yes
terday afternoon and evening
to win the preliminary handi
cap of the Grand Pacific shoot
of Pacific International Trap
shooting association at Med
ford Gun club.
He broke 99 targets out of
100.
Charles Polacek, Longview.
Wash., was runner-up. He and
Byron Smith, Haxrisburg.
scored 98s and Polacek won
the extra shoot. 24 birds to 20.
Five others busted 97
pigeons and seven had 96s. .
Those with 97 were Peter
Schmils Jr.. Eugene; G. A.
Morin. Fairchild. Wash.: May
nard Henry Los Angeles: Har
ry Lupher. Drain, and Ervin
Grubbe. Molalla. Breaking 96
were Charles Conn. Bow,
Wash.; Ed Fumasi. Maxwell,
Calif.; L. K. Byrd. Roseburg:
Paul Culbertson, Medford:
Floyd Malcolm, Alsea; George
Voytilla. Dillard. and Bud
Balch. White Swan. Wash.
Perfect marksmanship on 250
targets gained for John Simpson
veteran Portland shooter, the
Grand Pacific singles champion
ship in the Pacific International
Trapshooting association tourna
ment being held here.
Simpson and E. E. Putnam,
San Bernardino, Calif., each
plastered 200 straight pigeons in
the battle which stretched over
Friday and Saturday at Medford
Gun club. The Portland man
won the shoot-off with another
perfect 50 straight while Put
nam brought down 48 targets for
runner-up prize.
Saturday's field was more
than 190 shooters and gunning
lasted until ; early afternoon.
That gave a late start to the
preliminary handicap which fin
ished out the day. It was still
going in the early evening.
The Grand Pacific handicap
today winds up the shoot. A 100
target tussle, it, is set to start at
9 a.m. Still to be settled are the
all-around and over-all cham
pionships. Tourney started Wed
nesday with practice and regis
tered events began on Thursday.
Following the top men in
sineles were Fred Mauser, The
Dalles. John Lichenstern. Klam
ath Falls, and Harvey Fisher,
Portland, all with 199s. Fisher
took . the professional prize.
Seven others finished the two
day 200-target test with 198s
while nine broke 197. Six men
in addition to the champ and
runner-up had perfect, scores on
the Saturday 100. Thirteen were
errorless on Friday.
Baxter Moore Jr., Tillamook,
Sugar Gets Nod Over Rock;
Robbery Charge Screamed
San Francisco (U.R) Ray
Robinson, riding high again like
the sugar man. of old, today
headed for a world middle
weight title fight against Carl
Bobo Olson while Rocky Castel
lan is beaten camp screamed
"robbers."
The 35-year-old Harlem danc
ing man staggered back from a
nine count knockdown in the
sixth round of Friday night's
wild fight at the Cow Palace to
earn a split 10-round decision
over the erstwhile number one
middleweight contender.
A crowd of about 8,230, who
turned out for the nationally
televised bout, unloosed a terri
fic roar when Robinson was de
clared the winner.
Referee Jack Downey and
Judge Frankie Carter voted the
fight to Sugar Ray 56-54, while
College All-Stars
Beqin Workouts
Chicago (U.R) The 1955
College All-Stars began work
ing out Friday under the su
pervision of five professional
coaches for their Aug. 12
clash with the Cleveland
Browns.
It was the first time since the
All-Star game was inagurated
that professional coacHes have
been in charge of the collegiate
All-Americans. a move designed
to give the stars a better chance
at victory.
Curley L a m b e a u. former
coach of the Green Bay Packers,
Chicago Cardinals and Washing
ton Redskins in the National
Football League, directed the 47
stars in light drills at Northwest
em's practice field.
Lambeau said he wasn't going
to hold light drills for very long.
"These boys are in good shape
from the reports I've had," Lam
beau said, "and we're going to
work hard to win."
Lambeau was assisted by
Heartly Anderson. Steve Owen,
Hampton Pool and Tony Can
adeo. all former National Foot
ball League coaches, in drilling
the stars.
