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I Obwrw; La Grande, Ore., Chicago Scouts SF As Giants Up. Lead United Prtu International "! Those White Sox' scouts Rent out -to get the "book" on Willie Me- I Covey are sure to ecme back with an encyclopedia instead. . .. Only recently. Dodger "sleuth" ' Al Campania came back with a cf bulging report on Sa.i Francisco's spectacular rookie, m you can -.imagine all the paper work be riifare (he Whte Sox, who expect to 1; face McCovey m .;ie World Scries it: The Scouts assigned by the -rvwhlle Sox will report back that National League pitchers tried ic-verything' ton McCovey. Inside and tight, low and away and even changing speeds. ' ' Then,1 in small print at the hot torn, there will probably be the .notation: "Nothing worked." ' '" "" Gets 10th Homer -' That was pretty much the story '.'Thursday when McCovey, hitting - safely in his 16th straight game nc hammered his loth homer in an !-$ victory over the Cubs thai "i enabled the Giants to widen then National League lead to l"t r-.- games. While those White Sox' scouts m are at it, they'd better concen--.. irate on that other Willie too. v., meaning Mays. He slammed his f 25th homer with one on in the i.;. sixth. Ed Bressoud also homered '-" Standings United Press International National League W. L. Pet. CB San Francisco 75 SB .564 ' .' Los Angeles ' 73 61 .545 24 Milwaukee 70 62 .530 44 Pittsburgh 70 64 .522 54 Cincinnati 65 68 .489 10 Chicago 62 6 .473 12 St. Louis 63 73 .463 134 Philadelphia 56 79 .415 20 " Thursday's Results San Francisco t Chicago 5 St; Louis S Los Angeles 3 (night) - (Only games scheduled.) American League , W. L. Pet. CB Chicago K 30 .615 ... Cleveland 76 55 .577 5 4 New York 67 66 .504 154 Detroit 66 67 .4 164 Baltimore 63 67 .485 18 Boston 62 72 .462 21 Kansas City 59 71 .454 22 Washington 53 80 .398 294 ' Thursday's Rsuilts New York 9 Washington 2 Baltimore 5 Boston 4 (night) (Only games scheduled.) Pacific Coast League. W. L. Pet. CB Salt Lake 78 65 .545 -i Vancouver 77 66 .538 1 San Diego 72 71 .503 6 Spokane 72 72 .500 64 Sacramento 72 71 .503 Portland 70 72 .493 74 Seattle 69 73 .486 84 Phoenix 62 83 .431 164 Thursday's Results Sacramento 4 San Diego 1 Vancouver 3 Portland 0 Salt Lake S Phoenix 0 Seattle 5 Spokane 4 Northwest League Standings W. L. Pet. UB. Wenatchce 36 28 .562 .. Lewiston 35 30 .536 14 Yakima 34 31 .523 24 Eugene 32 36 .470 6 Salem 30 36 .455 7 Tri-City 29 35 .453 7 Thursday's Results Eugene 7 Salem 4 Yakima 14 Tri-City 5 Lewiston 8 Wenatchee 1 Today's Schedule Salem at Eugene Yakima at Tri-City 'Lewiston at Wenatchee REYIIOLDS Insurance Agency CCEe? Reynolds Building . . ' QDOOt "BnTta raoncTiprr I ask All-in-ono insurance! QMS OBSIRyil Neil Andersen Fri., Sept. 4, 1959 Pa-jo 3 for the Giants as did Alvio Dark for the Cubs. The Cardinals beat the Dod gers. 5-3, in the only other NL game. 'Die Yunkees trounced the Sena tors, 9-2. and the Orioles defeated the Red Sox. 5-4. in the only American I-eague action. Cards Whip Dodgers Ken Boyer's 27th homer with two on in the third inning was the key blow for the Cards in their triumph over the Dodgers. Il marked the 22nd straight game Bayer has hit safely. Joe Cunning ham homered in the first inning and was hit by a Don Drysduie pitch in his next time up. The in cident almost precipitated a fist fight between St. Louis Manager Sully Ilemus and Drysdale, who had to be kept apart by the um pires after players from both teams came charging onto the field. ' Roy Sievers broke tip Dit- mar's no-hitler when he hit his 18th homer with two out in the seventh and Clint Courtney belted a pinch homer in the eighth.' ' Hob Nieman clouted his 16th and 17th homers in pacing Iialti more to victory over Boston. Skin ny Brown was credited with his ninth victory although he was knocked out in the ninth when the Red Sox scored two runs and had the tying run on base with two out. Billy Loes relieved Brown and got Pumpsie Green to ground out. thereby recording his 14th "save' of the season. Frank Baumann was the loser. Country Club Plans Holiday Golf Tourney Members of the Country Club will be teeing off Saturday morn ing in 36 holes of play for the Sacajawes Trophy. More than 90 golfers are expected to compete for the trophy won last year by Frank DeVaney. The trophy was first put, up for grabs in 1931 by the Saca-awea Hotel. Any member who wins the trophy three times may retire it from active competition. Only two men have won the trophy twice. Ed Wheaton and Bill Heryford will attempt to cap ture the trophy for the thirdand iinal time. The women will not be forgot ten in the weekend play either. A special Sand Trap trophy for 18 holes of play will be awarded