Palica, Weaver Named to Manage Babe Ruth All-Stars
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TORR/ Torrance '9' Cinches Legion Lefties Twirl Crucial Wins i TornmcT's Post 170 American Legion baseball loan) ." a I'd1 r clinching (he May League's championship with a; weekend sweep of rival South Torranco and Loinila in the (.•my confine's of Torrance Park socks to asserl itself this JULY 14, 1960 weekend by going on the "road" for two games to wrap 20 up tin- regular season before - -----; CONNIE MACK LEAGUE entering the District 19 play- singles by Carrico and winn- ..' offs in Long Beach. ing pitcher Ray Wilson for ' The Sluggers ex-baseball four runs. Red Devils Bomb San Pedro, 15-0; players from North High and Wehrhan twirled a two-hit. Torrance Hiijh Schools nip- 1-0 shutout against Torrance " ed South !! (> Saturday in a in the teams' first meet ing for , Set Sights on Key Weekend Games crucial then walked away with the champs' only setback of Still licking their chops after on first place in the Connie the title Sunday with a !> (> tri I he season, last month. ,,; 15-0 snow Job over San Ped Mack Baseball League. umph over Lomita while Re- Wilson who was the los- ro Sunday, Torrance's Red The Red Devils host West- dondo was dealing a 12-9 jok ing pitcher in the 1-0 durl -*- Devils are setting themselves Chester Saturday afternoon at er to South. scattered six hits and surviv' '• for two important weekend 3 before taking on unbeaten ed a hectic ninth inning to." games at Torrance Park in an league-leader Culver City (8-0) SLICK SOUTHPAW Tom win the important, title clinch-" effort to pick up some ground Sunday in a do-or-die match. my Richardson fashioned r ing contest. Manager Bo Palica's charges three-hit shut-out on the Sab SOUTH LOADED the bases ' made a double sweep last bath as Torrance endorsed a in the 9th and had the danger- _ weekend of Westchester, 6-1, check for this city's first Le ous Joe Austin at the plate « Runyan Second and San Pedro in boosting gion baseball crown. with two outs. However, he " their season record to 5-3 and BROTHERS FOl'R . Quartet of Harlley brothers In helping team to title. Big brother Mike, 15, Is an all- Richardson fanned 10 hit drilled a 3-2 pitch right vaulting in a two-team tie for central Torrance get early morning workout with crisp star shortstop from the Elks in the Babe Ruth League. ters to raise his strikeout total second baseman Terry Gi Top Scorer in second place withWestchester. pepper game in preparation for day's bnscballing along Jim is also an all-star player, as a pitcher and shortstop. to Rl for 55 innings and boost son who threw him out. second place with Westchester. Torrances Little League and Habe Ruth League Baseball Four Hartleys pictured have two younger brothers and ed his record to 6-0 for the end the game. j righthander Dennis Hogue, fronts. Hartley's are well represented on pennant winn are sons of Mr. and Mrs. VVm. Hartley of 1747 Hickory season. South narrowed a 7-3 deficit » Summer League who pitched the Sunday ing Yankees in the Central Little League with 12-year-old Ave. (Herald photo) Leadoff batter Jim Carrico in the 7th with 3 runs the big '* whitewash job and went 4-5 Jim (batting ball) Tom, 11, and lefthandcd Steve, 10, who starred during the high blow being a Wehrhan homer * Coach George Stanich's Ba besides, will start Saturday's school season as a third base- after an error and a base hit con Ford (El Camino College) tussle with Kenny Ellsworth man for North High's co- put two runners on. - basketball team won a forfeit available for bullpen duty. championship club hit the Torrance windsup the lea- - game from plater Co. (USC) That means thai Billy Mor Palica, Weaver Named to first pitch of the first inning gue season this Sunday at 1 :30T ffonday in the Alhambra Sum ris, who went all the way for over the leftfield barrier for mer League. End TV Itrouth against defending Bay Lea- ~ the 6-1 victory, will hurl Sun- home run and Manager Oz- gue champion El Segundo at '| The Bacon quint (2-2) goes clay's contest against unbeaten zie Grimes' aggregation was against league-leading Art Manage Babe Ruth All-Stars For iinseimll Recreation Park after travel- Culver. off and winging. ing to Hawthorne Saturday .