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Yanks Grab Two-Game Lead in Pennant Chase NY Nudges Sox; Tigers Trip Tribe By FRED DOWN United Pratt Sports Writer Casey Stengel and his New York Yankees had the American League pennant virtually locked up today and they "won the big one" just a year to the day after their fabulous five-year reign as world champions ended. With Bob Grim, the rookies of the year in 1954, hurling no-hit relief ball for seven innings, the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2, Sunday and went two full games ahead when the col lapsing Cleveland Indians drop ped their fourth straight game, 10-3, to the Detroit Tigers. It was on Sept. 18, 1954 that the Indians mathematically clinched the flag and ended the Yankees' record string of five consecutive world championships. Can Siraich Ltad Thej Yankees, who've won 13 of their last 17 games, can stretch their lead to 2'2 games tonight by beating Washington Senators and they'll clinch the flag math ematically if they cop five of theirJast seven games. The In dians can finish with 95 victories rf ' they win all their last five games but the Yankees already have won 91 'games with seven . to play. The third-place Chicago White Sox, who've lost seven of their last 12 games including an 8-1 decision to the Kansas City Ath letics Sunday, will be mathe matically eliminated with the Yankees' next victory. The victory made Grim's record 9-5 compared to his bril liant rookie campaign in which he won 20 games and lost six. The Indians, meanwhile, suf fered a humiliating defeat at the hands of 20-year old rookie Bob Miller, the kid pitcher the Yan kees beat last week and whom Detroit Manager Bucky 1 Harris promised to hurl against Cleve land, too. Gus Zernial's grand-slam horn- r was the big blow for the Ath letics, who took two out of three Saye Cowboy Champ At Pendleton Round-Up Pendleton, Ore. OI.R) A Montana cowpoke was proclaim ed all-around champion cowboy of the Pendleton round-up at the climax of the annual event Saturday night. Leonard Saye of Broadus, Mont., was presented the Oregon Journel trophy by Mrs. C. S. Jackson, widow of the founder of the Portland newspaper. Other achamps crowned were Carl Sawyer, Torrington, Wyo., who won the steer roping con test and Buck Boyer, Havre Mont., winner of the Brahma bull riding contest. Ralph Buell of Portland took the bareback riding champion snip and Say was winner in bulldogging. A new world record for bull- dogging was set during the ev ent by Barney Willis, Visalia, Calif., who threw his steer in 7.2 seconds. . . St. Mary's Crusaders Win 21 to 0 Over IV Cougars St. Mary's high of Medford, defending district and Jackson County B league champion, sig nalled more trouble for confer ence foes this season with a 21 to 0 triumph .here Saturday night over Illinois Valley, a Class A-2 school. Paced by the ball packing and play calling of Laval Meunier and the T formation ball han dling by Bill Cary at quarter back, the Crusaders scored in the first, second and third quar ters with Meunier crossing the goal each time. Illinois Valley gained at times effectively through the middle from the White Sox. Art Ditmar went the route for his 12th vie tory while Dick Donovan suf fered his ninth defeat. Orioles Tie for Seventh In the other American League game, the Baltimore Orioles tied the Washington Senators for sev enth place when they beat them, 9-0, behind Jim Wilson's five- hit pitching. The win made Wil son's record 12-17. In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants, 7-5, as Clem Labine made his 57th relief appearance but Willie Mays ' hit his 48th homer to retain, his two-homer lead- over Cincinnati's Ted Klus zewski. ' Kluszewski hit No. 46 as the Redlegs crushed the Chi cago Cubs, 12-5. The Milwaukee Braves beat the St. Louis Cardinals; .2-1, while the Philadelphia Phillies downed Pittsburgh, 2-1. after the Pirates won the opener-of their doubleheader,. 5-2.. LFNESCORES:. ' , National League (First Game) Pittsburgh L..00O 300 2005 7 0 Philadelphia 001 010 000 2 fi 0 Friend. Face 7 and Atwell: weh meier. Miller 7 and Locata. Winnine eitcher--Friend 13-9; losing pitcher wenmeier io-iz. (Second Game) Pittsburch . 000 001 0001 8 0 Philadelphia ....001 000 lOx 2 6 0 Hall.. Kline 8 and Atwell; Roeovin 4-3 and Seminick. Losing pitcher Hall 5-6. Cincinnati . 000 270 00312 13 '. 