Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1958 — Page 6

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Bob Friend Pittsburgh Only Hope By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press International Bob Friend may be a "friend indeed” to those die - hard Pittsburgh Pirates as they dream of a miracle pennant, but right now he’s just about the Milwaukee Braves’ worst enemy. ... If any pitcher can lead the Pirates to a near - sweep in their showdown with the Braves —six games in the next nine days—it has to be Friend, now at the peak of his career with 18 victories. His 3 - 2 clutch triumph Friday night at Milwaukee was his fourth over the Braves this year. That’s a "Brave - killer” record topped only by Don Drysdale of the Dodgers, who has whipped Milwaukee five times, and pinpoints Friend as Pirates’ man of the hour. Pirate Manager Danny Murtaugh, who calls these games “the key to the pennant race,” is figuring Friend for one more start against Milwaukee, and bulky Bob always is available for clutch relief, too. Murtaugh knows that his club —6% games behind after Friday night’s win — must come mightly close to sweeping the six games to stay in contention. His Best Season Friend hit a personal high with his latest victory, topping his 17 wins of 1956, and now seems certain to become the Pirates’ first 20-game winner since Murry Dickson in 1952. Bob's new - found ability to beat the Braves (his lifetime record is only 17-14 against them) made him a victor over Warren Spahn for the second time in three clashes this year. Solo homers by Dick Stuart in the first inning and Bob Skinner in the fourth gave Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead. After Milwaukee got one run in the fourth as Hank Aaron scored from third on Frank Torre’s forceout grounder, the Pirates bagged what proved to be the winning run in the seventh when Frank Thomas scooted home from third as Hank Foiles grounded out. Friend failed to finish when Ed Mathews opened the Braves' ninth with his 28th homer and Aaron followed with his fourth hit, a single. But reliever Don Gross ended the game by getting Wes Covington to hit into a double play and Torre to ground out. In other Friday games, all at night, St. Louis downed the Chi-

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cago Cubs, 7-5 Cincinnati nipped Philadelphia, 5-3; and Los Angeles drubbed San Francisco, 4-1, in the National League; while in the American, Pedro Ramos of Washington •shut out the New York Yankees, 3-0; Chicago’s Dick Donovan blanked Detroit, 3-0; Boston downed Baltimore, 4 -2; and Kansas City outslugged-Cleve-land, 8-7. Wally Moon drove in three runs with a homer and triple to pace the Cards’ win over the Cubs. Purkey Gets 15th Bob Purkey gained his 15th win for the Redlegs, giving up eight hits including Alex Grammas’ homer. The Redlegs scored four times in the fifth inning to win the game. Don Drysdale of the Dodgers stopped the Giants on five hits and also doubled home on of the L. A. runs. A two- run homer by Carl Furillo and a basesempty blast by Don Zimmer led his support. Ramos set the Yankees down on six hits to notch his 12th win. At Chicago, Donovan fanned five in gaining his eighth victory in the last 10 decisions and ninth complete game in the last 12 starts. Pete Daley drove in four of the Red Sox’ five runs at Boston with a three-run homer and a triple. Harry Chiti's three-run triple led the A’s 12-hit attack against Cleveland. Minnie Minoso and Randy Jackson homered for the Indians. , MAJOR National League W. L. Pct. G.B. Milwaukee 75 53 .586 — Pittsburgh 68 59 .535 6% San Francisco 65 61 .516 9 Los Angeles -. 61 64 .488 12% St. Louis 61 65 . 484 13 Cincinnati ----- 61 67 .477 14 Philadelphia —57 66 .463 15% Chicago 58 71 .450 17% American League W. L. Pct. G.B. New York *— 79 49 ,617 — Chicago .. . .68 59 535 10% Boston 65 60 .520 12% Baltimore 61 64 .488 16% Detroit 60—65 —4BO 17% Cleveland ----- 60 68 .469 19. Kansas City -- 59 67 .468 19 Washington 53 73 .421 25 FRIDAY’S RESULTS National League ( Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 2. Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 3. Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 1. St. Louis 7, Chicago 5. American League Kansas City 8, Cleveland 7. Washington 3, New York 0. Chicago 3, Detroit 0. Boston 5, Baltimore 2.

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Football Fans To See Free Football Clinic A foptball clinic, sponsored by the Decatur high school football team, will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Worthman field. Area officials Bill Hellman arid Hans .Dienelt will be on hand to explain the rules in general to the fans, and also detail any new ,rules adopted by the IHSAA. The local team will be on hand to line up in the several formations so the fans can become familiar with the offenses that opponents may use. They will also show the fundamental plays. The clinic is free to anyone interested. It is being staged to let more of the fans become more familiar with the game, so that they will enjoy the coming football season more.

