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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WILL MAYS KEEPS FIRE BURNING AS SF GIANTS NIP HEELS OF DODGERS FRIDAY. AUGUST 18, 1963 By MARTIN LADER UPI Sports Writer If you're interested in one good reason why the San Francisco Giants are giving the Los Angeles Dodgers an other slow hotfoot, take a closer look at Willie Mays. - Wonderful Willie got off to a slow start this season and the Giants had trouble keep ing pace with their California neighbors. But Mays is warm ing to his task again, and in the Giant scheme of things he's the man who keeps the fire burning. Just three weeks ago to day Mays was hitting .277 with 22 home runs and 55 runs - batted - in. Respectable, but not up to par for a man with a .315 lifetime batting average. Oh, yes, San Fran cisco trailed the Dodgers by eight and one-half games at that time. In big ways and small, Mays has lifted the Giants back into the race over the last few weeks. His latest contri bution was a routine, single that drove home two runs, including the winning tally, OfiJ - vn if a as San Francisco whipped the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 Thursday night. Hitting .293 The Say-Hey Kid now sports a .293 mark with 29 homers and 73 RBI's. The Giants, coincidentally, have won 17 of their last 23 con tests and trail Los Angeles by three games. The Dodgers broke a three game losing slump by over coming the Milwaukee Braves 7-5 in the National League's only day game Thursday, and in other night contests the Houston Colts defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2, the Phila delphia Phillies edged the Chicago Cubs 4-3, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 8-2. Cincinnati got off to a 1-0 lead on Vada Pinson's 15th home run in the first inning, but the Giants retaliated with four runs in the fifth to go ahead for good. Mays drove in the final two runs of the inning after Joe Nuxhall hit Willie McCovey with a pitch to load the bases. Tom Haller homered for the Giants in the sixth and they added another run in the eighth. Sanford Pitchtd Fit Jack Sanford pitched only five innings for San Fran cisco, but it was enough to register his first triumph against the Reds since 1961. Billy Hoeft hurled scoreless ball over the final four in nings to enable Sanford to even his season record at 12 12. Strong relief pitching by Ron Perranoski enable the Dodgers to top Milwaukee. Ace Los Angeles Southpaw Sandy Koufax was knocked out after just one-third of an inning, the damaging blow being a three-run homer by Gene Oliver. Tommy Davis slammed a two-run homer to give the Dodgers, a 5-4 lead in the third and they scored the winning run on John Rose boro's sacrifice fly in the seventh. A three-run homer by John Bateman provided the differ ence for Houston and the Cardinals added to their own downfall with careless base running. Don Nottebart gain ed credit for his seventh vic tory although he needed ninth Inning help from Hal Woode shick. The Phillies rallied for four unearned runs after two were out in the seventh to over come a 3-0 Chicago lead built on Ellis Burton's three - run homer. Starter Cal McLish won his 12th game. Don Cardwell went all the way for the Pirates to pick up his 10th triumph and he aided his own cause with a two-run single during a four run uprising by Pittsburgh in the fourth inning. Starter Galen Cisco was the loser for the Mets. I.INESCORES: National I.eafll Los Angeles 302 1)00 200 7 S A Milwaukee . 401 000 000 5 0 Koufax, Calmus (II. Perranoski (S) and Koseboro. Hendley, Fisch er (3), Tiefenauer (7) and Cran- dall. Winner Perranoski (12-2). Loser Fischer 14-3). HRa Howard. Oliver, T. Davis. Pittsburgh ... 000 402 200 s 12 0 New York .. 