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Major Leagut Standings United Pres. International r American League ' W. L. Pet. CB 70 36 .660 54 51 ,514 lH'i - 03 02 .005 16b 52 04 .491 18 ;50 .fe . .488.18 1 VI- 50 : .481 21 ;47 55 .461 2f 45 02 .421 25',i Hew York Boston t'hicago t-'lcveland jpctroit Baltimore Kansas City .Washington i Thursday'! Results Boston 8 Washington ,4 ! (Only game scheduled1.) National League W. L. Pet. CB Milwaukee San Francisco Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati ' Los Angeles 61 43 53 51 52 52 49 52 52 56 50 54 51) 54 40.50 .587 .... .519 7 .500 9 "'.485 '1014 .481 11 .480 11 .480 11 .467 12li ' Thursday's Results Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2 , Los Angeles 3 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati .2, St. Louis 12 San Fran. 1, night night Pacific Coast League , W. .L. Pet. GB Phoenix Vancouver San Diego Suit Lake Portland Spokane , Sacramento Seattle 69-49 .585 ,69 51 .575 UB 53 .555 . ' 60 "56 .517 55 02 .470 53 04 .453 ' 01.118 .429 " . 1 a 13 15 Va '.50 70 .417,- 20 ' Thursday Y Results Vancouver 5-3 Portland 1-6 Salt Lake 6 Sacramento 5 Phoenix 9 Seattle 4 , -,: San Diego 5 Spokane 0 ' Calhoun Fights Gene Armstrong ' NEW YORK (UPI) ' Slugger Tlory Calhoun gives the big test , tonight to unbeaten Geno - (Ace) Armstrong, a slick middleweight boxer, in their TV 10 -..rounder at Madison Square Garden. . Muscular Calhoun is favored at 7-5 over lanky Aco, attempting his first Garden main event and first nationally televised performance. Both are rated contenders. $' Armstrong, seeks his 15th straight' victory as professional. Calhoiln has won 35 of 40 fights. D NOW THRU SAT OT 1'UP UAWandQ a CMeme Scope And watOCOLM ' i Alio "KATHY O" Two feature in color lilt n TTTT IB il 5 TODAY and SATURDAY Robt. Mltchum "THE ENEMY BELOW" In Technicolor Also Scott Brady. "RESTLESS BREED" for SplH-Cott, SplitStcoiti "NAILING" to CONCRETE, STEEL i mark Idrmve-it eoWDII. ACIUAtlO TOOLS AND DIIVIPINS Ton ml beat Chaait DKIVB-If PoW ' actuated tooh tot "nallini" to efU and ateel. Straus, talc ancaorat quickly and mexpenavrljr fat a apHt tteend. Fire tool modah, aver SO tyeaa and attea of driTaphn ao la. t tea Need anljr one atrenath power lead -ittber .12, .M or .38 caliber, aave teat aaeewy, effort. Can ae lor ilmaX raHiM 0M INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY 7 & SUPPLY 1410 Mum , . , WO J-44J3 b3 M I Observer, la Grande, Ore., East Squad Arrives In La Grande Sunday Twenty-five husky young men, Die elite of Class B schools east of the Cascade Mountains, arrive n La Grande; Sunday to start 'Irills for the ,. annual East-West Class B Shrine football, game sel for Pendleton s Roundup stadium Saturday night, August 23. The selected group of cridsters nil graduates of Oregon high schools this June, will spend the day Sunday at Eastern Oregon College where they will be hous ed, receiving physicals and draw ing their gear from Trainer Arch Dunsmoor, EOC grid coach. On Sunday night the players will gaihcr at the college's Dpr- tn Hall where mombcrs of ijhrinc lodges in Eastern Oregon will host them at their annual Kickoff Banquet. Tom Burton, general chairman of the affair, and originator of the annual East-West classic in Pendleton, will welcome the Steve Thompson of Elgin a guard, resigned from the East squad yesterday and will be replaced by James Wlcklander of oJseph, Bob Oesterling, pub licity head for. the East, said this morning. youngsters. Ray Osburn of Elgin will act as master of ceremonies. Numerous civic and other Shrine officials from around the state will also be on hand to welcome the players. On Monday, East head coach Gary Burton, who coached the state Class B championship Stan- field eleven last year, will take over the reins and will start the boys drilling for the game. Bur ton and his assistants, Al Keck of Merrill and Tox Cox of Sisters, have two weeks In which to