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Pwkey Paces Sues; Martin Leads Tigers To Triumphs On HI By FRED DOWN Uniled Press Spcrls Writer The winter deals that sent Bob Purkey to the Cincinnati Redlegs and Billy Martin to the Detroit Tigers have trans formed two of last season's most disappointing teams into solid pennant contenders. Both teams are off to fine starts compared with dismal showings at the same stage of 1957. The Redlegs have a 4-2 record compared to a 2-4 last season and the Tigers are 6-3 contrasted to 2-6 last year. Purkey, acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates, turned in his second straight victory for the Redlegs Wednesday night and it was a "big one" because it was a 2-0 triumph over World Series hero Lew Bur dette and the Milwaukee Braves. Burdette beat the Red legs five times last season as the Braves ran up an 18-4 sea son margin over the fourth place finishers. Martin, obtained from Kan sas City, smashed a double and two singles to lead a 13 hit attack that carried the Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the Athletics behind Paul Foy tack's six-hitter. Martin, who's promised his ex-Yankee bud dies good seats "for this year's World Series games in De troit," is walloping a gaudy .378 for his new teammates. Yankees Slopped In other major develop ments: The Washington Senators snapped the Yankees' six-game winning streak with a 5-4 tri umph in 10 innings. Flame - thrower Herb Score struck out a season high of 13 batters as he pitched the Cleveland Indians to a 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. Jack Sanford, NL Rookie of the Year in 1957, hurled the Philadelphia Phillies to an 8-1 decision over the Pitts burgh Pirates The San Francisco Giants pulled out an 8-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs won a 7-6 thriller over the Los Angeles Dodgers in other National league activity while the Bos ton Red Sox snapped a five game losing streak with a 7-5 decision over the Baltimore Orioles in the other American League game. Purkey pitched a six-hitter for the Redlegs and started their winning rally with a sixth-inning double. Johnny Temple's infield hit and an infield out put runners on second and third whereupon Frank Robinson delivered both with a single. Purkey did the rest as he dealt Burdette the shutout medicine he gave the Yankees in the World Se ries. Tigers Win Third The Tigers won their third straight game and moved to within one game of the first place Yankees with the aid of a four-run burst against BS2 '! 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Chicago 5 2 Cincinati 4 2 San Francisco 5 3 Milwaukee 4 3 Philadelphia 3 3 Los Angeles . 3 3 Pittsburgh 2 5 St. Louis 2 5 Pet. .714 .667 .625 .571 .500 .375 .286 .286 GB 1 l'i 2'i 3 3 Wednesday's Results San Francisco 8. St. Louis 7 Cincinati 2. Milwaukee 0 (night) riiuaaeipiua o. fiiisourgn 1 (night) Chicago 7, Los Angeles 6 (night) INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal 3. Miami 0 Havana 5, Toronto X Rochester 4. Richmond 1 Columbus 11, Buffalo 5. Duke Maas in the third inning. Charley Maxwell and Frank BoHing had two hits each for Detroit and Hector Lopez homered for Kansas City. Jim Lemon singled home Roy Sievers with the Senators' winning run in the 10th after an error by shortstop Gil Mc Dougald enabled Washington to tie the score with two out in the ninth. Bud Byerly pick ed up his second win for the Senators and Ryne Duren lost for the Yankees. Score looked like the strike- j out king of old as the Indians handed the White Sox their fourth straight defeat and sixth in eight games. Rocky Colavito doubled and scored from third on Carroll Hardy's sacrifice fly for the Indians' first run off loser Billy Piece and Bobby Avila homered for their other tally. Score has struck out 27 batters in 22 in nings and has a 2.86 earned run average. Sanford, beaten by the Braves in his first start, lim ited the Pirates to seven hits and contributed a two-run sin gle to the, Phillies' 11-hit at tack, which also included a homer by Rip Repulski. Rook ie Ron Blackburn was tagged for three runs in four innings and suffered the loss. Giants Rally To Win Daryl Spencer s two - run homer with two out in the ninth ended a San Francisco- St. Louis game in which 37 players saw