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Stan the Man Says—. : i Hearn Pitching Lots Better

By STAN MUSIAL

(Baseball's Greatest Player) 51, by New York World-Telegram Corp

NEW YORK, Oct. 2-—Jim Hearn has done such a

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Riding High For Big One

Continued From Page One

» league by: 13'; games, looking every inch one of the diamond's’ +“ahstime greats. That was long ago and today.

; fine job with the Giants that a lot of people must be in the home of the hated Giants. : es Es ” . these same Dodgers were fighting Wondering why he didn’t win for the Cards. I think the lost their first big gamble—and . i 2 aot aftord 10 Jose 1G more. traded. When he was with ug, he had all that natural stuff but he didn’t get it over the plate. at a coin toss-up to decide the layoff sites in case they were : . Te ; par y Louis: and I thought it was well pitched on both sides. Dodgers won the call and chose | could see that Hearn was throwing a lot of curve balls. to open at Ebbets Field. They figured they could take tough to hit. . J : the Giants in the first one for & 4 5 .% = = 3 HEARN pitched fine ball for us the first year we had him, overlooked three Giants in the, process—pitcher Jim Hearn, third pic 00k serious, He gives baseball all he has: He may even be outfielder Monte Irvin. This trio. 100 conscientious if that could be possible. You know, trying ganged up on Ralph Branca and - n = = ‘ = = = i that 3-to-1 win. yesterday. Now HE STILL strikes me that way. when he pitches the Durochermen need only one against the Cards. Since he's been with the Giants, I seemed a forelorn hope just a few =. . | days ago. ! know what it is, maybe some psychological effect. But ; . § i ink he's on his treated like a batting. practice Ne beats the othe: clubs, so all in all I thi back with a five-hit pitching job. Bob Thomson's home run was the big hit. Thomson The only run’ he allowed was >

for their pennant life. They had - answer is that Jim just found his control after he got That first ‘gamble came when, I watched the first playoff game on television, iy St. needed to decide the pennant, “the re, s it over it's Overlovked 3 Giants He had a real good, curve, and when he get : that all-important edge, but they and then | think he lost his confidence. He's a fellow who takes baseman Bobby Thompson and * too hard so that hes pressing. the rest of the Dodgers to score > i h what , ; i s . , more triumph to reach What gt think he's ever finished a game against us. I don’t Hearn, whom the Dodgers once hurler, pinned their batting ears way to becoming one of the best pitchers. capa. Bafhois. po weme 20S JOGroved, terrifically since he mayed ta third base, |

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rus In the second inning. imagine he hit more than anyone in the league the last . : at blow gave the gers a : : : 1-0 lead that dign’t last long half: It could be that. moving to third base helped him as

With two out In the Giant fourth, Branca hit Irvin on the arm with a pitched ball. With Monte roosting at first, . Thomson . slammed his 31st homer of the vear into the left field seats, and that put the Giants ahead to stay. Irvin added the insurance run in the eighth when he whacked his 24th homer. Doesn't Look Too Good Those two Giant homers forced Dressen to admit as he went into today's game that “we still can win, but it doesn’t look too good for us now.” The once-brassy Durocher contented himself with predicting merely that “today's game will start at 1:30 p. m.” (12:30 p. m,, CST). 2 Dressen had another big problem for today's game. Roy Campanella, generally regarded as baseball's top catcher, was so hobbled by a pulled leg muscle that he was am easy out at first base! yesterday in a rally-killing dou- |

a hitter. He'd played there before, and maybe this is his real. position. ; ®

= - » ! ” » » IRVIN sewed it up with his homer. He is one of the most under-rated players in the league. He gets clutch hits, plays good defensive ball, he has a terrific arm, and his speed will surprise you for his size.

= ~ = - ~ HEARN got out of -his one real hole with the double play on Campanella. Quite a few people asked me whether the Giants played back for the double play just because Campanella was hurt and couldn't run. I'd say no. They'd have played back for him anyway. In that situation, man on first and third with one out in an early inning, it's almost automatic that you go for the double play. You're hoping to end the inning, and if you don’t make it you're only giving them one run.

: = - - IT SEEMED like a very good defensive game. Thomson made that nice play at third base, and | thought the Brooklyn ouefielders did a lot of good work.

