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Newspaper Page TextBaseball Season Has Lighter Side PITTSBURGH (UPI) - Lets put asifle the worrisome pennant chase, the grueling drive for bat ting honors (or a moment, and take a look at the lighter side of baseball this season. Tliere's a tale about a (an club organiied (or a rookie before he appeared in his first major league game. And a major league catcher blushes when he tells how he was taken in by a ruse that sandlotters used 50 years ago. Another player has joined the writing fraternity. And what's in fa name? Baseball by any other name would still be a great sport. A San Francisco secretary with Lakeview Squads in Meets LAKEVIEW - Frcm the six Babe Ruth teams, four in Lake view and two in Alturas, there has been picked a 15-man tourna ment team to take part in the district games at Klamath Falls beginning today. The manager is Harold Cook and coaches at e Bob Swango and Chuck Hilbran. Picked (rom tbe teams were American Legion, Jack Peters and Jerry Rudisill; Carsten's, Ken Ford and Stan Perkins; Eagles, David Schaer, Norman Samples, and Jeff Sullivan; Insurance Agents, Fred Higgins, Neil Meis ncr. Bill Middlebrooks, Bob New combe, and Darrell Roush; Judy's .Mark Capik, Dan McKernon, and Bobbie Hay, Alternates are Dean Belvins of Judy's, first; Mike Turner, Car sten's, second; Dave Capik, Judy's third; and Paul Sheer,. Legion, fourth. Fourteen players and four al ternates have been named by the Lakeview Little League managers ifor the tournament play in Klam ath Falls this weekend. The man ager is Pat Cosgrove and the coach is Jim Harleman. The boys were chosen from the teams as follows: Elks, Sam Start and Tommy Williams: Fire men, Eddie DcWitt, Mike Fesler and Paul Ruhl; Giants, Tony Darst and Randy Higgins; Grif fins, Virgil Harvev; Knights of Columbus, R'chard Cosgrove, Fred Christensen, Ernie Foster, and Paul Stoffel: Mile Hi, John Leahy and Glenn Williams. The alternates are Craig Clause, Randy O'Connor and Verne Vincent of the Elks, and Ronald Young of Griffins. The Knights of Columbus team won the Little League crown here with just one loss during the sea son, and that was in tournament play. Their record for the season was 18-1, with one game can celled. Forecast For Track Near Same , WARSAW (UPU The Tore cast here was much the same as it turned out in Moscow last weekend: Victory for the United States men's track and field team and defeat for the girls. The American girls flew in from Moscow Tuesday and will join the men in training today. However, their chances of victory in this Saturday's dual track meet with Poland are not consid ered good. "I think our girls will have an easy victory," wrote a local sports columnist, and not one American cared to challenge the statement. The Yank girls lost all 11 events to their Russian counterparts last weekend. The American men's team is expected to beat the Polish men but not by a runaway. Even U.S men's coach Payton Jordan gives tile Poles a chance. "The souad alter today's train ing is finally in top shape and I know we will do better here than in Moscow." Jordan said alter a workout Tuesday $500 SMILES Members of the Perdue s Fountain team are shown being preented ' cheek for $500 or placing eighth in a field of 132 teams at the NCBPA Men's Team Handicap Tournament held recently in Seramento. The team totaled 3 M2. Marie Per. ' due presents the cheek to team members, .ft to riqhf, John Gloiter Jr., Quintin Smith, : Gene Dunn, Marie Perdue, Maury Beck and Bud Perdue. ithe arresting name of Novella O Hara organized the John Pre genzer fan club also kimun c the John who? Pregenzer had not yet thrown his first Ditch With the San Fran. Cisco Giants when the rlnh hppsn booming. He has since been sent to tacoma tor seasoning and Miss O'Hara offered the Giants $100 for his contract. Willie Mays was trying to run "up" an