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1:1-11,-! II... 'ii EVENING OBSERVES Ruck Buchanan' Observer, La Grande, Ore., Toes., May 26, 1959 Page 2 Pod res Pitches Two-Hitter As Los Angeles Downs Giants ' By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Staff Writer Close only counts in pitching horseshoes, so Johnnv Poclres can sirfrply take his place on line as tne latest among the near-miss, nit victims. The Dodger southpaw gave it a I ile of a try. s pitched Hitles8 ball for 7 1-3 rigs against the Giants Mon , then was forced to settle for wo-hit,- 8-0 victory which he ed "the best game I ever hed." aryl Spencer broke up the no tt by slashing a single past tstop Bob Lillis with one out he eighth. Podres thus became third major league pitcher tin the past four days to see no-hit hopes wrecked in the innings, helm, Foyrack Disappointed oyt-Wilhelm of the Orioles had o-hitter until the eighth inning olainst the Yankees last Friday nfcht and that same night Paul Flytock of the Tigers went until til seventh before yielding his fiist .hit against the Indians. otircs snouian i leei too ouuiy tllwgh. With the aid of a, pair of tJu-run homers by Gil Hodges aid unotner ty kick uray wun til: bases empty, he wound up C harley Coe L acids At E ritish Meet KANDWICH. England (UPI) Tile favorite Charley Coe led a stlong contingent of 19 Americans the tee today for second-round nttches in the British Amateur gif . championship, and experts wire frankly expecting is or 10 11 S, . triumphs. uch a near-sweep would be an aiiazing event in golf annals, but everts pointed out that none of lit Americans was pitted against ullrst-ruto European player. fit least two Yanks were certain til fall by the wayside, for two of the matches were all-American affairs. In one, Coe, the U. S. Amateur champion from Oklaho ma .City, Oklo., was a heavy clliice over Dr. Amos Jones of Dlthan, Alu.. while in the other l.ut. Bill Gibson of Louisville, hi., faced Bob I.cnenns of Ithacu. Nl Y. ' n addition, ' tournament tradi- tiai points to tho likelihood of at lcist one of two upsets in the oticr 13 matches featuring Ameri- itis. L'oe and nine other Yanks pllying jn today' second round win first-round matches Monday. other winners were 19-ycnr- oll Jack- Nicklaus of Columbus, Olio Bill Ilyndman of Abinglon, Billy Joe Patton of Morgan N. C, M. Sgt. Harold lli:lg- of Hovertown, Pa., Jack Pen- rule of Miami, Flo., Maj. W. O. Iiderson of Kockvillc Centre, Y Peter Grant of , Phoenix, and Lieut. Gibson. In addition, these 10 were joined lolay by - nine Americans who Iw first-round byes. These were Jones, Legans, Col. C. C. tiworthy of Luverne, Ala., Sgt. blrotmcn of Leon Grove. -Cf if., Lieut. Bob Magco of New- Ilighlands Mass. Ken Foster San "Francisco, Lieut. K. L. lansiger of Youngstown, Ohio. tol lei Id ol LA C ci K Standings with his fifth victory. Poor Foy tack lost his game, l-o, even though giving up only two hits The last-place Phillies rallied for five runs in the seventh inning to beat the first-place Milwaukee Braves, 7-3, and the Chicago Cubs snapped a four-game losing streak with a 9-4 victory over the St Louis Cardinals in the only other National League gomes sched uled. ' ." Only one game was on tap in the American League where the Detroit Tigers topped the Kansas City Athletics. 4-3. '. t - Freese Sparks Outburst Gene Freese, rapidly develop ing into the most effective pinch hitter since Brooklyn's famed Johnny Frederick, sparked the Phillies' winning rally against the Braves with a two-run pinch double in the big five-run seventh The clutch hit helped Don Card well to his first victory and Bob Buhl to his third defeat. Despite the loss, Milwaukee maintained its three-game lead over second place San Francisco. Jim Marshall's three-run homer in the second inning was the key blow in the Cubs victory over the Cards. Bobby Thomson and Dale Long also homered to. help hand St. Louis its first setback in four games. Bob Anderson posted his third victory