020 000 0002 10 4 Cardwell (10-12) and Paeliaro ni. Cisco, Bauta (4). Powell (fit Hook (R) and Coleman. Loser Cisco (7-12). Chicago - 300 noo ooo 3 a 1 Phila 000 000 40x 4 U 0 Buhl. McDaniel 71. Elston (Si and Bertell. McLish. Baldschun (8) and Dalrymple. Winner Mc Lish (12-8). Loser Buhl (9-111. HR Burton. San Fran ono 041 010 11 1 Cincinnati .100 002 0003 B 2 Sanford, Hoeft (fi) and Haller, Nuxhall, Zanni (51, Coates (6), Worthington (8) and Edwards, Green (7). Winner Sanford (12 121. Loser Nuxhall (10-61. HRs Pinson, Haller. Houston 300 010 000 4 0 1 St. Louis 000 010 100 2 8 0 Nottebart (7-5) and Bateman. Sa decki, Jones (8). and McCBrver. Loser Sadeckl (7-8). HRs Bateman. Boyer. LA Dodgers Have Series With Mets New York -IUPI)- This may not be home, but it was the next best thing to It today for the staggering Los An geles Dodgers. The Dodgers, 6-6 on the road during this critical phase of the National league season, opened a four-game series to night against the Mets. The Mets send former Dodger Roger Craig in search of his fourth win against 20 losses, and Johnny Podres, 11-8, is the Los Angeles probable starter. With each member of their "big three" bombed on suc cessive nights, the Dodgers had to turn to the bullpen to salvage a 7-5 victory over Milwaukee Thursday. First Dick Calmus turned in an effective four innings after Sandy Koufax was clouted for four runs in the first inning. Then Ron Perranoski, the top bullpen for the Dodgers, shut out the Braves for 3'i innings in perhaps his finest effort in the last month. Darit Homers With that kind of pitching, the Dodgers overcame the Braves 4-3 lead built in the first inning. Tommy Davis, who has col lected six hits in three games since first wearing glasses when batting, rocketed his 13th home run with one man on in the third to give Los Angeles a temporary lead. The Braves tied it, but the Dodgers went ahead in the seventh on a walk to A I Fer rara, double by Ron Fairly and a sacrifice fly by John Roseboro. Maury Wills scored Fairly with a single to give an In surance tally. Frank Howard, who prob ably wouldn't complain if the Dodgers played all their games at Milwaukee's County stadium, smashed his 19th homer Thursday in the first inning. The last four times Howard has been at. bat against Bob Hendley he hit home runs. Oklahoma City Regains Lead in Coast Circuit By DAVE ROWE UPI Sports Writer The lead in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast league is bouncing around like a rubber ball. It's been going from Dallas-Ft. Worth to Oklahoma City and back. Oklahoma City has it today by virtue of a 12-0 shellack ing of the Rangers Thursday night. Jerry Nelson pitched four hit ball to gain his 12th victory as Dave Roberts led the 89er 18 hit attack with four hits including a double. The 89ers now hold a one half game advantage on four percentage points. Oklahoma City has .527 and Dallas-Ft. Worth .523. Jim Mahoney, Joe Woolen and George Williams each had three hits for the winners. One of Mahoney's blows was a two run homer. Nelson struck out 10 and walked one and allowed just one runner past first base. In other games in the PCL Thursday night San Diego shut out Seattle 3-0, Spokane downed Denver 6-3 and Ha waii came from behind to clip Portland 11-8. In the Northern division Spokane picked up another half game on the field by downing Denver 6-3. Dick Scott won his fourth game al though he tired in the eighth inning. The Indians got to Pat House for a pair of runs In the first inning on three hits, including Nate Oliver's single. He now has hit safely in his last 19 games. By virtue of the victory, Spokane maintained its record of not having lost a series at home this year. Sammy Ellis of San Diego tossed a neat four-hit shutout against Seattle to register his ninth victory against eight losses. Not a single Rainier got past second base. San Diego scored twice In the fourth nn a double by Mel Queen, a single by Jim Saul and a triple by Art Shamsky. Rogelio Alvarez banged his 15th home run in the sixth. Portland scored three runs in the first inning but Hawaii came back with a pair in the second, four in the fifth, two in the sixth and seventh and one in the eighth to win. There were home runs aplenty as Jim Hughes got one with a mate aboard for Portland and Dick Green got another also with one on. Bob Perry got a pair of round trippers, both with one mate aboard. However, Carlos Bernier was