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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Brooklyn Dodgers Vow To Make It Two Consecutive Series Crowns By LEO H. PETERSON United Pre Sports Reporter New York (U.R) The Brook lyn Dodgers who did it the hard way all season, vowed today to smash the National league's two longest World Series jinxes by making it two in a row over the New York Yankees. Weary but determined after their spine-tinfiling. final-day triumph in one of the most nerve-wracking pennant races of all time, the battling Brooks found themselves in a familiar position.' The oddsmakers are saying they can't do it and have installed the Yankees as 7-5 "man-to-man" choices to win their sixth world championship in seven tries under Casey Stengel. The odds-makers also listed the Yankees as 6-5 choices to win the opening game at Ebbets field Wednesday on the assump tion that lO-game winner Whitey lord will pitch for them against Sal Maglie, the Dodgers' 39-year-old no-hit comeback vet eran. Laughi at Odds But the Dodgers grew accus tomed to laughing at the odds during their season-long, uphill battle with the Milwaukee Braves. They're certain they can break the senior circuit's long-standing jinxes. Foi, not since 1907-08-09 has the Nation al League won three straight World Series and not since 1821 22 have the Yankees droyped two straight classics. Brooklyn waited a long time to find a series winning formula, doing it last year when they beat the Yankees in seven games to win their first series in eight tries. It will mark the seventh se ries between the two clubs, their fourth in the last five years. The first two games are scheduled for little Ebbets field with its seating capacity of only 32,000 on Wednesday and Thursday with the next three games at the 68.000 seat Yankee Stadium on Friday, Saturday and Sun day. 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MEDF0RD2gfcTRIBUNE SIPdDCB St. Mary's Raps Redskins 33-0 in B League Scuffle St. Mary's high scored on two long runs and an 82-yard drive and turned two pass intercep tions into touchdowns Saturday night while holding opposition efforts to a minimum to bounce the Jacksonville Redskins 33 to 0 in the Jackson County B league football game .The Crusaders, defending county champs, did the bulk of their scoring in the first half, leading 27 to 0 at the midway signal. Jacksonville never seri ously threatened during the eve ning. Rodney Read intercepted a Clyde Smith pass to give St. Mary's the ball on the Redskin nine-yard line in the first quar ter. Read took a pitch from Ron Pruitt and scored from there and Jim Darland ran over the extra point. On the second play of the sec ond quarter Read carried on a re verse around right end and went 45 yards to the goal. Pruitt pass ed to Read for the conversion. Next TD came on Eddie Fogel's interception of Gary Huener's heave. He scooted 40 yards to the end zone and Darland ran the bonus tally. Fogel broke away on another reverse play and went 59 yards for the third SM score of the quarter. 39-Yard Pass The Crusaders did not tally again until well into the final Giants Whip Forty-Miner Eleven 38-21 San Francisco (U.R) Coach Frankie Albert, not at all dis heartened by his club's 38-21 loss to the New York Giants, said today the San Francisco Forty Niners have the makings of a "real good year." "We didn't panic after going behind 24-0," Albert noted. "We gave them their first three touchdowns with no strain. It seemed every time we had a breakdown. New York flew in for six. "Nevertheless, I feel we still have the personnel to have a good season. First Opener Loss It was the first time In Na tional football league history the Forty Niners have lost the sea son opener. The Giants, with quarterback Don Heinrich in the key pass ing role, scored 17 points in the first quarter. But from then on it was an even battle. Hugh McElhenny scored the Forty Niners' first touchdown just before the half when he rambled 16 yards on a double reverse, with practically no blocking. Late in the third period, Quar terback Y. A. Tittle directed a 70-yard touchdown aerial drive, with the payoff a three-yard toss to end Billy Wilson. The last San Francisco score came in the fourth period, with Tittle directing a drive to the three and McElhenny contribu ting runs of 13, three, three and a payoff of two. Besides scoring 17 in the first period, the Giants scored seven points in each of the three sub sequent periods. Ike To Attend Series Starter Cleveland (U.R) President Eisenhower has accepted an invi tation from Brooklyn Dodger President Walter O'Mallcy to at tend the opening game of the World Series with the Brooklyn Dodgers next Wednesday. Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presidential candidate, also has accepted an invitation to attend the third game of the series, at Yankee Stadiuin, Friday. Monday, October I. 1918 Stengel, when advised of those National league jinxes, said "I don't believe in 'em." The Dodgers usually murder southpaw pitching in their own park, and Ford, when asked whether he ever had, pitched in Ebbets Field, replied: "Yes, but not for long." All seats for the series games in Yankee stadium were sold out within 24 hours after the tickets were placed on sale. The Dodgers will start selling tickets on an over the counter basis only at 6 p.m., EDT, today with a limit of two tickets to each Brooklyn game per customer. stanza. They took over the ball on their own 20 for an tight play drive. After Read had gain ed to the 33 SM was penalized back to the 18. A 39-yard F ss play, Pruitt to Dick Hayes, en abled the Medford team to get out of the difficulty. Pruitt also passed to Jerry Flakus for 10 and a pitch and pass, Pruitt to Hayes to Flakus, gained 17. Read took a pitch and went the last five yards. Dar land's kick for the extra point was good but SM was offside and a second try, a pass, Pruitt to Read, didn't click. Jacksonville reeled off a few good gains, with Smith once going 22 yards, but the Cru saders frequently spilled the Redskins for losses. The Jack sonville club netted only 15 yards from scrimmage in the first half and got only 45 net in the second for a 60 total. Thirty five came on a push in the final moments. St. Mary's ran up 220 yards on the ground and 84 in the air for 306. The Medford eleven got only 40 by rushing in the second half but had 63 pass ing. First downs favored SM, 8 to 3. Sacramento State Beats Southern Oregonians 27-12 Ashland Southern Oregon college footballers began prepa rations for Chico State today aft er a sparkless week end per formance against Sacramento State college. The Red Raiders of the Rogue, who lost 27 to 12 to Sacramento on the California field, play Chico next Saturday evening at Grants Pass. Southern Oregon on the strength of its passing had a scrimmage yardage edge in the conflict but Sacramento had a substantial margin rushing and pushed across three touchdowns before the Raiders could score. The Ashlanders threatened first when they reached the Sac 17 yard mark. John Garrett's field goal try missed and the home club took over on its 20. From there Sacramento went 80 yards in 10 plays with J. R. Gillaspey going the final 13. Don Korns of the Raiders fum bled on his own 14 in the second panel. A Sacramento pass, John Eaton to Ron Hamilton, gained to the four. Dave Hotell packed three successive times and on the third went the last yard for a touchdown. Hotell booted the extra. Colley Recovers Fumble In the third quarter Bill Sey mour of SOC fumbled on his 30. Four plays later Gillaspey went across from the five and Hotell added the conversion. Southern Oregon's first touch down was set up when Herb Col ley fell on Pat DiCarlo's fumble on the Sac 35-yard line. Sey mour passed to Larry Schwein furt for 35 yards and the TD. Sacramento came back in tl.e fourth quarter with a 71-yards surge in six plays. Gillaspey made one gain of 33 yards to the SOC 39. Three plays later DiCarlo skirted end for 15 and a score. Hotell converted. The Raiders started on their 20 in the move to their fourth period TD. Seymour's screen pass to Chuck Crandall gained 45 of the yards. Ted Tenney went around right end for 31 yards to the end zone. SOC followed with an onside kick-off try, Dick Smith and Don Korns crossing and Smith kicking. Sacramento fumbled on the play and Colley recovered on the Californians' 47 but it was too late to pull the fray out of the fire. Chico was a 7 to 0 Saturday victim of Los Angeles State which Sacramento tied the week , STANDINGS f FINAL) By United Press NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. GB 93 61 .604 . 92 62 .597 1 91 63 -591 2 76 78 .494 17 71 83 .461 22 67 87 .435 26 . 