Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 01, 1953, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextTWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Yankees Display Traditional Know-How in 1st Series Game Br LEO H. PETERSEN New York (UPJ The New York Yankees, boosted to 2-1 series favorites, sent Ed Lopat to the mound against Preacher Roe today in an effort to take a 2-0 lead over the Brooklyn Dodg ers and a stranglehold on their fifth straight world champion ship. The experts and past World Series history agreed that the Dodgers would have to square the series today if they are to win their first world title in sev en tries. No team ever has lost the first two games and rallied to win the series since the seven game classic was inaugurated in 1923. Lopat failed twice to beat the Dodgers in the 1952 series but he was a 6li to 5 pick to do it today against a pitcher the Yan kees never have beaten. Yankees Won Opener The feeling around series head quarters was that the Yankees showed their traditional series know-how in yesterday's 9-5 opening game victory and now may go on to' take the classic in five or six games. The 35-year-old Lopat led the American League in won and lost percentage with a 16-4 rec ord and in earned run averages with a 2.41 figure but any south paw has his work cut out against the predominantly righthanded hitting Brooklyn order. Roe Beat Raschi It was no new experience for the slander, soft-spoken Roe, to try "to get the Dodgers even." The veteran lefthander from Ash Flat, Ark., beat Vie Raschi, 1-0, to do just that in the 1949 series and last year he beat Lo pat to put them ahead, two games to one. Roe, a control and curveball specialist, has one of the most amazing three-year records in baseball, an overall 44-8 record and .846 percentage for 1951, '52 and '53 campaigns. Most discouraging to the Brooklyn cause was the failure of 20-game winner Carl Erskine. The Dodgers entered the series counting on Erskine to make three or even four appearances but he was belted for four runs and relieved after the first in ning. Secondly, there was the amaz ing continued failure of Jackie Robinson, regarded by many as the Dodgers key man, to hit his stride. Robinson hit a paltry .174 in last year's series and was just as abject yesterday when he went 0-for-4 and failed three times with teammates on the bases. And thirdly, there was the ar gument over whether Dressen himself had been guilty of a managerial "boner" when he or dered Bill Cox and pitcher Clem Labine to attempt successive sac rifice bunts in the seventh in ning. Both bunted into force plays at third base, killing a rally that began with successive singles by Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo. President Likes Yogi li's Home Run Washineton (U.R) President Eisenhower watched the open ing game of the World Series over television yesterday and got a big kick out of Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's home run. 'That fellow reallv slammed that one out of the park," he told a group of callers. . Former President Herbert Hoover also had World Series fever. He said after a visit with Mr. Eisenhower that he wished he could have attended the opener. Bowling LADIES LEAGUE Vivian Knox of Green Lantern picked up a 6-10-7 split in Ladies Bowling League competition tnis week. Jorgensen's dairy held front position by taking three points from McDuffie's. LADIES LEAGVE Standing Jorgensens W. -15 -13 13 -10 9 - 8 - 6 McDuffie s Mann's Department Store Anderson's Elk Lumber Co. Med ford Feed & Seed Morning Fresh Green Lantern Results: Green Lantern 2 Medford Feed 2 V. Knox 443 M. Little 37? D. Stanley 373 D. Hawlejr 473 L Rudv 417 A. Monroe 362 L. Meech 398 J. Hampson 380 C. Teier 447 K. Barr 44 Handicap 45 3078 2087 Minn's Store 3 Elk Lumber 1 McCall 48S L. Sacchi 434 V Cumminfs 448 D Christenson 463 K Newell 468 V. Florey 380 E Straus 392 H. Norwood 320 l' LudwiC 427 A. Tammy 345 Handicap 171 2218 2113 Jorsenscna J McDutne's l t i 421 Schroeder 421 Kin 403 Corby 433 W.lJon 497 Johnson 400 Willett 453 .Burroushs 4oa Gartner 478 Learning 38J Handicap 3i 2254 2124 Anderson Thrifts Pennington 367 Spaunhorat 3b. Liurell 403 Knpp Goode 336 Beck - Toliefson 401 Bat man 3Bi Swoape 543 Jennings 41J Handicap 2050 3013 Hih Came. Swoape , 200 34S ' 1 ' ' ocn. " " Kl . ant High Team Game. Jorgensen s w High Team Senea, JorcenattS a MAIL TRIBUNE SITTING TOGETHER In Yankee Stadium, Manager Casey Sten gel (left), New York Yankees and Manager Chuck Dressen, Brooklyn Dodgers, are In friendly conversation before 50th an nual World Series gets under way in New York. (International) MedfordWTribune Oldfield Takes Third Place at Rose burg Roseburg (U.R) Bob Du den of Portland, playing in a near-torrential rainstorm, fired a 36-hole card of 141 to win the first Roseburg Open Golf tour nament here yesterday. The Oregon Open champion carded a 72-69 to