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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGOKlMAIL TRIBUNE urdette (eep Driving Coffin By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer Add Lew Burdette to the rea sons the Milwaukee Braves are steadily driving those nails into the coffins o their National league rivals. It was just about this time a year ago that the controversial right-hander went into a tail spin that contributed to the Braves' failure to win the flag. Lew finished the 1956 season with a 19-10 record but he won only three games after Aug. 22 as the Braves faltered in the stretch. It appears that there'll be no late slump this year, however, for Burdette, who whipped the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-1, Thurs day night to keep the Braves' 6Vi-game lead Intact. The St Louis Cardinals beat the Phila MEDFORD&JtoUNE Sacramento Emerges, Trip Twinks Again By JIM HEALY United Press Sports Writer With all the attention in the Pacific Coast league focused on the top three teams' who should emerge from their cocoon of losses but the seventh place Sacramento Solons. The Solons, who have made less than a brilliant showing so far this season, bristled with . confidence and snappy pitching Thursday night as they downed Hollywood for the fourth straight time, 4-2. Joe Stanka won the contest, fanning 11 Star batters in the process and walking only three. The Solons stayed on top all the way scoring two in the first frame and another pair in the third. George Witt, one of the best hurlers in the Coast League, started, was yanked in the third and lost for a 15-5 record. Jim Westlake hit the ' only homer, a long blast over . right field fence in the third with none on. Other Results In other league games, Seattle whipped San Francisco for the second time, 5-3, Los Angeles smashed Portland, 5-1, in 10 in lngs, while Vancouver took its first win in four starts against San Diego by whipping the Fadres, 4-2. Steve Bilko came through with his 47th homer of the year in the 10th Thursday night to give the Angels their splashing win. It was tied 1-1 up to then, although Los Angeles had . col lected nine hits, and the Beavers had put on a tough defensive fight. Both early runs came the hard way Portland on a walk and a sacrifice and Los Angeles on two singles. Ralph Mauriello won the con test while Don Kaiser, who was yanked in the 10th, was charged with the loss. 1TNESCORES: Hoilvwood 010 010 000 2 T 0 Sacramento 202 000 OOx 4 0 Witt. Ravdon 3. Churn 7 and Hall; Stanka and Neal. Drag Races Not Planned This Sunday Southern Oregon Timing as sociation has cancelled the drag races previously set for Sun its biggest race program in his- . day, Aug. 25, but has planned its biggest race program in history for Sept. 8. The Northwest Gasoline championship will be held on . the September date at the Camp ; White strip. Entry will be limit ed to cars burning gasoline as ' fuel. A $50 savings bond as well , as a trophy will go to the top eliminator. There will be other trophies for top time and for ' victories in the various classes. Other Trophies If only one car is entered in ! a trophy class, it will get the ; award with only one trip down ' the quarter-mile strip. Special trophies will go to the best ap : pearing car. best appearing pit crew, car and driver with hard est luck and the club best pre sented, other than SOTA. National Hot Rod Association rules will apply. Local stores who wish to contribute merchandise awards may do so by contacting Jerry Lausmann, SOTA publicity chairman. He may be reached by telephone at SPring 2-6225 or 2-8480. SHINES SHOES Boston OP) At 93, Peter Con omos still shines shoes in his Park Square shop. Some days he is assisted by his 97-year-old brother, James. Victor As delphia Phillies. 6-5, the Pitts burgh Pirates dealt the Cincin nati Redlegs their 10th straight loss, 8-3, and the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs,6-2, in the other National league games. The New York Yankees in creased their American league spread over the idle Chicago White Sox with an 11-4 victory over their "country-cousin' Kansas City Athletics while the Boston Red Sox drubbed the Cleveland Indians 11-3, and the Detroit Tigers downed the Balti more Orioles, 4-0. 