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f 3, I Neil Andersen Observer, La Grande, Ore., Thurs., Oct. 8, 1959 Page 2 PITCH OUT Ray WesU-nskow, La Grande's starting quarterback, will be the aerial arm of the Tigers when they clash with the Pendleton Buckaroos in the Round Up stadium. Westenskow completed six of seven passes against Bend, two for touchdowns, and will hope to duplicate the feat Friday night. (Observer Photo) Tiger, Buck Clash Tops Loop Agenda By NEIL ANDERSON Obiervtr Staff Writer The Intermmintain Conference spotlight will focus on l'endle , ton's Kound-Up stadium Friday night when l a Grande tannics with the Huckermi in a key contest for the league title. La Grande, fresh from n 40-u conquest of Bend will be primed as: to knock the Bucks, who are tied for the league lead, from their lofty perch. Pendleton has com piled a 2-0 conference mark with a 26-0 victory over the Dulles a :d last week's l!l U shutout ;it I'rino ville. l'endleti n added two pre season wins for a perfect record this season. The HurkcriKK arc ranked third in oai ht s' I'i.II ln-liiml powerful Medford and Jcllcr-am of Portland. I. a Grande, 3 l on the seas n. is l-l in conference play. A La Grande victory over IVndloton and a licdmimd loss to Bend rould threw the limp into a four way deadlock for first place. The Tigers heartened by their Upsided w in over Bend last week are in mind sphits for the com ing contest. "We are very pleaded with last week's win and spirit wise there was nothing we could have donel that would have helped us as much." said Coach Franz llaun. Ailing Hurlers Carry Hopes Of Chicago, LA In 6th Game CHICAGO t .'PI1 Early Wynu. a righthander with a sore elbow, and Johnny pnd-.et. a left bander with ai ailing back, carried Hie pitching hoK'.s of the t hieag i White Sox and the Us Angeles Do-lgers in the Mtli game of the World Ser es today. Although he has ha I only two days rest. Wynn was called upon by Manager AI Lone of the White Sox to keep their series nopes nine They laced sudden I deaifi. trailing the Dodgers three! games to two in this best four ,' out of seven game series Manager Walt Alston went along with Podres. the winm- of the second game, confident that he would close it out and bring to the West Coast ils fust woill's baseball championship. "He tells nie Ins back feels Okay,"' AWoi said, "so there isn't any reason why he shouldn't heal them ngam." Wynn'i Elbow Okay Wynn said his sore right elbow wag 'okuy" nnd that he was honored" by lieing selected to keep the While Sox in (lie running 'hir ;i yeur old lar. who won gainvs during Mm regular season. OBSERVER Ilaun, w.i claims to hu super stitious, repeated the comment lie made last week. "We have good team attitude und that will make a difference," grinned the Tiger mentor. Coach- Don Itequa's squad is r ported to be in good physical shape lor the game and spirit is beginning to perk up. I "We'll be ready for La Grande," Iti-qua said. "Scouting reports I show the Tigers to be an excel j lent team with great potential and i we expect to face strong cunipe ll tion. I a Grande always gives I us a rough time." Defense will again be the key iword Friday night. The Tiger defense, pulling a switch from la t i-ar. has held fuur opponents 1 1. only mx points but may have more trouble Mopping the potent jiffense the Buckcrno.s are cap able of showing. l.a Grande will have to stop the running of Bay Seri and Den ny Tyler along; with fullback Ned Cronin, a transfer frcm l.ilV Angeles. While La Grande and Pendle It n will he grabbing -the major portion of the attention in league play. Hermislon wilt pl:iv lu st to Baker in a battle of the Bull dogs; The Dalles will be at Itrtl mond and Bend will invade I'rinc ville. ', woi the first game, 11-0. leaving in the eighth inning when his el bow slitlened Hu started the fourth same in Los Angeles and was knocked out in the fourth inning when the Dodgers scored four runs. et up for the most part by Inept White Sox fielding "There's no reason to save my selt. now." Wynn observed "We have got to win today or there isn't any tomorrow, so it doesn't matter how much rest I've had I'm honored that the skipor nuked me because both Billy I Vive and Dick Donovan are ready to go. too." . With a southpaw going against them. Loiiez sa'd he would stick In the lineup which won the fifth game in Los Angeles Tuesday, I il That means Bubba Phillips PACKER SIDELINED GHi:i:. BAY. Wis l PI' -The (ireen Bay Packers- do not expect fullback .Inn Taylor to play in Sunday's game against the San Francisco Forty - Niner.s Taylor was hospitalized