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Eaner Fitches Fourth Victory For Athletics; For Redlegs Snaps Pirate String Crone's Hitting By FRED DOWN Uniled Prtsi Sports Writer. Kansas City and Cincinnati haven't had much to cheer about so far this spring but they certainly boast the sea son's healthies t-looking "cripples" in Ned Garver and George Crowe. Both were huge question marks this spring. Garver, hobbled by a lame arm, had won a total of six games over the last two years. And Crowe, grooved to replace Ted Kluszewski at first base, had a knee ailment that threatened to sideline him at the start of the season. But today . the 32-year-old Garver has a 4-1 record for the Athletics while Crowe has 21 runs batted in and a .367 batting average for the Red legs. Garver notched his fourth victory and . second shutout Thursday when the Athletics Northern Division Track Tilt Scheduled Saturday; Mills Spear Throw Best University of Oregon, Eu gene The leading track and field stars of the Northern Division will' battle it out for the 1958 championships next Saturday at Seattle and the competition in most events ap pears to be very even based on the performances turned in during the dual meet cam paign. The Webfoots have swept through their dual meet oppo sition for the fifth year in a row and hope to score heavily in tha snrints. distances and all field events except he shot put in their attempt to out score the Cougars and Eugene Tips Salem 6-2 In NW Tilt By UNITED PRESS Wenatchee found the form ula Thursday night for down ing Lewiston and as a result the Chiefs' today trail the league-leaders by but two games. Claude Osteen went the route for the winners, strik ing out 10 in notching his third win in four decisions. Larry Helms helped him out with four hits in five trips- good for five runs batted in. Helms' hits included a solo homer m tne lourcn ana two doubles. .Charlie, Tulner also hit a homer for the winners in the fourth. V Ems Take Series Eugene pushed: across four runs on one hit in the eighth inning to take a 6-2 nod over the Salem Senators. The vic tory gave ; the Emeralds the series. 2-1. The Emeralds got their four markers on two walks, a hit batter, a sacrifice, a single bv Bob Turk and an error. Bailey Brem scattered seven hits to notch his third victory aeainst no defeats. Yakima nicked Tri-City 7-5 in ten innings. Singles by Ted Tappe, Pete Gongola, Bill Gil- more and, an error got v the Bears two runs in the top of the tenth. ; Gene Bates imp Leader Pullman, Wash. (TO Ore gon State players dominated Northern division 'baseball statistics through the first 10 eames of the season, official figures showed today.- Gene Bates, tne ueaver first sacker, maintained his batting lead with a .425 pace. He had 17 hits including four doubles and one homer, and had driven in nine runs. He was followed by Washington State catcher Gary Whiting who had .378 and 10 runs batted in. ' For the same period, Gary Moore, Oregon State lefthand er, led pitching statistics with a perfect 3-0 round and 2.67 earned-run average. He al lowed only nine earned runs, struck out 24 and walked 14. Oregon lefty Don Lane also had a 3-0 mark , and a 2.86 ERA. Washington State's Dick Moctee was strikeout king W1U1 ov. Huskies. Coach Bill Bowerman will have four defending cham pions to lead -the Ducks, in cluding Jim Grelle in the mile, Jack Morris in the low hurdles. Jack Burg in the pole vault and Steve Anderson in both sprints. Morris will be trying for his third title, while the other three are after their second, having all won as sophomores. Strong Contenders The . Ducks will also have strong contenders in Dave Edstrom in the high