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U.S. Athletes Favored To Add Nine ore Medals Chicago - (UPD - The United States was piling up gold med als at a record pace in the Pan American Games today. With 30 championships de cided, U. S. athletes had won 26 of them and were favored to win most of the nine on the Koufax Pitches Dodgers To First United Press International It took Sandy Kouf ax a long ;time to develop but now that Ihe has it may be just in time ito put the Los Angeles Dodg ' ers in the World Series. A 23-year-old left-hander from Brooklyn who got a $25,' 000 bonus in-1955.and once sprained an ankle when he "tripped over a foul line," Koufax Monday night pitched his way into the record book and the Dodgers to within one game of first place in the Na tional league with a spectacu lar 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants. A crowd of 82,794 at Los Angeles, including 60,194 paid, saw the 210-pound south paw strike out 18 batters to equal the major league mark set by Bob Feller Oct. 2, 1938, and break the National league record of 17 held by Dizzy Dean since 1933. Since he struck out 13 batters in his previous start a week ago, Koufax also set a major league record of 31 strikeouts in two consecutive games. Defeat Loomed Koufax great effort ap peared doomed to end in de feat - even as Feller's 18 strikeout effort did in 1938 -until -the last of the ninth when Wally Moon's three-run homer off Al Worthington gave the Dodgers their 11th win in 19 meetings with the Giants this season. The Dodg ers had tied the score in the eighth with the help of two wild pitches by Jack Sanford. v The supreme irony of Kou fax victory from the Giants' point of view was that he ac tually led off the game-winning rally with a single. From the moment he joined the Dodgers in '55, Koufax has been recognized as. one of the weakest hitters in the history of the major leagues. Jim Gilliam followed Kou fax' inning - opening single with another single and San Francisco Manager Bill Rig n e y immediately replaced Sanford with Worthington. Moon, the first batter Worth ington faced, then connected for the game-winning blast The Giants scored their first run off Koufax in the first inning on doubles by Willie Mays and Orlando Ce peda and their second in the fifth on Willie McCovey's eighth hemer of the season. Yields Seren Hits Koufaxrwho has struck out 150 batters in 127 innings while fashioning an 8-4 rec ord, struck out the side in order in the sixth and ninth innings and also sandwiched three strikeouts around Mc Covey's homer in the fifth. He yielded seven hits and walked two batters. "I had two good pitches working for me tonight," Kou fax said. "A fast ball and a curve. It was my best game and my luckiest. The victory was the fourth Favor Colt As Trotter Du Quoin, LU.-(UPD-The driv er of favored Diller Hanover believed today that the bay colt has a "good chance" to make his backers look good in the 34th Hambletonian Stake Wednesday. . But Frank Ervin, 55, of Pompano Beach, Fla., refused to go along with a straight heat victory some experts are predicting for the race at the Du Quoin State fairgrounds. Ervin piloted Diller to a victory last week at Sedalia, Mo., 'the first time he was in the sulky behind the favorite. Diller, owned by Hall Sta bles, Watertown, N.Y., is the 2 to 1 favorite on the basis of his nine wins in 12 outings this year, and his starting po sition the No. 2 spot in the front tier. Fifteen starters were enter ed in the classic for 3-year-old trotters, who will compete for a record-breaking purse of $125,283.98 for trotting races. Ten horses will race in the first tier, and five in the sec ond before an expected crowd of about 25,000. . program for the fifth day of competition in this athletic carnival between the nations of the Western, Hemisphere. Monday, led by two Calif or- nians, Ray Norton of Oakland and Mrs. Earlene Brown of Los Angeles, each with a sec- Closer Place in their last five games for the Dodgers while the loss was the Giants' fifth in six games, Pete Runels' 10th - inning homer gave the Boston Red Sox a 4-3 victory over the Washington Senators in the only other major league game played Monday. Mike For- nieles picked up his fourth win for Boston in relief of Bill Monbouquette. Jackie Jensen homered for the Red Sox in the fourth inning to lift his runs batted in total for the year to 