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Pacelli Ready for Opener shown bgrsurpriae starter Jim Ray tackle and middle Hneback i AUSTIN DAILY HERALD riday September 7 56 backfield" 13 MAGIC NUMBER OR YANKEE CLUB 'Outsiders to Decide Raed teams to beat are St Louis Chi cigo Pittsburgh andPhiladelohialr MUna as rtlwo fw Me teas A a A Hi I in AABC Viceroys a Ita eyes came from' Island anditnenS and not match hardened beat 1 11 Van Wneewell In the 1 Brand Viceroy Brand Gq Kelly Makes Plans VICEROYS EXCLUSIVE ILTER IS MADE ROM PURE' SOT SNQW WHITE' NATURAL! 4 SPORTS GAS TOONS Torresdahl wffl start at Bob nfield Is' ready to Chase and Ronnie Baumgart at halfbacks' and pile driving Mike I Spanked' Bucks Bid 1 huac nnnc for 3rd Big TO Title V) a sa Lakes Willmar reported wall eye fishing is still (food in west central Minnesota lakes While cool weather hurried most outing thoughts i toward hunting the fishing ''continues Stream trout angling closes Sept J5 and lake trout Sept 25 except Lake Superior where it ends Oct 10 Walleye and northern angling is legal through eblS Large and smallmouth ba fishing ends Nov 30 Panfishing isjopen around the calendar starting backfield will have Bryan Baudkr: at quarter back'' either Hess or lfield rt right half Jerry WHde at left half and Tom Davis at fullback Acrdss tte' line it will be Ron Carothers Bob i or Bo6 Lillquist at ends iiyles Asper Grey Glenn or Ken Deor at tack les and Dave Kinney Dick Gaugh ran or John Lembrick at guards Glenn is certain to see action as a defensive guard while Nate John son' and Norm Pinke will play in the backfield an defense The only serious casualty is end 1 Others who will sm action on of fense backs Jim Schmid and Jack Meyers and linemen Mike McDermott and John Bauer De fensively Grant Bauer Joe Daly and Walter will take over In the line while Hayden Ray Hanson Miller Licktelg Rensink a Chuck Holdgrafer will form the secondary By Russ Samuelson Additional Sports on Page 12 BATTLE CKEKK Mich W) Twenty nine teams each one a btnte or association champion its own domain ready'ior bat tle in th 1956 amateur World series of thq American Amateur Baseball Congress at 'three nation al playing sites Thirteen teams will compete in the Eastern AABC series starting tonight' while eight teams apiece begin battling in the North west tournament at Watertown Dend the Southwest meet at Cushing Okla Saturday ollowing the three tournaments the winners from Watertown and Cushing will come to Battle Creek dor four team national playoff Sept 15 16 17 The winner and ran ner up in the Easter series will round out field he playoffs! will be conducted on a rotmd robln basis for the first time' x' Ing' 13 clinches the flag and Mickey Mantle with fl home runsis two behind Babe Ruth's record 60 pace of 1927 as tbe Yankees open at home against Washington tonight Pacelli opens the 1956 football season against New Prague at the Athletic ield tonight end accord ing to coach Martin Crowe things are' looking up When the teams line up for the pun kickoff Bernie Walter Duane Hanson and Larry Hayden will be In uniform to strengthen Hopes for an early victory "We still have a green line and there are trouble spots but we are Tetter'I off then we were' is the way Crow explains it still make a lot of mistakes but not as many as tThe club got another lift with the return of Gill Grant who can play tackle or end Grant missed the 1955 season because of an in jury i Great Improvement his been '38 man squad making the trip to Northfield The Packers will bump into a thin and inexperienced Northfield team according to coach Arnie Nelson Certain to see action are Torn' Swan son and Stair Rrfiick veteran guards Gilberg Mracekf halfback and quarterback ken Hokeness end and Curt QuMell halfback The' Raiders will miss 'Chuck Mullmer and Don Jjirries but Nel son has a patfif promising jun iors Johnknbtsen and Vfrgil oss for replacements Another out standing' nrosoect is sophomore guard Virgil tbers who will see action are backs Darrell Lary Papl Olberg and JorHanefc ends Jim