escalator eoine "down" at the Philadelphia airport. He reiusea to admit he was eoino the wrong way and finally proved nis point hy takine two steDs at a time and arriving at the top. inen Willie convinced Pregen zer that HE was going the wrong way. Pittsburgh Pirate catcher Jim ragliaroni and first baseman Donn Clendenon ennvprninn nn an easy pop fly lifted by Ron Fairly oi tne los Angeles Dodgers last week. Suddenlv Paoliarnni &tnntuH in " "rr ... his tracks when he heard some one say "I got it." He tliought it was Clendenon and the hall dropped opening the gates for a live-run surge by the Dodgers. Later Pae larom earned Dodo. er coach Joe Becker had shouted "I got it." "The oldest trick in hahnll " remarked Pagliaroni ruefully. ana i naa to bite on it. When Maury Wills completed his book about his base-stealing exploits, lie asked George Leder- er, West Coast sports writer, to check it for errors. "Everything is fine," Lederer said, "except you have a name misspelled." "Which one." inquired Wills. "Mine," said Lederer. What was described as the "greatest catch in baseball" oc curred last June 27 at Fenway Park when the Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-4. Indian outfielder Al Lunlmv leaped into the air to spear Dick Williams' ball and then fell over a barrier into the Red Sox bull pen. He scrambled to k his feet and showed the umpire' he still held the ball. The umpire ruled a putout and the Red Sox pro tested the game. The name's the same. Pirate pitcher Don Schwall shouldn't have trouble finding the plate. He and Pattie Plate were married last November. And there's no secret why Jim Brosnan is an adept pitcher. He married Anne Stewart Pitcher. Piersall Released By Mets NEW YORK (UPD-Oulfielder Jimmy Piersall says he's "sitting tight and waiting" for another crack at a major league job which he feels confident he get. The colorful, 3.1-) car-old Pier sall, who was placed on waivers by the New lork Mets Monday said Tuesday night that he has a few contacts and believes he has "a lot of good baseball left in me. If no team claims Piersall within the 72-hour waiver period. he will be given his uncondition al release and he free to make a deal (or himself. Milwaukee, Houston and the Los Angeles Angels are reported to be among the teams interest ed in him. "I was happy with the Mets.' he said, "but I just wasn't doing the job. If they felt I didn't .'it into their plans, they had the right to get nd of me. Alter all. it's just like running any other business. "And don't forget." Piersall added, "I drew a pretty good sol ary here." His yearly salary is estimated at $37,500. "I'm working out every day to stav in shape when the next chance comes." he said. . i "Tu 11 1 r FOX OUTFOXES TAG Chicago White So second baseman Nellie Fox (2) slides under an attempted tag by Tiger Hank Aguirre and is safe at first base after hitting a slow roller to the pitcher during the first inning of the first game of the Detroit-Chicago twin-bill. SANDBAGGERS TRIOS LEAGUE W L Cobos City Center Lodge 30 15 Malmes Trio 27'i 17Vi The Beginners 25 20 Regs Three U'i 20' i Millers Musketeers 23' i 211 Pisarts Team 23 22 Klamath Milk Producers 21 2 Kenneys Kali 17'i 27Vj Oreqon-Washington Telephone 17 20 Herald and News to 29 Results: Klamath Milk Producers 1. Kenneys Kali 4; Malmes Trio 2. Mil lers Musketeers 3; Herald and News 1, Cobos City Center Lodge 4; The Begin ners 4, Regs Three l; Pisans Team 4, Ore. -Wash. Telephone 1. High team game, Malmes Trio 658; high team series. Millers Musketeers 2453; hlqh ind. game, Walt Cool 238; high ma. series, Ed pan i. SUNDOWNERS LEAGUE W Corrupters 19' j 12' i 13V i Blew Four 18' i Mar loonies 18 Travelers U'j 14V'j and Mrs. 17 Pennies 17 Silvers 16 Cash & Save Oil Company 16 Hot Shots IS'i 6i Scavengers IS1 i Merry Mixers lll 20V Jetsons 10 , 22 Results: Corruptors 3, Pennies 1; Mar loonies 1. Jetsons 