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to Q. VUlLTIIgWWE, MeJf.fJ, Oregon, ThWay, July 31, 1958 Forst Victory (Over Po'dgers Dn 7 Years Sweet tor Spahn Br FRED DOWN United Press International Victory tasted just as sweet lor Warran Sjtehn today even though he wa he first to 'admit the Dodgers "ain't what they used to be." 'T9' aren't the team of old, but I feel good anyway," said tjf fret Milwaukee Bravlf aSft-fltndtr after beat ing feos Ab1, 4-3, Wednes day io the first time in seM ycf r. "A good pitch er Wa to beat em all." FAMOUS HIRAM WALKER QUALITY old 90.4 proof 550 Qt. Cod No. 157 B 355 Pint Code No. 137C DeLuxe WALKER'S DeLUXE STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 1 Knowledgeable feople buy Imperial IMPERIAL 4' 105 4Qt. Codi 2 Code No. 266B HIRAM WALKER ,60 Pinr Code No. 266 C IMPERIAL ft CodeNo.lJ 60 Pirt? 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D:mi Giants To Second So, Wednesday night, the 37-year-old Spahn "proved his point," at least to a degree, against a Dodger lineup pack ed with eight right-handed batters. He pitched a six-hit ter, struck out six, yielded only two earned runs and wound up with a perfect STANDINGS PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. I.. Pet. GB Vancouver 65 47 Phoenix 63 46 San Diego 61 47 Salt Lake 54 52 Portland 48 57 Spokane , 48 61 Sacramento 48 62 Seattle 48 63 .580 .578 .565 2 .509 8 .457 13 i .440 15 ij .436 16 .432 162 Wednesday's Results Phoenix 5. Sacramento 0 ' San Diego 2. Portland 1 (10 in nings) Spokane 2. Vancouver 0 Salt Lake 3, Seattle 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .558 .557 .500 .490 .485 .479 .473 .458 GB Milwaukee San Francisco 53 54 . 48 47 48 46 44 44 Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago 5'i 6', 7 7,i 8 9',i St. Louis Philadelphia Los Angeles Wednesday's Results Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 1 (night) Pittsburgh 7. Chicago 1 (night. 7'j innings, rain) MiiwauKee 4, los Angeies 3 (night) Cincinnati 3. ban iran. l (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE . -L. Pet. GB .653 510 14 .495 15',i .495 15 "a .484 16' j .480 17 .464 18 ij .420 23 New York 64 Boston 49 Baltimore 47 Chicago 49 Kansas City 46 Cleveland . 48 45 ..- 42 Detroit Washington Wednesday's Results Chicago 11. Washington 9 Detroit 2. Boston 1 Cleveland 6, Baltimore 3 (night! Kansas city 2, JNew xorn (night, 4',a innings, rain) NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. .666 .600 .515 500 .470 GB fcewiston 20 10 Yakima 18 12 2 4,i Tri-CVy 17 16 Wenatchee 16 16 Eugene 16 18 Salem 9 24 5 6 .272 1214 Yesterday's Results Wenatchee 10-0, Eugene 3-1 Yakima 9. Salem 8 Lewiston 7, Tri-City 4 Softballers To Contend M and W Chain Saw has its unbeaten record and league leadership at stake this eve ning in one of two Jackson County Softball association conflicts at Memorial stadium, Camp White. The (-nam sawers oppose third place Butte Falls Log gers. This tussle will be the second of the evening. Open er will match Rogue Valley Dairy Maids and Eagle Point Merchants at 7 p.m. The . Maids, only women's team in the league, is tuning for the women's state soft- ball tourney at Camp White Aug. 7 through 10 and have their last pre-tourney tussle with a ladies' rival on Satur day night, Aug. 2, against the Shasta-Cascade All-Stars. The mix with the Calif ornians will also be at Camp White. Murray, Utah (UPD Vicki Shapelle Toni, Portland, won the women's world horseshoe pitching championship here Wednesday. She defeated Ka tie Gregson of Crestline, Calif., by winning a two out of three series to take the title. V7I vtuir i -rue LITTER OF PUPPIES? The "St.Bernard bitch, Lady Mi Hard, owned by a Mr. "Thorp of Northwold, Norfolk., Eng land, gaxe birth ta a Jitter Of 21 on Feb. 9, 1895, the lar gest litter of puppies yet on record (Thanx.Pefrr Uaa. facoma) TO? THIS! To any reader submitting contrary proof, Tip Brady will send a signed, waliet-sized diploma. Write to: BEAT THIS, eo this paper. Box 575. SausaSito, Calif. Enclose self-addressed, k stamped envelope. tot This! night when his victory knock ed the San Francisco Giants out of first place. The. Giants dipped a point behind the Braves when they lost to Bob Purkey and the Cincinnati Redlegs, 