In the past 21 years, the All
Star squad coach was always
MAIL TRIBUNE
(Captures Grand
was crowned junior champion
with 93 out of 100 Saturday.
Ronald Galdabini, Cottage Grove
took runner-up with 87. Larry
Horn, Grants Pass, won sub-junior
with 95 and young Tnn
Mehl, Glendale, was next with
92.
Ladies title went to Lila Mc
Mullen. Roseburg, with 184,
while Wanda Blum, Tillamook,
nabbed second in a shoot-off vith
Donna Woolley, Drain, and
Frances Crumley. Elko. Nev.
Mrs. Blum busted 24 in the extra
while Mrs. Woolley shattered
23 and Mrs. Crumley 20.
George and Wanda Blum, Til
lamook, won the husband and
wife award after an extra ses
sion with Everett and Sandra
Hunt, Eureka, Calif. Both
couples shot 137 regular scores.
Edge for the Blums in the run
off was 46 to 44.
Father and son mantle went
to the Baxter Moores Sr. and Jr.,
Tillamook, for a 196. Jim and
Larry Horn, Grants Pass, had
194 along with Art and Bud
Morris, Maupin, on Saturday.
Brothers trophy victors were
Walt Fisher, Wedderburn, and
Lewis Fisher, Eureka, with 194.
Ben and Charles Polachk, Kelso,
Wash., had 190s in the Saturday
contention.
R. E. Lewis, Bakersfield,
beat W. C. Miller, Sacramento,
Calif., 99 to 97 Saturday for 65
to 70 years of age honors. Fred
S. Bair, Eureka, and Dean Bubar,
Roseburg, broke 97 Saturday in
the over 70 contest. Bair won
on a coin flip.
Professional runner-up was W.
H. McCrady, Sacramento. He
had 197 for two days.
With 198s in singles . were Bill
Ragon, Garfield, Wash.; Ken
Skaglund, Spokane, Wash.; N.
A. Lamb, Campbell, Calif.; Jim
Horn, Grants Pass; Don Orlich.
Reno, Nev.; H. B. Carlisle, Salt
Lake City, Utah and Charles
Conn, Bow, Wash.
In the 197 group were Mc
Crady; H. C. Forsberg, Portland;
Ore.; Harry Lupher. Drain: Wal
ter Fisher; L. E. Wells, Sacra
mento; Gordon Miller, Drain: L.
Gridley, Portland, and Bob
Morris.
Saturday 100s were Hunt,
Forsberg, Mauser, Putnam,
Simpson, Maynard Henry, Los
Angeles. Conn and Vern Solo
mon, Winchester.
The 13 who succeeded in
cracking 100 straight on Friday
were Ken Jackson, Grants Pass,
L. A. Shepard, Ophir; W. W.
Hileman, Cottage Grove; Harvey
Fisher, Putnam, Lamb, Jim
Horn, Simpson, Orlich, E. E.
Driscoll, Klamath Falls; John
Cawrse, Remote; Lichenstern,
and E. N. Willett, Oakridge.
picked from the collegiate ranks.
Judge Jack Silver saw it Castel
lani 56-54. The United Press
stayed with Robinson, 55V2
54 12.
Robinson Sprawli
Robinson weighed 159 Vs, Cas
tellani 160.
Castellani, sticking to his ad
vance billing as a fighter who
has junked the hit-and-run tech
nique, sent Robinson sprawling
to all fours in the sixth when he
caught him with a savage right
to the head followed by a left
nook and a right chop
" But Robinson, who had been
knocked out only once in his life,
pulled his addled wits together,
survived the round, then went
on to stagger Castellani with his
legendary combinations which
were enough to put him back in
business,
Castellani, over-anxious, slip
ped to the canvas twice when he
missed wild rights in the seventh
round while trying to put Rob
inson away, after pulling a simi
lar maneuver in the fifth. In the
meantime. Sugar Ray used every
trick he knew to stay alive dur
ing the Clevelander's wild-eyed
onslaught.
