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Yanks Down Chicago Twice; Ailing United Pratt International . It's time to stop asking what's wrong, with, the New York Yan kees and take a look at ails, the Milwaukee Braves. Once again Sunday (lie kces managed to bounce what Van buck after "going to the brink" but the floundering Braves just can't seem to snap out of their worst slump in two years, it The Yankees who had dropped the first two games of the four game series "saved" them selves with a 6 2 and 6 4 sweep Observer, La Grande, Ore., La Grande Points In Svim Meet La Grande Swim Club entries tallied 54 points to place well up among the small clubs of the northwest at the two-day Wash ington State Open AAU Swim ming and Diving Championships held at Pasco, Wash., Friday and Saturday. .Outstanding performer for La Grande's 18 member, team at the Washington meet was Bonnie Scott, who won the women's 1 metcr board diving title on Fri day, night and on Saturday night von the 1 meter diving champ ionship for girls 16 and under. Extremely warm weather ap- Standings By United Prett International National League W. L. Pet. GB Sun Francisco Los Angeles Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati 52 3!t .571 .543 .52 .527 .500 .489 51 Mi 41) 45 44 40 35 .444 lt'i .393 10 Philadelphia Saturday's Retultt San Francisco 4 Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 5 Los Angeles 2 Cincinnati 5 Chicago 1 St. Louis 6 Milwaukee 5 Sunday's Result! Los Angeles 8 Philn. 4. 1st Phila. 3 Los Angeles 2, 2nd, colled alter 5' innings, rain Pittsburgh 3 San Fran. 2, 1st Saa Fran, ot Pittsburgh, 2nd post poned, curfew St. Louis 9 Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati at Chicago, 2 games. . postponed, rain American League W. L. Pet. GB Cleveland Chicago Baltimore New York Washington Detroit Kansas City Boston 50 38 .5tM 51 48 4U 43 43 40 40 39 43 45 47 50 49 50 .567 .527 .5(15 .478 3', 5', 8 ,lK! 9' i .449 10'j .444 11 Saturday's Retultt Kansas City 10 Washington 3 Cleveland 7 Boston 3. 13 innings Chicago 2 New York 1 Baltimore 5 Detroit 2. 1st Detroit 2 Baltimore 0. 2nd Sunday't Retultt New York 6 Chicago 2. 1st Now York 6 Chicago 4, 2nd Washington 7 Kun. City 0. 1st Kan. City 6 Wash. 5, 2nd ID inns Boston 6 Cleveland 5, 1st Cleveland 5 Boston 3, 2nd Baltimore 2 Detroit I Pacific Coatt League W. L. Pet. filli .5:ifi .516 .515 .500 4115 .465 GB Sacramento Vancouver Portland Salt. Luke Phoenix Spokane San Diego Seattle 52 52 48 50 49 411 4I 45 45 45 47 49 51 53 44 54 .4411 , Sunday't Retultt Spokane 8 Porlland 6 1st gamu Portland 6 Sixikane 2 '2nd game) Vancouver 8 Seattle 4 Sucramcnlo 3, Salt Lake 0 Phoenix V San Diego 7 . Northwest League Standingt W. L. Pel. Vb. Yakima Wenatchcc Salem Lewiston Eugene 12 11 9 8 . . 7 .600 .579 .500 .500 .421 2 2 3' Trl-City ,.3118 4 t ' . . aurraar t Ketuirt Lewiston 22 Yakima V 1st -Yakima 4 Lewiston 2 '2nd' Tri-City 4 Eugene 3 1 1st Eugene 4 Tri-City 2 indi Wcntlchec 2 Salem 0 ilsl Salem 10 Wcnutchcc 3 2iul RAINBIRD Sprinklers & Paris Authorized Dealer indWrial Machinery & Supply 1410 Adams Ph. WO 3-4423 Braves Lose Sixth of Die Chicago White Sox before a croud of 57.057. But the Braves luting streak reached six games when the St. Louis Cardinals pounded out a tt-5 win. The Braves never lost more than five in a row in winning their second straight National League flag in litrw. Fo'ty - three year old Enos Slaughter and relief ace Iiyne Duren starred for the Yankees who knocked the White Sox out of first place. Old Enos connected for a pair of homers in the lirst OBSERVER Mon., July 20, 1959 Page 2 Scores 54 peared to hamper the perform anccs of the La Grande entries during afternoon preliminaries. when temperatures rose as high as 107 agrees. " La Grande's point scoring per formances, with six places count ing in the tally column, were: Bonnie Scott first in women's 1 meter diving and first in 16 and under girls 1 meter diving. Jim H-jydock sixth in men's 1 -meter diving. Jennifer Smith third in 15 1G girls 100 meter backstroke, 1:1 .Ti.3; fifth in women's 200 meter brckstrcke, 3:30.9; eighth in tinals of women's 100 meter backstroke, 1:37.5. Mike Challis sixth in men's 100 meter freestyle, 107.9; ninth in finals of 16 and under boys 100 meter backstroke, 1:44.1; ninth in finals of boys 16 and under 100 meter freestyle, 1:09. 3. Artie Samson close seventh in finals of 13 14 boys 50 meter freestyle. 