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Sacramento Holds On Double Power Position By DON BECKER ,if, UPI Staff Writer '0 T.wo large scale power failures ..moved the Sacramento Solons .(ithree games in front in the I'acif i,ic Coast League race Thursday i.pight. ii' The first, an electrical type i which blackened the Sacramento I ball park after the first ' inning, caused postponement of the Solon t game with the Portland Beavers. '0 The second power failure struck i'the San Diego batting order. It ('blackened the hopes of Padre fans ( who saw their team come up with i only eight hits while dropping a idoubleheader to last place Seattle (2-1 and 0-2. i In other action, Vancouver beat Phoenix' In a homer derby, 70, innd Salt Lake won its sixth (Straight with a 5-4 decision over Spokane. Combined Three Hitter Max Surkont and Bill Kennedy teamed to hold the Padres lo ithree hits in the first game of (their twin bill. Kennedy, who i came on In the sixth, got the win . when P,aul Pettit singled home ,Eric Rodin in the tenth inning. , Surkont gave up the only two ,1'adre runs when Padre catcher I Al ' Jones homered wilh a mate t.iiboard. . . - i" Mark Freeman, Willi the help of lefty John McC'all, scored the .triumph in the second game. Ilul , Bevan hit a homer for the Rain- iers, one of 13 Seattle hits off loser Dick Stigman, " who was charged with his ninth defeat. Flashy Fielder Hi, Too -. Brooks Robinson hit two homers to lead Vancouver over Phoenix. Hobinson, better known for, his sharp fielding at third base, belted a two run roundtripper in the first and a solo shot in the sixth. Jim Pagliaroni and Ron Hanson also homered for the mounties and Jose Pagan, ; Bill Wilson and Owen Friend hit for the distance for the Giants. Fred Uesana, who needed help i Failures from Pick Luebke in the seventh, was credited with the win and Billy Muffett, who went all the' way for the Giants, was dealt the loss, .-a ." ' J . : - ' "Salt .Lake' scored all' its: five runs in one inning to eke out a 5-4 win over Spokane. They came on in the eighth and the big mow was Sam Miley's bases, loaded double. ' Steve Bilko belted a three run homer, for. Spokane in the fourth. Dick Hall was crediled with the win as, he worked the first eight innings. . . j Oregon Given Chance To Snatch NCAA Title DOT 2X33 Mortar Mix - Concrete Mix Sand Mix LINCOLN, Neb. UPI At least five defending champions were on hand today as the annual NCAA track meet swung -into action. : Preliminaries in sprints, hur dles, field events und middle dis tance competition Were slated to day with the finals on tap for to morrow. -The Kansas Jayhawkers, with one of the best and certainly the largest squad in the meet at Cornhusker Stadium here, ' were fnvorecj to win- the ,'J59 team title. San ' Jose State, Oregon and Michigan were given'' the best chances of upsetting the Kansans. Southern California,' 1958 cham- DRY MORTAR MIX . it ready Inttantly for any .masonry job. Ute it to build out door fireplaces, flagitono potioi. wollt, plantar boiei, any brick block or ttone ttructuro. I 'Sixl ADD j WATER IV It'- Avoilable at: La Grande Lumber Van Peften Lumber Three La Grande Women Compete In Tournament; ' Three La Grande women golf ers arc leaving next week to par ticipate in the invitational meet t Haydcn Lake, Wash. They are Mrs. George Decker, Mrs.' Prank DeVancy and Mrs. Rollie King. They were winners of tho third niund in the championship flight of the spring handicap at the la Grande Country Club, along with Mrs. Ralph Moberry. . Winners of the second round of the tonso lation flight were Mrs. Chase Boh nenkamp and Mrs. Clark Keefer, Mrs. Felix Cavallo and' MrsT Mar ion Moe, Mrs. Ed McCanse and Mrs. Elizabeth Donelly, and Mrs. Ijyton Graham and Mrs. Fred Spaeth. v , i- Four women received golf balls for fewest putts at this week's hmrhcon: Mrs.' King and Mrs. n.liep Howard in Class A with m. nulls: Mrs. John Gregory in Class B with 30 putts, and Mrs, Cavallo in Class C with 31. Halls were also awarded to Mrs. King and Mrs. . Hurieign Mvde wilh a net 61. Standings Major Leajue Standings United Press International American League W. L. Pet. CB Chicago Cleveland Baltimore Detroit New York Kansas City Washington lloston 31 24 .5M 28 J4 .538 l'j .527 .519 .500 .490 .436 29 26 28 2C 26 26 25 2f. 24 31 23 31 .426 pion, was ruled ineligible to com pete by the NCAA. ' Returning individual champions included Elias Gilbert of Win-ston-Solem, N.C., Teachers in the high hurdles. Gilbert led his team to the NAIA small college track championship last week. He won the 1958 title at Berke ley, Calif., in 13.9 seconds. ; Kansas" Charlie Tidwell , cap tured' the 220 lows at Berkeley with a sibling 22.7 seconds time around a 'curve and "was favored to repeat his victory. The' Jay hawks' Ernie Shelby took the broad jump at Berkeley with a jump ' of 25 feet S'i inches and was ojso on. hand here. . , High jumper Don Stewart of SMU and pole vaulter John John ston of- Purdue were also back to defend crowns. Ed Collymore of Villanova honed to defend his 220 title, but pulled a muscle last week and ap peared a doubtful starter for to night's trial heats. This enhanced the chances for San Jose State, which needed 30 points or so from their sprint duo of Hay Norton and Bob Poynter if the Spartans hoped to upset Kansas. . Alex Henderson of Arizona State, defending two-mile chnn pion, was picked to win the threes mile event this year. But he had not shown up at last call and re ports from Tempe, Ariz., wefe that he was too ill to make the trip. ' j. The 400-meter low hurldeKi 3;000-meter steeplechase and hojv step and jump have been added! to this yaar's meet because of their importance in Olympic corn- petition.