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Observer, La Grrrtde, Ore., Thurt., Aug. 6, 1959 Page 3' .... ... A WM Pit Old Pros Skid Down Freeway NEW YORK I'PI Lurry Dohy and Curt Simmons, sent to labor in the minor league vine yards this season afler spectacu lar major league careers, can find many more of the old heroes working in the bushes in an at tempt to get back under base ball's big top. When Doby went to San Diego and Simmons to Williamsport they were treaiing a well-worn road1. Because the path to the majors is long aid winding 'while the road back is a short, super highway. But many of them keci trying, lured by the memory of what used to be and what, by some miracle, might be once again. Most of them stay for a while In the top minors, then drift grad ually downward until even the memory of their one-time skills can no longer give them competi tive employment. The others una ble to shake the bug become man agers, honing in this manner to hit the road back. Cooper Pilots Indianapolis Like Walker Cooper, the skip per at Indianapolis. Even the younger fans can remember back to the halcyon days when he and his big brother, Mort, walked out into the sunshine at Yankee Sta dium and swept the cocky Cardi nals to World Series victory. In the American Assn. with him Fighter Scores 18th Win With Only One Eye CHICAGO UPIi Sonny Us ton, rated the world's third best heavyweight, won his 25th pro fight with only one eye Wednes day night, but it wasn't by choice. Liston, scoring his 18th straight victory, had to close his right eye to knock but Cuban trial horse Nino Valdcs at 47 seconds of the third round because he was see ing double. ""I was seeing two of him all through the second round," he said "I think he stuck his thumb. Anyhow it started to close and I was seeing two of everything aft er that. "When I was in the corner aft er the second round, there was an ice bag on my eye, and . I saw only one trainer so in the- third, I closed the right eye and knocked him out." It was Liston's 16th knockout triumph and gave him a record of 25 wins in 26 fights. Valdes, knocked out for the fifth time in his 18 year career in the ring, declared that Liston was the best heavyweight around right now, even better than Sweden's champion Ingemar Johansson. "Liston would take out Johansson with one punch," manager Bob by Gleason added. Liston was a 5 to 1 favorite for the bout and he justified the odds. In the third, Valdes was bounced in the rones in a hurry and as he came off, Liston landed a left-right-left combination to fold his opponent onto the canvas. It was Valdcs 18th defeat in 68 pro fights. Both Valdrs and Liston weighed 211 pounds. Indians Lose ' Billy Martin For A Month WASHINGTON UPI - Second baseman Billy Martin, who suf fered a fractured cheekbone and a broken jaw when struck by a pitch in Wednesday night's game against the Washington Senators, was lost to the Cleveland Indians for at least a month today. Martin needs "extensive re pairs," according to Dr. George A. Resta, Senators' team physi cian who is treating Martin at Georgetown Hospital. The scrappy second baseman was injured as lcadoff batter in the first inning of the second game of Wednesday night's twi nigM twin bill. With a count of two strikes and one ball, Martin was hit in the face by a fast ball served up by Senators' righthand er Tex Clcvenger Martin was knocked flat by the force of the blow and lay on his face until , umpire Joe Paparella rolled him over. He was taken from the field on a stretcher. ( The accident to Martin, coming as the American League pennant race enters its most critical phase, was only the latest in a series of injuries that have plagued the ex-Yankee infielder this year. He has been out of ac tion at various times with an in jured hajid, a strained shoulder, and a virus. ' BOSOX SIGN FIELDER , SAN FRANCISCO UPI -Charles Shepherd, an . 18-year-old outfielder from Waterford, Calif., has signed -a contract with the Boston Rd Sox. Shepherd w(ll report to the Red Sox' Raleigh form club in the Carolina I.