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IHiHIIHSHSIillHSIIIIinifB!CommentBy Ernest Mehl.COLEMAN WINSSPLITFORA'S(Continued from Page 1B.|came home, with Power tak-W(The Stars Sports Editor.)ing third. Tom Sturdivant reHERE were the Athletics at this time last year?In second place, after having split a Memorialplaced Kucks.I?:He walked Jolavito intenday double-header here with the Cleveland Indians.After these two contests the Yankees were in the leadwith a 25-10 record, quite a contrast to their won and lostmark as of now. The A’s were second with 19-17 and theytionally to load the basesNixon sliced a looper intoshallow left which fell for a' 'AV.'.V '.Vsingle, scoringthe ballPower. Normallywould havewere followed, in order, by the Cleveland Indians, Chicago ibeen caught by DeMaestri butWhite Sox. Boston Red Sox. Detroit Tigers, Washington the A’s infield was pulled inSenators and Baltimore Orioles.The A’s lost the morning game to the Indians. 1-7,with Ralph Terry starting and being followed by VirgilTrucks and Tom Gorman. Ned Garver began the afternoon game and had help from Murry Dickson and DukeMaas, as the A s won, 7-6.and no one could reach it.Held endea the game byslapping a single to short rightwhich scored Minoso with thethird run.Then on the following day. Bob Cerv hit his 14th homerun of the year and drove in his 42nd run to lead the A’sto triumph over the Indians.This game closed a home stand during which the A’swon six of seven. It sent hopes soaring. Perhaps, it waswritten, the A’s, little thought of before the race began,MINOSO PLAYS IT TOUGH.Cleveland, May 30.—JohnnyKucks knocked Minnie Minosodown with a pitch in the thirdinning of the first game. Onwould need to be revaluated.But then came the eastern road trip and the collapse.The Yanks Far Worse Off This Yearthe next pitch Minoso swungand let his bat sail throughthe box near Kucks. MinosoifrwPw0101SttoFkicrtoattewClsparLiPiwent after the bat, but thereTHIS ONE TIES IT—Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians slides across home plateCOMPARISON of the league standings is interestingwas no further threat oftroubleDick Williamsand reveals the seriousness of the Yankee plight.made a fine play in the sixthThe Yankees were some eleven full games better offat this time in 1958 than they are now. They won thechampionship last year by a 10-game margin over thesecond place White Sox.This illustrates pretty well the pace the defendingchampions will have to set from here on out if they areto retain their laurels.inning of the opener when hegrabbed Woodie Held’s toppedroller in his bare hand andto tie the score in t* ' ninth inning of the first game of a double-header with the Athletics. Waiting his rn at bat is Woodie Held (3), whose single drove in the winningrun in the 3-2 game—(Wirephoto).Between Inningsthrew him ou• t. Herb Scoreseemed to be the logicalchoice to pitch the secondFrom Memorial day on last year, the Yankees won 67game instead of the first be-and lost 52. At the same time, the White Sox were winning63 and losing 53.Another surprise this comparison in the standingsshow’s involves Baltimore- At this time last year, the Orioleswere last with 15-21; this year they are up in the race,some five games better than they w’ere in 1958.cause the shadows would haveHerzog TopW alkeronA’s.By Joe McGuff.