4 nn = i # = = esterday in 8 ral SNIDER dropped a fly ball, but that happens once e play despite a throw that was ; i 2 ' i 15 feet wide. That out killeq 1 2 While. There was some uncertainty on who was to Brooklyn's most promising bid. | take the ball, and I know that October sun can be bad. If the Giants can voull this] i i HORE OR ne To ue Most ball parks are built to keep the siin out of the surpass even the efforts of the! “miracle” Boston Braves of 1914] : ——the team that became a base-| x ball synonym for gritty comebacks. Those Braves, managed’

times makes it tough on the outfielders. Late in the year there's likely to be quite a glare. I've dropped balls once in a while even when there

place on July 4th, but came on J. . . to win the pennant and beat the Jit pops out. You really feel silly about it, too. Philadelphia A's in the World

Series. Greatest Guys in World— However, the 1914 Braves were ; .

never as far behind the first- A place team as the Giants were! ey eo e eo on Aug. 11. : . . : It was then that the Giants

began to roll as Hearn, an early Beat the Dod ers season disappointmient, found 4 himself and Thomson was shifted from outfield to third:

NL Playoff Opener

" NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H

(Jim Hearn gave the New ‘home with me. York Giants their first playoff

Brooklyn Dodgers, 3 to 1, yes-

Russell hit into a double play for Bran- find the appro-

ca in eighth : New. - York 000 200 010—~ 3 priate words to Brooklyn 010 N00 000— 1

Tuas batted un Pafka. Thomson 3 Ir put into this addition = of’ vin wo-base hit—Dark. ome rung. y | Pafko, ' Thomson. Prk Sacrifices— story. but there hockey Players, Hearn, Thomson Left on bases—New i8 a wrestling

York, 10. Brooklyn 2. Bases on balls -off— i Branca 5, Hearn 2. Struck out by—Branca match still g03, Hearn 5 Hite and runs off-—Branca, 5 ing ‘on inside my

McComb, and 3 in 8 innings; Podbielan, 1 and 0 in|

!8t. Louis, and Bert

center, ob

by George Stallings, were in last. was no sun. The ball hits in your glove and then suddenly ~

= 0 AE ? : A J get that ball away from me? De» 2 § 1 8 i | terday and limited them to five = Tpere isn’t that much money in Muster “2 2 2.3 3% 0 nits. In the following dispatch, the world! : Hetman, Jo ef 8 1 1-1 3 pe tells how he 2id it.) er —————— rae SSE EE ARN " Hearn, p “3 9 00 1 of By JIM HEARN f Ela 2 3 8 31 is 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 2—1 had the 100 0 Ww BROOKLYN DODGERS | _'eight greatest guys in the world ~~ Purille, tf .....4 8 0 2 0 o behind me yesterday. ; fg ; Snider. ef 0.4 o 1 8 § | Every last one of them—and Robinson. 2b ...... 0 1 3 0 0even the rest of the Giants just Cay ae ..\. : ; -d Bako, it i 3 30 3 “9 8 sitting on the bench—helped beat -.. . oliges, 1B ruses: 3 3 9 32 1. %Brookiyn. i rabca, » ..........2 0 0 8 1 0 ‘Truthfully, I'm Bolsters the [a S 1 sigh Podbielan, B 2 8 0 0 Obeside myself Totals # 1 3 21 2 1 With joy. I can’t . |

announced the .signing of Billy ned from Dressen paced tp and down]

{sebrecht, and it was obvious he realized

shocked when it {and brought down a flood of {thousands of letters upon them. {It might have been forgotten but {then, suddenly, thé Giants found ‘the magic touch and they came

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Sports Roundup—

Playoff Pilots Starred in AA

WHAT A DAY—Giants' Coach Freddie Fitzsimmons (left), and Alvin Dark (right), hug pitcher Jim Hearn after his 3 to | victory yesterday over the Dodgers in the National League Qontent play-

off opener at Ebbets Field. Also in the mob scene are (left to right) Bobby Thomson,

hitey Lock-

man, Ed ‘Stanky, Don Mueller (22), Wes Westrum and Willie Mays.

Br United Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 2—Manager Charley Dressen may be fighting for his job as well as

the National League pennant when his embattled Dodgers make

their last stand against the Giants today.

And, should Dressen lose out,

lit would not be primarily be-

cause the Dodgers lost but be-

{cause Charley claimed their vic{tory too early in the Season=-and ’ : . : 'also claimed most of the credit batter's eyes. That's the way it should be. But it some- gor it. ;

Dodger President Walter O’Malley wanted two things this year— a favorable press and a pennant —probably in that order.

