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The Daily Inter Lake from Kalispell, Montana • 5

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in 10 1 Massacre Drysdale Dodgers Scalpum Braves Extra Point Comes Into Skyline ocus Pirates Giants Cling To Still Bright Hopes pro Chiefs Host Bonner Nine In Twin Bill THE INTER LAKE Sunday August 24 1958 5 airbanks Alaska Eliminates Montana Hall of ame Steps Close to Reality our State Meet Jim in Pacific Coast orms New Conference UCLA USC Washington Butte Club Hosts Pete's Conoco Cal Make Up New League 0 admis by the California Golfers Take Lead in Montana's Open the 72 hole Mon is about to fall 4 I Cen also io said the new screen season in the touched second place fin last year has a MADISON Wis (NEA) There are more than 200000 outboard motors in use in Wisconsin owned by state residents In Saturday night's first game of tile Kalispell Valley League Softball Invitational Tournament Pete's Conoco defeated Libby VW by a score of 10 5 Rich DeLange went all the way for the winners and was never in trouble until the last Inning when Larry Urdahl poled a grand slam homer for Libby Phil Barr was the losing pitcher In the second game Satur day night Libby Merchants met the Evergreen All Stars More games are scheduled for today at the Babe Ruth field with the cham pionship contest scheduled tonight for Griffin Park at 8:30 CLEVELAND Ohio A bid for the Cleveland Indians by a group of Businessmen headed by former owner Bill Veeck was met with a flat refusal riday by Tribe board chairman William Daley The syndicate which included Robert Black board chairman of White Motor Co was prepared to bid $4000000 in a move to keep the Indians in Cleveland Black was in line for the presidency of the new organization if the bld was a success But Daley who became chairman when the present owners bought the club for 961 800 In 1956 said that he consider sale of the club for amount of money Special tribute was paid at the organization meeting to Secretary of State rank Murray for his ef forts in helping set up the or ganization Murray was made an honorary member Peters said that officers will be elected at a later meeting and districts will be set up An awards court will be named from the dis tricts The annual meeting of the group will be held each year on Aug 15 urther plans as to the col lection of the hall of fame can didates will be announced later Montana athletes outstanding In sports they have competed In will be named by the awards court They must receive an BO per cent affirmative vote Awards will be made in the near future Peters said DARIEN Conn (UPD Anne Quast of Marysville Wash rallied from a three hole deficit after the first 18 holes Saturday to win the Women's National Amateur Golf Championship with a 3 and 2 vic tory over Barbara Romack of Sac ramento Calif Ralph Bloomquist of California each had scorea of 207 Others in the top ten in the pro fessional field are Al eldmn of Tacoma with 210 Paul of Chattanooga and Warren Reidy of Billings both with 212 Leader in the amateur division is Skeets erguson of Billings He shot a 72 Saturday and has a total of 217 for the first 54 holes Dave Klein Lead amateur is second with 220 In third place are Ralph Hawkins Jr and Wil liam Colton Billings and Babe Hii key of Pocatello all with 225 The fourth and final round of the Tournament will open today at 9 am There are 45 golfers remain ing in the tournament ninth carried over the right field bleachers and landed 450 feet away across ths street in a park Mays now has driven in the de ciding run with homcri three times In the last seven contests Purkcy who had blanked San rancleco twice this season while beating the Giants three times then fed a lolo homer to Willie Kirkland tn the alxlli which scaled tlie big right hander's eighth loss uij the year Paul Glei pitched R'i Innings ct solid relief ball to post ills fourth triumph of the season after taking over for faat fadlng Ramon Mon zant in the third Minnesota's for mer football hero came on just after Monunt had given up a bases londed walk to Ed Bailey in the tilled which shoved the tlelng run across the plate There was one out at the time and Qlel made Gua Bell hit Into a double play to retire the side He then kept the Redlegs hitless until the seventh when they loaded the bases on three singles