(A Member of The Star's Sports Staff.)The A's Average's.made his fast ball more effective. Manager Joe Gordon de-LEVELAND, May 30.Dots and Dashes Al-Itv .: Dicksonthough he hag started;;; IneMariscided otherwise because there only half as many games as Herzog :: was a threat of rain in the ^ 1 ~ -(Through games of Mav 30.)BATTING.AB. R. H. 2b. 3b. Hr. Rbi. Av10 0. A i5 45 41 IS 25morning. Last year Bobbythe regulars in the Athletics’iTtmieAs badly as the Tigers started this year they are noworse off than thev were at the same time last season.And in 1958, they finished fifth with a 77-77 record.The A’s, after beating Cleveland's Hoyt Wilhelm, ranBragan, who was fired as man-19 l 6...124 21 37 Williams 112 10 33 1line-up, Whitey Herzog is lead-:^? —,’J J 3|ing the club in bases on balls Herbert” 19... , . • ! Hadley .. 37ager, got in trouble by saving, .® 00 . . . . , „ ______ _, with 23. His closest rival is:LumpeScore for the second game ofHouse ...128 15 341 f _____- 54 1 13iChiti ... 21 1 5Her-O’M’stri 125 10 2911 .Smith ~ - ‘WardInto all sorts of trouble on their eastern trip last year, and Indians had lest the opener.they were unable to recover.a double-headei only to see Tuttle with 15.the game rained out after the zo modestly claims that one Trrw gery: - OsTTOllGrim ...Colemanwalks is because he is fouling?52iRip Snorter.Carver the Big Winner.UT at the time there was reason for optimism. Garverhad gotten off to a handsome start w’ith a 7*1 record.Dickson had 3-1 and Jack Urban 3-2.The pitching staff also included Trucks. Gorman, RayHerbert, Wally Burnette, Maas, who had 2-4; Terry, whoalso had 2-4; Walt Craddock and Alex Kellner.KANSAS CITT.ABTuttle, cf ........................ 4Herzog. rf ........................ 2Williams. 3b, II .......... 4Boone, lb ....................Hadley, lb .................lt; hitJ. r ..........................Bella, if Smith, 3bLamp*. 2b ....................... 2DeMaestri. s% .................. 4Racks, p .................. 3Sturdivant, p ........ Oreason he is drawing so many* Kucks.• •88 14 20 43 3 1020 4 37 1118 2 2 11 0 0 3 0 0i000000110003300012o000000Avg..500ill.3ball player who has beencaraacthsiWtole,ormtraded is going to say he’sglad to be with us, but I thinktheseit,77guys really mean the A’s manager said. “The21more I see of them the more13sothgahi.298III.27 .26 .26 .24.-.24381I like the trade.”ibaRuss Meyer Must WaitA]USS MEYER, who was sup-jroposed to be back on thesic;532; active list today, will have to ill!! wait until Monday. Because TIanoff pitches he should be hit-3o4 40R H RBI.0 01 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 •PITCHING, rp W-L H R-ER BB SO ERAT» •Sl'divant 0 0-0 2 0-0 1 0 0.00Herzog was an ef-Dairy 45% 3-3 3§ u-s 7 24 1.5sli,. . . . U 11 _ . ’Kucks ... 8 0-1 7 3-2 6 4 2.25o ficient base on balls man in carver ...5s% 3-3 57 26 is 12 17 2.86ting..150.143.111.000.000today is a holiday, no officialbusiness can be transacted inthe league and Meyer's namewill remain on the waiver list2000000001 0Hi,, - j j 1 aa _ Coleman 30% 1-3 24 12-10 10 18 2.93lithe minors and drew 100 orjprtm 6o»* 4-4 63 29 22 22 2« 3.2so*more walks in three differentloSson ..hlV Gorman ..10o seasons4 3 59 29-27 16 28 3.-980-0 5 2-2 1 2 4.50until 1 o’clock Mondav. 7 heis not claimed he will be etigible to play against the Whiteo o o oTough With Bases Empty.Toma nek *1-0 11 12-77 6.30Sox Monday night . . . Meyernek 8% 0-0 14 9 9 5 5 9.$4,thFGW 3 flill 30 minU*P5 ofP^es not include record with New a 1UA1 0X3 Iiuautcl UI‘batting practice today.oOf these, Gorman. Herbert, Garver and Dickson remain, and Murry only returned recently.tCleveland fans are startingYork.Attendance—Home (21 dates). 222.862. Road »17 dates). 