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OBSERVER I N.il'AndersW Okrfr, La Grand, Ora., Fri., Aug. 14, 1959 Paga 2 Player Injuries Slow East Drills The East team was schitluWd to work out under the lights at East era Oregon College tonight but the possibility of a full-scale scrim mage was reduced by the injury of two more pluyers yestvrday. Big Alonzo Kluer came up with a pulled groin muscle and Dick Huhl, lleppner, also hi. a groin (train making a total of six men under the care of trainer Archie Duiumour. - Had Coach Al Keck said he probably would work the offense . against the defensive line but in juries may not allow a full scrim mage. The team worked out in shorts and t-shirts yesterday morning. The drill consisted of passing and timing in preparation for the game only eight days away. The backs and the line worked separately during most of the morning. Before the session ended the NOW THRU SAT. It started where civilization stoppedl 2a 1 mm (CCKOH by I otme I WDJ.UM KSHQr - RDU SHIPlUa am miort mnwl-m maw. ST BCHWBJ MfflO-- K- QNI (0WUI.I. inns nnu m a'tilofui. louunTiu :OPE)' Plot TODAY SAT. Glenn Ford in "TORPEDO RUN" Piu Alan Larid "THE BADLANDERS" kickers took over and the team worked as a unit on PAT'i, kick of.'s and punting. Coaches intro duced punt return patterns into the program for the day. During the afternoon the line got individual attention. Dave Huckett was singled out again for his pass receiving. Keck picked out Curl Banker, Stunfuild. Uuvr Schreiber, Muupin ,and Ron Robin sen. Union, for th?ir offensive showing during the afternoon drill)!. i The quarterbacks got special work yesterday as coaches con centrated on finding a man to lead the big. East team into action. John ilaskins, Mtrrill, Ruhl, Charles Roller, Merrill, Charles Myers, Echo, and Cliff Johnson Wallowa got praise from alt three coaches for their fine showing on pass defense. The five men have looked good on defense all through the prao- ticc. , "The offense shapes up good and backs are running hard but need timing." said Keck. "The line is shaping up real well but we haven't had time to do much with them defensively Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week we'll concentrate on de fense," Keck continued. ' Standings United Press International I : f M- , - . "J - V ' " - V j - r .'tlv;d nil 25 TRIO OF VALLEY ALL-STARS Ellis Cheney, Elgin, left, Frank Fruitts, Cove, and on Robinson, Union, are mem bers of the East All-Star team working out in La Grande for game in Pendleton Aug. 22. Fruitts is a converted end working out as a quarterback and Cheney and Robinson are linemen. (Observer Photo) Enterprise Golfer Takes First Round Lead In Elk's Open Tourney Deb Penny of Enterprise grab-itoured the 13 holes with a net 71 bed a one stroke lead in the sixth annual Elk's Open golf tournament that got underway at the La Grande Country Club yesterday. Twenty-two players teed off in he first day of golf. Denny to edge La Grande's Wibur Lar sen. Larsen shot a not 72. Joe Frcdricks of La Grande was another stroke back in third place with a net 73. Lee Sloner of La Grande and Joe Fredricks tied for low gross Major League Standings San Francisco Los Angeles Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati St. Louis Philadelphia National League W. L. Pet. CB 65 48 .575 . GS 51 .553 14 61 50 55 57 550 3 .491 Vi 55 58 .487 10 53 60 .4fi 12 53 63 .457 UVi 47 65 .420 17b Thursday's Results Chicago 20 San Francisco 8 Los Angeles 7 St. Louis t (night) Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee ( (night (Only games scheduled.) American League W. L. Pet. CB 68 43 .613 . 67 47 .5118 2Vi 57 56 56 56 55 60 53 61 51 63 46 68 .404 234 .504 12 .500 124 .478 15 .465 164 .451 IK Chicago Cleveland New York Baltimore Detroit Kansas City Boston Washington Thursday's Results Chicago 9 Derail 0 Washington 5 New York 2 Cleveland 7 Kan. City 5 ( night (Only games scheduled.) Pacific Coait League Portland Vancouver Suit Lake Sacramento San Diego Spokane Phoenix Seattle Thursday's Results " I auu Lane o oMjKune o isi-r ins. ' Spokane 6 Salt Lake 5 (2nd) Portland 5 Sacramento 1 San Diego 4 Vancouver 0 Seattle 2 Phoenix 1 64 57 .529 . 