5-1. ' The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardi nals, 5-1, and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 7-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in a game rained out after 714 in nings in the other Nl. activ ity In the American League, the Kansas City Athletics spoiled Casey Stengel's 68th birthday celebration with a 4V2-inning rain-shortened, 2 0 victory but the New York Yankees retained their 14 game lead anyway because the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox, 2-1. The Cleveland Indiana downed the Baltimore Orioles, 6-3, and the Chicago White Sox outslugged the Washington Senators, 11-9, in other games. Mathews' Homer Wins Two Milwaukee error helped the Dodgers gain 3-2 lead in the sixth inning but the Braves tied the score on Del Crandall's triple and Felix Mantilla's sacrifice fly in the seventh and won the game in the eighth on' Ed Mathews' 21st homer of the year. Purkey pitched a five-hitter and singled home two late inning insurance runs to beat the Giants for the third time this year. Walt Dropo and Pete Whisenant homered off Johnny Antonelli. Richie Ashburn's triple and singles by Harry Anderson and Dave Philley sparked a three-run third-inning rally that chased Billy Muffett and enabled Jack Sanford to win his seventh game for the Phillies. Rookie George Witt struck out 10 batters ajjd won his fourth game for the Pirates with eighth-inning relief aid from Bob Porterfield. Frank Thomas knocked in two runs with a bases-filled single and Hank Foiles hit a three-run homer for the big blows ,in Pittsburgh's attack. Grim'. First For K.C. Ex-Yank Bob Grim struck out five and yielded three hits in winning his first game for Kansas City. A homer by Chico Carrasquel in the first inning and doubles by Roger Maris and Hal Smith in the fourth produced the A's runs Ex-Eoston pitcher George Susce Jr. yielded seven hits one Gene Stephens' homer, as the Tigers handed 10-game winner Ike Delock his sec ond straight defeat. The Indians snapped Arn old's Portocarrero's six-game winning streak when they scored four runs in the sixth inning with the help of Larry Doby's triple and three Bal timore errors. An eight-run third inning enabled the White Sox to fend off the Senators in the late innings and score their fifth victory in six games. Al Smith and Luis Aparicio hom ered for the White Sox and Jim Lemon and Eddie Yost connected for the Senators. LINESCORE: American League - Boston 000 000 100 1 7 Detroit 001 000 Olx 2 7 Delock (10-2) and White. Susce t3-0) and Lau. HH Stephens. Washington . 020 401 020 9 13 0 Chicago 008 120 OOx 11 10 2 Romonosky. Valentinetti (3). Con stable (4). Griggs (6), Clevenger (8) and KorcnecR, Courtney w. wu son. Staley (4). Lown (8) and Bat tey. Winner Staley (4-5). Loser Komonostcy (1-4). HK5 Lemon, smith, Yost, Aparicio. Baltimore 003 000 000-3 8 Cleveland 000 004 20x 6 7 Portocarrero (11-6) and Triandos. Narleski. Grant (7) and Nixon. Win ner Narleski (11-8). HR Nieman. t a , , : . New York ..000 000 3 Kansas City 100 lx 2 4 Larsen (7-5) and Berra. Grim (1-2) and House. HR Carrasquel. National League St. Louis 000 000 100 1 7 2 Philadelphia 003 010 lOx 5 8 0 Muffett. Stobbs (3). Wight (5), McDaniel (7) and Landrith. San ford. Farrell (7) and Hegan. Win ner Sanford (7-11). Loser Muf fett (3-3). HR Jones. Los Angeles ..000 003 000 3 8 0 Milwaukee ... 002 000 llx 4 6 3 Koufax. KliDDstein (8) and Pig- natano. Spahn (13-7) and Crandall. Louser Koufax (8-5). HKa Man tilla, Mathews. ("14 innings, rain) Chicago 000 000 011 7 1 Pittsburgh 012 003 lx 7 8 0 Fhillios, Drott (7 and s. Taylor. Witt. Porterfield (8) and Foiles. Winner Witt (4-2). Loser Phillips (6-5 J. UK ioues. San Fran. 000 010 000 1 5 0 Cincinnati 010 001 03x 5 8 0 Antonelli, Monzant (8). Giel (8) and Schmidt. Thomas (8). Purkey (13-61 and Bailey. Loser Antonelli (11-8). HRS Dropo, Whisenant. OPENING AUGUST 2 ItnUGGEL'S TEXACO 4th and Central Crackerjacks Candy Balloons FREE GAS TO ALL CUSTOMERS Full Details in Tribune Friday SPORTS Antelope Hunt Requests Must Be in Shortly Portland Antelope hunt ers and those who wish to be in on the Wallowa controlled deer hunt drawings, are urged by the state game commission to submit applications imme diately. vThe deadline for submitting applications is