Wednesday with second degree burns sutlered at his home when a pan of hot I'Jeuse . !: hill oil be. -tit hiU and Iik( Club Holds Turkey Tourney I .a Grande Country Club's fe male pollers lield a turkey tour nament yesterday and the team captained by Frances McCall walked off with top honors. The tournament was played truss country'' and fials whacked away at Klf balls with various instruments including baseball bats. The losing team captained by Milly Hyde will host the winners at a dinner Oft. 22. Golf balls were awarded in Uiree classes for competition dur ing the past three weeks. Mae Schriver, Anne Decker and Maxine DeVancy were the class A winners and Verla Greg ory, Millie Hyde and Kleanor Trimble captured class B honors. Awards in C class were ma'Jc to Frances McCall and Katie Ca- vallo. Ecelcctic ball for September was awarded to Millie Hyde with a net 57. All golfers planning to attend the Turkey tournament dinner are asked to contact Millie Hyde or the club hy Oct. 19. Elgin Tackles Union In Friday Game ELGIN iSoeciiil) The Ekin Huskies will play hast to the Union Bobcats on the Husky fr Id Friday at 8 p.m. The Huskies will have the chore of stopping the offensive slants of Tom Cox.- Alan Livingston and Doug McConkie when the two teams battle. The Bobcats, fresh from a 13-13 draw at Wallowa, will be putting everything on the line when they meet F.lgin. Billy Martin, Bride On Honeymoon LAS VK.fi AS U'Pl Fiery baseball player Hilly Martin a'ld his new bride, airline stewardess Gretchen Ann Winkler. 24, left to day for a two-week honeymoon in Italy. Martin, 31, and Miss Winkler were married Wednesday in a twn-minute ceremony at the Des ert Inn Hotel. It wns the second marriage for the 31 year-old for mer New York Yankee second baseman, and the first for Miss Winkler, of Alliance, Neb. Martin now is with the Cleve land Indians. Baseball Heads Hospitalized By Pneumonia HAVANA 1 1 PI' George Trautman. president of the Na tional Association of Professional Baseball l-cagues. and Frank Miaughncssy, president of the In tenia! lonal League, today were hospitalized with pneumonia. Nei flier was reported in danger, how ever. Ilary Simmons, International League secretary, sa:d the two men, who came hero to attend the final games of the Little World Series between Minneapolis and Havana, apnarenlly contracted the illness in the cool, damp weather in Minneapolis last week. Simmons said they would lie confined to the Havana Medical a-d Surgical center for "a cou ple of days." will play third base with Jim Mc- Anany in left field. Sherman fol iar will he in the cleanup spot in the batting order. Makes Lineup Chang Alston made Nie lineup change, putting Duke Snider, who had been out with his chronic ailing knee, in center field. That gives him six left -handed hitlets. count ing Podres. in his batting order. The Sox. who again will wear the black stockings they wore in the fifth, game, were glad to get back to brick-walled Comiskcy Park. "It feels good to be back in a real hall park." snid Nellie Fox. "That Coliseum park is for the birds not baseball." Lopei said he was happy to bc hack home, too Neither Lope nor Alston would sieculnte on their f-eventh game pitcher if a seventh game is nec essary. However. Alston was ex pected to go with either Don Drysdale. the third game winner, or his relief ace. Larry Sherry, if Sherry is not needed, today. Lopei said it could be Donov an. Pierce or Hob Shaw. Tuesday s winner. Donovan appeared to In itio most likely choice. mproved Credited ountaineer Win C lach Arch Dunsmoor credit- ti Eastern Oregon Colleges 28-7 wctory iver Oiegon Cc liege last week to improved offensive play. "Vt e unproved our offensive line blocking and our backs were running hirder; our pass offense (Hiked encouraging and shew definite possibilities," Dunsmoor said. The play of quarterback Gene McKinney, who played the en ure game, drew praise from Uunsmuor. "McKinney played a good game. He has improved 100 per cent and this wai his first real test. He didn't see much action during the first two games but l shot the mocn and it pair off," Dunsmoor added with a grin. The Mr.untaineers arc drilling this week for Saturday's game with Oregon Tech in Klamath Falls. Tech is running neck and neck with EOC in conference rushing statistics. After two names. EOC lead OTl by a scant two yards, 310 to 308. Big problem facing the Moun taineers will be to stop Tech's i unning game headed by big, l.ui'ly Man Glass at fullback and the big line. OTI's line, spear headed by 225-pound Frank Wil son, who alternates between tackle and