WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON
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CLAYTON HANNON
SPORTS EDITOR
Brooklyn Remembers
Disastrous '51 Close
By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK tOPf You can't
blame the Brooklyn Dodgers for
playing two seasons at once but
PeeWee Reese insisted today that
"barring total collapse" the team
won't lose this season as it did in
1951.
"That disastrous finish of 1951 is
bound to enter your mind from
Give-A-Way
Rescheduled
For Race Fans
Klamath Racing Association, dis
appointed over the fact of not los
ing any of their $1,000 in last
week's give-a-way, have resched
uled the money event as a special
attraction for this Friday night's
hardtop racing show.
Time trials are set for 7 o'clock
and the first race of the evening
will open one hour later at 8
o'clock. The admission charge is
SI for adults and 50 cents for stu
dents. Last Friday evening, Lucile Ben
der of Klamath Falls was the
lucky ticket holder and made a
desperate attempt of sweeping
clean the $1, 000 prize, but before
she could complete the course, the
load became too heavy and she
dropped the loot-filled bag.
Hardtop officials gucsed Mrs.
Bender had over $500 in the cloth
sack. The contestant has three
minutes in which to stuff the sack
with change, then she must walk
a straight line back to the finish
line without stumbling, falling or
dropping the sack.
Club president Benny Morrison
said this week, "this is Just one
way we can show our apprecia
tion to the fans who have been
helping us with the new track.
When the event didn't pay-off last
Friday night we decided to give
some woman hardtop fan another
crack at our money."
Besides the lucrative special
event, there will be three or four
heat races, the final heat if three
heats are run, the two trophy
dashes, a IS lap B-main and a 25
lap A-main.
Last week, Johnny Hitson won
the main event and showed for
the first time this season flashes
of the old Johnny who walked off
with last year's high point hon
ors. So far this season Hitson has
had car troubles, but Friday night's
performance added doubts as to
the fact K-7 still has troubles.
Ail-American
Preppers Meet
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP) Young
sters who hope to crash the head
lines as future college stars meet
here tonight in the seventh annual
Ail-American Prep Football game.
The battle is expected to feature
r pass-loaded West offense against
the ground game of the speedy
Eastern stars.
Sammy Baugh, former college
and professional passing star is
head coach for the West while
Harold (Red) Drew, former Ala
bama coach, heads the East
coaching staff.
The West has yet to win a game
in this annual summer classic.
Last year the two teams fought
to a 6-6 tie, the best showing made
by the west yet.
Rock Said in Shape
GROSSINGEH, N.Y. (UP)
Harry Wills, a former boxing
great, observed today that heavy
weight Rocky Marciano is in
wonderful shape for his title de
fense against Archie Moore on
Sept. 20. But Wills said he thought
the champ was "muscle bound in
' the legs and thighs and its prob
ably a result of too much road
work."
time to time, particularly when we
hit a slump," the little captain
confessed. "It's still hard to rea
liie that we blew that one."
"That one" was the pennant
chase in which the Dodgers bad a
13',i game lead between a double
header on Aug. 12 and dropped It
ail in a playoff with the miracle
Giants.
"I've been through a couple of
them," Reese grinned wryly as he
recalled the 8i game Auglust bulge
which the Dodgers blew to 1842 to
the Cardinals. "Sometimes, right
now, it makes my meals look
downright cold and I have trouble
eating.
PANIC CHATTER
"But we'll win two or three in a
row and stop all this 'panic' chat
ter," he added. "It doesn't seem
possible that we could lose this
one. Tnts club hasn't let down, the
players are hustling, we're getting
good pitching and the only thing
wrong is that we aren't bitting at
the right time."
In answer to those who are pre
dicting another el foldo for the
Dodgers, there are a number of
statistics which stand out in cold
rebuttal.
