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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, July 8. 1955 Cast-Off Oiamonders Spark White Sox, Brave Triumphs By MILTON RICHMAN United Pitts Sports Writer Next to getting paid, a ball player's biggest kick comes from . getting even especially against the ciub that traded him away ' which explains why Walt Dropo, 'Dick Donovan and Andy PaiKo ail enjoyed the same special sat isfaction today. ..... ' Dropo and Donovan, both of whom were cast off by Detroit, fixed the Tigers but good Thurs day in pacing the Chicago White Sox to a 12-1 victory while Pax- ko, who was dealt away by the Chicago Cubs four years ago. . hammered a pinch two-run hom er against them to help Milwau kee win, 3-2. Dropo, traded away by the Tigers only last winter, laced his ..ex-teammates for a grand-slam homer and two singles, driving in five runs. Donovan, who didn't impress the Tigers when he was with them during the spring of 1954, certainly im pressed them Thursday by hurl ing a five-hitter f6r his 10th vic tory and collecting three hits himself at the plate. The homer by Pafko went a , long way toward moving Mil . waukee into second place in the National league. Sam (No Hit) - Jones was coasting along with i a 2-0 lead until Pafko came off : the bench in the seventh inning to hit his homer with Del Cran ' dall on base. Bobby Thomson's single drove in Ed Mathews with the deciding run in the eighth. Bob Buhl pitched a five-hitter for his sixth victory. In other National league games St. Louis nipped Cincin- i nati, 9-8, Brooklyn Topped Pitts t burgh, 4-3, and New York de feated Philadelphia, 8-5. Indians Four Games Out ( The Indians moved to within ; four games of the American league lead by licking the Ath letics, 9-1, and the Red Sox beat ' the Senators, 6-5. The Yankees and Orioles were idle. ' Outfielder Bill Virdon's sev- ehth inning homer proved to be the deciding run in the Cardi- nals' victory over the- Redlegs although Cincinnati made the game close by storming back to within one run of a tie after trailing by five runs. Southpaw Harvey Haddix was the winner although he was chased in1 the I sixth. Ken Boyer and Sam Mele I also hit homers. Billy Loes racked up- his ninth victory although the Pi rates gave him some anxious moments when they scored two unearned runs in the ninth in- t) in r Juninr nilliam hftmr-H off loser Ronnie Kline in the second inning and tripled home another Dodger run in the fourth. Preston Ward homered for Pittsburgh. Limited to one hit by veteran Murry Dickson until the sixth inning, the Giants exploded for six runs in that frame to wipe out a five-run deficit and chase the Philadelphia right-hander. Willie Mays slammed two home runs for the Giants, his 26th Mcculloch SUPER New' Horsepower New Wrap-around Handlebar New Engine Features . 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The Seals stopped their down ward plunge into the cellar , by rallying for three runs in each of the first and .third innings against loser Bud Daley (11-10), first of five Sac pitchers. Walt Judnich's two-run doubled and Johnny Ritchy's two-run single featured the two innings. Other Games . Elsewhere in the loop, Seattle downed Los Angeles, 8-4, and pulled to within two games of the front-running San Diego Pad res, who lost out to Hollywood in the ninth inning, 5-4. Portlad downed Oakland, 4-1, behind Bill Werle's tight pitching. Werle, Portland's ''dearming southpaw, fanned six, walked only one and scattered eight hits in cha"nrig up his sixth straight win. His overall record is 11-3. Oakland's Georbe Bamberfger (9-5) also went the distance and also yielded eight hits. LINESCORES: Portland 020 000 020 4 8 2 Oakland 010 000 0001 8 0 Werle CI 1-3) and Robertson: Bam berger (9-5) and Swift. Neal (8). i San Francisco 303 010 000 7 12 0 Sacramento ....100 200 000 3 14 1 Bearden, Fisher (6) and Ritchey; Daley, Cerephino (4). Harrist (5), Jones (7), Johnson (9) and Baich. San Diego ......000 002 2004 10 2 Hollywood 000 102 002 5 9 3 Bishop, Lyons (9) and Bailey: Gar ber. Bowman (7), King (8). Trimble (8) and Hall. - Los Angeles ... 