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t EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Now It Stengel Backed Into Tight Spot At Yankee Home New York IP) Manager Fred Haney today named fast balling righthander Bob Buhl to pitch Wednesday's sixth game of the World Series for his now favored Milwaukee Braves against the New York Yankees. Haney's selection gives the beetle-browed Buhl, from Sag inaw, Mich., a second chance at series glory. He was the starting pitcher for the Braves in the third game of the series Saturday in Milwaukee but was hammered out of the box in the first inning as the Yan kees started toward an even tual 12-3 victory. By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor New York TP) Those amaz Tig Braves were established as 2-1 favorites over the New York Yankees today because every thing is going their way to whip the "big city boys" and make Milwaukee the baseball capital of the world. Witrj Mickey Mantle still a huge question-mark and Casey Stengel in desperate pitching straits, the National League champions take the Series back to Yankee Stadium Wednesday Yank Scouts Miss Aaron In Reports New York (IP) A frustrated Casey Stengel concede that Hank Aaron "has got us by the ears," and the young Milwaukee slugger provided the necessary proof today with a .422 World Series average. Yankee scouts who looked Aaron over during the final weeks of the regular season came back and reported the best possible way to deal with him was to keep the ball low. "I know they're pitching me low," said the 23-year-old out fielder after contributing two hits in Milwaukee's 1-0 victory at County stadium Monday, "but it doesn't bother me especially." That's quite apparent from the way he has been treating Yan kee pitchers during this Series. He leads the Braves not only in batting, but in runs driven in with five and in home runs with two. "The Yankee pitchers are hu man," he explains. "They can be beaten. They have a good pitching staff but in my opinion Brooklyn has a tougher staff. When those Dodgers throw fel lows like Don Drysdale, John ny Podres and Sandy Koufax at you, it can be a mighty miser able afternoon." Bilko Sold; Will Play For Redlegs Los Angeles (W Big Steve Bilko, the most valuable player in the Pacific Coast league for the past three years, has been sold to Cincinnati, General Man ager Bill Heymans of the Los Angeles Angels said Tuesday. The price paid for the big slugger who smashed 56 homers. batted .300 and drove in 139 runs last season was not dis closed. The trip up to the majors is not new for the 30-year-old, 240 pound Bilko, who has been in professional ball for 12 years. His other attempts were not as successful as he had hoped. His record reads like this: With the St. Louis Cardinals for six games in 1949; 10 games in 1950; 21 games in 1951; a full season with the Cards in 1953 when he batted .215 in 154 games, and with St. Louis and the Chicago Cubs in 1954, bat ting .226 in 55 games. NHL Opens At Chicago This Evening The Chicago Black Hawks and the Tornado Maple Leafs the two "have nots" in the Na tional Hockey League last sea son have the honor of opening the 1957-58 campaign tonight at Chicago. Both teams missed last spring's Stanley Cup playoffs, the Maple Leafs finishing fifth and the Black Hawks last in the six-team league. The Canadiens, defending Stanley Cup champions, don't swing into action until Thurs day night when they entertain the Black Hawks. That same night the Red Wings play host to the New York Rangers. The Boston Bruins must mark time until Saturday night when they open their 70-game sched ule against Black Hawks at Bos ton. Other Saturday night games will find the Rangers at Mon treal and the Red Wings at Toronto. MAIL TRIBUNE rave riding a wave of enthusiasm that hasn't been matched in recent Series history. Stengel"s worst fears have ma terialized with Bill Skowron al most certainly out of the Series and Mantle probably due only for spot duty. This is what Sten- New York tP Rain fell in New York Monday night, but the weather man doesn't think there will be any trou ble in playing the sixth game of the World Series Wednes day. The official forecast for Wednesday is "partly cloudy." gel worried might happen in his pre-Series analysis because with out those two sluggers, it doesn't seem possible he can match the Braves' hitters. In addition, Braves manager Fred Haney has three star pitch ers ready for the final two games 18-game winner Bob Buhl and "Yankee killer Lew Burdette for starts with 21 game winner Warren Spahn also available. In fact, there was some experts thought that Han ey might go with Gene Conley, the six-foot, eight-inch sidearmer with the tricky motion, in Wed nesday's sixth and possibly final game, "tengel's Back To Wall Stengel, backed to the wall strategically, has to play "scared baseball." He's announced he'll come back with fireballer Bob Turley in the sixth game but he knows he must use every avail able pitcher for relief and that includes Whitey Ford. So far, Ford is the only Yan kee pitcher who really has look ed good against the Braves and he was beaten, 1-0, Monday when ex-Yankee farmhand Bur dette outpitched