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Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut • 61

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Part Antomotlrt Financial Resorts irihffi Sip adit its SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1960 With Malice Toward None By BILL LEE Sports Editor PITTSBURGH hasn't been in a World Series in 33 years, but it's going to have strong representation against the Yankees starting October 5. This is a good solid ball club that Danny Murtaugh will lead against Stengel's men. It isn't a staggering upset that they've beaten the other strong contenders in the National League and the team isn't one that jelled over night. It has been a long time reaching its present championship peak. The Pirates won't be in the same league with the Yankees in power.

Roberto Clemente is their only batter who will be in the neighborhood of 100 runs driven across. The New York club can field a team on which seven of eight men excluding the pitch' er has the power to reach the seats. Pittsburgh, on the other hand, has a lineup of respectable hitters that are leading the National League in every attacking department except home runs. No Mickey Mantles, perhaps, and no Roger Maris, but a team. It has been a team job that has brought Pittsburgh to the brink of its first World Series since 1927, The Pirates have been a good ball club for three years.

They finished second in 1958 but fell back to a disappointing fourth last season when Dick Groat, Bob Friend and Bill Mazeroski all had poor years together. Some suspected that this was because the stars of 1953 had enjoyed comfortable winters and had re ported for spring training considerably overweight. Still, even in their bad year, the Pirates of 1959 won 78 and lost 76 and it is an axiom of baseball that .500 is a starting point from which anything can be accomplished. jjpjr tri fey HOAK GROAT HADDIX M1ZELL RICKEY AND BROWN PUT THEM TOGETHER A wise old man named Branch Rickey and a man in his early 40's named Joe Brown have put this strong team together over a period of seven or eight years. Rickey started the kids pouring into the Pittsburgh system.

Some of these have fallen by the way side but those who survived form the backbone of a Corsair team about to win the first Pittsburgh flag since the Waner boys, Glen Wright and Pie Traynor were in their prime. Brown, besides bringing up some sterling farm system youngsters to supplement the Rickey crop, has made deals for which he deserves a medal. The son of the famous movie comedian grabbed Uilmer Mizell and Gene Cimoli from the Cards. Hal Smith from Kansas City and Clem Labine from what appeared to be the bone- yard. He also acquired Cardinal bonus boy Dick Schofield.

who had been paid $10,000 by St. Louis when he was an untested youth Blanch rd crosses the goal line (Courant sequence photos by Art Warmslcv). around the left sicb. Bottcm ridit. Muller, (33 threw a key block on Ucor.n's Barbarito.

(12), to open the defense. Blanchard then raced Tom Kopp for 18 yards to the goal line. Photo No. 3 shows Kopp making a futile lunge to prevent the score as YALE DRAWS FIRST BLOOD: The Yale Bulldog no easy time in the bowl Saturday, but this sequence on the games' first TD made it look like a Yale field day. Top right; Bub Blanchard, (35), takes a hand-off from Singleton, (10), and starts of 18.

THOMAS DEAL MADE BALL CLUB Most vital of all deals engineered by Joe Brown, however, Is 11-8 Connecticut, Yale queezes ras- the one in which he dealt off Frank Thomas, his slugging third baseman after a 1958 season in which Thomas had belted 35 homers and driven 109 runs across the plate. What occult shaft of light makes a man look into the future and see something good come from trading a man like Thomas is beyond this poor onlooker, but the fact remains that dealing Thomas after his booming season is the best transaction Joe Brown ever made. In return for the power-laden infielder, the Pirates acquired Don H03k, everyday third baseman and sparkplug; Harvey Had 9 bmer Puts Yanks Across man Ti 20-7 Will iams Surprises Trinity Eleven dix. strong lefthanded pitcher; and catcher Smoky Burgess, who swings one of the most dynamic bats in the majors. The Pirates gave up Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton and Johnny Powers along with Thomas, but they'd do it over and over again.

Hoak, Burgess and Haddix have meant the pennant to the Pirates. Thomas, believe it or not, fell from 35 home runs to 12, from 109 RBI's to 47 and from a batting average of .285 to .221 the season after he was traded to Cincinnati. MIZELL AND LABINE HAVE HELPED Wilmer Mizell from Vinegar Bend has won ten games for the Pirates. The Cards had given up on the left-hander but Joe Brown Ephmen Get Clincher Mickey's Dramatic Shot Unknown Sophomore Breaks Tie Kicking 32-Yard Field Goal Beats Rzd Sox in Tenth Late in Game After saw something, just as he must have peered into the future of. Frank Thomas to see a two-year slump.