220 000 000 7 2 Seattle 003 013 lOx 8 12 0 Hatten. Church (3). Bauer (6) and Tappe: Blackwell. Jansen (3). Ken nedy (9) and Ginsberg. All-Time Marks Could Tilt Odds Heavily in Favor of National League All-Stars By CARL LUNDQUIST New York (U.B Duke Sni der, Ted Kluszewski and Don Newcombe have a chance to bring all-time high marks into the All-Star game at Milwaukee next Tuesday which could tilt the odds heavily in favor of the National Leaguers. Early odds have the National League a slight 7-5 favorite for the classic but if their star per formers keep up their good work the figures might be as high as 2-1. Snider of the Dodgers and Kluszewski of the Redlegs al ready have 28 home runs apiece. The all-time high on homers for a player in the All-Star game was 28 by Gil Hodges of the Dodgers in 1951, when for a time the Brooklyn Muscleman was keeping pace with Babe Ruth's record of 60 set in 1927. The American League .high on and 27th of the season, while Hank Thompson, Alvin Dark and Gail Harris hit one each. Richie Ashburn homered for Philadelphia. Garcia Wins Fifth Two home runs by Larry Doby and one by Al Rosen were the big blows in Cleveland's 12 hit attack on three Kansas City pitchers. The Athletics led 1-0 until the Tribe rallied for three runs in the seventh. Mike Gar cia scattered six hits for his fifth victory while rookie southpaw Ceccarelli, who held the Indians hitless until the fifth, suffered his fifth loss. Grady Hatton's single with the bases loaded highlighted a three run rally in the seventh inning that earned , the Red Sox their seventh victory in a row and 12th triumph in the last 13 games. Norm Zauchin provided Boston's first three runs when he hit his 18th homer with two on off loser Bob Porterfield in the first inning.: . Relief pitcher Ellis Kinder notched his third win although George Susce rescued him when the Senators scored twice in the ninth.- The Red Sox are now only 6V4 games off the pace. LINESCORES: National League Brooklyn 110 200 000 4 9 1 Pittsburgh ....010 000 002 3 10 1 Loes (9-2) and HoweU. Kline. Friend (8) and Atwell. Losing pitcher Kline (6-11). Philadelphia ..030 101 000 S 13 9 New York 000 006 02x 8 10 3 uicKson. Meyer (6). Miller (6). Ne gray 18 and Lopata. Gomez. Wilhelm (3), McCall (6). Grissom (7) and Hof- man. Westrum (7). Winning pitcher Meyer (2-8). Milwaukee 000 000 2103 8 0 Chicago 100 001 0002 5 0 Buhl (6-7) and Crandall. Jones (9 10) and McCullough. St. Louis 012 050 1009 11 1 Cincinati 021 002 300 8 14 1 Haddix. Lawrence (6). LaPalme (7) and Burbrink. Nuxhall. Klippstein (5). Freeman (7). Black (8) and Burgess. Batts (8). Winning pitcher Haddix (6 9. Losing pitcher Nuxhall (8-6). Criicago '. 020 006 20212 16 0 Detroit . O0O 001 000 1 5 2 Donovan (10-2) and LoUar. Mass. Birrer (2). Cristante (6). Zuverink (7) and House. Losing pitcher Mass (5-5) Cleveland ....000 000 3429 12 0 Kansas City ... 000 100 0001 6 0 Garcia. Moui (9) and Foiles. Hegan (9). Ceccarelli. Sain (8). Herbert (9) and-Astroth. Winning pitcher Garcia (5-9). Losing pitcher Ceccarelli (2-5). All-Star home runs at the time of the game is 26 by Jimmy Foxx of the 1934 Athletics. Snider Top RBI Man Snider, with 87 runs batted in through Thursday's game with the Pirates, already is assured of being the top RBI man ever, to appear for the National League. The previous high brought into the game was the 84 by Mel Ott of the Giants in 1934. However, the highest runs batted in mark going Into the summer extravaganza was the total of 100 amassed by Hank Greenberg of the 1935 Tigers when the teams recessed for the mid-season interlude. Newcombe, if he beats the Giants tonight, will have a sea son mark of 15-1 which would make him the all-time for win ner ever to pitch for the National League in the dream game. His present total of 14 wins assures him of a tie with the previous NX. best. On five oc cations pitchers brought records of 14 victories to the game. Dizzy Dean did it twice, in 1934 and 1936 with the Cardinals. Ewell Blackwell of Cincinnati in 1947, Bucky Walters of Cincinnati in 1944, and Robin Roberts, of the Phillies in 1953 also had 14 wins apiece. ' , . Feller Holds Pitching Mark However, the best mid-season mark ever for the All-Star game was brought in by Bobby Feller of the Celeveland Indians, 1941 vintage. Feller had won 16 games by mid-season of that year and seemed on the way to his greatest season. He slowed down and won only nine more games to finish with a total of 25. Contrasted with the American League leaders in those impor tant departments, the marks of Kluszewski, Snyder and New combe are all the more impres sive. Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and Al Kaline of the .Tigers, are the coleaders in home runs with 18 apiece, or 10 less than the total of Kluszewski and Snider. Jackie Jensen of the Red Sox leads in runs batted in with 69, or 18 less than Snider. Newk's pitching mark of 14-1 is considerably more impressive than that 'of the top American League All-Star flingers, Early Wynn of the Indians at 11-3 or Dick Donovan of the White Sox at 10-2. League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Player Club G AB R H Pet. Kaline. Det. 77 312 68 117 .375 Fox. Chicago ..76 316 46 106 .335 Smith. Cleve. ..80 332 68 107 .322 Doby, Cleve, 67 261 48 84 .322 Kuenn, Det 68 284 47 91 .320 NATIONAL LEAGUE Ashburn. Phila. 69 264 Campnla. Bkn. 65 242 Snider, Bkn. 80 301 Aaron, Milw. 78 320 Mueller. N.Y. 76 322 47 91 42 81 71 98 52 103 33 102 .345 .335 .326 .322 .317 Washington 0OO 003 0025 12 0 Boston 300 000 30x 6 12 0 Porterfield. Shea (7) and FitzGerald. Henry. Kinder . (6). Susce (9) and White. Winning pitcher Kinder (3-1) Losing pitcher Forteriield (7-13). Home Runs Kluszewski. Redlegs 28; Snider, Dodgers 28: Mays. Giants 27; Banks. Cubs 21; Mathews. Braves 21. Runs Batted In Snider. Dodgers 87; Jensen. Red Sox 68; Kaline. Tigers 65: Campanella. Dodgers 64; Kluszewski. Redlegs 63: Mays, Giants 63. Runs Snider. Dodgers 71: Mantle. Yankees 69; Kaline, Tigers 68: Smith, Indians 68; Bruton, Braves 63. Hits Kaline, Tigers 117: Smith. In dians 107: Fox. White Sox 106: Aaron, Braves 103; Mueller. Giants 102. . Pitching Newcombe. Dodgers 14-1; Donovan, White Sox 10-2; Loes.. Dodg ers 9-2: - Wvnn. Indians 11-3;- Labine, Dodgers 7-2. Hilman Robbins Eyes 5th Crown Memphis, Tenn. (U.P.) Lanky Hillman Robbins of Memphis to day opened his bid for an un precedented fifth straight Colon ial Invitation crown over a field of 31 crack Southern golfers. Posing as one of the biggest threats was jolting Jim Mangrum of Shreveport, La., who took medalist honors with a two-un-der-par 68 Thursday and a quali fying total of 141. Mangrum forced Robbins to go three extra holes before bowing in the 1953 tournament. Robbins, still trying to shake a lingering virus flu, blasted off against Frank Edens of . Lurr berton, N. C, in the 18 holes of opening match play today. Don Bisplinghoff of Orlando, Fla., a semi-finalist in the recent British Amateur, finished two strokes behind Mangrum at 143 in qualifying, carding a 70 Thursday. Bisplinghoff shared second place with Ed Brantley of Chattanooga, Tenn., who add ed a 71 to his opening round 72. Barber Leader In St. Paul Open St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) Jerry Barber, the littlest pro in golf, led the way into the second round of the red-hot St. Paul Open golf tournament today with a nine-under-par 63 under his belt. The smiling little Los Ange les pro, using a battered old put ter, headed a 142-man field that was ripping par to pieces in the 72-hole, $15,000 event over Kel ler course. ' But even with his 30-33 in Thursday's first round, "the hottest round of my tournament career," he was only one stroke ahead of Fred Hawkins, St. An drews, 111., and Art Wall Jr., Pacona Manor, Pa. Only one more stroke' behind at 65 were peppery Tommy Bolt of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Young Walker Inman Jr., Augusta, Ga., and Arnold Palmer of Latrobe, Pa. - Fifty golfers smashed par and 10 others equaled it in the open ing round despite a mid-day downpour. Standings PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. San Diego .. 58 39 Seattle 55 40 Hollywood 50 44 Portland 47 42 Los Angeles 44 52 Oakland 43 53 San Francisco .. 42 53 Sacramento 40 55 GB Pet. .598 .579 2 .532 6 la .528 7 .458 13 ',i ,.442 15 .442 15 .421 17 Thursday's Results Portland 4. Oakland 1 . San Francisco 7. Sacramento 3 SeatUe 8. oLs Angeles 4 Hollywood 5, San Diego 4 How Series Stand Los Angeles 2, Seattle 2 Sacramento 3. San Francisco 1 Portland 3, Oakland 1 Hollywood 3, San Diego 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Cleveland ... Chicago Boston . Kansas City Kansas City . Baltimore W. L. i.52 28 48 32 45 31 46 35 39 38 ......26 51 .. 