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6 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDZORD, ORE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. I960 ' YANKS Bombers of Bronx Thinking In Terms Of 5-Game Series New York - IUPII - Ideal baseball weather ii pre dicted tor the New York and Pittiburgh P 1 r a i e when they meet in the third same of the World Series Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The forecast wai for fair skiei with the temperature in the 60'. i By LEO H. PETERSEN ' , UPI Sporti Editor New York - (UPD - It won'' be four straight like in 1921, but the New York Yankees began thinking in terms of five today, now that they again are looking like old "Murderer's Row." They are only even with the Pittsburgh Pirates going into tomorrow's third game of the 1060 World Series. But the way that they evened the count at 1-1 Thursday when they bombed the Pirates, 16-3, at Forbes Field, put them back solidly in the favorites role. The bookies quoted them B'Ai to 5 to win the Series chiefly on the strength of the manner in which they hu miliated the Pirates. Furthermore, they,, were 7Vi to 5 choices to beat' the Pirates in the third game at Yankee Stadium Saturday with Whitey Ford going against Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell. Both are left handers and Yankee Stadium is supposed to be a pitching paradise for southpawsi It has "been for Ford, although- his record this year was only ' 12-0. But he has been the Yankee clutch pitch er for years,, especially in the Stadium. Mizell, a fast-baller, had a 14-8 record. Thirteen of those wins came after the Pirates obtained him from the St. Louis Cardinals in May. But hp never has pitched' in Yan kee Stadium where late after noon shadows become a prob lem, espcially for the left fielders. Because he has heard so much about those shadows, Manager Danny Murtaugh, whose Pirates flew here Thursday night, ordered a 1:30 p.m. EDT workout today. "I want my players to see the stadium as close to game conditions as possible, Mur taugh explained, adding that his boys would do all right, "shadows or not." Murtaugh Not Downhearted Murtaugh, far from down-, Tienrtprl. refuged to sav weth er Glno Cimoli, Thursday's BIG GUNS FOR YANKEES Mantle, right, were big guns Yankees when they plastered even baseball's World Series at I if ... M NY Fielders Stop Most Hard Hit Balls of Turley (Editor's notei Bob Tur ley drew the New York Yankees even In the World Series Thursday when he was credited with their 16 3 victory over the Pitts burgh Pirates. He gives his impressions of the game in the following dispatch. By BOB TURLEY Written For UPI Pittsburgh (UPD I've pitch ed better games but I can't remember when I enjoyed one more. Those 16 runs were the most (he Yankees got for me since 1058 when I beat - or rather we beat - the Detroit Tigers, 15-2. Ask any pitcher you meet and I think he'll tell you he'd rather work in a game like yesterday's than maybe even a no-hitter. It's certainly a wonderful feeling to sit back there In the dugout and watch the score mount up. For your side, of course. It can be a pretty rough proposition when you're sitting on the other side. Funny thing,, but most of the balls the Pirates hit hard off ml were caught; a lot of RESTORED TO starter in left, or Bob Skin ner, who started Wednesday's game which the Pirates won, 6-4, would be ou there. He did say, however, that if Ford pitched for the Yan kees, right handed hitter Hal Smith would catch instead of Smoky Burgess, a left handed swinger. Also, Murtaugh would put Dick Stuart, a right handed hitter, back at first base in stead of Rocky Nelson, a southpaw, if "Stuart'; jammed finger is okay.' Stuart, a long-ball hitter although not as good defen sively as Nelson, played in Wednesday s opener, but that finger, injured at the season's end, bothered him in the late innings, so Nelson took nis Dlace in Thursday's .Pirate slaughter. Stengel didn't know "what my lineup will be for Satur day's game." I went with my veterans yesterday and: we did all right,' he observed. I just might go with them again." To go with as many veter ans as ne could biengei switched his catcher, Yogi Berra. to left field, put Elston Howard back of the plate and Gil McDougald at third base instead of Cletis Boyer. I ain't saying I'm going to do the same thing tomor row, but I might," Stengel said. Mv Buy with the bad legs will be in center field." That's Mickey Mantle, who hit two home runs Thursday, one of them a tape-measure job, to lead the Yankees to their