Feller Hurls
Indians fo
Top of League
Cleveland Leads
American for First
Time Since Early May
By the Associated Press
Bobby Feller shines like the Feller
ot old in Cleveland's first place
surs*e tp the top of the American
League.
•iWith 18 victories in the book.
Feller is a sure shot for the 20 club.
If he maintains his pace, he could
equal his personal high of 27 vic
tories in 1940. So far he' 18-4 with
49 games to play.
But Fellpr would trade thorn all
t.or the one World Series win.
f hat is his chief remaining ambi
tion in baseball at the age of 32.
Felier pitched CSSveland into the
, lead for the first IfBtt* since May 2.
when, he made . Louis his 18th
victim yesterday, jj-1. Washington's
Bob Porterfield ripened the door by
m knocking his ex-^ev York Yankee
mates out of the fead with a 4-1
triumph. ■
Seven wellinit
Poston wesgyhwsu out- «t its game
with Philadelphia and Chicago, the i
ether lirst diVisiuK ‘-Glib, lost : round |
in bowing to Detroit, 6-5, in 11 in- j
nings. The White Sox now trail]
Cleveland by seven full game
Brooklyn opened upon ll'j game
lead •) the National, high mark
for tfce year, by sweeping a day
night doubleheader from runnerup
New fork, 7-2 in the afternoon
and 7-G in 19 innings at night.
Philadelphia sneaked closer to the
Giants by shading Boston, 3-2.
Pittsburgh bombed St. Louis 10-7
for Murry Dickson's 15th win and
Cincinnati took.a. pair frcun Chicago,
7-5 and 4-fJj j. j j j j j . =; |j: i . J ■ 1 ■'
7Fellir’s vidwry made ‘Wjrtcp:«to*'
nerlfci the ijiajona rifW 4ilended the
Indians' streak,' to seven straight.
The TWbe has \y<jri 31 oi 40 in a
tlrlvfc silJef Jtltxt; 30,.
‘‘r.IHjii Wf*!ks Walks!
arry ;d)wc home both runs
i,!1 -!‘J dmibletfh t^e fotirth in
IttBB-iVyho gave
Sine. FeP,
dished up a home run ball .to
:ie Ben Taylor in the fourth. Lire
fttri of tljty.ggme.
(•prlerfield had solid tdltiiig sup-* '
“port from Mickey Vernon who
^lasted Vie liaschi for two homers,
.. each with 4 nign un. (u .wuauaf.
.for all Washington runs. He was
.sathe first Senator to hit a home
run since July 22, a 15-game
streak, longest no-liomer string in
the majors.
"TTlire Yanks ruined Porterfield's
shutout in the last of the ninth on'
Yogi Berra's double and Johnny
Mize's single.
Gil Hodges hit his 32nd homer,
Puke Snider No. 23 and Carl Furillc
No. 12 in the Dodgers' day win over
the Giants’ Jim Hearn.
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i League Standing;
By the Xsidiated Press
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NATIONAL UKAOUE
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Pittsburgh
y'V
66
60
6g
•18
'■
' Vrf‘.i
48
49
L
35
49
51
52
54
55
56
62
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
St, Louis
W
66
65
61
60
49
46
40
32
L
39
39
43
47
54
58
66
73
Pet.
.660
.546
.523
.430
.471
.471
.419
.494
Pet.
.629
.625
.587
.561
.476
.442
.377 1
.305
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Seattle
Hollywood
Oakland
Lo« Angeles
Sacramento
Portland
San Diego
San Francisco
W
79
76
67
66
65
64
63
58
L
55
53
68
68
70
•71
71
77
Pet.
.590
.567
.496
.493
.481
.474
.470
.430
~B.B. STARS
. h By the Associated Press
Ha'ting, Mickey Vernon, Senators
—Hit two home runs off Vic Ftasehi
io knock New York out of first place,
4-*£ driving in all four run .
Pitching. Bobby Feller, Indians —
Pitched Cleveland into American
League lead with 18th victory, 2-1.
CLYDE HENLEY IS HERE
CJ.vde W. Henley. National Gro
cery Co., representative- from Ket
chikan, is stopping at the Ga jtineau
Hotel.
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Stars Sip
F§am from
Rainier Head
By (he Associated I’ress
The Hollywood Stars have their
foot fn.thc door of the Pacific Coast
Teague throne room today. Only
three games separate them from
first place Seattle.
With less than five weeks left on
I the schedule, the race is getting
closer than a crowded streetcar.
| Gumpy Guy Fletcher, the an
tique right hander pink-slipped by
the Hauliers last season, gim
mlckcd Ills erstwhile sidekicks for
10 innings last night in behalf of
the San lliepo Padres, while the
Bollywoods look the measure of
their crosstown cousins, tlie Los
Angeles Angels.
The Padres edges Seattle, 2-1,
when Jackie Tobin single^! in the
top of the 10th and rambled all the
way home on Jim Tabor’s scorching
double. :
Hollywood dispatched Los Angeles,
4-2, with homers by Chuck Steven:
and Frank Kelleher producing all
the runs. i.
Oakland's Acorns took pvrr the
number three spot earlier in the
day by way of a five run rally in
(he ninth ilming and an 11-8
Victory eVer the' San IfrancisOo,
Veilat;, dWClieVs.
Sacramento edged Portland. 3-2
A home run by Herman Reich in
the eighth inning decided the issue
in that one. His clout came with
manager Joe Gordon aboard.