95. LINESCORES National League SHE San Fran. 100 010 000 2 7 3 Los Angeles ..100 000 013 5 7 0 Sanford, Worthington (9) and Schmidt. Koufax (8-4) and Rose boro. Loser Sanford (12-11). HR McCovey, Moon. Only game scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE - (10 innings) R H E Wash. 100 010 010 0 3 12 O Boston 000 300 000 1 4 10 1 Fischer, Griggs (4). Woodeshick (S), Hyde (7), Stobbs (9) and Court ney, Korcheck (8). Monbouquette, Fornieles (10) and White. Winner Fornieles (4-3). Loser Stobbs (1-8). HR Jensen. Runnels. New York at Baltimore. Dost- poned, rain. uiuy game scneduied. STANDINGS MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB. Pet. .557 .550 .538 .530 .481 .481 .459 .406 ban Francisco 73 58 Los Angeles 72 59 60 62 67 68 72 79 1 2 ',i 32 10 10 13 20 Milwaukee -70 Pittsburgh Chicago 70 62 .....63 61 .4 Cincinnati St. Louis Philadelphia Monday Night's Results: Los Angeles 5. San Francisco 2. Only game scheduled. Tuesday's Probable Pitchers: St. Louis at Los Anseles niffht Jackson (11-12) vs. Podres (12-7). muaaeipnia at Milwaukee night Owens (10-11) or Cardwell (8-7) vs. Buhl (11-8). Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, nieht Law (15-7) vs. O'Toole (4-7). umy games scneauiea. Wednesday's Game: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (night). Philadelphia at Milwaukee (night) St. Louis at Los Angeles (night) Chicago at San Francisco. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB. .620 377 5,2 300 15 1,2 .492 16i,i .480 18 .473 19 .457 21 .400 28 V Chicago 80 49 Detroit 65 65 New York - 64 66 Baltimore 61 66 Boston ..62 69 Kansas City 59 70 Washington 52 78 Monday Night's Results: Boston , 4, Washington 3, 10 in nings. New York at Baltimore, post poned, rain. Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Probable Pitchers: Washington at Boston Pascual (12-10) vs. Bauman 5-3). Kansas City at Cleveland, night Garver (9-10) vs Score 9-10). Detroit, at Chicago, night B un iting (13-10), vs. Shaw (14-4). Ocly games scheduled. Wednesday's Games: Detroit at Chicago. 'Kansas City at Cleveland, night Boston at Batlimore, night. - Washington at New York, night. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB. Salt Lake Vancouver -San Diego Spokane Portland Sacramento Seattle Phoenix -75 65 336 75 65 336 72 68 314 3 4i 5 ,i 6 ...71 70 304 -.69. 70 -67 k. 71 -.67 72 -.62 76 .496 .493 .482 7,i .440 14 Monday's Results: Sacramento 2, Phoenix 1. Only game scheduled. Tuesday's Probable Pitchers: Sacramento at San Diego Osen- Daugn (7-iu), vs. striker (8-12). Phoenix at Salt Lake Renfroe (7-7) vs. Ball (17-4). Portland at Vancouver Reed (7-7). vs. Estrada (12-5). Seattle at Spokane Mabe (7-4) vs. Fowler (2-1). THE LINESCORES: Phoenix 000 010 000 1 5 1 Sacramento ..020 000 OOx 2 6 1 Choate and McCardell; Bowman and Dalrymple. NORTHWEST LEAGUE By United Press International - W. L. Pet. GB. Wenatchee 34 27 357 Lewiston , 31 30 308 3 Yakima , ,, 31 31 300 3',i Salem , . , an 32 Eugene 31 34 .484 41, .477 5 Tri-City ..29 32 .475 S Monday's Results: Salem 10. Lewiston 4. Yakima 4, Eugene 2. Tri-City 14, Wenatchee 11 (12 in nings). Today's Schedule: Lewiston at Salem. Eugene at Yakima. Tri-City at Wenatchee. THE LINESCORES: Roseburg 000 400 000 4 5 4 Phoenix 300 070 OOx 10 11 2 Livingston, Whipple (5). Lake (8) and Hiney; Gordon, WesUey (4), Gordon (9), and Monti. FIGHTS United Press International Mobile, Ala. Guy Sumlin, 145. Fhitchard, Ala., outpointed Ernie Smith, 150, Oaexborne, Ohio (10). Montreal Robert Cleroux, 206, Montreal, stopped Cecil Gray, 191, Halifax (2). ond triumph, the U. S. won eight of nine titles decided. Norton, in world reefed ty ing time for the run around a turn, won the 200 meter dash to add to the 100 meter crown he had taken the previous day. The husky Mrs. Brown added the shot put championship to the discus title she had won previously. Six Sweeps In Track They brought the total U. victories to 16 in the 18 track and field events which have been decided, and in 12 of them, the U. S. set new rec ords for the Pan American Games. They have scored six sweeps in track - first, second and third places - with every na tion limited to three entries in the events. Three of them came Monday. It wasn't only in track and field that the U. S. was doing well. It won two more weight lifting titles - Tommy Kono of Honolulu in the middleweight class and James George of Akron, Ohio, in