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World Titlists Play Florist, aid nines At VA Field Tonight Portland-Raybestos Brak ttet of Stratford, Conn., noitd out the Err Lind Florists of Portland 1 to 0 hero last nighth in the first game of a Iwinbill. In the second ' game the clubs fought to a scoreless tie. Pitcher Joan Joyce held the Florists to one hit in the first game. The Brakettes got their one run in the fourth inning on an error on a rundown between third base and home plate. City curfew stopped the second ' fracas. Southern Oregon sports in terest focuses tonight on Me morial stadium, Camp White, where a Centennial softball attraction will be presented. The Raybestos Brakettes of Stratford, Conn., and the Erv Lind Florists of Portland will be entertained by the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids, the Eagle Point Lions and the Veterans Administration domicili a r y. Raybestos is the defending women's world softball cham pio , the Florists are defend- 174 Tee Off In Pro Golf Minneapolis, Minn. -UP&- A field of 174 of the nation's top professionals started out after the Professional Golfers' as sociation championship today in the tournament which the players consider is the tough est of them all. U.S. Open champion Billy Casper, Masters King Art Wall, defending champion Dow Finsterwald and old Sammy Snead were among the favorites for the four-day medal play grind over the long Minneapolis Golf Club course. There was no outstanding favorite for this is the one tournament in which practi cally every player has a chance to win. It isn't like the Open, where there are some, notably the amateurs, who go into the event knowing they'll be also-rans. Phil Moyer Inks For August Tiff Portland -(CPD- Promoter Tommy Moyer said Wednes day Phil Moyer has signed for an Aug. 18 bout here with Don Fullmer, little brother of middleweight Gene Fullmer. Don is the third fighting Fullmer. Jay, another broth er, is a welterweight. The August fight in Port land Auditorium will be Phil's third since he lost a de cision to Yama Bahama in a national television match. Phil Moyer's lastbout was in California when he won a unanimous decision over Mex ican champ Augustin Rosales. Tommy Moyer also said ne gotiations for an Eddie Ma-chen-Pat McMurtry match had fallen through. PABST CHOSEN Portland (CPD University of Portland tennis player Omar Pabst of Santiago, Chile, has been selected as one of two netters to represent his country in the Pan-Amer ican championships this sum mer in Chicago. The 19-year-old Pabst, working this sum mer on a farm at lone, will leave for the games Aug. 25. He joins Luis Ayala on . the two-man Chilean team. Pabst was top man on the Pilot ten nis team last year. FUNERAL FOR EX-PITCHER Inverness, Miss. -(UPD- Fu neral services will be held to day for former major league pitcher Frank Roland Rag land ho died Tuesday night. Ragland, 54, had pitched for the Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies. Executive Says Blackout Would End TV of Games By DICK WEST Washington - (UPD - A broad casting, industry spokesman said today television networks would be forced to end their telecasts of major league base ball games under a proposal to black out stations within 75 miles of minor league com munities. Harold E. Fellows, presi dent of the National Associa tion of Broadcasters, filed a statement with the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly com mittee which is considering bills to give professional team sports exemptions from the anti-trust laws. The subcommittee today called Paul Richards, mana ger of the "i .ltimore Orioles, to hear his views on how the "have-nots" can compete with the "haves" in baseball. - Richards is the author of a ing northwest titlists and the Maids won the Oregon diadem last year. A doubleheader is slated with the first game at 7:30 pan. between the Dairy Maids and Brakettes. Raybestos and the Florists clash in the sec ond tussle which will actually be the fourth between the two teams in the Stratford jaunt to Oregon. Tickets will be on sale at the gate, Lions committeemen pointed out, with separate prices for the main grand stand and