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Battle-Wearied Yanks, Brooks. JOURNAL-EVERY EVENING i POET Blue Hens Primed For ck ell Start World Series Wednesi Both Clubs Show Strain of Terrific Pennant Chici With Best-of-Seven Games Outcome a Tots-Up; Vic Raschi Impressive in Clincher Yankees and Dodgers- Celebrate After Winning Flags dm Page 22 Monday, October 3, 1949 NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (JF). Despite the odds 'favoring the New Yorkj Yankees over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the forty-sixth World Series opening' Wednesday at Yankee Stadium looks like a toss up. Here are two battle-weary clubs that struggled 'through the terrific tension of a dying gasp finish.

Nobody Is fresh and eager. Both could stand a month's vacation. Instead, they move on to the series. There twill be no days, off, barring bad A La Carte By AL CARTWRIGHT weather, in the best-of-seven competition with the scene shifting. Brooklyn Friday.

The wYanks weren't supposed -to win but did. With only one hitter, ailing Joe DiMaggio. in their regular lineup, they whipped th. Boston club that figured to be better "on paper." Manager Casey Stengel's artful juggling despite 71 injuries and thv porta Editor PAUL CHADICK, whom some basketball observers rate as the best player ever developed in Wilmington, is in Veterans Hospital in Washington, D. for an operation on that achin' back of his.

Looks as though Paul, who operated in the American League the last few winters, is through with the court game. Joe AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday'i Results Delaware Gridders- Polish Off Richmond With Ease; Bisons Could Be Rugged At Lewisburg Saturday By NORVIX (RIP) COLLINS Bring on Bucknell! That's the battle cry of the undefeated University of Delaware football team as the Hens coolly survey the damage they wreaked on the University of Richmond Saturday night at Wilmington Park before some 7,653 fans. The Hens displayed less dazzling old school try against the Spiders in winning 21-7 than they did againsr PMC in the opening game. Instead they hewed out a neat 345 yards to 129 for the Spiders, picking up 12 first downs to six for the invaders. The defense lacked the fire they displayed against PMC, and allowed the Spiders to gain 129 yards.

They held the Cadets to 48. They also failed to tally any spectacular touchdowns. Hens Show Polish But if fire was lacking in the Delaware victory over Richmond the workmanship was of a far better class. AP Wirephoto. New York Boiton 3.

Chicago 4-3. St. Louis 3-5. S. Detroit 4 Washington 3.

Philadelphia 0. Standing W. L. Pet. B.

New York .97 57 .630 Boston 98 SI .623 1 Cleveland 9 65 .871 8 Detroit 87 67 .565 10 Philadelphia 81 73 .528 18 Chicago 63 91 4 St. Louis 53 101 .344 44 Washington 50 104 .325 47 Joy is unrestrained in the Yankee dressing room in the Stadium jcwty iw'w wow -1 Left is co-oicner Del Webb and 5-3, to win the American League pennant. Buzas, released as Sunbury manager, has gone back to Puerto Rico to mastermind in the Winter League there. The football sages down-state claim that Ronnie Waller of Laurel High is Delaware's best schoolboy back and pick him over Claymont's Bucci, among others. Laurel is one of the few 1948 team leaders downstate that are holding their own in the new season, Seaford and Georgetown having gotten off to a stumble.

We haven't seen Charley -Noonan nor Buck Kane this football season, which is a large break. With their Villanova alma mater piling up those big scores, it wouldn't be safe for the ears to go near them. Wrestling still NATIONAL LEAGl'E rdaT' Fesolt Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 7 (10 Pittsburgh 4-5. Cincinnati 2-6. Bcston i New York 1.

St. LOUIS 13. Clvrairr. Standing W. Pet.

G.B. BrookWn 97 57 .63.1 St. Louis 58 .623 1 Philadelphia ..61 .526 18 Boston 75 73 .487 22 New York f3 SI .474 24 Pitisburjh 71 S3 .461 it Cincinnati .62 92 .423 35 Chicaso 61 93 .335 38 -nti 8 k-HS Ms -3 iav w.ttt -TyT ftnr-Tjgges-ssa 1 AP Burt Shoiton, Brooklyn Dodgers manager, is hoisted aloft by Pitcher Don Newcombe in the Dodgers dressing room at Philadelphia alter the Dodgers won the National League pennant in a close game with the Phillies. Other Dodger players are unidentified. Newcombe started against the Phils but was knocked out early in the game.

