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PAGE FOURTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY, . JULY 22, 1954 IFdto Teams. Umm h 'Worfd By BEN PIII.EGAR AP Sporla Writer By now only live teams have serious ideas about reaching the World Series this fall but a whole hatful of others in both leagues are (still scrapping to see who will help cut up the swag. Players on the first four teams In each league share in the World Series receipts. It's generally conceded among all but the dichards that either the New York Giants or Brooklyn will be the National League representa tive against Cleveland, the New York Yankees, or the Chicago White Sox. But a check of the standings shows dog lights In both circuits immediately below these private pennant races. In the National League four teams are bunched a game and a half apart from third throuRh sixth place, Philadelphia holds third by a percentage point over Cincinnati and Milwaukee with St. Louis still a big factor. The American league is running with a five-team "second division." Fourth place Detroit is a fat 22 lengths out of the lead and 17'i; behind the third place White Sox. But the Tigers hold only a single game edge over Boston and Wash ington and just eight games sepa rate them from the tallend Balti more Orioles. In the upper brackets yesterday Cleveland took a half game lead over New York when the Yanks crumbled bciore Chicago 15-3 while the Indians were playing their sec ond straight tie in Boston. Rain halted the 7-7 contest in the top of the ninth inning. The Giants maintained their sev en game advantage over Brooklyn with a 2-1 triumph at Chicago. The Dodgers tripped Cincinnati 5-1. St. Louis outscored Pittsburgh 13-12, Philadelphia defeated Mil waukee 6-1 and Washington shaded Baltimore 6-5 in other action. Brooklyn's Carl Ersklne turned In the outstanding pitching perfor mance, retiring the last 23 Cin cinnati batters in order after Bob Borkowski homered in the second Inning. He got plenty of support for a change with Carl Purlllo's five-hit splurge leading the 15 hit attack. Ersklne gave up two hits and struck out 10. A pinch single by Bill Taylor drove in the winning Giant run In the ninth Inning at Chicago. He scored Hank Thompson who had singled and moved around on;a sacrifice and an infield out. Sal Maglie checked the Cubs on four hits. The White Sox scored early and often against the Yankees, open ing with five runs In the first and closing out with five In the ninth. Minnie Minoso and Johnny Oroth collected four hits each. Virgil Trucks stayed long enough to be come the first American League pilchcr to win 13 games but he willed from the heat In the seventh and needed help from Morrle Mar tin and Harry Dorlsh. Home runs by Jim Heuan. ai Rosen and Larry Doby lifted Cleveland from a 6-0 deficit Into a 7-6 lead at Boston but the Red Sox pushed across the tying run In Uie sixth and kept It that way until rain Intervened. The same two teams played a 17 Inning tie Tuesday night. Only five Milwaukee batters not on base against Robin Roberts and the only run off the Phils' ace was Eddie Mathews' 22nd home run, hit with two out and the bases empty in the ninth. Pitchers wore out the Rrass be tween the bullpcns and the mound in Busch Stadium during the Cards-Pirates' 31 hit duel. St. Louis used eight, equalling the National League record. Pittsburgh used five hurlers. The Athletics' victory over De troit broke a 10-game losing streak Sonny Dixon tamed the Tigers and Joe DcMaestrl, Lou Llmmer and Jim Plnegan hit home runs for the winners. Washington wasted an earlv lead against Baltimore, then won 'in the ninth when an easy roller dribbled through Jim Brldewcser's legs with the bases landed and one out THo loss was anolher heartbrraker lor Don Lar.sen. who now has lost a dozen games. rtv Vv$ tea wys v. ljz ij-w j iv id STINGY . . . Virgil Trucks, left, of the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies' Robin Roberts, right, pitched one hit games this season. Jim McDonald of the New York Yankees dis posed of the Boston Red Sox the same way. Mike Garcia, Ray Narleski and Early Wynn of Cleveland combined to treat the White Sox in similar fashion. WEDNESDAY'S BASEBALL Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet, GH New York 62 30 .674 Brooklyn 55 37 .588 7 Philadelphia . 44 43 .506 15 Cincinnati 47 46 .50a 15 ' Milwaukee 46 45 ,50o 15'2 St. Louis 44 46 .48S( 17 Chicago 35 53 .398 25 Pittsburgh 29 62 .319 32 Wednesday's Results New York 2, Chicago 1 Brooklyn 5. Cincinnati 1 S(. Louis 13, Pittsburgh 12 Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 1 Giants Double Team Foes With Fine Relief Pitchers TONIGHT'S BALLFARE NEW YORK (NEAt The biggest physical improvement in the Giants, as Carry Schumacher points out, is the phenomenal play of Willie Mays and the pitching: of left-handed Johnny Antonelli. The happy-go-lucky Mays has been an infectious force, restoring team spirit and the feel of winning again. Someone always picks up the slack In -the games' crisis. There is a hero a day or night. It's the 1051 drive all over again, but launched much earlier. The secret of the New York Na tionals success, however, has been the double teaming of two air tight relief pitchers who comple ment one another perfectly. They are, of course, Marv Grissom and Hoyt Wllhelm. Grissom has been In 18 winning games, Wllhelm 14. Although the 36-year-old Grissom twice tttopped the Dodgers in three days, the weather-beaten Callfornlan prefers two days rest even after a short stint. The rubber-armed Wilheim con pitch every duy, but with Orissom taking his turn, the North Cany linian is rested and his knuckle- ball is made all the more efioc live. Not even Wllhelm knows where his butterfly ball la going. It breaks in all