the bleacher area. Should the crowd overflow the stands and bleachers, standing room will be avail able behind the "snow" fence which has been set up to shorten the outfield. The Brakettes and Florists are longtime standouts in women's softball. Raybestos, an oftentimes regional winner in the east, won its first world mantle in 1958. The Erv Lind team, twice world victor, qualified but did not partici pate in the world tournament last year at Stratford. Florist caliber was recognized when the team was ;hosen by the Department of the Army to tour Japan and other Pacific islands this September. ' Going into their current se ries season win-loss marks of the Brakettes and Florists were 33-3 and 34-4, respective ly, and the Lind nine is un beaten in the Northwest Ma jor league. Raybestos has a 378-76 all-time record and was 52-5 last year. It riever has had a losing season. The Flor ists, operating since 1937, have won every city, state and regional tournament in which they have taken part. In their world tourney competition, they have always placed among the top five teams. The Brakettes were world meet semi-finalists in 1956 2nd quarter-finalists in 1953. Two of the nation's best pitchers are expected to op pose each other this evening, Bertha Ragan of the Brakettes and Louise Mazzuca of the Florists. Ragan had a string of 35 victories without a loss over two seasons until beaten recently by an all-star team. Mazzuca is unbeaten in the Northwest loop this season. Last year she was 14-2 pitch ing for Forest Grove in the league and with that team in the national tourney struck out 26 batters in 16 innings for a tourney record. Pat Barron, outstanding pitcher of the 1958 state tour ney, is to pitch for the Maids this season and may face Joan Joyce, who was 17-3 last year and hurled 11 ,2-3 straight in nings of no-hit ball in the world tourney. . Medford School Men On U of O Program Two Medford men were program participants last week in the conference on competitive athletics in the public schools held by the school of health and physical education at University of Oregon. They were Elliott Becken, assistant superintendent of schools, and Lee Ragsdale, su pervisor of health and physi cal education. Becken was a member of a panel on whether competitive athletics are educationally justified and what kinds are considered educationally justified and what kinds are considered educationally sound. Ragsdale spoke on the programs for elementary and junior high schools. GOODING PICKS OSC Corvallis - (UPD - Oregon State baseball coach Ralph Coleman said Wednesday that Gaston high pitching star Ladd Gooding has indicated he will enroll at OSC 'next fall. Gooding has an 11-1 rec ord this season. recent magazine article in which he blamed many of baseball's ills on the bonus system used to acquire prom ising young players. He con tended an unrestricted draft of minor league pUyers would do nuch to cure such trou bles. Fellows, in presenting the radio-TV views, noted 'that a bill by Sen. Kenneth B. Keat ing (R-N.Y.) would enable ma jor league clubs to extend broadcast restrictions to all stations within a 75-mile ra dius of a minor league com munity. If approved by Congress, Fellows said, this proposal would remove a major share of the potential audience for such telecasts and it would not be economically feasible for an advertiser to sponsor the programs. 1 A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Or lU ' Thursday, July 30, 1959 PI) " ALL-STAR PLAYS HERE Mickey Macchietto, above, is catcher for the Raybestos Brakettes, world champion ship softball team of Strat ford, Conn., which plays in a double bill this evening at Memorial stadium, Camp White. The Brakettes tussle the Rogue Valley Dairy Maids at 7:30 pjn. and take on the Erv Lind Florists of Portland in the second mix. Mickey was named an all-star in the 1958 world tournament. She has hit better than .300 in three sea sons with the Brakettes, is a deft bunter and is an ideal lead-off batter. In 49 games last year she had a .326 ave rage. Bow Field Still Led By -Heinrich- Bend -(UPD- Carl Heinrich of Richmond, Mich., . contin ued to lead the field Wednes day in the