European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday july 10, 1959 this american league Cleveland Chicago Baltimore new York Detroit Washington Kanias City Botton w 44 43 41 41 40 37 33 33 l 32 35 38 38 40 41 43 45 pet. .579 .551 .519 .519 .500 .474 .434 .423 go 2 6 8 ii 12 go a 3 6 a 8 i0 a is wednesday s results new York ii Boston 5 Only game scheduled National league w l pot Milwaukee 44 33 .571 san Francisco 46 35 .568 los angelas 47 37 .960 Pittsburgh 43 39 .524 Chicago 39 41 .488 St. Louis 37 42 .460 Cincinnati 35 45 .438 Philadelphia 29 48 .377 wednesday s results no games scheduled Pacific coast league w l pet. Go Sacramento 48 38 .558 Vancouver 45 39 .536 2 Portland 41 40 .506 4 a san Diego 44 44 .500 5 Spokane 43 43 .500 5 Salt Lake City 42 43 .494 51/, Phoenix 40 46 .465 8 Seattle 38 48 .442 10 wednesday s results Portland 7, Seattle 4 san Diego 6, Sacramento i Salt Lake City 7. Phoenix 4 Spokane 7. Vancouver 4 International league w l pet. Go Buffalo 50 39 .562 Rochester 47 40 .540 2 Miami 45 40.529 3 Richmond 44 43 .506 5 Montreal 43 45 .489 6 i Toronto 39 45 .464 8 a Havana 40 48 .455 9 /3 Columlus 40 48 .455 91/3 wednesday s results Montreal 5-7. Buffalo 0-9 Columbus 2-1. Richmond 1-3 Miami 2. Havana i Toronto 5, Rochester 2 american association Eastern division w l pet. Go Minneapolis 57 31 .648 Indianapolis .55 41 .573 6 Louisville 53 41 .564 7 St. Paul 44 49 .473 l5l/2 Charleston 40 53 .430 i Western division fort Worth Omaha Dallas Denver Houston w 46 46 45 41 3g l 47 47 46 51 57,. Pet. .495 .495 .491 .446 .387 go 4 /2 10 wednesday s results Dallas 5, Indianapolis 3 Omaha 4, St. Paul 3 fort Worth ii Louisville 9 Charleston 13, Houston 0 Denver 8. Minneapolis 7 Southern association w l. Pot. Go a Birmingham 17 9 .654 Mobile 19 ii .633 new Orleans 14 10 .583 2 Chattanooga 13 13 .500 4 Memphis 2 12 .500 4 Nashville a 2 .478 4v, Shreveport 9 in .333 8vi Atlanta 8 in .308 9 a won first half title. Wednesday s results Atlanta 6. Chattanooga 5 Memphis 5, Mobile 4 Nashville 6. Birmingham i new Orleans 8. Shreveport 5 Texas league w l pet. A Victoria 53 37 .589 _ Austin 52 40 .565 2 san Antonio 48 45 .810 6 Corpus Chrystl 43 44 .494 b a Tulsa 44 47 .484 9 a Amarillo 42 48 .467 ii includes games with mexican league teams. Wednesday s results to left 7, san Antonio 6 Amarillo 6, Victoria 4 Austin 10, Corpus curl St 2 rider badly Hurt in Colorado spill Littleton Coio. Up jockey was badly injured and his mount killed in a spill during the first race at Centennial turf club Colorado s major track. Jockey Kenneth h a n s e a 30,Brush, Colo suffered a broken leg broken Arm and possible inter Nal injuries when his horse fell after running up on the heels of another horse in the Backstretch. Then a third horse smashed into the fallen horse and riders. Hansen s mount a. 6-year-old gelding named bold touch was killed in the spectacular spill. The if Isimal was owned by or. And  Gayle Whittenbaugh s t e r 1 in a yanks braves face troubled Trail Home new York up the Worl Champion new York Yankees and the National league Champion Mil Waukee braves resume their 1959 Pennant quests following the Allstar break facing a Host of prob lems and some fired up  performances by his Yankees at Bat on the Mound and in the Field have led manager Casey Stengel to mutter time an again i wish i knew what was wrong with this  Fred Haney s braves confronted by a serious Challenge from Thesan Francisco giants los Angeles dodgers and Pittsburgh pirates Start the second half of the sea son weak at the Keystone and generally lacking . The braves never found an Ade quate replacement for the ailing red schoendienst at second. Short Stop Johnny Logan still is re covering from a Spike wound and won t be Back for another week. With a mediocre Bench the braves Are weakened every time a starter is  s one of the big reasons Why Milwaukee leads the giant by Only three percentage Points and the los Angeles dodgers Bya half game. The pirates Are Only 3% games off the Pace in a con tending position. The Yankees went into thurs Day s games trailing the league leading Cleveland indians by 4%games and the second place Chi Cago White sox by 2%.in order to overhaul Cleveland Nixon favors International major league Washington up Vic president Richard m. Nixon