Dream of World Series Title; Something About the Yankees A Car. wright can come up with those dillies. latest is Elmer (The Great) Estep, a 500-pounder from" Arkansas who Jqe'Savoldi at the Philly Met on Wednesday. The Estep buildup includes this claim to fame: He has conquered every bearded wrestler he has faced. In.

other words, Elmer doesn't beat around thevbush. Clippers' game with Wilkes-Barre here Friday will be Ladies' Night. No charge for. the female fans if they show up a male escort. George Freese, Lancaster second baseman, is playing semi-pro football in Weirton, W.

Va. The Brooklyn Dodgers, who own his baseball services, must love that. Dover's Russ McNeil scored the only Princeton touchdown irj to Navy, and Laurel's Carleton Ellioft kicked the three ex'fcri; points that enabled Virginia to beat Miami (O.) U. Frank Bristow, the pitching sportswriter, currently a member. of M.

Levin's stable, signs with the Phillies this week to report to their Seaford farm next spring. He worked out with the big team Jasfciliday, warming up before Earnshaw, Perkins, Bengpugh and other-brain-trusters. That was the greatest game of baseball we ever saw, that Brooklyn pennant-clincher against- the marvelous Phillies yesterday la Shibe Park. There was enough action and enxitement crammed into those 10 innings to cover an entire season. No pennant ever was won any harder, the way the Dodgers had to keep beating off those Phillie bulldogs with ball bats.

The Phils just" ran out of rallies, that was all. Even between innings, there casa lot of action in the stands, what with several thousand scattered characters from Brooklyn alternately living and dying with sounds and gestures as the score changed. It was a good one to say goodbye on for the Phillies, and it wasn't their fault that Brooklyn took the flag. Now that the races are all over, we like tjie Dodgers over the Yankees. And that comes from a rooter wSiowas strictly anti-Dodger, pro-Cardinal for years but not any njore.

Not after that finish. Can't help wishing, though, that the Brooklyn-Phils series would go on and on. Harry Mayer, manager of the JayCees baseball team, writes in to say that we received some wrong infor- mation from the City-Suburban League's Public Relations i Dept. He types: "That Art Potter is quite a pitcher I am the first to admit, but even he didn't quite Jiang up those fire no-hltters ascribed to him in your column. In fact, due to his being: ineligible to play with the JayCees until after Tower Hill's season was over and before his enrollment at the Naval Academy, Art pitched in only five games for us all season.

But what a record he made: Complete games, innings pitched, 27 2-3; runs, earned runs, i 1: hits, walks, strikeouts, 46; earned-run average, 0.33. Knowing Art as we do, his teammates and I are sure that he wants no credit for something he didn't do. How-l ever, we are proud of the fine record he did compile and I believe that your readers would be interested in learning of it." And Dot's Dot LOOKS as though Eddie Glennon has discovered a baseball Utopia at The Southern League outfit is under new ownership, and the incoming angels tore up the general manager's old contract and give him a new five-year one. The pact gives the former Blue. Rock agent sole power of running the affairs of the In the last two seasons, Glennon enticed a total of 867,331 home customers, an all-time league record.

Bill McCorry of the Yankees, our favorite scout, likes the Blue Rocks' Jack Brittin as a pitching prospect. McCorry is seeing a little niore of the old homestead in Elsmere now that he's through chasing alleged stars until. another season. Rocky Carzo, who is playing a good tackle for Delaware, has learned that weight doesn't mean success in football. Up to 235 pounds last spring, Carzo received orders from the coaches to slim down or ride the bench.

So he trimmed off a cool 40 pounds on a summer job in Chester. Mrs. Margaret Osborne duPont says she was misquoted by New York sportswriters in that story that had her not defending her national singles tennis championship next year. "I just said that I would limit myself to certain she explained. "The veather will determine how many.