men's instinctive division with ' 1845 points at the end of the hunter's round in the national archery tour nament at Fall River lodge near here. Heinrich leads defending champion L'on Stanton of Ozark, Mo., in the division at the end of Wednesday's sec ond round action. James Mackey of Bradford, Pa., paces all competition in the men's freestyle division with an aggregate total of 2001 points at the end of the second round. In the men's freestyle di vision the leader is James Palmer of Dansville, N.Y. Palmer has accumulated 1763 points. -Sconyers Heads Leader with 1424 in the women's instinctive class is Faye Sconyers of Modesto, Calif. Cleo Roberson of Sa naria, Mich., with 1721 points leads the field in women's freestyle and Doris Hammer strom of Racine, Wis., paces all competitors in the heavy tackle women's classification. Other leaders at the end of the first two rounds included: instinctive intermediate boys, James Mittler, St. Louis, Mo., 1669; freestyle intermediate boys, Mike Namitz, Beaver ton, Ore., 1514; instinctive in termediate girls, Peggy Schro der, Tucson, Ariz., 1269; free style intermediate girls, Cher yl Ann Baxter, Klamath Falls, Ore., 1121; instinctive junior boys, Larry Mann, Brockway, Pa., 1810; freestyle. junior boys, Walter Barr, . Astoria, Ore., 1183; instinctiye junior girls, Kitty Neve, Renton, Wash., 1057; freestyle junior girls, Nyla Mullins, Portland, Ore., 1251. In Wednesday's 14 hunter's round events, 10 new records were established. -The three day tournament winds up to day with competition slated in the animal round. Y Swim Club Third in Meet Medford YMCA Dolphins, strong in swimming events but short of diving talent, took third last week end in a four way swimming meet at Klam ath Falls. Lakeview city team was winner. Other participants were Bend, Klamath Falls municipal aggregations. Bruce and Linda Hess and Shirley Hopkins each won four first places for Medford. Linda Wilkes, Lauri Ross, Rhonda Hess, Nona Donahue and Linda Nelson took other firsts. Seconds were taken by Linda Nelson, Linda Wilkes, Rusty Vaughan and Nona Donahue. Wally Vaughan and Lauri Ross took thirds. There were nine girls and eight boys on the Y team. The Dolpins will meet Grants Pass there on Aug. 5. SPORTS Fish, Game Regulations Go Into Effect August 5 Portland (UPD The state game commission reminded today that several laws affect ing fish and game passed by the 1959 legislature become effective next Wednesday, Aug. 5. One of the measures re quires an angling license to land game fish caught beyond the three-mile limit on "the Oregon coast. This will com plement the landing law al ready in existence. The legis lature enacted the new license requirement so that all who share in the salmon fishery would bear a part of the cost. Lower Rogue Salmon Fishing ' Reported Fair Portland (UPD The week ly fishing report prepared by the state game commission: Southwest: Upper Umpqua area fair for trout; summer steelheading poor to fair; Win chester bay fair for salmon; striped bass fishing good near Gardiner; lower Rogue fair for salmon. ' " . Central: East and Paulina lakes have improyed on single eggs and trolling flatfish; Crane Prairie good; Big Lava lake producing on slow-deep troll; Elk lake good for ko kanee on troll; Wickiup slow; east fork Hood river fair to good on single eggs in early morning; Deschutes river steelheading improving. Northwest: North coast streams slow; Columbia river bar good for salmon; Salmon river poor for trout; Tillamook bay streams pro ducing a few sea-run cutthroat; a few salmon are in Tillamook bav; upper Willamette and McKenzie ri vers fair; Dorena reservoir good; Yaquina bay slow to fair for sal mon; Siletz, Alsea and Siuslawl poor for cutthroat. Northeast: McKay reservoir poor for rainbow; upper Umatilla river fair during day and fair to eood in the evening: north fork John Day good on flies in late evening above Highway 395; upper Grande Honae only lair; Wallowa river and major Wallowa vallev streams ex cellent; Wallowa lake fair; Imnaha fair for rainbow with best catches in upper river; Brownlee reservoir good for small bass; Higgins and Murray reservoirs weedy; trails into high Walllowa lake basin in good shape and eastern brook angling good to excellent. Cub Contingent- End Loop Slates Medford and Central Point nines completed their South ern Oregon Junior Baseball Cub league regular seasons on a victory note yesterday. Central Point, which cinched the title last week, wound up unmarred with a 16 to 4 verdict over Ashland. Medford whipped the Grants Pass Cubs 6 to 1 to hang onto second place, or at least a tie for that position.