Rocky Staggered -
The strategy worked and in
the eighth a fresher Ray Robin
son buzzed his left and right
flurries to the stomach again,
then staggered Rocky with a
solid right to the jaw.
In the ninth round, the old
combinations clicked as Castel
lani was dazed and sent on his
way to defeat by a whistling
left and right to the head.
George Gainford, Robinson's
manager, proclaimed that Ray
definitely was in line to meet
Olson, whom he has defeated
twice in the past.
"He beat the number-one con
tender so why won't he fight
Olson," Gainford asked.
Al Naiman, multi-millionaire
manager of the loser, shouted
that he would protest the deci
sion today to the state athletic
commission.
"It was a bad decision," Nai
man maintained. "We were rob
bed. We'll fight Robinson again
any place except in San Fran
cisco. And knock him out, too!"
Sunday. July 24, 1955
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CAPTURE PITA CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The five men pictured here won 16-yard
class championships Thursday in the Pacific
International Trapshooting association Grand
Pacific tourney at Medford Gun club. Dan
Orlich, at the right, nabbed the AA 16-yard
honors and on Friday added the over-all
doubles title. The others, left to right, are
Reno Man Wins Doubles And
16-Yard Events In PITA Here
Dan Orlich, the ex-pro foot
baller from Reno, Nev., wrap
ped up his second big Grand
Pacific toga in two days in the
annual Pacific International
Trapshoot association tourney by
winning the doubles competi
tion Friday.
Orlich, who claimed the Class
AA 16-yard mantle after a
Tnursday shoot-off, cracked 95
clay pigeons to beat out Gordon
Miiler( Drain, and E. E. Dris
coll. Klamath Falls, for the
doubles pennant in the PITA
grand affair at Medford Gun
club.
There were 98 shooters.
Miller and Driscoll tied with
94s and Miller nipped the
Klamath entry 35 to 34 out of
40 for runner-up position in the
over-all pairs contention.
Prizes went also to winners
and runner-up in A, B and C
classes and Driscoll was award
ed the top trophy for Class B.
Dudley Wins Class A
Class A award went to Bob
Dudley, Portland, for his 93
birds. Harry Lupher, Drain,
beat out Lewis Fisher, Eureka,
Calif., 18 to 17 in an extra for
A runner-up. Both blasted 92
in the regular 50 pairs. W. W.
Hileman, Cottage Grove, splat
tered 91 for Class B runner-up.
In Class C Dr. Everett Hunt,
Eureka, had a 90 count for first
position and Joe Webster, Walla
Walla, Wash., was second with
82.
Other top gunners in Class A
were George Blum, Tillamook,
91; George Baker, Portland, 88;
John Simpson, Portland, 88;
Fred Dambacher, Walnut Grove,
Calif., 88; Forrest Solomon, Win
chester, 87; and N. A. Lamb,
Campbell, Calif., 87. .
In Class B Eugene Krewson,
Roseburg, had 90; Bill Ragon,
Garfield, Wash., 89; Peter Sch
mitz Jr., Eugene, 87; Martin
Steward, Selah, Wash., 87; L.
E. Wells, Sacramento, Calif., 87,
and Eddie P. Fumasi, Maxwell,
Calif., 87.
A professional, M. R. Laidlow,
Vancouver, B.C., broke 88.
Name City 16 yd. Dbl.
