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Ryhfe Duren SaVes Yanks; He's My Guy' - Stengel P Observer, La Grande, Ore., Wed., July 15, 1959 Page i Van Pettens, Grahams Dodgers Lead Lepgues Tuesday' Rtsultt Hi-Way C(. S Finum'i 4 Graham's 7 Bohnenkampt S Dodgers t Tigers 0 Close games were the order of the day in the midget nnd pee iw leagues whilo the Dodgers were shutting out the TigTS 6-G in the Elk's league play. Hi-Way Cafe pushed two runs across in the bottom of the filth inning to edge Farnam's 5-4 in midget league action. The Chow-Hours scored two quick quick runs in the first inning oi a walk to Oas, who stole second. Water Safety School To Be Offered At Pool A Water Safety Instruction school will be offered to the public at the Veterans Memorial Pool be ginning July 27. The course, under the direction of Ed Stocking, will be sponsored by the Red Cross. Stocking, who is the It d Cross district representative I rum Eu gene, will begin the two week course Aug. 1U. A two week pre-,.. purutury course will g.'l under way on the July date. To be eligible for the course a , person must be at least 18 years old and hold a senior life saving certificate. The first phase of the program will be under the direction of Dot Ana Anson and will consist of per fecting swimming strokes and a review of life saving procedures. Persons interested in participat ing in th course are urged to contact I.arry Seachris at the swimming pool or Mrs. Lumsdcn at the Ited Cross olficc in La Grande. , Standings By Unittd Prtss International National League W. 49 4fi 4 47 42 41 37 .11 Pet. GB San Francisco . Milwaukee Los Angeles Pittsburgh Chicago St. Louis ' Cincinnati .470 .jell 1 .551 l'i .540 2'u .4K8 7 .4K2 7'i .4:10 12 .373 16" j Philadelphia Tuesday's Results Chicago 10 Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 9 Los Angeles I. night St. Louis 6 Cincinnati S, night. 11 innings San Francisco at Philadelphia. 2 games, twi-night. postpone.!, ruin American League W. L. Pet. GB Cleveland Chicago Baltimore New York Detroit Washington Huston Kansas City 47 48 45 42 42 40 38 ss .573 .571 .523 A'M .4113 .470 .452 .429 12 Tuesday's Results Kan. City 1 Halt. 0. 1st twilight Halt. 3 Kan. City 1. 2nd night New York 1 Cleveland 0. night Chicago 7 Boston 3. night Washington 4 Detroit 2. night Northwest League Standings W L. Pit. till. Yakima Wenalchec Salem Lcwiston Eugene 5 .642 8 5 .U15 i 7 5 .583 1 6 .500 2 5 8 .384 3' 3 .250 S Tri-City Tuesday's Results I'.ugcno 3 Lcwiston I Yakima II Wenatchec 2 Salem 13 Tri-City 0 Pacific Coast League W. L. Pet. GB Sacramento 50 42 . 543 Vancouver 4H 42 533 I Portland 45 42 .517 2'j Salt Lake 47 45 511 3 Phoenix 45 48 .484 5'j San Diego 45 4t .47 6 Sokane - 44 45 .473 6 Seattle 42 50 .457 8 Tuesday's Results Sacramento 10 San Diego 8 Salt Lake 9 Phoenix S Portland 4 Seattle 2 Spokane 4 Vancouver I) Auto Dealer Franchise Available For ode of Germany's finest nd est-selling cars. Phone or write Billingsley Motors, 435 S.f. Hawthorne, Portland 14, Orefon. BEImont S-6611. Serv ing Portland for over 30 years. OBSERVER Neil Andartan an error on the shortstop that allowed Gary Rachau to reach first and Dave Huntsman's single. Hi-Way picked up a single run in 111"! second when Charles Croatian, who a'so was the win ning pitcher, blasted a home run for a 3-0 bulge. Farnam's picked up a pair ' of runs in the third inning when Worrell started the inning with a single. Jackman was safe on an error and Hunter scored Worrell with a single. Cal Scott walked to load the bases and Ted Sidor duniX'd a single into left field for another run. Farnam's went into the lead in the fifth inning. Worrell was hit by the Ditcher and scored on Jack man's triple. Jackman scored the go-ahead run when Scott grounded out to the second base man. In the bottom of the inning, trailing 4-3, the Chow-Hounds got two men on bas? with a walk and a single. Klien then drove one of losing pitcher Jerry Jackman's throws into the outfield for a triple and the winning margin. Graham's edged passed Bohnen- kamp's to capture a 7 5 clash in m, wc ,,aaue Talbott opened the game for Bohnenkamp's when be was safe on un error. Lovelace singled and Ingerson loaded the bases when he was safe on an error. Clark then proceeded to drive all three men home with a double. Graham's came back in the sec ond inning to score five runs and lake the lead after Bohnenkamp's had scored a single run in the top