Show ! ifties Byrne and Podres take Contest Mound in Do-or-D- ie said late Monday By JOE REICIILER play” Robby now it j ‘Right night YORK NEW (AP)— Winning! e rs Tommy Byrne ofii Snider his Knee in a tight elas- New Yorjc and youthful Johnny tic “sleeve” vowed hp would play Podres of Brooklyn carried the “if I can w'alk” left-hand- hopes of their respective clubs into the seventh and deciding World Series game The pendulum which has been! swinging back and forth defin-j- j itely had swayed toward the Yankees who were in quest of) their 17th world title and sixth straight conquest of the Dodgers) Not only did the American! Leaguers jhave the benefit Of their) own Yankee Stadium where they beat the jBrooksithree games in-row blit this'4!ime it was the Dodgers who were beset by crip- - ! pling injuries Oddsmakers who called the) turn in each of jhe six previous) games made the Yankees favorites Byrne 35 fired a to win the second garnej Podres) 23 brought the Brooks back to in the! life withj a seven-hitte- r j third game “I’ll have everybody else in the bullpen”! vowed Manager Walter Alston of! the Dodgers His state ment was echoed! by Casey Sten j gel the Yankee skipper Yankee victory) Yesterday’s which deadlocked the Series ag three victories apiece was a blow to the Dodgers in more ways thai one Young Karl Spooner wag shelled from the: mound before he could retire two batters and Duke Snider suffered a knee in jury which forced him out of the game’ after one time at bat The centerfield star who has hit four home runs in this series: wrenched his left knee while chasing a fly ball hit by BillI Skowron iri the third inning Jackie Robinson another Dpdgf er aggravated a pulled tendon ir the back of his left foot and th injury slowed him perceptibly “J won’t know until just befor the game whether I’ll be able tj : I 7-- 5 1 i five-hitt- n DOUBLE PLAY FOR THE YANKEES j 1 f f ! Yankees’ first baseman Bill Skowron gloves ball to complete second inning double play on Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson racing across bag in yesterday’s ’World Series game Second baseman ' 'Billy Martin watches play from second after being spilled by Gil Hodges behind him as he got throw off to complete the at third Jackie’s grounder to Gil McDougald twin ' ' startedkilling the play ' ’ t BA! THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINEOGDEN UTAH TUESDAY EVENING R OCTOBER 4 1955 s 5-- 1 RED SMITH i i Views OF SPORT The Cadaver Walks ' BROOKLYN — For his sins the laite Joe Jacobs Tight man- j ager founds himself attending a World Series game in 1935 on a cold day when he confessed later he “shoulda stood in bed” “Are you coming out to tomorrow’s game?” a friend inquired Joe hesitated considering his answer ‘‘Same two teams?” he asked The Dodgers and Yankees who played in Ebbets Field today positively were not the same twoteamsfthat had amiised the tour— ists iii Yankee Stadium on Wed- nesday and Thursday and thedifference went deepet than personneji changes in both batting order$ Back home and tough after knuckling under in the first two World Series games those were competitors who whacked the Yankees 8 to 3 in the third gamei Maybe the Dodgers are just a bad road club They looked different and they played differently Here was Roy Campanella ripping into three different pitchers for a single a double and his only September d home run Here was Johnny Podres who had failed 13 tiipes to pitch a whole game since This last complete job on June jl4 holding off the enemy all the way celebrating his 23rd birthday with a seven-hitte- r Here especially was Jackie Robinson1 playing the game as he played it at the best of his youth and setting an example that (stirred the real baseball d fans of Brooklyn as those box holders 'seldom are stirred in the big house across 4 ! I f i f i i ! I 1 sore-arme- 3 1 f ' I well-dresse- the river I i J I “ 1 ning resulted Plays like this quickened the tempo of the Series brought a striking change in the temper of the crowd Apparently- in Brooklyn some tickets sift down through the VIP’s to the baseball ' fans for this was a crowd that Shooed Billy Martin and' brands isied' cowbells for Podres as i hope crept stealthily back At first one sensed only bitter Former Mayor Bill despair O’Dwyer was in town to consult Walter O'Malley about moving the Dodgers to Mexico City Nobody resented his presence though some doubt was ex - ’ i -- ! Forme-lightwei- d 10-rou- -- - ‘Left-hander- two-heade- d t Facts ana! Figures On World Series d ‘ ! 