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lew Burdette Success Should Give Stengel Sinking Feeling By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International Some time today, Casey Stengel is going to sit down, turn to the sports section and get a sinking feeling when his eyes light on that painful but familiar phrase "Burdette Wins again." Stengel, an avid reader, will quickly gloss over the fact that Tuesday night's 4-1 vic tory over San Francisco was Lew Burdette's 18th of the season and that the triumph reduced the Milwaukee Braves' pennant-cl inching "magic number" to three. What will really intrigue the Yankee manager is that Bur dette did not walk a single man, never was in any real trouble and would have wound up with a shutout had it not been for Bill White's fift'b-inning homer. ' Stengel will have some more feed for thought when he It's Results Or Else For Green Bav EDITORS: This is the sixth of 12 dispatches on the 1958 prospects of Na tional Football League teams. By RAY W. DOHERTY United Press International Green Bay, Wis. -ttJPD- It's "results or else" for Ray Mc Lean, the third Green Bay Packer coach in 10 years. Little "Scooter," one-time backfield star of the awe some Chicago Bears of the early 1940s, has to show his bosses in one year he can eventually do what his two Immediate predecessors couldn't do in nine make the Packers winners once again in the National Foot ball league. The once powerful Packers have finished in the NFL's first division only once in the past 14 years. McLean got only a one-year contract last January with the stipulation that it would be torn up if the Packers show improvement over the 3-9 record that left them last in the Western Division last . year. McLean concedes he has some good material, and that the team "shows more all round strength" than a year ago. But he isn't making any predictions. Besides hiring McLean, the Packers stayed here to train to boost team morale and. went shopping for talent among other NFL teams and in college ranks. They canve up with the likes of tackle J. D. Kimmel and end Len Ford, sure to strengthen the defense, slotback Steve MeiJ inger for offensive punch and rookie linebacker Dan Cur rie, the former.Michigan State star. ' f Difficult Job McLean said his most clif ficult job was cutting his squad. This is not to say the . Packers are "loaded," but it foes indicate that McLean had y.ore talent available than had been seen in training camp in recent years. He kept many of the vet erans of past seasons. His quarterbacks will be the same two who worked -arid not always adequately -last year - Bart Starr and B.-abe Parilli. Starr is usually cansistant, but Parilli tends to- have good and bad days. His biggest .fault is not being able to spot his receivers -something McLean has tried to correct. Several good receivers are available, headed by veterans Fiilly Howton and Gary Kna fjelc, and newcomer Max Mc Gee. Making the Packers' run ning game more potent has 'been one of McLean's main concerns. He has altered the offense slightly and changed the blocking assignments to get his offensive line function ing more smoothly. A big help here could be tackle For rest Grett, a service returnee. The Backfield Behind that line, McLean has Paul Hornung, the former Notre Dame star who likes carrying the ball; veteran Howie Ferguson, whose knees are finally healthy, halfbacks Al Carmichael and Don Mcllhenny. McLean, himself only a mite of a halfback when he starred with the Bears, has given little Jim Shanley, a halfback from Oregon, a lot of work in the hope he would provide the Packers with a runner uvho could turn enemy flanks. On defense, the Packers seem adequate. Their line backing could be the best in the league. One threesome which is fearsome .isthat.. of Bill Forester, Tom Bettis and Currie. In the secondary, is one-eyed Bobby Dillon, the captain and All-pro a year ago. Joe Francis of Oregon State's Rose Bowl eleven was being tested along with two or three others. mulls over the 4-2 victory Frank Lary of Detroit regis tered against the Yankees Tuesday. Pitches Like Lew Lary is practically a carbon copy of Burdette, pitching to spots and specializing in breaking stuff. It marked the Detroit right-hander's seventh victory of the season over the American League champs and it was the first time any pitch er beat the Yanks more than