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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGWf) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. Auguii 19, 1S57 iants Board Of Directors Approves Transfer To San Francisco 8 to 1 Vote Takes Offer Of Bay City New York uv The Board of Directors of the New York Giants baseball club voted to day to transfer the team to San Francisco for the 1953 season. Club President Horace Stone ham announced that the nine man board had approved the San Francisco offer by eight votes to one. He declined to name the opposing vote. "The transfer is subject to approval of the contract to be drawn up by San Francisco but the contract originally was trutlined to us it was very fav orable," Stoneham said. Stadium Planned Stoneim added that ht? prob ably would go to San Francisco "sometime next week." "As soon as they get the word fnm us, they will draw up an official contract," Stoneham said. c The Giars president said a stadium sfraing 45,000 would be built by the city at Bay View park, probably to be ready for autumn use. The National league approved a Giant franchise switch on May i3 when it also paved he way for the Brooklyn Dodgers to shift to Los Angeles. Formal an nouncement that the Codgers will make their shift also is an ticipated at the close of the cur rent season. o( Ken Venturi Golf Winner 3 St. Paul, Minn. Of) Golden boy Ken Venturi was wearing hisfirst professional golf crown today. The 26-year-old former amateur star from San Francis co "beat the pros" Sunday when he copped the St. Paul Open with a record-tying 72-hole total of 266 22 under par. Venturi, who decided to try the play-for-pay tour after he defeated all the pros but Jackie Burke in the 1956 Masters tour nament, put together rounds of 66, 67, 65 and a final 68 to tie record set by Lloyd Mangrum in 1951 and equalled by Dr. Cary Middlecoff the nex year. Bob Rosburg, another San Franciscan, who led the field after his opening round 64, came back with 66 for a 268 total and second-place money in the $24,000 event. Victories Hurled By Valdes, Kipp Br UNITED PRESS Although struggling to keep out of the cellar in the Interna tional league, the Montreal Roy als still boast one of the finest pitching staffs in the triple-A loop. Rene Valdes and Fred Kipp bothpitched complete games to lead the Royals to a 2-1, 1-0 sweep over Havana. In other action, Buffalo beat Columbus, 8-5, in the opener but dropped the nightcap to the Jets, 12-3; Rochester and Richmond split, the Red Wings taking th open er 5-3 and losing the second game, 8-2; and Toronto edged Miami, 9-8, in the 14-inning first game with the second contest being stopped after four score less innings because of the Sun day curfew law. Talk To Us BEFORE BUYING CONCRETE TRtT - MIX CONCRETE is scientifically designed, eon trolled and mixed. TRU MIX CONCRETE offers maximum convenience on the Job. You know what each cubic yard of TRU-MIX CONCRETE will cost. That Is an important item any time but particu. Iarly when the cost of each operation must be closely watched. TRU-MIX CONCRETE makes it possible to obtain uniform strength and appearance in the finished work. ifc&tW- sp 2-5271 SPORTS, Stan Musial Bat Leader In National Milwaukee (U Veteran Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals held the National league batting lead today after breaking out of a mild slump, and joined select group of major leaguers with more than 2,930 base hits and 5,000 total bases in his brilliant areer. The 36-year-old slugger got four hits in 10 tries in a double header against the Milwaukee Braves Sunday, including his 26th homer which won the first game. St. Louis swept both games, 8-6 and 6-0, to narrow Milwaukee's league lead to 6V2 games over the second place Cardinals. 11th Place Musial's current lifetime total of 2,933 hits moves him into 11th place ahead of Rogers Hornsby and Jacob Beckley in that de partment, and his 5,001 total bases puts him in a class with five other players who have reached the 5,000 mark. Musial, who seeks his seventh batting title, holds the league lead with a .333 average two points ahead of Dick Groat of Pittsburgh and six ahead of Hank Aaron of Milwaukee, Frank Rob inson of Cincinnati and Willie Mays of New York. Kpw Vork (IB Mickev Man tle closed in a bit Sunday in his efforts to overhaul led w imams and win the American League batting title. The New York Yankee slugger had three hits in seven at bats to raise his average to .385 while the Boston Red Sox star had one hit in four tries against Wash ington and dipped to .392. Mantle leads in home runs, 32 31, and in runs batted in, 86-72. Youth Against" Experience in Doubles Tourney fhostnnt