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riGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Oardls Move 0 loser to Braves Yamks Show m By FRED DOWN United Press Sporti Writer Stan Musial's return in a fa miliar hero's role today fired the St. Louis Cardinals' bid for a miracle pennant but it's still Milwaukee's National league flag unless the Braves blow sky high. The Cardinals' threat became the "real thing" Sunday when they climbed to within 2Vz games of the front-runners by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-6 and 11-3, vhile the Braves dropped a 10-inning, 3-2 decision to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cardinals made up six games on the Braves by taking nine of their last 11 games and still have 11 eames remaining to them, including a vital three game series in Milwaukee, Sept 23-24-25. The reason for the spectacular turn the raceVhas taken is simple The Cardinals are hitting and the Braves aren't. The slugging Redbirds have scored a total of 91 runs in taking 9 of 11 The faltering Braves have tallied a total of 30 and made only 73 hits in losing 8 of 11. Musial Resumes Attack Musial, the fellow who really can keep the Cardinal attack humming, resumed his regular status Sunday and contributed three key hits two doubles and a single to the Redbirds' two game 25-hit total. Ken Boyer and 42-vear-old WalKer cooper nam mered out homers in the open er, clinched by a six-run, fifth- inning rally, and Wally Moon- smashed out two homers and two singles in the nightcap, salted away early with live runs m me first Inning. Behind that sort of bombard ing, Herm Wehmeier gained his 10th win and Sam Jones his 12th although both needed help from the bullpen. The Braves' attack, mean while, amounted to five singles and a double by Joe Adcock, Even so, Warren Spahn carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth when the Phillies tied the score on singles by Willie Jones, Richie Ashburn and Chico Fernandez, followed by a double play. Singles by Granny Hamner, Bob Bowman and Eddie Kazanski won it for the Phillies in the 10th and tagged Spahn with his 10th defeat compared to 19 vic tories. Braves in Slump The Braves' mass batting slump is reflected by their bat ting average in the last - games: Ed Mathews, .289 including 0-for-10 in the last three games; 'Hank Aaron, .214; Red Schoen dienst, .250; Johnny Logan, .091; Frank Torre, .121; Del Crandall, .238; Wes Covington, .256 and Bob Hazle, 2.08. Frank Robinson knocked In four runs with a homer and single and Bob Thurman, Ed Bailey and Pitcher Hal Jeffcoat also homered as the Cincinnati Redlegs whacked the Brooklyn Dodgers. 11-6, and the Chicago Cubs downed the New York Giants, 6-2 and 7-6, in other NL games. Yankees Keep Rolling In the American league, the New York Yankees went about the business of wrapping up Casey Stengel's eighth pennant in nine years with 5-3 and 3-0 victories over the Kansas City Athletics. The sweep increased the Yankees' lead to 5$ games despite a last-ditched Chicago White Sox 3-1 win over the Washington Senators and re duced New York's "magic num ber" to seven. Pinch-hitter Tommy Byrne's three-run homer sparked a five run seventh-inning rally that lifted Bob Turley to his 12th win for the Yanks and Tony Kubek and Harry Simpson hom ered behind Don Larson's three hitter in the nightcap. Mickey Mantle went 3-for7 to lift his average to .369 com pared to the idle Ted Williams' .376 league-leading figure. Jim Bunning pitched a five hitter for his 19th win and Frank Lary gained his 11th tri umph as the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox. 7-1 and 4-3. The Baltimore Orioles went into fifth place when they beat the Cleveland Indians, 5-4 in 16 innings and 4-3. in a marathon double-header. Vic Wertz' error enabled the Orioles to score their winning run in the 4-hour and 42-minute opener and Ray Moore, aided by Billy O'Dell, picked up his 11th win in the nightcap. irVESCORES: American League 1st Game Detroit Boston - --- T 13 1 15 2 Nixon, House. Wall 6 am Daley. Loser Nixon 11-12 Runmne 19-7 ana 2nd Game Detroit Boston 4 10 0 3 5 0 Larv 11-ie. iwaas 7 and House, Brewer. Sullivan 8 a"d,whit-eLTV:SvT Brewer 16-12. HR Kaline 23rd, Ver non 6th, Gernert 14tn. 1st Game n Kansas City f in n New York 5 "J Urban. Trucks 7 and Thompson. Turlev. Maglie 8 