Clem Labine. the old Dodger, who appeared to have reached the end of the trail, was picked up by the Pirates when he was' BOSTON W) Mickey Mantle, starting Gil McDougald at second, crashed a dramatic 10th inning 'shifting him to third, and then Trinity Fumbles on 15 'homer Saturday that brought New -I about ready to call it quits. He has proved an invaluable relief man along with Elroy Face and Fred Green. Two years ago. Brown drafted Rocky Nelson from the Toronto roster after the first baseman had kicked around the majors and minor leagues for 16 years.

Now he splits the first base job with Dick Stuart, or did until he hurt his leg recently. By JIMMY CUNAVELIS fourth down leap to tally with its eighth stra.ght 1 An opportunist Williams eleven left in the game after Carl a 6-5 decision over Boston, and nMor Deron' BY BILL NEWELL Courant Sports Writer NEW HAVEN-Heavily favored Yale had to call on an unknown sophomore specialist named Wallace Grant Saturday for a 32-yard field goal in the final period which i i it. i hor irt tan laKes ana surpuu u.e i-iifive yard offside at third for the last third for the last The Joe Brown acquisitions Mizell, Hoak, Haddix, Burgess, inning. Bantams 20-7 Saturday a sun-ithe locals eased the way against ine ianKee "-iy P'us v-recJ McDougald got the Yanks off ianu o-3 viciuiy ovci otiunu opened the final quarter which a ground-chewing assault deep into Huskie territory. However, the staunch defenders from Storrs marshalled their weary forces to stop big Blanchard on the 15 with fourth down coming up and four yards to go.

It was here that Coach Jordan Olivar motioned young Grant into the game and the fifth-string quar terback from Longmont, Colo, promptly booted a placement from kissed football opener at Trinity; the scrap by losers who aimost right with a lead off homer, and held for downs. Howard Knight's Place Chicago, moved New York cave it a nau-cnewing to aon by two giant steps closer to it 10tha triple by Maris and Mantle's, 07e7the Unlver- I sent Williams in a commanding 'pennani in years uiiuer bunt sineie accounted for the oth- silv 0f Connecticut. nected on a 'home run' forward 1 1 1 i. i i a I ttn era er in a IWO run urst uuung. a eruwu ui inn wcaujti 20-7 margin.

joia "H1- Anv combination of New York Their other run came in the i friends of the competing teams Yale extend its complete balked saw right guard for the first Williams jvrins and Chicago losses totaling Tn tr. ran a s.i varrl PronH two will eliminate the White Sox. sixth when Earl Wilson pass lollowmg a nnity menial miscue for the leading touchdown anl then marched 15 short yards for the clincher after snarling a fumble late in final period. Lm. frnm third after domination a'1 Srid Baltimore Skowron Baltimore okuvmuu win or huimc 1 nuartnr rfriP Rpll's M-varrI One Yankee rivals to 82 contests dating Labine and Nelson have helped immeasurably, but there were enough to form the basis of a great ball club when Branch Rickey was still running the show.

Men who wore Pirate uniforms when Mr. Rickey "was front office boss include Dick Groat, Bob Friend, Bill Mazeroski, Vera Law, Elroy Face, Roberto Clemente and Bob Skinner. This was a team the skeptics said would fold in the heat of midsummer just as they had a year ago, but the Pirate record for August was 21 victories and 10 defeats. A team that plays at such a gait under pressure deserves a big chunk of World Series money. Bill Madden, who may be the best informed baseball fan in the membership of Our Lady of Sorrows Men's Club, was recollecting the other day that a Pittsburgh club of some years ago waltzed into New York one bright September morning five games ahead with only seven to play and blew the "pennant by dropping five straight to the New York Giants.

This Pirate team isn't going to do anything like that. Danny Murtaugh wouldn't let them. i ii. loss eliminates the Orioles. loading the oasc on wai.

mint return set the drive mo to 1R85 while at the same time Connecticut aroused the crowd ab bl ab bi 1 1 1 P.rasn et A rt ft pinning the 12th consecutive the third period wun a stirring tion and Grinnclls 19 yard pass! York has seven games to play, to John Newtown, who" made a Chicago six and Baltimore five, circus catch, featured. A pass for Mantle's blast, his 38th of the tin. nnint miccorl anrl Trinitu still vpar. rame off left haiider Ted KubPk ss 5 0 0 0 Tasby cf a i i oaCK on me nuhMU. all-ground attack that travelled 79 vards tn a first down on the Yale i The Bulldogs, gctt.ng ready for It looked like anything but ov-, erdue justice for Williams and its rotund Coach Len Walters, I victims of many Trinity upsets I the past dozen seasons, when the Bantams made a brilliant 'goal line stand at the game's! skowron lb 4 2 couqhtry an all-out Ivy League title as-fjve Minncrlv.

