anaheim-gazette 1950-09-27

Louis Favored at 5-to-8 To Regain Charles’ Title NEW YORK (AP)—Joe Louis, who retired two years ago, battles Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium tonight in an effort to become the first heavyweight titleholder in history to regain the prized crown. A fresh flood of Charles money has dropped the price on the title fight to 5 to 3 in favor of the Brown Bomber. If the odds hold up until the 7 p.m. (EST) fight time, Louis may enter the ring at the shortest odds since he first won the heavyweight crown from Jimmy Braddock in Chicago on June 22, 1937. Not since his second scrap with Max Schmeling 12 years ago has Louis been held in such low essistance network. CBS also is telecasting the show. The combined TV-radio network is the greatest ever for any single event. The TV-radio rights were sold for $140,000 of which Louis is receiving 35 per cent and Charles 20 per cent. That is the way they will split the gate and motion picture proceeds, too. The promoting International Boxing club is hoping for a gross gate of at least $250,000. Tomorrow, If Rain The weatherman is optimistic. He says it will be warm, “in the mid-seventies,” with increasing cloudiness in the evening. In the event of rain the fight would be scheduled for the following night. As for the fight itself, it bolls down to this: Can Louis catch Charles? If he does almost everyone concedes that Louis’ devastating punch will blast Charles out quicker than you can snuff out a match. But there are many who believe that the 36-year old Louis hasn’t got the legs to corner his under-rated 29-year-old opponent. Louis is understood to have told friends yesterday: “I’ll knock him out in five rounds.” Ezzard will give away about 34 pounds—he is expected to scale back. It’s going to be very difficult uncover an adjective suit the play of the Colonist this year. Before yesterday we included this correspondent Shaefer, a local slave for periodical down the street considered it “very weak” watching the Cs in action. Whittier yesterday we cided that this suggests power than the squad possesses. Watching the little was certainly a good way an afternoon. Come to this it wasn’t even a good way. Could Have There were so many other we could have done. We have remained in the office watched the teletype by “The quick brown fox jumps a lazy dog’s back, Z sends an hour or so. Or we can run around the block enough energy out that extra hour we got last Saturday night could have gone down to M ter boulevard and watch busy roadside shopkeepers. TEEM by the bookmakers. That night he was the 5 to 9 choice when he annihilated the German in one round. A crowd of around 30,000, paying from $3 to $30, is expected to visit the big ballpark. Big TV Audience Another 25,000,000 fans probably will watch the 15-round bout via television and millions more will hear it over a national CBS radio station. Playing Today "The BLACK ROSE" Tyrone Orson Powers Wells Plus— Another Technicolor Hit Walt Disney's Famous "TREASURE ISLAND" with Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton ANOTHER YOUTH TALENT SHOW SUNDAY Show Starts at 6:45 ORANGE DRIVE IN THEATRE Rwy.101&Placentia OK.389 CHILDREN ALWAYS FREE Kiddle Wonder Playground $400 "FREE MONEY" $400 Thursday-Friday American League W L Pct GBL New York ... 96 54 .540 — Detroit ... 92 57 .617 3½ Boston ... 91 57 .615 4 Cleveland ... 89 61 .592 7 Washington ... 95 84 .426 20½ Chicago ... 58 92 .387 28 St. Louis ... 57 92 .382 38½ Philadelphia ... 50 101 .331 46½ Yesterday's Games Washington 11-7, New York 9-10. St. Louis 2-3, Detroit 1-5. Cleveland 2, Chicago 0. Only games scheduled. Games Today New York at Philadelphia—Lopat (18-8) vs Wyse (9-14) or Hooper (14-10). St. Louis at Detroit—Starr (7-5) vs Houtteman (19-12). Chicago at Cleveland. (night) — Scarborough (12-17) vs Feller (15-11). Washington at Boston. (2) — Marrero (5-19) and Bearden (3-8) vs Nixon (8-5) and Dobson (15-9). National League W L Pct GBL Philadelphia ... 