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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
Indians Lose To Yankees;
Chicago Heats Red Sox, 2-3
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Sports Writer
(Professional odfls- makers in
Las Vegas made the second-place
Yankees 7-5 favorites today to
win the American League pen
nant and it looks like they knew
what they were doing because
the weakest hitter in the line
up can break up a ball game like
ioe Collins did Tuesday night.
Going into Tuesday nighfs
Same with the Indians, Collins
was low man on the Yankee
, totem pole with an unimposing
average of .209.
Collins began boosting that
inark with a home run in the
first inning and by the time he
hit his second homer of the game
In the 10th, the Yankees had a
sorely-needed 2-1 victory and
Jjis average was up to .221. That
Unar is still the lowest among
rihe Yankee regulars but no one
(is complaining.
For Collins' second circuit,
and his third hit of the game,
snapped a 1-all deadlock that
existed since the first inning and
kept the Yankees hot on the
heels and only one game behind
the pace-setting White Sox, who
squeaked through to a 2-1 tri
umph over the Red Sox.
Byrne Out-Duels Wynn
Southpaw Tommy Byrne out
duelled Early Wynn in the
Yankee victory, yielding Cleve
land's only run in the first in
ning on a leadoff triple by Al
Smith and a sacrifice fly by
Bobby Avila.
Gangling Connie Johnson was
the winning pitcher for the
White Sox although he depart
'd in the ninth after Jim Pier-
fall singled with two out. Faye
Throneberry then tripled off
Morris Martin but Dixie Howell
tame ia to get Edde Joost for
the final out. Jim Rivera's fourth
inning homer proved the win
ning margin.
" The Tigers blew a six-run lead
and then another two-run lead
but rallied for three runs in the
ninth to lick the Senators, 13-10.
Harvey Kuenn paced Detroit's
17-hit attack with two doubles
and two singles while Joe Cole
man, the fourth Tiger hurler,
was credited with the win.
Left hander Bill Wight lim
ited the Athletics to four hits
while pitching the last-place Ori
oles to a 5-1 decision. Baltimore
capitalized on four Kansas City
errors as Bill Wilson saved the
losers from being shut out with
a fifth inning homer.
Braves Beat Dodgers
In the National League, Mil
waukee rallied for four runs in
the eighth Inning to defeat first-
Banks Clouts
4th Grand Slam;
Ties Record
Chicago (U.PJ Shortstop
Ernie Banks of the Chicago
Cubs put his name in baseball's
record book alongside sluggers
Glike Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
Tuesday when he walloped his
fourth grand slam homer of the
season.
Banks was the fifth National
Leagurer and 10th major leaguer
to hit that many bases-loaded
homers in one season. No one
ver has hit five. n
Banks' clout also put him
within range of another record.
It was hist 32nd of the season.
The all-time record for homers
by a shortstop in one season is
39, set by Vern Stephens of the
Boston Red Sox in 1949.
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place Brooklyn, 5-3, with the
help of Eddie Mathews' 28th
and 29th homers of the cam
paign. Don Zimmer's throwing
error with two out in the eighth
enabled the Braves to score their
winning runs. Duke Snider slam
meS his 36th homer in the fifth
frame off starter Bob Buhl.
Cincinnati stretched its win
ning streak to seven straight
games by beating Philadelphia
twice, 2-0 and 4-0 in a twi-night
twin bill.
Gus Bell drove in both runs
in the opener and three more
runs in the nightcap with his
17th and 18th homers. Johnny
Klippstein hurled his first shut
out since 1952 in limiting the
Phils to six hits in the first game
while Joe Nuxhall posted his
11th victory in pitching a five
hitter in the night cap.
Shortstop Ernie Banks tied a
major league record with his
fourth grand slam of the season
to help the Cubs beat the Pirates,
12-4. Banks' 32nd homer was the
key blow in a six-run fifth in
ning for Chicago. Bob Rush was
the winning pitcher.
Johnny Antonelli hurled his
first shutout of the season as the
Giants beat the Cards, 5-0. An
tonelli held St. Louis to five
hits.
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Finances In PCL Point
To Rich Ownership Need
By HAL WOOD
United Press Sports Writer
San Francisco (U.R) The
muddled .financial situation in
the Pacific Coast League again
points up the fact that baseball
has become a millionaire's game
millionaire owners, that is.
