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Never Say Die Indians Squeeze By Orioles Twice United Press International Never say die because that Cleveland club eve-yone said was dead is beginning to show signs , of life. Apparently, neither do veteran Jack Harshman and rookie Jim Perry. Each turned in a faicy five-hit effort in a 3-2 and 4-1 ti night sweep over the Orioles Wednesday night that ran the In dians' latest winning streak to six I Observer, La Grande, Ore., Thur$., Sept. 10, 1959 Pag 2 VET END STEELERS' United Press International A budding Bobby Layne-Pete I Brewster passing combination has : suddenly made the Pittsburgh : Steelers look like a top contender in the National Football League. Brewster., who had announced his retirement at the end of the 1958 season, was acquired from the Cleveland Browns Wednesday in exchange for an undisclosed draft choice. The former Purdue ace had been a standout end for the Browns during his seven-year ten ure with Cleveland, leading the BOBBY LANE . The Passing Half . Standings United Ptms International National Lhiui W. L. Pet. CB San Francisco Milwaukee Lot Angeles Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia 71 60 75 S3 .565 M3 3 .543 3 .507 S .49 10', .474 12' .457 15 .421 20 75 S3 89 63 71 65 72 64 78 59 81 Wednesday's Results San Francisco 7 Pittsburgh 2 Cin 4 Chi I Mst game, 10 inns' Cin 7 Chi 2 '2nd game, S inns, called on account of durkness' Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3 night Los Angeles 1 Phila 0 might) Airtrican League W. L. Pet. CB Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Baltimore Boston Kansas City 17 52 82 56 70 69 69 69 66 71 64 75 5 78 .626 i .594 4i .504 17 .500 174 .482 20 .460 23 .431 17 .403 31 Washington 56 83 Wednesday Night's Results New York 4 Kan City a Cleveland 3 Baltimore 1 Mst I Cleveland 4 Baltimore 1 i2id Chicago 3 Washington 1 Detroit 3 Boston 1 Pacific Coast League rm K J - T : - W. L. Pet. CB : Salt Lake 82 67 .5.V) t Vancouver 7 68 .537 2 : Sacramento 76 73 .510 6 San Diego 75 74 .503 7 l Spokane "5 75 .500 71 I Portland ' 73 75 4W3 8't i Seattle 73 77 .487 ' I Phoenix ' 63 87 .420 19' Wednetriey'i Results Portland 1 Seattle 1 San DtaTO 6 Salt Lake 3 Sacramento 14 Phoenix 10 Spokane 7 Vancouver 5 . STANFORD RISKS SERIES- STANFORD, Calif il'PP i -Stanford University has decided te play Its college (not ball game with College of Pacific at Stan ford, Oct. 3 evei If it means com peting with World Series game at ne.irby Can-lies; ick Park in Han Francisco that day - ' Par Beautiful N.w Ivilaeine In Kitchen er Play Roem Fanicatonsoweld MILLER CABINET SHOP Jefferson and Creenwoad games and boosted them within 4'i games of first place. ' . -The Indians won the opener it the ninth inning when eeiiftrfieldV er Willie Tasby played George Strickland's single into a base circling "homer" for a three-base error. In the nightcap, Rocky Col avito's sixth-inning double scored Minnie Minoso and broke a 1-1 tie. Cleveland added two more in surance runs off loser Skinny OBSERVER Nail Anderson BRIGHTENS OUTLOOK club in pass receiving in his last four seasons. Steeler President Art Rooney said after the announcement. "We had agreed to terms over the telephone and Pete's satisfied. But he must talk over the situa tion with his partner in a sport ing goods store to make arrange ments about being away. If all works out with his partner, Pete will join the team Sunday."1 ' Pittsburgh, which has lost three straight exhibition games since the opening win over Cleveland, has needed offensive end material since the injuries of Jim Orr and Jack McClaireti and the Steelers hope Brewster will fill the void. ' The Green Bay Packers,' with no new injuries for .a change., staged an hour and a half work out in Greensboro, N C , for Sat urday's nationally televised game with the Washington Redskins at Winston-Salem. ' Coach 1 Weeb Eubank- of the world champion Baltimore Colts has 'placed offensive halfback Curly Johnson en the waiver last. The former University of Houston star failed to make the New York Giants' team last year because of Injuries. Joe Brown ' I a Scores TKO , . . .i Win On TV COLUMBUS. Ohio l'PH-Light weight champion Joe Brown, who once thought of stepping up a di vision, said today he Is satisfied to- stay in the 135-pound class "even though 1 may be running out of opponents. . , The hard h i 1 1 i n g champion Wednesday night scored a fourth round technical knockout over Ca nadian welterweight chamnion Gale Kerwin in a nationally-televised, non-title 10-rounder "I've been making the light weight limit easy," Brown said, "even though 1 was overweight last night." Brown weighed in at 140 for the Kerwin fight. 