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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFOP.D (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. September 25. 1957 Warren Spahn Cinches Series Starter Spot; Aaron EHlomers By TIM MORIARTY United Press Sports Writer Fred Haney can make it of ficial now Warren Spahn will open the World Series for the Milwaukee Braves a week from today. Spahn clinched the assign ment Tuesday night when he beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 in the "hangover" game of the National league race. The vic tory was the 36-year-old left hander's 21st and also just about clinched his right to be named the major league pitcher of the year. Hank Aaron, the Braves No. 1 candidate for most valuable player honors, again swung the big bat for the new NL champ ions. Aaron, whose two-run 11th inning homer wrapped up the flag Monday night, hammered a grand-slam homer off Sam Jones in the first inning and from then on it was all downhill for Spahn. Williams Hits 38th Ted Williams hammered out his 38th homer of the year to give the Boston Red Sox a 2-1 victory over the Washington Senators. Williams grounded out in the first inning, however, and ended a string of 16 consecutive appearances at the plate in which he reached base safely. He struck out and walked in his other two appearances to dip one point to .384. Frank Sullivan was the bene ficiary of Williams' homer, chalking up his 14th win after a fine duel with rookie Hal Griggs. The Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Athletics, 7-6, the Brooklyn Dodgers played what was probably their final game of all time at Ebbets Field and scored a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Phila- igj 'i jf T xixa v -ii U Milwaukee Braves Match Swatting Power Against Yankee Resourcefulness Eighth Pennant Comes Toughest For Yank Skipper By FRED DOWN New York (tPi Casey Stengel called his eighth pennant "the toughest of my nine years with the New York Yankees" and said his chief problem now is to "get Mickey Mantle and Bill Skowron ready for the World Series." "The truth is that I worried more about winning this pennant than any other in my nine years," the 66-year-old Stengel said. "The other teams in the league loaded up on us and the White Sox gave me the toughest competition I've ever had." Praises Lope Stengel, who tied hall of fam er Joe McCarthy's club record pf eight Yankee pennants and moved to within one of Connie Mack's American league mark of nine flags, insisted that White Sox Manager Al Lopez "did one of the greatest jobs in baseball history." "I want to pay tribute to Lo pez, his players and his coaches because they did not slow up or shut down one time all season," said Stengel. "And I never for got that the only time I lost a pennant since I -came to the Yankees, I lost it to a club man aged by Al Lopez." delphia Phillies whitewashed the New York Giants, 5-0, and the Cincinnati Redlegs whipped the Chicago Cubs, 4-3 and 11-9, in other games. Ron Jackson had four hits and Nelson Fox and Earl Battey three each to lead the White Sox' 16-hit attack which brought Don Rudolph his first win and ended Kansas City's longest victory streak of the year at five. 6.702 See Finale Danny McDevitt struck out nine and yielded only five hits for the Dodgers who bowed out at Ebbets field before a cor poral's guard of only 6,702 fans. The loss went to Ben Daniels, who made his first start in the majors after being called up from Hollywood in the Pacific Coast league. Curt Simmons pitched a four hitter for his 12th victory for the Phillies who kayoed Curt Barclay in 1 1-3 innings. Ed Bouchee had three hits and Bob Bowman knocked in two runs for the Phillies. Wally Post homered in each game as the Redlegs pounded out a total of 22 hits and re tained a mathematical chance of overtaking the third-place Dodgers. Hal Jeffcoat received credit for his 12th win in the opener and Don Gross for his seventh in the nightcap. (This is the first of three dis patches comparing the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Braves. This dispatch deals with batting; the second and third will compare the teams' defenses and pitching.) LINESCORES: mArin I a tr 110 V Chicago 213 100 000 7 16 3 Kansas City .... 