90 58 .608 — Brooklyn ... 84 62 .575 5 Boston ... 81 65 .555 8 New York ... 80 68 .541 10 St. Louis ... 73 74 .497 16½ Cincinnati ... 64 84 .432 26 Chicago ... 62 85 .426 27 Pittsburgh ... 55 94 .369 35½ Yesterday's Games Philadelphia 8, Boston 7. Brooklyn 8, New York 4. Estimated crowd—30,000. Estimated gross gate—$200,000. Can Louis catch Charles? If he does almost everyone concedes that Louis' devastating punch will blast Charles out quicker than you can snuff out a match. But there are many who believe that the 36-year old Louis hasn't got the legs to corner his under-rated 29-year-old opponent. Louis is understood to have told friends yesterday: "I'll knock him out in five rounds." Ezzard will give away about 34 pounds—he is expected to scale around 183 to Louis' 217 at the noon weigh-in at Madison Square Garden. BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pct GBL Oakland ... 113 74 .604 — San Diego ... 106 81 .566 7 Hollywood ... 95 90 .514 17 Seattle ... 92 93 .497 20 Portland ... 90 92 .494 20½ San Francisco ... 91 94 .492 21 Los Angeles ... 77 105 .423 33½ Sacramento ... 75 110 .405 37 Last Night's Games San Francisco 11, Seattle 2. San Diego 10, Oakland 5. Hollywood 11, Sacramento 5. Portland 10-11, Los Angeles 9-4. Games Today San Diego at Oakland—Kraus (6-7) vs Gettel (20-7). Sacramento at Hollywood. (2 night) —Grove (17-17) and McCoy (0-2) vs Anthony (11-9) and Maltzberger (11-12). Los Angeles at Portland. (2 night) —Muncrief (13-16) and McLish (17-9) vs McLrvin (6-3) and Elbert (4-3). San Francisco at Seattle, (night) —Lien (18-12) vs Kindsfather (11-8). American League W L Pct GBL New York ... 96 54 .540 — Detroit ... 92 57 .617 3½ Boston ... 91 57 .615 4 Cleveland ... 89 61 .592 7 Washington ... 95 84 .426 20½ Chicago ... 58 92 .387 28 St. Louis ... 57 92 .382 38½ Philadelphia ... 50 101 .331 46½ Yesterday's Games Washington 11-7, New York 9-10. St. Louis 2-3, Detroit 1-5. Cleveland 2, Chicago 0. Only games scheduled. Games Today New York at Philadelphia—Lopat (18-8) vs Wyse (9-14) or Hooper (14-10). St. Louis at Detroit—Starr (7-5) vs Houtteman (19-12). Chicago at Cleveland. (night) — Scarborough (12-17) vs Feller (15-11). Washington at Boston, (2) — Marrero (5-19) and Bearden (3-8) vs Nixon (8-5) and Dobson (15-9). Paint Now! ROOM PRICES $15.00 START AT You Name the Material FREE Sillex Type COFFEE MAKER with first 10 jobs of complete room or more. Call Apaheim 6475 National League W L Pct GBL Philadelphia ... 90 58 .608 — Brooklyn ... 84 62 .575 5 Boston ... 81 65 .555 8 New York ... 80 68 .541 10 St. Louis ... 73 74 .497 16½ Cincinnati ... 64 84 .432 26 Chicago ... 63 85 .426 27 Pittsburgh ... 55 94 .369 35½ Yesterday's Games Philadelphia 8, Boston 7. Brooklyn 8, New York 4. Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 2. Only games scheduled. Games Today Boston at Brooklyn, (2)—Sain (19-13) and Spahn (21-16) vs Newcombe (19-10) and Bankhead (7-4). Philadelphia at New York, (2)—Roberts (19-10) and Church (8-5) vs Hearn (10-4) and Koslo (12-15). Cincinnati at St. Louis, (night)—Perkowski (0-9) or Smith (2-7) vs Brecheen (7-11). Pittsburgh at Chicago—Werle (8*15) vs Klippstein (2-9). Enjoy Old Sunny Brook BRAND "Cheerful as its Name" KENTUCKY WHISKEY—A BLEND 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS • McKESSON & ROBBINS, Inc., Exclusive Distributors Christiansen Wins Elks Shoot Sam Christiansen won men's division of the season match held last night at the heim range with a score of 53. The match, which was this time by the Elks' club, consisted of 40 shots at 50 yards and 40 shots at 50 meters. Helen Smith won the women's division with 786x33. The men's scores—Christiansen 795x53, Sterling Murdock Dan Smith 795x45, Gene Sey 793x48, Hugh Howell Kenny Wire 790x43, Hughes 784x39, Keith Mahone 40, Ralph Osborne 780x38, inic Hoffman, Jr., 780x27, Powell 778x37, C. O. Water 28, Al