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Newspaper Page Textf TB-DFOD (OKCOON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, July 17. 1S3 odlgeirs 12 Games Dm (Lead; PSnaDDnes, DimaODsiims, VamEtees Wdeh Bv CABT. T.TTWTIrtTTTCT United Prut Sports Writer Edwin Donald Snider the Duke of Flatbush, became king of the Major League home run clout ers Saturday when he blasted a paid to give him 30 for the sea son and the Dodgers a 5-4 vic tory over Cincinnati on the mar tin of his second poke in the ninth inning. Snider, thus taking over the home run lead from Ted Klus zewski of the losers who -still has 29, also boosted his Major League leading runs batted in total to 92. r . The muscular center fielder, first to bat in the ninth, broke up the game with his drive that Just reached the center field seats. Relief pitcher Clem La bine was credited with his ninth victory against two losses. Wally Post earlier hit a two run homer for Cincy. The victory boosted Brooklyn's lead over secona place Milwaukee to 12V4 games. Giants Overcome Deficit The Braves . suffered an 8-7 defeat to the oncoming Giants in the Polo Grounds when rookie reliever Phil Paine wild pitched home the winning run in the ninth inning. The Giants who have won five games in a row, had to overcome a 7-5 de ficit with a three-run rally in the ninth. . Robin Roberts won his 14th game for the Phillies, 5-4, from the collapsing Cubs, being staked to a pair of homers by Andy Seminick and Roy Smalley in the second inning which put him in front to stay. Ernie Banks hit a two-run homer off Roberts in the first inning when Chicago scored three of its runs. Roberts settled down thereafter and pitched his 16th complete game tops in the league. The Pirates defeated the Card inals, 5-1, on the five hit pitch ing of Rookie Lino Donoso, clinching the victory with a four itin rally in the sixth in which the key blow was a two-run single by Dick Groat. Ken Boy el's homer spoiled Donoso's shutout. .. Houtteman Wins . The Indians received four hit pitching from Art Houtteman and defeated the Red Sox 4-1, in the American League. Larry Doby and Gene Woodling hit homers for the Indians to give Houtteman his seventh victory. The White Sox, rebounding from a recent slump, made it five victories in a row, defeat ing the Orioles, 4-3, with a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth. Relief pitcher Ray Moore walked home the winning PUVI llllliasiat4)a1s SIPCDnHTTS Med ford Studs Club Crescent City 13-2 Medford's Cheney Studs gave First Baseman Jack Cooney's managerial career a proper send off when they bounced the Cres cent City Merchants 13 to 2 Fri day night in a non-league base ball scuffle at the fairgrounds. Cooney took over as player manager of the Medf ord club last week and it was the Studs first game with him at the helm. Medford broke up a reason ably tight ball game with seven runs in the seventh inning and five markers in the eighth. It got shutout pitching for the first five innings from Marv Scherpf. Jim Kelly then b la n k e d the Mer chants or three innings but in the ninth he weakened to allow three walks and two hits. That permitted Crescent City to score its only runs. Wooton Drives In Four The new Medford skipper, himself, helped the cause along with two hits in four times up. Derald Wooton slugged two for five, including a triple and was credited with four runs batted in. Larry Bigham, making a rare appearance in the Medford out field, also had a triple and single in five turns. Scherf and Cooney singled in the third ' frame and Ed Mc Cullough drew a walk to load the bags. Terry Maddox then wait- run with the bases loaded. Dave Philley sparked Baltimore with a homer and a triple, the only extra base hits of the game. The Yankees had their first place lead in the American League cut to three games when they suffered a 6-3, 2-1 pair of defeats to the Tigers in Detroit. In the opener, Al Kaline hit his 20th homer with a man on base off reliever Jim Konstanty to spark a three-run rally in the seventh. Billy Hoeft held the Yankees to five hits in the sec ond game for his ninth victory. He missed a shutout on Bill Skowron's homer in the eighth. iepaGadaDnDe OGsiioirao.ce r 3 ;9 11"' i"-T5 ----- , 0 9JM 53 r. u It - jf Kl -w " , -m H Mo y'S - - Th LELAND CLARK INSURANCE AGENCY Has settled in full the fire loss of Wayne "Shad' Wakefield Drapery Shop in the Medford Furniture Building, owned by Bill Hansen of Medford. All insurance on the