1 "I've just about run ant of op ponents by fighting : so" much," Brown said, "although the NBA National Boxing Assn. will keep 10 fighters up there for me." Brown bore no marks of his battle with Kerwin. which referee Jack Dcmpsey stopped at 1:50 in the fourth with I In t'anadian bleeding from a severe 'cut over his left eye. It was the second time in his 40 professional bouts that Kerwin, who has been side lined for almost a year due to a severe case of anemia, had been stopped by a cut. . , . The - 33-year-old champion knocked Kerwin down in the sec ond round for a sevenount with a left-right combination which he said has been working perfectly for him in his last three fights. Each fighter got M.OUO of the television money with Brown get ting 30 per -cent of the gate and1 Kerwin getting 25 per cent. At tendance was 3.182 paid. The bout was staged by the Co lumbus Dispatch-Ohio State Jour nal Charities with all proceeds,! after expenses, going to charity. A two-match wrestling show was also staged with former heavy-1 wriKm trnainftuu aniicy uur nui-u cott refereeing. . I SAVE on Fine Furnilure For The Home t LA GRANDE FURNITURE . WAREHOUSE East Adams Avenue. Brown in the seventh. - Win 11th Straight The first-place White Sox won their 11th straight from the Sena tors, 5-1 : the Tigers downed the Red Sox. 3-1. and the Yankees handed the Athletics their 12th straight loss, 4-0. The status quo was maintained in the National League where each of the top three contenders won.- First-place San Francisco stayed three games in front with a 7-2 victory over Pittsburgh; Las Angeles nipped Philadelphia. 14. and Milwaukee topped St. Louis, 5-3. Cincinnati swept a double header from Chicago. 4-2, in 10 innings and 7-2 in a five-inning nightcap called because of dark ness. Bob Shaw won his 15th game for the White Sox with a seven- hitter against the Senators. The White Sox scored four runs with the help of three errors in the seventh. Jim Bunning held Boston to three hits in registering his 16th win for Detroit. Held to Four Hits Art Ditmar and Whitey Ford combined in a four-hit effort that gave the Yankees their victory' over the A's. Willie Mays cracked his 27th home' run and scored three of the Giants' seven runs against the slumping Pirates, who lost their seventh game in the last eight starts. ' Don Drysdale ended a month long slump and a personal six- game losing streak when he pitched the Dodgers to their vic tory over the Phillies. Drysdale struck out 11 and yielded three hits en route to his 1th victory. Bobby Avila s grand-slam hom er hi the ninth inning sank L'rnie Brogllo of the Cardinals and brought Milwaukee southpaw Warren Spahn his 191 h victory. The Reds won their opening game from the Cubs when they put together four singles for two runs in the loth. Home runs by Vada Plnson. Ed Bailey and Frank Robinson gave Joe Nuxhull his eighth victory in the abbrevi ated n.ghtcap. "r-'j ".rvV. "" - ' , JCK0W Y0UX BLACK, OOO NUMBERS! itrr not urrtnstt owmntl est smmsi uesTNCSM eT swe tsrriiUM oiakmi. oe eour wsTut tSUkCX MO WMITC . 