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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. October II. 1956 Yankees Usher In Era With Series Triu mph Young Staff Of Pitchers Given Credit By LEO PETERSEN United Preis Sports Editor New 1?ork (U.R) Casey Stengel ushered in a new era for the New York Yankees today and it promises to be as glorious as the old. Monarch of the baseball world again after a two-year interlude, the Yankees owed their beiieve- it-or-not World Series victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers to the young pitchers who caused Sten gel so many sleepless nights dur ing the American league season. Happy as they were over the baseball title being returned to their league, their American league rivals were stunned by the brilliant pitching which wrapped up the Series for the Yanks. For, it bodes only another long, continuous string of Yan kee successes in the league and probably in the World Series as well. Yankee pitching looked like the weak spot that would turn the Series in favor of the Dodg ers when they scored 6-3 and 13-8 victories in the first two games. Even Whitey Ford's third-game triumph didn't really change matters because the yaung south paw actually is regarded as the "last of the old guard pitchers." Then It Started But then 26-year-old Tom Sturdivant came through with the chips down, 27-year-old Don Larsen turned in his epic per fect game. 25-year-old Bob Tur ley pitched a brilliant four-hitter in a 1-0, 10-inning loss and 23-year-old Johnny Kucks climaxed it all with Wednesday's series clinching, 9-0, three-hitter. The Yankees' youth movement victory was headed by the pitchers but it was significant that two of Wednesday's four , homers were hit by Casey's younger players. Elston Howard and Bill Skowron followed Yogi Berra's consecutive two - run blows off Don Newcombe with the drives which made the game a rout and they, too, have now played for their first world campionship team. The Yankees had dropped six straight games at Ebbets Field in the last two series but they went off on top in the first inning on Wednesday and Kucks kept them out in front all the way. By the time the Yankee sluggers fin ished their bombardment, they had handed the Dodgers the most numiliating seventh-game de feat since the St. Louis Cardinals wound up the 1934 series with an 1 1-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. GOOD SO GOOD IT'S REMARKABLE Early Times is so good that. ..of all the whis kies made in Kentucky and these are the world's best Kentuckians themselves overwhelmingly choose Early Times over all other straight whiskies. Try it yourself. 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Fourth Series Loss A 27-game winner during the National league season with a 47-12 won and lost record New combe suffered his fourth straight World Series loss to the Yankees. Berra, with his record-setting 10 runs batted in for the Series, was another key Yankee here along with the ever-dangerous Mickey Mantle and clutch-playing Billy Martin and Gil Mc- ?'at Bonriari ' m - ' Dougald. Shining above them-all, of course, was Larsen but even old Enos Slaughter, benched in favor of Howard Wednesday had his early heroics to help him for get his sixth - game fielding worries. In defeat, the Dodgers . pre sented heroes in pitchers Sal Maglfe, Don Bessent and Clem Labine, in addition to Duke Sni der, Gil Hodges and Jackie Rob inson. It was, basically, an old team which won the National league pennant with the help of Maglie's tired old arm and it simply could not cope with the younger Yankees once Stengel's kid pitchers straightened out. Clevelanders Picked Over NY Giants By UNITED PRESS It'll be the old story of the irresistible force against the im movable object when the Cham pion Cleveland Browns entertain the New York Giants in one of Sunday's top National Football league games. Coach Jim Lee Howell's Giants led the pro circuit in scoring after the first two weeks of the season with 65 points, an aver age of 32.5 per start. The Browns, who have allow ed fewer points than any other NFL team during four of their previous six years in the league, again lead in this department. They have allowed their first two opponents to score a total of 19 points, an average of 9.5 per game. Little of Power But Cleveland, playing for the first time without Otto Graham directing its offense, has shown little of the scoring power that enabled it to top the league in 1955 with 349 points. The Browns scored only 21 while losing to the Chicago Cardinals and defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in their first two starts this year, an average of 10.3 per game. The game is one of six NFL contests which will be televised by CBS Sunday and armchair fans may see the Browns use their double wing formation in an attempt to whip New York. This formation enables