-m';iip dikI spring. ' To Mi nors are such as Stai Hack at Denver, Itube Walker at Houston and Max Macon at St. Paul. And under them and others trying to sit their way back to the top, still in spangles are such players as Ray Noble of the Giants, Jim Dclsing of the Tigers. Torn Pohol slty of the Cards, all at Houston; Hoy Smalley of the Cubs a'ld Wil lard Nixon of the Red Sox at Minneapolis. Ma-to Fricano of the A's Is at Dallas with Fred Baczewski of the Reds; Harry Perkowski of the Reds at Denver; Joe Presko of the Cards and Bob Hazle of the Braves at Charleston; Dick Lit tlefield at Louisville and Bob Ku ava, who knew World Scries fame, at Indianapolis with Lcs Moss of the Orioles. Kciby Farrell, who pulled the strings for the Indians, keeps try ing at Buffalo in the International League. Pepoe- Martin, the old "wild hoss of the Osage" who ran wild against the A's in 1931, is at Miami. And Dixie Walker, one of the old Dodger stars, at Toronto shuffling the talent. Amorot Runs For Montrtal Remember Sandy Amoros and the catch which was the master piece of a Dodger World Series victory over the Yankees? He's still . running for Montreal along with Mike Goliat of the Phillies. Pirate Bobby Del Greco. Cub Warren Hacker and Max Surkont of the Braves are at Buffalo. Bob Chakales of the Indians is at To ronto, and Paul Gicl of the Giants at Columbus. Miami has a host of them: Foster Castleman, Frank Kellert, Norm Zauchin, George Zuver ink, Harry Byrd and Mickey Mc Dermott, the singing southpaw from the Red Sox. And who will forget big Luke Easter, who nev er quite turned out right at Cleve land and now continues at Roch ester Bob Elliott is managing Sacra mento in the Pacific Coast League, his third managerial berth at Spokane. It's a league with many of the old names, too. Steve Bilko and Fred Hatfield at Spokane; Jim Greengrass, Lar ry Jansen of the large family, hard-luck Art Houtteman at Port land; Paul Pettit, Windy McCall and Dee Fondy at Seattle; Joe Hatten, Erv Palica and Ed Ba zinski, the bull fiddle man, at Vancouver. Skeeter Newsome runs the club at Birmingham, Luke Appling at Memphis, Dick Sisler at Nashville and Mel Parnell, the pitching man, at New Orleans. Grady Hat ton manages San Antonio and Pis tol Pete Reiser is at Victoria. , Farther down, Charley Silvera pilots .Binghamton, Clyde McCul lough runs Asheville, Sibby Sisti manages Jacksonville with John ny Pesky at Knoxville, Mike Mc- Cormick at Fresno, Whitey Ku rowski, a Series star with the racehorse Cardinals, at- Billings and Stubby Overmire at Decatur trying to make an eighter. For most of them, though, the dice will never roll hot again. Medford Ballplayers Enroll At U of Oregon EUGENE (UPI) Three mem bcrs of the 1959 Medford baseball team, which advanced to the semi finals of this year's state prep championship action, have told Oregon baseball coach Don Kirsch that they will enroll at Oregon this Tall. The three are Dennis Barr, who was the staging hurlcr for the state squad in the all - star came held here several weeks ago. Boh Pond, catcher and out fielder Ron Perry, LOCKE WINS OPEN MANCHESTER, N. H. 'UPI) - Bobby Locke of South Africa won the $1,000 New Hampshire Open golf tournament Tuesday with a five under -par 139 for 36 holes HE HITS EVERYTHING Giant Rookie Is Chief Topic Of Talk At All-Star Game LOS ANGELES UPI) The National League talk at the All Star game mostly centered on a guy who wasn't even here. " "Tell us about that Willie Mc Covey of the Giants," was the stock request. "What kind of ball player is this McCovey," reporters asked Willie Mays. "There' not much to say about hifi except that this boy is a born hitter." said Mays. "He hits every kind of pitch. He hasn't been fully tested yet, but I think hf'll hit everything and both right-handers and left handers." Haney's Comment Naturally, manager Fred Ha ney of the Milwaukee Braves has heard aHout the McCovey explo sion that has rocked the San Francisco Giants and kept them in the pennant fight. "Heniemlier when Wes Coving ton came 1o us and did the same k&&SXflnn-mmmmm i mm nn in- r in i rwt'WiwiliL-iWt.iii. a,V,, BOTTOMS UP FOR RACER Hans Hermann crouched dazedly on the track during the German Grand Prix in Ber lin. His racing car swerved cra.ily through the air