half. Skyl"S and Kelly singled for Graham's as the first two men up in the inning. Kline walked and Spears narrowed the gap to 4-2 with a single. , Graham walked lo lead the liases and with two outs 1)111 Whitte more doubled to chase thr"e runs across the plate for a 5 4 lead. Kohan got on base in Bohnen kamp's third on an error by the second bascmsn. Elder drew a walk and Rohan came home from second to tie the score when Talbott was safe on a fielder's choice. In the Graham fifth Graham sin gled and Bill Whittcmorc blasted a lxivelace pitch for a home run for a 75 win. Whittemore got the win and Love lace was the loser. The Dodgers peeked away for one run at a time to defvat the Tigeis nnd move into first place in the Elks League For the Dodgers Jim Mvers sin gled and Dale Kiik walked to open the lirst inning. Myers scored what proved to be the winning run when Tom 1 homas was safe on an error. In the second Hobby Fallow walk ed and Dave Smith drove Fallow- in with the second run when he singled. The Dodgers picked up their bird run in the third when Feik doubled and Thomas scored him with a single. In the lourth Dave Smith smucked one of losing pitch er Itick Gerry's throws for a home run. The standings: Midget League Won Lost Van Pellens 4 1 Jr. Did Timers 3 1 Ill-Way Cafe 3 3 Farnams 1 3 Hand Ford 1 3 Pee Wee League Won Lost Grahams 3 0 Glass 2 0 Gems 2 1 VFW . 2 1 Trotters . .13 Eldridges . I 2 Falk's 0 2 Bohnenkamp's 0 3 Elk s League Won Lost Dodgers 3 t Tigers 4 3 Cardinals t 5 WstAeWater" When you're thirsty for d glast of cool, refreshing draft beer, look for tht blue and red neon u.indow tign that tellsyou tHert't rare good tastt on tap inside.' OLtMPl D(ftlfl CQMPftflf, QUMPIA, MAIHlHQTOrt, If. t. K, 0ll O-l GIANTS STAY IN TOP SPOT United Press International s An 0.83 earned run average and a string of 31 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings stamp Ryne Duren today as the fellow who may yet save the New York Yan kees' hide and pride. Casey liengel called him "my guy'' after Duren saved Tuesday night's 1-0 victory over the Cleve land Indians and it's obvious no Yankee manager ever has relied so heavily on a relief pitcher since Bucy Harris toasted Joe Page In wine and song back in 147. No American League relief pitcher ever has won a most val uable player award but Dure.i could be the first to do so. His 1-2 won-lost record is completely deceptive, of course, because he is credited with eight "saves and the way he is pitching he could wind up setting two new league records. With his string of consecutive scoreless innings, Duren is getting into position to threaten Walter Johnson's 46-year-old record of 56 straight. And Ryne's current 0 83 e.r.a. is considerably lower than the 45-year-old league mark of 1.01 held by II. B. Dutch i Leon ard of the Boston Red Sox. Protects One-Run Lead Duren did it again Tuesday night when Stengel hustled him out of the bullpen to protect the one-run Yankee lead which exist ed since the second inning. Ryne faced eight men, walked one, al lowed one hit and struck out three to protect Whitey Ford's first vic tory in three weeks and ni ilh of the year. The victory braked the Yan kees' five-game losing streak and also enabled the Chicago White Sox to move with two percentage points of the Indians via their 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. The Baltimore Orioles beat (he Kan sas City Athletics, 3-1, after a 1-0 defeat and the Washington Senators downed the Detroit Ti gers, 4-2, in the other A.L. games. First-place San Francisco was rained out in the National League but neither of the two principal contenders could take advantage of it. The Chicago Cubs whipped the Milwaukee Braves, 10-5. and the Pittsburgh Pirates romped over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 9-1. The St. Louis Car dinals beat the Cincinnati Reds, 6-5. in 11 innings and ended Don Newcombc s eight-game sterak. Bobby Richardson, who had driven in only seven runs all sea son, singled borne the only run of the Yankee-Indian game off Herb Score in the second inning. Score had walked Elston Howard to start the inning and the New York first-baseman went to sec ond on an infield out. Pierce Squares Record Billy Pierce squared his record at 10-10 as the White Sox banged out 13 hits including a homer by John Romano and a two-run sin gle by red-hot rookie Jim Mc Anany. Milt Pnpnas pitched a five hitter and drove in a