210 010 0026 10 0 f ishcher. Kuaoipn J, caiman aim Q-.,, Dr.mol Rlimstto 2. TavlOr 3, Moran 7 and Thompson. Winner Kuaoipn (l-O). iuser xuuuci., (0-2. HR Battey (3rd), Martin (9th), Cerv (11th.) Boston 001 100 0002 6 2 Washington 000 001 000 1 5 0 Sullivan 14-11) and White. Griggs, Bverly 9, and Courtney. Loser Griggs (0-1). iiK wiuiams uoui). National League (1st Game) Chicago 020 100 0003 8 0 Cincinnati Ill 100 OOx 4 8 B r.' . , n Priffire 5 ifavpr 7 and Mas- sa. Jeffcoat (12-13) and Bailey. Loser Kaiser (Z-b). rut r.ong zwn, x-usi 18th. (2nd Game) Chicago 201 302 100 2 11 0 Cincinnati 310 331 OOx 11 14 2 Hillman. Hobbie 1. Briggs 4. Lown 6. Brosnan 7 and Fanning. Massa 7. Podbielan. Acker 3, Gross 4, Law rence 7 and Bailey. Winner Gross (7-9). Loser Briggs (0-l. HR Banks (43), Post (19th), Thurman (16). New York 000 000 000 0 4 0 Philadelphia .. 220 001 OOx 5 10 0 Barclay, Constable 2. Grone 6, Worthington 8 and Thomas. Sim mons (12-11) and Lonnett. Loser Barclay (9-9). St. Louis 001 000 000 1 5 0 Milwaukee 400 000 20x 6 9 0 Jones, Barnes 1. Martin 7 and Smith. Spahn (21-11) and Sawatski. Loser Jones (12-9). HR Aaron (44th). Pittsburgh 000 000 000 0 5 1 Brooklyn 101 000 OOx 2 5 1 Daniels, Face 8 ana Peterson. Mc Devitt (7-4) and Campanella. Pigna tano 5. Loser Daniels (0-1). FLEISCH MANN'S lias not increased its prices ' -n Wi- , fU I mm I ffrfneruuiif; i jjBBlib : DISTILLED j g: BUY GIN j J ''tut eutii " I H Ifisanutm oiSTiuiie ainu m iiisiiiiiii STILL ONLY 3.75 45 Ql. $2.45 Pint ff Fleischmann's Gin has not increased its prices and yet you still receive the same fine quality as before. A Gin so smooth youU like it straight and so smooth it makes perfect mixed drinks every time! DISTILLED FROM AMERICAN GRAIN DISTILLED DRY GIN . 90 PROOF THE FLEISCHMANN DISTILLING CORPORATION . NEW YORK CITY By FRED DOWN New York (IP) The Milwau kee Braves have a distinct edge of the New York Yankees in blasting power that is balanced somewhat by the world cham pions' more resourceful attack. Even allowing for the smaller National league parks, it is safe to assume that a team which will approach 200 home runs and 800 runs scored for the sea son is a more powerful offensive team than a Yankee squad which will finish the year with about 150 homers and 750 runs scored. This Yankee team is not a "blockbuster" outift in the Babe Ruth tradition. On the other hand, the Braves will find it is a team which knows how to score runs in many ways. It was shut out only twice during the American league sea son (the Braves were shut out eight times) and it does have its big sticks in Mickey Mantle. Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron. Mantle can be expected to be in good shape for the series de spite all those Yankee crying towels and he, of course, can be the most devastating hitter in the series. If Berra and Skowron hit behind him the Yankee at tack could be stronger in the series than during the regular season. Berra's "off" season (.320 aver age, 23 homers)' enabled Ameri can league pitchers to walk Mantle 150-odd times. Skowron picked up for Berra occasional ly but is a streaky hitter. The other Yankee hitters fall into the category