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Newspaper Page Texto Clemente As Pirates Assume Lone National Lead By FRED DOWN United Press International They shout "arriba, arriba" when Roberto Clemente bats at Forbes field and perhaps no player better typifies the "rise" of the Pittsburgh Pi rates. Long regarded as a baseball diamond in the rough since the Pirates "stole" him in the draft in 1954, the 25-year-old native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, has developed ovenight Into one of the National league's shining stars. He's challenging San Francisco's Willie Mays for the batting lead today and some experts think he'll be the Pirates' first champion in 20 years. Clemente went on a 4-for-5 tear, two doubles and two sin gles, Thursday night when the Pirates whipped the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3, and took half-game grip on first place. He's hit in 14 of the Pirates' last 15 games to raise his average to .372 only four points behind Mays' .376. Becomes Power Hitter Even more astonishing has been Clemente's sudden de velopment into a power hit ter. He has never previously hit more than seven homers or driven in more than 60 runs in a full season but he's already hit six homers and knocked in 29 runs this year. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, for their 13th victory in 16 games and the Chicago Cubs downed the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2, in other National league games. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 7-4, in the only American league game. The Pirates piled up a 5 0 lead in 2 23 innings against bonus lefty Ray Sadecki, making his big league debut, and went on to stretch their winning streak at home to eight games. Rookie Joe Gib bon needed help from Fred Green in the eighth inning but received credit for his third win. Ha yielded eight hits and struck out seven. Two Hill Each Bob Skinner, Don Hoak, H. W. Smith and Gino Cimoll contributed two hits each to the Pirates' attack, helping to STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Prt. GB Pittsburgh 21 10 .677 San Francisco.. 20 10 .667 W Cincinnati 17 M .548 4 Milwaukee 13 11 .542 4'i Los Angelei .... 13 in .419 8 Chicago 10 1J .400 8 St. Louis 11 IB .379 9 Philadelphia .... 11 20 .355 111 Thursday Night's Results Chicago 4, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 5, Los Angeles A AMERICAN LEAGUE W. I.. Pet. GB IB 10 .615 16 12 .571 1 13 10 .565 l"i 14 11 .560 1, 10 12 .455 4 10 13 .435 4'i I ...... 10 15 .400 5'i jr .... 11 17 .393 S Cleveland Boston Detroit ... Washington Thursday's Results Boston at Chicago fppd.. rain Kansas City 7. Baltimore 4 (night) Pacific Coast League W. L. ..Pet. GB Sacramento .... 19 13 .593 Tacoma 17 12 .5H6 Spokane 18 IS .529 2 Seattle 17 16 .512 2'a San Diego 17 19 .472 4 Portland 14 17 .451 4i Salt Lake . 13 17 .433 5 Vancouver 11 18 .407 S'i Thursday's Results Sacramento 11. Salt Lake City 8 Portland at Seattle ippd.. rain) Spokane at Vancouver ippd., rain) NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. I.. Pet GB Eugene 15 5 Lewiston IS 8 Yakima 14 8 Trl-City 9 13 Salem 6 15 Wenatchea 8 14 .750 .652 1 'i .636 2 .409 7 285 9 14 .272 10 Thursday's Results Lewiston 5. Yakima 2 Salem at Tri-City, (ppd., rain) Eugene 2, Wenatchee 1 (1st! Eugene 14, Wenatchee 3 (2nd) SPRING Chassis Lubrication Motor Oil Chang (5 qts.) Clean & Repack Front Wheel Bearings Check Brake Lining Tighten ell Hot Connections DARRELL OMimofcil Bat Helps set the stage for tonight's opener of a three-game series with the Giants. The red-hot Pirates have won eight of their last nine games while the Giants have lost three of their last five. Vada Pinson tripled home Eddie Kasko with two out in the ninth inning as the Reds swept a two-game