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Yankees For First American Leagu W. L. Pet. G.B. Cleveland 21 11 .6M5 Chicago 22 13 .829 Baltimore 20 15 .571 Kansas City 15 16 .4X4 Washington 17 20 .4.'.9 Boston . 13 19 .406 Detroit 13 20 :.m New York 12 19 .387 Wednesday Result Cleveland 5, Washington 3 Chicago 5, Baltimore 2 Detroit 13, New York 6 Kansas City 8, Boston 2 Friday Games Detroit at Cleveland (N) Chicago at Kansas City N) Washington at Boston (N) New York at Baltimore (N) By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KERPLUNK! The Yankees are last. The club that has won nine American League pennants and seven world championships in 10 years is in the cellar. You have to go back to May 25, 1940, to find a set of standings that shows the New York Yankees in eighth place at this stage of the season. And those 1940 Yankees, too, were world champions. They League Leaders By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS American League Batting (based on 75 or more at bats) Kuenn, Detroit, .398; Fox. Chicago. .367. Runs Killcbrew. Washington, 31: Power. Cleveland. 29. Runs batted in Killehrew, Washington, 32; Triandos, Dalli more. 27. Hits Fox, Chicago, 54; Cola vito, Cleveland and Kaline, De troit. 45. Home runs Killcbrew, Wash ington, 15: Colavito, Cleveland, 12. . Stolen bases Aparicio, Chica go, 11; Landis, Chicago and Power Cleveland, 6. Pitching (based on 3 or more decisions) Wilholm, Baltimore and Mcl.ish, Cleveland. 5-0; Walker, Baltimore. Shaw, Chica go, Grant, Cleveland and Larsen, New York. 3-0. Strikeouts Wynn, Chicago, 54; Score, Cleveland, 52. National League Batting (based on 75 or more at bats). . Aaron, Milwaukee, .458; Burgess. Pittsburgh, .371. Runs Mathews, Milwaukee, 36; Mays, San Francisco, 32. Runs baited in Banks, Chica go, 39; Aaron, Milwaukee, 36. Hits Aaron, Milwaukee, 62; Temple, Cincinnati, 49. Home luns Mathews, Milwau kee, 14; Aaron, Milwaukee, 12. 1'itching (based on 3 or more decisions) Face, Pittsburgh, 6- 0: Klippstein, Los Aneeles. 4-0 Strikeouts Drysdale, Los An geles, 59; Spahn, Milwaukee, 49. IT'S LUCKY when you live in America Hio ball swing! oil the pen dulum of your ann , . , skims down the alley and starts to hook...smack into the pocket ...Strike! Fiiis explode in all directions as you turn and reach for the winner's reward ...a cool refreshing bottle of Lucky Lager beer. It's just what you need to quench a bw lets thirst LUCKY LAGER LUCK i i in r i ii i mi " ' 4 ;$ vox -'i Tumble Into Eighth Place Time In Nineteen Years had won four consecutive World Se ries, and had swept the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati in four straight in 1938 and 1939. Yet that New York Yankee club too was last. By Aug. 9 it still was only a 500 team (51 - 51), and while it was to make a brief stand in first place, it finished Stengel Keeps Calm During Stormy Season NEW YORK (AP) The world champion New York Yankees are in last place in the American League. Fans give varied opinions as to the causes ot the strange situation. The ideas range from the opinion that the club bas hud it, to the hopeful among its followers sug gestion mat it is just a temporary slump that got out of hand. The last lime the Yankees were in the basement at an equivalent stage of the race was May 25 1940. The last of the two times the club finished in the cellar was in 1912, and the last time it spent the season in the second division was in 1925. lne calmest (outwardly) man in all the confusion is Manager Casey Stengel, who maintained his aplomb even after the Detroit Ti gers dumped the world champions into the cellar Wednesday by whomping them 13-6. Used To Role Perhaps it is because such a position is no novelty to the griz zled skipper. Before he hit the jackpot with the Yankees he hung his hat regularly in the second division. And in 1940, the year the Yankees were in much the same situation as they are today, he also had a club the Boston Braves in last place as late as Aug. 30, although he managed to rally it to finish seventh. Quietly, and without bitterness. the man who has won nine pen nanls and seven world champion ships in his 10 seasons with the team discussed its problems. The nearest he came to a threat was the comment: "I expect those pitchers of ours realize that they will have to do belter than that (what they did Wednesday) or they can t stay around." He had previously pointed to lack of timely hitting as the basis for the troubles. He reckoned the hitting Wednesday wasn't