63 0 .512 2 63 60 .512 2 63 61.. 508 24 62 (3 .500 34 61 64 .488 5 59 65 .476 64 58 64 .475 64 mm 7k, SAFE! EASY! PROMPT! Com true in MAYFLOWER SERVICEI tUnfc to a 41 dm Mi Carafe till The expert planner! of May Dower March doily for pros Meal ways to safeguard yaut household goodi . , , to matte your task eaty , , . when you neve long -dbtance by May lower. . . tut m CALL US FOR BLUE BLAZE The Rest In Stoker Cesl MOVING 14 SERVICE m.j..v,'Hi Ken Johnson Wins No. 15 For Beavers 5-1 United Press International Lanky 26-year-old Ken Johnson has become the winningest pitcher in the Pacific Coast League and he's carrying Portland's Beavers right along with him. The 200-pound right hander won his 15th game of the season last night, muffling Sacramento on five hits. 5-1. He's lost only five. Johnson, who won 11 and lost 17 with Buffalo in 1958, entered Thursday night's fray with' a 2.44 ea-ned run average and 107 strikeouts, both marks near the top in league statistics. His "stopper" victory, ' getting the league-leading Hevos back on the win trail after a double loss Wednesday, was Johnsons's nth straight this season in Portland's Multnomah Stadium. In other action Thursday, Seattle continued its torrid pace by win ning its ninth in a row, 2-1 over Phoenix. San Diego blanked Van couver, 4-0, and Salt Lake split with Spokane, winning an 8-3 opener but dropping the nightcap, 6-5. Big Steve Bilko was Sx)kane's heavy artillery in the second game, belting a grandslam home run and a triple to hack up pitch er Connie Grob's llth win of the year. In the opener, a pair of bases empty homers by R. C. Stevens and Dick Barone paced the Bees. Bilko also homered for SMk;ine in the seven-inning first game, but winning pitcher George Perez was in control for Salt Lake most of the way. Bilko's homers were his 21st and 22nd of the season. Mark Freeman's three-hit pitch ing and the hitting of Gale Wade led Seattle's rejuvenated Hainiers in their 2-1 conquest of Phoenix. The win moved the cellar-dwellers to within one percentage point of the seventh-place Giants, and kept them within six and a half games of first-place Portland. Alex Miteff Underdog In Friday Fight NEW YOHK (Ul'K Heavy weight Alex Miteff of Argentina will try 'to snap contender Aknso Johnson s winning string at un lucky 13" tonight in their TV fight at Madison Square Garden. However, Slick Alonzo from Braddock. Pa., is a slight favorite at 6-5 to beat brawny Miteff and register his 14th consecutive vic tory. This 10-rounder between two am bitious 21-year-olds will be tele vised and broadcast nationally by NBC at 10 p.m. c.d.t. Superstitious Miteff, former Buenos Aires butcher boy, says: "It's hard for any boxer to get past 13. I had 12 straight whvn I started, but was stopped in my 13th bout by Mike DeJohn. John son has 13. but be ll get no furth er tonight." Because of his skill, speed and two latest victories over Nino Val des and Willie" Pastrano, Johnson is ranked seventh among conten ders ly the National Boxing As sociation and eighth by the King magazilen. ..Miteff, former Pan American a:nuteur heavyweight champion, is bigger, stronger and more ex plosive than Johnson. But there's some doubt about his ruggedness. ATHLETES . . . big fme or tand lot... wear DR. NOLES CONTACT LENSES FOR SAFETY I Buck Backstop m m 1 V Wears tomacxs . m'.Tiimf i APV-Catcher Jr"K.ur oi pituburgh A- msior league history by wearing contact fJaVtoVrtheMU. I "The contact r I 'PK.m tnr about 14 weeks.' 1 X put them in to the morrwij P. irStakt them out it right,"' he Mia. II V IT via? 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Trophies will be awarded for team play as well as individual play Sunday afternoon there will be a sole survivors match after regular play is completed. The public is invited to follow the players around the course. The 10 golfers who will com pete in the match will be se lected by the 10 lowest scores In the first round of competition. Several outstanding amateur players and former state eham plons are on hand. Players come from all over tho northwest and from as far away as San Francis Co to enter the competition. Cubs Crush Giants; Sox Blank Detroit United Press International Frank Lane may have struck it lucky again in ohtauu-g Jack Harshma.i for a mere $20,000. That's the . amount the Cleve land general manager paid the lied Sox to acquire the 32-yea old left-hander who came through Thursday night in his first start to go the distance in the Indians' 7-5 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. The win enubled the second place Indians to remain 2': lengths behind the Chicago White Sox who clobbered the Detroit Tigers. 