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Farnam's Grab 76 Little League Win In Only Action Wednetday'c Reiulti Farnam't ? Hand Ford a Eldridge-VFW (gam will be y made up later) iTigeri 1 Doctgert 0 (forefoit) iFarnam's edged by th Hand Fiird lillle league team in the nielli's o ly action. Tho Titters won their second straight game by forefcit from the Dodgers and Eldriditc'a and VFW will make up thWr game later in the season. ' Fainam's jumped into a three run lead in the bottom of the first inning and led all the way in dump ing the Hand Ford 7 6. Kck'-I OBSERVER - f Neil Andersen Observer, La Grande, Ore., Thurs., July 30, 1959 Page 1 LA Climbs To Top; Stop Pirates 2-0 United Pre Internationa lr was a touh fight, ma, but the Dodgers finally made it to the top of the heap with the aid of Hoger Skinny i Craig, who has rAit them in line for the fattest World Series payoff ever. i Craig, a sore armed case no one would've given a plugged nickel for three months ago, pitched the Dodgers into first place for the first time since May 12th by beating the I'irates. 2-0 , Wednesday night. 'The victory had the Dodgers rubbing their hands on a number of counts. Beavers Split Two With Sacs c - . United Press International George Freese's' tilth home run o the year paced Portland to a second game victory over Sac ramento here Wednesday night 6S.' The Solons took the opener -. The split left Portland in third place. 1 I Freese's blow was a three-run blast in the seventh with Portland trailing 4-3. It came off Terry Pox, dealing him his first Pacific Coast League loss of the season, lie had won seven straight. Glcn McMinn, who relieved starter Ken Johnson in the sixth, stayed on to take the win. J In the first game Roger How man of the Solons fashioned nn eight-Inning, five-hit shutout. The giimc was a continuation of a stiScndcd tilt June 11 and began In the second Inning with the score 0-0. Bob Perry was Sacramento's big gun, batting his 14th home run of the season and doubling home another nin. "Despite a dust storm, thunder showers and the sltiggingest team it the loop, Vancouver's Mounties edged just a little closer to the Pacific Coast League M-nnant Vfcdncsday night. iThe Mounties had to go 10 in nings to do it, but they nipped the Phoenix Giants, 3-J. It was the seventh straight win for the Mounties in the Phoenix park, where the Giants usually play ha voc with other teams in the PCL. ln other action. San Diego won its fourth in a row, pushing Se attle farther Into the cellar, 4-1 Spokane ran roughshod over Salt like City in the other game, 10-4. Wednesday night's Vancouver Phoenix game was delayed 21 irjinutes because of a desert dust storm and thundershowcr. The game finally began in a drizzle and was witnessed by only 384 fans. ;The usually-potent Phoenix bats, good for five home runs two nights ago, were held in cheek Vfednesriay night by four Vancou ver hurlers who allowed nine hits bit no home runs, i Winning pitcher Chuck Estrada began the winning rally, singling and getting forced at second by Marv Breeding. Breeding then r4ced home with the winning tally on Jim Finigan's dmibl?. Marce liho Solis, who went all the way for Phoenix, took the loss. Spokane mnde It two straight With Hs 1M win at Salt Lake, pounding out 16 base hits In the process. Tom Davis and Al N'orris belt ed home runs while Chuck Ksse gian and Bub Lillis gatherc:) three hits apiece for the Indians. Phil Ortega squared his record at 5-5 with the victory. Bee start er Hugh Pepper, now 7-9. look the defeat. Seattle's Rainiers, already sink ing fast in the cellar, found nwre troubles in the ol' kit bag Wednes day night. Along with their 4 1 loss to San Diego, the Ituiniers lost the services of Carroll Har dy. The ex-Cleveland Indian and i Siun Francisco Forty Niner per former sprained his ankle round ing second base In the first inning. " John Briggs went all the way (or the Padres, scattering eight kits. It was Briggs' seventh win of the year against three losses. .Primarily, of course, it brought them visions of a World Series which could mean as much per haps as $15,000 per man. Then too, it meant that the six-foot-four, lm-nound Craig could be counted on us a key man in the stretch run. Craig Fans Savon Craig, whose combined won lost total with Los Angeles and St. Paul was 7-18 lust year, struck out seven Pittsburgh bat ters and allowed only six hits in fashioning his sixth victory last night against only two losses. Until the eighth inning, Craig and Vern Law both pitched score less ' ball. Then the ' Dodgers scored both their runs on two singles, a walk and Don Zim mer's double. That rally dealt the Pirates their ninth straight loss and knocked the Giants out of first place. ' The Phillies defeated the Gi ants, 3-1: the Braves topped the Cubs, 8-5, a nd the Heds routed the Cardinals, 9-2, in other Na tional League games. Kansas City's suddenly awak ened Athletics made it 10 in a row with a 5-4 victory over Wash ington in the American League; Boston lieat Cleveland, 4-1; Bal timore downed Detroit, 5-1, and Chicago and New York played to a 4-4 tic in a game culled after six innings because of rain. " Hsnert Fall Giants Home runs liy Kd Bourhee and Gene Freese of the Phils proved the downfall of the Giants. South paw Johnny Antonelli yielded both homers in the fourth inning. Hank Aaron led Milwaukee to within a game of first place when he slammed a pair of homers against the Cubs. Aaron drove in tlr.ee runs with his 25th and 2tth homers and helied Lew Buntcttc to his Mlh victory. Cincinnati came up with six runs in the eighth to clinch its victory over St. Louis. The Heds' eigh'.h-inning rally was composed of five hits' and three walks. Senators Drop To Collar The Athletics tightened their hoid on fourth place and handed the Senators their 11th straight setback, thus dumping them into the AL cellar. Hook ic Al Schroll out-pitched Cal McLish in the Kcd Sox tri umph over the Indians. SchftU reeled off a six-hitter and didn't walk a man in gaining his first triumph. The Orioles converted two er rors by Tiger shortstop Coot Veal into three early runs and young sters Jerry Walker and Milt Pap pas did the rest with a combined six-hit victory. Yogi Berra's 13th home run of the season with one on in the sixth earned the Yankees their rain abbreviated stalemate with the White Sox. The tie game, coupled with Boston's victory over Cleveland, increased the While Sox' lend to a full game over the second-place Indians. . ' walked and went to third on Joe Jackman's single. Hunter wulked to load the buses and Gary Sims' single drove in two runs. Sidor walked to load th'.- bases again and Sims scored on an error when the second baseman booted Hoger Worriel's ground ball. The Fordmen made the score 3-1 in the top of the second. Hal Carman was safe on an error ut second. He stole second and went to third on a ground out. Carman came home when W. Berry bodnced out pitcher to first. Farnam's and Hand swapped four run lourths. Hand went alrad in the top of the inning on Car man's home run with the bases full. (Vive Shrum was safe on an error and Terry picket beat out a num. jonn riper wameu 10 mi tho bases and Carman unloaded a roundtripper. Farnam's came back to make it a T5 eame in the bottom of the inning. Tim Craig walked und Sims and Cal Scott were both safe on errors. Worriel matched Carman's home run with a blast of his own that scored four runs. Hand scored a single run in the fifth. After Carman had singled and stole second and third he scored on Worriells single to left. Winning pitcher Craig struck out 10 batters while loser Piper fanned 13 batsmen. ' Vacations and work have forced noil minement of the Kldridge-VFW name and caused the Dodgers to forfeit their game to the Tigers. It was the Tigers second straight forfeit win and moved them into first place in the Elk's league. CSHf -:' i; 'j n -.. I TOP AFTERNOON KEGLERS Lois Ferguson, Rosemary Teuscher, and Echo Siegrist, known in bowling alleys as the Gutter Gang topped the Wednesday afternoon bowling league during summer action. Trophies will be awarded to the winning team and individual trophies presented at a banquet Wednesday night. ' (Observer photo) Pros Consult Pros To Cure Golf Ills Bowling Results Wednesday Afternoon League Final Standings - W L TP Gutter Gang S9 19 14.6fi7 Nameless Ones 27 21 12.833 fin I'ps 24 24 12 8KI McCoy's Bandits 23 25 14 2SO The Duds 21 27 II. (WIS Lucky Strikes 19 29 13.379 Gutter Gang: LoL Ferausnn. 