building and the Wakefield Drapery Shop is carried by the Oregon Mutual Insurance Company which has offered up to 20 savings on fire in surance for over 60 years. Signed by ''Shady" Wakefield and Bill Hansen LELAND CLARK Insurance Agency 7 North Birtterr ed out Jim Barrett's pitches for a walk. That forced in the only run which crossed before the seventh inning. Ron Maurer three-baggered and McCullough, Cooney, Derald Wooton, Bigham and Kelly all got singles in the seventh inn ing. There was a walk, an error, a passed ball and two stolen bases. Derald Wooton's three base hit drove in three runs in the eighth inning and he in turn was brought in by his brother Dick's single. Two bases on balls, two hit batters and Kelly's sacri fice were involved in the scor ing. ' Larry Taylor and Leon Mor gan got the hits for Crescent City in the final inning. 19 Strikeouts Scherpf and Kelly each gave up two hits. Scherpf fanned nine batters and Kelly jlO for a total of 19. Kelly issued six walks and Scherpf gave no free passes. Bar rett was reached for 11 hits, gave five walks and hit two batters. He whiffed four. Reliever Tex Gatlin yielded two hits and It was the sixth victory for the Studs over California opposi tion. They have tied one other Cal club and lost to hone. Medford is in Roseburg today completing a Southern . Oregon League series. Manager Jack Cooney's plans called for pitch ing Warren Noyes last night and Derald Wooton or Terry Maddox today. He hoped to have Jack Fassett as second base and Chuck DeAutremont in the outfield. MNESCORE: Crescent City 000 000 002 3 4 1 Medford ..001 000 75x 13 13 1 Barrett. Gatlia (8) and Peterson, Krone (8); Scherpf. Kelly (6) and Dick Wooton. Baseball PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Saturday's Results - Portland 000 000 0000 4 3 Los Angeles 000 002 OOx 2 3 1 Adams. Lint (8) and Robertson; Hat tea (7-4) and Tappe. LP Adams (7-5). San Francisco .013 000 0004 T a San Diego 000 002 07x 9 10 0 , Bearden, Fracchia (7). Bradford (8) and St oil; Kerrigan. Thomason (8), Carmichael (9) and Bailey. WP Thomason (3-2). LP Fracchia (8-S). HR Melton, Bearden. Seattle ..000 000 1001 ..000 000 000 0 0 S 2 Oakland Lombard! (7-6) and Ginsberg; Bam berger. Besana (9) and Keal. LP Bamberger (9-7). Saturday's Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 110 000 0417 11 0 New York 000 201 2038 12 0 Spahn. Crone (8). Vargas (9). Paine (9) and Crandall: Maglie, Grissom (8), Liddle (9) and Westrum. Chicago . 300 000 001- Fhiladelphia . 130 010 OOx 5 Hacker. Andre (3). Davis (5) and Chiti; Roberts (14-7) and Seminick. Lopata (7). St. Louis 000 001 0001 S 1 Pittsburgh 100 004 OOx S 11 0 Arroyo. Schmidt (6). Lawrence (8) and Sarni; Dinoso (2-3) and Shepard. Cincinnati 003 000 0014 8 1 Brooklyn 000 102 1015 10 0 Fowler, Freeman (7) 'and Burgess; Loes. Labine (7) and Walker. AMERICAN LEAGUE (1st Game) New York .200 001 0004 1 Detroit 020 001 21x 8 11 0 Kucks. Konstanty (8) and Berra; Garver (8-9) and House. (2nd Game) New York Detroit ..000 000 SIO 1 8 0 ..000 020 OOx 2 8 1 Ford (105) and Silvers. Berra (7); Hoeft (9-3) and Wilson. HR Skowron (8th). Boston Cleveland , .211 000 OOx- Sullivan. Hnrri (t and Houtteman (7-3) and Naragon. 100 000 0001 4 0 I 10 2 White; Baltimore 000 100 0023 5 1 Chicago 000 001 0034 7 0 Wight, Dorish (9). Moore (9) and Triandos. Smith (7): Byrd. Johnson (9) Martin (9). Howell (9) and LoUar. FRIDAY'S RESULTS ' Paclfie Coast League San Francisco 3-4. Hollywood 2-3- Seattle 2-5. Sacramento 1-0 (1st game 10 innings). Los Angeles 8. Oakland 0. Portland 12. San Diego 8. American League ' New York 4. Cleveland 3 (10 inns.). Chicago 5, Washington 4. Baltimore 8. Kansas City S. Boston at Detroit, ppd.. rain. Sunday's Games. New York at Detroit. - Washington at Kansas City. Boston at Cleveland. 3 games. , Baltimore at Chicago, 3 game. - National League . Brooklyn 12. St. Louis 3. New York 5. Chicago 3. Cincinnati 9. Pittsburgh 1. Philadelphia 1. Milwaukee 9. night Sunday's Games , Milwaukee at New York. Cincinnati at Brooklyn, 3 games. ; Chicago at Philadelphia. 3 games.- St Louis at Pittsburgh. 