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Chicago Title May Be u-:ti d .. .... .1 If (he American League raced'ark j liuxe on NclUe MKriF Tu is going to wind up in one of' Al U-i' crew scored lheir,lied the score a! II art iht thou close shaves, louk for the !nd unr-run victory of it s-a : White Sox o.t it in the nicm While Sox to win it by uhisker .son by -having the Baltimore Or- Uhea Al Smith hit a home -ui That's how they've been tun-1 loles. M. Friday night to remainUilh uie out. The lot as tu ning all along in first p!a-e by half a gain helms sixth aaair.st 10 victories There's an out h.-..-l,.-.ll adaaeiover the second olace C'.evelaikl i Cleveland licked V. ashir.Jton. which says the team that ins j Indians the one-run game usually coast Kr.ucklebuiler Hovt Wilhelm the pennant. And if that s the ) held the White Sox to three hits case, get ready to mail those iunlil the e.thth nen rookie Jim I Neil Andersen Observer. La Grande. Ore., Hitters 'Hoyt' By Slapping NEW YORK 'I'PI' Kear!e Fraley's facts and figures: If you wondered what happened i to Hoyt Wilhelm. the Baltimore pitcher who was sailing along with nine straight victories and thei lost five uf his next mx games, the answer is that opposing hit- ters smartened up and bean "slapping" at his knuckle ball in stead of taking a free swing Nine out of every 10 pitches he was throwing were knucklers and the hitters began timing and ruff ing his slow stuff To get him to throw more fast balls , he s hoping that more of a mixture will get Wilhelm in a winning groove once again .. Sonny Liston. who battles Nino Values al Chicago on Aug i in a televised bout, talks more like the number one challenger in stead of a man who stands fourth in a not-too-impreksjve line. Lis ten saw a theater showing uf the bout in which Ingemar Johansson Standings United Press International National Leaeue W. L. Pet. San Francisco 55 41 -53 -545 1-j 527 4'i .516 5 j ! .t5 7-i Los Angeles Milwauke Pittsburgh Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Friday Philadelphia 54 48 49 47 46 42 38 45 43 4 43 51 55 i ' .447 11 ) I5 i Nifftt's Results 2 Cincinnati 1 MUwaukee Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 2 Los Angeles 1 SanKranciseo t Chicago 5 ' 10 inn American League W. L. Pet. CB Chicago Cleveland Baltimore New York Detroit Kansas City W ashmgton Boston M 53 48 47 47 44 43 40 W Xt 47 48 50 49 51 .581 .576 5U5 .4'j5 .485 473 10 IC? 111. 53 430 14 Results Friday Nihrt Cleveland 5 Wahington I Chicago 2 Baltimore 1 Detroit 4 New York 2 Kansas City 2 Boston 1 Pacitk Coast Leaau W. L. Pet. GB Sacramento 54 46 .540 Vancouver 53 47 .530 1 Portland 50 46 .521 2 Salt Lake 52 4H .520 2 Phoenix 50 52 .4H0 5 San Diego 47 55 .461 8 Seattle 45 56 .446 tt'j Friday's Results Seattle 1 Salt Lake 1 Vancouver i Sacramento 1 Portland 11 Phoenix 2 Spokane 3 San Diego 1 Northwest League Standings By United Press International W L. Pet. GB. Yakima 14 10 .503 .. Wenatchee 13 10 .565 Lewiston 12 10 .545 1 Salem 11 11 .500 2 Tn-City 9 13 .40) 4 Lugene 9 14 .391 4' Friday's Results Yakima 9 Tn-City 3 Salem ( Eugene 1 twiston 2 Wenatchee 0 WATCH MONDAY'S OBSERVER "Your Quality Store In La Grande" Where Yew Shop 5 Air Conditioned Floors In Comfort. 501 (Mi Wins ,r l.-r in iare uf I o:::iKt-v . OBSERVER Sat., July 25, 1959 Page 2. Wilhelm1 i Knuckler kavovd Floyd Patterson for the!hl(s ln MIWM01. (he w anj title arl has hars-T; words for : both of them. SPOKEN LIKE A TIGER . , kmnr for m mhy ,ha! i rr.ar.ager of I atterson s is so .choosey about opponents." he asserted "Patte son didnt show nc'.hin a.td couldn't Lake a punch, either. Johansson's got nothin' in his jab and all he did was get in one lucky punch."