said wednesday he would like to see third major league extended inter nationally to give baseball tremendous support All Over the world As Well As in the  Nixon speaking As a sports fan and not in an official capacity made the remarks on wednesday morning s today television pro Gram. The vice president throwout. The first Ball at tuesday s major league All Star game in Pitts Burgh. Talking on the show with master of ceremonies Dave Garroway Nix on said i think there should Bea third major league just As soon As we have the players to put Init. For example 50 years ago we had two major leagues. Today with the population Al lost double that we still have two leagues. Not enough players the problem though is players and today although baseball instill a great Spectator sport there Aren t enough Young people play ing the game and the minor leagues Are losing clubs daily. The result is you Don t have enough players tunnelling up to major league Caliper Nixon continued. What i d like to see would Bea third major league that not Only would bring in some of our majorities like Minneapolis Houston and Miami cities of that Type that could support a major league team but that could be extended inter nationally to Havana Montreal and Mexico City. With Jet flights to have a great International third major league would give baseball tremendous support All Over the world As Well As in the  Nixon added i talked to several of the managers tuesday and they pointed out that while the would like a third major league or to expand the present leagues they just did t know where they would get the  Champ avenged defeat of Macias continued from Page 18 dressing room was so great that the newsman who asked the ques Tion could never find out which Way the new Champ meant. In Halimi s less crowded dressing room the Little sex Champ still grinning and courteous explained his defeat with a gallic shrug. I became  Halimi admits mistake Halimi admitted he made the mistake of staying against the ropes and letting b e c e r r a get within punching Range. Halimi s manager Philippe Filippi moaned we told  a thousand times to stay off the ropes. Hell know better next  will Halimi fight differently inthe promised rematch ? again Halimi grinned and shrugged. Matchmaker George Parnassus said he is confident that the two Little warriors will fight their re match in los Angeles. Aches and pains Light heavyweight Champ Archie Moore displays the injured Heel that forced a two week postponement 6f his bout with Yvon Durelle. The fight is now july 29. A photo Marciano feels Floyd May win return bout Daytona Beach Fla. A Rocky Marciano who retired undefeated in 1956 As heavyweight Champion of the world believes Floyd Patterson has a fair Chance to beat Ingemar Johansson in their return figh t next september. Johansson knocked out Patter son in the third round june 25 to win the heavyweight title. If Patterson has anything he has a fair Chance to regain his title when he fights Johansson again said Marciano who watched the bout from the ringside i Yankee stadium. No comeback plans Marciano 34, also said he has no plans for a comeback of his own. Rumours started after my appearance at the title fight that i was thinking of coming Back said Rocky. But my plans Haven t changed. Everything is going Good and god willing i la do pretty Good As i am. I m retired and plan to stay that  Marciano who picked Patterson to whip Johansson before the up set said i Don t know How much that beating took out of Floyd. I Hope he s not Gushy. He s a hard Trainer and in the next couple months they la be Able to Tell about him from his workout perform ances. I think he s got an  Rocky warned Patterson about the return bout. He s just got to watch Johansson s right said mar Ciano. Johansson does t have much else. But he s hard to hit. He has that funny european style1 and stands straight up. He dances Back wards. Johansson showed he s an what Ruth did t do new York up despite his Many slugging feats babe Ruth never hit four homers in a single game. And he hit three homers in single game just twice which Johnny Mize did no less than sixties " Alert thinking fighter and has Good reflexes. And he s stronger and big Ger than Patterson. But everyone knows Patterson is a better fighter. Patterson