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o MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOD. ORE. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 6, P&Q 6 B. Bucs Bounce Yanks in Series Starter, But Murtaugh Warns NY Not Yet on Run Bill Virdon ' By MILTON RICHMAN ': Pittsburgh - (UPD - First It was Lew Burdette and now it's Bill Virdon, who appar ently is picking the best-or ," the worst-possible time, to come back and kick tjie New Vork Yankees in the teeth. "'. Burdette's timing was per fect. Dealt away by the Yan kees early in his baseball career, he returned to haunt them in, the 1957 World Series by beating them three times to help the Milwaukee Braves to their first world championship. . Now it seems Virdon's turn, and oh how that hurts ol' Casey Stengel! - The one - time. Yankee owned center-fielder came up f ' vmmmmmj , JP I - - . - ....... .- -,..,.. ... ....... LhJ DIVE FAILS FOR YOGI Despite a head long dive, Yogi Berra of the Yankees is doubled off second base on Bobby Richard son's liner to the Pirates' left fielder Bob Skinner in second Inning of opening World Base Running Alters Script ' Pittsburgh (UPD The game that this city has been await ing for. 35 years turned out ' to be a happy-for the home '- fans - combination of stout ' pitching by Vorn : Law and Elroy Face, clutch hitting, and some surprising baserunnlng, Thus did the Pittsburgh PI 'S rates down the New York ? Yankees, 6-4, In the opening game of the 1960 World Series. The Pirates had parlayed pitching, clutch hitting and ; sterling defense play through- out the season to win their ! first flag in 33 years. But they made a slight al teration for the Series opener ' -they ran more. There wasn't any game during the regular ' season when the Pirates stole : more than one base but they pilfered two In the tfrst inning to set the stage for a 3-1 lead. Bill Virdon and Bob Skinner each stole second. The Pirates i; had stolen only 33 bases dur , Ing the regular season-scarcely noteworthy for a pennant winning team. Streets Empty During Contest Pittsburgh (UPD You couid have shot a cannon ball down Fifth avenue in downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday after noon and not have hit a soul. It was one long lunch-hour - for the thousands of down 1 town workers and shoppers ' during the opening game of the World Series. Everyone was watching the . play on television. Depart- menl stores had scores of TV scls for their customers on all floors. So did office build- ' infis. Streets In the Golden Tri angle wore never as deserted during the mock. A-bomb at tacks of Civil Defense exer ' cises. LOOK WHAT DODGE HAS Parsons Comes Back To Haunt with the "key play of the game" Wednesday, according to Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh, when he collared Yogi Berra's extra base bid up against the right center field wall with two on in the fourth inning. Remembered "You bet I remember him when he was with us," Sten gel said, referring to Virdon before the Series began. "He always could go get 'em in the outfield. He had a little bat ting trouble then, but I under stand he's corrected It now and he's a mighty fine player." Casey then went on to grumble that the bespect acled, 29-year-old Virdon was merely another onei of the Series game. Umpire Bill JackoWskl calls the play as Pirates' second sacker Bill Mazeroski pulls his foot off the bag after registering the out. (UPI Telephoto) Eagle Point To Travel To Glendale ROQUS LEAGUE STANDINGS! w. l.. ret. Phoenix a 0 1.000 Eagle Point 1 0 1.000 Glendale I 0 1.000 Illinois valley 0 1 .000 Henley 0 1 .000 noguo River o a .ooo Eagle Point-Fresh from a 28 to 0 triumph over Rogue River last week end, the Eagle Point high football team has turned its attention to another league- brush, this time with Glendale. The Eagles travel to Glen dale this Friday night. Each team Is 1-0 In the A-2 Rogue loop. Pass defense has had a lot of attention this week. Coach Vern Steward's Eagles will try to stop the air threat of Jack Berllne. The Pirate thrower demonstrated his ability when Glendale won from Rogue River, also by a 26 to 0 count. Three EP players are still hobbled by Injuries. Center Carl Johnson may be out for the season because of an In jured back. Also ailing are end Dale Vaughn and tall- back Elvln Hawkins. On the brighter side is the improvement, Don Pestka, senior tackle, has shown dur ing the course of the season. Bill .Ayres, freshman, who turned in a good performance against Rogue River, is ex pected to fill Johnson s shoes again at center this week with Gary Sheldon and Roy Moore at guards, Marvin Cothrln and Bill Hoefft at tackles and Dick Wilson and- Charles Pomcroy at ends. Tom Perdue Is probable quarterback with Steve Geren at tailback, Mike Palm at wingback and Bill Skceters at fullback. Perdue and Green each scored once against Rogue River and Mike Palm touchdowncd twice. Game time will be 8 p.m Motor Co. potential Yankee greats who were plucked away by other