Steibner Jiirix Bowe and Leo Shanno tickles Erik Carl son Ron Kubes and Jim Truax and centers Jim Rezac and Hoger Jensen The Raiders discarding the sin gle wing used last year will runpff the Trfonnation Milwaukee Rain In Phllly alsoll leaves the Redlegs with a four game set a pair of consectf i tive twinight doubleheaders that 1 wraps up a seaton series standing at 9 9 at tha tnomefft Next Thursday the Braves play in game at Pittsburgh I from scratch vn the 14 tie caused by rain in Milwaukee last week The Braves who play aU but three of their remaining games away from home open a 14 game trip and four game series at Chi cago today with Brooklyn the next stop Cincy after taking three of four in Milwaukee starts on the last 13 games of a road trip with the opener of a three game seeies atSL Louis tonight The! Ridlegs play 15 "tiMhitr remaining games on the roacLL And the Dodgers who were 3 2 in a five game three day series against New York at the Pojo Grounds last weekend try again to open a four game set with the Giants tonight This time follow tag the ralnout a twinight dou the only twinbill on scheduled at the moment for' the Brooks who play 17 of their training games at home It will' 18th doubleheader of the year for the Brctoks tfho have swept phly five spllt Blx and lostjjix Milwaukee two twin bills remaining has' nine Split five one so far The Redlegs who have swept eight lost one and split eight have three to go The American League? Well New magic number is J3 i any combination of Yankee vic tories and Cleveland losses total This included small "cash Hayes made to hij ''players and Tfcsra is possibility that Jia Bernatx will start at and lf an ankle injury is improved" Vern Ebne coach at New Pra gue will field a stronger team than last year as he hae lS let tarmen fighting' forAi tar tin berths The veterans are ends a Jelinek and Dan Pexa tackles: John Ceryenka and John Murray guards Don Tllcek and John Pint and centers BUI 8en slbaugh and Gervais Wagner In the backfield are Dick Bqeber John Zvanovec Bob Bever Jer ry Vinger and Ron All will see action sues of oA fense to spring "We may stick to the tingle wing winged and he says ws may also unvefiour myrtery oi featuring A Jins' Duluth Superior Win Northern Playoffs DULUTH Minn tfHThe Duluth Superior White Sdx swept the final Northern League playoff se ries frorfl Aberdeen Thursday night with a 9 0 blanking of the Pheasants The winners finished third in the regular season a'nd Aberdeen fourth Pennant winner Eau Claire i and rtmnpnm Winning ware alim mated in'the sudden death playof? preliminaries McKinney neered the shutout' by striking out 12 batters while his mates: were pounding out 14 hits offthree Aberdeen huriers Duluth Superior took the first victory in the best of three series Wednesday ight 6 Austin Area Grid Games Set Tonight A heavy schedule of football 'garnet tonight opens the 1956 sea in the Austin area Twelve of the 14 teams aro busy as only Lyle and LeRoy members of the Little Six Con ference wait another weekto mnnovn iiui Three members of the Xlttle SIX Jump Off agalnrt non conff ence rivals Adams the defend tag champiohSieeltvictory No IK wficir they JiostLilencfaJe while Grand Meadow entertains Lewiston and Elkton plays at St Charles attractions find Bloom ing Prairie at Morristown Hous ton at Spring Valley and Hay field at Byront io 16 430 25li383 32 lb at Cleveland tonight Boston is at Baltimore for a twi night pair and atKansas city Only two games were scheduled yesterday Washington scoring six in the fifth with Jose Valdivielso hitting a three run homer defeat ed Baltimore 7 And the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics 6 0 in a night game with rank Lary spinning a four hitter Ray Boone Red Wilson Wayne Belardi and Charlie Max well hitting' home runs MILWAUKEE (f The global World Series of baseball that has attracted championship teams from five foreign nations Puerto Rico Hawaii and the United States opens six days of tournament play irf County to night Canada third place finisher in last first Global