K. Jackson. Grant Pass . 100
L. Sheppard. Ophir 100
W. Hileman. Cottage Grove 100 91
H. Fisher. Portland 100
E. E. Putnam. San Bernardino 100 74
N. Lamb. Campbell 100 87
J. Horn. Grants Pass 100 87
John Simpson. Portland 100 88
Dan Orlich, Reno 100 95
E. E. Driscoll. Klamath Falls ....100 94
Johu Cawrse-. Remote. Ore 100 87
J. Lichenstern. Klamath Falls 100 80
E. N. Willett, Eugene 100 83
J. M. Adams. Klamath Fall .... 99
B. Ragon. Garfield 99 87
oeorge Blum. Tillamokk 99 91
Walter Fisher. Wedderburn 99
Fred Mauser, The Dalles. 99 84
K. Skoglund. Spokane 99 80
L,. .. wells. Sacramento 99 87
C. F. Forsberg. Longview 99 80
G. Miller. Drain 99 94
R. Buffington. Gold Beach 99 83
E. J. Dearing. Portland 99
H. Loeuenthal. San Francisco.. 99
H. Patton, Portland 98 74
led Rice. Myrtle Creek 98 66
W. McCrady. North Sacramento 98
r. Bair. Eureka 98
R. Lewis. Bakersfield 98
J. Bateman. Moses Lake 98 79
F. Solomon. Winchester . 98 87
H. Budlong. Portland 98
F. L. Roberts. Kerman. Cal. .. 98
G. A. Morin. Fairchild. Wash. 98 90
A. Bauman. Ritzville. Wash 98 78
F. Dambacher. Walnut Grove 98 80
M. Hunt. Bend 98
H. Lupher. Drain 98 92
C. Conn. Bow. Wash.? 98
L. H. Anderson. Toledo 98
B. Morris. Maupin 98
P. M. Johnson. Silvana, Wash. 98
L. Gridley. Portland 98
E. P. Fumasi. -Maxwell. Calif. 98 87
F. Worsham. Myrtle Point 98 71
A. Vogt. Eureka 98
I. G. McDonnell. Sacramento 98
Gordon Ryals. Albany 98
D. Deach, Seattle 98
M. B. Henry. Los Angeles 96 86
D. Brown. Heppner 91
O. J. Coon. Salt Lake 96
W. E. Reeves. Bellevue. Wash. 93
B. Moore. Sr.. Tillamook 96 75
H. Wooley. Drain 89 76
L. Brock. Klamath Falls 83
B. Moore. Jr.. Tillamook 94 86
J. F. Moore, Portland 95 83
L. Biden. Prospect 85
M. Steward. Silah. Wash 95 87
M. Miholovirh. Sunnvvale. Cal. 87
T. Schmitz. Portland 92 75
S. Short. Roseburg 92 86
R. M. McMulIen. Roseburg B4
Pacific
O. Ellis. Redding 92
W. H. Elis. Redding. Cal 94
W. H. Meadows. Portland 6
R. Short. Roseburg 90
J. Shaver. Reno 93 12
A. Lamb. Campbell. Cal 93
T. D. Kerns. Corvallis !)2
L. McMulIen, Roseburg 90
H. Smith, Sr.. Reno 95 76
L. C. Hauptman. Chemult' 96 71
Emma Jantzer. Medford 79
Blum Heads
PITA; Reno
Site in 1956
George Blum, Tillamook, is
the new president of the Pa
cific International Trapshoot
ing association.
He was chosen Friday night
at the PITA annual meeting at
Hotel Medford. Blum is a
former president of the Ore
gon PITA organization. He
succeeds E. W. Pease, Med
ford. 4
Harold Wooley, Drain, was
named first vice-president, and
H. Barr Carlise, Salt Lake
City. Utah, second vice-president.
Two officers were re
tained, Gordon Hull, Salem,
secretary-manager, and Wal
ter Hartwick, Mt. Vernon,
Wash., treasurer.
The 22 delegates at the Fri
day session named Reno, Nev.,
as site for the 1956 Grand
Pacific shoot. Current Grand
concludes today at Medford
Gun club.