- Score of the Illinois Valley-G rants Pass Bears game was not available. Medford and CP are to play a non-leaguer next Wednes day. The fray is planned as a benefit for Central Point's trip to Eugene for state tour nament play. . . Bud Lowery tossed a three- hitter, walked two and fanned six yesterday in the Medford triumph. Art Ruhl hit three singles and Mike Neathamer two doubles for Medford. Mike Pepper hurled a two- hit game for Central Point and he, Mike Glines, John Champ and Gary Rosenbarger eahc had- two hits. Mike Rey- mers and John Rhodes got the bingles for Ashland. CP had seven runs in the second in ning on six hits, three walks and two errors and six in the fourth on three hits and four walks. , LINESCORES: Medford 201 111 06 9 5 Grants Pass 001 000 0 1 3 4 B. Lowery and Ruhl, Couch (7); Varner and Ausland. Central Point 172 60 16 12 2 Ashland 100 03 4 2 2 M. Pepper and Rosenbarger; Dickerson and Jackson. URGE HAVANA OUSTER Columbus, Ohio (UPD An editorial in Wednesday's Co lumbus Dispatch called for the removal of the Interna tional league's Havana fran chise because of the shootings that occurred there during a game last Saturday night. Bullets injured two members of the participating Cubans and Rochester Red Wings. Baseballer Dies at 90 Princeton, N. J. - (UPD - Wil liam J. (Boileryard) Clarke, a connecting link with the great era of the Baltimore Orioles, died in Princeton hos pital Wednesday of complica tions resulting from a hip fracture. Clarke. " 90. believed to have been the last surviving j member of the old-time Ori ! oles .who won championships t in 1894-95-96, was hospital- ized June 12. He had retired i from baseball in 1944, com- Dieting the longest coaching j tenure at Princeton univer- j sity. ' As a catcher, Clarke also j saw big league service with . the Boston Braves, Washing ton Senators and New York Giants. The commission said this was not to be confused with the salmon-steelhead license pro vided for by the legislature which will not be effective until Jan. 1. Another law licenses shoot ing preserves. The game com mission will issue licenses sub ject to limitations in the law and regulations of the com mission. Strict 1 control over such operations will be main tained, the commission said. Another measure repeals the statute limiting angling on Davis lake in central Oregon to artificial flies. On or after Aug. 5 fishing by any legal means will be permitted on that lake. A number of birds previ ously on tlie unprotected list will be among the protected species effective Aug. 5. Add ed to the protected list are all species of hawks, mergansers and the great horned owl. The legislature made ample provi sion for control of such birds should they do damage to crops, other wildlife or domes tic animals, the commission said. Indiscriminate shooting of these previously unprotect ed species will be unlawful. The mullet o." Klamath lake was added to the game fish list. The fish belong to the sucker family and is popular among many residents in Klamath and adjacent coun ties. Long Climb Seen for Third Loop San Francisco-(UPD-There's no doubt that a third major league, if and when it be comes a reality, is going to have to look a long time for players to bring it up to the standard now enjoyed by the National and American leagues. But don't forget that, the National and American leagues weren't at this stand ard until a few years back. It was little more than a decade ago that Branch Rickey and the then Brooklyn Dodgers broke the "color line" and decided to let Negro athletes play in pro fessional baseball. Prior to that ime the cali ber of play in the majors was far below what it is today because such stars as Satchel Paige and many, others