with a helping hand from Bill Henry in the seventh. Ernie Broglio was the loser. The Tigers moved Into sixth place in the Amercan League by place n the American League by virtue of their victory over the Athletics. Bookie Gerry Davie registered his first major league triumph although Ray Narleski had to come to his aid in the ninth. The victory was the Tigers' 14th in 21 games since Jimmy Dykes took over as manager on May 3. At the time he did, Detroit's rec ord was 2-15. Now it's 16-22. Mavericks Plan 12th Jamboree The La Grande Maverick Bid ing club will hold its 12th annual Spring Jamboree club grounds this Sunday with events scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. .... . Murk Cunningham will lead off tho grand entry as riders ser pentine and be introduced. The public is invited to watch the show. I : First event will be women's Musical Bope on the track. Spon sor is Merle Beckct. Men's Pole Bending is next with Bay Crossen in charge in the arena. Women's Pole Bending is next, ponsored by Helen Crossen. The Sncajawca Square race on the truck, sponsored by ' Mark Cun- ingham, follows. Other events are a matched puir class, pony cart race, Walk. rot and Run race: musical hairs, business Mens calf tying 220 yard race, junior calf riding potato race, men s musical rope pleasure horse class, Texas bar el race and calf roping. Points for . the trophy will be awarded as follows, six for first, four for second and two for third Last year Gary Miller won the trophy; Mark Cunningham won in 1055. 19!i6 and 1957, and Roy Byron won in 1953 and 1954. 3LH - M' ' fir 4. V tiff j Archers Compete Sn Baker bhoot 0 JUNIOR Hlv7n bALL icm VICTORIOUS IN- FINAL GAME NEA Tclephoto BAD NEWS Sitting alone in train in New York's Penn sylvania Station, Yankees' manager Casey Stengel reads the sports page while waiting for the train to pull out. For the first time in 19 years, the Yankees are in last place. Stengel was on his way to Baltimore where the Yankees were to play in a night game. Oregon Women Golfers Play At Country Club Next Week Majer League Standings United Press international National League Mlwmikcc Francisco Pltsburgh , Lk Angeles Cifcago Cacinnati Louis ladclphla W L 23 14 21 18 20 IB a 22 20 ' 21 21 18 21 17 22 IS 23 Monday's Results Angeles 8 S. Fran 0 Pet. .022 .538 .526 .524 .500 .462 .436 .395 Philadelphia 7 Mil. 3 (night) Ctlcago 9 St. Louis 4 (night) (Inly games scheduled) American League W L Pet. -GB velund cugo timorc shington isas City roit Btfcton fcV,York 23 13 23 15 22 17 19 21 17 19 16 22 15 21 14 21 .639 .(105 .564 .475 .472 .421 .417 .400 Monday's Results roll 4 Kansas Citv 3 (nluht) Only game scheduled) PCL Standings w L Prt r.n Sajramcnto 2(1 15 .634 Sif Diego 23 17 .575 2 "i Pliienix 21 20 .512 5 PJ-tland. is i .4K r, Splknno 19 21 .475 6 'i ylicauvcr 17 20 .459 7 Salt Lake is 21 .417 8 '4 (He 17 23 .425 8 Vi ft Mat1(Jw'tl riilat P)enix 4 Sacramento 1 Sf tile 7 Portland 5 vJicouvcr 11 Spokane 5 ((lily games scheduled) Drivers Aim For 150 MPH Laps INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPD -The man who built the fastest cur in Saturday's 500-milo Mem orial Day race predicted today "we're on tho threshold of 150 miles per hour laps" , at the Speedway. Actually, said little Lujie Lcsov sky of Los Angeles, such speeds were a possibility this year, but the weather was too cold and (00 windy. "A lot of the fellows say no 150 mile speeds arc possible with tho present equipment," said Le sovsky, "but on a perfect day I think it's possible." .. Paul Russo in o Novi holds the race lap record of slighlly better than 144 m.p.h. The race record of 135.601 wns set by Sam Hanks two years no r. ' A "perfect" day at the Sced wny Includes hot weather, plenty of fust practice laps to put rubber on the surface for bctler traction, and no or only negligible wind. "If we had been blessed with continued hot weather," said Lcsovsky ",the race truck might have been ideal and I think the entire front row would