series with the Dodgers and moved past idle Milwaukee into third place. Pinson's decisive blow off Sandy K o u t a x, who fanned 10 but lost his fourth straight game, came after a bunt single and theft of sec ond base by Elio Chacon and Kasko's single tied the score. Jim Brosnan, last of three Cincinnati pitchers, picked up his first victory of the season. LINESCORES: National League St. Louis 0U0 000 111 3 9 3 Pittsburgh 023 012 OOx 8 13 0 Sadecki. Brogiin 3. Duliba 6i. Bridges IB) and H R. Smith. Gib bon. Green iBt and H. W. Smith. Winner Gibbon 13-1). Loser Sa decki lO-li. HR H. W. Smith. Loa Angeles 010 300 000 4 8 2 Cincinnati ... 000 030 002 5 9 1 Koufax 10-4) and Roseboro. Mc Llsh, Nuxhall 16). Brosnan 181 and Dotterer. Wniner Brosnan (0-1). Chicago 100 000 111 4 10 1 Philadelphia 001 001 0002 5 1 R. Anderson (l-l) and Rice. Averil (7). Roberts. Farrell IB) and Neeman. Loser Roberts (1-4). American League Baltimore ... 200 000 020 4 4 0 Kansas Citv 000 000 23x 7 7 0 Estrada. Fisher 17), Jones 18) and Thomas. Courtney 17), Ginsberg I8i. Daley. Kutyna (9i and Ch;ti. Winner Daley 13-2). Loser Fish er (2-3). HR Dropo. League Leaders United Press International NATIONAL LEAGUE Player St Club G AB R H Mays. S. F. .. 31) 109 Clninte, Pgh... 31 129 Skinner, Pgh. 31 117 Bailev. Cin... 27 96 Spencer. St.L. 29 107 White. St. L. 28 112 Aaron. Mil... 24 95 Ashburn. Chi. 25 93 Cnghm., St.L. 25 97 Kasko. Cin... 31 122 Mathews, Mil. 24 90 25 25 30 12 19 17 16 20 AMERICAN LEAGUE Allis'n. Wash. 25 93 18 33 Runnels. Bsn. 21 81 10 28 Power. Cleve. 25 104 10 35 Skowr'n. N.Y. 23 93 7 31 Kuenn, Clev. 22 81 9 27 Marls. N. Y... 20 75 13 25 Hansen, Bait. 29 94 11 30 Minosn, Chi. 26 1 04 21 33 .355 .346 .337 .333 .333 .333 .319 .317 Woodl'g. Bait. 27 86 .314 .313 Kubek, N.Y. 23 09 20 Runs Batted In National League: Clemente, Pi rates 29: McCovev. Giants 28 Banks. Cubs 27: Mazeroski- Pirates 26; Robinson, Keds 24. American Leaeue: Showron. Yanks, 23: Minoso, White Sox 22; Lemon, Senators 22: Gentile, unolcs 21; nowara, ranKees zi. Home Runs National League: Aaron, Braves 9: Mccovey, liianu u; uoyer, Cards 8; Banks, Cubs 8; Robinson, Reds 7: Mathews, Braves 7; Cran dall. Braves 7. American League: Lemon, Sena tors 9; Held. Indians 7; Cerv. Athletics 6; Skowron. Yanks 5; Siebern. Athletics 5; Minoso, White Sox 5; Battey, Senators S. Pitching National League: Law, Pirates 6-1; Friend. Pirates 5-1; Mccor mick, Giants 5-1: Sanford, Giants 4-1; Purkey. Reds 3-1; Meyer, Phillies 3-1: Gibbon. Pirates 3-1. American League: Browns. Ori oles 3-0; Portocarrero. Orioles 3-0: Hall. Athletics 3-0; Coates, Yan kees 3-0; Bell. Indians 5-1. AFL Expansion To 12 Foreseen New York -IUPD- The Amer ican Football league, which is scheduled to begin operations this fall as an eight-team cir cuit, will expand to 12 teams for the 1961 season, according to a prediction by Harry Wis mer, head of the league's ex pansion committee. "I'm sure we will be a 12 team league then." said Wis mer, "with Toronto and Mon treal joining Atlanta and Chi cago in 1961." Wismer made the prediction after A. J. Bennett, represent ing real estate interests in Toronto, announced that he has formally applied for a franchise in the new profes sional football loop. SERVICE ALL CAR MAKES Now Is the rime to hove thtso vital services performed at Roal Savings Nowl SPECIAL THROUGH MAY ONLYI MILLER COMPANY 415$, Ritra(J SP 2-6209 j SPORTS 7 Champs Defend in ND Tussle University of Oregon, Eugene-Oregon's Ducks go after their seventh straight North ern division track champion ship at 1 p.m. Saturday when the 31st title meet gets under way at Hayward Field. Coach Bill Bowerman's Ducks are favored to win by about 10 points with Oregon State favored to hold the same margin over Washington State in the battle for