1 Chicago 001 100 003 5 8 3 Nuxhall 17-11 and Burgess: Hacker, Perkowski 5. Jeffcoat $, Kaiser 9 and Cooper. Losing pitcher Hacker 11-15. New York 200 003 000 5 10 1 Brooklyn 301 000 30x 7 12 2 Gomez.- McCall 7. Monzant 7 and Katt; Erskine. Bessent 7. Labine 8 and Campanella, Walker 8 Winning pitcher Bessent 8-0. Losing pitcher Gcmez 9-8. (71 Innings) St. Louis 000 000 010. 00 1 7 .0 Milwaukee .,100 000 000 01 2 8 ; 1 Poholskv. - Jackson 8 and Sarni: Spahn 16-14 and Crandall. Losing pitcher Jackson 7-14. . AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 100 006 20110 11 1 Cleveland 000 000 210 3 7 1 Miller, Marlowe 8 and Wilson: Garcia, Narleski 6. Houtteman .6, Aqulrre 8 and Hegan, Foiles 8. Win ning pitcher Miller 1-1. Losing1 pitch er Garcia 11-13. Washington 000 000 0O0 0 5 1 Baltimore 130 401 00 9 13 0 Schmttz. Chakales 3, Stewart 5, Hyde 8 and Korcheck: Wilson 12-17 and Smith. Losing pitcher Schmitz 6-10. of the St. Mary's line. But the Crusaders, though not as sharp on defense as on offense, stif fened in the clutch and the Cou gars never penetrated deeper than the home club's 18-yard line. St. Mary's drove once to the Cougar four where a fumble and a bad pass from center spoiled the chance. " St. .Mary's marched 65 yards for its first TD. Jim Jones oass- ed to Meunier to set up the scor ing play and the scatback went over from the 11. Another Jones pass to Meunier got the extra point. Double Reversa Clicks . In the second quarter the Cru saders went from about their 40 to the IV five with a Cary to Meunier pass getting 35 yards. Penalties set SM back to the 20 and Meunier finally went around end from the 17 to tally. Jones ran the extra. A double reverse from ' the double wing formation shook Meunier loose for ' a . 76-yard romp and the third quarter TD. Cary bucked the conversion. . Several linemen were cogs jn the Crusader showing, Elberts and Alson Geren shining on of fense and Gerald Darland, Jones, Francis Murphy and Dave Cravier getting praise for de fense play. Cary was tough as a linebacker. Ken Lockhard, Ed Neil and Pete Johnson spurred the IV at tack -while Eldo Swift, Ken Krauss and Ron Spencer were defensive standouts. ' St. Mary's tried only , five passes for the evening with four completions and one intercep tion. The Crusaders netted 61 of their 294 yards from passing. Meunier gained a total of 140 yards for 12.7 average per carry. All 19 SM players In uniform saw' action. ' Leaaue Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Player A- Club G. AB. R. H. Pet. Kaline. Detroit ....146 567 118 193 .340 Power. K. Citv ..142 578 90 184 .318 Kuenn. Detroit .-.139 598 97 184 .308 Kell. Chicago 124 413 -42 127 .308 Mantle, N. Y. 145 515 121 158 .307 NATIONAL LEAGUE Ashburn. Phila. 135 514 90 175 .340 Campanella, Bk. 119 434 81 140 .323 Musial. St. L. 148 538 94 171 .318 Klzski, Cin. 149 593 111 186 .314 Aaron. Milw. 148 583 103 183 .314 Furillo. Bkn. 136 510 82 160 .314 Boston 002 000 000 2 5 1 New York ...200 010 OOx 3 7 1 Nixon 12-9 and White. Turley. Grim 3 and Berra. Winning pitcher-Grim 6-5. Chicago 010 000 000 1 8 3 Kansas City 004 000 40x 9 7 1 Donovan. Consuegra 7 and Lollari Ditmar 12-12 and Astroth. Losing pitcher Donovan 14-9. Home Huns Mays, Giants 48; Klus zewski, Redlegs 46; Banks. Cubs 43; Snider, Dodgers 42: Post, Redlegs 39; Mathews, Braves 39. Runs Batted In Snider.' Dodgers 134; Ennis. Phillies 119; Mays, Giants 117: Jensen, Red Sox 113; Banks, Cubs 112. Huns Snider, Dodgers 126: Mantle, Yankees 121; Smith. Indians 118; Kaline. Tigers 118; Mays, Giants 116. Hits Kaline, Tigers 193: Kluszew ski. Redlegs 186; Fox. White Sox 186; Power, Athletics 184; Kuenn, Tigers 184. Pitching Newcombe, Dodgers 20-5: Byrne, Yankees 16-4; Loes. Dodgers 10-4: Ford. Yankees 17-7: Labine. Dodgers 12-5. High School Scores Saturday Football . . . . Marshfield 27. Coquille 0. Ilwaco 46, Warrenton 0. St. Helens 30. WyEast 13. Grant 8. Lincoln 7. Benson 6, Roosevelt 0. Washington 20. Cleveland f. Jefferson 7, Franklin 6. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. DIG PAL CLUB BENEFIT CARD Saturday, Sept. 24 ' Hedford High School Stadium 30 M. FAST ROUNDS! 