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St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 7

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Pag 1 NEWS-TRIBUNE Part Plarca Pli Wadneiday Sspt ltJ4 Machinists Give Guy's Close Race In Softball Major Hoople Over Georgia Fort Pierce To Picks Florida Tech Says' Beat Stuart oungest And Leaguer Wins Joe Nuxhall Has Wildest Ma His 1 2th Gam Kentucky Termed Big Hurdle Poukrr Turner and Campbell pro duerd the runs Snyder was tne batting alar with four hits in as many trip The lineacorci: It I Tiggly Wiggly 000 000 0-0 1 4 Guy Service 310 100 -5 5 2 Bailey and Sockbcaon Mod roe and Lancaster It I Royal AN 200 002 0 -4 7 I Turner Machine 024 220 x-10 IS 2 Digiglin and Fletcher Campbell and McMulian Made Good with Cincinnati Reds Wv BEN PHLEGAP Associated Press Sparts Writer Roosevelt was president and Ira Durocher was managing Brooklyn alien a 15 year-uld high school hoy from Hamilton Ohio took the mound for the Cincinnati Reds one gray afternoon in June 19(4 The youngster missed the catcher completely with eight of hia first nine pitrhe and finally staggered through one inning with five runs scored against him on (ivs walks and two hits Ten years later Joe Nuxhall has innings econo gam ZJl c11rd inning youngest player to TUESDAY'S RESULTS New York Brooklyn 2 Chicago 4 3 St Louis 32 (firrt game 10 Innings second gams card that fraturri Mississippi State and Tennessee in an afternoon game Mississippi State Coach Darrell Royal scrimmaged his first three teams against Tennesee singlewing offense Royal moved Jim Harness 169-pound junior to tha starting left halfbark slot replacing Joe Silver! At Knoxville Harvey Robinson had hia Tennessee tailbacks concentrate on punting He said the Vol kicking game was getting better Alabama took another hard blow In the depleted end corpa whan Curtis Lynch No 1 right flanker auffered a hip Injury Trainer Fred Posey said Lynch might not bo able to play against Louisiana State Saturday Also on tha doubtful list waa reserve guard Bo Collins who has a similar Injury By THB ASSOCIATED PRESS Tass defense is very much on the mind of Mississippi Coach Johnny Vaught these days as he prepared his favored rebels for Saturdsy gams with Kentucky Vaught who calls the upcoming scrap with the Wildcats biggest hurdle of the season" worked his squad at length yesterday on measures designed to thwart the Kentucky sir game aa Interpreted by quarterbacks Bob Hardy and Delmar Hughes The Reha still found time to tfork on their own passing game however and quarterbacks Houston ration Eagle Day and Johnny Rlatock looked sharp completing several long ones The top-flight Southeastern Conference battla takes plare at Memphis the second half of a twin travel STANDINGS Service Station Turner Machine Royal Army-Navy Wiggly Pet 6 3 807 3 3 625 5 4 556 1 7 125 THURSDAY NIGHT'S SCHEDULE 1st Game (7:30 Turner vi Guyi 2nd Game Royals vs Tiggly Following are the league statin tics aa prepared by director Jesse Mullins Figures do not Include last night's games: GUY'S SERVICE STATION Srn-lcs Suiion protected Its lead in the Summer Softball Leacue last night but can feel the hot breath of Turner Machine firt half champion on Its back Guy's beat Piggly Wiggly in the first gams of a twin bill s-0 and Turner Machine came up with a 10-4 lathing of Rojal Armf-Navy in the eloter Dub Monroe pitched one of the belt games of his career in guid ing to its shutout victory lie gave up just three hits walked four and struck cut sis The winners took a three-run fdge in the first Inning on two walks an error a single by Bill Lancaster and a double by Reggie Childs Hits by Bill Reeves and Yank Williams gave a fourth run in the next Inning and in the fourth two errors and a hit by Rabbit Preirott scored the final run for the first place team Eugene Bailey pitched for the losers giving up five hits walk ing three and fanning one Bat Beys Manager Floyd Abstein told his Turner Machine players before the nightcap that the man who failed to get a bit would be made bat boy lor the rest of the season The paychology worked remarkably well aa the Machinists sprayed baie hita all over Gordy Field for a total of IS although Pat Stuart and Wayne McMuIlian failed to hit In going the distance for the winners Wimpy Campbell allowed seven hits walked two and fanned one Tony Gigiglio was the er walking two and whiffing none Turner scored tour runs in the fourth to win An error and hits by Rsiph Gallott Joe Snyder FSU "Puncher" Dismissed From