run. with a single to win his 10th game for Baltimore after Ray Herbert's four-hitter bested Billy O'Dell for Kansas City in the first game of a twi-night doublchcador. Boh Allison hit his 23rd homer and Roy Sievers his nth for the Senators as Pedro Ramos chalked up his 10th win. The Senators clinched the game with a three run fourth-inning rally. Ernie Banks' double nnd pitch er Bill Henry's bases-filled single were the big blows of a four-run seventh inning rally that lifted the Cubs to their fifth win in 10 meetings with the Braves. Winner Henry allowed only two hits and one run over the last S 1-S in nings. Vcrn Law won his 10th game for the Pirates behind a 14 hit attack that included a triple bv Hob Skinner and two doubles by Dick Groat. Johnny Podrcs was routed in the first inning by the Pirates . who moved within 2i games of first place. Joe Cunningham singled in the Uth Inning for his fourth hit of the game to break uo the 11-in-ning Cincinnati St. Louis game. Lindy McDanicI won his second game for the Cardinals while Newcombe suffered his fifth de feat compared lo nine triumphs. a . md a a v a 40um k ... u l-.c. y4a. V -k X T ' 'i'wjn in ii ew A SUNDAY DRIVER Bttty Williams, behind the wheel, is one of the lovely ladies who drive in the powder puff derbies at the JC speedway every Sunday. The man in the striped shirt is start er Arnold Thompson, who waves the checkered flag at the winners. (Observer) Archers Grab Top State Wins La Grande archers walked off with more than their shar? of archery honors over the weekend. Six of the 11 modern day Robin Hoods representing La Grande finished first, second or third in the Oregon State Field Archery tournament held in Mist. Sherry Cottom won the Inter mediate Girls championship for Oregon when she fired 580 out of a possible 1680 points. Libby Dean Knight finished second in the di vision and Beverly Cottom finished third to give La Grande a clean sweep of division honors. Gerald Rimbcy finished second in the Championship class with a score of 1173 out of a possible 1680 points. Gene Erwin, in the 325 class, finished with 1127 points to capture runnerup honors in that division. In the 175 class Jim Thornton wing(d his arrows for 7!I5 points to finish third. In the Junior Boys division John Knight finished second. Knight fired for a total score of 653 iMiints to capture the runnerup spot. Middleweights Tangle In TV Fight Tonight MI.WMI BEACH. F'n. U PI George Benton, an unranked mid- dleweight who is about as popu lar as the lax collector, will meet seventh - ranked Holly Minis to night m a nationally-televised 10 rounder. The bout at Miami Beach Au ditorium will ho televised at 10 p. m. ed t. Minis is a slight fa vorite at 6-5. Benton, a 26-year - old fighter from Philadelphia, has been a professional lor in years but his recoid shows he has 'rouble find ing men willing to enter the ring with him. He has fought only 41 times during t'.ie decade, winning 36 fights and losing 4. One ended in a draw. Minis, a 30-M'ar-old boxer from Baltimore, has had ! fights since he became a professional in 1!H8. He has a 45-18-6 record. Mhrs has faced such top-notch fighters as Ray Robinson and Joey Giardello but is only a slight favorite tonight because Benton's reputation is higher than his ranking. Benton's suxrlers also can point to seveial performances to back their cotilidcncc. He defeat ed Minis in an eight-round bout in 1952 and easily outclassed Bobby Boyd last May. Minis could sal vage only u draw with Boyd in his last appearance here. Neither Boyd nor Benton ever has been knocked out A "8 THIS IS IT! YOUR CHANCE TO ENTER OUR JULY CUSTOMIZED CAR CONTEST HOBBY SHOP . ... Rain Hampers Russian Spike Practices PHILADELPHIA l'PI Rus sia's track and field team, hamp ered by heavy rains and equip ment difficult s, hoped today to get in its first full practice ses sion since' arriving in this country for a dual meet wth American athletes this week end. The 6!) men and women track stars, along with 15 Soviet offi cials and interpreters accompany ing them, went sightseeing this morning before reporting to Franklin Field where the meet w ill be held Saturday and Sun day. The ' Russians have had less than five hours of practice since leaving the Soviet Union last Sat urday. They stopped off in Bel gium Sunday for a sightseeing tour, arrived in New York Mon day morning and came here by bus. They got in about 90 minutes of practice late Monday afternoon but the lie-formers were forced to 'o:ngo around their hotel here most of the day Tuesday waiting for a steady downpour to stop. It wasn't until late in the day that the;. were able to get to he field where they worked out for three hours despite occasional drizzling. But the question of whether the Russians would decide to use the ii.