31.6; seventh in finals of men's 200 meter freestyle, 2 50.7. Mike Jones eighth in men's 100 meter freestyle linals, 1:14.6; third in 1314 boys 50 meter back stroke in record breaking., race, 3113. Sieve Fedor very '. close sev enth in finals of men's 200 met er breastroke in record breaking event, 3:20.5. Jim Phillips eighth in finals of men's 200 meter freestyle, no time. 16 and under boys 200 meter medley relay team of Challis, Phillips, Fedor and Haydock fin- shed ninth in finals. 2:44.3. 13-14 boys 200 meter medley lelav team of Jones, Kedor, Sam son and Lundgren finished sec ond to the Multnomah Club ep try cfter holding the lead through two lengths. MAC SCI a new record in 2:27.0, La Grande's time wai 2:30.4. 13 14 boys 200 meter freestyle relay team of Jones, Lundgrcn, Fedor and Samson again led the MAC entry through a 1-ngth and a half, lost the lead to place sec ond, but was declared the winner when MAC was disqualified for jumping an exchange. La Grande Time: 2:09.9. 13 14 girls 200 meter' medley relay team of llcver. Risk, Kain and Gregory finished ninth in the finals. 13-14 girls 200 meter freestyle lelay team of Kain, Fish, Greg ory and Bcver finished sixth in a race that saw all six placing teams beating the old record. La Grande time: 2:37.4; old record Z.41.7. l(i and under boys 200 meter freestyle relay team of Challis, Haydock, Phillips and Samson finished sixth in the finals, 2:- 1,11.8. I .a Grande's next meet is Wed nesday night with Pendleton at Pendleton. Only four lanes will bo used in the host team's limit ed pool and entries will be held to two from each team for each event, except diving. f Neil Andersen Centennial Production! PRELUDE TO THE WHITMAN MASSACRE . . . II Doctor In Buckskin Clad HISTORICAL DRAMA IN 9 SCENES WRITTEN BY DR. ALV1N R. KAISER Coslumed Cast 01 40 Persons, Choir and Orchestra DIRECTED BY RICHARD H1ATT Music Directed by Dr. L. Rhodes Ix-wis EASTERN OREGON COLLEGE AUDITORIUM t p.m., Suly 24-25-26-31, Aug. 12744 . 1.00 adultt, SOc students, 25c children. 2.S0 entire family game and Duren relieved in both games and shut out the White Sox for a total of four innings. , Curt Flood hit two homers and BiU. White hammered two hits in three tries to lead a IB hit St. Louis assault on four Milwaukee pitchers. Juan Pizarro lasted on ly four innings but it was Carl ton Willey who absorbed the de feat. . , - , Tlie Cleveland Indians took over first place in the American League by a point when they beat the Boston Red Sox, 5-3, after a 6-5 defeat. Kansas City beat Washington, 6-5. after the Sena tors won the opener, 7-0, and the Baltimore Orioles shaded the De troit Tigers, 2-1. The J'ittsburgh Pirates edged out the first-place San Francisco Giants, 3 2. the Los Angeles Dodgers scored an 8-4 victory be fore dropping a 1-2, 5'i inning decision to the Philadelphia Phil lies in other National League ac lion. Cincinnati's double-header at Chicago was postponed by rain and wet grounds. Doubles Homo Three Frank Malzone hit a three-run double with two out in the ninth inning to give the Red Sox their opening-game victory. Leo Kicly, who pitched the last inning. picked up his third win. Tito Francona drove in three runs with a double and a single in the eighth-inning nightcap as Al Ci cotte scored his second triumph. Camilo Pascual won his sev enth straight game for the Sen ators, striking out seven batters and yielding only one walk but the Athletics gained a split on Hal Smith's lOtb-inning homer in the nightcap. Bob Allison hit two homers for the Senators and Har mon Killebrew connected for No. 32 to remain even with Babe Ruth's record 1927 pace. Billy O Dell and Billy Loes combined in a three-hitter that handbd the Tigers their 14th loss in 17 games. Gus Triandos sin gled home both Baltimore runs in the first inning. - Bill Vlrdon led off the eighth inning with a homer that lifted the Pirates' Vcrn Law to his 11th triumph. The Giants had tied the score at 2-2 in the sixth on Juckio Brandt's triple and an infield out by llobie Landrith. Ed Bouchce's two run double enabled the Phillies to gain their split after homers by Gil Hodges and Duke Snider paced the Dodg ers to their opening game vic tory. Russian Stars As U.S. Grabs Track Title PHILADELPHIA UPI - The greatest all-around athlete in the world is a Russian, but the Unit ed States still is the world's greatest track and field power. A 127-108 triumph over Russia in the two-day track