the big run pro ducer as he drove in fivo runs on three singles - one with the bases loaded. Mel Nelson gained his third win of the year while Jose Santiago was charged with his 11th loss against 10 victories. The Wenatchee Chiefs of the Northwest League defeat ed the Salt Lake City Bees in an exhibition game, 4-2. The Tacnma Giants were en route to Hawaii to open a series there today. STANDINGS tETnTTeoT'rTTsnteTnational NATIONAL LEAGUE W. I.. Prt. GB Los Angeles 70 48 .533 San Francisco ..fiR 52 .5H7 3 St. Louis 68 54 .550 5 Cincinnati 65 58 .528 7ij Philadelphia 64 58 .525 8 Chicago 61 57 .517 ft Pittaburgh . 61 58 .513 8'i Milwaukea 61 60 .504 10', Houston 46 76 J77 26 New York 39 80 .328 31)i Thursday's Results Los Angeles 7 Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 8 New York 2 (nightl Philadelphia 4 Chicago 3 (night) San Fran 6 Cincinnati 3 (night) Houston 4 St. Louis 2 (nightl Saturday's Games Los Angeles at New York Chicago at Cincinnati San Francisco at St. Louis Philadelphit at P i 1 1 burgh (night) Houston at Milwaukee (night) AMERICAN LEAGUE W. 1.. Prt. GB New York 75 42 .641 Chicago 67 51 .568 B, Minnesota 67 52 .563 9 Baltimore 66 56 .541 11 'i Boston .,57 61 ,4R3 181, Cleveland 58 62 .463 1 R , Los Angeles 56 67 .455 22 Kansas City 53 64 .453 22 Detroit 53 64 .453 22 Washington 43 76 .361 33 Thursday's Results New York 10 Boston 2 Detroit 11 Kansas City 1 Washington 5 Los Angeles 4 Minnesota 13 BalUmore 3 tmght) Saturday's Games Washington at Minnesota New York at Chicago Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Los Angeles (night) BalUmore at Kansas City (night) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Northern Division W. I.. Prt. GB Spokane 83 49 .629 Tacoma 69 61 .531 13 Hawaii 65 64 .504 16 Portland 59 72 .450 23'3 Seattle 58 72 .483 24 Southern Division W. I,. Pet. GB Oklahoma City 68 61 .527 Dallas-Ft. Worth 68 62 .523 'i San Diego 64 67 .489 4 'a Salt Lake City ... 59 68 .465 7'2 Denver 56 73 .434 Ills Thursday's Results Oklahoma City 12 Dallas . Ft. Worth 0 San Diego 3 Seattle 0 Spokane 6 Denver 3 Hawaii 11 Portland 8 (Exhibition) Wenatchee, North west League 4 Salt Lake City 2 NORTHWEST LEAGUE W. 1.. Prt. GB Yakima 31 20 .608 Salem 30 22 .377 1 , Lewiston 25 24 .510 5 Wenatchea 24 25 .490 6 Eugene 23 31 .426 fli j Tri-Clty 19 30 .388 U Thursday's Results Eugene 3 Yakima 2 Salem 5 Trl-City 1 Roseburg Wins Start In Regional Roseburg - (LTD - Roseburg, Selah, Wash., and Lewiston, Idaho, picked up first round victories Thursday in opening action of the District 7 Re gional American Legion Jun ior Baseball tournament here. Roseburg, behind the pitch ing of Ran Cool and hitting of Jim Beamer, took an 8-4 win from Billings, Mont., in the third game before an estimat ed 3,000 fans. Lewiston defeated Anchor age, Alaska, in a slugfest that ended 15-8, and Selah banged out 22 hits for an easy 16-1 victory over Cheyenne, Wyo. In the first game Selah was never in any trouble. Don Waldbaucr was the big hitter for the Washington entry, get ting four hits in six tries and driving in four runs. In the second game the Ida hoans slammed 16 hits for 15 runs behind the batting of Jim Minnete and Jim Nas lund. Both were three for five at the plate and each baited in three runs. Roseburg was led by Ran Cool's pitching as he struck out 14 men. His battery mate, Beamer, helped him out with two hits in three tries, both of them triples. Tonight, Roseburg plays Lewiston at 8:30 o'clock and Billings goes against Selah at 6 p.m. Cheyenne met Anchor age at 1:30 p.m. The tourney is a double elimination affair. SPORTS Babe Ruth Memories Reviewed By TIM MORIARTY UPI Sports Writer New York -WTO- Baseball fans fortunate enough to have seen Babe Ruth in his hey day have memories of the greatest Yankee of them all who died 15 years ago today. They remember the Babe hitting one of his 714 home runs and running around the bases on legs that seemed too skinny to support his prodig ious body. They remember the Babe striking out-a sight almost as breathtaking. Yet the men who knew him best - his teammates-remember