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Mk /• "¦-!. *£-*Brooklyn in | gave them their 11th in those! 'the last 12 games. stirring pennant battles of the Boyer Tags Erskine 19405, have stolen a page from Terps Saturday The Cardinals, who , beat the past to leave the Dodgers Brooklyn in the first major Tamburello Gets with a 1-percentage-point edge league pennant playoff in 1946, in the National League race. blew a 4-0 lead before riding in Orders to Report This time the Cardinals, 13% on Boyer’s two-out, two-run For Draft October 1 m W I games back in four place, aren’t homer off Carl Erskine. Gil 1! ¦ l concerned with*the flag, but they Hodges’ two-run homer in the By MERRELL WHITTLESEY jpMipF got into the act last night to seventh seemingly had given the If knock off the Frank Tamburello was out of Dodgers. 6-5, on Dodgers a fourth straight vic- Ken Boyer’s ninth-inning home tory. the picture today as Maryland run while second-place Milwau- Dodger plans Stan Musial, the kil- made to meet Syracuse kee was rallying to defeat Pitts- ler of old, singled to open the burgh, here Saturday afternoon with 6-4. ninth—ending a string of 17 virtually all-rookie quarterbacks. The Dodgers now have 10 consecutive batters put down by games left to play and have Roger Craig, Tamburello still had not made won I Ed Roebuck and one less and lost one less than Erskine following Musial's 25th up his mind whether or not to the year's eligibility upon Braves. home run (the 350th of his lose a re- Meanwhile, the Redlegs, by playing whose career' in the third. Boyer's turn from the service hopes were by two de- in the Terps’ first two games be- shattered killing homer was his-46th. feats at Brooklyn, plunged “We can’t seem to get fore his military induction, and nearer Just Coach mathematical elimination past that ninth inning,” Man- Tommy Mont was not as Curt Simmons (.1 F.SS WHO'S IN nil: of the American League using persuasion way and Robin ager Walt Alston of the Dodgers SFRlES—Chicago.—Clinching one or the Roberts of the whipped pennant by the New York Yankees last night would have been greeted other. Phillies said doefully after the game. probably them, 4-3 and 7-4. The Giants games had itnot come in dramatic fashion. Mickey Mantle (right), shown definite For three successive tha with a yawn, But it was just about split a pair with the Cubs, win- Dodgers have afoul of Stengel during a small victory celebration in that Tamburello, faces ning, run ninth- with Manager Casey the dressing who in- 8-2, after a 4-2 defeat. inning jitters. On Sunday, room, slammed his 50th home run with two out in the 11th innine to beat the duction at 7:30 am. October 1, Mantle Ends Brooklyn play Maryland Race led Cincinnati, 3-0, in Chicago White Sox and Billy Pierce, 3-2, and clinch a spot in the World Series. will not for this pulled year. Mickey Mantle’s 50th home the ninth but out a 3-2 —AP wirephoto. run wrapped up the Yankees’ victory after a Smoky Burgess Given Letter By Registrar seventh pennant in eight seasons. homer. On Monday night the Tamburello went back to Na- It came in the 11th inning to Dodgers took a 4-1 lead into the tional Selective Service Head- defeat and eliminate the White ninth, but the Reds tied it on ¦g-v- ii * Bring - homers by Bailey on NL, quarters in Washington 3-2, while Ed and Ja- the this ,v jBHb v, Sox. giving the £0 Yankees a tie blonski, threatened in the 10th morning with a letter from the . ...a .. : with their league WIN, LOSE OR Maryland registrar stating that record of 182 home runs set in and then bowed on Carl Furil- he would graduate in four years 1936. lo’s homer. Yanks Yell After if he were given the opportunity Mantle's two-out shot broke up The Dodgers, who send 24- By FRANCIS to continue his schooling. Billy Pierce’s bid for his 21st game-winner Don Newcombs DRAW *STANN against Poholsky victory. Whitey Ford won his Tom in the Tamburello said he understood TERPS’ windup the of the QUARTERBACK—John Fritsch, a junior 19th, his best total in the ‘ma- season between two one reasons his appeal from Carnegie, Pa., will take clubs today, had taken five in a Mantle's 50th for deferment was denied was over as No. 1 quarter- jors, but needed relief help from back 1 that a member of his Baltimore for Maryland Saturday when it opens its sea- Bob Grim in the 11th. Yogi Continued on Page C-4, Col. CHICAGO, Sept. 19 (IP).