directions Incluci- ing up. It requires Wes Westrum to use a special glove. Even with that the catcher frequently is hit. Grissom gets them out with a fast one. an excellent curve and a screwball which he hns been fool ing with for years, 'ihe veteran perfected the pitch last fall in Ja pan, where with nothing at stake he could experiment with complete j freedom. He returned with a 7 and 0 record and Leo Durochcr was talking about his screwball which breaks away from a left-hand bat ter, in Phoenix last spring. Man ager Durocher predicted that he Is j i. i MARV GRISSOM , , . veteran reliefer had a sleeper. Orissom has a funny record. In six ' years in the minors, he had only one outstanding campaign. He is an old man with a young man s arm, for he did not pitch as a kid, was 23 when he broke into organized ball and spent four years In military service. Orissom is wltn the Polo Ground ers because of Carl Hubbell's friendship with Paul Richards. The old Meal Ticket took in all of the White Sox' games at Yankee Sta dium, and it was thero that Gris som caught, tile farm ' director's eye in 1952. Grissom was one of the White Sox pitchers who was not afraid of the vaunted Yankees. Orissom was traded to the Red Sox and the Giants claimed him when the Boston club requested waivers. Zt has been a long and arduous haul for Orissom, a brother of Lee, one - time Cincinnati southpaw. Marv has had more downs than ups. There was the summer of 1948. after he had been sold out of the Giants' chain to Sacramen to and was a total early season flop. uut ot sneer desperation one night, Manager Joe Orengo sent in orissom with the bases loaded, none out and the score tied. The current Marvelous Marv fed the batter three bnlls. One more ball and he would have been out of there and on his way, perhnps out of the game for keeps. But he managed to get three strikes past tne hitter ana tan the next two and end the Inning. He went on to win 11 games and be the ace of Ihe staff and was drafted by the Tigers. Marvin Edward Grissom shut out Curt Simmons and the Phil lies, 1-0. In his one start this sea son, but has indicated preference for fire fighting. He has four times slammed the door in the Dodgers' laces mis year. His name must be added to the list of remarkable pitchers who arrived late. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pi t 61 28 30 34 50 60 50 56 Cleveland New York Chicago Detroit Boston Washington Philadelphia Baltimore Ii2 58 39 37 37 31 32 tl: .685 .674 .6311 .438 22 .425 23 .425 23 .356 29 .352 30 W L Pet, GB 72 41 .637 65 45 .591 5'i 58 55 .513 14 56 55 .505 15 50 58 .463 lB'i 48 63 .432 23 46 61 .430 23 46 63 .422 24 Wednesday's Results Chicago 15, New York 3 Cleveland 7, Boston 7 (8 Innings, tie, rain) Washington 6. Baltimore 5 -Philadelphia 4. Detroit 1 PACIFIC C( Hollywood San Diego San Francisco Oakland Seattle Sacramento Portland T.nc Aneeles Wednesday's Results Seattle 4-2, San Diego 3-3 Portland 4, Sacramento 2 Hollywood 5, San Francisco 2 Oakland 3, Los Angeles 2 Western International Leajue W I Lewis ton Salem Yakima Victoria Edmonton Tri-City Vancouver Wenatchee Wednesday's Results Yakima 3, Tri-City 1 Vancouver 6. Edmonton 3 Salem 10, Victoria 2 Wenatchee 7, Lewiston 7 (tie game called in 11th; curlew) W L Pet. GB 12 6 .607 8 6 .571 2 8 7 .533 2'i 5 5 .500 3 7 7 .500 3 8 8 .500 3 5 6 .455 3i 4 12 .250 7 NEEDS FISH-CHASING LICENSE CLINTON, Iowa You've Rot a license to chase fish as well as catch them in Iowa. Owen Moorehead and Herb Ivey were each fined $10 and costs in Municipal Court here. They had been arrested by Conservation Of ficer Howard Lovrien while they were with a party spearing fish In the Mississippi River. 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As the once proud leaders suffer through an extended slump and1 fall further behind the flying Giants in a .Na tional League race that threatens to develop Into a runaway, the abrupt chance of pilots that shocked the baseball world last fall again has become a burning topic of conversation and conjecture. Would the Dodgers still be on! top if Uie scrappy, alert Dressen i vere at the helm? Or was the like-1 able Alston presented with a bali club that, because of age and re curring injuries to key men, Was ready to fade before the onslaught of Ihe first determined rival? Did Dressen foresee what was coining and demand a two-year contract for his own protection? If you think you know any of the answers, consider yourself a member of the debating club. The i only clue we have to offer comes from a former big league star, la ter a manager,1 who has had an opportunity to study the methods of both Dressen and Alston. "They're both good managers." he said, "but of an entirely dif ferent type. Alston still looks a little bewildered to me though, maybe a bit overwhelmed by what's happened to him. I don't doubt that he's a sound baseball man. but I've seen him make some mistakes that Charlie never would have made. "I don't believe he thinks quite as fast as the little guy did. It wasn't the bunk about Charlie stealing your signals. He could hurt you, and I'm convinced he helped some of his batters by call ing pitches for them. He had the horses, sure, but he helped them win a lot of close games." Whether Dressen suspected that worse times were coming, and so precipitated the row that wound up with him managing Oakland instead of sounding his shrill whistle In the big show, one can only guess. As for Alston, he Isn't saying much of anything. No particular inference is to be drawn from this, though, as he had very little to say before the roof began caving in upon him. They say that he, like his players, only looks a little more stunned day by day as mis fortune dogs the team. 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