meet here Saturday and Sunday served to re-emphasize American suprem acy in the sport and tab the Yanks as heavier favorites than ever to win track honors at the Pan - American Games in Chi cago, Aug. 27-Scpt. 7, and the 190 Olympics in Rome. But, right now at least, dark haired Vasily Kuznctsov, the So viet strong man. is the No. 1 track star in the world. Only a drenching thunderstorm that hampered the last . three events kept K u z n e t s av from breaking his own world record in the decathlon event Sunday. The Russian ace was 74 points ahead of his own record pace going in to those three events, but then finished seven points shy ot the mark with 8,350 points. "The weather prevented it," said Gabrial Korobkov, coach of the Soviet squad. "He will do better the next time." . , The lop U.S. rival to Kuznct sov, former world record holder Itafer Johnson of Kingbury, Calif., missed tliis meet because of in juries . in an auto accident. But Kuznctsov looked Sunday as if he would have beaten even a healthy Johnson.. , . As expected, the Russian wom en scored a 67 40 triumph: In their meet against the best U.S. girl athletes. . ., Final figures on this year's Sea La Grand'! Own Jl: II ! tV"3f . ' - fl ir.'-rt W , ' V',J - WHICH WAY DID IT GO? Larry Howard of the La Grande Raiders takes a mighty swing during yesterday's first game with the Pendleton Ranchers. La Grande lost both games of the twin bill, 4-3, 6-2. The Ranchers capitalized on Raiier errors to win both games. (Observer) Grande Raiders Drop Twin Bill To Pendleton, 4-3, 6-2 Tho La Grande Raiders liter ally dropped two games to the Pendleton Ranchers on the college diamond yesterday afternoon. Pen dleton won the first game 4-3 and the second 6-2 but errors by the La Grande team were the major factor. The Raider's Cliff Babbitt threw a neat four hitter at the Ranchers in the first game that went eight innings but live errors cost him the win. Three of the fumbles oc curred in the top of the first in ning and resulted in three Ranch er runs. Dave Nelson leading off for the Pendleton team slashed a ball down the third base line that Raider Riley Allen hobbled. Dick Randle then bounced a ball to second baseman Larry Howard that :wcnt between his legs' and both men were safe. Ron Kearney then was safe on a fielder's choice before Bill Bush's ground ball was bobbled by Babbitt with a run scoring. Ernie Jones then lashed a single to left fi?id to drive in a pair of runs. The Raiders picked up a single run in the bottom of the inning after Randy Randolph singled to the right of second and went to third when Trd Schadewitz groun ded to third. Jack Cochran then hit a ball that Pendleton short stop Nels Nelson let get by him and Randolph came home w ith a run. Allen singled to start thi Raider second. Pete SchafficM was safe on Ron Kearney's error at third and Allen moved to second. Jim Fergcrson then trickled a ball down the first base line and the Rancher's Dave Nelson failed to make the tag and the bases were loaded. With Babbitt at the plate, win ning pitcher Jack Ford hit him on the left shoulder to force Allen home with a run. Schafficld came home with the tieing run when the Rancher shortstop bobbl?d meet and last year's were strik ingly similar both times U.S. men won 14 ot 22 events. Rus sian women won 6 of 10 events at Moscow, eight here. The surprises were about even ly divided the defeat of Ameri can Olympic hammer throw champion Harold Connolly by Russia's Vasily Rudenkov, the surprise second place in the hop. step, and jump by Ira Davis of Philadelphia. FREE! WITH 95 Fords Tire Service "Your General Tire Dealer" LA CR.ANOI . . ISIS Adams , ; -'M ,:. lj! Babbit's ground ball. Both Ford and Babbitt then pitched shutout ball until the top of the eighth inning, although La Grande missed a scoring oppor tunity in the fifth. Schadewitz doubled to start the inning. Coch ran bounced a ball to short that Schadewitz tried to dance in front of. The ball took an unexpected bounce and bit him for the first out of the inning. Pendleton picked the winning run in the top of the eighth. Bab bitt hit Bush after Kearney had flied out to Bob Barrett at short. Ernie Jones, who picked up three of the four hits allowed by Bab bitt, singled, sending .Bush to third. . ' As Babbitt began his stretch Japes broke for second and Bab hit threw to first. Schadewitz fired' to Barrett covering second to , get Jones but Bush skipped home