3 WHTK-.il ' " -4 tratrti) , THiefll SIASjltK ssusun mimi ouraoasM ' WAIVERS REQUESTED BALTIMORE, Md U'PI The world champion Baltimore Colts have asked waivers on Fred Bur kett. an offensive halfback from San Antonio. Tex., who played college football for Southeastern Oklahoma. AlFHfB HrrCMCOC NORTH BY NORTHWEST-i mem p. n PLUS MrtsCOM"! J9s .STEVt. UKOOlE DUOYG Hi : - iff ; I1UW AND . , V- 1 WD I "josuontal' ' NOW THRU SAT. 7 r-xy yrJ i f- J w , -j n fififfffi k r -mm i LOOK MOM! Frankie Joe Thomas, 7, displays his prize catch. Frankie caught his fish at Diamond Lake Monday. The three pound, 22 inch beauty was Frankie's first success as an angler. He caught it with a silver flatfish without his father's help. Frankie says he is going to eat it ali by himself. (Observer Photo) San Francisco Goes Ga Gar Big Sports Binge Has Whole Town Agog SAN FRANCISCO L'PH San Francisco has gone ga-ga over sports. The whole towns a-jumpin'! The fans have money in their pockets and the biggest business! ha'.tle in the city today is over the entertainment- dollar. From far and near they come out to see the Gia its, the Forty Niners I and other sporting events. j For the next three weeks the nearly hysterical pace will go on; and on until the pocket books and the people are exhausted. It's the biggest siwrts binge in the history of the cily. I Starting Monday, Sept. 14 when! the "big push'' gets under way here is what the snorts-minded will be sevirg in the city by the Golden Gate: j Giants Head Agenda 1 The Gia.its in their hreath 'aking duel to the stretch against Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Los Imbler. Drills For Opening Game l.MKI ER (Special) The Imblrrl lish School football team com-! -!(tcd its first wevk of practice! ir preparation for its penin?: -ne a2;i;nst Xorth Powder Fri ! day. Fifteen candidates turned nut for drills on the school field1 js imbler begins another vear' of six-man football. I Candidates for this year's j liam arc: Merril Gorham. Dallas C'rai?. Larry McKmnis. l.eland rics. Darrr) Gorham. Gavlan Clipston. Gary Peterson. Henrv .Ir.hnson. Terry McBridc, Jim; Heck, Ken Sovercnco, Hob Brok shier, Eddy Johnson, Dave Paroz and Joe Wcstcnskow. Positions on the lmhler team are wide open according to the coaching stiff. Th schedule: Sept. 11 North Powder, home Sept. 18 Richland, away Sept. 25 Cove, away Oct. 2 Hereford, home Oct. 9 Huntington, home Oct. 18 open Oct 23 Helix, away FREE SAWDUST AND WOOD CHIPS by Ihe Truck Load! WE LOAD ... YOU HAUL Get all you require now for livestock bedding and for use in heavier soils. Our plant loader ' is available for loading your truck. Access to the loading yard is gained from the Island City Highway. Slop si Our La Grande Yard Monday Through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. I1T. EMILY LUMBER CO. LA GRANDE if Angeles for the National League pennant. 2 Horse racing opening Sept. 14 at Golden Gate Fields for six weeks, where the bettors will put at least three-quarters of a mil lion dollars daily through the mutuel windows. 3 College football every week end, featuring Stanford and Cal ifornia: Cal plays Iowa here Sept 26 and Notre Dame here Oct. 10: Stanford meets 0:egon here Sept 19. College of Pacific Oct. 3. 4 The Forty Niners tangle with the Philadelphia Eagles here on Sept. 27 and the Los Angeles Rams Oct. 3. .V-If the Giants get into the World Series, the San Francisco dates will be Oct. 3-4-5 and sell outs are assured at the new 40.000-seat Candlestick Park. 6 The S-tO.000 Golden Gate Open Golf Tournament Sept. 24 27. featuring the world's top pro- Open Golf Tournament Sent. 24- 27. featuring the world's top pro fessionals. 7 Pacific Coast Tennis Cham pionships. Sept. 26-Oct. 4. 8 Plus small college and high school football, fights, yachting, deep-sea fishing, etc Several Err its Over-lap Some of the events over-lap. For instance, if the Giants get into the World Series, their home playing dates will be Oct. 3-4-5. Oct. 3. Stanford plays College of Pacific at Stanford 30 miles from Candlestick Park. Oct. 4. the Forty Niners tangle with the Los Angeles Rams. There is no thought or consideration of moving or postponing this game. The Forty Niners already have 50.000 tickets sold and expect sell-out of the 60.000-scat Keiar Stadium. Technically, the town is "closed." but it will be a rip- roaring metropolis for the next three weeks and with the added attraction of the big CIO-AFL convention, the Pacific Festival, and the visit of Khrushchev, it is probable that visiting sight-seers will get sunburned tonsils wa'.chmg the fun. Tigers Have One Day Before Only one day remains before the La Grande