3- games. PAPARELLA SIGNS Detroit (U.R) Jerry Pap arella, 20-year old son of Ameri can' League Umpire Joe Papar ella, has signed with the Detroit Tigers and been assigned to their Jamestown N. Y. farm club. PETE DOG WINNER Portland (U.R) Ol Fashion Pete, from the James Garber kennel, won the feature eighth race Friday night in the Multno mah .Kennel. Club's dor-races GRAND PACIFIC SHOOT AT TRAPS HERE Medford Gun club's spacious 10-trap layout will be scene this week of the annual Grand Pacific tourney, of Pacific International Trapshoot ing association. Practice rounds are scheduled Wednesday, July 20. Registered events will open Thursday and will continue through Sunday. Medford hosts are anticipating a field of 300 trapshooters from ,eight, western states and British Columbia. Trophies and prize money are estimated at $12,070. SHOTGUNNERS IN MIDST OF FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR PITA TOURNAMENT Members of Medford Gun club are in the midst of final prepara tions and arrangements for the most important trapshoot in local history, the Grand Pacific tournament of the Pacific International- Trapshooting associa tion." : . The Gun club, host in recent years to three state shoots, has ventured out to handle competi tion which includes eight states and one Canadian province. First visiting shooters will try their guns at the Medford traps on Wednesday when a practice program of 50 targets at 16-yards 50 handicap birds and 25 pairs of doubles begins at 10 a.m. On Thursday . the registered and championship competition starts with the 16-y a r d class tournament. The four-day hassle concludes with the Grand Pacific handicap, on Sunday. Friday ac tion will provide the first half of Fracchia Hurls One Pitch To Post PCL Win By PETER HAYES United Press Sports Writer Don Fracchia - probably will look back on July 15, 1955, as the night he posted the easiest victory of : his pitching, career. The San Francisco righthand er tossed only one pitch to gain credit for the Seals' 4-3 victory over Hollywood in the second game of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader. . The Seals also won the opener, 5-2. . Maurice Fisher started the second game for San Francisco and toiled until the ninth inning. The Stars were ahead, 3-2, and Fisher had two out and two strikes and one ball on Curt Roberts in the top of the ninth when his arm went lame and he had to leave the game. ' Fracchia took over and promptly blew a strike past Roberts to retire the side. In the bottom of the ninth, the Seals rallied for two runs ' to give Fracchia 8-7 the victory. Probable Pitchers SUNDAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS (Won-LOst recoros in parenthesis) NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Brooklyn (2) Staley (5-5) and Black (3-1) vs. Spooner (2 3) and Bessent (0-0) or Craig (0-0). St. Louis at Pittsburgh (2) Haddix (8-9) and Wooldridge (2-2) vs. Face (0-2) and Klin (8-11). Milwaukee at New York (2) Con ley (11-5) and Nichols (5-5) vs. An toneOi (7-10) and Giel (2-2). Chicago at Philadelphia (2) Hill man (0-0) and Minner (7-3) vs. Sim mons (3-5) and Rogovin (0-0). AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Detroit Weisler (0-1) and Gromek (8-8). Washington at Kansas City Ramos (1-0) .vs. Raschi (2-2). Boston at Cleveland (2) Henry (1 1) and Brewer (8-7) vs. Score (8-7) and Narleski (5-0) or Garcia (5-10). Baltimore at Chicago (2) Zuver ink (0-5) and Schallock (2-3) v. Pierce (5-8) and Harshnuuv (0-8). X-Rogovin had 1-8 record with Bal timore of American League this year. the singles and the doubles con tention. Second half of the singles and the prelim handicap are set for Saturday. A number of lesser mantles will be decided during the singles, including ladies and junior togas. Mink Scarf Offered Shooters during the tourney will also have their aim on high over-all and high all-around prizes. Walter Fisher of Wedder- burn is also offering a five-skin mink scarf as a special ladies trophy. Any woman shooting either 100 targets at 16 yards or 100 -handicap targets in cham pionship events is eligible to compete. ' Cash purses in the shoot, it is figured, will total $8,000. Per petual . purses among, to $1,400 and added money amounts - to $1,670. There will be option com petition in connection with the various contests. Entries are anticipated from most of the member states and British Columbia. States in the PITA include Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California and Oregon. Among those who have already made reservations here is Maynard Henry, prominent Los Angeles attorney, who has been a high official in the Amateur Trap shooting association and who has won honors also in PITA events. Members of the Medford club were at the grounds today prac ticing. The shooting provided means also of testing all 10 traps. The Medford Gun club