3; Mr. and Mrs. 3. Blew Four 1; Cash & Save Oil Co. 3, Merry Mixers 1) Scavengers 3, Travel ers i; Slivers 2, Hot Shots 2. High team game. Hot Shots 825; high team series, Mr. and Mrs. 2341; high ind. game, Russ Kalis from 233, Cassie Whiteman 184; high Ind. series, Russ Kallstrom 590, Jen Hubbard 467. UNIVAC LEAGUE W The Gripers Faith Four Sanders 2S 2S t5 Misfits Four Roses 4 Gottens M&Ms Show-ofls Lucky Four Mlssln Cusses The Plllts 4 Jokers 13 Results: Mi Ms 1. Sanders Th e Gripers 3, The PfKts 1; 4 Gottens 3, Lucky Four I; Show-oMs 3, 4 Jokers 1; Four Roses 0, Faith Four 4; iMlstits 3, Missin Cusses V High team game. Faith Four BOA; high learn series. Faith Four 2340; high Ind. anme, Eldina Greenwood 197, Tex Howel 203; high Ind. series, Eldina Greenwood us, Les (jaraner i. MEN'S SCRATCH DOUBLES W L Jackson - Paxton 39 II Webb - Webb 22 18 Cadwell Hanan 21 19 Jones Barnell 21 t Rales Anderson 1? 21 Sellars Larson 17 33 Tomlc Gardner 1A 24 Pinner - Snider 15 25 Reiults: Jackson-Paxlon 4, Cadwell Hanan 1; Webb-Webb 3, Jones-Barnett 2; Sellars-Larson 1, Bales-Anderson 4; Pinner-Snider 2, Tomic-Gardner 3. High team game, Jackson-Paxlon 422; hioh team series. Tomic-Gardner 1432; high ind. game, Keilh Larson 219; high ind. series, John Paxton 755. COFFEE CUP TRIO LEAGUE W Guttersnipes The Three Spills Th Runners Uo 23 17 22' I 22 17' i The Three Nuts 20 20 We're Tryings l1 33' a Do-No-Do'S 1 34 Results: We're Tryings 2, Do-No-Do's 2 Guttersnipes 4. Th Three Kluls 0; The Three Splits 2'i. The Runners Up 1 Hiah team oame. Guttersnipes 569; high team series. Guttersnipes 1641; high ind. game, Paula Fletcher m; nign mo series, Paula Fietcner 513. V.-- A -1 --'IN : UPI Telephoto SUMMER NIGHTCRAWLERS LEAGUE W Lucky Strikes 23' 1 W.i Unpredictable Crater Lake Dairy Dist. Mainllners Night Hawks 20'i Framz on Filters No. 1 Frantz Oil Fillers No. 2 18 22 Elmers Texaco 16 .24 Results: Unpredictable 3, Mainllners 1; Franii Oil Filters No. 2 2. Lucky Strikes 2; Franlz Oil Filters No. I 2. Night Hawks 2; Elmers Texaco 1, Crater Lake Dairy Dst. Dorris 3. High Ind. game, Ralph Barnelt 224; high ind. series, BUI Hanan 616; high team game, Elmers Texaco 634; high ream series, unpreatciaoies 177. MOOSE MIXED FOURSOME LEAGUE Screw Balls How - Do's Blue Blazes The Weakenders Holey Rollers 33 17 22 18 21' i 18' i Feather Merchants LOS The Mity Meece Alley Gators 20 i 19Vi 19 21 The Sub-Chasers Torpedoes The' Spinners Confused Four 24 15 25 14','j 25' 14 26 Spare Try-rs 13''j 26''i July 22 results: How-Do's 3, The Weak enders I; Feather Merchants 2, Hl-Lo's 2; The sub-Chasers 2, Holey Rollers 2; Confused Four 3, Spare Try-rs 1; Alley Gators 2, Screw Balls 2; The Mlty Meece 3' ?, The Spinners vj; Blue Blazes 1 Torpedoes 3. High team game. Torpedoes 839; high team series. Torpedoes 2393; high Ind. game (women), Jeanne Paillette 213. (men), Russ Kallstrom 777; nign mo. series (women), Jeanne Paillette 572, (men), Russ Kallstrom 592. Lewiston Gains Lead In NW Loop By I'nltecl Press International The Northwest League, played another round in its game of musical chairs Tuesday night and the Lewiston Broncs wound up on top. ' The Broncs, who won the tirst half, lopped Yakima 12-10 in 10 innings to move into first place a half-game ahead of Yakima and Salem. Wenalchce downed Salem 4-1, and Tri-City edged Eugene 3-2 in other games. Icwiston won its game when Bill Mover hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th. The Broncs had tied it with three runs in the ninth highlighted by a two run homer hy Wayne Norton Dick Smith of the losers hit a solo homer in the second. Pat rtogan with relief help from Dick Wanlz pitched Tri-Cily to its win over Eugene. Rogan gave up solo homers to Howie Wood and Denny Lundgren and Want7. had to come in and end it with a strikeout with a man on second and two out in the Eugene ninth. Tri-City got its eventual win ning run