has the works to the body and fast combinations w h i 1 e Johansson does t give out any inside punish ment and he needs plenty of room for that qing overhand right. That Why he. Keeps that left out even though he does t do much damage with  Marciano who now lives in for Lauderdale is Here for a few Days of golfing. Spain Italy picked As cup play opens from press dispatches Spain and Italy were tabbed the favourites As Davis cup teams fro four nations got set to open the european zone semifinals. Italy and France clash at san Emo Italy starting Friday. Spain was a rather surprising favorit Over Britain at Barcelona thurs Day. The european Winner will meet the american zone Champ prob ably Australia in the first round of inter zone Competition. India Eastern zone Champ plays the Europe America Winner to see who challenges the . For the cup. And Chicago the Yankees would have to win approximately 47 of the for remaining 75 games for a.627 Pace. That would not have been a big order for Yankee teams of the past. But there is some doubt whether these Yankees can do it. Yanks hot cold there have been Days during this season when the Yankees played like the clubs which won nine pennants during 10 previous sea sons under  there have been nearly As Many Days when they have played like a club struggling to stay in the first  managers Al Lopez of the White sox and Jimmie Dykes of the Detroit tigers have remarked the yanks just Don t scare any one like they once  tribe paper-thin., on paper the indians do no t shape up As a Brilliant  they have had Good pitching from Herb score 9-5cal Mclish 10-3gary Bell 8-8 and Jim Grant 5-4. They have Long bal Power in Rocky colavito 24 Hom ers Woodie held 16 and Minni Minoso 13. And manager Joe Gordon has kept them hustling. The White sox also have Excel Lent pitching Speed on the bases and Good defense but they Are woefully weak in Long hitting. As a team their 51 homers is the smallest total in the league. Their Leader is Catcher Sherm Lolly with 12. O s need Miracle the Baltimore orioles Are Only 41/ games behind first but base Ball men feel it would be asking a Miracle of manager Paul Rich Ards to keep them that close. The orioles have stayed up there largely on pitching. However Hoyt Wilhelm who won his first nine decisions has failed five straight times in search of his 10th.in the National league race All three of the braves challengers have the ingredients for a Pennant  giants have Power and Ade quate starting pitchers in Johnny Antonelli 12-4sam Jones 10-8jack Sanford 7-7 and Mike Mccormick 8-7. But they Are weak in the bullpen and in the Fiel around second base. Dodgers have hurling los Angeles pitching has improved considerably during the past several weeks. It must remain that Way if they Are to stay in the running. The dodgers resound defensively but could use a bit More of their old time  Friend a 22-game Winner last year is a key figure in the pirates Hopes. The club has stayed near the top even though his record at the All Star break was Only 4-10. Pittsburgh also is solid in Thefield although weak on the Bench. The pirates would suffer if they lost a regular. No one would be too surprised if there were two new clubs in the world series come fall. Hogan holds honors fort Worth Tex. Up be Hogan is the Only Man Ever to win the pea professional golfer of the year award More than once. He took the coveted trophy the firs year it was offered 1948, and repeated in 1950, 1951 and 1953. Two Hurt in harness crash Foxboro mass. A two Drivers were hospitalized wednes Day night after four harness horses piled up in a spectacular far turn collision during the featured Shar on mile at Bay state raceway. An ambulance and two state police cars were rushed onto the track to help remove Drivers Johnny Baker Groton Ohio and Bill Bailey Quanah Tex. Tomie b. Driven1 by Joseph clo Hossey Southern Pines n.c., was leading on the far turn when Ali Accident occurred. Six horses be Hind Clohossey s pacer piled into wild Jam of animals and sullies. Bailey driving rapid Goose was thrown High in the air. Baker appeared to have been caught under fallen horses. Tomie b. Had to be destroyed on the track.1 Madam. To Rakef driven by Charles Ray Hill Gaylesville r.i., won the  Franks King was second and grand k. V. Third