E. G. Henselman, Medlord 91
J. Maulding. Cottage Grove 91
uonna wooley. Dram 95
B. Davis. Klamath Falls 97
A. E. See. Renton, Wash. 95 79
W. Jansen, Gumos. Calif. . 97 76
H. Craker, Willows. Calif 91
H. Brown. Grants Pass 97
D. K. Buffington, Gold Beach 90
Ann Ryan. Ophir 60
B. Polacek, Kelso 96 74
R. M. Simpson, Cornelius 93 86
L. W. Otis. Seattle 96
E. Krewson. Roseburg 97 90
C. Ramsey. Centralia, Wash. 96 79
C. Wellborn. Colusa. Calif. 95
B. Dudley. Portland 97 93
A. Barnes. Seattle 97
P. Cornick. Lakeview 95
A. Hanseth. Jr., Crescent City 93
C. Jastad. Eugene '. 95
V. Solomon. Winchester 95 51
C. Polacek, Longview, Wash. 97 75
J. Polacek. Longview. Wash. 94
J. C. Morris. Portland 94
H. Helzer, Portland 95
D. Weimer. Portland 96
G. Baker. Portland 97 88
G. Bronson, Grants Pass 96
C. Bowman. Redding 86 81
L. Fisher, Eureka 92 92
E. Pease. Medford 91 79
W. Stone, Sacramento 84 75
E. Hunt. Eureka 95 90
E. N. Hunt. Medford 91
K. Swain. Salt Lake 97 75
V. Johnson. Eureka 87 68
V. Moore. Klamath Falls 94 76
Joe Brooks. Medford 90
H. Hilficker, Eureka 95 80
J. T. Webser. Walla Walla ...... 96
Sandra Hunt. Areata. Calif. 87
J. J. Weis. Portland 91
Ray Cole. Drain 96 72
H. Forsberg. Beaverton 87 82
D. Wallace. Portland 94 85
M. W. Ray. John Day 96 83
W. Willis. Alameda 87
W. C. Miller. Sacramento 96
F. Young. Talent 87
John Glaser. Tangent 93 64
E. Steffan. Kerman. Calif 96 71
J. R. Pierce. Oakland 96
K. Gilkerson. Roseburg 95 85
N. Grumley. Elko 95 84
P. Schmitz. Jr.. Eugene 96 87
G. E. Newton. Independence .... 93
F. A. Doty, Millbrae. Calif. 94
Wanda Blum, Tillamook ji 90
C. F. Wining. Sacramento 96 66
M. R. Laidlaw. Vancver.. B. C. 97 88
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Singles
W. C. Miller, Sacramento, Calif., Class B
victor; H. O. Hilficker, Eureka, Calif., Class
D winners; Lloyd Hauptman, Chemult, Class
C champ, and J. B. Bateman. Moses Lake,
Wash., Class A trophy-getter. The shoot ends
today at Medford Gun club. (Brainerd
photo)
J. R. Watrous. San Jose 90
F. Crumble-.'. Elko 90
J. W. Green. Courtenay. B. C. 96
L. Horn. Grants Pass 96
J. W. Kennedv. Portland 92
G. Hull. Salem 91
H. Shirtcliff. Myrtle Creek 96
A. Morris. Maupin 89 86
P. Barton. Bav Citv 88
G. Jantzer, Medford 97 76
M. Clofiston, Jacksonville 97 74
R. Coleman. Jacksonville 95
E. E. Smith. Portland 84
E. Patton. Lacomb. Ore 93 84
P. C. Beardcn. Medford 91
Ted Weltv, Portland 92
Don Deach, Seattle 93
John Hurd. Eugene 97
D. C. Schmidt. Turlock. Calif. 96
Bryan Smith. Harrisburg 96 81
F. Boothby. prospect 95
Billy Morris. Maupin 94
Braunda Short. Roseburg 81
A. Borcl. San Ramon. Calif 97
E. R. Alexander. Riddle. Ore. 91
Tom .Mehl. Jr.. Glendale. Ore. 90
Tommv Mehl. Sr.. Glendale 89 85
Jack Culver. Sutherlin 96 86
Rod Mclndce. Nelson, B. C 97 71
Vern Moore 76
G. L. Bronson 80
Ken Jnckson B0
J. W. Greene 68
Auaie Vogt 82
H. B. Carlisle 80
L. H. Anderson 80
Bub Morris 77
W. C. Miller 80
C. W. Kline 66
L. K. Bird 77
Dave Jackson 62
Bud Hoehn 65
Olson's Crown Safe In Ray
Bout, Castelanni Predicts
San Francisco U.R) Sugar
Ray Robinson's comeback trail
led right to Middleweight King
Carl (Bobo) Olson's throne room
Saturday but the man who
should know said the crown
would not go back to Harlem.