... speken like a true tiger... The slugging power of the Wash ington Senators has draws raves this season on the home run ef- j forts of Killer Killebrew. Bob Al lison. Jim Lemon and Hoy Sie I vers. But Al Lopez. Chicago White 1 Sox manager, also praises their pitching w ith the accent on Ca imilo Pascual. He claims Pascusl has the best curve bal! in the league and a good fast ball to go with it. which proves that the senor is an appreciative man. The White Sox won one and lost one against Pascual. But in his winning effort he lasted only six innings and when Chicago beat him they rat tled him for nne hits. Lopez ob- vkmis1v would like to see more of Gf.if3inio' curves... Nashua Was Favorite Trainer Sunny Jim Kitzsim- n:ons. who celebrated his BSth birthday th:s week, finally hint- et) that i.i t:. lung cavalcade of thoroughbreds he handled his fa vunte was Nashua He admitted that his greatest thrill was Na snuas maicn race viciory over Swaps and pointed out that Na- snuas iirst sons win reacn ine races next year, meaning bring money to tne ht-nneland and Saratoga sales . What with such former fisti cuffers as Korky Grauano. Abt Simon. Lou Nova and Tuny Ga lento hamming it up in the enter tainment world, it figured thai former mid Uee:i,ht champion Jake Lamolta would make a de- 2 itrriiiiiiu ohi ur s iiuiemi o;i- . : 1 . 1 1 .1.. ; pearmg as luc Julie in t.uy ; and Dolls'' at the Hudson Thealer I in-the-l'ark aid it s a sad com- memary inai Liiya nrwaes xn us him out w.th one shot The Yankees announce that he "ployed briefly as a Dodger in 1949' ... very briefly, misht be added He apieared in one game and hit UU .. The New York City Department of Public Events will present In gemar Johansson with a perpe tual heavyweight champion trophy Sept. 9 ami will attempt to have all former heavyweight kings on hand lor the ceremony An un usual bit is that 13 former chamxs still are around, going all the way back to Jess Willard . Patterson is the 13ih... Did you hear Ihe baseball story about the umpire w ho came home, cuffed his son, relenteJ and asked the lad to sit on his lap and was amaied when Ihe krj refused ? tne moral ol the story is: Thelswimmcrs scored M points in son never sits on the brutish um-lthe meet participated in by pire. l2b clubs of the Pacific Northwest J NEW Savings for Two-Car Families! on bodily Injury and WT property damage collision coverage medical payment: FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP AUTO LIFE FJRC TRUCK Doug Holman Insurance WE? By Whisker; Close Shave Mi-wuny u:e a aik an ca.i 1-1. Detroit beat .Ne York. 4 2. and Kansas City won its fd;h straight game by defeating Bos ton. 3-1 In t. National League, the tiia ,t increased Iheir leal to J-j games by beating tile Cut. 6-S in lo innings; the Cardinals ni.(jd the Dulgers. I-l. the Biases biaiked ttie I'iratca. -o. anl It Itsillies e-Jed the ReK 1-1 Gary Eell hurled a sivhitler for the lixliaru. who trapped Camilo I'ascuul's st-s en - game winning streak in beams the Senators. Southpaw lion Movsi of the Ti gers beat the Yankees for the . filth straight time while dropping the world champions below the SuO mark asain. eiht games off the pace. ' Johnnv Rucks scattered nine P,tch,np ihe A s to their ninth victory in 11 games. Jim Davenport singled home Ilobie La'.drilh in the 10th inning I to give the Giants their victory : over tne Cubs. Victim of Daven port s hit was Den Kiston. who suffered his third loss Johnny Podres of the Dodgers was sa. ling along with a 1-0 lead when the Cardinals chased him an-1 won the game with two runs' in the eighth Singles by Don Blasingame. Alex Grammas. Bill White and Gine Cimoli combined to hand Podres his seventh loss. Southpaw Juan Pizarro struck out 12 Pittsburgh batters and pitched a four-hitter in leading Milwaukee to victory. Joe Ad cock belted a two-run homer off loser Harvey tladdix in the first inning, then drove in another run in a four-run fifth inning raiiy. A two-run pinch homer by Carl SawaLski in the ninth brought the Phillies their victory over the Beds. League Schedule GAMES, week of 27-31 Monday Grahamj-Glass; Jr. Old Timers: Hi-way Cafe; Dodgers Cardinals. Tuesday Bohnenkamp's Falks: Mi way Caie-Van Pettens; Card inals-Tigers. Wednesday VFW-Eldndges; Far - nams Hand Ford; Tigers - Dodg - ers , i nursday Eldndges - Bohnen kamp's; Jr. Old Timers