of "occasional" homer-hitters. Solid Hitters Against this lineup the Braves will have a solid run of hard line -drive hitters headed by Hank Aaron (42 homers, .320 average, and Ed Mathews (32 homers, .290 average). The re turn of Joe Adcock, sidelined three months with a broken leg, gives the Braves still a third big gun. Wes Covington, Hurricane Hazle, Johnny Logan, Red Schoendienst and Del Crandall round out an order that earned the Braves a reputation as "a real hitting team." The Yankees' supporting hit ters do not hit the long ball as the Braves' supporting clubbers but they are a more versatile group. Gil McDouglad and Tony Kubek typify no less than 10 players who comprise Casey Stengel's famous "two platoon" contingent. Most of them can play several positions, are fast runners and are adept at hit-and-run tactics. McDougald may be the A.L's best infielder at three positions;1 rookie Kubek has played four positions. Stengel's Key They are of key importance in Stengel's offensive maneuver ings because he can use the hit ter he thinks best for a situa tion without weakening his de fense. Versatility has . become the new trade mark of Yankee teams. This is why Stengel can field an all right-handed hitting team excepting Berra against left handed pitchers and an all left handed hitting lineup excepting McDougald against right-handers. No less authority than Ted Williams says good lefthanders like Whitey Ford and Bobby Shantz should handle the Braves but National leaguers say Teddy Boy has the wrong slant. They say the Braves started trie year as a predominantly righthanded power team, for a while switched over to a basically left handed hitting crew and now have made the full turn. The reason for this, they say, was Adcock's injury and Hazle's spectacular arrival. i All righthanded hitters, of j course, are hurt by the vast i contours of left field at Yankee I stadium. The Dodgers, a power- i ful right-handed hitting team, ! never hit much at the stadium. Offense may be the Braves tick et in Milwaukee but defense probably will be more important at the stadium. STANDINGS AMERICAN" LEAGUE W a-New York .. 95 Chicago 89 Boston 80 Detroit 75 Baltimore 72 Cleveland 72 Kansas City 57 Washington 55 Tuesday's Results Chicago 7 Kansas City 6 Boston 2 Washington 1 (night) Only games scheduled. L Pet. GB 54 .638 60 .597 6 70 .533 15 'i 74 .503 20 75 .490 22 76 .486 22 V2 91 .385 37' 2 95 .367 40 ',a Wednesday's Probable Pitchers Baltimore at New York 2 twilight) lO'Dell 3-11 and Johnson 14-10) vs. (Ford 11-4 and Larsen 9-4 1. Detroit at Chicago (night I (Hoeft 8-11 or Lary 11-161 vs. iLatman 1-1). Cleveland at Kansas City (night) (Narleski 11-5) vs. (Gorman 5-9). Thursday's Games Detroit at Chicago Cleveland at Kansas City Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. GB a-Milwaukee 93 57 .620 St. Louis 86 64 .573 7 Brooklyn 83 68 .550 10'i Cincinnati . 79 72 ".527 14 Philadelphia 75 76 .497 18 2 New York 69 83 454 25 Pittsburgh 60 92 .395 34 Chicago 58 92 .387 35 A Clinched pennant. Tuesday's Results nitep Cincinnati 11 Chicago 9 (2nd) Philadelphia 5 New York 0 (night) Brooklyn 2 Pittsburgh 0 (night) Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 1 (night) Wednesday's Probable Pitehprs Chicago at Cincinnati (night) imaumvsKj n-13) vs. (iross 6-9 or Hook 0-0). Thursday's Games No games scheduled. Schmidt- Insisted On His Own UCLA Athletic, Probe Los Angeles API P a c i f i c Coast Conference Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt admitted yes terday that he insisted on mak ing his own probe of UCLA ath letics before giving UCLA offic ials a chance to clean their own house. Schmidt's investigation result ed in a $15,000 fine levied by the conference against