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Page 2 Section 2 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL . Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, August 21, 1956 Homers Up Braves' Lead Aclcock, Mathews Collect Burdette Defeats ' Cincinnati in ' Only Game By ED WII.KS The Associated Prim ; Nobody's won the ponnanl yet In' that hectic National League race, but a. of today the pressure definitely is on Brooklyn and Cin cinnati while the first-place Mil waukee Braves, loaded with the best pitching in the league, play It cool behind Burdette, Spahn and Buhl.- . Those three top the NL's earned run averages. Lew Burdette has managed to knock off Cincinnati's contending Rcdlegs four times without defeat; Bob Buhl has beat end Brooklyn's world champion Dodgers six times without a loss. . Spahn Back In Relief. Warren Spahn and Burdette combined to salvage an important split In the four-game series at Cincinnati. Spahn quieted the am bitious Hedlcgs . Sunday, . then came back in relief to get the final out as Burdelte beat them 3-1 on a five-hitter last night. The Braves lack the Redlcgs' power, but they again made their blows pay off in the series finale, riding in on home runs by Ed Mathews and Joe Adcock al though held to just four hits by Brooks Lawrence. ' ft was the only game scheduled in either league and hoisted the Braves into a 2',4-game lead as tney return to Milwaukee for a home stand. Brooklyn, slated to play five games against the Red legs and Braves in five straight days this weekend, has a ' one game bulge over the third-place Cincys at the moment. Mathews' 28th home run fol lowed a two-out second-Inning tri ple by Hank Aaron that broke through Lawrence's hitless spell. Then Adcock hammered his 30th .homer with two out in the sixth for the 'Braves" third hit off the 18-7 right-hander,' who now . has lost five of his last six decisions, Burdette was rolling ; along; on a three-hit shutout-for eieht in- nlngs.i Tben; rookie Frank- Robin son .walloped, his 80th homer to lead off the ninth. A walk fol lowed, but Ted Klusiewskl hit Inin a doubla play that eased the situ ation ior Burdette. But when , Welly Post lined llnsle. ! MATMfffir. VraH U a n waved tn southpaw Spahn. lie got Kd Bailey ,onwa game-ending grtnmnrt'tain naueq Biirnoiie'a 16th success against seven de feats and put his ERA at 2.48 topj in the majors. Mllwaukea Ma Ml nnn .1 a Cincinnati .. . ooo ooo 001 1 ft 0 Leads Way (Or i S4 a ' El KM rrl ft K ,vfV Beavers Lose in 1 0 To Climbing Sacs BaichllomerTrips Alexander; L.A. Crushes Pads By THE ASSOCIATED PKESS Sacramento's Danny Baich, aft er driving in the first two Solon runs, settled the game with fourth - place Portland Monday night with a tenth inning homer that trimmed the Beavers 4-3. Victory brought the Solons with in IK games of the first division in the Pacific Coast League. In the fifth inning Batch tripled in AI Heist and Joe Koppe. Sac SLUGGER STEVE BILKO Bilko Top Man in PCL Homers Hitting, RBI's Three Others Hitting Well; Mauch .354, Marquez ,345 Burdettr. SDihn fO) and Rirarljw. ranee, jreemnn fj ana IMUey W NCAA Mess Very Possible DENVER m Firm restraints on the financial enthusiasm of college-athletic booster groups are proposed' by the Athletic Council, one i of! t,hre committees of the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. meeting here. ... Fireworks were expected Tues day in a report of the council's infractions committee, fact-finding agency for the NCAA's enforce ment program. ' This committee was - expected to report- and make recommenda tions on violations of the athletic code by some of the' NCAA's 486 member schools, among them sev eral in the strife-ridden Pacific ComI Conference. The H-member Athletic Council recommended Monday that boost er clubs be required to register with the college or university whose team they suuDort. The school then would be responsible for conduct of the group, nnd for an accurate record of its expenses. This was viewed