tournament and Japan also making a second appearance meet in the first game Starting at 8:30 pm (CST) The remainder of the tourna ment field will swing into action Saturday on this schedule: Allen Dairymen of ort Wayne Ind the US champion vs Hawaii 1 pm Puerto Rico vs Holland the EurOpfean chatapion 6 pm Mexico vs Colombia South American champion a pnu Visiting officials have tabbed the US team as tournament favor ite The global series the visitors said has increased baseball inter est in their countries tremendously The games are broadcast around the world by the Voice of America Japan and Colombia sent their own radio and newspaper staffs to report ths games By kD WILKS'The Associated Press This may ba the screwiest Na tional League 'pennant race yet With four weeks to go a three way serap'junong Milwaukee On cinnati and Brooklyn' but the 60 66 '70 73 513 TA 85 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Their heroics art too late to save from a second division finish la the American Assn but the Charleston Senators are finally wCmln? the cloSe ones dropped all year 1 a The West Virginians are the hottest thing In the league and with sixth place nailed down and a faint chance at' fifths assured their best season since joining the loop mid 1952 The Senators finished th cellar four straight years Charleston won tte seventh straight ThundayJilght aJ 2 thriller over champion Indian apqjls The Senators who dropped more than a score of one run de riidonB'durini the camnalKH' now have beaten the Indiana three In a rowi Second place Denver absorbed a 10 4 shellacking from Minneapolis but the fourth place Millers failed' to gain ground on Omaha 24 vic tor over St Paul Wichita' ham mered Louisville 12 4 In a battle of clubr dbitlned to finish srrtsib and eighth respectively Charleston earned Its victory the hard way outhlt 8 4 and blanked by Dolan Nichols for six innings Then the opportunist Senators scored all their runs in the seventh aided by two balks a wild pitch and an Indian error Lou Limmer started the winning rally with his 14th homer of the season HalrWoodasbisk the mound ace with a 12 5 mark scat tered eight Indianapolis hits Demoralized Denver with pitcher Jack Urban playing in the outfield because of injuries to key starters crumbled under a double barreled Minneapolis attack Wil lie Kirkland with two homers and a single and Jake Jenkins with a nomer ana I aounie arove in eightMiller runsbetweeq'them Righthander Gordon Jojies the Omaha craftsman won his eighth straight and ran his string of con secutive scoreless innings to 33 in beating St Paul The Sainis broke Jhg scoreless Joe Ptg double and Ed Wincen single in the ay: th but were otherwise shackled The Cards scored the winning tally in the third on Al solo homer his first of the season Australia Ken nosewan in me quarterfinals of the Ntional Ten nis Championships? i The odds say but tennis oldtimers have other sentinents on what shapes up as the key match of the season think Savitt will win? said Don Budge the only man ever to the Australian rench Wimbledon and UK champion ships in a single yean still tiiink Lew Hoad will win the tour nament' but I like Savitt over 'A majof upset marked Thurs play which saw Shirley a22 year old British girl turn back the veteran Louise Brough of Beverly 'HillsCalif 6 6 3 Jn tha' quarter finals I PACIIC COAST LEAGUE San rancisco 4 Sacramento 3 Portland 5 Seattle 1 lack of regulation of off campus Jobs held by athletes i Hayes said today attitude towards toe probation is that we have rectified our mistake and i pointed a finger at any body else We tried one thing to 'avoid having the boys hurt and becoming bitter He said 32 players in danger of being declared ineligible generally stayed after schobl closed in June and put in an extra week of work on their jobs Most of his he said were repaid The player who must fill Hopa Sutherin 198 highly re garded but fii 'words no there another But He fear in heart the Buckeyes win an unprecedented thirdstraight un disputed title and tne process gatase conference