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Yanks, Dodgers Get 2nd Biggest Series Checks New York (U.R) The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees will receive the second largest World Series checks in history. Baseball Commissioner eFord Frick announced today that each member of the world champion Dodgers who was voted a full share by his teammates will re ceive $9,768.21. Each member of the losing Yankees voted a full share will receive $5,598.58. These amounts are eclipsed in World Series history only by the checks received last year by the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians. Each winning " Giant received $11,147.90; each losing Indian received $6,712.50. - The winning team in a World Series gets to split up 42 per cent of the players' pool; the los ing team gets 28 per cent, the other 30 per cent goes to the other ,first division teams. Here's what each member of the other first division clubs - will receive: Milwaukee Braves $1,694.05; Cleveland Indians $1,586.73; New York Giants - $1,081.60; Chicago White Sox $982.23; Philadelphia Phillies $558.98; and Boston Red Sox $472.98. Rigney To Bank On Young Players . New York U.PJ Bill Rig ney, the National League's youngest manager at 37, indicat ed today that he 11 be banking on his younger players next year to improve the New York Giants, Rigney,. who officially took over "the biggest job in base ball" Thursday, named Willie Mays, Don Mueller, Whitey Lockman and Alvin Dark as cer tain fixtures for 1956 and said he expected "younger fellows like Ramon Monzant, Foster Castelman and Gail Harris to come along" and fill spots in the infield and on the mound. "Pitching is my biggest con cern," he said, "and second base comes next. I'll be counting on Castelman at second, Harris at first and Monzant and Alan Wor- thington to bolster the mound corps." The former Giant utility in- fielder, who signed a two-year pact calling for considerably more "than I got at Minneap olis," either inadvertently or purposely neglected to talk about pitcher Jim Hern, until prodded, indicating that the 32-year-old right-hander might be on the block. Buy At Builders Supply QTJALITT BLOCKS Bricks, Floes Drain Tile V27 W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 MEDFORDfJJiwTRIB UHI sipaDiras EARLY SEASON PRO SHOWING BY SHAW, AMECHE INDICATE BANNER YEAR FOR ROOKIES By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer The early-season performances of Alan Ameche, George Shaw and several other rookies indi cate 1955 may be a banner cam paign for first year players in the National Football League. Ameche, the All - American fullback from Wisconsin, and Shaw, last year's major college total offense champion at Ore gon, made particularly success ful debuts in the rugged pro circuit. Shaw passed for three touch downs and Ameche scored three by rushing to lead the Baltimore Colts to surprise triumphs over the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions and first place in the West ern Division. They scored or passed for all of Baltimore's six touchdowns in its first two starts. All-Rookie Backfield Coach Weeb Eubank started an all-rookie backfield of Shaw, Ameche, L. G. Dupre and Harry Hugasian against the Lions last Saturday night and they led the Colts to a 28-13 victory. Other rookies who have made promising beginnings as touchdown-makers include Corky Tay lor of the Los Angeles Rams, Dave Mann of the Chicago Card inals, Bob Watkins of the Chi cago Bears, Dick McCabe of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ralph Tho mas of the Washington Redskins and Alex Webster of the New York Giants. Taylor, former Kansas State star, caught a touchdown pass during the Rams' opening day victory over the San Francisco Forty-Niners. Mann, from Ore gon State, made a 65-yard scor ing run to help the Cardinals de feat the New York Giants. Wat kins, a former Ohio State star, scored for the Bears against the Colts. Thomas, from San Francisco, scored a touchdown as the Red skins rallied to upset the Phila delphia Eagles. McCabe, who played collegiate football for Pitt, made a 50-yard dash with a recovered fumble for a Steeler TD against the Rams. Played Canadian Ball Webster, former North Caro lina State back who played Cana dian pro football in 1954, scored a touchdown against the Cardi- YANJCS RENEW PACT New York (U.R) The New York Yankees have renewed their working agreement with the Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association. The Yan kees also have signed a working agreement with St. Petersburg, Fla., of the Class D Florida State League. ' Read and Use Clauified Ada. . . Tha Community'i Biggest Marketplace nals and has been about the only bright spot during New .York two losses.. Ed Bernet, another Steelers rookie from Southern Methodist, made a promising pro start when he caught eight passes during his team's opening game triumph over the Cardinals. This week's selections with won-lost records in parentheses: Saturday night: Colts (2-0) over Packers (2-0) at Milwaukee. Sunday: Browns (1-1) over Eagles (1-1) at Cleveland; Bears (0-2) over Forty-Niners (0-2) at Chicago; Lions (0-2) over Rams (2-0) at Detrpit; Giants (0-2) over Steelers (1-1) at Pittsburgh; Cardinals (1-1) over Redskins (2-0) at Washington. Ex-FDR, Truman Official Succumbs Washington (U.R) Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming (ret.) high government official in both the Roosevelt and Truman ad ministrations, died at Walter Reed Army hospital last night while undergoing an operation for cancer. The 68-year-old administrator entered the hospital two days ago. In the early New Deal years, Fleming was deputy administra tor of the Public Works Admini stration. Later he became co ordinator of the Resettlement Administration. He became ad ministrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor De partment in 1939 and Federal Works Administrator in 1941. In 1949 Fleming was appoint ed chairman of the Maritime Commission and the following year the first undersecretary of commerce for transportation. In June, - 1951, former President Truman appointed him ambas sador to Costa Rica. He retired from this post in 1953. ON RADIO SHOW Los Angeles U.R) Archie Moore, music-loving light heavy weight champion, failed to ap pear yesterday for a physical ex amination for a referee's license because he preferred being on a disc jocky's radio show. Friday. October 7. 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TKIXTEEX PIRATES BUY KRABITZ Pittsburgh (U.R) The Pitts burgh Pirates have purchased catcher Dan Krabitz, a 24-year-old left-handed hitter who bat ted .298 in 122 games with the New Orleans Pelicans this year, for 1956 delivery. 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August traffic deaths, report ed earlier as 39, .now have reached 41 with receipt of two more August fatality reports, ing Oregon's traffic death count during the final three-day holi day of the summer season to seven.. Heavy Rains Cause Big Traffic Jams In Large Cities By UNITED RESS Heavy rains pounded the na tion from the Missouri River Valley to New England today, causing traffic jams in big cities and heralding a new autumn cool wave. Autumn downpours included four inches of rain at Pope joy, la., 1.44 inches in an hour at Chicago, and an inch and a half in just 45 minutes at Detroit. Trees Uprooted. The outskirts of Troy, 111., were lashed by a freak 20-minute storm which ripped up trees and turned a gasoline truck around in its tracks along a two-mile, 50-yard wide course. The rains gave Detroit the worst : beating, - causing ' one of the worst traffic tieups, in the motor city's history late yesterday. The water pressure popped manhole covers "like corks," De troit police said. Up to five feet of water gurgled up in viaducts and 500 basements were flooded. Car Hits Children At Kalamazoo, Mich., a rain slicked pavement , was blamed for the crash of an automobile into a crowd of about 30 school children. The car skidded as it rounded a school bus and smash ed into the youngsters. A 14- State Accepting Chauffeur Renewals Salem U.R) Oregon chauf feurs now can apply for renewal of license, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said today. Renewal for 1956 can be ac cepted at all branch offices of the Secretary of State, provided that the applicants have a cur rently valid drivers license and hold a 1955 chauffeurs license. Mailing of the 1956 commer cial licenses will begin on or about Dec. 1. year-old boy and the bus driver were killed and 14 children were injured.. 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