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Brooklyn Yanks Stay On Tail of Clevelanders Br MILTON RICHMAN United Preti Sports Writer Now that they've sipped cham pagne, the triumphant Brooklyn Dodgers would like a taste of that long green, and it looks like they're going to get their $$$$$ wish to meet either the Indians or Yankees in the World Series. Both the Indians and Yankees are doing their darndest to ac commodate the Dodgers, who were looking at the world through a bright, bubbly haze tdOay after breaking their own "record for the earliest pennant clinching in National League history. The Indians clung to their half game lead in the American League y beating the Orioles, 5-3, in 10 innings Thursday while the second-place Yankees stay ed right on the Tribe's tail by trampling the Athletics, 13-0. Dodger outfielder Duke Sni der, speaking for the rest of his teammates after Friday's wrap- up 10-2 victory over the Braves, said, "We don't care whether it's (Jthe Yankees or the Indians, but we'd like It to be either one of . Qem because they both have big parks and that means more money." Other Contenders Lose The American League's two other contenders, Chicago and Boston, both blew 4-1 leads Thursday as the White Sox bow ed to Washington, 5-4, and the Red Sox los, to the Tigers by the same score. Virgil Trucks, of the White , Sox had a three-run lead over the Senators until Mickey Ver non homered with one on in the sixth and Washington went on to add the deciding two runs in the seventh. The defeat dropped the White Sox 2V games off the pace. The Red Sox fell four games back when the Tigers rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to win. Four-Run Burst The Dodgers routed Bob Buhl with a four-run burst in the open ing frame and then added an other four-run cluster in the fifth inning with the help of Jackie . Robinson's two-run homer. The Dodgers thus broke their own record for the earliest' National League clinching, having set the - previous mark when they wrap ped up the 1953 flag on Sept. 12. Despite two home runs by Wally Post, the Phillies topped the Redlegs, 6-4, with the aid of a fine relief job by Bob Miller, who was credited with the vic tory. Post became the first right- banded Cinnati batter ever to hit more than 35 homers in one sea- ion when he slammed his 36th with the bases empty in the third nd his 37th with one on in the seventh. Billy Gardner's homer off loser Harvey Haddix highlighted a five-run rally in the sixth inn- q in that gave the Giants a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals. Southpaw John Windy McCall gave up seven hits including a homer by Alex Grammas, in notching his sixth triumph. The Cubs and Pirates were idle. AMERICAN LEAGUE Kaniu City 000 OOO 000 0 1 4 New York 0O8 100 06x 13 9 0 Ceccarelli. Herbert (4). Harrington t. uoyer (o) and w. snantz: Turlev (15-13) and Berra. Losing pitcher veccarem (4-7). Chicago .200 020 000 t 8 S Washington .010 002 20x 10 2 Trucks. Martin (7). Byrd (7) and Lollar: Stobbs. Abemathv 8V Ramos (8) and Courtney. Winning pitcher Aoernainy (4-7). Jboslng pitcher Mar tin ta-a). Detroit 000 100 0048 Bojkon ..201 100 0004 Afer, Birrer (3) Gromek (5) and Mouse; Nixon, Kinder (9t and White, Winning pitcher Gromek (12-10). loosing pucner Kinder (9-2). (It Innings) v Cleve. 200 001 000 2 S 1 Baltimore ..-100 001 001 03 9 2 Houtteman, Maglie (3). Mossi (8), XNariesKi oj ana paragon, iiegan (6). Palica. Dorish (8). Gray (10). Suverink (10) and H. Smith. Gastall (7). Win. ning pitcher Narleski (9-0). Losing pucner Lrray e NATIONAL LEAGUE Phila .211 101 0006 13-2 Cincinnati 101 000 200 4 9 0 Negray. Miller (3) and Semmlck Gross. Black (1), Podbielan (5). Free man (7L, Fowler (9) and Burgess. Lan drith (S). Winning pitcher Miller (8-4). Losing pitcher Gross (3-5). Brooklyn 400 042 000-10 11 -0 Milwaukee ..002 000 000 2 6 2 Craig. Spooner (4) and Campanella, Walker (1: Buhl. Paine (1). Jolly (3); Johnson (5). Burdette (6) and Cran dall. Winning pitcher Spooner (8-5). Losing pitcher Buhl (13-10). New York 000 015 0006 14 0 St. Louis 001 100 000 2 7 1 McCall (6-5) and Katt: Haddix. Get tel (6). Wright (7), LaPahne (8) and Sarni. Losing pitcher Haddix (12-15)1 Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results! : (New or Used) 10 DOWN PAYMENT LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS SAM'S SPORTING GOODS 32 South Central Dodgers Football Briefs Stanford, Calif. (U.R) The injury-ridden Stanford Indians suffered another setback yester day when first string Center Don Geddes wrenched his knee and was declared unavailable for the season's opening games against College of Pacific and Oregon State College. Reserve center sophomore Russ Steele aggravated an old knee injury last week and was lost for the season, leaving only brothers Joe and' Bob Long for center duties. Varsity halfback Ernie Dorn, who suffered blood poisoning from an infected food Wednes day, will be out of action for a week. COUGARS HAVE DEFENSIVE Pullman, Wash. (U.R) The Washington State Cougars con centrated on defensive maneuv ers in daylong scrimmage yester day and Coach Al Kircher said "the team, should look okay" after the mistakes are smoothed out. ... FOOD POISONING Moscow, Idaho (U.R) Four University of Idaho football players stricken with food pois oning were recuperating today, but were ordered to stay off the playing field until Monday. Coach Skip Stahley said the hos pitalization of the players was a "bitter blow" to . the squad's hopes. The players were released from the hospital yesterday. HUSKIES LOCK GATES Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Coach Johnny Cherberg planned to cut down to one practice session daily beginning tomorrow, but promised his Washington Huskies that one session will be a tough one. . Cherberg said tomorrow's scrimmage will be played under game conditions and will be held behind barred gates. FRANCIS, WESTFALL HAILED Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Full backs Joe Francis and Ray West fall, vieing for the first string tailback slot, earned the praise of Oregon State Coach Tommy Prothro in practice workouts yesterday. Francis, talented triple threat sophomore from Honolulu, and Westfall, a junior who rejoined the ' squad Wednesday, both ex celled in workouts at the tail back spot. Mover Hopes for Big Audience at TV Showing Of Rocky-Archie Bout Portland Not since Joe Louis met Billy Conn at the New York Polo Grounds in 1941 s a world heavyweight cham pionship match attracted the na tion's interest as has the forth coming Rocky Marciano-Archie Moore fracas, in the opinion of Portland matchmaker, Tommy Moyer. "Battle of the century" and similar phrases are being dust ed off and rushed into type again to describe the sports spec tacle - which the International Boxing club will present on Se tember 20 and which Moyerwill show on large screen TV at the Eugene National Guard Armory at 6:00 p.m., to what he hopes and expects will be a capacity audience of 1,600. Reserved seats are now in the hands of the printer, and will go on sale in Eugene and nearby valley towns by the last of this week, Moyer states. Mail orders addressed to the Portland Box ing Club, Inc., in care of the local Armory are being accept ed. Rock's Manager Admits Spies in Moore Gamp Grossinger, N.Y.U.R) Chal lenger Archie Moore better start looking over his shoulder, be cause the manager of heavy weight champion Rocky Mar- ciano admits h has "spies" in Moore's training camp. Manager Al Weill tipped his hand Thursday when he de nounced a "demand" he said Moore will make to have eight- ounce gloves used in their Sept. 20 championship bout instead of the usual six-ouncers. How did Weill know Moore was going to make this demand? ."The Army ain't the only out fit with a counter-intelligence department," said Weill darkly! "I' know everything Moore is going to do." MEDFORD MEN TIED Al Williams and Justin Smith Jr., Medford, were in a seven-way tie for first place after the firel round yester day in the Northwest Pro Amateur best ball golf tour ney at Tacoma, Wash. They had a 68. ALL MAKES ALL MODELS Medford, Ore. Wrap Up Medford&Tribune sipcDiFrrs UP AND OVER San Francisco 49er sensational rookie Carroll Hardy, filling in for the injured Hugh McElhenny, seems to float as he goes for 13-yard gain in third quarter in game against Chicago Cardinals in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium. Blocking for him is Gordie Soltau. The Cardinal is unidentified. The 49ers blasted the Cards. 