and George Crowe brought their last run of the day across by hitting Into a fielder's choice In the ninth Glel walked pinch hitter Don Newcombe with one down then Johnny Temple ended the game by hitting a grounder to shortstop Daryl Spencer who start ed a double play Bob Porterfield allowed only five hits in pitching the Pittsburgh Pi rates to a 6 1 victory over tho Chicago Cubs Ernie Banka of tho Cus clouted his 41st home run in the fourth inning to pull even with Babe 1927 record set ting pace Splendid relief pitching by Dick arrell enabled the Philadelphia Phillies to down the St Louis Car dlnals 4 3 arrell relieved Seth Morehead in the eighth Inning with two and on none out He pitched out of the jam without allowing a run to preserve first victory of the season Wally Post hit a two run homer for the Phils ferred tho old rule but that he realized tho now rule was adopted to add Interest to the game He said the defending champs would probaldy fnku tholr extra points one nt a time Levy who was strong in bls criticism of the now rule said "It's making the extra point loo Important 1 think it's a ridiculous rule" He added that when any doubt tho Lobos will go for two Brigham Young'n Hal Kopp said ho was undecided what hl Cou gars will do "Tire now rule will create numerous coaching prob lems and will require now sets of plays both defensively and of fensively It will be interesting to sei the trends patterned during Hie season Certainly It will vide for more upsets" Utah Ev uuncc "It will be case of playing He termed tlio rule because of coaching changes it will require aunce noled that he would utilize halfback Overton Curtis in his extra point attempts Curtis Skyline all conference choice last year can kick pass and run John Ronlng of Denver says be too will count on the services of a good kicker Denver's lop kicker is guard Sam Pagano Honing pointed out however have to wait and see what the other team docs" The Kalispell Chiefs will play doubleheader today at Griffin Park beginning nt 2 pm Both games will be seven inning af fairs The opponent is Bonner Bonner boasts one of the top Independent teams in the state and has compiled an enviable record this season The Chiefs formed only in the last month hive played five games nnd have won three Officials of the team have ap pealed to tho baseball public to back the Chiefs The future of the Chiefs team hinges upon tho support given the team by the baseball public of Kalispell Tam BILLINGS Veteran Smiley QuickLos Angeles Calif profes sional turned in his third straight round of 67 golf Saturday to cap ture the lead in tana Open Quick who was isher in the open score of 201 for the first 54 holes In second place Is John McMullen Sacramento with a score of 205 Deadlocked for third are Zell Eaton California George Schneiter Billings and Jim Riggens of Charlotte NC all with 206 Jerry Magee of Toronto Ont the leader at the half way point Jell back to sixth posi tion he recorded a 75 He and SAN RANCISCO (UPD A new athletic conference to replace the dying Pacific Coast Conference was born here Saturday when four Pacific Coast schools banded to gether in the new Athletic Associa tion of Western Universities The new conference which will be known popularly as the "West ern Big is composed of California Washington UCLA and USC Chancellor Glenn Seaborg of California spokesman for the new conference outlined the rules that govern the new association at a news conference "We have set no limits on the size of the he said any school which meets our stahdards may apply for Regulations stated that it will take a unanimous vote members for the admission of a new school It was indicated that Stanford will probably seek ad mission in the near future though no representative of that university was present at meeting (By Unite Inlrnallonal) Tho Los Angelas Dodgers re wrote the National Ieagua record book as Don Drysdale lilt two homsrs to equal the best mark by pitcher and Gil Hodges smashed lits 14th grind slam hom er wliils Los Angolci demolished the Braves 10 1 The Ignky Drysdale broke a scoreless deadlock in tits fourth Inning when with shortstop Don Zimmer end outfielder Gino Ct moll on base hu smashed one of Juan Pizarro's offerings 370 feet over the lef ccnterf lol for ills sixth homer of the And tho next tlmo up sixth inning Drysdale Pizarro