give him a 72 hole total of 273. His three-day total was 15 under par and the lowest of his professional career. Bob Harris, 25-year-old pro Dressen I red By Umpires' Quick Call New York tU.R) Charley Dressen, who promised the com missioner of baseball that he would behave during the world series, asked today "why do they make us put up with those quick calls by the umpires?" Dodger Manager Dressen al most blew up and broke his promise yesterday when Nation al League Umpire Art Gore made a "quick call" at third base, and ruled Gil Hodges out on a force play. The Dodgers at the time ap peared to have Johnny Sain on the ropes. t They had put to gether three straight singles by Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo.. They had tied the score at 5-5 in a quick thrust during the seventh and it looked like they might be opening up with one of their famed "window breaker" ral lies. , Berra Snaps Throw Campanella had scored and there were runners on first and second with none out and Dres sen, strong for the bunt, ordered Billy Cox to sacrifice. Cox dropped a bunt in front of the plate and Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra snapped a throw to Gil McDougald at third. Gore shot up his right arm with the "out" call almost instantly. At tne same time Dressen whirled around twice in the coaching box, started to charge Gore, then remembered his good behavior promise to Commissioner Ford Frick. "I started to blow up, then figured what the hell was the use," Dressen explained. "I was convinced that Hodges was safe and Gil said he thought he was. He is so honest I know he was if he said so. But I knew no matter what I did it wouldn't make him reverse his mind. He thought he made the right call but wny did he have to do- it so quickly?" WINDY PIECE Spokane, Wash. (U.R) A deer Park. Wash., man told police his auto fender was caved in by an outdoor table blown by a gust of wind from the balcony of a downtown building. His name Larry Gust. NO RINGERS ALLOWED Whitneyville. Me. (U.R) A home-cooked blueberry pie was the "ticket" for admission to the annual Blueberry Ball here. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada THERE IS NOTHING FINER THAN A Strom berg -Car I son Television Low down payment 24 Months To Pay Satisfactory Reception Guaranteed Or Money Refunded VALLEY MUSIC COMPANY See Display of All Models 613 East Main St. OLSON FURNITURE COMPANY Thursday. October 1, 1953 from San Jose, Calif., was run ner-up with a 281, seven strokes under par. Ed Oldfield, profes sional of the Rogue River Valley Country club finished third with 287. Duden won $500 top money, Harris $300 and Oldfield $250. Eddie Hogan of Portland post ed a 292 total for fourth place and Al Feldman of Tacoma came in fifth with a 294. Still in the money were John , Langford, Portland, 295; Joe Steiger, Eu gene, 297; Dick Lundahl, Baker; Al Williams, Medford, 300; and Harold West, Pendleton, 301. Low amateur was Sid Milli gan of Eugene with a 302. Ed Lopat Says 1953 Dodgers Just As Good New York (U.R) Southpaw Ed Lopat went gunning for the Yankees' second World Series victory today and from what the Dodgers showed him yester day, he wasn't the least bit worried. "Sure, I know they made 12 hits including three homers," de clared the 34-year-old left hand- er, "but they're not any stronger man tney were last year. "I looked 'em all over pretty carefully and I couldn't see where they were any different from last year. They have all their same players. The only new one is Gilliam. Good ' Opportunity "They're calling this Brook lyn team the best one in Dodger history but I think last years was just as good." Lopat, who faces another vet eran southpaw. Preacher Roe, today, had more of an opportuni ty to study the Dodgers than the rest of , his Yankee team mates. Injured bv a hot off the bat of Don Lenhardt of the St. Louis Browns Sept. 11 16, the canny left-hander took time during his recuperation to watch Brooklyn play at Eb- Deis i ield. World Series Figures Shown New York (U.R) Facts and figures on the World Series: Series standing: Yankees 1, Dodgers 0. Remaining schedule: 3rd, 4th, and, if necessary, 5th games at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn; 6th and "th games, if necessary, at Yankee Stadium. First game attendance: 69,374. Financial figures for first game: Gross receipts before taxes, $465,267; net receipts aft er taxes, $387,574.74; commis sioner's share, $58.136.21; ' play ers' pool, $197,633.12; clubs and leagues share, $131,775.41; fed eral tax, $77,692.26. Records tied in first game: Total bases by two teams in one game 16; home runs by one team in one inning 2 Dodgers in 6th inning; triples by one team in one inning 2 Yankees in 1st inning; pinchhit home run George Shuba, Dodgers. J. Robinson . Struggles To Shed Jinx 1 New York (U.R) Jackie Robinson, one of the National league's outstanding stars the last seven