Hill. Mass. (IB Youth was matched against ex perience as the "young set" of tennis stars, headed by Althea Gibson, was given the job of toppling two top-seeded teams of "rtlrt Tims in the 77th annual U. S. Doubles championships starting here today. Miss Gibson, the top attrac tion in the week-long competi tion at the Longwood Cricket club, and Darlene Hard were seeking to duplicate their Es sex victory over veteran's Louise Rrnnrii and Margaret Osborne Du Pont, defending champions in the women s division. r.arrtnar Mullov. a 43-year- old Denver lawyer who won his first national doubles title in iQ-t? was seeded first with Budge Patty, the 34-year-old ex patriate in Pans, among me men. CARDS OVER FLU Phiraen HP) Managing Director Walter Wolfner of the Chicago football Cardinals said today that a wave of Asiatic flu which hit 40 members of the team had "run its course" and that he believed the danger was over. tru-mix I CONCRETE C 248 E.McANDREWS RDL Cards Apply Brakes To Runaway Braves By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place but the Milwaukee Braves know better today after it struck County Stadium three times one literally, and twice in the form of Stan Musial and Vinegar Mizell. A sharp bolt of the "real thing" hit the stadium during the second inning of Sunday's opener with the St. Louis Card inals and before the day was ended Musial and Mizell struck too to produce an 8-6 and 6-0 sweep that cut the Braves' Na tional league lead to 6'4 games. Thus, the Cardinals "braked"' the Milwaukee runaway and raised the possibility that there may yet be a close pennant race. The New York Yankees, meanwhile, seemed to be mak ing good on their long-predicted runaway threat in the American league when they swept the. Balimore Orioles, 7-0 and 3-2, to open up a 7Vi-game margin their longest of the season. The second-place Chicago White Sox cooperated by dropping a 5-1 decision before beating the Detroit Tigers, 4-1. Redlegs Lose Sixth Straight . The Chicago Cubs dealt the Cincinnati Redlegs their sixth New York Giants beat the Phila delphia Phillies, 5-4 and 1-0, and the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-6, after a 2-1 defeat in the other National League games. The Washington Sen ators whipped the Boston Red Sox, 6-4, and the Cleveland Indians drubbed the Kansas City Athletics in American league single games. The Cardinals rallied for six runs in the last three innings of the 10-inning opener,-. Musial climaxing the comeback with a two-run homer, and then all the way behind Mizell's four hitter in the nightcap. Musial had two hits in each game to regain the NL batting lead with a .333 mark and his 2,933 hits now place him 11th on the all- time list. Mizells victory was his fifth of the year and the first since July 29. A crowd of 45,207 sat through an eight-hour and 18-minute double-header, which was held up two hours and 14 minutes by rain. Bob Rush pitched an eight-hitter and Ernie Banks drove in three runs with a homer and double to lead the Cubs to their sixth straight win. Joe Nuxhall was knocked out in 4 23 in nings and suffered his seventh loss for Cincinnati. The Cubs have won 12 of their last 15 games, three against the Red- legs. Hank Sauer smashed two home runs to spark the Giants to their opening-game triumph and Al Worthington hurled a three-hitter to complete the sweep. Mike McCormick, 18-year-old bonus pitcher, received credit for his second win in the first game. The Phillies now have lost 14 of their last 18 games. Duke Snider's 30th. homer, a two-run shot in the seventh in ning, gave Sal Maglie the nod over Bob Friend, who yielded only two hits, but the Pirates scored four runs against Clem Labine in the eighth to take the nightcap. Snider also homered in the second in the second game and now has hit at least 30 homers in each of the last five seasons. Yanks' Berra Shines Yogi Berra knocked in two runs with two singles and a double in the first game and drove in all three Yankees runs with two singles in the night cap. Tom Sturdivant hurled a five-hitter for his 11th win and Don Larsen picked up his sev enth win aided by Bob Grim's relief. Mickey Mantle had three hits in seven tries to lift his average to .385 seven points League Leaders (By UNITED PRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE Plaver i- Club G. AB R. H. Pet Musial. St. L. 116 45S 71 152 .333 Groat. Peh 90 363 44 120 .331 Aaron. Mil. 114 468 82 153 .327 Robs n. Cin 112 453 80 148 .327 Mays, N. Y 118 449 84 147 .327 Wilfms. Bos. 109 360 79 141 .392 Mantle. N. Y. 117 3P2 106 151 .385 Bovd. Bal 110 377 57 121 .321 Fox. Chi 117 461 82 147 .319 Woodl n, Cle. 101 317 54 101 319 Minoso, Chi. 116 430 73 133 309 Home