clubs. ' The cold truth of the mat ter Is, however, . that there was no place for a centerficld candidate like Virdon as. long as Mickey Mantle was with the club. The Yankees- can't kick though. They got their money's worth - and then some - when they let Virrlon go to the St. Louis Cardinals on April 11, 1954. .In return for Virdon, they wanted someone who could help them immediately and they obtained precisely such a man in Enos Country Sloughter. Chute Attempt Proves Costly . Pittsburgh - (UPD - Fireman Jack Heatherington, 30, made a pretty good stab at becom ing the first baseball fan to crash a World Series game by way of a parachute leap. He failed by a stone's throw, landing on the roof of a warehouse across the street from Forbes Field just a few minutes before the start of Wednesday's Series opener. The fans in crowded Forbes gaped in disbelief as they saw Heatherington leap from a light plane, and watched his pink parachute open and drift across the ballpari: to the rooftop across the street. Heatherington, of nearby McKeesport, Pa., a fireman by profession and parachutist by hobby, told police he had bet that If the Pirates won the pennant he would para chute into the ballpark in a World Series game. ' He lost the bet. He didn't sec the game. . And It cost him $100 to obtain his release from police custody-the price of the bbnd he posted for a hearing tpday. Sports Car Club Meets Friday Regular meeting of Siski you Sports Car club will be held at radio station KMED on Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. Dash plaques won at the Sept 18 gymkhana will be given out. A rally will fol low the meeting. ' FIGHTS WEDNESDAY HOUT Miami Beach. Fla (UPI1 Vlnce Martinez, ml, Miami llcach, outpointed Basil Campbell, 147i, Kingston, Jamaica (10). . New York -flJPB- The bril liant racing career of First Landing, top money winning juvenile in history, came to an end Wednesday with the announcement that the 4-year-old colt had been retired to stud. DONE FOR COMPACTS! 1961 LANCER LANCER DART POLARA TRUCKS Pittsburgh 6-5 Choice In Betting Pittsburgh (L-t'l) Betting on today's second game of the World Series was a "pick 'em" affair at even money although the Piraltj have become 6-5 favorites to win the Series because of Wednesday's opening 6-4 victory over the Ne-7 York Yankees. For today's game, book makers quoted "11-10 and pick 'em," A bookie would lay $10 against an $11 wa ger on either the Pirates or Yankees. For the Series, the book ies quoted a range of S'i (5)6i2 (5), favoring Pitts burgh. A bookie would lay $5.50 on the Pirates against $5.00 wagered on the Yanks. But the same bookie would insist that a Pirate supporter put up $6.50 against the bookie's $5.00 on New York. By LEO H. PETERSEN UPI Sports Editor Pittsburgh -IUP0- The brash Buccaneers of Pitts burgh hoped to. gain a stranglehold on the New York Yankees to day when they went into the second game of the 1960 World Series. Manager Danny Murtaugh, who led the Pirates to their first National league pennant triumph in 33 years and end ed . a 35-year World Series drought for them with Wednesday s 6-4 victory over the Yankees, did not agree with most of his players who figured that they have the Yanks on the run. "They'll take a lot of beat ing," Murtaugh predicted. "If it hadn't been for that catch by Bill Virdon they might have beaten us yesterday." The tobacco-chewing for mer major league second baseman said he definitely had decided to start south paw Vinegar Bend Mizell in the third game Saturday. Fri day will be an off day for travel, i ; ... .. The last-time the Pirates won a World Series game was back in lu25 when they beat the Washington Senators and Walter Johnson. They had been in only one Series since them, up to this year. That was in 1927 when they dropped four In a row to the Yankees. "Well, at least that can't happen a g a 1 n," ' Murtaugh grinned. Murtaugh not only lauded Virdon, but also the pitching of Law, his 20-game winner, and relief ace Elroy Face and the play of shortstop Dick Groat, the National League batting champion, and second baseman Bill Mazeroski. Law held the Yankees to eight hits and two runs be fore he tired in the eighth. Murtaugh took him out after he yielded singles to Hector Lopez and Roger Maris. That's when Face took over, and although touched for a two-run homer by pinch-hitter Elston Howard In the ninth inning, managed to close the door on the Yan kees bid f6r a come-from-be-hlnd triumph. Virdon Saves Law Virdon had saved Law In the fourth when with Maris, who had singled and Mickey Mantle, who had walked on base, he went against the right center field wall to haul down a drive by catcher Yogi Berra. Virdon not only made that catch but started the Pirates off on their first inning at tack. He walked, stole sec ond and went to third when Berra's throw sailed into centerficld.