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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1959)
1 M i.4 KNUCKLE BALL ARTIST Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, dis plays his favorite grip. Wilhelm has shut out the Yan kees once and beaten them four times. The 35-year-old National League castoff has won seven straight games without a loss. EVENING OBSERVE! i Observer, La Grande, Ore., Tues., June 2, 1959 Pag 2 : Ahlquist Takes Stand : In Contract Squabbfe NEW YORK UPI fcdwin Ahl- qulst whose business relationship i with fighter InRomar Johansson is a point of dispute, was expectefl to testify today in. the court henr i ing of a suit brought against .lo i hansson by Eddie Maehcn of Hed- ding. Calif. 1 Heavyweight Maehcn, who was knocked out in the first round by , Johansson when the two fought ut 1 Goteborg, Sweden, last Sept. 14, J contends that Johansson is bound i to give him a return bout accord I Inc to a contract which was ' signed by Ahlquist. ' A court ruling in Muchen's fu- I vor could force Johansson to meet I Machen before going through with ! Mickey Wright iTops Women's Invitational i VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. UH ! Mickey Wright of Ilonita, Calif. t believes she pluyed three of her ' most consistent rounds of golf this , year in setting a new LPGA cir cuit record and winning the Cava ! licr Women's invitational golf tournament. J Miss Wright fired a steady one i over par 70 Sunday for a 54-hole ; total of 207 and $!W7.50 in prize i money. Mickey, in her filth year 'in pro golf, won by tow strokes ;over Beverly Hanson of India, j Calif., who held a leading edge ; through the first two rounds. Fay Crocker of Montevideo, Uruguay, fired a par 69 Sunday to i take third place with a 214. Bon ' nie Randolph of Jupiter. Klu., was ! fourth at 215, one stroke ahead of Betty Do-Jd of San Antonio. Tex., who shot Sunday's lowest : score, 32-3R (B. nl.-ms to fiuht Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight championship here June 25. Machen argues that Ahlquist acted as Johansson's manager, and therefore Johansson is bound by the pact Ahlquist signed. Johansson contends that Ahl quist is only his "advisor" that his manager actually is his father, Ncls Johansson. . ; Ahlquist was expected to arrive in New York early UuVmoqiing by plane from' Sweden and to take the stand- sometime during the day. It was also possible testi mony wnuici ue nearu irom mu chen and from' Bill Kosonsohn, promoter of the Patterson-Johansson bout. - Sid Flaherty, manager of Mo dioli, testified Monday that he asked Ahlquist "if he had the au thority to sign (for Johansson) and the power of attorney." "Ahlquist said he dld,."T said Flaherty. f Johansson also contends.' that the pact signed by Ahlquist on the eve of the Machen-Johansson qput is invalid because it was signed "under duress." The Swed ish champion argues that Flaher ty threatened to pull Machen out of the sold-out bout unless Ahl quist signed up for a return. National League Tempers Flaring As Race Tightens United Press International It's still early in the season, yet 'tempers already are flaring in that National League pennant race. Daryl Spencer, Willie Mays and Del Rice were the principals Mon day night when the San Francisco Giants creot to Within Ift games of first olace bv walloping the Milwaukee Braves, 11-2. First Rice momentarily stunh. SDeneer when he tagged him out durina a rundown between third and home in the seventh inning. Then Mays retaliated by bowling' over Rice oh a play at the plate durinB a four-run San Francisco" rally in the eighth and sending the Milwaukee catcher to a hos pital with a' bruised lower shin' bone. , Mays Hurt Also Mays himself was taken out of the lineup with shin bruises out said he definitely would play Tuesday night when the teams re sume their four-game series. in the American: League, the' two teams which got the .biggest jump on the New York Yankees' continued to fritter away their op portunity to maintain a sizeable lead