ono-slded triumph. It made winner Bob Turley run out of gas in the ninth and with two runs in and a Pirate on base, Stengel took him out and put in lime Bobby Shantz. It took little Bobby iwo pitches to end it, the second one resulting in a qoudic play. So the Yankees got even, setting all kinds of records in tlie process as 18-game winner Bob Friend, who In sisted he had good stuff and felt "real well," going down to defeat. Friend yiemea three runs and six hits in four innings before giving way to a pinchhttter. What happened to nis re lievers was pure mayhem. The Yankees battered them into quick submission, start lne with Fred Green and con tinuing the onslaught against Clem Labine, George Witt, Joe Gibbon and Tom Cheney. Bob Turley, left, and Mickey yesterday for the New York the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-3 to one game each. (UPI Telcphoto) the easy ones managed drop in for base hits. Toughest Spot to I'd say my toughest spot was In the fourth when the score was still 3-1. They hud gotten three straight hits off me, they had two men on base and Bill Mnzcroskl was up. That was a perfect chance for the Pirates to really give me some trouble. I threw Mnzerosk a curve and he lined to Gil McDouguld at third base, Just before he did, Casey Stengel came out and had a little talk with mo. He didn't go into any deep strategy as perhaps it ap peared from the stands. He merely told me. "You know how to pitch to him." Mazeroski's was the big out. It was the first one of the Inning and coming with run ners on second and third, made me feel a whole lot better. Then I got pinch hitter Gene Baker on a pop-up and Bill Verdon grounded, out to end the Inning. ,. .ieeKJ Bob Friend Says New York's Shorter Hits Hurts Bucs Worst Woods, Water, Wildlife By Hank DeVoss The first Week end of the shoot-em-up deer season was a dry, noisy affair with the bucks either too high or too low for the majority of hunt ers. The upper Applegate, Soda and Parker mountains, and a couple of spots in .east ern Oregon were, the places where some of the hunters had luck. The Cascades were so dry that stepping on a pine needle sounded like a horse taking a bite from a celery stalk BURNING DRY There are those who speak of the burning dry desert sands. We have a close parallel in our burn ing dry forests. The most dangerous aspect of this hunting season is the prob ability that a careless per son or two can jeopardize the lives of many hunters by the starting of a forest fire. Maybe the. extreme dryness this year made this not so probable because no one could avoid the fact every time a step was tak en. Anyway, let's keep our fingers crossed until the rains come. BEAR MAN That man Faeone did H again. Ben has a lot of prac tice in the art of delivering and he delivered a shot that stopped one black bear from the Mount Bailey region. The bears have been upsetting in the Diamond lake resort area upsetting the garbage cans that is. Bon s bear was a young, tasty type bear, t last night's bear-steak type meal gave evidence to. The better half says that if bears taste like this, I should hunt them instead of deer. I'm In clined to agree. A CHANGE ' That area of the Cascades from Mt. McLoughlin north to Crater Lake is up for review as to its classifica tion at Forest Service land. It was set aside some years ago by the state forester and escaped the multiple use development unlit now. Those sportsmen and con servationists who feel that this area has values main tained only in its unspoiled state should keep close tabs on recommendations made by the regional foresters as to the manner in . which this area will be developed. THE BEST YET The lake basins and the middle fork drainage of the Hogue river are of particular value in their natural state. The Halifax creek area of the middle fork, is one of the most scenic to be found in the West. The middle fork is prime elk habitat, if we can get the 'herd established, and should warrant a wild area classification. This region is unique in its unspoiled gran deur and our job should be to keep it that way. THE ANGLERS LOG The fall run of steelhead is reported to be steadily moving up the river and last reports have them as far up as Mule creek. Some of the earlier fish are show ing at Rainey falls. Cluster eggs, worms, flies and lures are producing for those who are finding the fish. The word is that they are pretty well bunched with ' no estimate at to the com parative sixe of the run. A report from Cole Rivers, our fish biologist, is very optimistic as to whether the