178.6.4 WinTotals2 6At this time last year. Bob Martyn was the club’sleading hitter at .381, and he is gone. Cerv was havinga spectacular time with a .317 average and a flock ofhome runs.Harry Chiti had .293, Hec Lopez, .267, Hal Smith .267, Vic Pow er .258, Bill Tuttle, .246, Joe DeMaestri .237. WoodieHeld .220, Frank House .220, Mike Baxes .215, WhiteyHerzog .154.The infield had Lopez at third, DeMaestri at short,Baxes at second and Power at first. DeMaestri remains.In the outfield Cerv was in left, Held in center andTuttle in right. Cerv and Tuttle remain. ......................30CLEVELAND.AB. R. H.KBtPiersall. cf ................. 4Power, lb 5Minoso. If ................. 4( olaitfo. rf ................... 4Nixon, c ......... 4Held. 3b. *a ................... ♦Strickland. m ................. 3e-Baves. 3b ..... 1Martin. 2b ....................... 2d-Fitrgerald ...... 0Picon*, p ................... 0Score, p ......................... 2a-Fmncona ....................... 0h Hardy ................. 0P«rr . P .....*...........*..... Oe-Hamner, 2b ............... 1to boo Rocky Colavito, who first they have made with a The onlyChisox Can Whip Tribe.season series inhi;thtolonmihi;iilno0000oooooo0121 0 12 0 0 10ft1000©w --- of P ~ j ViUJ OVWOVil OV I I v- O III T|until this season w’as cheered club other than the Athletics; which Cleveland trails this 1_______ 4;.__U ^ 10 1 ...U__ . ... .... JL0 every time he stepped from^ince February 18, 1956, when year is with the White Sox.1 the dugout.. The reason that they swung a 7-player deal 1 booes are now mixed with the with the Senators.who have won seven of the 10meetings . . . The Indians arc0 cheers when Colavito comes In that trade they obtained'at their best in a nocturnal0 to the plate is because of his Mickey McDermott and Bob0 00 0!failure to hit with men on Kline in exchange for Loubase.Of Colavito’s 13 Berberet, Whitey Herzog, Bob[J homeruns this season nine Wiesler, Herb Plews and Dick°'have come with the basesTettlebach.Incidentally,33Of the regulars Martyn, Power, Held, Lopez and Baxesare gone.TMnte ............................34a-Walk*d for Score In 71 h. b-Ilan for Fran con a in 7th. e-Flled out for Strickland in 8th. d W alked for Martin In 8th.• Popped out for Perry In 8thKANSAS (TTY ..............(HID OH! 100—2CLEVELAND ...............000 000 003—3E—Boon*. Nixon. DeMaestri. PO-A— Kansas City 24\-8. Cleveland. . Once a player es-;most baseball men are scoffingempty. .tablishes himself as a top slug-;at the Yankee-Red Sox tradesetting, having won 12 ol 15games under the lights.Indians Shy of Lefties.Since trading Hal Naragonfir50prG1thfivW;to Washington, Cleveland hasonly two left-handed hitters,its27-10.ger the fans become more de-reports. Cleveland’s Frank'exc*usive pitchers, on manding and are not satisfied Lane offered 1,000 to 1 odds ros^er* are Russ Nixon, acatcher, and Tito Francona, athlt;hewith just a good effort. Bob that the Yankees would notArnold Portocarrero had been traded for Bud Daley,Cerv, the A’s hero of last sea-; make a deal involving Giland the latter had been sent out. Arnold was winning forthe Orioles. Later Daley was recalled, and now Bud is theace of the present staff, and Portocarrero has been havinghis troubles.So baseball, with all of its uncertainties, goes.DP—Hamner-Held-Power. X (None outj , ^ ,SP,«rJC!=?,7Kri«n, drew some booes in the McDougald.last game he played at Kansas City even though he has o driven in 29 runs this season.reserve outfielder• •The In-19;Jirdians are in almost the sameCity 10. Cleveland 18. 