12th For Burdette Burdette, who hadn't beaten the Dodgers at Ebbets field since Aug. 31, 1955, did it Friday night behind an 11-hit attack that included homers by Hank Aaron and Red Schoendienst. It was Lew's fourth victory in his last Seattle 020 001 200 5 9 0 San Francisco 300 000 000 3 5 3 Dorish. Kiely 7. Abernathie 8 and Sullivan; Fricano and Orteig. Portland ono 000 100 01 4 1 Los Angeles .... 000 000 010 4 5 10 3 Kaiser. Shore 10 and Bottler; Mau riello ana aanej. Vancouver 291 010 000 11 San Dieeo 020 000 000 2 8 Benmon and Atwell; Bell, Nichols 5 and Jones. STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. GB San Francisco 82 56 .594 Vancouver 79 59 .572 San Diego 77 61 .558 Hollywood 75 63 .543 3 5 7 la Seattle 72 66 .522 Los Angeles 64 73 .467 Sacramento 54 85 .388 Portland 50 90 .357 Thursdays Results Seattle 5. San Francisco 3. Vancouver 4. San Diego 2. Sacramento 4, Hollywood 2. Los Angeles 5. Portland 1. 10 17'i 28 33 NATIONAL LEAGUE W Pet. .619 .567 .562 .508 .508 .468 .393 .373 GB Milwaukee St. Louis Brooklyn , . 74 . 68 . 68 , 61 . 61 . 58 . 46 44 6 7'a Cincinnati 13' Philadelphia New York Chicago Pittsburgh 13"j 18'.: 27 29',: Thursday's Results New York 6. Chicago 2. Milwaukee 6. Brooklyn 1. (night). St. Louis 6. Philadelphia S, (night). Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 3, (night). Saturday' Games Milwaukee at Brooklyn. Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. AMERICAN LEAGUE W New York 78 Chicago 71 Boston 63 Detroit 60 Baltimore 57 L 42 48 56 60 61 64 74 74 Pet. .630 .597 .529 .500 .483 .471 .388 .383 6" 14!: 18 20 21 31 ! 32 Cleveland Kansas City Washington - 57 47 46 Thursday's Results Boston 11, Cleveland S. Detroit 4. Baltimore 0. New York 11, Kansas City 4. (Only games scheduled). Saturday Games Boston at Chicago. Baltimore at Kansas City. Washington at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. NORTHWEST GB Lewiston 26 Tri-Citv 20 Thursday's Results Salem 6. Lewiston 0. Wenatchee 8. Eugene 0. Tri-City 9. Yakima 3. League Leaders (By UNITED PRESS) AMERICAN LEAGUE Plaver Club G AB R H Wills. Bos. Ill 370 82 143 Mantle. N.Y. 120 403 108 152 Woodling. C. 105 328 56 107 Fox. Chi. .120 475 85 153 Boyd. Bait. 112 385 57 122 Pet. .386 377 .326 322 .317 NATIONAL LEAGUE Musial. SL. 120 468 Mays. N.Y. 122 464 Groat. Pitts. 92 372 Aaron. Mil. 116 476 Robinson. C. 116 472 I 159 154 122 155 153 .340 .332 .328 .328 .324 HOME RUNS American league Mantle. Tanks 32: Sievers. Senators 32: Williams. Red Sox 31; Colavito. Indians 21; Wertz, Indians. Maxwell, Tigers and Zernial, Athletics all 20. National league Aaron. Braves 35; Snider. Dodgers 33: Musial. Cards 29; Crowe. Redlegs. Banks, Cubs and Mavs. Oiants ail 28. RUNS BATTED IN American league Sievers. Sen. ators 87: Mantle. Yanks 86; Minoso, White Sox 79; Wertz. Indians 79: Jen sen. Red Sox 76: Skowron, Yanks 76. National league Aaron, Braves 99; Musial, cards 97; Mavs. Giants 80; Crowe. Redlegs 78; Hodges, Dodg ers 77. PITCHING Schmidt. Cards 10-1; Donovan. White Sox 14-3; Grim. Yanks 10-3-Shantz, Yanks 10-3; Sanford. Phils 16-5. Buy At guilders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Fines, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 LEAGUE W L Pet. Wenatchee ,,,, 36 19 .655 Eugene 30 25 .545 6 Ealem 29 26 .545 7 Yakima 26 28 .481 9',- 33 .431 12' j 35 .364 16 Friday, August 23, 1937 Braves Nails five decisions and his 12th tri umph of the year. Aaron sent the Braves off winging against Sal Maglie in the first inning when he smash ed a three-run homer. No. 35 of the year, and Schoendienst, who had three hits in all, bashed his 14th homer in the fifth. The Braves now have beaten the Dodgers 10 times in 17 meet ings and six different pitchers have viotories over the defend ing champions. Joe Cunningham's two doubles, a homer by Ken Boyer and a triple by Al Dark sparked an early Cardinal attack that routed 16-game winner Jack Sanford. Billy Muffet gained credit for his second win when he shut out the Phillies for the last four innings after they knocked out Larry Jackson. Stan Musial went 0-for-3 for the Car dinals and left the game in the fifth with an ailing left shoulder. Bob Friend scattered nine.hits as the Pirates extended the Bed legs' losing skein to the longest of the NL season. Gene Freese and Frank Thomas had' three hits each for the Pirates and Dick Groat had a triple. Mays Hits 28th Homer Willie Mays boosted his aver age to .332 with his 28th homer and two doubles to lead a 10-hit Giant attack that handed strike out whiz Dick Drott his lCffh loss. Bay Crone won his sixth game for the Giants although he needed help from