There is no longer money to
be made in the. minor leagues
and it would appear that the
only way the PCL ever again
will :be solvent is for rich men
to take over the franchises as
toys.
The Seattle Rainiers are a
good example of the point in
question.
Owned by" Emil Sick, multi
millionaire brewer, the Rainiers
currently are leading the league.
This may be because Sick has
paid out $50,000 more for play
ers this year than he'll, ever be
able to get back on sales.
A team with limited finances,
such as San Francisco and Sac
ramento, wouldn't dare do such
a thing. In fact, they just could
not swing it financially.
Realignment Only Cur
It is probable that -there al
ways will be a Pacific Coast
league. But it is certain now
that realignment is the only cure
for the ailing box office situa
tion. It would appear that the pur
chase of the San Francisco club
by the Patterson family is only
delaying the inevitable the
moving of the franchise down
the Peninsula or to some other
city. That is unless the wealthy
family wants to sink a lot more
money into it than they already
have.
And no matter what C. L.
Brick Laws of the Oakland Oaks
says, his club will be moved
next year unless there is some
kind of a civic financing pro
gram to assure some money in
the till during 1956.
Sacramento, more or less
Wednesday, August 3, 1955
Chicaeo 120 062 lOx 12
13
Law. Littlefield (2. Pepper (Si. Mar
tin 17) and At well Peterson 181: Rush
17-81 and Chm. Losing pitcher Little
field (4-9).
New York 000 1 00 020 3 10
St. Louis 000 000 000 0 5
Antonelli (9-13 1 and Katt. Schmidt,
LaPalme 8i. Wright (9) and Burbrink
Losing pitcher Schmidt (2-2).
Philadelphia . 000 000 000 0 6 0
Cincinnati 000 001 Olx 2 8 0
Negray. Kuzava (B). Meyer (8i and
Lopata. Klippstein (3-6) and Burgess
Losing pitcher Negray (3-3).
Philadelphia . 000 OOO 000 0 5
Cincinnati 010 102 OOx 4 10
Poeovin. Mrozinski (7). Kuzava (8)
and Seminick. Nuxhall (11-8) "and
Batts. Losing pitcher Rogovin (2-1)
Brooklvn 010 020 0003 7
Milwaukee ...100 000 04x 5 7
Craig. Lahine (8) and Carnpanella.
Buhl, Jolly 1 5 1, Labine (6i. and Cran-
osll. winnine pitcher Fame (1-0)
Losing pitcher Craig (3-1).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(10 innings)
Cleveland .100 000 000 0 1 7 0
New York ...100 000 000 12 9 0
Wynn H3-6) and Hegan. Byrne (10-
2) and Berra.
Chicago 001 100 000 2 - 7
Boston 000 000 0011 7
Johnson. Martin (9) Howell (9i and
I.ollar. Brewer, Kinder (8) and White
Winning pitcher Johnson (4-1). Los
ing pitcher Brewer (8-9).
Detroit 200 042 02313 17 1
Washington .101 006 020 10 17 1
Gromek, Birrer 16). Aber (8). Cole
man (8) and Wilson. Schmitz. Pascual
(5i. Chakales (7i. Ramos (9). Stone i9)
and Courtney. Winning pitcher Cole
man (2-0). Losing pitcher Ramos
(2-3).
Kansas City ... 000 010 000 1 4
Baltimore Q10 002 02x 5 10
R. Shantz. Fricano (8) and Astroth,
W. Shantz (8. Wight (l-3i and Smith.
Losing pitcher R. Shantz (4-9).
owned by the populace, has been
on the verge of being old,
moved or traded a half dozen
times since World War II but
the local citizens always rally
at the last minute. However, it
has been a losing proposition for
ears.
Start To Lose Park
Of course, all the PCL's prob
lems areiVt financial. Hollywood
loses its park (Gilmore Field) in
1957, and the Stars must look
around for a new place to play.
The best rumors have it that
they may move to Phoenix,
Ariz., which has a fine trade
area; or they may just go out to
nearby Anaheim, which could
still draw on the Los Angeles
populace.
