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New York 0M As iu as
Jackie Robinson la concerned.
the World Series la going; to be
a treat Instead of a treatment, no
matter what our brand of da
aret or stogie, if you are in
Yankee Stadium when tne w
ball classic opens tomorrow, you
-m amnlr. tn VOUT CSTt'S COD"
tent. Jackie Isn't the least bit
worried about that nary Back
ground when he peers In from
left field. a ' - .
-Maybe they expect me to ask
tt h. mmiI, not to smoke, said
the Brooklyn Dodger infielder
who this season became an emer-
Redskins,
Change
Game Date
Eagle Point The football
game of Jacksonville at Eagie
Paint has been moved up a day,
doe to hunting season prepara
tions and will be piayea mum
day at 3 p m. instead of Friday
istnaiiv scheduled.
The announcement was made
today by Coach Jerry ..nosey,
nA ti nm will be crip
pled in the backfield through
loss ox a list ox piayers.
Ttt on the list of backfield
men lost to the Eagles is John
Fox. right halfback, . hurt In
practice last week and expected
to be out at least three weeks
with a hroken rib. Previously
Gene Eccleston, left halfback,
had suffered concussion in the
Illinois Valley gam and is out.
Jack Greb, understudy left half.
bar flue but may be ready zor
action this week. Bob Stewart,
left half, was lost in the first
game of the season with a brok
en tor.
Starting lineup for the Thurs
day same will ne neicn ana
Palkenhagen, ends; Ott and Cald
well, tackles; Curren and Huff
man guards; Amaro, center;
Charles Eccleston, quarterback;
Mason, left half; Tell, right half;
Gillaspey, fullback.
Al Lopez Signs
Two-Year Pact
New York (UJ9 Manag
er Al Lopez, signed to a new
two-year contract, listed three
"basic requirements' today - if
the Cleveland Indians are to ov
ertake the New York Yankees
in 1954.
"Well never catch .'era! until
we get a rightfielder, a first
baseman and a relief pitcher;
Lopez said.
General Manager Hank Green-
berg praised Lopez as "the best
manager in baseball," when he
announced the two-year pact
and said "at no time did "-?
consider not renewing Al's con-
' tract'' The terms of the contract
were not revealed but it is esti
mated that Lopes 'will get $35,-
uw a year.
Baseball Big Wigs
. Okay Player Requests
New York (U.R) Commis
sioner Ford Frick of baseball's
' Executive Council have recom
mended the adoption of six play
er requests but referred two o.
the most important requests to
"study groups."
Player requests that the legai
salary minimum be increased
from $5,000 to $7,200 and that
three changes be made in the
current pension plan will be sub
mitted without recommendatidn
to the owners' annual meeting
, next spring.
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gency outfielder, "Gene Wood-
ling seems to think I'll have my
troubles out there in left field."
'Smoke Bothers You .
"Jackie won't know how tough
It Is until the day of the game,"
Woodling insisted. "When the
stands are packed and thousands
of people are smoking, the smoke
and haze which rises from the
stands really bothers you. Some
times you just can't follow the
balL." ;
Robinson, a supremely confi
dent inlividuaL doesn't sneer at
Woodling's assertion. He simply
takes it in stride.
"I may not be the best left
fielder in the world but I know
I can see anything anybody else
can see," he said simply as he
shagged balls in the Yankee
Stadium outfield. "They nave
high stands in Philadelphia, too,
and I haven't had any trouble
there."
Robinson Unconcerned
Robinson was so Unconcerned
over playing Yankee Stadium's
"coffin nail corner" that he
couldn't even keep his mind on
the prospects of taking those
drives aimed at the low left field
railing.
"Why worry about that?" he
snorted. "This club isn't worried.
Confidence that's our secret
weapon."
Considering that Brooklyn
never has won a World Series in
six previous times, you'd expect
the Dodgers to be tight and tense
as they come up against the
American League maulers. It is
somewhat surprising to see their
relaxed almost casual approach
to the classic.
