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The Anniston Star from Anniston, Alabama • Page 19

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The Anniston Stari
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Anniston, Alabama
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Sunday, September 27, 1959 pahn Hurls BEDFORD SURPRISESi ft! Braves Into Tie Oxford 11 Rates Edge In County Local Club iii Hi III iii iii Cubs Rout Dodgers; Giants Win Sets Meeting 7 i i By GEORGE SMITH Star Snorts Editor 1 The Oxford Yellow Jackets emerged from the Jacksonville game For Monday Friaay night as the top contenders for the Calhoun County grid Iron championship and a berth In the annual Turkey Bowl on Tnanfcggmng Day. United Press International Warren Spahn pitched the Milwaukee Braves Into a tie for the National League lead Saturday and Sam Jones kept, the San Uie Yellow Jackets broke a 15-game victory famine in routing ij; The Annlston Quarterback Club will bold its second meeting of the 1959 season Monday night at Annlston High School with Noah Langdale, former Alabama great and now president of the Georgia Extension School, slated as the nmuu an i I Francisco Giants' mathematical hopes alive with a seven-inning no-hitter. Thus, one of the most fantistie pennant races In Major League history will go down to Sunday's final games with the possibility that there will be a three-team playoff. This would come about if the Braves and Los Angeles Dod guest speaker. The club held Its first meeting TOURNEY WINNERS The ladles above were flight and consolation winners of flights one.

two and A and divisions of the Annlston Country Club Women's tournament held at the local club. Front row, from left, are Mrs. Logan Taylor and Mrs. Grady Banister. Back row.

from left, are Mrs. Joe Broadnax, Mrs. J. P. Hagerty.

Mrs. Robert Dethiefs and Mrs. Dave Malcolm. (See story. Pace 20-A).

last week with Butch Avinger, former Crimson Tide quarterback, as the speaker. The meeting will get under way at the Annlston High cafeteria at gers lose their single games and ED MATHEWS tne uoiaen tagies, 26-13, and showed class and power on all fronts in chalking up their first victory of the 1959 season. The Golden Eagles simply lost to a better ball club and still must be considered one of the top contenders In the scramble for one of the Turkey Bowl berths. The Jackets unleashed one of the most devastating offenses ever to hit the turf In Calhoun County In notching the victory. One of the biggest surprises of the game was the unexpected running ability of Quarterback John Bedford.

Bedford Fast Runner Bedford was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the county prior to the opening of the '59 campaign but was not considered a running threat. The tall, lanky senior was just as hard to stop on the Giants sweep a doubleheader 7 o'clock. scores winning ran BRIDEGROOM TO BE Saturday when the Chicago White and Chuck Tanner connected for Cleveland. Sox outslugged the Detroit Tigers, Joe Ginsberg's two run single 10-5. from the Cardinals.

Spahn, an old pro almost always at his best when the pressure is greatest, pitched a five-hitter to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2. The victory enabled the Braves to go back into a first-place tie because the Dodgers suffered a 12-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Giants Win Game and Al Pilarcik's three-run horn John Calllson knocked in five er enabled the Baltimore Orioles Sure COUCH'S Sells Diamonds Our Diamonds are Quality Stones, the same fine quality that you are accustomed to finding in all our merchandise. to score five 11th inains runs and beat the New York Yankees, 7-2. The club has scheduled an outstanding series of programs for the new season and optimism is running high that this will be one of the club's best years.

Travis Tidwell. former A urn great is scheduled for the following week and will speak on the forming of a new professional football league. Tidwell is connected with the movement. A freshmen team has been formed for- first-year members in the club and the first night proved to be a big success. Hal Brown, who shut out the Yan kees over the final three innings, But It remained for the 34-year- picked up his 11th win of the year.

AL DARK tough In clutch old toothpick chewing Jones to runs with a homer and a double to lead the White Sox' 15-hit attack. Wynn left the game after five innings with a 5-3 lead and Gerry Staley and Turk Lown finished up. The Kansas City Athletics scored three runs in the eighth inning and four in the ninth to down the Cleveland Indians, 8-4. Dick WU-liams homered for Kansas City Jackie Jensen tied the game with a two run double In the the ground against the Eagles as his highly-touted running mate, pitch one of the most dramatic MONTHS TO PAY ON CONVENIENT MONTHLY TERMS COUCH'S Gifts Jewelry 11 East 10th St. clutch games in big league Jerry Ray.

ninth and won it with his 28th homer In the 11th as the Boston annals even though it will not college Another big surprise was the passing of Gene Bussey. While Red Sox rallied for a 5-4 decision oiticiauy De recorded at a no hitter because nine innings were over the Washington Senators. the youngster threw only one pass, not completed. The Giants beat he looked extremely sharp in hit the Cardinals, 4-0, In seven frames ting John Bedford on a long aerial ADAMS-IVIgCARGO'S and the second game of the scheduled twin-night doubleheader was rescheduled for Sunday. Play was halted by rain at the end of the seventh inning and eventually called after a wait of about an hour and a half.