too bad. That he has confidence the team is better than its record might in dicate was hinted by his state ment that "1 think three or four clubs will pay for those runs be fore tne season is over." How'd I Cet . . . CASEY STENGEL , . . woy down here? Yankee Trades Sighted BALTIMORE (AP) I.ee Mac I'hail, last year a top hand in the Yankee front office and now gen eral manager or the Baltimore Orioles, expects the New Yorkers to start talking trade in earnest. "Unless they go on a long win ning streak right away, 1 expect Ihem to make a major trade be fore the June 15 deadline," Mac Phail said. The Yankees, now in last place, open a four-game weekend series here Friday and the prospect o( a Baltimore-New York trade was on nearly everybody's mind at Mem orial Stadium. BEAVER BASEBALL SEATTLE TONIGHT KRNR , , " I ;, - I -t i . J ill rpvc-';! third missing a fifth coniecu tive pennant by three games. Detroit was the champion, by one game over Cleveland and three games over New York. Enos Remains Of the 16 players Manager Casey Stengel used as Detroit plunked the Yankees into the cellar with a 13-6 crash Wednesday, only Enos Slaughter was in organized ball in 1940. He was the 24-year-old coun try boy playing outfield for the It. Louis Cardinals. Stengel? He was managing the National League s old Boston Bees, who escaped the cellar in the last month and finished seventh. While the nation's baseball fans eyed the bottom of the AL stand ings, Cleveland clung to the top with a 5-3 victory at Washington Wednesday night. The Chicago White Sox remained within half- game of the Indians by beating Baltimore 5-2. Kansas City whipped Boston 8 2. itight - nanaer Franc i.ary gave up a two-run homer to Yogi Berra in the first inning, then blanked the Yankees on four hits until the ninth, when Mickey Mantle s homer and Berra's second scored four runs. Two for Yost Eddie Yost had three of Detroit's 19 hits and drove in six runs with two homers, one a grand slam. That was after Charlie Maxwell singled home two runs for a tie in the fifth against loser boodv Shantz (0-2) and Gail Harris then broke the deadlock with a homer that opened a three-run sixth. Rocky colavito and vie rower each drove in a pair of runs for the Indians. Herb Score (4-2) beat the Senators on six hits. Dick Donovan (2-2) gained his first complete game for the White Sox with a four - hitler. The Sox, who twice came from behind, won it in Ihe fifth on singles ty Luis Aoaricio and Nellie Fox and Sherm Lollar's sacrifice fly that made it 3-2. A two - run single by Frank House gave the A's a 3-1 lead in the fourth. Roger Maris drove in three runs, two with his lotn nom er. Reed Wins In Fifteen For Bevos PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Pc. OB Sacramento San Diego Spokane Vancouver 25 20 17 IS 17 14 12 13 .714 .588 .500 .472 .472 41- 7',a 8 Phoenix Portland Salt Lake City Seattle 8ti .452 9 .387 11 .383 ll'i Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Howie Reed persevered through IS innings and finally nailed down a 5 4 victory for Portland over Seattle Wednesday night. Reed pitched the enure game. He gave up no earned runs but found himself trailing most of the way. His trouble stemmed from the second inning when an error put him in the hole and ha gave up a tnree-run nomer to rival pitcher Claude Osteen. Jack Mtircii slammed a nome run for Portland in the second in ning and George Freese sent the game into extra innings with a bases-empty homer in the eighth. in tne 15m at Keattie l.ittreit hit a long fly that centerfielder Gale Wade dropped in left-center as left fielder l-.nc Rodin ran in front of him. Littrcll wound up on second base. A bunt moved him to third and he scored after a long fly to right field by Jim Green grass. In other games Sacramento downed Phoenix 6 2, San Diego edged Salt Lake City 2 0 and Van couver defeated Spokane 6-3. Carl Greene was the Sacramento winner. He spaced out 10 hits in winning his fifth game of the sea son against no defeats. Dick Phil lips got a two-run homer for the Solons in the third and Al Heist dittoed for the winners in the fifth. Bobby lxicke, a slim righthand er, held the Bees to three bits in winning for the Padres. He struck out six batters and didn't issue a walk. Bill Moran got a solo homer for the Pads in the fifth inning. Joe Taylor, Jim Pagliaroni and Ron Hansen all homered for the Mounties in a five-run first inning. Taylor's blast was a three-run af fair while Pagliaroni and Hansen hit back-to-back solos. The