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Newspaper Page TextTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGJ5 NINE Starts .lomoirirow n Mew mm t s J Maglie, Lemon May Start By jog ni:iciiLi n NEW YOHK Ifl Barring a surprise selection, the 1954 world scries will open at the Polo Grounds tomorrow with Sal Maglie (14-6 on the mound for the New York Giants opposing the Cleve land Indians' Bub Lemon (23-7). Both managers, Leo Durocher of the Giants and Al Lopez of the Indians, promised to make their selections known today. Despite Durocher's known will ingness to gamble, it was felt that Leo realizes he must go with his veteran ace, who was his front man in all of the Giants' clutch series down the. stretch. Maglie will be fully rested, having pitched only two warmup innings last Sat urday. FRESH Lemon also will be flesh. He has not pitched since Friday when he went the distance against the De troit Tigers. Early Wynn, who had been coupled with Lemon by Lopez as a possile first starter, pitched a "pressure" game against De troit Saturday, working on a no hitter until the ninth inning. The Indians, already a prohibi tive 17 to 10 favorite, were made an even more solid 9 to 5 choice today. The odds-makers undoubted ly count on Cleveland's deeper pitching staff to bring ultimate vic tory. The Indians are 6 to 5 fa vorites to- capture the opener, re gardless of the pitchers. The weathef man promises nice weather. He says it'll be slightly cloudy with the temperatures be tween 65 and 70 degrees when the umpires yell "play ball" at 1 p.m. EST, . ' TICKET Reserve tickets tor the opener and all other games here and in Cleveland long have been sold. A crowd of close to 55.000 is expect ed for the opener. The second game also will be played at the new YORK I Probable lineups with uniform numbers for the opening game of the World series Wednesday at the Polo Grounds (batting averages in pa enthesis. CLEVELAND INDIANS 32 Smith. LP (.281 1 Avila, 2B, (.341) 14 Doby, CK" ( 272l 7 Rosen, 3B, (.3001 . 23 Wertz IB, (.256) 17 Phllley, RF (226) 2 Strickland, Ss (.213) 4 Hegan. C ( 234) 21 Lemon, P (23-7) -NEW -YORK GIANTS 15 Lockman, IB (.251) 19 Dnrk. SS (-293) 2? Mueller. RF (.342) 31 Mays, CF (.S45) 16 Thompson, 3B (.263) 20 Irvin, LF (.262) 10 Williams, 2B (222) 9 Westrum. C (.187) 35 Maglie, P (14-6). Polo Grounds Thursday before the scene shifts to Cleveland, nesmte the announced odds, the writer believes the Indians will have their hands full in a scries going the full seven games. It fig ures to be a keenly fought series, dominated by standout pitching on both sides, with a clutch hit In the late Innings deciding each game. The Giants can't match the In. headed by Lemon. Wynn (23-11), Mike Garcia (19-8), Bob Feller (13-3). Art Houtteman (15-7) and Don Mossi (6-1). nilTSTANDING But they have three outstanding hurlers in Maglie, leimanaer w Antnneiu (21-7) and Ruben Go- niez (17-9 1 and they own two of the best relief pitchers in the bus iness in knuckleballer Hoyt Wit helm (12-4) and screwballer Marv Grlssom (10-7). The Giants may come up with a surprise starter, probably for the fourth game, in Don Liddle, their dimunutive southpaw with a 9-4 record. Figures show that Cleveland's record against lefthanders this sea son was .044 (38-2U as compared to Its .768 percentage 73-22) 'against riahthanders. The shrewd Giant manager also must have no ticed that three of Cleveland's last four losses, all in the final week, were inflicted by southpaws. STRONGER CLl'B Aside from pitching, the Giants appear to field the stronger club. The infield of Whltey Lockman. Da vey Williams, Al Dork and Hank Thompson has a definite defensive edge over the Indians' inner line of Vic Wertz, Bobby Avila, George Strickland and Al Rosen. There is little to choose in pow er. Each club boasts the league leading batter but Willie Mays' .345 is more impressive .than Avila's .341 because it includes 41 homers and 67 RBIs. The Indians' Larry Doby. however, tops all with his 126 RBI's and is second only to : i a SAL MAGLIE . . Indian Killer??? BOB LEMON . . . Lopez's choice??? Scribe Picks NY To Trip Indians By GAYLE TALBOT , winning the World Series normallly NEW YORK iPi-. A man who un-1 calls for a team effort. It is seldom dertakes to dope the World Series I Uiat the pitching of either team starting here tomorrow can do one ' Is sutuclently overpowering to of two things. He can take the j prcve decisive by itself. We do odds-makers' word for it that not think that the Indians' pitching Cleveland is virtually a shoo-in be- 'superiority real or imaginary is cause of superior pitching, or he : equal to that of the Giants in hit can haul off and make up his own ting and fielding. The Giants are mind without any help from Las a sound, balanced ball team. The Vegas. ! Indians are not. In our own particular case it will Irish Dominate football Voting NEW YORK If) Notre Dame, the