action. The blow, Spencer's fourth hit of the game, capped a four-run rally by the Giants who trailed, 5-0, after the first inning and 6-2 as late as the eighth. The Cubs retained first place in the NL when they ral lied for three ninth-inning runs on a pinch homer by Chuck Tanner and a two run double by Bobby Thompson. The Dodgers had taken the lead in the seventh on homers by Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges, the latter's 300th of his career, and staged another rally in the ninth but fell one run short. First baseman Pete Runnels led the Red Sox with three hits and two runs batted in but it required a brilliant re lief job by Murray .Wall in the ninth to end Boston's losing skein. Wall took over with the bases filled and one out and Reason? HFC, America's oldest and largest consumer finance company, offers courteous, money manage ment advice and prompt loan service backed by 80 years of experience. At HFC you can borrow up to $1500, get one-day service and take up to 24 months to repay on terms yon choose. Stop MY Duke Snider Suspended Los Angeles rtP) Duke Snider, veteran hitting star of the Dodgers, was on suspen sion today as punishment for straining a tendon in his el bow while engaging in a bit of horseplay Wednesday night prior to his team's game with the Cubs. Manager Walt Alston, ired because the injury forced him to remove Snider from the lineup and change his batting order after he had announced it, ordered Snider taken off the payroll "until he is in con dition to play again." Dr. Hal Wendler, team trainer, said the injury was a minor one that should not keep Snider out of the lineup for more than a day or two. Snider and Don Zimmer were in the outfield of Me morial Coliseum during the pre-game warmup and engag ed in a contest to see which one could throw a ball higher in the air. NW League Opens Play By UNITED PRESS A bunch of old hands and a band of eager rookies with an eye on the big leagues will play ball tonight when the class "B" Northwest League opens its 1958 baseball sea son. Eugene plays at Salem, Lewiston is at Yakima and Tri-City at Wenatchee in the openers. ' Two teams, Tri-City and Salem, will have new skip pers at the helm. Ray Hatha way takes over at Tri-City and Don Lundberg will run the show at Salem. Eugene will be guided by Hugh Luby, Hub Kittle is head man at Yakima, Veteran Hillis Layne heads the Lewis- ton Broncs and Bert Haas will manage Wenatchee. Wenatchee is the defend ing champion. MH Tennis Club Victor Medford high won four of the five singles matches and one of the doubles encount ers and was ahead when the other doubles match was halt ed yesterday in tennis action against Yreka in the Calif ornia city. Match score was 5 to 1. Singles verdicts for Med ford were John Root over Bill Wilson, 6-0, 6-3, Gary Cum- mings over Arlen Sanford 6-1, 6-4, Henry Olson over Vic Grazier 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, and Dave Ryn over Bob Single ton, 6-0, 6-0. Jack La Fever, Yreka, defeated Paul Ryn, 5-7, 8-6, 7-5. Root and Cummings down ed Wilson and Sanford 6-3, 6-2 in the completed doubles tussle. Paul and Dave Rynn led La Fever and Dave Fried man 2-1 when the other was stopped ' because of time limit. got the last two outs without permitting a Baltimore run to preserve Tom Brewer's first victory of the season. LINESCORES: American League Baltimore -....020 000 0215 12 0 Boston 200 031 Olx 7 10 2 Brown, Beamon (2), Zuverink (5), Walker (7), Lehman (8) and Triandos. Brewer, Delock (9), Wall (9) and White. Winner Brewer (1-1). Loser Beamon (0-1). HRS Castleman (1st), Triandos (3rd). Chicago .. 000 000 0000 3 1 Cleevland .... 011 000 OOx 2 7 3 Fierce (0-2) and Lollar, Battey (8. Score (2-1) and Brown. HR Avila (1st). (10 Innings) New York 030 010 000 04 10 1 Wash. 002 001 001 1 5 11 0 Iucks, Ditmar (7). Shantz (9), Duren (10) and Berra. Stobbs, Kemmerer 4. Hyde 8. Byerly (10) and Courtney. Winner B y e r 1 y (2-0). Loser Duren (0-1). HR Zauchin (2nd). Detroit 004 010 1028 13 0 Kansas City 000 001 001 2 6 1 Foytack (2-0) and Hegan. Maas, Cox (4), Craddock (5), Duser (7), Trucks (9) and Chitl. Loser Maas (0-2). HR Lopez (1st). National League St. Louis 500 000 1017 11 2 San. Fran 000 101 024 8 12 1 Jones. Paine (8), Martin (9), Clark (9) and Katt. Gomez, Miller (1). Constable (4). Barclay (6). Crone (8). Grisson (9) and Thomas, Schmidt (5). Testa (9). Winner Grissom (1-01. Loser Clark (0-1). HRS Kirkland (2nd), Spencer (3rd). Milwaukee ..000 000 000 0 6 0 Cincinnati 000 002 OOx 2 6 0 Burdette. Conley (7) and Cran dall. Purkey (2-0) and Bailey. Loser Burdette (1-1). Pittsburgh -.001 000 0001 7 3 Phila 021 002 03x 8 11 0 Blackburn. Witt (5). Daniels (6). Hay don (8' and Kravitz. Sanford (1-1) and Lopata. Loser Blackburn (1-1). HR Repulski (1st). Chicago -.200 200 003 7 10 4 Los Angeles 003 000 201 6 7 1 Jjrott. tiston (7). Koonsuez (9). Nichols (9 and Tappe, Neeraan (8). ErsKine. Lamne (9) and Rose- boro. Winner Elston (1-0 1 Labine (0-11. HRS Walls (1st). Reese (lst Hodges l2ad.). Tanner tlstj. AshlancJers Overcome Tornado JV Ashland high junior var sity baseballers poured over seven runs in the fourth frame yesterday to trip Med ford jayvees 10 to 8 in a mix at Ashland. Th'e Grizzlies manufactur ed their runs in the inning with the ingredients of four hits, two walks, two errors and a wild pitch. Jim Doster and Steve Harris hit three basers. In the top of the fourth can to Medford had scored five runs without a hit to bust a 3-all deadlock and lead 8 to 3. There were six bases on balls, a hit batter, an error, three passed balls and a balk. The MH club collected only three hits in the fuss, a triple by Bob Eckel, a double by Mike Parsons and a single by John Cantrall. LINESCORES: Medford 201 50 8 3 6 Ashland 030 7x 10 8 2 McLaughlin and Eckel; Hardy, Nelson (4) and Davis. Shasta Tips Red Raiders Ashland Shasta Junior college won 11 of 14 events yesterday in defeating South ern Oregon college 80 Vz to 42V2 at Redding, Calif. Joe Beimler was a triple winner for the Shastans, tak ing the high hurdles, 220-yard dash and high jump, and Cecil Stevens nabbed the 100 and broad jump. Victors for the SOC Raid ers were Dick Smith in the shot put, Dave Lockard in the discus and Dick Johnson in the half mile. It was the first time Smith has placed in a meet. Other wins for Shasta were the relay and Phil Schoefer in the mile, Richard Keyes in the 440, Carl Enloe in the low hurdles, Richard Hayes in the two-mile and Harry Johnson in the pole vault. hunting outhern By MEL Good water conditions pro duced the best catches of sal mon during the past week in the current season. Twenty fish were entered in Milo's Sporting Goods derby and no doubt many more were caught that were not entered. Most of the fish were in the 15-17- pound class but one fish weighed 24 pounds and an other 22. The fish are in prime condi tion and full of fight, say the lucky anglers. According to Cole Rivers, local biologist for the game commission, there is an in creased run anticipated at the counting station at Gold Ray Dam for this year. Last year was very low but good hatch ing conditions four years ago should bring back good runs of fish. Best salmon spots are still Savage Rapids, Robertson Bridge and Galice. Boards are available at all of these places where the angler can rent space to park his pole for the day. This is the most success ful way to angle for the big fish as these boards are placed in strategic positions in the river so that the lures are in the direct path of the fish. Fishing is reported . to be fair to good at Gold Beach with some very hot days in prospect. Some big fish have been taken over there and with good weather and water conditions this should be a hot spot. The major good news of the week came with the announce ment that Squaw Lake will be open to fishing this year. The Harrs, owners of the property which comprises the camp ground and lake access wrote a letter recently to newspapers in which they stated their po sition in the original decision to close it. PRIDE OF GERMANY HERE HOW! Come in for a Demonstration Ride See if today at ... SKINNER - BUICK - CADILLAC 143 South eavers Padre (Bid To Gain 1-OVoctoryin PCL By GENE BRYANT United Press Sports Writer The Portland Beavers have the only perfect record in the Pacific Coast league' today thanks to the weatherman and veteran hurler Elmer Single ton. The Beavers, rained out in seven of their first 10 games, made it three straight Wed nesrlav nieht as Sineleton gained ' his second win by pitching a six-hit, 1-0 shutout over San Diego. Gary Bell, who allowed Portland only four hits, as charged witn the loss when Ed Winceniak singled home Jack Littrell in the fifth. The Padres threatened in the final inning when Dave Pone doubled down the first base line and Earl Averill walked. Pope went to third when Rudy Regalado forced Averill at second but Jack Waters popped out to Win ceniak at second to end the game. Soions Out-Slug Giants In other tilts, Sacramento out-plugged Phoenix to take League Leaders (By United Press) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club GB AB F H Pet. Musial, St. Louis.. 