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FANCY BUT EFFECTIVE Dodger Chttck Neal does a
cartwheel as he forces Cub Pete Whisenant at second in
the fourth inning of game at Chicago. Whisenant was
forced on Harry Chiti's grounder to Pee Wee Reese, who
threw to Neal at second. Calling play is umpire Bill
Jackowski. Cubs won, 4-3.'
Cubs Nick Brooklyn
On Odd Hit in 11th
By JOHN GRIFFIN
Uniled Press Sports Writer
The world champion Brook
lyn Dodgers, growling about an
11-inning loss to the iast-place
Chicago Cubs on a -freak hit,"
found themselves today at the
start of a seven-games-in-four-days
test that could wreck their
pitching staff.
The lowly Cubs surprised the
Dodgers, 4-3 in Chicago Friday
when ex-Dodger Don Hoak
bounced a single off the first
base bag in the last of the 11th
to score Hobie Landrith from
second base with the winning
run.
It was an agonizing loss for
the champions, for it dropped
them two full games behind the
league - leading Milwaukee
Braves, whose game against
Pittsburgh was called because
of rain after eight innings and
ended in a 1-1 tie. But the sched
ule doesn't give them any chance
to sit around and brood.
First they meet the "old rival"
New York Giants tonight in a
single night game. Then it's
three doubleheaders in three
days against the Giants Satur
day and Sunday and Pittsburgh
Monday.
"If we get through these seven
Likes of Babe
May Never Be
By JOHN COLTON
United Press Correspondent
Galveston. Tex. (U.PJ It
seems like yesterday to some,
but it is exactly 25 years since
a skinny tomboy swirled out of
the Texas dust to become the
greatest woman athlete of all
time.
They called her "The Babe,"
Babe Didrickson. To her, women
were "sissies who wore girdles,
bras and that junk." Her aim in
life was to win. She did.
You can take your Jack Demp
seys, Bobby Jonses. Babe Ruths,
Jesse Owenses. Red Granges.
Get them out of their special
fields and she could lick 'em.
Other women hardly counted.
In a Class Alone
She hit nine home runs in a
baseball doubleheader. Knocked
her golf drives 245 yards. Won
a track meet alone against a 22
woman team. Bowled a match of
268, 234 and 214. Beat Louise
Brough at tennis. Took two gold
medals in the Olympics. AU
American at basketball. British
women's golf champion. Dived,
swam, fenced, skated.
Her like has never been seen
before. It may never be again.
Today the Babe lies in a small
room on the fifth floor in the
Waverly Pavillion of the John
Sealy hospital here. The ravages
of cancer are such that she sees
no one except her husband,
George Zaharius. and her three
sisters because "I look too bad."
She is down to 90 pounds,
sleeps 10 to 12 hours a day. She
has her good days and her bad,
but she is alert and cheerful,
watches the portable television
set and reads the 10 to 50 letters
and telegrams that come every
day. Her Babe Didrikson Cancer
fund now totals S40,000.
Her Name Legend
She is one of the few who
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games all right, then we have.?
real good chance," said CoaWi
Billy Herman, and he reflected
the mood of the whole team.
An excellent relief job by Don
Bessent was wasted in the loss
to the Cubs. With one out in the
11th, Landrith singled and took
second on relief pitcher Turk
Lown's sacrifice. Hoak therl rap
ped a grounder to first. Gill
Hodges maneuvered to field it,
but the ball struck the bag and
bounded over Hodges head. But
by the time second baseman
Jackie Robinson could retrieve
it, Landrith jwas home.
Randy Jackson of the Dodgers
and Pete Whisenant of the Cubs
hit homers as the Cubs gained
an even split in the four-game
series.
A sudden five-minute rain
which turned the infield to mud
ended a brilliant pitching duel
at Milwaukee between Bob
Friend of the Pirates and Bob
Buhl of the Braves. Bill Virdon
homered for the Pirates' only
run. The i game will have to be
replayed in its entirety, possibly
in Pittsburgh, on a date to be
picked by the league office.