loss broke a six-game Spokane victory sl:ein. The Rainiers engineered a triple play in the fourth. With men on first and second, Portland's Howie Reed attempted to bunt. With both runners under way, the ball popped into the air and Seattle catcher Jake Jenkins nabbed it. He fired to second for out No. 2 and .shortstop Kd Winceniak rifled the ball to Dee Fondy at first in time to complete the triple killing. Automobile Mechanic WANTED Preferably With Chrysler Experience Good Working Conditions. Fring Btnofits BARCUS N. Stephens ot Garden Kegler Loops j For Women In Prospect The summer bowling leagues for women will start next week at the Roseburg Bowl. Any woman inter ested in competing in these leagues may contact the bowling alley for further details. A Monday night low-average league will begin play next Mon day night. A league meeting will precede the action. Bowling win start at 7 p.m. A meeting for a Tuesday morn ing league will be held May 26 at 9:30 a.m., with tht bowling to be gin at 10 a.m. The third league is slated for Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. A meeting for tne lorms tion of this league will start at 9:30 a.m. May 28. All women, beginners or ad vanced, are invited to join any or all of these leagues. Cards Ride Win Streak National League W. Pet. G.B. Jib 3'.i 4 4'i 6'i 8 10 Milwaukee San Francisco Chicago Los Angeles .... Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis 21 .19 20 20 18 15 14 .656 .543 .541 .526 .514 .4.55 .411 Philadelphia 11 .344 Wednesday Results San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 3 Ias Angeles 8-5 Cincinnati 4-7 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 1 Friday Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia (N) San Francisco at Los Angeles (N) ' Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (N) St. Louis at Chicago By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . The St. Louis Cardinals finally have made a move to see how the other half lives in that National League pennant chase. They're still seventh, just five days free of the cellar and eight games shy of first place, but j Redbirds are on their first real winning streak of the season after whipping Pittsburgh and winless Bob Friend 11-1 Wednesday night. It was the Cards' fourth straight success and they did it on the six-hit pitching of Wilmer (Vine gar Bend) Mizell and the second successive three RBI game by Bill White, who has six hits in eight trips for two nights. That put St, Louis within four games of the first division after Los Angeles slipped to fourth by splitting a twj-night double-header with Cincinnati. The fifth-place Reds beat the Dodgers 7 5 after an opening 8-4 defeat. The San Francisco Giants re tained second, ending Milwaukee's winning streak at six games, 6-3. Chicago's persistent Cubs remain ed in third with a 7-5 decision over the Philadelphia Phillies. Mizell (5-1) walked two, struck out four and shut out the Pirates on four hits over the last eight innings. The Cards had a six-run second inning. Young Mike McCormick (2-2) tamed Ihe Braves, with ninth-inning relief help from Sam Jones and three RBls from Felipe Atou. Ibe outfielder belted a two-run homer in the fourth off loser Bob Buhl, then doubled home a lying run and scored the clincher on Daryl Spencer's double in a two run, sixth. Joa Pignatano belled a three- run homer as the Dodgers wrap ped up the opener Willi six runs in the seventh inning after Roy Mc Millan missed second base on what would have been an inning-ending double play. Danny McDevitt (3-2) gave up 10 hits, alter holding tne Reds hilless for five innings, while beating Brooks Lawrence (3-4). Don Newcombe, now 2-2 against his old mates, won the nightcap for the Keds with a six-hitter. Ernie Banks' 10th homer, a three run drive in the eighth, won for the Cubs and Moe Drabowsky (2 3), who needed relief after Harry Hanebrink'i pinch two-run homer in the seventh. Yesterday's Stars By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hilling Eddie Yost, Tigers, drove in six runs with a single and two homers, one a srand - slam, in 13-6 victory over the Yan kees that dropped the world cham pions into last place. Pitching Wilmer Mizell. Car dinals, gained his fifth victory with a six-hitter, shutting out the Pirates on four hits over the last eight innings for 11-1 win. TENNIS PARIS Janet Hopps. Karol Fa geros and Mimi Arnold Advanced in the French championships, but two other U.S. players. Patricia Stewart and Jack