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Friend Pitches Pirates to 2-0 Victory; Red legs Beat Giants Br UNITED PRESS Bob Friend, the winningest pitcher in the major leagues, kept the Pittsburgh Pirates ahead of the onrushing Brook lyn Dodgers Saturday by shut ting out the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0, in a game limited to seven Innings by rain. Friend boosted bis record to 11-3. Friend, backed by Lee Walls' two-run homer, kept the Pirates one game ahead of the Dodgers in the hot National League race. Brooklyn scored its sixth straight victory and 10th in its last 12 games when Duke Snider's hom er provided a 3-2 triumph over the Milwaukee Braves. Redlegs Win The third place Cincinnati Redlegs snapped a four-game losing streak when they de feated the New York Giants, 3-1, on rookie Frank Robinson's sac rifice fly with the bases full in the 11th inning. The other National League game, Chicago at Philadelphia, was postponed by rain. Gene Stephens singled to center in the 12th inning to score Dave Sisler from second base and give the Boston Red Sox a 6-S victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Chicago White Sox, coast ing behind Jack Harshman's four-hit pitching, whipped the Washington Senators, 7-0. Friend, who had shut out the Cardinals 6-0 and 2-0 in 11 in nings earlier this season, ran his shutout string against them to 27 innings. The Cardinals got eight hits but Friend left 10 of them stranded. Beat Wahmeiar It was a doubly-sweet victory for the Pirates. They, defeated Cheney Studs Beat Drain; Play Today Drain The Cheney Studs yesterday afternoon won the first in the series of three games with the Drain Black Sox, 3 to 1, behind the pitching of Jerry Droscher and Darrell Wooten. The second game of the series was scheduled last night with the Studs' Don White starting against Glen Elliott, of Drain. The Studs had a shut out going untiUthe ninth inning yesterday afternoon, when the Black Sox scored their lone run on a wild pitch. Wooten relieved Droscher in the ninth. Cheney Studs tallied two runs In the seventh on three hits and one error, and pushed across their last run in the eighth on a walk and a hit by Frank Roe landt. Dick Duer was the losing pitcher. The third game of the South ern Oregon semi-pro baseball league will be played this after noon. RV Girls, K. Falls Club Play Today The Rogue Valley girls soft ball team tries for its sixth and seventh win of the season in a doubleheader today against the Klamath Falls Bassinettes at the Camp Whit field. First game is seven innings and starts at 2 p.m., with the five inning game to follow immediately after wards. For the record this far, the RV girls have won five out of seven, losing one apiece to Mobil gas of Klamath Falls and to Roseburg. The Bassinettes last Saturday took a 3 to 2 decision from Rose burg. Doris Hickson and Jean Maine are the probable battery for the local team. Arlene Hoffman and Jean Bitterling. fielders. Bernice Bigham, shortstop, and Doris Hickson are expected to produce the heavy hitting for the after noon. Hickson and Bitterling are leading the team with .438 averages. Herman Wehmeier, who had beaten them 20 of the last 22 times he had faced them. Weh- meier's lifetime record against Pittsburgh now is 25-9. Snider hit his 15th homer on reliever Ernie Johnson's first pitch in the eighth inning. Clem Labine. who relieved Roger Craig in the seventh, was the winner. Joe Adcock homered for the Braves. Johnny Temple singled to open the 11th for Cincinnati at the Polo Grounds. Bob Thurman walked. Gus Bell's sacrifice bunt advanced both men. Ted Klus zewski was purposely walked. Robinson, who drove in Cin cinnati's first run, then hit a fly to fairly deep center field and Temple beat Willie Mays' throw to the plate. Thurman scored when Al Worthington, who went all the way for the Giants, uncorked a wild pitch. NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee 000 000 0203 7 1 Brooklyn 300 000 Olx 3 S 0 Conley. Johnson IS). Jolly 18) and Crandali; Craig, Labine (81 and Camp-anella. (11 Innings) Cincinnati 000 100 000 02 3 S 0 New York 000 000 100 001 7 1 Fowler. Acker 17(. Freeman i8t and Burgess; Worthinffton (2-7) and Sarni. Mangan (8). (7 Innings, Rain) St. Louis .. 