hurdles, D. C. Mills in the javelin, Ken Grant in the high jump and Mark Robbins in the two mile. Edstrom and Mills are both sophomores while the other two are juniors. More than a dozen marks were improved last week as Oregon -thumped . OSC and Washington State edged Wash ington. The Ducks, four-time defending champions, will be favored to win again with the stiffest competition com ing from the Huskies and Cougars. There are four new leaders after the final dual meets' and another. Oregon's-Ken Grant with "a " 6-7 leap in . the high jump, improved his previous mark.. D. C. Mills of the Ducks took over in the javelin with a toss of 231-9VS, Webfoot Jack Burg leads in the pole vault with a jump of 14-6, while the UW's Don - Anaker now tops the discus with a heave of lSO-VA, and Web foot Dave Edstrom tops the high hurdles at :14.3 Robbie Fray 6th In All. Fvenfc m m K T,llllf N San Francisco HP) Robbie Frey of San Antonio, Tex., established herself as a con tender Thursday night in the all -events division of the Women's International Bowl ing Congress tournament. Miss Frey bowled 1719 to go into sixth' place, only seven points behind Janet Harmon of Portland, Ore. In the doubles division, June Kristof of Chicago and Olga Gloor bowled 1127, put ting them in eighth place. - 100 Gary Mapes (W) :09.6; Don Maw (WSJ) and JacK Morris (O) :09.7. 220 Maw (WSC) 21.3; Spike Ant iwstj una uavis (.UJ i.e. 440 Terry Tobacco (W) :48.6: Dave McCulloch (W) :49.2; Lee Hall (WSC) :49.4. 880 BUI Moser (W) 150.7 nw; Cliff Cordy (OSC) 132.9; Jack Larson (W) -153.7 nw. Mile Jim Grelle (O) 4:07.9: Lar son (W) 4:10.4; Phil Knight (O) 4:16.1. Two-mile Mark Robbins (O) 9:18.4; Ed Baldwin (O) 9:18.6 nw; Frank Wyatt (I) 9:19.1. High hurdles Dave Edstrom (O) U4.3: Am wsc) :14.5. Low hurdles Arlt (WSC) 23.7; Larry Flodin (WSC) . 24.0; Mike Forrester (O) :Z4.l. Shot put Steve Frye (WSC) 54 10,i: Bert Bender (W) 52-4; Duane Marshall IOSCI 51-9 v.. Discos Don Anaker (W) 160-3'i: Frye (WSC) 158-2; Don Nelson (WSO 155-9. Broad jump Toni Softli (W) 24- l"2; fdstrom (O) 23-9; Steven An derson (O) 23-5. High jump Ken Grant (O) 6-7: Don Cresswell and Duane 'Keranen (both WSC) 6-2. Pole vault Jack Burs (O) 14-6: Cliff DaBounty (W) 14-2; Jack Fan- rang (WSC) 14-1. Javelin D. C. Mills (O) 231 'i: Dick Rubenser (WSC) 211-7; Steve Anderson (U) 205-3. Mile relay Washing 3:17.2; Ore gon 3:19.8; Washington State 323.2 Chamber Just One Candidate Corvallis (IF) Athletic Director Spec Keene said to day that Bob Chambers, 1948 Olympic team member, was just one of several persons un der consideration for the head track coaching job at Oregon State and .that no successor had been picked. ' . Reports Thursday said Chambers was in line to suc ceed Hal Moe-as track coach at OSC. Moe recently an nounced his resignation. Keene said he hoped to fill the position before the state prep track meet here May 30-31. " - Chambers is now coach at Pierce Junior college at Can- oga Park, Calif. Louis Braille, who invent ed the Braille system that en ables the blind to read books by means of raised indenta tions on the paper, was born with good eyesight. He be came blind at the age of three. Poison Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must be satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle today at WESTERN THRIFT RED FIR SLABS Satisfaction Guaranteed , SUMMER SPECIALS Phelps Fuel PHONE SP 3-587 . T scored a 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. The loss left the White Sox in the American league cellar, 7V games behind the front-running New York Yankees. Pirates' Streak Snapped Crowe, who has been alter nating with Steve Bilko at first, knocked in five runs with