I found my game affected by the heat this past summer, although I really thought I played better in the nationals than ever before" They must like Jack Saltzgaver down at Little Rock. The former Wilmington manager has been signed for his third straight year there, although he had a seventh-place club. r. Saltzgaver was the league's only managerial survivor from 1948. Speaking of managers, do you recall Herb Brett, who used to pilaithe Blue Rocks? Well, he's now doing all right as owner, manager, secretary, chaplain and what have you for Danville, in" the Carolina Leasue.

is subject cf a hunk of a teams aDuiry to tase Lrihsi-H'--advantage of every opening, mad the difference. The team was abl to overcome the handicap of playing without its ace, Joe DiMaggio, for half the season. Rasrhi Comes Through Vic Raschi. only 20-game wuv-ner in the series, was of little help-in the stretch drive until he cam through with his vital 5-3 clincher-yesterday, the last day of the ceason- The big man of the Yanks staff was Fireman Joe Page, the relief ace, who strode from the bullpen 60 times during the 154-game season Smoky Joe may well be the key man in the wrestle with the Dodgers which, on the surface, shapes up as a duel between DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson. Two years ago when Bucky Harris' Yanks-edged Brooklyn in a seven- game subway series, the difference, was Pace.

In those days Hugh Casey was toiling in the Dodger bullpen. Now he works for th Yanks, but not in such emcient fashion. Manager Burt Shotton has no Page in his bullpen but he has" club that outhit the Yanks .270 to 267, stole more bases 114 to 57 and hit more home runs, 153 to 115. Those figures don't lie. To top those interesting statistic.

Shotton has Jackie Robinson the batting champion of the National League at .342. Carl Furiilo, "the arm" of the outfield, finished with a. surprising .322 and both of his alternating left fielders Luis Olmo (.308 and Gene Hermanski C.304) are the charmed circle. Dodgers Bats Loaded The Dodger home run punch la well divided down the lineup with 23 for Duke Snidfr and Gil Hodgs, 22 for Roy Campanella. 18 for Carl Furiilo and 16 for Robinson.

The Yank power is concentrated on Hen-t rich's 24. Yo2.i Berra's 20 and Joe DiMaggio's 14 homers. It takes a good man to, find a solid pitching for either contender in this eighth subway series. Behind Raschi. the Yank starting brigade includes two southpaws, Ed Lopat (15-10) and Tommy Byrne (15-7) and Righthander Allie Reynolds 17-6.

Page 13-8) in the bullpen and possible Fred Sanford (7-3 are the other important members. To match this Shotton has the brilliant rookie Righthander Don Newcombe (17-8) and Ralph Branca (13-5) as well as a pair of smart lefties. Preacher Roe (15-6) and Joe Hatten (12-8). Rex Barney (9- could be a surprise starter as could Jack Banta (10-6). More likely, ShotVin will save Barney and Banta for relief chores along with Carl Erskine 8-i) and EnPalica (8-9).

Robinson's batting edge and the rally-killing double play combination that he and phortstop Pee Wei Reese form, give Brooklyn an in field edge. The Yank also cut them down around second with the Thil Rizzuto Jerry Coleman pair but young Coleman can't hit with Robinson. Henrich Gets Nod Whether Spider Jorgensen or Billy Cox plays third for Brooklyn against the Yanks' Bill Johnson or Bobby Brown, there is little choice. Tommy Henrich would take the nod Gil Hodges at first, but "old reliable" still is sub par of a back injury. The averaces show .287 for Henrich.

.286 for Hodges. Big Joe in center field for ths Yanks-with his .346 batting mark outdistances Duke Snider's .292 al- (f on Fe Been rrs NOT NOW MUCH Wl IfFW lUfHOW Will" Ths Notional Brtwlng Cs Battlmart, Mi after they beat the Boston Red Sox, in center is Manager Casey Stengel. Wirephoto. By LAWTON CARVER NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (INS).

It's just like I was saying, kiddo, there is something about the New York Yankees that sets them apart. It has always been that way, since they came to the top with Ruth and Gehrig and those guys. There is something that makes ball players different from other ball players as soon they put on a Yankee uniform. They pitch better, and they hit better, and they field better. Ball players themselves will tell you this uhen you sit around of an evening talking about these things.

The Yankees positively could not win that American League pennant, but they did. Maybe Tommy Henrich put his finger on it a few weeks when he was busted up and laid out in a hospital bed. He was out perhaps for the rest of the year. Joe DiMaggio was in and out of the lineup writh injuries and illness. Charley Keller was trying to fight his way out of torn muscles.

