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Newspaper Page TextDrysdale Equals Home Run Record For Pitchers United Press International Don Drysdale equalled a home run record for pitchers and Gil Hodges broke his own record for grand slam homers Saturday in leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-1 victory over the Milwau kee Braves. Drysdale hit two homers to increase his season total to seven matching the Nation al League record for pitchers, set by big Don Newcombe in 1955. Hodges raised the N. L. record for career grand slam- mers to 14 with an eight-inn ing clout off Bob Trowbridge. The pace-setting Braves collected only four hits off Drysdale, who broke a score less tie with a three-run hom er in the fourth inning and then added another clout over the left field screen in the sixth frame. Drysdale has hit five of his seven homers this month. Saturday's "victory was his fourth straight and gave him a 9-11 record. Willie Mays, Leon Wagner and Willie Kirkland hit home Yanks Slowed Bv White Sox With 7-1 Win By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Lefty Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox, making a late drive for his third- straight 20 - victory season, Little Loop Title Won By Mexico Williamsport, Pa. (LTD The "Mighty Mites" from Monterrey, Mexico, headed for New York and a visit with Casey Stengel's Yankees to day after their precedent shattering victory in the Little League World Series. The "rags-to-riches" team from south of the border de feated Kankakee, 111., 10-1, Friday to become the first re peat champions in the 12-year history of the series. The Monterrey team cap tured the admiration of the 12,000 spectators by winning the title although having only one holdover player from the squad which won the cham pionship last year. The little men of Mexico fashioned the triumph on the three-hit pitching . of Hector Torres and four homers by his mates, accounting for eight runs. Torres received heavy sup port from a three-run homer by Juan Castro, two-run hom ers by Andros Galvan and Manuel'Mora and a solo blast by Hugo Lozano. The 12-year-old righthander struck out 10 nd gave up two walks. Jacksonville Grid Call On Monday Jacksonville Aspirants for the Jacksonville High school football team have been Instructed to report at 6 p.m. Monday. New Coach Dea Cox has announced that equipment will be issued and physical examinations given on Mon day evening. Daily drills will be at 6 p.m., an hour which permits working players to continue at 'their jobs and still affords daylight' for practices. The Redskins open their jeason with an afternoon tangle at Canyohville on Sept. 12. I slowed down the New York Yankees' pennant express Sat urday by beating them, 7-1, ona six-hitter with the help of Ray Boone's clutch hitting. The win was the 14th for Pierce, who missed a shutout when Bill Skowron homered for the Yankees in the seventh inning. In other American League games, three home runs sparked the Cleveland Indians to an 8-1 win over the Boston Red Sox; Al Cicotte's relief pitching helped the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 victory over Baltimore; and Bob Martyn drove in all of Kansas City's runs in a 3-1 decision over the Washington Senators. Pierce, who fanned five, bested Whitey Ford of the Yankees in a southpaw duel when the White Sox scored four runs in the seventh in ning to take a 7-0 lead. Boone, with a homer and a single, drove in four runs during the game. Rocky Colavito, Minnie Mi noso, and Randy Jackson slammed homers to lead the Indians to their victory at Boston. With this support, Cal McLish scattered nine Boston hits to gain his 13 th victory. Cicotte, who relieved Foy tack with the bases loaded and two out in the fifth inning, held Baltimore score less the rest of the way on two hits. The Tigers had 11 hits off four Oriole pitchers but four of their runs were unearned with the help of errors by Brooks Robinson and Bob Niemah. Martyn drove in two runs in the third inning and anoth er in the eighth to give the Athletics their victory at Washington. Bob Grim of the A's pitched a six - hitter to earn his third win of the year. runs as the San Francisco Giants whipped the Cincin nati Redlegs, 5-2. All three homers came off Bob Purkey, who had blanked the Giants twice this season, while beat ing them three times. Bob Porterfield allowed only five hits in pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Ernie Banks of the Cubs clouted his 41st home run in the fourth inning to pull even with Babe Ruth's 1927 record-setting ' pace. Splendid relief pitching by Dick Farrell enabled the Phil adelphia Phillies to down the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2. Far rell relieved Seth Morehead in the eighth inning with two on and none out. He pitched cut of the jam without allow ing a run to preserve More- head's first victory of the sea- son. Wally Post hit a two- run homer for the Phils. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh .. 210 030 000 6 10 1 Chicago 000 100 000 1 5 forterneid cs-o) and rones: Fnil- lips, Hobbie (2). Anderson (6) Briggs (9) and S. Taylor. LP Phillips (6-8). HRS Banks (41st) Philadelphia 300 100 000 4 13 ( St. Louis 010 100 000 2 7 1 Morehead, Farrell (8) and Lo cate: Maglie, Wight (1). Stobbs (3) Muffett (5) and Green. WP More- head (1-2). LP Maglie (2-6). HR Post (8th). Milwaukee .. 000 000 010 1 4 0 Los Aneeles 000 302 14x 10 13 fizarro. Kooinson (t), Trowbnae (8) and Crandall: Drysdale (9-111 and .Pignatano. LP Pizarro (4-2). HHa Drysdale 2 (6th & 7th) Ienatano (8th). Crandall (16th). Hodges (19th). Cincinnati 001 000 100 2 7 0 San Francisco 012 001 lOx 5 9 0 Purkey. W. Schmidt (7) and Bailey: Monzant. Giel (3) and Thomas. WP Giel (4-31. LP Pur- Key (14-8). HRS Wagner (9th) Mays (22nd), Kirkland (11th). AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas Citv .... 002 000 0103 4 0 Washington .... 010 000 OOP 1 6 2 Grim (3-5) and Chiti: Pascual, Hyde (9) and Courtney. LP Pascual (7-8). Chicago 001 101 4007 9 1 New York 000 000 100 1 6 2 Pierce (14-8) and Battey: Ford, Monroe (7). Maas (9) and Howard. LP Ford (14-7). HRS Boone (11th), Kowron (13th). Detroit 300 100 0105 11 0 Baltimore 000 010 000 1 8 2 Foytack. Cicotte (5) and Wilson; Portocarrero. Beaman (6). Lehman (8) and Tnandos. WP Cicotte (2-3) LP Portocarrero (12-9). Cleveland 204 000 2008 10 2 Boston 000 001 000 1 9 1 McLish (13-6) and Brown, Nixon (4): Sisler. Fornieles (3). Mon- bouguette (5). Byerly (7) and White. LP Sisler (7-7). HRS Colavito (30th). Minoso (18th). Jackson (2nd). LOOK! YOU PAY ONLY WHOLESALE PEACES On Al! Purchases of $50.00 Or More From BROOKS! All Famous National Standard Brands That Carry 'the Manufacturer's Label and Standard Warranty! EXAMPLES 3-PC. 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In the first evening game Centralia, Wash., slammed out seven hits and scored six runs to defeat Bend, Ore., 6-3. In the first afternoon game, Idaho's A m e ri c a n Legion champions from Lewiston walloped Fairbanks, Alaska, 13-3. A crowd of 3,000 watched the night action and saw Cen tralia take a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Washington pitch er Dave Dowling held the Bend players to five hits, mostly singles, and struck out seven men. Gold Ray Fish Count WEEK ENDING ANG. 23: Chinook salmon 196 (Includes 21.4 per cent jack salmon). Summer sieelhead 37. SEASON TOTALS: Chinook salmon 15, 182 includes 12.9 per cent jacks) since April 21. Summer sieelhead 872 since May 6. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. New York 77 46 Chicago 65 57 Boston 61 59 Baltimore 58 62 Detroit 58 62 Cleveland 58 65 Kansas City 57 64 Washington 51 70 Pet. GB .626 .533 lli .508 14' .483 17 ij .483 17 .472 19 .471 19 .421 25 Saturday's Results: Chicago 7, New York 1 Kansas City 3. Washington 1 Cleveland 8. Boston 1 Detroit 5. Baltimore 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L, Milwaukee ... 71 San Francisco Pittsburgh . Los Angeles . at. Louis Cincinnati Chicago 64 64 59 58 57 57 51 56 57 61 62 66 67 64 GB Pet. .582 .533 6 .529 6'a .492 11 .483 12 .463 14 i .460 15 .458 15 Philadelphia 54 Saturday's Results: Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 6, Chicago 1 Los Angeles 10. Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 5, Cincinnati 2 SUNDAY'S PROBALE PITCHERS (Won-lost Records m Parenthese) American League Cleveland at Washineton Grant la-iu) vs. Kamos (11-12). Chicago at Baltimore Donovan (10-11) vs. O'Dell (11-10). Detroit at New York. 2 fames Lary (12-12) and Moford (3-5) vs. Ditmar (9-4) and Shantz (6-3). Kansas City at Boston. 2 eames Carver (11-8) and Gorman (3-4) vs. Bowsfield (2-0) and Sullivan (9-7). National League Cincinnati at Los Aneeles Had- dix (7-6) vs. Podres (11-10). Milwaukee at San Francisco Willey (8-4) vs. Antonelli (14-11). Pittsburgh at St. Louis. 2 eames Friend (16-13) and Raydon (7-3) vs. Mizell (8-9) and Mabe (04) or Bros nan (8-7). PhiladelDhia at Chicaeo. 2 eames Sanford (7-11) and Meyer (1-6) vs. Hillman (3-5) and Drott (6-10). League Leaders United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G. AB R. H. Musial, St.L. 112 395 60 139 Ashb'n, Phil. 116 466 74 160 Aaron, Milw. 120 475 88 156 Mays, S.F. ..118 467 86 152 Banks. Chi. ..123 488 99 154 Skin'r, Pitts. 