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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Oregon, Wednesday, October 8. 1958 Stengel Stands Up For Yankee Players Milwaukee (tPI Thi Yankees were 6-5 favorites to win today's sixth game of the World Series. However, the Braves, holding a 3-2 lead in victor ies, remained 3-1 favorites lo win the series. The oddsmakers announ ced various "conditional" prices on the sixth game, depending on Casey Sten gel's pitching nomination, but conceded the Yankees a slight edge. By MILTON RICHMAN Milwaukee-IUPD- If the Yan kees lose this World Series, Casey Stengel says, "Blame it on me." Never one to criticize his players publicly, even when .they sometimes deserve it, Stengel said today he was ready to take full responsi bility for a decision which could wind up the series in Milwaukee's favor. The big decision, Casey ex plained, was which man to name as his pitcher for to day's game. "Nobody can help me in this," he said softly, without trying to dramatize the situa tion. "I know that everything depends on it and I gotta come up with the right choice. If I don't, poof! We're all done." Throughout the entire ser ies, Stengel never has put the rap on any of his players, al though it was obvious he was not always pleased with their performance. In the fourth game, for ex ample, when Yogi Berra's hesitance in running out a smash to Red Schoendienst Milwaukee Fans Used To Winning By RAY W. DOHERTY Milwaukee -UPD- They're growing accustomed to the pace. This seems to be the new rapport between the Milwau kee baseball fans and their winning Braves, who have reached a crucial sixth game stage in the 1958 World Ser ies. "It appears that fans of the Milwaukee Braves are taking a lot for granted," a psychologist told United Press International about the root ers who practically tore the city apart after last year's pennant cliching and World Series victories. "They're used to the Braves winning now and the novelty has worn off," the psycholo gist said. Police Work Easier This opinion was confirm ed by Police Deputy Inspec tor Raymond Dahl, who handled officer assignments to control crowds when the play of the Braves touches off riotous celebrations. "Definitely, the crowd re sponse hasn't been as great this year as it was in 1957," said Dahl, who added that "it's made our work a lot easier." One Milwaukee newspaper the Journal suggested that Milwaukee fans "are growing up, and beginning, like other fans, to cheer winners." Things have reached such a state that a person can back another team-even the Yan- kees-without any obvious re criminations. Fans Still Love Team This is strange. In the years since the Braves moved here from Boston, Milwaukeeans have won world-wide reputa tion for their partisanship, for their inclination to ap plaud the local team for even mediocre plays. At the first two series games here, there was ap plause for Yankee plays. This is not to say that peo ple here don't love the Braves as much as ever. But they're becoming more soph isticated in how they show their loyalty. Acting Governor Not Due Salary Salem (LTD The president of the Senate is not entitled to receive a salary while act ing as governor during the temporary absence from the state of the chief executive. Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said today. He is entitled to expenses, however. Thornton said that the pay ment of a salary was not sanc tioned by the constitution for either the president of the Senate or the speaker of the House. Portlander Gets Post With Chicago Firm Portland -(LTD Edmund P, Piatt, vice president and mer chandise manager of Meier & Frank Co. here, has been nam ed general merchanidse man ager of the nation - wide Montgomery Ward & Co., with headquarters in Chicago Some New Zealand farmers hunt whales as a sideline. Waste from whale butchery is used to fertilize the farmers' fields. Milwaukee- iTPfl -Mickey Mantle came up with a "dark horse" candidate for the Yankees starting pitcher today. Mantle said, "I know who I'd pitch if I were the man ager. When asked who, the Yankee center fielder said: "Me." Mantle throws an excel lent knuckle-ball and is re ported to be faster than a number of regular pitchers. might have cost the Yankees an all-important run, Stengel steadfastly sided with his vet eran catcher. Excused Siebern's Errors Casey again came to the de fense of one of his men when a wave of criticism was direct