Latten 767x26. Women's scores—Helen 786x33, Sally Stevens Ruby DeHaven 780x32, Wire 772x37, Mary Reiner 16, Vivian Henry 675x7. Jeff May Miss Iowa-SC Opener LOS ANGELES (AP)—The versity of Southern Californi football team may be with head coach against Iowa night unless the boss, Jeff Chr whips a fierce cold before off time. Gazette SPORTS Page 2 Anaheim Gazette, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1950 BEYERLINES by Ernie Beyer It's going to be very difficult to uncover an adjective suitable to the play of the Colonist C team this year. Before yesterday we (we include this correspondent and Don Mhaefer, a local slave for a small periodical down the street) had considered it "very weak." After watching the Gs in action against Whittier yesterday we have decided that this suggests far more power than the squad actually possesses. Watching the little Colonists was certainly a good way to waste an afternoon. Come to think of it, I wasn't even a good way. Could Haye There were so many other things we could have done. We could have remained in the office and watched the teletype hang out. The quick brown fox jumps over lazy dog's back, Z sending" for an hour or so. Or we could have run around the block enough times to expend enough energy to balance out that extra hour of sleep we got last Saturday night. Or we would have gone down to Manchester boulevard and watched the busy roadside shopkeepers making Possibility Looms for Phils, Yanks to Sew Up Pennants Today By WILL GRIMSLEY Associated Press, Sports Writer This could be "flag day" for the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies. New York's magnificent "clutch" team and Philadelphia's dashing youngsters were in a position to lock up the American and National League championships before sun-down and put to rest all the feverish excitement over who will play in the 1950 World Series. This would make a mere formality of the week-end windup that was figured to be loaded with high tension stuff. The so-called magic number for the Yankees thus is two. For the Phillies it's three. That means any combination of those numbers—in victories for the Yanks or Phils and defeats for their challengers — would clinch the pennant. Finish at Fenway The Yankees moved today into Philadelphia for two games with the last-place Athletics before fini- Pennant Race At a Glance American League Bob Miller, who has been out with an injury, had a one-hitter going into the seventh but then the roof caved in. He had to be relieved by Jim Konstanty, making his 71st relief appearance for a new major league record. Konstanty in turn was relieved by Flix Donnelly, who was the winner. Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo banged home runs as the Dodgers turned back the Giants, 8-4. Ralph Branca was the winning pitcher. The Cleveland Indians, who started too late, blanked the Chicago White Sox, 2-0, on Early Wynn's six-hit pitching at Cleveland. Al Rosen homered for the Indians. Further misery befell the once mighty St. Louis Cardinals, who dropped below the .500 figure by losing to Cincinnati, 7-2. Howard Fox was the Reddie winner. Beavers On From Sixth Eye First Fight By HERB W Associated Press Here come the Pot again, scuttling busier in the waning league season. They've finally way out of sixth play fifth from San Francisco but a half game in place Seattle at the The Beavers start last week of the general slugfest in night, by shellacking twice, 10-0 and 11-0 win boosted Portland Francisco despite the victory over Seattle spot in the first division is shooting. Elsewhere Holly Sacramento 11-5 and San Diego smashed Oakland 10-8. Portland knocked the Angeles in each game, scoring open the seven-inning and nine times in the nightcap. In the catcher John Ritch grand slam home. saw Portland count four walks and a win. San Diego's O'Neill banged three home runs a man aboard. Ogden topped the Padres in department as East