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Braves Yanks, Top Bums 2 to 1; Sox Meet for Two By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sporti Writer There was a familiar folding sound in Milwaukee today but this time it was the beaten Dodgers, who were merely fold ing their tents and getting ready to go home. Quickly dispelling any notions of a collapse such as they ex perienced last year, the Braves beat Brooklyn, 2-1, Thursday night to take a five-game lead in the National League race and all but knock the Dodgers out of it. Milwaukee, with 15 games re maining, now needs only 11 more victories to clinch the pen nant. Brooklyn, eight games back, is just about ready to trot out the old slogan, "Wait until next year." The second-place Cardinals are five games off the pace and even though manager Fred Hutchinson hopefully keeps talk ing up his club's chances, tney are anything but brignt. Get Only Four Hits The Braves collected only four nff snuthnaw Danny Mc- Devitt Thursday night but they used two of them in the ninth inning to score the winning run. The Pittsburgh -Chicago dou bleheader. only other NL action scheduled, was postponed be cause of rain. In the American League, the White Sox downed the Red Sox, 7-1, cutting the Yankees' lead 4. camp and setting the staee for their final "showdown series" with the Bronx Bombers. Al Lopez' Chicago hopefuls meet the Yanks for the last time this season in a two-game series that will start today with southpaw Billy Pierce (19-10) of the White Sox facing left-hander Whitey Ford (9-4). STANDINGS Bv UNITED TRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Chicago Boston Detroit Cleveland 8 82 75 72 67 Baltimore "6 Kansas City 52 Washington 52 L. 52 56 6-1 67 71 72 85 87 Prt. GB .629 .594 S .540 12 i .518 151a .486 20 .478 21 .380 34 'j .374 35 ,a Thursday's Results Chicago 7. Boston 1 Detroit 8. Washington 5 (nlghU at Baltimore, night (19- Kansas City ppd.. rain. Only games scheduled. FridaVs Probable ritchers Chicaco at New York Pierce 10) vs. Ford (9-4). . Kansas City at Washington. night Urban 5-3 or Kellner 16-5) vs. Kem merer (7-101. . Detroit at Baltimore, night Foy tack 113-101 vs. Johnson (13-9). Cleveland at Boston, night Garcia (10-8) vs. Sisler t7-6). Saturday's Games Kansas Citv at Washington Detroit at Baltimore Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston NATIONAL LEAGUE W. Milwaukee St. Louis Booklyn Cincinnati 85 80 78 71 Philadelphia 70 New York 67 Pittsburgh 55 Chicago 53 L. 54 59 63 68 71 75 85 84 Pet. GB .612 .576 8 .553 8 .511 14 .499 16 .472 19 .393 30 Vi .387 31 Thursday's Results 9 Rrnftlclvn 1 might) Pittshurch at Chicago 2, ppd., rain Only games scheduled. v.i.1 vrnKahl Pitcher! Pittsburgh at Chicago (2) Friend (11-17) and R. G. Smith (1-3) vs. El iton (5-6) and Hillman (5-11). Philadelphia at Cincinnati, night Cminrii il7-Ki vs. Nuxhall (9-10). Brooklyn at Milwaukee, nigh t nrvcHiU fi4.9 vs. Conlev (8-81. New York at St. Louis, night) Go mez (14-12) vs. Jackson (14-8). Saturday's Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Philadelphia at Cincinatl Brooklyn at Milwaukee New York at St. Louis PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. San Francisco 99 Vancouver 96 Hollywood 91 Seattle 85 San Diego 85 Los Angeles 80 Sacramento Portland 61 103 59 105 Prt. .604 .585 3 .555 8 .518 14 .518 14 .488 19 .372 38 .360 40 GB Thursday's Results Los Angeles 3. San Francisco '. Portland 8. Vancouver 4 Sacramento 6. San Diego 3 Hollywood 20, Seattle 2 How Series Ended Los Angeles 3. San Francisco San Diego 3, Sacramento 3 Hollywood 3, Seattle 2 Vancouver 2, Portland 3 Friday's Probable Pitchers San Diego (Bill Werle. 8-8) at Los Angeles (John Jancse. 9-11) Sacramento (Earl Harrist. 5-12) at San Francisco (Bob Chakales, 5-2 or R. W. Smith. 12-10. Seattle (Gene Hayden. 