is just west of the Crater Lake highway Four Corners north of Medford. The public is invited to watch the shooters. Team Match, Mixed 2-Ball On RVCC Tap Mixed two-ball, men's team match and junior activities are on the golf ' agenda of Rogue Valley Country club during the next week. ' ' A mixed four-ball eightsome match is set for 5 p.m. Friday, July 22, with drawing for part ners before teeing off. A sizable field has already entered but more men and women are asked to call the pro shop and sign up. Each team will have three clubs, a wood, an iron and a putter. A team match with Eugene men is set for Sunday morning, July 24. All RVCC men wanting to play are asked to sign up at the pro shop or phone in their entries. Prises to Winners Juniors will tee off in boys', pee wees' and girls' division at 8 a.m. Monday to qualify for a match play meet which will con clude on Friday. AH players win ning a match will get prizes. In junior medal play . last . Fri day - Steve Cummins was low gross in the boys division with 97. Jimmie Emmens was low net with 70 and John Root had 78. Gary Miksche, Vaughn Bigelow and Martin Temple were tied for first blind bogey. ' Lee Wimberly was low gross in nine-hole pee wee play with 64. Carl Voegtly and Rickie Gil christ were low net with 37s and Richie Knight had 39. Larry Berg had first blind bogey. Sue Knight with 66 had girls' nine hole low gross and Diana Gilchrist took net honors with a 40.' TIME COUNTER WINS Agua Caliente, Mex. (U.R) Time Counter, a flashy three year old,' made a bold claim for local sprint honors Saturday by romping home in the featured Lansdowne purse at six furlongs. He vanquished Bella Fia by three lengths, with Kunee an other length further back for the show. League Leaders (As of Friday) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player Club . G AB R H Pet Campnla, Bkn. 67 249 45 86 .345 Burgess. Cinci 60 216 38 70 .324 Ashburn. Phila. -75 288 48 93 .323 Snider, Bkn 84 314 75 101 .322 Kluzwski., Cinci. 81 319 59 102 .320 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kaline. Det. . 83 335 Kuenn. Det. 74 310 Fox, Chicago 83 338 Smith. Cleve. 86 353 Doby; Cleve. ..-73 284 76 124 54 101 51 110, 70 112 50 89 .370 .326 .325 517 .313 Home Runs Kluszewski. Redlegs 29 ;Snider, Dodgers 28; Mays. Giants 27; Banks. Cubs 23; Mathews. Braves 22. Runs Batted In Snider. Dodgers 90; Jensen, Red Sox 73: Kaline. Tigers 68; Musial. Cardinals 67; Kluszewski, Redlegs 66; Campanella, Dodgers 66. Runs Mantle. Yankees 76: Kaline, Tigers 76: Snider, Dodgers 75: Smith, Indians 70: Bruton, Braves 64: Good man Red Sox 64. Hits Kaline. Tigers 124: Smith. In dians 112; Aaron, Braves 110; Fox, White Sox 110; Mueller, Giants 107. Pitching Newcombe. Dodgers 15-1; Donovan. White Sox 11-2: Labine, Dodgers 8-2; Byrne, Yankees 7-2; Ar royo. Cardinals 10-3. You'll Always Find Reliability , o Uniformity O Full Strength IN EVERY LOAD OF K TRU-MIX CONCRETE -Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY McAiidraw Rets) , Pbowe) 2-5271 Portland Scores Nine Runs To Win Friday Slugfest San Diego iu.fj The Fort land Beavers, trailing 3-6, ex ploded for nine runs on eight hits in the ninth inning Friday night io trounce league-leading San Diego, 12-6, in a Pacific Coast League contest. The victory here, coupled with Seattle's wins at Sacramento, cut the Padres' league lead to only half a game. The surprising Beavers, who blanked San Diego 3-0 Thursday night, won the series, 3-2. Both squads used four hurlers, with Ed Burtschy, who took over in the fifth, the winner for a 2-3 record, and reliefer Al Lyons the loser, his third setback. Port land out-hit San Diego, 16-12. Rejected Wins Gold Cup Race Inglewood, Calif. (U.R) King Ranch's Rejected, report ed ailing only a few days back, closed with an enormous burst of speed Saturday to score a nose victory in the $137,100 Holly wood Gold Cup. It took a track record perf or-, mance for the five-year-old Re jected to win the Gold Cup but he had what was necessary as he ran down the favored Alidon in the stretch. His time of 1.59 35-cut a fifth of a second off the track record set by Noor in 1950. Jhe top weighted Determined was third and Alfred G. Vander- iEeaveirs IFadres Lead! league Los Angeles (U.R) -i- The Pacific Coast League Los An geles Angels Saturday won their fifth straight game by taking a series opener from Portland, 2-0. The Angels, outhit 4-3 by Port land, bunched their efforts to score both their runs in the sixth. Portland