to the Labor Day weekend golf ers. Mrs. Jack Gregory was the winner of last year's trophy. North Powder Has 21 At Practice NORTH POWDER (Special) Twenty - one players greeted Coach Jack McGoldrich as foot ball drills opened at Powder Val ley High School. The North Powder team will play six-man football again this year. First game on the North Pow der schedule Is against Imbler Sept. 11 at Imbler. MORE SPORTS On Page 8 IYcsr llc3 Pcrxcscl Property SAVfS YOU IX0H11 CUCI . dlAllll. WA4MIH01(M( X ...... si-' RETURN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHAMP Jack Dempsey, center, simulates taking it on the chin at his Broadway restaurant when named "promotional director and advisor" for the Rosensohn Enterprises, Which hope to put on a return match between Ingemar Johanssen and Floyd Pat terson. Max Baer, left, and Jack Sharkey, also former heavy champions, made believe they were landing. ' SLUGGING NEXT YEAR BIG QUESTION NEW YORK UPH Ted Wil liams will play again in l!o and Stan Musial will call it a career, intimates of the two famous slug gers are betting today. Neither man has made a final decision, according to those close to them. But the theory is that Williams, unfulfilled batting am bitions will drive him into one more campaign while Musial's aims have been accomplished and Bird Hunters, Archers Expect Good Results Doves are abundant in Morrow Wheeler and Gilliam counties near grain fields and water. Many doves can be found in most non timbered portions of Baker and Union counties. Birds will leave when nights become frosty. Blue Grouse may be found at timberline on Dixie, Aldrch, Vin egar and Indian Rock in Grant county. Ruffed grouse may be found on any of the side tribu taries of the Middle fork of the John Day river and Desolation crock. Classy Cuban Risks Unbeaten Record On TV ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. tUPD Rolando (Chico Morales, the Cuban whirly-bird. makes his TV debut tonight and risks his 1-bout winning streak in a fight .with lightweight contender Len Mat thews. The 10-roiinder between these classy youngsters will be tele vised and broadcast nationally by NBC from the ballroom in Con vent ion Hall. Matthews of Phi I a d e I p h I a. ranked seventh among 135-pound contenders, is favored at 3-1 be cause of his punch and because he is better known than the un rated Cuban. Morales, only 19, sails into his opponents like a helicopter round after round. Although Chico is not an impressive puncher, his per sistent, flailing attack is so effec tive that he lost but two of his 29 starts and had one draw. FALL SCHEDULE Eastern Oregon PLAYLAND formerly the COLISEUM . . . ELGIN, ORE. Skate Are Provided ' MONDAY Roller Hockey ... 50c TUESDAY Skating For Adults . . . 50c WEDNESDAY Roller Skating . . . Everyone Welcome .-- SOe THURSDAY Activity Night ... Fun For Everyone - ...25c FRIDAY Activities 7 to 9 . . . Teen Hop 9-12 75c r - -" Single,' 1.00 Couple. SATURDAY Skating 7 to 9 . . . Dance to Music by Jerry Her Westerners, 9-12 . . . 1.50 Couple. SUNDAY Roller Skating afternoon & evening ... 50c Instruction In SWIMMING, LIFE SAVING, DIVIN3 and SKIN DIVING available In adjoining Esther Wit llama above-ground redwood pool. Contact DALE HARGETT at PLAYLAND. Phone HE 7-3902. EASTERN OREGON PLAYLAND Elgin, Ore. 7 T STARS ON WANE; he won't stick around to be a mediocre has-been. "I'd bet almost anything," said one who knows Williams well, -thai Ted will play at least one more season." One more would give him In all probability the two marks he now desires above all others. The first is moving into third place ahead of the late Mel Ott on the roster of all-time home run The b?st grouse hunting in Morrow county will be on the breaks of the John Day river near water. Blue grouse shooting should be fair on open ridges near Timber, Doolty Mountain, east end of the Elkhorn Mountains, Eagle Creek Mountains and Lookout Moun tain, all near Baker. In Union county blue grouse shooting should be fair on Mt. Emily; Telocasct, La'dd creek and the breaks of the Minam river. Good to excellent blue grouse hunting should be found in the Hat Point area, Chesnimnus, In dian Village, and Buckhorn Springs areas in Wallowa County. The Wallowa pack area should be very good for deer. There are many deer in the Canyon Creek refuge but arc scattered. Bow hunters should en counter some big bucks in this area. Archers can expect to find best Elk hunting in the Starkey and Mt. Emily areas. The best deer hunting will be in the Baker and Keating areas. Dry leaves and twigs are going to make stalking difficult. Some of the Better Deer hunting will be in the foothill areas adjacent to cultivated land, in Baker and Union