- —Man- 1 son against Syracuse at Byrd Stadium. Berra’s single tied it in the One More Switcheroo ager Casey Stengel, draft board had said he would Fritsch sluggeri graduate a ninth. Mantle singled home the like the Braves,” Fred Mickey Mantle not in the usual four moves up as result of Frank Tamburello’s call for BROOKLYN, SEPT. 19—“ I did and the rest of years. the draft first Yankee run. Walt Dropo PROBABLE PITCHERS the pennant-winning He attended summer October 1. saying the Cardinals’ bench, "but I’ve Yankees year and Larry Doby homered for the Hutchinson was on are ready for "whoever wins school this to catch up with AMERICAN LEAGUE the his studies. White Sox runs. Washington at Cleveland—Abernathy switched.” The St. Louis manager looked across the diamond National League race.” Braves Sign Shortstop The Indians (l-O) vs. Lemon (19-14). Frank attended a quarter- PENNANT PICTURE reclaimed second Boston at Kansas City—Sisler (7-7 ) toward the Brooklyn dugout. "Look at those guys,” Fred “Bring ’em on,” Stengel shouted MILWAUKEE. Sept. 19 (AP).— place from the White Sox by vs Burnette (3-8). backs’ meeting with the coaches To Baltimore at Detroit—Brown (9-8) last night after his Yankees had The Braves have signed 18-year- W. L. Play hanging a double shutout on the vs Lary (18-13*. . Pet. Behind said, wistfully. "They’re relaxed . . loose.” this morning before going to Only clinched their 22d title with an old Connie Washington, a short- , Brooklyn 87 57 .001 in Senators, 1-0 and 6-0. The Ath- fames scheduled. their two-game Washington. But, as of now, he stop Milwaukee 88 58 .003 8 NATIONAL LEAGUE This was before Hutch’s Cards began 11-inning, 3-2 victory over the from Rockford, 111., to a t Cincinnati 83 «2 .572 letics trimmed Boston, 6-5, on a St Louis a* Brooklyn—Poholsky still is plans (24-0). White Sox on Mantle’s 50th not included in for 1957 contract with their Eau , GAMES LEFT ninth-inning homer by 1(9-12) vs Newcombe warfare with the National League leaders. As it turned out the Syracuse game. 1 BROOKLYN (10)—At home (6), Phil-i Lou | Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (night—* homer of the year. Claire, (Wis.) farm ; adelphia, 2; Pittsburgh. 3; Bt. Louis, 1 although !Buhl (17-8) vs. Friend —At home (3). Chi- had a homer, double and single ’night i—Acker (2-3) and Kliopatein Sonny, rushed Frank’s Away (3-0) run clout into the seats by Ken Boyer. This left the Brooks Stengel’s eight years at *he helm. from batted .478 last spring in his li cßgo. 3 (5), Cincinnati, 1; Pitts- Tor the Red Sox to lift his (11-11) vs. R. Miller and Haddi* Baltimore home to College Park ; year burgh 1: St. Louis. 3. (1 Mantle’s blast added zest to senior at West Rockford CINCINNATI (o»—At home (ft), Mil- league batting lead to six points. i ChicHO «t New York (2i—DrrtowtkT in front by a cigarette-paper margin but neither Hutchin- yesterday afternoon with a letter ; High waukee. 1; St. Louis. 4. Away (4), I'i-'A) and Hillman hit one; of the Board. The Dodgers, they are also have all the best club—the Yankees of 1936—and; of the schedule that remains. They have—after this after- made Mickey the only Yankee Asking for Records other than Babe Ruth to reach noon's finale with the Cards —only nine games left anDon Newcombe and the See YANKEES, Page C-4 Gontinued on Page C-5, Col. 1 i _ noted retread, Sal Maglie, are their only solid starting «Ut£ t/te upon Walt Alston he had a big “76eSeen pitchers. Once a time felt four—Newcombe, Maglie, Roger Craig and Carl Erskine. Now Maglie. Slumping Herzog he has only two—Newcombe and the astonishing Adds Even in defeat the Dodgers are cocky. At least Arthur (Redt Patterson Is taking adversity in stride. Red is the To Futility of Senators LOCKED-in ex-newspaperman who first began to measure Mickey Mantle’s home runs. Then he shifted to the Dodgers, sustain- By BURTON HAWKINS followed a sparkling four-hitter ' Star IlwESv ing, of course, his role as drum beater. Staff Correspondent by Herb Score, who struck out CLEVELAND, Sept. 14. The Senators need only the Cards,” was say- 19.—One now "A licking like this one from Red of the more disillusioning aspects 1 40 strikeouts in their remaining FLAVOR ing, “what does It mean? Nothing! Baseball is a funny of ’the Senators' dreary trip is ; nine games to surpass the major business. ' the slump of Whitey Herzog, a league record of 863 set by the "The scoreboard shows the Reds are coming all un- youngster supposedly on the up- 1913 St. Louis Browns. grade. He has gone hitless in Scoreless for 20 innings, the Count Here we’ve got club. . . . Say, ravelled. them out. a his last 23 attempts. Senators have lost 10 of their here’s an item!” Herzog has been a complete last 11 games and are confronted “Name it,” came a request. loss against left-handed pitching with a rough assignment today and since the early portion of as they face Bob Lemon, who "Well, to show you what kind of a race it is,” Red re- 1 the campaign has been used ex- ' is seeking win No. 20. Ted Aber- plied, “I’ve just counted up to 