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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore.
Thursday, Srptember 21, 1961 & Page S-B
Rookie
Manager
Triumphs
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Roger Maris strode to the plate
in the top of the ninth, dug in
and fouled the first pitch by
knuckleball specialist Hoyt Wtl
helm back of the plate. Wilhelm
f wound up again, let go and Mans
tried to check his swing. He
couldn't.
The ball trickled down the first
base line.
Thus Maris joins a long list of
homer hammerers who have
come within range of Ruth's rec
ord, but failed. Roger, however,
tied Ruth's mark of 59 in 1921.
He became only the second man
in major league baseball history
to hit that many and still has
eight games under the expanded
schedule in which to match or
surpass Ruth's total.
The honor of clinching the
Yanks Uth pennant in the last 13
years went to Ralph Terry (15-31
who got the job done for the sec
ond year in a row with a four
hitter that made Ralph Houk the
first rookie manager in 15 years
to win a major league flag.
The last American League first
year pilot to do it was Mickey
Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers in
1934.
NY 4, Baltimore 2
The Yankees wrapped it up with
a three-run rally in the third
started by Maris' homer off Milt
Pappas ( 12-9). Yogi Berra then
followed with a homer and a sin
gle by .lohnny Blanchard
Joey Jay
Hits 20;
LA Wins
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1Kb UAY BABE BELTED NO. SO Lou Gehrig, next up, was first to congratulate a beam
ing Babe Ruth when he established the seasonal major league home run record at 80 by
belting a Tom Zachary pitch half way up the right field bleachers at Yankee Stadium,
Sept. 30, 1927. The batboy was next to extend his hand. The Washington catcher was
Bennie Tatu, the umpire Bill Dineen. Note that players were not yet wearing numbers.
34- Year -Old Record Safe
For At Least Another Year
Elston Howard's double finished
NEW YORK (UPD - It hap
pened one September day 34 yeas
ago, the year that Charles A.
Lindbergh flew the "Spirit of Si.
Louis" across the Atlantic Ocean
alone.
This was the vpar when Prpsi.
?n(j dent Calvin Coolidge sent 600 Ma
rines into Nicaragua to protect
on tne outDurst lor a 4-0 lead. U-S. property and a famous sing-
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the first "talking" motion picture.
Baltimore 000 002 000 2 4
Terry (15-131 and Howard. Pam
pas, Hall (3), Wilhelm (91 and
Triandos. Loser Pappas ( 12-9).
HRs Maris, Berra.
Chicago 3, Boston 1
Chicago's Ray Herbert defeated
Boston 3-1 wih a seven-hitter,
and Bobby DelGrcco hit a two
run homer in the ninth that gave
Kansas City a 4-2 win over Cleve
land in other games. Minnesota
Washington was rained out.
Boston 000 001 000 1 7 1
Chicago 010 001 10.x 3 9 2
Conley, Early (7) and Nixon.
Herbert (11-12) and Carreon. Los-.
er-Conley (11-13).
KC 4, Cleveland 2
Kansas City 001 000 102 4 11 2
Cleveland 000 100 010 2 8 0
Bass (9-11) and Bryan. Latman.
Allen (8), Schaffernoth (9) and
Romano. Loser Allen' (3-2). HRs
Dillard, Del Greco.
But to many people the most
important day in 1927 was Sept.
30. That was the day Babe Ruth
hit his 60th home run.
Since that day great baseba.l
players have tried and failed to
break that mighty record. Hank
Greenberg, Jimmy Foxx and
Hack Wilson all came close b'lt
not close enough.
Almost Docs It
Wednesday night Roger Maris
of the New York Yankees almost
did it. But he didn't. He missed
Los Angeles 000 002 001 3 7 1
Detroit 000 200 40x 6 10 1
Bowsfield. Chance 7 and
Rodgers. Kline (8-8) and Brown.
Loser Bowsfield (10-7). HRs
Cash, G. Thomas.
Minn, at Wash, ppd., rain
Houk Leads
Strange NY
Celebration
BALTIMORE (AP) - Manager
Ralph Houk of the New York Yan.
kecs wastes no time looking back.