his third homer and two singles as the Redlegs snapped the Pittsburgh Pirates' six game winning streak, 9-4. His .367 batting average is the third highest in the league. The Cleveland Indians whipped the Detroit Tigers, 8-5, in the only other AL game while the San Francisco Gi ants beat the St. Louis Cardi nals, 4-2, and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored a 4-2, 11-in-ning decision over the Chi cago Cubs in other NL activity." First-baseman Vic Power provided Garver with the runs he needed when he hit a three-run homer off Jim Wilson in the sixth inning. The blow came with two out after singles by , Mike Baxes and Hector Lopez and dealt Wilson his second defeat. Gar ver spaced out seven singles and never was in serious trouble in going the route for the third time. Crowe singled home a run in the first inning, homered with one on in the eighth and singled two more tallies across in the ninth as the Redlegs ended a five-game losing streak. Bob Friend was tagged for seven Cincinnati runs and suffered his second loss. John ny Klippstein, who pitched the middle 3 2-3 innings, was the winner. y . Never Trailed Roger Maris knocked in three runs with a homer and a double for the Indians, who never trailed despite Detroit homers by Gail Harris, Lou Sleater and Frank Boiling. Maris knocked in eight runs during the three-game series with the Tigers and has hit six of his seven homers off Detroit pitching. Don Mossi picked up his second decision in as many days. Mike McCormick, 19-year- old $60,000' bonus lefty, went 8 2-3 innings for his third win of the season as the Giants' snapped the Cardinals' seven- game winning skein. McCor mick needed help with two two out in the ninth and Jim Constable struck out Don Bla singame to preserve the win. Willie Mays hit his ninth ho rher for the Giants, who trail the first-place Milwaukee Braves by 24- percentage points. ' ; The Dodgers capitalized on slow fielding by Cub infield ers to score two llth-inning runs although they hit only one ball out of the infield. Clem Labine, making his first start since the 1956 World Series, pitched 10 innings for his first victory and Hershell Freeman took the loss. The victory snapped Ihe Dodgers' six-game losing streak, while the defeat was the Cubs' eighth in nine games.' STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE . W. L. Pet. Vancouver 17 13 Phoenix 17 15 Spokane 15 15 Salt Lake City 14 14 Sacramento 13 13 San Diego 14 - 15 Portland -' :. 11 13 Seattle 13 16 .567 .531- .500 500 .500 .483 .458 .448 GB 1 2 2 2 214 3 3i Thursday's " Results San Diego 3. Seattle 2 Vancouver 7. Sacramento 1 ... Phoenix 10, Portland 8 Spokane 4, Salt Lake 3 ' Friday's Probable Pitchers: Sacramento (Bud Watkins, 3-1) at Vancouver (Art Ceccarelli. 3-1) . Salt Lake City (Don Urquhart, 2-0) at Spokane (Ralph Mauriello. 2-2): Seattle (Duane Pillette, 1-3) at San Diego (Dave Ridzik. 0-0). Portland (John Buzhardt, 3-1) at Phoenix (Paul Giel, 0-0). 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Milwaukee 16 8 San Francisco - 18 10 Pittsburgh 17 . 10 Chicago ... 14 15 Cincinnati 10 13 St. Louis .......... 10 15 Philadelphia 10 16 Los Angeles 10 18 Pet .667 .643 .630 .483 .435 .400 .400 .357 GB 4i 3i 6',i 6',i 8 Thursday's Results Cincinnati 9, Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 4, St. Louis 2 Los Angeles 4, Chicago 2 (11 in nings) Milw. at Phila. (night, ppd., rain) Friday's Probable -Pitchers Los Angeles at St. Louis (night) Podres (4-1) vs. Jnes (2-3). Milwaukee at Cincinnati (night) Conley (0-1) vs. Lawrence (1-3). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (night) Porterfield (1-0) vs. Simmons Vi-J). Med rTRIBUNE sipciDmnrs " izx Nt 1 ' "' i Saturday's Games Los Angeles at St. Louis Pittsburgh at Philadelphia San Francisco at C.hirnen Milwaukee at Cincinnati (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L New York .... 15 Washington Baltimore Detroit Cleveland Kansas City .Boston Chicago 13 11 13 13 10 12 9 5 11 11 14 14 12 15 14 Pet. .750 .542 .500 .481 .481 .455 .444 .391. GB 4 5 5,i 51 6 6', -2 Thursday's Results Cleveland 8, Detroit 5 Kansas Citv 3. Chicago n .Bait, at New "Xorfc-. (ppd., wet giuunusj v (Only games scheduled.) Friday's Probable Pitchers New York at Washineton (nisht Ford (2-2) vs. Pascual (2-2). . .Baltimore at Boston fnipht) Harshman (5-0) vs. Brewer n-4) Chicago at Cleveland (night) i-iercc (U-OJ VS. JUOSSl Or i eT- rarese (0-1). Detoit at Kansas City (night) nciuncir iu-uj vs. Jierry (2-Z). Saturdays Games Chicago at Cleveland New York at Washington Baltimore at Boston Detroit at Kansas City (night) NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Lewiston . 14 .'5 Wenatchee L. 13 8 Eugene , 10 9 Tri-City 9 ' 10 ' Yakima 7 14 Salem 6 13 1 Pet. .737 .619 .526 .474 .333 .316 GB 2 4 3 8 8 Thursday's Results Yakima 7, Tri-City 5 (10 innings) . Eugene 6, Salem 2 " Wenatchee 8, Lewiston 4 Today's Schedule Yakima at Tri-City . Salem at Lewiston Eugene at Wenatchee LINESCORES: American League Cleveland .. 022 211 0028 9 2 Detroit 000 220 1005 8 1 Narleski, Mossi (5) and Brown. Hoeft. Shaw (3), Sleater (5), Mor gan (6), Aguirre (7). Foytack (9) and Hegan, Lau (6). Wilson (9). W Mossi (3-3). L Hoeft (3-2). HRs Harris (1st). Maris (7th), Sleater (1st). F. Boiling (2nd). Minoso (4th). Chicago 000 000 000 0 7 . 1 Kansas City..' 000 003 OOx 3 7 0 Wilson, McDonald (7) and Lbllar. Garver (4-1) and House. L-r-Wil-son (3-2). HR Power (2nd). National League Cincinnati 300 000 024 9. 14 0 Pittsburgh ... 010 200 100-4 11 0 Haddix. Klippstein (4), . Jeff coat (8) and Burgess. Bailey (8). Friend, Face (9) and Foiles, Kravitz (9).: W KlipDStein (1-0). L Friend (5-2). HRs Thomas (10th), Crowe (3rd). San Fran. .... 120 010 000 4 9 1 St. Louis .... 000 110 0002 11 0 McCormick, Constable (9) and Schmidt. McDaniel. Mabe (6), Paine (8) and H. Smith. W-McCormick (3-0). L McDaniel (2-3). HRs Mays- (9thV, Flood (1st). Wing (1st). (11 innings) Sport Car Rally Set Siskiyou Sports Car club will hold its monthly rally this Sunday and a "dusty" trip has been promised. A "medium length" run has been planned. All drivers and. navigators interested are to meet at 11 a.m. at radio station KMED. Kelly - Somers and Mike Forbes are hosts. Election of officers will be held at the termination point. . ST. LOOIE SLUGGER St. Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial kisses his bat in Chicago dressing room after game against the Cubs in which he hit his 3000th base hit of his major league career. He had been benched for the game but came in as a pinch hitter in sixth inning. He doubled. Books on Bowling Available At Med ford's Public Library Bowling, called America's No. 1 indoor sport with its 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 par ticipants, has attracted in creasing interest in recent years. And, judging from the demand for books on bowling at the Jackson county library headquarters in the Medford public library, interest in this pastime has also stepped up locally. According to Librarian Hel en Webster, the library has a number of helpful books for the beginner and the more advanced player interested in polishing his skill. One of the most recent man uals, "The Complete Hand- League Leaders By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB R. H. Musial, St. I. 25 96 16 46 Mays, SJ. 28 111 28 46 Crowe, Cin. 18 