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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, July 27. 1955 BYRNE CHILLS OFF WHITE SOX AS YANKS TAKE 3 -GAME LEAD - By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer Tommy Byrne, base-ball's one time "wild man," is being turned loose now only on the Yankees' chief contenders whereas not so long ago it wasn't considered safe to turn him loose at all. Byrne, who led the American League in walks from 1949 through 1951. finally took one himself to the minors in 1953, but the Yankees rescued him last year and now he's rescuing them. The 35 year-old Byrne cooled off the pennant-minded White Sox, 1-0, Tuesday night, marking the second time in a week that he defeated Chicago and threw a road-block in the path of Marty Marion's forces. Yogi Berra pro duced the only run of the game when he connected for his 17th homer off Dick Donovan in the sixth. Byrne's fine four-hit job and third shutout of the season gave him a 9-2 record for the season and the Yankees a little more comfortable two-game lead in the tight American League race. All four hits off Byrne were singles which came during the first three innings. He struck out three and walked five. "It's a good idea to walk a few men," he explains, tongue in cheek, "otherwise people would wonder if that was really Byrne pitching out there." Like the White Sox, the In dians also fell two games behind the pace when they bowed to the Red Sox, 5-1. Frank Sullivan recorded his 13th victory by pitching a five-hitter while Ted Williams and Sammy White helped him with home runs. Larry Doby's 17th homer in the fourth inning saved Cleveland from being shut out. Rookie Herb Score was the loser. The Detroit Tigers climbed to within seven games of the top by beating Baltimore twice, 8-6 in the 12-inning openr.and 7-2 in the nightcap. Ray Boone doubled home -ie tie-breaking run in the 12th inning of the opener, driving in a total of four runs with two doubles and two singles. He also drove in two more in the nightcap. Carver scattered nine hits for his 10th victory. Al Kaline hit his 23rd homer for Detroit in the first game while Bill Tuttle connected for his ninth. The two triumphs gave the Tigers a rec ord of 12 victories in their last 15 games. Kansas City beat Washington, 3-1, in the seconl game of a twi-night doubleheader after the Senators hammered out 17 hCs to win the opener, 9-3. Enos Slaughter's two-run trip le in the third inning helped Alex Kellner to victory in the second game, while Bob Porter field won his first game since June 4th in the opener although Pedro Ramos relieved him in the sixth inning. Roy Sievers clouted his 16th homer in the first game. Don Newcombe of Brooklyn racked up his 17th victory against a lone defeat in beating Cincinnati, 4-2, on a seven-hit effort. The Dodgers got to Rudy Minarcin for all their runs in the first three innings, clinching the win with two runs in the third on a walkjind singles by Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges and Junior Gilliam. Southpaw Dick Littlefield hurled the Pirates to their fifth straight triumph by beating the Cardinals, 3-1. Johnny O'Brien and Gene Freese each homered off loser Luis Arroyo as Little field limited the Redbirds to six hits for his fourth triumph. Milwaukee rallied for five runs in the fifth inning to beat Philadelphia, 6-3, as southpaw Warren Spahn gained his ninth victory. A walk, four singles and Johnny Logan's two-run double made up the Braves' five-run rally. Alvin Dark's two-out single in the 12th inning gave the Giants a 6-5 decision over the Cubs who fought back to tie the score at 5-all after New York had scored five runs in the first inning. Hank Saeur hit his ninth homer and Ernie Banks his 28th off Giant starter Sal Maglie. - National League (12 inninesi New York 5QQ nno nnn 001 r; u n Chicago . 012 000 020 0005 13 2 Maglie. Giel i3. Wilhelm 7 1. Gris som "Bi. L:dd!e U0i and Katt. Hot man 1 1 2 1. Davis Jeffcoat 1 9 Perkow ski 1 2 1 and Chiti. Cooper iHi. Winning pitcher Lirfdle 1 5-2 . Losing pitcher Jetfcoat 1 6-5 1. Philadelphia .102 000 0003 9 0 Milwaukee 001 050 OOx 6 3 1 Wehmeier. Negray 5i. Miller (' and Se'mini'-k. Spahn (S-10) and Cran dall. Losing pitcher Wehmeier (7-9). Brooklvn .......112 000 000 4 8 t Cincinnali 000 110 000 2 7 1 Newcombe 1 1 7-7 and Campanella. Minarcin, KiippMein (3t. Freeman (6i. Nuxhall '! and Burgess. Losing pitcher Minarcin i4-9i. Pitttsburcr) ... 