for a homer over the short er left field screen Batterymate Joo Plgnatano had preceded the Dodger pitcher with a homer to the same spot With his two homers Saturday Drysdale equalled the National League record for home runs by a pitcher seven set by bls former teammate Don Newcombe of Cincinnati in 1955 Drysdale has hit five of his seven homers this month and victory was his fourth straight to givo him a 9 11 record and five straight against the Braves Hodges hit his 14th grand slam mer in the eighth inning off pitch er Bob Trowbridge who had reliev ed tlie second Brave pitcher Hum berto Robinson Hodges las year hit two grand slam homers to set the National League record of 13 and move ahead of Ralph Kiner and Rogers Hornsby who had been tied with 12 big homer was the 19th of the season for Hodges Drysdale hurled a four hit nifty and was on his way to a shutout until the eighth inning when catch er Del Crandall homered over the left field screen Drysdale faced a minimum num ber of batters in the first 53 innings thanks to two double plays one of which was un assisted double play at first in which he snared rank Torre's liner and doubled Wes Covington off the bag A crowd of 20371 paid and 8000 ladies and knot holers witnessed the fourth win in five in the series with the world cham pion Braves The Dodgers now have beaten the Braves 13 times this year against seven losses The San rancisco Giants finally caught up with Bob Purkey their old nemesis Saturday and black jacked him with three home runa while downing Cincinnati 5 2 A two run homer by Willie Mays his 22nd put San rancisco ahead for keeps in the third inning after Leon Wagner had walloped a tre mendous blast with nobody aboard in the second clout his SALT LAKE CITY Sky line Conrtrento football coaches me generally agreed that game conditions tho score and other factors will dictate whether to go for one or two points under the new extra point system that goes lute effect this fall Most coaches said they would have to "wait and before electing to kick lor one point or pasi or run for two All coaches when led during a pre season meeting of Skyline mentors were strong In their opinions of the now rule Tlie opinions rfinged from tlie re mark of a ridiculous rule" by New Mexico conch Martin Levy to "it will add more interest to tlie game" by Utah coach Ray Nagdl Three coaches Bob Devaney Ray Jenkins of Montana and Nagel all said they would probably kick for one point if their team scored first Devaney rcmarkod that Wyom ing lias a good place kicker nnd his abilities would be utilized if the Cowboys should score first "Of course game conditions will be a bin factor in the decision" lie said Jenkins a newcomer to tho con ference tills year said ha entirely sold on the new rule "We'll kick if we score he said Nagel commented that he pro B1LL1NGS (UPD The Mon tana sports hall of fame came a step closer to reality last with a preliminary meeting deal ing with organization rosty Peters of Decatur Ill originator of the idea stopped in Billings following the organization meeting in Butte Peters a former Montana ath lete set a world record with the Montana State College freshmen in 1924 when he made 17 out of 21 drop kicked field goals He also starred with Helena High School i Officers of the organization will be elected at a later meeting Peters told United Press Inter national The organization has been incorporated under thlaws of Montana and its offices will be located at 1135 Miles Avenue in Billings Represented or present at the organization meeting held Monday in Butte were McGlone New York and Butte Oscar Bjorgum of Eastern Montana College in Billings Herb Klindt of Rocky Mountain College Ray Rocene Missoula sports writer rank Quinn Butte sports editor Bill Straw of Western Montana Col lege in Dillon Chris Bentz of Ekalaka Steve Sullivan Butte George Billings Peck Mcarland Billings Gordon Spear Miles City Bill Zadick Great alls Tribune Stark Malibu Calif Harry Adams Mis soula Clyde Carpenter Missoula (Cubs) Coyie Butte Ted Hodges Great alls Jim Bertoglio Butte Harry Dahlberg Butte and Shubert Dyche Montana State Col lege "We are very hopeful Stanford will enter the conference Seaborg said "We cannot say when and we cannot actually say they I Seaborg will represent Califor nia in the new conference Repre senting the other members