The all-powerful International
Boxing club promised an an
nouncement early this week say
ing where and when Robinson
would fight Bobo to try to dis
prove the adage "they never
come back."
But Rocky Castellani, whom
Robinson narrowly decisioned
Friday night in San Francvisco's
Cow Palace to gain the title shot,
said Olson's crown was safe.
And Olson, himself, who has
been knocked out and outpoint
ed by Sugar Ray, now 35, was
"sure" he was capable of lick
ing the man once called boxing's
greatest "pound-for-pound."
Castellanni. beaten in 15.
rounds by Olson here last Au
gust, thought he got a raw deal
Friday night and picked Bobo
to win over the Harlem sugar
man.
Picks Olson to Win
"I pick Olson, real big," the
baby-face former No. 1 contend
er said as he sat dejectedly in
his dressing room following the
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Today's Goal
Of Glendale
ROGUE VALLEY
LEAGUE STANDINGS
W. L. Pet.
Glendale 6 1 .857
Butte Falls 4 3 .571
Camp White 3 3 .500
urants Pass 3 3 .500
Ashland 2 4 .333
EaRle Point 1 5 .167
Glendale can sew un a hprth
for the Rogue Valley League
baseball play-off and assure at
least a tie in the final regular
season standings with a victory
today.
The lone Douglas county nine
in the circuit plays Grants Pass.
Butte Falls is exnprtprl to
strengthen its position when it
entertains Ashland today and
Camp White will aim to keep in
the running in a game at Eagle
Point.
Glendale bolstered its com
mand in the RVL last Sunday
with its 8 to 6 win over Camp
White. Butte Falls went into sec
ond place with a 4 to 3 nod over
Grants Pass. The losses lowered
Camp White and Grants Pass
into a tie for third.
Ashland left Eagle Point alone
in the cellar by trimming the
Pointers 15 to 6.
Longden Saved
From Injuries
In Horse Race
Inglewood, Calif. U.R)
Johnny Longden, a grandfather
and a millionaire, toaay crea
ited two fellow jockeys with
saving him from possible death
or injury Friday during a race
at Hollywood park.
The famed rider, however,
did not allow his near-spill to
prevent him from going on to
win the favored Amblingorix by
three lengths.
The two riders who kept
Longden from going under the
hooves of the dozen horses
were Japanese American rider
George Taniguchi and Rogelio
Trejos, who originally started
riding in Panama.
Incident Unnoticed
The incident was virtually un
noticed by the public but patrol
judge Jack Tiner saw Longden
bob down as though slipping off
his mount and he reported over
the inter-communication system
to other judges, "Longden is
going down between horses."
"I thought I was a goner,"
Longden said later in the jock
eys' quarters when asked about
it. "I was falling in front of my
horse, just barely hanging on to
his withers. Then Taniguchi
grabbed me."
Taniguchi's mount, Infantry,
had brushed Longden's horse at
the start and may have caused
his foot to slip from the stirrup.
Both he and Trejos finished out
of the money.
split decision that gave the vic
tory to Robinson.
"I beat Robinson in my book,
but Olson beat me. Bobo gave
me a much tougher fight," Cas
tellani said.
Olson, who sat at ringside
with his wife, Dolores, admitted
the fight was "very close" but
concurred with the majority
opinion that Robinson had won.
"Castellani fought much as he
fought me, but I had to chase
him more," Bobo said of the
amicable Italian who came
through on his pre-fight pre
diction he was going to be ag
gressive. Olson praised Sugar Ray as
looking "real good" but said, "I
think I can beat him now."
"I'm glad he won," Bobo ad
ded, "because he'll figure me
here in San Francisco. I think
it's the only place where the
fight would draw much of a
crowd."