0OO 0O0 0 0 S 0 Pittsburgh 020 000 0 2 2 1 Wehmeier. Collum (7) and Smith; (ll-3i and Foiles. Chicago at Philadelphia, postponed, rain. A.MERTCAV LEAGUE Washington 000 000 000 0 4 0 Chicago 030 130 OOx 7 S 0 Griggs. Ramos 14 1 and Fitzgerald; Harshman (3-4) and Lollar. f 12 Innings) Boston 201 000 020 001 8 12 t Detroit ... 010 000 0210 000 5 11 0 Brewer. Sisler (S and White; Gro mek. Aber 8, Trucks (8) and House. New York at Cleveland, night. .Baltimore at Kansas City, night. Hollywood at 12 Straight After Snipping Leaders, 1-0 Cincinnati to Fourth By DON THACKREY United Press Sports Writer The streaking Hollywood Stars proved Friday night that one run can be as good as a dozen as they ran their win string to 12 at the expense of front-running Los Angeles. A strained first-inning Star tally was the only score as Hol lywood beat the Angels 1-0 in a rain - shortened Pacific Coast League slate. Seattle defeated Sacramento 9-2 in the only other game as all second division clubs were idled. Carlos Bernier, fleet Holly wood outfielder, crossed the plate as catcher Joe Hannah dropped the ball to give Cholly Naranjo all the scoring he need ed. Bemier had singled, gone to second on a wild pitch, to third on an infield out and came home after the catch of a high fly to shortstop. Naranjo gave up only four hits to the power-packed PCL leaders. One of these was a sin gle by Steve Bilko that was his 100th hit of the season and ran Bowling Meet Draws Near The deadline for entering the Maxie Kosof endurance bowling tournament is midnight, Tues day, June 26. Medford entrants so far are Mr. and Mrs. Gale Culy who will be second termers at the tourney, held in the Paramount Bowl, Ogden, Utah. The tournament lasts through the month of July and the Culys will compete July 3 and 4. With the handicap starting at 175 average, men bowl 40 games in a row and first place is guar anteed $2,000, with $1,000 going to second place. Women bowl 20 games in a row for a guaranteed first place prize of $500. Handi cap starts at 160 average. Last year 178 men and 90 women from 31 states and Cana da bowled at the Utah classic. his hitting streak to 20 straight games. . The tough luck loser was Marino Pieretti, who gave up only two singles in the seven innings he worked. Harry Per- kowski allowed another single in the eighth. Elmer Singleton became the loop's first 10-game winner with a triumph over Sacramento in a sloppy game. Seven of the 11 runs scored were unearned as the Solons out-hit Seattle 12-9 but also out-errored the Rain iers. Bud Watkins was the loser in the contest. Joe Taylor hammered his 14th home run of the season and also got a double and a single to drive in four runs. Rain halted the San Diego- Vancouver game in the Canadian city and San Francisco at Port land had to be postponed be cause the grounds were out of condition. The Line Scores: Los Angeles . 00O 000 0O0 0 4 Hollywood 100 000 OOX 1 3 Sacramento 000 00C 020 2 12 Seattle 102 03f 03x S 9 San Diego at Vancouver, postponed. rain. San Francisco at PorUand. postpon ed, wet grounds. Stanford Pitcher Wins For Klamath Lakers Klamath Falls (U.R) The Klamath Falls Lakers' opener was successful Friday night as they defeated Hamilton Air Force Base 16-2 at Gem stadium The Lakers are composed of players from Pacific coast col leges and managed by Dino Res telli, former player for the Cleveland Indians, New York Giants and Portland Beavers. Pitcher Walt Payne of Stan ford University pitched a one hitter and struck out 18. Hitting stars for the Lakers were Earl Robinson of University of Cal iforrua, who had 3 for 3; Stan Johnson of University of San Francisco, 2 for 3; and'Restelli. 