22 53 Pet. .650 .600 .592 .568 .506 .338 .293 GB 4 5 6',i 11 24 'i 27 Thursday's Results Cleveland 9. Kansas City 1 Chicago 12. Detroit 1 Boston 6. Washington 5 (night) (Only .games scheduled) Saturday's Games New York at Washington Baltimore at Boston Cleveland at Chicago Kansas City at Detroit NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn Milwaukee Chicago New York Cincinanti St. Louis Philadelphia .. Pittsburgh W. I.. 57 24 42 36 v44 38 40 40 36 39 36 41 34 45 .. 28 54 GB Pet. .704 .538 13 'i .537 13 ii .500 16 2 .480 18 .468 19 .430 22 .341 29 ij Thursday's Results New York 8. Philadelphia 8 -Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3 Milwaukee 3, Chicago 2 St. Louis 9. Cincinanti 8 (night) Saturday's Games Brooklyn at New York Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Cincinati at Milwaukee Chicago at St. Louis The four highest peaks in the continental United States are Whitney, 14,495 feet in Califor nia; Elbert, 14,431 feet and Mas sive,. 14,418 feet, in Colorado; and Rainier 14,408, in Washington. Hiss stupid peasants iH try am.' thing to gat scroti border for that foreign OLD Mr. BOSTON VODKAJ" pir" -"s-- tHtiiilF -- ST5f : $040 Id-si J 4191, $22? TINT D I ST." FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL "SPIRITS 80 PROOF MR. IOSTON DIST, INC, BOSTON Hardtop Driver Interest Upped By Added Money Ashland A total of $50 added money should boost the incentive of hardtop drivers and thereby make a more interesting evening for the fans when auto races are staged Saturday night at 4he Ashland speedway. Promiters look for a slam-bang program and feeling that inter est has soared with opening of the track to A cars on June 25. A full card of races is scheduled. Lou Kurz drove a hard race to take the main at the last eve ning of rivalry at the track and will have to go just as hard if he wants to repeat since a flock of other drivers are just as inter ested in the pay-off. Monty Hall among the A driv ers and Crock Hunter among the B boys are current point lead ers. Hall has 33 and "is followed by Bob Wilcox with 32, Bill Metzger with 32, Kurz with 30 and Al Root with 28. Hunter has a big B lead with 229. Wally Cannon is next with 179. Other highs are Floyd Bodfield 144, Joe Ellison 138 and LeRoy Ken ney 128. Time trials are set for 7 p.m. with races at 8 p.m. Mars will be closer to the earth both in 1956 and 1971. 40 Little League Clubs In South Carolina Drop Out Over Negro Issue . Columbia, S.C.-OJ.R) All but 15 of South Carolina's white Lit tle League baseball teams have withdrawn from competition be cause "it is impractical for a Negro team to participate in the state Little League tournament this season." The withdrawal of the 40 teams was revealed Thursday night by Danny Jones of Charles ton, director of the state pro gram. The resolution stating the participation of the Negro team the Cannon Street YMCA of Charles ton 'is impractical" was drawn up at tTmeeting Wed nesday nighty To Join Rainiers Seattle (U.R) Vern Stephens, long-time major league star, has agreed to terms with the Seattle Rainiers and will join the Pa cific Coast League club here tonight, the Rainiers' front of fice announced. The 34-year-old 'slugger, who had a major league career of 15 unbroken seasons, was ex pected to solve the Seattle team's problem at third base. . Stephens was made a free agent by the Chicago White Sox a few days ago. Heath Suspension Cut to 3 Days San Francisco (U.R) Presi dent Claire Goodwin of the Pa cific Coast League has cut the suspension of San Francisco Seals Manager Tommy . Heath to three days for beefing with Umpire Al Mutart last Sunday. Goodwin at first imposed a $50 fine and added an indefinite suspension after Heath and Mu tart indulged in shoving tactics over a close call at first base during Sunday's doubleheader with San Diego. ' DUST OILING - ROAD MIX CONCRETE WORK 1 CURBS & GUTTERS All Types of Asphalt Work , Hughes Modd Go. 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