him in a bril liant duel. Burdette, whom the Yankees traded in the 1951 deal for John ny Sain, came back to haunt his old bosses with a sparkling seven-hitter that topped his ef fort in the 4-2, second game Milwaukee triumph. Lew didn't let a Yankee reach third base and closed brilliantly by strik ing out two batters in the ninth and getting Yogi Berra on a 15 foot pop fly for the final out after Gil McDougald singled to keep New York alive. Ford appeared every bit as good as Burdette, especially in the early going, but the breaks went against him as they so rarely do for, the Yankees. The first, of course, was Eddie Math ews' infield hit which second-baseman Jerry Coleman ad mitted he "misjudged." Then came a bloop single by Hank Aaron that sent Mathews to third and a clean sharp single to right field by Joe Adcock. It remained for the Yankees, especially Stengel, to come up with the most controversial stra tegy the Series has seen so far. With one out, Coleman sin gled in the bottom of the eighth and the wheels started turning in Stengel's head. Moments la ter, Mantle appeared out of the Yankee dugout and it seemed certain that he was going to bat for Ford. But the crowd of 45,811 was astonished when Mantle went in to run for Coleman and Elston Howard, who tied Sunday's game with a three-run ninth inning homer, was the pinch hitter for Ford. Howard was called out on strikes and then Mantle was out stealing when Hank Bauer's missed Burdette's first pitch to him. The only other anxious mom ent for Burdette, the controver sial right hander who had a 17- 9 record during the NL season, came when McDougald singled and brought up Berra with a chance to win it with a homer. But Yogi's effort was a feeble pop that Mathews squeezed to a pulp only a few feet from the plate. The teams flew out of Mil waukee Monday night and prob ably will have light workouts today. No western National league team has won a world championship since the St. Louis Cardinals won in 1946 but a new dynasty appears to be grow ing in Milwaukee and it may be official by late Wednesday. New York TP) The Mil waukee Braves now are favored to win the World Series, even though the New York Yankees are favored to win Wednesday's sixth game at Yankee stadium. Broadway odds-makers revis ed their "line" after the Braves' victory Monday to make Mil waukee a 2-1 choice in "man to man" odds on the Series the first time since the classic began that the Braves have been nam ed on top. But the Yankees are favored at 3-2 to win the sixth game. Smith-Dynge LUMBER! GO. I 1 8th and 1 Fir St. Tuesday, October 8, 1957 ' ' ' mst iMiiOL i i-;-Pri GOING INTO FALLAWAY SLIDE. Wes Cov ington steals second in second inning of fourth World Series game at Milwaukee. Ger- BUNTING SAFELY. Tony Kubek gets first Yankee hit of Sunday's World Series game. Note ball at top of picture. Spahn fielded ball Burdette Says Second Win 'Just as Tough' Editor's Note: Lew Burdette scored his second World Ser ies victory today and gave the Braves a three-game to two lead by beating the Yanks 1-0. In the following dispatch, he tells his impressions of the game. By LEW BURDETTE As Told To United Press Milwaukee (IP) Today's Monday win over the Yankees wasn't as much of a novelty as that first one, but don't go get ting the idea I was bored. Even when you shut out the Yanks, they generally manage to make life interesting for a pitch er. I had two real anxious mo ments against them today. The first one was in the fourth inning when Wes Covington made that fine catch on Gil Mc Dougald. And the second one came in the eighth when they had a man on and Elston Howard batted for Whitey Ford. That Wes is my man. Remem ber that catch he made on Bobby Shantz to help me win the sec ond game of the Series. The catch he made today was almost as good. When McDougald hit the ball I didn't think it was going that far. But when I saw Wes grab the ball and bounce off the fence. I realized McDougald had belted the ball a lot farther than I imagined. The big moment for me, though was when I got Howard to strike out with a pitch on the outside corner. When he came up to hit for Ford, I had a vivid picture of that three-run homer he hit to tie up Sunday's game. Del Crandall, tells me I was sharper today than I was when I beat the Yankees the first time and I go along with him. You can't afford to let up at all when you're operating on a one-run lead and don't forget we didn't get that run until the sixth in ning. For the most part, I threw sinkers, sliders and screwballs today, just as I did in the second game. I don't think I used more than six or eight curves all day. If I was pinned down, I'd have to say my best pitch was the screwball. That's what I got Harry Sjmpson on when he hit into double plays in the second and fourth innings. Now that we've got the Yan Daily's U-Qrive Medford Airport j favorites Olagni kees three games to two, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to take them when we get to New York. And if they need me to pitch another game, I'm ready. All they have to do is holler. Patterson Lists Reasons for Isle Fight Turndown New York (IP) Cus D'Ama- to, manager of heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, gave four emphatic reasons today why he won't accept a reported 3140,000 offer from London box ing promoter Jack Solomons for a title defense in London next June. Solomons said in London on Monday he would like to match Patterson against Dick Richard son of England on June 3, 1958, providing Richardson beats third ranked heavyweight contender Willie Pastrano of New York in their London bout on Oct. 22. D'Amato's reasons for refus al: 1. "I have received no offer from Solomons." 