pre-season choice, took over the No. 1 spot today as the nation's sports writers and sportscasters made a quick overhaul of the ranking in The Associated Press' weekly college football poll. The Irish, second a week ago in the first poll of the season, vauled into the top position with solid support after their impressive 21-0 victory under new coach Terry Breruian in their season opener against Texas last weekend, otre Dame claimed almost two-thirds of the first place votes on the 154 ballots. NUMBER TWO Oklahoma's Sooners, given first place honors last week settled in the No. 2 position. The Sooners. pressed by TCU for their second victory, had a clear eoge over eth rest of the field. The Irish collected 94 first place voles and a total of 1,438 points (based on 10 points for first. 9 for second, etc) "while Oklahoma col lared Just 24 first and 1.224 points. The experts merely reverted to their pre-season selections In nam ing the two top teams, but they jilted most of their other first week be the latter. We happen to feel that, man for man, the New York Giants have a good deal the more solid ball club and that, given their share of the breaks, they figure to overcome the Indians in six or seven game-s. The reason we say the National Leaguers are the more solid is that they have an established big league star at every position, Infield and outfield, whereas the Indians' reg ular lineup includes three retreads who were found wanting by other major league outfits In recent years. Sure, they must have done all right to have had a part in winning 111 games, but It doesn't make stars of them overnight. Thsy still are Vic wertz, uave i-niiiey ana George Strickland, wno were turned loose by second division clubs two of them this year and it seems fair to suggest that they mnde goodo because Cleveland had encugh pitching to afford them. Philley, veteran o! nine undis tinguished seasons, was traded to the Indians' by the Fniianeipnia Athletics for a couple of players no one has heard of since. A3 Phil ley still can't do anything much ex cept throw, it would be a waste of time to tiv to compare him witn his opposite number in right field, Don Mueller, who led both leagues In total hits. Until late in June, Wertz still was trying to make the Baltimore out field and getting nowhere. A star for Detroit back in 49 and oO, he had lost the batting gift and appeared to be on his way out. The Indians got him for a seconod-line pilcher they didn't need. On July 8 manager Al Lopez suddenly realized he didn't have a first baseman, and asked Wertz to give it a whirl. It is true that the big fellow has done better than could have been expected at a strange position, but he still is not In the same class with Wliitey Lockman of the Giants, who is one of the very best. The Indians obtained their short stop, Strickland, from the hopeless Pittsburgh Pirates back In '52, mostly because they figured that anyonoe might do better at the posi tion than Ray Boone. It is true that George has supplied the type of fielding for which the club was starved, but he is lucky If he hits within 40 points of captain Alvin Dark of the Giants. So there are three important po sitions at which the National Leaguers excel by a tremendous margin. At no position. Infield or outfield, do the Indians have quite such a. decisive advantage, not even at second base. Bobby Avila, leading hitter of his league, rates over Davey Williams at the plate, but he can't field with the littlest of the Giants or- make the double play as well. All this is important, because Bert Bell Blasts Ram Play PHILADELPHIA 'ijfl National Foot bull League commissioner Bert Bell says any repetition of sleeper" pass play used by the Los Angeles Rams in their 48-0 rout of Baltimore Sunday will draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The play was good for 80 yards and the Rum's first touchdown against the Colts. Bell Monday labelled, the play "unsportsmanlike" and added: "This kind of thing will never happen again if I have anything to say about it." In the play in question, Ram halfback Skeet Quintan stayed near the sideline on the Ram's side of the field when the teams lined up- for the.- first play after the kiefcoff. 