Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1959)
lilies Ed i m .ju! illjim i 11 1 t .- ' ... '---- I ' ;Yti. Y-''-' .tr-s rtiVl .... w.-f ff-f -vT , "'A. 'i'-v ray ; . I 'ggu f. TIGER PAIR Kay Westenskow, loft, and Jirrujiy Hill , iiird swap a few words about football just prior to Fri , day night's scrimmage. Boih Tiger players were picked out for their fine work by Coach Franz Uaun. Although the boys played on opposite tides last night they will team up next Friday when La Crande battles the Union Bobcats on the 'tiger field. (Observer Photo) I Observer, La Grande, Ore., GIANTS RUSH STAR HURLER TO MOUND SAN FRANCISCO (ITU-Johnny Antonrlli, despite only 24 hours rest, was rushed out to the mound today by manager Bill ItiKney of the San Francisco Giants lor the opener of a three-game series with the spoilers from SI. Louis. . Iiigney had his reasons or shooting his ace southpaw back to the front although "Anly" was well bopped during a 2 2-:i inning stint against the Chicago Cuhs on Thursday. San Francisco needed a big win right about now if it were to protect its two game lea l in the National League raa - Antonrlli 1H-7 was slated tn face Wiltner (Vinegar llcndt Mi zctl (l2-8 In a tangle of left hundors. Brandt Wat Fall Guy Jackie Brandt, ba'tiing to hold ilbwa third base until Jim Daven ports recovers from a wrenched knee, jwas the tall guy hi Friday night s 2-1 loss to the Cubs. The hairy-go lucky k.d commit ted two errors in th? fifth inning which let a pair of tine arret! runs get into scoring petition and Alvin Standings United Press International National League W. L. Pet. 7.1 3!l .'r.o GB San Francisco los Angeles Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St. !.ou!s ?.i r.i 71 f.2 7(1 S5 i r. fvl 73 r.7 .rir 2 .M4 Vi .nid s'j ,4t'.5 tl) .477 II 4'ij t:i .419 l!l Philadelphia Friday Niqht's Results Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 0 Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 1 Chicago 2 Sun Francisco 1 i (Only games scheduled . i American League W. L. Pet. GB Chicago Cleveland New York Detroit Baltimore Boston . Kansas City IU 50 7fi SS 67 67 67 67 i,t r,; 62 73 59 72 At fO .676 6'i ..HlO l't .500 I6'i .41:1 u .459 22 AM 23 .4t'3 Vi ashington Friday's Results Detroit 9 Kansas City 2 Chicago 3 l levelaul i ( night i Wash.ngto'i 4 Itostoi 3 might) Baltimore J New York 0 might' Pacific Coast League . W. U Pel. GB ' Salt Lake Vancouver San Licgo Sacramento Spokane Portland Scaftlc 9 M .549 77 BS 71 71 12 73 7t 33 7(1 72 7(1 73 K R3' r..i0 l'ii .510. 3' it .4!I7 ,47 .413 .4!K1 1 7 17 i Pl-oeni 42 ' Satf T..lTie 4 Phoenix 2 ' ' San Diego 1 Sucramcnlu 2 (1st jfame, 7 innings' San Diego .1 Sacratiu stb i I;'.d , game i . . , . SealHo 8 S.mikane 3 Portia-id ut Vancouver, post polled, rain; - . , , ' ." ) I r- Youc Best Bet In , INTERIOR. PAINTS PITTSBURGH Mlller't Cabinet Sh6p Greenwood and Jelforton oe Whites 18-12 mil OBSERVER Neil Andersen Sat., Sept. 5, 1959 Pag 2 Dark smacked a long double which drove them both In. i That was the only scoring Chi cago conic! muster against Jack Saaford, who sustained his 12th loss against as many wins. "Tough one to lose. Jack." some of the bystanders muttered after ward bit' the husky right-hander took it in h'.s Jtride." "I've lost wins'-- ones," he said. "I!y scores of 1-0. And I've won a few that way, loo.'' Brandt let the first Cub run get on base when he let Irv Noren's loulinc grounder skip by him. Sam Taylor followed with a hard single to right field and Willie Kirklund lire 1 the ball to third to hold back Noen. Brandt lost the toss and the base limners were safe at second a id third. Then came Darks booming double. McCovcy Extends Streak There were some bright spots for Hik"o.v Willie McCovcy. the vkv n gn rookie, uncoiled lor a j tn;' in the (irst inning to mark th straight gnTe in which the he has hit saiely. Orlando Cep eria's bouncing single bark to the mound scored him. .A!te- thai, Glen Ilobhie kept the lid on fairly tight while notching his Mth win hut had some rough sailing in the last two frames. ; Willie Mays cracked a single to open the eighth but McCovcy hit into a double play which started to cuil off thai attack. Singles by Da.