Frost, were eliminated. Valley Rd. OR 3-5S66 County By BILL GOULD News-Review Sports Writer Eight Douglas County cinder men join the exodus of prep track men from their home grounds this week for the stale track meet Fri day at Corvallis. Both A-l and A-2 schools will compete for individual wins and team points at Oregon State Col lege. Competitors from Roseburg, Douglas, Glendale, and Drain will 6 The Newt-Review, Roseburg Mighty Midgets On Mat At Fairgrounds Saturday Douglas County wrestling fans will see the midgets in action Sat urday night at the Community Building at the fairgrounds in Rose burg. The little guys will appear in a lag team match, with Tiny Tim and Farmer McGregor- meetingJ Pee Wee James and The Mighty Schultz. The mighty miles of the mat world take their lumps and never fail to wow the crowds. In the main event, Tony Bourne will return to meet Nick Kozak. In the opening match. Nelson Roy al will meet Tony Ferrazza. The first match is slated lo start at 8:30 p.m. with the doors to open at 7 p.m. Major Loop TV Changes Under Study COLUMBUS. Ohio. (AP) Major league baseball executives prob ably will do some serious talking today about an idea that's been kicked around for some time: creation of a third major league. But as Charles A. Comiskey II of the Chicago White Sox ex plained: "I think mainly it will be just to stop all the loose talk and in dividual statements about such a league." Another topic up for discussion by the convening major league brass is whether to curtail tele vised games. One American League club own er, who asked that his name not be used, said: "One thing I believe we will discuss Thursday will be the pos sibility of doing away with the Sat urday and Sunday 'game of the day' and. televising only one night a week." He said under such a plan it would likely be a Monday night game and that the minor leagues would make all Mondays open dales on their schedules. Another major league official, also speaking anonymously said: "Actually the honeymoon is over as far as our plush television con tracts are concerned. Only a half dozen clubs are still making a financial killing in that field." Commissioner Ford Frick called the meeting of the 16 - major league clubs here following a special major - minor league com mittee huddle Tuesday and Wed nesday in the troublesome radio TV problem. , The committee also had been called into session by Frick. at the suggestion of the minors, to cort sider .what to do about sagging gate receipts at minor league ball parks. The minors blame it on saturation of the airwaves with broadcasts of major league con tests. BOXING LOS ANGELES Promoter Jackie Leonard told California Athletic Commission under oath of threats by underworld figures at tempting to take over management of welterweight champion Don Jor dan. Leonard named Frankie Car- I bo l - and Frank (Blinky) Palermo. J. C. SPORTING GOODS CAMPING SPECTACULAR SALE PRICES CONTINUE THROUGH TIMBER CAPITAL DAYS 4 lb. Celocloud SLEEPING BAG Tw ftivtrt motJtl. Snowy whit ct)tat fiber fmulotion. A trt mtndeut buy. Rtj. 26.95. $14.88 BIG SAVINGS ON 0 Air Martrest 0 Coleman Stoves Oj Camp Cots J. C. Sporting Goods 509 S. E. Jockion St. (indermen Travel vie for top fmisbfs and points in l this year s state meet. , A-2 trackmen will number six frr.m hi. .raa raiiiwlino in i ,.vnt iinin Lili ham Al Sno-ell in the 'note vault and dene Merrill in the hurdles. From Douglas will come Ted Thomson in the mile, Jim McClendon in the half mile and Lowell Sherman in the discus. Glendale will have Cliff Worley running in the 440 to round out the A-2 entrants from Douglas County. Ore. Thur., May 21, 1959 TINY TIM . in tag match Sports Calendar THURSDAY BOWLING: Women's Major Classic, 7 p.m.: Crazy Eights League, 8:15 p.m.; al Roseburg Bowl. SOFTBALL: YMCA Church League: Vet's Patients vs. Faith Lutheran; North Roseburg vs. First Presbyterian; at Veterans Field, 6 p.m. FRIDAY TRACK: State Meet. Corvallis. ARCHERY: Oak - Rose Archers, Oakland Legion Hall, 7:30 p.m. Ed Machen Cops Verdict SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Heavy weight contender Eddie Machen, victorious Wednesday night over unranked Rueben Vargas, now switches his battling to the courts, seeking to halt the Floyd Patter-son-lngemar Johansson title bout. Eddie and his pilot, Sid Flaher ty, are scheduled to appear in federal court in New York June 1 when their petition seeking to force Johansson into a return bout with Machen will be heard. A verdict favoring