AppoaiTD Soft; LA Still Trying
: By CARL LUKDQUXST
New York UJB The St
Louis Browns at long last seem
ed certain today to be moved
from the home they have Occu
pied for more than a half cen
tury, to Baltimore, Md. .
President Will Harridge of the
American league said "the time,
has come for us to make' a de
cision and we ire getting closer
to a solution. I think by night
fall we will agree on a new home
for the Browns."
"Baltimore is the only city
that has made us a concrete of
fer," he continued. "Los Angeles
did not With Los Angeles it is
a long range proposition but we
do not want to hang on this way
for another two or three years."
Baltimore Offers S&400.000
The Baltimore group, headed
by Attorney Clarence Miles and
backed by such civic interests
as Mayor Thomas D'AUesandro
and his entire council, again of
fered to purchase the Brownie
stock at a price of $2400.000.
.The American 'league club
owners, weary of their "no de
cision bouts" with Bill Veeck,
President of the Browns, appear
to be ready to do an about faee
and accept Baltimore instead of
Los Angeles and it's group of
supporters, headed by Del Webb
vice-president of the New York
Yankees.
Veeck had no comment to
make other than that he felt a
solution was near.'
Webb still felt however, that
he might be able to block the
transfer, to Baltimore and
switch the Brown's franchise to
the 'Pacific toast
The Baltimore switch is cer
tainly not. surf thing," Webb
said. "We can go west as well
as east and it makes a little
more sense. You know bow I
feel." : . - - ' - " .
It was understood that Webb,
acting for Los Angeles inter
ests, had offered to buy the 79
per ' cent of the Browns stock
controlled by Veeck's group for
$2,400,000. The move,- which
would wipe out Veeck as a fac
tor, was turned down.
Jimmy Gallagher of the Chi
cago Cubs, speaking for owner
Phil Wrigley, told Harridge that
Wrigley said he would not sell
the Los Angeles franchise and
the ball park for $1,500,000. He
added that Wrigley said he
might not sell the franchise at
all. ; . .
Gene Littler
Out in Front;
Yost Third
Pebble Beach, Calif. (U.R)
A new putter, given him by a
friend in La Jolla, may make
Gene Littler, the national
amateur champion from San
Diego, unbeatable in the 1953
California State Amateur tourn
ament Littler. won first day honors
yesterday when he carded a f ive-under-par
67 on the Cypress
Point course. He had seven one
putt greens.
There is another round of
qualifying play here today and
the match play will open tomor
row. Littler must play his sec
ond qualifying round .on Pebble
Beach today, which is consider
ably tougher than Cypress
Point. ...
Second to Littler in the open
ing round qualifying was Walk
er Cup teammate Ken Venturi
of San Francisco. Venturi carded
a 68. '
Dick Yost, xthe - Oregon am
ateur king from Portland, came
next with a 33-36 69. v -
Dudcn : Leads
Oldfield; Will
: Roseburg U.R)-r-Pro' Bob Dd
den of. Portland; who fired a 62
for a new course record in the
opening round of the Roseburg
open golf tournament led the
nearest competitor by seven
strokes today, as play began on
the second 18 holes.
Duden's 10-under-par yester
day clipped five strokes off the
previous record at the Roseburg
Country club course. His assault
at Roseburg;
iams Close
on the course also included a
hole-inrone". , .
Trailing seven strokes back in
second place were four linksmen
with 69s. They were Eddie Ho
gan, Portland; Ron Caperna, As
toria; Al Feldman, Tacoma, and
Bob Harris, San Jose, Calif.
Art Pearson, Salqumeti, Calif.,
and Eddie Oldfield, Medford,
were tied for third with 71s. Al
Williams, Medford was fourth
with 72.
First World Series
Ticket Seekers in '
Lineup at Stadium
': New York (U.R)-Charles M.
Kierst of Auburn, N.Y., snoozed
on a blanket in front of Yankee
Stadium today, confident he
would get a seat for the opening
game of the World Series.
