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Indians Take Yanks;
Dodgers, Giants Win
: Br FRED DOWN
United Press International
Minnie Minoio insist he
ean outtalk Frank Lane so
don't laugh if he says he can
out-hit Frank Merriwell.
Frank Merriwell, the Cuban
speedster, probably never
heard of America's legendary
schoolboy hero but Lane
would be among the first to
concede: "Minnie writes his
own stuff anyhow."
And, what the 35-year-old
outfielder's writing these days
is a brilliant success story for
"Papa Lane" and the Cleve
land Indians.
Loaded Bat.
Brought back to Cleveland
"to put some life in the In
dians," Minoso is swinging a
loaded bat in the Indians'
amazing battle to win the Am
erican League pennant. He's
hitting .289, has knocked in
60 runs, connected for 15
homers and is delivering the
key blows when they're need
ed most.
Minoso came through with
his most important hit of the
season Thursday night when
his grand slam homer capped
a seven-run rally that pro--duced
an 8-5 Cleveland vic
tory over the New York Yank
ees. The win enabled the In
dians to take the series, two
games to one, moved them
within a half game of the idle
first-place Chicago White
Sox and dumped the Yankees
back to the .500-mark.
Tremendous Victory
Minoso's heroics represent a
tremendous victory for Lane
who experts said "gambled
the franchise" when he traded
Early Wynn and Al Smith to
the White Sox for Minnie,
Dee. 4, 1957. That's when Min
oso whose salary squabbles
with Lane helped keep the
-phone company in the black
during the winter-promised
to play "good enough to keep
Papa Lane quiet." v
Harvey Kuenn and Al Ka
line each had four hits as the
Detroit Tiaers routed the
Washington Senators, 11-2,
and Roger Maris and Bob
Cerv each had three hits as
the Kansas City - Athletics
beat the Baltimore Orioles, 9
3, in the other American
League games.
The San Francisco Giants
retained their lVi-game Na
tional League lead with a 5-1
triumph over the St. Louis
Cardinals and the Los Angel
es Dodgers beat the Chicago
Cubs, 5-3, but the slumping
Milwaukee Braves suffered a
6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
The Braves now trail San
Francisco by 41. games and
are only one point ahead of
the fourth place Pittsburgh
Pirates.
Indians Rallied To Win
, A crowd of 36,560 at Cleve
land saw the Yankees take
an early 40 lead but the In
dians staged a flash rally
against Ralph Terry and rook
' ie Eli Grba in the sixth. Sin-
vies bv Tito Francona and
Leg Injury
Sidelines
Gil Hodges
Los Angeles -fllPD-A badly
pulled leg muscle will sideline
star Dodger first baseman Gil
Hodges for at least a week,
but his teammates and man
ager Walt Alston joined him.
in agreeing today It could
have been worse.
In fact, for an hour Thurs
day night it looked as if the
35-year-old Hodges, one of
baseball's finest fielding first
baseman, would be lost for
the remainder of the season
' with a broken right leg. A
preliminary examination after
the limb gave way under him
while sliding into second base
indicated a break two inches
above the fibula.
But X-rays at Daniel Free
man hospital showed Hodges
had pulled tie leg muscle,
with no break resulting. With
some luck, the husky first
baseman will be back in the
Dodger lineup for the pen
nant fight in another week or
so. - -
AMERICANS WIN
Helsinki, Finland - (CPD -American
track and field
stars scored victories in all
five events entered by the
United States at Helsinki
Thursday. Bill Woodhouse of
Abilene Christian Texas won
the 100-yard dash; Willie May
of Indiana University took the
110-meter hurdles; Chuck
Carlson of Colorado Univer
sity .captured the 400-meter
run; Rink Babka of Los An
geles won the discus and Mel
Schwarz of the Marine Corps
George Strickland, a double
by Rocky Colavito and a sac
rifice produced two runs and
chased Terry. Grba yielded a
hit and two walks, forcing in
Cleveland's third run, and
then Minoso unloaded with
his game-winning blast. Rook
ie Jim Perry, who pitched the
middle four innings, won his
fifth game for the Indians.
