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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1958)
Daffy Dodgers Jump To 4th Place Spot By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International Those daffy Dodgers are back in me urst division today, (hanks to one of the neatest jumps since Steve firodie took his famous nyec from the Brooklyn Bridge Only four days ago, the Dodgers were liounoermg around in th National League cellar, but now they're looking smart and sassy in a fourth - place tie with the Cardinals. It's the first lime llify've been this high since the opening week of the season and if they notice some kind of funny smell they may be assured it is only fresh air. i They negotiated the big jump by sweeping a twi - night double header from I he Cardinals Friday iiigiiu winning the ll-inning open it, 4-3, and the nightcap, 5-3 Elmer Valo's pinch single with llic bases loaded off Larry Jack son in the 11th inninc cave re lievcr Clem Labine. his sixth vic tory in the opener. Carl Furillo and Don Zimmer homered for Los Angeles while- Gene Frcese and Ken Boyer connected for St Louis. The Dodgers collected only five hits in the nightcap but two of them were homers by starting pitcher Stan Williams and Gil Hodges. The Milwaukee Braves . length ened their lead to seven games with a 1-0 victory over the Phila delphia Phillies; Cincinnati snap pea Pittsburgh s seven - game winning streak, 6-1, and the Cubs defeated the Giants, 3-1, in 10 innings. In the American League, the Yankees' lead was sliced to I3'b games when they dropped a 8-2 decision to the Red Sox; Washing ton defeated Baltimore, 3-1; Kan sas City crushed Detroit, 12-5, and Chicago edged Cleveland; 4-3. Wes Covington drove in the only run in Milwaukee's win over Philadelphia when he singled home Eddie Mathews in the eighth inning. Carlton Willey limited the Phils to six hits in beating Robin Roberts for his eighth victory of the year. One of Philadelphia's hits was a third-Inning single by Richie Ashburn, the 2,000th hit of his major league career. Dee Fondy singled home the de ciding runs in a five-run rally that powered the Redlegs to their tri umph over the Pirates. Fondy lined his game-winning hit off lit tle Ehoy Face, who had relieved loser Ronnie Kline in the eighth, the frame that the Redlegs scored their five runs. Bob Purkey held his cx-Pirate teammates to five hits for his Mill victory. Frank Robinson homered for Cincinnati. Red Sox rookie Ted Bowsfield, developing into something of a thorn for the Yankees, beat them for the second time in five day with a seven-hitter. He held them hitless for 0 1-3 innings in defeat ing them last Sunday. Bob Turley suffered his sixth loss -against 17 victories. ' i Rookie Barry Lai man and re ! liever Turk Lown teamed up to lead the White Sox to their vic tory over the Indians. Latman, who was credited with the victory, held the Tribe to one hit until the seventh but then ran Into trouble and had to bo rescued by Lown. The While Sox scored all four ol their runs off starter Hal Woode shick, Whose sixth Inning error al lowed Lajman to score the cloei- ""JLJr i 1 1 i i i i i 1 i ii hi iiiiiiii mil wnM. t.i, 1 1 iiiinipi nw i nmi uiin'i 'n i p&r ; . i : t si: Wf'JESjiSS 1 Ail-Stars Rip Lions, 35-19 Assistants To Direct UCLA ' JzWK 4 Grid Team rrS, ANpELEiS 'VPi)- UCl'r? ON THE LINE East Shrine team Line Coach Al Keck watches five of his charges from the Klamath Falls area prepare for the gamo set for Pendleton next Saturday night, against the Wesf. Blue Team Edges Gold, 7-6 In East Squads Scrimmage In rear is halfback Perry Laney from Merrill. Front row, left to right, are James McMurtre, Merrill; Jasper Strunk, Bonanza; Dick Steyskal, Milan and Steve Pope, Chiloquin. (Observer Photo) The Blues defeated the Gold learn 7-6 last night al the first fame situation" scrimmage of the East Shrine Class B team in training at Eastern Oregon Col lege here for the annual classic set for Pendleton next Saturday night. The 24-man squad was reward ed for its "all-out" effort by a trip to Portland for the Class A game set for tonight at Multnomah sta dium. The squad left by car this morning and will return Sunday evening after seeing the game and visiting the Crippled Child ren's Hospital tomorrow morning. La Grande auto dealers Hand Ford, M. J. Goss and Mike Lynch furnished the cars, free of charge for the boys to make the trip to Portland. After the scrimmage under the lights, last night, the squad vot ed on co-captains for the upcom ing battle. Breaking precedent, three were named due to the closeness of the vote. Named co-captains for the game were John Hoult of Stan field, a quarterback; Stan Wil liams of Sisters, a halfback, and Paul Forrcy of Stanfield, line Major Loague Standings United Press International National League W. L. Pet. Milwaukee Pittsburgh Sail Francisco St. Louis Los Angeles Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati GB Ii7 47 .5HI1 . 