Eddie could disrupt plans for the June 25 meet ing in New York between cham pion Patterson and the Swede who kayoed Machen Sept. 14. Flaherty contends he and Eddie hold a con tract calling for the return match before Inge boxes anyone else. Wednesday night in the na tionally televised 10-rounder at the Cow Palace, Machen found tough going in the early and late rounds against Vargas. But Eddie's jab kept his onrushing foe off balance sufficiently to bring him a un animous but close and unpopular verdict. Vargas, of Richmond. Calif., who weighed 189'i. entered the ring a favorite. Machen, of Red ding, Calif., weighed 197'i. 9 x 11 UMBRELLA TENT 3.66'OC tlrill. Forest Grttn color. Wifti frot and motol center pole. List $51.89 '39 88 Sola CAMPING EQUIPMENT 0 Coleman Lanterns Sleeping Bags Oj Coolers Tents l V Hf'l Ph. OR 3-4155 Erom Roseburg wiU come the only A-l competitors Bill While will go in the 220 and Don Green will rnmoetB M the ShOtDUt. Two other county men who qual- ified for the big show in the dis- trict test will not make the trip because of a violation of training rulM Myrtle Creek had qualified Dud-1 v Kliinback in the shotput and! ley Kliinback in the shotput and! diicus and Don Harkema in the I half mile Taking their places in the state meet will be Sherman of' Robinson-Basilio Battle Rages, In Star Chambers NEW YORK (AP) Round and round the Ray Robinson - Carmen Basilio debate goes. Where it will stop nobody knows. The New York Stale Athletic Commission, which appears about ready to strip Robinson of his ti tle, has recessed its hearing until Friday afternoon. Basilio sweated it out Wednesday while lawyers objected and took exceptions to a stream of questions. At nno ataee. he was almost ready to take a punch at one of Robinson's lawyers, who had been accusing his attorney. State Sen. Lawrence Rulison, of "coaching the witness." When the going got hot. Martin Macbat, Robinson's lawyer, had this to say to Chairman M e 1 v i n Krulewilcn ot tne commission: "If you are going to vacate the title, we are going to the Appel late Division and stop you." Krulewitch bristled and replied: "This commission does not threat en easily. You already have gone to court twice." The issue resolved on Robinson's compliance or failure to comply with an April 30 or-Ier by the State Supreme Court and the coin mission to "enter into articles of agreement to defend against Ba silio in 15 days (May 15) or risk vacating the title." Robinson claims he has entered into an agreement to fight Basilio in Philadelphia Sept. 31 for pro moter Sam Rose. Part of the con tract was filed with the commis sion Monday. The rest was to have been produced Wednesday. It didn't show. The commission ruled it was evi dent the Pennsylvania contract was invalid because it was not be tween two licensees. When the session was all over, the chances of a Robinson-Basilio fight seemed less than ever. CUTS FINGERS ST. LOUIS (AP) - Pittsburgh's ace relief pitcher, EIroy Face, cut two finger on his pitching hand in an accident Wednesday. Face dropped a glass of water in his hotel room. He started to pick up the broken glass and cut himself on the top of the last two fingers on his right hand. The Pirates said Face should be able to pitch in four days or to. A ROSEBURG r NOW! GIVE YOUR HOME 2 EXTRA YEARS OF PAINT BEAUTY t f ullers spectacuiar new kind of paint for wood beats all otkee for ease, speed, durability ... the chart allows why! COMPAM ITS FnMt Tr4tMat Now FwlUr Hvm Pairt Huf Point flwft Com rMtti rtgorowt wMtora - Kpi frath, new took of hi wonW fjty a W yon. ImiT 2 ywri long ikon , Knt( hovto paInK Celent Stortt lo fad oHor about 6 Kttpt color brightness for wwHu. yon. Wbitot Roodily rvtl itoiMd from Cannot bo rtnr itointd. noil, g often etc Aoifciafieet Goo oo fost and ooty. 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The Democrats cinched the baseball crown by downing Grant, 5-2, behind the tight pitching of all-around athlete Terry Baker. ; He was the star quarteroacK on the state championship football iteam and high scorer for the city championship basketball squad. Franklin wound up in second 'Place, one game back of Jeffer son, after edging Benson. 7-6. Cecil Ira, Franklin ace pitching in relief, was credited with his 10th victory in 11 decisions. Jefferson will 0 to Wy'East south of Hood River for the first game of the state championsnip playoffs Saturday afternoon. U3 SALS! AOVANTAOIII TOUR AUTHORIZED ULLER tAIHI t(UEs L SALE 6.69 c, Tracks Ph. OR 2-2636
