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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBtTTTE Sunday, August 25. 1957 Milwaukee Downs Brooklyn To Near National Penant; Indains Fall to Yankees, 1 0-4 VtEDfORIVTBIBDXE By UNITED PRESS The Milwaukee Braves em ployed four home runs and stout relief pitching by Lew Burdette to crush the Brooklyn Dodgers, 13-7, Saturday and virtually wreck the defending National league champions' penant hopes. Home runs by Nippy Jones, Hank Aaron and Andy Pafko carried the Braves to a 3-0 lead in the third inning and they add ed five more in the sixth for an 8-2 margin. Burdette came out of the bullpen with only one day of rest when the Dodgers reduc ed their deficit to 9-7 in the sev enth frame and held Brooklyn scoreless the rest of the way to pick up his 13th victory. Milwaukee added the crusher Smith-Dynge LUMBER CO. 8th and Fir St. in the ninth on a three-run hom er by Felix Mantilla. Johnny Podres, the first of eight Brook lyn pitchers, suffered the loss. The defeat dropped the third place Dodgers 7 z games back of the Braves with only 30 games remaining. The St. Louis Cardinals, mean while, remained BV? games be hind Milwaukee by turning back the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2. Former Phillie outfielder Del Ennis singled home the Cardin als' decisive run in the sixth and St. Louis added a pair of insur ance markers in the ninth on Walker Cooper's two-run double. Herm Wehmeier went all the way for the Cardinals to even his season record at 6-6, while Curt Simmons suffered his ninth setback. Ronnie Kline allowed only six hits in pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Redlegs. The lanky right-hander lost a shutout in the eighth inning when he gave up a pair of doubles to pinch hit ter. Ted Kluszewski and Gus Bell. The Chicago Cubs edged the New York Giants, -2, on Bob Speake's two-run homer in the ninth inning. Dave H i 1 1 m a n pitched a seven-hitter in picking I READY-MIXED CONCRETE Planning to build a shed, crib, granary, feeding floor or per haps modernize around the house? When the forms are in and you're ready for concrete for that WALK, DRIVEWAY, TER RACE, STEPS, FOUNDATION OR WHAT HAVE YOU-call ,us! We'll deliver promptly the type nd amount of concrete you need. For the best in Ready Mixed Concrete-CONTACT US TODAY! I 1 DELIVERED When YOU WANT ITl Where rou want m ESTIMATES SPring . , SPring . MUrdotk PHONE . 2-5336 . 2-5897 . 5-8121 I up his fifth triumph of ttie year while Johnny Antonelli suffered the loss. Ernie Banks also hom ered for the Cubs. A seven-run burst in the fifth inning enabled the New York Yankees to crush the Cleveland Indians, 10-4. Relief pitcher Bud Daley contributed to the Indians' downfall by committing two er rors during the Yankees' big in ning. Tom Sturdivant was staked to a 9-0 lead in the first six innings but needed help from Art Dit mar when he weakened badly in the ninth. It was Sturdivant's 12th victory of the season. Don Mossi, forced out of the game in the fifth with a strained should er, was charged with the loss. The Chicago White Sox re mained 5Vi games back of the Yankees by whipping the Boston Red Sox, 7-1. Dick Donovan scat tered nine hits in posting his sev enth consecutive victory and his 15th of the season. Relief pitch er Ike Delock. making hie sec-1 ond start of the year, was the loser. Ted Williams got only one hit in four cracks at Donovan and his batting average dipped to .381. Mickey Mantle had a 1-for-2 against the Indians, hiking his average to .374. The Baltimore Orioles turned back the Kansas City Athletics, 4-2, 15s Ken Lehman aSd Hector Brown combined in pitching a seven-hitter. Billy Gardner drove in the Orioles' decisive run in the second and Al Pilarcik homered for Baltimore in the ninth. Truman Clevenger pitched the Washington Senators to a 6-3 tri umph over the Detroit Tigers. Jim Bunning was reached for eight hits-and five runs before STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. Milwaukee 75 46 .620 St. Louis 69 53 .566 Brooklyn 69 do .5d7 Cincinnati 62 60 .308 Philadelphia 62 60 .508 isew x orK D Ot OB Chicago 47 72 3! PittsDurgn 45 70 .313 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. New York 79 43 .648 Chicago 73 48 .603 LIHIHGER'S "CONCRETE is our Business -SERVICE is our Pleasure"!! Boston Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Washington Kansas City 63 58 .521 61 61 59 61 58 65 47 75 385 47 76 .382 .500 .492 .472 GB 6'i 7'2 13'j 132 18 'a 27 29' 2 GB 5i 15 ',i 18 18 21 i 32 32 ",i SUNDAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS BY UNITED PRESS (Won-lost records in parenthesis) American League Baltimore at Chicago (2 games) night (5-5) and Ceccarelli 10-4) vs. Keegan 18-6) and Harshman (7-7). Washington at Cleveland ( 2 games) Pascual f 8-1 1 1 and Stobbs (6-16) vs. McLish (6-5) and Garcia (6-8L Boston at Kansas City Brewer (14-10) vs. Gorman (3-7). New York at Dteroit Turley (10-)) vs. Hofet .