EYES FOURTH CROWN
San Mateo, Calif. (U.R) Brad
Andres, 19-year-old San Diego
motorcycle sensation, seeks to
win his fourth national title of
the year today' when he goes up
against a veteran field in the
sixth annual 20-mile champion
ship at Bay Meadows.
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MAKING FIRST APPEARANCE in starting lineup sines
breaking collar bone April 27, Jerry Coleman, New York
Yankee second baseman suffers brain concussion and pos
sible skull fracture when beaned by Chicago pitcher Harry
Byrd in game at Chicago. Umpire Al Summers stands over
hard luck veteran infielder. (International Soundphoto)
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Brooklyn Gives Peewee Reese
Celebration On 36th Birthday
By NORMAN MILLER
United Press Sports Writer j
Brooklyn (U.R) They gave
Peewee Reese, the little colonel
from Louisville, a celebration
Friday night that will have to go
down in Brooklyn as the biggest
since Cookie Lavagetto busted
up that Yankee rio-hitter in the
1947 World Series.
There were two huge cakes,
one about the size of the Ebbets
Field pipe organ, and everybody
in the ball park lit a match for
a "candle" and they all sang
happy birthday as Gladys Good
ding, the Dodger organist,
wheezed it out.
It was a hot night but it
wasn't prespiration that stream
ed down the faces of many a
hard-bitten old-timer and a few
of Peewee's battle-scarred team
mates. There were good honest
tears of happy emotian for the
great little shortstop, who was
36 Friday, and has worn a Dod
ger uniform longer than any
other player except old Zack
Wheat.
A Doozy of a Celebration
And the celebration. Man, it
was a doozy. Telegrams from
President Eisenhower, Vice Pres
ident Richard Nixon, U. S. Sena
tor Alben Barkley, the former
"veep" from Kentucky and from
governors, mayors, congressmen
the great and the near great.
But the little people the ones
sitting in the cheap seats away
out in center field they're the
ones that touched Peewee's
heart the most. The fans took
up a collection it had been
going on for weeks and dol
lars, quarters, dimes, nickels,
yes even pennies came from
near and far.
Peewee received $3,000 in
savings bonds from that collec
tion and there were tons of gifts
for him and his wife Dorothy
and their daughter, Barbara.
Coif clubs, refrigerators, tele
vision sets, jewelry, plaques,
clothing, in fact it took a minia
ture railroad from Coney Island
to haul it all on to the field.
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36 S. Bartlett
ceived an automobile. There
were seven on the field, a nod
from him and he could have had
his choice. But he arranged a
little lottery. His daughter Bar
bara, 6, reached in a grab bag
and drew an ignition key.
It fit one of the lowest priced
cars of the bunch. Somehow
that seemed typical, too, because
Peewee never was the type to
go roaring around town like a
showoff.
Oh, yes, Pewee played ball
Friday night. Smacked two
doubles. Had himself a helluva
time.
Roseburg
Pitcher Is
Ineligible
Albany (U.R) Sam
Bronaugh, Area 4 commis
sioner for the American Le
gion junior baseball teams,
Saturday ruled that Jerry
Droscher, on of the top pitch
ers -and hitters on the Rosa
burg team, was ineligible.
Bronaugh said Droscher had
pitched for a semi-pro team
this year. According to Amer
ican Legion rules, no player
may compete against another
who has received money for
playing nor may he play in an
advertised semi-pro game.
Semifinals between Rosa
burg and Albany were held
here last night.
FIELD NAMED SCKAVONE
Portland (U.R) Portland's
new Park Bureau bush baseball
field at Westmoreland park will
be named Sckavone Field in hon
or of Nick Sckavone, long-time
semi-pro baseball leader. Scka
vone originated the Portland
Baseball Association in 1939 and
served as president of the group
until 1954. He has been both sec
retary and president of the Port
land Valley League and the Tu
alatin Valley League. In 1937 he
organized the Oregon State Base
ball association of which he is
president.
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