were forced to compete in . the Negro leagues. Today the number of per formers on major league rost ers who are Negro runs as high as 20 per -cent per club. Some of the old-timers in the National league believe .that the proposed "Continen tal league" is a good thing looking at it from a strictly selfish standpoint. "Some of the older players believe it will give them a few more years in the majors," says Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies. "But it will take time for this loop to develop the caliber of play now on display in the National league and the American league. "They can get parks, cities and money - but finding big league ball players is another thing." There still is strong belief in many circles that the pro posed league is strictly a pro motion to force the .major clubs to come into New York with another baseball team. Barnes Joins Century Store Milo Barnes, a hunter and fisherman, known by many Oregon residents has recently affiliated himself with Cen tury Sporting Goods of Med ford. ... Barnes, considered an ex pert on hunting and fising, has been active in these fields for many years. Among his ac complishments he holds the record for the largest Elk killed in the area. He has also hunted and killed bob-cats and black bear with bow and arrow. At one time he owned his own sporting goods store in Dodge City, Kan. His recent interest and study has been in the field of loading and re loading of bullets. Barnes is married and has a daughter who is married and living in Rogue River. Barnes is now available for advice and information at Century Sporting Gopds. All new Sleep 5 '( Water tank Cut your A. MA i WALKER The WEEPER 1243 S. Pac. Hiway Dodgers Nudge Pirates To Take Over First In National League By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International It was a tough fight, ma, but the Dodgers finally made it to the top of the heap with the aid of Roger (Skinny) Craig, who has put them in line for the fattest World Se ries payoff ever. Craig, a , sore-armed case no one would've given a plugged nickel for three months ago, pitched the Dodg ers into first place for the first time since May 12th by beating the Pirates, 2-0, Wed nesday night. The victory had the Dodgers rubbing their hands on a num ber of counts. Primarily, of course, it brought them visions of a World Series which could mean as much perhaps as $15, 000' per man. Then, too, it meant that the six-foot-four, 189-pound Craig could be counted on as a key man in the stretch run. Craig, whose combined won lost total with Los Angeles and St. Paul was 7-18 last year, struck out seven Pitts burgh batters and allowed only six hits in fashioning his sixth victory last night against only two losses. Until the eighth inning, Craig and Vern Law both pitched scoreless ball. Then the Dodgers scored both their runs on two singles, a walk and , Don Zimmer's double. That rally dealt the Pirates their ninth straight loss and knocked the Giants out of first place. The Phillies defeated the Giants, 3-1; the Braves topped the Cubs, 8-5, and the Reds routed the Cardinals, 9-2, .in other National league games. Kansas City's suddenly awakened Athletics made it 10 in a row with a 5-4 vic tory over Washington in the American league; Boston beat Cleveland, 4-1; Baltimore downed Detroit, 5-1, and Chi cago and New York played to a 4-4 tie in a game called after six innings because of rain. Homers Fell Giants - Home runs by Ed Bouchee and Gene Freese of the Phils proved the downfall of the Giants. Southpaw Johnny An tonelli yielded both homers in the fourth inning. Hank Aaron led Milwaukee to within a game of first place when he slammed a pair of homers against the Cubs; Aaron drove in three runs with his 25th and 26th hom ers and helped Lew Burdette to his 14th victory. Cincinnati came up with six runs in the eighth to clinch its victory over St. Louis. The Reds' eighth-inning rally was composed of five hits and three walks. The Athletics tightened their hold on fourth place and handed the Senators their 11th straight setback, .thus dumping them into the AL cellar. Rookie Al Schroll out-pitched Cal McLish.in the Red Sox triumph