UCLA for refusing to let Schmidt make his probe at the time he wanted to. Schmidt, testifying before a California Assembly subcommit tee investigating the PCC, said he asked just once to make the investigation and was asked to wait. He admitted he did not ask UCLA how long it would take for the school's own probe of alleged illegal payments to ath letes. He also said UCLA officials did not refuse him permission to make his probe but asked him to delay it. "Then you felt it was a per sonal affront to you just because they asked you for a delay, so you levied a $15,000 fine?" ask ed Assemblyman Joseph Shell (R-Los Angeles). "I though it was my respon sibility to conduct an investiga tion no matter what they were doing," Schmidt replied. No Bobsledding At Squaw Valley Sfia, Bulgaria IP) There will be no bobsledding in the 1960 winter Olympic games at Squaw Valley, Calif. That was determined Tuesday when the International Olympic Committee, which is holding its Congress here, approved a pro posal to drop bobsledding made by the organizers of the Squaw Valley games. League Leaders (By UNITED PRESS) NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G AB Musial. St. L. 133 501 Mays. N.Y. .. 150 577 R'bins'n. Cin. 146 59d Aaron, Milw. 147 603 Groat, Pitts. 123 495 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player & Club G AB Will'ms, Bos. 128 411 Mantle. N.Y. 144 474 Wdling, Cle. 130 419 Fox, Chi 150 600. Boyd, Balti. 138 474 R H Pet. 82 175 .349 122 192 .333 95 194 .326 118 195 .323 58 157 .317 R H Pet. 95 158 .384 121 173 .365 73 135 .322 108 192 .320 70 149 .314 Home Runs National league Aaron, Braves 44; Banks, Cubs 43; Snider, Dodgers 40; Mays. Giants 35; Mathews, Braves 32. American league Sievers, Sena tors 41; Williams, Red Sox 38; Mantle, Yanks 34; Wertz, Indians 26; Zernial Athletics 26. Runs Batted In National League Aaron. Braves 132; Ennis, Cards 105; Musial, Cards 101; Banks, Cubs 101; Mays, Giants 98. ' American league Sievers. Sena tors 112; Minoso. White Sox 102; Jen sen, Red Sox 102; Wertz, Indians 1000; Malzone, Red Sox 99. y ' , t J LIKE A COMET Glendon Thomas, Okla home halfback, streaks along for a seven yard gain with Pittsburgh players trying to get a handhold on him in the third quarter of their game in Pittsburgh. Tacklers are Bill Kaliden (19), Charles Brueckma (59) and Jim Theo dore (rear). Oklahoma player (51) is Dennit Morris. Oklahoma won, 26-0. POLE VAULT CHAMP TURNS PRO Bob Richards, twice Olympic games pole vault champion, who recently turned pro fessional, is shown with his family at La Verne, Calif. Bob has been named sports director for the Union Oil company of Cali fornia and Host-M.C. for the "76 Sports club" TV show, which begins Oct. 3, and will run one day each week from 6:30 to 7 p.m. over ABC network on the Pacific coast. From left to right: Bob, Mrs. Richards, Carol, 9, Bobby Jr., 7, and Paul, 5. LONG SUFFERING Cathy Howerton, 4, peers pathetic ally from Los Angeles hos pital crib after police, acting on a tip, rescued her from her home. Police arrested her father, John B. Hower ton, whom they say ad mitted beating the child with his fists and belt ever since she was born. Pitching Buhl. Braves 18-6; Ford, Yanks 11-4; Donovan. White Sox 16-6: Sturdivant, Yanks 15-6; Bunning, Tigers 19-8. Tom Thomas Outpoints Harper in Portland Portland (IP) Tommy Thom as, young Portland welterweight, outpointed Maurice Harper, Oak land, Calif., Tuesday night in an eight round televised fight here. Sole judge, referee Lou Sauer scored the fight 44 to 42 for Thomas. Loon Lake Elk Kill Totals 25 Portland (IP) Elk hunters in the Loon lake hunting area killed 25 elk during the two-day sea son according to Bob Corthell, district game agent