over the reviving world champions. The first-place Cleve land Indians dropped a 3-1 dec! sion' to the Detroit Tigers and the second-place Chicago White So lost by - the same score to the Kansas City Athletics. The - Indians, . who. . have lost three straight and six of their last eight games, now lead the Yankees by only 5V4 games while the ' White Sox." who have lost seven of 10 games to the Ath- Standings ' Major League Standings' United Press International ' ' National League W.L. Pet. GB Milwaukee Son Francisco Pittsburgh Los Angeles Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Philadelphia 28 17 .622 ... 27 19 .587 Vh 24 21 25 23 23 24 21 25 18 26 17 28 .533 4 .521 4V4 .489 6 .457 76 .409 m .378 11 SPEED RECORDS FALL MILAN, Italy (UPliLuigi Ca- vanua of Italy, driving a tour- wheel car equipped with a motor cycle engine, broke .nine world speed car records Saturday. Ly ing flat on his back in the hori zontal cockpit, Cavanna reached a sliced of 156.015 miles per hour during his record run. Monday's Results' S. Francisco 11 Milwaukee. 2 nlg,ht only game scncduiedi , 7: - - American League ' ,., . W. L. Pet. GB Cleveland Chicago , Baltimore Kansas City Detroit New York Washington . Boston 25 18 .581 ... 25 20 .556 1 . 26 21 .5431',4 21 21 .500 34 21 23 .477 4V4 19 23 .452 5Vi 21 26 . .447 6 . 19 24 .442 6 Monday's Results Detroit 3 Cleveland 1 Kansas City 3 Chicago 1, (Only games scheduled) Pacific Coast League night W. Sacramento San Diego Portland Phoenix Vancouver Spokane Salt Lake pt. 638 .587 .524 .489 .467 .444 .423 GB MORE SPORTS On Page 6 eav V 1 m -m m M J I 3 I 1 W Tyrone Power Ava Gardner "TWF cum ai cr DICFC" j, ... 3 Plus TODAY THRU THURS. "Harry Black And The Tiger" Sr Family Mile '1.00 3,-.' STARTING WEDNESDAY GARY COOPER MARIA SCHELL He' came back to 1 the human race..; ana no cams dock , shooting! Pj'V rl..--fcj 111 ltVn5i -TECHNICOLOR lARL MAIDEN BEN PIAZZA KIN3 DONOVAN ' A W4tMI ItOl. hCTVN Plus: Van Johnton 'THE LAST BLITZKREIG" lime 30 27 10 221 23 21 20 19 Monday's Results Seattle 19 27 .413 10 game, 7 Innings) Salt Lake 5 Vancouver 4 (2nd gome) Only games scheduled. Today's Cames Vancouver at Salt Lake -Spokane at Phoenix Scattlo at Sacramento Portland at San Diego letics.tlcad them by only 4'i. r Sam Jones, the erratic sidearm er with the overpowering stutf, turned in an, eight-hitter to square his season record at 5-5 as the Giants pounded out 14 hits. Jones had a five-hit shutout uiltil the sixth inning when Frank Torre singled home both Milwaukee runs. , Paul Foytack pitched a five-hitter for the Tigers who have climbed to within 4Mt games of first place and are only two games under .500 after the 2-15 start that cost Bill Norman the manager's job. Under Jimmy Dykes the Ti gers have a, 19-8 record for .704. nud Daley pitched a seven-hitter for the Athletics and Joe De maestri figured in all three of their runs. Demaestri tripled to drive in one run, scored on a wild pitch and then hit his third ho mer of the year. Ray Moore lost his third game against one win. Fine Pitching Pulls Bees Out Of Cellar United Press International The Salt Lake City Bees are out of the Pacific Coast League cellar on the strength of some fine pitch ing by big Jim Umbricht. Umbricht posted his fourth vic tory of the season with four shutout innings in relief as the Bees defeated the Vancouver Mounties, 6-4, in the seven inning opener of a double header Mon day night. In the second contest, Umbricht came on again to hurl two shut out innings, to preserve a 5-4 win for. Bee starter Don Howe. Umbricht's record is now 4-1. Salt : Lake moved into seventh place ahead of idle Seattle. . There were no other PCL games scheduled. The Bees came from behind to win the second game. They scored three runs in the seventh inning to pin the loss on Bud Watkins, the third Mountie pitcher. In the first contest, Umbricht struck out six of the last eight batters he faced. A full slate of action is on tan in the PCL Tuesday night. 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