after it went out of control. The wheel goes spinning away at the right. Hermann was only slightly injured. Jean Behra of France died when his car slammed into'a flagpole. States Join To Clean Up Columbia PORTLAND UPI Plans to clean up the lower Columbia river by March of 1961 were announced today by Oregon. Washington and federal water pollution control authorities. The program is an outgrowth of a 1958 conference among the U. S. Public Health Service, the Oregon State Sanitary Authority, the Washington Pollution Control Commission and other groups. The conference was held to dis cuss pollution of the Columbia be tween Bonneville dam and Cath- lamet, Wash. ' A public meeting will be held at the Interior building here Sept. 3 to discuss details of the pregram. Plans Listed The plans provide: 1. No pollution will be tolerated which interferes with "legitimate water uses," which include pub lie water supply, commercial uses including commercial fishing and recreational uses including sport fishing 2. All Oregon and Washington industries on the lower Columbia from Bonneville to Cathlamet or Officials Investigate 'Promotional Actions' Of Championship Bout By JACK CUDDY United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) Investiga tions by the district attorney's of fice and the New York state Ath lptic Commission were being made today into the strange "promotional activities" that sur rounded the Ingemar Johansson Floyd Patterson heavyweight title fight. June 26. Ex-promoter Bill Roscnsohn had another date today at the offices of the Dist. Atty. Frank Hogan, who disclosed Wednesday night that his men and the "boxing grand jury" had been investigat ing "the activities of Rosensohn and his associates" since July 23. Chairman Mclvin L. Krulcwitch of the athletic commission said his investigation was starting with an immediate study of Roscn sohn's charges against some of his associates charges appear ing in Sports Illustrated maga zine. Krulcwitch was uncertain whether commission hearings would be scheduled before, the district attorney and grand jury had finished their Inquiry. However, one thing did seem certain that the investigations would kill any chance of the re thing?" asked Haney. "I'll tell you right now if Covington was hitting like McCovey is, the Braves would be way out in front in the National League race." Eddie Leishman, general mana ger of the Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League, has been looking at McCovey for the past two years. "That boy is only 21 years old and he seems to improve and learn something every day,'' said Leishman. "I recall that last year, by pitching him in tight, we could get him out. "This year, before he went Bp to the Giants, we tried everything, including the things that got him out on last year, and we couldn't do a thing with him." Best In Everything McCovey was leading the Pa cific Coast League in hitting with a .377 mark when he was called up to tlx- Giants a week ai'o He also kiMhe loop in home runs With Federal Agency immediately adjacent thereto, or involved in operations so as to produce an effect not consistent with water quality requirements" will be required to submit re ports listing detailed plans for abating pollution. 3. All industries discharging wastes into the stream will be re quired to halt their pollution by March. 1961. 4. All cities contaminating the river "shall take effective action to construct sewage treatment works comprising not less than primary treatment and effective disinfection." Time schedules for completion of these projects will be decided at next month's meet ing. 5. No slimes "in such amounts that will interfere with specified legitimate uses" will be tolerated. 