No other games were sched
uled in the major leagues Thurs
day. Didrickson
Seen Again
became a legena in their lue
time. She has that little bit more
that is the stamp of the cham
pion. Babe Didrikson unquestion
ably opened the game of golf
up to women. She dominated
that sport as much as Ben Hogan
and, of him, she once said:
"I would just as soon play
Hogan. I'd probably get beat,
but I wouldn't disgrace myself."
Frilly chanteuse Hildegarde
once asked her why she couldn't
hit a golf ball as far as the Babe.
"Well. Hildegarde," was the
reply. "Take off your girdle and
let 'er go.''
Babe Didrikson disdained fem
ininity at first When she flashed
into prominence at the 1932 Los
Angeles Olympic games sports
writers said that she was "button-breasted,"
had "piano-wire
muscles."
She evolved slowly into wom
anhood. At her prime she was a
Junoesque figure with a 40-inch
bust. Jane Russell is 381-2 and
a fine figure of 140 pounds. Shi
began wearing perfume, finger
nail polish, spending as much
as $200 on a dress.
Olympians Arrive
For Eugene Meet
Eugene (U.PJ Members of
the U. S. Olympic team began
arriving in force today for Mon
day's track and field extrava
ganza featuring nearly 40 mem
bers of Uncle Sam's 1956 squad.
Included among the athletes
will be several world record
holders.
Dave Sime, the Duke sopho
more sprinter, told Coach Bill
Bowerman that he would not
be able to enter. Sime has been
troubled with a leg injury.
Trlday. August SI. 1938
SPORTS
STANDINGS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L. Prt. QB
Lo Angele M 52 .649
Sattle 2 fi5 Ji58 131
Hollvwood "5 "3 .507 21
Portland 72 75 .490 23 a
Sacramento .... 72 77 .483 24 2
San Francisco .... 66 81 .449 29'-
San Diego G 82 .446 30
Vancouver 62 86 .419 34
Thursday's Results
Portland 10. Lo Annele 7
Sacramento 3-3. Hollywood 3-4
Seattle 7. Vancouver 1
San Francisco 7. San Diego 6
How Series Stand
Los Angeles 2. Portland 2
Seattle 2. Vancouver 1
Sacramento 4. Hollywood 1
San Francisco 2. San Dieso 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. prt. GB
Milwaukee 76 49 .608
Brooklyn 74 51 .592 J
Cincinnati 74 53 .583 3
St. Louis 63 63 .500 13"i
Philadelphia 59 64 .480 IS
Pittsburgh 54 73 23
New York 50 73 .407 25
Chicago 51 75 .405 25! 2
Thursday's Results
Chicago 4, Brooklyn 3 (11 innings)
Pittsburgh 1, Milwaukee 1 (S in
nings, rain)
(Only games scheduled).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet. GB
New York . 82 46 .641
Cleveland 72 52 .581 S
Chicago 69 55 .537 11
Boston 63 .17 .544 12V3
Detroit 61 65 .484 20
Baltimore 56 69 .448 24 'j
Washington 52 73 .416 28'2
Kansas City 41 84 .328 39'3
Thursday's Results
'No games scheduled). x
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Yakima ' 29 20 .592
Salem 34 24 .586
Lewiston 30 26 .536
Spokane , 28 25 .528
Wen a tehee . 26 2ft .473
Eugene 24 33 .421
Tri-Clty .- 20 33 .377
Yesterday's Results
Salem 8-6. Spokane 1-2
Tri-City 6. Yakima 4
Wenatchee 7. Eugene 2
League Leaders
(By I'nlttd Prtss
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Player & Club G AB R. H. Pet
Mantle. NTT 124 435 110 167 .367
William. Bo6 108 307 32 105 .342
Nieman. Bait 104 34S 31 115 .330
Kuenn. Det. 118 478 73 155 .328
Vernon. Bos. ... 98 333 57 108 324
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Moon. St. L. 124 455 78 147 .330
Aaron. Mllw 124 485 89 157 .324
Schdst, N Y. 101 372 46 118 .317
Kluskl. Cin. 120 462 85 145 .314
Musial. St. L. 128 484 68 150 J10
Virdon. Pih. ...130 471 Si 146 .310
Home Runj Mantle, Yank 46: Sni
der. Dodgers 37; Robinson, Redlegs 34;
Adcock. Brave 34: Matthews. Braves
33: Kluszewski. Redlegs 33
Runs Batted In Mantle. Yanks 117:
Kahne. Tigers 102: Simpson. Athletics
93: Kluszewski, Redlegs 93: Musial,
Cards 93.
