European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes wednesday August 26, 1959 by the associated press american league Chicago Cleveland new York Baltimore Detroit Kansas City Boston Washington w 74 73 62 co 61 58 57 50 48 51 63 g2 64 66 67 74 pet. .607 .589 .496 .492 .488 .468 .460 .403 go 2 3 a 14 i4 17 18 25 Darmstadt Germany is four semifinalist teams will re sume debate on who will Wear he 1959 Usa eur baseball own in Best of three playoffs starting wednesday at Stuttgart and  s opening slate sends the Bamberg riders to Stuttgart and the 3d army div Cha scor monday s results Baltimore a petrol o Chicago 4, new York 2 Only games scheduled National league w l pet. .573 .543 .540 .516 .488 .480 .449 .413 san Francisco los Angeles Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago 8t, Louis Philadelphia monday s results los Angeles 8, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 6, san Francisco 0 Chicago 3, Milwaukee 0 Only games scheduled Pacific coast league 71 69 67 65 61 59 57 52 53 58 57 61 64 64 70 74 go i /a4 7 o a 11v15v, 20 Salt Lake City Vancouver san Diego Portland Spokane Sacramento Seattle Phoenix w 71 71 68 67 67 65 63 60 l 62 62 65 65 67 68 69 75 pet. .534 .534 .511 .508 .500 .589 .477 .444 go 4 /3 g 7 /2 12 monday s results Salt Lake City 12, Phoenix o Vancouver 7. Portland Only games scheduled International league w l pet. Go Buffalo 79 60 .568 Richmond 73 67 .521 g /2 Havana 71 67 .514 7 a Columbus 71 68 .511 8 Montreal 68 72 .486 la a Miami 66 72 .478 l2 /2 Rochester 65 72 .474 13 toronto62 77 .446 17 monday s results. Montreal 9-2, Buffalo 3-1 Rochester 6, Toronto 4 Miami 2, Havana i Richmond 3-9, Columbus 7-7 american association Eastern division Louisville Minneapolis St. Paul Indianapolis Charleston w 86 84 75 74 69 l 58 61 69 71 75 pet. .597 .579 .521 .510 .479western division Omaha fort Worth Dallas Denver Houston w 76 73 67 65 53 l 68 71 78 79 92 pet. .528 .507 .462v .451 .366 monday s results Houston 7, Indianapolis 4 Dallas 4, Louisville i Minneapolis 5, St. Paul 4 Charleston 6, fort Worth 3 Denver 10, Omaha 5 Southern association go 2 /3ii 2 /2 17 go 3 9 /2 ii 23 a w l pet. Mobile 53 27 .663 a Birmingham 44 35 .557 Shreveport 43 38 .531 Memphis 37 37 ,500 Nashville. 33 37 .471 Chattanooga 36 41 .468 new Orleans 32 42 .432 Atlanta 30 51 .370 a won first half title monday s results Birmingham la Atlanta 0-2 Nashville 3, Chattanooga i Shreveport 4, Memphis i Mobile 5, new Orleans 4 Texas league go Wilo 13 15 l5 Cepeda san fran. 2 buns batted in american x National Killebrew Wash. 95 Banks Chicago ii colavito Cleveland 90 Robinion Cincin. Ii Jet a Boston 88 Ball Cincinnati 9 Maxwell. Detroit 81 Aaron Milwaukee 9 Malzone Boston 79 Mathews Milwaukee 8 Lopez new York 79 411 Star tilts for 1960 okd Philadelphia up a Sec Ond annual baseball All Star game provided the two Are played with n a. Four Day period has been re approved by major league players t was Learned. The players in a vote involving some 400 eligible agreed on the to games if they Are played inthe same four Day break in the schedule. They said they would not agree of two separate Breaks in the schedule As was the Case this Yea when the regular All Star game was played at Pittsburgh and was followed by a second at los an Geles one month later. Other major Points the players also passed three other major Points involving pen Sions for managers the hiring Ofa new Law firm. And the policy of no night games on getaway dates. The vote approved a recommendation that the pension committee investigate the Cost of including managers in the pension benefits. Only players coaches and train ers Are eligible. It was voted to hire a Law firm on a retainer basis replacing j. Norman Lewis. Lewis was invited to submit his name for consideration but declined. The players reaffirmed the policy of no night games on getaway Date with no exceptions. The have objected to being asked on Many occasions to waive this established Rule. Philadelphia a the los Angeles Dodg ers regained second place and moved within 3% games of the National league Lead monday nights Southpaw Sandy Koufax allowed just four hits and struck out 13 in an 8-2 Victory Over the Phila Delphia  dodgers who had lost three in a Row moved up As first place san Francisco lost 6-0, at Pitts Burgh and the Chicago cubs slipped Milwaukee Back to third by beating the braves 3-0. Koufax gained his seventh Victory against Bur losses. Earlier this season be struck out 16 Phillies in a win Ning cause. Gil Hodges led the dodger at tack by batting in five runs three on a Homer into the Loftfield stands the second inning. It was his Lyles named coach Lexington a. Up Joseph Francis Lyles 29, former St Louis University athlete and an sex professional baseball and Basket Ball player was named to succeed John w. Poston As baseball coach at Washington & Lee University 20th. The d Odgers made right handed d Keegan s major league debut Arief one. Keegan a Bright Prospect just up from Williamsport pa., in the Eastern league was charged with four runs and four walks in Only one third of an inning. Taylor Phillips gave up three More runs in 1% innings. Norm Larker stroked his eighth Home run in the ninth inning wit no one aboard for the dodgers last run the dodgers scored four runs in the first Ort Only three hits. Walk to Duke Snider forced in Junior Gilliam who had singled. Hodges single scored Wally Moon and Larker both on base on walks and shortstop Maurice Wells singled to bring Home Snider. Sand y in their eyes los Angeles Philadelphia a r h a r h Gilliam 2b 511 Moon. If 421 Larker of la Snider of of Hodges in Demeter of Roseboro c Zimmer. 