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Show Dodger Unlmovn Turns in Three-Hitter As Bums Cut Cardinal Lead To Vz Game By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (U.R) Off the Brooklyn Dodger bench where he had worn his pants thin all season came a lion-hearted kid named Ralph Branca today to pitch a sensational three-hit, 5-to-0 shutout over the St. Louis Cardinals that cut the Redbirds' National League lead to less than a percentage point. Before 32,960 deliriously happy-Dodger happy-Dodger fans, Branca made a myth of the famed Cardinal hitting power, striking out nine batters and yielding only three meaningless meaning-less singles. A surprise starter, Branca, who had won only one game all season long, was chosen for this deciding game of the series of three in an amazing gamble by Dodger Manager Leo Dnrocher. Actually, Branca had figured to be only a pawn in Durocher's overall strategy. His plan was to put in Branca, forcing the Cardinal pilot, Eddie Dyer, to put in a lineup top-heavy with left handers. Before Branca threw a pitch to a single batter. Lefty Vic Lorn bardi, who had been expected to work today, began warming up in the Dodger bull pen. Had Branca faltered, Lombard! would have gone in immediately. That would have given Dyer the un happy alternative of removing How They Stand NATIONAL LEAGUE his left-handers, rendering them unusable as pinch-hitters later on, or leaving them in against south paw pitching. In the eighth inning, Branca hit his peak, striking out the side on called strikes. He struck out both Cardinal pinch-hitters, Walter Wal-ter Sessi and Vernal Jones. In the fourth when Harry- Walker bunted safely for the first card hit, Branca bore down and struck out National League lead ing hitter Stan Musial. His alert battery - mate Bruce Edwards threw out Walker at second in an attempted steal to end that threat. Musial, who had gotten five hits for 10 bases in the first two games of the series, could get only an insignificant ninth inn ing single today. The victory left Durocher with Lom bardi for the Cubs tomorrow after an extra day of rest with Rube Melton to go in the second game. The victory, the second for the Dodgers in the three game series, left the Dodgers as definite pennant favorites since 13 of their remaining 16 games are at home and the other three are at Boston where they have had little trouble all season. The Cards must play nine more games on the road at New York, Boston and Chicago, before going home to finish the season with five games against Cincinnati and Chicago. Win Davis Cup Matches Brooklyn Philadelphia W. L. Pet. 88 53 .625 80 58 .624 74 63 .540 71 67 .5M 60 77 .438 62 80 .437 58 79 .423 57 85 .400 Friday's results: Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 3. Cincinnati 4, New York 1. Philadelphia 4, Chicago 1. Pittsburgh 4-10; Boston 2-1; (first game 14 innings). Saturday's results: Cincinnati 010-000-210 470 New York 000-000-000 0 51 Blackwell and Mueller; Jones, Kennedy (8) Thompson (9) and Lombardi. Losing Pitcher. Jones. Home Runs Lukon (2), West. Chicago 000-001-200 3 61 Philadel. 220-101-00x 6-16 2 Kush, Chipman (3) Bauers (7) and Livingston; Hughes, Raffens- berger (8) and Seminick. St. Louis 000-000-000 0 3 2 Brooklyn 012-010-Olx 5 8 0! Brecheen, Wilks (5) Schmidt; (8) Barrett (8) and Garagiola;! Branca and Edwards. Losing pitcher. Brecheen. Home run Lavagetto. Pittsburgh at Boston night game. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Boston 97 46 .678 Detroit 80 58 .581 New York 80 62 .563 Washington 69 72 .4901 Chicago 66 76 .486 Cleveland 64 78 .451 St. Louis 60 78 .434 Philadelphia 48 94 .337 Friday's results: Boston 1. Cleveland 0. New York 5, Detroit 4. American Netters Win Inter-Zone Davis Cup Crown By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Sept. 14 (U.R) National doubles champion champ-ion Gardnar Mulloy and Bill Tal-bert Tal-bert sent the United States into the Davis Cup finals against Australia today as they won the third and deciding interzone final match from Sweden. Losing the first set, the Americans Ameri-cans stormed back at the net with hard-hit smashes that finally turned back Lennart Bergelin and Torsten Johansson, 3-6, 9-7, 3-6, 6-0, 8-6. In a match which was much tougher than expected, the national doubles kings finally earned the third and deciding point although two singles matches