= = = HE MIGHT tolerate the loss of the favorable press or the pennant but the loss of both would put Dressen on a spot he wouldn't want Leo Durocher to be standing on now.

Dressen, who admitted when

he took the job “I have one year .

to- prove myself,” began the destruction of the Dodgers’ press relations when he openly accused Erv Palica of “lacking guts.” The Dodgers were sailing along then.

Eddie Stanky ,,narently untouchable ang were (gave it to me after making the yijely acclaimed as one of the \victory when he humbled the final putout of the game. Do youigreat teams of National League . know how much it would take to history.

The Dodgers planned that story as a needle for Palica and were boomeranged

down the stretch run with the entire country rooting for them.

4 8 8 AND YESTERDAY, when they,

Yanks to Watch

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Series Rivals

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UP)-— The New York Yankees, tired of just sitting around and waiting, will take a look at their World Series rivals today. Plans were for all members of the American League. champions to attend today's Dodger-Giant playoff game at the Polo Grounds.

filed silently into their dressing The Yankees will meet the even-

room. following their 3-1 loss to! the Giants, the Dodgers aimost world Series starting Thursday. seemed to know The roster of the Indianapolis NoPe against a team which had spotting batters’ weaknesses, was

Caps was fatter today after the Not made a handful of mistakes (he only Yankee to see, yestertwo well-seasoned for a third of a season.

there

belief.

who ‘comes as a right winger that the Giants, thanks to their from the Omaha club of the amazing comeback, had the entire country battling on their

buble ps “Bart To Banks. 5, LOLKAN never felt better - 2) Westram to Btanky; ? Lockman to Never felt better ‘gn a A ny ne PIC Or more excited 4 TILTRE (13-11). Umpires—Bill Stewart, plate: in my whole life, Jim Hearn United States Hockey League. ide Conian,” "5b. Time i i 8 2 8 : McComb, who will be 30 on side ir am—— —— DON'T EVER under-estimate

the Flyers since 1947.

those Dodgers. They got any and weighs 165.

number of guys who can hit ball out of the park. I threw a nq 33 assists in 48 games. {lot of curves out there today and nome is in Newmarket, Ont. {some of the fellows on the bench 2 ga {told me my sinker was especially|

|support. 4% | The fellows made four double perience. ; . plays behind me. Why, if it wasn't for those DP’s and those homers in Syracuse, Oct. 13. Bobby Thomson and Monte

NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF (Best-In-Three)

w New York , vr} 0 Brooklyn

L Pet 1 1.000 bY I LITTLE WORLD SERIES (Best-In-Seven) w L 1 Montreal” (11 2 1 667

playing.

(Best-In-Seven)

) { A high, fast ball. He's what we times. Houston (TL, ? 7 soo call a “swinger.” A guy who is Indianapolis hockey. fans can Birmingham (8A 2 . ’ « " EN GAMES TODAY 500 always ripping at the ball and see the Caps in actiod Saturwho can lose it on you if you put gay night when they meet the

NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFY g Brooklyn at New York it down the pipe for him,

LITTLE WORLD SERIES parent Detroit Red Wings In Montreal at Milwaukes ” » s Troy, 0 DIXIE SERIES , or Houston at Birmingham (night THIS IS the closest I've ever "= #8

RESULTS YESTERDAY NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFY New York 3, Brooklyn 1

been to the pennant. I finished

3 4 Houston TL 0 second time with-the Giants—but/Coliseim here

100 002 00x—3 6 2 | Papal and Fusselman; Wallace Pree- this is the closest I've ever got./through Dec. 9

Wallace, 4 ue. Hatha, Winaine Vivier, Wav, I can even taste that pen- The Caps also are scheduled in cnn nant now, Providence, . 14, - Local H.S. Football I'd like to put In a few words ing here to Det. 4, vejope Yeturu: Schedule This Week wonderful game. All the fellows, The commons om caus i . | The complete road schedule is: tas central eee played great, I can't stress that aS obstm1, A Syracuse: 14 at ; at Shelbyville. too. much. : - lak. at Cincinnati, Mi %, ab 8 Cathedral vs. Crimu Mtucks at LYO. And that Ralph Branca had

Novem! i A : shi hy Warren Central at Beech Grove, Ber vis at .

