Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 37

i 'wv- t3 Ibtlene Reporter PAGE ONE ABILENE TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 7 1956 SECTION Daughter Ford Combine To GCeep Yankees ADive trips against the lean right-hand-moment of this tense cluse-to-the-er looped a single into short leftvest ball game but it didn't have field Grandstand second-guessersjtoo much on the thrilling race be-had a Held day when Joe Collins tween Furillo and the Yankee rc-instead of bunting with the tying lay in the ninth run on first and nobody out swung Leading off the ninth Furillo at the first pitch and flicd to smashed a Ford pilch to the aux-Snider liliory scoreboard in right center When Mantle whose only c(ntnt with tw0 basi's- was a drag bunt single in the first popped to Gil Hodges Yank hopes sagged Craig was two-thirds of the way out of his jam Berra kept it alive with a single to right center after looking at one strike and swinging at another There was a rumbling in tlie triple-decked stands when Slaughter leading Yankee Series hitter strode to the plate Craig got the first pitch over for a called strike while old Enos looked Then came three balls in succession Swinging on the 3-1 pitch zoomed on toward third Bauer's throw to Martin and a perfect relay to Carey just nipped him sliding into third The next two Dodgers went quickly Roy Campanclla taking a called third strike and Charlie Neal rolling out to Carey The Dodgers who had trailed in the early innings in both of their winning efforts got out Iront in the second inning when Jackie Robinson walked Hodges singled and Furillo scored Robinson with a long sacrifice fly that was caught by Bauer near the Yankee bullpen gate after he had stumbled hit was an infield blow on which Gil McDougakl made a fine stop but couldn't get the ball away in lime for a force Martin promptly got that run back in the Yankee second whenj he hit a 1-2 pitch deep into thri lower left -field stands just barely I ing up 21 yards on a keeper in the second quarter Three plays later he passed to end Ezra Corley for Memurry'i third louehdown Guard Jim Gifford (02) is in the background (Staff photo by Don Hutcheson) MrCRARY SETS IT SCORE McMurry Quarterback John McCrary (20) is stopped on the Midwestern University 20-yard line by quarterback Jackie Weldon i li) and end Richard Partcn (underneath No 82) after pick By JACK HAND NEW YORK Oct 6 ilR-Enos' Slaughter the ever-hustling 40-1 year-old "country boy" helped Whitey Ford boost the New York Yankees back into the World Series today with a three-run homer in the sixth inning for a 5-3 victory over Brooklyn after two staggering defeats The former St Louis Cardinal who was reacquired from Kansas City on waivers Aug 25 slammed a Roger Craig pitch into the lower right field scats with Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra on base and two out in the sixth Slaughter's homer was his seventh Series hit boosting his average to a shiny 533 The Yankees who played in a I dreamy haze for two days in Brooklyn reacted violently to the bumper crowd of 73977 on their return to Yankee Stadium An eye-catching relay from Hank Bauer to Billy Martin to Andy Carey cut down Carl Furillo trying to stretch a double into a triple snuffing out the last threat to Ford in the ninth Ford who lasted only three innings iii the opening defeat by Sal Maglie curled his curve past the Dodgers for an eight-hitter his fourth Series triumph The chunky little left-hander walked only two and struck out seven fanning the feared Duke Snider three times It was Ford who finally stopped Brooklyn's hit-crazy sluggers but it was old man Slaughter who really finished off the Dodgers Hero of the 1943 Series when he dashed three bases on a routine single into right center to give the ENOS SLAUGHTER earns full share Cards the championship over the Boston Red Sox Slaughter con-jgygjg drove ue mer the tinued his terrific heart-warming FuriUOi straining at the play