Aug. 6. All ap plications received after that date will not be allowed in the drawings. . A total of 600 tags will be issued for the antelope shoot, 200 for each of the three areas. Hunters who received antelope tags last year are not eligible to participate this year. A fee of $5 must be sub mitted with the application. There are 500 tags avail able for the Wallowa con trolled deer hunt. This hunt is primarily a pack show in the heart of the Minan coun try and provides the hunter an .opportunity to take two deer, a buck on his regular deer tag and an antlerless deer on the controlled deer tag. A fee j of $5 must be submitted fori the controlled tag at the time of submitting applications. The drawing for these early season hunts will be held August 11 and tags mailed to successful applicants on Au gust 27. The Wallowa con trolled deer hunt is scheduled for August 30 through Sep tember 37 Poles Promised Chance To See Rafer Johnson By EDWARD J. SHIELDS Warsaw (UPD Polish sports fans were promised today they'll get a glimpse of the "world's greatest athlete Rafer Johnson in Friday'; U.S.-Poland track and field meet, even if his performance won't count in the final score U.S. head coach George Eastment of Manhattan col lege said Johnson had not been entered as a competitor here since' there is no decath- loh event. But he will appear as an added, unofficial entry in at least one event so Polish fans can see him. jonnson, who set a new world record of 8,302 points at Moscow as the U.S. men's team defeated Russia, has been one of the most popular team members among enthu siastic Polish fans who have been cheering the U.S. team since its arrival Wednesday The Poles went all out to make the Yanks welcome- even loading up on gallons of orange and lemon juice, which sell at prohibitive prices here, for the U.S. training table And the 80,000-seat "Tenth Anniversary" stadium on the banks of the Vistula river is expected to be sold out for the two days of competition which start Friday. Webb Triumphs Over Szuzina New York (UPD- Spider Webb, who stopped Germany's Franz Szuzina with a "new punching pattern," apparently will test the gimmick against Joey Giardello at Pittsburgh, Sept. 17. ; Webb, of Chicago, ' fifth- ranKing miacueweignt con tender, scored a technical knockout over blood-smeared Szuzina at 1:20 of the seventh round Wednesday night in their TV fight at Madison Square Garden. And the Spider explained today: "I stopped him with a new pattern of soft rights followed by dynamite when the open ing came. Truman Gibson, president of the International Boxing club, said, "I've advised Webb and manager Hector Knowles to accept the offer of Pitts burgh s Dapper Dan club for a 10-round TV fight w,ith Joey Giardello at Forbes Field, Sept. 17." Webb, favored at 3-1, weighed I62V2 pounds to Szuzina's 161 for their in teresting bout, which the ring officials had scored even, going into the seventh round, ACTRESS TO MARRY New York (DPD Actress Kim Stanley, 33, will be mar ried Wednesday to actor Al fred Ryder. It will be Miss Stanley's third marriage and Ryder's first. r1 RESTING IN CELLAR, Los Angeles Dodgers are reported likely to have new manager before long. At right is Walter Alston, who may be replaced by ex-manager Charley Dressen (left), who currently is Dodgers' coach. Ball Field Group Gets $5,000,000 San Francisco (UPD The problem of raising money for the new San Francisco Giants baseball stadium Was a thing of the past today. Mayor George Christopher presented a City of San Fran cisco check for five million dollars Wednesday to the San Francisco Stadium, Inc. Alan K. Browne, vice president of the Bank of America and president of the stadium cor poration, received the check and turned it over to his bank as trustee. The new stadium, to be built along San Francisco Bay at the southern edge of the city, will seat 45,000 fans and have parking space for 12,000 cars. : YOU : GET 1 gallon of Nalplex casts you only $6.64 and well worth it! 1 quart of Satin Eggshell usually costs $2.16 but you get it free! League Leaders United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB Musial. St. L. 91 327 Mays. S. F 96 379 Ashb'rn. Phil. -94 374 Dark. Chi 81 326 Skinner, Pitts. 