managed to get two men on base in the first in ning and again in the second, but the Beavers were all but neutralized after that. Lefty Joe Hatten (7-4) was the winning hurler, while .Red Adams (7-5) was the loser. Adams worked seven innings and then was relieved by Royce Lint. PSC Offers Conservation Instruction ' Portland Teachers attending the conservation and outdoor education workshop offered by Portland State college at the Hoodoo ' Ski bowl during the week of July 17 through 23 will find a staff of qualified experts from the Oregon Game Commis sion on hand to discuss various aspects of wildlife management and to help in the interpretation of multiple land use. Coordinating the wildlife dis cussions and field trips will be Austin Hamer, education agent, who will serve as wildlife con sultant during the week. Chuck Campbell, chief of ba sin investigations, will accom pany the group to Clear lake, Fish lake, and the upper Mc Kenzie Falls to discuss the pro posed power development on the upper McKenzie as it relates to fish and wildlife management. At the Wizard Falls hatchery on the Metolius, the group will have an opportunity to see One of the state's finest trout hatch eries in operation. Gene Morton, hatchery superintendent, and Bob Borovicka, district fishery biologist, will discuss lake and stream management and explain how trout are produced, fed, and reared to legal size, and. later released in lakes and streams tp help furnish recreation for Ore gon's more than 300.000 anglers. To Visit Ranges . Big game winter ranges along the Metolius river will be visited with Paul Bonn, district game aent, where the group will gain an on-the-spot knowledge of big game management in operation. The importance of Oregon's wildlife will be emphasized by the fish and game consultants throughout the week, but he inter-relations of wildlife with oth er natural resources will , be stressed. Experts from other state and federal agencies will also be on hand to assist the teacher-students in their study of the con servation of natural resources: - The outdoor workshop is the first of its kind in Oregon and is being offered by Portland State college as part of its sum mer curriculm. Educational lead ership is under the direction of Dr. James Caughlin. Blanks Oakland Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Vic Lombard! of Seattle blanked Oakland on five hits, 1-0, Satur day to rack up his fifth Pacific Coast League win of the season over the Oaks. The little Rainier southpaw's record is only 7-6 but the Oaks again! proved no mystery to him. The win in the series opener left the Rainiers still a half game behind the league-leading San Diego Padres who downed San Francisco, 9-4. Seattle scored its lone run off George Bamberger (9-7) in the seventh inning after two were out. Bob Balcena singled, Monte Basgall walked and pinch-hitter Harvey Zernia singled on the ground to right field scoring Balcena. i Seven Runs in Eighth San Diego, Calif. (U.R) . Coast League leading San Diego exploded with seven runs in the eighth inning Saturday to beat San Francisco, 9-4, and preserve a half game lead over second, place Seattle. The Padres collected only four hits in the wild inning, but 11 men went to the plate and were helped by three walk and an error. - Don Fracchia J8-8), who re lieved starter Gene Bearden in the seventh was-charged with, the defeat. Bill Thomason (3-2) entered the game in the eighth and won it. , The Padres got 10 hits off Bearden, Fracchia and Bill Brad ford. Bob Kerrigan and Thomas gave up a total of seven hits. John Carmichael held the Seals hitless in the ninth. . bilt's Social Outcast, flown here from New York for the race, was fourth. Shift to Salt Lake Denied by Oaks Owner : Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Brick Laws, owner of the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League, has denied published reports that the club's franchise would be shifted to Salt Lake City, Utah. . "I never heard of it," said Laws, who denied he was nego tiating for any move of the sixth place team. "I have no intention of getting out of baseball," he added. "Oak land will have a team as long as I have anything to say about it" NEW LOCATION Uzizm Flcr.bing 4 SHEET METAL CO. . 613 East Jackson Phone 3-536S ! fcL'ias $:;1 3 QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines Drain Til 721 W. MeAndrews Phone 2-417 QfJ( these now building! 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