over the Indians. Schroll reeled off a six-hitter and didn't walk a man in gain ing his first triumph. The Orioles converted two errors by Tiger shortstop Coot Veal into three early runs and youngsters Jerry Walker and Milt Pappas did the rest with a combined six-hit victory. Yogi Berra's 13th home run of the season with one on in the sixth earned the Yankees their rain-abhreviated stale mate with the White Sox. The tie game, coupled with Bos ton's victory over Cleveland, increased the White Sox' lead to a full game over the second-place Indians. Boysaw Gains Bout Decision Cleveland -(UPD Unheralded Solomon Boysaw, who had to wait four years for a main event, scored a unanimous de cision over third-ranked feath erweight Flash Elorde in a nationally-televised 10-round j bout Wednesday night at the j Cleveland Arena. The Clevelander, 26, took : charge early and consistently connected with stiff right hand leads. i Elorde, 24 weighed in at 134, about eight pounds over his normal fighting weight. The added poundage seemed to bother him in the closing rounds and his timing was off during most of the fight. VACATION TRAILER RENTALS 1959 models Easy to Tow icebox gas equip. travel expense Ph. SP 2-8239 7 PortDanders SplH Soflon Encounter By RICK T ALLEY' United Press International Despite a dust storm, thun der-showers and the slugging- est team in the loop, Van couver's Mounties edged just a little closer to the Pacific Coast league pennant Wed nesday night. The Mounties had to go 10 innings to do it, but they nip ped the Phoenix Giants, 3-2 It was the seventh straight win for the Mounties in the Phoenix park, where the Giants usually play havoc with other teams in the PCL. Second-p lace Sacramento, now one and a half games back, split a double header with Portland Wednesday night, winning the opener 6-0 but. dropping the second game, 6-5. In other action, San Diego won its fourth in a row, push ing Seattle farther into the cellar, 4-1. Spokane ran roughshod . over Salt Lake City in the other game, 10-4 Wednesday night's Vancouver-Phoenix game was de layed 21 minutes because of a desert dust storm and thun dershower. The game finally began in a drizzle and was witnessed by only 384 fans. The usually-potent Phoenix bats, good for five home runs two nights ago, were held in check Wednesday night by four Vancouver hurlers who allowed nine hits but no home runs. Winning pitcher Chuck Es trada began the winning rally. singling and getting forced at second by Marv Breeding STANDINGS United frress International NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Los Angeles 57 46 .553 San Francisco . 55 ' 45 .550 Milwaukee 53 44 .546 1 Chicago 50 49 .505 5 Pittsburgh 49 52 .485 7 St. Louis 47 53 .470 8'i Cincinnati 46 54 .460 9V2 fniladelphia 42 56 .429 12 a Wednesday's Results Philadelphia 3, San Francisco 1 Milwaukee 8, Chicago 5 (night) Cincinnti 9. St. Louis 2 (night) Los Angeles 2, Pittsburgh 0 (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB Chicago .. Cleveland Baltimore Kansas City . New York Detroit 57 40 .588 57 42 .576 1 7"s 8Vi 9 la 11 15 15 Vx 52 50 510 49 49 48 50 49 54 43 56 43 57 .500 .490 .476 .434 .430 Boston Washington ... Wednesday's Results . Baltimore 5, Detroit 1 Boston 5. Cleveland 1 (night) New York 4. Chicago 4 (night. ue game, b innings, ram) Kansas City 5, Washington 4 (rugnt) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L Pet. 542 GB Vancouver 58 49 Sacramento Portland 56 50 528 l'i 53 49 520 2ij Salt Lake 54 53 Phoenix 53 54 50S .495 Spokane ......... 53 55 491 5'i San Diego 51 57 .477 7 Seattle 47 59 .443 10 Vx Wednesday's Results Sacramento 6, Portland 0 (1st) Portland 6, Sacramento 3 (2nd) Vancouver 3, Phoenix 2 San Diego 4. Seattle 1 Spokane 10, Salt Lake City 4 NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. L. Pet GB Wenatchee Yakima 17 11 .607 17 12 .585 'i 14 13 518 2'2 13 14 .481 32 11 16 .408 52 11 17 .393 6 Lewis ton Salem Tri-City Eugene Wednesday's Results Wenatchee 10, Salem 7 Yakima 10 Tri-City 1 Eugene 8, Lewis ton 7 MILO BARNES is now associated with Century Sporting Goods. Come on in and share your expe riences with this expert. I lll(IIIH) Mill ill 1 