Runs Mantle. Yanks 110: Hobinson,
Redlegs 107: Snider, Dodgers 96; Fox.
White Sox 93: Aaron. Braves 89.
Hits Mantle. Yanks 167: Fox,
White Sox 165: Kaline. Tigers 159;
Aaron. Braves 157: Kuenn, Tigers 155.
Pitching Newcombe, Dodgers 21-6;
Buhl, Braves 16-5: Pierce, White Sox
18-6: Ford, Ysnks 14-5; Freeman. Red
legs 11-4.
VESSELS RECOVERING
Westminster, Md. fiJ.R)
Halfback Billy Vessels, out of
action most of the training sea
son with pulled leg muscles,
should be ready to play on Sept.
16 when the Baltimore Colts
take on the Washington Redskins
in an exhibition game. The for
mer Oklahoma star was one of
the most sought after players in
the history of the National Foot
ball league. He signed with the
Colts last February after com
pleting two seasons in the Army.
NET TIFFS POSTPONED
Forest Hills, N. Y. (U.R) The
opening matches in the Nation
al Singles Tennis championships
were postponed today because
of rain.
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Portland Word was received
this week from Bob Satterfield
that he will be available in Sep
tember for the winner of the
Eddie Machen-Julio M.e d e r o s
fight to be held at Portland,
Sept. 4.
Mederos. anxious to reverse
the loss he suffered to Machen on
a nationally televised match
from San Francisco two months
ago, will be in better condition
for their second encounter. In
their first meeting in Machen's
back yard, Mederos subbed for
Nino Valdez on six days' notice
and was not at his fighting best.
Promoter Tommy Moyer had
trouble selling Sid Flaherty,
Machen's manager, on the fight
as Flaherty was content to ride
along on the win and not risk a
second encounter with the hard
right puncher from Cuba.
Many TV viewers thought Me
deros was entitled to at least a
draw in the Frisco fight, as he
took Eddie's terrific wallaps and
came on to a toe-to-toe slugging
finish.
Title Shot Possible
Promoter Tommy Moyer be
lieves that with Floyd Patterson
unavailable for the Archie Moore
fight, Machen's chances of get
ting the title shot against Moore
next summer are good, provid
ing he can handle Mederos and
Satterfield in good order. With
no heavyweight title fight this
year, Machen will have the op
portunity of getting the needed
experience to put him in the pic
ture for the title fight.
With the guiding genius of Sid
Flaherty behind him, Eddie Ma
chen will soon become heavy
weight champion of the world.
This is a prediction shared by
many, including matchmaker
Tommy Moyer.
A strong supporting card is in
the making, which will include
another hard-punching heavy
weight. Portland's own Amos
Lincoln. And Portland's 1956 Na
tional AAU welterweight cham
pion, who is undefeated as a pro
fessional Tommy Thomas will
also see action.
Tickets are now on sale at the
boxing club office, 904 N.W.
19th st.
Don Fairfield,
Burkemo Head
At Motor City
Detroit (U.R Don Fairfield,
Casey, 111., in his first year as
a touring pro, and Walter Burke
mo, the former PGA champ
from suburban Franklin, car
ried a slender one-stroke lead
into today's second round of the
S20.000 Motor City Open Golf
tournament.. ,
Fairfield and Burkemo .card
ed three-under-par 69's over the
rain-drenched Western Golf and
Country Club Thursday in the
poorest first round scoring in
Motor City Open history.
Only 14 members of the 137
man starting field were able to
better regulation figures and
such top names as Julius Boros,
Doug Ford and Arnold. Palmer
were well over par.
Boros. the former National
Open champion and last year's
winner of the "world champion
ship" at Tarn O'Shanter. had a
76, paid off his caddy and head
ed for home.
Ford, the 1955 PGA king, had
a 75 and Palmer, former Na
tional Amateur champion, had
a 77.
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