6. No bacterial contamination of the river by cities or indus tries will be allowed above rigid ly specified levels considered safe for human and animal use Portland Cited The announcement said that if the proposed program is adopted in its present form it would be turn Johansson-Patterson fight being staged this year. Before Rosensohn resigned as promoter on Monday, the fight had been tentatively scheduled for Yankee Stadium, Sept. 22. Both Hogan and Krulewitch em phasized that they were not in vestigating the fight itself, in which Johansson wrested the crown from Patterson on a third round knockout. They were ex ploring only the activities of men connected with the promotion "in any Way." Rosensohn, storm center of the most turbulent promotion in heavyweight championship an nals, was first questioned on July 23, Hogan explained. "And he's been here four or five times since then,'' the district attorney said John G. Boron) i, the assistant district attorney working with the two-year-old boxing grand Jury liad obtained "certain very inter esting information" about some of Rosensohn's associates that "stimulated our curiosity," Hogan recalled. "And so we called him to our office." Thus far, no one else connected with the promotion has been called in, the district attorney said. with 28 and in runs-batted-in with 91. The six-foot, four-inch slugger has been an even bigger sensation in the major leagues and all the players are waiting for their first look at. him if fhey haven't already 'tasted some of his slugging- . "Does he hit high loopcrs for his hits or are they line drives?" asked one reporter. "And what kind of pitches doe he hit?" J Mays answer Is that he hits all all kinds of pitches and he hits to all fields. "And don't forget that McCovey is a fine fielding first baseman," added Leishman. "He'll make a' great third baseman out of Orlan do Ccpeda." Cepeda, all-star first sacker this year, wa moved off the ini tial sack to give McCovey a chance. Cepeda has been less than a sensation ul third base so far but is exH'ctttl to inijirove. By March enforced by the two states with the help of the federal govern ment. Any industry needing "addi tional knowledge" on its problem or possible solutions may file a supplementary report. The Oregon Sanitary Authority said the program is expected to be welcomed by commercial fish ermen and sportsmen who have long complained about heavy slime growths in the Columbia.- Portland was the only Oregon municipality listed as unsatisfac tory in the report. The Sanitary Authority filed suit last March 2 to force improvement of the city's pollution control program but the case has not yet come to trial. Standings United Press International National League W. L. Pet. CB San Francisco Los Angeles Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Philadelphia 60 46 .566 61 58 51 50 50 50 44 48 46 56 55 56 57 .560 .558 .477 .476 1 94 9'1 .472 10 ,467 10'i .417 15 Wednesday's Results Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4 San. Francisco 4 Milwaukee 1 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0 (night) Los Angeles 6 Cincinnati 3 (night) American League- W. L. Pet. GB Chicago Cleveland Baltimore Kansas City New York Detroit Boston 63 42 .600 . 62 45 .579 2 55 52 51 52 47 44 .505 10 .495 11 .490 ll'i .481 124 .443 164 Washington .407 20V4 Wednesday's Results New York 3 Detroit 0 Chicago 2 Bait. 0 (1st. twinight) Bait. 7 Chicago 1 (2nd, night i Clevelnd 7 Wash. 3 (1st, twinight) Wash. 9 Cleveland 0 (2nd, night) Boston 17 Kansas City 6 (night) Pacific Coast League W. L. Pet. GB Sacramento 61 53 .535 Portland 58 53 .523 14 Vancouver 59 .56 .513 2 4 Salt Lake 59 56 .513 2 4 Phoenix 58 57 .504 3 4 San Diego 57 58 .496 44 Spokane 56 (l ;4B3 6 Seattle 49 64 '.434 114 Wednesday's Results Spokane 1 Phoenix 0 Sacramento 3 . Vancouver 2 Portland 3 San Diego 0 Salt Luke 8 Seattle 4 Northwest Yakima Wenatchce Eugene Lewiston League , Standings W. L. Pet. GB. 20 16 .555 . 19 17 .528 1 18 18 .500 2 17 17 .500 2 Salem 16 18 .470 3 Tri-Cily 15 19 .441 4 Wednesday s Results Yakima 6 Salem 1 Tri-City 4 Lewiston 3 ' Eugene 6 Wenatchce 5 Today's Schedule Yakima at Salem Lewiston at Tri-City CABINET WORK T Mttt Every Natdl Resldentlil Commercial v Industrial Millar's Cabinet Shop Greenwood and Jefferson atiJ.l!iafHlMtij r-v' FOLGER'S COFFEE i.B9e 2 lbs. 1.37 BORDEN'S NEW DUTCH CHOCOLATE 33) LB. MIRACLE WHIP L2T3Si SALAD DRESSING QTS. NBC Crackers Triangle Thins Rye Thins Wheat Thins Vegetable Thins Chippers . 2 ps. 155 Berry's Ice Cream (B0C HALF GAL.. 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