guard, averages 215 pounds. Rudell Stitch Seeks Shot At Welter Title LOUISVILLE. Ky. UPI Kudell Stitch said today he was a new fighter with the same old ambition a shot at Don Jordan's welterweight title. Stitch, who built his ring repu tation with a wicked but some times wild right hand, surprised Kalph Dupas and a lot of other people here and in a national tele vision audience Wednesday night by outhoxing the fancy fighter from New Orleans in a 10-rounder. The Louisville church deacon won a unanimous decision over Dupas by his sudden-death coun- terpunching, repeatedly knocking aside the No. 3 ranking welter's flicking jahs with his own left then crossing over jolting rights to the head. Stitch piled up points early. catching Dunas on the ropes mid way in the fourth round to bela hor him with a dozen left and right hooks. Bowling , Results NIGHT OWLS W L TP Blue Mt. Lanes .... 12 4 10122 Ml. Emily Office .10 6 9712 Little Pfg 9 7 9908 The Wheel 8 8 9761 Grande Ronde Mkt. 6 10 9Rr7 La Grande I.br. Co. 6 10 9481 Little Pig 12505) Betty Bethel 4V4. Mt. F:mi!y Office (25001 Irene Payne 190, 475. La Grande Lumber Co. 2499 Twila Carson 157, 442. Grande Ronde Market (2473 Juanila Witty 181. 476. Blue Mt. Lanes 12439) Brownie Brimm l2. 473. The Wheel 12367) Elsie Kommn 154, 437. Tuesday Afternoon Strikers W L TP Duhbers . 4 0 1870 Ge Cotters 3 0 16S9 Pin Hitters 3 1 1674 Four Spares 1 3 1619 Keglers 0 3 1585 Hopeful Four 0 4 1802 Tied One game. Duhbers: Vickev Durfee 156. 452. Go-Getters: Laura Zweifel 140, 372. Pill Hitters; Darlcne Twidwcll !48. 410. Four Spares; Marita Bell 155. 421. Keglers; Gracie Tartar 142, 411. Hopeful Four; Helen Alexander 137. 397. BEX Theatre ELGIN, OREGON NOW Through SUNDAY THE WORLD'S MOST HONORED SHOW! Michael Todd's "Around The World In 80 Days" Show SUrtt at 7: IS pm. Offense For The Mounts will be giving away almost 30 pounds to the man in the forward wall and it could be a decisive factor in the outcome. Dunsmoor will rely on the running cf John Wilmarth, Dean Whitley, Jerry Williams and George Aliverti. Williams gain ed 111 yards against OCE to climb high into the individual states. Aliverti, unranked prior to last week's game, picked up lis yards and will move into the top 10 ground-gainers. Minor changes have been made in the Mountaineer's lineup as Dunsmoor and assistant Don Campbell juggle their roster to find the best combination. Wil marth will alternate between guard and fullback and serve on defense as a linebacker. Dennis Bagnall and John Clarke will be seeing additional duty at the flanker posts. Jon Houk and Sam "Clickity" Clack along with Jack Wood provide the bulk of the defensive secondary. Dave Harmon and Ray Porter move into the defensive line at tackle and guard. The Mountaineers will also ccunt. tn the performances of tescrves Ron Robinson in the line along with Bob Johnson at tackle. Gordon Myers will be tested at the defensive end spot and Chuck Becker and Chuck Hugh- banks will perform at halfback and linebacker when- Tech has the ball. ' Brawls Mar Redskins' Scrimmage WASHINGTON (CPU Tem pers cooled off today among the Washington Redskins after a one hour scrimmage marked by a fist fight and another near brawl. Coach Mike Nixon's unusually tough contact work Wednesday erupted into a brief but vicious battle between halfback Jim Po doley and rookie defensive end Art Gob. Another fight between rookie wingback Ben Scotti and veteran offensive end Joe Walton was adverted only when other players stepped between the two as they were winding up to throw punches. Nixon, whose Redskins are the only National Football League team holding actual practice scrimmages during the regular season, said he wasn't disturbed over the incidents. All players concerned shook hands after the scrimmage and Nixon was smiling. Another near fight between end John Paluck aid tackle Ray Lemek developed last week while the Redskins were preparing for the Pittsburgh Steel ers a game which Washington won in an upset, 23-17. N'ixon had ordered the once a week scrjjnmnge until further no tice after the 'Skins lost their opener to the Chicago Cardinals. FORMER TEAMMATES CHICAGO it'PD Louisiana State Coach Paul Dictzcl and Northwestern mentor Ara Parseg hian, whose teams are ranked one-two in this week's VPI ratings are old buddies. Dictzel was a center nnd Parseghian a halfback on the undefeuled Miami of Ohio football team in 1947. ' 1 iTrlrllki SATURDAY SPECIAL! MIDNITE PREVUE 2 Horror Shows Opent 11:30 P.M. MAKE A DATE! STAY UP LATE! NOW THRU SAT. VAYllEftHOlDEN . 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