5'.l 53 .527 7 ' 5!l 54 .522 7',i 51 5!) .4711 12'ii 51 5!l .478 12".. 55 HI .474 13 52 53 .473 13 53 112 .4(il 14'i Recapping C Turley's Electronics TV Ph. WO 3 3251 Don't Wait or Hesitate Call Us For Expert Repairs TV . . . Radio . . . Elec. Motors We Give "S&H" Green Stamps Friday's Results Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 0 UiighU Cincinnati I! Pittsburgh I lnight Chicago 3 San Francisco 1 ( 10 inns, night i ' Los Angeles 4 St. Louis 3 (1st. It inns, twilight i Los Angeles 5 St. Louis 3 (2nd, night) American League W. L. Pet. GB New York Chicago Dost on , Detroit Cleveland Baltimore Kansas City Washington 74 42 ,B3B (i 55 .522 13'! 57 5(1 .504 15' a 5(i 57 ,4!l(i lfi's fill 00 .4113 111 52 5!l .4(13 til's 50 112 .440 22 50 04 .43!! 23 Friday's Results Chicago 4 Cleveland 3 Boston 0 New York 2 i night Washington 3 Baltimore 1 InighU Kansas City 12 Detroit 5 (night) Pacific Coast Loague W. L. Pet. GB Phoenix 75 51 .5!I5 San Diugn 72 54 .57,1 3 Vancouver 72 5H .503 4 Portland l3 lit .!! 12'-j Salt Lake 02 B3 .4C8 13Ms Spokane 511 07 .404 10'i. Sacramento 55 73 .430 21 Seattle 50 77 .3!M 25 Friday's Results Sacramento ti Salt Lake 1 San Diego 2 Spokane 0 Portland 8 Vancouver 2 Phoenix 3 Seattle 0 ;2 LA GRANDE MAVERICK GROUNDS HON. AUG backer. In the game scrimmage the Blues scored first after a Houk to Norm Evans pass setup line plunge for Royce Parrot, 1110 pound fullback Irom Prairie City. Houk again passed to his former teammate of Stanfield, Evans, for the extra point. The Golds scored when Stan Williams intercepted a pass and went 40 yards into pay dirt. The Golds failed to tic the score when the Blue line held a plunge Coach Gary Burton commented "that we looked excellent in spots but also very rough in spots." The Blue backfield looked the stronger offensively in the scrim mago while the Gold forward wall, bolstered by some sturdy back filed defense, appeared Ihe stron ger defensively. Tackle Stan Goulet didn't suit up for the foray, having suffered a slight ankle injury in the morn ing practice session. Burton said he "would be ready to go again Monday." Goulet from Wallowa, has been named one of the out standing linemen to date by Bur- tun and assistant coaches Al Keck and Tom Cox. The play last night was hard and sharp and the players went all-out showing great enthusiasm and fire. Mistakes, at this early stage of the drills, were supris ingly tew though some were quite obvious to the crowd of fans that showed up to watch the drill. The Gold line included, read ing from left end, Steve Pope, Mike Romillard, Verlyn Scluilz, Schwarz and Mike Smith. Paul Forrey and Dick Erwin backed up the line. In the backfield it was Skip Parsons al quarter, Stan Williams and Carl Reeder at the halfback slots and Dean Whitely at fullback. The Blue line included, reading from left end, Norm Evans, Grady Itawls, Jasper Strunk, Gary Por ter, James McMurtrey, Richard Steyskal and Crcighton Kooch. In Ihe backfield it was John Houk at quarter, Rich Conner and Per ry Laney at the halves and Royce Parret at the fullback slot. Some of the linemen and backs alternated on defense and of fense during the scrimmage. IVININ9 OtSERVIK P...L. n..i..n. Buck Buchanan Observer) La Grande, Ore., Sat., Aug. 16 1958 Page 6 Twelve Lettermen Set To Return For Mounty Drills EASTERN OREGON COLLEGE Hard work is in store for Coach Arch Dunsmoor and his Moun taineer gridders with the opening of practice sessions, Sept. 8, Twelve lettermen are slated to report from last year's squad but no doubt the most difficult job will be to find a replacement for Dick Quinn, All-Conference halfback, who chalked up a 4.4 yard average per carry in his four' years at EOC. Halfbacks