- Originally the offi cial scorers charged Berra with an error, but an hour after the game changed their TWO FEET SHORTER LOTS LEANER AND A COUPLE of HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS IN COST THAN USUAL CARS 315 East 5th Street Friend Planned No Alteration Pittsburgh -IUPB- Bob Friend, dean of the Pittsburgh Pirates mound staff, said he would not alter his regular pitching style' against t h e New York Yankees in today's second game of the 1960 World Series. It was his first start in the big show. "We have a ' book on the Yankees we can use, but I plan to use my own style," he said. "If that doesn't work I'll try something else." His "own style" won 18 games this season. He lost 12: The well built righthander was reminded about the Yankees' power. But he said he felt "Milwaukee was as strong.'' Face, Law Get Praise By FRANK BERKOPEC Pittsburgh - (UPD - The New York Yankees, whose long ball hitters have been known to give opposing pitchers the jitters, today praised Pitts burgh's Vernon Law and El roy Face. The Yanks had nothing but accolades for Law and Face despite the fact that between them they gave up 13 hits to the American league cham pions in the opening Series game. Law gave up 10 of the hits in the seven innings plus he worked, including a homer to Roger Maris in the first, while Face gave up three hits, one a homer to Elston How ard in the ninth. Mickey Mantle whose 40 homers were tops in the AL during the regular season, said Law was "near perfect" with his control, "at least when he pitched to me." He kept the ball low where it was hard to get at," Mantle said as he relaxed in the dressing room after the opener. Mantle was surprised by Roy Face, who struck him out in the eighth inning. "He's quicker, than I thought," Mantle said. "That fork ball of Ilia is good. So is his curve." minds and gave the error to shortstop Tony Kubek, who admitted he should have cov ered the bag. After that came a double by Groat, a single by Bob Skinner and then after Dick Stuart filed out, a single by Clemento. That finished Dit mar who in 9 23 innings of previous World Series hurl ing had not permitted a run. Mazeroski hit a two-run homer off Coates in the fourth inning and that turned out to be the crusher which broke a 15-game Yankee win ning streak. The Yankees, in their drive to the American League pennant, had won their last 15 games of the regular season. Mazeroski also closed It out for Face for after How ard's homer in the ninth with one out, Kubek singled. But Face got Lopez to hit a sharp grounder to Mazeroski who turned It Into a game ending double play. J? S& W&Ja Jackson County Federal SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Home Office: 126 East Main St. Medford, Oregon I . ' 'te'J , TT r tsi sfi (( ' """" fei' I if 0 H ti I 1 1 If 1 I t fiwf?m .: g ?fl i fkm. KEY PLAY OF GAME Bespectacled Pirates' centerfielder Bill Virdon, above,- on- the property of the New York Yankees, relaxes in dosing room after Pittsburgh's 6-4 opening. World Series victory over the Yanks. Virdon came up with "the key play of the game," according to Pirate Manager Danny Murtaugh, when the outfielder collared Yogi Berra's bid for extra bases against the right-center out field Wall with two runners on base for the Yanks In the fourth inning. (UPI Telephoto) MED! SIPflDBRTS. Pirate Outfielders Catch Most Enjoyed in Career By RUDY CERNKOVIC Pittsburgh - (UPD - Bill Vir don said "it was not my great est catch but it certainly was the most enjoyable." Pirate Manager Danny Murtaugh said Virdon's tre mendous catch of Yogi Berra's 425-foot fly ball to right center in the fourth in ning was the key play in Pittsburgh's 6-4 victory over the Yankees in the opener of the 1960 World Series. . . "Yogi whaled the daylight out of that ball," said Mur taugh. "But Bill got us out of a big inning." ) Virdon, once Yankee prop erty, took off when Berra smacked a pitch from Vernon Law with two men on. Ro berto Clemente "accompan ied" Virdon and they collided just as Virdon made a one handed catch. . "I had a bead on the ball all the way and yelled to Cle mente, Bill said. "If I hadn t got it I knew Clemente could have." Virdon said he suffered a slight spike wound on the right leg in the collision. Thigh Taped , Despite the handicap of having his right thigh heav ily taped because of an in jury, Virdon also turned in the first Pirate run with his speed. The leadoff batter drew a walk in the first in ning, stole second, took third on Tony Kubek's error and scored on Dick Groat's double. "It was a delayed steal," Bill said. "I went after the motion of the pitcher, Art Ditmar." Groat, who had two hits, said Elroy Face's relief pitch ing, Virdon's scratch and Bill Mazeroski's two-run homer were the high points of the game. Law allowed back-to-back singles to Hector Lopez and Roger Maris with none out In the eighth. When Face came in from the bullpen brought to you by UNB with Mickey Mantle waiting. at the plate Elroy struck out the famed Yankee hitter with a fork ball and got Berra out on a fly to right. . .Murtaugh walked to the mound after Moose Skowron came up to bat. "Danny