(5-8i. National League Chicago at Pittsburgs (2 games) Drabowsky (9-11) and Elston (4-5) vs. Law 19-7) and Douglas (l-li. St. Louis at Brooklyn Jones(10-7) vs. McDevitt (6-11). Cincinnati at New York Jeffcoat (9-11) vs. Gomez (13-10). Milwaukee at Philadelphia Spahn (15-8) vs. Roberts (8-17). Champ Denies 'Race' Charges by Reporter Havre. Mont. lot Heavy weight champion Floyd Patter son denied today he told a Seat tle Post-Intelligencer reporter a group of Georgia men had hoped to set up Pete Rademach er as a "white hope." Reporter Emmett Watson quoted Patterson as saying in a pre-fight interview that the S250.000 guarantee he received for the Rademacher fight could be attributed to racial prejudice. Watson quoted Patterson as saying that in New York the Georgia men "couldn't have rais ed $250 for this kind of fight" and that it couldn't have been raised in any other place but Georgia or the south. Patterson charged that Watson brought the racial issue up "be cause he needed something to write about." "I did not say that Rademach er was a "white hope' against me and I at no time injected the color bar," Patterson said dur ing an interview from a train. Patterson denied he made the statement about, raising the mon ey in New York. "If the Georgia promoters wished to raise the money in New York," he said, "I have no doubt they would have been able to raise that amount ($250,000.) The champ said he had read the article and also denied a statement attributed to him that he "won't go any further south than Philadelphia or maybe Washington, D.C." if he beat Rademacher up badly. "I'm going to visit my wife's family in Oklahoma in about two weeks," Patterson said, "af ter I rest and relax in New York." being relieved by Harry Byrd in the ninth. It was Bunning's sixth setback against 15 victories this year. Lou Berberet homered for the Nats, who snapped a three game losing $ treak. LINESCORES: National League Cincinnati 16 0 Pittsburgh 4 7 0 Lawrence, f reeman () ana tsaney; Kline and Foiles. Milwaukee 13 13 1 Brooklyn 7 14 1 Trowbridge. Johnson (4). Burdette (7) and Rice: Podres. Drysdale (4). Labine (5). Bessent (6), Erskine (7), Craig 7. RoseBuck (8), Mcuevm () and Roseboro. . Chicaro .. ' 4 11 0 New York - 2 7 2 Hillman and Neeman: AntoueUi. Grisscn (9) a Ad Thomas. St. Louis 5 9 0 Philadelphia 2 10 2 Vvehmelr and cooper: bimmons. Farrell (9) and Lopata. o American League Washington 6 10 1 Detroit 3 9 0 Clevenger and- Berberet: Bunning. Byrd (9) and House. New York 10 11 1 Cleveland 4 12 2 Sturdivant. Dittmar 19 1 and Berra: Mossi, Daley (5) and Nixorf. Boston 1 9 1 Chicago - 7 7 0 Delock. Forterfield (4 . Stone (8) and Daley; Donovan and Lollar. Baltimore 4 8 0 Kansas City 2 7 1 Lehman. Brown (6) and Triandos; Garver. Portocarrero t'2i Morgan (7) and Smith. Patterson had a 20-minute train stopover here en route to New York. He was accompanied by his wife, Sandra, and man ager Cus D'Amato. Portlanders Push Billings Into Playoff Portland (01 Portland edg ed Billings, 4-3, at Sckavone field here this afternoon forcing the American Legion junior baseball Northwest Regional playoffs into a final champion ship game Sunday evening. Portland built up a 4-1 lead in the fifth inning when Pete Verdurmen singled to drive in two runs. The winners added their fourth run in the sixth when Lou Wright scored on Ker ry Feldman's error at second base. George Spencer, the winner, allowed Billings six hits in the eight innings he worked, before being relieved by Vem Brazzle in the ninth. Billings scored their second run in the eighth on three hits. Kenny Hunt and Rex Roby hit back-to-back singles and Hunt scored when Ray Haroldson singled to center field. . In the bottom. 