Tete Barbarito, Bat- Berra 4 02 1 h-GM 0 0 snnnoserl tn -r tJ i Wills lrarlinc off the 10th. lcu ii 1011 Nixon 3h i 3 4 (wfl inurhHnwns or more t. nnWlin Xo Davlinht for Szumczvk iunS riBnuianu. ne mc Richrdsn 3b 0 0 Maizone -tt, iiiii in iiiijiinti ill I'm ivi 1 1 ii u. Boyerb iooo ciinto' rt front, but it didn't pan out that i rom nearby Hamden.

ripping off ii. 1 A 1 A rJ-Blanchrd 0 0 0 0 Wav. a Hnsh to the ve. e-Dmstrl 2B 0 0 0 0 ar1 f- this i into the screen atop the 40-toot A smartly executed 47 yard pass (jed play from Grinnell to Keck Jones xies It midway in the second quarter put The Yankees forced it into ex-Williams in front after extreme-tra innings with a two run rally i-Looel 1 0 0 0 Brewer iuc imnir.i nvn. imiiij i-i Illins outset and then embarked on a 99 yard scoring drive.

Rugged Fullback Kenny Cromwell smashed inches for the Bantam TD to complete the field oooo one and battled the favorites on cgme frustraUon now lSSXrH.UrdvW,BPS?SievfJn throughout. t0 the HuskiPS. Mapa. wuis oy ooii' golden chances to triumph twice the line of Ditmar Duren f-Gondtr Arroyo Howard Pcnnant Races At a Glance ly doubtful Trinity strategy. the eighth.

Walks to Roger length drive featured by his negccted to ml on and Bill Skowron and Yogi oooo staiiard as a result ot penalties. Grria Sports ilii'j 52 yard slash. Junior Kenny, a 0 0 R-KepUiSRi Yale scored at the close of the lUllllll dliu Collin ouuauun, KPrra line MIUW lU 18ut Vl i scrimmage and next Kopp went back to pass. He spotted receiver Magaletta as he was tackled and threw poorly toward his man but ins a third straicht incomplete Hi and sent Skowron toi Totals 38115 Totais first period on an m-yara on- TU- KonU i wlkeO tor Monbouquctte in 4th; i jquciie fullKol, most welcome returnee to the campus this fall, kicked the point and Trinity led, 7-0. Judd Scores Twice mc luiimrs imivu tnira.

erv iorccu mud i P.ati.roryl in 4thf c- bran tor Paqliaroni in 4thi c-tlied oui lHiMe Mdia vy utuiaui muuow NATIONAL Pittsburgh 57 Jt Louis. S5 62 the golden opportunity and nnfi. hut voune Marian Couchtry's tor Richamsw in etn; Bob Blanchard The same man I Baseball! Ntw York it Boston the officials ruled it intentional "ii amir mr. p-ran lor iv. i A 1 promptly unleashed an i converted lor two pouus on a aive t-struck out tor Duren In UUUUItT llliuw 11 mot TTniv-i fl.h Ch.

3, 8, 12 inai was vinuauv me enn 01 whi aw j0nes cleverly1 cWmn ram arrnss i a-inaid lor suiiivan in -fouied Hard-driving senior haltback WTIC-1080 cougmry main; ine line iwr ine lucdia. vuuuuiuiru manoiu'Pr hnhinn thn last irini-iiu- grounding. Now it was third down on the ia. A pass was completed for the loss of a yard and finally, on last down, the Elis' Jim King tossed Barbarito far back on the play tor DeMaestn in iwni i mn Dill iviimiui ciuauz.cu iui Pittsburgh at hom () vs. Cln-; 2:00 p.m.

tinnatl (1) Sept. 27; vs. Milwaukee, 2 "00 (3) Sept. JO. Oct.

1, Away (1) i P' at Milwaukee Oct. 35. 2:00 p.m St. i.ouis at home Away (7) VKNB-840iby a. battling Purple frontier led.

dpfcnfipr and take Grinneirs Krank Maizone (ho out on strikes tor Arroyo in loin stubborn Uconns at the end of the juy-i stallard in 10th. wpi uiu uutwiu, itch in the clear at the Bantam a 2.0. second period on a plunge from 001 Rheinfrank and Johnny Bell, us- 1 7 nf n.w 200 000 C.nl at I I no 3oo o-s the one vard line and a rush lor at Chicaoo (I). Anoeles (3)' Sent. 27, 21.

70: At San N.tlOna LllZUt F001 DBII Ditmar. bophomore haliDack lommy ca starter Art ually offensively potent Trinity could muster but one genuine 30, "Clinton; po New York 30-12, Bo- Oct. 1, 2. I Oct. Francsco (3), Sept.