will be played out of courtesy. Mulloy, from Miami, Fla., and Talbert, from Wilmington, Del., were odds-on favorites to knock off the Swedes as they squared off before 1,500 fans in the famed center court at Forest Hills. But the Swedes made it a real contest and came very close to winning. And, again unexpectedly, unexpect-edly, it was the tiny Torsten who was the star of the match. But in the end he tired badly and the Americans roared through to clinch a meeting with Australia in December. Chicago 3-4. Philadelphia 1-2 Washington 7, St. Louis 0. Saturday's results: Wash'ton 000-000-0213 8 0 St. Louis 010-000-0001 4 2 Scarborough, Candini (7) and Evans; Zoldak, Biscan (7) Kinder (8) and Helf. Winning pitcher, Candini. Losing pitcher, Biscan. Phila. 000-000-000-01150 Chi. 000-000-000-00 0 8 0 Flores and Rosar; Lopat and Haves. Tresh (11). New York 020-000-200 4 71 Detroit 301-000-300 7-10 1 Chandler, Page (4) Murphy (8)1 and Robinson: Hutchinson andi Tebbetts. Losing pitcher. Page Home runs Greenberg (2), Di-Maggio. Di-Maggio. COAST LEAGUE W L Pet. San Francisco 108 64 .628 Oakland 107 66 .618 Los Angeles 91 82 .526 Hollywood 90 82 .523 Sacramento 87 89 .494 San Diego 72 104 .409 Seaitle 70 102 .407 Portland 68 104 .395 Friday's Results: Seattle 4-10. San Francisco 2-0. Portland 8-6. Hollywood 4-5. Oakland 8. San Diego 4. Sacramento 6, Los Angeles 5. One-Eyed Driver Seeks Jail As Home Base MONTEREY, Cal. U.R Emil Neumann, 24, who likes to drive, told police he wants to return to the state prison at Folsom there's nothing for him on the outside. Neumann, who confessed he stole a car one night last month and drove it around a few hours before abandoning it. told police after he was released from prison that he was unable to obtain a driver's driv-er's license because he can see with only one eye. Neumann said while he was in Folsom. authorities there let him drive and. besides, be-sides, he said, ''they feed you well, treat you nice and they've got everything there but a swimming pool." Fireworks Every Day At Ordnance Depot TOOELE. Utah 'UP) It's Fourth of July every day at the Tooele Ordnance Depot, as far a3 fireworks are concerned. Unserviceable explosives - American. German and Japanese which have accummulated at this vast ordnance depot, 40 miles west of Salt Lake City, must be destroyed. So, depot officers go about it scientifically. Each weekday a charge of about 50 tons of explosives explo-sives is placed in a deep crater and detonated electrically. Vk, , s f St. ' Members of the United States Davis Cup team which won the right to face Australia in the finals. The Americans swept through the Swedish European zone champs this week-end. Left to right Groza Boots Pro Club To Triumph By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Sports Writer CHICAGO, Sept. 14 (U.R) Lou Groza. a burly 22-year-old wHb elected to take a fling at pro fessional football rather than return re-turn to Ohio State for college play, was the "glamor boy" of the new All-American conference today. The big 210-pound tackle of the Cleveland Browns was well on his way toward compiling the finest place-kicking record in professional football history. His deadly-accurate toe kept the Ohioans at the top of the new pro league standing with two straight victories following their 20 to 6 triumph over the Chicago Rockets here last night. Grosa, listed as a tackle, is a strict specialist who enters the game only to kick. He booted two field goals and two extra points to help submerge sub-merge the Rocketa before 51,-962 51,-962 fans at Soldier Field, the largest crowd ever to see a professional game at Chicago. Groza kicked his fields goals from the 21 and the 37 yard lines to boost his two game total to five. The professional record, set in 1934 by Jack Manders of the Chicago Bears, is 10. . In addition to his five field Musial's Big Bat Booms Loudest In Major Leagues SUNDAY HERALD PROVO UTAH county, utah p a rrr i T ounufti rirvfVLJ- suntjay. September is. ims 'tt(jL 1 Angelo Silent On Court Ban BOSTON, Sept. 14 0J.R Angelo with the Boston club was awarded; Bertefli, former Notre Dame AH- ir June. A, , . Bertellis Boston contract te- NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (U.R) - ' . ' , ir portedly called for him to Stan Musial of the St. Louis i on 1,18 future plans today and paid whether he played for the Cardinals, sporting