Everythin-j that was written about the Yankees at the time included hospital reports. 'Team of Says Henrich Henrich said: 'We will win the pennant. We can't We are a teem of That's what the Yankees were in this race in finally beating the Boston Red Sex yesterday, 5 to 3, for the clincher. But they still have that something' which sets them apart. Johnny Lindell hit a home run Saturday.

If he hadn't done it somebody else would. Tommy Henrich hit one yesterday. In that important series in Boston a few weeks afo Joe DiMaggio hit them. If he hadn't somebody else would have come through there. I'm not a Yankee' fan.

But 1 know class when I see it. The Red Sox should have won this pennant by 10 games at least. They blew those two in a row Saturday and Sunday to lose their one game lead and the pennant, and nobody need be surprised. Red Sox Had Everything: The Red Sox had everything except Yankee uniforms on their back. I failed to remember this at the start of the season when I said Manager Casey Stengel couldn win with Vns Yankees.

You take those Red Sox and pick them apart. They hit their own park, and they beat the down trodden clubs, and they looked like the millions of dollars they represent in an investment by Tom Yawkey. You wonder how they can lose. The Yankees don't wonder, about it. They go out and belt them around when the chips are down to win that pennant just as though it belonged to them.

Last year the Red Sox carried the fight all the way into a playoff and they blew it there. This time they carried it to the final day. They blew it again. The Yankees are not surprised. Like Henrich was saying, this is a Team of Destiny.

They positively couldn't win with all those injuries, but they led aflnost all the way- and Anally took it the hard way. The Red Sox should have won that pennant no matter how you figure it, except that the Red Sox are the Red Sox just another ball club. The Yankees are the Yankees. Stock Car Winner LONG BRANCH, N. Oct; 3 JP).

Frank Schneider of LamBertville won the 50-lap. 12 -mile Atlantic championship stock car race at Long Branch Stadium Saturday. Jimmy Delaney of Hope was second, followed by al.Al Peters of Metuchen. HOW FUTURE OPPONENTS FARED Bucknell defeated 19-0. RcUins bowed to Mianst 52-13.

Lafayette bowed to Syracuse, 20-13. Muhlenberg bowed to Duquesne, 14-6. Bradley bowed to Drake. 17-7. Washington and Lee bowed to West Virginia, 28-20.

West Chester defeated PMC. 20-11. 20-1. Charlie Smith, the Hens' much maligned quarterback, displayed some fine passing ability enough to quell his detractors who tabbed the lad as a strictly average pitcher. His tossing to Larry O'Toole and Nine Stalloni on the dead run for long gains was a bit of artistic work that had the fans bouncing up and down in their seats like yo-yos.

Both offensively and defensively the Hens were a far more polished outfit than took the field a wee previously. Bucknell Rugged Such improvement will, in all probability, be necessary when the Hens invade Lewisburg, in their first away game of the current season next Saturday. The Bisons a stubborn, sturdy club opened their season by whipping NYU, 13-0. The Hens wasted little time against Richmond opening up a gap as Smith fired a long pass to O'Toole that was good for 57 yards O'Toole finally being brought. to earth on the five.

It took Stalloni two tries to make the score. Bilksi. the place-kicking ace bf the defense, booted the first of his three extra points. Smith In Form In the second period Smith tossed to Sam Macrum for a 51 yard advance to Richmond's 12. The Hen field general then tried a pitch-out to Hank Paris, who scooted over.

Bilksi again converted. Smith, just to break the mo-njftony, scored the third touchdown in the third period on a 31 yard sprint after threading his way through the Spider secondary. An 80-yard drive in the last period after the Hens relaxed their vigilance enabled Richmond to score their lone touchdown. Joe Purinai, Bob Hensley, and Bill Farris alternated in the drive, Far-ris scoring from the nine yard mark. DELAWARE ENDS Macrum.

Bilskl. MeWilllams, Thomas, Gallagher, Lank, Wrltht. TACKLES Carp, Genthner, GUARDS Keene. Miller. Silk, Groet-zlnger.

Youngling. Kaplowitz. CENTERS Murrav. Schenck, Milner. BACKS Smith.

