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
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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
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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
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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,
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"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
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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.
'She's been patient," Taylor
laughed, "and so have my pa
tients. We're all aching for ma
to get home."
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