Cleve land to shoot five pass receivers into the enemy secondary. This week's selections: Browns over Giants at Cleveland: Bears over Forty-Niners at .Chicago; Lions over Rams at Detroit: Steelers over Eagles at Pitts burgh; Packers over Colts at Mil waukee: Redskins over Cardinals at Washington. Gracie DeMoss Out of Tourney Pebble Beach. Calif. U.PJ Favorites advanced with ease yesterday in opening round match play of the 26th annual Trans-Mississippi women's golf championships. Medalist Willi Smith of Or ange, Tex., scored im easy 7 to 6 victory over Darlene Hough, Norwarlk, Calif., and defending champion Polly Riley of Fort Worth, Tex., defeated Mrs. George Downing of Atherton, Calif., 2 up. Mrs. William Valentine Jr., of Palo Alto. Calif., scored the major upset of the day by down ing Grace DeMoss o Corvallis, Ore., 2 and 1. John Kucks Wins With Sinker Pitch (Editor's Note: Johnny Kucks pitched the Yankees to base ball's world championship yes terday by beating the Dodgers, 9-0. with a three-hitter. In the following dispatch, he tells how he did it.) By JOHNNY KUCKS As Told to the United Press Brooklyn UR) The sinker did it. I threw my sinker 75 per cent of the time against the Dodgers today and I can't ever remember when it behaved any better for me. To tell the absolute truth, I was rather nervous when I got the assignment to pitch today's deciding game of the World Se ries. I tried telling myself that it was just another ball game but I certainly knew it wasn't. All I could think about was how important the game was. Even when I went out to warm up 15 minutes before game time I was still nervous. I thought if I could get by the first few innings all risht and get my feet on the ground I'd be all right. And that's the way it worked out. I felt much better when Yogi Berra's first inning homer with one gave us a margin and a whole lot better when Yogi hit his second homer to put us four runs in front in the third inning. Wouldn't Be Careless When the Moose Bill Skow ron hit one with the bases full in the seventh, I felt ve wouldn't be headed but I made up my mind not to get careless simply because of all that prosperity. My dad, who is 64 years -old, would have loved to have been at the ball park and watch us win-, but I didn't want him to come out because I thought see ing me pitch would make him too nervous. So I guess he watch ed the game on television. Ask any pitcher and he'll tell you there's nothing like a lot of runs early to make him feel good and take a lot of the pres sure off. Fellows like Yogi, the Moose and Elston Howard, all made my job easier today. Winning world championships is old stuff to a lot of the guys on our club but this one is my first and I sure hope it isn't my last. No matter what, it's going to last me a long, long time. Hockey League Opens Season Montreal (U.R) The National Hockey league opens its 40th season tonight in Boston and Detroit and President Clarence Campbell believes 1956-57 will be the "greatest season ever." "Campbell will be on hand when the Detroit Red Wings host the Chicago Black Hawks at tne Olympia. In the other opener Tnrnntn will be at Boston. Fri day the Black Hawks will open their home season against tne New York Rangers while the stnnlev dm chamDion Montreal Canadiens will wait until Sat urday to open against the Boston Bruins. Each club will play a 70-game schedule for a total of 210 league games between tonight ana March 24. Pirates Play IV Cougars This Friday Phoenix Phoenix high, denied in its last three outings, will make the big effort this Friday evening to get back into the football victory column. The irates serve as hosts to the Illinois Valley Cougars in a District 6 A-2 and Rogue league fuss. It will be the second dis trict mix for each. Illinois Valley bounced Henley 15 to 0 last week while Eagle Point clipped Phoenix 33 to 6. A number of new faces are in the probable starting line-up of the Pirates and the aim this week has been to smooth the of fense by grooming the several players in new positions. Heath at Tailback Jim Heath, who has been a blocking back, likely will open at tailback in place of Gary Sim monds who hurt his shoulder in the Eagle game. Stanley Zwan, who has been a defensive lineman, is a probable starter in a tackle slot. Jim Waldron has been moved from an end to a guard. Other probable starting play ers are Jim James and Archie Trott, ends. Jack Rinn, tackle. Dale Haggard, guard, Ron Daugherty, center, Dennis James, quarterback Jack Thomp son, halfback, and Don Wallace, fullback. Phoenix will match its single wing with the T formation "belly series" of the heavier Cougars. Illinois Valley, reportedly a power team, is unbeaten in four games this season. Prognosticator Chooses California, Oregon Clubs By HAL WOOD San Francisco (U.R) En couraged by our prediction that California would upset Pitts burgh last week, this