and Berra. Winner i ' to t TTtVan 5-4 HR Cerv 10th, Martj-n 1st. Byrne 3rd. MAIL TRIBUNE MEDFO! sipcd FIGHTING 103 MINUTES, this 655-pound Bluefin Tuna is pulled into boat by Juan De Dios De La Torre (left), Gua dalajara Mexico, and guides off Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, on first day of 1957 international cuj match ,(InZ to Title New York API Young Tony Anthony is a slight favorite at 6-5 to win the light heavyweight championship from 41-year-old Archie Moore at Los Angeels Friday night in the week's out standing fight. Anthony, 22, of. New York, is favored because of reports that Moore may weaken himself in paring down to the 175-pound limit. Only 10 days ago Archie tried unsuccessfully to have the fight postponed. The nationally televised and broadcast 15-rounder at the Los Angeles Olympic auditorium will start at 7 p.m. (p.d.t.) Moore is guaranteed $70,000 from 'the TV-radio money and $20,000 from the gate. San Francisco Farewell With By HENRY RIEGER San Francisco (IP) The city of the Golden Gate bade good bye to minor league baseball Sunday with its own Seals hold ing a pennant and 15 thousand fans nostalgically watching a comic-opera game in which an umpire pitched and players Bauer 17th. 2nd Game Kansas City 0 3 1 New York 3 8 0 Brunet, Trucks 8 and Thompson. Larsen 9-4 and Howard. Loser Brunet 0-1. HR Kubek 3rd, Simpson 12th. 1st Game Cleveland 4- 17 1 Baltimore 5 17 5 Wynn, Daley 9. McLish 10 and Brown, Nixon 10. Wight, Zuverink 8, Lehman 14 and Ginsberg. Winner Lehman 7-3. Loser McLish 8-7. HR Brown 2nd, Caffie 3rd. 2nd Game Cleveland 3 6 0 Baltimore : 4 13 1 Mossi. Valentinetti 3, Alexander 6, Tomanek 8 and Naragon. Moore, O'Dell 8 and Triandos. Winner Moore ll-12.Loser Mossi 10-9. HR Wood ling 19th. t ' Chicago . .'. . 3 5 0 Washington 12 1 Keegan. Latman 8 and Lollar. Clev enger, Byerly 9 and Courtney. Winner Latman 1-0. Loser Clevenger 7-5. HR Lemon 17th. National League 1st Game New York 2 7 0 Chicago 6 10 1 Crone, Worthington 3, Monzant 8 and Thomas. Rush 6-15 and Fanning. Loser Crone 7-9. HR Jablonski 9th, Long 18th, Speake 16th. 2nd Game , New York 6 9 1 Chicago .. 7 11 0 McCormick, Miller 5 and Katt. May er. Elston 6. Lown 8 and Fanning. Winner Elston 6-7. Loser Miller 7-9. HR Mays 34th. Sauer 26th, Harris 7th. 1st Game Pittsburgh 6 12 0 St. Louis 9 11 0 Kline. King 5. Purkey 5. J. O'Brien 7. Face 8 and Foiles, Kravitz 8. Weh meier. Merritt 8. Muffett 8 and Coop er. Winner Wehmeier 10-6. Loser Kline 8-16. HR Boyer 19th, Cooper 3rd. 2nd Game Pittsburgh 3 9 1 St. Louis r. : 11 13 1 Swanson, Arroyo 1. O'Brien 4. Pur key 7 and Kravitz. Jones. Muffett 7 and Landrith. Winner Jones 12-8. Loser Swanson 3-8. HR Moon 2, 22nd & 23rd. Brooklyn 6 9 4 Cincinnati 11 12 1 Newcombe. Collum 5. Roebuck 6, Koufax 7 and Campanella. Jeffcoat, Kennedy 9 and Bailey. Winner Jeff coat 11-13. Loser Newcombe ll-x. HR Snider 38th. Thurman 14th. Jeffcoat 4th, Robinson 27th, Bailey 19th. 10 Innings Philadelphia 3 9 1 Milwaukee 2 6 0 Simmons. Farrell 9 "'and Lonnett, Seminick 10 Spahn. Trowbridge 10 and Crandall. Winner rsrrsii a.o Loser Spahn 19-10. HR Bouchee lbtfl. Monday, September IB, 1957 Sign Tribune - ietts Anthony would be a lopsided favorite because of his speed and punch were it not for the fact he has a "glass chin" is easily stunned. His four defeats in 36 bouts were by kayoes. Moore, though much slower than 10 years ago, still is a good punch er. He has knocked out 116 of his 186 opopnents. Wednesday night's TV 10 rounder brings together welter weight contenders Virgil Akins and Gil Turner at Convention hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Akins of St. Louis, ranked second, is favored at 12-5 over eighth ranked Turner of Phila delphia because of his speed and punch. Virgil stopped Sugar Hart in the eighth round in his last fight. Seals Bid PCC Title traded positions freely. The Seals, who are bowing out to the San Francisco Giants of the National league, turned to the slapstick routine of . the old time "donkey" baseball games perhaps to keep from getting misty-eyed. There was nothing at stake. San Francisco had already won the 1957 Pacific Coast league pennant the city's first in 11 years. When "pitcher" Joe Gordon "came out of retirement" his first pitch-was called a ball. The Seal manager challenged the ump to do any better. Chris Pele