six times in one year since Ed Walsh posted a 9-1 record against New York in 1908. Lary limited the Yankees to three hits in gaining his 16th win of the season and boosting his lifetime record over the Bronx Bombers to 16-5. Gus Zernial's two-run double off Zack Monroe in the seventh gave the Tigers the two runs that brought them from be hind and earned them their 11th victory over the Yankees this season. That assures them at least a tie in the season's series, something that doesn't sit too well with Casey, either. Hurls His Pride Just as a matter of pride, Stengel says he likes to win the season series from every club in the league. Elsewhere in the American League, Cleveland climbed into a fourth-place tie by beat ing Washington, 5-1, behind Gary Bell's two-hitter, while Chicago took a 4-3 decision from Baltimore. Rain washed out a doubleheader between Boston and Kansas City. In the National league, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who still keep hoping, won the comple tion of a suspended game from the Cardinals, 2-1, and then beat the Redbirds, 3-1, in a regular scheduled contest. Cincinnati swept a pair from Los Angeles, 5-3 and 7-5 in 10 innings, while Chicago defeat ed Philadelphia,, 10-8, in 10 innings. SPORTS 1 STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Milwaukee 87 58 Pittsburgh San Fran. Cincinnati 74 74 .500 14 2 St. Louis 69 75 .479 17 2 Los Angeles 67 79 .459 20 i a r i- r-n A oi umcago on . Philadelphia 63 82 Pet. GB .600 82 66 .558 6 75 71 .514 12 Vx .455 21 .434 24 Tuesday's Results Milwaukee 4 San Francisco 1 (night) Chicago 10 Philadelphia 8 (10 innings, night) Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 1 Cnight. completion of Aug. 3 suspended game) Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 1 (night, regular game) Cincinnati 5 Los Angeles 3 (1st, twilight) Cincinnati 7 Los Angeles 2 (2nd, 10 innings, night) AMERICAN LEAGUE X-New York Chicago Detroit Boston Cleveland Baltimore Kansas City Washington .... X Clinched W L Pet. GB 89 56 .614 535 III2 '7 67 72 71 .603 70 72 .493 16 17 '5 71 73 .493 17',; . 67 76 .469 21 . 67 76 .469 21 . 61 83 .424 272 pennant. Tuesday's Results Detroit 4 New York 2 Cleveland 5 Washington 1 (night) Chicago 4 Baltimore 3 (night) Boston at Kansas City (2 games, twi-night, postponed, rain) League Leaders United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE Plaver & Club g ab r b pet, Ashburn, Phil 143 580 88 199 .343 Musial. St. L. 128 444 62 159 .338 Mavs, San. F. 144 566 111 190 .336 Aaron. Milw. 144 571 105 190 -.333 Skinner, Pitt. 137 498 88 161323 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player & Club g ab Runnels, Bost. 135 517 Cerv Kan C. 130 475 Will'ms, Bost 118 377 Power, Cleve. 136 555 94 175 .315 Kuenn. Det. 129 521 68 164 315 r h pet. 90 165 .319 89 150 .316 72 119 316 Cactus Jack Curtice Master With Needle By SCOTT BAILLIE United Press International Stanford, Calif . -(UPD- "When Jack Curtice, Stanford's new football coach, walks ' the quarter deck during practice his Kentucky voice twangs through the air like an ole "gee-tar." And Cactus Jack is a' mas ter at using the needle, the soft word or sharp bark de pending upon how his charges are playing. His little speeches, all given with, a cracker barrel flavor, mixed with lots of aerial tac tics which break out of his "spread T" have helped him post 33 wins, 10 losses and two ties in Skyline Confer ence during the eight years he was at Utah. The Curtice Needle came out recently when a Stanford end shied away from a pass as the defender came up be side him with a loud roar. "Now what on , earth did you do that for?" Curtice de manded of the verbose one. "Here we sent one ' of our nicest, finest ends out for a pass and you get the poor boy so upset he can't catch it," The Curtice bark was heard on another occasion when- a punter anxiously looked for his interference to 1'orm be fore he kicked the ball. Give 'Em the Businiss "You've been doin' a good job and now all of a sudden you're watchin' the blockers!" Curtice crackled. "They do the blocking'. That's then business. You kick .the ball. ! That's your business!" Then the whole team will get it at once, such, as when the defense melts before a touchdown drive. "Gentleme n!" Curtice shouts, shoving the red base ball cap back on his head. "Defense is one of the most important aspects in foot