Bennie Houk, Stan field sophomore, and Al Tolar, junior from Echo could fill the gap. Other monogram winners sche duled to return are Fullback John Willmarth, La Grande soph- Garity Named To Head Red Hat Days PORTLAND (Special) Selection of 36 county , chairmen for Red Hat Days observance in Oregon was announced this week by Gov ernor Holmes. The county lead ers will assist the 27 sponsoring agencies for the Governor's Red Hat Days Committee in the slate- wide observance. John Garity of La Grande was ppointcd chairman for Union County. Fred Gray of Wallowa was named chairman for Wallowa county. State chairman is Rollin E. Bowles, Portland lawyer and new ly appointed member of the State Game Commission. Serving with im on the slate committee are W. O. Kelsay of Roseburg, Ben t'.uisman, Arthur K. Roberts and George Brown, all of Portland, Ed Sullivan of Hereford, and J. E. Rulledgc of Klamath Falls. Secre tary is R. C. Holloway. Thrills! Excitement! STOCK G RACES Sunday, August 17 TIME TRIALS START AT 1:00 P.M. SPECIAL EVENTS! SPECIAL EVENTS! On The Quarter Mile Dirt Tract On Union-La Grande Highway Adjacent To Flamingo Club Sponsored By La Grande Jaycccs Come and Enjoy a Variety ol Thrilling Races in the Comfort of Your Own Car! ADMISSION Adults . . 90c Children under 12 . . 50c REFRESHMENTS ON THE GROUNDS Soft Drinks . . . Hot Dogs . . Candy omore; quarterbacks Jeff Ziegen- hagen, Maupin sophomore, and LeeRoy Garland, Caldwell, Ida., senior; ends Jock Wood Elgin junior, and Robert Smith, sopho more from Inverness, Miss.; tack les Paul Schaffeld, Vale senior, and Ken Feigner, Milton-Freewat- er senior; guards Daryl Corey Stanfield sophomore, Jim Neece Prineville sophomore, and Bill Rodda, Moro senior. David Hansen, senior from Mau pin who lettered in 1956, is the only veteran candidate for the center position. The Mounties will have two- a-day drills in preparation for their home opener with Whitman Sept. 20. Valdes Awarded Edge In Fight ROCHESTER, N. Y. UPI Manager Bobby Gleason, who yelled himself hoarse Friday night to stir sluggish Nino Valdes into a narrow split decision over Mike DcJohn, screamed even louder today for a shot at the heavy weight title. "We don't care who wins the bout Monday night in Los An geles," the diminutive Gleason said. "My boy rates a crack at the championship. We've bce'n sidetracked long enough." However, Ihe fifth - ranking Valdes, slow at 214 pounds, was anything but impressive as he decisioned the left - hooking De John of Syracuse, N. V., at .Ro chester's War Memorial Auditorium. William P. Odom. in 11)47, made a l!).K45-milc flight around the world in 75 hours, five minutes and It seconds. officials -showed supreme confi dence today in Henry (Red) Sanders' ability as an organizer as well as a coach When they put the responsibility for one of the nation's major football teams in the hands of his assistants for 1H08. Sanders, 53, a master of the single wing, died of a heart at tack in a Los Angeles hotel room Thursday. An autopsy showed he had an enlarged, "ath lete's" heart and that the imme diate cause of death was a 'small hemorrhage in a diseased segment of a coronary1 artery. Sanders body lay in state to day with funeral services here on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. His body will be returned to Nash villc, Tenn., for services and burial Tuesday. UCLA Athletic Director Wilbur Johns said in Chicago that he would recommend the present coaching staff direct the Bruins this season, without hiring a new head coach- to succeed Sanders, Johns said one of the things that made Sanders' a great coach was "his ability to "gather capa ble assistants on his staff and his development of a spirit of loyalty and working unity among the staff working for the best inter ests of the individual team members." Since George Dickerson is sen ior assistant, it is presumed that he will assume the leadership of the well - organized staff which Sanders had used to build one of the nation's finest football teams. If successful, Dickerson would have the inside track -when a new head coach is chosen for 1959, sources close to the scene here said. Sanders' UCLA teams won 66, lost 19 and tied- one over nine years. Active pallbearers for the serv ice here Monday will be members of his staff Dickerson, William Barnes, John Johnson, Herbert