66 88 .429 27 60 94 .390 33 Brooklyn -Milwaukee . Cincinnati . St. Louis Philadelphia ew York Pittsburgh , Chicago Sunday'g Results: Brooklyn 8 Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 2 Cincinnati 4 Chicago 2 New York 8 Philadelphia 3 (1st) Philadelphia 5 New York 2 (2nd) AMERICAN LEAGUE L Pet. GB New York Cleveland Chicago Boston . Detroit Baltimore Washington Kansas City ... 97 57 .630 88 66 .571 9 85 69 .552 12 84 70 .545 13 82 72 -522 15 69 85 .448 28 59 95 .383 38 52 102 .338 45 Sunday's Results: Boston 7 New York 4 (10 innings) Detroit 8 Cleveland 4 Kansas City 7 Chicago 6 Baltimore 4 Washington 2 (1st) Baltimore 6 Washington 3 (2nd) Sandy Amaros Vindicates Self With Homer Brooklyn (U.R) Pride and a big Havana cigar stuck out to day all over happy Sandy Am oros, the smiling little Cuban who completely vindicated him self after nearly blowing the pennant for Brooklyn. "Lucky lucky," he kept chant ing over and over again in the noisy, triumphant Dodger club house Sunday. "I just have good day, lucky for me, that's all." But his Brooklyn teammates who watched him smash two towering home runs in the 8-6 pennant-clincher over Pittsburgh wouldn't buy that. Really Hit "Lucky me eye," snorted Jackie Robinson. "Those hom ers of Sandy's were really hit and as it turned out, they were the ones that won the game for us." ' Don Newcombe, the winning pitcher, and catcher Roy Campa nella also joined in the bouquets for Sandy and their words of praise were particularly sweet for, the sawed-off Dodger out fielder since they were the ones who criticized him most in his dark hour against the Phillies last Wednesday. Amoros committed an inglor ious error behind Newcombe that day and followed that bobble with a misguided throw from the outfield which helped send the Dodgers down to a 7-3 de feat and dropped them a full game behind the first place Braves. before 13-all. STATISTICS: Sac First downs passing .. 2 First downs rushing 11 Total first downs 13 Yards rushing ... 236 Yards passing .'. ........ 22 Net yards scrimmage .......25R Passes tried 8 Passes completed ...... 2 Passes had intercepted 0 Oppon'ts fumbles recovered 3 Punts 5-34 6 Penalties .-. 45 11 99 175 274 31 12 4 4 3-17.3 20 Fight Results By UNITED PRESS Bologna. Italy Ingemar Johansson. 200'4, Sweden, knocked out Francesco Cavicchi. 204'2. Italy. 13: Won Euro pean heavyweight championship. RVCC LINKSMEN DOWN PGC, OSWEGO PLAYERS Rogue Valley Country club's eight-man team downed Oswego Lake Country club llVi to 6V4 and Portland Golf club 142 to 9Vi yesterday in play at PGC. The victories gave the RVCC aggregation a four-win two-loss record for a four-day tour. Pur pose of the trip to Eugene and Portland was to publicize the Oregon Golf Association Medal Play tournament and encourage entries in that event. The -tournament will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5, 6 and 7, on the Rogue Valley course. Medford's contingent defeated Eugene and Royal Oaks, Van couver, Wash., in addition to yesterday's rivals and lost to Co-lumbia-Edgewater and Riverside clubs of Portland. Holmes, Ellis Have 73 Alan Holmes led the RV eight with 73 and George Harrington had a 75 yesterday. Roy Wig gins had a 76 for Oswego and Elon Ellis carded 73 for PGC. Against Oswego Harrington defeated Wiggins 3 to 0, Harry Millette beat Mike Ierulli 2 to 1, Del Berg lost to Don Ragen 0 to 3, Clayton Lewis won from John Paulson 3 to 0, Bob Rector Indians Take Little Series Indianapolis (U.R) The In dianapolis Indians pounded out a 6-0 victory over the Rochester Red Wings Sunday to sweep a four-game series and win their fourth Little World Series. Lefty Bud Daley wound up his season pitching chores with an 11-1 record, allowing seven hits. Only one Red Wing got as far as third. . Mantle Captures American Loop Swat Toga; Redlegs Lash Out 221 Home Runs By FRED DOWN United Press Sports Writer The 1956 baseball season went into the record book today as the greatest homer-hitting cam paign in major league history. No tewer than 1,293 homers were walloped as five teams es tablished club-season home run marks and a sixth equalled its previous high. The American league established a new high of 1,074 homers while the Na tional league's total of 1,219 fell just short of 1,263. The Cincinnati Redlegs staged the greatest offensive team ef fort, clouting 221 home runs to equal the 1947 New York Giatns major league record while Mick ey Mantle of the American league champion New York Yan kees was the season's individu al offense hero. Mantle became the only fourth piayer in mod ern history to win the "triple batting crown" when he led the American league with a .353 average. 