Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 238, Decatur, Adams County, 9 October 1956 — Page 7

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Don Larsen's No-Hitter r First In Series History

(Editor’s' Note: Don Larsen of the Yankees became the first pitcher in World Series history ever to pitch a perfect game Monday when be defeated the Dodgers, 8-0, to give his club a three-to-2 lead tn the Series. In the following dispatch 'tib M tells how he did it.) By DON (As Told To The United Press? NEW YORK (UP) — I’m plumb in another world and it .feels so gosh darn good I don't think' I’m ever coming back. . , Imagine something like a perfect game happening to me? It can’t be true. Any minute now I expect the alarm clock to ring and someone to say, “Okay, Larsen, it's time to get up." My legs are still rubbery all over and I’m so nervous and excited I don’t even know what day ft is. Until yesterday, the only thing I ever knew about a perfect game is that I read about it somewhere in a record book. The last one was back in 19922. they tell me, and I didn’t think I’d ever see one, much less pitch one. If this story doesn't read altogether right it's 6nly because I still can’t think straight. Honestly, in that last inning there I was so keyed up about the whole thing I almost fell down. Everything is still a little hazy but I remember striking out pinch hitter Dale Mitchell on a fast ball for the final out. Just before I threw the ball I said to myself, "Well, here goes nothing.” I'm not what you call a real praying man but once out there, in or ninth, I think it was. I Said to myself, "Help me out somebody.” And I had plenty of help. too. That catch Mickey Mantle made on Gil Hodges’ long liner in the fifth saved my bacon. And Andy Carey and Gil McDougald teamed up to pull me out of a hole when they robbed Jackie Robinson of a base hit in the second. The tightest squeeze I bad was ip the fifth on that ball Sandy Arnoros hit. I was plenty lucky* on that one. I thought ft would be a homer and tie the game up but it curved foul and was I tickled. Along about the sixth or seventh -A-

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I realized I had a no-hitter but I never seriously thought about any perfect game. All I was mainly concerned about was just winning the game. > I was especially anxious to make up for that lousy start I had against Brooklyn. You know, the game in which 1 was six runs ahead and then was taken out in the second Inning. Casey Stengel has had a lot of faith in me this season—he sided with me when others didn’t — and I just wanted to show him that his confidence wasn’t misplaced. Anyway, I hope my mom out In San Diego was watching the game on television. I think she was. Mom always tells' me to be careful about how I pitch to Ted Williams. Ted wasn’t swinging against me out there today but you know something.? In that ninth inning, every one of those Dodger batters I faced looked like Williams to nie. World Series Facts BROOKLYN (UP) — Facts and figures on the World Series: Series standing — Yankees 3, Dodgers 2. Series winner — First team to win 4 games. Today's game — the sixth, at Ebbets Field, 1 p.m. EDT. Probable starting pitchers — Yankees: Johnny Kucks (18-9) or Bob Turley (8-4); Dodgers: Clem Labine (10-6). Series favorite — Yankees, 16-5. Today's favorite — Yankees, 2120, if Kucks pitches; even money if Turley pitches. Scores of preceding games—lst: Dodgers 6, Yankees 3; 2nd, Dodgers 13, Yankees 8; 3rd: Yankees 5, Dodgers 3; 4th: Yankees 6, Dodgers 2; sth: Yankees 2, Dodgers 0. - Games remaining — 7th, if necessary, at Ebbets Field, Wed. Five-game financial figures — Attendance: 278,8997; net receipts: tendance: 278,897; net receipts: share: 1250,145.06; clubs and league’s share: $801,426.94; players share: $693,561.53 (players share only in first four games). Television — NBC (Vin Scully and Mel Allen, announcing). Radio — Mutual (BebWolff and Bob Neal, announcing).

Seven Perfect Games In Baseball History 2 4 NEW YORK (UP) -Here is a list of the seven pitchers who tossed perfect no-hit, no.ru n games in baseball history: John Lee Richmond, Worcester (ML) vs Cleveland, June 12. 1880. 1-0. John M. Ward, Providence (NL) vs Buffalo. June it, 1880. 5-0. Denton T. (Cy) Young, Boston (AL) vs Philadelphia, May 5, 1904, 3-0. Adrian C. Joss, Cleveland (AL) vs Chicago, Oct. 2. 1908. 1-0. x-Ernest G. Shore, Boston (AL) vs Washington, June 23, 1917. 4-0. C.C. Robertson. Chicago (AL) vs Detroit. April 30, 1922, 2-0. Don Larsen, New York (AL) vs Brooklyn (NL) Oct. 8, 1956, 2-0. x-Shore’s performance in this game is now classified with “perfect games.” Babe Ruth started as the Boston pitcher and was removed by Umpire Owens after giving up a base on balls to Morgan, the first Washington batter. Shore took Ruth’s place and after Morgan was out trying to steal, Shore retired the next 26 batters without allow ing a man to reach base.