2. "If Richardson should beat Pastrano, it still doesn't make him a contender." 3. "I would rather fight for Harry Levine or some other in dependent London promoter, ra ther than for Solomons with his ties to the International Boxing club." 4. "The $140,000 offer is the smallest we have had among the many for the next defense." Pussey Footing around for a Loan? Borrow the AMERICAN WAY LOANS $25 to $1,500 Auto Salary Furniture American Finance Corp. Phone SPring 2-8886 123 W. Main Medford ry Coleman, Yankee second baseman, goes to his left to snare wide throw from Yogi Berra. Umpire is Jocko Conlan. (International) 7VSSXSS but Kubek outlegged throw to first. Crandall is catcher. Umpire is Donatelli. (International Soundphoto) SPORTS BOUT POSTPONED Hollywood, Calif. (IP) A 12 round bout between Kid Gavi- lan and Gaspar Ortega has been re-scheduled from Oct. 15 to Oct. 22. Gavilan requested the postponement because he is nurs ing a" cold and needed an extra week's training. IVN-H I I I I I TkA ViMnsie, m mm J Ml L Enter THE VILLAGE DAIRY-SMITH Score Contest Here's All You Do: 1. Pick the scores of the Medford High School football games. 2. Pick the scores of the Oregon State or University of Oregon football games. 3. Total points of each game, if correct, constitutes winner. Must tally. In case of ties, closest actual scores of game will win. 4. Enter scores on form below, and bring to THE VILLAGE DAIRY-SMITH, East Main and Genessee, by 8 p.m., on Friday night, BEFORE the week-end games. Total Points Both Games: Correct total points win 6 quarts FARM FANCY Ice Cream. 3 next nearest to correct total points win (each) 'A-gallon FARM FANCY Ice Cream. 10 next nearest to correct total points win (each) 1 Quart FARM FANCY Ice Cream. Winners to be posted at THE VILLAGE DAIRY-SMITH each Monday Prizes to be picked up at the Dairy Drive-In PICK YOUR SCORES: Friday Night, October 1 1 Medford Crater Total Saturday Afternoon, October 12 Oregon State Idaho Total For First Prize (must tally) Total Signed Address Telephone Deliver to The Villiage Dairy-Smith Co-Sponsor of Collegiate Games Saturdays KYJC SBiaccers Light Drills On Schedule, For Webfoots Eugene TP) The University of Oregon Webfoot went through light sweat drills Monday in preparation for a non-conference game with the San Jose State Spartans here this Saturday. Coach Len Casanova said the Webfoots came out of the UCLA contest with no injuries. He praised the general effort of the entire squad against the Bruins last weekend when the Webfoots posted a 21-0 victory. OSC Retains Hold on 6th In UP Poll New York (IP) The United Press college football ratines with first-place votes and won lost records in parentheses: 1. Oklahoma 26 (2-0) 327 2. Mich. State 5 (2-0) 291 3. Texas A&M 1 (3-0) 217 ' 4. Minnesota (2-0) ..A 180 5. Michigan 1 (2-0) 178 6. Oregon Stale (3-0) 155 7. Duke 1 (3-0) 110 8. Army (2-0) 98 9. Iowa 1 (2-0) 90 10. Auburn (2-0) 68 Second 10 teams 11 tie, Notre Dame and Rice, 31 each; 13, Ar kansas, 30; 14, North Carolina State, 27; 15, Georgia Tech, 18; 16, North Carolina, 13; 17 tie, Navy and Mississippi, 12 each; 19, Pittsburgh, 9; 20, Texas Christian, 8. Others Baylor, 7; Wisconsin, 6; UCLA, 3; Penn State, South ern Methodist, . Princeton and Miami Fla., 1 each. Oroso Planning USA Race Entries Laurel, Md. (IP) Oroso, the winner of Europe's richest horse race, today joined the field for the Washington, D. C, Interna, tional turf classic at Laurel, Nov 11. Oroso's owner, Raoul Meyer of Paris, accepted an invitation to run the 4-year-old colt in the International Monday. The invi tation was extended by John D. Schapiro, president of Laurel, who watched Oroso gallop to an upset victory in the $155,000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sun day. F00 Win a Week's Supply of FARM FANCY Ice Cream FREE - From THE VILLAGE DAIRY SMITH! PRIZES Slade Grants Luedee Bout After TV Victory New York (IP) Veteran Jim my Slade, campaigning on the comeback trail for a shot at the light heavyweight title, agreed today to a return TV fight with Jerry Luedee, over whom he won an upset split decision at St. Nicholas Arena Monday night. Promoter Teddy Brenner said he would stage the return 10 rounder at St. Nick's Nov. 25. Thirty-one-year-old Slade, New York, a 4-1 underdog because he hadn't fought in 14 months, got off the canvas in the third round and came on to win a split ver dict over Luedee, 25, of New Haven, Conn. Scaling 173Vfc pounds to Lue- dee's 169V, agile Jimmy out speeded his harder punching op ponent, peppered him with left jabs and belted him with left hooks during their close 10 rounds. NOW! 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