5 7-5- 1 L j j j f -- Six-Gam- e - 1 Six-Gam- : casting Co Shrine Grid Game Seats All Sold SAN FRANCISCO (UP)— Ev- ery seat for the Shrine i Radio: Mutual Broadcasting System Television and Radio Broadcasters: Mel Allen Vince Scul I ly A1 Heifer Bob Neal - ) East-We- st football game next New Year’s Here's Bait Tip Day has been sold according to managing director William M Grasshoppers make good fish Coffman bait particularly j for fishing “All 61000 seats are gone for through the ice for Several the4 fastest sellout in the Mexico that species How to get grasshoppers far pressed Cityyas ' history of the game” Coffman in winter? Place them in small j enough said “There is no point in any- containers and freeze them until THE WALKING WOUNDED one sending in orders now be- ready to use The entire hopper a yell for Campanel- cause we’ll just have to mail the or only the abdomen of the There la ’s two-ru- n homer in the first money back” larger insects may be used -- i 31-ye- f i j t w-a- i ! 1 g top-rankin- 135-poun- ght 0 HOPE TIPTOES IN Robinson bilked Jthe Yankees’ Elston Howard with trickery bn the bases that may not have altered the score but did demonstrate: the desperate resolution of his team Rounding second basebn a double to left field he went far enough and hesitated long enough to draw Howard’s throw! to second As the ball came in behind him he rocketed on to third) arriving with a perfect hook slide under Billy Martin’s high relay This pulled the Yankee infield too close to field a hot by Sandy Amoros and inBrooklyn’s fourth two-ru- n j ’ NEW YORK (AP) — champion Paddy Dewas but bitterness inning Marco elated at his victory ovef the second ‘when the Kenny Lane sought a shot at oth contenders in the Yankees tied the score It was the er ranks today J fourth time in the Series that a unranked the 22f Currently Brooklyn lead had lasted less year-ol- d Brooklyn toughi£ than half an inning climbed a step up the comeback The Dodgers rallied imme- ladder last night by gaining i decision over Lane split diately but not' in a fashion to at I Nicholas Arena St give real encouragement Their 23 from Muskegon Lane scoring attack consisted of two Mich is the No 6 contender Hip mighty walks with the bases 10 was of streak snapped winning filled There was only one out “He’s rough and hard to figand three men waited on the the Michigan southbases for Duke Snider and ure” said I won but “I paw thought Campanella to bat They batted was too sluggish) to get off myj and no runs came home j consistently” There was as the man says punches at 140 (said he probLane activity in the Brooklyn bullpen ably was q couple of pounds top ‘‘Who’s that warming up?” a DeMarco weighed 141 man asked ‘‘He’s wearing heavy Beaten in July by No 2 conglasses” Ralph Dupas DeMarco “Don Bessent” a Brooklyn fan tender ! was no ball of fire himself said sourly “He’s our only fours are hard to look eyed pitcher but we’ve got some good against” said Paddy “bat ones” won and that’s Ihe main thing Then Podres got three Yankees I I’d like Frankie Ryff out in order Then three more or a Now return with4 Dupas or an Then he was in command and the Brooklyn lead was growing others in the top J10” Was it just barely possible that Fcdres could make it? WANTED: ONE DELUGE As to that nobody could guess this yellow’-hairecountry kid NEW YORK CUP) — Facts from an Adirondacks village had and figures on the World Series: managed to win twice since his Rivals: (New York Yankee arm injury in June but there American League jehampions vs was nothing in his record to suggest that he could stay the Brooklyn Dodgers National j course On his best days through League championl Series: Best of seven games July August and September Series Standing Each team he’d go six or seven innings then three I victories get slugged Site: Yankee Stadium Today’s He is though a professional Probable Pitchers: Brooklyn-t-Johnn- y ball player compactly constructPodres 10-New York ed a competent hitter a good 16-j —Tommy Byrne hunter with the big league On Today’s Game: YanOdds pitcher’s stock equipment — fast kees favored ball curve and change Time Today’s Garni At the organ Miss Gladys 1 Starting EDT pm Goodding introduced the seventh Weather Forecast? inning politely with “Yankee warm Doodle Dandy” As the Dodgers Scores of Preceding