52 homers and 130 runs batted in. Sharing individual honors with Mantle was Hank Aaron, the Milwaukee Braves' 22-year old outfielder, who on his first National league batting title with a .328 average that beat out Pittsburgh's Bill Virdon by nine points. Redlegs Down Cubs The Redlegs failed to connect for the homer which would have set a new team record Sunday but got nine-hit pitching from Hal Jeffcoat to close out their season with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers clinched their flag in a fitting style for 1956 clouting five homers in their 8-6 triumph over the Pirates. Duke Snider and Sandy Amoros hit two each and Jackie Robinson blasted one as the Dodgers com pleted the campaign with 179 1 Fred Haney Says Braves Have Only Selves To Blame St. Louis (U.R) Baseball's wheel of fortune just missed making the full circle for Fred Haney and left the marker point ing to a second-place finish in the National lague for his Mil waukee Braves. "We lost it ourselves," Haney said. "We have nobody to blame but ourselves. We came here a game ahead and needed to win all three. We fired and fell back." The Braves lost the first two games of the series, 5-4 and 2-1 in 12 innings, and came back to take a finale in which there was little consolation. Eddie Mathews, coming out of a batting slump on the final day, had 3-for-4 and batted in three runs, two of them with his 37th home run of the sea son, to beat the St. Louis Card inals, 4-2, and gain undisputed possession of second place. Hank Aaron collected his 200th hit, a first-inning double, and won the National leagoe bat ting championship at .328. ADd that was about the extent of Milwaukee's consolation. fell to Russ Graham Vt to2V4, Wendell Wissler tripped Ed Ar nold 3 to 0, Dr. Dave Boals bounced Bill Cairns 3 to 0 and Holmes whipped Fred Soller 3 to 0. Playing PGC Harrington sub dued John Boyd 2'i to V4, Mil lette bettered Bill Macy 2 to 1, Berg divided with Dick Borst 1V4 to Hi, Lewis lost to Hap Heitkemper 0 to 3, Rector lost to Ellis Vz to 2V4, Wissler beat Hal Duden 2 to 1, Boals tripped Dr. H. D. Colver 3 to 0 and Holmes defeated Gale Zener 3 to 0. Hunters Have Excellent Luck In Greensprings A check of sporting goods stores at Medford and Central Point this .morning indicated that hunters have had mostly good luck during the opening days of the general buck deer season. Nimrods appeared to have been most successful in the Greensprings area and in east ern Oregon in the Lakeview Bly region. Kills also were reported in the upper Ante lope and Prospect sections. There were some reports of poor luck and others of "very exceptional." Some hunters who didn't get their deer blamed the hot and dry weather. Deer ranged in size but most reports were that the bucks were fat and in good condition. Some sizeable ani- homers. The Philadelphia Phillies and Giants split a doubleheader, Bill White hitting two homers off Robin Roberts to help New York down Roberts, 8-3, in the open er and Curt Simmons hurling a seven-hitter for a 5-2 nightcap win. Eddie Mathews' 37th homer of the season lifted the Braves to a 4-2 decision over the St. Louis Cardinals. Aaron had only one hit in four tries but it gave him the distinction of being the only major leaguer to collect 200 this year. Lew Burdette won his 19th. Yanks Bow To Boston In the American league, the Yankees bowed to the Bcton Red Sox, 7-4, in 10 innings but Mantle drove in a run in the ninth to finish two ahead of De troit's Al Kaline in the only top batting department which Mick ey had not previously clinched. Yogi Berra homered for the Yankees' 190th of the season compared to their previous high of 182. The Baltimore Orioles swept a doubleheader from the Wash ington Senators, 4-2 and 6-3, with each team adding to its newly-set club homer mark. The Orioles hit one to finish with 91 compared to their previous mark of 54 and the Senators wound up with 112 for the season, com pared to 85 in 1938. Al Kaline knocked in two runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians, 8-4, to give Billy Hoeft his 20th win. Wayne Belardi homered for the Tigers, who tied their club sea son record of 150 homers. Vic Power's two-run homer was the key blow as the Kansas City Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox, 7-6. The White Sox were homerless but already had set a new season standard of 128 12 more than in 1955. LIN'ESCORES: Milwaukee 010 102 000 4 8 1 St. Louis 010 000 001 2 9 0 Burdette. Crone 9 and Crandall. Mizell. Schmidt 8 and Smith. Winner Burdette 19-10. Loser Mizell 14-14. Pittsburgh 002 000 310 6 13 0 Brooklyn - 301 021 Olx 8 12 1 Law, Face 1. Purkey 3. Kline 5, Friend 7 and Shepard. Newcombe. Bes sent 8 and Campanella. Winner New combe 27-7. Loser Law 8-16. HR Snider 2, 42nd and 43rd. Amoros 2, 15th and 16th, Robinson 10th. 