the second spot. Several outstanding indi vidual duels should highlight the action as seven defending champions try to repeat and and about eight Olympic Games hopefuls continue to move toward the trials later in the season. At least half of the defend ing champions will be hard pressed to repeat with only OSC's Darrell Horn in the broad jump and Oregon's Dick Miller in the two-mile rating as favorites this year. WSU's Spike Arlt has Duck Dave Edstrom to beat in both hurdles, Roscoe Cook of Ore gon and Don Maw of WSU must beat OSC's Amos Marsh in the sprints and WSU's Dick Rubenser has been troubled by a sore arm in the javelin and the title Is expected to go to Oregon State's Gary Stenlund. The leading Olympic Games hopefuls include Oregon's Dyrol Burleson in the mile and 880, Miller in the longer races, Arlt in the low hurdles (400 meters) Stenlund and Horn, Edstrom in the decath lon and sprinters Marsh and Cook. A number of records could be wiped off the books Sat urday, with the best chances for new marks to come in the mile with Burleson in action, in the high hurdles rs Edstrom races Arlt, in the pole vault as Phil Paquin of Oregon meets WSU's Wayne Wilson again, in the discus with UO's Jerry Stubblefield and OSC's Don Martin in action, the javelin where Stenlund has hit his stride, and in the high jump, where WSU's Hank Wyborney has a record of 6 11 and 6-9 in his two appear ances here. Grim Goes To Red legs Cleveland, Ohio-IDPII-Right-hander Bob Grim, one-time top Yankee pitching prospect, was sold by the Cleveland In dians to Cincinnati Wednes day for an undetermined amount of cash. The Indians obtained Grim, 30, this spring from Kansas City for Leo Kiley. He ap peared only briefly for the tribe this season, working 2 1'3 innings and was charged with one loss. The Reds, seeking more re lief pitching, made room for Grim by selling Raul San chez outright to Havana of the International League. San chez won a victory in his only decision this season. PILOTS BEAT VIKINGS Portland - (UPD - Chuck Jacques' third inning single drove across two runs to give University of Portland a 2-0 victory over Portland State in a college baseball game Wed nesday. Senior righthander Joe Etzel limited the Vikings to five hits in picking up the 20th victory of his college career. The win ran the Pilots' record this year to 12-9. Port land State ended the year with a 9-12 mark. SPECIAL 695 Drain & Flush Radiator Adjust Fan Belt Tension 0 Inspect Front End & Steering Gear System Check Tires for Cuts or Foreign Material Wash and Vacuum Clean Auto Race Opens on Bill Crow, an "almost un beatable" driver from Boise. Idaho, has joined the list of entrants in the super-modi fied auto racing program slated for Saturday night at the Ashland speedway. Crow, who operates the 121 club in his home community, is said to have had great suc cess on tracks from Boise to Salt Lake City, Utah. He is among some 30 drivers ex pected for tomorrow's event, whicli opens the season at the oval near Ashland. Track Manager Jack Mc Coy has announced time trials for 7 p.m. and the first race for 8 p.m. The evening will Sam Baker Joins OSC Grad Team Oregon State College. Cor- i vallis - He s the top ground gainer (rushing yardage) in Oregon State football history, with 1947 yards accumulated in the years 1950, 1951 and 1952. Three years ago he won the scoring championship of the National Professional Football league, and presently ranks as the top placekicker and punter in the business. After a number of years with the Washington Red skins, hp recently wa traded to 11 le always-powerful Cleve land Browns for undisclosed cash and a pair of potent line men. It couldn't be anybody else but Sam Baker, one-time won der boy at Corvallis high and later at Oregon State where he set records