4S3.1RH. - - - - Nameless Ones: Gloria Nelson. 372.142. Pin t'os: Marian llillarv Muriel Kwen IS ' ' McCoy's Bandits: June Forrv. 437.1!VI. The Duds: Beth Cleaver 34fl Fannie McFarland 133. Lucky Strikes: Gloria Telfair. 414.1M. Blackouts May End Baseball TV WASHINGTON (UPIl A broadcasting industry spokesman saiu today television networks would be forced to end their telecasts of major league base ball games under a proposal to black out stations within 75 miles of minor league communities. Harold E. Fellows, president of the National Assn. of Broadcast ers, filed a statement with the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Committee which is considering bills to give professional team siwrts exemptions from the ami trust laws. The subcommittee today called Paul Richards, manager of the Baltimore Orioles, to hear his views on how the "have-nots" can compete with the "haves" in baseball. Richards is the author of a re cent magazine article in which he blamed many of baseball's ills on the bonus system used to uc- quire promising young players. He contended an unrestricted draft of minor league players would do much to cure such trou bles. Earl Mann, president of the At lanta Crackers, one of the many minor league clubs which have run into financial difficulties, was to follow Richards to the witness stand. Owner Frank Lawrence ol the defunct Portsmouth, Va.. team, also was scheduled to testi fy. Fellows, in presenting the radio-TV views, noted that a bill by Sen. Kenneth B. Keating (R N.Y.) would enable mujor league clubs to extend broadcast restric tions to all stations within a 75 milc radius of a minor league community. If approved by Congress, Fel lows said, this proposal would re move a major share of the po tentiul audience for such telecasts and It would not be economically feasible for an advertiser to spon sor the programs. Racing Association Has Meeting Tonight The I'nion Countv Rarini Association will hold its regu lar meeting tonight at 7:30. The meet in t will be held in the armory, according to Ken neth Hall. BUILDERS HARDWARE Modern and Traditional Designs Millar' Cabi.iet Shop Grvonwood and Jofforaon Hungry? Drive 20 mios west on old Hwy. 30 for ALL THE CHICKEN YOU CAN EATI 1.50 Children . V. 75c SANDWICHES AND OTIIFJl D1NNKRS, ALSO KAIIELA INN Phono Kamola i CLOSED MONDAYS MINNEAPOLIS (L'PIl Any golf pro will tell you that if your woods are wobbly your irony! are insipid or your putting is putrid there is only one thing to do. Go sec a golf pro. That is exactly what about half of the field in the PGA golf tour nament did just before teeing off in a championship you'd expect to field the finest players in the game. These are the best players. Yet even for the golf pros things go sour from time to time and they Standings United Press International National League W. L. Pet. GB Los Angeles 57 46 .553 . San Francisco 55 45 .550 'i Milwaukee 53 44 .546 1 Chicago 50 411 .505 5 Pittsburgh 4!l 52 .485 7 St. Louis 47 53 .470 8'2 Cincinnati ' 46 54 .460 9'z Philadelphia 42 56 .429 12'j Wednesday's Results Philadelphia 3 San Francisco 1 Milwaukee 8 Chicago 5 ( night Cincinnati 9 St. Louis 2 (night) Los Angeles 2 Pittsburgh 0 (night) American League W. L. Pet. GB Chicago 57 40 .588 .. Cleveland 57 42 . 