department is going to run wild this week with some of the craziest foot ball selections ever to come out of a typewriter. It looks so easy that way, though: Last week 17 right, 3 wrong. Season total: 48 right, 8 wrong and an .857 percentage. This week: Stanford over San Jose State: Have to go with the dope here. The Spartans don't appear to be quite in this class this year. By 20 Arizona (Tempe) State over Idaho: The Vandals gun for their fourth consecutive set-back. By 13. California over Oregon State The Golden Bears are rolling now and they may not be stop ped again this year. By 14. Tummy Pain Of Opponent Helps Webb Chicago (U.R) Middleweight Spider Webb was about two bouts removed from a possible title chance today, but if he ever wins the crown he can give an assist to Charlie Cotton's up set stomach. Webb whipped Cotton, an other 160-pound challenger from Toledo, Ohio, in the Chicago Sta dium on Wednesday night, gain ing 48 of a possible 50 points on the score card of every official and the United Press. But he piled up his edge from the sixth on, after Cotton suf fered a "stomach pain" so se vere he went the rest of the way with constant nausea requiring dressing room treatment by a physician after the bout. Rugged Brawler Cotton, a rugged brawler with 41 wins in 54 outings, gave Webb all he could handle for five rounds. At that point one judge had the match even, another gave Webb only a two point edge and , the referee, Frank Sikora gave Webb a three point margin Thereafter Sikora gave Cot ton one round, and scored one even, Judge Harold Marovitz had one even, and Judge Frank McAdams gave Cotton one round. Both Marovitz and Si kora, though, gave Webb a 5-3 edge in the tenth round, under the five point must scoring sys tem. Neither Cotton nor his mana ger. Hvmie Wallman, had any explanation for the "stomach upset." Rogue River Will Travel To Merrill Rogue River Coach Tinker Hatfield has his eye on ' the Rogue River high football future that of this season and forth coming campaigns. He's groom ing a number of the less ex perienced and younger players for spots in the middle of the line. This week they'll likely get their chance to start and show what they can do. The Chieftains vie at Merrill on Friday night. Hatfield said that the probable starters at guards are Richard Olympus, a sophomore, and Larry Moorman, a junior, with Harry McCabe, a somewhat tried freshman, at center. Char les Weaver moves from center over to tackle and Michael Kelly another freshman, is billed for the tackle berth. Bob Wilson and Joe Kirkley the regulars, likely will be at ends. Jon Bigman May Start In the backfield Fred Bond has hurt a shoulder for the third time in a week and, if he is un able to go at right halfback, Jon Bigman is to get his first starting chance. Bob Bigman has missed two drills because of a sore throat and the quarter job could go to Bill Dixon on Friday. Hatfield's plans for the line mean the moving of Don Hoff man from a guard back to start ing fullback role and it is felt that full is the proper niche in the line-up for him. Lawrence Wag ner may be at left half. The coach said that the Chiefs are not just experimenting just because they'll meet a non-loop foe. The aim is to win Friday and build a winning combine for the future with hopes still set on county honors this year. Merrill beat Talent 7 to 6 and Talent was a 13 to 7 victor over Rogue River last week. Hatfield feels that Merrill with a couple of regulars back will be tougher for the Chiefs. He said the Hus kies are on par with that club defensively. It's estimated that consump tion of water in the United States has increased 1.300 per cent in the last 50 years. Vv ashington State over UCLA: Our upset special of the week The Cougars were kicked around by Stanford, but they came back to trounce San Jose State and Idaho. They have the No. 1 pass ing attack in the nation. By one. Fresno State over College of Pacific: Our No. 2 upset -of the week. The Tigers have some fine material in tackle John Nisby, end Farrell Funston and back Dick Bass but it doesn't go deep enough. The Bulldogs have a back named Dean Philpot who may equal Bass. By six. Oregon over Washington: Up set No. 3 of the week. The Huskies may be building up an other colossus of the north, but it could run into a shocker here. Coach Len Casanova's team is real solid if it can stop from fumbling. By one. Also: Pomona over Cal Tech, Cal Poly over San Diego State, Santa Barbara over L. A. State, Pepperdine over Long Beach State, Humboldt State over San Francisco State, Chico State over Nevada, Cal Aggies over Sacramento State, Arizona over Texas Western, Arizona Flag staff State over La Verne. Willamette over Lewis and Clark, Whitman over Eastern Washington, Linfield over Ore gon College, College of Idaho over Eastern New Mexico, Cen tral Washington over Pacific Lutheran, Western