Football Team TALLAHASSEE A Florida State University player who cost his team a 15-yard penalty in the Georgia game for unnecessary roughness has been dismissed from the squad Coach Tom Nugent said Jim Olsen senior tackle from Tallahassee was dismissed after the referee reprimanded him for slugging a Georgia player and penalized FSU ii a fine player and could help ua but he spends more time punching than Nugent said He reported that Olson had been cautioned previously about uch tactics It developed yesterday that end Jimmy Lee Taylor who was kicked on the head in the Georgia game might be lost for the rest of the season The hospital where he was taken after the accident reported he had a concussion suuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: sHntn'l wins is rsolly only a high odono props jukoT Whether you need seven-up for the baby wine for yourself or aloe gin for auntie you can 7 save time and money by coming to Russakis first BERTHA RUSSAKIS PACKAGE STOKE Cheap Whisky la Not Guild Good Whiskey Is Not Cheap 111 Dspot Dr Ph fin forecast CHATTANOOGA TINN fll95 CINCINNATI OHIO 19J0 DETROIT MICH 2540 darkness) Cincinnati Milwaukee 0 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia s-icarMH WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULI New York at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Chicago St Louis at Chicago Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (2) twl-night AMERICAN LCAGUI Pet 109 41 101 49 93 58 GB 8 1619 43 44 44 56M 60Vh Cleveland New York Chicago Boston Detroit Washington Baltimore Philadelphia 727 673 616 447 433 436 351 68 83 65 85 64 84 53 98 49 102 325 TUESDAY'S RESULTS New York 3 Washington 1 Boston 4-4 Philadelphia 3-3 (first game 10 innings) Chicago 9 Cleveland 7 Baltimore 4 Detroit 3 WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE Chicago at Cleveland Washington at New York Detroit at Baltimore (Only games scheduled) Jimmy Carter Meets Herman in TV Fight SAN FRANCISCO Ex-lightweight king Jimmy Carter meets Freddie (Babe) Herman here tonight in a 10-round warmup for his twiee delayed tith fight This fight replaces the championship battle in which Carter was to have met Paddy DeMarco who came up with a sore elbow Their title battle waa rescheduled for Nov 17 The Carler-IIcrman show will be nationally televised from the Cow Palace at 7 pm (8 pm DST) by CBS Miami Will Go Through Last Hard Work Today MIAMI An hour and a quarter of dummy scrimmage and some pass defense today will be the last hard work for the Univpr-city of Miami football squad before it face Furman University here Friday night Coach Andy Gustafson plans to pack all the remaining important preparation Into drill with a light practice session tomorow Westinghouse TV's Ail New 1955 Modern Designs RADIO TV at 304 Orange over Michigan State South Carolina over Army Marquette to tie and so on Truly amaz-irg! We are using the signs of Capricorn and The Scorpion In our Initial prognostication Dr Zlo-botny tested the zodiac on the results of seven race at various tracks and his conclusions were sensational Now go on with the forecast first taking a tight hold on your hch-heh! COLLEGI Taxas 21 Notra Dam 14 Purdue 14 Missouri 7 Michigan If Washington 7 Se Carolina 14 Army 7 Wm and Mary If Navy 13 Illinois 20 Perm State 7 Indiana 20 Ohio State 13 lawa If Michigan Ststa 14 Penn 20 Duka 14 Holy Crass If Dartmouth 6 Cornell 20 Calgata 7 Brawn 14 Columbia 7 Detroit 10 Batten Callage 7 Minnesota 24 Nebraska 13 Oklahoma 27 Tax Christian 14 Pitt 20 So California 13 Marquatta 13 Wisconsin 13 Florida 13 Georgia Tech 7 Baylor 20 Vanderbilt I Louisiana State 14 Alabama 7 Tulsa 21 Arkantaa 14 UCLA 20 Kansas 14 Mississippi 13 Kentucky 4 Oregon 13 Stanford 7 Miss State If Tennessee 14 HIGH SCHOOL Fart Pierce 33 Stuart 13 Clowiston 20 Soacreit 7 Beach If Lake Worth 0 Pahokoo 27 Pompano 4 MAGLIE? In the second game they are guessing that Early Wynn will pitch for Cleveland and Johnny Antonclli for New York Wynn's habit of throwing up that home run pitch (21 to date) may cause Lopez to pass him at the Polo Grounds and call on Mike Garcia who has seen only four of his pitches year hit into the stands all AntonelU the Giants' 21-game winner must win two if the New York dub is to upset the odds and wiot mic uuui aim win the championship That means he probably will work No 2 and come back for No 5 on Sunday third pitcher is ex pected to be Ruben Gomez the Puerto Rican righthander who will face either Wynn or Garcia in the Cleveland opener Friday