the heavy- middleweight class -and two in the English rifle shooting competition. Arthur Cook of Adelphia, Mo., won the indiv idual title in that event and the U. S. took the team cham pionship. Basketball Team Wins In track and field, the U.S. had two winners in addition to Norton and Mrs. Brown. Al Oerter of West Babylon, N.Y., won the men's discus, and Hayes Jones of Pontias, Mich., took the 110 meter hurdles. In team competition the U.S. was doing okay, too. Its basketball teams .won their third consecutive game, the men beating Cuba 114-46 and the women defeating Brazil 55-38. In soccer the U. S. upset Brazil, 5-3; in water polo it was the U. S. 8, Brazil 2; in women s volleyball .Puerto Rico was the victim 3-0; the same score by which the men beat Puerto Rico. Chiefs Shoo-ins For Pennant By United Press International With time running out, the Wenatchee Chiefs begin to look like shoo-ins for the sec ond - half Northwest league pennant but another night like Monday night and Mana ger Dick Wilson will be hav ing nightmares. Tri-City " took the leaders 14-11 in 12 innings after the Chiefs had tied the game in the ninth with a big six-run rally. Mac Schmidt doubled in two runs in the Tri-City 12th and crossed later to give the Braves the Victory. Wenatchee got a two-run homer from Charlie Quick in the ninth and a three-run dou ble by Duke Ducote to ac count for five of its six runs. However, the Chiefs did not lose any ground as Salem rapped second-place Lewiston 10-0. Chuck Lybeck tossed a neat four-hitter and Salem collected 16 hits for the easy decision. Hank Bivens paced the win ners with four hits in five trips. Ed Banach of Yakima turn ed in a two-hitter as Yakima topped Eugene 4-2. He fanned 12. Chuck Smith was the big gun for the winners, hitting a pair of solo homers off Bob Bolin. Tightens Jurisdiction Toronto -(UPD- The National Boxing association intends to tighten up the ring ropes un der its jurisdiction according to Commissioner Abe J, Greene of Paterson, N.J. Greene announced a multi fold program during a speech at the NBA's 40th annual con vention which opened Mon day. Greene and the NBA intend to control each fight division to the point where it is im possible to freeze a title. He said this was to prevent a repetition of the Sugar Ray Robinson middleweight fias co, whereby Robinson is only recognized as champion in Massachusetts and New York state. He also expressed concern over the invasion of gangsters into the promotional end of boxing. "Investigations now under way in New York and Califor nia have left us most per turbed," he said. "In California, it's already been proven by a federal grand jury that this has led to cutting boxers up into pieces." Mt. Aconcagua in Argen tina is 22,834 feet above sea level and is said to be the highest point in all of the western hemisphere. MAIL TRK9NE, Medford Or, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1959 Lind Florists In Playoffs Portland - (UPD - The Erv Lind Florists women's soft ball learn left Monday for Stratford, Conn., and the world playoffs. The Florists have a record of 47 wins and 8 defeats this season. Portland Yet Pennant Contender United Press International The cup may runneth oer in Vancouver and Salt Lake City tonight, win or lose. Both club will put their half-interest in the Pacific Coast league's top spot on the line when they take on Port land and Phoenix, respective ly. All parties will have the consolation of at least partak ing heavily in the greenback department, near- capacity crowds being expected in both parks. Off recent performances, the Bees should still have at least a share of first place when the night is over. Phoe nix dropped clear out of a race it was never really in when it was announced the Giant franchise would be transferred to Tacoma next year. The Arizona club is now firmly entrenched in last place, 14 games out of first. Solid in Pitching Portland, despite a recent slump, has solid pitching and could give the Mounties trou ble. The Beavers spent a short stay in the top spot and still are not out of the pennant pic ture, despite a fifth-places! standing. In other games tonight, San Diego will host Sacramento and Spokane takes on Seat tle. San Diego is still. very much in the pennant chase, trailing the leaders by only three games. Only one game was played Monday night. In that contest, Sacramento kept its slim title