Ford and Craig had been engaged in a cut-throat battle locked 1-1 after they traded runs in the second until the Dodgers leash at the very edge of the er It sailed about four rows back while Bauer Berra and Slaughter circled the bases If it is true that the Yanks had western to Tribe Michigan Falls To Spartans On Field Goal finally opened up a one-run lead! voted Enos only a half-share in in the sixth on Pee Wee Reese's jthe series subject to revision if fair It was his second homer ofi triple past Mickey Mantle andlhe had a "good the Yanksjthis Series and hi fifth in Series deep sacrifice fly to Man- must have cast a unanimous bal-play Ford and Craig huffed and pul fed through the next three scoreless innings until Reese's triple on a ball that Mantle jus' ANN ARBOR Mich Oct 6 'JF-Michigan Stale's never say -diC Spartans turned an Intercepted: failed to reach and Snider's sac- 8 fk'ld goal and a fumble I Outer Bill Houston of Hrrin-ji-'irrf Amm rifice gave Brooklyn its run in the into a touchdown today and fojgh turned opimitiinist -hin if ytimiKr tie jk)t for a full share The crowd largest to see a Se- Slaughter wasn't the whole ries game In New York since Oct game but it seemed that way to 5 1947 sensed it was now or never the customers He treated them fur the Yanks as they came the same dose of drama that for their whacks in the sixth with 'Maglie 39 gave them on opening the top of the order coming up Bauer hitless in two previous! Slaughter's hk was tlie finest Revenge-Mad Trinity Rips Impotent Wildcats 40-0 McCrary skirled tlie end cut Hack weiil the rest of the way with hiilfliiiek Jinimv Mvatt making the tackle just as he toppled into paydirt lor 32-26 bulge then booted the conversion It was seconds later that Hous- through the courtesy of an eiTorjMichigan Stadium la-lore a ca- assure the McMurry Indians 'Inn's timely nvovery hailed Mid- by third baseman Carey Hodges iPacitv throng of lolnot iMlir 1 victory of the season- threat on the five Then walked and Furillo singled off Capt John Malsko kicked the ur Miwisiern I iii-' "i with only 130 ft and with Mid- Afcr Canipan'la ni (icld versty Indians as W-ldon kicked the potol! Ihi'euleiiing on the ir W-l- ouled out Neal bounced an easy career from the Wolunni in iinnston two-year leliiTinaiii Mon faded to pass and was being one toward Carey The third base- Ihc third period alter a Michigan wliu was niniusl all-Texas Con-! wis 1 rtSl charged by tlie Methodists wln-n man intent on making the play at 'State drive stalled on the Miehi-fmllH(1 lilst J1(ai n() joh turn next as (oaeli Tonimy is lt iIpIar1 nt fmnhlc but the plate fumbled the ball A Pa'r wcond-string -yj-ji ple 'rriii d-pi threat 11 ulrnp tlie hail tor no apparent ren- threw too late to get the sliding Spartan halfbacks Dennis tlunecl in some lluy 11 and Corley was there to gob- Hodges Mcnacei Mendyk ami Jimmy xvhi(h nnly Jheir uwn 42 Wore iiiiniig things i( up With a chance to tie it up withWulff took over after a Michigani(vv((iinl pirijl Jackie 0'r 0 ngulars nmsln ij jpu-IU-d another a hit pinch hitter Randy Jackson fumble early in the fourth period w(im Then MeCiarv nu-cd wide quarier tlireat by Ml' bat- flied out to Slaughter and Junior and Mendyk went the final 5 yards jj-riry x-isonall: Scored pitched out toliallback Ernie Davising down two Weldon passt-s war goal line as Midwestern tried score from the 15 He also urcd in more than his share of icklex when Neal threw wildly past thint-perust tieiu goal ny uie uw- f()r ('iJ viriN pjkcd up pir Midwesiern opened with a rush Hodges on grounder with pound two-time lelterman Iconi r('s kiritwJ in Uic first quarier scoring the one out Mantle again popped up St Muliacl already IMlillS Miff Iff initl first llllie ll o1 lls on hc TniII Ifallback Gary Berry the siwedy little mail-carrier who i eurrenlly leading llu Gulf Coast Conference in rushing lix''' a hand-off on the Is'lly series from quarterback Jackie Weldon hit over the Miss 1X4 6 ileft side of