Washington over British Columbia. Hack Quits Chicago Cubs Chicago (U.R) The Chi cago Cubs today announced the resignations of Manager Stanley Hack, business mana ger Jim Gallagher and per sonnel director Wid Mathews in a wholesale sweep of the operating executives of the last-place National League club. Rogue Steelhead Slow in Arriving Portland (U.R) The weekly report on fishing conditions pre pared by the State Game Com mission: Southwest: Steelhead on the Rogue are showing up in the Galice-Finley-Bend area, but ar rival of the run is slow and a little late. Spawning runs of fall Chinook are also a little behind schedule. Most fish are being taken on lures and eggs. Continued low stream flows throughout the middle and up per Umpqua basin are causing poor angling conditions. Some silver salmon and cutthroat are being caught in the main Umpqua river from the forks to Tyee. Salmon angling in lower Umpqua river in the vicinity of Mill creek is good. Salmon angling in Coquille river is only fair. HARTACK CLOSES IN Camden, N.J. (U.R) Willie Hartack, the nation's top jockey last year, closed in on 1956 pace setter Willie Shoemaker Wednes day by booting home three win ners on the Garden State Park program. The triple boosted Har tack's victory total to 300, two short of Shoemaker. WVt DRIVE firs P0 BRAKES 4 A 3.50 Value ANY CAR Hert'l What Wt Da twin frmml WWts, Inspect 2 CImr mI Kapacfc Frost Wheal laaart Brake IraM. 4 Cback mm AM Iraka FlaU. 5 Mjart Irake Sfcoai. CaraMly Tea) arakae. WE HAVE IT . . . RIVETLESS IRAKE LINING ' MO HWI TO MOH . w to is mom MAUM MAT Ad Novw . . turn as otioNui tomnom Tire$font STORES 214 S. Riverside Ave. or eiv -It II ' I 111 Jl',.' Illlll IIIW!liii)il m I. IIIIIINIIi '.11.1 "wq a 1 Ct v "s r" H, "--- - ' ' V ' J" CONTRIBUTING TO SHUTOUT, Mickey Mantle makes sensational catch of Hodges' long drive in fifth inning of fifth World Series game, won by Yankees 2-0. Mantle also collected home run in contest . (International) Raiders Prep for League Starter Against Vikings Ashland Southern Oregon college begins its Oregon Col legiate conference football slate this Saturday night and will be up against a lighter team but one dangerous for its speed. The Red Raiders of the Rogue are hosts to the Portland Slate college Vikings at 8 p.m. at Full er field here after playing a couple of "home" games in neighboring communities. Portland State will come here after one tussle already in the circuit, a 37 to 13 decision over Oregon Technical institute. The Portland school boasts only three men on its roster over 200 pounds and only one of these is a likely offensive start er. Larry Smith, 235, may have the call at center and the next heaviest listed line starters are Bill Hargardine, 196, and Bob Wheeler, 190, tackles. Next heaviest man is 185 and the weights drop down to 175 at the guards. Capable Quarter In the backfield the Vikes have a hefty in Chuck Withers, 195, but Harry Neffendorf, quar terback for the tight T team. Is next heaviest among regulars at 175. Scouts rate Neffendorf as good a quarter as SOC will meet this fall. He handles himself well and is a good thrower. Breakaway backs are Lee One Winner! Barker's Football Contest 11 out of 11! W. E.Olson, 1430 Euclid ' BARKER'S FOOTBALL INSTRUCTIONS: Check If you pick a tie game, must be at the store by October 13th Colorado A&M at Colorado U Ohio State at Illinois Wisconsin at Iowa U Indiana at Michigan State Army at Michigan U Purdue at Notre Dame Oklahoma U vs. Texas U California at Oregon State Washington State at UCLA Oregon U at Washington U Klamath Falls at Mrdford Medford Garnet Friday Night A NECKTIE GIVEN EACH WEEK TO EVERYONE IN THE GROUP PICKING THE MOST WINNERS! There are eleven weeks of play. $50 in merchandise to the highest score for any ten weeks. $30 in trade for second place and $20 for third. Prizes are to be split in case of ties. Each week everyone in the group picking the most winners wins a $1.50 necktie ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. Ma me Address New Time for "Tom McLeod in Let's Kick It Around" Now 7:45 Thursday Nights I r TTM am A I WW If Mm fr -MAIN AT CENTRAL 165, and Julius Strong, 155. Coach Al Akins has indicated his pleasure over the Raiders' nod over Chico State last Satur day. He has hopes the morale will stay up for the Viking game and has warned his squad that the Vikings are not a crew an opponent can let down against. Pass defense has been stressed in Monday and Tuesday drills. The squad had no outside work out yesterday because of rain but was to practice today re gardless of the weather. A chalk talk was the order of business yesterday. The red pipestone rock, for which Pipestone, Minn., is fa mous, is found in no other place in the world. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines. Drain Tila 727 W. 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