seasons, struggled to day to shed a four-year-old World series jinx. Brooklyn's brilliant and ag gressive star has been one of the league's most consistent and effective hitters since he broke in back in 1947. But In World series competition he's hit like a blindfolded man. Robinson's series average dwindled to .200 today following an 0-for-4 horsecollar in the Yankee's 'opening game victory over the Dodgers. In series play, Jackie 'has been to bat exactly 70 times and collected only 14 hits. More-over, he's knocked in only seven runs in 20 series games. Five Times Up Jackie went to the plate five times yesterday and found a teammate on the base paths four times. In order, he bounced to shortstop Phil Rizzuto, sent a soft liner to second baseman Billy Martin, walked and then grounded out meekly to third baseman Gil McDougal. In his fifth and last at bat, he flied to left field for the third out of the eighth inning. There have been many stars that double as series goats but few outstanding players have been so consistently ineffective. OLDEST player in World Series. John Mlze, New York Yankees' ace batter, hefts armful of bats he hopes will connect plenty of .times with elusive balL He is 40, 10 years younger than this 50thv series. (International) Bratton Awarded Nod Over Wilson Baltimore (U.R) Former welterweight champion Johnny Bratton today discounted his poor showing against Al (Sugar) Wilson at the Baltimore coli seum last night and at the same time stated he hoped to meet Kid Gavilan for the welter weight championship within 60 days. Bratton, who pounded out a split 10 round decision over the unheralded, unranked Wilson, attributed his poor showing to a mending left hand which he broke five months ago. Bratton, a solid 3-1 favorite to whip the little-known Wilson, was awarded the decision when Referee Lee Halfpenny and Judge Bill Ellis voted in his favor, 6-3-1 and 7-2-1 respective- . Johns-rtlanvillc decorative Ceil in (j Panels only (U)C per sq. ft. J-M Ceiling Panels are pre-decorated ready for use. Easy to apply over old ceiling or on new work. Special .Lightning joint conceals all nails or staples. fkst-Resistcxt Finish el tb IxtnCcsl BEG PENES LUMBEE1 CO. 32 WEST 6TH PHONE 2-6251 St. Mary's Grid Fray Called Off The St. Mary's-Prospect B high school football game scheduled for Friday night at the Medford high field has been called off, it was announced. It was reported that the open ing of the deer hunting season and the interest in hunting at Prospect would leave that school undermanned for the Friday night conflict. St. Mary's and Prospect al ready have played once this sea son with the Crusaders of Med ford winning. It was the official Jackson County B league game. The second fray, if played, will have no bearing on the stand ings. . Football Briefs: Seattle U.R) Coach Johnny Cherberg drove his Washington Huskies through intensive drills today despite a record rainfall that turned the. practice turf to mud. PRACTICE IN RAIN Corvallis U.R) Rainy wea ther yesterday did not stop the Oregon State Beavers in their practice sessions for Saturday's game with Washington. SPIRITS UNDAMPENED Eugene U.R) A heavy down pour failed to dampen the spirits yesterday of University of Ore gon gridders as they worked to polish their offensive play in preparation for the upcoming game with UCLA. COUGARS LEAVE Pullman U.R) The Wash ington State Cougars were sched uled to leave today for Cedar Rapids where they will get in a practice session before meet ing Iowa in an intersectional battle at Iowa City Saturday. DAY OF REST Stockton 4U.R) Coach Jack Myers ordered a day of rest for the College of Pacific Tigers to day as practice sessions were limited to chalk -talks. COP meets Tulsa Saturday. WALDORF BLUE Berkeley-ttJ.P.) Lynn Pappy Waldorf sang the blues today about University of California's chances against Ohio State Sat urday. The Bear coach said his team didn't "look too sharp either on offense or defense" at tne close of yesterday's drills. LIGHT WORK Stanford (U.R) Coach Chuck Taylor' scheduled a light work out for the Stanford Indians be fore the squad leaves for its game Saturday with Illinois. LAST DRILL Los Angeles (U.R) The UCLA Bruins hold their last, drill to day before leaving for Satur day's grid contest with Oregon at Eugene. EASY PRACTICE Los Angeles (U.R) Southern California will go through a light drill today in preparation for tomorrow's game here against Indiana. CLIPPED BETS Detroit, Mich. (U.R) Most barbers just clip hair, but Hugh Dale, 50, pleaded guilty to a charge of accepting horse bets. Dale accepted bets from six men while he clipped the hair of Po liceman Sam Varlesi. ly. However, Judge Jimmy Jones declared Wilson the vic tor, scoring it 5-3-2 in the New Jersey boy's favor." yss AIRBORNE HALFBACK Paul Cameron of UCLA scores tying touchdown against Kansandthen goeson to lead nation's top ranking team to 19-7 victory at Los Angeles