43-7. Four-Year-Olds To Tangle In PAL Mitt Card Opener Randy Jones and Arney Gal lagher, a pair of four-year-olds will provide the curtain-raiser scrap when the Medford Police Athletic League holds its battle of national champions outdoor boxing card on Saturday night, September 24, at the Medford high stadium. The youngsters were matched in Klamath Falls a month ago. They brought fans to their feet and drew long applause when the bout concluded. Gallagher and Jones are neighbors and members of the Klamath Falls Moose lodge boys club and are sparring almost every day. Jones's father is Chiloquin po lice chief and has done some box ing. Headlining the card will be the tangle between Jackie Puscas, Eugene, national AAU lightweight champion, and George Charles, San Francisco, U.S. AAU featherweight victor last year. Puscas, modest but packing TNT, has boxed for five years and has won every north west tourney in his weight. He has a record of 76 knock outs in 105 bouts and won the Canadian international tourney in 1952, 1953 and 1954. He was not permitted to enter this ye'ar. Classed as one of the all-time hard hitters in amateur ranks, he has won the Seattle Golden Gloves crown five years and the Tacoma Golden Gloves in addi tion to Oregon titles. PAL May Score First In bringing Charles to Med ford the PAL club believes it is staging the first bout which has been held between two national AAU victors. Weighing 128 to Puscas's 132, Charles has speed, SAVES TIE ! SAVES BllONm The Universal 'Jeep' does hundreds of j obs better and faster . . . in 2-wheel drive on the highway, or in 4-wheel drive when the going is rough on or off the road, in all kinds of weather. 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There will be eight supporting bouts with boys from Klamath Falls, Portland, Coos Bay and Roseburg in the PAL club's aim of putting on the top amateur card of the year for the whole nation. While ticket sales are pro gressing, there are good seats left. But PAL officials are urging early purchase. Ducats are avail able at the Union and Bohemian clubs, Brown's cafe, Lamport's sporting goods store, the Pioneer club and police station at Central Point and Pacific Supply on Mur phy rd. at Grants Pass. Police and Moose lodge members have tickets here. OFFICIALS CAUGHT . Wooster, O. U.R) Policeman Robert .Goodrish passed out tick ets by the dozens in a stepped up campaign against traffic and parking violations. Those tagged i included Mayor Edward John son, Police Chief Kenneth Wal ters and Sgt. James Wilson, head of the police traffic division. They paid their fines promptly. Dead line for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday. Dodgers Early Pennant Clinch Breaks Record By FRED PARKER Milwauitee, Wis. (U.R) A rookie pitcher with a flair for strikeouts, Karl Spooner, was the toast of the Brooklyn Dodg ers today and a probable World Series pitcher with the earliest National league pennant in his tory safely tucked away. "I had the best stuff since I broke in with 15 strikeouts," Spooner said after striking out the first four men he faced and five others while holding the Milwaukee Braves hitless five and one-third innings Friday for the pennant clincher. 1953 Record Broken The Sept. 8, 10-2 victory en abled the Dodgers to break their own Sept. 12, 1953 record for early pennants. Ironically, the victims were the same club and the same pitcher they beat for the previous record the Mil waukee Braves and Bob Buhl. The 24-year-old Spooner re lieved after starter Roger Craig put two men on with singles. "I couldn't say for sure who my World Series pitchers will be," Brooklyn Manager Walt (Smokey) Alston said. "Don Newcombe for sure, and Carl Erskine, Billy Loes and Spooner if they hold up the way they have been the last three days." SAN PEDRO, SAPULPA WIN Tulsa, Okla. U.R) San Pe dro, Calif., defeated Tulsa Inde pendent Lumber Co. 6-1 and Sapulpa, Okla., bested Tulsa Q Service Stations 4-0 last night to advance into the semi-finals of the National Softball Con gress tournament. San Pedro and Sapulpa meet tomorrow night with the winner taking on the losers' bracket finalist for the world softball championship. BETTING