Kuenn lifted his average to
.347 and Kaline sent his to
.340 in pacing a 15-hit attack
that enabled Jim Banning to
win 'his ninth game for De
troit. Bob Allison hit his 25th
homer for Washington.
Ned Garver pitched a seven-hitter
for his eighth' win
behind the 16-hit Kansas City
attack that gave the Athletics
their fourth straight win and
their eighth in 10 games.
Harry Chiti and Dick -Williams
homered for the Ath
letics and Billy Klaus connect
ed for the Orioles.
Sanford Takes The Win
Jack Sanford won his first
game since June 11 for the
Giants , who took advantage
of three St. Louis errors to
score four unnearned runs.
Victim of the sloppy fielding
was Vinegar Bend Mizell,
now 11-5 for the year. Orlan
do Cepeda, Jackie Brandt and
Bob Schmidt had two hits
each for San Francisco.
Gil Hodges' two-run homer
was the big blow for the
Dodgers but the big first-baseman
later suffered an injury
to his right leg that may side
line him a week.
Don' Drysdale, ace of the
Los Angeles staff, relieved
Larry Sherry when the Cubs
scored two runs in the eighth
and yielded only one hit over
the last 1 2-3 innings.
Willie Jones' eighth-inning
grand slam homer ended the
Braves' "winning streak" at
one game and brought Brooks
Lawrence his fifth win. Joey
Jay, who had shut out the
Reds for seven innings was
the victim of the blow and
the Reds added an insurance
pair against Don McMahoh in
the ninth.
STANDINGS
United Press International
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L.
San Francisco 54 41
Los Angeles ., 54 44
Milwaukee 47 43
Pittsburgh 49 45
Chicago 47 47
St. Louis : 45 49
Cincinnati . 42 51
Philadelphia 37 55
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Pet.
.568
.548 lVt
.522 4a
.521 4i
.500 6i
.479 8a
.452 11
.402 15 i
Thursday's Results
San Francisco 5, St; Louis 1
Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 2 (night)
Los Angeles 5, Chicago 3 (night
Only games scheduled.
Friday's Probable Pitchers
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, night
Owens (5-8) vs. Hook (l-O).
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, night
Haddix (7-7) vs. Pizarro (2-1).
St. Louis at Los Angeles, night
-roglo (4-6) vs. Podres (8-6).
-Chicago at San Francisco, night
Hillman (5-7) vs. Antonelli (14.5).
Saturday's Gaines
Philadelphia at Cincinnati
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee
St. Louis at Los Angeles (night)
Chicago at San Francisco
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L.
Chicago .
Cleveland
Baltimore
New York .
Detroit
Kansas City" .
Washington .
Boston
53
52
48
47
46
43
43
40
Pet GB
J76
571
.511 S
J 00 7
.479
.467 10
.462 10 ',i
.435 13
Thursday's Results . -Detroit
11,- Washington 9
Boston at Chicago, postponed,
rain, wet grounds.
Cleveland 8, New York S (night)
Kansas City 9, Baltimore 3 (night)
Friday'f Probable Pitchers
New York at Detroit, night
Larsen (6-5) vs. Mossi (7-4).
Washington at Cleveland, night
Pascual (11-7) vs. Locke' (1-1).
Boston at Kansas Citv. ni-ht
Sullivan (6-5) vs. Kucks (3-8).
aiumore at Chicago, night
Wilhelm (10-5) vs. Shaw (9-3).