weld the griddcrs into a polished unit. Bob Oesterling, public rela tions chief for the East team and assistant business manager at EOC, said yesterday that two changes have been made on the West squad, which will, train in Giants Drop; Another Game, Virtually Out Of Pennant Race By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International Ted Williams will be 40 by the end of the month and quite possi bly the American League batting champ again by the end of Sep tember. Williams, more or less lying back in the weeds all . season, suddenly is sprouting a full-blown .311 -average only 24 points be hind the ,335 figure of . Boston teammate Pete Runnels,' " who leads the circuit. Ted's current mark is a far cry from the .388 mark he led the league with last year, but before tho season started he promised he'd hit "around .340" and he generally comes pretty close to the mark. He could make it the way he's hitting now. He blasted' his 20th homer and a single to drive in three runs Thursday and help the Rod Sox beat the Senators, 8-4, for their fifth straight victory. His homer was nothing to spit at. either. It traveled approxi mately 500 feet and landed about 30 rows up in the right field bleachers. Roy Sicvcrs belled his 31st homer and Jim Lemon his 23rd for Washington, both blows coming off Frank Sullivan, who hurled an eight-hitter for his ninth victory. It was the only gamo scheduled in the American League. Tho Milwaukee Braves stretched their National League lead to seven games with a 3-2 triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates, while St. Louis crushed San Francisco, 12-1; Philadelphia edged Cincin nati, 3-2, and Los Angeles de feated Chicago, 3-1. Southpaw warren Spahn, shoot ing for a 20-game season for the eighth time in his career, limited the Pirates to seven hits in chalk ing up his 15lh victory. Bob Friend blanked the Braves until the seventh when they scored all their three runs with the aid of Eddlu Mathews' two run homer. Sam Jones scored his ninth victory with a four hit effort against the Giants while the THE OANMOORE HOTEL All Transient Guests. All thoso who come, return. Rates not high, nut low. Free Garage, TV's and Ra dios'. We have a reputation for cleanliness. Reservations by LD phone refunded on requtit up0n arrival. V. 1217 SW Morrison Portland, Ore. IYIHINO OlfllVII , Buck Buchanan Fri., August 8, 1958 Page 6 Pendleton. Ho said the U. S. Navy will fly Ray Taylor of Silctz into Pendleton on Sunday from San Diego to train for the game. Tay lor, selected after he joined the Navy, will replace Eldon Smith of Jacksonville, who has resign ed from the squad. ' Jerry Carson of Canyonvillc has been named to replace jacic var- ner of Trinagle Lake, who has resigned from 1hc West, Oester ling said. Cove's Jim Puckett, who' earl ier this week issued a challenge to any sprinter, prep or college, io run against him m a special dash between halves at the game, will go into training for the event starting next week. He is presently fishing on the Miham river. j . . The sprinter, who ran the 100- dash in 9.5 twice this year, was selected as a back on the East squad but resigned early in the summer. He exprssed the, desire) however, "to assist in any way 1 can in helping the cause of the East-West game." All proceeds from the game go to the Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland. Joan Gibbs. 14, of Milton-Free- water, has been named queen of the East-West game this year. She was a polio victim in 1952 and a former patient at the Crippled Children's hospital in Portland. She attended first and second grades at Central school here in La Grande. Oesterling said that, at Pow ers, a West team town, spirit is running high for the game at this early stage with "six carloads of people already signed up lo at tend the game in Pendleton." The game is only one phase of the day of fun and spirit in Pend leton.. Shrine clubs and other or ganizations from all over the state stage a pageant and parade-that are always vivid and spectacular affairs. Cards wc.