60 5 22 Spencer, S.F. 28 110 21 40 Walls, Chi. 29 116 25 41 AMERICAN LEAGUE Vernon, Cle. 23 63 12 Kuenn. uet... 27 lots la McDgald, N.Y. 18 69 12 Skowron, NY. 18 67 9 Fox, Chi. 23 93 10 Lollar. Chi. 21 68 9 24 40 26 25 32 23 Pet. .479 .414 .367 .364 .353 .381 .377 .377 .373 .344 .338 Home Runs National leaeue wans, cubs 11 Thomas. Pirates 10: Mays, Giants 9 Cepeda, Giants 9; Sauer, Giants 8; bpencer, Lriants a. American league terv, Atniet- ics 10: Maris. Indians 7: Jensen. Red Sox 6 Lollar, White Sox 5; (six tied with 4.) Runs Batted In National league Spencer, Giants 27; Thomas, Pirates 27; Mays, pl ants 25; Banks, Cubs 24; Cepeda, Giants 23; Walls, Cubs 23. American league uerv. Athlet ics 28: Jensen, Red Sox 19: Carra- squel. Indians 16; Skowron, Yanks 16; Gernert. Red Sox; Bertoia. Ti- eers: F. Boiling, Tigers, and Max well. Tigers all 15. Pitching National league bnahn. Braves 610; Elston, Cubs ' 4-0; ' McCormick, Giants 3-0; Paine, Cards 2-0. ' American l e a e u e Harshman, Orioles 5-0; Turley, Yanks 5-0; Hyde. Senators 3-0: Shantz. Yanks 3-0; Larsen, Yanks 3-0. - Losa 020 000 000 02 4 8 2 Chicago ... 010 000 001 002 8 1 Labine. Roebuck (11) and Kose- boro, Drott, Freemman (9). Mayer (11). Elston (11) and S. Taylor. W Labine (1-1). L Freeman (OrD SEE THE Onl 7 Moving Parts in the Engine Up to 35 Miles Per Gallon Front Wheel Drive COMPARE if Roominess k Economy ir Initial Cost Looks . Keith Schulz Garage 116 N. Front - Ph. SP 2-4756 On Your Own Concrete Patio 1 Call SP 2-5271 FOR FREE ESTIMATE CONCRETE C? Delivered SP 2-5271 248 E. Mc Andrews Rd. book of Bowling," by Oscar Fraley (Feb. 20, Prentice Hall) illustrates the bowling techniques of five champions. The accompanying Jext cov ers the fundamentals and tells the bowling fan how to im prove his game. There are also chaptersson lady bowlers, bowling for children, scoring, league playing, and other as pects of bowling. Wide Variety Another recent book, "Mod ern Bowling Techniques," by Junie McMahon and Murray Goodman (Jan. 2, Ronald) is the first book on instructions for the beginner and advanced bowler in the modern elec tronically - operated bowling alley. Other bowling titles are "The Complete Guide to Bet ter Bowling," by Howard Lewis, and "Bowling for All," by Joe Falcaro. The library also has in struction books , on a wide va riety of other sports, -all of which are available through any agency . of the Jackson County Library system. Callao, which has one of the best harbors on the west coast of South America, is Peru's chief seaport. The city is also noted as a center of many of the country's leading industries. TV Highlights Television station KBES TV will carry the Lot An-gelet-St. Louis National league baseball game at 10:25 a.m., the Preakness horie race at 1:30 p.m. and the Hollywood Park horse races at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday. Frozen orange juice was developed in the late Nineteen Forties. Now a major part of United States orange produc tion goes into it. MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Oregon, Friday, May 16V 1938 M Burleson Runs 1:55.7 Half Mile Springfield, Ore. (IP) Dyrol Burleson, Cottage Grove High school's bril liant miier, switched to the half-mile Thursday and turned in a time of 1:55.7 as his team won the sub district 5-A track meet. ' Pacific Second In NW Baseball By UNITED PRESS Pacific took over second place in the Northwest Con ference baseball race Thurs day by defeating Lewis and Clark 6-2 while Linfield was dropping a 12-8 decision to last place Willamette. Pacific has an 8-7 mark to 7-8 for Linfield. College of Idano is the champion. 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