“fine stuff, He lost a tough one, Bt Io? 28." Hg Howe at B (All Hight, 4 ©, (ouses Bat Providenter rownaby

from - Nov.

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won 1 . THIS ONE was my 17th vic- ~~ tory of the year and there's no, Sy {question that 1 2 1 aver

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The Caps will open their season

The 1951-52 34-game road pro000 Irvin, we might still be out there gram calls for the Caps to play each team four times with the The pitch Andy Pafko hit for exception of St. Louis and CinecinMilwaukee ALLL od J 333 a homer in the second inning was nati where they will appear five Canadian from Quebec, Canada, RIE : and the Jungle Boy, South African roughhouse expert, will be op-| ponents in the main event of tonight's three-bout pro. wrestling card to be staged at the Armory.

his next birthday, has been with _ L0oking back over the season, He is 5-10 Dressen must have realized that

Last season he De started out as a popular choice the finished with 52 points on 19 goals @ Win, then gradually lost the His Support and now is faced with the Minis. tutPone most astonishing paradox of all.

He must win two straight

__GIESEBRECHT is 22 and hails 82mes to win the pennant. Yet, ¢ good. But through it all, I can't from Petawawa, Ontario, He is 5- there is {help byt repeat 1 had terrific 13 and weighs 180. He has two c0uld do to make them more un-

years of professional hockey ex- Popular than winning those two games.

nothing the Dodgers

Matman Dusette Meets Jungle Boy

George Dusette, rugged French-|

Larry Chene, of Saulte Ste.

Marfe, Mich, ard Sheik Araby, INCLUDED in this ye ar’'s swarthy Arabian product, in first division five times in my games away is the usual long trip meét in the semiwindup.

| No 24 AITILE WORLD SERIES . career three years with the while .the Barbara Scott Holly- Newcomer Logger Larsen will Mouton, cr PE SERIES Cardinals and this makes the wood Ice Revue appears at the be tested by the veteran Steve

21 Nonoff,’ of Toledo, to start the

show at 8:30 p. m.

—Marion Vandervelden, 26, Uni-| versity of Iowa graduate, received | isi |& Sessions suspendénl jail term es on a charge of selli At Borshess 1,2, te Y « ge .

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Suspended Sentence

Towa-Kansas State game SaturBuf ati; 26, at Cin. 42Y. Shien eo 1%. at Cleve... VNdervelden, employed hy a land: 16. at Cincinnati; 1%, at Pittsbursh: Monroe, Iowa, contractor, pleaded guilty in district court to charges illegal possession. of gam!

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Coach Bill Dickey, an ace at

. day's Giants victory at bbets weren't really shocked. The emo-'mefq The rest of the team took General Manager Dick Miller tion was surprise—almost dis- , na hour batting drill with |Allie Reynolds, who is slated to

pitch the opening game of the

|series, serving ‘em up. A similar 'drill will be held today.

Fight Results |

By United Press NEW YORK--(8t, Nicholas Arena) —Lou (Sonny) Volpe, 147. New York outpointed efazio, 146, Bayonne, N. J. (8) BOSTON-—Paul Pendér, 161. Brookline. outpointed Otis Graham, 160,

HOLYOKE, Mass Mass. stopped Cal

—Jeff Dyer. 307. SpringVernon, 177,

NEW ORLEANS--Fred Monforte. 137, outpointed Tim Dalton,

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Dressen Is Fighting For Job and Pennant

The Record— ..

NEW YORK. Oct. 2 (UP) --Going into today's playoff game at the Polo Grounds, the Dodgers had beaten the Giants 13 times in 23 meetings this year, but: : The Giants have won seven out of 11 against Brooklyn at the Polo . Grounds. and: .The Giants have won seven of the last eight meetings,

Leads Bowlers With 660 Series

Rolling in the Allison Commer-

cial League at the West Side alleys, Bruce Johnston put together a 660 bowlers.

series to lead local

Johnston had games of 214:

i: 279-167 for the. tap count. Two ‘women soared over the 600 mark. ‘Ann Sauter hit 6168 with games of 221, 194. 201. She was rolling in the Yaver Classic -at the Penn alleys:

Genevieve Stumpf had 168-211-226 for 603 in the E and R

Bucs Drop Mayfield PITTSBURGH, Oct. 2 (UP)Pittsburgh General Manager Branch Rickey announced today that working relations with the Mayfield, Ky., club of the Class D Kitty League have been ended. Mayfield, which has been part of the Pirate farm system for two seasons, finished third in the Kitty League this year. !