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Bartlett Phone 2-8043 Braves' Fans Hail Team Despite Loss Milwaukee U.R) - Heart broken Milwaukee Braves fans roared "welcome home" to their team despite the loss of the Na tional league pennant to Brook lyn and warned "wait 'til next year." The damp-eyed Braves and the fans died hard when Brook lyn grabbed away the pennant in the final game of the season Sunday and some fans broke down in tears when World Se ries plans were shattered. But 15,000 to 20,000 support ers, aided by a brass band and colorful Indian dancers, shout ed a welcome when the team landed from St. Louis Sunday night that left Manager Fred Haney and his men choked with emotion. The Braves, frustrated with second and third finishes since they moved here from Boston in 1953, led most of the season. They held a one-game lead over Brooklyn in the middle of last week. Milwaukee had only three games left at St. Louis and Brooklyn three home games with Pittsburgh. World Series tickets were sold out and a pennant victory in sight. Radios blared game broad casts in homes, parkling lots, cars all over the city and Wis consin. Hopes rose and fell with every pitch, out and inning. But the Braves lost two of their last three games and Brooklyn won all three. Milwau kee was second in the league again. Everyone was weary from the nerve-shattering pennant battle but the fans, famed for their loyalty, whooped it up like a victory celebration when the team came home. Beck Motorcycle Redding Winner A Triumph motorcycle, skip pered by Charles Beck, Rogue River, and specially tuned at White's Cycle shop, Medford, won its class yesterday in the Northern California regional drag races at Redding, Calif. Beck's 30-inch machine won out over 12 entries including some of California's best ma chines and one which had -finished second in national conten tion. The southern Oregon cycle, burning gasoline, timed in at 101 miles per hour. , The roadster of Monte Wray and Lou Wolffe, Ashland, re portedly won its class. Read and Use Classified Ads $H95 y C-y patentedZautomatic HOME HEATERS Heating Division o League Leaders (FINAL) Bv rni'ed Press NATIONAL LEARI'E V Player and club G AB R H Pet. Aaron. Mil. 153 609 106 200 .328 Virdon. Pgh. . 157 580 76 185 .319 Clemente. Pgh. ..147 543 67 169 .311 Musial. St. L. 156 594 87 184 310 Boyer, St. L 150 595 91 .182 JOS AMERICAN LEAGUE Player and Club G AR n n - ManUe. N. Y 150 533 132 188 .353 Uilhams. Bos 136 400 71 138 .345 Kuenn. Det 146 591 96 196 332 Maxwell. Det. 141 500 97 163 326 Nieman. Bal 128 428 63 .137 J20 Home Runs Mantle. Yanks 52- Sni der. Dodgers 43; Robinson. Redlegs 38 Adcock. Braves 38; Mathews, Bravea Runs Batted In Mantle. Y-mkj 130: Kaline. Tigers 128: Musial. Cards 109: Simpson, A s 106; Wertz. Indians 106 ' Runs Mantle. Yanks 132; Robinson. Redlegs 122: Snider. Dodgers 112- Fox White Son 110; Minoso, White So 106-" Aaron. Braves 106. Hits Aaron. BravM 2nn- V... Ticcr, 196. Kaline. Tigers 194: ToZ i. Phi's 1! i-ora. lanKs 19-6: Vrm fif D 11 '. 14-5: Maglie. Drut. tV TT Braves ;8-8. " Ashley Cooper Tennis Champion Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Ash ley Cooper had some measure of revenge today for Neale Fras er his Australian Davis Cup teammate, after becoming the first foreigner in 18 years to win the Pacific Coast Tennis tourna ment. Cooper defeated Luis Ayala, of Chile, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4, at the Berkeley Tennis club Sunday, 48 hours after the South Ameri can had upset Fraser to knock him out of the meet. England's Shirley Bloomer made it a clean sweep for the invaders by winning the wom en's title with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Dorothy Bundy Cheney of Santa Monica, Calif. Use Mail Tribune Want Adl In life, experience is the great fft teacher... 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