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J (Dodgers Wops San Francisco; IPBunDflDes Meat Graves '7-3 By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Inlernalional Close only counts in pitch ing horseshoes, so Johnny Podres can simply take his place on line as he latest among the near-miss, no-hit victims. The Dodger southpaw gave it a whale of a try.. He pitched hitless "ball for 7 1-3 innings against the Giants Monday, then was forced to settle for a two-hit, 8-0 victory which he called Williams Claims Yanks Still Boston -UPD- Ever think you'd see the New York Yan kees in the cellar and Ted Williams batting less than his weight at this stage of the season? Williams, 40-year-old Bos ton Red Sox slugger, says do not count either out. "The Yankees have had a few tough breaks and lost some close games," the six time American league batting champion said today. "But they've got some great STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Milwaukee 23 14 San Francisco. 21 18 Pittebugh 20 18 Los Angeles 22 20 Chicago , 21 21 Cincinnati 18 21 St. Louis 17 22 Philadelphia 15 23 Pet. .622 .538 .526 .524 .500 .462 .436 .395 GB 3 3i 4Va 6 7 8',i Monday's Results Los Angeles 8. S. Fran. 0 " Philadelphia 7. Mil. 3 (night) Chicago 9. St. Louis 4 (night) Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Philadelphia at Cincinati (night) Gomez (l-Z) vs. iNewcomoe (3-4 1. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (night) Haddix (3-Z) vs. Burdette (7-Z). Los Angeles at San Francisco (night) Koufax (0-2) vs. Miller (3-0). Only games scheduled. Wednesday's Games St. Louis at San Francisco Philadelphia at Cincinnati (night) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (night) Chicago at Los Angeles (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Cleveland Chicago Baltimore Washington . Kansas City Detroit Boston New York 23 13 .639 23 15 .605 1 22 17 .564 2'2 19 21 .475 8 17 19 .472 6 16 22 .421 8 15 27 .417 8 14 21 .400 8'3 Monday's Results Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 (night) Only game scheduled. Tuesday's Probable Pitchers Boston at New York (night) Brewer (2-3) vs. Turley (3-5). Washington at Baltimore (night) Kemmerer (4-3) vs. Brown (1-1). Detroit at Kansas City (night) Foytack (1-6) vs. Carver (3-2). Cleveland at Chicago (night) Ferrarese (3-2) vs. Donovan. (2-2). Wednesday's Games Cleveland at Chicago Detroit at Kansas City (night) Washington at Baltimore (night) Only games scheduled. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Sacramento 26 15 .634 San Diego 23 17 .575 2,4 Phoenix 21 20 .512 5 Portland 18 19 .486 6 - Spokane 19 21 .475 6V2 vancoupver 17 20 .459 7 Salt Lake 15 21 .417 8V2 SeatUe 17 23 .425 8'j Monday's Results 1 SeatUe 7, Portland 5 Vancouver 11. Spokane S Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Probable Pitchers SeatUe (Dick Hanlon. 0-1) at roruano (Ken Jonnson 4-3). Vancouver (Chuck Estrada, 0-1) at Spokane (Roger Craie 4-4). Phoenix (Marcelino Solis. 2-2) at Sacramento (Chuck Hickman 4-1) Salt Lake City at San Diego (un announced) INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 24 19 .558 GB Miami Buffalo Montreal . Columbus Rochester . Richmond Havana Toronto 22 18 .550 21 19 .525 l,i 20 19 .513 2 20 20 .500 21 18 20 .474 3 'i 20 23 .465 4 15 22 .405 6 D. C. Mills Also Artist Eugene -IUPD- Oregon jav- f elin thrower D.. C. Mills does not confine his talents to the athletic field. Mills, who set a new Uni versity of Oregon record of 243 feet 10 inches for the ja velin this year, has done a sculpture work to be shown at the Centennial exposition in Portland. It represents jav elin throw. ft WE NEED FORD 1957 & 1958 - Pickups and TRADE Main 4 Fir Phone: SP 3 "the best game I ever pitch ed." : Daryl Spencer broke up the no-hitter by slashing a single past shortstop Bob Lillis with one out in the eighth. Podres thus became the third major league pitcher within the past four days to see his no-hit hopes wrecked in the late in nings. Wilhelm. Foytack Hoyt Wilhelm of the Or ioles had a no-hitter until the eighth inning against the Tough players and they're still go ing to be a threat in that pennant race. "I certainly think that be fore trie year is over New York is going to give some body a scare." Asked if the Yanks were all done Williams replied with authority, "No sir," and, I certainly hope old Ted isn't done yet either." Williams missed the first month of the campaign with a pinched nerve in his neck. He returned to action during Boston s recent home stand but had his troubles catching up to the pitchers. His batting average is a puny .163, com pared with a .349 lifetime mark, and the thumper is still looking for his first home run. "I'm feeling better," he said "but I don't think