Hi-wav (afe: Dodgers Cirdinals. Friday Falks Grahams- Hand! Ford-Van Pettens. PRACTICES, week of 27-31 Monday 9 Falks Bohnenkamp's Kldndges. !0 Fornam's Hand Ford. II Tigers. Tuecday 9 Grahams-Glass; 10 Jr Old Timers Hand Ford It Dodders weonesdav TH wav . Cafe Van Pettens 10 Falks -Grahams: Laurences 11 ( ardinals. : Thursday ? Van Pettens Far nam lft-VFW Trotter 11 Glass VFW. Friday 9 Laurences Kldndm-s 10 YFW-Trottcrs - Uohnen kamp's. Swimmers Tie For Ninth I-a Grande Swim Club tied for ninth place in team standings with Ocean Falls. British Colum bia, at the Washington State Open AAV Fwimming and Diving Championships at Pasco last week. team ufurials were informed to uty by Fred Shields, director of the meet. The La Grande divers and IT Hut 10 Extra Discount to Acodent-FrM Dnvorsl Pit :.- are ae uvrwrf S 'S. 1011 ADAMS AVENUE (Across Street From Pott Office) WO 3 3711 l A Y .'i " . U M i i k A f I X S I V - . - . ii . l -v Xs CAN Evan Larson. left, and Brownie Brimm were La Grande's top bowlers in this week's league action. Larsen rolled a 604 scratrh series in Wednesday's Couple league. Brownie bo.led a 541 series in Thursday' Women's league. June Forry topped the Wednesday Afternoon's bowlers with a 452 and Dorothy Hammersteadt's 442 was tops in Wednesday's Couples league. (Observer Photo I Little Leaguers Take Of Big First Innings For Wins Friday's Results Van Petten's 7 Hand Ford 2 Graham's I Trotter's 4 Aan Pelten s continued to dM - night's little league action. The Lumberjacks measured Hand Ford 72 with two home runs in the first inning providing .ne w. nn.ng nwg.n. v,...n. 5 took advantage of four rum .n Steve Wenrlel opened the game fjr Van Petten's with a home 'run. Before losing pitcher John 'Piper got settled. Dave Cash 'bounced a single into the out- Hield Urrv Masters men pro - 'vtded the clincher with a home run. H:nd Furd cam back ',n ,w0 I runs in the bottom of the in imng for their only runs of the tight lolc 1 . 1- L. ....II 1 I lai- milium aiuu econd. Shnim went tol ! third n a passed ball before Ter ry Lt-icki-l drew a walk and stole '-ccond. Hal Carman unloaded !i single to score both runners. I The Lumberjacks picked up on run in ,ne 'P ' scc- jond Jeff Malanado walked and H01" seo.pd. John Bartnin also i.alkcd Cash then smacked a ground ball that the second base man couldn't handle and Malo nado raced home from second. Van Petten's opened the fourth v. ith a triple by Cash He scor- .-d when Masters was safe at f.rst on an error. Bill DeLah- l nil miimii-u iu u itr in ui.r lull , . ,. , ind Thomas single scored the' lir.al run. Cash picked up the win with A home run by Bill Whitte II strikeouts and John Piper had nine in his losing effort, more was the big blow for Gra hams as they picked up four runs in the first. Mike Kline was safe on an error and moved to third oi. Larry Graham's single. Whit temore then unloaded his home ran for a 3-0 advantage. John Huntsman scored following his HURRY HURRY Only 7 Days TO GO! CUSTOMIZED CAR CONTEST Closes July 31 HOBBY SHOP 1113 Adam QS.RP. HAND I YOU TOP THIS? double when the first baseman dropped John Skyles' ground ball. Trotter's picked up two runs j the up Cray aiiu foiiu miiBiik iiie-u. One run scored as John Croupe was afe on an error at second and Knight scored when John Bluhm's fly ball was bubbled by the cen ter fielder. Gnhtm l packed another four iMo tfw ,hinr c,vai Special Race Request OK'd q . pOT DOQlGTS SEATTLE tPI' A request for a special unlimited hydro plane exhibition race on TV HUE. " - . . . . . r "eanesuay oy.i ..wrrn.