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TEM MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE erfect Game Tosser Faces ian With Final Tilt Br LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor New York W It was the man who pitched the perfect game against the man with the "perfect pitch" today when the "big city" Yankees qnd the "rur al America" Braves wound up in the 1957 World Series. Don (Perfect Game) Larsen vs. Lew Burdette; Casey Stengel trying for a record-tieing seventh world championship and Fred Haney trying for his first; the Yankees trying to save a mea sure of New York's baseball honor and the Braves trying to make the Milwaukee dream come true, that was the drama unfolded before fans at Yankee Stadium. At game time, the Yankees were favored at 7-5. All square at three games each after the Yankees won on Wednesday's 3-2 squeaker, both teams came down to the "big one" with key men suffering from physical ailments. The Yankees expected to get noth ing but spot duty from slugger Bill Skowron and the Braves probably won't have the servic es of sparkplug Red Schoend ienst and might be without those of pitcher Warren Spahn, a 21 game winner. Another Redeeming Feat? In Larsen, the Yankees went with an erratic, hard-throwing right hander who reached the pinnacle of World Series fame last Oct. 8 when he pitched his perfect game against the Brook lyn Dodgers. It was the only such performance in World Ser ies history and the first perfect game in the majors since 1922. But, despite that epic perform ance. Larsen proved to be a dis appointment in the American league this season and wound up with a 10-4 record. In a very real sense, he was out to redeem another lack lustre year with another tre mendous single-game perform ance. Burdette, the 30-year-old one time Yankee farmhand who went to the Braves in the 1951 deal for Johnny Sain, never has come close to a perfect game but he's got his own "perfect pitch." It's undoubtedly nothing more than an exceptionally good sinker but his rivals insist it could be a spitter and Bur dette's made it his "pitch" to keep 'em guessing. In an equally real sense, he too could "redeem" himself in the eyes of the baseball world by proving he's 100 per cent pitcher and not a single bit "cheater." Bullpens Will Be Full Both managers had every thing they've got waiting in the bullpen. Stengel had Ford, his ace and the Yankees' opening game victor as his No. 1 reliev er, and all the others were on call, too, because it's a long rest coming up until next April 16. Haney's No. 1 reliever was to be Spahn, unless the 36-year-old southpaw turns up sick again, and the others will be warming up at the slightest crisis too. Stengel, who's really only a little city boy who made it in the big city, aimed to tie the all-time record of seven world titles held by Joe McCarthy. He has won eight pennants in nine years in an unparalleled success story beginning in 1949. For Haney, the experience would be completely new. It was only in mid-season that Mil waukee fans were burning him In effigy. The Yankees demonstrated on Wednesday their fabled ability to win the "big one" when they stayed alive in a game they had to win. Bob Turley, the 220 pound fireballer of the staff, yielded homers to Frank Torre and Hank Aaron but got two runs on a homer by Yogi Berra and the winner on Hank Bauer's shot off the left field foul pole in the seventh inning. Bob Buhl yielded the homer to Berra but it was Ernie John son who suffered the loss for throwing the gopher ball to Bauer. DeJohn Halts Alex Miteff Syracuse, N. Y. (W Mike DeJohn, jubilant over a first round knockout of seventh-ranking contender Alex Miteff, said today, "I'm all set for a Nov. 8 return match." Bill Brown, International Box ing club matchmaker, said De John agreed to the rematch as the "only sportsmanlike move." Brown said he expected Miteff's manager, Hyman (The Mink) Wallman. to approve the bout scheduled for Syracuse." "Last night's win was easy," the 204-pound DeJohn said. "So easy I couldn't believe it." The Syracuse boxer sent the 202-pound Argentine pride to the canvas with a lightning left hook after a rain of lefts and rights. Perfect of World MEIFOftiytTRIBUKB STPdMBTTS Yogi Berra Man What Am For Yankees With Hitting By FRED DOWN New York UPl Once again, Yogi Berra is proving to be the "man what am" when the New York Yankees get down to the big payoff. A mere .251-hitter during the American league season, the squat 32-year old catcher is wal loping at a .364-clip in the series and Wednesday carried the Yan kees on his back in the "must" 3-2 victory over the Braves. Yogi weighed in three hits a single homer and double. The homer, a two-run