Outhrldge. Paris, De-Gasperis. Wells. O'Toole. Samockl.

Car-michael. Walter. Stalloni. Boors. Bonelli.

RICHMOND ENDS Rosser, Kelly, Hohmann. Mae-Laehlan, Cox. TACKLES Curtler, Newhouse, Thayer, House. GUARDS Wllkosz, Riker, lord. Rae-ciopno.

Farmer. CENTERS Anderson. Wolan, Atwell. Brown. BACKS Loury, Long.

Brimm. Billings-ley, Tiller, Hensley, Paulette. Thomas, Farris. Purinai, Brown. Delaware 7 7 7 0 21 Richmond 0 0 7 1 Delaware scoring: Touchdowns Stalloni, Paris.

Smith. Points after touchdowns Bilski 3 (placements'). Richmond scoring: Touchdown-Ftrris. Feint after touchdown (placement). Micliigaii-Arniy Tops Grid Slate NEW YORK, 3 (INS).

Michigan's power-laden Wolverines get a chance to kill two birds with one stone this week when they meet Army nvthe nation's outstanding college football game. the Wolverines have their 25-game winning streak to consider. A victory over Earl Blaik's Cadets would strengthen their bid for top spot among the country's' "college gridsters. Secondly, and perhaps more important. Michigan gets its big chance to redeem the 23-7 and 20-13 lickings to them by.

Army during the Glenn Davis-Doc Blanchard era. Nearly 100,000 fans are expected to pour into Ann Arbor's Stadium Saturday for this football "natural." The Wolverines showed that Army will be in for a rough time by warming up for the game this past weekend with a 27-7 victory oyer a highly-rated Stanford eleven. Army too, had some scares before romping to a 42 to 7 triumph over Penn State. The Nittany Lions held a 7 to 0 half time advantage, but Arnold Galiff a and company awoke after the intermission and extended Army's string of unbeaten games to 13. Emil Sitko led Notre Dame to a 27 to 7 win over a surprisingly stubborn Washington.

The biggest upset of the day was provided by Pitt's 16 to 7 win over Northwestern, the Rose Bowl winners. Kentucky pasted Mississippi, 47 to 0, in another surprise and Iowa State's 19 to 6 triumph over Kansas and Kansas State's 27 to 13 win over Colorado, wrere unexpected. Sophomore star Bob Zastfow showed the way as Navy won its first gams after 15 straight losses by downing Princeton, 28 to 'i. St. Anthony's Top Adams A.

C. Wilmington Loop Opener Goes to Division Champs; Fairviev, Defiance Win St. Anthony's, Eastern Division champion last year, opened the 1949 Wilmington Foctbal; League season by defeating Adams A. C. 12-0, on a pair of touchdowns by Ray Renai and John Del Grosso.

In other games the Fairview Owls nosed out Cutrona All-Stars, 13-12, on a conversion by Bill Schuler, whil Defiance tripped Happy Val ley, 12-7, and the West Side Indians and Lorraine battled to a scoreless tie. HAPPY VALLEY ENDS Barnes, TACKLES Davis, Roberts. Histnin Grier. Berry. Shields.

GUARDS Hinkle, DsMaiio. Sproul CENTERS Feeney, Cornian. BACKS McM annus. Scott. McDermott.

Taylor, Robinson. DEFIANCE ENDS Fitzierald. Walsh. TACKLES Blackburn, Cassldy, GUARDS Fajan, McCullin. CENTER Richardson.

BACKS Knox, Roddy. Freebury. Gracl Happy Valley 0 0 7 0 1 Defiance 0 8 fl 0 12 Happy Valley scoring: Touchdowns Mc-Mannus. Point alter touchdown Roberta (placement). DeSance scoring-; Touchdowns Freebury, Grade.

CUTRONA ENDS Long, S. Long. TACKLES Pedellni. Grant. GUARDS Rlpplehouse.

Apostalieo. CENTER Michtni. BACKS Viscount. Morando. DiGenerao DeShan.

FAIBV1EW OWLS ENDS Covelli, L. Schuler. TACKLES Krone, Mitchell. GUARDS D. diGiacomo.

Logan. CENTER Mallzla. BACKS W. Schuler. Fucella, Jacablnl.