win ning streak Wchigan't' Hayes has eight starters hack among 22 lettermen 'including the brilliant 1954 fullback Hubert Bo bo now being tried at end ''Hayes explainsthe Bobo switch was made because he has two good fullbacks in Don Vide and Galen Cisco who couldn't play any other positAL 2JG jizsd Bobo is ready willing and able to bol ster the end department Jim Roseboro who averaged 61 yards last season ill a right half fixture and rank Ellwood a sur prise find at quarterback last sea son will do the Buckey sigunl calling and tossing in stepped upaerial program 'In the line Hayes has two sharp if small starting veteran ends in 179 pound red Kirss and 160 pound Leo Brown converted 1955 regular end Bill Michael a 220 pounder and veteran Dick Guy 210 at tackles and a tremendous guard back in 250 pound Jim Parker 3 Aurelius Thomas 200 Is toe other guard with 215 minutes of service last year Tom Dillman 208 pound senior isr toe 'apparent successor to the great 1955 cfenter Ken Vargo CIGARETTES 4 KING SIZE Millers Stop Denver 10 4 Saints Lose' YOU check the tires Ruu I'll wash the wind shield" Bobo Olson toTry Another Comeback RANCISCO W) finally some word from former middleweight' champion carl (Bo bo) 01son the boxing scene after his knock out' last May 18 by titlist Sugar Ray Robinson manager Sid laherty announced Thursday that his boxer will attempt a comeback as a light heavyweight with a bout scheduled in Portland Ore on Oct 2 His opponent is yet to be selected During his layoff weight ballooned from the 160 pound middleweight limit to 190 la berty said be expects to train downto 180 or below Problem for Cobber Coach PMOORSIAD' Minn Two positive thadghto ar runningthrough rtoe mind of Concordia Orilege Coach Jake Christiansen 'as the Cobbprs ready for the 1956 Minnesota College Conference cam paign i jf st is the return of Curt Cab twice an all conference fuback Gabrielsen who also re ceived little All American honor able mention last year injured his shoulder in theJlS55 campaign and' underwent corrective surgery dur ing the winter But he running well and going full in practice 'Sessions to date The second is the return of 19 ttjcrnidKfates in rcludjhg a whopping 33 manlfrt'sh man aggregation On the negative side is the loss through graduation of the big line which last jear fronted the Cob bers to a reCord and second place in league competition Christiansen is leery about pre dictions His worry is rebuilding the line It will be a and have But he does admit he plans Io rely heavily tliey'come aloH'gT Christiansen is starting his 16th1year at Concordia He definitely banking on the services of Ga brielsoh along with eight other letter winning backs including Ar nold Porkkonen Ronald Gilbert 'aon and Jim Miller These are his links to last year's successfulclub The Cobbers open conference play Sept 22 at Duluth Branch PLAY NEW PRAGUE HERE TONIGHT rn Savitt to Try NetComeback OREST HILLS sN If) The biggest tennis mysteYj in the comeback story ofDick Sa has Its unfolding tbday at the West Side Tennis Club Can Dick Savitt out of' topfligi competitive action for four years INAL TUNEUP Members of the Austin football team decked put in game uni forms run hrough final practice at Athletic ield before tqnight Big Nine Con ference opener gt Northfield Boys stage charging drill under watchful eye of as sistant coach Jim Graven (Herald Photo) 1 Eyes to Help Line MINNEAPOLIS (B Coach Muf ray Warmath is watching toe sophomorr ranksjor line strength while keeping one eye on injuries to his Minnesota squad during early practice sessions John Bush a 225 pounder from Mankato replaced Norm Sixta at left tackle Thursday while Sixta nursed' a sore knee Another' soph omore Ev Gerths was moved to first string guard as Warmath put the learn through some rugged drills The Gophers lost another man to toe infirmary Thursday when Paul Barrington of Chippewa alls Wis joined Jon Jelacic pn the injured Barriugidh Suf fered a shoulder separation Jela cic a broken collarbone Norm Anderson of St James came back from a 1955 injury