ed at Norm Siebern's fielding deficiencies during that same fourth game. "Siebern feels badly enough without me harping on it," said the Yankee manager. "Go out there in left field at Yan kee stadium and see how tough it is to catch a ball!" "He happens to be a mighty fine ball player, regardless of anything. Very few people know that no one on this club-that's right I said no one - has a better eye at the plate than Siebern with the possible exception of Enos Slaughter. Once in a while, a Yankee player may have a critical word about Stengel but for the most part, they're rather fond of him. It figures, because he al ways goes to bat for them. Braves Not Unhappy Over Logan By ED SAINSBURY Milwaukee (LTD Nobody's awarded any accolades to Johnny Logan, the efferve-' scent shortstop of the Milwau kee Braves, but when the hits and runs are counted this week, he's going to be an im portant entry in the Braves' World Series book. So far he's made only three hits in 19 times at bat in the series for an anemic .158 average. But he's batted in two runs and an error by Tony Kubek, the New York Yankees' shortstop, on anoth er grass skimmer by Logan brought in another and an important run. It's the timeliness of Lo gan's hits that count. Only three Milwaukee players have driven in three runs, and only three others have driven in two. Yet 10 players on the roster, including pitcher War ren Spahn, boast better bat ting averages. More Hits "I'd like to get three' or four more hits," Logan said today, "just to get the average up to two hundred and some thing. Nobody's going to re member how many runs you drove in, or how important the hits were. They're just going to look at the figures and judge you on that." But neither the Braves nor Manager Fred Haney were complaining about Logan's records. In the first game Lo gan doubled and died on base. But in the second, he hit a vi tal two-run single in the Braves' seven-run first inning, and in the fourth game at New York; his grass skimmer produced his most important run of the series. The blow came when War ren Spahn was holding the Yankees scoreless, but the Braves hadn't scored either, and when Kubek couldn't make the play, Red ,'Schoen dienst came home with the first run of the game. "I just knew I had to get him home," Logan said. "I felt that if we could get Spahn just one run, he'd win it." WATCHING FOUL by Johnny Logan. Milwaukee's leadoff hitter in fourth inning of fourth World Series game at Yankee Stadium, New York, Bill Showron is backed up by Gil Mc Dougald, Yankees' second baseman. Skowron caught foul about 20 feet behind first base. Braves won 3-0. Come to HFC where 38,000 people borrow even week - If you need up to $1500 for any good purpose, see Household Finance, America's oldest and largest consumer finance com pany,, HFC specializes in prompt, friendly loan service where you borrow in privacy with up to 24 months to repay. Life insurance on your loan available at low group rate OUSEHOLD FINANCE 1 a 3 MedfordM&JTribune 128 E. Main St., 2nd Floor PHONE: SPring 3-5301 HITTING DIRT at first base, Yogi Berra is thrown out in fourth inning, ending hopes of Yankee rally. Two were out and Mickey Mantle was on third via a,triple when Yogi lined out one that Red Schoendienst, Milwaukee second baseman, blocked to throw but Yankees' catcher. SL Cards, SF Giants Tell Swap San Francisco-(UPD-"This is only the beginning," the front office of the San Francisco Giants announced today after completing a five-player swap with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants received pitcher Billy Muffett, catcher Hobbie Lendrith and infielder Ben Valenzuela in return for pitch ers Marv Grissom and Ernie Broglio. A club spokesman said that other deals would be com pleted within the next 10 days. He said that the key figures in Tuesday's trade were Broglio and Muffett. The club prized Muffett's re lief pitching ability over Bro glio's potential as a starter, the spokesman explained. Muffett, a 27-year-old right hander, had a 4-6 record and a 4.93 earned-run mark for the Cards this year. Broglio, 23, of El Cerrito played at Phoenix of the Pacific Coast .League and Toronto in the In ternational League this year and had a combined record of 13 wins and 3 losses. Grissom, a 40-year-old vet eran who came to the Giants in 1953, had a 7-5 record this year and a 4.02 ERA. He com piled a 31-23 mark during his career with the Giants. Valenzuela, 