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' MONDAY, JULY 20. 1953 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THntT-T V- ""N V' TkXfi" ,', - ill 3f 4341 SMP.WfflCSJWs LUE HOPKINS OF YREKA (left) and Klamath's Da va VineAnt ' ious bidding in last night' t Main Event when they ended up on " of leveral ipectacular craek-upi in the weekly speed show at won the raca. Morrison Dominates Racefare Benny Morrison, winner' of the fourth heat, final set and pot race last niECt . at Gems ' Speedway, made a big bid tor the main event win but was smacked out of con tention on the seventeenth of the 25-lap feature. '.''' Morrison, who drives his big Hud aon like he means it, drew min gled cheers and cat-calls when the wrecker hauled his car away after battling winner Rusp Newell for 16 laps. Last night's program was one of the best of the season and Track Manager Bam Neslin announced . last night he would run Wednes day night this week, The show-stealer last night was the linal heat that saw three cars turn over during the hectic race. ' Morrison's car was one of the casualties that got mixed in a four car scramble on the final turn of the fourth lap, Morrison, upended aiung wun Neil Mayfield Clint Loebcr and George Smith were also involved In the scramble went on to win the race over Matt Ciuislian and Lyle Hopkins of Yreka. : ; ; : -.. ' '-BPIIli, .r:,.l-':-r.-? -..-. Dale Hankins, last week's main 'event winner, also spilled, over In the final heat race, v : Morrison came back to win the special event, the pot race, ahead U- S. R.Crawley and Hankins. Jim Hargrove in K-7600 furnished tile uiniis in the 'B1 Main Event. He turned his car over twice, on the first lap and tenth, and fin ished out oi the money. Crawley, making a strong bid for the blue ribbon, spun out on the thirteenth lap and never got back In contention. Yreka's Hop kins, rid of pesky Crawleyi went on to win handily over Smith and Ed Rouls. ' Hopkins is also the lad who left towir'wlth the trophy in the dash event and a kiss lrom the trophy girl. ' i ; He won the second' heat. Jack Matney the first, Neil Mayfield the third and Morrison the fourth. This was Hopkins' first appearance on the Klamath Falls track and he filled in adequately for Woody Tbomason and Chick Robinson, Yreka drivers absent last night. , TANGLE . I- Hopkins won the trophy dash wiyhen Morrison and Matney, second place winner, tangled on the final turn of the third lap. To make the show even more pro-Morrison, Ben's brother Bob captured the Pitmens race in the same K-8 Hudson. '. ' Smith moved Into second spot In the main event and stayed there after Morrison met with mishap on the seventeenth, nerfed out by one car and clouted hard by an other as he spun around. Wednesday night s show has the same starting time 6;45 time trials, 7:30 first race. ; j. North Topr :.; South, 10-w MT. SHASTA The North whipped the Soutb, 10-3, here Sun day in the Northern California Baseball League annual all - star game. Ray Brown of Weed was voted the "outstanding player". Wayne Paulson, Hilt, and Bob Fldler, Dunsmuir, each collected a brace of doubles. Bob Shirley of Yreka was the winning pitcher and clouted a triple. North 10 14 1 South :. 3 9 7 Calvin, Shirley, Cummins and Davis, Cannizzo; Kursten, Car- rington, Laldlaw and Cartwrigbt, Johnson. The top attendance for the ma jor league All-star game was 69, 831 at Cleveland's Municipal Sta dium in 1935. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND EUGENE, ORE., MEDFORD Thoroughly Modern ,",.-.' ,. Mrs. J. B- Early and Joe Early Proprietors Spokane Holds To Half Game LeadlnWIL By The Associated Press , The Spokane Indians and Salem Senators went their separate ways in the Western International Base ball League Monday, after a "cru cial" "weekend meeting that set tled nothing. .' ' ( The two clubs, only half a game apart when they opened the four game stand at Salem last Friday, divided a doubleheader Sunday. That gave them ' an even split ' in the series and left them where they were at the start, still half a game apart with Spokane out In front. The road ahead may be easier for the Indians. They play three gomes starting Monday night with last place - Victoria. Salem, idle Monday night, goes up against the Lewlston Broncs Tuesday. And the Broncs are still smarting for their last meeting early In June. They were leading the league at the time and. appeared a shoo-in for the first half championship. How ever Salem took the series and went on to win the title and berth in the, postseason playoff. TEAM UP " ' Bill Franks and .John Cordell teamed to produce a five-hitter as the Indians turned back' the Son ators 4-2 In Sunday's seven-inning opener. Salem came back to take the nightcap' 3-1. , .