"We're not interested in home
runs by Roger Maris or the rest
of the schedule, he said only
tieing the record by a few feet
after hitting his 59th, the same
number the Babe hit in 1921, at
Baltimore in a game that won the
1961 pennant for the Yankees.
Let's go back to that unforget
table day in September. 1927,
when the Bambino walked up to
the plate in the eighth inning of
a game with the Washington Sen
ators.
Tom Zachary, a great left-hand
er, was on the mound.
'There were two out, the score
was 1-1 and men on first and sec
ond, Zachary recalled many
years later. "I had to pitch to
him. I couldn't put the winning1
run on third. It was mighty hot
and the count was 3 and 2. I had
to get it over with something
on it.
What To Throw?
As Ruth clenched the bat han
dle, Zachary was in a sweat
Should he try to fog a fast ball
past the Babe?
"I guess I could have thrown
him one of my fast balls, but I
didn't want him to get hold of one
of those," Zachary said.
Zachary made his decision a
curve ball.
"I threw him a good curve ball.
the best I had, but it wasn't good
enough."
There was a loud crack of the
bat and the historic ball started
its journey down the right field
line. It curved fair, high in the
bleachers, and the crowd in Yan
kee Stadium on that eay went
wild.
"He hit it a mile," Zachary
said.
Zachary stood on the mound
calling himself names as he
watched the Babe make his fa
miliar trot around the bases for
the 60th time.
It was a day that lone will be
remembered in baseball.
Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Those amazing Cincinnati Reds,
a questionable product in the Na
lonal League race when the sea
son began, have gone methodical
ly about the business of trying to
nail down their first pennant
21 years with a potent patent on
winning one-run games.
The Reds did it again Wednes
day night, edging the Pittsburgh
Pirates 3-2 on Wally Post's two-
run homer in the eighth inning
for their eighth victory in the last
nine games and a 34-14 won-lost
record in one-run games.
The victory went to right-hander
Joey Jay (21-8), the only NL
pitcher with 20 wins, and reduced
the Reds' magic pennant-clinching
number to four over second-place
Los Angeles. The Dodgers also
won by a single run, nipping Chi
cago 3-2 in 13 innings.
Milwaukee beat San Francisco
7-4 and Philadelphia defeated St.
Louis 6-1 in other games.
Reds 3, Pirates 2
Post's 20th homer came with
Vada Pinson on base via a walk
and brought the Reds from behind
to beat the Pirates and reliever
EIRoy Face (6-11).
Pinson, who was l-for-3 on the
night, became the first player in
either league to reach the 200-hit
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
American League
W. L. Pet. G.B.
104 50 .675
93 59 .612 10
89 65 .582 15
84 70 .545 20
74 79 .484 29'i
73 81 .474 31
67 83 .447 35
66 86 .434 37
57 95 .375 46
56 95 .371 46ls
x-Clinched pennant
Wednesday Results
New York 4, Baltimore 2
Chicago 3. Boston 1
Kansas City 4. Cleveland 2
Detroit 6, Los Angeles 3
Minnesota at Washington, post
poned, rain
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Octroi
Baltimore .
'Chicago ...
(Cleveland
i Boston
i Minnesota .
Los Angeles
I Kansas City
Washington
Maris Misses In Big Try;
Long Fouls, Dribbler Hurt
BALTIMORE, Md. (API Roger threatened that mark Jimmy an 0-2 count, Roger wliacked a
Maris' relentless assault on Babe Foxx and Hank Greenberg. j liner which landed in the stands.
National League
W. 1.. Pet. G.B,
57
61
65
69
69
75
86
90
84
80
77
77
69
.612
.579
.552
.527
.527
.479
.415
Cincinnati . . .
Los Angeles .
San Francisco
St. Louts
Milwaukee . . .
Pittsburgh ...
Chicago 61
Philadelphia . 45 101
Wednesday Results
Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2
Los Angeles 3, Chicago 2 ( 13 in
nings I
Philadelphia 6, St. Louis. 1
Milwaukee 7, San Francisco 4
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Ruth's hallowed home run record
ended in defeat Wednesday night,
but in no way could it be inter
preted as a failure.