7 30 9 14 Banks, Chicago.. 7 27 8 12 .467 .444 Virdon, Pitts 7 30 2 13 Davport S.Fran. 8 35 8 15 .433 .429 Mays, San Fran... 8 36 6 15 .417 AMERICAN LEAGUE Robinson, Balti..... 7 24 Kuenn. Detroit 9 37 Colavito. Cleve. 8 22 5 12 7 17 4 10 .500 .459 .455 Runnels, Boston.. 9 35 4 15 M'Dgald, N.Y 9 34 8 14 .429 .412 Home runs: Matthews, Braves, Musial, Cards, Jensen, Red Sox, Cerv. Athletics, all 4. " Runs batted in: Cerv, Athletics, 14, Spencer, Giants, Jensen, Red Sox, both 10, Musial, cards, nms, Cards, both 9. Pitching: Buhl, Braves; Podres, Dodgers; Momez, iGants; Purkey, Redlegs; Larsen, Yanks; Harshman, Orioles; Garver, Athletics; Foytack, TIeers and Bverlv. Senators, all U-0. & IFishing (Oregon REES In this letter they pointed out that they had been losing money on the deal. They re ferred to the thoughtless lit tering of the camp with refuse which caused them extra work and the discourtesy of some of the campers and anglers. I have no doubt that all their statements were cor rect for it is only too evi-l dent in most of our public camps throughout the state. The road is being worked on, however the rains of the past week may make this work a bit difficult. The road has been used for logging throughout the winter so it should be in fair shape. It is hoped that those using the facilities there this season will conduct themselves like sportsmen! With all streams in the area closed to fishing, the opening of trout season will not seem quite the same. The three lakes open namely, Squaw and Fish Lakes and Willow Creek reservoir will no doubt be well attended. Weather will not be such a factor this year as in former . years be cause where it could make the streams unfishable, rain will have very little effect on the lakes if one doesn't mind water down the neck. Best lures will no doubt be "fender" 'n worms and still fishing with eggs and worms. These are the time-tested methods of catching fish early in the season and especially for lake fishing. Upper Klamath lake should also produce some fair to good fishing. They Have had a mild winter. The ice has been off the lake for a long time and this should produce better fishing this year than when the water was so cold. For reservations, call Harriman's Lodge, Rocky Point No. 2 out of Klamath Falls. Riverside Shake Off a 13-6 victory at Phoenix, Salt Lake City shut out Seattle in the Puget Sound city for the second straight night, 4-0, and Spokane defeated Vancouver, 6-2, at Vancouver. Following Portland in the first division standings are Vancouver, Phoenix and Seat tle. Spokane, San Diego, Salt Lake and Sacramento round out the second four in that order. At Phoenix, apparently a hitter's paradise, rookie catch er Tom Haller hit his fifth homer of the season for the Giants but Sacramento comb ed five Giant hurler s for 19 hits to win going away. Jack Dittmer homered for the So ions with one on in the eighth. Phoenix had 14 hits but couldn't match Sacramento's run output. Nelson Wins One for Bees At Seattle, Olaf Nelson, with the help of Don Williams in the ninth, pitched Salt Lake to its second straight victory. Williams made his ap pearance in the final frame after Nelson had given up a walk and single to the first two Rainier batters. He forc ed Jesse Gonder to ground into a double play to end the game. Paul Pettit of the Bees had the only homer of the contest. Vancouver left 11 men on base while Spokane made the most of six hits and seven walks to give the Indians a 2-1 series lead. Spokane scor ed one run in the second, two in the fourth and three in the final two innings for the victory. Mountie starter Joe Hatton was charged with the loss while Ralph Mauriello gain ed the victory, bringing his record to 1-1. 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