-ual runways or the new "grass tex" footpaths installed in the sta dium this year still was up in the air. Olficials of the meet left it up to Russian coach Gavriao Korob Kov to decide which runways would be used, but Korobkov post IHine.l a decision until his athletes could test the grasstex surface. The new runways, made of a macadam base with a seed fiber surface, require special shoes with "needle'" spikes. But the spe cial shoes weren't on hand for the Russians and fourteen pairs were ordered for Tuesday's practice. However, some of the shoes turned out to be the wrong size. Two girl high junipers and four male stars two pole vaulters and two decathlon athletes worked out with the new shoes on the macadam runways w ith Don Bragg, the American pole vault-1 er. They displayed little difficulty using the shoes and runways but refused to comment officially on them. Korbokov made last minute I switch in his lineup Tuesday. ! naming 21-year-oUt Igor Ter-Ova-I nesyan, standout broad jumper, to: the decathlon event in place ofj Kim Bukhantsev, veteran discus thrower. Ter Ovancsyan will! team with world record holder I Vasily Ktunetsov in the two-day. j 10-event endurance test against FREE m m am i4 r t v v m m v. .v 1 f f i WITH 9flC 4-WAY SAFETY CHECK Ford's Tire Service "Your General Tire Dealer" LA CRANDE ISIS Adams- - mr i d MV'?! 9m Infielder Gcntinues Workouts ST. LOUIS (UPD-Red Schoen dienst, who fought a successful battle against tuberculosis, con tinued workouts today for his re turn to the Milwaukie Braves' lineup Sept. 1. "I've been working out since the first of June and doing a lit tle running," Schoendienst said Tuesday, "and- I hope to start batting practice the beginning of August. I also have been throw- ing a ball around and it feels great. Schoendienst was found to have tuberculosis last November and was admitted to Mt. St. Rose Hospital. In February he under went surgery to have part of the diseased right lung removed. Dr. William A. Werner, Schoen dienst's physician, said the opera tion hastened recovery. "Red thinks September first is the date and 1 agree," Werner said, "and next year he might be able to play all season. "I'll start by playing just a few innings and see how I feel." Schoendienst said. "I don't want to overdo it." "1 feel as though I can play four more years, 100 or more games each season. The 36-ycar-old second baseman said he would start swinging a bat with some minor league play ers here and possibly get the feel of County Stadium again. "I might do a little batting practice with some minor league players in Milwaukee in August while the Braves are on the road." he said. REDS RECALL HOOK CINCINNATI. Ohio H'PH Right-handed pitcher Jay Hook, a former bonus player who has ap peared in four games with the Cincinnati Reds during the past two years, has been recalled by the Reds from Seattle of the Pa cific Coast League, where he had a 10-7 record. America's Dave Edstrom and Mike Herman. Pump tor Fvry Service AUTHORIZED DEALER INDUSTRIAL Machinery & Supply 1410 Adams Ph. WO 3-4423 1959 RAND WcNAllV 96-PAGE ROAD ATLAS HERE'S WHAT WE DOt 1. Dismount and inspect tires on spreader Replace leaking valve) cores replace missing valve caps Inflate all tint's to recommended hot weather pressure Rotate 4 tires WO 3 2987 Bevos Drop Seattle; Solons Back In Lead By United Press International The Portland Beavers squared things with Seattle in Portland Tuesday night, beating the Rain- iers 4-2 lo even their Pacific Loasi League series at one game each and remain in third place. Duane Pillettc allowed five hits and was credited with his fourth victory against two losses. Starter-loser Dave Slenhouse is now 5-8. The Beavers won the game in the fourth frame with two runs. George Frecse scored when Leu Neal forced Jim Westlakc at sec ond base and Jim Grcengrass scored when Rainier shortstop Bobbie Ilenrich committed an er ror. Frecse singled Charlie Sccrest home in the first and the Beavers capped their scoring in the sixth inning with a singic by Westlake that sent Freese in. Seattle's first run came on dou