shot off Bob Buhl which sent the Yan kees into a 2-0 third-inning lead, was the 10th of Berra's World Series career. That total ties him with Brooklyn's Duke Snider for total series homers by active players and leaves him five be hind Babe Ruth's all-time series record. Fitting 'Blowoff It was a fitting "blowoff" for Yogi, who set a series mark by playing in his 53rd series game. "I'm hoping to make up for a punk year by having a good series," said Yogi before the series. "I felt stale during the season "but I'm in good shape now and I think I'll be all right." Berra's averages over the last four series speak eloquently of his value to a team which twice in that span has been deprived of the services of key-slugger Mickey Mantle. He hit .429 in the 1953 series, .417 in the 1955 classic and .360 last year. Yogi "broke up" the '56 series when he smashed two homers off Don Larsen Enters Mix Unworried Br MILTON RICHMAN New York HP) Don Larsen faced the biggest game of his life today the same way he went into the perfect game, with "no sweat, no worry and no wind up." "What the hell," shrugged the big, likeable right hander, "in another couple of hours I'll ei ther be a hero or a bum, but there is no sense worrying about it. "I'm not looking for another perfect game. I'm no hog. All I care about is winning, and if the score is 10-9, I'll be perfectly happy, too.' Gets Nod Over Ford Southpaw Whitey Ford, who already has pitched two games in this Series, previously asked manager Casey Stengel to start him in today's game and prob ably would have had he not been called on to warm up dur ing the late stages of Wednes day's game. "It wouldn't make the slight est difference to me if Whitey went out and beat them," Lar sen said, obviously sincere. "We're all playing for the same club." Big Don was carrying a re sponsibility of more than S100, 000 when he faced the Braves in today's Series' windup, but he entered the contest with the easy, relaxed attitude of a guy sitting in on a 5 and 10-cent poker game. When Larsen was notified he was to start the finale, he ac cepted the news with his cus tomary calm. Starts His Packing He dressed slowly in the Yan kee's clubhouse and then walked to the nearby hotel he stays at. Once inside his room, he began packing his trunk in anticipation of leaving New York after the Series is over. Hank Bauer, who rooms with Larsen, came into the room after awhile and Don kidded him about his game-winning homer. "Have your fun," Hank grinned back, "only make sure you don't disgrace this room to morrow." "Disgrace the room," Larsen replied. "Why you know I'm gonna hit a home run in the ninth inning to beat 'em, 1-0." David Douglas Postpones Game Portland (IP) David Douglas high school called off its sched uled Friday night football game at Astoria today because 16 members of the 32-man traveling squad were down with the flu. The game may be played No vember 15. Thursday, October 10, 1957 Pitch in Series Don Newcombe to pave the way for the Yankees' 9-0 seventh game victory and it was like old times Wednesday when he tagged Buhl for his two-run shot. Series Win Finest For Bob Turley New York OP) Baby-face Bob Turley, who saved the Yankees from oblivion with a victory that was "tops" in his baseball ca reer, stood ready today to help out in the big payoff game be cause he isn't a bit tired. "Yes sir," bubbled the big fireball pitcher. "Yesterday's win was comparatively easy and if Casey Stengel needs me for a little while today, I'm ready. "Not that the Braves were easy," Turley added hastily. "I don't mean it that way. They were tough, and I couldn't pick out which one was the toughest there aren't any of 'em you can ease up on. "I mean, it was comparatively easy because it was a quick game in which I didn't have to throw too many pitches," he explained, and added with a gay laugh, "You know, any game in which I don't have to throw 170 pitches is an easy game for me." Sinker Helps Turley said that a "sinker ball" got him out of the ninth inning just when it seemed he was headed for deep trouble. He had opened the nervous ninth by walking Eddie Mathews. But then he fanned slugger Hank Aaron on three pitches his eighth strikeout of the game and got Wes Covington to end the game by bouncing into a lightning pitcher-to-shortstop-to-first double play. "The third strike on Aaron and the ball that Covington hit into the DP both were sinker balls," Turley said. "They did it." "It was my first World Series win, so it has to be the greatest, doesn't it?" he asked. "It was tops." That's what the Yankees think, too. Casey Stengel Voices Respect For Milwaukee New York HP Whatever Casey Stengel did or didn't say about Milwaukee being