ball." How will he pan out as the successor to Coach Chuck Tay lor, who now i:s assistant athletic director and was a favorite with the squad and student body? "Jack is doing fine," one university spokesman said. "Several players have volun tarily come up to me and said that they like him." Curtice came to Stanford by way of West Texas State, Texas Western and the Utes. He was well set at Salt Lake as a popular coach and tele vision personality. Why give it up? "Because coaching at Stan ford was a challenge I couldn't turn down," Curtice declares. New System It's obvious that Taylor no longer is coach because the former Stanford guard ran his men through much more scrimmages, heavy contact drills and usually ended a day's practice with that "one lap around the field" com mand. Curtice goes easy on the heavy stuff and stresses drills among smaller units so he can spot mistakes more easily. He kept scrimmaging to a mini mum when he coached the West team to a 27-14 upset of the East in the last Shrine game. - Just how this policy stands up on the Coast will be.test- ed next Saturday when the Indians open against Wash ington State at Spokane. Oth er lid lifters include: College of Pacific at California, Idaho at Oregon, San Jose State at Washington and UCLA at Pittsburgh. Oregon State opens at Southern California Friday night. Lois Palmberg Dies in Klamath Klamath Falls -flJPfr- Mrs. Lois Annett Palmberg, 42, wife of Oregon Technical In stitute basketball coach Wal ly Palmberg, died in a Klam ath Falls hospital late Monday after a three-months illness! Born in Portland, Mrs. Palmberg was a graduate of Oregon State College and ac tive in .library work and the Book - Mobile program here. The family lived in Astoria prior to moving to Klamath Falls four years ago. Survivors include the wid ower; a daughter, Frances; a son, Wally Jr., and her father Fred Reimers of Portland. The funeral will be Thursday in Astoria. Palmberg is an all - time basketball great at Oregon State. Home Runs National league Banks. Cubs 46; Thomas, Pirates 35; Robinson, Red legs 30; Mathews, Braves 30; Aaron, Braves 29 American league Mantle, Yan kees 40: Sievers, Senators 38: Col avito. Indians 38; Cerv, Athletics 36; Jensen,' Red Sox 34. Runs Batted In National league Banks, Cubs 124; Thomas. Pirates 108; H. An derson. Phils 94: Cepeda, Giants 92; Mays, Giants 91. American league Jensen. Red Sox 115; Colavito, Indians 106; Sie vers, Senators 104; Cerv, Athletics 100; Berra, Yankees 89. Don Jordan Ortega Vie In Portland Portland, Ore. UPD Gas par Ortega and Don Jordan, a pair of welterweights with their eyes on different titles, clash here tonight in a na tionally televised 10 - round bout from the Portland ar mory. Ortega is a slight favor ite. Ortega, 23, will be seeking his 21st knockout in 62 fights and hopes for a title fight with welterweight king Virgil Akins. Ortega's over-all re cord is 48 wins, two draws and 11 defeats. Jordan, who has yet to be knocked out, hopes his box ing style will be enough to overcome Ortega's power. Ex pected to weigh in about five pounds lighter than- his op ponent, Jordan says his am bition lies in the lightweight ranks. . . Moyer Fight Three 10-round bouts and a four rounder will follow the main event. Phil Moyer, who appeared in Portland last when he was defeated by Germany's Peter Mueller, will meet Henry Davis, of Phoenix in one of the ten-round scraps, Phil's younger brother, Denny, goes against Julian Valdez of Vallejo, Calif., in the second 10-round match. Roger Rouse, Opportunity, Mont, will meet Bennie Doyle of Los Angeles in the other post - TV bout. MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Ore., Wednesday, September 17, 1958 9 Black Tornado Tuning Up For Scuffle With Scots Defense against a single hassle were begun Monday wing attack is getting atten tion this week as the Med ford High football squad tunes for its Friday night con flict with the David Douglas Scots. The game will be on the field of David Douglas which is on 130th ave. between Stark and Division sts., two miles east of the Portland city limits. The Black Tornado aggre gation faced a single heavy workout today and a lighter drill on Thursday. It will leave Friday morning for the contest. Head Coach Fred Spiegelberg reported that 36 players would make the trip. Preparations for the Scot morning. The squad gathered for a chalk talk