Hofman, Cookie Law Malone hit for them with two men on Rapp the league lead in, 138. There were so many other things we could have done. We could have remained in the office and watched the teletype hang out. The quick brown fox jumps over lazy dog's back, Z sending" for an hour or so. Or we could have run around the block enough times to expend enough energy to balance out that extra hour of sleep we got last Saturday night. Or we would have gone down to Manchester boulevard and watched the busy roadside shopkeepers making sales to passing motorists. But all that's only what might have been. Here's what was: The Cs had the ball first, and somehow managed to rack up a first down before handing it over to Whittier. The visitors then drove straight down the field for score. Encore, Encore The Colonists then proceeded to into reverse before Whittier race again took over on its own 0. Whittier scored on the first day. Again Anaheim had it, lost it, Whittier taking it on its own 40. scored on the first play. What happened then is a bit lazy, since I think I fell asleep, but Anafer awakened me with a jolt. "Look," he shrieked, "we (he's so loyal) have the ball again." The second stringers were now for Anaheim, while it's no telling how deep the Whittier coach had reached. As I snapped from my reverie, the quarterback threw pass. It was complete too, for our yards. Spurred onward by this overwhelming success, he tried another. This one was caught by a halfback who promptly ran through the whole team to score, an that Whittier boy could sure bump. A Great Event That made it 24-0 and it's no filling how it wound up because he decided to stop keeping score and letting the game interrupt his conversation. But a sudden out from the field a bit later made us look up again. An Anaheim lateral had been allowed by a forward pass. The mole thing worked and in the distance we could see an Anaheim stick disappearing into the dusk around the 15-yard line. Huzzah, rah-rah and other such mammals. This sudden turn of events led for a celebration. Shaefer did I decided to do something enviable. We did. We left. Pennant Race At a Glance American League New York Detroit Boston GB: Games Behind; GL: Games Left. Remaining games. NEW YORK—Away (4): Boston 2. Philadelphia 2. DETROIT—at home (5): St. Louis 2. Cleveland 3. BOSTON—at home (6): New York 2. Washington 4. ishing off against Boston at Fenway Park. A Yankee victory linked with a single loss for Detroit and Boston thus would return the Bronx bombardiers to familiar World Series surroundings without further ado. The Detroit Tigers, their once flaming pennant hopes chilled by a last week letdown, met the cantankerous St. Louis Browns at Detroit. Boston entertained Washington in a doubleheader. Both must keep winning to stay "alive." The Phillies, meanwhile, — already long overdue in staging their flag clinching party—moved into New York where the first item of business was a doubleheader with the New York Giants. Phils Need Both The challenging Brooklyn Dodgers, five games in arrears, played the Boston Braves twice at Ebbetts Field. The Phillies could clinch by winning two while the Dodgers split or by splitting while the Dodgers lost a pair. The Tigers' pennant hopes already ebbing, all but disappeared yesterday when they could get no better than a split with the Browns. The Brownies won the opener, 3-1, behind Don Johnson after the Tigers left a dozen men on bases. They were ahead, 3-1, in the aftermath until George Kell unloaded the bases in the eighth to help the Tigers to a 5-3 triumph. Rally Not Enough They had a chance to pick up ground on the Yankees, who lost a weird game to the Washington Senators, 11-9, before snatching the second, 10-7. After spotting the Senators a 10-1 lead in the opener, the champions rallied. They had the winning run on base in the ninth with one Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo banged home runs as the