2B—l-simpe, WMIliams. Held, Minmc. SB—Herxoc. S— Williams.IP. H R. ER. BB.SO.Koetes (L, 0-2)......8 7 3 2 6Sturdivant ............0 2 0 0 1Score ...................7 8 2 2 8 2Pern ...................1 0 0 0 1 0Clcott* «W. 1-0). .1 10 0 11Craft Likes New A’spitStand in 2s of the Teams.AMERICAN LEAGUE.HBP—By Kucks (Martin). C—Tabacchi,Yanks Stay With A’s.position the A’s were early veilast season when Frank House ibeiHarry Craft is pleased over was usually the only ^eft-hand- enthe attitudes of lorn Sturdi- ed batter in the starting line-Roar, Paparella. Run**. T—2:36.YESTERDAYS REBUTS.Cleveland 3-1. kamas C ity 2-3.New York 11-11, Washington 2-0. Boston 5-8. Baltimore 4-3.Detroit 4-3. Chicago 2-4.TODAY’S SCHEDILE. Kan-as City at mirage. 12 noon —Garver (3-3) »«. Wynn (7-3).■mlUXoztjioia* 11m » *ZO5opmoKpn Qi-lt;2oCle.Chi.2! 51 3| 71 21 J|25!H!.410 lf3! 2, 5 4 3125New York fit Washington. 12 noon Balt.—Turley (3-6) vs. Pascual (4-4),Cleveland at Detroit. 12:30 r m Wasi. —Ferrarese (4-2) vs. Davie —!Baltimore at Boston 12 noon - Det-Brown (2-1) vs. Delock lt;5 2).MONDAY S GAMES.Kansas City at ( htcago. 6 p. m.Cleveland at Detroit 12:30 p. mOnly game*.II 6 2| %) 7[241211.533 31* 18 21 21 25 2313 2323 .43917 .NATIONAL LEAGUE.YESTERDAY S RESI LTS. Milwaukee 4. Pniiadelphia 2,Pittsburgh 3. CinclnnaU 1.San Francisco 5. Chicago 2.TODAY’S SCHEDt LB.Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (2) 12 noon-Law lt;4-2» and Jackson lt;0-0 Mil. vs. Newcomb* (4-4) and Purke * p(5-5tPhiladelphia at Milwaukee lt;2. 12:30 p. m.—Roberts*cxft■ Ifi2!tJ lt;miXz01o*SECONDGAME»KANSAS CITY—AB.R.H.RBI.Tattle, rf ..............110Herzoft, rf ..................... 5©10Williams. If ..............121Boone, lb ...........111Hadley. 1 h ................000Lumpe. 2b ...............021Smith, 9b ........01fHouse, r ...................00©DeMaestri. ss ............... 3000Cole ok an, p •*•••««••*.A000TP otalsli85CLEVELAND—AB.R.H.RBI.Piersall. rf ..............000Power* Jb 4...............010*^®aaan. If ................•»••« A0I '0Colavito. rf .................. A00©FitzCieraid, a ................. A12©Baxes, 3b ................01ftHeld, *s ...................011Martin. 2b ................0©000OGrant, p ©000000Perrj, p»•■••• ©000Totals ...................... 321Ta—Foaled out for Grant in8th.KANSAS CITY ..002 t©0—3CLEVELAND.... 010000 000—tF the Yankees should pullvant, Jerry Lumpe and John-1 up . . . Southpaws have beenJiroff their rumored tradeRo'!with Boston it would be theny Kucks, the three ex-Yank- pitchers of recordin onlyees who joined the club last I seven of the 41 games Clcve-Thursday“Naturally a [land has played this season.501JPRO EAGLES SIGN TWO.Jurgensen and Saiiar Readyfor Grid Season.the recommendation of AraParseghian, who coached theNew York State Teachers col-DONNELLY BY FAST K.O.1TeiGojScranton, Pa., May 30.(AP)—0flege back in the Gem bowl atPhiladelphia, May 30.(AP)—|Erie, Pa., last November. The Quarterback Sonny Jurgensen ^ew York born Sellars alsoIrish Jackie Donnelly of Buffalo registered his 17th con-and Jim Sellars, linebacker,have signed 1959 contractswith the Philadelphia Eaglespunts and kicks off.secutive victory today bystopping Johnny Taylor,FLYWEIGHTS IN DRAW.of the National FootballCagliari, Sardinia, May 30.league.Jurgensen, formerfAP)Argentine flyweightYoungstown, O., in the thirdcutcepthemeiMAD yotround of a scheduled 8-round, eTa?Horacio Accavallo and Italy’s Duke Qjacomo spano fought toopen-air lightweight bout.aE—McLish.;star, will be back for his third iQ-round draw tonight. Spanoseason with the Eagles. He,weighed 114 pounds,27-10. ClevelandPower. PO-A—Kama* Cl tv played very little last year as vaiirt 11914nlt;1 27-13. DP—Martln-Helff-L._j j.. vauo lizrz.AccaVwer. left—Kansas Olty 9. r^vHand 0. UnderStUdy 10 ine Veteranofl4 1| 41 n '41 •4r lt;|T37[lBr*432B — FltrGerald. Held. Williams, Boone. Lump*. Tuttle. 8—Martin^hi* I IP, H, It. ER. BB. 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