as a firm rein en such clubs In recruiting and giving financial aid to promisng athletes. Clarence P. Houston of Tufts University, council president, said the proposal will go to the NCAA's run convention in St. Louis Jan HI. Two other rules relating to the courting of high school athletes by college representatives were adopted by the committee. These also will be submitted to the NCAA convention. One would require that a school representative obtain permission from the high school principal be fore contacting a prep athlete en rolled at that school. The second would allow a hieh school athlete sought by a college or university only one visit to that school's campus before making his selection, . . SAN FRANCISCO HI - Big Steve Bilko of Los Angeles has so dominated the Pacific Coast League batting race this season that three fellows hitting at better than a .340 clip have received few mentions.- . Bilko continues to pace the PCL, as he has all season, with an average of .303 and 47 home runs, reported Statistician William J. Weiss Tuesday. But the statistics also nolnted up that Gene Mauch of Los An geles is hitting at a hefty .354 cup, Luts Marquez of Portland, .343, and Bbb Usher of San Diego at 1342. .,j .Veteran Dick Sislcr. of San Di ego also ranks among the loaders with .329, Bilko continues to lead the mnc- batted-in department with 139 while Mauch has collected the most hits 178. The top 10 averages, including games oi unaay, August 19 -AB H BR RBI Pet. F.JCOS.Hd 171 63 ' qO 12 .368 Blko, La 4B0 174 47 . 139 .363 Maoh: La 803 178 18 74 .9.14 Laters, La 420 7 ' 0 0 .350 Marqz, Pd 470 162 21 84 .345 Usher, Sd 474 162 10 . co .'.342 SISler, Sd 435 14.1 9 69 .329 segrst, Vn 220 72 . 7 ; 45 .327 Spcake.La 463 150 21 97 .324 Mckisn, Pd 461 145 , 17 83 .315 Other averages included: . Lllrl, Pd ' '387 113 15 60 .292 Safel, Pd v 421120 ;3 32 ,285 Brkskl.Pd : 475 133 : : 13 79 !.280 Cldrne.Pd 339 92 7 45 .272 Young.Pd 473 118 .'5 33 .249 Mrn.Pd 239 58 2 13 .243 Bsnki.Pd 211 .51 4 17 .242 Bxes.Pd 333 80 16 57 .240 Tmns.Pd 48 11 0 3 .229 Btlcr.Pd 143 32 3 19 .224 Junior Legion Title on Block Undefeated Rosebnrg Plays Twin Falls; Billings Out YAKIMA 10 The champion- ship of the Northwest regional Junior Legion baseball tourna ment may be decided Tuesday nignt when Twin tails, Idaho, meets undefeated Roscburg, Ore. Twin Falls won its way into the final Monday night with a surprise 3-0 victory over Billings, Mont., prc-tournament favorite. Should Twin Falls win its 6:30 p. m. game with Roseburg Tuesday night, a second game will be played to determine the champion ship of the double elimination tourney. The winner will go on to Bill ings for the sectional tournament which starts there Aug. 25. Mon day night's defeat of Billings leaves the host to the sectional tourney sitting on the sidelines. Little Bob Burch, a righthander, allowed the highly favored Billings team only two hits, one a scratch variety, as he struck out six and walked only two. The Twin Falls collected six of its eight hits in the first two innings off Billings' star pitcher, Eddie Komac. Billings 000 000 0000 2 1 Twin Falls '210 000 OOx 3 8 2 Komac, Monlee (2) and Lissa; Burch and Martyn. Pension Plan Now Approved jini;innati un A new pen sion plan providing greater pay ments ana lrmge Denetlts was unanimously approved Monday by representatives oi tne 16 major league baseball teams. The new schedule will provide lor a me insurance policy, and medical, hospitalization and dis ability benefits. The enhanced benefits are made possible by a new 1614 million dollar, five-year television and ra dio .contract for the all-star and world series games. The contract goes into effect next April 1 at the same time the new pension plan will begin. A ball player, may elect to re tire at any age between 50 and 65. The older he is at retirement, tne more money he 11 get. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE ' W L Pel. W L Pet. t.oi Anf 89 40 MS Sacram 64 73 .467 Seattle 78 SI) .989 S. DlegO 81 78 .449 Hollywd 70 84 .922 S. Fran 80 79 .444 Portlnd 69 71 .478 Vancver 88 78 .426 Monday's results: At Sacramento 4, Portland 3: at Hollywood 6. Seattle 2; at San Dleso 1, Loa Angeles 12; only games played. ramento tied the score with two out in the ninth when Heist hom ered. Bliko Hlli 48th ' Steve Bilko slammed his 48th homer and three singles to drive in three runs as Los Angeles coasted to a 12-1 victory over San San Diego. The lone Padre tally scored In the eighth when relief pitcher Bob Kerrigan, one of the league's weakest batters, singled in John Merson. It was Kerrigan's second bit of the sea son. Reliable Elmer ' Singleton lost his sixth game as Bob Purkey of Houywooa nem Seattle to five hits. The Stars won 6-2. Singleton nas won 16. San Francisco and Vancouver were idle. ' Bevos' Saffell Injured Tom Saffell was taken out of the Portland lineup in the fifth in ning after he cracked his knee against the center field fence while chasing Baich's triple. Saf- teit singles and scored the first run in the opening frame on Jack Littrcll's double. , The Angel victory while Seattle was losing restored Los Angeles' league lead to 1014 games. While the Angels were accumulating 17 hits, Dave Hillman limited the Padres to four hits, struck out eight and walked only one. It was his 16th win against five defeats. binglcton got off to a bad start with Danny Kravitz' two-run hom er. The Stars followed it with two more tallies in the second inning when Carlos Bcrnicr hit his 12th triple to drive in Paul Pettit and Purkey. The game, sponsored by the Friars Club, was for the ben efit of the Leukemia Research Foundation. Portland (!) B H o A Snffel.m 3 13 0 Mfrlman 2 13 0 Llttrell.a 4 10 7 Mnroii7..r 4 13 0 Mlcklsn.l 4 1 12 0 carswel.l 3 10 0 brKsKl.r lOIO Thomas,.! 3 0 0 2 Baslnkl.2 4 0 3 3 Cldron.c 4 110 Alxndr.p 4 10 1 (4) lecramento D BO A Agosta.l 4 0 9 0 Tobln.r 4 13 Brlght.1 4 0 2 V.ons.l 4 0 7 Rlaley. 4 1 t Helsl.m 4 2 8 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Koppe.l 4 4 3 Bafch.c 4 Elliott. D 1 RJons.p 0 A-Faln 1 Watkn.p 0 b-Wallak 1 Candnl.p OOO Total! 36 8 17 14 Totals M 7 30 11 a Grounded out for R. Jonea In Sth. Dti rounded out for watKlna In BUi. x Nona out when winning run scored. Portland 210 OOO OOO 03 Sacramento 000 020 001 14 E None. HBI Llttrell, Carawell, uaiuerone, naicn 3, ueisi. 211 in trell. 3B B.ilcli. HR Ca Iderone. Heist. Batch. SO Heist. Lett Port land 8, Sacramento 4. BB Alexan der 1. B. Jonea '1, Watklns 1. SO Alexander 2. R. Jones 1. Watklns 2. lanclint 2. HU-Alexander 7 in 9, E loll 6 In 3. R. Jinoa 1 In 2. Wat klns 0 In 3, Candlnl 1 In 2. R F.R Alexander, 4-4. Elliott 3-3. R. Jones 0-0. Watklns 0-0. Candlnta 0-0. WP rjandlnl. w candlnl (3-3). u Alexander (8-9). U Ford. Ashford. Carluccl. T 2:00. A 2,048. MONDAY'S STARS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HITTING Ed Mathews. Braves Ham mered his 28th home run, with a man on, in 3-1 victory over Red-legs. Two Fighters vr xvt 1 . n ear wemnts TACOMA 1 Heavyweights Willie Pastrano of New Orleans and Pat McMurtry of Tacoma are nearlng (he 182-pound weights at which they hope to enter the ring for (heir 10-rounder in Lin coln Bowl hero Friday night. Both fighters worked out briefly In the, gymnasium here Monday. Pastrana going four rounds with his tparrlng partner, Amns Lin coln, and McMurtry doing tight rounds af routine gym work. IWJ' " " w- -m . r-i Mm, i "van Sf ZtUrr 5 2 J? iaii,i.. - lmlS , - . '. -vi x Row fltnvfm aipNl rroNn-rounlrr hr tplrplionp. Many floral show now ollor new service Floitvrt by Telephone. When flowers nre to !c sent out o( town, the florist culls tho distant city and places the order heforo the customer leaves tho shop. If the flowers asked for are out of stock, the customer is freo to chango his order, knowing his flowers will arrive on time. Florists who offer this new service display an emhlem read Jng! "We speed flowers hy telephone. 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