The left-handed slugger; bat
tling against almost impossible
odds, missed matching the immor
tal Bambino's 60 homers in a 154
game season by the narrowest of
margins just one.
Trailing by two home runs with
just one more game remaining.
playing in a park which had
throttled him in all 26 previous
efforts, Maris not only walloped
his 59th home run of the season
but came breathlessly close to
smashing two more.
Had the two he barely missed
been fair instead of feet foul, the
crew-cut blond from Raytown
Mo would have achieved the
feat of the century.
Only two others had seriously
devoted to Ruth, a native Balti
more., gave Maris, 27, a stand
ing ovation after he had sent a
dribbler down the first base line.
I didn't quite make it, but I
tried."
And how Maris tried.
The crowd of 21,032, naturally
about eight feet foul and some 15
feet short of the right field
bleachers. Many in the crowd, on
his side by that time, groaned. ;
Again, in the seventh. Maris
flirted with fame when he hit, a
long drive deep into the right field
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In the first inning, facing Mtlt , "
Pappas, Baltimore's ace right
hander, he drove a screaming
liner to Earl Robinson in deep
right.
In the third inning, with Pappas
still on the mound, he smashed a
2-1 pilch, a sort of high liner, into
the right field bleachers, about
390 feet from the plate. The hom-i
er electrified the audience, which
realized he still had at least two
more cracks at homer No. 60.
Dick Hall, another right-hander,
was on the mound when Maris
came to bat in the fourh. With
Now it was the ninth. There
were two out, Hoyt Wilhelm was
on the mound.
"Just one good swing." Maris
muttered grimly to himself. "Just
one good swing. Thats all I
want."
He never got that "one good
swing."
The ball struck the bat and
dribbled down the first bass line.
Wilhelm fielded the ball himself
and lagged the dejected Maris
just off first base. :
Today's Sport Parade
Roger Remains Impassive;
It's Champagne, Not Tears
By OSCAR FRALEY
BALTIMORE (UPD Roger
Maris had just hit No. 59, a blow
which put him second in baseball
annals only to the immortal Babe
Ruth, and he was as impassive
as someone living in a vacuum.
He was a man with the cold
poise of a Mississippi steam boat
gambler holding a royal flush.
The face was as expressionless
as those cut into the unyielding
rock of Mount Rushmore.
His deep-set eyes gazed forth on
a watching world with the flinty,
unwavering stare of a house de
tective checking a spurious credit
card.
The voice was the flat, level
monotone of a train announcer
reading a part in Othello.
How did he feel now that he had
hit one less than Ruth and one
more than any other man in base
ball history in the 154-game
limit imposed by Commissioner!
minutes after clinching the 1961 1 r" .... ... .
American League pennant He shrugged, still without crack
Wednesday night in his first sea- mg the veneer.
. r, La,,, manner 1 tried and all I got was one.
"Cincinnati, or whoever it is in I m ""PPX and lucky to get what
it,, uwm crt'u n.vi u-m-.H gt. I'm relieved, too.
or relieved. You'd see more ex
pression on the fish who stole
your bait, the lady who won 20
cents on her two-buck ticket on
the favorite to show, on the guy
whose wife didn't pick his pocket
of the poker winnings.
What about the Frick ruling?
"He makes the rules."
And another shrug.
This is not a new facade manu
factured for protective coloration.
Maris is noted as a quiet man,
albeit one ever prepared to sneak
up with unyielding firmness when
he is displeased. There is about
him the withdrawn manner of a
pick-pocket at a police convention,
a characteristic which never has
made him a roaring favorite
among his mates.
Throughout the latter stages of
his Canaveral-like canter among
the stars he has read the news
papers with the critical eye of an
editor suffering from ulcers. He
has had what is' known as
who had been affronted by an im
moral manuscript.
Fan Snags Ball
After his 59th home run in the
third inning Wednesday night,
reporter pursued the ball into the
right field bleachers. It had been
snatched by an unemployed ma
chinist as if it were the Kohinoor
diamond and he clutched it irm
ly in his hands as he was led
down between innings to pose for
pictures with Mans.