Tigers open their 1359 football season sgainst the Cuucats Irom union . The new edition of the Tigers have spent the week clearing up the "little things" prior to their first meeting. Tuesday, the Conditions Good For AfcKers Steelhead ' angling - continues good on the Columbia river be tween Boardman and Arlington. Wallowa river is good tor rain bow on bait. Angling is picking op on the Imnaha river sbova the Imnaha store. Big Sheep and Little Sheep creeks are fair to good on dry flies and grasshoppers. Dug bar has been good for - smallmouth bass, chsnnel catfish' and rain bow trout ' Duck lake is produc ing occasional Eastern Brook and rainbow trout to 11 inches. Angling continues good in the high lakes. Balm Creek reservoir is good on bait in the evenings. Fagle creek is poor to fair. Ang ling is good at Brown lee reser voir with bait for small bass, perch, and channel catfish. Uni ty reservoir is fair to good for reinbow on bait. HUNTING: '. ' " Grouse hunting was spotty due to heavy rains over the weekend. Most birds are found near springs. Mourning dove hunting is good to excellent in the northeast re gion. Doves can be found in grain fields adjacent to water. Conditions are good in all arch ety areas in the northesst region. 'Independents' Hold Long Practices EUGENE. Ore. UPU The Oregon YVebfoots staged a 20 minute scrimmage Wednesday in which the first team outscored the second unit, two touchdowns to ore. Cpjch Len Casanova praised the work of both units. He said senior fullback Dave Powell of Eugene was outstanding in the brief scrim mage. .'He ran awfully hard," Casa nova said. CORVALLIS. Ore. UPI The Oregon State Beavers planned to hold their last big game-type scrimmage today before the open er against Southern California in Portland Sept. 19. ' Coach Tommy Prothro sent the Beavers through two light work outs Wednesday. Tailback Grimm Mason and end George Thompson were still out with injuries. Neith er is expected to be back in ac tion before next week. MOSCOW, Idaho il'Pl The Whites defeated the Blacks. 32 20, in a full scale scrimmage at the University of Idaho Wednes day. Both units displayed consider able offensive power, with sopho more Andy Klemm providing the top run of the day by going 65 yards to set up a touchdown on the Blacks' 15-yard line. The Whites led at halftimc, 17-7. PULLMAN. Wash. (UPI Washington State held a long scrimmage Wednesday in an ef fort to buck up the defense for the opener against California Sept. 19. NOW AT 7he Wheel 'Snack Time Menu' fn response to popular demand we've extended our kitchen hours to enable our customers to enjoy a "Snack" or a come plete dinner from the time we open until the time we closed 3 P.M. till 2:15 A.M. ' " daily; except Sunday Along With Our FAMOUS STEAK ll DINNERS We Are FeaiurLng- km BsOtol with ENIERTAINMENT FOR YOU! 'ROD AND JAN' the two versatile on the Hammond Organ and drums starting their RETURN ENCASE MENT Friday, Srptpmlxr 11, and nightly thereafter. Union Game team ran through a scrimmage in the final heavv contact work before the Bobcats come to town. Head coach Franz llaun sent his 39 charges through a dum my offensive scrimmage during Wednesday's drills to aid that final bit of polish to the Tigers' split T offense. "We have a long way to go be fore we are real sharp but then we've come a long way already," said Haun. - Only two men are not expected, to see action in Fridays encount er.- Haun. who wants to take a look at, every candidate under same pressure, will use every man if possible. Guard Lonnie Blackman, out with a broken jaw, and tackle Gregg Myers, who sprained -an' ankle, will watch the game from the sidelines. ' Out at Union, the Bobcats are eager and ready for the gaifae. Coach Bud Lewis' gridders ' ire out to gain revenge for last year's loss to the Tigers. The Tigers are expected to toss i wide open attack at the Union griddcrs. Haun has Ray Wes-1 tenskow and Rick Gerry ready at the quarterback slot to loosen the Union defense. Jim Hilliard, the flashy senior halfback, can also pass well when called upon. The lineup for the opening kickoff has not been set as yet. Game time is