hopes alive by shading Phoe nix, 2-1, behind the tight pitching of Roger Bowman. The, win nudged the Sacs to within six games of first. Bowman stopped the Giants on six hits, giving up the only Phoenix run when Bob Speake belted his 17th home run of the season in the top of the fifth. Losing pitcher Don Choate gave up only five hits, but lost it in the second when Mike Krsnich homered and Bob Perry and Clayton Dal rymple followed with dou bles. - BOWLING MAJOR LEAGUE Bowling Standings Pin Ups 4 544 1637 Bowlerette ; 3 5521527 Team No. 5 2 573 1569 Keglers 2 5481551 Channel Cats 1 505 1461 Gutterballs 0 499 1439 Results: M. Clark 211 571 S. Daigle 553 G. Riggs 531 H. Clark 531 R. Phipps U.....200 537 E. Baker . ......... 529 C. Lowd 527 V. Cummings . 204 I. Schroeder ... 208,. CLASSIC LEAGUE Hight Real Estate 6 South. Oregon Construction 6 Trail Creek Lumber Co 6 Lamport's Sporting Goods....6 Sam's Sporting Goods 6 Oak Street Tank Su Steel....5 Hillyer Oil Co 4 Morse Motors 4 Sewing Machine Center 23) Oak Knoll Golf Course 2 Edith & Henry's Drive In 1 E. H. Mann Co 0 Results: - Trail Creek Lumber Co., 2 (Gene Piazza-640) 2 672. Morse Motors 2 (Ray Speer-360) 2 658. Sam's Ssporting Goods 4 (Cliff Proctor-555) 2 620. Oak Knoll Golf Course 0 (Bill Newland-543) 2 446. Southern Oregon Construction 3 (Howard Larsen-553) 2 663. Edith Sc Henry's Drive In 1 (Don Hunter-559) 2 603. HUlyer Oil Co. 3 (Norm TTillyer 577) 2 661. Sewing Machine Center 1 (George Clark-542) 2 616. Lamport's Sporting Goods 4 (Les Schneider-558) 2 661. E. H. Mann Co. 0 (Chas. McWhor-ter-546) 2 524. Oak Street Tank & Steel 2 (Ar dell Forney-630) 2 674. Hight Rel Estate 2 (H. Green-548) 2 638. Makeup game from 824: Southern Oregon Construction 3 (Howard Larsen-581) 2 674. Hillyer Oil Co. 1 (Norm Hillyer- 624) 2 657. Earth's speed around the sun is estimated at 66,600 miles per hour. HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrews at Court Phone SP 3-9068 mUm 8 Australian Now Favored For National Singles Title Forest Hills, N.Y.-OJPD-Neale Fraser of Australia, who won the Davis Cup for his country with an easy conquest of big Barry McKay, emerged today as the favorite for the Nation al Singles tennis champion ships which start Friday. Fraser needed only two sets Monday to take the cup back to Australia, adding them to the set he had won Sunday evening for an 8-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, victory over MacKay. It gave the Aussies the deciding point in a 3-2 triumph over the United States "This will be known as 'Fraser's Davis Cup',? said the non-playing Aussie cap tain, Harry Hopman. "He won both his singles and shared in the doubles. You can't do any better." Fraser, at 25 a veteran of seven years of international tennis, slowed his service somewhat from his Sunday pace and gained in accuracy. MacKay, a 6-3, 185-pounder, relied as usual on his power game and his big serve failed him. The Dayton, Ohio, slugger was broken twice in Monday's first set, as he contributed three doublefaults in the first break and two in the other. He was broken gain in the UCLA and USC Start Workout Los Angeles -DPD-The two "bad boys" of the late Pacific Coast cohference-UCLA and Southern California - today start fall football practice un der the manner of the new Athletic Association of West ern Universities. And for the first time in more than three ' years, the two schools could look for ward to an entire season with no players under conference penalties either barring them entirely or limiting them to a half season of eligibility. Southern California, how ever, is barred from a bowl bid under the NCAA penalty for recruiting difficulties which the school had termed a technicality. Mapleton Woman In Pan Am Games Chicago - (CPD - S h a r o n Shepherd of Mapleton, Ore., threw the shot 44 feet 23A inches Monday in the Pan American games, finishing be hind the winner, Mrs. Earlene Brown of Los Angeles who had 48 feet, 2 inches. (?vl 10th game of the last set, and again hurt himself with a doublefault. "Fraser played as never be fore," said Hopman. "But I still would not say he is now the world's best. Alex Olme do, playing as he did at Wim bledon, must be considered. I Sport Parade New' York -(DPD- The Span- ish, too, have a word for it- and in the case of Senor Al fonso Ramon Lopez of the Chicago White Sox it is "risa." Which means the last laugh. And which,' it