Im > Ms ; ■ 'I r - A U. S. PLOWING CHAMP Lawrence Goettemoeller of St. Henry, 0., sits on his tractor seat, planning strategy for his participation in the world matches at Peebles, 0., next fall. Both he and Mrs. Goettemoeller planned to watch the , 1956 world matches at Oxford, England, to see how they are t Garriod 00. llnlerfMlionalJ

'Oklahoma Is Rated Top In College Ranks NEW YORK (UP) — Oklahoma’s powerhouse retained its No. 1 spot in the United Press college football ratings today, but much of last week's big lead was wiped out by runnerup Michigan State, which has beaten two much tougher opponents. Texas Christian and Ohio State moved up to a tie for third place while Georgia Tech, idle last week dropped to No. 4. Texas A&M was this week’s only newcomer in the top 10, taking over the ninth rankinc Michigan State, which defeated arch-rival Michigan, 9-0, last Saturday, narrowed Oklahoma’s first place margin from 79 points to only 15. In addition to Michigan, which was ranked fourth last week, the Spartans also have beaten Stanford. Oklahoma, seeking its second straight national championship, crushed weak Kansas State, 66-0, last weekend, following a seasonopening triumph over North Carolina. Twenty -two members of the 35-man coaches board which rates the teams weekly for the United Press picked Oklahoma tops this week: seven voted for Michigan State. Last week the Sooners attracted 25 first-place votes and the Spartans only two. Oklahoma’ opponent this week is unranked Texas. Michigan State is pitted against Indiana, also unranked. The Sooners'have won 32 straight games. With points distributed on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for votes from first to 10th places, here is how the top 10 lined up: Oklahoma 320; Michigan State 305: Texas Christian and Ohio State 222 each; Georgia Tech 213; Tennessee 142; Southern California 113: Mississippi 94; Texas A&M and Michigan 51. Tennessee made the biggest advance among the top 10 teams, moving up four notches to the No. 6 spot. Southern California jumped two places to seventh; Mississippi held Eighth and Texas A&M advanced three positions to No. 9. Michigan dropped six places to 10th. Pitt, seventh last week, plummeted all the way to 20th place after being upset by California. Behind Army in the”second 10 group came Baylor, Minnesota, Southern Methodist and Notre Dame in that order. Navy and Miami (Fla.) were tied for 16th place, followed by lowa. : Stanford and Pitt. League Secretaries Warned Os Deadline A notice wat t-sued today to all bowling league secretaries that sanctions for all leagues must be turned in to Oran L. Schultz, secretary of the city bowling association, before Monday. Oct. 15, in order to avoid penalty. • Nashua Makes Final Start On Saturday NEW YORK (\-p) -Nashua, the world's leading money-winn’ng tho oughbred. will make the 30th and last start of his career at Belmont Park Saturday in the $50,000 added Gold Cup. With earnings of $1,251.965 already in the bank. Nashua will be retired to stud in Kentucky.

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YANKEE CATCHER Yogi Berra climbs the stalwart frame of Don Larsen after the young Bombers pitcher threw the final strike of his perfect game at Yankee Stadium to register the first World Series no hitter. The Berkeley, Cal., Larsen threw only 97 pitches, walked none, to send the Yanks into the Series lead, 3-2.

Larsen's Wife Sues For Non-Support NEW YORK (UP) — Don Larsen may not be paid for his World Series perfect game for some time, if his wife is successful in having hie series share attached by the courts. While the 27 year old star pitcher was achieving baseball immortality at Yankee Stadium Monday, it was disclosed at nearby Bronx supreme court that Vivian Larsen, his estranged wife, had filed a court complaint for non - support of her and their 1-year-old daughter. Justice Sam H. Hofstadter is-* sued a show cause order requiring the Yankees and baseball commissioner Ford Frick to show in court next Monday why barsen’s series share — which could run between $6,000 and slo,ooo—should not be withheld. Mrs Larsen claimed in her complaint that the big pitcher deserted her and their daughter. Caroline Jean Larsen, and that the Bronx supreme court ordered Larsen on July 16 of this year to pay her S6O a week in support money. She said Larsen was $420 behind in his payments. Dale Mitchell Says Strikeout Bad Call NEW YORK (UP) -Dale Mitchel! doesn't begrudge Don Larsen anything, but he’ll be convinced to his dying day that the third strike that ended Larsen's no-hitter should have been a ball. "It was high and outside." insis- ■ ted Mitchell, who was called out on ■ strikes to end the game. Umpire Babe Pinelli, who had the only opinion that counted, said, “it was a fat pitch.”