with the winning run. In the second game the Ranch ers picked up a single run in the second inning for a lead they never gave up. Kearney opened the inning with a walk. Applegate hit a dribbler to the left of the mound that losing pitcher Jack Laurence threw into left field in an attempt to get Kearney at second. Kearney went around third and the ball went to the catcher Barrett who threw to Al len at third to get Kearney. With one Larry Coleman drew a base on balls and Nels Nelson was hit by the pitcher to load the bases. Larry Lovcland, the w inning pitcher then drew a base on balls to force a run across. The Ranchers picked up two more runs in the third. With two outs, Kearney was safe on an infield single. Applegate then tripled to score Kearney and scored when Randy Randolph dropped a ily ball in left field. The Ranchers got two more runs in the fourth . when Dave Nelson was safe on a fielder's choice and Cochran dropped Dick Brandl's fly in center after a long run. Bill Bush then singled to drive in both runs. , , La Grande picked up their only PITTSBURGH PAINTSI Stay Brighter . . Longer) Pittsburgh For All Purposes oaa.5 Millar's Cablnat Shop Greenwood and Jefferson 1959 HAND MtNAUY 9-PAGt , . ROAD ATLAS 4-WAY SAFETY CHECK HERE'S WHAT Wl DOt 1. Dismount and inspect tire en spreader 2. Replace leaking valve ceres replace missing valve caps 3. Inflate all tires to -recommended hot weather pressure 4. Rotate 4 tires WO 3 2187 two runs in the fourth on two hits. Mel Holmes doubled to start the inning. Cochran walked and Barrett singled to score Holmes. Cochran moving to third. Cochran then scored on a passed ball. - Pendktoo's final run came in the fifth on Coleman's double and Nelson's single. First game: Pendleton 300 000 01 4 4 5 La Grande , 120 000 00 3 7 5 Second game: Pendleton 012 210 0 68 1 La Grande 000 200 0 2 3 4 NOW! ! ! HICHELIll STEEL-CORD "X The Super Tire For At Your Local Recapping Headquarters TURLEY'S TIRE SERVICE -V-.i The Great VNNY mm iv -B SlTNVI i T.r' I UHOO Beavers '3 Spokane ! Split Pair By United Press International' The Portland Beavers begin a 14-gaine road trip this week only two games out of first place in Uie Pacific Coast League pennant race. . ' Portland salvaged a split in a doubleheader with Sixjkane Sun day, winning the second game -2 after dropping the opener 8 6. Portland took the series 3 games to 2. The PCL clubs tonight take part in the annual North-South all-star game at San Diego with Fred Be sana of Vancouver slated to open on the mound for the North and Winston Brown of Sacramento starting for the south. Players from Vancouver, " Portland, Se attle and Spokane will oppose those from phoenix, Sacramento. Salt Lake and San Diego. In other Sunday action, Sacra mento blanked Salt Lake 3-0: Phoenix took San Diego 9-7 and Vancouver, drubbed Seattle 8-4. Roger Usenbaugh pitched the shutout for Sacramento. . Portland plays . Phoenix, San Diego, Salt Lake and Sacramento on the road before returning home Aug. 3 for. a 23-game stand. Spokane's Chuck Essegian was Sunday's man of the day, how ever, as he rifled .three home runs in a double header, driving in eight of Spokane's 10 runs. He belted a grand-slam and three-run clout in the opening 8-6 win, and lofted a solo homer in the night cap. The bows were the sixth, sev enth and eighth of the campaign for the ex-Stanford University star, who was with the "St. Louis Cardinals early this season. A pair of three-run frames sparked the Portland 6-2 win in the seven-inning second game. Vancouver iced its game with Seattle early, scoring six times in the first stanza off loser Mark Freeman. The big blow was Jim Pagliaroni's bases-loaded homer. Joe Durham homered in the fifth for the Mount ies. adding insur ance to Erv Palica's ninth vic tory of the year. Jim Dyck and Carroll Hardy belted round-trippers off Palica in the eighth but the ex-Dodger held on to finish. THE FAMOUS II European J& American Cars . Whiskey of the Old West- BROOK FROM SATISFIES BOTH GREAT WHISKEY TASTES Some people like Blended Whiskey, some prefer Straight Bourbon. Sunny Brook, the great whiskey of the Old West, offers you both. Choose the found bottle Blend or the square bottle Straight - each is the best of its kind.. .every drop Kentucky whiskey!, STRAIGHT $4.00 $4 60 pt. qt. BEND J"N?Y fmK CO . tOlMSVIlir. KY, PRyOf WMUCM BLINOtO rtlSKir. - Ie Wilson. 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