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.
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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
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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
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353
.528
.509
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.473
.407
.397
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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
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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
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Friday's Results
Salem 4. Wenatchee 3. 11 innings.
Spokane at Eugene postponed rain.
Yakima at Lewiston postponed
rain.
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