^ Frost (4-0) Monday at Alliam- The Red Devils banged 17 Two returning all-stars from | Roberts. Oaks Joe O'Neill, Mike Cic- The three-game series be bra's Alamansar Gym. Ex-Cali hits including three triples j last year's Southern California Weaver will have four re chini, Robert Battaglia. for a 1'30 tilt. ; fornia stars Earl Schultz and againsl 'Pedro. Meanwhile \ championship Babe Rulh Lea- turning all-stars to build hi tween the San Francisco Giants CARRICO also delivered an South (7-4) plays its finale ; team around, Dennis Welch and the Los Angeles Dodgers RBI double in the 7th. Elea- Sunday at Hawthorne. Don Mclntosh lead the Frost Hogue was sailing through a ! gue team and a brother com AMERICAN LEAGUE all-stars team. two-liitter with eight strike-, bination head a tentative 20- Mike Hartley, John Cambon will be televised live from Can zar Ybarra, with two timely The District playoffs begin ' hits, had three runs batted in STANDINGS outs. player list to represent the and Jon Beck, dlestick Park in San Francisco, a week from Saturday at Blair . AHT FROST 4 Torrance American League di- Botli divisions will cut their Beavers Erv Palica, Carey starting Friday evening, July and Jack Golphenee drove in Field in Long Beach. The lo- .: OALEBHEAST 3 Steve Ramirez (2-3), Buck Hubert, Dale Yeskin, Bruce two with a couple of bingles. STARK MARKET S Cookus (2-6), Billy Williams vision readying for 1960 all- squads down from 20 to 1 15 at 8 p.m. over Channel 11. cals will play either the cliam- - 1LLIG AND SON 3 players before the first all-star Wolfe, Tim Marquard. Against South Saturday Tor pions from the Rio Hondo Lea- BACON FORD ' 2 (2-5), Bob Hoppes (3-4), Steve star competition. Vince Scully and Jerry MrDONALD CONST. 1 McGuire (2-6), Lenny Ramirez competition, July 23 at West Dons Les Stanton. rance protected its precarious gue or the Harbor League, ac PRE PAB. PROD. 1 Erv Palica and Carey Hu Doggett will call the play-by game over their intra-city SLATER CO. 1 (2-2) and Hogue's (4-5) were bert were members of the Tor-. Chester and El Sogundo. Mounties Mike Morris, cording to Grimes. FIIELPS-TEKKEL, 0 Larry Stevenson, Mike Stilts- play. foes by stinging the Southern Torrance, 8-6 " 1SLANDEKS 0 the big guns in the 15-run ranee Babe Ruth League's 1059 i ,. , , , j i A ers with a nine-hit assault off mm (MO 001 201 8 fl 2 ,t Scoring team which went all the way to | TORRANCE'S Plaza del Amo worth, Clyde Taylor, Sieve Tid- Channel 11 baseball cover riiri-imcv t<><> 200 300 B (i 4 (Three Games) stomp. two hurlers. illson mid: Whehrlian, Tliomu Bill Leodon. llllpr anil Son Red Devils, 6-1 Stockton before being elimin- "°"»e field will host the Sec. land. age will continue with the sec unit Czurokc. t Jnck Hunyan. Bucon Ford tional finals Aug. 6th and 7th Seals Robert Sonju, Jim The champions got rid of Tom Dose. Gnlobroust 000 IWO 001 1 5 3 ated from the playoffs. ond Dodger-Giant game set for Torrance, 9-0 Harry WnncI, Baron Ford itch >sler National League all-stars are; Coffman, Bill Coffman, Jim pitcher Bob Wehrhan in a hur ilta (M 000 000 0 » 4 - Pete Hillman. Phelps-Torkcl Jim and Bill Coffman, from Saturday, July 16. ry, knocking the tough right- ttiict 120 200 40x 9 111 ' Ray Islamic Red' Devils, *15-0 the Seals, make up the brother Padres Dennis Welch, Fred Goree. Red Dovlls 232 212 3 IS 17 2 Briscoe, Bill Armstrong, Jim Dodgers Dexter Patrick, Sunday's (17) Dodger-Giant Redondo, 12-9 Pivlio 000 000 0 027 combination. omlo 1020170 Henderson. Mike Venable, Gene Luevona, game will start at 1:15. 2nd inning when they put to S. TorrancB 020 020 041 gether a base on balls, a field Smith and Proctor) Monga, Mew. Elks Mike Hartley, Jon Ernie Clayton, Art White. born (fi), Gomel (6), Andrew (7) & BO PALICA returns to man Beck, Gerald Colen, Sidney ers' choice, a hit batsman and ^-.iko, Berry. age the American League di Horton. vision all-star squad, and he'll Solons Steve Donahue, be assisted by Bob Prior. Palica Richard Woodward, Dan Car- had the reins last year too. rasco, Norm Casson, Steve John Weaver will be manag Waters. er of the National League di Angels John Cambon, Gar vision of the 10-team league land Roberts, Gary Haworth, and his assistant will be Al Harry Brown. There's notMng out of style about saving BIG- $162,100 RACE SATURDAY on a brand new FORD TRUCK Unsung Dotted Swiss Darkhorse Favorite in Hollywood Gold Cup Hollywood Park's mile and a King Ara 107 and Royal Clove quarter classic for the handicap 106. stars, the $162,100 Hollywood * * * ANYTHING GOES! Gold Cup, looms as a wide-open IF RALPH LOWE'S New Pol. race as it takes the nation's icy attempts to duplicate Round turf spotlight on Saturday.