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- MOST VALUABLE Ron Robinson from Uniod was
I named the Most Valuable lineman for the East squad
'. following Saturday's Shrine game in Pendleton, Rob-
Z inson played both offense and defense for the East,
who dropped an 8-0 decision to the West on Doyle
c Bransom's 90 yard TD romp on the opening kick joff.
r ' (Observer Photo by Joe Difch!)
Pick Quinn
Country Club Title
.Dick Quinn was crowned Club
Champion at the La - Grande
Country club after grabbing a 1
end 2 win over Dick Lyman in a
Jfr-hole playoff.
? The two men battled over the
Jourse on a warm and sunny after
noon with Lyman almost pulling
the match out of the fire with
Some pretty spectacular golf.
Cleveland
Cuts Into
Sox Margin
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1 Things are picking up for
JL'leveland, and the guy providing
the big lift is Tito Krancona, who
began the season picking up
plinterj on the bench.
Francona was unhappy merely
fitting around and doing nothing
nvith the Detroit Tigers this
Spring. So he came up with the
4ench-warmer't age-old ultima
tum "play me or trade me!''
I The Tigers quickly obliged him
Sy dealing him to the Indians on
Jvlatx-h 21 and Krank Lane has
Jieen receiving congratulations
ver since.
'3 Single-handedly, the 25 year old
Vrancona who couldn't even
break into the Cleveland outfield
acarlior this year, has won more
dhan 15 games for the Indians so
Jar this season, lie has won three
5)f those games with last-inning
fiomers.
S Belts Two Homers
. Tito connected for his Kith honv
rr in the ninth to beat the Hed
Jx 10, in the opening game of
a doubleheader Sunday and then
Jocked his 17th to help Cleveland
jvin the nightcap, 6-2. The sweep
fan the Indians' winning streak
Jo six straight and moved them
within I'j games of the first
jlace White Sox.
. The league-leading White Sox
plit a twin-bill with the Yankees,
losing the opener. 7-1, but win
ding the nightcap. 50. Washing
ton defeated Kansas City, 7-3, in
Jhc first of two games but the
Athletics salvaged the second
ome, 5-2. Detroit beat Baltimore,
-5, in the 0cncr and the second
fame was washed out by rain.
In the National League, a dou
bleheader between league-leading
an Francisco and Philadelphia
3as iwstiwned because of rain,
i'lay was called in the fourth in
Jing with the Giants ahead. 2-1.
a'ittsburgh won a pair from Los
ngeles, 9-2 and 4-3 in 10 innings
Jvith relief ace Roy Face gaming
is 16th straight victory in the
Jiifihtcnp; Milwaukee climbed into
econd place with a 2-0 win over
Chicago, and Cincinnati topped
t. Louis, 5-3.
t Nurfs Three Hitter
Art Ditmar hurled a three-hit-jler
for the Yanks in their opon
:Jng game triumph over Early
Jv.vnn of the White Sox. Knos
Old Folks' Slaughter broke a I I
Jie with a pinch two-run single in
:1he seventh. Bob Shaw scored his
J3th victory in the nightcap,
itching a six-hitter and striking
ut six.
i Eddie Yost'f grand-slam homer
end a five-for-five performance
Jy Harvey Kuenn siiarked the T1
er to victory over the Oriole.
'rank Lary posted his 16th vic
tory with Tom Morgan's aid in
the seventh. Bob Nieman hit two
Touchdown Romp
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Captures
Twice, after being four strokes
down, Lyman pulled up even with
his opponent. Quinn rallied to go
ahead on the final nine with a one
under par round and capture the
title
Lyman grabbed second place in
the tournament. i
Both golfers played better than
average golf curing the final 36
hol?s of play. The two men toured
the rolling and well trapped
country club course in less than
par during the final eighteen holes
of the alternoon.
This is Quinn's first club title
and he h:.d to beat a man who
has grabbed the club title many
timrs to Win. Lyman lias been
club champion several times over
the past years.
Weekend
Sports Briefs
United Press International
Saturday
CHICAGO Favored Round Ta
ble, ridden by Willie Slioemaker.
ret a world grass recurd when
he won the mile and three -sixteenths
Arlington Handicap in
1:53 2-5. Manassas was second
and Noureddin third.
ATLANTIC Cm-. N.J. Idle
Hour Farm's Julmar, a 33-1 shot
captured the Ventnor Handicap in
a four-horse blanket finish.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Jack
Nicklaus of Silver Spring, Md
won the Trans - Mississippi Open
golf tournament for the second
straight year by beating Dean E.
Beman of Bethesda, Md., 3 and 2.
Sunday
C11KSTMT HILL. Mass-Australians
Neale Fraser and, Hoy
Emerson defeated Alex Olmedo of
Los Angeles and Earl Buchholz of
St. Louis, 3 6. 6-3. 5-7. 6 f (o win
the National Doubles champion
ships. AKRON. Ohio Tom Nieorte of
Bronxville. N Y., won hi first
professional title when he fired a
5-under-par 66 to take the Rubber
City Open with a total of 267.