Game came to bat she put her soul 1st game— Yankees 6 Dodgers into it: “You Gotta Have Heart” 5 2nd game — Yankees 4 DodgProbably she meant that for all ers 2 3rd game — Dodgers 8 the Dodgers For Podres she Yankees 3 4th -- Dodgers gajme waited for the final putout then 8 Yankees 5 5th game — Dodgmade with “Happy Birthday” ers 5 Yankees' 31 6th game One nagging worry persists in Yankees 5 Dodgers 1 If Dodger Brooklyn though Total- Attendanc pitchers beat the Yankees only 299845 on' their birthdays nothing can e Financial f Figure: help them but a month of rain Receipts $1992010 commissionThey’ll be burning no more er’s share $28949483: players’ candles until Russ Meyer turns share— players share onlv in first Oct 25 3?on four games $65552359 clubs’ ' (Copyright 1955 New and leagues’ share )$985t61711i‘ York Herald Tribune Inc Television: National Broad- I r 1 s ar The Duke of plained his injury this wray: hit ‘yust as I caught the ballsomeI in stepped by Skowron was what it know don’t I thing All I know is I hit something The knee buckled and popped “The Same thing baPPened to me in Chicago in a game against the Cubs last June jl had to sit out thel next two games This time it doesn’t feel has bad” Hank Bauer back for the Yankees after a three-dalayoff beof-cause leg! injury chipped in with! three hits Monday He said he strained his 'leg running to first! in the fifth inning “But I’ll play tomorrow” said the hustling outfielder “even if I haye to do it on one leg I don’t want to miss the big one” the other “Mickey Mantle Yankees convalescent was - not expected to play Stengel said role except in a pinch-hi- t The Yankees didn’t need any helpj from Mantle Monday They struck quicklj) knocking Spoonattack beer out with a five-ruthC fore young southpaw knew Skowron had hit him what a three-ru- n with the assault capped homer after Yogi Berra and Bauer each had singled one runner in After that the game was entirely iq the strong left hand of Whjitey Ford! and the blond He southpaw never faltered pitched the finest game of the series handcuffing the Dodgers with four singles for his second them out eight and permitted only f pur fly balls to be hit to the outfield Two of the hits were grounders and the other two looping liners over the I -- L y a ‘ NEW YORK (AP)— “If I din’t vin today” Yankee Manager Casey Stengel sjid with his j fa- - ' tnous wink “I’mj in trouble”) li NOT Tool HAPPY JOSTLING IV) AY BRING SOME PENALTY PHILADELPHIA Commissioner Bert the National Footba says he has “under ation” possible actioin against Pittsburgh fSteelers Coach Walt Kiesling fori pis conduct in a game with vhej Los An-- j geles Rams Sunday Bell talked byt Telephone with Kiesling in I Pittsburgh yesterday and saidj he also 'J I A t AND HE'S IN THERE SAFELY won- talked “with! Calllfotfnia” several times No ore had made any complaints about the handling of the game by the 3-- 2 -- j stretched glove just to the right :V J of second "I Gilliam seemed to get to the half a little late and before he knew it the ball flicked under his j glove and out into center field Rizzuto scored the first of the five runs on the hit The Dodgers again got fine relief pitching after the game was lost Russ MeyerJ forgotten man of their staff blanked the Yanks on four singles in five and 1 two-thir- ds innings Ed Roebuck added two more scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth - 5-- officials he said j Kiesling reported y jostled linesman James Underhill after a Pittsburgh penalty and berated anotheir official after a call against jthe Steel-e- r that set up the Rams’ winning field goal in their encounter at Los An- - ’ ' - 1 s t j j By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP) — An old man and a boy go out today to make or break baseball history It’s the payoff game of the 1955 World Series And it will be yeteran Tommy Byrne for the donfident New York Yankees againsf young Johnny Podres of the Brooklyn DodgT 27-2- 6 geles nbw-or-nev- er ers On their left arms ride -- All three games lost by the Dodgers have been to southpaws who: were supposed to be easy picking for the! BroPks They had dropped only five j games to lefthanders in the entire National League season this year Two key 'plays were instrumental in the undoing of Spooner who in his previous effort had fanned five in three scoreless relief innings against the Yankees Ih the first inning after lead-of- f plan Phil