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Bob Klomp, La Grande Junior High School pole vaulter, hangs in mid air during one
Of his jumps at the La Grande-Pendleton-Baker, track meet held here Saturday.
Klomp tied for fourth. La Grande barely nosed Pendleton to win the meet to 62.
Baker was third. It was the last meet of the year for the strong La Grande aggrega
tion. (Observer Photo by Joe Diehl)
Trojans Win
PCC Title,
Ducks Third
SEATTLE (UPH-Southcrn Cal
ifornia swept to its 18th Pacific
Coast Conference track champion
ship in 19 years Saturday as the
curtain rang down on the Pacific
Coast Conference.
California's Willie White cracked
a meet mark with a -:23 in the
low hurdles and three others were
tied during the afternoon.
Oregon's Otis Davis clocked
:46.4 to win the 440 and tie an 18-
year old mark and Oregon's pint
sized Roscoe Cook tied two marks
when he captured the sprints with
:09.5 and :21 flat clockings.
. Southern California took team
honors handily with 54 points
Next came UCLA with 37 1-3
points, then Oregon 35, Washing
ion 30, California 27 1-3, Washing
ton State 24, Stanford 1714, Ore
gon Stato 9 5-6, and Idaho 5.
Other top marks included a tic
between (JSC's Charlie Dumas
and Gob Avant in the high jump
at 6 feet 84 inch, and a thrilling
one-foot victory by Stanford's Er-
'nie Cunliffe in the 880-yard run
over Cal's Jerry Siebcrg in 1:43.2.
"Ciinliffe's time was a stndium
record. Oregon's Jim CJrelle won
rthc mile in 4:08 flat.
Dick Miller of Oregon finished
'third in the three-milo with
Idaho's Frank Wyatt winning and
Cal's A! Gnyloard second. Steve
Anderson of Oregon was sixth
.and Dave Kdstrom seventh in the
low hurdles. Grello was fifth in
the 880.
i Darrell Horn of Oregon State
;nnd Jim Johnson of UCLA tied
'for first in I ho braid jump with
,24-9. Horn also was third in the
(hop, step and jump.
' Wayne Moss of OSC finished
fourth in the high jump with 6-7,
' Edstrom was third in the hig
..hurdles behind Dumas und Snike
Aril of WSC. Anderson was fifth
In the broad jump. Edstrom got
, fifth In the hop, step and jump.
Sports Briefs
( JEFF WINS
ODELL, Ore. (UPli. Jeffer
son won a berth in the state A-l
high school baseball semi-finuls
by beating Wy'eust 15-12 Satur
day. Wy'east scored 11 runs in
the fifth inning but Jefferson
came back with 5 runs in each
of the Inst two frames. Terry
Baker hit two home runs for Jeff.
NAIA TRACK
PORTLAND (l)Pl) Lewis
and Clark won the District 2
JNAIA track title Saturday . with
154 'A points. Portland State had
47, Portland 27 '-it , Willamette 24,
'Southern Oregon 20 and Eastern
Oregon 12.
UCLA WINS
LOS ANGELES lUPI) UCLA
won the PCC tennis title Sntur
(lay with 8 points to three fo-
Stanford, 2 for USC and Id each
for Oregon, OSC, California and
Washington.
! HUNTING DATES SET
. PORTLAND (UPI) Tentative
dates for Oregon's big hunting
seasons wcro announced Saturday.
The buck deer season would be
Oct. 3-25; the elk season Oct.
31-Nov. 22, and the AnteloH sea
son Aug.. 15-11).
', OSC BLACKS WIN
CORVALLIS (UPI) The Ore
gon State Blacks, or regulars, de
feated the reserves 30-0 in a
spring football game Saturday.
The Beavers Inert an alumni
team headed by Joe Francis next
Saturday. .
HARTACK LOSES APPEAL
t CAMDEN. N.J. UPl-Jockey
, Willie Hartack lost an appeal to
tfie New Jersey Racing Commis
sion Wednesday on his 11-dny sus
pension by Garden State Park
(Stewards. The stewards had
Charged him with "unbecoming
conduct" following the sixth race
Saturday.
La Grande Juniors Nip
Pendleton In Meet v
La Grande Junior High' School he broke the pole vault' mark,
runners won a dual meet here going 10-7'A.
Saturday with Pendleton and Baker
by one-third of a point. The
powerful Tiger junior team tallied
G2'A points to Pendleton's 62 while
Baker trailed with 26.
Four records went by (lid board
in the meet with La Grande's Lar
ry Nice clipping the low hurdle
mark of 23.0 set by Lynn Schaurcs
two years ago by .5 of a s?cond.
