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Irishman off the 'Frisco sand under the main tent, took over i of old murderer's row, as the

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another Yankee era (1936).

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game which saw the National 5 League champions at their worst. g Poor pitching, porous © mental

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TRIUMPHANT TRIO—Phil Rizzuto (left) hit a two-run homer; Ed Lopat (center) chalked up his second World Series victory, a five-hitter, and rookie Gil McDougald (right) blasted a grand slam home run to wallop the Giants, 13.1, in the fifth game of the series.

customers were walking out and

made over the loudspeaker: “Patrons will not be permitted on the playing field until ther

3 in Running for Job

| The game might conceivably have been kept on a level of re-

Three names today topped Si the list of possible successors } to Don Gutteridge, ousted this |

week as manager of the In- 3 dianapolis Indians. But Charles French, new gen- § eral manager of the Honsier In- &

Norman is highly regarded in|/hadn’t played much too deep for J the Cleveland network since his Joe DiMaggio in the fateful

ished in the first division in the have caught the eye of the:Glants ¢ "Class A Eastern League the past field general before the house two seasons. caved in.

2 = = a 8 = HAD IRVIN been less defer-

Froilan (Nanny) Fernandez today was sold by the Indianapolis Indians to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League, it was announced by Charles French, Indians’ general manager. The popular third baseman is no stranger to the Pacific Coast, having played with San Francisco in 1940 and ’41 before going to the Boston Braves in 1942, With Indianapolis in 1949, Fernandez hit .312. He was with Pittsburgh in 1950 and hit .258, including six home runs.

and saw action this past season. the clipper's conservative blow

yesterday with announcement by the inning. the Cincinnati Reds that Tony

with Cleveland.

dianapolis under Al Lopez before in

: signing with Cincinnati,

Don Gutteridge 2 = =

Broadcast and television of the Charles-Layne fight will be carried locally at 9 p. m. toi night over WFBM and WFBM-

jKas., Gutteridge said he was noti- hit the first pitch for a force out| new pilot will be named before the Indians’ executive, of his firing. |gta » id. “ a » . y in baseball,” he said. “But double play. Sy baseball meetings in De- To te Fig e Mor! muchi, have not been unable to make Casey Stengel had packed his : y RAlanapolls ony contacts because all of base- batting order with left handers.| - were George (Birdie) Tebbetts, We need a man more experienced World Series.” |Joe Collins off first and use him Bill Norman and Charles (Red) 3) in right field. This made room Ruffing, all members of the Cleve- Ch | Gutteridge this past season 2 1 : b4 ; next hitter in this situation and jtion of making his second try at | & 8 = ar es Starts managing oe a group it was decided to put him on, fill AT THE same time, Gut- . erans and major league cast-offs the bases and pitch to the rightteridge began looking for a new baseball position after being noti- ome dC dl :nth place by the end of the found Jansen too easy in the second game. Na longer needed in Indian- A aii st R L tot fhe elose of (he sash. Guts] HIS WAS sound, conventional . eriage expresse ope a €! strategy but unfortunately for From his home in Pittsburgh, g ex dyne would get a job in the Cleveland Jansen and the Giants it didn't . * organization if he was not re- work. The first pitch to the young . | Middlecoff Joins required to do much shifting of was the ball game. McDougald his Indians this year as the Pitts- j3 one of the reasons why the 'burgh Pirates made frequent play- yankees look better on the field KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct. 10 : : . : : (UP)—Dr.. Cary Middlecotf of By United Press with Indianapolis drew to 4 close at home at second as at third) Memphis, Tenn., a éné-titta 2oatist. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10—Ezzarq 2nd Cleveland prepared to take frequently is used at both posigolf competitors, stood at the the same ring where four months . L271 the case yesterday) and the rectop of the list today with more 280 he lost his world's heavy- GUITERIDGE'S first attempt ords describe him as the best hitmajor championships than any Weight championship to start his as manager was with Toledo Mud- ter on the club. Nothing wrong field. against young Rex Layne of Utah. 4. y in th i In one respect, the fifth game Fit. Lloyd Mangrum of Niles, Charles. whose handlers claim Cea 8. S_ Sedo 9i%usion, was like all the others, the pitch- — he is in bett se 5 : / 2 i 111, still headed one department er condition because pc "oo played for them as Who couldn’t lose got his ears