they still haven't matched. Baker will play in the second annual spring football game with the alumni team against the 1960 OSC varsity, on Saturday af ternoon. May 28. Quarterback and coach of the alums will be Joe Francis of the Green Bay Packers, one of the best tailbacks in single wing history when he was at Oregon State. Oregon State College, Cor-vallis-Tommy Prothro's foot ball varsity will get a final tuneup for the alumni game Saturday at Parker stadium, with the scrimmage slated to start at 2:30 p.m. This will be the last major scrimmage pri or to the big alumni battle at the stadium on May 28. The scrimmage will be limited to Beaver club members, OSC students and OSC faculty, with proper identification necessary to gain admittance. The Beaver club is OSC's booster-donor group. COOL COTTON SPORT SHIRTS Thero'll never bo o better timo to buy oil the breeie-light sport shirts you neod for summerl No-iron embossed cotton printsl Open weave, combed cottonsl Easy-care Dan River . . . Nepokos, Rokashans and mesh weaves. All tailored to Penney's exacting specifications far propoflioned-fit comfort! Colorsl PtNNIY'S MINS SHOP - STRICT FLOOR Season Saturday be capped with a 35-hip main event. A trophy dash will match the three fastest cars of the time-ins. There will be three or four heat races of 10 laps each and a 15-lap semi-main. A $1,000 purse has been an nounced for the evening. Among trophies will be one for the best appearing car and pit crew and another for the car towed here from the far thest distance to compete. Another stellar participant will be Art Pollard, Rose burg, Pacific Northwest modi fied racing champion and titlist also last year at the Roseburg and Eugejie tracks. A good number of local drivers, not to be outdone, have been reported tuning cars for the races. Among them are Johnny E. Jones, Klamath Falls and Crescent City, Calif., champ, who has been prepping a new car and Bob Jenkins who will skipper Jones' old car. Noel Black, who has made his name here in drag racing, has teamed with Blair Crosby to prep a car for track contention. Activity at the Ashland speedway is being revived after being closed in 1959. Solons Hold First Again United Press International Sacramento's J. W. Porter went on a hitting binge Thurs day night and knocked the Solons right back into first place in the Pacific Coast league standings. Porter belted out two home runs, one of them with the bases full, to lead Sacramento to an 11-6 victory over Salt Lake City in the only PCL game played. Rained Out The Portland at Seattle and Spokane at Vancouver con tests were rained out. Tacoma and San Diego were not sched uled. The teams change oppo nents tonight. Spokane moves to Portland, Seattle goes to Vancouver, San Diego is at Salt Lake, and Tacoma visits Sacramento for a battle of the pace-setters. Torrance, Calif. -IUPD- Chile has invited Alex Hannum, coach of the Syracuse Nation als in the National Basketball Association, to coach the na tion's Olympic basketball team for the summer games in Rome. Hannum said he was interested in the offer, but must first receive clearance from the Syracuse club and the American Amateur Ath letic union. men's tit medium, JJ "eid The city grade school track: meet began yesterday after j noon on the Medford High I school track with the running jof preliminaries in the dashes) I and finals in the class B and C field events. ! No score will be recorded until next Tuesday when the meet is completed. In field events finished. ! Dick Collin produced the best ! by going 7 feet 7 inches in 'the class B pole vault. Thisj broke the old record of 7-5 1 I by Harrison of Washingon. Finals Tuesday will be in! all three classes running j events, and in Class A field 1 events. MN'AI.S: (Class O lliKh jump 3-wav tie for 