Dodgers turned back the Giants, 8-4. Ralph Branca was the winning pitcher. The Cleveland Indians, who started too late, blanked the Chicago White Sox, 2-0, on Early Wynn's six-hit pitching at Cleveland. Al Rosen homered for the Indians. Further misery befell the once mighty St. Louis Cardinals, who dropped below the .500 figure by losing to Cincinnati, 7-2. Howard Fox was the Red's winner. The other clubs were not scheduled. More than 350 former University of Southern California athletes are out coaching in prep and collegiate circles. Looking for honesty You've probably heard a lot of talk about comfort in 1950 cars. But we'd like to offer one sug... Christiansen Wins Elks Shoot Sam Christiansen won in the men's division of the shooting match held last night at the Anaheim range with a score of 795x. The match, which was hosted as time by the Elks' club, consisted of 40 shots at 50 yards and shots at 50 meters. Helen Smith won the women's division with 786x33. The men's scores—Christiansen 75x53, Sterling Murdock 795x48, Jon Smith 795x45, Gene Stevens 78x48, Hugh Howell 793x46, Jenny Wire 790x43, Hugh Kelby 784x39, Keith Mahoney 783x, Ralph Osborne 780x38, Domc Hoffman, Jr., 780x27, Jackwell 778x37, C. O. Waters 778x31 Latten 767x26. Women's scores—Helen Smith 763x33, Sally Stevens 785x38, DeHaven 780x32, Doreen Ree 772x37, Mary Reinert 758x31 Vivian Henry 675x7. Jeff May Miss Iowa-SC Opener LOS ANGELES (AP)—The University of Southern California football team may be without a coach against Iowa Friday but unless the boss, Jeff Cravath, caps a fierce cold before kick-time. Field Day Slated For Local Golfers Another Field Day for the Anaheim Golf Association is in store October 11 at the Willowick country club, according to an announcement by Dick Gay. As with the Field Day of several months ago, the October 11 affair will be followed by a 6:30 steak dinner. The tee at Willowick has been reserved for Anaheimers from 12-1:30, Gay says. Competition will center around the Troutman-Scholz perpetual trophy. In addition, there will be prizes for high man, low man, best sport, and various other divisions. Tickets for the affair are available through Gay at the Bank of America, Conklin Printing Company, Les Moon, and George Miller. Beavers Climb From Sixth Spot, Eye First Four By HERB WILHOIT Associated Press Sportswriter Here come the Portland Beavers again, scuttling busily up the ladder in the waning Pacific Coast league season. They've finally blasted their way out of sixth place taking over fifth from San Francisco, and are but a half game behind fourth place Seattle at the moment. The Beavers started the second last week of the season, in a general slugfest in the league last night, by shellacking Los Angeles twice, 10-0 and 11-4. The twin win boosted Portland over San Francisco despite the Seals' 11-2 victory over Seattle, for whose spot in the first division Portland is shooting. Elsewhere Hollywood slammed Sacramento 11-5 and second-place San Diego smashed league leading Oakland 10-6. Portland knocked the socks off the Angeles in the first inning of each game, scoring six times to open the seven-inning first game and nine times in the first of the nightcap. In the nine-runner catcher John Ritchey boomed a grand slam home. The six-runner saw Portland counting five hits, four walks and a wild pitch. San Diego's Crestes Minoso banged three home runs, two with a man aboard. Oakland lost but topped the Padres in the home run department as Earl Rapp, Bob Hoffman, Cooke Lavagetto and Ed Malone hit for the circuit. Rapp with two men on base. It gave Rapp the league lead in runs batted in, 138. Vike-Hornet Tilt Stiff Test Tex Oliver's flashy Fullerton junior college football machine that ran wild over Vallejo junior college, 57-6, meets the acid test this Friday evening when it confronts the Long Beach Vikings on the Fullerton home field. 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