-c pounding out 13 hits, including a home run by. Wally Moon. The Giants committed four errors. .t It marked the ninth loss for the Giants in their last, 10 games and virtually finished them, as far as pennant contention is concerned. Don Cardwell, recalled from the minors not', so long ago,, scored his first victory of the year for the Phillies with a nine-hit effort against the Redlcgs. The victory moved the Phillies into the first division for the first time since Eddie Sawyer took over as man ager from Mayo Smith on July 22. Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers struck out 10 Cub batters and was credited with his ninth win al though he needed help ; from Johnny Klippstcin in the ninth. Klippstein took over with two on and one out, and after rain caused a 20-minutc delay he got Lee Walls to hit - into a game ending doublo play. The Dodgers scored a pair of unearned runs on Alvin Dark s fifth inning error, Sport Shorts PITCHER LEAVES CLUB BOSTON (UPD Pitcher Wll- lurd Nixon of the Boston Red Sox, who was placed on the temporarily disabled list July 14 following a bout . wltn shoulder miseries, has left the club for his Lindalc, Gn., home. . , TO DONATE RIDING FEES NEW YORK (UPI) rr Directors of the Jockeys Guild have de signated Aug. 21 as "Guild Day" for jockeys around the tracks to contribute riding fees to the guild's welfare fund. MAKES DAD PROUD CHARLES TOWN. W. Va. (UPI) William Boniface Jr., made his dad proud Thursday when he scored his first victory as a jockey in the fourth at Charles Town. His father is racing editor of the Baltimore Sun papers. SQUEAKS ARE FOR NICE! Get the out of your tar with ur exclusive Stop-Wear Lubrication. YOU CAN HEAR, FEEL ; AND SEE THE DIFFERENCE! Pickup and Delivery 4 : WESTENSKOW'S UNION SERVICE . First and Adams Hand Ford. Takes Midget Loop Grown Thursday's Results Hand Ford 3, Van Petten's 1 Laurences 8, National Guard 7 , Tonighf s Came ' At 5:30 p.m., Falk's vs Laurences ; Hand Ford walked off with the Midget League trophy last night as they defeated Van Petten's 3-1 behind the two-hit pitching of Joey Talbott. The victory was the second in a row for the auto men in the . two-out-of -three "playoff scries. Losing Hurler allowed but two hits but Jim Lilly and Mike Kline scored on one of the blasts to sew- up the ball game. David Hyde hit a triple and John Piper, a single off of Talbott. Laurence s worked their way into the finals of the double clim ination playoffs by beating the National Guard Raiders 8-7. Bob Corey hit a bases loaded double for the Raiders. ., . PCC Heads Arrive For Big Meet PORTLAND (U'PI) Faculty representatives to the Pacific Coast Conference were arriving here today for a weekend meet- ing aimed at wiping out the PCC as a force in American sports. There seemed no doubt in any one's mind that the two-day spe cial meeting here would wind up Sunday with a vote for dissolution of the conference that has been riddled with dissension since .it levied heavy fines against some of its members for violations of the conference code. It was learned here today that conference coaches, as recently as four months ago at another Port land meeting, submitted resolu tions to the Conference expressing confidence in the future of the combine if dissolution ' could be avoided. Drawings Set For Early Game Hunts Drawings for four early season big game- hunts will be held at 10 a.m.' Monday, August 11 at the game commission's Portland of fice,, 1634. S.: W; Alder. Drawings will be held to determine partici pants for the antelope hunts, the Wallowa, the Hart Mountain, and the Snake River controlled deer hunts. The public is invited to at tend. "; ' The antelope season is schedul ed for August 23 through August 27 in all three antelope areas of southeastern Oregon. The Wallowa controlled deer season will