- t t OBSERVER 1 Observer, La Grande, Ore., Fri., June 12, 1959 Page 2 Vancouver 29 27 .518 4i'; Phoenix 29 29 .500 s!' Portland 26 27 .491 5Vi Salt Ijike 7 27 29 .482 -6 ! ' Spokane 26 31 .456 714 Seattle 25 33 .431 9V4 Thursday's Results ' Seattle 2 San Diego 1 (1st-10 inns) Seattle 6 San Diego 2 (2nd) Vancouver 7 Phoenix 6 Salt Lake 5 Spokane 4 Portland at Sacramento, post poned, power failure. Pascual Is Hard-Luck By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International That's two no-hitters Washing ton ' now has loused up for Billy Pierce but if you think he's pitching in tough luck: get a load of poor Camilo Pascual Pierce, at least, wound up with a ' one-hitter- as the first - place White Sox beat the Sonators, 3-1, inursday nigni. Pascual, his mound opponent. wound up talking to himself alter losing his third straight game with two out in the ninth inning. One look at the log of Pascual's last three losses is enough to con vince anyone the Washington right-hander is the No. 1 candi date for the hard-luck pitcher of the year. He had the Yankees shut out with two out in the ninth on May 31 when Bill Skowron beat him with a three-run homer ' Last week, the Tigers also beat him with' two ' out 'Jo the ninth, and -Thursday night' Jim Landis beat him with two out in the ninth by hitting at two-run double. So Ptoree. -really has no com plaints. ' . i : The White Sox lefty had a per fect game against 1 the Senators with two' out in the ' ninth last June 27 when pinch hitter : Ed FitzGerald, now with Cleveland broke up the no-hitter with a dou ble. Samford Wat The Culprit Ron Samford was the culprit Thursday night. His third inning double was the only hit Pierce allowed en route to his seventh victory. Pierce retired the next two batters, then walked three in a row to force in Washington's only run. Rocky Lolavito, still going strong after his four homers Wed nesday night, doubled home the winning run in the eighth inning Thursday night to boost Cleveland into second place with a 2-1 tri umph over Baltimore. The Athlet ics dumped - the Yankees back into second division with a 9-5 licking and the Tigers ripped the Red, Sox, 8-1, in other American League games. (.Milwaukee widened its Nation al .League lead to two games with an 8-0 - victory - over St.- Louis; Pittsburgh ' beat San Francis co, 12-9; Los Angeles eriritrct! Philadelphia, 11-0, and Cincinnati mauled Chicago, 8-0. '' Colavito connected for his game winning two-bagger off Milt Pap- pas after Wooilie Held opened the eighth inning with a walk. Winner Don Ferrarese heiu tne Orioles "to seven hits and ena bled the Indians to move a half- game ahead of Baltimore, which dropped to third place. Hadley Got Homer Kansas city raked an old nemisis. Bob Turley, for seven Leading Pitcher Thursday's Results Kansas City 9 New York 5 Detroit 8 Boston 1 Cleveland 2 Baltimore I. night Chicago 3 Washington 1, night Pacific Coast League . W. L. Pet. GB Sacramento 34 24 .580 l'i. " ITOHADI II , WE MOVE ANYWHERE MOVING? 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Kent Had ley's two-run homer highlighted a five-run fifth inning rally' by the A's, who beat Turley for only the third time in his career against 16 losses to him. Ned Garver posted his fifth victory although he gave up homers to Norm Siebern, Marv Throneberry and Mickey Mantle, and finally yielded to Russ Meyer in the ninth. Hay Narlcski limited the Red Sox to five hits in helping the Tigers climb to within a halt game of third place. The only run Narlcsky permitted was Ted Williams' second homer of (he season in the sixth. Al Kaline, Larry Osborne and Red Wilson hit homers in Detroit's 15-hit at tack. The Braves snapped the Cardi nals' three-game winning streak with a 12-hit offensive that in cluded home runs by Casey Wise and Del Crandall. Bob Buhl hurled a -five-hitter and struck out eight ih-winning his sixth game. Wil mer Mizell, the loser, now is 7-3. 1 Face Wins Ninth The Pittsburgh - San Francisco game was a comedy of errors with a total of 12 miscues. Pitts burgh committed seven and San Francisco five, but the two that hurt most were the ones made by Giant shortstop Andre Rod- gers. His first error paved the way for two unearned runs in the seventh and his second helped the Pirates to two more in the eighth when they scored five runs to go ahead. Reliever Roy Face won his ninth straight game without a loss and his 14th in a row dating back to last year cVcn though he was tagged for a three-run homer by pinch hitter Willie Mays. Southpaw iJohnny Podres of the Ample Room ' ; For Swimmers On Local Club There is ample room on the La j- flh for Iliuit uranuu awiiu . . . swimmers, team coaches day as the second week ol TWA CLAIMS RECORD LONDON (UPD-Trans World Airlines today claimed a recora for one of its Constellations on a flight between Chicago and Lon don. 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