2 for 3. The teams played again Sat urday night at Klamath Falls, the second in a ' three game series. 1ST j 'ILL t m Air ' tL r I mm s t v i fcisrftfFisi mill isiw wtT? ill T iilTT SAVAGE RAPIDS Cole Rivers (right), fish biologist for the state game commission, points to the bottom of Savage Rapids dam dur ing a tour of the Rogue river Wednesday. Accompanying Rivers were (left to right) Rollin E. Bowles, Eugene, president of the state division Izaak Walton League of America, and William H. Pringle, national IWL president. Behind Rivers is "Slim" Bart lett, state director of the Rogue River league chapter in Grants Pass. UNI IP(D)IBTr Sunday, June 17. 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON! MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Chicago Cleveland Boston Detroit , Baltimore Kanpn City .. Washington .... W. t,. 35 20 2fi 21 28 25 27 21 27 2 ..2 2f 22 32 23 35 Prt. .f?3fl 353 .528 .509 .5fVf .473 .407 .397 12'i 13a FrlrUv's Results New York 6. Cleveland 2 (night, Detroit 5. Boston 2 (nisht Chicaso 7, Washington 2 (night) Baltimore 1. Kansas City 0 (night) Saturday's Probable Pitrhen Washington at Chicago Pawual (2-7 or Griggs fl-2) vs. Donovan (3-2) Boston at Detroit Brewer (9-1) vs. Grnmek (5-3). New York at Cleveland Cnicht) Larsen (3-1) or Morgan (2-5) vs. Score fB-4. Baltimore at Kansas City (night) Johnson (1-3, vi. Crimian (0-3). Sunday's Games Washington at Chicago (2) Baltimore at Kansas City Boston at Detroit New York at Cleveland NATIONAL LEAGUE Golfing Kids from RVCC Off To Junior Tournament Seven boys and one girl will carry the Rogue Valley Country club banner into the Oregon Golf association's junior tournament beginning Monday at the Colum-bia-Edgewater course in Port land. Dick Sorenson, John Milne, Don Peek, Gary Harrington, Tom Alley, Tom Hamlin, and Stanley Dawson will vie in the boys' di vision Pam Stacey is the lone Rogue valley girl in girls' com petition. The tournament is match play and will last through Sunday. Looking to the week after wards, several RVCC golfers are sharpening up for the OGA state amateur tournament for 1956. Local men who will participate are Alan Holmes, Clayton Lewis, Russ Heysell, Miles Doran, Har ry Millette, Bud Haupert, George Harrington and Deane Lambert. Sue DeVoe, sophomore next year at the University of Ore gon, will try for the women's championship. Club pro Al Williams reports that Bruce Stanley is low quali fier for the 1956 cfub champion ship thus far with a one-over-par 73. Other lows are Larry But ler, 76, and Bob Rector, Jim Sheldon, Clayton Lewis and Alan Holmes, all bunched at 77. Most of the qualifying is expect ed to come in this week end and will continue through the week. Williams is planning on a field of nearly 100 for this year's tourney. Russ Heysell and Bob Johnson defeated Ed Milne and Deane Lamber 6 and 5 last week end for the two ball championship. They were originally scheduled to play today. Colts in fairgrounds Baseball This Afternoon The Cheney Colts go after their third win of the season today when they meet Cava Junction at 2 p.m. at the fair grounds. The Colts now hold down a second place lie in the Rogua Valley league with a two and one win-loss record. Kay Kelley is scheduled to start as pitcher for the local club. Needles Takes Belmont Race New York (U.R) Kentucky Derby Champion Needles, with his famed stretch-running fin ish, won the 88th running of the $119,650 Belmont Stakes at Bel- month Park today to win two segments of the shattered triple crown. After trailing the field just as he did in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes Needles started to run on the turn into the home stretch. Half way through the straightway he fought his way to the front and then withstood a gallant but futile challenge by C. V. Whit ney's Career Boy to win the mile and one-half race by the length of his neck. Calumet Farm's Fabius, who spoiled Needles' bid to become the ninth triple crown winner in American turf history when he beats Needles in the Preak ness, was third. Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati . St. Louis ... Milwaukee Chicago w. l. r.-t. .2 20 -.28 21 28 22 .2 24 24 21 .21 2ft GB New York 20 30 Philadelphia 19 32 ..192 .571 1 .360 l.i J47 2 .533 3 .429 8 .400 9"i J73 11 Friday's Results Phil. 6. Chicago 5 (1st twi-nieht) Chicago 8. Phils. 5 (2nd nighti Pittsburgh 12. St. Louis 1 (nighti New York 4. Cincinnati 3 (night) Brooklyn 5. Milwaukee 4 (nighti Saturday's Probable Pitchers Milwaukee at Brooklyn C o n 1 e y (l-3i vs. Claig 15-21. Cincinnati at New York Fowler (4-61 vs. Worthington (2-6). (jnicago at rmiadelpnia jones o-u S. Miller (3-31. St. Louis at Pittsburgh Wehmeier (2-5) vs. Friend (10-3). Sunday's Games Milwaukee at Brooklyn Cincinanti at New York (2) Chicago at Philadelphia (2) St. Louis at Pittsburgh (2) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Omaha Fox Over Illness, On Philadelphia Farm Omaha Fox, a horse bred in the Rogue valley by Mr. and Mrs. Pete Logan and nominated for the Triple Crown, is out of his importunate illness arfd presently on a training farm in Philadelphia. Omaha Fox was to tun in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and Belmont Stakes races this year. He was taken to Arizona to train in January and during the trip from Arizona to Ken tucky in preparation for the Derby, developed a bad cold. He was then shipped to Bal timore, Md., for possible partici pation in the Preakness but was plagued by a shin splint (a small bone growth) on his right front leg. The horse is now on the Phil adelphia farm of John B. Kelly, famed father of former actress Grace Kelly. The trainer there League Leaders By UNITI.D PRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE Pliyer Club G. AB R. H. Pet Long. Pitts 51 189 38 70 .370 Clcmcnte. Pitts ..42 134 22 48 .338 Baily, Cinti 41 123 20 44 .352 Boyer, St. L. ..... 53 211 42 72 .341 Moon. St. L 33 190 37 63 .337 American League Mantle. N Y 55 209 56 81 Maywell n.l At lit 11 Aft Kucnn. bet 47 IPO 30 68 Vernon. Boston"., 43 151 25 54 !358 Berra, N Y .. 46 174 32 61 .351 Los Angeles Seattle Sacramento Hollywood San Francisco San Diego Portland Vancouver W. I .44 24 .42 28 -34 31 33 32 .32 35 ...32 36 31 35 ...21 48 Pet. .647 .600 J23 .508 .478 Ills .471 12 .470 12 .304 23 Is Friday's Results Hollywood 1. Los Angeles 0 Seattle 9, Sacramento 2 San Diego at Vancouver. PorUand. rain. San Francisco at PorUand. post poned, wet grounds. Home Runs Mantle. Yanks 23: Long. Pirates 17; Berra. Yanks 16; Boyer. Cards 15. Runs Batted In Mantle. Yanks 57; Boyer. Cards 49: Long. Pirates 46: Simpson, Athletics 45; Weru. Indians 44. Runs Mantle. Yanks 56: Boyer Cards- 42: Yost. Senators 41; Mcbou gald. Yanks 40; Lopez. Athletics, Blasingame, Cards and Snider, Dodg ers all 39. ; Hits Mantle Yanks 81: Boyer. Cards 72; Long, Pirates 70; Kuenn, Tigers 68; Lemon. Senators. Simpson. Athletics and Ashburn. Phils all 67. Pitchine Lawrence Red I -fa , 7-ni- Brewer, Red Sox (9-1 1: Pierce. White Sox (9-21; Hoeft. Tigers (8-2). How Series Stand Hollywood 1. Los Angeles 0 Seattle 1. Sacramento 0 San Diego 0, Vancouver 0 San Francisco 0. Portland 0 Saturday's Probable Pitchers San Francisco Russ Kemmerer (3-5; at Portland (Bill Werle. (8-41. Los Angeles Dick Drott (7-3); at Hollywood Curt Raydon (5-51. Sacramento Earl Harrist 17-4); at Seattle Bud Podbielan. (6-2l. San Diegc Pete Mesa, (4-6) and John Carmichael (5-51 ;at Vancouver Ryne Duren, (2-6) and Jim Mc- uonald. (Z-4). NORTHWEST LEAGUE Yakima 28 14 Eugene 23 15 Tri-City 25 17 Lewiston 23 16 Wenatchee 17 26 Spokane 14 28 Salem 13 27 Prt GB .666 .605 .595 .589 .395 .333 .325 3 3 3(4 11'. 4 14 14 Friday's Results Salem 4. Wenatchee 3. 11 innings. Spokane at Eugene postponed rain. Yakima at Lewiston postponed rain. Utah's Great Salt Lake is the largest body of salt water in the U. S. A dwelling fire occurs about once everv 90 seconds someplace In the U.S. MOVING? 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