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White Sox Win Eliminates Seattle Chicago Athletics United Press International - It's certain today that the Yan kees can't win the American League pennant and it lucks more and more like the White Sox can't los it. r The proud Yankee, winners of (our straight p-nnants and nine out of 10 under Casey Stengel. &ficiaUy became "dead ducks" at Il:3S p.m. e.d.t. Tuesday night When Luis Aparlcio's 10th inning ingle gave the White Sox a 3 2 Victory over the Kansas City Ath letic. The White Sox' triumph nvon the Yankees are 17 '-i games out of first place with only 17 games left to play and all the machinations and strategems of Stengel himself can't repeal the laws of mathe matics. As of today th? Yankees' "magic number" becomes 1960. . The White Sox, of course, must till eliminate the Cleveland In dians to win their first pennant in 40 years but that, too, is rapidly becoming a mathematical certain ty. Only eight victories llivir last 16 games would give the White Sox 94 wins for the season and the Indians would have to take 14 of their last IS for a .778 pace to tie I Early Wynn, an "old smoothit" jvho'd strangle his grandmother to Jet into the World Series, pitched six hitter to score his lath win of the year and put the White Jox five full games ahead of the Indians. The Athletics almost Jiulled out the decision by scoring wo runs to go ahead in th ninth but the go-go Sox tied it in the Jwttom of the ninth and won out in the 10th. Moving in for the "kill." the White Sox open a two-game series tonight against the Washington Senators, against whom they have 15-5 season mark. ManagT Al xpez is sending Bob Shaw (14 61 against Camilo Pascual 14-10) in In attempt to drive another nail Into the Indians' coffin. The Indians, who have scored lour straight come from bt-hind Victories in an rffort to spring a Jniracle, meet ,the Baltimore Orl-1 ties in a twi-night double-header ith Jim Perry (10-71 and Jack Jlarshman (6-9 facing Hal Brow own It's1 J9-7) and Milt Pappas (14-7). potential booby trap for the In jjllans because they have only J0-9 season advantage over th? Prioles. In the National League, the first Jlace San Francisco Giants are ending Jack Sanford (12-12) -against Harvey Haddix (11-10) of ihe Pittsburgh Pirates while the llespjratf ly pursuing Milwaukee graves play the St. Louis Cardi nals and the Los Angeles Dodgers foeet the Philadelphia Phillies. The Braves have Warren Spahn U8-U) going against Ernie Brog iio 16-11) and the Dodgrs have Don Drysdal 15-12) against Jim Ihtens (11 11). lightweight Champ Meets "Canadian ; COLUMBUS .Ohio (UPD Light Wight champion Joe Brown, who lights as often as he can, and Canadian welterweight Gale Kcr in, launching a comeback after -a year's absence from the ring. Tneet here tonight in a non-title xationally-telcvised 10-rounder. Brown, who won the 135-pound Title three years ago. rates a 4-1 4avorite over the Canadian who fights out of Valley Springs, N Y. I Lou Viscusi, Brown's manager, said be hopes to have the cham jiion weigh in at about 138 or ,139 in the ovor-thc-wcight fight. He aid he expected Kerwin to weigh ground 140 or 141. Viscusi admitted that the fight looms much as a tunctip for jirown, who hopes to defend his title in Houstin, Tex. in Decern Iter, probably against Britain's Dave Charnley. The bout was staged as part P PliCPT. 1 klUaL" NORMAN J ... 1 ZZ iTwTillffiu i v s irmr Drops B eavers To I Observer, La Grande, Ore., f t it, t W'. A ft f I C"rv Pvt ? -Mix $ . - --..-r. - ? . . I -;. - ' ; 1 ' , - - I: ' "V.. ",' : ' . ' i. - - - '"- - I .-.-'' , TO TEACH Lou Bellisimo will offer bowling instruc tions at Blue Mountain Lanes through Friday. Lou Bellisimo Offers Bowling Instructions At Local Alleys Lou Bellisimo, n a tio n a 1 1 y known instructor and bowling coach at the University of Ore gon will be in La Grande for the next three days conducting clas ses at the Blue Mountain Alleys. Bellisimo, who has earned the nickname of "Mr. Scicntfic" be cause of his ability to analyze bowlers, will teach three classes daily at the lanes. A beginners class will be held from 10 am to noon daily. Intermediate bowlers will receive instruction from 1:30 Ur- 3:30 far the three afternoons. s From 7:30 to 9 30, Bellisimo will offer on-thc alley Instruction to all bowlers. For the past eight years, Lou has been the bowling coach at Oregon, He teaches five to six classes each tlay, 0 in a class, three terms a year; not includ ing the countless number of bowlers he tutors In open play. Bellisimo believes bowling can Semi-Pro Player m Returns Home Before College Verne Wclo returned to La Grande last week after a summer of playing semi-pro baseball for tl.o Helena Wranglers of the Cop per League. Welo load the league in most sacrifice hits and bunts, and whs third in stolen bases with 10. He ended the season with a .309 bat ting . average. Helena won the regular season play but dropped the post season playoff to second place East Hi-Una. throe games to two. Welo will leave this week to resume his studies at Washington State University at Pullman. of a combination wrestling-boxing show by the Columbus Dispatch Ohio State Journal charities. The fight will be televised na tionally by ABC starting at 10 p.m. e.d.t. The Columbus area will not be blacked out. Kcrwin's career was halted nearly a year ago due to a severe case of anemia. He lost a 10 round decision to Frankie Ryff in Washington on Sept. 26, 1958 in his last fight i,i;i!.!i;i'X::ii;:;ra;i;ll!'