AMERICAN Baitimori vt. wninion riin 'on 30-13; dp, Runnels ano wem; un- Maizone drove in single Ch 10 22 30i scoring threat thereafter. The fast two points. Fumble Helps Bulldogs A Minnerly fumble near mid-field eventually led to Yale's fnnrhrinu-n Thfl Klis. led bv 2:00 p.m tob.

New YorK '0, Boston n. 2b. Crv, Nixon, Tasby, Berra; 3b, Maria; Itr, WcOougald, walione. Man in 'the fourth and fifth, and his two-run homer climaxed a three-nin uvnth fnr Roston that save 34. After Yale went ahead 11 8 on Grant's field goal, the determined Uconns made another impressive assault but this, too, was doomed.

Minnerly. a vicious runner all day, almost went all the way on the ensueing kickoff. As it was he made 2B yards to his 38 before Connie Shimer got a shoestring labrese of Avon, who produced a couple of starry pass thefts, stole a Williams aerial and ran it back 13 yards to the Trinity 30 launching a long third quarter drive. Power running soph halfback John Szumczyk featured the tle, 5 bj ii Blanchard, surged to the Con- l.J I PITCHING- the Red Sox a 5-3 lead. loitmar tams to go overhead and then made shambles of the Trinity air game by rushing the pants of little quarterback Tony Amiriein Liagui Football 3:30 p.m.

Ch. 40, 53 4:30 p.m, Ch. 8 Now York it Sin Francisco 5:30 p.m. WHAY-910 ip 6 2 3 10 1-1 0 2 2 1 0 Mew York 57 Chicago 5 63 .574 5' a Baltimore 4 .570 Remaining oames: New YorK at home (31 vt. Boston (31, Sept.

30, Oct. 1, Away 4-at Boston, (1). Sept. 25; at Washington (31, Sept. 26.

27, 21. Chicago at noma vs. Detroit (2), Sent. 2s, vs. Cleveland (3).

Sopt. 30, Oct. Away (1) at Cleveland (I), Srpt. 25. Baltimore at home (0); Away (Slut Washington (31, Sept.

25. Oct. ii at Pastor (21, Sept. 27, 31. But the Yankees would (W 5 10 before they were re-i! pulsed.

Then big Pyle partly blocked Kopp's punt, which car- Hininri -ihnv pn it. in inp piii.Ln r.Ph. march which finally folded on the i Arroyo held the Red u'Iij" j'" UI1S Arry. wm OutMineH on the rround some 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 13 0 2 3 I i Ith Grcsham Beats Godih 1 50 Williams w7ilh lcIty No. HartfoVd nSct SoX al DETROIT (UPI) Gene Gres-n iaHerbark Bruce Grinnell nas i LCSHf1 Pfd aflcr Mantle i tackle.

Two plavs picked up 10 yards ried only to the 32, and the next time the Bulldogs didn't miss. Blanchard made one. Singleton in StaMard i J. nne onve ana powei hnmpr laced hatter nn in ham, flashy Detroit 1 churned on the pass-run op 1 tm.m.A 1 katltara In 1Ath viuuawy iour joins mi pu)j All Stops Race Stock LOUISVILLE in. lar caiuu's, cumniuLvu inc In thorough- nounded out a unanimous rics.

But nis mates coma ni. ri-i Both Stengel and Red Sox man- V'Z i-'i. lhC" wcM ine only 10 aerials to pile up a big him into the clear and always bred breeding, there is a 52 pcrlround dccision Friday night over and then Barharilo swept his left end behind the jarring blocking of 17fl-pound Kopp to the Yale 35. But the Huskies were called for clipping after the play and See UNKNOWN Tage 12 Mil HifTpins nu rd all unai i accr i ...11 J-Ml-JlflK1 i rent rhanr-P of live foal. 39 ner margin in passing yardage.

nn u.mD avi inn u.pii nnnt'ui i I Istops tnis one. tacn inrcw andaian pro footbalc Yale's only other threat to the Uconn goal line resulted in the winning field goal. The Elis r.pns whin io iki tninihs mi and Stcnne 0 Four cent the horse will race, 27 per Lahouari Godm 01 A1f ia DCIorei Senior fullback Bob Judd, 6-3. cent he will win. and about 2 per a crowd cf 2,000 at Giympia Sta- 2oo pounds, rammed for two Wil- cent he will win a stake race.

dium. lliams TDs. Judd dove a yard on Hamilton 71 Montreal Ottawa 35. Toronto 21, came up with such situations as See EPHMEN, Tage 12.

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