There was a discussion of its
worth in a trade. There was the
offer of two new balls in ex
change; of two tickets to the first
game of the World Series; of
flat J25. It wasn't enough to the
unemployed one.
"You gonna keep it?" Maris:
asked.
"Yep."
"Well, good luck to you," Maris
said icily, and walked back to the
dugout.
mark and inched up on Pitts-
burghs Roberto Clemcnte, the
league batting leader wih a .354
average. Pinson has a .342 mark.
Pittsburgh 000 000 020 2 7 0
Cincinnati 010 000 02x 3 10 0
Gibbon, Face (8), Haddix (8)
and Burgess. Jay (21-81 and D.
Johnson. Loser Face (6-11). HR
Post.
Bums 3, Cubs 2
The Dodgers, beaten two nights
in a row by the seventh-place
Cubs, remained five games be-'
hind the first-place Reds by push
ing the winning run across in the
13th when Wally Moon singled,
reached second on a ground out
moved to third on a passed ball
and scored on Ron Fairly's two-,
out single.
Sandy Koufax (18-11) went the
distance for the victory, striking
out 15 for a 259 total this season.
and moved within eight of tying
the modern league record of 267
by Christy Mathewson of the New
York Giants in 1903. Barney
Schultz (7-6), third Chicago pitch
er, was the loser.
(13 innings)
Chicago 000 200 000 000 0 2 7 0
L. A. 010 000 010 000 1 3 11 0
Ellsworth. Elston (9), Schul.z
(12) and Barragan, Bertell (3).
Koufax (18-11) and N. Sherry.
Loser Schultz (7-6). HRs Santo,
N. Sherry.
Braves 7, SF 4
Hank Aaron cracked a bases-
loaded single in the seventh in
ning that snapped a 3-3 tie and
ended the Braves' eight-game los
ing streak. Lew Burdette (17-101,
won it. Mike McCormick (12-16),
took the loss.
Milwaukee 001 200 202 7 10 1
San Fran. 011 100 001 4 9 1
Burdette (17-10) and White. Mc
Cormick, Miller (7) and Bailey.
Loser McCormick (12-16). HRs
Cepeda, Adcock.
Eagle Point
Player Earns
Prep Honor;
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i
The Associated Press' Oregon
high school football player of the
week is Steve Geeren, 165-pound
Eagje Point speedster who scored
all of his team's points in a 33-0
rout of Cave Junction's Illinois
Valley.
Geeren returned a kickoff 80
yards for a touchdown, ran with1
an Intercepted pass for another
score and tallied from scrimmage
on runs of 80, 20 and 3 yards. He
made all of Eagle Point's conversions.
There were other heavy scorers
during the weekend. Glenn
Fortune registered 19 points for
Glide, Don Elston 18 for Sweet
Home, Marv Himmel 18 for West-
fir, and Tim Casey made three
touchdowns for, Jesuit of Beaver-
ton.
There also were some standout
defensive performances.
Don Causey, an end, was in on
12 tackles, intercepted a pass,
forced a fumble and blocked an
extra point try as his North Salem
team shaded Klamath Falls, 13-
12.
Grants Pass coaches credited
John Ripper of North Bend with
preserving a 7-0 victory over their
team. He batted down two passes
that could have gone for touch
downs and tackled several Grants
Pass runners who were about to
score.
Koscourgs Mike Flury was
brilliant both ways in a 7-6 win
over Springfield. He gained 95
yards on 23 carries, contributing
some key runs in a touchdown
drive. He also participated in 11
tackles and intercepted a pass.
t ullback Gary Collctle was
North Salem's offensive star in
the Klamath Falls game. He
cracked the line 29 times for 136
yards and scored one touchdown.
Wy'East is heavily Indebted to
another fullback, Mike Goe, for
the first victory it ever has scored
over The Dalles. In the 34-0
triumph Goe reeled off a 21-yard
touchdown run, averaged 4 yards
per carry and was in on 11
tackles.
Phils 6, Cards 1
Clay '. Dalrymple and Ruben
Amaro drove in two runs each
against Ernie Broglio (9-12), for
the Phils' victory while Don Fer
rarese (5-D) checked the Cards
on seven hits.