-yl Spc.icer a id pneh hitter. Felipe Alt'U put two more almnrd fVr the losers iti the ninth and then Good News for Two-Car Families! on hortlty lnurv and property dimagi collision coverage o medical paymenti PtUM 10 Extra Discount to . Accident Free Oriversl ' Ctf thtrt are no unrrtrnti ' auto ItFt rmc ' TRUCK Doug Eolman Insurance vNev. 1011 Adamt Opposite Post Office ' WO 3-371 1 v rain Hampers tigers in friday scrimmage The Blues edged the W hites 18-12 In an intersquad scrim mage as the La Grande Tigers wound up their second week of drills last night. With the opening game only a week away, the Tigers displayed a wide open passing attack de spite the rain and mud that caused numerous fumbles and interceptions. Kain, which had fallen most of the day, continued well into the second half of the scrim mage, the footing was soggy and uncertain but a batch of hard- running backs squirted through holes in the line and around end with only an occasional slip. The Blue team scored first early in the first quarter after holding the White team on their own 20 yard line for two downs and then recovering the first of a series of fumbles. Don Smith, with fourth and a goal-to-go situation banged straight ahead for the six points to put the Blues ahead. The two teams batted heads in the middle of the field, exchanged fumbles and pass Interceptions fx fore the Whites got on the score board. The Whites scored first on a pass from Rick Gerry, sophomore quar terback, to end Uirry Riggs. The White team grabbed a 12-6 lead in the second quarter. Ted Milliard who ran in, around and passed over the Blue defense, went to his right and fired a 23-yard aerial to Larry Riggs who lugged the leath er into the end zone. After th half-time break, the Blues came back to add two more touchdowns. Ray Westenskow and Dave Carman stored on running plays to wipe out the Whites six point advantage and win the scrim mage. , The most alert play of th? night came when the White team was slowly moving tow ard their second touchdown. Gerry went back to pass and flipped .a wobbly throw in the general direction of Jim Cornett, the transfer from Vale. Dennis Spray playing at a defen sive back spot went high into the air to intercept the ball. Cornett waited until Spray came down reached into his arms and stole the ball. Cornett picked up another ten yards before the startled Blue de fenders finally stopped him. Coach Franz Haun was pleased with the scrimmage. He said the scrimmage had taught the coaches a lot and confirmed opinions formed during the first two weeks of practice. "We learned plenty. The boys are beginning to adjust to the situation and we had a good look at the younger kids," Haun said. Haun picked out Westenskow, Milliard. Cornett and Carman for their work in the backfield. He praised the boys for their fine running despite the sloppy footing. Buck Corey, Don Graham and Kric Osterholme also were singled out for words at praise for their line work during the scrimmage. Two sophomores were also sin gled out for kind words. Gerry, taking his first crack at the quarterback slot did a good job offensively, Haun said. Larry Nice, who went both ways, was also named for outstanding work. Davenport, in the rare role of a ninch hitter, ended th-! Rame by bouncing back to shortstop Krnic Ranks. Snm Jones, always ready, pitched the final two innings for the Giants and struck out three while setting the side down in or der. The better your home TAKE IT EASY! Think of us when you thiuk of quality for quality is all ' e ever think of when we think, of you! MCMBIR WESTERN GLOBE FURNITURE Adam and Hemlock Medals At Pan-Am Are Cheap CHICAGO (IT1 - They were piling up gold medals at an un precedented rate in the Pan American Games today, with the United States still running away from the field, but all thoe med als weren't 14-karat. In line with the way the games have been run by Pan American officials and it's generally agreed it hasn't been conducive to either good will or top flight athletic competition they were cheapening the medals so much which go to the winners that some of them became meaning less. The United States was leading llw parade with a total of 75 first place gold medals and the closest countries to it of the 23 other competing Western Hemisphere nations were Argentina and Brdn zil with six each. But there were some the United States and the other countries were- not too proud of. For Pan American officials decided among other things to award gold medals in shooting and