Jim Constable and Marv Grissom. Harry Simpson's grand slam homer was the big blow as the Yankees whipped the Athletics for the 17th time in 20 meetings. Jerry Lumpe also had three hits to help Johnny Kucks win his eighth game. Wally Burnette suffered his ninth defeat com pared to six victories. Ted Williams snapped out of his two-day slump to go 2-for-4 and raise his average to .386 in the Red Sox' rout of the Indians. Mike Fornield carried a shutout into the ninth to win his eighth game while Early Wynn suffer ed his 15th defeat for the In dians. Williams now leads Yan kee star Mickey Mantle by nine points in the AL batting race. Frank Lary pitched his sec ond straight four-hitter and Har vey Kuenn, Ray Boone and Al Kaline had two hits each for the Tigers. LINESCORES: NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 000 020 2 9 1 New York 210 020 lOx 6 10 3 Drott, Anderson 5. Poholsky and Neeman. Crone, Constabl" 8. Grissom 8 and Thomas. Winner Crone 6-7. Loser Drott 11-10. HR Mays 28th, Sauer 21st. St. Louis 021 111 0006 10 o Philadelphia .... 002 003 0005 11 1 Jackson. Muueu ct ana n. onrnn, Sanford. Hearn 5, Morehead 6. Far- i 11 0 T nn,t, Timnalt Q Winn.r Muffett 2-1. Loser Sanford 16-5. HR Boyer 16th. , Cincinnati 000 020 1003 9 4 Pittsburgh 000 520 Olx 8 15 0 oross. ACKer rowier o. Amor i and Bailey. Friend 9-16 and Foiles. Loser Gross 4-8. Milwaukee 300 010 1106 11 1 Brooklyn 000 000 100 1 7 1 Burdette 12-7 ana cranaall. Maglie. Craig 6, Labine 9 and Roseboro. Loser Maglie 6-6. HR Aaron 35th. Schoen dienst 14th. AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 210 032 002 11 14 1 Cleveland 000 000 003 3 8 1 Fornieles 812 and P. Daley. Wynn, B. Daley 6, Tomanek 9 and Nixon. Loser Wynn 13-15. HR Jensen 15th. New York 006 000 203 11 14 1 Kansas City .... 200 020 000 4 5 0 Larsen. Ditmar 5. Kucks 6 and Ber ra. Bumette. McDermott 3. Portocar- rero 3. Hill 6. Morgan 8, and Thomp son. Winner Kucks 8-8. Loser Burn ette 6-9. HR Simpson 10th, DeMaes tri 5, Berra 19th. Baltimore 000 000 0000 4 1 Detroit 000 200 02x 4 8 O O'Dell, Zuverink 4 and Triandos. Lary 7-15 and Wilson. Loser O'Dell 2-7. milted LEAVING ON VACATION? Protect your travel cash. Traveler's Checks mskt ing so easy. Gee yours at U. S. National before jkm leave. Spendable Anywhere 100 Safe MEDFORD BRANCH Tht United States National Bank f Portland Notre Dame Grid Picture Brightening By STEVE SNIDER New York Wi The football picture at Notre Dame is bright ening after its most disastrous season in history. . Sure, and the 1997 roster reads like old times with a gen erous sprinkling of old sod names like Dolan a-mixing freely with such z-y-x jawbreakers as Pietr zak, Ciecielski and Debetaz. Put them all together under the "Irish" banner and Terry Brennan's newest edition ean be headed nowhere but up or else. Personally popular though he is, Terry can't survive anoth er campaign like 56. More than a few hints popped last season that all was not well in the inner Irish council as Notre Dame absorbed its severe lacings including 40-0 by Okla homa and 48-8 by Iowa. Better in '57 When the tumult faded, Terry vowed, "we'll be better in '57 and better yet in '58," then add ed cryptically, "by then I'll have some of my own boys on the squad not someone else's." Brennan, now in his fourth year as head coach, apparently felt he'd be happier witl? candi dates he screened personally rather than leftovers from the preceding jegime of Frank Lea hy. So, among the lads with a distinct Irish flavor are centers Kevin Burke and Ed Sullivan, tackles Patrick Dolan and John McGinley, quarterback Mike Du gan, halfbacks Patrick Healy, John Quinn and Dick Lynch and fullback Doug McGinn. Part of Brennan's failures last season stemmed from a wave of 33 major injuries that de pleted his squad. Plagued by Injuries "Even the substitutes for in jured players got hurt," said Terry. With Jl returning lettermen, the Irish are in fair shape for the start up the comeback trail. junior quarterrjacK sor Wil liams is the chief hope to steer the Irish back on the beam through the usual rugged sched ule starting with Purdue, then Indiana, Army, Pittsburgh, Navy, Michigan State, Oklaho ma, Iowa, Southern California and Southern Methodist. Brennan fears he hasn't enough depth to cope With that array but it's Notre Dame's poli cy to toughen the team, not soften the schedule. So from here on it's up to Terry. i IV! 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