3-6) at Van couver iMel Hold. IO-61 Hollywood iHuch Pepper, 5-8) at Portland (Vern Kindsfather, 0-1). League Leaders Bv UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE Plaver & Club G. AB R. H. Williams. Bns. .121 402 87 151 Mantle. N.Y 135 447 115 165 Fox. Chi 139 551 99 176 Woodline. Cle. ..121 386 66 123 Boyd, Bal. 132 454 67 141 NATIONAL LEAGUE Musial. St. L 123 470 75 160 Mavs. N.Y. 140 536 105 178 Robinson. Cin. -135 554 90 181 Groat. Peri. 113 454 56 146 Fondv. Pgh. 101 366 45 117 Pet. .376 .369 .319 .319 .311 .340 .332 .327 .322 .320 Home Runs American I.eacue Sievers. Senators 36; Mantle. Yanks 34: Williams. Red Sox 33; Co'avito. Indians 23: Wertz. Indians 23; Maxwell. Tigers 23. National L'easue Aaron. Braves 40 Banks. Cubs 37; Snider. Dodgers 37; Mavs. Giants 32: Mathews, Braves. 31. Runs Batted In American Leaeue Sievers. Senators 102: Jensen. Red Sox 94: Mantle, Yanks 91: Minoso. White Sox 90; Skowron. Yanks 88. National League Aaron. Braves 120; Musial. Cards 87; Ennis. Cards 94: Banks, Cubs 92; Hodges, Dodgers 92; Mays. Giants 92. Pitching Donovan. White Sox 15-5: Sanford. Phils 17-6; Buhl. Braves 16-6; Bun n'ng. Tigers 18-7; Sturdivant, Yanks 14-6. Right-hander Jim Wilson be came the first American Leaguer to beat Boston five times this season when he scattered nine hits in gaining his 14th victory Thursday for the White Sox. Nellie Fox led Chicago's 14-hit attack with three hits while Sherm Lollar drove in three runs. Luis Aparicio homered off loser Frank Sullivan. Detroit cashed in on errors by Herb Plews and Neil Chrisley for six unearned runs and an 8-5 victory over Washington. Senator starter Chuck Stobbs was thevictim of both miscues as he suffered his 19th defeat. Ray Boone and Frank Boiling homered for Detroit to help Duke Maas to his 10th win. Rain cancelled the only other game more scheduled between Balti and Kansas City. LINESCORES: National League Brooklyn 010 000 noo 1 7 1 Milwaukee .. 000 1 00 0012 4 1 McDevitt (6-3) and Campanella. Buhl. Trowbridge C4 and Rice. Win ner Trowbridge (6-5). Pittsburgh at postponed, rain. Chicago, 3 games, American League Chicago 100 210 3007 14 1 Boston 000 000 100 1 9 2 Wilson (14-8i and Lollar. Sullivan, Baumann (5. Minarcin (8 and Daley. Loser Sullivan (13-10). HR Aparicio (3rd). Detroit 000 130 310 8 10 3 Washington .. 030 000 110 5 10 2 Maas. Byrd (8) and Porter. Stobbs. Abernathy '8i. Clevenger (9) and Courtney. Winner Maas (10-12). Loser Stobbs (8-10). HR Boone (12th), Boiling (15th). Kansas City at Baltimore, night, postponed, rain. Dodgers Hiding Diamond On Silversox Farm Club By HAL WOOD United Press Sports Writer San Francisco HP) Out among the roulette wheels and crap tables in Reno, the Brook lyn Dodgers are hiding a poten tial diamond in the rough by the name of Fran Boniar. Boniar, a 23-year-old outfield er with the Reno Silversox, hit a resounding .436 in the good Class C California League dur ing the past season and now, say his backers, is ready for a big step up in class. It is probable that the Dodg ers will give the kid a whirl with their Montreal farm club in 1953 or if they decide not to bring him up, scouts from the other clubs are ready to pounce on Fran In a moment. He has been playing in the. minors three years and is subject to the draft. "This boy is a good hitter and he can run like the dickens,'' says Charley Wallgren, scout for the Boston Red Sox. "He'll hit in the better leagues, too. He's ready to step up." Second Trip This isn't the first time that Boniar has hit in the .400 circle. Back in 1955, when he was first breaking into organized baseball, he hit .435 while play ing for Hornell, N.Y., in the Pony League. In 1956 the young man from Uniontown, Pa., was given a shut at advancement when be was with Wichita Falls (.287) in the Western League and Cedar Rapids (.266) in the Three-I-League. But Fran was having back trouble that year and shortly after this season started he was still having the same trouble and was sent to Reno to see if he could hit in another Class C loop. The first stop he made was a visit to a chiropractor. The gen tleman snapped some bones to gether in Boniar's back and then he went on the dangest hit binge on record. On Aug. 1, he was hitting o c ilfes 3 111 - ARCHER GETS BIG BUCK A. R. Dubs, 1901 Stratford way, is shown with the big mule deer he shot with bow and arrow at Hart mountain. Most interesting about the animal was the 3412-inch spread of its antlers. It weighed 200 pounds, Dubs reported, and was one of the largest taken