dians, said today it is unlikely the fied by Ownie Bush, Indianapolis/plans for the future. “I want to that narrowly missed being a * Topping the list of candidates next season,” French said, “and n..° 0 0 P00 attending the One of his moves was to take land Indians’ organization. landed in the unfortunate posi- [OF Johnny Mize. Mize was the and having his team land in sev- handed McDougald who hadn't fied Monday that his services tained as manager here. He was Irishman was a ball. The second ’ Golf's $$$ Men er changes as their association than on paper. He's just as much ‘who now deals out pain to rival Charles slimbs back tonight into OVer the club. = {tions in the same game, as was other player in the “big time” comeback with a 12-round bout hens in 1946. In mid-season with With his composure, either. of the 1 y y i F the one that any pro golfer will e layoff, was a stfong choice a utility infielder. The Sox went pred BERK.

tell you counts “the mostest.” to beat the hard-hitting Layne, ; , : | : " . into the World Series that year ; : : That's the money winning depart- Who was knocked out in his last 54 10st to the St. Lous Cardi-| oe, ccond. Vie Raschi in the Ke lin Honors ment, where Mangrum shows the fight by Rocky Marciano. wir third and Sal Maglie in the fourth. 4 4

Eddie Lopat ‘has emerged as the! During the 1950 season when pitching star of the Series.

utteridge was serving as coach! To students of pitching it is a

way with a total of $25,838.83. “We're glad Ezzard laid off for Middlecoff jumped into second 2 few months” said one of the place, passing Jim Ferrier of San former champ’'s trainers. “He's Francisco, in this business of col- in perfect shape to take Layne lecting cash, by defeating Doug tonight. When he lost the title Ford of Harrison, N. Y., Dave. Douglas of Newark, Del, inspired that night — in an 18-hole play-off for the trained too fine.” Kansas City Open championship Charles’ of Cincinnati,

desire to serve as coach under veteran Lefty work. In a way Lopez if the Senor went to a reminds you of a crafty be hele

he was take\another crack at managing. ponent off balance with a Gutteridge said he was inter- jab. That's Lopat’'s secret

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Yankees Look Like Mu rderers’ TV Trust Suit Row Of Old In 13-1 Victory

AR Se © meen o ° ° gi on Poor Pitching, Fielding PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10 ; hE Ji NL ® — Commissioner Bert ‘Bell h : W {> W | , Oct. 10—Maybe you wouldn't think a Sho iants at orst today regarded the govern- oy RORS OS Hy chought the

he third inning made all the

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 —In Chapter Five the fantasy 12 member teams as a showdown difference. If it had been caught the Yanks would have of the Giants turned to low comedy. ‘Berle took over for for sports in general over tele-,... out of the inning witnout,

By JOE WILLIAMS

Barrie. Much more to the point, Gil McDougald, 23-year-old |

The youngest father of three in the slam hdme run in the third inning to crack the game wide | open and quite likely the series, Larry Jensen's second pitch, and sent it streaking into the mr Bell said, referring to the 810 Up you do play back quite.a

innings they were set down in

THAT WAS the highlight in 2 the first, did they get more than!

fielding. thrown home instead of to sec- (Said. sluggishness and wilted ond ardor. By seventh inning time the planked.

when the customary warning was 5th Game Box Score players have reached -the club jiys;:

2 & $ house” ize, 1 : : A desolate, indignant fan “25-30 Don Gutteridge Fired, -:: Fie . J “They shouldn’t have permitted Collins, ri-15 ...... $

: ithe Giants on the field today.” LOPah P «ooo.

spectability ana sanity if the Janko Giants' left fielder, Monfora Irvin, Thomson, who, by the way, continues to hit [Vi (than Gutteridge) in teaching. We Yankee pitching as if he owned Max: ces are, hbwever, very fond of Don.” controlling interest in them, hesring » 5

Wilkes Barre, Pa., .club has fin- inning, a mistake which" shéuld 20%

TEBBETTS still is signed to ential to DiMaggio's power andy, a player contract with Cleveland NOt conceded so much forward Sew York

The possibility of Ruffing being into out number three and there Hartuns's error in th), Mise. (Coilins/and Willie Pep to all but theater

the next manager became strong would have been no scoring in §ored on Corwins vid piteh in thi. 15y4iences.

