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e o lb HI UUi Ni Slugger Seeking One More . NEW YORK (UPI) -Roger Maris wants "one more" not for the added money, prestige or even tne glory of passing Babe Kuth but merely as a matter of "personal pride." Baseball's new home run king the only man in major league nistory to hit 60 home runs in one season outside of Ruth, will get his chance at No. 61 today when he starts in right field for the New York Yankees againsl the Baltimore Orioles. 4 "One more homer would mean something to me that 1 could never explain," said the 27-year old Maris solemnly. "It has noth ing to do with records, money or anything like that. .- "The only way I could put it into words Would be to say per sonal pride, "Like I . told Mrs! Ruth: I'm glad I didn't break the Babe's record in 154 games. This record if it is one is good enough for me. Widow Congratulates Maris ". The Babe's widow was among .the first to congratulate Maris lollowing Tuesday night s game In which Mans connected for his 60th off a curve ball thrown by .Baltimore pitcher Jack Fisher during the third inning. "You had a great year," Mrs. Ruth told Maris, shaking his hand. "I want to wish you luck in the World Series and I know Babe would have wished you the same. - Maris still was in a semi-daze a full hour after he picked on a 2-and-2 pitch by Fisher and rock eted It off a concrete step in the upper right field deck, some 375 feet from home plate. '' "I'm in a fog," he told news men. "Tomorrow maybe I'll be' lieve it." ' 1. Maris' homer Tuesday night came in the Yankees' 158th game, excluding a tie. Ruth belted his 60th homer-in the next to the last! (Continued On 2-B) MOTOR OIL Good Eastern Oil 2 Gol. 50 Can I Jay Hawk PETROLEUM Ss. 6th and Crest or 2135 So. 6th craw v-v"- 4! f .. - INTO THE SEATS FOR THE 60TH TIME New York Yankee outfielder Roger Maris picked out the pitch ho liked Tuesday night, uncorked his swing and sent the ball sailing into the stands to equal the 34-year-old 60 home run record of Babe Ruth.- The young slugger has four games remaining in which to garner number 61, his new goal. Mrs. Babe, Frick Congratulate Rog By United Press International Commissioner Ford Frick and Mrs. Babe Ruth led the baseball world today in extending congrat ulations to Roger Maris for his feat of matching Ruth's all-time single-season high of 60 homers. "It's a marvelous thing," said Frick, who watched Maris hit No. 60 on television Tuesday night. "It will go into the books as a record for a 162-game season while Ruth's record stands as the mark for 154 games." You had a great-year,? said Mrs. Ruth, who was at Yankee Stadium and was among the first to offer personal congratulations to the 27-year-old Yankee slugger1 who hadn't been born when Ruth set his mark in 1927. "I want to wish you luck in the World Series and I know Babe would have wished you the same." Greenberg Is Delighted Hank Greenberg, who hit 58 homers for the Detroit Tigers in 1038; American League President Joe Cronin; ex-Pittsburgh Pirate slugger Ralph Kiner, who reached the 54-mark in 1049, and ex-Yan kee Manager Joe McCarthy also extended congratulations. "I was sure Roger would hit 60, ' Bag' Reds Win National Penn&ni By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - American League W. L. Pet. G.B. X-New York . 106 52 .671 Detroit 97 61 .614 9 Baltimore 92 67 .579 14'4 Chicago 86 73 .541 20z Cleveland 76 80 .487 29 Boston 75 83 .475 31 . Minnesota . ..- 69 66 .445 35 Los Angeles ... 66 90 .423 39 Kansas City ... 60 97 ,.382 45',-a Washington ... 59 97 .378 46 x-clinched pennant. Thursday Results New York 3, Baltimore 2 IN) Kansas City 8, Detroit 5 (N) Washington 3, Los Angeles 2 (N Chicago 7-5, Boston 5-7 Cleveland 7, Minnesota 3 Thursday Games Cleveland at Minnesota Washington at Los Angeles (N Only games scheduled National League W. L. Pet. G.B 92 59 87 63 N83 66 81 70 78 73 72 77 before the season ended and he' will probably hit a few more be fore it s over, said Greenberg 1 m aeugntea with his accom plishment. It's good for baseball and especially for the American League. "I'm very happy for the boy," said Cronin, "and I want to ex tend my heartiest congratulations to him. Did Fine Job ' "He did a very fine job," said Kiner, "and I think that he has a good chance to go over the 60- mark before the season ends." "I'm glad he did it," said Mc Carthy, who managed the Yan kees to eight pennants between 1932 and 1943. "Maris didn't break Ruth's record according to Com missioner Frick's ruling but he did set a record in the new schedule." Tom Zachary, the ex-Wash ington Senator pitcher off whom Ruth hit No. 60 in 1927, said that Maris "never will be like Ruth' but added, "he does have the knack of hitting homers." "I think there should be a dif ference between records for t h e 154-game and the 162-game sea sons, he added. ' x-Cincinnati ., Los Angeles - San Francisco Milwaukee . . St. Louis Pittsburgh .., Chicago 62 89 PWidelphia .. 46 104 x-clincied pennant. Tuesday Results Cincui-iati 6, Chicago 3 Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 2 Los Angeles 5-0, Pittsburgh 3-8 (twi-nightl Only games scheduled .609 .580 .557 .536 .517 .483 .411 .307 11 14 19 30 45Vi LOOK FOR THIS MAN He'll help you enjoy f rouble-free cold weather driving1. He's trained to spot trouble before it happens. He'll check your battery help you decide if a new one is needed for cold weather driving. He'll check your anti-freeze and make sure your car's engine is safe from cold weather. See him soon. 