TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Yankees Regain Front Spot;
Giants, Tribe Have Trouble
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Spoilt Writer
The Giants and Indians form
ed a perfect pennant parlay in
1954 but it looks like you can
tear up your tickets today if you
bet on either of 'em for 1955.
Everything has been . going
wrong for both the world champ
ion Giants and the American
league champion Indians lately.
Take, for example, the Giants
who dropped to fourth place in
the National league when they
lost to the Braves, 8-7 Sunday.
Capt. Alvin Dark committed two
errors, the second -of which let
in the deciding run in the
CP-MEDFORD
NINE; STAYS
DISTRICT STANDINGS
W L Pet.
Cen. Point Medford 6 0 1.000
Ashland 4 2 .H67
Klamath Falls 2 4 .333
ijkeview u 6 .000
At least two hard series re
main for the Central Point-Med-
ford squad in its campaign for
the District 4 American Legion
junior baseball bunting. But un
der present circumstances, the
pressure will be on the opposi
tion. CP-Medford was still strongly
entrenched in the lead yesterday
after toppling the Klamath Falls
Cokes here 4 to 2 and 6 to 5.
And the club was in the best
position among teams in the
circuit to go on to the cham
pionship. The victories were the fifth
and sixth in the district for CP
M crew and brought to the half
way mark of the chase at the
only unblemished nine. Ash
land continued in second spot
yesterday by downing Lakeview
13 to 2 and 15 to 1.
Pitcher Duane Sides tossed
three hit ball in the opener and
Gordon Owsley and Kldon Fran
cis drove in the counters which
provided the two run victory
margin. Thrower Fred Herr
mann was tagged for eight
bingles in the wind-up fray but
he drove in a second inning tally
and came through with the
squeeze bunt which enabled La
val Meunier to cross with the
winning run.
One at a Time
CP-Medford collected its runs
one at a time in the starter while
Klamath got both its markers in
a single canto.
Meunier began the scoring in
the second inning by hitting,
stealing second and coming home
on Jim Putney's one-baser. Ed
Reinking's bingle, Dick Mc
Laughlin's hit, Francis's rap and
an error got a third inning tally.
McLaughlin singled and ' Fran
cis three - baggered for a run in
the fifth. Sides led off with a
double in the sixth frame. After
Laval Meunier walked Putney
sacrificed the runners to second
and third. Owsley's single then
brought home Sides.
In the fourth panel Klamath
Falls used two errors, a hit by
Jerry Bramwell and a squeeze
bunt by Joe Tawney for its
scores.
Bob Harshbarger was almost a
one-man wrecking crew with his
bat for Klamath in the -second
tussle. He hit two triples and a
single in three times up to drive
in two runs and give impetus to
another. But the Cokes first base
man was guilty of a miscue in the
sixth inning which enabled CP
Medford's winning run.
Meunier Scores
In the sixth Meunier drew a
base on balls. Putney laid down
a sacrifice bunt which got Meu
nier to second. Harshbarger, af
ter the putout at first, heaved
wild past second base and the
CP-M runner went on to third.
Herrmann then bunted to bring
Meunier in. Pitcher Don Tauch
er made a desperate effort to
get the ball home but Meunier
had reached the plate in time.
The locals gained two runs in
the first inning on singles by
Larry Perkins and Ed Reinking,
a sacrifice by Owsley and two
o
FLAWLESS FORM MARKS pitch by Bantam Ben Hogan out of sand trap to green as he seeks
.mother United States Open Golf Championship at San Francisco's Lakeside Golf Course- i
eighth; Willie Mays was bench
ed for the first time in his life,
and starter Ruben Gomez, a 17
game winner last year was ham
mered out after a five-run first
inning.
The Indians didn't look any
better as the Red Sox blasted out
16 hits, including a pair of hom
ers by Ted Williams for an 11-7
victory that dropped Cleveland
four full games behind the Yan
kees, who regained the Ameri
can league lead by beating the
White Sox twice, 7-1 and 5-2.
Cleveland's loss to Boston Sun
day was the seventh in 12 games
so far this season as contrasted
DOWNS KF
UNBEATEN
errors. Klamatlt tied the game
up in the second stanza on a
Harshbarger triple, Orin Park
in's single and an error.
Central Point - Medford went
back into the lead in the bot
tom of the second on a walk,
Putney's sacrifice, an error and
Herrmann's single. Two miscues
and Harshbarger's safety let KF
tie up the mix at three all in the
third canto.
Two walks and a Harshbarger
misplay allowed the local team
to get in a run in the fourth
inning and Francis tripled after
McLaughlin's two - bagger for
a fifth inning score. Klamath put
over a pairof markers in the
sixth inning to tie the count
again. Factors were a single by
Taucher, triple by Harshbarg
er, an error, a passed ball and a
balk.