[Three-Base Hit—Woodling. Home Runs—| Only last Monday, major league right DiMaggio's single scored the Y.oriors: qrute ] ey Yo ave 2 hha

Cuccinello had resigned as coach tying run and opened the dikes Jansen 4 Kennedy 1. Spencer 3 Lopat I their restriction n ad- , of the Reds to go to Cleveland. for the deluge. Jansen was hav-|min 1 Losat 3. Hits and Hone ba Cor Gaia Da Ruffing still is signed as a coach ing his trouble finding the cor- sez; 3 and ie [games in minor league towns vy Ee re age A and 3 in 2: Spencer, 4 and § in 13a; Cor. | gu Yankee Stadium the last time. Cuccinello was coach at In- Gene Woodling and Phil Rizzuto [5..: succession but had got a Pitcher—Lopat. d ] (breather when Yogi Berra, who|(v. i» Baparelia (A) 20 Basher pn

{will take a cut at any ball that!3: Cote, (Ni, and Stevens (AL, foul

GUITERIDGE said he has no is anywhere near the strike zone,|

| Facts and figures on the World

York Giants—won 2, lost 8. win four games. ’ i

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Vie Raschi (21-10).

Broadcasting System. casting System.

Like Allie Reyn- 1 olds in the first game, Jansen in Wellman Pins-up

boy of local keglers today. under Lopez here, he expressed a rewarding experience to watch the to

and to Jersey Joe Walcott he was un- major league team, rather than who constantly keeps Mid Se aey layer ig Right ia ai : —just one pin er an Steve Romanyk’s 690.

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Showdown for Sports—Bell

Musial Reports the Seres— DiMaggio Single iI Was Key Play

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ESDAY, OCT. 10, 1051

By STAN

ment’s anti-trust suit against . : . his National Football League and Single Joe DiMaggio got in t

(vision and broadcast policies. 'any runs, and you don't know

The Justice Department conSy : { what might have happened the lots, playing his first year tended in its suit filed in the U. 8. 4" © ay pe

n riotous, rapturous memory Lserict Court here yesterday that, DiMaggio hit a line drive to left

INFL limiting of telecasting and L |field. Irvin said later he should Yanks won 13-1. broadcasting of professional foot- , = *- ee et er seid he

: : ball games is “in unreasonable ajors hit a grand '0 Sat of trade and commerce,” Wa8 playing too far back. It “If we are wrong in what we \00ked to me as though he might

are doing let's find it out and let's have been a little deep, but of too. He took a fast ball, 7 ¢ RE to everybody,” course with two out and DiMag- |

bined the exclusive company league's practice of blacking out Pit because he'll be going for the

or long ball. of Elmer Smith of Cleveland (1920) and Tony Lazzeri of ftain areas to TV and radio ON8 # # =

within a specified radius of th iscene of pos 5 a ONCE the ball was hit. Irvin

i had a very tough play. I'm going And in only one inning,| 8 5 = - y | “THE LAW was written by the to have a hard time making my

i self clear on this, because it's not ne hit. That's the inning they |trust department and interpreted ' a ed In Zoi I hag Dy the trust department” Bell ®8SY to describe. But here's what