010 000 0203 7 2 St. Louis 001 000 000 1 6 0 Littlefield (4-7i and ' Shepard. Ar royo dl-5i and Sarni. AMERICAN LKGl'E Cleveland 000 100 000 1 5 0 Boston 000 210 02x 5 11 0 Score. Santiago '5'. Mossi 7 and Foiles. Hegan i7i. Sullivan 1 1 3-8 1 and White. Losing pitcher Score (9-9). '1st game. 12 innings! Detroit ...103 010 100 002 12 0 Baltimore 002 020 002 000 6 13 0 Hoeft. Birrer (fit and House Wil son M2. Moore. Dorish 14 1. Zuverink (9i. Wight (101 and Smith. Winning pitcher Birrer (2-1 1. Losing pitcher Wight (0-2 1. '2nd gamel Detroit 100 204 0007 11 0 Baltimore 100 000 010 2 9 3 Garver MO-Oi and R Wilson. J Wil son. Zuverink 6t and Smith. Gastell (7i. Losing pitcher J. Wilson i7-lli. Chicaro 000 000 0000 4 0 New York .. 000 001 OOx 1 7 2 Donovan (13-4) and Lollar. Byrne (9-2) and Berra. '1st game Kansas Citv ... 000 003 (1003 ... 9 0 Washington . 002 240 Ulx 9 17 2 Boyer. Ceccareili 4. Fricano (5i, Harrington 7 and W. Shantz. Porter tield, Ramos 6i and Courtnev. Win ning pitcher Porterfield (8-13). Los ing pitcher Boyer 1 5-3 1. (2nd gamei Kansas Citv 002 100 000 3 8 0 Washington ....000 100 000 1 7 1 Kellner. Gorman (7i and Astroth. Shea Pascual (fii. Abernathy !i and Edwards. Courtney i9i. Winning pitcher Kellner (6-7). Losing pitcher Shea (l-l i. MEDFORDeJSt&JTRIBUNE Ford Tips Middlecoff 4 and 3 in PGA Final By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor Northville, Mich. 01.R) Doug Ford spent his first day as the PGA golf champion baby sitting with his three children today. He gave his wife the day off because she had watched them Allstate announces BERT UGH WEI on auto insurance "Yes sir, there's a big reduction in Allstate's rates for both Liability and Collision coverages on private passenger auto mobiles! Allstate's careful selection of the drivers it insures makes this reduction possible another highlight in Allstate's long record of saving money for its policyholders. No wonder Allstate sold more auto insurance in 1954 than any other company based on direct written premiums. Today, over 2.7?0.000 car owners have the benefit of Allstate's nationwide, day and night claim service service that's famous for fast, fair settlements, without red tape or quibbling. 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It was his first major tourney victory his first tri umph off any kind since he won the Fort Wayne Open more than a year ago. And it put his name down in PGA history. For he became the second player ever to win the title which the pros cher ish most in his first try and the fourth medalist ever to go on to capture the crown. Tom Creavy won it in his first try back in 1931 and the only other medalists who kept their games hot enough to go on to victory were Walter Hagen in 1926, Olin Dutra in 1932 and Byron Nelson in 1945. Ford closed out his match against Middlecoff on the 33rd hole with a par putting him 39 under par for the 194 holes it took him to win the champion ship. Gets Victory Feeling FoVd felt he had the match won when he went ahead for the first time on the 26th hole. "Once I got up, I started to go," he said. He birdied the 29th and 30th to go 3 up, lost the 31st with a bogey, but bounced back with another birdie to win the 32nd and then closed out the match with a par on the 33 rd. "This was the best golf I've played," Ford said. "My irons were my best game and I think I shot more birdie 2's on par three holes in this tournament before." Middlecoff, the leading money winner of the year, said "It was a great victory for Doug and I'm proud of him." He revealed that he figured he was going to lose on the 17th hole of the morning round when he lost the hole despite a par five. "My mind was so dull I could not think," the golfing dentist said. "I couldn't take advantage of my good drives and flubbed a lot of my second shots. I was exhausted. Maybe three or four years ago when I was younger I could have made it. This tour nament takes a combination of luck and good golf. If you meet the right man early and get a little rest you're in good shape. 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