In his first game three-hitter
Sides fanned five batters and
walked four while Darrell Rusth
was giving nine hits, whiffed
three and walking two. Herr
mann in yielding eight hits,
struckout seven batters, includ
ing the three men he faced in
the first inning. He walked only
one. Taucher gave five raps and
two bases on balls and struckout
three.
Harshbarger had a four for
six hitting day. Francis swatted
three for six.
Central Point-Medford travels
to Lakeview next Sunday and
will be favored to stay unbeaten.
LINESCORES:
(First Game)
Klamath Falls .. 000 200 0 2 3 4
CP-Med Oil 011 X 4 S 4
Rusth and Burke; Sides aud Meun
ier. (Second Game)
Klamath Falls .. 021 002 03 8 9
CP.-Med 210 lil x 6 5 4
Taucher and 3urke; Hermann and
Meunier.
Wh iters Top
Eagle Point
Camp White The Camp
White semi-pro baseball nine
overcame Eagle Point with a
seven-run surge in the seventh
inning yesterday to hang on to
unbeaten lead in the Rogue Val
ley League. Final score was 15
to 12.
Ed Peill homered for Camp
White and Bud Osburn for Eagle
Point. Peill hit three for four
and Al Kimura three for six for
CW.
The Whiters had a four-run
second inning while EP had
three frames of three runs each.
Glendale kept second place in
the loop by nipping Grants Pass
Stars 2 to 1, but Grants Pass won
a non-loop second hassle, 9 to 3.
Ashland scored its first RVL vic
tory, turning back Butte Falls
6 to 1.
LINESCORE:
Eagle Point 113 330 001 12
Camp White 040 001 72x 15
Mintz. Johnson and Gamer: Christ
ian, Jones and Tresham, Eccleston.
Mike Moran Scores 10
Murray, Ky. (U.R) .Mike
Moran, all-state center at Eu
gene, Ore., high school, scored
10 points Saturday night as the
North lost a 79-68 decision to
the South in the annual high
school all-star basketball game.
Monday, June 20. 1955
to the Indians 1954 showing
when they beat the Red Sox 20
out of 22. And whereas the
Giants were just beginning to
launch their winning spurt a
year ago today, they seem to be
heading in the other direction
now with four straight losses.
The Yankees, who relinquish
ed first place to the White Sox
for 24 hours, grabbed it back
quickly as veteran Ed Lopat
hurled a seven-hitter in the op
ener and benefited from homers
by Elston Howard and Bill
Skowron. After the White Sox
tied the score at 2-all in the sev
enth inning of the opener, the
Yanks stormed back in the bot
tom half of the inning for three
runs on Gil McDougald's fourth
homer, a triple by Hank Bauer
and Mickey Mantle's 16th homer.
Jim Konstanty relieved Johnny
Kucks in the seventh and gained
his fourth victory.
Rain cut heavily into the Am
erican league schedule, washing
out scheduled doubleheaders be
tween the Athletics and Senators
and the Tigers and Orioles.-
Brooklyn increased its Nation
al league lead to 11 full games
with a 7-4 victory over St. Louis
while the second-place Cubs
bowed, 1-0, in a 15-inning opener
against the Phillies, then took
an 8-7 nightcap which was called
in the seventh because of dark
ness. Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati,
5-2, in the first of two games but
the Redlegs won the finale 4-0.
Karl Spooner was credited
with the Dodger victory, his first
of the season, after relieving
starter Carl Erskine in the fifth.
Sandy Amoros homered off loser
Floyd Woolridge to put the Dod
gers ahead 2-1 in the fourth and
they added three more runs in
the fifth with the aid of two
errors by Bill Virdon.
Jeffcoat Loses First
In the 15-inning struggle, Hal
Jeffcoat, who relieved starter
Jim Davis in the 11th, suffered
his first loss after six victories
when Marv Blaycock singled in
the 15th and Willie Jones doub
led him home. ,
Jack Meyer of the Phils re
lieved Ron Negray in the eighth
and was the winning pitcher. Del
Ennis three-run homer in the
seventh off Howie Pollet drew
the Phils within one run of the
Cubs in the nightcap but Warren
Hacker came on to nail down
the win for Pollet.
Two homers by Big Dale Long
and one by Roberto Clemente
offset Ted Kluszewski's 21st ho
mer and gave Bob Friend the
victory in the Pirates-Redlegs'.
opener but left-hander Joe Nux-
hall scattered six singles to. give
Cincinnati the second i game.
Bobby Adams drove in two of
the Redlegs' four runs.
LINESCORES:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(1st Game)
Chicago 030 oni ono i t n
New York .... 121 001 02x 10 1
Pierce. Fornieles. 4, Howell 7 and
Lollar, Moss 7. Looat 4-4 and Beria.
Losing pitcher Pierce, 5.4.