Spahn won the "saver" for the defending champion Braves in a clutch duel with ancient rival Robin Roberts coming out on top hea Ibe.tle..- breaking run crossed In the eighth inning on a forceout with the bases filled. The victory was the 21st of the season for Spahn and the "267th of his career, setting; a new record for National League lefthanders. He had shared the mark of 266 with Eppa Rlxey of the Cincinnati Reds. Spahn and Roberts were locked in a 2-2 deadlock when Eddie tjimwi.wi YS miiriiin i r. SOUTH OoorrU SI Vundtrbllt Clemson 47 VircInU Tennessee I Auburn West VirrlnU 10 Rlrhtnanf Georfia Th Id SMI) It Wake rarest Virginia Tech IS Maryland St.

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t'nlon 20 Valparaiso 14 Ball St. Nebraska 32 Minnesota It Wisconsin 1 Stanford 14 Missouri 20 Michigan IS Oberlln S3 Hiram Noire Dam 23 North Carolina Granville 21 Otlerbein IS to set up one of the Jackets touchdowns. The proven mark of any passer Is the ability to roll to the left and, hit the target on the run. that is just what Bussey did. Piedmont, with one county win under the belt, continued to crush all opposition by ripping Sardis Friday night.

The Bulldogs must be rated second only to Oxford in the battle for county honors. Alexandria poses a big question mark In the scramble. The Valley Cubs looked tough in bowing to the powerful Etowah Blue Devils and it looked as if they were In high gear the following week by bouncing Wellborn, 20-6. Then came a 19-0 loss to Chlldersburg and the Cubs had marked up a defeat In the county standings. Jackets Rate Edge But the Tigers from Chlldersburg are undefeated thus far this season and with Alexandria In the middle of a two-week vacation it's hard to rate the Cubs.

Oxford and Piedmont are the only two ball clubs that haven't tasted defeat In the county thus far. And the Jackets rate the edge In the race at the present In so far as they have cleared one of the toughest hurdles by bouncing Jacksonville. Wellborn and Ohatchee have already tasted- defeat twice within county circles and its highly Improbable if the two members of PRICES HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM 100 to '500 TO SAVE YOU LOTS OF MONEY THIS WEEK Mathews and Hank Aaron opened the eighth inning with singles Joe Adcock sacrificed the runners, forcing Roberts to walk Lee Maye deliberately in order to set up a potential inning ending Matthews Scores Run Bobby Avila foreed Maye at second--base but Mathews crossed TAK SMI the plate with the decisive run when the Phillies failed to complete the double play. Gene Freese and Wally Post hit homers to produce both Philadelphia runs off Spahn who Ohio State It Dak IS Indiana to Illinois Texas A A Michigan Stiti Butler 2S Wabasn a WEST EASY Low Down Payments LIBERAL TRADE-IN FOR YOUR PRESENT CAR Best Prices Of The Baylor 13 Colorado 7 Iowa It California 12 Air force 20 Wyoming 7 Washington 81. 30 San Jose struck out seven and walked only one batter.

An error by Freese let in the Braves first run in the second inning and Johnny Logan singled home the other in the fourth. It was Roberts' 17th loss. Miami Fla 26. Tulane 7 If You Buy Monday Tuesday, or Wednesday Starting Thursday, October 1st You Must Pay Sales Tax on Every New and Used Car Purchased In Alabama. BUY NOW SAVE TAX Southern Cal 23.

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Oregon 21 Utah 6 Washington 2S Idaho The Dodgers sent Johnny Podres to the mound at Chicago, to try to clinch at least a tie for the Los A 1 s' first pennant, but the Cubs routed him in 2 2-3 innings and went on to rock six Dodger pitchers for 16 the circuit will be able to climb back into contention. Wellborn must still face Oxford and Piedmont while Ohatchee has to clear Piedmont and Altoona. Last week this writer rated Jacksonville as the team to beat the Jackets twisted around with the victory. So "if you can't lick 'em, join 'em." And certainly most of the' fans in the county will admit that the Jackets loom as a tall hurdle for the remainder of the teams in the county. Terms To Suit You Of 351 carries played in the Thre I baseball league through July 31.

almost 29 per cent were de cided by a single run. hits. Al Dark drove in three runs with a triple and a homer. Bobby Thomson had four hits and Tony Taylor and Art Schult each had three hits for the Cubs. Dave Hillman pitched a nine hitter behind the assault to win his eighth game.

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