afternoon Indians' Rosen "Resting Up" For World Series CLEVELAND Brawny-armed A1 Rosen who has made only one pinchhitter appearance for the Cleveland Indians since they clinched the pennant Saturday says resting up for the World my been bothering me some and had a sore back but you can bet I'd be in there if the pennant wasn't wrapped Rosen said after the Tribe lost to the Chicago White Sox 9-7 lait night Rosen got into that game to draw a pinch walk in the seventh and then a runner was sent in for him In the Indians last eight games he has missed three pinchhit in two and played three our kind of bench anyone can lay off for a couple of days wifhmif a without being Rosen con tinued in the early part of the season even my outs were solid and I just felt good all over I still reached that 100 RBI mark but not happy about the season why I'm anxious to ge rested I'm determined to have a really good His friends have started to worry about him Rosen said and anxioui to allay any exaggerated ideas about his health He said that recently a friend runs one of the Cleveland hospitals called and said all its facilities were available to me and he joking The absence of Rosen slugging what hurt the Tribe last night Outfielder Larry Doby provided plenty of punch with a two-run homer and a three-run double Doby batted in another run with a foul for a total of six to tie Yogi Beira of the New York Yankees for the league lead in runs batted in at 124- With 32 homers Dohy already holds a three-run edge in that department GOOD More Economy More New Buses More Daily Schedules More Thru Buses More Scenic Routes By MAJOR AMOS HOOPLI GrM'a Grand Old Man EGAD! With my typewriter still literally smoking after picking the Indiana to pin the World Series here I wm leaping onto the football giving you winners right snd left! During the late summer Dr Zlubotny the fourth dimension mathematician and I spent long laborious hour charting a system for selecting upsets Wt have come upon a method that is astronomical relating to the sign of the zodiac Please understand that this la merely an experiment and 1 still have my crystal ball in case the new process proves undependable Ilar-rumph! There are not less than 11 upsets for opening day Sept 25 Just look at the Florida to topple Tech Penn to beat Duke Texas to defeat Kotra Dame Iowa LEMON VS NEW YORK Ul A1 Lopez and Leo Durochcr aren't giving out with their World Scries pitching plana but the consensus la that it will be Bob Lemon against Sal Maglie in next open- er at the Polo Grounds Lemon ace of Amer- ican League champions probably is Lopez best bet to get the Tribe off on the right foot in enemy terri- tory With the short foul lines and convenient stand Grounds in the Polo season record of throwing only 10 home run balls also is in his favor When the New York Giants faced the New York Yankees in 1951 Durocher surprised by starting Dave Koslo a lefty in the first game He got away with it too when Koslo let down the Yanks with seven hits and won 5-1 Writera who have traveled all year with the Giants expect Durocher to open with Maglie figuring the 37-yearId with his years of experience is the man for the job With the exception of Larry Doby and Vic Wertz the batting order is heavily right handed a point much ip favor of Maglie who faac started almost every important series for the Giants all season long Gianfs' Infield Rated Smoother And Healthier By BEN OLAN NEW YORK The New York Giants with a solid defensive performer at each position will take a smoother-working and healthier infield than Cleveland into the 51st World Series next week With Whitey Lockman Davey Williams Alvin Dark and nit Thompson the newly-crowned Na tional League champions rate the edge over the quartet of Vic Wertz Bobby Avila George Strickland and A1 Rosen Only at shortstop where Strickland is con sidcred a shade the better fielder than Dark does Cleveland shine That defensively At the bat the Giants infieiders cannot match the power of Wertz and Rosen dr the consistency of Avila the Amer ican leading batter Whether Rosen physically will be at his peak is questionable The latest report has fractured finger of mid-June thoroughly healed But now suffering from multiple ills a Charley horse in his right thigh calcium deposits in his left foot and muscle spasms in his back Hell be ready for the opener in the Polo Grounds next Wednesday But how ready? Strickland too may pose a problem for Manager A1 Lopez Only two weeks recovered from a broken jaw George has batted 095 since his