I'm as sharp as I can get. The Red Sox have been hurt partly be cause I haven't been doing very, well, but I'm sure I'm going to do better , and in turn the whole club will be better." Yankees Trade With Kansas City ' Kansas City - (IIPD - The , faltering New York Yan kees completed a four-for-two trade with Kansas City today, picking up hard-hilling Hector Lopes and pitcher Ralph Terry in ex change for Jerry Lump and a fourth player to be announced later. Perfect Scores For Four Years In Trapshoot Who ever wins the Medford Mail Tribune trapshoot tro phy next week end won't be able to improve on the score which has won the hardware over the past four seasons. Perfect scores were fired in the 16-yard event to claim top prize over the past four seasons. The Mail Tribune shoot is scheduled on Saturdav and Sunday, at Medford Gun club. it otters 500 targets, 450 of mem in registered rivalry un der the Pacific International Trapshooting a s s o c i a t-ion. j-vents on Saturday will be the Rogue Valley hundred. the Chester Wood handicap and. a backer-upper shoot. On Sunday, in addition to the Mail Tribune contest at 16 yards, the Jim Morris Mem orial handicap and 25 pairs of doubles will be shot. John Willener, Eugene be ganhe string of 100 straight to take the Mail Tribune hardware in 1955. Winning with the same scores were Walt Fisher, Cloverdale, in 1956, - Gene Hunt, Medford, in 1957 and W. W.. Hileman, Cottage Grove last year. Per fect counts also won the tro phy on five other occasions. j : FIGHTS New York Emile Griffith.' 147. New York, outpointed Willie (Pine apple) Stevenson, 144, Boston (10). Providence, R. I. Willie Greene, 157, Providence, RJ., stopped Char lie Alford, 160, Philadelphia (1). Waterbury, Conn. Al King. 134 Vi. Bristol. Conn., outpointed Pat Mallane, 135. Union City, Conn. (12). iron ALL MAKES ALL MODELS Come in and NOW on a 1959 CRATER LAKE MOTORS Tour Friendly FORD Dealer" Medford - 4547 Yankees last Friday night and that same night Paul Foy tack of the Tigers went until the seventh before yielding his first hit against the In dians. Podres shouldn't feel too badly, however. With the aid of a pair of two-run homers by Gil Hodges and another by Dick Gray with the bases empty, he wound up with his fifth victory. Poor Foytack lost his game, 1-0, even though giving up only two hits. The last-place Phillies ral lied for five runs inx the sev enth inning to beat the first place Milwaukee Braves, 7-3, and the Chicago Cubs snap ped a four-game losing streak with a 9-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the only other National league games scheduled. Only one game was on tap in the American league where the Detroit Tigers stopped the Kansas City Athletics, 4-3. Frees Sparks Outburst " Gene Freese, rapidly devel oping into the most effective pinch hitter since Brooklyn's famed Johnny Frederick, sparked the Phillies' winning rally against the Braves with a two-run . pinch double in the big five-run seventh. The clutch hitihelped Don Card well to his first victory and Bob Buhl to his third de feat. Despite the loss, Milwau kee maintained its three-game lead over second place San Francisco. Jim Marshall's three-run homer in the second inning was the key blow in the Cub's victory over the Cards. Bobby Thompson and Dale Long also homered to help hand St. Lou is jts first setback in four games. ' Bob ' Anderson posted his third victory with a helping hand from Bill Henry in the seventh. Ernie Broglio was the loser. The Tigers moved into the sixth spot in the American league by virtue of their vic tory over the Athletics. Rookie Gerry Davie regist ered his first major league triumph although Ray Nar leski had to come to his aid in the ninth. The victory was the Tigers 14th in 21 games since Jimmy Dykes took over as manager on May 3. At the time he did, Detroit's record was 2-15. Now it's 16-22. National League Los Angeles ..004 020 011 8 9 0 San Fran 000 000 0000 2 1 Podres (5-2) and Pignatano. Mc cormick, Worthington (5) Shipley (7) and Schmidt. Loser Mccor mick (2-3). HR Hodges (2). Gray. Milwaukee .011 100 0003 81 Philadelphia 001 000 51x 7 10 0 .mini. MCManon (7),- uiggie (8) and Crandall. Cardwell, . Semproch (8) and Sawatski.' Winner Card- well (1-2). Loser Buhl (2-3). HR sawatsia, xgan. Chicago 230 000 211 9 10 1 St. Louis j 200 001 100 4 11 4 Anderson, Henry (7) and S. Tay lor. Cheney. Broglio (7). Kellner W7), Brosnan (9) and H. Smith. Winner Anderson (3-3). Loser Brtglio( 0-3). HR Marshall, Thom son, Long. . Only games scheduled. American League Kansas City ..000 100 1013 8 1 Detroit 000 010 300 4 6 0 Davie. Narleski (9) and Wilson. Coleman, Gorman (8) and House. Loser Coleman (0-3). HR Lopez, Harris. -, - . Only game scheduled. Track Talent Set For