91 341 R. H. Pet. 46 114 .349 70 130 .343 59 125 .334 38 107 .328 66 111 .326 AMERICAN LEAGUE Goodm'n. Chi. 64 244 29 81 Cerv. K. C 88 327 64 108 Runnels, Bos. 90 346 60 114 Fox. Chi 100 400 57 131 Kuenn, Det. 87 342 47 111 .332 330 329 .328 325 Home Runs National league Thomas, Pirates 28; Banks, Cubs 28; Aaron. Braves 22; Walls, Cubs 21; Mathews, Braves 21. . American league Jensen, Red Sox 29; Mantie, Yankees 28; Cerv, Atheltics 28; Sievers, Senators 26; Colavito, Indians 21. Runs Batted In National league Banks, Cubs 82; Thomas, Pirates 81; Anderson, Phillies 65: Cepeda, Giants . 61; Boyer, Cards 60. American league Jensen. Red Sox 92; Cerv, Athletics 76; Sievers, Senators 68: Colavito, Indians 63; Lollar, White Sox 62. Pitching National league McCormick, Gi ants 8-2: Grissom, Giants 7-3; Pur key, Redlegs 13-6; Semproch, Phil lies 12-6; Spahn, Braves 13-7. American league Delock, Red Sox 10-2; Turley, Yankees 15-4; Ford, Yankees 13-4; Hyde, Senators 8-3; Kucks, Yankees 7-3. BUY WALL PAINT TRIM PAINT FREE ' i YL II ' ESS (BESS MH V. ' ilii GIFT OFFER (1 quart of Safin Eggshell FREE with every gallon of Nalplex you buy) HURRY! OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 31 SMITH-DYNGE LUMBER COMPANY 8th and Fir Streets, Medford Phone SP 2-7166 Bob Lemon Has Best Night of Season as Padres Tip Beavers By GENE BRYANT The yi may tiave set on Bob Lemon's major league career but the former Cleve land mainstay had enough left to pitch eight innings of shut out ball for San Diego Wednesday night and pave the way for a 2-1 Padre vic tory over Portland. Although Lemon didn't get credit for the win he gave way to Dick Brodowski in the ninth after the Beavers got to him for their run he turned in his best perform ance of the season. The Padres won it in the 10th when Portland relief pitcher Ed Mayer gave up a walk and two singles with two down. - The victory boosted the Padres to within two games of league-leading Vancouver David Douglas Picks Osburn Portland (UPD Dan Tor ray, head basketball and golf coach at David Douglas High School, has resigned to go into private business, Super intendent Floyd Light has an nounced. , Replacing Torrey will be Truman Osburn, a graduate of Pacific University. Osburn comes to David Douglas from Parkrose, where he has been head football coach for the past two years. He coached at Estacada High School' for nine years prior to his Parkrose post. Pittsburgh (UPD Pitcher Jack Holmes of Milford, Me., has been signed by the Pitts burgh Pirates. Holmes has been assigned to the club's Grand Forks, N.D., affiliate in the Class C Northern league. : - M "Dutch Boy" Instant Nalplex you'U agree it's the finest wall paint you've ever used. 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The Padres pushed across the deciding run in the 10th when Dave Pope singled in Rod Graber, who had started the rally with a single and gone to second base when Mayer walked Fred Hatfield. Glen Gorbous powered Spokane to, its first win of the week against Vancouver with a single and home run, half of the Indians' hit production. TICKETS NOW ON SALE ' AT Purucker's Lamports Barker's 1958 WESTERN REGIONAL SKI TOURNAMENT Gardener Lake, Aug. 8-9-10 Children .... 25c Sponsored by , Ad"'! ". -90e Crater Lions Club of Medford 6 and under - - Free Proceeds to Deaf Children's Home y hit .. & . A. I II II IUI1 Ladies ftace Stock Cars On Saturday Ladies will take the wheel in the special event Saturday night at stock car races at Valley View speedway north east of Ashland. Second Powder Puff derby of the season has been ar ranged. Helen Kurz was vic tor in the ladies' romp aboutt two weeKS ago. In addition there will b the regular schedule of events. A trophy dash, three heat races and a main race are on the program. Time trials are planned for 7:30 p.m. with Louis Kurz will aim to hang onto his points leader ship. He has a current two point gap on Cecil James in the campaign for season hon ors. Both drivers hopped out well ahead of the rest of the field last week, end. GIANTS INK PLAYER San Francisco (UPD Th San Francisco Giants hav signed Ronald Phifer, 18-year-old all around athlete at Ari zona (Tempe) State, to a bass ball contract. Phifer, a native of Phoenix, has been assigned to the Giant farm club at St. Cloud, Minn., in the Class C Northern league. J&f 1 if n 3
