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Emporla, Kansas, August 17, Maris Socks Two Homers In One Game American League Pennant Race Is Nearly Forgotten By the Ascocinrcd Press When Wahoo Sam Crawford won American League home-run title in 1908, he did' it with a total of seven. And among the other dead ball champs, Nap Lajoie became the AL's first home run king in 1901 with 13. Roger Maris, gunning gold, glory and Babe Ruth's 60, suddenly has spurred his pursuit with seven home Crawford's season total in six consecutive games, and needs just 13 title crack the Babe's long elusive record of 1927. With his pair of two-run shots off southpaw Billy Pierce as the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Wednesday on the 13th anniversary of Ruth's death, Maris now has hit 48 and has moved 15 games ahead of the Babe's record pace. While the Yankees have played 119 games, one was a lie and doesn't count toward the 154-game limit on an unchallenged home- run record set by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick.

The ruling was made to equalize the AL's present 102-game schedule with the 154-game schedule that was in use until this year's expansion to 10 teams. That means Maris has 30 games (decisions) in which to hit his record-busting 13.. Thai averages out to One 2.y games. As for the: almost forgotten pennant race, New York moved three games ahead of second- place Detroit when the Tigers lost THE GAZETTE i ENGINES Brices Stratlnn' Clinton Lnwson Knhlor COKKR BICYCLE ENGINE SALES SERVICE, 322 Com'l TrnrnpnrlflUnn Hnrjtnlnfl rOU'ULL MUTOKS. INC.

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Pet. G.B. Cincinnati 73 46 .613 Los Angeles 69 44 .611 1 San Francisco 62 50 Milwaukee 60 51 .541 9 St. Louis 57 57 .500 13 Vi Pittsburgh 54 56 .491 14'A Chicago 47 65 .420 22 Va Philadelphia 30 83 .265 40 Wednesday's Results Cincinnati 6-8, Los Angeles 0-0 Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh Chicago 9, Philadelphia 5 San Francisco 4, St. -Louis 3 Today's Games Pittsburgh at Chicago (2) St.

Louis at San Francisco Philadelphia at Milwaukee (N) Only games scheduled 8- 2 to Baltimore. Cleveland defeated Boston 6-4, Washington beat Los Angeles 3-2, and Kansas City thumped Minnesota 12-7. Despite Maris' slugging, it was by a hit batter with the bases loaded in the ninth that the Yankees beat the White Sox. After Jim Landis' second home run had tied it for the Sox in the sixlh, the winning run was forced home when Warren Hacker plunked Bob Cerv on the hand with a pitch. That gave the victory to Ralph Terry (9-1) and beat Turk Lown (6-5), both working in relief.

Jackie Brandt, Brooks Robinson and Jim Gentile backed Milt Pappas (9-G) with home runs as the young Baltimore right-hander slopped the Tigers on two hits. All three homers were off Jim Bunning (14-9), who hadn't thrown a gopher ball 50 2-3 innings. Old Pro Is Caught By Hidden-Ball in Kansas City Game MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL (AP) City clobbered Minnesota 12-7 Wednesday night, but one Athletic player may have learned a valuable lesson. He is outfielder Gene Stephens, who has been around the league for quite some lime.

And yet, the former Boston Red Sox fill-in for Ted Williams was caught on one of baseball's oldest hidden ball trick. Stephens was on second base with one out in the ninth inning when Minnesota second baseman Billy Martin approached the bag and told Stephens he wanted to kick some dirt off the bag. "When I put the tag on him," recalled Martin, "Stephens was dumb-founded. He didn't know what to say so he just left the field. "I fclt kind of bad after I did it, but I think it taught Stephens a valuable lesson.

In fact, it taught both sides a lesson. If the game had been close, I know Stephens would have fclt real bad." And Stephens? Well, he had nothing to say. TUT BUSHONG Mrs. Merle Johnson spent the weekend at Strong City with her son, Roy Johnson, and family. GREATER BEEF PROFITS! Feed your cattle HONEGGERS MOLASSES Stockade Protein PEAK Feed Seed Co.

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1 BRATTON Home Auto Supply 420 Commercial Attendance Is Off Charles Finley Considering Moving Athletics to Dallas KANSAS CITY (AP) Charles fused and more keenly disheart- Finley of the Athletics, said to be ened than anyone else, confident organization torn apart by numerous occasions be hag prtwv ised. But of now the ehib" It' operating old leait." Before he could move tht A'f, Finley first would have to league permission, to do to. "There might be some question whether he could get the 1 he would Mehl said, adding: But at this stage, he finds Mi' TROUBLE AT ball rolls free as Gordie Coleman (18) of the Cincinnati Reds is safe at second on an error in a game at Los Angeles. Coleman, who got to first on a walk, went to second when Daryl Johnson grounded to second baseman Charlie Neal (43). Charlie, who is partly obliterated by dust, tossed to shortstop Maury Wills, rear, but Maury dropped the ball lor an error.