koudas, the official, accepted the challenge and promptly threw a perfect strike past the befuddled Sacramento batter. . The game, which ended Sacra mento 14, to San Francisco something,, was played under "protest" from the first inning when the Sacramento manager claimed his San Francisco coun terpart was in the game illegal ly. The Coast League's historians will undoubtedly write a chapter about this game in San Francis co whether it will be their last chapter no one yet knows. Crosby Tourney Pot Increased Monterey, Calif. dpi Chi cago industrialist B. C. Gould said Friday that he has joined with Bing Crosby to raise the pot from $35,000 to $50,000 in next January's Crosby National Pro-Amateur Golf Champion ships. The four-day, 72-hole tourna ment, now second in size of payoff to the $100,000 Tarn O'Shanter tourney, will be held Jan. 9-12 on the Pebble Beach, Cypress Point and Monterey Peninsula country club course. It is the only 72-hole pro-am tourney in the country. . Individual pro scores will be tallied to determine winners of the $35,000 pot while pros paired with amateurs will vie in best-ball play for. $15,000. . Panama is an Indian word meaning abounding in fish. of Oraefeing STANDINGS By UNITED PRESS National League W L Pet. GB Milwaukee 85 57 .599 St. Louis 83 60 .580 22 Brooklyn 80 64 356 6 Cincinnati 73 69 .514 12 Philadelphia 72 72 .500 14 New York 68 78 .466 19 Pittsburgh 58 88 .397 29 Chicago 56 87 .392 29 i Sunday's Results Phila. 3 Milwaukee 2, 10 innings. Cincinnati 11 Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 9 Pittsburgh 6, 1st St. Louis 11 Pittsburgh 3, 2nd Chicago 6 New York 2, 1st Chicago 7 New York 6, 2nd American League W . 91 84 L 53 57 67 68 73 74 88 89 Pet. GB .632 .596 5 ,i .531 14 2 .524 1512 .486 21 .479 36 .380 36 .369 37 12 New York . Chicago Boston Detroit 76 75 Baltimore .. 69 Cleveland 68 Washington .. 54 Kansas City 52 Sunday Results Chicago 3 Washington 1 New York 5 Kansas City 3, 1st. New York 3 Kansas City 0. 2nd. Baltimore 5 Cleveland 4. 1st, 16 ins. Baltimore 4 Cleveland 3, 2nd Detroit 7 Boston 1. 1st. Detroit 4 Boston 3, 2nd. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS San Francisco 101 67 .601 Vancouver 97 70 Hollywood 94 74 San Diego 89 79 Seattle 87 80 Los Angeles 80 88 Sacramento 63 105 Portland 60 108 .581 .560 .530 .521 .476 .375 .357 3',i 7 12 13 Y2 21 38 41 Sunday's Results Sacramento 5-14 San Francisco 4-7 San Diego 9-5 Los Angeles 4-1. Seattle 8 Vancouver 5 (12 innings. Second game called seventh inning, curfew, score 2-2. Hollywood 9-5 Portland 8-4. Green Bay Fails To Read Notices, Win First Games By JOE SARGIS If the exhibition gamss mean anything, then look for the Green Bay Packers to pull the biggest form reversal of the sea son in the National Football league. ' ' ? The Packers, picked by most observers to finish fifth or last in the NFL's Western division race this season off a poor (4-8) 1956 record, have rolled up a 5-0 mark in the exhibition games thus far. Bart Starr, the young Ala bama ace who played well as Tobin Rote's assistant last year, paired with ends Billy Howton and Gary Knafelc, Saturday night to lead Green Bay to a 20-17 win over the Washington Redskins. The Baltimore Colts, who hope to improve on their (5-7) 1956 sowing, downed the Chi cago Cardinals 27-9. at Louis ville Sunday, while in other week-end action, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Detroit Lions, 23-7, the" Chicago Bears rolled over the Pittsburgh Steel ers, 37-10, and the Los Angeles Rams whipped the San Francis co Forty-Niners, 58-27, Friday night. Green Bay coach Lisle Black bourn kept busy during the win ter and spring. He picked up six players from the Browns, four of them defensive experts, a de fensive back from the Giants, and gifted collegians Paul Hor nung of Notre Dame and Ron Kramer of Michigan in the an nual draft. RECORD SHOT PUT Bucharest, Romania (IP) Olympic champ Parry O'Brien of Los Angeles set a European shotput record of 59 feet, 5 inches here Sunday in an inter national track meet. League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G AB R Musial, Sti,. ..126 477 77 Mays, N.Y 144 552 110 Robinson. Cin 138 565' 92 Groat, Pitts. ..117 473 57 Aaron, Mil. ..139 570 109 ' H 163 187 184 152 180 Pet. .342 .339 .326 .321 .316 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player & Club G AB R Williams, Bos 121 402 87 Mantle, N.Y. ..139 461 117 Woodling, Civ 125 401 70 Fox, Chicago ..142 562 101 Boyd, Bait .135 467 70 H 151 170 130 178 147 Pet. .376 .369 .324 .317 .315 Home runs National League Banks." Cubs 40; Aaron, Braves 40; Snider, Dodgers 38; Mays, Giants 34; Mathews, Braves 31. American League Sievers. Senators 39; Mantle. Yanks 34; Williams, Red Sox 33; Wertz. Indians 23; Kaline, Ti gers 23, Maxwell, Tigers 23. Runs Batted In National League Aaron. Braves 120; Ennis. Cards 98: Musial. Cards 98; Banks, Cubs 95; Mays, Giants 95. American League Sievers, Sena tors 106; Wertz, Indians 98; Jensen, Red Sox 94; Mantle, Yanks 92: Minoso, White Sox 92. Pitching Donovan, White Sox 16-5; Bunning, Tigers 19-7; Buhl, Braves 16-6; Ford, Yanks 10-4; Sanford, Phils 17-7. The virgin hardwood forests of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio grew so thick that a man on horseback often was not able to ride through them. TO ALL GUN OWNERS- See Our Ad in Next Tuesday's Paper About Our Special Gun Event FRIDAY EVENING - SEPT. 6th SAM'S SPORTING GOODS 32 South Central Medford, Oregon Beavers Hope First NW Team to Repeat This it another in a series ea the outlook of Pacific Coast football teams for the com ing season. By JACK KERR Corvallis, Ore. (IF This was the year, under Tommy Pro thro's timetable, that Oregon State was supposed to win the Pacific Coast Conference foot ball championship and go to the Rose Bowl. But the wonder- worker brought the Beavers along so rapidly that they won the title last year during Prothro's sec ond season at Corvallis, and went to Pasadena to absorb a 35-19 licking by Iowa. Ineligible for the Rose Bowl this year because of the "no-repeat" rule, Oregon State still can win the conferencec rown. And Prothro although he doesn't come right out and say so sort of thinks the Beavers will pull it off. If they do, it will be the first time a North west team has won the PCC title two years in a row. Prothro has said all along that Oregon State would be stronger this year than last year's cham pions. He still thinks his start ing lineup will be stronger, but his reserves won't be as good. OSC Lacks Depth It's this lack of depth which may hurt the Beavers as they face Southern California, Kan sas and Northwestern in their first three gams. Eight of Prothro's second string are sophomores. The most promising of this outfit are George Thompson, a 190-pound left end; Ed Kahelaulii, a 225 pounder from Hawaii at Center and Jim Stinnette, 198-pound fullback. Giving Stinnette a real battle as the first reliever for starter Nub Beamer is John Ho rillo, a surprising 180-pound transfer from Menlo College in California. Prothro feels he's well set In his starting backfield. In veteran Joe Francis at the left halfback, or tailback spot in the Prothro single-wing system, the Beaver mentor -has what he considers the nation's finest operator for that post. Francis will spearhead the Beaver passing attack which is strengthened consider ably over last year. One of the main reasons, be sides Francis, is better receivers. With veterans Dwayne Fournier and Bob DeGrant at ends and fleet Earnel Durden in the back field for targets, Francis can be expected to make good use of the forward pass. The blocking back assignment will fall to 192-pound Captain Ted Searle, another Hawaiian. Searle also will handle the kick ing chores and call the -.signals. Durden will hold down right half and Beamer the v fullback spot. Behind Francis are sopho mores Larry Sanchez, Leon Cri ner and letterman Tony Arana. Gary Lukehart will back up Searle and veteran Sterling Hammack will be on tap to spell Durden. Line Stronger In the line, the roughest spot to fill is right tackle, vacated by Ail-American "John Witte. First call goes to Ted Bates, a 206 pound junior. The first line gen erally will be stronger with Dave Jesmer at left tackle, Jim Brackins at right guard and DeGrant at right end. However, the entire second line, with the exception of Ed Rogers at right tackle, is composed of sopho- NW League Clubs Apply for Loans Portland (IP) Five of the six teams in the Northwest league applied for financial assistance' to the Professional Baseball League Fund committee, and all five clubs received awards, ac cording to an announcement to day by League President James M. Fleishman. The