Uie line and averted the 1955 Dodgers ever dropped1 but never could muster a scoring penrance nemre a crowci isi inge Council moved like sheet two tackleis before being pushed the first two and bounced back to 'punch B'il it was 'mi-ton tlu- Iiidiniis'jijgiuning loniglit as Mississippi de- Hut ol ImiuimIs on the two Two rich winning share The Spartans became a bris- alert lineliackcr in defense wlio'ieated aerial minded Ilouslim 140 plays later halfback Gene Ald- tling (ipisirlunilyniimk-d itcw alt- lurned the tide late in the was the 12th straight victory ridge cracked over tor the score Soulliea-ternaml Weldon kicked the point Only two minutes and 45 seconds hail but Berra doubled to the score-! shaken the Hose Bowl champions driving in Collins lout of then- first-half doldrums Thi gX lhe Anwrican' his field goal the Sparta champs had to win to stay 'had Ix-en pushed from one end of ragged witli his faking mil had Cl)methe rain-spatlerod turf to olh-iix'iling nut wale as maneuver alive for no team ever had come the rain-spattcrcit turf to oin-ii-y UVfUIJ aftr thp firt thrM Still the Wolverines showed a bis t-am lo 2 yards on the fact only two teams including surprisingly strong jwssing ganie'-i'ouml in their Homecoming ap-: jacksun 1 nodger ever dronocd'but never could muster a scoring poarance before a crowd of 44MI Paige Cutlimi placement and took quarter with only one and hall lor the defending Sn Tom 'S8 -contrli (lf Ul)? contlsl witnessed by minutes to play Midwestern who Ci inference champions By JIMMY BROWDER Reporter-News Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO Tex Oct 6 rim down iHuntiiiig suntan 14 Abilene Christian College JISIm KTOIT IN fTGIBES Laet Don erson moved the ball to the Tiger Harber then hit halfback Hendrix Wheeler for nine to the Trinity 25 but next aerial went The fense made less noise than last ACC Trlaltf IS 25 IS It for I for 23 (tori years fire cracker here Saturday Pams for as 4 for 4 night as revenge-minded Trinit i University ripped to a 40-0 Gulf Coast Conference victory through the Wildcat wall with ease wfl eraWedbv the astray ajKi as graooea ty me 8" Lesley Gideon The terrible Tigers ripped nd thpew a defense thatl Gideon promptly found Ronnielj I let ACC get inside the Manchester in the clear and tossed I a 65-yard gain to the Trinity scored on theln but a penalty nullified 20-yard line The score duplicated a 404) feat handed the Wildcats season by Mississippi Southern the marker I him for 0 de-1 Wildcat 24 lastnext play Houston Clips Atlanta Wins Dixie Series in briefly Friday in relief would work game which starts EST He called Martin1 Miehiga "tho kcy which was the worst defeat suffered by the Wildcats since 1936 Remembering last year's 14-13 upset at the hands of ACC Trinity went to work early marching 78 yards in the first period with quarterback Roy Sawyer passing 25 yards to end Milt Robi- chaux for the score George Jage-i mm man converted making it 7-0 afterjtossed to Wheeler for 29 of the Texas Leaeue walked off iseven minute combat made a great catch as ACC rolled: with a 4 2 victolnd itofiS Afler the kickoff' with apck Tiger 27 Powell passed II Texan uk the V5? penetration of the first half of Trjni( four plgy 0 'aJarkum take the game that who pitched Brooklyn Sunday 1:05 pm fullback Bill Lovelace for 12 rcay 42 The Texas League champs '1-jailMMI Labitte cluck stopped the contest ATLANTA Oct (iTv-Atlanta's Southern Assn champions ran out of comebacks tonight and Houston i time forced tlie Wolverines into McMurry file But there lialfltaek loiul xiwaker announcement al-ab a a hatch of second-half mistakes 'Gene Aldridge lnnlilcd and Iluus inoM became monotonous Held to a meagre 51 yards in tln- everywhere! Coll iron vunl over from Uie sev- i (he first half Michigan Slate shot al 111 long pouncisl on' jmd made his own conversion aml trtiirncd to mu uMiur31LM to with a 70-yan1 touelalown inarch of tlK'ir own leaturmg the running aiwi passing of McCrary