will be Don Wollet Washington Bradford Booth and Hugh Willett USC The "Western Big will officially come ihto being bn July 1 1959 one day after the final burial rites for the PCC The four schools are committed to remain in the PCC until lts official dissolu tion June 30 1959 Seaborg said there was no dis cussion of the Rose Bowl in organ izational meetings of the new loop He pointed out that after I960 commitments for the Rose Bowl game will be handled by Pasa Tournament of Roses com mittee "We have no commitment un derstanding official or otherwise with the Rose Bowl Sea borg saidv Labor Day Tourney BUTTE (UPD Prize money and merchandize totaling $3500 will be awarded winners of the annual pro amateur golf tourna ment at the Butte country club Aug 30 Sept 1 The top professional in the Labor Day tournament will get $500 The second pro will get $300 and the third $200 The fourth profes sional will receive $100 The lowest scoring amateur will receive $100 in merchandise the second lowest $75 and the third $50 in merchandise Team prizes also will be given a will i AX iiiL tokwl WILLIE MAYS Ills homers have been account ing for some blg'wins In the Snn rancisco Giants' surge to catch the Milwaukee Braves In tho hotly contested National League pennant rare Begins in Reno RENO Nev (UPD Play the four state regional American I Legion baseball tournament gets underway tomorrow All four teams Ontario aCHf Holiday Utah Tucson Arlz and host Reno will see action on the opening day of the double elim ination tourney Tournament director red Smith said Ontario meets Holiday at 6:30 pm with Tucson taking on Reno in the second contest The winner of the regional meet will represent the area at the sectional tournament at Hastings I Neb early next month reMtm iz IT is still An bls Wrvrl but after crashing into an official who had ventured too near the track The official was knocked into the air and Darrigade out of victory in the 1958 Tour De rance The rench rider was in front approaching the finish line in Paris The cyclist was banged up about the face By United Press International ISkowron homered for the Yankee lin the seventh Inning Lefty Billy Pierce of the Chicago Jn othw American League game White Sox making a late drive tor his third straight 20 victory season slowed down the New York Yan pennant express Saturday by beating them 7 1 on a six hitter with the help of Ray clutch hitting The win was the 14th for Pierce who missed a shutout when Bill three home runs sparked the Cleve land Indians to an 8 1 win over the Boston Red Sox Al relief pitching helped the Detroit Tigers to a 5 1 victory over Baltimore and Bob Martyn drove in all of Kansas City's runs in a 3 1 decision over the Washington Senators Pierce who fanned five bested Whitey ord of the Yankees in a southpaw duel when the White Sox scored four runs in the seventh in ning to take a 7 0 lead Boone with a homer and a single drove in four runs during the game Rocky Colavlto Minnie Minoao and Randy Jackson slammed homers to lead the Indians to their victory at Boston With this sup port Cal McLish scattered nine Bos ton hits to gain his 13th victory Cicotte who relieved Paul oy tack with the bases loaded and two out in the fifth inning held Balti more scoreless the rest of the way on two hits The Tigers had 11 hits off our Oriole pitchers but four of their runs were unearned with the help of errors by Brooks Robinson and Bob Nieman Martyn drove in two runs In tha third inning and another in the eighth to give the Athletics their victory at Washington Bob Grim of the A'a pitched a six hitter to earn his third win of the year AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City IK SM 4 0 Washington HO Ml 1 IS Grim (3 5) snd Chtti: Pascual Hyde I and Courtney Pascual 17 8) Chicago Ml 111 7 I 1 New York IM OOO 18 Pierce (IM) and Better: ord Mon roe 7 Maas I and Howard oM (14 7) Boone (11th) Showron (13th) Detroit Ml II Baltimore IM II 1 1 1 oytack ClooMe I and Wltoon: Porta earroro Beamon I Lohman I and Triandos Clootie (1 3) Port dcarrro (11 8) Cleveland Ncttevi 000 1 9 I McLlih (13 6) and Brown Nixon 4 Stoles ornlelee 3 MenSauaustte 5 Bverly 7 and White Stales (7 7) Colavlto (30111) Minoao (ISih Jackson (2nd) Washington Gal Wins Amateur Title PACIIC COAST LEAGUE Vancouver 020 100 030 8 flow niawA fiflO 100 CeccareHI Hughes 8 and