Gionfriddo's Great Catch Makes Him Series Hero

« ; _ Miraculous Stab Robs w in, Lose, or Draw Browns, Cards, Eagles By FRANCIS E. STANN Di Maggio and Saves And Packers Pace Star Staft Correspondent The Roof Never Falls Dodger Victory Pro Grid NEW YORK, Oct. 6 —On page 9 of the Yankees pro- Leagues gram, which sells for 50 cents but is considered a better bargain irt By Burton Hawkins By the Associated Press some quarters than Col. Larry McPhail's $1 sandwiches and 90-cent Stor Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. Oct. 6—While the Cleveland Browns continue to dom- drinks, is contained the self-indictment of the New York ball club. NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—A1 Gion- inate the play in the All-America On this page is the story of , friddo, a pocket-sized Football Conference, the Chicago which begins: with a flea-sized average, Cardinals. Green Packers and " batting Bay 'If,' said one of the Yankees, who will remain are for has emerged from obscurity among Philadelphia Eagles battling anonymous, 'You can't play ball for Bucky Harris- the limelight in the rival National " the Brooklyn Dodgers to qualify as well, you just can't play ball.' League. a World Series sensation. Employed Thus, by the admission of one of the Yankees, The Browns, who won the confer- they can't play ball, regardless of the outcome of only part time, Gionfriddo has reg- ence championship last year, istered smashing successes in two strengthened their bid for another title by downing their 1946 play-off can't play very well, at least, because if the games to prolong the series and rivals, the Eastern Division New Yankees were a normal club championship they'd send it into the payoff seventh York Yankees. 26-17, at Cleveland have wrapped up the set in four straight. game. yesterday for their fifth win in aa Instead they've let a runtish, hungry-looking New York's Yankees found the many starts. team nearly run them out of two ball and Green remained Dodger parks 5-foot-6-inch Gionfriddo a huge an- Chicago Bay ever since the opening pair of games—a Dodger deadlocked for the lead in the West- noyance as they returned to Yan- ern half race team with only a single .300 hitter during the reg- of the National's by kee Stadium for the climax con- 31-7 and 17-14 victories over rraneis E. sunn. ular season, mind you, and with undoubtedly the scoring test. To little A1 belongs the the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles worst pair of pitching aces a club ever carried into a series. The aces Dodgers' 8-6 victory over the Yan- Rams, respectively, while the Eagles open but never win. kees yesterday, with a record throng retained their grip on the Eastern Ralph Branca, supposedly Burt Shotton's No. 1 , shows an of 74,065 sitting in on his unbe- sector's flag with a 23-0 victory over earned-run averagp of approximately 10 runs per game and Vic Lom- lievably brilliant catch of Joe Di nie new ιογκ. uianis. blast. bards Brooklyn's No. 2 boy, must have an earned-run average of Maggio's soaring 313,414 See Pro Games. to left field as a approximately 13 per game. Dispatched All told, *313.414 fans paid their measure after Yet as this column was dispatched the series was tied up, 3-3, protective Brooklyn way to the eight pro games yester- had an 8-5 lead with a because Brooklyn yesterday won an 5-6 decision after blowing a 4-run grasped day, with the National luring 168,704 four-run outburst in the sixth in- f