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o o o o 03 o ? O 0 -O o O 0 C3 . 1 1 ,1 J. 4 1 I '5 : 4 ' .-4 o o o 4 V LA lodgers Close Out in Styie h lost Unusual Series; Sherry Emerges as Hero v By LEO H. PETERSEN - UPI Spoils Editor Chicago -(LTD- It was base ball's glory road for the Los Angeles Dodgers today, and heartbreak highway lor the Chicago White Sox. The Dodgers were' the new champions of the baseball world, another Cinderella team. Los Angeles closed it out In style Thursday, crushing the White SJx 9-3 back in their own park to bring the Far "west it's first champion- sKIp inse?ies poted for new records m mrties, attendance, hittpg and pitcfeir. e It witf long be remembered aj ong of tife most unusual aeries S all time. It drew 'a- record total at o teodnce of 420,74, thanks to e three record breaking crowds in Los Angeles: a record to- tal.pf 2,626,973.44, ajiy num ber of fitting marks and series in which n pitcher went the distance. . Sherry Does Trick But there was one pitcher who did the trick. He was 24year-old Larry Sherry, who began the sea son in the minors-at St. Paul- .and came up to tne uoagers to become their biggest weap on. He won two games, in e gludyit the biggest one Thurs day and saved two otners. in another g;J!he, ht was used as nch-hit?er. You'j hgve to say he did She sofc for us," commented Dodger Manager Walter al 6n in, baseball's understate- 0 ?nnt"of tse year. He sure did. Why Dodger starter, south- waMS8 Johnny Podres faltered . i 1 J on 1An,7 0 OTHQrsasy oenma an o-u jmu, Sheffy. the cocky kid making ojopd ftr his hone town of s Angeles, came in xo save day. He turned back the White 2px on four hits in five and (o-thirds innings pi another o fcglljant relief effort, climax ing one of the best clutch hurl jlsg efforts in series history. fjg won the fourth game and e davgd two others. o 9o his record was eight hits geldtd nd one run allowed iS K 23 innings of pitching, was the difference. Oglsloti Praises Others J But Alston in paying trib ute 40 his Dodgers - and he o "flPas consent all the way that Chey would hit the jackpot fci4ed others besides Sherry. PLAYERS MOB SHERRY Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Larry Sherry (arrow) who yesterday held the Chicago White Sox score less in the last five innings of World Series baseball clincher game, is mobbed by jubi lant teammates after alst out in Comiskey park. The Dodgers won 9 to 3 to take the series four games to two. -(UPI Telephoto) They included Duke Snider, with his ailing knee; Gil Hodges, with his big bat; Carl Furillo and Chuck Essegian with their pinch hitting; catcher Johnny Roseboro with his throwing which kept the go-go Sox from going very far and a number of others. It was a series of stars for the Dodgers-plus one of the most riotous innings hi, series history. That was the fourth Thurs day. It took 42 minutes to play it and when it was all over the Dodgers had scored six runs - to add to two they had plated earlier on Sni der's 11th series home run- and the White Sox tallied three. There were five pitchers in the inning, two pinch hitters and one pinch runner. It was the final chapter in the great est comeback baseball ever had seen. Seventh Last Year For when they left Brook lyn for California's baseball gold dust in 1958, the Dodgers wound up a dismal seventh. They atoned for it in 1959 -and did it the hard way. They tied Milwaukee for the Champs Not Surprised; Victory Matter of Time By IRA LURVEY Chicago (UPD They spilled over the beer and toasted themselves, the Coliseum and the screen the world cham pion Dodgers did and said they weren't at all surprised because all along they knew it just was a matter of time. "First they all said we National League pennant, won it in a play-off series, and then downed the White Sox. four games to two, in the series. There had been a lot of rags-to-riches epics in baseball, but none ever ri valed this. ' For the White Sox, it was frustration. They wanted so much to win and wipe out those 1919 memories. But as their manager Al Lopez said as he congratulated Alston in the dressing room: "You deserved to win. We gave it all we had-it wasn't enough." "You went down like cham pions, Alston replied. O o e o O e j00 ttWWX o - 9 FT V 0 ' i 1 . J I I . I o I - o f : o I " 5 f r lit I o e . 1 1 V v - V, k v . v - ."; -Wfc DISTILLED &Y C0- VM 025 ' ' SWLBY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 6 YEARS OLD .. 