T.atf- in VinLna Jracinn DI.;UJntnl,i. AHA 1ATI IVIA It 7 A
Buu "'""iroom long accustomed to pennant St. Louis 000 001 000- 1 7 0
of the reviews of his ef oris were,winning ceicbrations 1 Ferrarase ,5.9, and Dalrympl;.
encouraging and complimentary. chamcaly wcre going th h he;Broglio. Washburn (5) and Olivet..
et he has an occasion, ocenjgpjgj ritual of drinking cham Loser Broglio (9-12). HR Oliver.
"In the meantime, we're going
to have fun tonight."
This was in a Yankee dressir,!
room where champagne had been
iced in advance and poured freely
by one player over another. When
the champagne ran out, beer
shampoos were in order.
In a way, it was a strange cele-
hratinn 'pu-men virtna Iv
nnrH Hm.lt In mnveriw on Marts dive in Memorial Stadium Wedncs-
No Expression quick to criticize as if he were
He didn't look happy, or sad, la publisher of children's books
Unemployed Ball Fan Nabs
Ball -And Won't Give It Up
SETS WORLD RECORD
LONDON (UPD Tamara Press,
of Russia set a world's record for
the women's discus throw with
a toss of 193 feet, 6 inches
Wednesday while leading a Rus
sian women's team to a 75-43 vic
tory over an English women's
track and field team. The
U.S.S.R. men's team also whipped
its English counterparts, 122-102.
pagne from paper cups and dous-
ing beer on the heads of the
younger and less blase members.
One, who was watching, noticed
a wet spot on Maris' check.
"Are they tears?" he was
asked.
"No." he replied with the barest
hint of lifted eyebrows. "Just
who missed bv one homer Babe day night for a baseball that may
Ruth's 34-veariid record of 60. j become a collector's item.- Or just I
Alone in a side room attired ina conversation piece,
street clothes was Mickey Man- Bob Reiz. an unemployed ma
tle. for years the best-known Yan-1 chine operaor. outhustled dozens
kce hitter. This season he had to of other right-field bleacher fans
take a back scat to Maris after to nab the ball which Roger Maris
reaching .53 homers. In the pen-lot the New York Yankees slugged
nant-winning victory over the into the seats for his 59th homer
Baltimore Orioles he was side- 'of the season,
lined with a cold. The homer came in New York's
But when-newsmen finally got ! 154th team decision of the season
around to congratulating Houk he the limit which Commissioner
reminded them the 26th Yankee i FortP Frick imposed on anyone
nenimnt and 11th in 13 seasons taking a crack at Babe
BALTIMORE (API A 32-vear-'and if Maris his another homer
old Baltimorcan made a head-long I the market value of the ball j champagne.
owned by Reitz will diminish con- lnose w travel witn tne cluD
siderably. could have told you that, even
Soon alter running down the j though after all thed. hectic
elusive ball. Reitz indicated ne,wecK ""7 still try:ng to get
inside him. But one thing is for
sure. He Isn't the crying kind,
RACING
would be happy to exchange the
ball for two World Series tickets
and an all-expenses-paid trip to
all series games in New York.
Maris, who met Reitz under the
stands between innings, nixed the By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
offer personally, and the fan re- NEW YORK Black Thumper
turned to his seal. ($28.20) won the 128.550 Stymie
"Maris shook my hand and Handicap at Belmont Park by 3'4
AJVU IUI pillUICS. JlCll MJIU iuik"3 a gt
newsmen. Then ne called lor LnlLAOO He s
Ruth's someone in the clubhouse to brine scored in the OO.OOO Brevity Han-
u, i riim eniirelv to Maris and: home run record of 60 set in 1927. out another ball. I knew what heidicap at Hawthorne.
Mantle. I But the Yanks save eight more wanted to do autograph anotheri SAN MATEO, Calif. Ella
"Thu was definitely a team ef-igames to play under the expanded one in exchange for mine. I said Knock 8 20) won the feature at
fort," he said. lfi2game schedule this season. I 'never mind' and kept the ball."y Meadows.
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