be held August 30 through September 3; the Hart. Mountain controlled hunt September 27 and 20; and the Snake River pack area Oct ober 4 through 26. Successful applicants in the drawings will be mailed their tags by August 15. In those areas where the quota was not filled by the filing deadline, no drawing will be held and all applicants will receive tags. Deer Hunters Should Send Applications Oregon hunters arc advised that if they want to hunt for antler less deer during the latter part or the general deer season they should submit their applications immprlinlplv for thn unit in which they intend lo hunt. Deadline for,8;8 applied for. submitting applications is August 18, which is just a little more than one week awny. Hunters are also cautioned to follow the directions carefully when filling out their application blanks. The name and address of the applicant, must be printed in the- space provided, and signed with app'icants signature directly below. Include the hunting license YOU CAN HAVI IT Yen caa kav rnaninf water ndr fj-oeaore at reUtirely eiB stiease . . . a few lengths of thtitu ftf . . . aad this a -. or ttlj-primint ahrtmt wtB honk' ' THE PUMP ALONE IS IDEAL FOR LAWN A GARDEN SPRINKLING Cornell's v .CAM - ww lsland City Hwy. WO 3-4534 La Grande Swim MIKE CHALLIS, . 15-16 ' fit JM.f ""N"' rv 3 B0NNIE SCOTJ, GIRLS DIVING f . 'S frX I a-,. ' i r Pill I ffi ' ' " $ I i . l-4"i mJt ' i f 1'TTtr -" am i ail II f . t STEVE FEDOR, 13-14 ' ) VV-1 V Injuries Plaque Grid Giants SALEM (UPI) Injuries are plaguing the New York Giants at their football training camp at Willamette University in Salem. , Coach Jim Lee Howell has sev eral first-line performers on the sick list today. Veteran halfback Gene Filipski is out of action for at least a week with a jammed left shoulder suffered in a rugged Scrimmage Wednesday. Rookie guard Dick Fusco will sit and watch for at least two weeks with a dislocated elbow. Alex Webster, the halfback-full back who has shown up so well in early practices, was held out. of contact practice Thursday with a mud concussion as was end Bob Schnclker. At least three other Giants are ruled out of Saturday's full-dress scrimmage by Dr. Francis J. Sweeny. EQUALS TRACK RECORD SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. (UPI) Sanford Stud Farm's Dartmoor equalled a track record for the distance of about a mile and five-eighths Thursday when he won the $7,500 Promise Stakes hurdles at Saratoga. Dartmoor covered the course in 3:07. number, and in case of elk, in clude the elk tag number. The kind of animal to be hunted deer, elk, or antelope must be on the card, in addition to the Do not fold the application cards. These cards cannot be pro cessed if they have been folded or mutilated in any way. t - i ft fian ' I iimtal'f liliain i I JENNIFER SMITH, 13-14 KEN CHRUSOSKIE, 11-12 THE SEAL below is your pledge to friendly ON-THE-SPOT Service. . -4 '"W-aV M t r - ' & 1 I 1QW H Jjrptmlrtr 1 YOu will get local service on your insurance policies and policy planning when you are served by your Independent Insurance Ag ent. Your interests will be served FIRST. Visit us today. 105 DEPOT WO 3-2125 Club Hosts Meet Entry List In '.AM Pool Test Everything but the weather was in readiness today for ttffe Eastern Oregon Swimming and Diving Championships, to be held at the La Grande Memorial Pool beginning at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Don Campbell, pool di rector, reported. , ,. . , , The meet, comprising 50 swimming and diving events ins all age groups through 16, is sanctioned by the AAU and will be participated in by the swim teams of Hermiston, Pendleton, Milton-Freewater and La Grande. A total of 121 entries have been made for Campbell cast an anxious eye at the skies, said he didn't be lieve forecast showers would mar the running of the meet. Favored to win tne team title and the trophy that goes with it iSi Hermiston, which twice prev