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Berra Says Larsen Followed All Signs NEW YORK (UP) -Don Larsen didn't shake off a single sign for a pitch throughout his no-hitter, catcher Yogi Berra disclosed. “He shook his head a couple of times," said Berra, "but that wgs in answer to a sign to do that. It makes the hitter think he's ‘shaking off a sign and makes them start guessing.” \. As if the Dodgers didn’t have enough trouble. American use paper milk containers at a rate of better than a billion a month, according to the American Can Co.

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Today s Sport Parade I Reg. U. 8. Pat Off. • ' By OSCAR FRALEY (United Press Sports Writer) NEW YORK (UP) — It was out of the doghouse and into the hall I of fame today for towering Don Larsen, the first man in history to pitch a perfect game in the World Series.* None of the baseball immortals ever hdd accomplished a classic perfect game in which not a batter reached first base. Only three men — Ed Reulbach in 1906, Claude Passeau in 1945 and Bill Bevens in 1947 — had recorded one-hitters in the series. So it remained for the six-foot, four-inch Hoosier, who is regarded as a modern Rube Waddell, to perform the impossible with baseball's first perfect game in 34 years and he did it in a breath-taking. 2-0 victory over the Dodgers. It was even more startling in that the 27-year-old Larsen had lasted only one and two-Oiirds innings when he made game start against Brooklyn. AnfMn the fact that, a noted night time player. he performed his feat in the bright, crisp sunshine which ed Yankee Stadium. It was repayment to Casey Stengel, the grizzled Yankee skipper, for his faith in the big mahogany mauler. Because in July of 1955, with the Yankees in dire straits for pitching, Casey overruled pitching coach Jim Turner and brought Don back from Denver. And just last spring, when Larsen climbed his car up a Florida pole some five hours in the .dawning after curfew, old (ijasey Smoothed things over for the big But doghouse Don squared all the accounts Monday as he used only 97 pitches to face 27 men and send all 27 raging back to the dugout. It took two big assists. Gil Me-, Dougald gave him one in the second Inning when Jackie Robinson lashed a drive off Andy Carey’s glove but Gil took the ricocbette and threw him out. Then, in the fifth. Mickey Mantle made a spectacular grab of Gil Hodges' long belt to left center. Larsen, with the “no • windup” windup he fashioned only a few weeks ago to disturb the hitters’ timing, took it from there as he finished off the first perfect nohitter baseball has seen since Charley Robertson of the White Sox did it on April 30, 1922. There have been, counting Lar-

aen’a, only seven perfect games in which not a runner reached first in the history of baseball. The first two were only five days apart. The last was recorded seven years before Larsen was born. It was a long while coming. But then, Larsen has the temperament of the ancient masters of the mound. He is well fit, you might say, to walk in their hoary company. EIC Cross Country Meet Here Friday s Berne, by winning the Eastern Indiana conference baseball championship, gained 36 points toward the loop’s all-sports trophy, awarded each year. Berne also won the sonference playoff, defeating Montpelier two straight to end the’seaso undefeated. The EIC cross country meet will be held at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Decatur Goff course, with Monmouth as the host school. At least six schools are expected to participate. The conference wijl present a trophy to the winning team, and ribbons will be awarded to the first 10 finishers. New conference officers, elected at a recent meeting, include: Darrell Finch, Redkey principal, president; Harry Turner, Lancaster Central principal, vice president; Claren Neuenschwander, Berne principal, secretary, and Max Stanley, Hartford Center principal, treasurer. Final haseball standings are as follows: W L Pe|. Pte. Berne .... 6 0 l.(foo 36 Montpelier 5 1 .840 33 Geneva 4 1 .800 28.5 'Soil 4 1 .800 28.5 Adams Central — 2 3 .400 16.5* Albany 2 3 .400 16.5 Bryant ....... 2 3 .400 16.5 Lancaster 2 3 .400 16.5 Monmouth 2 3 .400 16.5 Pennville 2 3 .400 16.5 Redkey —1 4 .200 6 Hartford 0 5 .000 3 Three-Year-Old Boy Is Fatally Injured HEBRON, Ind. (UP) — Three-year-old Roger Allen Harris took his pet dog a glass bowl filled with food. The boy tripped and fell. The bowl was shattered. A sliver of glass pierced, his juglar vein. Roger bled to death.

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Three Attend State Rural Youth Camp Three Adams county rural youtb members recently returned from the state rural youth camp held October 5-7 at Merom. Sally McCullough, Gloria Koeneman, and Legora Markle represented Adams county at the camp, which ‘numbered 64 young people in attendance. Camp activities included hayride and weiner roast, midnight hike, fall festival square dance,costume party, speakers, group dis. cusstons, classes, vespers, worship service program, singing, crafts, sports and recreation. Purdue Extension Teacher Dies Monday LAFAYETTE, Ind. (UP) -Vonßoy Daugherty, 41, assistant director of war training engineering extension classes at Purdue University during | World War H, died Monday in his j home here. Daugherty was a member of Pur- ■ due’s extension staff and head of a I unit in the technical extension div. islon the last five years.

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