Ruth for different rea sons. Their fondest memories of baseball's greatest hero concern (A) his sense of hu mor and (B) his fondness for kids. Sense of Humor "The Babe had a great sense of humor," recalled Waile Hoyt, a pitcher on those explosive Yankee teams of the Ruth era and now a Cin cinnati sporlscaster. "He al ways got a big kick out of playing practical jokes. "Tony Lazzeri was the butt of many Ruth jokes. In those days we'd put on our baseball pants by turning them inside out first, then put an elastic band around the knees and pull them up. One of Babe's favorite gags was to drop a cigaret into Lazzeri's pants just before he pulled them up. "One day Lazzeri got back at him. Babe used to have a big, red handkerchief to mop his face. Just before he ran onto the field one day, Lazzeri set fire to Babe's handker chief. There was Babe run ning out to right field and slapping his backside to put out the fire." Earle Combs, who played alongside Ruth in the Yankee outfield for 11 years, remem bered when the Babe toured with a vaudeville show during the off-season. Enthusiastic Fan "He was playing in a show in Kansas City," related Combs, "and after the per formance a lady came rushing up to him and said, 'Babe you were just wonderful. . .you should play in Shakespeare.' Good old Babe shook his head and said, 'Hell, no, lady, I gotta be in St. Louis tomor row'." Combs, an, insurance exec utive in Frankfort, Ky., be lieves that the modern ball player would be wise to emu late Ruth's relationship with young fans. "The Babe loved children,'" he asserted. "I never saw him refuse a kid an autograph. He had more patience with young fans than any ball player 1 have seen.'" Benny Bengough and Joe Dugan, two other former Ruth teammates, echoed Comb's feelings. Dugan added another sig nificant thought on the great est home run slugger of all time. "The Babe would hit a hun dred homers today," the for mer third baseman insisted. "Never forget that he used a 52-ounce bat and with this golf ball they use today-they don't kid me about the lively ball Ruth would have hit a hundred a season." Ex-Dodgers Performing Well For American League Teams By MILTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Writer Ain't it just like those daffy Dodgers: They can't do anything right in the National league but you ought to see them operate in the American. Walt Alston undoubtedly will be delighted to know that two of his old buddies, Ed Roebuck and Don Zimmer, are performing exactly like pennant winners with Washington. And the Dodger skipper al so may break out in cheers to learn that another ot his ex employees, big Stan Williams, Giants Eye Dogfight With Cards si. T.nuis (llPi) - The San Francisco Gianls have won 17 nf thrlr last 23 cames. but they could not afford to be too optimistic as they moved in for a three game series with St. Louis. The Giants stayed three games back of Los Angeles Thursday niffht with a 6-3 win at Cincinnati, St. Louis finally lost one to drop five games off the Dodger pace, nut T.rm Anireles moves into lowly New York tonight, while the Giants and Laras ..mem thpir docfieht, More over, Manager Alvin Dark of San Francisco has about run out of pitchers after Billy rvnr.ll ininreH his ankle and nine hurlers participated in the last two games against Cincinnati. Dark was leaning toward Jim Duffalo (4-1) for tonight's encounter, while St. Louis had the veteran southpaw Cur(t Simmons (10-6) ready to go. The Giants had more prob lems today after Willie Mc Covey suffered from the re currence of an old muscle spasm. It was feared he would be out for several days. Mc Covey missed a couple of the games early this ween ne I.QHGO nf a Riisnensinn bv the league and San Francisco dropped them both. ir, Thnrsrinv rtiffnt s eame at Cincinnati, Jack Sanford awnneri Vita repnrrl At 12-12. but he owed much of his success to Billy Hoeft and Wlllio Mavs. linofi who missed all spring practice and part of I hp spnson hecause of n snotil- der injury, may finally have come around Thursday nlgnt. He threw longer, naraer, ana better than he