a "bush" city, the New York Yankees' manager went into today's decid ing game of the 1957 World Series with a complete respect for the Braves and Manager Fred Haney. "You haven't heard me criti cize that team or the manager much during this series," said Stengel in summing up his six game opinions of the Braves. "That's because they haven't given me or anybody else much to criticize," he said. "Their pitching has been real good; they get us to hit into double plavs in key spots; they make good fielding plays, they hit; and they make smart plays. "And I haven't seen some of the weaknesses they were sup posed to have, according to some people. John Hoetmer Golf Pro of Year Portland (W Seattle's John Hoetmer was selected as the "Golf Professional of the Year" for the Pacific Northwest Wednesday at the closing meet ing of the Northwest section of the PGA here. Bob McKendrick of Oswego was re-elected president of the group. Hoetmer, professional at Se attle's Sand Point club, was picked for "outstanding contri butions to the golf profession." Tentative 1958 tournament dates included: Northwest Open in the Inland Empire July 28-30; Northwest PGA at Vancouver, Wash., May 26-29; Hudson Cup matches at Tacoma, Sept. 20-21; Northwest Pro-Amateur at 'Seattle Golf Club Sept. 17-18; Pres-Pro cham pionship at Riverside of Port land April 11: Northwest Assist ants in Seattle area Aug. 19-20; NW-PGA Seniors at Yakima Sept. 8-9. hunting and Fishing Southern Oregon By MEL The deer hunters who are al ways praying for a good rain during the season should be more than satisfied this time but it would seem that they tried a little too hard for most of the access roads into good deer territory were next to impassable. Stories in the Klam ath section told of four-wheel drive jeeps getting stuck so this should give some idea of the conditions. The buck take during the early part of the season was fair ly light but since the weather has cleared a bit some really good bucks are showing up. Saw a beautiful five-point taken in the Bonanza area this week. Old timers say that these storms should move the big deer down into the lower country so the sage brush hunters can swing into action. SEASONS SAME DAY I see by the hunting regula tions that the either sex sea- Hank Bauer Tells About Home Run (Editor's Note: Hank Bauer hit a seventh-inning homer to give the Yankees a 3-2 victory over the Braves today and square the World Series at three games each. He gives his impresions of the game in the following dispatch. By HANK BAUER As Told to the United Press New York (IP) I was going to stop at second base until I saw the umpires give me the sign for a round-trip ticket. When I hit that ball off Ernie Johnson, I didn't think it was goning to carry all the way. I wasn't even sure it was going to be fair. My first impression when I saw the ball bounce back on the field was that it was a double, but then I got the high sign and I kept going. They had been pitching my outside all day but the ball I hit was an inside breaking pitch. I'm not sure whether it was a curve on a slider but I could see the wrinkle in it. Concerned About Winning Tying that record of hitting safely in 13 straight World Series games is a nice thing, but I wasn't even conscious of it as I crossed the plate. The only thing I was concerned about was win ning today's game so that we could get another crack at Mil waukee tomorrow. That fellow Johnson gives you a lot of motion with his breaking pitches. I understand he throws a palm ball, too, even though' I didn't see one. I've gotten a few hits since I started playing ball for a living but this one was the biggest one of my life. A guy could hardly ask for more. Rookies Playing Valuable Roles . For Pro Elevens By EARL WRIGHT United Press Sports Writer The rookies are off to a rous ing start in the National Foot ball league this season. Before the campaign began, some observers said the 1957 NFL rookie crop was a poor one. But the first two weeks of ac tion indicates the first-year play ers may be one of the best groups to join the pro league in recent years. Rookies already are playing valuable roles for most teams. Eleven of the 51 touchdown's scored so far have been made by first-year men. Philadelphia and Washington are depending heavily on rookies and will test them against top flight opposition this Sunday. The Eagles (0-2) play the Browns (2-0) at Cleveland while the Redskins (1-1) entertain the champion Giants (1-1) at Wash ington. The Browns are favored by seven points and the Giants by six. This week's prediction: Browns over Eagles, Redskins over Gi ants, Bears over Forty Niners, Lions over Rams, Packers over Colts and Steelers over Cardi nals. TROJAN