1st MoCrow. Ol'.; Warren. VS: Faruer. Roos.; 2-way tie for 4th Taskey. How., anil Markham, How.; ti-way tie for tith Jones, Oil; Tavlnr, Jeff; Bassett. Ill'; Hush. How.; Hirhev, Lin.; McDonough. J-ville., 3-11. Broad jump Townes. Wash; MliliKan. J-ville; Fowler, GC; Cox. Wash.; Morris, Rons.; Peterson. Jeff. 13-7'.,. Pole vault Longan, Jack.; tie 2nd Wray. Roos., and Mallam. Wash.; 3-way tie for 4th Fills. Hoos.: McCraw. OG; Davis, J-vllle 7-3 (lies old record Horlon, Jel(., '57). Baseball throw Mover. LP; Markham. How.; Fdwards. Wil.; Wilkins, Jeff.; Lllri'll. lloov ; Sle phens, Wash. !!)ti-7V (Class B) Shot put Owen. Jeff; Parke, Rons.; Esquivel. Wil ; Harry, WS ; Chamber. Wash.; Weston, Line. 211-1 1 .. Baseball throw Polski, Roos.; l.eever. How ; Offord. WS; Stein metz. How ; Owen, Jeff.; Whisnan. Wil. mo-Hi1... Pole vault Collins. Iloov; tie for 2nd; Van Siele, Jack : and In eram. Jeff; 4-way tie for 4th Young, Jack; Chambers. Wash: M,mk.oi. Wl,.; ar.,1 Kinney. Moo. 7-7 inew record old record 7-5'j tiy Harrison, Wash., '58). PKKI.IMS: (Qualifiers fur Finals) (Class C lioKord. Line: Gates. WS; Ten- ney, GC; Miller, Hoos.: Johnson, How.; I.oncim, Jack.; Mllltuan, J ville; Townes. Wil. 150 M i 1 1 1 g a n. J-ville: Cox. Wash.: Tenney, GC; Fowler, GC; Miller, Roos.; Gordon, Jack.; Peters. Wash.: Ford. Line; Kany. WS; .inimerlce, Wils.; Gates, WS; Ilackct, Hoos. (Class III till Ginn, Roos. McQueen, Honv.: Stelnmetz How.: Wiley, Jeff.; VoutiK. Jack.; Chambers, Wash.; Kinnev. Roos.; Johannson, Hoov.; Orr. Jeff.; Johnson. Wash. 150 Hurt, How.; Orr. Jeff.; Gar ret, Wash.; Stelnmetz, How.; Youne. Jack.; Martin. GC; Barry, WS; (ilnn, Hoos.; cowan, unc; Johannson, Hoov. rrinat At 00 Bertrand. Rook.; Zacharina, Hniw Ouenther. Waih.: Pruitt. Jiick.; Tropple. Hoov.; Titus, WS; NEED Torrington BEARING? CALL SP 2-5227 ml BEARINGS .1 nc 126 North Front W small large Yanks Get jCerv Back I Kansas City. Mo.-il'PP-Mus- ciilar Bob Cerv isn't complain- j ling about being traded by the I t Kansas City Athletics to the ' New York Yankees, but at the , same time he isn't doing any I handsprings to celebrate. "Kansas City is my home," lie said. "1 plan to make it my home when my playing days are over and hope to go into business here. I've got a wife and seven kids, and another child is expected in August. Cerv is returning to the team which sold him to the Athletics at the close of the 19")ti season. Manager Casey Stengel told newsmen Thursday that Cerv will be his regular leftfielder. teaming with Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris to give the Y'ankees a strong outfield corps. Cerv and utility Infielder Wayne Terwilliger were dealt lo the Yankees for utility in fielder Andy Carey. Terwil- liger's contract was assigned to Richmond of the Interna tional league, Yankee farm club. ROBINSON SUSPENDED Boston - (UPII - The Massa chusetts Boxing Commission was to decide here today whether Sugar Ray Robinson's brand new suspensions will prevent his return middle weight title fight with Paul Pender, June 10. Robinson, former middleweight and wel terweight champion, was sus-' pended indefinitely by the Maryland Athletic commis sion at Baltimore Thursday night for failure to fulfill a light contract In Baltimore last Monday night. SALEM INKS JOHNSON Salem -lUl'll- Don Johnson, righlhanded pitcher released hy Portland this week, has' been signed by Salem of the Northwest league. Giles, GC; Johnson. Jeff.; Allen. Line; Soarr, -Will.; Cranston, Hoos.; llyrne, Wash. ISO R e r t r a n d. Roos.: Allen, Line; Titus, WS: Giles, GC; Cran ston, Roos.; Howslev, OG: Partsa fus. GC; Spaur, Wils.; Guenther, Wash.; Byrne, Wnsh.; Zacharias, How.; Johnson, Jeff. Eenney's Compare . . . Save More Than Usual! 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