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been [Preted it yet. As far as the Na-| DiMaggio did not hit ths ball itional Football League is con- too well. It seemed to me as if he cerned we are very willing to go hit it off the end of his bat. But into court and get that interpreta- 1rVin couldn't tell this. Back there

they would have

NEW ‘YORK. (a3 {tion : where he was, it’ could have AB RH O AE The NFL, which has 20 days to !00ked like the ball was hit solid 3 2 0 6 ofile an answer, will not agree to because it was a line drive. Gen7 1 3 J 0a consent decree, Bell said. Un- erally an outfielder can tell by 1 i 8 0 ¢ der the decree, the league and its the crack of the bat how well the ! 1 2 3 o member clubs would avoid a test ball is hit. But with a full park 0 : 1 3 0 case by agreeing to discontinue and people making a lot of noise, 1118 0 the Jeon television arrange- the Jar wis when DiMaggio gre ments. ‘ t e , the sound o e ba Totals ..___.._ 39 13 12 27 14 1, Assistant U. 8S. Attorney Gen-is drowned out before the outNEW YORK &¥% o a peral H. Graham Morison, who fielder can hear it. SI. 4 0.70 1 4 Qfiled the suit, indicated strongly LL ‘4 8 3 1 3 {that should the present Ri SO MY feeling is that Irvin was 4 9 3 2 0 lisucceed the government might Playing back to begin with, and 22 0 0 2 0 omake similar moves against col- that he was playing for a ball ‘3 8 1 3 3 §lege football, professional base- that he thought was hit hetter ansen, p .. ..0 0 o 1 1 o0ball, boxing and other organized than it actually was. Then, being Shrke 1.33 2 : 3 sports. © |hit off the end of the bat, the ball ; 1.3.0.8 b 9 2 nn 5 jdied kind of sudden and Irvin 0 o o 1 0-0 PROFESSIONAL football is couldn’t get to it. > “33 3-3 3 Snot the only sport which has| JPiMaggio got to second on the otal RIE RES placed restrictions on telecasting. play, and with men on second and

Lohrke struck out for Ian n 3a. 3 College football began the .prac- third and two out the Ciants Ri ney fied out Jor Kennedy 3. Sta. a tice this. season on an experi- walked Mize and pitched to Meca f10y ow {mental basis and boxing blacked Dougald. I thought that was

EY Ct tl) acces 905 on 8-13 out the recent championship good sound baseball even though

OES TH ay st). DiMaggio 3 McDou- Randy Turpin and Sandy Saddler his home run. With Mize walked you have aggio. | {a chance of a play at any base.

Rizzuto. Left on Bases

. Bases on_Balls—of baseball club owners removed pitcher against a righthand hit-

ter, and Jansen had looked fairly

Jan. casting or televising major league good against McDougald at

3 and 5 in 3 innings; Kennedy, 3

an {while a minor league game was in ; - a : Migs? Wining Progress. In addition, television Ho strsek um gut on two occa | Losing Pitcher—Jansen. land radio rights were vetoed in : Ts 5 2} | WHAT HURT Jansen more "lin the leagues as a whole. In than anything else in that inning Ohio, a suit is pending against was his bad control. He started baseball broadcast restrictions. [out by walking two men, and | -— tT {that walking kills you. Then he'd Hanover Founder Dies ve behind the hitters, and being: Series: | HANOVER, Pa, Oct. 10 (UP)— afraid of his wildness he'd try Sixth Game—At Yankee Sta- Harper D. Sheppard, internation- to get the fast ball over the dium today. ‘ lally known breeder of champion plate. That's what he did with Standings — New York (trotting and pacing horses and McDougdald. He got behind one Yankees—won 3, lost 2. New {founder of the Hanover Shoe Co., ball, then the fast ball and it went |died today at his home here, one out of the park. Series Winner—First team to day after his 83d birthday. | Jansen was wilder than I've

Paparella (A), 2b; Barlick (N), the individual clubs rather than

Attendance—47, S

Series Facts, Figures NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UP)—

MUSIAL

seen him for quite a while. And just the opposite; Lopat’s control was almost perfect. He walked only one man and he was always ahead of the hitter. Lopat is a fellow who would run one’ of those carnival tents out of business. Where you throw a basepall at a target, I mean. He would hit it every time and win all the prizes they had. “ »n » ANOTHER big thing with Lopat is he -has that third pitch. Besides the curve and the fastpall, he has a screwball that breaks the other way from his curve. You don't know until the last second which way that ball

