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TEW MEDFORD (OREGON)
Yanks Plaster Red Sox 1 3-6
o
For 1 Vi-Game Lead In Loop;
White Sox Win, Tribe Falls
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Press Sports Writer
The nightmare was almost
over for the suddenly-awakened
Yankees today as they began
putting that familiar daylight
between themselves and ell oth
er contenders for the first time
in three weeks.
The one calamity Yaokee of
ficials dread most is losing the
oo pennant two years in a row. Last
time it happened was 10 years
ago.
But the Bronx Bombers, tak
ing steps to see it doesn't happen
this year, moved 1V4 games
ahead of the field by beating
the Red Sox, 13-6, Tuesday night.
Not since July 26 have the 'Yan
kees led by that much of a mar
gin and during a good part of
that stretch they were bouncing
around in second and third place.
Showing no mercy to the Red
Sox, the Yankees blasted out 18
hits, including four homers and
three doubles, in rolling to their
seventh straight victory. Mickey
Mantle, Don Larsen, Bill Skow
ron and Hank Bauer each hom-
rpH to offset homers bv Dick
O IJrodowski, Ted Williams and
Jackie Jensen.
Larsen Wins Fifth
Te Yankees clinched Tuesday
q night's victory with a seven-run
burst in the third. Although he
failed to go the route for the
4irst time in four games since
eing recqijed from the minors,
Larsen was credited with his
fifth triumph. Tom Morgan re
lieved him in the eighth and held
Boston at bay.
The White Sox climbed into
second place by defeating the
Athletics, 5-4, in 11 innings
while the Tigers blanked the
Indians 7-0.
After Kansas City scored a
run in the top of the 11th to
break a 3 -all tie, Chicago filled
the bases in the bottom of the
frame and tiedthe score on Jim
Busby's sacrifice fly. An inten
tional walk to Walt Dropo filled
the bases again and Bob Ken
nedy then singled for the vic
tory. Southpaw Billy Hoeft limited
Cleveland to two hits in posting
his 12th victory. Hoeft faced
-nly 29 batters, yielding only
one walk and singles to Bobby
Avila and Larry Doby. The Ti
gers meanwhile clubbed Early
Wynn, Sal Maglie, Don Mossi
and Jose Santo for 13 hits. Frank
House and Bill Tuttle each
homered, driving in a total of
seven runs between them.
A two-run homer by Cal
Abrams helped the last-place
Orioles snap a five-game losing
streak with a 7-2 decision over
O the Senators. Erv Palica was the
wnning pitcher although he
needed help from George Zuver
ink in the eighth inning. Veter
an Johnny Schmitz was the
loser.
Giants Beat Dodgers
Willie Mays' 37th homer with
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Brooklyn's runs in the sixth
when Roy Campanella unloaded
a three-run homer. Until then,
the Giants led by five runs.
Despite the loss, charged to
southpaw Johnny Podres, the
Dodgers remained 15 games in
front when St. Louis nipped second-place
Milwaukee, 3-2.
The Cards won the game in
the eighth when Bill Sarni trip
led off Ernie Johnson with a
man on first base. Stan Musial's
26th homer with one on in the
first inning off Chet Nichols
gave St. Louis its first two runs.
Cincinnati moved into fifth
place by beating Chicago, 11-2,
as Joe Black pitched his first
complete game in the National
League since Sept. 21, 1952.
Smoky Burgess' 17th homer
with one on put the Redlegs in
front in the first inning and
they turned the game into a rout
with six more runs in the sec
ond inning and three more in
the third.
The Phillies defeated the Pi
rates 12-3, as Herm Wehmeier
hurled a seven hitter and made
his lifetime record over Pitts
burgh 23-7. Del Ennis drove in
five runs.
MXESCORES:
American League
Baltimore 000 002 221 7 IS 0
Washington ... 200 000 000 2 6 2
Palica. Zuverink 181 and Smith
Schmitz. Pascual f7 and Courtnev.
Winning pitcher Palica (4-9). Losing
pitcher Schmitz (6-7).
New York ....107 Oil 10213 18 0
Boston 000 022 020 6 8 1
Larsen. Morean 18) and Berra. Sul
livan. Brodowski (3). Brewer (8) and
White. Winning pitcher Larsen (5-1).
Losing pitcher Sullivan (14-11).
Cleveland 000 000 000 0 2 0
Detroit 030 003 Olx 7 13 0
Wynn Maglie (2). Mossi (6). San
tiago (6) and Hegan. Hoeft (12-6) and
House. Losing pitcher Wynn (14-8).