counties. OSC Picks Three Grid Captains COKVA1.L15 it 11 1 mree senior linemen were namea Thursday as captains of the Ore gon State football team for 19f.9 They are end Jerry Doman. tackle Ed Kaohelaulii and guard George Enderle. t f - 3 hitters. The second is taking sole possession of fifth place in the all-time averages. Injuries Shackle Williams Williams has been shackled this season by a long series of frus trating injuries. As of the moment, it has dropoed his all-time aver age from .349 to .345 because of a season in which he currently is hitting a painful .239. Ted feels that he still is a far better hitter than that and must believe that one final good year at bat would move him up again just as rapid ly as he fell. That's reason number one to give one more try. The second is even more compelling. Williams at the moment has a lifetime total of 492 home runs even though he has struck only 10 this season. One more will tie him with Lou Gehrig for fourth place on the all-time list and leave him only seven short of the "500 club." There are only three members in this exclusive organi zationRuth with his fantastic 714 round trippers, Jimmy Foxx with 534 and Ott with 511. .. Iirprtssive Totals Musial on the other hand has just about "had It." "Stan the Man" has run up im pressive totals in every depart ment and his record is enough to satisfy any man. While he is only 39, the one-time king of the Na tional League hitters has no new records within close proximity and baseball has become a chore. "It is easy to hit .300." he said once while sitting in the sunshine during spring training. But this season he is batting only .259 and it has dropped his lifetime average from .340 to .337. Another year could only make it worse and. meanwhile. Stan no longer is the wheelhorse of the Cardinals. There was a time when he could hope for one more National League batting title to tie Honus Wagner's league - leading eieht championships. But now even this inspiration is gone for Stan and the betting is that he soon will follow. Come To The STOCK CAR RACES at RAKER! Sunday, TIME TRIALS RACES START On The New Stock Car BAKER COUNTY Many cars from La Grand and new cars" from Baker will ba in competition this Sun-dayl VIEW THE RACES IN" THE COMFORT OF THE COVERED GRANDSTANDS Food Concession ADULTS ... 1.00 Point To Meet United Press Internatoenal Florida fans get their first look at the Baltimore Colts tonight when the National Football League champions meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in an exhibition game in the Orange Bowl at Miami. The Colts have given up just one touchdown in running up pre season victories over the College All-Stars, the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins. However, the champs may run Tigers Plan Scrimmage For Tonight The Tigers will get a full scrimmage under the lights to night as the second week of grid drills comes to a close. "Kickoff" time Is set for 6:30 and the field will be open to the public. The Tigers tapered off in Uieir drills yesterday in preparation for tonight's big session. Coaches concentrated on sharpening the Tigers' punch as the squad ran through a light drill. The Tigers meet the Union Bobcats one week from tonight and the scrimmage could very well determine who will get the call to open the game. This afternoon the Tigers will get physical examinations and pose for photographers. Wallowa Pack Area Opens For Tag Hunt Big game hunters holding tags for the Wallowa pack area in northeast Oregon will open the first deer hunt of the young 1959 seasons scheduled for rifle hunt ing this coming Saturday, Sept. 5. The controlled deer season in this remote pack area will run for four days. Sept. 5 through 8. Nimrods are reminded that only those hunters who possess the Wallowa pack controlled season tags are eligible to participate In this early season hunt. Participants may legally take two deer during the hunt, one on the controlled tag and one on the general season deer tag. The con trolled tag authorizes one antler- less deer. The controlled tag also validates the general deer tag during this period on which the hunter may take one deer of either sex within the area boundaries. On Sept. 12 the Hart Mountain controlled deer season will open and extend for nine days through Sept. 20. An addition weekend. Sept. 26 and 27, will give hunters another two days to try for the Hart Mountain deer. As with the Wallowa Pack, only those hunters, rifle or archery, who possess the Hart Mountain controlled deer tags are eligible to participate. The Hart Mountain i tag authorizes one antlerless deer to be taken within the prescribed area. APPOINT ASSISTANT COACH SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI) Ken Cooper, former Baltimore Colt player, has been appointed an assistant coach at Trinity Univer sity. Sept. 6 1:00 P.M. AT 2:00 P.M. Quarter Mile Pace Track FAIR GROUNDS No Dust Problem ' CHILDREN ... SOe Stipgy Colts Pittsburg into trouble against the Steelers, who have never lost to the Colts. They beat Baltimore, 13-10. in an exhibition last summer and also hold victories over the Colts in two regular-season games. Floridians will get another look at the NFL behemoths Saturday night when the Chicago Bears meet the Washington Kedskins at Jacksonville. In other Saturday night exhibi tions, the San Francisco Forty Niners play the Chicago. Cardi nals at Seattle, Wash., the Giants take on the Green Bay Packers at Bangor. Me., and the Los An geles Rams entertain the Cleve land Browns. -1 The Detroit Lions spotted Phil adelphia a 14-0 first period lead and then rallied to down the Eagles. 35-24, Thursday night in a tuneup at Toledo. Ohio. The Eagles gained their early bulge when Norm Van Brocklin tossed two touchdown passes but Detroit scored four times in the second quarter to gain Its second victory of the exhibition season. It was Philadelphia's third setback in four tuneups. 24 Gridders Open Drills For Bobcats UNION (Special) The Union Bobcats opened football practice last Monday under the direction of Coaches Bud Lewis and Andy Anderson. Twenty - four gridders turned out for the first day of practice. The sophomore class with eight representatives on the field sun- plied most of the manpower. Six juniors and six freshmen and on ly four seniors reported for the first day of practice. Nine of the first day players were returning lettermen. Lei-is expected additions to the squad after school started. The squad: Seniors: Henry Miller. Tom Cox, Alan Livingston and Buck Cockrell. Juniors:: Jim Bateman. Bill Ricker, Stan Wilde, Farel Barter, Dale Tyler and Pat Edvalson. Sophs: John LaVerdure, Eddie Miller, Bob Cockrell, John Phil lips. Dave RamDton. Wavne Crampton, Don Baxter and Doug Mcvonkie. Frosh: Jay Potter. King SDain. Howie Wilde, Duane Tyler, Tim Rennie and Larry Elliot. TO HELP STARS AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. UPI Ben Martin uihn coached the Air Force Academy looioan team to an unbeaten sea son in 1958. has agreed to help direct the Southwest All-Stars in the Dec. 26 Copper Bowl game at Tempe. Ariz. Frank Rush of Arizona State will share coaching duties with Martin against the National All-Stars. an 34 l ri f w -a ill i , FREE INSTRUCTION SEPT. 9-10-11 Beginners Class 10 a. m. to 12 noon daily. A FEW PLACES LEFT .. . . SIGN UP NOWI Intermediate Class 1:30-3:30 daily. On-the-lane instruction for bowlers 7:30 to 9:30 each evening. BELLISIMO WILL APPEAR IN EXHIBITION ON OUR LANES AT 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 11. The Public Is Invited . .. Free Of Charge. You'll Enjoy Bowling At The Blue Mtn. Lanes! Completely Air Conditioned ... All 12 Lanes Completely Resurfaced and Parking Area Black Topped! Come On Out! Blue Mtn. Lanes EAST ADAMS Peruvian Seeks 4th Net Title FOREST HILLS. N. Y. UPI -Slumping Alex Olmedo of Peru, disappointed by his Davis Cup losses, opens a 10-day drive to day for his fourth major tennis title in less than a year In the first round of the U. S. Grass Courts championship. Holder of the Australian, U. S. indoor and Wimbledon crowns, the moody Peruvian who never has flashed his best game before American galleries, takes on Don Russell, a third-string Australian paying his own way on the tennis circuit. "1 have a good chance to win this tournament." sa'd Olmedo. whose visions of a $100,000 pro contract for next year were cloud ed when he blew one Davis Cup singles match with sub-par play and figured in the cup doubles defeat. "The pressure may not be so great now." But before the tournament is over he'll get plenty of opposition, including another shot at Neale Fraser, Australia's cup strong man, if both reach the finals as expected on Sept. 13. Fourth - seeded Rod Laver of Australia, seventh seeded Earl i Butch i Buchholz of St. Louis and eighth seeded Hoy Emerson of Australia also were scheduled for opening day competition. The four other seeds including Fraser and third seeded Barry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio play their first matches Saturday. Imbler Gridders Start Two-A-Day Practices IMBLER (Special) Football practice for Imbler gridders was announced by Coach Carril Cone. Two-a-day practices will get under way on the high school field at 9:30 and 3:30 daily. TODAY ft SAT. GLENN FORD "THE SHEEPMAN" plut DAN DURYEA "KATHY-O" NOW. THRU SAT. 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