(Second Game)
Chicago 000 000 200 2 S C
New York 000 200 30x S 10 O
Harshman, Consuefjra 7. Martin 8
and Lollar. Kucks, Konstanty 7 and
Berra. Winning pitcher Konstanty
4-0. Losing pitcher Harshman. S-5'
Cleveland 001 042 000 7 10 0
Boston 000 350 03x 11 16 1
Srnra fraw urinh. c p.ti.. n
. ' " " . .Rill- o, i C1IL1 o
and Foiles. Parnell, Hurd 7 and
White. Winning pitcher Parnell,
2-1. Losing pitcher Score 7-5.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(1st Ganri
Pittsburgh .... 010 002 002 S 15 0
uinunnau .... iuu UUO IPO 2 7 0
Friend 4.3 nnrf A (..'! n;....-..:..
Black 8 and Burgess. Losii.g pitcher
.'imai will t-i .
(2nd Game)
Pittsburgh .... 000 000 000 0 6 0
Cincinnati .... 020 020 OOx 4 10 0
Kline. Littlefield 3, Face 7 and
Shenard Pptorcnn Wuvfcaii c a
Landrith. Losing pitcher Kline 4-9.
Brooklyn .... 001 130 020 7 15 1
St. Louis 001 030 000 4 10 3
Erskine, Spooner 5 and Campan
ella. Woodlridge. Lawrence 5, Poh-
nunc o, tliuill Jf
Sarru. Winning pitcher Spooner
New York .. 030 040 000 7 11 2
Milwaukee .. 500 110 Olx 8 10 1
Gomez. Giel 2 and West rum. Win
ning pitcher Crone 2-1. Losing pitch
er Giel 1-2.
(1st Game 15 Innings)
Phil. 000 000 000 000 001 1 12 1
Chi 000 000 000 000 000 0 8 1
Negray. Meyer 8 and Seminick. Lo
pata 2. Davis. Jeffcoat 11 and Chiti.
Cooner 11. Winning pitcher Meyer
1-6. Losing pitcher Jeffcoat 6-1.
(2nd Game call end of 7 innings, dark)
Philadelphia .... 110 020 3 7 9 0
Chicago 302 012 x 8 13 2
Wehmeier, Miller 3, Kipper 5. Ku
zava 6 and Lopat a. Hillman, Pollet
5, Hacker 7 and McCullough. Winning
pitcher Pallet 3-0. -Losing pitcher
Wehmeier 5-4.
Standings
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
rluK w i Drt rL -a
San Diego 48 31 .608
caiue .5 .j '..j x
Portland 37 38 .507 8
Hollywood 36 40 .474 10 i
Oakland 36 41 .468 11
T n. Anif.taa At 41 til'
nugciu . . tJ vj .-zv 1 1 ,2
San Francisco 34 43 .442 13
sacramenio . J u . a
Sunday's Results:
Seattle 7-6 San Francisco 3-1
Los Angeles 0-2 Sacramento 5-4
San Diego 7-3 Oakland 2-1
Portland 9-5 Hollywood 2-1
How Series Ended:
Portland 6 Hollywood 1
Seattle 7 San Francisco 0
San Diego 5 Oakland 2
Los Angeles 4 Sacramento 3
Next Series:
Seattle at Portland
Hollywood at Oakland
San Francisco at Los Angeles
Sacramento at San Dieeo
(No games scheduled Monday)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet. G.B.
New York .. 42 . 23 .646
Chicago 37 22 .627 2
Cleveland 37 26 .587 4
Detroit 32 27 542 7
Boston 31 32 .492 lp'i
Kansas City 24 37 .393 16
Washington 23 37 .383 16 li
Baltimore 20 42 .323 20 a
Sunday's Results:
New York 7 Chicago 1 (1st)
New York 5 Chicago 2 (2nd)
Boston 11 Cleveland 7
Kansas City at Washington. 2 games
ppd.. rain
Detroit at Baltimore, 2 games, ppl.,
rain
Tuesday's Games:
Chicago at Washington, night
Kansas City at New York, night
Detroit at Boston, night -Cleveland
at Balitmore, night
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Club W. L. Pet. G.B.
Brooklyn 46 16 .742
Chicago 36 28 .563 11
Milwaukee 32 30 .516 14
New York 31 31 .500 15
Philadelphia 27 33 .450 18
Cincinnati 26 32 .448 18
St. Louis 25 33 .431 19
Pittsburgh 21 41 39 25
Sunday's Results:
Philadelphia 1 Chicago 0 (1st, 15
innings)
Chicago 8 Philadelphia 7 (2nd, 7
innings, darkness)
Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 2 (1st!
Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 0 (2nd)
Milwaukee 8 New York 7
Brooklyn 7 St. Louis 4
Monday's Probable Pitchers:
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, night
Law 2-2 vs. Conley 8-4
Philadelphia at St. Louis, night
Dickson 4-4 vs. Arroyo 7-2
New York at Cincinnati, night
Hearn 7-6 vs. Fowler 1-4
(Only games scheduled)
Tuesday's Games:
New York at Cincinnati, night
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, night
Philadelphia at St. Louis, night '
Brooklyn at Chicago
Auto Race
Main Nabbed
By Standby
Super thrills and spills were
missing but a large field of en
tries made for lots of bumping,
tangling and rail-riding, a few
pile ups and some close "shaves
Saturday night in a hardtop
auto racing program at the Jack
son County speedway which saw
Jim Standloy in R7 ride home
first by a good margin in the
25-lap main event.
Wayne Lemley, top point man
after three racing programs at
the track, was second in the big
race in his A57. Ken Curry
drove 100 to third spot. Bobby
Myers was third in R23 and
Cecil James followed in A2.
J. H. Jones skippered M77 to
triumph in the B main and was
trailed by Jack Lively; in K2.
Bud Johnson brought' 105 in
third. "
Roy Deutschman had the fast
qualifying time of 20:08 seconds
in the trials but he ran third be
hind Lou Kurz and Bill Lange
in the A trophy dash. Kurz was
fourth in a heat race but a
bearing went out and he was
through for the night.
Cliff McGilvery and LeRoy
Sifus ran to a dead heat in the
B trophy event. Heat race vic
tors were Bud Hart, Bob Jen
kins, Lange and Sifus.
Only roll of the night came in
the time trials. Johnson's tire
went flat and he went over the
fence. His car was righted and
returned to the infield under
its own power.
Forty-one cars were on hand
for the evening program. There
were 20 in the B main and 18
in the finale. Congestion was so
heavy that it took some thinning
out before the two races got
really interesting.
Jenkins and Clmer Sisemore
tangled in the main and Jenkins
lost a wheel. Howard Lance spun
out and a couple of cars gave
the rail a good ride.
It took several laps of try
ing to get the semi-main going
good. There was a five-car mix
up in the second lap which
caused a minor tangle. In th
fourth lap three cars came to
gether and Bill Rozell lost a
wheel. Tom Allen spun a bit
later and made driving a bit haz
ardous when, with his steering
gear apparently afoul, he start
ed the wong way on the track.
He stuck against the rail on the
front stretch turn and was nar
rowly missed several times.
Sifus ran into the fence after
the B trophy jaunt and that pre
vented a run off. Hurt moved
from last to first in his heat.
Jenkins moved up from ninth
and Lange from eighth in their
victories.
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By HAL WOOD
United Press Spoils Writer
San Francisco (U.R) "The
king is dead. Long live the king.
A new champion, soft-spoken
Jack Fleck, took over as the U.S.
National Open titleholder today
as Bantam Ben Hogan, beaten in
a thrilling 18-hole play-off Sun
day announced his retirement
from competitive golf.
The unheralded Fleck, a 100-1
shot in early any field of top
notchers, whipped the supposed
ly invincable Hogan in an 18
hole medal-play, play-off. with
a one-under-nar too low for Ho
gan, who had a 72.
"I thank God for giving me
strength to play like this," said
the humble Fleck at the presen
tation ceremonies where he pick
ed ud his first-place check for
$6000 '
But it was Hogan who stun
ned the crowd of 10.000 in
silence as he announced his per
manent retirement.
'Tm through with competi
tive golf," he said as a hush fell
over the crowd. "I came here
with the idea of winning, wheth-
Leonard Yandle
To Tutor Coyotes
Caldwell. Ida. (U.R) College
of Idaho has signed Leonard
Yandle as head basketball and
baseball coach and director of
athletics, President Tom Shearer
said today. Yandle has been ath
letic director at Pasadent, Calif.,
city college.
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er I won or lost was incidental.
I only wanted to make a good
showing. -
Week End Golfer .
"From now I'm a week end
golfer. I want to play just for
the pleasure of it because I waht
to be around the fellows and
around golf. Golf is my life."
And as Hogan bowed out from
one of the most illustrious ca
reers in the annals of golf, Fleck,
a 32-year-old professional who
has been around the profession
al circuit off-and-on for years,
took over.
Fleck never had won a major
tournament in his life. In fact he
is the first to admit that he nev
er has come close.
But he played the finest golf
of his career here. He, shot
rounds of 76, 69, 75, 67 to tie
with Hogan, the four time Open
king, for the championship. Then
in the play-off in direct compe
tition, he outsteadied the stolid
Hogan while a gallery of 10,000
rooted for him on his every
move.
Picture of Perfection
In their play-off match, Fleck,
who couldn't break 80 in 10
practice rounds, was a picture of
perfection.
He had two bogies, but he
came through with three birdies
to more than offset them.
However, it was a red-hot put-
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