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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
He is part owner of a prosper
ous Vancouver restaurant but
aside from that, all he has left
is memories.
Olson's manager, Sid Flah
erty, announced after the fight
he would give up his share of
the purse to Olson.
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RACE INJURIES FATAL
Columbus, Ohio : (IP). Speed
racer Ervin Barney Schibel, 36,
of Columbus died Sunday at
Grant Hospital of head injuries
suffered at the New Bremen
Speedway a week ago when his
car hit a concrete retaining wall.
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