Kan. City ..101 0O0 010 01 4 11 2
Chicago ....110 001 000 02 5 11 1
Kellner, Ditmar (9). Gorman (11).
Ceccarelli (11), Harrington (11) and
Astroth. Johnson, Martin (10). Howell
(10) and Lollar. Winning pitcher
Howell (5-3). Losing pitcher Gor
man (6-5).
National League
Brooklvn 000 003 000 3 7 0
New York 002 120 OOx 5 9 0
Podres. Bessent (6). Spooner (7) and
Campanella. Gomez (8-61 and Kan.
Losing pitcher Podres (8-7).
Milwaukee 000 001 1002 10 (
St. Louis 200 000 Olx 3 9 S
Nichols. Johnson (7) and Crandall
Haddix (10-11) and Sarni. Losing
pitcher Johnson (4-5).
Chicago 000 000 200 2 9 3
Cincinnati ....263 000 OOx 11 15 0
Davis. Jeffcoat . (2). Kaiser (5) and
Chiti. Black (6-2) and Burgess. Losing
pitcher Davis (6-8).
Philadelphia 300 022 04112 15 2
Pittsburgh ....100 002 OOx 3 7 2
Wehmeier (9-9) and Seminick.
Friend. Littlefield (5). Martin (8) and
Atwell. Losing pitcher Friend (9-7).
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Minor League Ills Blamed
On Majors; Prexies Think
Worse Trouble May Come
(Editor's note: Minor league
baseball faces problems that
threaten to close many parks.
Already this year 10 cities
have had to suspend opera
tions. The United Press has
atked minor league presidents
whose cities were involved to
tell what was wrong. In this
fwo-parl series beginning to
day, they discuss first their
basic problems and second
their ideas for solving lhem.)
By CARL LUNDQUIST
United Press Sports Writer
Minor league baseball is in
trouble as never before, and the
majors are to blame for it.
That is the feeling of minor
league presidents, whose cities
were involved in the 10 fran
chise fold-ups that have occurred
already this season. They feel
the worst is yet to come unless
there is help from the majors.
The principal complaint is that
ine majors saturate minor
league territory with radio and
in some cases television broad
casts. The second "beef" is that
the majors no longer are willing
to supply financial aid by de
veloping players through minor
league farm systems, but in
stead are spending money re
cruiting high - priced bonus
babies.
Says Frick Unconcerned
Shelby Peace, president of the
once-lively Kitty League at Hop-
kinsville, Ky., declared that "not
even the commissioner of base
ball cares what happens to us."
"Does Ford Frick look at what
television and radio has done to
the minors?" asked Peace
"Madisonville, Ky., which had
to give up this year in our
league, has a beautiful park and
adequate parking facilities. But
the air was saturated with tele
vision and radio. I know the big
league announcers tell the peo
ple to go out and support .their
local club, but who has the en
thusiasm to watch a Kitty
League game after listening to
the glamour they spread
around?
Jerry Donovan, president of
the Class C California League,
said in San Francisco that "the
x .... ,
smume seems to be we soon
will have major league ball out
here so the heck with the Cal
ifornia and coast leagues." The
Ventura club there, which is 60
miles from Hollywood, gave up
and the franchise was shifted to
Keno, Nev.
"Pride in a local club is dead,"
Donovan said. "Everyone is
major league conscious because
of broadcasts and telecasts into
our territory."
Clubs Threatened Daily
Emmet Harty, head of the
Cotton States League at Green
ville, Miss., said, "There never
is a day that we have not been
confronted with the probability
of some club folding."
Harty said not only did the
Pine Bluff, Ark., club fold and
have to be transferred to Meri
dian, Miss., but that Hot Springs,
Ark., "is on the verge of throw
ing in the sponge, and on the
whole I am punchdrunk from
the beating I have taken all sea
son." "Despite that, I have six
tovns who have signified their
interest in operating next sea
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is that they are gluttons for
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New York (U.P.) Harry
Hopman, non-playing captain of
the Australian Davis Cup team,
was expected to name a four
man squad today to oppose the
United States in next week's
challenge round for the coveted
tennis trophy.
Tony Trabert, Vic Seixas, Ham
Richardson, and Gil Shea were
named Tuesday night to repre
sent the United States.
Hopman said there would be
"no surprises" when he an
nounces his squad today. There
fore, the guessing was that he
would pick Neale Fraser as the
fourth man to go along with his
"big three" of Lew Hoad, Ken
Roswall, and Rex Hartwig.