The agile (rthrens line plunges and rlMlr for 3 I 34 7 I eralfd olf to giiiini (liailie Davis I Tih1 'n take the hell hark to the IT Brown's 34-yard pass to (iayle1 am a 112 10 I ft 9 ft 0 ft 1 3 ft 0 1 3 ft 1 0 1 3 I 1112 0 ft 1 4 3 0 Coach Nick Nicholson used fourjxriiTnk iai quarterbacks five halfbacks andnaWr rf three fullbacks in an attempt to find a combination that 1 g-' click But the Wildcats were com-lxarun pietcly outmanned by the a d-jriilSb1' charging Tigers i'tSiI Trinity ground out 256 yards or c1 31 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 i i i the 70 yank with Ins running and Two plays later Mclrary on a Bowman m4 up the second 'WSli 'xsitli-g skirted ngol end from Uie'minules later Eddie Crawford yJ an y11( to 14 to make it 36-19 Imiiimcd through Wl tackle tolhalniaik Ernie Davis to the nine- But it was soon evidi-nt again 1it'0' J111'11 lh 13 Colhren againxi1 I)ivjs (rrj(N awill that the marathon was tn be iyi converted Uc seven then Mi4'rary pullsl one ja series ol scoring drives Mid fa the second qiiarUT IIoiisUni's th plays which workisl against Tex 1X1 6 North western took the kickolf ran over the San Die- (iiiiu-d it to tlu-ir mvi North Texas Whips Diego NIC 65-6 Aim- oi use piays wmcii wurKnl irkolf and rp-lucrud urlisl Mynn ijj ujiiiit jjkitiy his in 27-vard with a scries nll)1()(s imK rf Training Center liVii Ui-'and WVldun who hit on 12 of Krnuncl-wiling pas's and off-tar-1 right and skutiil on a naLit! Urp-yards Kars frM 17 'as lor i2ii yards in llickle run that carriisl to the Itch-i-r HiSn-iI Baker's conversion try 010 0ft! 109-1 the ground while limiting Abilene MsrIiB to 84 and 63 of those yards came in- a nrr zB-Hm-a runiki in the first knn -l-kHs- wmshiw sk -i'hidimii an half but still failed to crack the 1 01 lbc DENTON Texas State half ACC passed for -Naval in the i a liSSS'lCkJter iSttUSSSX Ue game Is-gan to pass and enginet-r rl was wide rugged Tigir defense The The Blue Juektls had a eolh-c his ii-am downfn-ld again But the Rebel line held against1 But the sc-e-saw battle confirmed cat quarterbacks hit only nine sScsm-ljlan former college stars and a This time though it was Al-two Houston line plunges ami Midwestern padded the load on 23 pass attempts Score by quarters: ACC 0 0 0 uiimiina hwi nm i tuiira ri Trinity 7 20 6 A 111 pi A UC Til 1 AW I i ImMITT 4 liBITI i 9 4I4 jOni220-xiund line but the lighter and dridge the hallliaek who took thi-Kiynn fading back for another ofthe next series of plays scoring is w-Wd t-erii o- foiiM faster Eagles just ran armuul hull on a delayed handoff hit his flat trajectory passes couldn't i with 1:40 left in the first quarter oiiSUSSi'ii fowl KnAr'T 02 tlxsn and passed over them with' through the left side of the lineifmd a receiver was downed and 'as Weldon opened up wi'h the oer- lent back to the right and sran-'flouston's strongest threat died jlieail arfillcrytn lake his Trilw K5 grabbed a two-run lead at the outset and rode it to the cinching triumph Whitlow Wyatt and Dixie Walker two ex-Cracker managers who tangled in the 1954 Dixie thriller between the same two clubs were included in the slim turnout of 29to fans It was Dixie's brothw Harry who guided the Buffs to the crown The Crackers mixed six hits with six walks But the clutch punch which had carried them to the Southern title was missing and 10 runners expired on base The victory went to starter Bill Muffett a chubby righthander who won the second game but he required a strong relief lift from Phil Clark from the sixth on It was Atlanta Manager Clyde King's finale for the successful freshman manager announced before the game that he was resigning to accept a job with a triple-A club next season Earl Mossor who departed in the second shouldered the defeat his second! compared to one win in the Dixie He was nicked for a single run in earh inning Atlanta's Bob Monlng bombed Clark for a solo homer in the eighth narrowing the gap to 3-2 hut the Crackers got no closer van