-n -- er Doa. Associaiion. Don Amick. Gold Cup race LOS ANGELES l'PI A chairman, made the request and badiy -pulled leg muscle will side said the fact that it was granted ime star Dodger first baseman would insure a larger field in the 'Gil Hodges for at least a week. 1959 Golf Cup race here Aug. 9 ; but his teammates and manager Amick said George Tnmper. chairman of the I'nlimited Rac ing Commission, had held up ap proval until a ruling on the legal ity of the procedure could be made in Detroit by William A. Smith, chief counsel. Smith's af firmative ruling triggered official sanction of the race. Amick said the special request was made to help those hytiros . . . . . , i which had not previously made . . ......... ,: , ,i the eligibility list for the 1959 Gold Cup due to the current rule that an unlimited boat must have completed one heat of competition within 15 months prior to race day. Tho better your homo Outdoor Think of us when you think of quality for quality is all we ever think of when we think of you! CAV, .at. MEMBER WESTERN GLOBE FURNITURE Adams and Hemlock V -- . f'. h t m W m a ;'4 ' ' 4 ft yj i f . Advantage i In and Bob Spears both singled. ! Kline drew a walk to load the bases. Graham then spanked a m0I, , nmt ar06( pUte on Whittemore's single, for an 8 2 margin Trotter's scored single runs in the third with Gary Hayden scor ing. In the fourth Dave Hiatt drew , walk to open the inning. Dick !HiaM Wis on , error. Both Mike and Gary Hayden were safe (.ii error's by the third baseman and Hiatt scored. Uuth pitchers struck out six batters in the contest Whitte-n-ore got the win and John Knight was the loser. Gil Hodges Pulls i Muscle Sliding - - , ,Q SfcCOnd bOSe Walt Alston joined him in agree ing today it could have Deen, worse. ln fact, for an hour Thursday night it looked as if the 35-year-old Hodges, one of baseballs finest fielding first baseman, would be lost for the remainder of the season with a broken right leg. A preliminary examination after the limb gave way under him while sliding into second base indicated a break two inches above the fibula. But X-rays at Daniel Freeman Hospital showed Hodges had pulled the leg muscle, with no break resulting. the better your living Furniture Variety of Leisure Time Pieces Offered Warm weather time t outdoor time ei northeastern Oregon, and to make your outdoor living more com fortable we have stocked a largo se lection of outdoor furniture, includ ing chaise lounges, rattan barret chairs, tubular aluminum leisure chairs and other pieces. Come in and look them over I FURNITURE STORES Phone WO 3-5614 Bevos Club Phoenix; Solon's Lead Cut United Press International Veteran Jun Greenura hit a pair of home runs to lead the Portland Beavers to an 11-2 Pa cific Coast League victory over the Phoenix Giaits Friday nighl. The" win put Portland back in third place, one percentage point ahea-1 of Salt Lake and only 2 games out of the lead. Portland made it two out oi three to hand Phoenix its first home series deleal since early une. The Beavers have won six -' Of 11 from Phoenix after losing : 11 gai eames to the Giants in Phoenix 1 last year. Greengrass. former Cincinnati star, also had a single and drove in a total of four runs to continue his feast on Phoenix pitching. He has 17 hits in 29 times at bat against Giant hurlers. wnne ne was iruuiiiK a u ini ' assault, righthander Ken Johnson was limi One of of the limiting Phoenix to eight hits. those was the 26th homer year for Wille McCovey. Phoenix first baseman, the PCL The loser was starter Curt Ba"-, clay, who lasted until the fourth r , The major damage was recordeJi r','i I against Julio Navarro, w ho' gave . v"Up seven runs in the last two' franlM Greengrass hit one homer in the seventh off Don Sclrult with none on and the second off Na varro in Ihe eighth with one on. There's about as much elbow room in the Pacific Coast League's first division as there is in the first row of a Brigitte Bardot movie. And for the uninitiated, that ain't much. Only two games sep erate first place Sacramento and fourth place Salt Lake. Toe Soluns had their league lead cut to one game Friday night as they were dropped by the second place Vancouver Mount les, 5-3. Portland displaced Salt Lake in third place with an 11-2 victory over Phoenix. Seattle beat Salt Lake. 3-1, and Spokane moved lo within five games of the lead in sixth place with a 3-1 win over San Diego. Vancouver hitters wTapped up the game in the first inning when they got to