in the third when Charlie Strange, who has hit in IB straight, singled in Brown Taylor. Dichter Turns Back Medalist ASTORIA (LTD Four time champion Ralph Dichter of A toria turned back medalist Evans i Butch I Mannlidcs of Seattle 2 and 1 in the second round of the men's division in the Oregon Coast Golf Tournament Tuesday. Dichter gained the quarterfinals with Sev Harkson of the Oswego Lake County Club, Western Wash ington College student Tom Bear man. Rob Swingle of The Dalles and Leiehtnn Tuttle. Phil Under wood. Dave Munro and Carl Rurtch. all of Portland. SHIP H 21 TU 4-4151 1 I Father Murphy Claims Champion Liston Fine Man By OSCAR FRALKY I'PI Sports Writer LAS VEGAS ( L'PI 'The world may sneer at Sonny Liston and. abhor his background, despite the fact that he is the heavyweight champion of the world. But to Father Edward Patrick Murphy, a parish priest out of one of Denver's poorest districts, Lis ton is a great man with a fine future." 'If he lets me down, I'll be quite surprised," the short, husky, Klamath Skaters In Meet PORTLAND Fourteen htm area ol tne country s top ama teur roller skaters will arrive here this week for the 13 RSR0A North American Roller Skating Championships, July 28-Aug. 3, at the Memorial Coliseum. Highlights of the championships will be video-taped by ABC-TV and shown nationally Aug. 17 on the network's popular "W l d e World of Sports" program. The skaters will be competing in 54 events for 258 place awards during the championships. The events Include speed, dance, fig ures, and free skating (singles, pairs, fours! and roller hockey. Skating divisions, determined by age and skill, range from juvenile through senior. Klamath's Skate- land Wheels will represent the Northwest in the hockey tourna ment. Only the finest skaters in the country, after placing at state and regional meets, reach the Amer ican Championships. This year, nearly 25,000 skaters competed in skate meets with 4.600 advancing lo the regional level and 1,400 to the North American Meet. A parade through downtown Portland will kick off the cham pionships' festivities Saturday morning. It is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Saturday evening, a special show "The Roller Skating Spec tacular of 1963" featuring the country's outstanding amateur and professional skaters in lavish production numbers will be pre sented at the Coliseum. The Roller Skating Queen of America contest will held during the spectacular. Beautiful young women representing . slates are expected to vie tor the coveted title of l!Ki3 Roller fckal ing Queen of America. The actual competition will get underway Sunday morning and runs through the following Satur day evening. The championships are sanclioncd by the Roller Skat ing Rink Operators Association of America, the world's largest roll er skating trade and sport associ ation. Humphrey Loses Bout Narrowly ASAH1GAWA, Japan (UPU An all-Oregon high school wres tling team won Its third match in four starts in Japan today oy de feating a team from schools in the Asahigawa area in Japan s northern Island of Hokkaido. The Americans won by matches to 2. The results: 110 pounds: Shigeru Nakada de- cisioned Rich Henjynji, Portland 10-1. 120 pounds: Rick Sanders, Port land, dccisloned Masoyuki Tani-j guchi, 3 0. 130 pounds: Katsuii Sasaki de cisioned Grant Humphrey, Klam ath Falls, 4-2. 140 pounds: Keilh Flack, Canby decisioned Yugi Sliibuya, 7-3. 130 pounds: Don Dykslra, Leba non, decisioned Akira Iloh, 7-0. 1(10 pounds: Rnllin Schimmel, Rainier, decisioned Hirnyuki Ter amoto, fl-2. 170 pounds: Fred Fozzard, Port land, decisioned Kenji Kumagawa, 10-4. 180 pounds: Hank Schenk, Sil- vertnn, pinned Eiji Suzuki, 6:27. Via pounds: Toshiro Hoshiro de cisioned Don Kauffman, Lebanon. 