-' , In other games Calgary club bed Yakima twice, 6-1 and 3-1: Wenatchee downed Vancouver' 4-3 and 6-2: TriClly edged Victoria 8-6 in 10 Innings, and Lewlston and Edmonton split a pair, the Broncs taking the first game 4-1 and ttie Stampeders the nightcap 1-0. ' Calgary's Bill Stltes turned In one of the season's best pitching jobs at Yakima. Andy Anderson singled 'into left field In the third inning and after that the Bears went unless and scoreless. Stltes fanned five and walked three. Rookie southpaw Rick Botelho notched a four-hitter for Wenat chee. The '18 year-old struck out 13 Vancouver batters, and helped his own. cause by banging out-a triple and driving in a run. HOME RUN Len Tran's two-run homer in the bottom of the tenth saved the day for Trl-Citv. It came after Tri Clly bad whittled away at Victor- las early d-1 ieaa to ue uie same in the eighth. ft was the second overtime game in. two days for Victoria and Tri- City. The Braves went 11 Innings before downing the Tyees 3-2 in the first game of a Saturday dou ble header. Victoria won the sec ond game 7-3. In other Saturday games, Spo kane beat Salem 6-3: Calgary edged Yakima 4-3; Lewlston drub bed Edmonton 12-5 and Vancouver downed Wenatchee 12-3. Richards Wins Publinx Title , SEATTLE. Ml A quiet stock and bond' salesman from Santa Monica Calif.,-who owns a ready grin .and an- unorthodox putting style, is the hew National Public Links golf champion. Ted Richards, 30, won the title Saturday in a gruelling match with a California neighbor, Irving Coop er of Long Beach, and it took him all of the scheduled 36 holes to dispose of Cooper, 1-up. San Francisco Talks Big Leaque SAN FRANCISCO W Son Fran cisco Supervisor Francis Mc Carthy says he intends to start the official ball , rolling to bring big league baseball to San Francisco. McCarthy said he would Intro duce a resolution before the Board of Supervisors requesting 65.000 to send a representative east to find a maior leamie club willing to come to San Francisco, and would follow with plans for city developed facilities for a major league team. People DO Read SPOT ADS -you are! wmrm InnrlnA mil f tha home-turn fence, iutt Gems Spesdway. Rust N ny ser- ona ewell Stars Win Two From Rainiers Br The Associated Presa Hollywood has turned back another Seattle challenge In their two-teain raca for the Paolfic Coast League pennant. The Stars nipped the Rainiers twice Sunday 8-7 and 3-2 in their final meeting of the season. That again boosted the Hollywood, bulge to 4 ' games, after Seattle had won the first two of the four-game series. ' . . In the other PCL games Sacra mento grabbed two from Los An geles 6-4 and 9-5 with Joe Brovla banging out three home runs in ine seven-inning nigntcap. Oak land took sixth place from San Diego with two wins 5-3 and 4-0. and Portland split with San Fran- Cisco, winning 8-5, then losing 1-0, nu UAlltS No games are scheduled Mon day night. The regular full week series starts Tuesday. Hollywood plays at San Francisco, Seattle at San Diego, Oakland at Los An geles and Portland at Sacramento, Hollywood won the opening game Sunday with four runs in both the sixth, and seventh Innings, Chuck Stevens capped the sixth with three-run homer.- A two-run single by Lee Walls was the big hit in the seventh. The Stars added an insurance run in - the ninth via Monte Basgall's homer. DOUBLE . Frankie Kelleher's two run dou ble In the third inning provided tne second game victory Portland added a new name to Its roster Sundny Bob Marquis from the Cincinnati Redlegs. He promptly collected a homer and batted in four runs to lead the Beavers to-the 8-5 first game vic tory over San Francisco. Leo Righettl scored the only run as the Seals took the second game. He singled ana came around on Al Lyons' double. John Mccall held Portland to three hits. By The Associated Press BATTING Ted Kluszewskl. Cincinnati Reds Hit 27th and 28th home runs to tie Milwaukee's Ed Mathews for major league lead in 4-1 first game victory over Brooklyn, and drove in a run In 7-5. second game defeat. PITCHING Vic Raschi, New York Yankees Shut out Chicago with two hits in second game of doubleheader, 3-0. to boost Yanks' lead to six games. Rams Win In Touch Game XOS ANGELES Ml The Los Angeles Rams pro team defeated the San Pedro Dolphins 20-13 In a benefit touch football game Sun day night. Proceeds will go to ail ing Ram Don Slmensen. . More than 4,000 fnns saw Norm Van Brocklin pass to Tom Fears, who in turn lateraled to Tank VnnniTdf fnr thp firftt. tflltv T.At.Rr Younger flipped one to Skcet Quin-1 lan, good, lor 29 yarns anq a touchdown, The final Ram score came on a 34-yard pass from Glenn Davis to Fears. . Fire Destroys Race Horses . CHICAGO Wl five thorough bred horses perished, thirty were rescued and four firemen, were overcome by smoke in a spectac ular fire which destroved parts of two barns at the Hawthorne Race Track Sunday. Charles Miller, track superin tendent, estimated damage a t more than $60,000. LIFETIME BATTERY plui fax Automotie self charging Nautronic plot. 6-veer gvarantn by Herds of London. Coll Your Local RaprtKittstiva: A. S. Smith " - K. r11 n.n BarnM 4S0I Merrill Glenn HunnleaU 4'tl . Merrill Den letreon 7-!7 Talrlaha Yankees Win Two From Chicago By JACK HAND i - .'