has all season in tossinu four shutout in nings of relief ball. OLDSTER GETS ACE Minocquan, Wis. -HIM- Life can be sweet for an 83-year-old golfer when he scores an ace. Carl Hauscr of Litchfield, 111., holed out on the lSl-yard second hole of the Minocquan Country club Thursday and finished a nine hole round with a 51. ASHLEY STOVES Parti It Repair Service BIG Y FEED & Seed 1948 Pae. Hwy. No. 773-3160 suddenly has become one of the hottest pitchers on the Yankee s slaff. Combined Efforts Roebuck and Zimmer, each of whom send Alston best re gards, combined their efforts Thursday to produce a 5-4 victory for the Senators against the Angels. Zimmer had two hits and drove in two runs while Roebuck reg istered his first American league victory during a four inning relief stint. Williams, coming oft a one- hitter in his previous start, fired a six-hitter agains the Red Sox and struck out sev en as he hurled the Yankees to a 10-2 triumph. The former Dodger right-hander got most of his help from John Blan- chard. Blanchard, subbing for the injured Roger Maris in right field, drove in six runs with a grand slam homer and a two-run homer. Alston also may be inter ested in knowing that Yan kee Manager Ralph Houk, sit ting pretty with an Shi game lead, now is playing his jay- vees, possibly to let them earn their letters. Lins Had Three In addition to Rlanchard's two blasts, Phil Linz, filling in for Tony Kubek, collected three of the Yankees' 13 hits, and part-timer Hector Lopez contributed a double and two singles. Boston's only extra base blow was Dick Stuart's 30th homer In the ninth Inning. Minnesota bombed Balti more 13-3, and Detroit crush ed Kansas City 11-1 In the only other games scheduled. Rookie Jimmie Hall drove in five runs and Vie Power had four hits in the Twins' runaway against the Orioles In addition to a pair of sing les, Hall belted his 20th hom er to tie a club record for homers by a left-handed hit ter. Minnesota raked five Balti more pitchers for 16 hits, in cluding Don Mincher's 13th homer and Bob Allison's 26th that helped Lee Stange coast to his sixth victory. Losing pitcher Milt Pappas (11-8) was kayoed in the third inning. The Tigers turned their game with the A's into a rout with seven runs in the fourth inning. Bill Bruton's bases loaded single, which rolled through center fielder Bobby Del Greco's legs for a three base error, was the crusher that helped knock out loser Diego Scgui. Southpaw Hank ' Aguirre checked the A's on eight hits to even his season record at 11-11. Equally important to him was the fact that he singled home one of the Tig ers' runs. He'll do that ndw and then--like once every three years. B A Links Tourney Will Include Junior Players Because of requests, the be ginners invitational tourna ment to be held at nhnrm Lane Park Golf club under the auspices of the City ot Mcaiora park and recreation department has been ex. panded. The tournament, nricinall scheduled for adults only, will have a junior division for golfers 18 years and under. according to Bill Mitchel, club's golf pro. All vnunsters whn alfonrleri the recreation department golf classes are eligible for the tournament. Plav will rnncice of one nine-hole round be tween Aug. 18 and 25. It will be the same for both adult and iunior divisions with han dicaps fictireri hu a rnmmittpia oi inree. MNKSCORKS: American League New York ... 500 001 220 10 13 I) Boston ono 001 001 3 fi 2 Williams (6-3) and Howard. Wil son, Earley (1), Turley (7), Wood (0) and Tillman. Loser Wilson (0-14). HRs Blanchard 3, Stuart. Detroit . .003 701 010 It 15 1 Kansas City 000 010 Ono 1 R 3 Aguirre (11-11) and Triandos. Sesui, Fischer (4), Sturdivant (Rl and Edwards. Loser Segui (7-5). Washington 011 020 010 5 10 (1 Los Angeles noo 130 1004 9 3 Moellcr. Roehuck (4). Kline (81 and Retzer. Newman, Navarro (5), Oslnski (7). Fowler (7), Spring If)) and Rodgers. Winner Roe buck ll-OI. Loser Fowler 13-3). HR King. Baltimore ... 001 000 002 3 B 1 Minnesota 014 003 30x 13 IS 3 Pappas, Hall (3), Brunei (51, Slock 17). 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