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.
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noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
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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.
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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
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.604 3
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.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.
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