A' M" Ml? L 8th and Breeding then raced home with the winning tally on Jim Finigan's double. Marcelino Solis, who went all the way for Phoenix, took the loss. George Freese's 18th homer of the season gave Portland its nightcap victory over Sac ramento, 6-5. Sacramento's Roger Bow man hurled a five-hit, eight inning shutout in the opener, a continuance of a June 11 suspended game that began in the second inning with the score 0-0. Bob Perry paced the Solons opening win, rifling his 14th home run of the sea son and belting a key double. He also doubled in the second game. Spokane made it two straight with its 10-4 win at Salt Lake, pounding out 16 base hits in the process. Tom Davis and Al Norris belted home runs while Chuck Essegian and Bob Lillis gathered three hits apiece for the Indians. Phil Ortega squared his record at 5-5 with the victory. I Bee starter Hugh Pepper, now 7-9, took the defeat. Seattle's Rainiers, already sinking fast in the cellar, found more troubles in the ol' kit bag Wednesday night. Along with their 4-1 loss to San Diego, the Rainiers lost the services of Carroll Hardy. The ex-Cleveland Indian and San Francisco Forty Niner performer sprained his anklet rounding second base in the first inning. John Briggs went all the way for the Padres, scatter ing eight hits. It was Briggs' seventh win of the year against three losses. Giants Look For Help In Hitting By HAL WOOD San Francisco-(UPD-"Help!" The San Francisco Giants are on the skids and Manager Bill Rigney started looking at the farm system today for somebody who -an hit. The Giants were knocked off Wednesday, 3-1, for their fourth consecutive loss by the up-and-coming, but last place, Philadelphia Phils. ; The whipping, coupled with Los Angeles' victory, tumbled San Francisco into second place with the Dodgers taking over first in the torrid Na tional league pennant chase. "We need some hitting," said Rigney. ""I've got some ideas, but I don't know exact ly what to do. Maybe we'll have a long batting drill to day; but maybe we should let the boys go without practice. After all they've been batting since March." Best guess is that the club will call up Willie McCovey, towering first baseman from Phoenix of the Pacific Coast league. Willie is hitting .375 and leading the loop in home runs and runs batted in. "We need one man to light a spark on this team," said the grim Rigney after the defeat. Our Warehouse Is Being Torn Down . So There's No Space Arailable for Storage ALL SIZES AND COLORS This Is the Biggest Boat Sale This Year! niinnnmi in mt . 23 GXDZSb 0C33o Riverside - ! v-?5v J if ft GEORGE SHAW To New York Club Grid Giants Get Shaw In Trade Winooski Park, Vt. (UPD The New York football Giants today acquired veteran quar terback George Shaw from the champion Baltimore Colts in exchange for a high 1959 draft choice and the Giants No. 1 draft choice for 1960. Shaw was the Colts' bonus selection in the 1955 college draft but lost his starting job to Johnny Unitas two years ago and has been Baltimore's No. 2 man ever since. The 26-year-old former NCAA passing king stirred up a hornet's nest this spring when he notified the Colts that he wanted to be traded unless he could play more. No amount of persuasion by Bal timore coach Weeb Ewbank could change Shaw's mind, and he threatened to quit the game unless he was dealt to another NFL club. The four-year veteran thus becomes the fifth quarterback candidate with the Giants this season. Currently bidding for the job in camp are Charlie Conerly, Don Heinrich and Frank Gifford, the all-league halfback who is attempting to make the big jump to quar ter. Rookie Lee Grosscup, New York's first draft pick this season, is now with the Col lege All-Stars, in Chicago. He will join the Giants in Her shey. Pa., Aug. 15. The Giants, of course, will not go into the regular cam paign with five quarterbacks on the roster. "We may carry three," said head coach Jim Lee Howell, "but which three is some thing that remains to, be seen. Conerly, at the moment, is still my starting quarter back. And Gifford and Hein rich ar? in the picture with Shaw, too." o PRICES SLASHED TO NEW LOW Iniimii iii m Medford Sportiest Corner