and to see pictures of last Friday's game with North Salem and last year's tussle with David Douglas. A regular workout was held in the afternoon. Special drill was conducted yesterday morning with a full squad practice in the after noon. Scots Have Large School - The Tornado came out of the North Salem brush with out any serious injury. How ever, the flu bug caught up with quarterback Bob Pond and end Jerry Winetrout. End Pete Rasmussen appears to be recuperating -well from the knee re-injury he suffered in pre-season practice and should see more duty against the Scots than he had against the Vikings. Starting its fifth year of operation, David Douglas is not too well known yet ath letically throughout the state. But the school is larger than Medford High. Enrollment is up around 1,800, including the freshman class. This is only the third year of varsity contention for the Scots who vie in the tough Metropolitan league. The school came about from consolidation of three grade school districts, Russellville, Powelhurst and Gilbert. It is named for the famed Scottish botanist who classified plant life of the Northwest. David Douglas reportedly has around a docen lettennen from 1957, with about one letterman at each position. However, four have been out because of injuries and the Scots are a bit shy on depth. Some of the injured may be back in harness for the Med ford ruckus. Big gun of the offense is left halfback Jerry Fellows, 175-pound, 6-foot 3-year letter man. Fullback Orval Horsey also showed up as a threat last week end when David Douglas whipped Reynolds 19 to 0. Largest denomination of U.S. currency is the $10,000 bill. Pitching National league Spahn, Braves 20-10; Burdette, Braves 18-10; Pur key, Redlegs 17-10; Hobbie, Cubs 10-6; Friend. Pirates 21-13. 'American league Turley, Yan kees 21-6; McLish, Indians 15-7; Ford, !fankpes 14-7; Delock, Red Sox 12-7; Pierce, White Sox 17-10. BOWLING PACIFIC LEAGUE , Standings: Team No. Five Gassers Team No. One Moore Steel ; Western Hot Coffee Team No. 10 Gates Furniture Fyre Fyters ... Harry & David Whitelaw Candy W L 11 1 9 3 8 4 8 4 8 4 6 6 5,i 6i 4 8 l',i 10 1 11 Results: Team Fiv, 4 (F. Kirk 558) 2775; Whitelaw, 0 (N. Caster 485) 2575. Gassers, 2 (L. Paul 506) 2655; Fyre Fyters, 2 (J. Monroe 483) 2668. Team No. One. 3 (Ivie 510) 2709; Team No. Ten, 3 (J. McCracken 443) 2648 Moore Steel. 3 (R. Edwards 430) 2494; Hot Coffee, 1 (G. Smith 470) 2367. Gates. 3'i (L. Bohl 506) 2691; Harry & David, x (X. Thompson 405) 2605. VICTORY LEAGUE Standings: W Trowbridge & Flynn 4 U. S. Bank Clave Construction . H. Mann Pioneer Club Baker Moulding .... Hillyer Oil Quality Market Hearin Lumber Jackson Co. Federal Rogue Sportsman Viking Sewing Center L 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 Results: T &- F 4 (Ellen Doty 402) 1908; Sewing Center 0 (Yvonne Stroble 404) 1845. U. S. Bank 4 (Joy Ingle 386) 1906; Sportsman 0 (Doris Webster 385- 1305. Clave Construction 3 (Doris Hick son 481) 2164; Hillyer Oil 1 (Helen Clark 458) 2036. ' E. H. Mann Co. 3 (Dru Hover stick 448) 2049; Quality Mkt. 1 (Helen Culy 478) 1937. Pioneer club 3 (Doris Harris 408) 1889; Jackson Federal 1 (Marie Trautman 362) 1726. Baker Moulding 3 (Marian An derson 404) 1824; Hearin Lumber 1 (Ann Mitchell 401) 1808. High Game Dorothy Edwards 181. High Series Doris Hickson 481. Split Conversions Sara Penland 5-6, Doris Harris 5-10; Naomi Chit wood 5-4-7. 2 OSC Injured Players May Be Back for Game Corvallis, Ore. -UPD- Two Oregon State Beavers, who were out with injuries, may be back in action for Friday night's opener, with Southern California in Los Angeles, ac cording to Coach Tommy Pro thro. They are Jerry Dorpan end, and Jim Brackins, guard. Do man of Ontario, Calif., was sidelined with a sprained an kle and Brackins, of Redlands, Calif., suffered. a shoulder injury.. Crawford Spills Ashley Cooper In Southwest Los Angeles -(UPI)- The sur prise loss of U.S. singles cham pion Ashley Cooper left Mai Anderson today as the sole representative of tennis-proud Australia in the Pacific South west tournament. Cooper was beaten Tuesday by 19-year-old Chris Craw ford, Piedmont, Calif., 7-5, 6-3, in tha first major upset of the tournament. The Wimbledon champion favoring an ankle he injured in the U.S. finals at Forest Hills 10 days ago had drawn an opening bye. 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