Runs National league Aaron. Braves 34; Snider. Dodgers 31: Crowe. Red legs 28: Banks, Chicago 27: Musial, Cards 27 American league Mantle. Yanks 32; Williams, Red Sox 31: Sievers. Sen ators 31; Colavito. Indians 21: Wertz. Indians, Maxwell, Tigers, and Zernial. Athletics, all 20. Runs Batted In National league Aaron, Braves 95: Musial. Cards 92; Crowe. Redlegs 77; Mays. Giants 75: Ennis. Cards 73. American league Mantle. Yanks 86: Sievers. Senators 8: Wertz. Indians 78: Minoso, White Sox 76; Skowron, Yanks 75. Pitching Schmidt. Cards 10-1: Donovan. White Sox 14-3: Narleski. Indians 9-2: Sanford, Phils 16-4: Grim. Yanks 10-3: Turley. Yanks 10-3, Shantz. Yanks 10-3. behind Boston's Ted Williams, who went l-for-4 against the Senators. Dick Donovan scattered eight hits and won his sixth straight decision and 14th of the year for the White Sox after Frank Lary hurled and batted the Tigers to victory in the opener. Sherm Lollar drove in two runs with a homer and a single to lead the White Sox after Lary pitched a four-hitter and sin gled home the decisive run for Detroit. Roy Sievers' grand slam hom er lifted the Senators to their triumph over Frank Sullivan and the Red Sox, with Truman Clevenger earning his sixth win for the Senators. Al Smith led Cleveland's 11-hit attack with three hits as Cal McLish went the distance for his sixth tri umph. Hal Smith had two hits for the Athletics. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB San Francisco 80 54 .597 Vancouver 76 56 .576 San Diego 74 58 .561 5 Hollywood 75 59 .560 5 Seattle 70 64 .522 10 Los Angeles 60 72 .455 19 Sacramento 50 85 310 30', Portland 49 86 .363 31 '.a Sunday s Results Vancouver 4-5. Hollywood 13-4, Los Angeles 8-3. San Diego 3-4. San Francisco 1-10. Portland 3-2, Sacramento 3-7. SeatUe 4-2. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. New York 77 L. 40 47 55 59 59 61 72 73 Pet. GB .658 .595 7 'i Chicago 69 Boston . 61 Detroit 58 Baltimore 56 Cleveland 56 Washington 45 Kansas City 44 .526 15 i .496 19 .487 20 .479 21 .385 32 .376 33 Sunday's Results wasnington b. Boston 4. Cleveland 9. Kansas City 2 . New York 7. Bantimore 0 Ust). New York 3. Baltimore 2 (2nd). Detroit 5. Chicago 1 lst. Chicago 4, Detroit 1 (2nd). NATIONAL LEAGUK W. L. Pet. GB Milwaukee 72 45 St. Louis 65 53 .615 .551 7'-, .526 10', j .513 12 .467 17Ji 395 25" i Cincinnati 61 Philadelphia . 60 New York 56 Chicago 45 Pittsburgh 43 73 371 28 la Sunday's -Results New York 5, Philadelphia 4 (1st). New York 1, Philadelphia 0 12nd). Booklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1 (1st). Pittsburgh 8. Brooklyn 6 (2nd). Chicago 8, Cincinnati 2 (1st). Cincinnati at Chicago (2nd, ppd. rain). St. Louis 8. Milwaukee 6 (1st). St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 0 (2nd). NORTHWEST LEAGUE By UNITED PRESS W. L. Pet. GB. Wenatchee 34 17 Eugene 28 23 Salem 28 23 .666 .549 6 .549 6 .430 10'i Yakima 24 26 Lewiston 2 1 32 -3Hh 14 Tri-City .18 32 360 15 li Sunday's Results Yakima 3-9. Lewiston 2-3. Wenatchee 2-3. Salem 3-1. Tri-City 14. Eugene 6. Ladies Am Play Opens Sacramento, Calif. HP) Defending champion Marlene Stewart Streit ranked as the player's choice today while Bar bara Romack Porter, the home town girl who made good, was a heavy gallery favorite as play began in the 57th annual U.S. Women's Amateur golf cham pionship. -, Poker-faced Mrs. Streit from Fonthill, Ont, who resembles the incomparable Ben Hogan in her powers of concentration on the golf course and silver-blonde Mrs. Porter were two of a dozen players rated as championship possibilities in the match play tournament. By the luck of the draw, both were placed in the same lower bracket but will not meet until late in the week if they get past their early matches. Wood Gains Senior Title Spokane (TP Fred Wood, Vancouver, B.C., won the first National Senior Men's Golf tournament Sunday, defeating veteran Gene Sarazen, German town, N.Y., 1-up on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Wood, like Sarazen a profas- sional, battled from third piece after the first three rounds to earn the title match Sunday with Sarazen. But at the end of the cham pionship 18, both pros were tied at 270. GRANTS PASS THIRD Bend (IP) Sweet Home overwhelmed Bend, 20-2, to take the Oregon state Junior league championship here Sunday. In the consolation game. Grants Pass dumped Maupin 6-0 to come in third. LITTLE LEAGUE VICTOR San Francisco (IP) La Mesa, Calif., whitewashed E p h r a t a, Wash.. 18 to 0 Saturday, to win the right to represent the West at the Little League world se ries in Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 21-23. SNAGGING FIRST QUARTER PASS, Leon Hart, Lions' end, beveland Browns at