!! HfiHS STARRING DaDDD CROSBY SHOW w i i n HI I 3 ' i OBSERVER Neil Andersen Wed., Sept. 9, 1959 Page 2 . J; ' ' .J:' toW . be broken down to various seg ments. He says that the game is 80 per cent approach, tim ing and coordination, IS per cent delivery form and only five per cent on the- bill. Lou, a left hander, boasts four perfect games in open play and a. 229 and a 200 in ABC sanctioned play, plus a high lea gue series of 7H5. He is cur rently averaging 106 and 197 in two leagues. - Major League Clubs Plan Series Tickets NEW YORK ll'PI -r Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick an nounced today he has given five major league clubs formal permis sion to print tickets for the 1959 World Series'. Frick said he has given the San Francisco Giants. Milwaukee Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League and the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians of the American League permission to print tickets. "Get Ready For Winter Driving GUARANTEED GOOD USF Q WINTER TIRES Lots of peopl have bought new cart with 14" tires on them. They have traded in their used IS" winter tires. ALL KINDS OF DESIGNS ALL Nationally Branded TUBE nd TUBELESS $ FROM P.S. If you have bought a new car we will lake your used winler iires on trade for new Gen . eral Winler Cleal or Kraftread winler tires "YOUR WINTER TIRE HEADQUARTERS" Ford's Tire Service Yankees; Seventh Suds Lead By Points By Unittd Prits International The Portland Beavers slid to seventh place in the Pacific Cosst League Tuesday night. The Beavers, who not too long ago were In first p'ace, dropped a 10-5 decision to Seattle. Th? defeat put Seattle ahead of Portland percentagewise-, although each ttam Is 9'i games behind the leader. Salt Lake .City, meanwhih, moved a stco nearer the pennant with a 7-1 vic'ory over San Djego. The Bees have a two-game lead over second place Vancouver with just five games to plsy. Vancou ver stayed alive by downing Spo kane twice, both times by 3-1 scores. Sacramento took Phoenix 4-2. Bevan Hitr Homars Hal Bevar smacked two homers to lead Seattle's win over Portland and Lou Skizas hit one. Jim Green grass hit his 24th of the season for Portland. Don Rudo'ph was the winner and Art Houtteman the loser. The crowd at Multnomah sta dium was only 726. Umbricht Wins Uth Big Jim Umbricht tossed a five hitler at the Padres as he won his 13th game of the ya: for the Bees against eight losses. He was back ed by an 11-hit attack. San Diego's only run came on Allen Jones' 15th homer of the season. Chuck Har mon homered for the Bees. Chuch Estrada and George Bamberger handled the mound work as Vancouver took a pair from Spokane. Bamberger check ed the Indans on eight hits in the seven-inning first game for his 10th win, and Estrada pitched a four-hitter over the nine-inning route in the second affair. The win was Estrada's 13th against six losses. Vancouver got but five hits in each game. In the first affair, Spokane lapses aided the Mounti?s in scoring all their runs. In the sec ond game, a two-run homer by Frank Kellert wa the big blow. Tony Roig homered for Spokane. Btvan Leads Seattle Assault Seattle racked up Portland on 16 hits as Don Rudolph was credited with his seventh win in 10 tries. Hal Bevan smashed a pair of homers for the Rainiers his 12th and 13th of th? season. Jim Green grass crashed his 24th round trip per of the year for the Beavers and Lou Skizas hit a solo shot for the Rainiers. Roger Osenbaugh pitched a five hitter while continually forcing the Giants to hit the ball into the dirt. NASSER MEETS SAUD CAIRO UPI United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser and visiting King Saud of Saudi Arabia conferred for one hour and 45 minutes in their sec ond round of private talks here Wednesday. Details of the meet ing were kept secret. UP I 1 I l' 0BasBssa. rfy T 1 no n Heryford Wins Hotel Title At CC Bill Heryford edged Everett Reynolds by a stroke to capture the Sacajawea Hotel Trophy for the third time in weekend golf i'dion over the La Grande Coun try Club course. Heryford fired a net 148 foi the 36-holes of competition while Reynolds shot a net 147. Heiyfurd, who has won the trophy twice before, will rctir the present award from active competition. The first five golfcri finished only five strokes apart. Following Reynolds, Don Stiff grabbed off third spot with a net 148. Ray Murphy with a net 149 fininshed fourth and Don McCall's 150 earned him fifth place. While the men Were vieing for the Sacajawea Trophy, the fe males from the club were com peting for the Sand Trap Tro phy. Anna Mae Thibeau grabbed the 18 hole competition with a net 71. Mae Schriver with a 78 wa second and Verla Gregory war another thTce strokes back with net 79. Two women tied for fourth spot in competition. Betty Boh nenkamp and Sylvia Courtney fired identical net 80's to finish in a dead heat. The competition was held over the three-day Labor Day week end, t Standings United Pras International NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB San Francisco ... 