There is a report that Bill
Starr, owner of the San Diego
Padres, has been warned to
"hurry up" his plans to build a
new park that the harbor com
mission wants to tear down the
present baseball edifice on the
waterfront.
Portlands condemned ball
park is being used for the last
season and the Beavers go into
Multnomah Stadium next' year
a fine place that seats 30,000.
The Portland team is a home
owned outfit that now also is in
the position of running into pos
sible financial problems if t has
a bad year.
That leaves only Seattle and
the Los Angeles Angels, the lat
ter owned by multi-millionaire
William Wrigley, as the long
term financially sound clubs in
the loop.
Committee Formed
Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) A
special baseball committee,
headed by Earle Adams, yester
day approved a draft agree
ment which would bring an un
named Pacific Coast League
franchise here.
The . committee will now for
ward the agreement to the city
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AERIALISTS Quarterbacks Paul Held, Duncan Mc
Donald, Harry Gilmer and Bobby Layne (left to right), go
up for a pass as the Detroit Lions begin full-squad work
outs at Ypsilanti, Mich. The old familiar faces are scattered
among the rookies, who have been working with Lion's
coach Buddy Parker for over a week.
MedfordJTribune
Studs Face
In Contest
The Medford Cheney Studs
will attempt to keep an unbeat
en, record against Calirornia
teams intact tonight when they
meet the Dunsmuir Merchants
at 8 p.m. at the fairgrounds park.
Studs' Manager Jack Cooney
will pick his battery for tonight's
non-league tilt from pitchers
Marv Scherpf, Jim Kelley or
Kay Kelley and Catchers Dick
Wooton or Howard Morris. Com
pleting the infield lineup will
be Cooney at first, Ed McCul
lough at second, Derald Wooton
at third and Bob Selsor at short
stop.
Medford's outfield will be
Training
Starts For
Title Bout
North Adams, Mass. (U.R)
Archie Moore, who meets cham
pion Rocky Marciano for the
heavyweight title in Yankee
Stadium, Sept. 22, expected to
start punching today at his camp.
The light heavyweight king pen
the eight and one-half miles to
the summit of Mount Greylock
Tuesday, ' and announced later
that he weighed 200 pounds.
Grossinger, N. Y. (U.R)
Heavyweight champion Rocky
Marciano was ordered to "take it
easy" Tuesday at his camp by
Manager Al Weill. Weill said that
he didn't want Rocky to wear
himself out in the excessive heat.
council for approval.
Speculation has arisen here
that the club considering to
move here could be either Sac
ramento or Oakland. Both re
ported recently they were in a
bad financial position.
Dunsmuir
Tonight
picked from Terry Maddox, Ron
Maurer, Larry Bigham, Harvey
Tonn and Bill McLean.
Defeated Seren Cal Teams
The Studs, sporting a season
record of 17 wins and 15 losses,
have not lost to a California team
in eight games this season. Sev
en have ended in Stud victories
while one was a tie.
Dunsmuir's Merchants are
presently tied with Weed for
third place in the Northern Cal
ifornia league with eight wins
and four losses. The teams are
a half-game out of second place.
The Studs are currently tied
with Roseburg with an 8-10 rec
ord for fourth place in the South
ern Oregon league.
After tonight's contest, the
Studs meet Drain's Black Sox
in an important two-game series
at the fairground park Saturday
and Sunday. Drain is leading
SOL with 14 wins and two losses.
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EBriggs Hurls One
fitter; Seattle
Dncreases Lead
By PETER HAYES
United Press Sports Writer
Young Johnny Briggs gave a
couple of big league scouts an
eyeful last night when he hurled
a one-hit shutout at Portland for
a 3-0 Sacramento victory in Pa
cific Coast league action.
The 21-year-old righthander's
smoking fastball was never bet
ter. Scouts from the New York
Giants and Chicago Cubs watch
ed as he gave up a bloop single
to Luis Marquez in the second
inning and then held the Beavers
hitless the rest of the way.
Briggs struck out four, walk
ed three and officially faced
only 27 men. It was his 11th
win against 11 defeats with the
lowly Sacs.
Sacramento collected only sev
en hifs off Portland's Bob Hall,
Glenn Elliott and Dick Waibel
but scored three runs off Hall
(6-13) in the third inning high
lighted by . Harry Bright's two
run double.