Rizzuto had walked Billy Martin struck out on a foul tip Rizzuto who had taken off with the pitch seemed an easy out but Roy) Campanella who caught the foul tip on the webbing of his glove lost a fraction of a second trying to get a firm grip on the ball When he was ready to throw he discovered Junior Gilliam had not! yet reached the bag After a couple of feints he made his peg but by then Rizzuto had slid safely into base Had 'Rizzuto been doubled there would have! been two out and nobody oh Instead after Gil McDougald walked - there were two on and one out That brought up lYogi Berra and the second key play Berra sent a medium speed bouncer past Spooner’s out- i Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto scoots into second on a steal as Billy Martin strikes out in the first inning of the sixth game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium Dodger second base-ma- n takes Roy Campanella’s late throw Yankees Jim Gilliam ' j i NEW YpRK (AFJj— Yogi Berra must be wojnderini what a fellow has to do to get his name in the papers Whitey jTord Tommy Byrne and! Duke Smcer steal the World Series headlines yrtiile Yogi jogs along at a 450 pace When Ford pitches or Byrne pitches reporters c jme nosing arbund Berra’s locker asking “What was his test pitch?” They don’t pay too much attention to the Yankee cjitcher’s nine base hits j It just happens that Yogi now has caught more World games than anybody i history of basebc 11 When he squatted behind hme plate to receive Byrne’s first pitch Tuesday afternoon it yvas his 40th game in seven series Berra is the on)- player Ion either side to hit safely Tin every game $nider was right With him until he had to retire Monday with a knee injury after strik1 ing out once World Seriesi play isn’t supposed to count ini the voting for most valuable playeg Ballots are supposed to have jben made out before the end of the season But most of the Yanks hvill tell you privately that Yogi should get the big prize fort the second ld I f - j straight year O W IT N G RESULT 5 B one-tim- e 4-- 2 g five-hitte- 8-- birthday” This the stage won only one game against six losses in that mediocre company But Byrne refused to quitand easing up orthat wild fast ball added a winning slider to his repertoire It brought him back to The Yankees late last season — and they figure it will carry them to their 17th world championship today Only young Johnny Podres stands in the way f Aggies Hit Their Peak es i ico Saturday night: lost to the WyThough Aggies oming last - Saturday Faunce said his team “finally came up to the potential we knew they had” The Aggies scared the confer! ence favorites with a second-hal- f rally A final period drive to win the game ended in a fumble But on over-al- l offense the Utags notched up 20 first downs against a tough defensive Cowboy eleven But said Faunce ‘they needed a jgame like Wyoming to give them the confidence they need to 21-1- 3 ! is set for one of the most dramatic windups the series ever has seen It vrnuld be a big one for Podres and the Dodgers victims of 55 years of baseball bitterness r Never have they won the series hit their peak” He singled out John Whatcott as they battle down to the wire Jack Hill and Aaron Dixsen in for the eighth time Nor are their Chances bright backfield play Hill a 1952 regutoday if you discount the pos- lar ha'd just returned frpm a Saints Church mission sible effectiveness of “Hard Luck Duke Snider four practices before the WyJohnry” Podres the big gun in their attack suf- oming game fered a knee injury Monday and winner big Don thir Newcombe is racked by a sore Ryder Cup Team to arm Then too beating those Yankees in the yawning vastness Warm Up in Texas of Yankee Stadium is something CHICAGO (UP) — The U S extremely difficult to accom- Ryder Cup team will warm up plish for this year’s matches with the UP TO JOHNNY British by playing a select chalWhich leaves it up to John-hy- ) lenge team at the Midland Tex whose brilliance dimmed in Country Club Oct it was 1954 when he suffered an announced today The challenge team will be cap-- ! zitis attack and who injured hi ribs running into the batting tained by Jimmy Demaret and cage last month while recovering will include Billy Maxwell Vic Ghezzi Mike Souchak and Byron from a shackling sore arm So the Yankees must be fa- Nelson 4 vored particularly in view of Byrne's effectiveness in his first Thumb Bait eries