return to the lineup with only 4 hits in 42 at bats At first base little to choose between Lockman and Wertz Both are converted outfielders but Whitey made the switch in 1951 the last pennant-winning campaign and Vic shifted in June of this year short-V after his acquisUon from Baltimore Warn is more of a home- Lockman New leadoff hitter is more consistent ith -336 batting mark to William- 225 i the better hit-ter by far strength lies in his ground-covering and pivot-making abilities no small factor in the pennant drive Avila improved considerably in the field this season Dark with hits and a 295 tatting average presents a hit-and-run threat in the No 2 Mb Utin Strickland is hitting 413 for the jear Robel Fletcher Marsh Geislcr Koukos Digiglio Jennings DuPont Team 45 18 62 18 50 20 29 11 22 5 25 10 8 1 400 290 400 379 227 400 125 125 540 162 300 PIGGLY WIGGLY 150 295 225 225 232 339 103 467 333 071 000 254 328 402 077 345 169 269 231 360 500 286 333 Team 568 150 1m PITCHING RECORDS Campbell Turner Lamb Piggly Fletcher Royal Oliver Durham Turner Prescott Gibbons Turner Geisler Royal Bailey Piggly Williams Digiglio Royal Jennings Royal Monroe HOMERUN LEADERS Lancaster Guys Childs Snyder Turner McMillian Turner ever wear a major league uniform and proba bly the wildest has conquered his HiES'sjit LSf 12-4 won-loit record for the fourth-pkice Redlrgs His 12th victory came yesterday and was the best of the dozen He gave the Milwaukee Rraves only six hits struck out six and walked but two in winning his third straight complete game and his first shutout 5-0 Nuxhall pitched only one other innning in 1944 It was for Birmingham in ths Southern Assn and it was even worse five walks and six runs The youngster dropped to Class in 1945 then quit for a year and went back to high school The road back has been a long Muncie Tulsa Columbia Charleston Vs Tulsa again and finally Cincinnati in 1952 In the past two seasons with the Reds he won 10 and lost 15 In the American League ester day the New York Yankees set a record and the pennant-winning Cleveland Indiana The Yanks beat Washington 3-1 for their 101st victory the most games eter won by i runner-up in the junior circuit The Indians needing only ono game to tie the all-time mark of 110 victories in the league lost to Chicago 9-7 Bob Grim 24-year-old bartender ftom Brooklyn became the first Yankee rookie in 34 seasons to win 20 games He gave up only four hits all singles in running his record to 20-8 Grim unlike Nuxhall made it in one big jump He was pitching in the Class A Eastern League when he went into the Marines three years go He caught the eye of Pitching Coach Jim Turner during spring training and stayed with the Yanks despite his inexperience He is the biggest winner In other action yesterday the New York Giants continued their winning ways with a 5-2 triumph at Brooklyn Chicago took a double-header from the St Louis Car dinals 4-3 in 10 inninga ind 3-2 in 6 The Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics twice by 4-3 scores The first game ran 10 innings The double loss and a 4-3 Baltimore victory over Detroit consigned the Athletics to the American League cellar The Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates were rained out Bobby Hofman hit a grand-slam homer in the first Inning for the Giants and Ruben Gomez and Jim Hearn held the Dodgers to five hits Gene Baker singled home the winning run in the 10th inning of ua uu the first game at Chicago and Ralph Kiner and Steve Bilko hom i aI Jt ered in the darkness-shortened nightcap Jackie Jensen won a popularity contest as the Red Sox' most valuable player and celebrated by driving in the winning run in the first game and hitting a 3-run homer in the second against the Athletics The Indians committed five errors as their 11-game winning streak came to an end Larry Doby drove in six runs but was not enough to overcome the leady defense which allowed three Chicago! runs to score on a wild pick-off play a wild pitch and a passed ball i Bob Turley drove in one run scored one and struck out five as Baltimore clinched seventh place one notch higher than the club finished a year ago when it was the St Louis Browns Stephen Gladwin Post 46 AMERICAN LEGION Meets LEGION HALL 1st and 3rd WEDNESDAYS POLICY mtn hoam ask NEW YORK $2385 PHILADELPHIA PA 2175 WASHINGTON 1910 PfiM I TWs CM GREYHOUND BUS STATION 430 4TH ST PHONE 300 10907 GREYHOUND WHY PAY RENT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? 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