a .368 aver-'83'0- on'v that he would see his Yanks or merely sat on the bench, age, toted the biggest bat in the (lawyer following a court order' Even with the latest court edict major leagues to the plate today which enioined him from olavinc! Bertelli still might "sit out" th 4n the final game of the crucial with the Boston Yanks of the, ?ame8. w,th lhe anks and c0" Dodger-Cardinal series at Ebbets National Football League thisiieci pay' ' field today. coming season. :4 The southpaw-swinging first! A decision bv Superior Court baseman collected two doubles Judge Felix Forte vesterdav up-and up-and a single in five tries against held the equitv petition of South-Brooklyn South-Brooklyn Thursday and smashed! em California Sports Inc.. owner a double and triple in five times j of the Los Angeles Dons of the at bat yesterday to register a .5001 All - America Conference. The average for the first two games Dons claimed Bertelli signed a of the series. His 206 hits. Ill 'contract with them Feb. 21. 1946 runs, 46 two-base hits and 18 after his discharge from the Ma- triples topped all National league rines while the Yanks contended Bertelli signed with them Mav 22, 1946. A temporary restraining order preventing the husky former Notre Dame star from playing batters, according to statistics re leased today Johnny Hopp of Boston, hitting .338, was the Donora, Pa., slugger's nearest competitor com-petitor In the National bating bat-ing race. Johnny Mise out of the New York Giants' lineup with an Injured hand, played yesterday for the first time since Aug. 4. He went hitless In two times at bat. His .337 average gave him third. In the American, Jimmy Vernon Vern-on of Washineton added 10 : ai i . , Gardnar Mulloy. Billy Talbert, Walter Pate, non-playing captain, ' goals. Groza has converted seven!h7 , JT; ' .wiaen. m i r i t i is . . . ins cdu oer i ea Williams or GI's CAN FLY FREE Approved Private Commercial Instrument School Phone 555 for information PROVO FLYING SERVICE CALL 300 For Nationwide Moving Service! Agents for Beklns, Allied Van Lines. Local and long distance moving. Packing, moving, storage, crating and snipping. We can move you to any city in the world. Utah's Finest Moving Service YELLOW CAB & TRANSFER CO. CALL 300 ANYTIME Frank Parker and Jack Kramer. TODAY'S SPORT PARADE Irish Luck Pays Off; Bosox Wrap Up Junior Loop Title By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer on a 35 yard gallop by Billy Hillenbrand, Hil-lenbrand, the ex-Indiana Uni versity star. he thought would do the trick, the determined Yawkey set out to huv thp stars Wftn wnnlrl make NEW YORK. Sept. 14 (U P.) The it a cinch. There are many esti. luck of the Irish brought Joe matP, on how much he scent. Cronin and his Red Sox homel Suffice it to say tnat it Was over ioaay 1 . . is a 101 oi poiaioes. league ine pennant ror wnicn million- Joe the boy wonder, was all night was the inaugural for 4t . n nnvj f-u - smiles, xi e naa receivea a nig Kockets installment dbck in ijo iinaiiy Miarv nrreasp and hp was work straight points after touchodwns Groza also kicked off six times in last night's contest and each effort was over the goal line, a boot of 60 yards. Boston. The Senators' first base man was batting .350, six points better than Williams, whose .344 average was nine points higher! than the percentage he posted last Friday. I Johnny Pesky of the Red Sox, in second place last week, dropped drop-ped to third with .337 as Williams thundered past. Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox iua l ifi rn anp nn a ann mmpa t Chicago's only touchdown came in his last two starts but his 24-6 Supporting Groza's kicking performance were touchdown gallops of 20 yards by Marion Motley and of 41 yards by Don Greenwood, the former University of Illinois star. record, a .800 winning Dace, still was the top pitching mark in the majors, in the National. Kirbv . Cleveland defeated the Miami Higbe of Brooklyn posted a 15-6 at a $250,000 deal naid offxmnnnnn .i... .,,u v-ieveiana aeieaiea me 11 discouraging years. is a lot of potatoes. T"" " l " "! L". i rfcord J.r. ;71.4 while southpaw game. The contest last j Howie Pollet of the Cardinals had the has been nailed to the mast of;ing for man who would spend Fenway Park. The little people, money. must be laughing with glee at the long-delayed success of the Celt named Cronin. Portly Joe, the