3b wills is Koufax p Artiburn of 210 g. Anderson 2b 4 0 432 Boushee. In 30 410 Post of 400 4 1 3 freest. 31 4 0 0 0 h. Ancl i Sori if 4 400 Koppe is Thomas c a Philley 0 0 Keenn p Phillips p Meyer p a Bowman Sein Procoli p a Bolger 301 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 totals 30 8 0 totals 32 2 4 a struck out for Meyer 7 a struck out for Thomas 9 a grounded out for sem Proch 9. Los Angeles " 430 000 0018 9 Philadelphia 000 100 1002 4 i in h r Erbb so Koufax a 7-4 9 4 2 2 4 13 Keegan a 0-1 i 2 4 4 4 0 Phillips 1% 5 3 3 0 1 Meyer 51000 Sei proc h 21110 a wills Hosea. To a los Angelos 27-7 Philadelphia 27-4. Lob los Angeles 5, Phila Delphia 7. 2b Boushee g. Anderson fill Hodges Koppe Larker. Rib in kor Snider Hodges 5, wills Koppe. We Keegan Koufax 2. A Dot Tell blk Hart Vinzon Conlan. T2 26. A10,832, straight in the Usa eur Quad  also is working behind four game win Streak. The riders however lost the opening game of the Eastern league play off to Kitzinger before sweeping the remaining contests from the defending Usa eur champs. Billy Vaughn or Bill Harter both right handers loom As the most Likely Stuttgart pitching prospects while Stuttgart May give aught a rest and spin right hander Marty Grady 5-1. Vaught 8-2 has won three of the chiefs four playoff victories. In contrast to the chiefs Strong dependence on Pitcher Vaught Bamberg is a wide open hitting club that mashed la Rochelle in a tight Karwacki the quarterfinals 6-3 and 12-3. But Bamberg was guilty of six errors in the finale. The three four combo of Ray Hartlage and Tom Karwacki inthe rider batting order is a hard duo to get past. Karwacki hit a Homer against the rams. On the other Side of the picture Cha s scorpions Are in the usar eur semifinals for the third Frankfurt special an will broadcast both games of Theu Sarteur semifinals wednesday starting at 2 05  Frankfurt and an Kaiserslautern will carry play by play on the 3d army div Cha visit to Baum older Home of the Blu rangers. An Stuttgart and an Nurnberg will air the Bamberg Stuttgart tilt slated in Stuttgart. Straight year and still looking for their first Usa eur Champion ship. Orndorff is. Conrad if Baum older s Vern Orndorff 11-1 Hooks up in a Mound due with Cha s Dick Conrad 11-2 wednesday it will be the no. 1man of the stars and stripes most valuable player poll opposing the Holder of no. 2  was undisputed Champ of both halves in the Northern league but Luck of the draw swept them into an extra pre Quarter final series against the Mai league s 72d arty up. The scorpions took the Lon route in beating the canno neers and then had to go three games to trim setae in the quarterfinals. Baum older also showed a rally ing spirit in its quarterfinal tests against the 4th army div cd turtles dropping the series opener 8-0, and coming from behind Towin both of the remaining tilts with Orndorff picking up the decisive Victory. Rules bar Francona s bid for batting Crown new York a the Ameri can league claiming there is no leeway in the rules monday struck out Tito Francona in the Cleve land outfielder s bid for the batting championship the rules Are explicit. If fran Cona does t qualify there is Noth ing that can be done said Joe Mckenney the circuit s publicity director and assistant to Joe Cro Nin the . Spark plug of the indians Pennant push is hitting .379 with 298 official times at Bat. Har vey Kuenn Detroit is next with a 357  the rules which were in effect three years ago Francon would almost certainly qualify for the title with 400 official , under the current Regula Tion which fixes a minimum of 477total appearances the indians Star is certain to be ineligible. Total appearances include official times at Bat bases on balls sacrifices hit by pitches and times reached base by interference or  has 21 walks five sacrifices and one hit by Pitcher which gives him 325 total appearances. To compile 477 total appearance this season Francona would have to average five appearances in the indians 30 remaining games about one More than the average for most players. He bats third in the batting  1954, Boston s Ted Williams hit .345 with 386 official at bats. Because he had fewer than 400plate trips the Boston slugger did not qualify for the title which was won by Cleveland s Bobby Avila with a .341  to 1951, a player had to participate in two thirds of his team s games to be eligible for the  left it up to the leagues to determine whether the player had enough times at Bat to qualify. In 1940, Debs Garms playing jn103 games and hitting .355, was named Champion by the National league although he batted Only 358 times officially. Stan Hack Chicago was placed second with a .317 Mark. Hack had 603 official times at Bat