Solon starter Roger Osenbaugh for our runs on five hits. Durham Fractures Wrist But if the Mounties were elated over winning, manager Charley Metro was grim-faced over the loss of hard hitting outfielder Joe Durham. Durham. X-rays showed Friday, suffered a fracture of the right wrist, when he collided 'w ith teammate Barry Shetrone against tne colons on Thursday while run ning down a fly ball. He s out for the season. Chuck Churn, firing with slick precision, hurled the Spokane In dians past San Diego. It marked Water Ballet Performs At Pendleton Meet A feature of the dual swim niing meet Tuesday night between Pendleton and La Grande Swim Clubs was the exhibition of wat er ballet by the La Grande girl's group led by Marilee Meppcn and Dot Ann Anson before an enthus iastic Pendleton audience. Members of the group who per formed Tuesday night were: Joy Haun. Nancy Gray. Michele Mou sel. Donna Dodge. Sharon Beick el. Randi Johnson. Pat Fisk. Mar ilee Meppen and Dot Anson. Ends Tonite; Also M3 SHATTERING STORY OF Vjf V TODAY'S f 1 ANGRY f SrMI Y0UN6 I A 1 " ' - V L. . BARBARA RUSH ALEXIS SMITH . BRIAN KEITH DIANE BREWSTER . BILUE BURKE JOHN WILLIAMS v! SN TTijuana ijjy' - STORY Mill J - vVLj liHES BMN IFJUl WILLP Ends Tonite GI.ENN FORD Imitation Generer Hut "Port Dobbs" ttie 16th consecutive series loss for the faltering PaJie. Churn gave up six hits and did not walk a man in scoring his ninth win against two losses. Bud Podbielan was charged with the loss A bases loaded double in the t.ghth by Dorn Domenchilli was the big Indian blow. Rudolph Wins 1st Start Salt Lake had its drive toward the top cooled by Seattle lefthand er Don Kudolph, who was making his first start of the sea- Kudol'ih hurled one-hit ball for eight innings but was relieved lor Darrell Martin in the ninth inning when the Bees got a pair of run ners on base. Seattle picked up single runs in the second, third and ninth inn ings while the Bees got their only run in the first inning off a two base error by Paul Petlit and Kenny Toothman's singles. TV Winner Ready For Alex Miteff L0L1SV1LLE l'PI Aloruo Johnson, a younj man from Penn sylvania who cut his eye teeth on a ring rooe. today was ready to take on Argentine heavyweight Alex Miteff after spoiling Willie Pastrano's comeback hopes by winning a unanimous decision. Subbing for Witelf; Ihe former barber from Braddock. Pa.. stalked the Miami. Fla., boxer for most of the 10 rounds rnday night and rang up an impressive, if close, decision by shrugging off Pastrano's fast punching Neither fighter was ever down in the nationally televised bout. The win by the better - condi tioned Johnson, ranked seventh by the NBA. was his 13th straight and ran his record to 18-1. For Pastrano. now ranked eighth by Ring Magazine, it was another disappointment in his comeback attempts. Johnson, a fixture in gyms at the tender age of 12 but who didn't get serious about swap ping leather until his early teens, will meet Miteff in New York's Madison Square Garden, Aug. 14. He gave away three and a half pounds to Pastrano. who went into the ring at 187. and has been idle since last February. Pastrano's trainer. Angelo Dun dee, who was running the show for his manager brother,. Chris, said: "We want to fight Johnson again next week or any time." The 24-year-old Johnson said that Pastrano was faster than .Nino Valdes whom he defeated in Madison Square Garden. May 29. "Willie didn't hurt me any and I'm ready for Mitelf," Johnson said. Miteff was prevented from meeting Pastrano by a kidney in fection. Hydro Driver Improves COEIR D'ALENE. Idaho I'P! ' Hydroplane driver Jack Regas, seriously injured in the Diamond Cup races on Lake Coeur d'Alene Sunday, came out of his coma briefly Friday. Kegas. suffering from broken ribs and a skull fracture, came to fur the first time shortly after noon. "ASK ANY GIRL" "SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE" STARTS SUNDAY PAUL NEWMAN Plus SUN.. M0N. DORIS DAY 'PAJAMA GAME" ' WarnercoW Also CARY GRANT l.NGRID BERGMAN "INDISCREET" '