start and the courage he WELDON SPRINGS Mo (AP) isplayed as he came back from nowhere Maybe Preston Cheek should have A bonus player in 1941 his mbdels of his thumb made up for wildness caused the Yankees to fishing lures Drifting along on a He lake with his wife Cheek daddled give up on him in 1951 kicked around the majors and idly in the water A windipg up down at Charlestown bass lunged for his thumb and of!th4 American Association in when Cheek withdrew it hastily 1953 appeared washed up as he the fish jumped into the boat CZ3 CZ3 Lat-ter-d- 22-2- 3 ap-pen- di i j four-poun- d C3 CIS SZ3 E23 EZ3 B EZ3 j I LOGAN r (AP) — Utah State football Coach Ev Faunce said he would stress defense today as the Aggies drill for the Skyline Conference game against New Mex- j i i j - EAGLES AUXILIARY LEAGUE High series Npntjasf Poulson 457 high single game Nondas Paulson 174 high) ieam series 2574: team high game Browers 923 INDEPENDENT LEAGUE High series Shig Miya 569 high single game) Jpm Yamada 258 high' team series California Market 2954 team high game California Market 1 022 LADIES CLASSIC LEAGUE High series Vera Nelson 534 high single game) Shirley Phil-seriHeitz lips 204 high team Heating 2395 team high game Heitz Heating 85i Hi-Lowe- rs the question of whether the Yankees will bury the dodgers for the sixth ime in the annals of the classic or whether at long last the Dodgers will crack through Both of them already are winners in this series Byrne the “wild man” whose lack of control two years agp almost ended his baseball career captured the second game r with n route-goinThe very next day Johnny celebrated his 23rd birthday by giving Brooklyn its first of three straig it winning games as he 3 pitched a seven-hi- t triumph ONE WAY TO CELEBRATE “That one was to celebrate my birthday” he said “but this one will be to celebrate everybody’s j j Yank shortstop Phil Rizzuto wasn’t too happy about playing today —because of all things he didn’t want to bteak Joe DiMag gio’s record of having playec in 51 World Series games “I’m dying tol keep playing” said Rizzuto “but it just doesn’t seem right to break any record held by DiMaggioj I only wishj we could have wrapped it up yester--i day so I could have settled for a tie” READY TO THROW “There’s a budding feud brewing between Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella and second base-ma- n Junior Gilliam over the latter’s failure to cpver thebagon Rizzuto’s steal yesterday! Campy held the ball untijl it was too late to nab the Scooter “I had the ball ready to thfow but there was no one to throw it to” snapped Campy “On a play like that you have to either take a chance that thybatter will hit the ball through jand go for the or and let the stand there bag man steal” Gilliam seemed jto resent bleing made the goat “I could have been there in time” he said “but I (shortened up on the batter (Billy Martin) so I could go straight over without leaving a hole I think the ball’ got caught in Canopy’s glove-- " j n infield RECORD TODAY B B C3 B Bl Bl B CZJ EU ay NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Willie Pastrano who (akes off weight slower than a Japanese wrestler may have fought) his last tfight as a last flight when he scored a! unanimous over rugged Paddy Young J j of New York The New Orleans the No 3 challenger wept to the sweat box twice a few hours before the to melt off a reluctant 2 Vz pounds At that he hit poundage only a glancing blow! at 175 Young rated No - 5 weighed 171 l r “He’s a heavyweight now” moaned Johnny Dundee Willie’s principal liandler for !the night “It’s a crime to makd him make weight” f Pastrano said afterward: “I really felt w'eak from taking off the 2 I don’t know pounds Maybe I’ll fight heavyweight rom now on” The weakness s h o w Pastrano around in his usua half of the fight cause he was tryipg to learn to be a slugger In the first r6und Pas powered Young with a right hand lead flush to the chin Young wobbled ran into pome lefti and rights and landed on his pants halfway through tl e ropes He crawled into a crouch and rose at the count of nine Sec- onds later Pastrafiols left hook upset Young aga halted the count a That’s the way R went minus the knockdowns Until round five when Young! had his best session After that Pastrano started to move ii i his old j fleet style — jab and move bob and hook: light-heavyweig- ht Lde-cisi- on ld er light-heavyweig- ht J right I 1 |