White Pod blelan Wojey 8 and A Jones Csccarelli Podbielan Hardy and Graber SDo Spokane 000 000 000 0 5 0 Portland 000 011 3 7 1 Sherry and Sherry: Buzhardt and Neal Kellert Littrell Pori NATIONAL UAOVK PUtsburoh 310 030 I 10 1 Chlcaeo 0M IN 1 I Porterfield (1 1) and olles: Phillipa Ketohla 1 Anderson I Briggs 0 and Taylor PhlUlps (l l) HB Banks (41sl) Philadelphia IM IM 4 13 0 st Lento oio im ooa a 7 1 Marehaad arreU I and Lopata: Mattle Wht 1 atobbs MuHett and Green Morehead (1 3) MagUe (L4) Post (Ith) MHwankee 0M 0M 1 4 0 Loo Angeles NO 303 14x 10 II I Plsarro Robinson I Trowbridge I and CrandaU: Drysdale (l llLandPlg natano Pisarre (M) Drys dale? (Ith Mgnalano (life) CrandaU (llih) Nodgm (II th) Cincinnati Ml 0M 7 0 San rancisco Oil Ml lOx 5 0 0 Purkey Bohmldt 7 and Bailey: Moniant Glel 3 and Thomas Glel (4 3) Purkov (14 1) Wagner (Mh) Mays (Und) Kirkland (llth) banks Alaska shaking out 11 lilts from Bend Oro pitchers elimi nated Bend from the American Le gion regional baseball tourney by defeating them 7 4 here Saturday afternoon Alaska's big inning was the sec ond when a combination of two er rors and four hits brought across Jim Osborne first baseman Earl Erickson centerfielder Phil Pope and second baseman Phil Ramos Osborne slammed out a stand up double in the first inning and then stole home on a wild pitch to give the Alaskans their first run of the game Tho teams were evenly matched The big difference arose when Bend wasn't able to tag pitch ers Dick arris and Jack Garner for more than four hits Bend's first score of the game came in the first inning when short ark walked stole third ion a wild pilch and scored on a Captures irst Softball Game NATIONAL LEAGUE Pci GB Mllwsukea 71 Bl B83 San rancisco 84 533 8 Pittsburgh 64 57 529 BW Loa Angolas 50 01 41'2 11 St Louis 53 62 4113 13 Cincinnati 57 66 463 14W Chicago 57 67 460 15 Philadelphia 54 64 400 15 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Pittsburgh 8 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 4 Lauls Loa Angeles 10 Milwaukee 1 Ban rancisco 5 Cincinnati 3 TODAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS (won lost records In parentheses) AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Grant (S 10) vs Ramos (11 13) Chisago at Donovan (to ll) vs O'Dell (11 10) Detroit at New York 3 games Lory (ll ll) and Moford (3 i) ve Dll mar (1 4) and Shonto (4 3) Kansas City al Boston 3 games Garver (ll S) and Gorman 43 4) vs Bowsflold (1 0) and Sullivan (1 7) NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Los Haddix (7 8) vs Podres (11 10) Milwaukee at San Willey (8 4) vs Antonelli (14 11) Pittsburgh at St Louis i games riend (14 13) and Reydon (7 3) vs Mtaoll (l l) end Mabe (0 4) or BrosnanPhiladelphia at Chicago 1 games Senford (7 11) and Meyer (1 6) vs Hill man (3 5) and Drott (1 10) Tribe Turns Down Club Bid ktrAD Tho Chicago White Sox aren going any Bend Ore rom Legion Meet BILLINGS Mont (UPD I sacrifice fly by first baieman Pat AlwwleA alnlrearr Allt 11 lille f'AHHnllrt VUUUUHJ a Ths Oregon team scored another run in the third and picked two more in the fourth when left field er John Newell stole third base and came iu on a single by Clark terfielder Dick Lenaberg scored in that inning In the sixth inning pitcher McCarthy took over for Mike Reilly for Bend after Osborne scored on a single With the bases loaded and two out McCarthy struck out one man and allowed only one of the men on base to score pitching drew praise from the fans in the standi as he struck out seven batters during the nelx three innings with Ms sharp breaking inside curves airbanks 140 002 000 11 7 Bend 100 120 Mx 4 4 4 Alaska: erris Garner and Ramos Bend: Rilley McCarthy and Jonias AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Chicago Boston I Baltimore I Detroit i Cleveland Kansas City Washington fit 70 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 7 Naw York 1 Kanaaa CUy 1 Washington 1 Cleveland I Boaton 1 Detroit Baltimore 1 KNOCKOUT TRY Roberto Clmunle the Dilates showed hdw a runner cun break up double play when he gave Johnny Temple second basemnn a cross body bluck Hv meute caught Temple in the middle of pivot and dumped him on his Billy Pierce Bests ord In Battle of Southpaws wmi'gi i lTJLl toM i LL 4T? siT Y' ludMLul Si LX 4 lrj I Jr? 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