9 0, for the 2jth win of Eaily Wyan's mujor league ca reer. And it put them ' games aheaJ of the third - place New York Yankees who suffered a b-'l loss to the Washington Senators. Momer-Produced Runs All fivo Kansas City runs off Ilurshman resulted from homers by Bob C'erv, Zeke Bella and Dick Williams but the lean left hander yielded a total of only seven hits and walked only one. The White Sox backed Wynn's three-hit pitching with a 14-hil attack that included boxers by Jim Landig, Bubba Phillips, Earl LTo-geson and Sherman Lollar. Harmon Miicorew nit two dou bles and a single, drove in two i mis and scored another as the Senators scored their second straight victory over the Yankees The Los Angeles Dodgers took over second place in the Na tional League by shading the 9t. Louis Cardinals, 7-6, the Cincin nati Reds downed the Milwaukee Braves, 9-8, and the Chicago Cubs hammered out a 0-9 victory over the San Francisco Gia'its. The Dodgers pile I up a-i early 7-1 lead for Sandy Koufax but Danny McDevitt was rushed into the game in the ninth when the Cardinals rallied for five runs to full one short of a tie. Frank Robinson hit the first grand slam homer of his career and drove in five runs and Vada I'inson had three hits, including a homer, to lead the Reds' 1-hit a'tack that dealt Bob Buhl his eii'hth defeat. Rookie George Altman drove in five runs with two homers and a single and Al Dark hit a grand slam homer for the Cubs and Willie Mays, Willie Kirkland and Jackie Brandt homered for the Giants in a three-hour and 50-rhin-ute game that set a National League record for a nine-inning contest. Seven homers, lour tri ples and four doubles were hit' as the teams collected a total of 31 hits. Colts Are, Favored By 17 Points CHICAGO l"PI Youth and a break in weather will be going for the College All Stars tonight, but the National Football League chumpion Baltimore Colts still were 17 p;int favorites to win the 2,1th game between the pro titlists and the cream of the amateur crop. Forecasters expected a hot hu mid night, possibly with some thundcrshowiTS. and the younger collegians were figured to better more from these conditions in their bid for a ni:ith All Star win in the series. Giaha-n will ha'.e Lee Gross cup, t tah. at quarterback, Don Uiown. Houston, and Dick Haley, t'illslmrgh. at halfbacks. Niik I'etrosa ite. Noire Dame, 225. at fullback, and Buddy Dial, Rice, aH'Uavc Snerer. Southern Metho dist, at ends. ti:ie Sclawsky. Pur due, 2a, and Fran O'Brien, Mich igan State. 235. at tackles. Mike Rabold, Indiana, 240, . and John Woolen, Colorado, 230, at guards, and Dan James, Ohio Stale, 250 at center. STOCK CAR RACES Ladies Win Flag Match At Club Maxine De Vaney, Hazel Moe and Frances McCall captured top honors in a flag tournament held Tuesday at the La Grande coun try club. j De Vaney captured the Class A title. Hazel Moe the B champion ship, and Francis McCall won the C Class. j The eclectic ball for July was awarded to Mollie Mahoney with a net 60. i The ladies ventured to Baker,? lor a maicn weanesuay ana June Moberry grabbed low gross hon ors while Rcba Laird was gain ing low net honors for the day. in nine-hole play Hazel Moe had the low gross and Wilma Harrison was low net. In La Grande Al The J.C. Race Track Union - Hot Lake Highway Next To The Flamingo CAMDEN BOUT SET CAMDF.N," N.J. lUPD Dick j Tiger, British Empire middle-! weight champion, will meet 10th ranked George Ace) Armstrong of Elizabeth, N.J., in a 10-round nationally-televised bout at Cam- j den's Convention Hall Sept. 2. 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