SPOKANE. Wash. Bev.Hanson
of Indio, Calif., won the Spokane
Women's Open with a 72-holc to
tal of 287.
homers for Baltimore and then
belted a third in the first inning
of the nightcap, which was wiped
out because of rain.
Heddix Whips Dedgers
Harvey Haddix, who hadn't
beaten a Dodger team in four
years, ltd the Pirates to their
opening game triumph over Los
Angeles. Not only did he pitch a
seven-hitter, but he also doubled
with the bases loaded to cap a
five-run rally in the seventh.
Face, who now has won 21 In
a row over two seasons, entered
the nightcap in relief of Vera
Law In the ninth. The Pirates tied
the score in the bottom of the
ninth and won the game in the
10th on Dick Groat's two-out sin
gle with the bases loaded.
The Braves, who moved Into
second place and arc now four
games from the top, won their
game from the Cubs on only two
hits. Bob Buhl held thfl Cubs te
six hits and won his 11th.
Jerry Lynch broke a 3-3 tie be
tween the Reds and Cards with
a two-run homer off loser Ernie
Bioglio in the eighth.
C-0 On
D ylc Bransom brought (S.5G0
f?ns to their fe ;t seconds after
the opening kickoff with a uo
yard TD run and then paced nn
underdog West team to en 80
victory over the Eist in the 8th
mnual Shrine football game in
Pendleton. . i
Bransom grabbed the opening
kickoff on the 10 yard bne
ilarted straight up the field, cut
to his right and outraced East
defenders to the goal line for tht
.lily touchdown in the B school
contest.
The first six points wer.
enough as the rugged Westerner
cutfuught and outcharged thcii
heavier opponents from East ol
.lie Cascades.
Eariy in the fourth period, the
WM ad'Jed the frLSting when
Bob Pennel raeked up llcppner't
Dick Ruhl behind the goal line
for a safety and the final two
points.
When Bransom stepped into
the end zone the clock showed
16 seconds gone in the first
period.
The West threatened at least
four more times in the gam but
a series of mishaps and a tighten
ed East line kepi the West (ram
increasing their margin.
Four East fumbles and a pass
interception set up the scoring
opportunities but the West was
unable to capitalize on the
breaks.
After Jerry Westerholm's
attempted conversion went
awry the East received. The first
play from scrimmage almost add
dd to the Wests score as Bill
Ransom from Culver fumbled on
the 23. Buck Colleknon and Bob
Pennel picked up a first down on
the East 11 before Colleknon
fumbled on the two and Dick
Ruhl recovered for the East.
The West had another oppor
unity to score in the middle
jf the second quarter. Ruhl let
a West punt Dounce over nis
nead on the 20 and the football
oounc d to the 13 where Web
Vernon ol Alsea grabbed the
pigskin for the East.
Vernon, who replaced Larry
Seits of Alsea in the starting
lineup just a few days before the
game, was named the Wests top
lineman.
Another West scoring oppor
tunity misfired late in the third
period. Ben Harper of Gaston
recovered a Bud Maupin tumble
jn the East 20. Lcroy Smith, on
the n t i)lay, tossed a pass tt
vernoni who slipped behind a
stumbling East defender. Ver
non, all alone, dropped the pass.
The East line stiffened and
stopped Bob Pennel on a fourth
down and on.; situation and took
jer on duwns. With the East in
possession Don Shaffer of Con
don fired a pass from the end
zone only to see Colleknon grab
the ball on the interception.
Two running plays and an at
tempted pass failed to pick up
iho necessary yardage and a
lourth down pass to the two-yard
tine didn't help. Seconds later
he West picked up their final
two points when Ruhl, swinging
ide to his right, was dropped
into the end zone.
The East team got de.-p into
West territory on only two occa
sions. In the second quarter,
'parked bv Bob Lorence and Bud
Maupin the East moved to their
opponents 29 yard line only to
lose the ball on downs.
Th'J East moved to the West
V late in the third period with
Jud Maupin and Don Shcffer
providing the big advances. Mau
pin picked up 11 yards and Shaf
cr 13 on a well executed roll
out.
The East picked up four first
downs to the West s two in a
losing effort. West gained 77
yards on the ground and added 15
fiom Dassina for a total of 92.
The East picked up 75 yards, all
on the ground.
Ron Robinson of union was
named the outstanding lineman
from the East and Bud Maupin
he top back.
Doyle Bransom was voted the
outstanding player of the game.
Bob Pennell the top West back
and 'Vernon top lineman.
The more than 8.500 fans add
ed close to $11,000 to the total
for the Shrine hospital In Port
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Motilities
4-1 In PCL Action
The Portland Beavers tonight
will call on righthander Howie
Reed to try to snap them out of
a slump that has seen them lose
four straight games and drop into
third place, three games off the
PCL pace.
Po-tland dropied a 41 -lecisio.-l
to Vancouver Sunday afternoon
before a disappointing turnout of
only 3,136 fans. Saturday night
Vancouver won by the same score
in 13 innings.
Reed 7-5i will go up against
Standings
United Press International
Major League Standings
United Press International
National League
W. L. Pet.
CB
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
71 52 .577 ...