A DiGiacomo. Cutronaa 0 12 Fairview 0 8 7 0 13 Cutrona scoring: Touchdowns DiGen erao. Viscount. Fairview scaring: Touchdowni Covelli Fucelia. Point after touchdown W.

Schuier (placement i. LORRArNE ENr3 Caliucio, Drumniend. TACKLES Dauphin. Price. GUARDS Nut tie.

Walhar. CNTEIl Sharp. BACKS B. Hickman, man, Grier, Delledonne. Carney Hick- Thomas.

WEST SIDE ENDS Butler. Smith. TACKLES Dickerson. Byrd. GUARDS Hurtt.

Tempie. CENTER Faulkner. Miller, Sulea. BACKS McCain. Samuel.

R. Jones, Jones, Guy. Perry. ST. ANTHONY'S ENDS Eplsr.ono.

LaUonzl, S'rusos-ski. TACKLES Clarlo, DIOssl. Delle Donne. DeJulis. GUARDS Volturo.

Gravino, Peruglnl Serio. CENTERS Trlneia, Sutton. BACKS Eplscopo, J. DelCrosse, Epis-Mar- copo, C. DelCr rosse, Rapuano, Renao, loni, Pullelia ADAMS ENDS Emory.

DeBoda TACKLES Parey. Wright. GUARDS Sansone. Deouty. CENT2R3 R.

Welsh. EACKS Willis. O'Neal, N. Welsh, Healy St. Anthony's 0 0 1212 Adams ..0 0 0 0 0 St.

Anthony's scoring: Touchdown Fenal, J. DeiCrosse. Keil, Atwood Tied In WTA Skeet Shoot Izzy Keil and Phil Atwood tied for top honors in the Wilmington Trapshooting Association's weekly skeet shoot on the Basin Road rarige yesterday. Both had 48x50. George Ward had 47 for second and W.

H. Slater shot a 46, while Harry Hawk had 45. Pay Less for BETTER SHAVES You can ae a TREET Blade's extra quality and femJ the smcother, easier shave it gives. For low cost quality shaves YOU CAN'T. BEAT TREET Single or double edge TFEETS a treat! SOLD IN AND 231 PACKAGES Brooklyn Fans But There3 BROOKLYN, Oct.

f. Brook- i lyn's stirring drive to the National League pennant has fanned the eternal flame in the hearts of Brooklyn andem a World Series victory. The fans are happy over the job the Dodgers did but their joy would be unbounded if the Brooks won the World Series from the New York Yankees. This is Brooklyn's fifth shot at the pot of gold. They missed it in 1916, 1920, 1341, and 1947.

Brooklyn, pre-season favorite, took a little time to get under way but got into the race in May and on June 6 took the lead and held it for 47 days. then came the St." Louis Cardinals. The Cards passed the rodgers on July 24 and held the lead until Aug. 7 when the Dodgers tied it. The stalemate endured, until 10 when the Dodgers forged ahead.

On Aug. 17 the Cards once again took the van and maintained it for 42 days. Cards Wilt Suddenly the Cards began to fold and the Dodgers got back into the thick of it by taking two games of a three-game series in Louis. The Dodgers hung on and on Sept. 23 regained the lead for keens.

moving a hail game in front by clipping Boston twice while the Cards blew a game in Pittsburgh. xney uppea tneir advantage to a full game tiie following day when Cards kicked away another the eame to the last place Cubs in umcago. Entering yesterday's final cames of the season the Dodgers led by one game and were assured of no worse than a tie for the pennant. For awhile it lookec as though the Dodgers would be forced to meet the Cards in a three game playoff as the Philadelphia Phillies came from behind to tie Shotton-Men at 7-7 during the first nine innings while the Cards crushed Chicago, 13-5. But the Dodgers came through, scoring twice in the tenth to win, 9-7.

Now they are set to satisfy Flatbush citizens' wildest dreams a World Series victory. Pitchers Carry Brooks Chiefly responsible for Brooklyn's flag triumph were Preacher Roe, Don Newcombe, Robinson, Pee Wee Reese. Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, and Carl Furiilo. Roe won 15 and Newcombe 17 but most of ther triumph were "must affairs." Robinson led the league in batting with .342 mark and he and Reese were the best hitting-fielding keystone combination in the loop. Hodges, the great fielding first baseman, also was one of the Dodgers' chief scoring threats.