ladder around the falls on the Illinois river will be fin ished. It all depends on how long the wet weather holds off. The game commission is also working on the fish lad LOOK WHAT DODGE HAS (JJ Lancer 772-dser Hardtop (""" Parsons ROLE der at Rainey falls. The low water is making it difficult for the fish to get to the mid die and upper river. The lad der pools are being deepened and the boat channel around the falls is being cleaned out and deepened. UP AND DOWN The river has been some what unstable the past week. The winds of a few days ago put a lot of leaves in the waier and they clogged the screens at Sav age Rapids dam. The waier level had to be changed and this resulted in such a rapid rise and fall of the lower river that guides were in trouble and there was some boat damage. The screens are still fouled up. GOOD AND BAD For those who like the lake fishing is the news that Fish lake produced right, to the end and Howard Prairie also gave up some fine fish last week end. Now that the lakes are closed xney can plan next year accordingly. A report of poor fishing at Diamond lake was said, to be caused by floating weeds in the water. Let's hope this clears up or aown and stays there. ALL INVITED The publis is invited to the Izaak Walton league meeting in the Red Cross building by Hawthorne park on Monday night. The speaker will be State Sen ator Edwin Durno, who will give his views on na tural resource develop ment. A question period will be provided for those who have specific ques tions . for him. Refresh ments will be served. THE OPTIMIST'S CORNER The area closed by the pri- v a t e landowners of the Greensprings area was in creased this year to include some of the public domain Hunters should check posted areas with the forest service and BLM offices. One mieht wonder at the motivation of people who close their land during the buck season be cause they are opposed to the doe season. They need edu cating. , GOOD LUCK! Yankees Acting Like Old Pros Pittsburgh -(UPD- One thing about the New York Yankees win or lose they act like old pros when It's all over. Its not that they don't take defeat as hard as the next club, or feel the joy of vic tory any less than the next guy. It's just the manner in which they deport themselves in either case. Take Wednesday, for in stance, when they lost the opening game of the 1060 World Series to the Pirates, 6-4. There was very little alibing in the dressing room and hardly anyone seemed downcast. Instead, the club's two top hitters-Mickey Man tle and Roger Maris-heaped praise on the Pirates, and sim ply vowed "we'll get 'em." Thursday, after they had virtually run the Pirates off the field by a score of 16-3 with Mantle blasting two homers, they simply sat around their dressing quarters in a quiet sort of way, Mickey seemingly least affected by it all. STAMPEDERS WIN Moose Jaw, Sask.- (UPD- The Portland Buckaroos lost their second hockey exhibition game in three starts Thurs day night, 4-3 to the Calgary, Stampeders. Motor Co. OF "FAVORITE Pittsburgh -HJPD- The Pitts burgh Pirates didn't waste any time leaving town after Thursday's 16-3 loss' to the New York Yankees. It wasn't that their World Series conscious hometown fans had run them beyond the city limits. They had another date with the Bronx Bombers -coming up Saturday in Yan kee Stadium - and the Bucs wanted to get in a few prac tice licks well before hand. ' Bob Friend, for sure, was one who wanted another shot at the Yankees. He was the losing pitcher Thursday even though he "never felt better' while on the mound. He did n't feel too well afterward, however. , The Pirate righthander was tagged for six hits and three runs in the four Innings he toiled. "The only ball they hit solidly off me was a foul," Friend lamented. "I'll admit I made a bad pitch to winning pitcher Bob Turley in the fourth inning that cost us a run, Another Crack Wanted I think I took care of their heavier hitters pretty well, but it was the singles and doubles hitters at- the top and bottom of their batting order who caused me all my trou ble," he added. I'll tell you honestly," Friend said. "I have never felt better than when I took the mound and was out there pitching. I'll tell you just as honestly I feel mighty disap pointed right now, but not discouraged. I want another crack at them." Pirate manager Danny Mur taugh said he figures the Pi rates will shake off any effects the heavy New York hitting may have had on them. I'm not concerned with the hitting they showed us. We plan to do a little more ourselves in the