during the four day season. It was one of 28 killed by 438 archers who entered the area. Dubs shot the four-point buck through the back from about 45 yards. He and his wife and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Barnes, 1817 Oregon ave., formed the hunting party. Medford, -Tribune "only" .401. During the last month he clouted the ball at better than a .500 clip to boost his average to .436. Tony Robello, scout for the New York Yankees, isn't as high on Boniar as some of the other ivory hunters. Thrives on Mistakes "I think Bonair is a good low er classification ball player," says Robello. "But he is an out side hitter. He can't pull the ball. He feasts off the mistakes some of the young pitchers in a Class C League make. How ever, he might fool a lot of us." President Eddie Mulligan of the California League is sold on the youngster. "He is a good baseball play er," says Eddie. "He can run, throw and hit. What more can you ask?" In addition to his great hitting mark, Boniar also led the league in runs-batted-in with 138. He had 11 homers, 15 triples and 33 doubles. No matter what the critics think of Boniar, none of them can laugh off the fact that he has been the top hitter in all baseball for two of the three seasons he has played. In fact, Bill Weiss, baseball statistician, points out that the .436 mark this year was the fourth highest record ever com piled in the history of baseball. P.S.: His .435 also is fifth highest! Friday, September IS. 1937 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TR.IBUNE SEVEN Sport J& OSCAR FRALEY I Parade -aS United Press I Brookline, Mass. OF If you have a toothache and you live in Pomona, Calif., be a patient pa tient just a bit longer. Dr. Frank Bud Taylor is about through with the golf ing wars and he'll be home soon to stay. Taylor, a 40-year-old molar mender, is the old war-horse of the four Oscar Fraley survivors who meet today in the semi-finals of the U.S. Amateur golf championship. The other three are comparative kids. And Dr. Bud has just about "had it." Tournament golf, he insisted as he went wearily out for a 36 hole bout with 23-year-old Mason Rudolph of Clarksville, Tenn., is just too much work. "I've been playing serious golf for about five years because I wanted to play in the Masters, the Open, the Amateur and make the Walter Cup team," he ex plained. "I've done all tho'se things and, in the process, almost lost my love for golf and neglect ed my dental practice." Too Much Work "This kind of golf," he added "requires constant practice. It's just too much work and I don't intend to keep at it. From now on, my golf is strictly for laughs." Taylor is on the edge of ex haustion because of the nervous and physical energy consumed by six rounds in four days to reach the semi-finals. So after this one the 145-pound former Southern California shortstop is going back to casual golf and give himself time for the duck and pheasant hunting and the skeet shooting he has ignored "too long" But the slender Californian, who as a war-time colonel was President Eisenhower's dentist in England, is going to give it the big try today. Rudolph, his op ponent, is an Army private who would just love to polish off the "rusty brass." But Doc isn't worried about spotting him 17 years and longer drives. "You drive for show but you putt for dough," Taylor grins. Putting Sharp He has proved this repeatedly in his early matches, being a mere seven under par in his six victories, and primarily because of his putting. Taylor has played with a great many of his pro friends and in two U. S. Opens was unperturbed in matching shots with such as Tommy Bolt, Porky Oliver, Chick Harbert and Dave Douglas. In the last round of the Mas ters this year only two playeri broke 70 on the final round: win ner Doug Ford with a 66 and Taylor with a 69. So, while bone-tired, his hopes are high that he will be able to beat Rudolph and then in the finals take on the winner of the match between 25-year-old Hill man Robbins of Memphis and 21-year-old Rex Baxter of Ama rillo. After that, he and his wife, Shirley, will head for home" to stay. 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