Coliseum. (lntenatmml Fanfare Eddie Demmer, small . but rugged football center, who fin ished Medford high last spring is in the Marine Corps at San Diego. CLOSE SCRAP Competition looks keen in the Copco Bowling League. Only four games separata the top and bottom teams after I several weeks of play. The ji.uowatx i&egiers ana anon Circuits lead with 14 won and 10 . lost while the Circuit Breakers and Hot Spots, at the bottom, have- 10-14 rec ords. KLEIN AT LINCOLN Somehow we missed mention ing the fact that Lincoln grade school . has a new coach this year. He's Wayne Klein, who came from Coquille. Klein suc ceeds Barney Riggs, who is now Central Point grade school men tor. Other Medford grade coaches are Chief McLean at Washington and Bob Baccus at Jackson. . LOTS OF ACTION Medford football teams have Just about all the action pos sible this week end with Grants Pass elevens. On Fri day the junior high varsities play here in the afternoon and the senior high varsities contend at Grants Pass in the eyening. On Saturday the Junior high seyenth and eighth graders contend here while the senior high jayrees tangle on Cavemen turf. SALES BOOSTED We wonder how many local television set sales the World Series has brought about. Prob ably a good number. MANY STATIONS Mutual network and affili. ales is 'Using 920 -stations, ex clusive of Armed Forces radio, to carry radio broadcasts of th World Series, according to matter Say Seagram's and be Sure Seagram's 7 Crown. Blended Whiskey. 86.8 Proof. 65 Grain Neutral Spirits. Seagram-Distillers Corp., N.T. L.J gi iinaTi i"1 1 I1 i n i i ri By DICK JEWETT Moil Tribuna Sparta Edits the sponsor, the Gillette Rasor company. With the series short-waved to every military and naval outpost throughout the world, the baseball classic is being broadcast in French and Spanish, as well as Eng lish. One-hundred of the 920 stations are in 14 Latin Ameri can countries. The Gillette release states that 37 cities are seeing the World Series by television the first time this year. No Rogue valley communities are on this list. Potential video audience for a single series game is 75.000,000. or three viewers per set for 25,000.000 fans. Dogs From Here To Enter Shows In California Six local dogs will be taken south to Modesto, Calif., for the show held on Saturday, October 3, and to the Plearanton, Calif., show on Sunday, October 4. Those entering conformation are a Tri Collie dog, owned by Mrs. George E. Stacey of Med ford; a brindle boxer female, owned by Mrs. Jack Lockhart, Medford; a salt and pepper min iature Schnauzer female, owned by Mrs. Marion Woleott of Ash land, and a red miniature Pinscher dog. owned by Mrs. Hilda Dow of Central Point. Those entering obedience are a pair of fawn boxer dogs, owned by Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Gibbs of Medford, and the min iature Schnauzer female, owned by Mrs. Woleott. Mrs. George Stacey, Mrs. Wol eott and Mrs. Lockhart will leave here early Friday and plan to return on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs will take their new trailer house, and after making the Pleasanton show, will stay over a week in Oakland and show their Boxers in the large San Francisco Obedience trials Octo ber 10 and 11. how you prefer it . . . If i Setacojrj Crucial B Fracas at Rogue River Rogue River Rogue River high has played one previous Jackson County B League game of its four. Talent has played none. But, when the two elev ens collide here Friday night, the championship of the loop is likely to be decided. The two teams loom as the strong schools in the circuit and the winner is expected to go on to the title. Coach 1 Hatfield feela his club gai:..j incentive with its victory last week over St. Mary's and is ready mentally and physically for the Bulldogs. Talent, too, should be in good shape for the fracas. Mentor George Bray indicated that the disabilities suffered were only minor in the Crater fray last week. Flu Bug Bites Offensive starters for Rogue River Carl Martin and Norm Bean, ends; Ron Prefountain and Don or Ron Doolittle, tackles; Del McKenzie or Don Lingren, right guard; Ed Lilly, center, and Jim and Dave Herberger, Don Biggers and Oscar Stellsworth, backs. Don Doolittle has had the flu this week. Defensively Dave Herberger may replace Carmin at end, Jim Herberger and Gene Long move into tackles and Paul Koester and Charles Gnose take over at guards. Clete Dailey may be at linebacker, Dave Hoover and Gene Bates at halfbacks and Ted Stanfield at safety. For Talent the backs may be Les Combs, Jim McAbee, Billl Dailey and Les Walker with Lyio Tycksen and Clyde Gett, ends; Jim Wallace and Ray Weinhold, tackles; Carl Perdue and Gordy Thorson or Jim Wal ker, guards, and Bob Seymour, center. Wallace and Weinhold have been somewhat under the weather this week. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light which is about 186, COO miles per second.