25-year-old na tive of Mexico, played at Omaha in the American Asso ciation. The fleshy infielder hit .284 with 13 home runs and 72 runs batted in. Landrith, 28, hit ..215 in 63 games for the Cards this year. His arrival gave the Giants' three catchers including Lan drith, Valmy Thomas and Bob Schmidt. There was speculation that one of the three receivers might be traded with one or two of the Giants' fine young outfielders to the Chicago Cubs soon. The Cubs would deal the Giants one of their pitchers in return, possibly Dick Drott or Moe Dra-bowsky. There were 64,754,000 tele phones in use in the United States as of June 30, 1958. Ortega-Jordan Victor to Face Welter Champ Los Angeles-IUPD-Interest in the Gaspar Ortega-Don Jor dan rematch Oct. 22 took an upward swing today with an nouncement that the winner will get a shot at welter weight champion Virgil Akins' title here Dec. 5. - Jordan, the world's number one contender according to Ring' Magazine, won a split decision from third-ranked Ortega Sept. 17 in Portland, Ore Their second meeting will take place in the ballroom of the Lafayette hotel in nearby Long Beach, following a semi formal dinner. Matchmaker George Par nassus announced plans for the Akins fight Tuesday. He said the 15-round contest would be nationally televised from the Olympic Auditorium. n. IO-8-56 WHAT IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST MOTORCYCLE RUN? The motorcycle endurance record 30,990 miles, was established by 'a group of French Army offic er who drove a 'Yacco' motor cycle for W days, from June W to July 8, 1939, at Montlhery, France, averaging i,63l tnies a day. 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There they will gather in the ultra - modern $300,000 three-deck lodge, for a ride on the chair lift, which takes them to the 9,212 foot altitude. From there they will look out over the tops of the Trini ty Alps and Mt. Lassen as well as into Nevada and Southern Oregon, and toward the Marysville Buttes in the bacramento Valley. A cocktail narty and dinner at the lodge will follow. And, if the weather is clear, the guests will be treated tn the sight of a full harvest moon- on the snow covered mountain. A fund of S6.000 has been raised by Siskiyou county chambers of commerce and the Ski bowl for the Dartv: which will attract several hundred persons. Guests will represent newspapers, radio and television stations, maga zines, railroads, airlines, trav el agencies, tourist associa tions ana similar groups. ALL-STARS SIGN PITCHER New York-(UPD-Pitcher Arn old Portocarrero of the Balti more Orioles has signed to play with Mickey Mantle's All-Stars against a Willie Mays' National league team at Yankee Stadium Sunday. Portocarrero, a right-hander, had a 15-11 record this sea son and posted a 3.25 earned run average. , There are 800,000 people in the U.S. who have been cured of cancer. Applegate Gets UPI Sports Post San Francisco-(UPD-The ap pointment of Howard Apple gate as United Press Interna tional sports editor for Ore gon was announced today by Hal Wood, the UPI's Pacific division sports editor. Applegate will work under the immediate direction of Willard D. Eberhart, Oregon manager. A graduate of the Univer sity of Oregon, Applegate joined the news agency in 1947 in Portland. He later served as Tacoma, Wash., bu reau manager for two years and Seattle night manager for 20 months before returning to Portland in 1952. He is a native of Yoncalla, Ore., and a Navy veteran of the Philippine and Okinawa campaigns of World War II. Saxton Starts Comback Bid Holyoke, Mass.-OIPE-Former welterweight champ Johnny Saxton of New York City to day appeared to have a long way to go in his comeback bid to regain the crown. Fighting Tuesday night for the first time in nearly two years, Johnny squeezed out a split decision 10-round victory over Barry Allison, 148, of Springfield a boxer he de feated with much less effort more than two years ago. Saxton, weighing in at 151 Vs, resorted mainly to infighting. r Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. S? 2-4107 Denny Moyer Slates Saxton Portland-(UPD-P r o m o t e r Tommy Moyer said today that welterweight Denny Moyer, winner of 16 straight lights, Johnny Saxton here Oct. in a 10-rounder. 21 More than 60 per cent of Alabama's total acreage is would meet former champion covered by forests'. sThe Green Tag couidY (. save you 75g!! 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