Detroit Vince Costello is set to make 20-10. Lions Coach Buddy The Dalles Ousts Drain Portland IW The Dalles, behind the five-hit pitching of Denny Olsen, downed Drain 3-2 last night and thereby gained the right to meet Archer-Blower & Pipe tonight in a contest of once beaten clubs in the state AABC tournament here. Winner tonight will meet Showboat of Beaverton for the title tomorrow night. Showboat is the only unbeaten team re maining in the double elimina tion tourney. Forty Niners Top Giants San Francisco (IP) Coach Frankie Albert said today he was "gosh-darn happy" that his San Francisco Forty Niners beat the New York Giants but he warned his men they have 17 games yet to go. We beat a good, hard-knock ing team," Albert said, "and that's some comfort the first time out. But we have 17 games to go, so they mustn't rest on this one. "The Giants were using a third string quarterback and I don't know how many rookies." The Forty Niners won the ex hibition football game 24-15 be fore 33,673 fans in Kezar Sta dium Sunday. Wayne Lemley Cleans Up Bn Hardtop Auto Chases Wayne Lemley, A-57, did just about everything he could to bolster his Valley View race track hardtop auto leadership Saturday night. Lemley took the main event. He had fast qualifying time of 21.45 seconds and won the A trophy dash. The point leader also claimed first in the fourth heat race and in the added feat ure, the Australian pursuit event. Jerry Wier, M-71, was victor in the semi-main, Joe Ellison, 0-24, took the B trophy. Other heat winners were Chuck Davis, A-77, in the first, Ted Sletten, M-97, in the second and . Bud Cook, K-22, in the third. Elmer Sisemore produced one of the thrills of the night by rolling in his heat race. In the main Johnny Barron, R-37, boomed into Wally Cannon, f 1 A00 6 years old prooi Imported in iottle Jhom Canada imported in bottle from Canada by Hiram Walker Importers, Inc., Detroit, Michigan Blended Canadian Whisky matt-" v-'i'- Parker was missing he unexpectedly resigned. (International) Olson Ring Career nded by Portland (IP) "That was it." Those three words sum up the career of Carl (Bobo) Olson. Olson had just been knocked out by "Irish" Pat McMurtry in 2:34 of the second round in their scheduled 10-round outdoor fight here Saturday night. Olson, dejected by the loss but unbowed, shook his head and said, "This is it, I guess I'm at the end of my career." Over in the other dressing room, McMui'try was all smiles. A host of his Tacoma, Wash., boosters were yelling "Bring on Patterson." But the young heavyweight's father-manager, Clarence Mc Murtry, said that the fight with the heavyweight king would come soon enough. For the mo ment he was satisfied with what his son had just accomplished. PRICE FITEST Longview, Wash. (IPI Dick Price of Longview snapped up high honors in the Lower .Co lumbia golf tournament here Sunday by carding a 66 to go with his Saturday total of 68 for a 134, eight strokes over Ralph Hughes, Eastmoreland of Portland, and defending champ Woody Ball, Colwood, who all posted 142's. A-20, and bounced him from the track. Both cars and drivers returned to action. Sisemore was second to Lem ley in the main and Bob Wil cox, M-3, took third. Davis fol lowed Wier in the semi with Dcyce Lemley, 32, In third posi tion. Wayne Lemley started in last place as fast car in the Austral ian pusuit. Last driver he over took was Wier, who neverless did some fine driveng. Sisemore was third. Cars were eliminated each time they were passed by another in the race. Wier was second and Doyce Lemley third in the first heat. Ellison was runner-up to Sletten in the second. Ray Asher, C-l, was No. 2 and John Jones, M-5, No. 3 in the third. Barron had place spot and Sisemore the show position in the fourth heat. l Pint makes 10-yard gain against ' tackle. Lions won contest McMurtry McMurtry had done what only two other men in boxing had done. He had KO'd the ex-middleweight champ. Second Knockout Only ageless Archie Moore and Sugar Ray Robinson had KO'd Olson before. The fight Saturday night brought an end to a career that saw Olson rise from the ranks of a preliminary fighter to become champion of the middleweights. He had retired once before after being dethroned by the now middleweight champ Rob inson. He fought Sugar Ray in a return match and lost again. After a year's layoff he decid ed to come out of his voluntary retirement and try to climb that long ladder to the top. But a youngster from Tacoma, who has won 27 of 29 fights and of those 27 KO'd 21 oppon ents, burst Olson's ballooning dream with one quick right to the head and it was all over. Olson's future is undecided. 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