Nice had a 22.5. He has run them
in 22.2.
Pendleton, an up and coming
track power, broke three marks.
C. Thome cracked the high hurdle
mark 15.7, Blackley threw the
discus 111-2 for a record and also
Beaver Nine
Trips Ducks
CORVALLIS (UPI) Oregon
State defeated the University of
Oregon 7-4 in the last game of the
Northern Division baseball season
for both teams hero Saturday.
The loss was an anti-climax
for the Webfoots. Oregon State
beat them Friday, 11-0, giving the
ND buseball title to idlo Washing
ton. The Huskies finished with a
U-3 record and Oregon needed vic
tories in both games with the
Beavers to win the pennant.
Oregon State had a 5-0 lead up
to the sixth inning. OSC capped
its scoring with two runs in the
seventh
The defeat shoved Oregon 16
third pluco in the final standings
with an 8-5 record.
Washington had U-3, WSC was
second with 10-6, Oregon Stale
lourm wun 7-ii and Idaho last
with 0-14.
WSC defeated Idaho 11-0 Sat
urday.
Liiiescoic:
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OSC l:i()-l()0-20x 7-11-1
Loy, Peterson (2), Ballard (5
Springer (7 and Olson: Liinde
Critser (7), Oerding (8) and Hud-
Drivers Begin
Final Runs ;
INDIANAPOLIS, Inrt. JUPD-A
imiiuierous (iny oi speed nnd rac
ing, against time and the weather,
was on tap at the Indianapolis
Speedway today as drivers start
a frantic final two davs of ouali
fications for the 1959 500.'' mile
race.
The weather has ruined vnlim-
ble practice time all week for the
remaining drivers who hone to
capture one of the 19 sixits still
open in the 33-car lineup for the
memorial uay classic. K
une of the speed mcrehnnts
pusiiing hard to -get ready is Inst
year's winner, Jimmy Ryan. His
slim-lined roadster froze up Fri
day, forcing his crew to work ov
ertime on the expensive but sensi-
live creation that has been in the
viciory lane twice.
Despite intermittent showers
Friday. 29 cars toured the 2'4
mile oval for practice before the
track closed. And the weatherman
has offered a gloomy forecast of
showers nnd thunderstorms for
me entire weekend.
Qualifications for the richest of
an nmo races will end late Satur
nay. mere is s.K).ooo in prize
money ni smite to the drivers who
mane ine sinning lineup.
A's SIGN TWO
KANSAS CITY (UPD-Pitcher
Ronald Uanovic of Chicago aiid
outfielder Boh McConkie. who
nave completed their careers, at
Albion College, Mich., have been
signed by the Kansas City Ath
letics. Banovic will report to Al
bany of the Eastern League nud
McConkie to Poratcllo of the
Pioneer League.
MORE SPORTS
On Page Two
Both La Grande and. the junior
bucks took seven firsts in the
meet. The La Grande relay team
of Marlin Peterson, Paul Riggs,
Nice and Haydock, cinched the
title in the final event, doing the
distance in 1:40.
La Grande's up and coming dis
tance -man, Mack White, won two
events for the Junior Tigers. He
ran the 880 in 2:18.9 and the mile
in 5:08.
R?sults:
100-dash: Walker (P) O'Kclly
(LG) Nice LG Kochler B 11.0.
220-dash: Walker (P) Fullerton
(B) D. Thome (P) Riggs (LG) 24.4.
440-run: Riggs (LG) Fullerton
B) Henly (P) Patjon B 56.2..
880-run: White (LG) Horn P
Wheeler LG) Livermore (P)
2:18.9.
Mile run: Whiles (LG) Allen P)
Head (B) Vaughn (P) 5:06.
Low Hurdles: Nice (LG) Peter
son d.G) Livermore P) Vaughn
(P) 22.5 (new Record)
High Hurdles: C. Thorno P
D. Thome (P) Peterson (LG) Frias
LG) New Record
Javelin: Crampton (LG) Pntton
iny Riggs (LG) Blackley (P) 136-
2'4;
Shot Put: Carrey B) Smulz
(LG) Calloway (LG) Lilly (P) 38-
2".
Discus: Blackley (P) Thorne P
Carver (B) Perry (LG) 111-2 New
Record.
Pole Vault: Blackley (P) Hay
dock (LG) Langkalae (P) Three
way tie for fourth, between Hohson
(B) Moore (B) and Klomp (LG)
10-7'4 New Record.
lligb jump: Huges (P) Riggs
(LG) Olson (P) Brington (B)
5-34.
Broad Jump: C. Thorno P
Haydock (LG) O'Kelly (LG) Pat
ton (B) 17-11V4.