Trabert, Wimbledon champion
from Cincinnati, O., and Seixas,
U.S. champion from Philadel
phia, are expected to carry the
whole load for the United States
just as they did last December
in Australia when they beat the
Aussies, 3-2, to recapture the
Cup.
punishment. In my own town
of Greenville over S50,000 has
been raised by public subscrip
tion since 1950 to keep baseball.
I don't think this can go on un
less the majors take some revo
lutionary step this fall."
Tommy Richardson, head of
the Class A Eastern League at
Wiiliamsport, Pa., said: "The
minors will be in trouble as long
as a major league team is will
ing to give $60,000 to one un
tried kid. but refuses to pay $10,
000 to operate a first rate minor
league franchise where there is
a chance for 18 players to de
velop while that one kid sits on
a big league bench."
Radio-TV Hurts Albany
The Eastern League, one of
the oldest and most stable, is in
good shape, Richardson said,
with attendance up about 80,
000 over last year even though
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., had to shift
itt franchise to Johnstown, Pa.
"An economic situation in
volving the hard coal area
forced Wilkes-Barre to quit,"
Richardson said. "Now we're
okay everywhere but in Albany.
Radio and TV are heavy com
petition there. They get broad
casts and telecasts of the Yan
kees, Giants, Dodgers and Red
Sox. That's too much for us to
beat.
Howard Green, president of
the Big State League at Fort
Worth, Tex., said radio had
nothing to do with the failure of
Galveston and Tyler in his loop.
Galveston Not Interested
"Galveston dropped out be
cause it was the world's worst
baseball town, a resort city of
the rankest type," Green said.
"Baseball was too wholesome for
a population more interested in
gaming, night clubs and that
which goes with both. Tyler
dropped out because it imposed
a burden on the rest of the clubs.
Tyler could have finished had
not Galveston faltered."
Chauncey Devault at Bristol,
Va. Tenn., headquarters of his
Class D Appalachian League,
said, "This is the worst financial
year our loop has suffered." He
also blamed general condition
of the coal fields for failure of
the Welch, W. Va., franchise
which was moved to Marion, Va.
A. O. Hadden, head of the
Georgia State League at Dublin,
Ga., blamed local operations for
the failure of the Statesboro,
Ga., franchise.
Next: The remedies pro
posed for minor league base
ball. League Leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player & Club. G AB
Ashburn, Phi. ..109 410
Cmpnla, Bkn 92 342
Kkszski. Cin 118 470
Burgess, Cin. 119 476
R H Pet.
68 139 .332
63 111 .325
93 152 .323
88 148 .311
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kaline, Det. 115 456
Kuenn. Det. 107 460
Power. K.C. 116 457
99 158 .346
75 149 .324
70 145 .317
Mantle, N.Y. 118 423 100 131 .310
Smith. Cleve. 117 371 91 145 .308
Home Runs Kluszewski, Redlegs :
41; Banks, Cubs 39; Snider. Dodgers i
38: Mays, Giants 37; Mathews. Braves :
31.
Runs Batted In Snider. Dodgers
109: Ennis. Phillies 97; Kluszewski,
Redlegs 96: Banks, Cubs, 93: Jensen,
Red Sox 91.
Runs Snider. Dodgers 101: Mantle,
Yankees 100; Kaline. Tigers 99: Klus
zewski, Redlegs 93: Smith. Indians 91.
Hits Kaline. Tigers laB: Kluszew
ski, Redlegs 152; Kuenn. Tigers 149;
Post. Redlegs 148: Bell, Redlegs 148.
Pitching JNewcombe. Dodgers 18-3;
Byrne. Yankees 11-3; Donovan, White
13-4; Erskine. Dodgers 10-4; riurd.
Red Sox 7-3.
Hot Pennant
By JACK CUDDY
New York (U.P.) For the first
time in American League history,
at least six of its teams will go
past the million mark in attend
ance this season and there is an
outside chance that seven clubs
could hit that figure.
That stampede for first place
has given the gate its biggest
shot since the mad scramble of
1948, when Cleveland and Bos
ton had to play a pennant play
off game and the New York
Yankees were not eliminated un
til the next to the last day of
the season.
In '48, the junior circuit set
an all-time major league attend
ance high with a total of 11,150,
099 paying customers. However,
only four clubs went past the
million mark that season because
most of the crowds were center
ed in Cleveland, New York, Bos
ton and Detroit.
This year the situation is vast
ly different. Five clubs still are
very much in the race, although
Detroit's chances have lessened
considerably in the past few
days. All of these, the Yankees,
Indians, White Sox, Red , Sox
and Tigers, will go past the mil
lion mark, barring unforeseen
complications.