iously this season has defeated Pendleton, dominant district team for the last foUr years. . Pendleton could surprise and edge its Umatilla neighbors. The Buckaroo squad is exceptionally strong in the 11-12, 13-14 and 15 16 girls divisions. La Grande, steadily improving over the past four weeks, receiv ed a setback this week in its plans to upset Pendleton for the second spot when Jim Riggs, figured for a first in the 13-14 boys 200 meter freestyle, was confined to bed with illness; Nancy Gray's loss to job respon sibilities took one girl's relay team out of competition; Mary Al- tenburg left on a vacation trip, and divers Rolfe Pitts and Phil Gray were absent, leaving La Grande without contestants in boys diving. Pitts was with his family on a vacation trip. A feature of the meet will be the personal duels between out standing swimmers for high point honors and trophies. Mary Morgan of Pendleton is favored to win honors for the girsl and Billy Graham of Herm iston is favored for the boys, with principal competition cord ing from Paula Russell of Herm iston and Mike Challis and Mike Jones of La Grande. Possible new pool and district records are foreseen for Mary Morgan in freestyle and breast stroke, Artie Samson of La Grande in 11-12 freestyle; Jim Johnson of Hermiston in 13-14 freestyle; Mike Jones of La Grande in 13-14 backstroke; Steve Fedor of La Grande in 13-14 brcaststroke; Billy Graham of Hermiston in 15-18 brcaststroke and individaul medley, "and Mike Challis of La ' Grande in 15-16 freestyle. , The 1316 boys medley and freestyle relay duels between Hermiston and La Grande are a tnssup, with La Grande favored in the freestyle and Hermiston in the medley. Coach Campbell said a large crowd is expected for the event and City Engineer Dave Slaght is endeavoring to provide an addi-' tional bleacher section to aug- LEASES THOROUGHBRED DUBLIN, Ireland (UPI) John McShain of Philadelphia has leased his four-year-old thorough bred, Ballymoss, to the British National Stud for a year. Bally moss' European victories include the St. Leger, King George and Queen Elizabeth stakes. Recapping g Turley's Thrills! Excilemenl! STOCK GAR RACES Sunday, August 10 TIME f RIALS START AT 1:00 P.M. Special Races Midget Cars Women Drivers 1:00 On The Quarter Mile Dirt Tract On Union-La Grande Highway Adjacent To Flamingo Club Sponsored By Union County Racing Ass'n. Come and Enjoy a Variety, of Thrilling Races in Ihe Comfort oi Your Own Car! ADMISSION Adults . . 90c Children nnder 12 . . 50c REFRESHMENTS ON Soft Drinks . . V Hot Tops 120 k the affair. ment the present six sections. Except for painting, the new. ;0-ft. board wall on the west and north sides ofvthe pool was com-, plcted yesterday, assuring more comfort for ; competitors and, fins from canyon breezes. The fence was erected by a crew of volunteers recruited by Howard' risk. They were Clair McMan us, Fred Fagei Ellis Scott, Cliff Cochran, George Evans, Doq DANCE TEEN-AGE In response to a request by parents, a teen-age dance will be held for young people of the community Saturday evening en the city tennis courts ad joining the - Memorial . Swim Pool, June McManus, summer program director for the La Grande Youth Activities Coun cil, said today. pancing will start at 8 p.m. and end at 12 midnight. The event, sponsored by the Youth Activities Council, will be chaperoned by parents. Invited to the dance are swim team members from Pendleton, Hermiston and Milton-Freewater, here for the Eastern Ore gon Championships in the after noon. Campbell and Fisk. Post capping was completed last night by a city crew. All officials handling the meet are requested lo meet with George Challis, meet director, at I o'clock at the pool. Refreshments and printed pro grams will be available to fans at the meet, Campbell reported. the good light flavor of The Good Light Beer Heidelberg Slow Brewed StlilMNlKlllv OHlllAlnCt..lKI.Wul. THE GROUNDS Dogs . . Candy 18