bles by Bobbie Adams and Paul Peltit and Hal Eevan hit his eighth homer of the year in the seventh inning. The Sacramento Solons vaulted 'Spying' By TV Banned By ML Commissioner NEW YORK i UPI i There'll be no more television "spying" on baseball catchers' signals. That was indicated today when Tom Gallery, sports director of the National Broadcasting Co., said the network was acceding to Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick's request to halt use of a special camera lens that had been employed at the Yankees- Red Sox game in Boston last Sun day. The special 80 - inch lens, used in a camera posted in center field, brought in a picture so clear that the nation's television viewers could plainly see the fin ger signals used by the rival catchers in calling for certain pitches. Frick said Monday that he doubted the television picture would be used by any team loi "steal" signals from another. But he asked Gallery to stop using the lens anyway. "This was the first time I'd seen this unusual camera shot," said Frick, "and my immediate reaction was. 'Oh, ; oh,- I don't think this is such a good idea.' " Frick said he will write to all major league clubs asking them to avoid television camera shots which clearly expose a team's signals. DUNEDIN, Fla. (UPI) A field of 180, including 14 former champions, will comoete in the 41st annual PGA .championship at St. Louis Park near Minneapo lis, Minn.. , July 30-Aug. 2, the Professional Golfers Assn. an nounced todav. ;H!M.JVn iMi.Lafjj "WITH MY : r JM BARE HANDS... ; '-M WITH MY LIFE- " ".. J& " IF I MUST I'LL TEAR AWAY THIS J3k BARRIER BETWEEN US!": 1 zl CINEmaScopETECHNICOLOR RockHUDSOH - Mil SIMMONS DorothvMcGUIIIE: Cum RMS -A IMPIliAl rtA?ONAl flCTWll" PLUS the Wild "- AND THE INNOCENT ON SCREEN ' "THE HELEN MORGAN STORY" Ann Blyth Paul Newman Ah "A TIME FOR LOVE" . Iiack into first place in the Pa- clfIC loasi lA-ugHO lui-ou.iy liiyill thanks to some prodigious slug ging by a normally light hitting cast-olf. The cast-olf. infielder Jack Dilt rtier, slammed three home runs and a single while batting in seven funs to lead the Solons to a 10-8 Win over San Diego. Vancouver, which held a 24-hour percentage point lead in the cir cuit, dropied haek lo second, a fall game behind the Solons as it lost a 4-0 decision to SjKikane. ' In other games. Portland nipped Seattle. 4-2, and Salt Lake beat Phoenix, 9-5. Was Hitting .247 Dittmer. 31. was hitting only 247 going into Tuesday night's game and had hit only four other home runs. Sacramento picked up aittmcr from Seattle recently as inlkld insurance. Billy Hunter. Mitch June mud Al Jones homered for the Padres. So lon reliefer Terry Fox, the third Sac hurler, got the win. his sev-. enth against no losses. Chuck Churn allowed only seven hits as he helped snap a five game Spokane losing streak and also knocked the Motilities out of first. . Churn, a 6-3, 200 pound right hander, picked up his seventh vic tory and was in trouble only in the first inning when Barry Shet rone advanced to third. , Essegian Homers Chuck Essegian rapped a two run homer in the eighth to ice the tame. . Salt Lake scored seven runs in 4he sixth inning to wrap up its con test with Phoenix. The Bees got six hits in the frame including run producing doubles by Sam Miley and Charley Brockell to chase Giant starter Bud Watkins and re liever Julio Navarro. , Carlos Bernier and Jim Baumer lit solo homers for Salt Lake be fore the sixth inning assault. Jim Post picked up the victory in re lief for Salt Lake while Watkins was the victim for Phoenix . Fight Site Changed To Centennial Exposition PORTLAND i UPI i The July 22 heavyweight fight between iieuben Vargas, Richmond, Calif., and Eddie Machen, Portland, will be at the Centennial Exposition arena here instead of Portland Auditorium, promoter Tommy Mover said today. ,The nationally - televised bout .originally was set for the audi- ito.'ium but Mover said the shift j was made after a conference with i Centennial officials. Prices will be jihe same, he said. INJURY SIDELINES TURMAN i.N'EW YORK i UPI Heavy weight Buddy Turman of Tyler, Tex., has withdrawn from a scheduled 10 - round bout against Alonzo Johnson, Rankin. Pa., on July 31 liecause of a cut near the right eye suffered in training, ac cording to Madison Square Gar den matchmaker Teddy Brenner who is seeking a substitute. STARTING TODAY JVY? Autfit MURPHY ROUND TONITE BUCK KITE i n,t PPP TAB W 3 A i