becomes more apparent each succeeding day, the quiet man of Castilian par ents is going to have on the doubting American league this season. . Because not too long ago they were predicting the axe for the good senor even if he was lucky enough to finish second - once again. Lopez, it was said, was on his way out. And, they shrugggi, what could any man do with such a rag-tag band of hitless, aging misfits? Senor. Al's records as a catcher are dimmed by a dec ade of riding the managerial bench as well as by his repu tation as a perennial second place finisher. Oh, he had the catching records and still does, having caught more games than any other man, a total of 1,918 in 18 years. Finished Second Nine Times But his 11 years as a man ager, eight of them in the majors, put his playing ca reer in the shade. Because in nine of those 11 years, Lopez managed teams have finished, second nine times. There was one pennant and even that ended in World Series disaster as his Cleveland Indians were shutout by the 1954 Giants: Two years later, after two more second place finishes, Lopez walked out of Cleve land without a single dissent ing murmur from then Gen eral Manager Hank Greeberg. "There was a feeling I should have done better," he explained. "The tension was terrific." But the lure was too great and by the next season he was with Chicago - for another1 1 uUull& u We'll do almost anything to sell you a New Plymouth or DeSoto! final CLEANUP- Year End BUCK KM Plymouth 33 So. Riverside, would say. they are 50-50. The Nationals rhould show which is the better man. Most of the experts who watched the cup play felt that Fraser should be a clear favorite for the Nationals. Ol medo.was unimpressive and far off his Wimbledon form. By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International " pair of second place finishes. Provoking, the talk this sea son that another runnerup spot, if he was that lucky, still would mean his demise. No Pep Talks Yet the good senor current ly is proving that "nice guys" don't have to finish last. Lopez, whose parents emi grated from Madrid to his na tive Tampa, Fla., handles his players "like human beings and adults." There are no pep talks and no public dressings down. "I treat them as I always wanted to be treated," he shrugs. "Pep talks may be all right in football, where you have to get your team 'up' for a few games. But over the long baseball season it is bet ter if they are relaxed. And, after all, they are adults and, even when I think they make a mistake, I like to hear their reasoning. Maybe they're right and I'm wrong." The payoff usually has been maximum production with a minimum of talent. Siletz Indian Money Gets House Approval Washington-OJPD-The House Monday completed congres sional action on a bill author izing distribution of $416,240 in Indian claims to the Con federated Tribe of Siletz In dians in Oregon. The bill now goes to the White House. Body Believed To Be Portland Man Astoria (DPD The Coast Guard said a body found on the shore at Sand Island Sun day is, believed to be that of William Eichmeyer, 64, Port land, who drowned Aug. 10 when a boat overturned. C. J. Norgor, also of Portland, drowned in the same accident. His body was found earlier. rains (TO MAKE A DEAL) ion! Discounts Now in Effect! GMT DeSoto at 8th BEATING SCHENECTADY, N. Y., in semi-finals, Bill Epperson (left) shares ice cream with Jim Ambogast, winning pitcher, as their Auburn, Calif, team prepares to meet HamtramckA Mich., for Little League World Series title. Games are being played in Williamsport, Pa. NEW TYPE HIT-RUN Knoxville, Tenn.- (UPD -The Cocke county sheriff's office reported there had been three arrests for hit run. "Hit and run?" asked a reporter. "Yeah," he was told. "They were hittin' the bottle and runnin' off at the mouth.-" Minnesota usually is ahead of all the states in total ton nage of its hay crop. Wiscon sin is second and Iowa usually is in third place. Simca SP 3-6247 SEARS mstess Ml SALE GO Injured Baker Boy Remains in Hospital Portland-njPD-Rodney Wood, 9, Baker, injured near his home last week in a bicycle accident, was reported still in serious condition at Provi dence hospital today but at tendants said he was "doing just fine." One-eighth of a ton of coal is required to manufacture one barrel of gasoline. Tremendous Assortment of Extra Fine ALL SIZES and up Automotive Center Biddle at Jackson