for the south west game region. A total of 7,700 hunters par ticipated in taking 14 cow elk, 9 bulls and two calves. All but one hunter checked out of the area as required. Hunter conduct was excellent, state police said. Entry permits into the region were issued by the Coos county fire patrol and hunters cooper ated by not starting fires of any type. MILK DIET Patterson, N. J. (IP) Police seized a still here recently dur ing the noon lunch period and arrested five men who were eat ing sandwiches in the midst of about 200 five-gallon cans of moonshine. , The suspects were drinking milk. Jerry's Union Station 611 N. Central Phone SP 3-9176 U.S. Royal Tire Distributor Princeton, N.J. OP) Richard W. (Dick) Colman Jr. has taken over as interim head coach of the Princeton university foot ball team in the absence of ail ing Charlie Caldwell. TO (SL All Fishing Tackle for the Season Rods, Reels, Lures, Hooks, Lines, Poles, Plugs, Nets, Eggs, Sinkers, and All Other Fishing Paraphernalia FOR EXAMPLE: Our Regular $14.95 Combination Spinning Reel and Rod You can lay away for Christmas for a Total of $000 Our Already LOWEST PRICES in Town! A NICE GIFT FOR DAD AT THESE FINE CLOSE-OUT PRICES. mi mi a rvn in North Pacific Highway 9 Inc. OPEN SUNDAYS and EVENINGS Jim Bellinger, Proprietor Pitt's Powerful Line Challenge To Duck Eleven Eugene, Ore. (IP) Coach Len Casanova has his University of Oregon Ducks working hard on both their running and passing game in preparation for Satur day's contest with Pittsburgh. The Panthers beat the Ducks, 14-7, at Pittsburgh last ,yearp and Casanova wants revenge "If we can hold our own against Pitt's powerful line, we may have a chance," he said. Denver Crushes Buffalo Bisons In Series Opener Denver W Ace lefthander Walt Craddock of the Buffalo Bisons will attempt to save the International league's reputation tonight when he faces the ram paging Denver Bears of the American association, whose thundering bats have put them one game up in baseball's junior world series. Denver smashed five Risnn pitchers for a 16-5 victory before 11,858 fans in Tuesday night's opener of the best-of-seven spi-ips between the playoff winners of the two triple-A leagues. Denver can further tarnish the Interna tional's reputation by taking the series because it would mean an unprecedented four-year sween by the association. Manager Ralnh Houk of th Bears also named his ace to start tonights second game of the series, righthander. Ryne Duren, winner of 13 of 15 decisions dur ing the regular season. Craddock won 18 and lost 9 during the regular season at Buffalo. ENJOY THE GOLDEN GATE Jy Mmm MADE FROM GRAIN. 80 PROOF . SCHENLEY DIST. CO., N.Y.C. OF NECKTIES! 1st week's winners in Barker's Football Contest Anderson. Jerry Anhorn, Bill Antony, Paul Archibald, J. C. Boardman, Jack Butler, Elsie Butler, Alpha Butler, Bob Chinn, Mary Copple, Larry Craig, Sanna Cummings, C. E. Danielson, H. Dumas, Mrs. Jack Dunphy, George Durante, Frank Faber, Don Farthing. Gene Foran, Gary Gebhard, Al Jennings, Lance Jimenez, Morris Jones, Chuck Jones, Mary Kline, Dick Knox, Edna Korth, Jim Materie, Jim Mills, Bill Mills, Linn Morgan, Dena Naumes, Tonsit O'Connor, Jan Olson, Mrs. W. E. Pullen, G. R. Rat, Mrs. Bertha Rae, Erma Rickman, Jane Rogers, Tom Roelandt, Leon Root, John Rose, Christena Rose, Larry Shaw, John Shores, Bob Stanley, Bruce Stayton, L. . Sweet, Bill Tarns, Tom Urie, Bob Vallie, H. R. Vessey, Harold Voegtly, Ruby Wood, Jack D. Wright, W. H. Fill Out iThis Week'j Contest Blank! . urk tte rv. both DuCTOWV. game. c"bV 5.30 r. NLina. 7.. 98th pmsbura 0 Orego" St3te at C.O-P-Fresno S oro'O TanS , 1 at I kiltO' Tow . itfOa TrM group ! 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