however and put on aghow of pass receiving Andersj a rangy left half broke his leg last year in the first' game of the Gopher season I Dav6 Lfadblodm' "Dial ing during last 'spring football practice moved into a top backfield combination at right half with Jim Reese at quarter back Bob "Blakely at Jfyllbapk and Anderson at left h'alf Warmth stress ok kicking skflls including putting kickoffs and points after touchdown The gimmick lies in what's left of the schedule plug an odd sim ilarity of records to date and the weather in Philadelphia and Mil waukee Yoji can toss in Brooklyn weath er too Rain postponed the Dodg ers game with the New York Giants last night the only contest scheduled In "to NL Milwaukee and Cincinnati each have two games left with Brook lyn all four al EbifttS ield while meeting each other ones at that more' or less leaves toe winning of the pennant' up to the games with the rest of toe league god how the many sided gimmickworks: The first place Braves have two series and seven games left with last place Chitago The sqpond place Redlegs meanwhile play seyyi: games fin two series with fourth place St Louis And the third' place play seven against sixth place Pittsburgh in two series' OddiyYcnaugh the Braves are 9 8 for against the Cubsand the Redlegs are 9 6 vs toe Cardinals and the Dodgers 9 6 vs the Bucs Because of an earlier ralnout the Braves have a four game series remaining in Philadelphia against toe only club in the league with an edge 10 8 over MINNEAPOLIS IB fjim Kelly Minnesota trac coach' Is making definite plarr to travel with the Olympic track he said Thursday Kelly was reported feeling fine after 2H weeks Inna hospital fol lowing a heart attacks 1 State Tourney OpensTonight LITTLE ALLS Minn Hoat Little alls meets the Minneapolis Teamsters tn Class A tonight to start the action tn the 32nd annual amate'uf biseballTour ijament to run eight days The top bracket is wide open for the six teams entered as de fending titlist St Peter fell by tba wayside in regional play earlier Other Cass A contenders meet ing Saturday night in the double elimination1 event are Bloomington vs St Paul EorenceRecreatioiC and Pipestone vs West St Paul Competition in Claw or Sud den death bracket pits Effie against Royalton and armington vs Perham Saturday afternoon Twenty five teams from over the state are contesting in this divi sion Sunday Class A schedule calls for tonight's loser to take on theb loser in the Bloomington St Paul contest followed by a game between the victors In those two gahies Competition in that class thenlapses jmtil 1Wstoeday In Class oft Sunday afternoon Owatbn jnwf'Gold Spring the defending champion and Halstad takes on Winthrop With good weather forecast tourney officials were sticking to their prediction of 35000 gate for the eight days in the Little alls ball park whose seating capacity has been raised to5000 in every Viceroy tip as the qthef two largest selling filter brands Packers toPlay at Northfield Aufctin btgini its Hd for the Big Nine Conference football titla at Northfield tonight It is one of four conference aames as all members of toe Big Nina see action Other games all of which begin at 8 pm find at Red Wing Albert Lea at aribault and Mankato at Winona Rochester the defending cham pion hosts a non conference rival St Paul Johnson Although Austin considered a prominent title'threat coach Art Hass hopes for victory over the Raidere art looking better and most of our injured boys wiQ beable to playhe said us 2143 a year ago and we are anxious to wipe out that de feaUTht boys have shown good spirit in practice and they Eke toplay footbalL We are Inexperienc ed but we wont be a said the only dxbtful starters are cemer uerrt perw Heavy Winds Sjxiil ishing Over Holiday: By JRE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hobday fishing is all oyer bid the postfitortems promise tasting boasts overman almost endless juimber of big opes caught during tjie best Minnesota1fishing seasons in recent years? Wind blew out most'Labor Day fishermen 'Where anglers tried