The most Important is that in
1951, the year of the great col
lapse, the Dodgers held only
six-game lead over the Giants et
this exact stage of the pennant
lace. This is predicated on the ex
act number of games the Dodgers
now have in the book with a 11
game lead. ,
In a mere two-week span that
season, they dropped seven and
one-half games of their lead. From
then on they rallied to fight right
down to the wire. Two weeks ago
they held a 1614 game lead. They
have dissipated 4! games of that
lead.
NO TENSION'
"But now we should be about
ready to snap out of It," Reese
explains. "Maybe It's a case of be
ing so close to the woods that you
can i see the trees, but I honeslty
can't feel any tension or see any
body being Jittery on this club."
There Is another great
difference.
Back in 1951 the Giants were an
inspired, hungry outfit convinced
that they were destined to charge
on to victory. They were led by a
battling little man named Eddie
Stanky and were getting yeoman
service Irom sucn as Al uarx.
Monte Irvin, Larry Jansen and
Sal Maglie,
The challengers this time arc the
Milwaukee Braves. It's a different
sort of outfit. They have been ac
cused of being "spoiled" and it
seems a certainty that they lack
soark and aren't "Hungry." witn-
out such spurs to goad them on
their task is virtually impossioie.
It would be, apparently, even
for those 1951 Giants considering
that the Dodger edge is so much
ereater now than It was that sea
son. As Reese insists, only "total
collapse" could do it this time
and such will not be the case.
Maginnis Wins
Golf Tournament
WEED Dennis M&jmnls, 12,
Yreka, won the chitdrens match
play golf tournament staged at
the Weed course Thursday morn
ing, August 18, with a score of
51.
Richard Granstrom and Dennis
Sbarbaro of Weed, scored second
with & tie of 55.
The Weed Ladies Club Is ar
ranging plans for a Handicap
tournament for the women play
ers. A 36-hole tournament play Is
being scheduled with the limited
time of play to be announced later.
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Portland Beavers Whip Hollywood, Rainiers Bounce SJ Seals
By PETER BATES i
tailed Pre Sport Writer
The San Francisco Seals gained;
split in a Pacific Coast League
doubfeheader ith Seattle Ust
night despite a near case of cp
piexy by their pitcher, Don Frac
chia. San Francisco blew a 4-0 lead
In the opener and ex-Seal Leo Ri
ghettt applied the coup de grace
with a sacrifice fly that drove in
the tie-breaking run to the sev
enth and final inning tor a 5- vic
tory. But in the second game starting
pitcher Fracchia had 3-1 lead
going Into the top of the ninth and
was determined not to lose it.
BLOWS STACK.
With one out, Harvey Zernia hit
one to the infield and Fracchia
raced over to cover first. He fell
down as lie made the play and
when Umpire Cece Carlucci ruled
Zernia safe, Fracchia blew his
stack.
Leaping to his feet and waving
his fist, he took one step toward
the tunp and collapsed. He lay
virtually paralyzed and had to be
packed off the field on a stretcher.
The club trainer reported, howev
er, that the young righthander
had suffered only a severe ease
of stomach cramps.
Bill Bradford took over and pre
served the 3-2 win for Fracchia,
although permitting a pair of sin
gles aor one run.
The split enabled Seattle to ta-
crease its lead to four games over
the second place Hollywood Stars.
who lost to Portland, 2-0, and to
5',; games over third place San
Diego, beaten by Oakland 5-3. Los
Angeles edged Sacramento, 4-3.
hi Hollywood, Beaver pitcher
Bob Alexander blanked the Stars
on four hits the fourth time
this season he has vanquished Hol
lywood. BASES-EMPTY
Wally W e s t J a k e paced Port
land's attack on loser Ben Wade
with three hits, including a bases
empty homer to the sixth Inning.
, Oakland's Brooks Lawrence, on
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with the Oaks and walked away
with credit tor the victory. He re
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inning with the score tied and al
lowed four hits the rest of the
way.
The Fads scored ail their runs
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Oakland chased loser Lloyd
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Ed Winceniak broke up a 3-3
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inning in Sacramento with a home
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Don Elston yielded nine hits in
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