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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.
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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
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Larry Fisher and Jim Anicker
have been appointed co-chairmen
for the Junior Chamber
participation in the drag race
presentation.
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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
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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.
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