COACH ELATED Los Angeles (IP) Coach Don Clark of the University of Southern California was elated over the news that Bob Voiles may be able to play for the Trojans against California a week from Saturday. SC's medi cal staff planned to x-ray Voiles' cracked right wrist soon and return with a verdict on wheth er the star can play right end, where he is missed badly. The Trojans drew a bye this Satur day. TORRE ABLE SUB New York (IP) Frank Torre, Joe Adcock's understudy at first base for the Braves, is used pri marily for defensive purposes. However, he homered for one of the two runs off Bob Turley Wednesday, his second of the Series. He has a .375 batting mark thus far in the classic. REES son and the pheasant seasons start on the same day which will be the 19th of this month. I should point out here that there will be no either sex season in the Green Springs section. The only either sex season here will be along the Rogue river from a point 2 miles above Shady Cove to a point 2 miles below Robertson bridge. (13 miles downstream from Grants Pass). This area will only include that which is within -two miles of the ri ver on either side. This1 will be a change from last year when parts of the Applegate river were includ ed. There is a large portion of southern and central Oregon not included in this either sex hunt so it would be well to consult the hunting synopsis before heading into the "boon docks." For the boys who are inter ested in waterfowl I shall report on a trip to Lakeview last week. There are good concentrations along the California line in the refuge area and the Tule lake district. Keno has no ducks to speak of. A few bands are scat tered along Lost river and some fair flights on the Sprague river in the Indian reservation. Drew's reservoir had one lone bunch of small geese on it and with the nice green shoreline, it should be crowded with honkers if there were many in the area. Lakeview does' not have any thing but a few locals in yet. No concentrations are reported in Warner valley. Of course if this storm extended northward these birds could move in anytime. THREE PHEASANT HATCHES Latest reports from the Klamath basin say that there have been three pheasant hatches this year due to the mild weather. There are re ports of broods of young birds only one third grown as of last week. While some resi dents say there is a shortage of birds there are others that say they have not seen so many for the last two or three years. One fellow working his dog in the Midland area said that he jumped plenty of birds so this should be good news for the upland shooters. F LOCAL BIRDS Probably the best of the early duck shooting will be in the Up per Klamath lake area. There are plenty of local birds report ed in the section near Rocky Point, which used to be a game refuge. Some honkers here also. A good bet here would be to get a boat out of Harriman's resort for it is only a short distance right into the middle of this good shooting. Crystal creek me anders right through this belt and adjacent to it are plenty of open spots with excellent tule cover for shooting blinds. On the other side of the lake, Hansen's will have their quota of hunters as usual. These hunt ers usually fan out in the 7 mile and 4 mile canals. This is usu ally top shooting for the early season and limits are the rule rather than the exception. Flu Weakens Vik Eleven Portland The Portland State Vikings will be weakened by an attack of flu which has struck four regulars when they take on the Southern Oregon college Red Raiders Saturday night at 8 p.m.- at the Lincoln High field. The game is an Oregon collegi ate conference match. Les Leggett's Vikings will be out to break a two-game losing streak and to post their first win of the season. The Viks have been stopped by Pacific 25-18 and by Oregon Tech 14-0 in the young season and hope to get on the winning trail at the expense of Al Akins' highly-regarded Raider eleven. Missing from practice early this week were fullback Chuck Withers, tackle Bob Wheeler and halfback Herman Winterholler, and operating on a limited basis was guard Dave Roberts. All four of these boys are regulars and are doubtful participants in Saturday's clash with SOC. Withers, Turner Pace Withers, hard-working senior fullback, and Bill Turner, the Vikings' defensive star, pace the squad statistically as they head into the Southern Oregon fray. Withers is the leading rusher and leader in total offense after the first two games with 199 yards on the ground in 38 car ries for an average of 5.5 yards per attempt. The rugged full back has also punted three times for an average of 29 yards per boot and has snagged two passes for 17 yards. Turner is the