' Kierst was first in line before
the bleacher box office for the
series opener tomorrow "between
the New York Yankees and the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Shortly after Kierst settled
down at the gate yesterday to
await his 17th series, he "was
joined by another faithful fan,
Ralph J. Belpcore of Chicago,
who was assured of seat No. 2.
Police expected ,the line to
lengthen today.
Third position in the line went
to a Boston grocery salesman,
John Londonio, who took up the
vigil early today. ,
Three of five motorists in the
U.S. never owned a new car.
MZDrORD, (ORZOOH) MATL TRCTU1TZ THiaifc&a
Hill Wot Satisfied by USC
Performance in 17-7 JWin
Over Minnesota Grid Team
: By ALEX KAH
Lbs Angeles (U JO Southern
California captured the Pacific
Coast Conference chamfilonshiD
and went to the Rose Bowl last
year without a sustained offense
and it looked today like the Tro
jans were doing a repeat act in
1953;. '" '
Coach Jess Hill was the au
thority for the statement that
his defending champs have failed
to show him an offense. In fact
Hill told Southern California
football writers yesterday that
he would. settle for a well exe
cuted play for the season and has
yet to see one.
Standard Play
Asked if he considered tail
back Ar amis Dandoy's pass to
quarterback. George Botanic
from a buck lateral well execut
ed, Hill replied that it was a
standard play for a single-wing
team and wouldn't have worked
if the Minnesota defender had
been in position to stop it ,
"Gentlemen " said the polite
Hill, "the fact remains that we
took advantage . of breaks to
score and win. We're TnnUng
too many mistakes. There was
not a single standout player or
play on our side of the line in
Montreal Royals Take
International Crown
Montreal (U.R) For the sixth
time in 12 years, the Montreal
Royals took over the Governor's
Cup, emblematic of the Interna
tional League championship.. .
The Royals gamed the cup by
beating Rochester, the regular
season pennant winner, 3 2, last
night for their fourth straight
victory in a final playoff.
By winning, the Royals gained
the right to represent the Inter
national League in the . Little
World Series against the eventual
winner of the current American
Association playoffs. Kansas City
leads- Toledo, : three games to
two, in that series.
the Minnesota game."
Even on defense, Hill conced
ed the Gophers made his players
look -bad because of the great
open field running of. Paul Giel.
Great. Open Field Runner
"He's the greatest. open field
runner in football today," enthu
siastically remarked Hill. "It's
impossible, however, to compare
him and UCLA's Paul Cameron
because they are different type
players. Cameron is the plung
ing tailback who makes yardage
by strength if he's stopped. And
Cameron is the better passer.
But they both are truly great
backs." ' ;
One of Cameron's coaches, as
sistant coach Deke Brackett said
the UCLA star was a "coach's
player" because he instinctively
did the right thing, didn't fum
ble, and rarely made a mistake
in judgment He called Cameron
the greatest stand-up passer in
college ranks.
Sorfcs Varni-Up
am Slated
New. York Yankee aad
Dodger player wfflvava fana
the "lowdown on the outstand
ing plays of each World Series
game as seen from the playing '
field, Immediately before game
time in a 15-minute .TV-radio
warm-up program on the Gillette -Cavalcade
of Sports, a daily pre -game
higbspot to the telecasts
and broadcasts of the games .
themselves, - -
For the first time in World '
Series history, the participating -players,
already in uniform, will
appear before television cameras ,
and radio mikes before trotting
out to take their positions on the
diamond. They will give fans -the
inside on how the game-win-"
ning catch was made, what V
kind of a pitch was powdered .
for the winning runs,, or talk
about the pitching performance .
by a Yankee or Dodger great . ,
BEAR KITTENS WIN ' .
; Salem (U.R) Willamette's .
JVs defeated the Pacific univer- -sity
JV squad, 19-7, in a football
game here yesterday afternoon. .
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