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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. -
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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
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the seven days it took him to
win the title with par-shattering
golf over the Meadowbrook
Country club course. He cli
maxed his brilliant performance
Tuesday when he turned back
Cary Middlecoff, who was shoot
ing for the only major U.S. golf
title he never has won, 4 and 3.
For Ford it meant a lot more
than the first place montfy of
5,000. 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.
It's the most gruelling grind in
golf, without a doubt."
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UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT Milwaukee's Ed Mathews is out as he slides into second
on a force play m first inning of second game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in New
York. Pee Wee Reese. Dodger shortstop, goes into air on leaping throw to try for
double play on batter Bruton at first. The DP was unsuccessful. Ump is Frank Secory.
Dodgers lost 9-2.
HARTACK HAS 220
Chicago (U.R Willie Har
tack rode his 220th winner of
the year Tuesday at Arlington
Park to move ahead of Willie
Shoemaker in their battle for
the national jockey champion
ship. Shoemaker, with 219 wins
ners to his credit, is expected to
resume riding at Arlington this
week end.
Dead line Sunday Classified Is at
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Olson To Fight
Jim Martinez
Portland (U.R) Promoter
Tommy Mover said today
Middleweight Champion B o b o
Olson would fight Jimmy Mar
tinez of New York at Multnomah
Stadium here August 13.
Martinez has lost only eight
of 60 professional fights and
holds wins over Bobby Jones
and Bobby Dykes.
Balitmore, Md. (U.R) The
last - place Baltimore Orioles
made their "umpteenth" roster
change of the season Monday by
picking up sore-armed pitcher
Ted Gray, a free agent, and plac
ing ailing first-baseman Eddie
Wa'itkus on the waiver list. Gray,
who spent most of his eight
years in the majors with the De
troit Tigers, saw brief service
with the Chicago White Sox,
Cleveland Indians and New York
Yankees this season.
Moron Picks
Marquette
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Milwaukee, Wis., next fall
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