'He sprinted unnoticed downfield to take a pass from Norman Van Brocklin. Quinlan went the rest of the way un touched. Ram's coach Hampton Pool said "no violation" was intended. ''We never thought for a- moment that the Colls wouldn't see Quin lan," Pool explained. . Colts' coach Webb Ewbank pre ferred to blame his team for not being alert, rather than the Rams for using the play. "We went to sleep," he said. Bell said he would send out a memorandum providing for the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against any team that sends out a flanker to within five yards of its own sideline. Conley To Play BOSTON W Gene Conley, the Milwaukee Braves pitcher who says playing basketball is no viola tion of his baseball contract, was scheduled to start practicing wlih the Boston Celtics Tuesday. Conley, denying a tiff with gen eral manager John Quinn of the Braves, flew here Monday night after failing to com-2 to terms with Milwaukee. The 6 foot, 8 Inch forward from Washington State who had a 14-9 record in his first major league baseball season was to talk with Celtics owner Walter Brown. Conley had said in Milwaukee that he could "make well up In five figures" playing basketball this winter. choices with puppy-love abandon. Five of last week's top 10 stumbled and two Georgia Tech and Illi nois, fifth and sixth a week ago dropped clear out of the top 20. Iowa, with its U-10 surprise against Michigan State, jumped into the No. 3 spot from the No. 12 berth, displacing Maryland, the 1HE3 mythical national champion. The Terps, idle last weekend, diopped to sixth, while UCLA ad vanced from eighth to fourth and Wisconsin moved in at No. 5 from a tenth-place tie with Baylor last week. LINES UP The rest of the top 10 lines up like this: Duke, Mississippi, South ern California and Penn State. Missing, in addlton to Georga Tech and Illinois, both dealt telling blows last weekend, are Texas. No. 4 until bumping into Notre Dame: Michigan State and Baylor. The Longhorns wound up 12th, be hind Baylor, with Michigan State another length back at no. 13 alter being ranked No. 7. Duke. Southern Cal and Penn State are newcomers to the top 10 along with Iowa while Mississippi moved ur one noicn irom nintn Penn State, the outfit that upset Illinois 14-12. wasn't even listed a week ago. while Duke and South ern Cal moved up from 18 and 15 resoectlvelv. The top ten with number of first place votes inp arenthesls (points based on 10 tor Iirst, -o-i, o-o, i-j-?-i 1. Notre Dame (94) 1438 2. Oklahoma (24) 1224 3. Iowa (11) - 832 4. UCLA (3) - . 746 6. Wisconsin (7) 6. Maryland (3 - - 621 1. Duke (7) 617 Mississippi (3) 328 9. Southern camornia ... 10. Penn State Second Ten 11. Baylor 13. Michigan State 14. Ohio State (1) 15. South Carolina (1) 130 16. Rice - - 12 17. Texas Tech .- - 93 18. California 61 19. Purdue 59 20. Florida 49 Diamond Notes NEW YORK M" The New York Giants showed more power than did Cleveland during the reg ular season. The Giants produced 2,216 total bases Including 186 homers the most In the majors. The Indians had 2,098 total bases with 156 home runs. In World Series play, the Giants have won 35 games and lost 41 In 13 classics, of which they have won four. Cleveland has a 9-4 won lost record in their two winning series. The Giants may find It a tough job hitting home runs off Mike Garcia. The big righthander per mitted only six gophers during the regular campaign, the fewest hi either circuit. Cleveland's Municipal Stadium was the scene of the largest World Series crowd 86,228 at the , Indians-Boston Braves came of Oct. 10, 1948. Cleveland drew the sea son's high of 1954 84.587 in the twinbill against the Yankees on Sept. 12. The largest share for a winning World Scries player was the (8.280.68 each New York Yankee received last year. The 1 o s 1 ng Dodgers picked up $6,178.42 apiece also a record. Cleveland pitchers probably will settle for a few one-base hits off the bat of Willie Mays. The "sey hey" kid broke the Giants' club mark for extra-bases, pounding Coast Conference Supports Big Ten CHICAGO l.4 Big Ten offi cials, continuing their tight for legional television, have picked up support in the Pacilic Coast Con ference. K. L. (Tug) Wilson, Big Ten commissioner, and Doug Mills, athletic boss at the University of Illinois, told football gatherings in different sections of the country Monday their stand .on regional television is clear and they're go ing to fight to get it. Alfred R. Masters, athletic di rector at Stanford, said he is not in favor of NCAA control and is strongly in favor of regional di rection of televised games. Wilson told a Chicago football luncheon "the Big Ten stand on television should be clear now. We have- fought in NCAA circles for regional television. We are going to continue the bnttle to get It. "We want to see that fans, like yourselves, get to see the televis ion games you are interested in games of high interest in this out 87 with 33 doubles, 13 triples and 41 homers. Don Mueller, of the Giants, was the only major leaguer to hit for the cycle with- a single, double. triple and homer this year. He did It In the July 11 game against Pittsburgh. He was the first to turn the trick since Cleveland's Larry Doby did it June 4, 1952, icglon." 1 In San Francisco, Mills said he thought the Big Ten should be per mitted to control television In Its own area. "The NCAA must change is pol icy on televised games," Mills said. "The problem is to find a way to live with television and yet enable colleges to maintain at tendances on a profitable basis." 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