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law: of

By EDDIE ASH Times Snorts Editor

the National League Playoff oppo-

MANAGERS of

nents learned much of their baseball in the American As-

sociation .

. . L.eo Durocher,

the Giants’ skipper, used to

shine in the shortfield for the St. Paul Saints. Charlie Dressen, the Dodgers’ pilot, also starred at third base for the St. Paul club. : : In 1924, a pennant year for the Saints, Dressen led the league's third sackers in assists (361), putouts (207), and in total chances accepted (568). Little Charlie posted some sort of record at the plate from July 1 to 4, 1924, when he reached first base 14 times in succession, having 11 successive hits, a base on

‘ balls, an error and another

him out.

hit . . . They couldn't get

His Dodgers could have used some of the same yesterday . . , That 1924 St. Paul team won the pennant and Dressen wos one of the Saints’ key figures , , , They beat out Indianapolis by

four games.

THE HOMETOWN INDIANS, managed by Owen J;

. Bush, was out in front until the next-to-the-last series of

the 1924 season, when the Saints ousted them in a spec-

tacular set at St. Paul. . .

Bush always claimed that messages of congratulation wired from Indianapolis and hailing the Tribesters “as pennant winners,” put the whammy on his team. as it

invaded St. Paul.

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holler guy, was a felding ace for the 1927 Saints, who fin ished fourth. . . . But on May 10 of that seasom, he couldn't make the ball come his way and had little to shout about. . . . It was a 14-inning battle and Leo had but one fielding chance, a putout, that came in the seventh stanza.

i » ; DUROCHER led the American Association shortstops that season, 1927, in assists (559), putouts (420), and in total chances accepted (979). : Both Durocher and Dressen served under the same manager, the rough and tough Nick (The Bull) Allen. . .. He was a manager of the “old school” and it's safe to sav that Leo and Charlie acquired some of their play-it-to-the-hilt baseball from the rugged Allen, who was a former catcher, tall, huge and built like a. heavyweight wrestler. = * ” OWEN BUSH'S first tenure as Indianapolis manager lasted three years and Nick Allen was St. Paul pilot over that stretch. . « Old Washington Park fans are certain to recall the stormy days here when the Saints invaded. .. . Allen and Bush were firebrands as pilots and the grguments between the pair along with runins with the umpires usually kept the crowd in constant uproar.

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OUR HUNCH on the law of averages catching up with the Giants didn’t pan out yesterday. ... The Giants took care of the averages and the Dodgers; too, in the playoff opener, by executing four double plays. . ... That in ‘itself was enough to take the starch out of the Flatbushers for- the afternoon, plus two New York pokes over the fence. . . . Maybe the Giants are like the Yankees on that law of averages business , , . never heard of fit.

DOWN IN the Dixie Series last night, at Birmingham, Southpaw Jim Wallace, the Hoosier from Evansville, and a former Indianapolis pitcher, received credit for the Barons’ victory over Houston, although he was relieved in the ninth. . +. In the Sunday battle there

the Southern Association and Texas Leagne teams drew more

enormous crowd in the. minors nowadays, * » ” ~

FORD FRICK probably will

man. during the World Series. . . . Although elected baseball's new commissioner, he'll still rule as National League president until Nov, 1: ... Officially, the classic will be under the supervision of the major league Executive Council, but if any important decisions come up, the chances are that Frick will be asked 0 make them. .». , However, there is nothing in the code to prevent Ford from rooting one mare «time for a National League victory . then strictly neutral after it's over,

Steelers Unveil Line of Passers,

Tie Giants, 13-13

By United Press PITTSBURGH. Oct. 2 ~The ex-

perts who overlooked the Pittsburgh Steelers in their National Football L.eague future book wore a “what happened” look today.

Long characterized by their grunt-and-crunch ground plavs, the single wingers unveiled a five. man ‘pitching staff” last night to

hold the favored New York Giants toa 13-13 tie. In addition to their regular

passer Joe Geri, the Steelers had Lynn Chandnois, Joe Gasparella and rookies Chuck Ortmann and Ray Mathews tossing the ball in a wide open game that sent some 27.000 fans home happy.

Pro Football

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