Stengel Claims
Yanks Confident
By Will Grimsley
Of the Associated Press
NEW YORK UB—“We're home
and we're confident.” boomed
Casey Stengel Monday, throw
ing down the gauntlet to the
Brooklyn Dodgers for the seventh
and deciding game of the World
Series.
Byrne to Pitch
“We'll pitch Tommy Byrne,”
the wrinkled Yankee pilot added
over the din of a celebrant dress
ing room. “After all, he pitched
the best game for us here.”
“Better than Whitey Ford?"
someone corrected.
“I didn't say that.” Casey put
in tartly. “I can't go with Ford
tomorrow. I mean Byrne has
pitched the best of anybody up
to date.”
Ford, finishing his first World
Series game in five starts, set the
Dodgers down with four hits to
Duke fo Play
Despite Knee
NEW YORK (.T* — Duke Snider,
on the very verge of writing his
name with baseball's greatest in
world series annals, vowed Mon
day he will play Tuesday despite
his injured left knee—“and it
feels pretty good.’’
The big, handsome Brooklyn
Dodger popped a cartilege when
he stepped in a hole running for
Moose Skowron’s fly in the third.
“My knee popped as soon as
I started,” he said somberly. “I
went on running”—and caught
the ball—but it was a leg I hurt
earlier in Chicago, and so I
asked Walt Alston to take me
out.
“In Chicago I was so stiff I
could hardly walk the next day.
But now I'll play even if it’s
stiff.”
Snider has hit four home runs
in this series, arid now has a to
tal of nine in series play—only
one behind the great Lou Gehrig
of the Yankees. Babe Ruth leads
the list with 15.
Manager A Ison was as sober
and quiet as his big center-field
er. He confirmed what he said
Sunday, namely that he will start
John Podres on the mound Tues
day. Podres won the third game
from the Yankees 8-3.
Virdon, Score
RooksofYear
ST. LOUIS UPl—Bill Virdon, St.
Louis Cardinal outfielder, and
Herb Score, southpaw pitcher of
the Cleveland Indians, are the
major leagues’ Rookies of the
Year named by The Sporting
News after a poll of tports writ
ers.
Virden, 24, received 57 votes of
92 cast in the National League
while the 22-year-old Score polled
71 of 103 in American League,
the national baseball weekly re
ported Saturday.
Score set a new strikout rec
ord for a rookie with 244 to top
the old mark of 227 set in 1911
by Grover Cleveland Alexander.
Virdon had a .281 batting mark
with 18 doubles, six triples and
17 homers.
knot the series at three games
each.
“I thought he pitched beau
tiful ball,” Casey said. “He had
his curve working well and he
was throwing in that fast ball at
just the right time.
"He didn’t have any scarey mo
ments but I wasn't taking any
chances. We decided to win this
game if we had to throw’ every
pitcher on our roster at them.
“That hit by Skowron in the
first inning. Bill Skowron's three
run homer was just what the doc
tor ordered. But we had no in
tention of losing that lead.”
Stengel said he kept Bob Tur
ley, Don Larsen and Tom Mor
gan throwing in the bullpen, just
in case Ford should falter.
Series Sidelights
By the AitociaUd Pren
Brooklyn is getting the best re
lief pitching ever from its stellar
corps of Bessent, Labine, Spoon
er, Meyer and Roebuck. Their
total earned run average is a
sparkling 1.11.—
Jackie Robinson may not be
able to go the seventh game due
to a pulled Achilles tendon in his
left heel which pained him all
through Monday's sixth game.
Roy Campanella walloped six
hits at Ebbets field but can't buy
a basehit at Yankee Stadium.
Quoth he, "The Yankee Stadium
is a tough place to hit in."- ob
viously.—
Casey Stengel had Turley, Lar
sen and Morgan in the bullpen
just in case Whitey Ford fal
tered.—
Monte Irvin, Giant stalwart in
previous seasons, in from the
Little World Series at Minne
apolis, is reported to have re
gained his major league batting
touch.—
Charlie Dressen, Washington
manager, has been regaling by
standers with stories about his
eighth place club. “We had seven
guys who spoke Spanish but no
English. Maybe we could have
done better if we carried an in
terpreter. They ate the same
thing for breakfast, lunch and
dinner,” he said, - "bacon and
eggs because they couldn't say
anything else.”
Eight Wet Teams
Open IM Ball
Touch football opened t he full
term intramural slate on a wet
note Monday with eight teams
seeing action on rain-soaked
fields.
l-ust year’s IM chumps, the
l’lil Delta Theta seven, filed
the most Impressive victory by
hammering Delta Kpsllon by a
.34-0 count.
In other games Alpha Tan
Omega slid past Delta Tan Delta
on a first down margin in a
scoreless tie; Sigma Alpha Bp-'
silon romped to a 32-0 win over
Pi Kappa Alpha; Beta Theta Pi
edged Sigma Nu, 6-0; Sigma Phi
Bpsilon downed Theta Chi, 15-0.
and Tan Kappa Kpsllon toppled1
Phi Kappa Sigma, P2-7.
The passes of Dick Schlosstein
accounted for 30 points in the
Phi Delt victory. End Bob Wag
ner was on the receiving of three 1
aerials, Roger Martin caught the
fourth TD strike, and Carl Hust
ings snared the final tally. Back
Jim Pihfer topped the rushing
attack.
Jack Davis, junior transfer
from Portland State led Sigma
Alpha Kpsllon to their win
with touchdown runs of 30 and
27 yards, and passed for two
more to Denny Rupp. -lack
Mi'Claniilmn rounded out tin*
scoring for the SAK’k with n
15 yard run on a puss Intercep
tion.
The air attack of Don Spin us
passing to Mike O'Hara and Don
Bowman gave the Slg Ep's their
victory over Theta Chi. A paa-t
also decided the Beta triumph
over Sigma Nil, with Ron Dodge
gathering In the winning heave.
Rams' Gillman Dreams
Of Timely Field Goal
LOS ANGELES "I law
that kick in my dream* all night
long," Ram Coach Sid Gillman
aald Monday ns he remembered
the 83-yard field goal Sunday
that gave Los Angeles a last
second 27-26 win over the Pitts
burgh Steelers.
Gillman told a meeting of the
Southern California Football
Writers association that the
Rams were fortunate to win.
but added:
“We should have won the game
anyhow, long la-fore that fn-hl
goal. We’ve learned that m this
league mistakes are murder."
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