576 1 Baltimore 52 50 .510 7's Kansas City 4!l 49 .500 8'j New York 48 50 .4H) 9'j Detroit 49 54 .476 II Boston 43 S6 .434 15 Washington 43 57 .430 15i Wednesday's Results Baltimore 5 Detroit 1 Boston 4 Cleveland 1 (night) New York 4 Chicago 4 (night, tie game. 6 innings, rain) Kan. City 5 Washington 4 (night) Pacific Coast League W. L. DPct. GB Vancouver 58 49 .542 Sacramento 56 50 .528 1'4 Portland 53 49 .520 2' Salt Lake 54 53 .505 4 Phoenix 53 54 .493 5 San Diego 51 57 .477 7 Seattle 47 59 .443 10' Wednesday's Results Sacramento 6 Portland 0 (1st) Portland 6 Sacramento 3 (2nd) Vancouver 3 Phoenix 2 San Diego 4 Seattle 1 Spokane 10 Salt Lake City 4 Northwest League Standings W L. Pet. GB. Wenatchee 17 11 .607 .. Yakima 17 12 .585 i Lewiston 14 13 .518 24 Salem 13 14 .481 3' Tri-City ll 16 .408 54 Eugene 11 17 .393 6 Wednesday's Results Wenatchee 10 Salem 7 Yakima 10 Tri-City 1 Eugene 8 Lewiston 7 have to seek out a friend among their number to put the compo nent parts of the swing back into place. Even Snead Takes Lessons Thay all take lessons, including such as Sam Snead and Jackie Burke. Snead is one of the first to perk up his ears when there is a discussion of rolling the ball into the cup and he takes more putting lessons than any man in the game "He'd take a lesson from the gent in the locker room if the guy sounded as if he knew what he was talking about," one pro commented. . ... Burke has one of the most beautiful swings in golf. It is. however, like one of those micro scopic ladies wrist watches. The slightest thing can and does throw it out of gear. Thus Burke had to seek out Toney I'enna of the MacGregor staff, one of the game's finest teachers, to get his swing functioning perfectly again. Penna is in constant demand at the various tournaments. At the recent U. S. Open, Charley Coe, one of the finest amateurs in the land and a man given a chance to become the first amateur win ner since Johnny Goodman in 1933, came up with the driving shakes. Penna set him straight with a driving lesson the day be fore the Open started. Sam Drake of Richmond. Ind.. and Babe L'rgetta of Syracuse. N.Y.. were among those who sought out Penna Wednesday just hours before the PGA got under way. Both were having driving miseries, too. Hands In Wrong Position "It was only that their hands were in the wrong position and they couldn't hit through the ball," shrugged the handsome Penna. "One thing, with the pros, you don't have to tear their games all apart and start from scratch. They just need someone to look over their swing and pick out the fault.' ' The pros generally are free with advice, particularly to the younger players battling to get started on the tour. But oce a man "arrives," he's on his own unless he seeks someone out for help. No valuable information is volunteered to those on top. Snead, as example, was mak ing a big run in the recent Open. Rut, getting his annual case of "Open nerves," he tightened up. Sam didn't realize he wasn't tak ing a full backswing. His rivals did. But nobody said anything to him. "He didn't ask," they shrug. Which should convince you that, if you are having trouble with you game, the only way to get help is to go see your pro. After all. that's even what the pros do. Colts Trade George Shaw To NY Giants WINOOSKI PARK. Vt. (UPD The New York football Giants to day acquired veteran quarterback George Shaw from the champion Baltimore Colts in exchange for a high 1959 draft choice and the Giants' No. 1 draft choice for I960. Shaw was the Colts' bonus se lection in the 1955 college draft but lost his starting job to John ny Unitas two years ago and has been Baltimore's No. 2 man ever since. The 26-year-old former NCAA passing king stirred up a hornet's nest this spring when he notified the Colts that he wanted to be traded unless he could play more. No amount of persuasion by Bal timore coach Weeb Ewbank could change Shaw's mind, and he threatened to quit the game unless he was dealt to another NFL club. The four-year veteran thus be comes me imn quarteruacK can- didate with the Giants this sea son. Currently bidding for the job in camp are Charlie Conerly, Don Heinrich and Frank Gilford, the all-league halfback who is at tempting to make the big jump to quarter. Rookie Lee Grosscup, New York's first draft pick this season, is now with the College All-Stars in Chicago. He will join the Giants in Hershey, Pa., Aug. 15. The Giants, of course, will not go into the regular campaign with five quarterbacks on the roster. "We may carry three," said head coach Jim Lee Howell, "but which three is something that re mains to be seen. 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