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Roger's father Rudy, hearing of number 60, said I feel great, hope he gets another one. I felt he'd get a tie when he got back to Yankee Stadium. The pressure is off now. Staid Cincinnati Celebrates Pennant Win In King-Size Style Wednesday, September 27, 1961 PAGE I B CINCINNATI, Ohio (UPH-The year was 1940 and Europe already was plunging into World War II. While war clouds gathered in the United States, people listened to Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo." and in Cincinnati, the Reds won their second con secutive National League pennant. Since then, every other club in the league won a championship except the Reds. Tuesday, the city caught up with the space age when the Reds won share of the 1961 flag by com ing from behind to beat the Chi cago Cubs, 6-3, and hours later actually clinched it when Pitts burgh shut out the second-place Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0, in the second game of a doubleheader. Staid Cincinnati made up for 21 years of baseball frustration with a king-size celebration that sur passed VJ Day and even a rally for Kennedy last fall. The official estimate at 10 p.m. EDT placed the crowd total at 30,000 in Fountain Square, in the heart of the downtown area. The noise sounded as though at least 100,000 were oh hand. The noise reached . a climax when members of the ball club ar rived in the midst of the celebra tion. Shortly afterwards, news ar rived that Pittsburgh had defeated the Dodgers in the nightcap. It took a squad of policemen to clear the way to let the players out of the bus. One reporter said it took him 15 minutes to move! licemen on duty, but they were lost in the surging mass of human ity. One man was shoved through the window of a candy store by the press of the crowd. Several persons fainted, and at one point, police asked a television camera crew to help maintain order. When it was announced that the Pirates had won, motorists honked horns, shotguns went off in the suburbs, firecrackers were set off and college boys shinnied up utility poles. One man was arrested when he dumped four bottles of liquid soap into the huge fountain dominating Fountain Square and sent soap suds all over the street. Another 18-year-old went swimming in the soapy fountain. Police arrested both on disorderly conduct charges. Says It's Wonderful Pushed before a microphone, manager Fred Hutchinson, in a hoarse, raspy voice, said over and over, "It's wonderful, wonderful." General Manager. William O. De- Witt called it the ."greatest thrill of. my life.- I've never seen any thing like this. The only other time was in 1926 when the Cards won the pennant in St. Louis." Pennants, Cincinnati . baseball caps, and signs -mat resembled a political . convention dotted t h e crowd. ."Maris and Mantle, you don't bother us, one sign read. An other had the message, "The Reds When it was all over, the down town area looked as if Hurricane Esther had struck. Confetti, beer cans, and debris were piled high from the biggest hangover in the city's history. Today, the bleary-eyed cry was, "Bring on the Yankees." V53LC' Get the Facts on a RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN Provides Guaranteed Lifetime Income of Retirement Age. Ak about it! CALL: JIM CRISMON Jim Crismon Office 2-3454 Home 4-4628 Thm Ormt-Wmt Ufm . 15 feet. There were 100 extra po-will melt the M & M squad.' Los Angeles Boss Picks Cincy To Win PITTSBURGH (UPD - Manag- cr Walt Alston of the Los An geles Dodgers today picked the Cincinnati Reds to defeat the New York Yankees lit the World Series because he. was "a Nation-1 at League man. ' " Alston chose the 1961 National League champions just before de parting with his team for.Phila- aeipnia wnere tne. Dodgers, open a series -tonight -against the Phil lies. , " , .. , .. Los Angeles was eliminated from the pennant race Tuesday night when Pirate left-hander Joe Gibbon posted a one-hit 8-0 win in the nightcap of a twi-night double header. The Dodgers won the opener 5-3. Visually .downcast after the de feat, Alston proclaimed: "We didn't lose it tonight: We lost it a month ago." He refused to elaborate .further. ; Reds Deserve Credit Alston said the Reds deserved credit "for. the tway they won it in a tough league. . The Dodger manager' also laud ed Gibbon, who pitched the first one-hitter of his professional ca reer. His best previous effort was two-hitter while playing class B ball in the Pirates', organiza tion. . , You mean to tell me he (Gib bon) hod only seven strikeouts? It seemed like 17. His fast ball was real good, the greying Wal ter added. "He pitched a real fine game. . . ... Pirate Manager s Danny ; Mur,- taugh was even more "emphatic in predicting a Red victory Jn.- tlie fallclassic. . " . "Yes , sir, .they'll, heat the Yanks," Murtaugh said, "X wish them the best of luck; I think our whole club will by 'pulling for them.'.;; , .' Murtaugh noted, Cincinnati's club this year was similar to His 1960 Pirates. "Last year we wpn those close games . . . and they did the same thing this' year scoring just what they needed, the Pirate boss said, . ,'.','"' Murtaugh said he was glad his team had beaten the Dodgers, in a convincing fashion., ' ' - ,f ,; Dodgers Somber'". : ' If they had to be eliminated," he said, "I'm glad it was that way and not on a booted ball or some misplay." ' ' The atmosphere in the Dodgers' dressing-room was somber.. Si lence reigned for -the most part. Only, a few. of the Dodgers ex changed ' comments with fellow players and newsmen as the equipment boys packed ..away gear. Reach those remote v hunting and fishing spots I? t v:... NEcr. ". 25 evtv. ir-t&z: $ Model CJ-5 ihAwn ...with a JJeeP Universal! 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