9—(#)—'Yakima's
Lima's Junior
Legionnaires Pick
Off ifgmerton
YAKIMA, Aug.
crctcaatjte titlists gained a berth ii
HijUtiraro IT American Mg ion jun
tournament at Lewiston,
y Bren# ton| 20-7,
njr'h' for tlie Washington state
champ!onSJa^
By tlic Associated Press
FOOTBALL
•West Point-. — Coach Earl
.JJjijik some West Point
football paa»6ts -were given outslclc
beaching sm.hrn- studies.
- BASEBALL
Washington — Damon Miller .of
San francisca told'a Congressional
QOitunUte.e’tfi.ai .baseball's snti-tmst
lews -should Ire clarified.
TENNIS
Newport, R.I. — Herb Flam and
Vic Seixas, along with two Aus
tralian teams, reached the quarter
finals of the doubles competition Jn
the Newport Casino Invitation tour
nament. y
GOLF
Laval-Sur-Le-Lac, Gue. — Anne
Sharp of Ontario scored the first
upset in the Canadian Women’s
Open Championship, defeating Mary
Lena Faulk of ThomasviUe, Ga„ 1
up.
GENERAL
Liverpool, England — U.S. won
eight events t<j six for the British
in a track meet.
Boston — Buff Donelli was ap
pointed athletic director of Boston
university.
Convicts Tune Up for Rodeo
Oklahoma State -prison inmates don't have brones to practice for their insidc-thc-wall rodeo (Sept. 6-9)
at McAhf'trr, okla. So they have rigged up a barrel, saddled it and suspended it with chains from .*1
iron trape.ice for their practice rides. i/Pi VVirephoto.
High School Grid -
Star Decides
Against West Point
SEATTLE, Aug. 9 — l.'PI — A star
high s9hool end from Barrington,
111., who says he was given all
expense paid trips to West Point
and Annapolis will enter the Uni
versity of Washington, instead.
Stephen Roake, Jr., a 180-pound
ijix-footer, confirmed in Seattle last
night that he looked over both serv
ice jac&deniies last May after being
approached, by alumni from the two
schools: '
Young Itoake, however, mini
mized a statement by his father
that “high pressure” tactics had
been used in efforts to recruit him
at the Army and Navy academies.
"I didn't consider that high pres
sure methods were used at all,” he
said.
The 18-year-old pass-snagging
end explained that he decided
against going to either one of the
academies tor .talking with (several
University! iif ’Washington alttirthi' in
Illinois. :
Roake worked until last week at
a LaCofliier qaiuiery, then moved to
Seattle where fie .is oil the jig?mess
end of a shovel at the site ql a
new children's oj'thop'idic hospital.
Norman (Ucd) Strader smiles
brcadly in his New York City
hotel lobby despite announcement
that he lias been fired as football
coach of the New York Yanks, a
member of the National Profes
sional Football I.cague. Strader,
former player and roach at St.
Mary's College (California), has
directed th'e Yanks since 1946. It
was reported that Strader was
asked to sign a paper freeing the
Yanks of any responsibility for his
health duriii^ the season. (If) Wire
photo.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting (based on 2&0 'times at
bat) — Minoso, Chicago, ,345; Kell,
Detroit and Fain, Philadelphia, .344.
Runs Batted In — Williams, Bos
ton, 94; Robinson, Chicago, 89.
Home Runs — Zernial, Philadel
phia, 24; Williams, Boston, 22.
Pitching (based on seven deci
sions) — Morgan, New York, 8-1,
.889; Feller, Cleveland, 18-4. .818.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting — Musial, St. LOuis, .374;
Ash bum, Philadelphia, .352;
Runs Batted In — Irvin. New
York and Kiner, Pittsburgh, 81.
Home Runs — Hodges, Brooklyn,
32; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 31.
Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 15-2,
.882; Brecheen, St. Louis, 7-2, .778.
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i Sammy Walker, 153, Springfield
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Mt. Roberts Will
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Hikers Saturday
i The Ship, Shank and Shutter
[ Club plans a hike to the top of
Mt. Roberts this coining Saturday,
the Rev. H. E. Beyer, president, said
} today .
Those wishing to go will meet in
front of the Juneau High School
building at 8 a.m. The trip is not
strenuous, Beyer sad. It is antici
pated the group will return to town
—
AT THE GASTINEAU
Mrs. Myrtle Anderson of Seattle,
is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
BILL BATES IS HERE
William Bates, banker from
Ketchikan, is stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
NOTICE
The Aurora Trio presents Twi
light Trail, KINY, tonight 9:30.
882-lt
Longacres Racer
Has 48 Winners
SEATTLE, Aug. 9 — Ml — Jockey
Eddie Plesa was out in front again
today for riding honors at the
Longacres race track after booting
home two winners yesterday, in
cluding Mrs. \v. O. Schram'f Mi
mosan in the featured $1,000 Pull
man purse.
Plesa now' has 48 winners.
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Portland Fans to
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PORTLAND. Aug. 9—l.-W—It will
be "Ad Liska Night” at the Portland
Beavers’ ball park Friday.
The veteran submarine hurler,
who has won 198 games for the
Beavers in 16 years, will be honored
at ceremonies preceding the Port
land-Sacramento game. He will be
given a trophy, plaque and gifts
from the fans.
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