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.
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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. '
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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
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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.
GRANTS PASS MAN KILLED
Grants Pass U.R) J. E.
Stepp, 25, Grants Pass, was
killed yesterday when his log
ging tractor overturned and
crushed him north of here.
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315 East Fifth st. Shown above is the 1956
Dodge four-door Lancer hardtop in the Custom
Royal series. The same body style also Is
being offered in the lower priced Royal and
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September Traffic Mishaps Fatal to 33
Salem (U.R) September
traffic accidents caused at least
33 deaths, bringing Oregon's fa
tality toll for 1955 to 286, Secre
tary of State Earl T. Newbry
said today.
He added that the September
figure may go higher if delayed
reports are received or if per
sons now listed as injured later
die.
The September fatality total
last year wa3 38 and the end-of-September
toll was 285.
. 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..
Rains, which have drenched
Chicago with 3.63 inches of wa
ter in 48 hours, chose yesterday's
evening's rush hour for their
biggest downpour.
Southbound traffic on Lake
Shore Drive came to 'an almost
dead halt for two hours and mo
torists climbed to the roofs of
their cars to exchange bitter
comments about the weather.
Thornton Appoints
Assistant Attorney
Salem U.R) Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton has ap
pointed Peter S. Herman as an
assistant attorney general, suc
ceeding Wolf von Otterstedt.
who resigned to enter private
law practice in Eugene.
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