Meet Moses Lake, Wash. -(DPD -Some of the Pacific North west's finest high school track talent will take part in the second annual Moses Lake De cathlon Friday and Saturday. They include pole vaulter John Cramer of Mount Ver non and hurdlers Al Rhodes of Spokane, Steve Pauly of Beaverton, Ore., and Mel Ren fro of Portland. Cramer has vaulted 14 feet one and one-half inches. Paulv has topped the high hurdles in 13.8 and Renfro has been timed in 13.9. Rhodes has run the highs in 14.4. and the lows in 19 flat. There are 11,037 lakes in Michigan, of which 411 mea sure more than 200 acres. l DOTS' Trade now -for a 1959 FORD Pickup or Panel truck. You'll find the 1959 array of FORD Pickups and Panels the most amazing buys in economy and depend ability. Get extra savings during FORD DIVIDEND DAYSI FORD TRUCK or Highway 99 Central Point Phone: NO 4-1824 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Tuesday, May 26, 1959 150 Mile An Hour Laps Seen United Press International Indianapolis, Ind. -(DPD The man who built the fastest car in Saturday's 500-mile Me morial Day race predicted to day "we're on the threshold of 150 miles per hour laps" at the Speedway. Actually, said little Lujie Lesovsky of Los Angeles, such speeds were a possibility this year, but the weather was too cold and too windy. Radio station KMED will have on the spot coverage of the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race on Saturday, Me morial day, between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. by special network. "A lot of the fellows say no 150 mile speeds are possible with the present equipment," said Lesovsky, "but on a per fect day I think it's possible." Paul Russo in a Novi holds the race lap record of slightly better than 144 m.p.h. The race record of 135.601 was set by Sam Hanks two years ago. A "perfect" day at the speedway includes hot weath er, plenty of fast practice laps to put rubber on the the sur face for better traction, and no or only negligible wind. "If we had been blessed with continued hot weather," said Lesovsky "the race track might have been ideal and I think the entire front row would have been at least two miles an hour faster." Johnny Thompson won the pole position in Lesovsky's brand-new "Side-Wheeler," a low-slung roadster with its 4-cylinder engine laid over. His average speed of just un der 146 m.p.h. topped the 33 starters. Midgets on GP Grappling Card This Evening Grants Pass - Four of the well known wrestling midgets will appear at the Grants Pass Fairgrounds tonight. As an extra special attrac tion 'midgets Tiny Tim and farmer McGregor will meet might Schultz and Pee Wee James in a tag team match. The midgets never fail to pack the arena and this is because of their continual and sometimes hilarious . action. They take their bumps and lumps just like the big boys. These little guys are all under four feet tall and they all weigh under 100 pounds. Royal To Wrestle The main event on this big card will match Kurt von Poppenheim, the big mean German from Portland, against popular and talented Nelson Royal from Columbus, Ohio. Royal starred at foot ball and wrestling for Ohio University and has been piling up a great record in the pro ranks. His pet hold is the reverse surf-board and he has a fiery temper when aroused. Poppenheim is well known and not too popular around these parts. He has been feud ing with "wild Bill Savage in Portland. The special event will match young Jerry Kozaft against Tony Ferrazza. Kozak is a young Canadian, who is fast improving. Tony is a mat vet eran from Detroit. Fans are advised to be on hand early for this big card at the Show Arena at the Fairgrounds. GIANTS CLAIM BRUECMAN New York - (DPD - Charlie Brueckman, former Univer sity of Pittsburgh center with previous experience in the National Football league, tias been claimed by the New York Giants. Brueckman was drafted by the San Francisco Forty-Niners in 1957, one year before graduation from Pitt, but was let go to the Washington Redskins from whom he was claimed by the Giants. 