scheduled for 8 p. m. on the Tiger's home field. Barry MacKay Earns Spot In Singles Test FOREST HILLS, N Y. urn Big Barry MacKay of Dayton, Ohio, was favored today to be come the third and last American to nail a berth among the last eight survivors in the U.S. Tennis Singles Championship And for the third-seeded Mac Key, who'll meet young Bob Mark of Australia in the day's feature match, it means a heavy load to carry for th? other Americans. Safely into the round o: eight -are unseeded Ron Holmberg of Brook lyn and Bernard (Tut) Bartten of, San Angelo. Tex., neither consid ered much of a title threat. Bart zen beat Vic Seixas of Philadel phia, 2-6, 8-10. 6-0, 6-1. Wednes day. ' ' Further, if MacKay wins today, he'll. bump into BajrUea. in the' next round, thereby automatically eliminating one more American. Alex Olmedo of Peru, Neale Fraser, Roy Emerson and Hod Laver of Australia made it- four foreign-born stars already in the' quarter finals and a fifth Luis Ayala of Chile was rated a shoo- in today against Ed Dailey of Harrisburg, Pa. Today is "catch up" day in 4he nationals because of a 50-minute rainstorm that fouled up the schedule Wednesday, forcing post ponement of two matches tha' hadn't even started and a delay in three others either caught ii the rain or halted by darkness. Cove Announces Grid Schedule COVE (Special) Cove High School announced its 1959 foot ball schedule this week. The Cove team will open against Hereford at at 1:30 Friday after noon. Lostinc, originally on the Cove schedule, dropped out and changes were made to compen s?tc. Sept. 11 at Hereford, 1:30 Sept. 18 at Arlington, 2:00 Sept. 25 Imbler, 1:30 Oct. 2 at Richland. 1:30 Oct. 9 North Powder, 1:30 Oct. IB Huntington, 1:30 Oct 23 at Weston, 2:30 Spaghetti Ilushrooms. Portland Climbs Up To Sixth By United Press International The Portland Beavers beat off the challenge of the Seattle Ram ie's for their sixth place position with a 6-2 win Wednesday night and open a series with Spokane toiight to try to move up higher in the final PCL standings. Kenny Johnson scattered seven hits to give Portland a 6-2 victory over Seattle. Portland now is a full game ahead of Seattle and one game, behind Spokane, which is in fifth' place. Jack Littrell hit his 17th home run of the year for Portland. The game drew 867 fans. Big Frank Howard homered in the ninth inning t ogive Spokane a 7-5 victory over Vancouver and further dim the Mounties' pennant hopes. Leading Salt Lake lost to San Diego 6-5 while Sacramento and Phoenix staged a home run duel, before only 186 fans at Phoe nix. . Sacramento and Phoenix blast ed nine home runs in their affair, all coming after the sixth Inning. The Solons clouted six of the blows, two each by catcher Ctay Dalrymple and third baseman Milt Smith. Bob Perry, and. Mike Krsnich added round-trippers for Sacramento. j Johnsons Win 1th Four runs in the first frame was enough for Portland, with winning pitcher Ken Johnson scattering seven hits to gain his 16th win. San Diego's win ever Salt Lake snapped a three-game streak for the stretch-driving Bees. A crowd of 4,104 watched the action. A total of 12 pitchers paraded to and from the hill in the Spokane-Vancouver fray, with the fourth of five Spokane hurlers, Phil Ortega, finally gaining the win. Capilano Stadium in Vancouver was filled with 4.322 fans, sent home disappointed after Howard powered his crucial nome run bouncing onto the top of the right field fence. PENNANT RACE AT A GLANCE - National League W. L. Pet. C3 CL S. F. 78 60 .565 16 L. A. 75 63 .543 3 16 Milw. 75 63 .543 3 16 American League.. i W. L. Pet. GB GL Chgo. 87 52 .626 '15 Cleve. 82 56 .594 4'i 16 THE NATION'S i BIGGEST 1959 T EXPOSITION 4 CLIMAX or OREGON'S CENTENNIAL TNI MISHIT NOW PLAYING CAST OF 700 A spectacular new form of dramatic entertainment! Dra ma - Music Ballet - all fused into one gigantic production on 7 live stages! Highlights of Oregon's colorful history un fold excitingly before your eyes in the festest-moving two hours of jour life. Don't miss The Mighty Oregon Story! Sept. 3 through 17 tIGCEST FAMILY ' FUN-TIME ATTRACTION i IN OREGON'S HISTORY a Hi in i I