however fish were caught Big northerns in the £0 pound class thrilled some anglers and campers in the Ely area At International alls wind kept holiday fishermen on shore and it was declared no cottes) Only a pair ot medium sized northerns drew any attention Both were caught fn Rain' Lakei Detroit Lakes says the bass are biting again after la lull with a number of three and four pounders on display rogs and garden hackle have been the main bass attraction Several good sized wall Reds Sparked by Grammas ST LOUIS A Birdie Tebbetts manager of the surging Cincinnati Redlegrftqdav tabbed Alex Gram mM aS onc OTthe reaSOiis has moved intafhe National League oennant fight big 'difference in 1 our baU club the'last three weeks i since been using him" I Tebbetts said The29 year old goldenGreek had a big part in the Redlegs vic tory over the leading Milwaukee Braves Wednesday getting three hits scoring two runs and driving in four got to admit now a three team Tebbetts said we have a chance Up to now nobody even mentioned us Wei) the ugly ducklings have to vited themselves into a Birdie concerned because of his remaining games are on the toad 4 schedule mvst ftothing when you haveonly 20 he slid a case of our stay? taghot maintained all along the team which can put together a sizeable winning streak from now on will win it I still say it I'hope 'x How They Stand NATIONAL Milwaukee Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York mi Chicago SCHEDULE Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 11:35 a in New York at Brooklyn noon Milwaukee at Chicago 12:30 pm Cincinnati at' St Louis 7 pm I CUTS I Saint John Yvon DUrelie 180 Bala Ste Anne stopped Tinker Plcot 174 Dorchester Mass Lod Angeles Willie aughn I6V1 Angeles stopped Bank Davis Lot Angeles 7 Michigan State boking coach John Brotzmann has been a Spartan assistant coach to boxing golf football baseball and basket balks JU' 4 ort Wayne Team toBeat in Global TesJaki WaL By JERRY LISRA COLUMBUS Ohio His foot beQ team must operate as an offi dally Big Ten con tender and minus All America Howie (Hopalong) Cassady but of Ohio State faces toe 1956 campaign with head held high and typical confidence The defending champion Buck eyes are under one year proba tion including denial of a possible Rose Bowl bid for athletic poll cies deemed irregular by the con ference Hayes reports the whole situation has been straightened out Wfll check yotir tirec wesh your tiirfeisbield end prove thet your btutnest it upprecutod RUSS'SKELLY SERVICE Leming tr Mela" Ph HK 33333 ifidlahapoll SO Denver 85 Omaha 80 Minneapolis 77 St Paul 74 Charleston 72 77 Wichita 64 Iiulavllle 57 to add punch to the defense against New Pragus wiil goaome (to horse) lender at fullback thing Ux this: Larry Renxlnx Leo Zender or Jerry Miller at ends as regular Gene Halverson is out with a leg injury Bill Schot tler th gams captain and Ray will at tackles Ted Heimer and Jerry Nelsen at guards and Hanson at center Th backfield will hav Steve Lickteig at quarterback Lennie "Take ft from me Viceroys are the smoothest ciga why Wally Moon finds Viceroys are smoother: Only Viceroy has I rettes ever smoked says Wally Moon 20 OOOfiltera in every tip twice as many filters as the other two leading versatile' sfar "After a rough game a filler brands No wodder never rough Viceroy gives you the most smooth smoke for and toat means Viceroy filters for the smoothest tastel Chicago at Cleveland noon Washington at New York noon Beaton at Baltimore 6 pm' Detroit at Kanaaa City 8 pun AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Pct GB 600 J63 5i 543 493 z1 A Jr ie 44 i 'si mt ne 71 los ii v4 B20HR 3NJJMW'm Hi I HHrai I 'TSxr 1 4A Mi' Pct GB 81 52 609 85 54 597 79 54 A94 2 68 16 61 70 466 19 58 16 433 23 4 $5 77 417 25 52 80 391 28 Vi AMERICAN LEAGUE Pct GB New York 86 48 642 Cleveland 75 5 573 Chicago 73 58 rt'557 11 Ji BosTon 72 80 545 13 Detroit 66 87 498 Baltimore 58 74 439 27 Washington 56 77 421 29Ji Kansas City 43 89 326 42 SCHEDULE if fit I.

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