Umpire Ken Burkhart calls the play. Cincinnati won 5-2. (AP) discouraged by his team's poor showing in his first season as an American League club owner, may be considering a transfer of the franchise to Dallas, the Kansas City Star reported. Writing from Minneapolis, the Star's sports editor, Ernest Mehl, said there are reports that Finley has made some contacts in Dallas. The report was discounted there and in Kansas City.

Mehl wrote: "The A's have discussed this discreetly among themselves and the owner is said to have asked one of them for" his opinion of such a move." The A's operate under a municipal Stadium lease that gives the owner the option to move if ticket sales fail to reach 850,000 for a season. they are not as bad as their record would indicate." In Dallas, Ray-Johnston, owner of the American Association franchise, said he knew nothing of any attempts to move the A's. He called it "the usual thing that happens when a club is losing. Everybody 'starts talking about whether it's going to move or not." In Kansas City, Jud Putsch, chairman of a local group that was outbid for the club by Finley last fall, expressed doubt the owner had such an intention. He has told me repeatedly he would never consider it," Putsch said.

"The man has spent so much money on the stadium." Finley's lawyers recently ridiculed the idea of the A's leaving sension. FRIDAY and SATURDAY! 3 Big Features For the Price of II WALT DISNE San Francisco Wins Again Kansas City, in 10th place in Kansas City, Joe Nolan, a city standings, is 30,000 short of the councilman, said. What arouses Mehl's suspicion, he wrote, "has been the failure of Finley to sign a new lease. At Cincinnati Regains National League Lead By the Associated Press The Cincinnati Reds, knocked down and brushed off by the Los Angeles Dodgers as contenders in that National League pennant race, are back on top again after giving the Dodgers a public flogging lhat may have lopped anything since Ihe witch trials of Salem. Leag By the Associated Press American League Batting (based on 275 or more nt bats) Cash, Detroit, Howard, New York, .353.

New York, 105; Maris, New York, 101. Runs butted Maris, New York, 113; Gentile, Baltimore, 108. Robinson, Baltimore, 143; Cash, Detroit, 139. New York, 34; Kaline, Detroit, 30. Detroit, Landis, Chicago, Picrsall, Cleveland and Kcough, Washington, 7.

Right in the Dodgers' own ball- yard, and in front of ths largest. (72,140) night crowd in NL history, the Reds made off with a sweep of the three-game showdown by drubbing Los Angeles 6-2 and 8-0 Wednesday night. The Dodgers, who have -sen firing knockdown pitches at the Reds all season and making pointed talk of the pennant threat from San Francisco and Milwaukee, hadn't suffered a doublc-lieader shutout in 26 years. That was when they were a Brooklyn bunch, back on July 28, 1935, and Carl Hubbell and Clyde (Slick) Caslleman pitched shutouts for the New York Giants. Right-hander Bob Purkey, allowing jusl four hits in the first game, and left-hander Jim O'Toole, giving up just two hits in the nightcap, paired for the Reds' pitching job on the Dodgers, who now have lost four in a row for the first time this year.

San Francisco, in third place 714 games behind, defeated St. Louis 4-3. Milwaukee, nine games back in fourth, beat Pittsburgh 2-1 A wild pitch scored the clincher for the Cubs in a three-r. sixth inning lhat made Don Cardwell by Finley in mid-season and re- half million mark. Chances are, Mehl said, that attendance will not exceed 700,000.

"The fans are not going to re- his suggestion the 850,000 attend- spond to a team greatly weakened anee clause was stricken out of by an extraordinary number of a new lease. Since then, the coun- rnistakes, not the least of which cil has made repeated attempts has been the insistence of the to get Finley to sign, and on front office to dictate player changes and moves to the field manager." Manager Joe Gordon was fired WILL (10-10) the winning pitcher. Chris Short (4-9) was the loser for the Phils, who tied the losing strings run up by Boston in 1906 and Cin- cincinnali in 1914. placed by Hank Bauer. "The A's themselves are thoroughly disheartened," Mehl wrote.

"They felt for and now the feel for Bauer. They are con- er Maris Loves Solitude Has It Any More Home New York, as Warren, Spahn won No. 301. 48; Maulle, New York, 45. Stolen Chicago, 41; llowser, Kansas Cily, 29.