7A Panels PICKUP 8 (Dodgers To Meet (Giants Tonight; Ctauffax To IPotch San Francisco-(UPD-The Los Angeles Dodgers, who already have a great southpaw in Johnny Podres, take their chances with a lesser one to night when they fling Sandy Koufax (0-0) at junk-baller Stu Miller (2-0) of the San Francisco Giants. Manager Bill Rigney also might be expected to take an other long look at his batting Bobo Hit By Taxes San Francisco -(UPD- Bobo Olson yelled "stop the fight" today but he was thinking of Uncle Sam instead of Archie Moore or Sugar Ray Robin son, two of his past conquer ors. This time the former world middleweight champ was reel ing from a series of left hooks to the jaw in the form of tax liens which, the government reported last January as to taling $128,920 for 1954 and 1955. Faced by the prospect of giving all of his purses over to the government, Olson on Monday called off a fight with Sonny Ray-fifth ranked light heavyweight contender -that was to have been held at the Cow Palace June 8. "We're pretty sure some thing can be worked out so that Olson .will be able to keep some of his money after each fight," manager Billy Newman said Monday.. "Maybe things can be worked out so that he can re sume boxing in about two months." ALL-STAR TICKET SALE -Pittsburgh -(DPD- Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick an nounced Monday that tickets for this year's major league All-Star game to be played at Forbes Field on July 7 will be put on sale June 15. Re served seats will cost $6.60 and bleacher seats $2.20. There will be no public sale of box seats since these will be" offered to season ticket hold ers at Forbes Field. All re quests for tickets, which will be sold in batches of two, should be mailed to the Pitts burgh Pirates after 5 p.m., e.d.t., June 15. ILLUSTRATOR DIES Los Angeles - (UPD - William Andrew Loomis, 64, noted, il lustrator whose work has ap peared in national magazines for many years, died Monday in California Hospital after a brief illness. - Vacation time O&s.aJ ; , SURE PLEASURE AWAITS SAT Your vacation road may take you to the hills or it may lead to the shore but it will always lead you to the pleasure of 7 Crown. It's at every destination because it's America's first and finest whiskey the most widely-sought and widely-served brand in the land. order. Felipe Alou, who was moved up to the leadoff spot Monday, struck out four times as the masterful Podres blanked the Giants, 8-0, on two hits. Podres had a no-hitter on the fire for seven and one third innings. Then Daryl Spencer singled past short stop Bob Lillis-who made a tremendous dive to try and snag the ball. Bob Schmidt followed with a solid single to left and Podres had to be satisfied with holding the Giants to a brace of safe ties. . 'Best Ever' "It was the best game I ever pitched." the larse loft. hander said afterward. "My control was good and I could put the ball where I wanted it." Podres said that he had been scheduled to pitch against the Giants Sunday in Los Angeles but was given a respite because of a sore el bow. It did not bother him today, he added. Gil Hodges gave Podres thumping support by clubbing a pair of two run homers off Mike McCormick who now is 2-3. Hodges, boosting his num ber of round-trippers to five, bashed one off lefty Mike. in the third inning to highlight a four-run blast then hit an other in the fifth. Charley Neal was waiting at first base in each case. McCormick, who became a father Monday night, was socked for four straight hits which accounted for all four runs in the third after he had retired the first two batters. To the Showers Hodges' second homer start ed Mike toward the showers in the fifth and the rest of the pitching chores were han dled by Al Worthington and wild Joe Shipley. Shipley walked his cus tomary five men in three in nings, struck out three and surrendered a bases empty homer to Dick Gray in the ninth, which wound up the Los Angeles scoring. Podres had the Giants in his hip pocket all the way. Until the eighth inning, he only had? let three men get aboard via walks in the sec ond, fourth and fifth innings. Twice these baserunners were erased by double plays. Los Angeles also pulled off an other in the eighth inning to end the frame. Podres struck out seven. In addition to Alou's four whiffs, Podres got Jim Dav enport swinging twice and McCormick once. Big John now has a record of 5-2. Daredevils Will Drive At Ashland Ashland-From a clown with nerves of steel to an announc er with a machine-gun deliv-ery-the . International Auto Daredevils performance is a blend of a variety of skills. The show, which will be seen at the Ashland Speedway on Thursday, May 28, at 8 p.m., requires more than driv ers to make it the national attraction which it has become. "Whether it's the ramp men on the ground on whom the drivers must depend to exe cute their stunts with the least possible danger," says pro ducer Jack Kochman, "or whether it's the stuntmen who drive the fast-moving automo biles. All of them round out the 1 hour and 45-minute pro gram into a smooth operation. Walter (Jasper) Kovaz, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., provides the comic relief via unpre dictable antics. But despite his erratic actions and baggy pants, he is a top stunt driver. He is also a steel-nerved per former, allowing swift-moving autos to come-literally-with- in mere fractions of an inch of running him down. Wild Bill Reed has led a checkered