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By JOE REICHLER
NEW YORK - UP) - Today
could be the day when New York's
miracle Giants climax the most
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sensational surge in National
league history by winning me
pennant.
For the first time this year, fol
lowing yesterday's clean-cut 3-1
Ebbets' field victory over Brook
lyn in the first of the best-of-three
game playoff, the Giants find
themselves solidly entrenched in
the driver's seat
Professional odds-makers, who
only six weeks ago were offering
50 to 1 odds against the Giants'
pennant chances, have established
.Leo Duroeher's darlings a prohib
itive favorite to drub the Dodgers
again for the right to meet the
Yankees in an all-New York world
series.
The world series will start
Thursday at the Yankee stadium
regardless of which team wins the
playoff.
Trail For First Time
Charles Dressen's weary Dod
gers trudge into the Polo Grounds
this afternoon, trailing the Gii..its
for the first time since the opening
week of the campaign. Yesterday's
loss dropped them a full game
behind the Giants, who were be
hind Brooklyn by 15V4 games on
Aug. 11. 'Since then the Giants
have won 38 to 45, including their
last eight in a row, while the
Brooks have taken only 26 of 50.
Brooklyn definitely was the un
derdog as Dressen dug deep into
his riddled mound corps for a
wholesome and rested pitcher. Un
less there is an 11th hour switch,
Dressen's hesitant choice lay be
tween Carl Erskine (16-12) and
Clem Labine (4-1), both young,
inexperienced righthanders.
Durocher also was undecided
whom to start in the second game.
It was to be either Sal Maglie
(23-6) or Sheldon Jones (6-10). Du
rocher, however, was in a much
better position to gamble than.
Dressen. He could take a chance
on Jones and have a well-rested
Maglie ready for tomorrow's rub
ber game should the Giants lose
today. If Jones wins, he can open
the world series with Maglie. .
Erskine and Labine both saw
action in Sunday's dramatic 14
inning thriller in Philadelphia in
which the Dodgers were forced to
use seven of their 10 pitchers.
Dressen's Strategy Hurt
"I had planned to use Don New
combe in the playoff opener,"
Dressen explained sadly, "and fol
low with Preacher Koe today, ine
Phillies upset our plans."
"If the Giants should beat us
for the flag." he added, "and our
chances certainly appear none too
bright at the moment, you can
trace back our defeat to the vic
tory in Philadelphia Sunday.
"That game left me with a rid
dled pitching staff and a crip
pled catcher. Roy Campanella,
who hurt his leg in the fourth
inning Sunday, is the backbone of
our club. You saw him out there.
He can't run. If he were all right,
there's no telling what might have
happened."
Dressen said he was undecided
whether he would substitute Al
(Rube) Walker for the hard-socking
backstop,
"If we should win today," Char
lie added, "It will be Newcombe
tomorrow and Roe to open the
world series Thursday. I'll let the
big guy (Newcombe) blaze 'em
as far as he can go. I wish I
could pitch him today. But he is
dog-tired. He could hardly lift his
arm yesterday after pitching nine
shutout innings Saturday night
and five more the next afternoon."
Durocher, whose masterminding
during the last six weeks has been
an important feature of the Giants'
brilliant climb, was careful not to
make any gloating remarks. As
he has done from the start, Leo
gave all the credit to his players.
Player Did It
"Don't talk to me," he told
reporters. "Go talk to the play
ers. They did it all. All I did was
stand in the third base coaching
box waving my home run hitters
to the plate.
"It was a typical Giant victory
a team triumph. That's the way
it's been all along. Hearn-Thom-son-Irvin-Westerum
Stanky-Daik-Lockman-all
of them. Each had
a hand In the victory."
The little skipper was right. Jim
Hearn, the big raw-boned right
hander from Atlanta, Ga., pitched
probably his best game, certainly
the most important, of his career.
Five hits were all he allowed as
he struck out five and walked
only two in outdueling Ralph
Branca for his 17th victory.
A second-inning home run by
Andy Pafko averted the Dodger
shutout. In only one inning the
fourth did the Brooks get as
many as two runners on the base
paths. That was when Duke Sni
der and Jackie Robinson smashed
back-to-back singles with one out.