told me to strike out Skowron," Face said. "So I got him swinging out on a high fast ball." Face threw only 14 pitches in the eighth inning. United Press International The Buffalo Bisons " and Hershey Bears, both of whom failed to make the playoffs last season, have gained fast starts in the new American Hockey League campaigns. The Bisons staved off continu ous threats from last year's Calder Cup finalists, the Ro chester Americans, to outlast them, 6-4, and Hershey ap plied steady pressure to while wash the Providence Reds, 7-0, in the opening game for all four teams Wednesday night. ' National League Len Ronson, a rookie up from Fort Wayne, Ind. .of the International league, earned his varsity letter with the New York Rangers In his first National Hockey League game. The 24-ycar-old, dark-haired left wing tipped in a long shot by defenseman Jim Mor rison to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins Wednesday night in their season opener at Mad ison Square Garden. Parker MacDonald's third period goal earned the De troit Red Wings a 1-1 tie with the Black Hawks at Chicago in another opener. KBES-TV Channel 5 Branch Office: 337 East Main St. Ashland, Oregon New York Yankees Sound Rally Call By JOHN CARROLL Pittsburgh - IWD-The New, York Yankees, down one game to the Pittsburgh Pi rates in the World Series, sounded the rallying call "beat 'em here today and then get 'em good in the Yankee Sta dium." i -. Elston Howard, who gave manager Casey Stengel some solace by hitting a two-run pinch homer in the ninth inning of Wednesday's opener, predicted1 the Pirates would have a lot more trouble hitting in the Bronx ball park than they do in Forbes Field. "The background here is great for hitting," Howard said in the quiet confines of the New York clubhouse after the Yanks had lost 6-4. "Yan kee Stadium, will be a lot tougher on the Pirates. Those shadows kill you." Bobby Richardson, who along with shortstop Tony Kubek figured in Wednesday's "who's covering second" inci dent that helped Pittsburgh to a three-run first inning, was happy the "bad" game was over. Streak Over "So our 15-game winning streak is over .. . . we'll start a. new one with the second Series game," he said confi dently. ,v He admitted he and Kubek "got our signals mixed up" on the costly first inning play that came on a delayed steal by Pirate . centerfielder Bill Virdon. Virdon wound up on third, the Pirates wound up Coug ars Like Circuit Idea Pullman,. Wash. -fliPD- "We would like to- be affiliated with the proposed new con ference," Washington ' State university Athletic Director Stan Bates said today.- Bates said, in answer to re ports that members of the former Pacific Coast confer ence had cooled off toward a proposal to form a new eight school loop, "our interest in the conference has not changed." He added that even if the proposed new conference does not materialize, "we feel we should maintain our relations with Oregon and Oregon State." The three former PCC members, along with five oth er schools which are members of the Border and Skyline conferences, voted at Salt Lake Monday to refer the problem of setting up the new league to top administrative officials of the institutions. . "Keep Your Porch Light On So That Some Child May See' CRATER LIONS LIGHT BULB SALE PfC WALSH- MONDAY & TUESDAY 6:33 to 9:30 p.m. Turn your porch light on and a Crater Lion Club -member will gladly sell you a $2.00 sack full of 8 various watt bulbs. You'll be happy to know . you are supporting this club's fine Sight and Blind program and getting "value received" tool Telephone SP 3-91 84 or 3-6377 for Immediate Delivery COURTESY MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE with three runs and the Yan kee catcher Yogi Berra nearly wound up the goat. The official scorekeepers first charged Berra with an error, but an hour after the game made a correction and pinned the tag on Kubek.' "I just threw at the bag'pn that one. It's up to the infield to cover. I don't know what happened. You'd better ask someone else," Yogi said. ' The interrogation shifted to Richardson and he was willing to share the blame with Kubek. "I guess both of us (he and Kubek) thought the other would take the bag," he said. "Something like that doesn't happen very often." Absolutely NO HUNTING Or Trespassing ; on the properties owned or controlled by the following land owners in the southern portion of the Greenipringl unit. All are opposed te the. Groonsprings unit doe lei ion. . , .. , Edward Baer Adrian Barati , ? . Auitie Barron Barron Parker Ranch John H. Baxter Co. , William J. Boagle ; James R. Bell John Bowman ' , Corp Ranch ' ' - . A. N. Dayii r.' Ben Dawson ' John Drager Ivan Farmer Garris Flynn - Robert Ford Ed Geiger W. C. Gibson ' " Henry Lumber Co. Elmer Hopkins Vernon Hopkins . Richard Howall . -t ' Clydi Laird H. Laninl William Leonard A. J. Lorensen . James C. Miller ' T Robert E. Millar . t, Clifford Ross Orville R. 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