have been at least two miles an hour faster." Johnny Thomson won the pole position .in Isovsky's brand-new "Side-Wheeler," n low-slung road ster with Its 4-cyIimlcr engine laid over. His overage speed of just under 146 m p.h. lopped the 33 slmlers. Oregon women on the annual Oregon Worpens Golf Association tour will play at La ' Grande Country . Club next Wednesday, Maxine De Vaney. La Grande rep resentative, said yesterday. Some of the lop golfers from the state arc included on the Unir. La Grande and area women golfers will compete in the tour nament also, Mrs. DcVaney said. These on tour will play at Bak er Tuesday, here Wednesday and at Pendleton on Thursday. Some of the top lady golfers here will attempt to play in all or part 0f the tourneys. r fli-anna ntvhoi-e nf tha nranrfp Ronde Rnwmpri rliih hprp fared well at a meet held at Bak er yesieroay. fTprald Rimhev nlarpH cppnnH in the 400 Class 28 field target slicoi wun a 601. tie also snoi a 190 for third place in the Big Came Round. Gene Irwin . ' was second in Class 325 with a 357, Libby Knight to:k a third in the wo men's 124 Class with 86, Sherry Cottom was first in the interme- .linln rirl'c plne with q 10ft Beverly Cottom was second and Libby Dean Knight third in tne same class. ' John Knight was first in the junior shoot with, a 191. Next meet- for Grande Ronde Bowmen will be at Pendleton on June 7. Bowling Results AFTERNOON LEAGUE Team ,' W L TP Pin Ups 6 2 2.24J Cutter Gang 5 3 2,485 Nameless Ones . ..... 5 3 2,093 Lucky Strikes - 4 4 2,204 McCoys Bandits 3 5 2,373 The Duds 1 7 2,031 High scorers: Pin Ups, Marilyn Herrmann, 146, 399; Gutter Gang, Marva Woodcll 160, 424; Name less Ones, Gloria Nelson, 149, 391; Lucky Strikes.' Gaylo Stein, 159, 395; McCoy's Bandits, Betty Bethel, 148, 39U; The Duds, Lola Watts, 155, 385. HIGH-POWERED BURNS LEXINGTON, N. C. (UPI) Telephone company worker Dor man Lomaa was rushed to a hos pital Monday after the line he was holding came in contact with a 22.000-volt cable. He suffered serious burns all over his body. ' Junior baseball players from La Grande Junior High School woundup their best season in many years here Saturday after noon by edging a powerful Pcnd leton nine, 6-5. The win gave the junior Tigers a 6-1 season , record, their only loss being to , Pendleton at the Roundup City earlier in the sea s:.n , Coach Al Oas said after the game, "most of these fellows are former Littlb League players tliey think and play baseDaii wun a will. We should thank Little League leaders and fathers whq give their time to see that tms program succeeds. The caliber of baseball is improving constanly due to the summer program." In Saturday's finel, La Grande batters jumped on Buckaroo pitcher Bunker, who was 6-0 up to Saturday for the season, for five runs in the first inning. Bill Uoben walked. Mike Thomas leached first on an error, then Dale Feik, hard hitting third saeker, drove in both men with a triple into deep center. Andy Rauwolf and Elhart walked for the junior Tigers then David Smith blasted both runners home with a triple. Smith scored on a passed ball. Pendleton tied the score in toe second when hurler Rick Gerry allowed four hits and gave up four walks. Jim Holmes made a fine relay throw to the catcher td cut off one runner at home. From the third tj the eighth innings it was a 1-2-3 game as tight fielding and close pitching mowed batters down on both teams. . 1 in the eighth Bob Dal.on re ch,Dav.d Bm,,n f r ,our Rick Gerry was the winning hur ler, his tniro oi lire yeur. flprrv allowed six hits, H second nn an error, then Mike Thomas laid down a perfect bunt and on a hurried throw to first the first baseman muffed the ball and Daltcn shot home from sec ond to score the winning tally. Dale Feik got three for four' in the game inluding a triple. His final season, average was a sharp .467. Andy Rauwolf also wound uo thevear with a .467. struck out eight and walked seven in the gtme. 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