BREAKS RECORD Salem (U.R) Activity at the pari-mutuels windows at the State Fair trace track broke the record for the fifth straight day yesterday when 2077 persons bet $91,406. The wagering yesterday brought the five-day total to $546,273. Use 7ibune Want Ads QUICK and EASY! RflosCCnJILIL-CDCCrE IPdDWIE (rnnnKi rmTTnT7 nrm And TTnTTTTT rrrrn 11 Jill I nsura nee And Financing Total Cost$1950 SOUTHERN OREGON 3540 NORTH PACIFIC Friday, September 9, 1955 St. Mary's Grid Limited Because St." Mary's high school foot ballers have been working just a few at a time since practices began. Turnout has been limited to nine or 10 boys at a time since the athletes are still busy at their summer jobs. Coach Mil lard Webb has been holding his sessions from 5:30 p.m. until dark and the grid aspirants have been, arriving at various times during that period. Andrade, Zulueta In Video Tangle' New York (U.R) Light weight contenders Cisco . An drade and Orlando Zueleta, hop ing for a winter shot at the title, will fight tonight in a TV-radio 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden. Boxer - puncher Andrade of Compton, Calif., is favored at 8-5 over the speedy Cuban left jab specialist,although Andrade is making his garden debut and is rated four notches below fifth ranking Zulueta. " ' His hard punch, coupled with his boxing skill, apparently made the 25-year-old "Cisco Kid" the favorite. He knocked out 14 of his 32 opponents. Zu lueta, 27, has had nearly three times Cisco's experience, but he stopped pnly five of his 86 tar gets. Both are xtremely rugged. Neither was ever kayoed. LA Rams Battle '4 9-ers Tonight Los Angeles (U.R) Both the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco Forty Niners will rely heavily on rookies tonight when they clash in a non-conference pro grid battle at Memorial Caliseum. - The Forty Niners take to the gridiron minus the services of two of their top backfield stars, Hugh McElhenny, who is out with an injured foot, and Joe Ferry, who is suffering from a rib injury received last Sunday. Filling in for McElhenny at right half will be Carroll Hardy, a major job for any backfield man. Hardy, former star for Colorado University, showed un usual promise in earlier exhibi tion games. The other Forty Niner rookie is Bud Laughlin, formerly of Kansas, who will start in Perry's fullback spot for the first time this season. MODEL 73 ME NOW AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY II 11 11 You ii HL3LU 14" -18" -24" -30" 36" - 42" BAR LENGTHS EQUIPMENT CO HIWAY - ACROSS FROM ELK LUMBER MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Turnouts Still of Summer Jobs Since the Crusaders have a conflict with Illinois Valley here on September 17, the coach is hoping for bigger turnouts night ly next week. When all hands are on deck Webb expects to" have 12 lettermen from last year's B "district championship club.- ' . Lettermen Listed - Lettermen are Laval Meun ier, Jim Darland, Dick Paul, Ron Pruitt, ' Jim Jones and Dave- Es pey, backs, and Gerald Darland, John Walsh, Alson Geren, Frank Murphy, Dave Crevier and. Ra mon Elberts. A transfer candi date is Bill Carey, a back from Ohio. ' Practices, of . necessity, have been limited to fundamentals. Backs . have . been running through plays to achieve timing and improve ball handling. Webb plans . to use the double wing formation introduced to St Mary's last year by Ed Hum mel but will toss in ' some T plays, too. ' Only six games are scheduled so far but one may be arranged later with Eagle Point. After meeting Illinois Valley the Cru saders will face Rogue River here on September 23, will play Sacred Heart of Klamath Falls here on October 1, will go to Talent on October 7, will be host to Jacksonville on October 22 and will travel to Prospect on October 14. Don't Miss Them! Season's Closing Kl ACS ED LP, RACES Saturday, Sept. 10 Ashland Speedway Time Trials 7 p.m. - Races 8 p.m. Thrills - Spills - Chills miFUJIL MAW saw J wn RECAPS II 1 1 Balance con- 1 1 W 1 irruction "P- I I 1 B" recaps II' I V available for I fi I both tube- I -I type and I I LI .. I the license I fi f your tire I f I 1 ABSOLUTE. I f " 1 LY FREE. I I mM YOURS? 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