116 427 77 135 , Pet. .352 .343 .328 .326 316 316 AMERICAN LEAGUE Runn'ls. Bos. 112 430 81 141 Cerv, K.C 108 399 73 129 Goodm'n. Chi. 86 325 36 105 Kuenn, Det. 109 435 58 139 Sievers, Wn. 114 422 73 133 .328 323 323 320 315 Home Runs National leaeue Banks. Cubs 40: Thomas. Pirates 33; Aaron, Braves 27: Mathews. Braves 25: Robinson. Redlegs 25. American leaeue Mantle. Yan kees 36; Sievers, Senators 34; Jen sen, Red Sox 33; Cerv, Athletics 29; Colavito. Indians 29. Lion, Ram Clubs Win Uniled Press International Even when they're just practicing, the Detroit Lions seem to delight in kicking the stuffing out of the Cleveland Browns. Aided by an 88-yard touch down run by defensive end Bob Long, the Lions whipped the Browns, 17-7, Friday night in a National Football league exhibition game. - It was the Lions' 14th vic tory in 18 battles with Cleve land, including last year's title game, when Detroit rolled to a 59-14 triumph. The Los Angeles Rams de feated the New York Giants, 38-10, as they turned three pass interceptions into touch downs. Billy Wade tossed two touchdown passes for the Rams who took the lead in the second quarter and never lost it. West Big 4 Formed By Busters of PCC San Francisco (CPU A new athletic conference to replace the dying Pacific Coast con ference was born here Satur day when four Pacific Coast schools banded together in the new Athletic Association of Western Universities. The new conference, which will be known popularly as the "Western Big Four,? is composed of California, Wash ington, UCLA and USC. Chancellor Glenn T. Sea- borg of California, spokes man for the new conference, outlined the rules which gov ern the new association as a news conference. "We have set no limits on the size of the conference," he Mounties Capitalize On Errors; Win 6-4 San Diego, Calif. (UPD- The Vancouver Mounties cap italized on two San Diego er rors and a variety of other miscues Saturday for a 6-4 Pacific Coast League victory that knotted their series at one game apiece. Art Ceccarelli, who was re lieved by Jim Hughes in the eighth, was the winner and is now' 10-5. Bud Podbielan (10-8) was the loser. He also went eight frames. Vancouver scored two un earned runs in the second when Jim Dyck led off with a single and Joe Frazier singled with Padre centerfielder Rod Graber throwing, into the Vancouver dugout. Dyck was awarded home on the two- base error and Frazier went to third. He scored on Bill Lajoie's long fly to right. The Mounties increased their lead to 3-0 in the fourth with a run on singles by Fra zier, Owen Friend and Char ley White. But the Padres got the run back in. their half of the inning on a triple by Runs Batted In National leaeue B a n k s. Cubs 106: Thomas. Pirates 97: Aaron. Braves 78; ri. Anderson, Phils 76 Boyer. Cardinals 75. American leaeue Jensen. T?pH Sox 107; Sfevers, Senators .92: Cerv. Atnieucs uo; Loiavito, Indians 81 Mantle, Yankees 80. Pitching National leaeue Purkey. Red- legs, 14-7; Worthington, Giants, 10- wmey, .Braves 8-4: Spahn. Braves 16-9: Semproch, Phillies 13-8. American leaeue Delock. Red Sox 12-3; Turiey. Yankees 18-6; Hyde, Senators 9-3: Ford, Yankees 14-6: Moore. White Sox 9-4: Dit mar, Yankees 9-4. Webfoot Squad Rooting Section Boasts Family University of Oregon, Eu gene Oregon's 1958 football team will have a ready made rooting section of its own this fall built around the players' wives and children. A pre-season survey of the Webfoot squad showed that 10 are married and eight of them are fathers. At last count the list of. children numbered 14, and there were no reports of any additions expected during the coming season. The tackles and halfbacks all but monopolize the family life of the Ducks, with seven of the 10 players who are married playing one of these two positions. Read Has Three Halfback Len Read, who became the father of twin daughters last spring while he was winning the Northern DL vision baseball title with a walloping .423 average and being named an all-league out fielder, has the biggest fam ily with three children. All are girls, incidentally. - Charlie Tourville, the lone returning regular in the back field, is married and the fath er of one child while Don Laudenslager, another letter man back, is the newest of the married men, having joined the group in mid-summer. Jim Linden, Darrel Asch bacher, Tom Keele and Stu White are the married tackles and all but White are parents. The other married men are guard Will Reeve, sophomore quarterback Dick Arbuckle and rookie center Bill Betch er. This trio all have children, too, with Reeve and Betcher's families including two off spring and Arbuckle one. Sfesndley, Kurz Take Auto Races Jim Standley, Roseburg, and Lou Kurz, Medford, gleaned the honors Friday night in auto races at Valley View speedway. Standley romped to victory in the hardtop main, the tro phy dash and the fast heat of the Southern Oregon invita tional. Kiirz won the stock car main and trophy