Snider and Furiilo also contributed to the attack while playing some of the best outfield seen in Brooklyn in a long time. Campanella's great handling of an otherwise poor mound staff and his clutch hitting was a great asset. Kay Garrigues Wins WCC Net Title for 4th Time lay Garrigues wen the women's singles tennis championship at. the Wilmington Country Club for the fourth consecutive year yesterday when she defeated Mrs. Thomas Urmston, 6-4, 6-2.

In the first round women' doubles. Mrs. Martin Fenton and Mrs. Thorn a Brittingham turned back Mrs. T.

Uimston and Mrs. Maude Urmston, 6-2, 6-2. i i End of the Trail AT NEW TORK BOSTON NEW YORK ab 4 0 0 5 0 Rtzzuto.ss Pesky.3'o 3 0 0 1 0 Henrich.lb Williams, If 2 10 0 Berra.c Stephens.ss 4.1 1 2 3 J.DiM's'o.cf 4 12 0 Woodlins.lt Zarllla.rf 4 0 110 LindelMf 3 0 19 I Bsuer.lf Tebbetts.c 4 0 0 6 Kinder. 2 0 0 0 2Mapes.rf.rf dWright 0 0 0 0 0, Coleman. 2b Parnell.p 0 0 0 0 0 Raschi.

Hughson.p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 5 24 13, Totals ab a 4 12 17 1 1 10 0 0 15 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 5 9 27 8 for Kinder 8th. Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York 1 000000 0 33 4 Error: Williams. Runs batted In: Hen-rich 2, Coleman 3. Doerr 2, Goodman. Two-base hit: Coieman.

Three-base hits: Rizruto. J. DiMaggio. Doerr. Home run: Henrlch.

Stolen bases: Goodman, Lindell. Double plays: Colema-i and Henrich; Riz-zuto and Henrich: Doerr, Stephens and Goodman. Left on bases: Boston New York 6. Bases en balls: Off Raschi, 5, Kinder 3.. Hughson 1.

Struck out: By Raschi 4. Kinder 5. Hits: Off Kinder 4 In 7 inninss, Parnell 2 in 0 (pitched, to 2 batters Hughson 3 In 1. Wild pitch: Raschi. Passed ball: Berra.

Winner: Raschi (21-10). Loser: Kinder (23-8). Umpires: Hubbard, Rommel, Berry, Summers, Honoehick and Hurley. Time: 2:30. Attendance: 68.5.1 fpaidi.

AT PHILADELPHIA BROOKLYN PHILADELPHIA ab ab a Reese. ss Edwards Miksis.3b Snider. cf Olmo.lf Furiiio.rf Hodges, lb 1 6 0 2 4 0 112 0 0 Hamner.sa 0 0 1 0 Ennis.lf 111 2iSeminick.c 10 0 0 12 2 4 4 OiGoliat.Cb 2 2 10 1' Merer. 0 17 ORoberts.p 0 110 bBlatner 0 0 0 Th'mpson 0 0 0 1 cHollmig i 5 1 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 14 5 1112 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --b. Barney.

Banta.p ISimmons.p IdBlatnik iHeintzTn.p ITrinkle.p 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 9 13 30 9i Totals 42 7 12 30 14 out for Jorgensen in 7th. b-Walked for Roberts in 3rd. c-Doubled for Thompson In 4th. d-Sinsled for Konstanty in 6th. e-Struck out for Trinkle in 10th.

Brooklyn 005020000 2 Philadelphia 000412000 0 7 Errors: Sisler, Eemlnlck. Furiilo. Runs batted In: Robinson. Furiilo, Hodges, Newcombe 2, Campanella 2, Snider. Olmo, Jones 3.

Ashburn. Nicholson. Hamner. Ennis. Two-base hits: Hollmig.

Campanella. Nicholson. Hema run: Jones. Sacrifices: Banta. Robinson.

Mi'asis. Stolen bases: Robinson 2. Double plays: Hamner and Sisler. Left on bases: Brooklyn 12, Philadelphia 9. on balls: Off Meyer 3.