?- -HP 8POrtW ' Ed Lopat and , Vic Raschi. couple of seasoned veterans who count World Series pay as regular Income, nave straightened out the New York Yankees. . For the first time in weeks, there la no frantic palter of pursuit. Chi cago, whipped twice yesterday, is six games back.. Cleveland s.disas; trous i collapse nas aumpea me Indians into fourth place, 11 games behind. Boston, working on a six game winning streak, is third but still a distance 10'i games to the rear. .. , -. m; . Hiere Is no change in the Na tional League pattern alter- three split double-headers with Brooklyn still holding a three-game lead over Milwaukee. Philadelphia remains third; six games behind the Dod gers and the New York Giants, who took over fourth place Satur day, hold a one percentage point edge on St. Louis. BIG NEWS ' ' Blir news of the dav in the Na tional was that somebody finally scored a run on Allan Worthlngton, the Giants rookie hotshot. Milwau kee broke the right-hander's score less string after IB 2-3 innings and Why STOP Pay 1 ' '5 0 O O -T"""ssJ 8 o m llfh I. Klamath " " GOODYEAR beat him 2-1 in the second game of a double-header; called 'after five Innings because of darkness, New York had won the first game 7-5 on Hank Thompson's two-run hom er tn the ninth. The story In the American League was the twin Job the Yanks did on the White Sox 6-2 and 3-0 before 64,215, an ail-time Oomiskey Park record crowd. Lopat copped the first to -boost his season record to 10-1 on an eight-hitter. Mickey Mantle's second double keyed a four-run rally in the ninth. Raschi held the Sox to two hits, ending Sam Mele's 22-game hittlnir streak i in the second. Hank Bauer's sec ond-inning homer off Billy Pierce gave Vic all the lead he needed. UPSTART .'..-. v . . 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Roy Sievers and Les Moss hit homers for the Brownies' victory, Keith Thomas and Clyde Vollmer for the Nats. Brooklyn had to come from be hind with five runs in the eighth and then stave off a Cincinnati rally to pet an even . break with (he troublesome -Reds. Clncy won the first game 4-1 with Ted Kluszew ski's 27th and 28th homers for a new Cincinnati team home . run high of 112. Fred Bacsewskl. ex Chicago Cub, tamed the Dodgers with five hits. The Dodgers were helped by two costly throwing errors by Roy Mc Millan and Bobby Adams as they scored five in the eighth Inning to take the second game 7-5. Carl GOODYEAR Go Sa other make when famous G00DYEARS are priced so at These LOW PRICES! Big Values on TRUCK TIRES Sf Rugged MARATHONS V GOODYEAR White Son Erskine,- fifth Brooklyn pitcher, snuifed out "a; etney rally by' re tiring two men with the bnsea load ed In the ninth. St. Louis won one game at Pitts burgh 8-2 and trailed 6-4 with one out in the Cardinal half of the sixth when the curfew law inter vened. That goes as "suspended game" to Pe completed from the .point of Interruption before today's single game.-Stan Musial knocked In three runs with a double and his lltb homer. Philadelphia came up with three in the ninth to top the Chicago Cubs 6-6 after losing the. opener 5-3 on home runs by Dee Fondy and Hal. Jeffcoat; Willie Jones' single drove home the winning run In the ninth-Inning spurt. ' " LONO WAIT ' ' ' BRAINERD, Minn. MR A Brain erd youngster hooked a 20-pound Northern Pike and landed it 24 hours later. Alvln LeDous, 14, had his 15-pound test line snapped by the terrific strike In Lake Mille Lac. Back at the same spot the next day, Alvln noticed his bobber of the day before going through maneuvers. He grabbed the bobber and pulled up the big fish, still very -much alive. 3 GOODYEAR fely on Plus Tax and Your M ' 7 w r -. JULY VALUES! for FOUR TIRES Catcr Ntyins Sinq les Crown TACOMA' 11 Nick Carter, a smooth-working San . Franciscan, lived up to advance billing Satur day, as he breesed easily to the men's singles title al the Pacific Northwest, Tennis Championships. . Carter, making his first appear ance In the tournament since 1942, brushed aside another Californ lan, Jim Demas of Sacramento, in the finals, 6-2, 7-5, -l. He then ' joined John . Canlrell,- a fellow townsman, - to take the men's dou- bles title over Demas and Jim Livingstone, San - Francisco, 6-1, 6-1. . ' ,' The women's singles crown was taken by Seattle's Janet Hopps, a 7-6, 6-2 winner over Fat Naud of San -'Mateo, Calif, Miss Hopps teamed with Barbara Lumm of Portland Sunday to beat Amy Yee or Seattle and Miss Naud tor the women's doubles crown, 6-1, (-1. GREAT CUBAN JOCKEY ' OCEANPORT, N.J. 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