61 the ninth, Billings tallied its third run as relief hurler Brazzle gave up two walks, and an error by Ver durmen allowed Denny Seiler to score from third base. Layne, Cassady Spark Detroit Toledo, Ohio HP) The bullet line passes of quarterback Bobby Layne and the broken field run ning of Howard Hopalong Cas sady helped the Detroit Lions overcome a 10-point halftime de ficit to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 34-37, in a National Foot ball legaue exhibition game here Friday night. VETERAN PLAYER Kansas City, Mo. (IP) Sharp iron play and an accurate putter gave Georgia veteran Louise Suggs of Sea Island p. three-under-par 72 today for a 36-hole total of 146 and a fat four-stroke lead in the $5,000 Heart of America open. Miss Suggs, who has won virtually every major title for women in her 10-year-professional career, faltered on only two holes for bogies on the 6,400 yard hilly layout. UPDEGRAFF ADVANCES St. Louis (IP) Dr. Ed Up degraff scored a 2-1 victory over Phil Rodgers of - LaJolla, Calif., today to move into the finals of the 55th western ama teur golf championship along with Joe Campbell of Knox ville, Tenn. M lipoma n.m piu.i ui... ...i wh,j;wm v j a R. H. "DOC" ORGAN GREAT -WEST LIFE 0 APPOINTMENT 0 The Great-West Life Assurance Company announces the opening of a District Office in Medford under the management of Robert "Doc" Organ. Mr. Organ, well known in Medford business circles, was in the real estate business here prior to becoming a representative of th Great-West Life. In his new capacity he will be associated with Great West Life representatives Bob Reaves, Tom Rickard and Leonard Vaughn in developing the .Company's expanding operations in this area. The District Office is located in the Sparta Buildini, Medford. ; - V.. . ' t " " ' 1 r - 4-- " v; ' J TOM RICKARD ROBERT REAVES LEONARD VAUGHN Miller Open Lead Held By Venturi Milwaukee. Wis. (IP) Young Ken Venturi, who claims he plays to win and "not for money," held on to his lead to day at the three-quarter mark of the $35,000 Miller open tour nament with a five-under-par 65 for a 65-hole total of 199. The 26-year-old Venturi sock ed in six birdies, two of them on the last three holes, to wind up with the best round of the day. Al Balding, the cigar-smoking pro from Big Winn Inn, Ont., shot a 69 to put him five strokes behind Venturi with a 204 total. Mike Souchak, Grossinger, N.Y., who got a 67 today, was one stroke back of Balding with a 205. Bunched at 206 were Don Whitt, Alemeda, Calif.; Paul Harney, Worcester, Mass.; Sam my Snead and Bob Rosburg. At 207 were Walker Inman, Pensacola, Fla.; Don Fairchild, Casey, 111.; and Howie Johnson, Houston, , Tex. Inman's 31 on the front line was the best nine hole score of the day. Venturi, who has finished in the money 13 or 14 tournaments since turning pro nine months ago, continued to putt brilliant ly. He knocked in one 35-footer, a 25-footer and just missed an eagle on the second hole, when his putt rimmed the cup. ... . k ' i Cm t i Monterey Gains Little Loop Toga Williamsport, Pa. HP) A rags to riches "team from Mon terrey, Mexico, "rode the clouds" Friday after a teammate named Angel Maciasa pitched a perfect, 4-0 victory over La Mesa, Calif., for the Little League World Series championship. Shooting Slated At Medford Club Shooting is planned at Med ford Gun club today for the first time in about one month. Firing will be in warm-up for the dove season. Members of the club said that "new shooters" are welcome to try their guns. Sixteen-yard, handicap and skeet events will be shot if gun ners want them. More than 16,000 are confined in California prisons. DILEMMA Football coach Ralph Johnson of Speedway High School in Indianapolis, IncL, has, in addition to his regular pre-season problems, the chore of finding size 14 football shoes for freshman tackle prospect Roger Helser, who is presently working ont in tennis shoes. When Roger was 12-years-old he wore size 12 shoes, at 13 be needed size 13 and now that he is 14 he requires size 14 shoes. What worries Johnson is that be may be faced with the same problem of shoes next year when Roger turns 15. Baseball FRIDAY'S RESULTS Pacific Coast League San Francisco 1-10. Seattle 03 Vancouver 14. San Diego 3 Hollywood 7, Sacramento 6 (Only games scheduled) National League Cincinnati 6. Pittsburgh 0 (night) Brooklyn 3, Milwaukee 2 (night) Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 2 (night) New York 3, Chicago 2 (16 innings), night) American League Chicago 4, Boston 1 (night) Detroit 13, Washington 4 (night) Cleveland 5, New York 4 (10 in nings, night) Baltimore 2, Kansas City 1 (12 in nings, night) Northwest League Salem 13. Lewiston 2. Tri-City 9. Yakima 6 Eugene 8, Wenatchee 2 International League Buffalo 8, Toronto 4 Richmond 5-3, Miami 2-2 Columbus 3-1. Havana 1-5 Montreal 5, Rochester 1 Dick McLaughlin Grid Co-Captain Portland Dick McLaughlin, Medford quarterback, and Barry Bullard, Marshfield tackle, were co-captains for the state team last night in the Shrine high school all-star football game here. Metropolitan players were led by Bob Schoredt, Gresham quarterback, and Ben Balme, Grant of Portland guard. 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