B. Brackett, Sam Boghosian and Robert Bergdahl. Honorary bear ers will include ,Tom Prothro, Oregon State coach; Jim Myers, head coach at Texas A & M, and Ray Nagel, new Utah head coach. All formerly were Sand ers' assistants. Texas A & M's Conrad By ED SAINSBURY United Press International CHICAGO (UPD-Three poten tial pro greats, Jim Ninowski, Bobby Mitchell and Bobby Joe Conrad, sparkled like satellites Friday night to lead the College All Stars to a 35-19 win over the Detroit Lions, but the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Cardinals will reap Ihe future rewards.' Ninowski, from Michigan Slate, completed 14 of 20 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns and Mitchell, from Illinois, hauled in five of his losses for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Both have been drafted by the Browns for the coming pro season. Conrad, from Texas A. & M., never had tried a field goal be fore. He attempted four against the 1957' pro champions1 and made every one, from the 19, the 44 and twice from the 24 yard lines, and he converted after each of three All Star touchdowns. He belongs to the Cardjnals. All of the Stars displayed polish, but these three and others were standouts. Jim Jones of Washing ton intercepted three passes by Bobby Laync, Alex Karras of Iowa .tackled Tobin Rote in the end zone for a safety for the Stars. And Chuck Howley of West Virginia returned another inter cepted Layne pitch for 29 yards and a touchdown. "Ninowski proved himself on the field," coach Otto Graham of the Stars said. "And he'll be around for a long time. It was a great team and played as a unit." George Wilson, coach of the Lions, who couldn't talk to his team for more than four minutes at the half due to a power failure, said that "we played like the lights were out all over the field." "It comes down to the same old story. We didn't block, we didn't tackle. They were keyed up, found out they could score on us, and there was no stopping them then." The two teams set 11 records for the game and tied three others be fore the 70.000 fans. A Ninowski to Mitchell touchdown toss of 84 yards set one mark and the other touchdown heave of 18 yards nr.....llnrl n in(.nfil fnr mncl IniinK. tlliailU ti..U,U .... ...U.JL vu.x.,1- down passing by Ihe collegians: The 16 All Star pass completions ' for 293 and 10 first downs by passing set three marks. Conrad's four field goals set records for most altempts. most successes ' and longest distance, 44 yards. The stars also sei a mai'K lorj. most points ever scored, tied-a' record with five pass interceptions" and set a mark with a 40.3 yard punting average. The Lions set two records, witli 22 first downs and seven kickoff . returns. Gene Gedman ran for nine yards for one Lions score. Ralph Pfcifer got another on a one yard plunge, and Tobin Rote passed to Jim Doran for 2-1 yards for the first tally. Score by periods: All Stars 0 20 2 1335 Detroit , 7 06 G 19 OPEN SUNDAY The following La Grande and Island City business firms are open Sunday for your convenience. SAFEWAY FOURTH & ADAMS Open 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.n Featuring Many Specialtl Get Your SUNDAY GROCERIES Hyde's Super Market ISLAND CITY 8:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. Class A Shrine Teams Battle PORTLAND (UPI Foolball makes its 1958 debut here tonight in the 11th annual playing of the Oregon Shrine All - Star game in Multnomah Stadium. The State squad holds a weight advantage over the Metro team but it held the same edge last year when the Metros staged a 28-7 upset victory. Neither team could be called a favorite this year although the weight margin would appear to put State in that position. The average weight of the start ing Slate line is 198 pounds while the Metro forward wall averages 193 'v pounds. The backfields arc evenly malched at 176 pounds Game lime is 8:30 p.m. with an hour-long pageant beginning at 7:30 p.m. PROTHO TO STAY ON CORVALLIS UPI) Oregon State Football Coach Tommy Prothro, one-time protege of the late Red Sanders at UCLA, Fri day eliminated himself in advance from any consideration as a suc cessor to the Bruin mentor. II lAo . nere s iuo discount if you can say: ' km not npHHi tug till ii Kg ttf ht lit fttl 12 mn few,! 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