life. He's been a football player, coach, and race driver and has appeared on televisions shows, during off seasons. A resident of Akron, Ohio, Reed is a veter an of all the major thrill shows of the past, including that of the late Jimmey Lynch. Sonny Smith of Gilroy, Cali fornia is another example. Adept at many maneuvers, Smith is probably best known for his mastery of the compli cated "Dive Bomber Crash." He races the car at high speed. Then-with virtually a single quick operation-he leaps from a take-off ramp-goes for the cellar by dropping flat on the front seat-and braces for the impact. Ray Asher, an experienced radio and television announc er, is probably the most im portant man to the fans. His rapid-fire delivery and exten sive knowledge of stunt driv ing maneuvers, keeps the audi ence abreast of the fast-mov ing program. Action Resumes In N.W. League By United Press International There were no games in the Northwest league baseball race Monday night. Action resumes tonight with Salem at Lewiston, Eugene at Wenatchee and Tri-City at Yakima. COLLEGE HONORS BIRDIE Providence,. R. I. (DPD George. Birdie Tebbets, exec utive vice president of the Milwaukee Braves, will be honored by his Alma Mater, Providence College. A mem ber of the class of 1934, Teb betts will receive the school' distinguished service award presented annually for nota ble service to Providence's Alumni Assn. t say I 1 Sport Parade New York -(UPD Gamblers who once infested the nation's bowling alleys practically have disappeared from the lanes, national match game bowling champion Billy Welu said today, because the top- level bowlers are concentrat ing on earning an average of more than $30,000 a year. "In the old days, the top bowlers spent their time look ing for 'pigeons' they could clip . in privately-arranged matches" Welu explained. "In these times, with bowling hav ing grown so large,, there is simply too1 much money av ailable in tournament win nings." The answer now-f or the pro as well as for you average bowlers-is concentration. "I can't pay attention to my game properly if I'm wor rying about some one on an other alley and how he is do ing against me in a private side bet," said the six-four Texan. "I have to concenttate solely on my own game, rest between shots and contem plate my next shot. I can't. allow anything else to dis-t tract me from my battle with I the alley." Take a Lesson The average bowler, mean ing you or me, can take a lesson from this, he insists. "Most average bowlers like to have a number of side bets," he said. "Well, if you only bowl once in a while, this is part of the enjoyment of the game. But if you are really serious about improv ing your scores, knock off the side bets. You can't do your self justice if you are racing from one alley to another be tween shots to see how the other guys are doing. You have to relax and concentrate only on your own game." This is Welu's secret form ula as he prepares to square off against such aces as bow ler of the year Don Carter, life imswnes roitaWs an ill loins at low group Ms OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main Sr., 2nd Floor Open Monday Evening till 8:00 THE END OF ScagcarrVs lUHDM WHISKEY. M PIOOF. K7m 6KAW NEUTRAL By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International - World Invitational champ Ed die Lubanski, Masters cham pion Ray Bluth, National Doubles champion Tom Hen nessey and Eastern king Lou (Wrong Foot) Campi in the Champions' tournament at Madison Square garden on Wednesday, night. That Ain't Hay This is a round-robin tour nament in which each contes tant rolls a two-game series against each of his five op ponents. The winner will drag down $1,000 and 40 per cent of the net gate. That ain't hay, but it is typical of what has happened since bowling came out . of the basement es tablishments of a generation ago. In addition to his "cut out the betting" tip, Billy says that most occasional bowlers make two other major mis takes. "The second Is that they throw the ball instead of roll ing it. This isn't a difficult game. Simply approach the foul line in an accentuated walking pace and then let the ball roll off the fingers naturally. That's about all that there is to it." Considering that the 220 pound Welu has the slowest, most deliberate and easiest ap proach and delivery in the game and considering the way he makes it pay off, the man, undoubtedly has something. Buy At Builders Supply 5 QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Bricks, Flutt 727 W. McAndrews Phone Sr 3-4575 or SP 2-4107 YooU nke RFC mMtjsmfct for tm important reasons: Ifs prompt. One short visit or quick phone call is all it takes to arrange your HFC loan. 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