gymnastics like they were a dime a dozen. In shooting, for instance, they were awarding medals atmosi every time a competitor finished a scries of shots. It was the same story in gymnastics. It was decided to award both team and individual medals in women's gymnastics, although only two countries the United States and Canada competed. Under normal Pan American rules, four nations must corrlpete in a sport before it is a cham pionship event. They didn't mean much when compared, for example, with the gruelling decathlon medal which Dave F.dsrom of Sherwood, Ore., won. It took him two days and 10 events. But no matter what their worth, the United States was getting them by the dozen. Friday, it picked up 17 out of the 28 decid ed. Five came in swimming, in which the U.S. men and women aquatic stars were spread-eagling the field. In other major competition, the United States took two of the sev en yachting championships. The United States won another boxing title, and won all three of the gold medals decided in wrestling. In rowing, the United States qualified all of its five crews in the qualifying hets, with the other two U.S. entrants already in the finals. In team sports, the U.S. men's basketball team beat Mexico, 101 57; the U.S. women's basketball team beat Mexico, 64-32 to clinch that title; the men's baseball team tied Mexico 5-5 in a game called by darkness; and the men's volleyball learn bent Mexico 3-0 to remain tied with Bra7.il in the ch(imp:onshi pool with two vie lories each. the better your living Caution Urged On Last Outing Holiday Of Year Wherever you go and however you go on your Labor Day outing take it easy) Be careful on the highways, around the campfire and in the riv ers and lakes. Make it a safe holiday for all hands in your partyl FURNITURE STORES Phone WO 3-5614 Salt Lake Makes Bid For Title United Press International They say th? easiest way to wit a ennant is to murder the lambs The Salt Lake City Bees are making a serious bid to grab the Pacific Coast League cnnant be cause they are doing just that. The Bees grabbed their fourth st:uight win from hapless Phoenix Friday night to increase theii kague lead to a game and a hall over the idle Vancouver .Mounties. Big Jim Umbricht held the de fending champion Giants to six hits as he pitched the Bees tt their 4-2 victory. Other action saw San D'ego tighten its hold on third place by twice downing Sacramento, 3-2 and 5-2. Seattle beat Spokane, 8-3. Portland's scheduled affair with Vancouver, was rained out. v Tie Broken In Ith Tbe Bees broke a 2-2 tie in tlie bottom of the eighth inning to score their win. Doubles by It. C. Stevens and Dick Barone behind Chuck Harmon's single gave the Bees their winning margin. Rod Graber ripped a last-inn ing pinch-hit homer with a man on to give San Diego its win in the seven inning opener. The Padre victory snapid a six game win ning streak by (he Solons. Jake Striker went all the way -for San Diego, giving un six hits. Loser Roger Osenbaugh allowed only four hits. Graber's homer was his second in 136 games this season. The Padres pushed over three tallies in the eighth inning to grab the second game. Dick Smith singled in one of the tallies and Bill Renna doubled home two more. Homers For Padre Sacrament o's Bob Perrv smashed his 18lh homer of the year aod Steve Jankowski hit his 12th for the Padres. Dick Stigman. with help in the last two innings, got the win. Seattle crashed 18 hits while walloping Spokane. Lefty Don Ru dolph hurled the Rainier victory. Rudolph also collected three hits. Other Rainiers getting three safe ties were Gale Wade, Rudy Regal ado and Hurry Malmberg. Renal- ado hit the game's only homer in the nuith with no one on. Len Matthews Batters Foe ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. UPI Lightweight contender- Len -Matthews, inspired by his lopsided TV victory over Cuba's Rolando (Chi co Morales, will begin cam paigning seriously on Sept. 28 for a shot at the 135-pound crown, he said today. The referee's decision was de servedly lon-sidcd Friday night in the ballroom at Comention Hall. ' i Morales, whose victory string was broken at 16 straight bouts, weighed 136 pounds to Matthews' 135. Referee Paul Cavalier, the only ring officiTil under New Jersey rules, favored Len on a rounds basis. 