12-3 Round Bouts Featuring o JACKIE PUSCAS o GEORGE CHARLES 132 Lb. National A.A.U. Light Weight Champion 128 Lb. National A.A.U. Feathweight Champ. ADMISSION ' Ringside Reserved $2.50, Tax Inc. Reserved $2.00 General Admission $1.25 Children under 10 50c Tickets Now On Sale At: BROWNS, LAMPORTS, UNION CLUB, BOHEMIAN CLUB, MOOSE LODGE, CITY & COUNTY POLICE OFFICES, CENTRAL POINT PIONEER CLUB OR CITY HALL, PACIFIC SUPPLY CO., GRANTS PASS. Medford Mail Tribune MedfordI&Tribune Southern Oregon Nips Linfield Eleven 19-15 Ashland Southern Oregon college football for 1955 and the collegiate coaching career of Al Akins had auspicious de buts here Saturday night as the Red Raiders of the Rogue fought from behind in the fourth quar ter to overcome the pesky Lin field Wildcats 19 to 15. And the passing combination of Quarterback Bill Seymour pitching and End Walt McCoy catching had the principal star ring roles in the heated, spirited, bruising fracas. Seymour threw to McCoy for gains of seven, 35 and 63 yards for the three Southern ' Oregon touchdowns. The season . opener got off to a rough beginning for the Raid ers as Linfield turned two bad SOC center snaps into a 9 to 0 lead. But the Raiders rallied back to twice cut nine point deficits to three and struck with their clincher touchdown With 75 seconds left in the encounter. And the new look with a new coach gave Southern Oregon fol lowers an omen of better games to Conie.' .. - : ' . Bob Flood Scores First of the two costly center snaps occurred in the early min ute.? of the fray. It came on a fourth down and enabled Lin field to take possession of the ball on the Red Raider 24-yard line. Foiir plays later Bob Flood boomed nine yards to the goal. Howard Glenn's kick for the extra was good and the Wildcats headed 7 to 0. That was the scoring for the first quarter, but Linfield did have one touchdown pass play nullified by a personal foul. It was a ' 49-yard gainer following a drive from the 'Cat 19. SOC pushed to the Wildcaf29 in the opening panel but lost the ball on downs on the 27 at the start of the second quarter. Second disastrous snap back for SOC was on another fourth down situation on the Raider 38-yard line with Keith Johnson back to punt. The ball sailed way over Johnson's head and into the end zone. Johnson re trieved it and tried to run il out but was trapped and tackled behind the goal by Jerry Beier. The safety gave Linfield a 9 to 0 lead. Pass-Lateral Thriller But the Raiders bounced back shortly. Starting on their own 11, they made the 89 yards to pay dirt in nine plays with the Seymour - McCoy pay-off pitch good for the last seven. A sen sational pass-lateral play, Sey mour to McCoy, to .Ted Tenney ate up 41 yards in the prome nade.. DicK Smith's extra point kick was blocked. Half time score was 9 to .6. Linfield made a big threat at the start of the -third quarter, going from its own 20 all the way to the SOC five in 11 plays. A penalty, put the 'Cats back to the 22, however, and Quar terback Ron Parish was injured. His replacement, Vern Marshall fumbled and Keith Garrett re covered on the 24 to completely quash the danger. After Southern Oregon, help ed by a roughing penalty had gained to the Linfield 48 and punted, the Wildcats began a touchdown assault from their 31 and moved the 69 yards in seven plays. Flood poked the last eight. The conversion run was short and Linfield headed 15 to 6. A 33-yard pass play, Marshall to Bob Nelson and a pass inter ference infraction called on Guard Don Dickson against End Russ Kofford were the big boosts in the march. Scot Twice in Fourth SOC began its second touch down march with the Linfield kick-off and scored in the fourth quarter. It took 10 plays and the TD toss wai good for 35 yards. Smith's conversion kick was good this time cutting the Linfield edge to 15 to 13. The Raiders had another big opportunity when Vern Marshall fumbled Smith's kick-off and Guard Chuck Romine recovered the ball on the Wildcat 32. South ern Oregon got to the 24 when the breaks turned the other way when Bob Lane .'snitched Sey mour's pass and ran all the way to the SOC 36. Linfield got only to the 30 in three plays and kicked into the Raider end zone. An exchange of punts gave the Raiders the ball on their 35. Seymour lost to the 30 but Keith Garrett made it back to the 37. Then Seymour heaved a long one to Smith who hauled in the ball some 30 yards from the goal. Smith scrambled the rest of the way. The end's extra point kick was blocked but the Raiders, in front for the first time, were nevertheless there to stay. Threat End A pass interception by Keith Garrett ended Linfield's' chance to score in the waning moments and SOC had possession of the ball at the finish. Both clubs took to the air much of the time, Southern Ore gon heaving some 20 passes and completing nine and