Viks' leading tackier with 27 tackles in two games. He turned in 13 tackles against Pacific and 14 saves against Oregon Tech, a figure that went into the record books as a school standard. Ken Humphrey is the leading passer with four completions for 82 yards, while Nate Redditt is the top receiver with 50 yards on two catches. FEATURED AT DRAG RACES These two dragsters are scheduled to run Sunday, Oct. 13, at charity drag races to be held at Camp White by Southern Oregon Timing association and Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Both are local entries. The one on the left belongs to the Swiftens and is driven by Noel Black. This machine turned 112 miles per hour for top time at the recent Northern California cham pionships. Improvements have been added and faster speeds are expected. On the right is the recently completed machine of the Road Knights. The handmade speedster will have its initial appearance at the local strip. The two cars should have hot rivalry. Proceeds of the races go to the United Medford Crusade and the Ashland-Talent Youth Fund. Junior Chamber To Help With Sunday Drag Races Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce will have charge of concessions and will assist the Southern Oregon Timing asso ciation in other assignments Sunday, Oct. 13, at Drag Races at SOTA's Camp White strip. The special post-season race program is being held for bene fit of the United Medford Cru sade for the Ashland-Talent Youth Fund. Time trials are set for 10 a.m. with the first drags in the after noon. Racers from western Ore gon and northern California are expected to compete. Rivalry will be in a number of classes with a top eliminator to be de termined. National Hot Rod as sociation rules will prevail. If weather prevents conduct of the program this Sunday, the drags will be postponed until Sunday, Oct. 20. Prospective en trants wishing information on whether weather has forced postponement should telephone MU 5-4571 or MU 2-1176 before Tracks Proving Costly to State Strike Against By HAL WOOD San Francisco (IP) Strike of the Pari-Mutuel Guild against race tracks is costing the state of California $70,000 per day in direct taxes and untold other thousands in indirect assess ments. It is costing employees of tracks, in loss of salaries, around $20,000 per day. And it is costing horsemen an other estimated $50,000 per day in prize money. These are the figures that come from darkened Tanforan and from the never-started harness race meeting at Hollywood park. "We had a 42-day meeting scheduled at Tanforan," says General Manager Fred Ryan. "Our payroll for that period is around $414,000. Of the 13 days we were open before the strike started, we distributed $277,450 in prize money. For the whole meeting it would have been and estern Mil Store Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays Until 9 p.m. noon on Saturday. Larry Fisher and Jim Anicker have been appointed co-chairmen for the Junior Chamber participation in the drag race presentation. BOURBON DRINKERS... When are you going to change to clearly finer J5chenlet Bourbon drinkers should just naturally take to Schenley Reserve. ..with pleasure. It's so smooth and soft... clearly finer in the bottle... clearly finer to your taste. Enjoy Schenley in the white label package tonight. SCHENLEY DISTILLERS CO., N.Y.C. ILENDED WHISKY. 86 PROOF. 65X 6RAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS W Mi 1 (I at BuiH to Carry A 1 DAVIS Luxury Ride Top Quality at a Saving 6.70x15 Black Tube Type Regular outright' price $19.30. Other sizes whitewalls at similar bit savings. 101 South MEDFORD Ho Ron Stover In Hospital Eugene OPi Ron Stover, the Oregon end who caught seven passes against UCLA was in the campus infirmary with a 102-degree fever Wednesday. Several Webfoots had the hit-and-run flu last week but re covered in time to play against UCLA and Coach Len Casanova hoped his junior wingman would be in action against San Jose State here Saturday: Guards' Bob Grottkau and Larry Newsom remained on the injured list with Grottkau given the best chance of seeing action this week end. OSC Mentor n l Corvallis IP Coach Tommy Prothro hoped today that his second unit could find a scor ing punch to help out in Satur day's game against Idaho. So far this season the starting unit has accounted for all 78 points scored by Oregon State in three games. Line coach Bob Zelinka said he believed Idaho could hold up favorably against any PCC club this season. A crowd of 10,000 to i5,000 is expected here for Saturday afternoon's game. RESERVE 11 i, r I ' mm . mrnrt SK fv n LESS Than Cost of Rayon Tires In Other Brands! 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