Then, with runners on first and
third, Hearn induced Campanella
to roll into a double play. The
relay to first pulled Whitey Lock
man far off the base, but the
first baseman still had plenty of
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time to tag the limping Campan
ella. Deftnse Tightens
What trouble Hearn encount
ered during the afternoon was ef
ficiently eradicated by the tight
Giant defense, which reeled off
four double plays. Second base
man Eddie Stanky figured in all
four, and shortstop Alvin Dark
took part in three. Catcher Wes
Westrum cut down two would-be
base stealers with bullet throws
to second and caught a flawless
game.
Bobby Thomson, hottest hitter
on the club durine the surge, pro
vided the big blow. The converted
third baseman walloped a liiurtn
inning homer with a .mate aboard
to erase Brooklyn's 1-0 lead. It
was Bobby's 31st four-bagger.
Monte Irvin, the team's most
consistent run .producer, , also
chimed in with a homer, his 24th,
and his fifth off Branca. . The
crowd of 30,707 sensed that this
was the crusher.
TWO SHUT OUTS
ST. LOUIS ( A repeat pitch
ing duel with a reverse twist has
occured in the majors. On Aug.
14, 1949, at Sportsman's Park, Cliff
Chambers, then hurling for the
Pirates, shut-out the Cardinals an
Howie Pollet, 4-0. Last Aug. 9 in the
same park, Chambers, now pitch
ing for the Cardinals, whitewashed
the Pirates and Howie Pollet by
the same score, 4-0.
BOZO BARKS
MONTREAL UP) Bozo is in pro
football now. Bozo is the pet dog
of lineman Johnny Newman of the
Alouettes In the Canadian root
ball League. Good old Bozo be
came familiar to Canadian foot
ball fans when Johnny played with
McGill Unviersity. Now the canine
roams the sidelines in the Alouette
games.
Dodger Fan Still Waifs
For Bums In World Series
NEW YORK UP) As Dodger
fans swarmed into Ebbetti -field
today to watch their team play
the New York Giants, 62-year old
Sam Maxwell sat calmly outside
the bleacher entrance where
he's been since Sept. 24.
He wants to see the World Scr
ies not the league play-off.
Sam is still equipped with
a chair, blankets and warm
clothes, just as he appeared when
he showed up last Monday mor
ning. He was confident 'way back
then that the Dodgers would cop
the National league pennant.
Even with the play-off going on,
Sam isn't excited. He's still sure
the Dodgers are "in."
He had to turn hi; radio up loud
to drown the roars of the crowd
inside the ball park. Asked why
he didn't go inside, Maxwell said:
"I'm no Giant fan. I'm only
interested in the Dodgers play
ing the World Series, that is."
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Marriage License
WILSON - ALEXANDER
Thomas Gilbert Wilson and Nola
dene Alexander, both Myrtle
Creek.
Divorce Suits Filed
MORAN Betty Jane vs. James
J. Moran. Cruely charged. Plain
tiff asks custody of two minor chil
dren and (CO monthly support.
KOCH Lennie Eleanor vs. Roy
John Koch. Cruelty charged. Plain
tiff asks custody of two minor chil
dren, $75 monthly support and
property dispo I ion.
A TRIPLE BROTHER ACT
SYRACUSE, N. Y. - UP) -There
are three sets of brothers on the
Syracuse university football roster.
An injury to Tony Vergara, how
ever, will keep him out of action
for the entire campaign. This
breaks up one combination.
Brother Al Vergara will be ready
for action. Ed and Bob Dobrowl
ski from Nashua, N. H., are
halfbacks. Dan and Paul Reimer
from Bath, Me., are guards.
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The Ehawee Camp Fire group
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Those elected were: Brenda
Findlay, president; .Vicki Green
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During the meeting, the group
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Michel for recovery of $1,000 and
interest allegedly owed on a
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$275 are also asked.
Adrian and Vera Standley and
Anna C. Rainwater Monday filed
suit to i'iet title on parcels of
porperty on the Garden Valley
road. Dessie B. Tipton and others
were named defendants.
MEETING POSTPONED
The Dillard Mothers' chorus will
not meet today as previously an
nounced because the Dillard Meth
odist Woman's Society of Christian
service Is meeting at the home of
Mrs. Ronald Burgess on highway
99 at 12:30 for a desert luncheon.
WALNUT BOARD DATED
The Walnut Control board will
hold its second meeting of the new
marketing year in Los Angeles
Oct. 4, to reexamine crop and
marketing conditions in order to
plan what steps should be taken
in its attempts to achieve the
best marketing results from the
1951-52 walnut crop. The meeting
will be held at 1745 E. Seventh
St., in Los Angeles, at 10 a.m.
All growers and other interested
persons are welcome to attend.
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