High School Football '■ Columbus 41, North Vernon 0. Linton 34, Jasonville 0. Hagerstown 38, Winchester 0. ’ Washington 39, Tell City 6. I Today's Sport Parade | (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International ! NEW YORK <UPI> — Fearless ' Fraley’s facts and figures: , The New York Yankees and ! Milwaukee Braves, with only the formality of finishing the season , ahead of them, already are seri- ! ous about the World Series and J are scouting each other for the , big October rematch. Bill Skiff and Johnny Neun are inspecting the Braves and Wid Matthews and Ted McGrew are charting the Yankee moves. Both have tough jobs in trying to come up with tiny nuggets of weakness which may pay off during the classic. There is little which isn’t known to each league concerning the strengths and weaknesses of their rivals. This is due to the great inter-league migrations of players and coaching personnel. And if Lew Burdette has another series I like the last one, what can the Yankees do but close their eyes and swing? The Coaches Worry College coaches are more concerned, strangely enough, with the new college grid rule allowing the use of only one arm in blocking than they are about the one or two ,- point extra point option. “Penalties have been terrific in practice games.” says Ben Schwartzwalder of Syracuse. “A man coming at you fakes you into jrais in g both arms because a player naturally throws up an arm to protect himself. "In most games, the scoring margin is usually decisive,” he! adds in discussing the option of I one point by kicking or two for running or passing the extra point. “A surprisingly small percentage of games are decided by one point.”. . . Some fight buffs think that Barney Ross made a mistake in taking over Frankie Ryff’s managerial reins. Ryff is a "bleeder” meaning that he cuts easily, and was told by his former manager, Charley Black, that he had become too cautious and should retire. Worried About Souchak! Jackie Burke, the golfer, and restaurateur Toots Shor we r e moaning recently over the twoyear victory drought of Big Mike, Souchak. i “One of us ought to tell him j he’s over-golfed and ought to quit for a while,” analyzed Burke. “Yeah.” Shor nodded. “He can’t ever hope to win unless he does.” While they were talking. Big Mike was in the process of breezing home in front in the St. Paul Open — proving, probably, that you can run your own business even better than well-in-tentioned friends.

Major League Leaders United Press International National League Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pct. Musial, St. L. 119 419 61 143 .341 Aaron, Milw. 127 504 92 171 .339 Ashburn, Phil. 122 490 80 165 .337 Mays, S. F. 125 490 90 160 .327 Skinner, Pitts. 120 438 79 139 ,M7 Banks, Chi. 129 415 103 161 .313 American League Runnels, Bos 118 452 83 149 .330 Kuenn, Det. 115 462 61 150 . 325 Cerv, K. C. 114 421 77 136 .323 Power, Cleve. 120 488 81 156 .320 Goodman. Chi. 92 344 38 109 .317 Williams. Bos. 112 355 71 112 .315 Home Runs National League— Banks, Cubs 42; Thomas, Pirates 34; Aaron, Braves 28; Mathews, Braves 28; Robinson, Redlegs 26. American League— Mantle, Yankees 37; Sievers, Senators 34; Jensen, Red Sox 33; Colavito, Indians 31; Cerv, Athletics 29. Runs Batted In National League— Banks, Cubs 110; Thomas, Pirates 104; Aaron, Braves 82; Boyer, Cardinals 80; H. Anderson, Phils 79. American League— Jensen, Red Sox 110; Sievers, Senators 93; Colavito, Indians 90; Cerv, Athletics 86; Mantle, Yankees 83. Pitching National League—Willey, Braves 8-4; Purkey, Redlegs 15-8; .Worthington, Giants 11-6; Spahn. Braves 17-10; Burdette, Braves 15-9. American League—Turley, Yankees 19-6; Delock. Red Sox 12-4; Hyde, Senators 9-3; McLish, Indians 14-6; Moore, White Sox 9-4.