Saturday's Games
Baltimore at Chicago
Boston at Kansas City (night)
, New York at Detroit
Washington at Cleveland -
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Sacramento 54 45
Vancouver 52 47
Salt Lake
Portland
Phoenix
Spokane
San Dieeo
Seattle
52
49
50
49
47
44
47
46
50
52
54
56
GB
.545
325 3
325 2
.516 3
300 4'i
.485 6
.465 8
.446 10 li
Thursday's Results
Sacramento 5, Vancouver 2
Phoenix 6, Portland 3
' Salt Lake 4, Seattle 1
Spokane 2, San Diego 0
Friday' Probable Pitchers
Vancouver at Sacramento Bam
berger (5-4) vs. Osenbaugh (6-7).
Seattle at Salt Lake Rudolph
(0-0) vs. Pepper (7-7).
Portland at Phoenix K. Johnson
(10-5) vs. Barclay (8-8).
Spokane at San Diego Churn
(8-2) vs. Podbielan (8-2).
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
W. L,
wenatchee
Yakima
Lewis ton .
Salem
Tri-City
Eugene
13
13
11
10
9
9
Pet. GB
.590
363
.524
.476
.429
.409
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Thursday's Results
Tri-City 5, Salem 1
Wenatchee 6, Eugene 3
Lewiston 4, Yakima 3
RESULTS:
National League
St. Louis .000 000 0011 8 3
San Fran. 200 000 12x 5 11 0
Mizell. Stone (5). Bridges (7). Mc-
Daniel (8) and H. Smith. Sanford
(8-9) and Jschrmat. Loser Mizell
(11-5). . .
Cincinnati .000 000 0426 10 0
Milwaukee .000 200 0002 3 1
Pur key. Lawrence (7) and Bailey.
Jay, McMahon (9) and Crandall.
Winner Lawrence (5-9). Loser
Jay (3-7). HR Jones.
..000 010 0203
Chicago
Los Angeles 000 201 20x 5
Drabowsky. Henry (5). filston (7)
and S. Taylor. Sherry, Drysdale (8)
and Roseboro. Winner Sherry
(1-2). Loser Drabowsky (4-8).
HRs Hodges, Moon.
Only games scheduled.
American League
Washington -100 000 001 2 4 0
Detroit .202 025 OOx 11 15 1
Woodeshick, Clevenger (6), Kem
merer (6) and Courtney. Bunning
(9-8) and Wilson. Loser Woode
shick (0-2). HR Allison.
Baltimore 000 001 2003 7 0
Kansas City 122 012 Olx 9 16 1
Brown. Fisher (3), Johnson (7)
and Triandos. Garver (8-9) and
Chiti. Loser Brown (6-6). HRs
Chiti, Williams, Klaus, Maris.
New York 310 000 0105 10. 2
Cleveland ......000 007 Olx 8 14 3
Terry, Grba (6), Ditmar (6),
Bronstad (7) and Berra. Smith,
Perrv (3). Grant (7) and Fitz Gerald.
Nixon (3). Winner Perry (5-2).
Loser Grba (1-1). HRs Minoso,
Howard.
Boston at Chicago, postponed,
rain and wet grounds.
Today's Schedule
Lewiston at Wenatchee
Salem at Eugene
Yakima at Tri-City
Church League
Lead Tied Up
CHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Second Half Standings
W
First Baptist 1
Phoenix ..' , 1
First, Methodist 1
Nazarene - : 1
Westmin. Presbyteran 1
Friends : 0
L
0
0
1
1
1
. 2
Pet.
1.000
1.000
300
300
.500
.000
First. Baptist and Phoenix,
with a make-up game to play
against each other, moved into
a tie for the second-half lead
in the Church Softball league
last night.
Phoenix moved up the easy
way, via the forfeit route in
a game scheduled with
Friends, and First Baptist
took First Methodist in a 17
to 11 victory.
In other action, Westmin
ster Presbyterian, first-half
winners, defeated Nazarene,
14 to 11, to gain a one and
one record. Three scheduled
games remain to be played.
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of the first lighthouse estab
lished in California. That was
in 1855.
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