Seattle Dumps Padres
In the other PCL play, league
leading Seattle bumped runner
up San Diego, 10-7; San Francis
co blanked Los Angeles, 2-0, be
hind Bill Bradford's six-hit pitch
ing; and Hollywood and Oak
land divided a twin-bill, the
Stars taking the opener, 6-2, and
the Oaks winning the second
game, 9-1.
Seattle increased its lead over
the Padres to three games as Lou
Kretlow chalked up his 10th win
without defeat. Kretlow gave up
eight hits but three of those were
homers by Earl Rapp, John Mer
son and Ray Jablonski. Jablon
ski's four-bagger came in the
ninth inning with two aboard
and brought Bill Kennedy in to
retire the next two men and end'
the game.
In Los Angeles, Bradford best
ed Don Elston in a close duel to
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ed eight hits as the Seals ended
his seven-game win streak.
Wade Allows Two Hits
Ben Wade (6-3), tossed a two
hitter as Hollywood took the sev
en inning opener in Emeryville.
One of those hits was a two
run homer by George Metkovitch
in the first inning. Fred Besana
(3-6) allowed only five hits in
defeat, including a solo homer
by Curt Roberts in the seventh,
but six walks and a wild pitch
paved the way for five Holly
wood runs.
Red Munger, Hollywood's ace
righthander, was batted out in
the third inning of the second
game after he apparently hurt
his ankle sliding into second,
Munger, whom the Stars would
like to peddle to the majors,
took the defeat for a 15-7 mark.
Al Gettel (10-13) gave up eight
hits and had a shutout until the
eighth. Metkoyich again paced
the Oaks at the plate, clouting
his second homer of the night in
the fifth inning with one aboard.
Metko had four for six for the
night and drove in a total of
seven runs.
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Sacramento ....003 000 OOx 3 7 0
Hall. Elliott (6), Waibel S) and
Robertson; Briggs (11-11) and Sheely.
Seattle 40 000 060 10 15 3
San DieKO . 001 003 003 7 8 4
Kretlow Kennedy (9) and Gins
berg; Bishop. Herrera (2). Erautt (8),
Thomason (9) and Bailey.
San Francisco 000 010 100 2 8 0
Los Angeles ....000 000 0000 6 G
Bradford (8-3) and Tornay: Elston,
Bauer (9) and Tappe. Davis (9).
(1st game)
Hollywood 014 000 16 5 0
Oakland 200 000 0 2 2 1
Wade (6-3) and Bragan; Besana (3-6)
and Neal.
(2nd game)
Hollywood ....000 000 010 1 8 1
Oakland 102 020 40x 9 13 0
Munger. O'Donnell (3), King (5) and
Hall; Gettel (10-13) and Neal.
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Leaque Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pit.ver & Club G AB
Kaline Det 102 404
Kuenn. Det 94 401
Smith. Cleve 104 420
Kell. Chicago 86 413
Fox. Chicago 102 413
Power. K. City ..102 393
R H Pet.
94 142 351
68 133 332
80 132 .314
64 127 .308
64 121 303
61 121 308
5S 101 .336
61 124 .327
74 129 316
90 11? .315
47 89 .314
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Campnla.. Bklyn. 81 301
Ashburn. Phil 99 379
Kluszski. Cin 104 408
Snider. Bklyn 102 371
Burgess. Cin. 80 283
Home Runs: Snider. Dodgers 36;
Kluszewski Redlegs 33: Mavs, Giants
34: Banks. Cubs 32; Mathews. Braves
29.
Suns Batted In: Snider. Dodgers
106; Ennis. Phillies 84: Boone. Tigers
83; Mays. Giants 81: Kluszewski. Red- .
legs 79; Banks. Cubs 79.
Runs: Kaline. Tigers 94: Snider.
Dodgers 90; Mantle. Yankees 84;
Smith Indians 80; Mays. Giants 79. .
Hits: Kaline. Tigers 142: Kuenn. Ti
gers 133: Smith. Indians 132; Klus
zewski. Redlegs 129; Post. RcdteKs 129.
Fitching: Newcombe. Dodgers 18-1:
Byrne. Yankees 10-2: Donovan. White
Sox 13-4: Loes. Dodgers 9-3; Erskin.
Dodgers 9-4.
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