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Hoosier Highs Play Football This Week INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indiana’s high school football clubs start flexing their muscles in earnest next week, with East Chicago Roosevelt's Labor Day invasion of Richmond the first headline collision of the season. Most of the clubs, with the exception of power-laden Evansville Reitz and a few others in the deep south, get their baptism next weekend. The intersectional clash Richmond brings together the NIHSC champs and co-holder of the mythical state title, one of six perfect-record clubs last year, and Richmond’s North Central Conference crew, 8-2 last time. Pete Rucinski’s Roosevelt grid- ' ders, with a 13-game unbeaten I string over two seasons and I beaten but once in the last three jyears, will be rough as usual. He has 15 lettermen, 11 of them seniors, including All-State center John Misiora, but lost 16 lettermen, among them Jim Hicks. Rich Jemenko, Ed James and Andy Zipko. Riders’ Future Bright “You don’t lose boys like those without missing them,” said Rucinski. However, he conceded the future for his Rough Riders was' bright, “barring the unforseen.” Richmond won’t be a slouch, either. Hub Etchison retained 11 lettermen and shifted Paul Flatley, a fine ballcarrier and passer, from halfback to quarterback. The Red Devils are bolstered by several members of Richmond's Indiana American Legion baseball champs who switched uniforms just in time to get ready for the season. Elwood's defending Central Conference titlists entertain Western for their Labor Day opener, while Peru goes to Monticello for a CIC loop game. Numerous jamborees, a popular innovation to show off the grid talent before the season opener, will be staged Monday and Tuesday. Garfield, Gerstmeyer, Schulte and Wiley get together in Terre Haute. Southern Conference members Vincennes, Washington, Sullivan and Princeton get together in Vincennes, and eight South Central Conference rivals whoop it up at Columbus, all Monday. Similar sessions are scheduled Tuesday at Fort Wayne, Gary,

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LaPorte, and Kokomo, and at Indianapolis the next day. Os last year’s unbeatens, Noblesville’s 19-game winning streak is the longest alive. The Millers open against Crawfordsville Friday. 13-Game Win Streak Indianapolis Tech and Kokomo, co-champs in the North Central, Conference, open next weekend against Indianapolis Howe and Indianapolis Broad Ripple, ’ re; spectively. Tech owns a 13-garhe winning streak over two seasons, Kokomo has a 9-game string going. Reitz is unbeaten in 24 games and Roy er t on, which opens against Alexandria Friday, hasn’t tasted defeat in 21 encounters. Taking up the sport for the first time are Elmhurst, Lafayette Catholic, North Manchester and Evansville Mundi. However, none will play varsity schedules this season. Bicknell hopes to snap a 25game losing streak. The Bulldogs, with 9 lettermen as a nucleus, entertain Southern Conference foe Huntingburg Friday. Other better games next week include: Thursday — Linton at Terre Haute Garfield. Friday — Muncie Central at Bend Washington, Hammond at LaPorte. Hammond Noll at South Bend Central, Vincennes at Terre Haute Wiley, Gary Roosevelt at Gary Emerson. Saturday—Fort Wayne Catholic at South Bend Riley, Richmond at Indianapolis Shortridge, Indianapolis Washington at East Chicago Washington, East Chicago Roosevelt at Hammond Tech. Football Player Snyder Still In Hospital Waldo Snyder, Decatur high school football player, has not been released from the hospital as was reported yesterday. Snyder suffered pulled leg ligaments during a scrimmage at Worthman Field Thursday. Trade'in a good town — Decatur

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Harry Briggs Fails To Swim Lake Michigan CHICAGO (UPD-Harry Briggs, 37, a University of Alaska instructor, was pulled from the choppy waters of Lake Michigan early today shortly after he passed the half-way mark of an attempted 34r-mile crossing from Michigan City, Ind., to Chicago. Winds of 25 miles an hour whipped the lake to a froth and escort boats lost sight of the stocky Marine Reservist. Briggs was missing for more than 10 minutes and when his trainer caught sight of him he signaled that he was ready to quit. “I’ve done enough swimming in my life to know that I couldn’t go on in that kind of weather,” Briggs said. He said he still felt strong but he knew it was only a matter of time before the pounding waves would drain his remaining energy. Earlier, radio-telephone reports said Briggs was maintaining his mile-an-hour pace which would have put him in Chicago about 37 hours after leaving Michigan City early Friday. As the winds rose shore parties lost contact with the swimmer’s party and a false report, partly garbled, indicated Briggs was still) in the water at 2:30 am. c.d.t. Later, as the escort boats pulled into a south shore harbor it was learned that Briggs had been pulled into a boat about 1 am. Briggs was reported sleeping in one of the boats which was scheduled to head for Chicago later today. Briggs had hoped to overcome water conditions which forced Joe Griffith, a St. Joseph. Mich., lifeguard, from the water July 30 by reversing the usual route.

Griffith was pulled from the water about seven miles from his Michigan City goal after battling waves and stomach cramps which forced him off course. Briggs set a previous long-dis-tance mark by swimming 32 miles across Lake Erie last summer. JP Hunter To Hear Unlicensed Driver Case Justice of the peace court was scheduled to hear one case late this morning. Dixie Rector, 27, 717 North Second street, was to appear at 11:30 a.m. today. City police apprehended her at 11:30 p.m. Friday for permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a car.

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