sprint. Only nine cars started in each of the two mains. For the hardtops Standley piloted one of the four cars which finished. Johnny Jones, Med ford, was second and Bob Wilcox, Medford third. The race was 20 laps. In the stock car 15 lapper Kurz was trail ed by Cliff McGilvray, Yreka, Calif., and Jack Keck Jr., Medford. In the first hardtop heat another Johnny Jones, this driver from Brookings, took first place. Tony Felipe, Rose burg, was the only other car to complete the race. Three of the other five starters piled up. George Smith, Klamath Falls, was runner - up to Standley in the second heat. Medford's John Jones took third. Legion- Play Set Monday Reno, Nev. (UPD Play in the four-state regional Ameri can Legion baseball tourna ment gets under way Mon day. All four teams, Ontario, Calif., Holiday, Utah, Tucson, Ariz., and host Reno, will see action on the opening day of double elimination tourney. Tournament director Fred Smith said Ontario meets Holiday at 6:30 p.m. with Tucson taking on Reno in the second contest. The winner of the regional meet will represent the area at the sectional tournament at Hastings, Neb., early next month. Harry J. Macsherry Post No. 10 of the American Le gion is sponsoring the tour ney, held here for the first time. Dave Pope and a long fly by Earl Averill. In the seventh San Diego 'added a run on Carroll Har dy's second homer of the sea son. Pete Wojey went on the mound for the Padres at the start of the eighth. The Mounties increased their advantage in the eighth with three runs. With one down, .Barry Shetrone sin gled and Dyck Walked. Fra zier lofted a soft fly to left but Hardy and shortstop Larry Raines let it fall be tween them to load the bases. Lajoie then hit a grounder to second sacker Dick Smith, who 'muffed what appeared to be a certain double play. Two runs scored and a third came in on Friend's sacrifice fly. San Diego scored single runs in the eighth and ninth. In Sunday's doubleheader right handers George Bam berger (14-9) and Erv Palica (14-11) will pitch for Vancou ver. Righthanders Gene Lary (9-6) and Bob Lemon (1-5) will pitch for San Diego. The games will be' San Diego's final home appearances. said, "but any school which meets our standards may ap ply for admission." Regulations stated that it will take a. unanimous vote by the members for the ad mission of a new school. It was indicated that Stanford probably will seek admission in the near future although no representative of the uni versity was present at Satur day's meeting. " "We are very hopeful Stan ford will enter the conference soon," Seaborg said. "We can not say when and we cannot actually say they will." Seaborg will represent Cal ifornia in the new conference. Representing the other mem bers will be Don Wollet, Washington; Bradford Booth, UCLA, and Hugh Willett, USC. July 1. 1959, Start The Western Big Four will officially come into being on July 1, 1959 one day after the final burial rites for the PCC. The four schools are committed to remain in the PCC until its official disso lution June 30, 1959. x Seaborg said there was no discussion of the Rose Bowl in organizational meetings of the new loop. He pointed out that after 1960 commitments for the Rose Bowl game will be handled by Pasadena's Tournament of Poses com mittee. "We have no commitment, understanding, official or otherwise, with the Rose Bowl people," Seaborg said. UCLA and USC, supported by California and Washing ton, forced a bust up of the PCC last year when they served notice they were pull ing out. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, Aogmt 24, 1958 11 Indians Racked 3 0 By Portland Beavers Portland. Ore. (UPD The Portland Beavers racked up a 3-0 victory over the Spokane Indians in an afternoon Pa cific Coast league game in Multnomah stadium here Sat urday. Loser Larry Sherry allowed seven hits against the Indians' five. The scoring in the fifth when Frank Kellert smashed a home run for a solo round trip. Next inning, Beaver Jack Littrell hit his 14th homer of the season. In the Portland eighth, Alex Cosmidis smaked a triple and a single by Jack Littrell brought him home for the final tally. John Buzhardt went the SPORTS distance for the win and a new record of 7-10. Sherry's record is now 6-14. Today Art Fowler (14-10) and Dave Patrick (6-1) will pitch for Spokane against Portland's Al Lary, (8-7) and Elmer Singleton (12 11) in a twi-night doubleheader. Australia's coastline ex tends about 12,200 miles and includes the nearby island state of Tasmania. ' ' One of every five French men is a farmer. REDS BUY PITCHER . Cincinnati (UPD Orlando Pena, the Cincinnati Redlegs' newest pitcher, will report to the club Sunday in Los An geles. 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