880 relay: Ln Grande (Peterson,
Riggs, Nice, Haydock) Baker 1:40.
Linfield Players
Win Five Places
PORTLAND (UPD Champion
Linfield placed seven out of 16
men on the Northwest Conference
all-star baseball team picked by
the six conches.
Linfield players on the squad in
cluded pitchers Dwnne Miller and
Fred Herrmann; catcher Jerry
Martyn; first baseman Gene Man
Icy; second baseman Bill Bauer;
third baseman Bill Sallce, and
outfielder Jackie Riley.
College of Idaho, which finished
third, placed four players. They
included pitcher Ken Ackermnn,
catcher Ron Heberger, utility in
fieldcr, Bob Persin, and outfielder
Ron Zarbinsky.
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Pittsburg Jumps Into
3rd Placa With Wins
By FRED DOWN :
UPI Staff Writer
Don't -look now but tha Pitts
burgh Pirates . are back in the
National League pennant race!
They're in third place only four
games out' of first place their
exact position a year ago after
38 games when they were shad
ing up1 as the league's surprise
contender. . ' '
The Pirates lost five straight to
start this season but they've made
up all that lost time thanks to
five-game winning streak, that
started May 20 the day after
manager Danny Murtaugh issued
a win-or-else ultimatum.
The Pirates completed a quick
jump from sixth to third place
Sunday when they beat the Cin
cinnati Reds, 2-1 and 5-4 in 10
innings. They won both games in
the last inning the opener on
Danny Kravitz' ninth Inning
double; and the nightcap on a 10th
inniqg double by Smoky Burgess.
The second place San Francisco
Giants also picked up ground on
front-running Milwaukee by beat
ing the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1.
The Braves .beat the Philadelphis
Phillies, 8-3, after losing their
opener to ex-teammate Gene Con-
Icy, 6-0. .The St. Louis Cardinals'
defeated the Chicago Cubs, 7-3.
The Cleveland Indians widened
Standings
Major League Standings
American League
United Press International
W L Pet. GB
23 13 .639 ...
23 15 .605 1
22 17 .564 2'4
17 18 .486 5'i
19 21 .475 6
. 15 21 .417 8
15 22 .405 ' 8'4
14 21.400 8'i
Cleveland
Chicago
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington
Boston
Detroit
New York
Saturday's Results
Detroit 6 Cleveland 4 .
New York 13 Baltimore 5
Washington 10 Boston 4 (11 inns.1
Sunday's Results
New York 9 Baltimore 0 1st game
Baltimore 2 New York 1 2nd game
Cleveland 3 Detroit 2 (1st game)
Detroit 6 Cleveland SLnd game)
Washington 8 Boston 3
Kansas City 8 Chicago 6 , ,
National League 1
W L Pet.' GB
Milwaukee 23 13.639 .
San Francisco ' 21 17 .553 3
Pittsburgh 20 18 .526 4 -
Los Angeles 21 20 .512 44
Chicago 20-21 .488 5'i
Cincinnati - 18 21.462
St. Louis 17 21 .447 7
Philadelphia 14 23 .378 9i
Saturday's Results
St. Louis 5 Chicago 1
Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 5
Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 2
San Francisco 4 Los Angeles 2
Sunday's Results
Philadelphia 6 Milwaukee 0 (1st)
Milwaukee 8 Philadelphia 8 (2nd)
Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 (1st)
Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4 I2iul
game, 10 innings)
St. Louis 7 Chicago 3
San Francisco 6 Los Angeles 1
PCL Standings
United Press International
W. L. Pet. GS
Sacramento
26 14 .650
23 17 .573 3
20 20 .500 6
" 18 18 .600 6
.19 20 .487 6"i
16 20 .444 8
15 21 .417 9
16 23 .410 92
San Dll'go
Phoenix
Portland .
Spokane
Vancouver
Salt Lake
Seattle
Sunday's Results
Sacramento 5 San Diego 3 (1st)
San Diego 7 Sacramento 1 (2nd)
Spokane 5 Seattle 0 (1st)
Seattle 17 Spokane 1 (2ndi
Portland 2 Vancouver 1 Ust
Portland 6 Vancouver 2 (2nd)
Phoenix 5 Salt Lake 4.
none better
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EVENING OBSEBVEI
' ' Buck Buchanan
Mon., May 25, 1959 Page 2
their American League lead to one
full game with a split of a double
header with the Detroit Tigers,
winning, 3-2. and losing, 6-3. The
Kansas City Athletics downed the
Chicago White Sox, 8-6. The Balti
more Orioles shaded the New
York Yankees, 2-1, after1" losing
the first game, 9-0. The Washing
ton Senators routed the Boston
Red Sox, 8-3.