80 lineup changes in our clusively against right handers. nathy is due to pitch for Wash- Dodger batting order'. Only Junior Gilliam has batted in :His .248 average shows that ington. hasn’t A speck the same position . . . And by the same token he’s been helped much. of sunshine pene- playing at second base and both left and right field.” Whitey batted four times last trated the Senators’ gloom, for night Bob gave ** * * as the Indians dealt the Wiesler them a fine -0 and 6-0 beatings performance in losing to Score, “SO?” IT SEEMED a logical question. “So it means this before a gathering of 4,305. Mike/who has averaged 13 strikeouts Is a screwy business,” Patterson amplified. “Ifwe don’t get Garcia fanned him three times in his four starts against the and Senators Maglie on waivers from we are dead. I read in all tossed him out on the other 1 this season and whipped Cleveland occasion. them each time. papers where the Dodgers are old men, yet we’ve got a couple In his futility, Herzog had Wiesler gave up eight Drysdale—who hits, of pitchers—Koufax and aren’t even of vot- company. Garcia faced only 29 but1 four of these were cheapies, ing age. They couldn't case a ballot for Ike or Stevenson batters, two over the minimum, i and the Indians’ lone run against if they wanted to.” !ln firing a three-hitter. He 1 him might have been choked off. struck out eight in winning his It was “How can Brooklyn win the pennant with only two solid a scoreless struggle fourth shutout against the Sen-j when Vic Wertz led off pitchers and nobody except Gilliam batting .300?” i the ators. Tribe’s eighth with a double. "That's a good question,” Patterson conceded, “but the Garcia's sleek performance Jim Busby laid down a bunt Dodgers don’t figure to miss as things stand now. New- which Wiesler fielded. He to throw to combe and Maglie are wonderful. Gilliam is. . . . I wheeled third, but I story of Two years ago Harmon Killebrew had charged “Did tell the Gilliam? he was YOU BE THE m for the the Dodger most likely to be traded. He was to have gone bunt and Dave Pope. Continued on Page C-6, to the Reds or the Cards or some other club. Then he had QUARTERBACK Col. 6 a World Series a year ago and Buzzy Bavasi, part of our brass, took him oft the market. By WARREN GAER AERO AERO Drake Football "‘Why.’ Buzzy asked, ‘should we unless Coach trade Gilliam You are the West Virginia we get four players for him? Junior ways, bats both which : quarterback. Pitt has an unor- | USED TRUCKS up players. 5 adds to two He also plays the infield and out- thodox right end who has upset g Attention: Panel ® field, which adds up to two more—four in all’ iyour offense by doing the un- Truck buy expected, waiting you leers 1 “I that philosophy,” Patterson said. “I'm glad we when ex- 2 ® pected him to crash a 4 half-lon panels from a 1 didn’t ditch Gilliam.” on five- well-kept * t man line, crashing you fleet; all racondi- *• * • when ex-1 :pected play tioned, warranted and dis- ? him to conserva- played in prime THE LEAGUE PENNANT is in tively on a six-man line. paint. Will J" NATIONAL not the bag ? paint your one color. for Brooklyn by any means, but they are a confident bunch, With the ball on the Pitt 40- ° yard line CNtvrelefs 5625 the Dodgers. Patterson has just finished and sent to the in a 14-14 ball game, £4—1951 you decide to try to exploit lit 1—1950 Chevrolet $545 A printers the official World Series program proudly the and he end's tendency to do the unusual. proclaims goofed only that he once. “I’ve done nine—seven It is third down and nine with Trank, 1954 Da4|« for the Yankees and this makes two for the Dodgers.” he the ball 18 yards from your right v » said. "One year the Yankees let me down, but it's still a side of the field. m helluva record, don’t you think?” Rate these plays I. 2, 3 and m 51, 395 g as best fool Oeliverys, Pick ups and What the Dodgers have going lor them are stoppers, 4 the to the end: CC two Slant UJ Heavy Dutys, Also Available l meaning Newcombe and Maglie. Os the latter, the outside his tarkle. Brooks Double reverse ending up JUM "w i by are unreserved in their praise. Once hated, because he around his end. ‘T Distributed pitched for the Giants and murdered them, Maglie is "our End-around with the ball go- AERO AUTO » I pal Sal.” ing around his end. ? 1308 KING ST. Serpen pass Roy Campanula, who persists in catching with a couple to his side of Held O 1705 MT. VERNON O of banged-up bands, put it this way: linemen allowed to e4 m e through, short pass til ALEX . VA. Ks. 8-8025 I “I find that man a lot easier to catch than to to side at hit Held behind Marker* >. When he throws that curve bail—Well. It's the ” wickedest a ¦ Answer on Pete C-4.) ? AERO AERO* 4