7-2-1. The United Press In ternationa! agreed, 8-2. Despite a great start in the first round by Morales, a 3-1 un derdog. Matthews gave him a terrific battering thereafter and staggered him at least once in every round but the sixth. You get famous Schwinn Quality construction at a rock-bottom low price in the Schwinn Tornado! Trim middleweight model with coaster brake. Comes in 26, 24 and 20-inch sizes. Hoys' in Red, Girls' in Blue. DON'T DELAY , x1 rr-.;. - ' Other Models 32.95-79.95 BOHNENKMP'S White Sox Douse Indian Title Fire United Pross International It s about time for the Indians to holler "uncle'' and concede they ma le a bum deal when tlwy peddled Ea-ly Wynn to the White Sox. Wynn virtually ended any lin gering pennant hopes the Indians may have still entertained by de bating them, 3-2. Friday night for his 18th victory of the season and h:s ninth in 10 decisions over Cleveland since it traded him to Chicago two years ago. The victory fattened the White Sox' lead to 6 games over the second-place Indians, whom they low have beaten five straight times and 14 out of 19 this year. Wynn, apparently better than ever at 39, yielded only five hits and one run a fifth-inning hom er by Jim Baxes du-ing the eight innings he worked. Gerry Staley gave up Cleveland s final mm a-d two hits in the ninth. It was a typical White Sox' vic tory. They got to loser Jim Perry for nine hits and all of them were singles. Four singles produced two Salem Golfer Wins Oregon Golf Tourney PORTLAND UPI A 44- year-old Salem restaurateur. Walt Cline Jr., Friday sloshed his way to the Oregon Junior Senior Golf championships at Tu alatin country club. Cline posted a soggy 3 and 2 win over Hal Weston of Portland to cop the crown on the wind whipped, rain-softcned Tualatin course. A chip shot that splashed twice on the sodden green of the 16th hole and then submerged in the birdie of the match gave Cline his w in. Weston grabbed a 1-up lead as he parred the first hole, b u t Cline evened the score with a par on the second. The Salemite fired himself to a 1-up lead on the 5th and then boosted his lead to 2-up on the 11th when Weston's tee shot fell into an unplayable lie. Weston pulled back to a one- hole deficit on the 13th when Cline watched his ball float to a stop twice on easy putts. Cline again went 2-up on the next hole when Weston's recovery shot struck a stump and rebounded to hit the Portland golfer on the Oilier flight winners included'; First flight Frank Cundari. Portland Golf Club, defeated Sid Milligan, Eugene, 2 and 1: Sec ond flight Ed Bader, Tualatin, defeated George Rundquist, Or chard Hills, 5 and 4; Third flight Don Seaberg, Royal Oaks, de feated A. J. Davis, Oswego, 1-up. . Fourth flight Don Coon, Cor vallis, defeated Hugh Brown, As toria, 3 and 2: Fifth flight Lou Adler, Tualatin, defeated Doa Hall. Cswego, 1-up; and Sixth flight A. N. Nicolai. River- wood, defeated Art Subotnick, Tu alatin, 6 and 5. ELECTED TO HAMBLETONIAN DU QUOIN. III. ILPIl K. D. Owen of Houston, Tex., and Norman Woolworth of Winthrop, Maine, have been elected to the board of directors of the Hnmble tonian Society which conducts the world's richest harness race QUANTITIES LIMITED! Chicago runs in the second inning and what proved to be the win ning run came across in th eighth on singles by Ted Kluszew ski and Sherm Lolla" and Tito Francona's wild throw from cert ter field. Yankees Shut Out s - The Orioles handed the Yankees their 13th shutout of t!;c year. 3 0; the Senators won from the Red Sox. 4-3. and the Tigers mauled the Athletics, 9-2, in other Ameri can League games. , ' I In the National League. Chicago shaved San Francisco's lead to two games by defeating . the Giants, 2-1; the Braves topped the Reds. 4-1, and the Phillies downed the Pirates, 3-0. The Dodgers and Cardinals were idle. Young Milt Pappas of the Ori oles snapped a three-game Yan kee winning streak with a six-hit etfort that earned him his 14th victory'- Baltimore hopped oil los er Ralph Terry for two runs on four singles in the first inning and added another run in the fourth. The Senato-s rallied for three runs in the fifth inning to hand the Red Sox their fourth loss ho a row. Winning pitcher Tex Cfe venger started the rally with -a single off loser Frank Sullivan, who suffered his ninth loss. Gave A's Six Hits Don Mossi of the Tigers limited the Athletics to six hits and chipped in with two doubles and a