The" Pirates rallied for two runs
in the bottom of the ninth of the
opener to give Ron Kline his
fourth victory. The tying run
scored on pinch-hitter Ted Klu
szewski's fielder's choice and Kra
vitz followed with the game-winning
double off Brooks Lawrence.
Rocky Nelson tied the nightcap
with a two-run homer in the ninth
and Burgess' 10th inning double
enabled Ron Blackburn to gain
his first win: Bob Purkey was the
loser.
Jack Sanford posted his sixth
victory for the Giants who blasted
12 hits including homers by Orlan
do Cepeda, Bob Schmidt and Wil
lie Mays. Sanford struck out three
and walked three and yielded the
only Los Angeles run in the fifth
inning when Duke Snider doubled
home Bob Lillis.
Conley Collars Aaron
Conley. traded away by the
Braves, pitched a six-hitter and
struck out five in the first game
but the NI. champions came back
with a nine-hit attack in the sec
ond game to cam a split." Hank
Aaron went for an 0-for-4 collar
in the first game but had four
hits and drove in three runs in
the nightcap to raise his average
to .461. Carlton Willey went the
distance for the Braves' victory.
The Cardinals swept to their
seventh win in eight games as
Lindy McDanicl shut out the Cubs
on three hits for the last 4 2-3
innings. A two-run double by Ken
Boyer and a tripfe by Lee Tate
were the big blows of the Card
inals' 13-hit assault on four Chi
cago pitchers.
.- Granny Hammer's ninth-inning
single enabled Cleveland's Herb
Score to win his fifth game but
Harvey Kucnn's three hits and a
Uo-run double by Charlie Max
well earned Detroit a split. Score.
struck out 10 Tigers in the opener
and Frank Lary fanned seven In
dinns in the nightcap.
The Athletics pounded Billy
Pierce for seven runs in 1 2-3
innings and beat the White Sox
for the second straight time as
Ray Herbert staggered the dis
tance for his fourth win. Hector
Lopez drove in four runs and Bob
Cerv knocked in three to lead
Kansas City' 15-hit attack. Sher
man Lollar hit his sixth homer
for the White Sox. .
Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra
hit three-run homers and Elston
Howard also homered as Whitey
Ford pitched a two-hitter for the
Yankees in their opener. But
Jerry Walker came back with a
five-hitter and struck out Mantle
three times in the second game
as the Orioles shoved the world
champions back into the cellar,
Norm Siebern's homer was the
only Yankee run of the second
game. Gus Triandos' fourth-inning
homer was the margin of victory
for Baltimore.
Fayc Thorneberry had a triple
and two singles and Ed Fitz Ger
aid two doubles and a single to.
lead Washington's 14-hit assualt
Bill Fischer won his fourth game
although Chuck Stobbs shut out
the Red Sox for the last 3 1-3
innings. Jerry Casale. was the
loser.
OLSON SIGNING NEAR '!:
EUGENE (UPD Ellis Olson,
University of Oregon- catcher,
may sign a professional baseball
contract soon, ttwas reported to
day. ' .
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South Salem Takes State
-4
A-l Title;
CORVALLIS (UPI South Sa
lem won the Oregon state A-l
track title, Coquille the A-2 crown
and Steve Fauly of Beaverton set
a national prep record in the 120
yard high hurdles ill high school
track and field action here Satur
day. I i
.Five state A-l marks, were shat
tered and one tied in the two-day
meet. One A-2 record fell.
Pauly ran the hurdles in 13.8
seconds. The former U. S. record
was 13.9 established in 1957 by
George Hearn of Ardmore, Pa.
Although the national mark was
broken by Pauly, it was equalled
by the man just behind film, Mel
Renfro of Jefferson. ' ,r: , a
La Grandes two individual per-
EOC Athletes
Place In NAIA
Two Eastern Oregon College
athletes, Gene McKinney and Pat
Cawood, scored 20 points be
tween them at the District 2 NA
IA track and field championships
held at Portland Saturday. They
were the only two entries.
' Gehe McKinney placed second
in the javelin while Cawood nab
bed a second in the mile run and
fourth in the two mile run.
Bud Crane of Linfield won the
javelin with a 195-7 toss. Terry
Rambcrg finished ahead of Ca
wood in the mile with a 4:32.2
clocking. Len Lukens of Portland
Slate won the two mile in 9:51.2.
Lewis and Clark won the annual
event. Those outstanding marks
will go to Sioux Falls, S. D., for
the national championships on
June S and 6.
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