games com ing up," he said. "The Yan kees could have hit any pitch er the way they were going. This was one of the few times I saw my relief hurlers get hit so hard." Murtaugh viewed the key play as coming in the fourth inning when the Pirates were trailing 3-1 and had men on second and third and no outs. Bill Mazeroski lined a vicious liner down the third base line which McDougald gloved. "If that ball goes through, there's no telling what might have happened," the Pirate manager said. Griffin Creek Takes Scuffle Griffin Creek downed Jack sonville 7 to 0 and Lone Pine tied West Side 6 to 6 yester day in Rogue Valley league Medford grade school football games. Jefferson won 19 to 0 over Lincoln in a non-counter. James Bryan scored on the second play of the game for Griffin Creek after Chuck Sanders had run the kick-off back to the two-yard line. Bryan ran the extra. Lone Pine got the tie when Martin Chadd crossed the goal with two minutes to play. Steve Gates tallied for West Side. Dick Orr touchdowned twice and Steve Wilkins once for Jeff and Wilkins ran a bonus. Pittsburgh -IUPD- Manager Harry (Cookie) Lavagetto, who moved the Washington Senators from the American league cellar to fifth place in 1060, has been rehired for next season with a "nice raise" in salary. DONE FOR COMPACTS! 1961 LANCER ANCER ART POLARA TRUCKS SPORTS Ruth's Records Being Chased By Mick Mantle By MILTON RICHMAN Pittsburgh (UPD Mickey Mantle is chasing Babe Ruth again and finally may even catch him within the next three days. Mantle likes his chances, particularly if Pit t s b u r g h manager Danny Murtaugh goes through with his plans to pitch a pair of left band ers, Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell and Harvey Haddix, at Yankee Stadium in the next two games. Ruth's all-time record of 15 World Series' homers came within Mantle's ' immediate reach when Mickey smashed his 12th and 13th home runs in World Series competition during a 16-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday. Hits Better Right Both of those homers came off left-handers-Fred Green and Joe Gibbon - and right there is the key to Mantle's chances. "It's no secret that I hit much "better right - handed than I do left-handed," said the switch-hitting Yankee cen ter-fielder. "If I see some more left-handed pitching this Series, who knows, maybe I could break Ruth's record. But if I have to hit against right - handers there ain't gonna be much chance. I look lousy when I'm hitting left handed." Mantle's second homer of the game in the seventh in nine Thursday was one of the longest ever hit out of Forbes Field by a right-handed bat ter. The ball cleared a 12-foot hieh fence at the 436-foot mark, making Mickey the first right-handed hitter to accom plish the feat. 300-Mile Swim Led By Lyons At the end of the fist month of swimming, Medford team member Ted Lyons leads his mates in their "300-mile swim to Portland" with a total of 46 miles. The team, which has about 40 members, is swimming the distance to keep in shape for the winter and spring compe tition. The trip will be over when the first member of the team has gone the 300 mile distance. Actual swimming is being done in the YMCA pool. Close behind Lyons in sec ond place is Bruce Hess with a distance of 44 miles. Bruce's sisters, Linda and Rhonda, are in third and fourth places, respectively, having swum dis tances of 40 and 38 miles. Tied for fourth place with Rhonda is Linda Wilkes who also has swum 38 miles. 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HUMPHREYS, HOOD PACE Phil Humphreys is the leading ground gainer over four games for the Medford high football team, he has 306 yards for 37 carries. Mike Hood has 266 yards for 30 times and Dan Sieg 242 for 39 packs. Bob Quin ney has collected 239 yards on nine pass receptions. Hood is leader in total of fense from scrimmage with 83 yards on passes caught and 66 yards on passes com pleted, giving him a total of 415 yards overall. Sieg has six touchdowns and Humphreys, Hood and Quinney each five. Dan Miles has made 15 points after touchdowns, one run and the rest kicked. George Clearwater has kicked off 26 times for Med- Whites Score 7th Grade Win McLoughlin Whites whip ped the Hedrick Reds 13 to 0 Thursday in a seventh grade intramural football game. ' Ben Taylor touchdowned for Mac on the 20-yard pass play with Jack Ingram throw ing. John Pruitt ran the oth er TD and scored the extra point after the first goal. Pruitt's touchdown was on a 65-yard gallop. . 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