In fact, the Yankees already
have hit the million mark for
the 10th consecutive year since
World War II with a' league high
total of 1,104,150 to date through
games of Aug. 14. The amazing
A's from Kansas City, with 1,
089,073 to date, probably will
stay in the runner-up spot in at
tendance even though. They are
Johnson To Miss
Shrine Scuffle
Portland (U.P.) Injuries
have forced one player each
from the rosters of the State
and Metropolitan all-star foot
ball squads. But replacements
were added immediately today
as the squads drilled hard in
preparation for the eighth an
nual Shriners' game Saturday
night in Multnomah stadium.
A pulled back muscle and knee
cost State the services of half
back John Johnson of Marsh
field. Johnson was one of the
fastest men in Oregon prep foot
ball last year running the 100
yard dash in :09.8 seconds.
Johnson was replaced immed
iately by Jerry Handy, 155-pound
speed merchant from Corvallis.
The Metro casualty was Dick
Knight, 215-pound Oswego
guard. His shoes were filled by
Dave Ogdahl, 190 - pounder from
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an also-ran sixth in the stand
ings. Earl Hilligan of the American
League Service Bureau in Chi
cago, who supplied the attend
ance figures, said there was a
good chance for the American
League to go well past the eight
million mark in attendance for
the season, but that of course
there was no chance of equalling
that all-time 1948 mark when
the Indians packed in 2,620,627
and the Yankees 2,373,901.
However, Hilligan had the
cheery news that the American
League has had an increase of
515,000 paying customers to date
for a percentage increase of 8Vz
per cent over last year. There
have been 6,587,330 fans at 462
games.
A look at the other attendance
totals with the number of games
left to play, shows the strong
probability of six clubs with mil
lion gates and an outside chance
for Baltimore, the seventh.
The next club to join New
York and Kansas City at the mil
lion level should be. Boston, and
it probably will occur in the cur
rent three-game series with the
Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. GB
Brooklvn 77 38 .670
Milwaukee 64 55 .538 15
New York 62 55 .530 16
Philadelphia 60 60 .500 19'2
Cincinnati 57 62 .479 22
Chicago 58 64 .475 22 '2
St. JLOUiS SZ 63 .432 23
Pittsburgh
....43 76 .361 36
Tuesday's Results
New York 5. Brooklyn 3 (night)
St. Louis 3. Milkaukee 2 (night)
Cincinati 11. Chicaeo 2 (night)
Philadelphia 12. Pittsburgh 3 (night)
Wednesday's Probable Pitchers
Brooklyn at New York (night)
(9-41 vs. Monzant (1-61.
-Loes
Milwaukee at St. Louis (night)
Burdette (8-6) vs. Jackson (5-10).
Chicago at Cincinnati (night) Rush
(9-81 vs. Gross (1-1).
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (night)
Simmons (7-5) vs. Face (2-4).
Thursday's Games
Brooklyn at New York
Chicago at Cincinnati
Milwaukee at St. Louis, night.
(Only games scheduled)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W.
L.
Pet.
.610
GB
New York .
..72 46
Chicago 68 45
Cleveland 70 47
Boston 67 50
Detroit 61 55
Kansas City 48 70
Washington 41 74
Baltimore 37 77
.602 1 i
.598 l'i
.565 4 i
.526 10
.407 24
.357 29 Vt
.325 33
Tuesday's Results
Chicago 5, Kansas City 4 (night, 11
innings)
Detroit 7. Cleveland 0 (night)
Baltimore 7. Washington 2 (night)
New York 13. Boston 6 (night)
Wednesday's Probable Pitchers
New York at Boston (night) Nix
on (12-6,) or Delock (6-5) vs. Turley
(13-10).
Baltimore at Washington 2. (twi-
night) Wilson (9-14) and Brown (1-1)
vs. Porterfield (9-14) and Stone (6-12).
Thursday's Games
Cleveland at Detroit
Baltimore at Washington
New York at Boston
Kansas City at Chicago. 2 games.
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including two doubleheaders, is
next at 874,909 and needs only
a little more than 6,500 fans per
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They've been getting three times
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the pennant struggle, has 796,-
293 fans to date and with 18
more home openings including
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average of only 11,500 fans per
opening. The Indians could get
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their crucial games with the
Yankees. White Sox and Red
Sox. Chicago, with 792,523 to
date, needs only an average of
11,500 per opening and with 18
to go including four double
headers, has a total of 701,381
and needs several 40,000 plus
crowds to help out since they
must have to average better than
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Monty Hall and Crock Hunter
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