77 60 .562 Milwaukee 74 63 .540 3 Los Angeles ... 74 63 .540 3 Pittsburgh 71 68 .511 7 Cincinnati 68 71 .482 11 Chicago 65 70 .481 11 St. Louis 64 75 .460 14 Philadelphia ..... 59 80 .424 19 Tuesday's Results No games scheduled . AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Chicago 86 52 .623 Cleveland 80 56 .588 5 Detroit 69 69 .500 17 New York 68 69 .496 17V4 Baltimore 66 69 .489 18 Mi Boston 64 74 .464 22 Kansas City 59 77 .434 26 Washington 56 82 .406 30 Tuesday Nights Result Chicago 3 Kan. City 2 (10 inn.) . Only game scheduled. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Salt Lake 82 66 .554 . Vancouver 79 67 .541 2 Sacramento 75 73 .507 7 San Diego 74 74 .500 8 Spokane 74 75 .497 84 Seattle 73 76 .490 S'i Portland 72 75 .486 94 Phonenix .. .... 63 86 .423 194 Tuesday Results Vancouver 3, Spokane 1 (1st) Vancouver 3 Spokane 1 (2nd) Sacramento 4 Phoenix 2 Salt Lake 7 San Diego 1 Seattle 10 Portland 5 DEPENDS UPON TIRE DEPTH Ancient Explains Peruvian FCREST HILLS. N'.Y. il'PI' Down in Peru they refer to Alex . . Olmedo. their greatest tennis star, I as "El Mistiano." ! This is because, as a youns-iter. he came down from the slopes of: Uiii M.uiniain whlrh nvr-rlonks the tiny city w here the houses are J made of the white volcanic ash. Orce upon a time Arc;jui!a passed a law that all of the houses would have to be painted white Immediately the independent Pe ruvians began to paint their hous es every color of the rainbow. The law was rescinded. Immediately everybody painted his house white. They say, in Peru, that when a figul ureaics out, most people ask "Who's fightingV but in Arequipa they rush outdoors and ask "who am I fighting?" Writs To Win Which, in a way, explains the inner workings of "El "Mistino." the embattled son of the In cas who currently is bearing the scorn and censure of the tennis world for his "indifferent play." Alex Olmedo wants to win. But it irritated him beyond words when they sta'ted telling him to paint his house white. And, like any native of Arequipa, he isn't going to sit still and ask "who's fighting?" Of course, in this strange new world into which his tennis racket became a passport, one doesn't go out and throw rocks. So "El Mis tiano" simply adopts a go-to-blaz-es attitude and lets the chips full where they will. A year ago he was the hero of U.S. tennis after winning two sin gles and teaming in the victorious doubles as the Davis Cup was re captured from Australia, 3 to 2 This year, after winning at Wim bledon, he was expected to dupli cate his performance in the big silverware snatch. He Just Shrugs But, on the heels of a "give away" defeat which brought offi cial wrath down on his head for acting like an amateur in the U.S. clay court championships, he blew a singles match and the doubles as Australia regained the Davis Cup. There was an evident feel- CARDS SIGN ROOKIE MEMPHIS, Tenn. UPI Phil Gagliano, a 17-year-old shortstop who batfett between .333 and .375 in three years of high school and American Legion ball, has signed a contract with the St. Louis Car dinals and will report to their Billings, Mont., farm club in the Class D. Kookie League next spring. Jeep' vehicles are completely engineered for 4-wheel drive, not just 2-wheel drive modifications or conversions. They go more, places, do"m"ore jobs, cost less to own, have higher resale value! i Heritage Perverse Net Star i"B that he should Ik- stood aS"'"st .u,a" a ,l i ,u ,v Alex hrugged aid walked away (hjs fceing f()r (rom Mj;(i Moun. tain aid Arequina. vhut about his play in the clay courts? i 1 n.u r.e sno'.imn I na e uo.it, says Stanley Sirger, on recommendation . Olmedo brought to this country. whose w o s Alex is unahppy over his show ing in the Davis Cup. lie looks blnse as ha shoots tcr the U.S. title this week. But this is th? time. Singer contends, when "Kl Mistia-o" is trying his hardest AM. Singer predicts, the moun tain is about to erupt. A-3000 Itt " MILE CHASE . - ..That blazes' .. -r a trail of TERROR ( to a gripping, t tmJ ..... i..Fi BY NORTHWEST' JESSIE ROYCE LANDIS Mm b, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PLUS UEttE STEVE BRODIE LYN THOMAS ii : VEHICLES BY WILLYS MOTORS... 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