San Francisco Fran-cisco Irishman, started It back in 1934 when he was the current cur-rent "boy wonder" of the diamond. As manager of the Washington Senators, he had led the Nats to the pennant In 1933 and it was the following follow-ing year that Yawkey got his quarter million dollar inspiration inspir-ation as he saw Mickey Cock-rane Cock-rane lead the Detroit Tigers into the Series. "That's what I need, a playing manager like Cochrane who can inspire my club," the millionaire mused. "I'll get Joe Cronin from the Senators." He did for $250,000. And then, with the manager Ex-GI Wins Crown In Amateur Meet By STEVE SNIDER United Press Sports Writer SPRINGFIELD, N. J , Sept. 14 (U.R) Breaking a tie on the 37th green, 33-year-old Ted Bishop, an ex-GI and former professional, won the 46th U. S. amateur golf championship today by bowling over plucky little Smiley Quick of Inglewood, Calif., 1 up over the Baltusrol golf club course. On if-lr 17-vnar-nlH nnhlic links champion, fought bitterly to i the little people danced with de By 1937, Joe had learned a lesson. The Yawkey fortune still was being tossed around for stars but Cronin made no predictions. He was fortunate in this respect, for while the club battled up to second on four occasions, it Just couldn t reach the top. As early as 1941 there were rumors that Joe, the genial guy with the easy grin, was on his way out. Lawkey's enthusiasm for the one-time "boy wonder" had cooled, they said, recalling 1934. That was the year when Bucky Harris finished the season as Boston manager and spent two weeks hunting with his boss, Yewkey. A few days later, Bucky picked up a paper to read that his friend and employer had hired Cronin. Through it all, Joe kept quiet and plugged along with that round firm jaw jutting straight out. Right through the war years when baseball talent was at a low ebb and Cronin, now in his middle thirties, did everything but sell peanuts between innings. This year the stars came back and Joe was on a bigger spot than ever. The experts picked them as the team to beat and Joe was grim and haggard even before the race opened. So yesterday the Red Sox blacked in with two weeks left to go and the stone mask of Joe Cronin's relaxed for the first time since April. The debt was paid, with 11 years' interest, and Old-Time Boxer Scorns Buses WILDWOOD, N. J. (U.R) Seventy-two-year-old Max Bittorf, of Philadelphia, pumped his fourth annual bicycle trip from Philadelphia Phila-delphia to Wildwood to show the other boys of the Veteran Boxers Box-ers Association that age has nothing noth-ing to do with a boxer keeping in the pink. The other 80 members came to the annual get-together by special bus. Bittorf made the 90-odd mile trip to Wildwood in nine hours. He said it took him that long because he wis fighting strong a marK, with 19 wins and eight losses and appeared to be the only National hurler likely to reach the 20-game circle. head winds and slippery roads all the way. Bittorf is father of nine chil-' aren, and boasts three sets of twins. He was one of Philadelphia's Philadel-phia's outstanding boxers in the 1890 s. He is at present a bookbinder book-binder in the Free Library of Philadelphia. ELECTRIC SERVICE for Electric Motor and Appliance Repair see Chapman Electric Serviee 160 E. 2nd So. Phone 1916M We Have Them Brand New U. S. 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I His confidence soared as Quick, 'putting before a gallery of 6,500 mobbed around the 36th green, jblew an eight-foot putt that ! would have ended the match right I there. j With the match still even, he headed into his favorite hole first on the course which stretches out almost exactly as planned on the original old layout lay-out 51 years ago. light at the luck of the Irish. PITCHES PERFECT GAME I CLEVELAND. Sept. 14 (U.W ' Hurling a perfect game, Vera1 ! Miller today pitched the Roma j Wines (Calif.) girls' softball; team to a no-hit, 6-0 victory over! ithe Tacoma (Wash.) Decorators to steal the show at the world's 'softball championships here. ! Miss Miller faced only 21 batters. HUNTER'S SPECIAL 00 Buck Shot 12 Gauge Shells 149 PER BOX PER FULL CASE OF 27 BOXES 37.50 AT INNES Sporting Goods Sportsman's Headquarters 316 West Center sis lb a flu vs. TODAY (Benefit (iame Proceeds to go to Alva Jensen) Timp Ball Park 2:30 I M. 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