single that helped him post his 13th win. Harvey Kuenn also had three hits to boost his league leading average to .358. Bud Da ley sta-ted for Kansas City, failed to survive a three-run first inning, and was charged with his 11th loss. Third baseman Jackie Brandt was the "goat" in the Giants' loss to the Cubs. He set up both of Chicago's runs with two fifth in ning errors and Alvin Dark drove them both across with a double. Brandt opened the fifth by boot ing Irv Noren's grounder and then muffed a throw by right-fielder Willie Kirkland on Sam Taylor's single. That put men on second and third and Dark sent them home with a long double off the left center-field screen. Glen Hob- bie notched his 14th victory. Jack Sanford suffered his 12th loss.;: Spahn Gets 18th Southpaw Warren Spahn regis tered his 18th win for the Braves with a three-hitter over the Reds. Milwaukee bunched five hits for two runs in the sixth and added two more in the ninth on J)el Crandpll's.. double., a walkoJwl Hank Aaron's second double of the game. Bob Purkey was charged with his 16th loss of the campaign. Jim Owens held the Pirates to six hits while winning his 11th game for the Phillies. An error by shortstop Dick Groat paved the way for Philadelphia's first two runs in the sixth, with Ed Bouchce doubling home the first one and Gene Freese singling home the second. Harvey Haddix suffered his loth loss. ENDS TONIIi CONTINUOUS'SHOW LABOR DAY SOPHIA LOR EN .Dramatically magnificent as Rose, the gangster's widow, fighting a world turned against her! Iff & rr ' 9BI VIROINIA VINCENT . JOE Dl REOA FRANK PUOLIA Plus The Girl fM with .. Promise in her evel a KAt X xs Colts Deal Pittsburgh 30-21 Loss United Press International All good things come in threes for aerial artist Johnny Unitas of the unbeaten world champion Bal timore Colts. Unitas tossed a trio of touch down passes Friday night as the Colts trounced their nemeses. the Pittsburgh Steelers. 30 to 21, in a National Football League exhi bition gaine for charily in the Or ange Bowl at Miami, Fla. The oassing display marked the third time in preseason play that Unitas has connected for three scoring heaves in a game. The Colls' quarterback first turned the trick against the College All Stars in the Colts' opening exhibi tion and duplicated the feat against the New York Giants. Lenny Moore was on the receiv ing end of all three passes against Pittsburgh, which suffered its first loss in history to the Colts. The Steelers had beaten Balti more in two league encounters and an exhibition game last sum-, nicr. Baltimore's other scores came on Ray Brown's 26-yard intercep tion return of a Bobby Layne pass and a 36-yard fleet goal by Steve Myrha. A crowd of 35,000 is expected to" jam the Gator Bowl in Jackson ville, Fla.. tonight to see the Chi cago Bears, the only other unde feated team in NFL exhibition ' play, meet tlie twice-beaten Wash-' ington Redskins. Forty-two P;irkers will suit up for Green . Bay's clash with the New York Giants tonight at Ban gor, Maine, with the men from Wisconsin expected to come up against one of the toughest lines in the circuit. Los Angeles, which lost both games to Cleveland last season, figures to be a six-point choice over the Browns at the Coliseum. The other game on tap is at Seattle, Wash., where the Cardi nals play the San Francisco Forty-Niners. Huskies Continue Nightly Drills ELGIN (Special) The Elgin l.'uskies continue their nightly drills under the lights in prepar ation for their opening game against Heppncr, Sept. 21. Coach Dale Hareett has 15 gridders working on blocking and tackling drills and sharpening their offense for the first game. The Huskies are scheduled for their first scrimmage early next week. ... , Hargett.assisted by Joe Miller, has the small but determined Huskies eager and ready for their coming season in A-2 class com petition. ROMINE TO SEE ACTION OTTAWA UPI Al Romine, an end released by the Green Bay Packers of the National Foot ball League this week, has joined the Ottawa Rough Riders and probably will see action against the Toronto Argonauts on Sept. 13. "SLEEPING BEAUTY" Also "WESTBOUND" STASIS SUNDAY ANTHONY QUINN ...Academy Award winner, scoring another triumph as Frank, the impatient widower! A RUAMOUNT ntTuM Barn to CAROL MORRIS DICK KALLMAN GLENN FORD TEE SHEEMAN" vf it ENDS TONITE "KATHY '0" ' V- 11. 1 '