Linfield throwing 26 and connecting on 11. Seymour handled the Raiders effectively from the quarterback spot for the first game and the hard running of Ted Tenney gave the SOC crew punch on the ground. Tenney was chased from the mix along with Lin field End Howard Glenn after a third quarter altercation. Luther Strong, another 'Cat flankman, was ejected for per sonal fouls in the opening quar ter. Loss of the two wings and injury to Parish did hamper the Linfielders. Twinks Cop PCL Play-Off Los Angeles (U.R) The Hollywood Stars each pocketed $550 apiece today after a six homer barrage propelled them to a 7-6 victory over Los An geles in the fifth and deciding game of a playoff series for third place in the Pacific Coast league and the city champion ship. Members of the losing Los An geles team collected S350 each as their share of the playoff series and for fourth place in the league, all but one with the bags empty, and then withstand a late Angel surge. Use Tribune Wcf Ads QUICK and EASY! Monday. September 19. 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Phil Rizzuto Suggests Perpetual Scholarship New York (U.R) Phil Riz zuto of the Yankees has request ed that $8,000 contributed by fans to buy him a car be used instead to start a perpetual scholarship fund "for some worthy student." Rizzuto was presented with the sum Sunday at Yankee Stad ium on "Phil Rizzuto Day." The little shortstop, who joined the Yankees in 1941, also received a silver tray from Manager Casey Stengel and the players and a plaque from the organizing com mittee. Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. New York 81 Cleveland Chicago 87 Boston 82 Detroit 75 Kansas City Washington Baltimore .63 -.51 .51 58 59 62 65 73 83 95 95 OB .619 .604 3 .584 S .558 .507 16'J .426 28 'i .349 39 1 2 .349 39" j Sunday's Results Detroit 10. Cleveland J. Kansas City 8. Chicago 1. Baltimore 9, Washington 0. New York 3. Boston 2. Games Remaining: New York 7: Away 7 Washington, Sept. 19, 20, 21; Boston, Sept. 23 (2), 24, 25. Cleveland 5: Away 5 Chicago, Sept. 20. 21; Detroit. Sept. 23, 24. 25. Chicago 5: Home 5 Cleveland. Sept. 20, 21; Kansas City. Sept. 23. 24, 25. Monday's Probable Pitchers Kansas City at Detroit (night) Por tocarrero 5-8 vs. Garver 12-15. New York at Washington (night) Larsen 8-2 vs. McDermott 9-9. Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Games Kansas City at Detroit. Cleveland at Chicago, night. New York at Washington, night. Baltimore at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago ; St. Louis Pittsburgh Sunday's Results W. . 95 , ..83 ..75 ..75 ..73 ..70 ..64 ..58 L. 53 66 72 74 77 78 84 89 GB Pet. .642 .557 12 4 .510 192 .502 20 ,, .487 23 .473 25 .432 31 .395 36 '2 Pittsburgh 5. Philadelphia 3 (1st). Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1 (2nd). Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1 (11 in nings). Cincinnati 12. Chicago S. Brooklyn 7, New York S. Monday's Probable Pitchers Chicago at St. Louis (night) Minner 9-9 vs. McDaniel 0-0. Only games scheduled. Tuesday's Games Philadelphia at Brooklyn (night). Pittsburgh at New York. Milwaukee at Cincinnati (night). Chicago at St. Louis, (night). Hall, James Tie for Toga Monte Hall and Cecil Jones were Jackson County speedway co-champions after final hard top races of the season on Sat urday night. Each wound up the year with a 206 total. Hall had 180 and James 179 going into the final night. . Bob Wilcox won the main Sat urday with White Dage second and Mel Harper third. Semi main honors went to Jerry Jen nings. Lou Donelon took the A trophy and Harry Trefry the B. Heat races wanet to Elmer Sise rilore, Bernie Miller, Art Poll ard and the driver of R-6, whose Russian Reclaims Distance Record Belgrade (UP) Vladimir Kutz, Russia's star long distance runner, has reclaimed the world 5,000 meter record. Kutz sped to a clocking of 13:46.8 here Sunday in winning the event in an international meet. The Soviet ace holds the existing world mark of 13:51.2, but Sandor Tharos of Hungary bettered that on Sept. 10 when he was timed in 13:50.8 at Buda pest, a performance now await ing official recognition. name was not listed. Donelon rolled bis R-62 in the main and finished the race driving R-7. the fine car at half the fine-car T price! Pond MAP. Coming September 23 why Ancient Age can say: 66 m fo fo) frTi rvn 99 AH we distill is Kentucky straight bourbon. 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