67 56 .545 4
G8 58 .540 4'4
64 61 .512 I
61 64 .475 11
58 64 .475 12'-i
57 70 .449 16
52 73 .416 20
Philadelphia
Sunday's Results
Pitts. 9 Los Angeles 2 (1st game I
Pitts. 4 Los Ang. 3 2d, 10 inns.)
Milwaukee 2 Chicago 0
Cincinnati 5 St. Louis 3
S.F. at Phila , 2 games, ppd. rain
Saturday's Results
San Francisco 8 Philadelphia 1
Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 0
Milwaukee 7 Chicago 0
Milwaukee 3 Chicago 2
Cincinnati 11 St. Louis 4
American League
W.L. Pet. CB
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Baltimore
Kansas City
73 48 .603
73 51 .589 m
62 62 .500 12'j
61 63 .492 134
59 62 .488 14
58 66 .468 164
57 67 .460 174
Boston
Washington
50 74 .403 244
Sunday's Results
New York 7 Chicago 1 1st
Chicago 5 New York 0 1 2nd I
Cleveland 1 Boston 0 HsU
Cleveland 6 Boston 2 2nd
Detroit 9 Baltimore 5 list)
Bait, at Oct. 1 2d game, ppd. rain)
Wash. 7 Kansas City 3 Ust)
Kansas -feity 5 Waste 2 2ndi
Saturday's Results
Chicago 1 Washington 0
Cleveland 4 Baltimore 2
Kansas City 8 New York 7
Boston 7 Detroit. 1
Pacific Coast League
W. L. Pet. CB
Salt Lake 71 62 .534
Vancouver 70 62 .530 4
Portland 67 64 .511 3
San Diego 68 65 .511 3
Spokane 67 67 .500 44
Sacramento 65 68 .489 6
Seattle 63 69 .477 64
Phoenix 60 74 .448 114
Sunday's Results
Spokftie 5 Seattle 2
Vancouver 4 Portland 1
Salt Lake 6 Phoenix 4
San Diego 3 Sacramento 2
Northwest League Standings
W. L. Pet. GB
Wenatchee 27 25 .519
Salm 27 26 .509 '
Yakima 28 27 .509 4
Eugene 28 28 .500 1
Lewiston 26 26 .500 1
Tri-City 25 29 .462 3
Sunday's Games
Salem 4 Tri-City 3
Eugene 5-13 Lewiston 2-0
Yakima 7 Wenatchee 5
SATCH PAIGE HELPS PITCH
BROOKLYN lUPIl Ancient
Satchel Paige helped pitch the
first three innings, striking out
four batters and allowing one
earned run.
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Top Bevos
the Mounties Erv Palica 10-101
tonight.
Lefty Joe flatten pitched the
Sunday win for Vancouver while
George Brunei, another southpaw,
dropoed his 12th loss in 17 deci
sion for Portland.
The Mounties broke a 1-1 tie in
Hie sixth whea catcher Len Neal
of Po'tland threw Jim Kinigai's
short hopper into right field, al
lowing Einigan to circle the bases
with the go-ahead run. .
Basinski Homers
Ed lie Basinski, a former Port
laid favorite, then hit a homer
and the Mounties added an insur
ance tally in the seventh.
Portland wasn't the only home
team to lose Sunday all of
them did. Salt Lake tity downed
Phoenix, 6-4; San Diego edged
Sacramento 3-2 and Spokane
whipped Seattle 5-2. ..
Claude Harmon banged home
four runs while pacing the Bees
to their victory. Harmon, a 33-year
old veteran, slammed a game win
ning homer with a man on in
the seventh inning.
The win went to Jim Umbricht,
who came in to pitch in the
third inning after the Giants had
tallied three runs off starter
George Perez. Dick Barone, the
Bees' sparkplug shortstop, also
homered.
Curt Barclay, who went all the
Union Grid
Practice
Underway
US'ION i Special ) Union high
school football practice will start
Monday at S p.m. according to
Coach Bud Lewis.
Equipment was issued to grid
ders Saturday morning and a turn
out of more than 30 men was
expected by Lewis.
Nine lettermn. three from each
class, were on hand to gladden
the heart of the coaching staff.
Tom Cox. Henry Miller and Allan
Livingston are returning seniors
expected to gain starting berths.
Dale Tyler, Stanley Wilde end BiU
Ricker are the three returning
junior lettermen.
Freshmen who lettered last year
and will be battling for a starting
berth as sophomores on this years
team are Don Baxter, Bob Cockrell
and Douglas McConkey.
Two transfer students are ex
pected to be on hand for opening
day practice. Wayne Crampton,
transfer from La Grande, and Dave
Hampton of Chelan, Wash., are
expected to bolster this years
squad.
Dan Berger, who played with
last years squad, will not play
this year because of a back injury.
The Union team has scheduled
its first game against La Grande
on the Tiger's field Sept. 11.
SIGNS WITH BRAVES
MILWAUKEE (UPD-Joe Tor
re of Brooklyn, N.Y.. a brother
of Milwaukee first baseman
Frank Torre, has signed a non
bonus contract with the Braves.
The younger Torre, a right-handed
hitting catcher, will report to
Jacksonville of the Class A Sally
League next season.
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