86 PROOF ANCIENT AGE OIST.. CO.. FRANKFORT. KENTUCKY o . ruunutK utmetK ink eUUKBON INSTITUTE, were going to wind up in the second division," Duke Snid er said, pulling off his uni form. "Well, we showed them there so next they picked us to lose to the Braves in the playoff. That didn't work, either, so they just made the White Sox series favorites. There's nothing left now. I guess everbody finally will admit what we've felt all along: we had it." Don Zimmer pushed through the glob of newsmen and jumped atop a locker. He poured beer over Snider's head and . toasted the Coli seum. . "A pitcher's a pitcher any place," Larry Sherry said. "If you've got the stuff you can get a man out in the Coliseum just like any place else. If you don't have it, it's no use to blame things on a screen "They called our ball park a cow pasture," Norm Larker shot back. "They said every thing in L.A. was a base hit. Well, we showed 'em. The singles we hit in the Coliseum turned into homers here.' Charlie Neal listened in silence. He started to maneu ver his way into the shower. "We fought and we fought," he said. All tne time, we kept on pushing. We always came from behind and we al ways stuck together. This day had to come. It just was a matter of time." "It was a team effort all the way," Manager Walt Alston said. Wynn Accepts Responsibility For Game Loss By GENE BLUDEAU Chicago -(UPD- It's hard to explain a 9-3 rout such as hit the Chicago White Sox: Manager Al Lopez said "it was just one of those bad days for us. We never had a chance and they were hitting the ball solid." Early Wynn, 39 -year -old veteran who has always been Lopez' choice for the "must" game, didn't bother to ex plain. He took the sole re sponsibility. "I goofed it up good," Wynn said in the dressing room after the game. "I was trying to baffle 'em and I was succeeding, but Snider got hold of a high out side pitch and gave it a ride," Wynn said. Duke Snider's home run in the third inning was good for only two of the nine Los An geles runs, but Wynn seemed to regard it as a portent of things to come. Trying To Help Lollar "I was trying to help Sherm (Lollar) with a high one out side because Wally Moon was gonna try and steal," Wynn said. Vice President Chuck Comiskey broke through a circle of newsmen to con gratulate the big pitcher who won 22 games in the White Sox march to the pennant. Wynn smiled and said "I'm sorry. It was a bad job." The White Sox dressing room was a somber place, but none believed Wynn was at fault, particularly Lopez. "Wynn had all his stuff and he did a good job. It was just one of those days for us. As someone said, you can't win em all, but I would have liked to have won that one." A Mako shark may still be dangerous and snap at any thing near its mouth even a half hour after it has been Chicago (UPI) Facts and fir Tires for the sixth game of the World Series: Attendance 47,653. Receipts S324.4C3.32. Commissioner's s h a r e $48, 669.50. Clubs and leagues share $275,793.82. Six-game totals: Attendance 420,784. Receipts $2,626,973.44. Commissioner's s h a r e $394, 46.00. Clubs ' and leagues' share $1,34062.40. x Flayers' share $892,365.04. SPORTS $00 Fans Victims of Ticket Hoax Chicaga - (UPD - About. 600 baseball fans, all bearing choice tickets to Thursday's final . game of the World Series, were victims of the biggest sporting fraud ''n many years, police said to day. Police said about 100 vic timized fans made their way into Comiskey Park with phony tickets, but 500 others were stopped at the gates. The phony tickets were sold in taverns, restaurants and on street corners through out Chicago, police said, at prices ranging from $20 to $75. They were almost identi cal to the real thing but print ed on slightly thinner paper, officials said. For Box Seals . The ticket hoax was dis covered shortly after the first pitch of the final game. Ush ers stationed at entrance gates were quickly informed on how to determine the differ ence between the real and the Dhonv. . But nolice said the counter feiters, meanwhile, had made off with thousands of dollars All tickets were for the best box seats between home plate and first base. . "I bought them from a man with a fist full of tickets," one victim said. As the , holders of the tickets filed into the park arguments sorune up as .to who was sitting where and why. In the end, holders of the phony ducats stood dejectedly in the "standing room only" area to watch the game. Gala Welcome Set for Dodgers Los Angeles-ffiPD-Thousands of Dodger fans were expected to jam into Los Angeles In ternational Airport today to welcome home the world champion Los Angeles Dodg ers baseball team. The ball club, which de feated the Chicago White Sox 9-3 Thursday to win the World Series, tentatively was scheduled to arrive some time between 2 and 3 pjn. (PST) after having decided to re main overnight in Chicago to rest. . Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman, who helped bring the Dodgers to Los Angeles two years ago, handled arrange ments for their reception to day. She said the club will be too weary to come to City Hall to be honored "so we are taking the City Hall to the airport." CARLASCIO RESIGNS Portland (UPD Rich Car lascio Thursday announced his immediate resignation as president of the Oregon Ama teur Baseball congress and the City league of Portland. He said the resignations were necessary due to pressing bus iness matters. L 1 SAVE MONEY! DO IT YOURSELF RESTORE BEAUTY TO YOUR FLOORS WITH A RENTED SANDER Easy to Operate, Lew Rental Rates, Clean and Dustiest. FREE PARKING! 245 S. Central at 10th PitcHer Credits Brother For Success Against Sox (Editor's Note: Rookie Larry Sherry emerged as the World Series hero by. Saving two games for the Dodgers and winning two others, including . Thurs day's wind-up. In the fol lowing dispatch, he gives his impressions of the series.) By LARRY SHERRY As Told to UPI Chicago (DPD My older brother, Norm, didn't even get his name in the box score, but if it wasn't for him, my name wouldn't have been in it either during this . World Series. . Norm is a catcher. He came up to the Dodgers, this year from Spokane and wasn't eligible to play in the Series even though he was with us and suited up each day before the game. ; No one worked harder with me than he did. Even when we were kids, we'd spend hours working together until I felt I couldn't throw an- Alston Gets Out Of Dog House Los Angeles - (DPD - Dodger manager Walt Alston, who used to enter the fans' "dog house" every time he walked on the field, was everybody's hero today in the Dodgers' new hometown. And as far as former Dodg er catching 'great Roy Cam panella is concerned, the stu dious skipper of the world champion Dodgers has every right to the honor. Campanella and Dodger general manager E. J. (Buzzie) Bavasi were among millions of persons in Southern Cali fornia who watched or listen ed as the Dodgers won the final game of the World Se ries Thursday from the White Sox, 9-3. "This team deserves as much - or more - credit than any of the great Dodger clubs of the past," said Roy hap pily. "Walt Alston was ex pected to win with those clubs," said Campanella, who played on the world cham pionship team of 1955. "But this was different. He did a wonderful job." BARBER GETS CUT London-WPD-The late Mrs. Leah Isaacs Asher, who. al ways liked her husband well groomed,, left an annuity of $145 a year to her husband's barber,' administrators of her will said Thursday. other pitch and Norm would plead, "just one more." I'd throw " it and everything would be all right again. That's what I was think ing about out there yester day. I worked harder in this game than I did in any of the four others. And when I began to feel weary, I could hear Norm telling me, "just one more." Chicago Trfed , The White Sox -tried, I'll say that, but frankly the Braves and Giants worried me more during the regular season. The White Sox never had that tremendous power to ruin you with one wallop. They said we won at the Coliseum. That's not quite true. I pitch the same way at the Coliseum .1 do any where else.' I think if a pitch er has the stuff he can win anywhere, it doesn't matter where. The toughest spot for me during the entire series, was in the second game when Al Smith doubled in the eighth, inning and we nipped Sherm Lollar at the, plate. Smith went to third and there was only one put, but I was for tunate enough to strike out Billy Goodman and Jim Riviera. For me-rand for Norm, too -this series is a dream cor-e true. I'm going back home to Los - Angeles now and then use some of the. series money for a Colorado fishing , vaca tion with my wife and little daughter. I heard the trout are really biting this time of year. 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