Filching (based on 10 or more dec Terry, New York, 9-1, .300: Ford, New York, 20-3, .870. Strikeouts Ford, New York, 1B9; Pascual, Minnesota, 155. Nntinnnl League Batting (based on 275 or more at bats) Clemente, Pittsburgh, Pinson, Cincinnati, .330. Runs Mays, San Francisco, 101; Robinson, Cincinnati, 98. Runs batted Cincinnati and Cepeda, San Francisco, 104; Aaron, Milwaukee, S3.

Hits Pinson, Cincinnati, 160; Clemente, Pittsburgh, 159. Milwaukee, 28; Coleman, Cincinnati, 27. Chicago, Clemente, Pittsburgh and Boycr, St. Louis, four tied with 8. Home Cincinnati, 3-i; Cepeda, San Francisco, 32.

Stolen Los Angeles, 24; Robinson, Cincinnanati, 19. Pitching (based on 10 or more decisions) Podres, Los Angeles, 15-4, Miller, San Francisco, 9-3, .750. Strikeouts Koufax, Los Angeles, 191; Williams, Los Angeles, 145. The Philadelphia Phils went down to their 19th consecutive defeat, tying the modern NL record, in a 9-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs. The Rods, back on lop after a 10-day stay in second, made it in NEW YORK (AP) Roger Maris is known as "the angry man." Even his own teammates among the New York Yankees refer to him, on occasions, as "the red-necked Roger." The man who today has the best chance of anybody in baseball history to shatter Babe Ruth's most fantastic of all home- run in one season admits he is not the easiest person in the world to get along with.

"I was born surly," he says through thin lips that always seem to be snarling, "and I'm going to stay that way." "Everything is tough in life," Maris, 26, adds. A rclicent man by nature, Maris has found it extremely difficult to cope with this coma breeze as their two lop Dodger parativcly sudden fame that has killers. Frank Robinson and Gene from his dramatic battle with teammate Mickey Frcesc, went to work at the plate while Purkey (14-7) and O'Toole (12-9) extended Los Angeles' shutout slump through 2(i innings. Robinson hit his 34th home run of the season, sixth against the Dodgers, in the opener and drove in four runs in the doublchcadsr for a season tola! of 24 RBI against Los Angeles. Frccse then drove in four rims in the second game with a pair of home runs.

He's hit eight against the Duellers while the Reds have piled up a 10-8 edge in the season scries. Two-run homers by Orlando Cepeda and Felipe Alou did it for the Gianls against Ray Sadecki (10-6). Jack Sanford (9-G) checked the Cards on seven hits and had a shutout until the eighth inning. Spahn (13-12), the top winner among living major league pitchers, gave up 10 hits but had it in the clutch against the Pirates as the Braves won their sixth in a row on a home run by Frank Tliomas and an RBI double by Ed Mathcws off Bob Friend (12-14). teammate Mantle in their twin assault on Ruth's 1927 record.

A lover of solitude, Roger finds the almost daily questioning by reporters, radio and TV commentators ex- Ircmely trying. "You follows are tougher than some of those pitchers," he once said testily. "Where do you think up these silly questions? How Ihe heck do I know whether I'll break Babe Ruth's record? Besides, you're the only guys thinking about it. I don't. All I'm interested in is having a good season and winning the pennant.

"I'd rather have the dough than the record. And if I have a real good season. I'm going to ask for real dough next year, too." For the record, Maris' 1961 salary is $32,500. Next year, it is expected, he will demand around $70,000, Mantle's cstimaled earnings this year. Maris currently is three homers ahead of Mantle.

He slammed two Wednesday to boost his total to 48 in 119 Yankee games, including a tie. That puts him 15 games ahead of Ruth's 1927 pace. Maris has 36 games left in which to top Ruth's mark for 154 games. Roger will have the advantage, however, of eight more contests because of the expansion of the American League schedule to 162 games. In general, the public would not like to sec Ruth's record broken.

Most people, however, feel that if someone must break it, the fellow most entilled is Mantle because of his greater slature as a slugger and home run hitter. Maris, however, is no Johnny come lately as a home run producer. He slammed 39 last year, to finish second to Mantle's 40. In three previous years, with Cleveland and Kansas City, he walloped 14, 28 and 16. Major League Stars By the Associated Press Purky and Jim O'Toole, Reds, handed Dodgers first doubleheader shutout since 1935, Purkey with four-hitler in opener and O'Toole with two-hit- ler in second game, for 6-0 and 8-0 sweep lhat put Reds back in first place.

Man's. Yankees, drove in four runs with 47th and 48th homers while going 3-for-4 in 5-4 victory over While Sox. -if iV OLPE Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Didde and son.

St. Paul, are spending the week with Mr. Didde's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Didde.

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