“The court has not inter- 1 think happened: lis going to break, so you have

to hesitate up there. You can’t pull the trigger: sometimes until you're off balance and it's too late. His breaking stuff makes his

‘fast ball more effective when he

uses it, too. People kid about pitchers like Lopat and Preacher Roe having no fast ball. But they're a lot faster than it looks. Any pitcher in the major leagues can throw pretty hard at least once in a while. Watching a pitcher like Lopat from the ‘stands, it looks quite easy. to hit him. But the distance really shortens up when you get up to that plate with the pitcher 60 feet away. : = J - s I WAS quite Impressed with the game Rizzuto played. One play in particular he threw a man aout from deep short without coming up to throw the ball. Phil just got rid of it from his crouch. Some .shortstops would have to straighten up befor throwing and it would be too late to get the

terrain he would have converted “Runs Batted In— (Dark scored on Wood. bouts between Ray Robinson and McDougald made it look bad with man. Phil can really move around.

He's been playing quite a while but he’s still quick around shortstop. The Giants all in all had a bad 8ay, like every good team will have once in a while, But not to take anything away from the Yankees because they were hitting that ball hard, and Lopat pitched*another beautiful game,

28th Division Gridders To Play Findlay College

The 28th Infantry Division football team will play Findlay College at Findlay, Ohio, Saturday afternoon. The game will be the second of its abbreviated season. The soldiers, who leave for overseas duty month, dropped their season opener 29-20 to Camp Breckenridge, Ky., last Saturday.

Game Time Today—l p. m., |

Today's Pitchers — Giants: Dave Koslo (10-9). Yankees:

Betting Odds — Yankees fa-

made music loud and grand

Weather—Fair and cool. Radio Broadcast — Mutual “Television — National Broad-

Remaining Games — Seventh (if necessary) at Yankee Sta-

- Total Attendance (five

Maurice Wellman is the pin-up

That day’s gone

And there was fun for everyone

The Sportsman’s Store roller jo joined the old town band.

ok top honors in the East Side

lassic at the Pritchett-Hunt-|

| Wellman combined games of|

tile old bassoo, the tuba,

here yesterday. It was his sixth hopes to turn the tables on Walmajor victory. Middlecoff’'s 68, cott some day just as he avenged four under par, topped Douglas earlier defeats by Jimmy Bivins, and Ford who had a pair of 72's, Lyold Marshall, and Elmer Rav. and with the triumph went $2400 was asked if he had “regained his

in prize money. confidence” since losing to WalThe purse swelled Middlecoff's cott.

earnings for 1951 to $24,075.91 “There's nothin S y g to Just $1762.92 back of Mangrum.'said Charles with a smile. “I

. {never lost my confidence after High School Football [tbat fight. I just had a baa Washington 48, Dugger 13. 'night.”

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pion of the Pacific Coast southern division, opens practice Monday for a 27game schedule.

{Irvin of a triple—the hardest ball

WhO ‘ested in tHe Cineinnati job va- ing the hitter off stride, throwing

him a pitch he can’t get the fat bat on, putting the ball pre isely {where he wants it. Control and guile. . That's what his modest repertoire consists of. «

2 = 2 THEY CALL the sandy-haired New Yorker, native born, a noth\ing pitcher. They mean it derisively but what it comes to is {that they can do nothing with the {soft stuff he throws, the fast ball {which isn't fast, the curve which {barely wrinkles and the screw ball that merely flutters. It was thought the short fences at the [Polo Grounds would handicap

|Lopat. Stengel himself had said |

{the more spacious field of Yankee Stadium was better suited to his stuff. Maybe so. But the way Lopat worked yesterday you'd have to say he can win in a phone hooth. None of the Giants.came close, Wes Westrum’s double was the only extra base hit, though Woodling had to make a sensational catch to deprive the remarkable

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