Roberts 1. Nfwcomb? 2. Thompson 1. Barney Konstanty 1, Heintbelman 4, Banta 1. S'ruck out: By Newcombe 2.

Barney 1. Konstanty 1. Heintzelman 4, Off Meyer 5 in 2 2-3 innings. Roberts 1 1-3. Thompson ft in 1.

Simmons 2 in Newcombe 6 in 3 1-3. Barney 4 in 3 1-3. Banta 2 in 4 1-3, Konstanty 1 in 2. Heintzelman 4 In 3 1-3. Trink'e 0 in 2-3.

Wild pitches: Meyer 2. Winner: Banta (1Q-S) Loser: Eemtzelman 17-10). Umpires: Gcetz. Reardon. Barlick and Jorda Time: 3:17.

A'n'an--: 3S.765. AT CHICAGO ST. LOUI5 I CHICAGO ab a abrhoi Dienng.cf Marion.ss Muslal.rf Bilko.lb Nelson, lb Klein. 2b Hemui.3b D. Rice.c Pellet.

5 2 2 8 0 Jeff coat. rf -5 0 0 6 0 1 2 Reich. lb 1 0 Smailey.ss 8 2 Pafko.cf 2 1 8 3 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 6 0 0 3 Lade. TtRmaEZOtti IHicker.p l'2Mtuch iLesnard.p IcVerban jDubiel.p tAdkins.n 'SScheffin 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tfltals 41 13 14 27 a- xetais 40 12 27 aTlled cut for Lade in 3rd. for Hacker in 5th.

cSingled for Leonard in dPepped out for Adkir.s in 9th. St. Louis 03120002 5 IS Chieieo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 35 Errors: Smaliey, Jefleoat, Glaviaco. Runs batted in: Pollet 3. Marion 2.

Glaviano, Musial 4. Slaughter. Reich. Szuer 3. Dier-Ing.

To-base hits: slaughter. Fafko. Home runs: Musial 2. Dlerins. Sacrifice: D.

Rice. Left on bases: St. Louis 9, Chieajo 9. Baser on balls: Schmiti 2, Lade 2, Dubiel 2. Pollet 1.

Struck out; By Schmitj l. Hacker 1." Leonard 4. Pollet 8. Hits: Oft Schmiti 3 in 1 1-3 Innings: Lade 4 in 2 1-3: Hacker A in 1 1-3; Leonard 1 in Dubiel 6 in 1 2-3; Adkins 1 In 1-3. Hit pitcher: Schmlta tD.

Rice. Passed ball: Owen. Winner: Pollet 20-t. Loser: Scbmitz (11-13). Gre, Robb, Pineili and Dascoli.

Time: Attendance: actual. column written in the Raleigh, N. News and Observer by Dick Herbert which points him out as a smart operator: "Herb Brett organized the Carolina League back in 1945 and then assembled a team which won the pennant without any opposition. Maybe he figured that he could wreck his own creation by winning again right away. Anyway, his Leafs got shoved around rather rudely the next three years as others grabbed the glory of, first place.

"At the conclusion of the 1343 race, in which Danville did very well in the first half of the season but slumped off to fin-isrr fourth, Brett told his rivals that he would win the 1949 pennant or go broke trying. "The Leafs wrapped" up the championship to make good on Herb's promise. Despite the fact that they took over the lead early in the race and held it, attendance fell off considerably. There won't be much profit at Danville from the tickets sold, but the sale of one player may put the season very much in the black. "Last year Brett sold an outfielder Russ Sullivan to the Detroit Tigers for approximately $15,000 and five players.

While he was negotiating with the Phillies on the same deal, one of the players promised him in exchange for Sullivan was a Jefthanded pitcher named Adam Twarkins, who once had pitched for Herb at Hagerstown in the Inter-State League. "Brett didn't sell Sullivan to the Phils, but he remembered that they were willing to let Twarkins go. After completing the deal with the Tigers, he returned to the Phils and bought Twarkins from them for a few hundred dollars. "The lefthander became the leading pitcher in the league, and now several major league clubs are reported Co be offering $15,000 or more for him. In addition to winning the pennant with his pitching, Twarkins stands to -make Brett a lot of money.

Baseball luck was with Herb Brett that day in Minneapolis last December when he picked up Twarkins for almost.

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