committee controls a $500,000 fund established by the major leagues for the express purpose of assisting minor league baseball. Fleishman said the awards, the first positive action taken by the committee in this area, "cer tainly indicates" the major leagues recognize the necessity of helping the minors c.ontinue in organized baseball. Hillman Robins Wins Amateur Golf Contest Brookline, Mass. IP) Twenty-five-year - old Hillman Robbins, a hickory tough tee artist from Tennessee, surged from behind on the final few holes Saturday to win the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship with a 5 and 4 triumph over Dr. Frank (Bud) Taylor of Pomona, Calif. to Become mores. This is Prothro's chief Worry. . Summinj up, Oregon State has fine depth at fullback and wing back, but is shallow at weak side tackle, center and ends. Prothro, leaving out his Bea vers, picks Southern California, Washington and California to finish in that order. What about Oregon State? "I would say we have a real good chance," Prothro says. The schedule: Sept. 21 Southern California at Portland (night.) Sept. 28 At Kansas. Oct. 5 At Northwestern. Oct. 12 Idaho. Oct. 19 At UCLA. Oct. 2(5 At Washington. Nov. 2 Washington State. Nov. 9 At California. Nov. 16 Stanford. Nov. 23 At Oregon. Sugar Hart Slates Fight For Tonight New York OP) Each fight er will be seeking a comeback tonight when welterweight Su gar Hart meets middleweight Charley Cotton in a TV 10 rounder at St. Nicholas arena. Young Hart of Philadelphia hasn't fought since July 9, when he was stopped in the eighth round by Virgil Akins. The Sugar Boy is favored at 3-1 to beat Cotton tonight be cause Toledo Char ley, went into a tailspin shortly after last year's two victories over Joey Giardello, now ranked fourth among middleweights. Cotton, 28, hasn't registered a victory in seven straight bouts although he snowed improve ment in his last start, Aug. 13, by holding Art Glass to a draw. Cotton's 40-17-2 record includes 20 kayoes Carder, Meyers Cop Top Wins at Quarter Midgets Bobby Bruce, Dana Carder and Tim Travis turned in the fastest times during the qualifi cations last Sunday at the quarter-midget race track at Jackson Hot Springs. The three vied in a three-lap trophy dash with Bruce taking the trophy honors. The rest of the day's racing events were taken over by Mike Myers and Dana Carder. Myers took the first heat race and final heat for points and won the main event trophy. Carder won the second heat race of the day's racing card and came back to win the semi-main event trophy. Quarter midget races spon sored by the Rogue Valley Quart er Midget association are held each Sunday afternoon at . the Jackson Hot Springs track with qualification timing starting at 4 p.m. WILL THE FACE ' ' l Each week at least three Rogue Valley residents are' flown to or trom a hospital by Mercy Flights. It could be you. 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After bagging three hits in seven at-bats in the Yankpps' doubleheader against the As Sunday, Mantle stood at .369 in the batting race to .376 for Wil liams, still kept out of the Red Sox lineup by that cold. The Yankees have 10 games left to play. Assuming that Man tle averages three at-bats ter game, a normal figure, he would finish the season with 491 at bats and would need 185 hits 15 more than he has now to finish at .377. Here's how the two stars stand: G AB R H Pet. Williams. 121 402 87 151 .376 Mantle ....139 461 117 170 .369 BOURBON DRINKERS...- When are you going to change to clearly finer Schenleu . Bourbon drinkers should just naturally take to Schenley Reservewith pleasure. It's so smooth and soft... clearly finer in the bottlc.clearly finer to your taste. Enjoy Schenley in the white label package tonight. SCHENIEY DISTIUEIS CO., .T.C 1LENDED WHISKY, f flOOF. (SX HAM NEUTUL SPIRITS Of THE STRETCHER BE YOURS! Dusty Woods Rolls to Elks Golf Tourney Win Gearhart, Ore. (IP) A f our-under-par 68 won the fourth an nual Fred Wheatley. Memorial Elks golf tournament champion ship for "Dusty" Woods of Mc Minnville at Gearhart Golf club here Sunday. . Astoria's Ralph Dichter and Al Tolefson of Kelso, Wash., tied for second with 70's. Woods had won the inaugural in 1954, and Dichter had taken top honors in 1955-56. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport IS TIE SERVE