7-0. Heavyweight: Harold Weight, Portland, pinned Kalsuyuk Yasui, 5:04. NEWSPAPERS1 SELL THE MOST!! 1 A I t "t li Pi'JiWi'oWWi white-haired priest said in a low, even voice alter Liston's second victory over Floyd Patterson. "Be cause this man has overcome more obstacles and difficulties than 90 per cent of us ever would be able to conquer. No one knows the heavyweight king and one-time convict better than Father Murphy. And his is not a blind, divine pardon for a man unchanged. Is Finding Himself "Sonny has come through clean," he explained in his gentle voice. I don't mean merely as heavyweight champion. I mean as a man who finally has fallen into good hands and daily is finding himself. Father Murphy works in a par ish which is 80 per cent colored and this one-time athlete from Omaha, who depends greatly on sports to help his saving cause spends much time in the juvenile courts and in the jails "You must realize that it didn't start yesterday when a boy got into trouble." he pondered. "It started for them years ago, just as it did for Liston In three years of being close to Liston. Father Murphy ha heard the champion's whole story Born lo abject poverty in i starved family of 25 children; set to picking cotton by the time he could walk; never had a piece of meat or a glass of milk "unless he stole it from a cow" until he was 14 years old. Fears Being Repulsed "They tried to get him to go to school, but he was bigger than any of the rest of them," he mourned, "and they laughed at him. H bred in him a fear of being repulsed and always, even now, there is the question of whether he will be accepted. Just like the Irish once were treated in New York, or those with Ger man sounding names during war time At 14 Liston went lo St. Louis and, as Father Murphy puts it it was inevitable that he would fall into the wrong crowd." u r,.i,i ..j i,..m n,i k ones, says this knowing little man. "But when he went to the penitentiary Father Alois Stevens started him boxing. That was the start of a long trip out of the gutler in which he unfortunately had been born. Truly Loves Children "This is a man who truly loves children," added Father Murphy. If he is suspicious and with drawn from adults it is only that he doesn't understand them. This is a man with a fine IQ but he simply has not had the advan tages or gained the flexibility which comes with education." But that, he holds, is a situa tion with which Liston is learning to cope belter and better each day. And Father Murphy believes that Liston now is stable enough lhat lliere will be no repetition of his previous indiscretions. The little priest had a heart at tack last year and he smiles re flectively at Liston's advice. He told me, lie said, to re member thai every time you gel belted you've got to learn to land on your feet." Father Murphy honest ly behoves that, at last, Charles (Sonny) Lis ton has done just that. 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Benson, Jackson, (itching Leading Falcons' Stats With Gary Benson pitching su-. pcrb ball and getting some very! heavy hitting behind him, the Fal cons are preparing to take on Rnseburg this weekend in anoth- of the best-of-thrce scries rounds in the American Legion playuffs. Benson leads the pitching staff for the Falcons with an enviable record of 11-1. His only loss was to Mcdfnrd which he later re venged in giving the Falcons the league championship The strong right bander is build ing a better and better record each week. He seems to get stronger in the later innings as - '" " """" '" . . .- ..-. lowed only 12 earned runs in that' oouic. His carncd-run average1 Is a sparkling 1.02 for the 82 lnn-1 ings and 12 games he has been In In addition, Benson has whiffed Clyde Conner Sidelined 'MORAGA, Calif. (UPI) - San Francisco Forty Niner end Clyde Conner, a veteran wingman who caught 24 passes last year, will he sidelined for the next six weeks. Conner Tuesday fractured his left clavicle while diving on a loose ball. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital where he is ex pected to remain for only a few days. But coach Red Hickey does mil look for his return to the lineup until early September. The eight-year veteran will be replaced by Dale Mcsser, hereto fore a defensive halfback. It was the second serious injury sufufcred at training camp. Second year pass catcher Kay McFarland suffered a shoulder separation in his first full workout. VERSATILE.. . POWERFUL . . .VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE KAISER Jeep CaRPC3RATiaN,lo4o.0o -world ! largtil manufacturer ol 4-wheel drive vehicle JOE FISHER THE LLOYD BRIDGES SHOW FRIDAY, 10:30 Wednesday, 108 batters, walked 48 and given up only 32 hits in the 82 frames. He also has a pair of no-hit! games to his credit. Benson also is aiding his ow n cause with some heavy hitting of late. He is now sticking at a .250 clip and getting better each game. Rich Jackson, another pitcher, is the leading hitter on the team. Rich, who has a 5-2 pitching rec ord, is lacing the ball at a .452 pace. He has been to bat 31 times and has 14 hits. He has played in 12 games and hit in all but the first one for an 11-game hitting streak, the longest of any ' uw raicons. mine running, me nne-anvei hitting ccnterficlder, leads the' regulars with a fine .345 average He has tagged 29 hits in 78 at bats or the top average. He! leads in the doubles department. with eight and is the third ton, kbi man witn 17. Larry Binney, the southpaw left fielder, is the leading RBI man, with 26, far ahead of the rest of the team. He also is hitting at a AMERICAN LEGION STATISTICS Individual Bitting Nam! Al K H IB JB MR Rll SB SAC Awl. RICH Jjckion .11 4 14 1 0 0 4 1 0 .43? Wtht Kttchlno 71 19 29 I 2 1 17 5 O .345 Larry Binney 104 JS 33 4 2 1 H 3 0 .317 Lanny Guyar 74 24 24 5 3 I 11 I I .314 LaVoy Young 102- 24 30 3 1 1 10 19 4 .294 John Gray 71 12 20 2 1 0 B 2 .282 Jay Paiton a 9 24 3 1 0 13 2 J .282 Oava JOhnion 73 19 20 I 4 2 IB 5 0 .274 John Parliollo 94 19 24 4 2 O 15 0 2 .271 Jim Jachion 31 4 I 1 0 0 I 0 0 .?! Gary Sanson 44 J 11 0,5 O 1 1 1 .250 Larry Smith 44 11 11 3 v 2 0 4 4 2 .239 Dannll Coleman 174 4000310 .235 Rich Grows 401 S200712.IOO Mary Yunck 45 13 7 0 0 0 4 4 1 .154 Marv Davis 73 2000200 .284 TOTALS 944 114 171 II II 1 1 39 II .114 Individual pitching Pllchar o IP R-ER M SO II W l ERA Gary Sanson 12 82 21-12 32 10 48 II 1 1.02 Jim Jackson I 48 17- 8 39 54 14 5 0 1.17 Rlcn Jackson 41 17-10 23 44 21 5 2 1.44 Rich Grow 7 40'i 21-10 38 21 20 3 3 1.74 'Marv Davis 2 84 8 - 8 8 13 10 1 0 4.44 Jay Paxlon I 2 1-0 2 4 0 00000 John Parlsollo 1 7 4 . 4 7 3 5 0 1 4.00 TOTALS 3) 234 - 119 147 120 14 7 1.54 No longer with Falcons JEEP' America's only overhead cam automo tive engine, the Tornado-OHC, is stand ard on Gladiator trucks and Wagoneer station wagons. ..and both are also avail able in 2-wheel drive. Come in today for a demonstration thatyou'll neverforgetl July 24, 1963 PAGE 11-A hot .317 clip. Lanny Guyer, sec- !ond sackcr, has come on very strong in the past fewr games to raise his average rapidly to a 316 average. Those are the only ones above .300. Binney also has the most hits. 33. Shortstop LeVoy Young leads the base thieves with 19. He has 30 hits in 102 trips to the plate or a .204 average. Rightfielder Dave Johnson leads in triples with five. He and Binney each have two home runs to lead that division. The team is batting at a very good .286 clip. The Falcons have scored 214 runs to only 89 for the opposition and have a 26-7 record. The top four hurlers have ERA'S ibelow 1.75. Jim Jackson Is the second top pitcher with a 6-0 rec ord and a fine 1.17 ERA. The Falcons will be in Roscburg Saturday night at 8:30 for the first of the best-two-of-three. They will return to Klamath for a Sunday night game, beginning at 30. The third game, if needed, will bo in Roseburg at 8:30 Mon day night. GLADIATOR STAKE Klamath Falls, Ore. P.M.