Is in eight plays Weldon cracked Uirmmh from the one fr (lie marker after pin-pointing four king aerials to Wall and end Neil Whitaker The marker was set up when he heaved to Wail at the one-yard line Ilie first hint thit the fans were lo see a high-scoring melee cam had pul logi-lucr a siKng Swmk hammered over and con verted TCU Demoralizes Hogs 41-6 Halfback Felix Kneuper look advantage of shabby tackling early in the second period ami raced 65 yards through the Wildcat defense for second touchdown Kneuper shook off numerous Wildcat lackers on his long scoring jaunt Tony Valck added the conversion that made it 14-0 ACC (ailed to move and Le-ondous Fry punted to the Tigers Sawyer hit end Sammy Knox fur 16 as Trinity again went on the move It took only tour plays to make it 20-0 with Jageman racing the final 13 yards for the tally On the first play after the kickoff a Bobby Powell pass was intercepted putting Trinity back in I nut in oss on the Abilene 38-yard line With time running out in the first half the powerful Tigers needed only two plays to score Sawyer hit Charles Mansfield with an eight-yard pass and fullback John Dubose took care of the final 30 yards on the next play On a delayed buck through line Dubose went almost unnoticed as he charged 30 paces for the score Sawyer's conversion made it 27-0 at the half ACC failed to cash in after recovering a Trinity fumble on the first play of the second half Mac Stamps pounced on the ball on (he Tiger 44 Fry tossed to end Robert Nickerson for 13 yards but that's as far as the Wildcats could go After an exchange of punts Trinity continued the slaughter by running six ground plays and then passing 27 yards (or another touchdown Valek tfirew to Robi-chaux on the 10 and Robichaux ambled over the goal after allowing an ACC tackier to slide off his back The conversion was missed tit drive oM-iiuig the second halt and in imvo iiiH-ouig me secunii uuu ami STURT IX MOIRES ftrhHiifoHh Vrka-us i with csbitl Ronnie Fnderwmxl! The crowd protested when Ml-1" quarter when Me- UM i ler U-Ui Liken out ami Sw-irk Mlrr' rushed Iwek to punch across i Ji and Rogers Oveihey doing lliclr UJi UKin 011 aw i lias sui ii i given the ball for tlie touchdown l'kw uilwowns ibm tv Davis 1 111 11 I w1SM-t hlore tlie Fin-s frum thrw an 81-yanl march -it Here I hnslian luinhlml and was inik ore uu 10 Kr iVMiiit iirUiKe talrrrcMtd tunihU iu4 Yiinin penaliMl tlie Frog backficld made twul-touehdowns one on a 46-yard dash! set up by the clever feinting ol (£3 quarterback Curtis and the other on a 11-yard pass from Curtis Swink set up one touchdown with a great pass-reception on the Arkansas seven and scored one with a 1-foot Mast Dike rammed tunc yards through the thin Arkaiises line fur another and little Virgil Miller a 130-pound reserve who proved to be a WTaith got the final with a 4-yurd plunge Wineburg led tlie ball carrim with 89 yards on 12 runs Dike wound up with 88 and Swirk got 71 in furnishing the impetus tor a furious Frog offense lhat swell up 425 330 of it oil the ground Curtis passed for 59 Arkansas managed 231 yards rushing with Nesbitt and Xin Christian making 40 and 36 respectively while the Razorbacks brought an Die verted down gut the over 37 side the By HAROLD RATLIFF FORT WORTH Tex Oct 6 i-Mighty Texas Christian crushed Arkansas 41-6 today to start back toward another Southwest Conference football championship with Ken Wineburg Jim Swink Buddy Dike and companion hard-running backs and the clever faker Chuck Curtis rolling up the most points ever scored on the Razor backs A crowd of 28000 watched the awesome Horned Frogs ranked eighth in the nation administered the second worst licking in history Back in 1930 when the TCU stadium was first opened the (Yogs whipped (be Razorbacks 40-0 Playing in 95-degree heat the Frogs racked the battling but futile Arkansas line from stem to Curtis faked and passed into submission before knew they were in a DIXIE SERIES Hutton I1 SI I 11 Ada nl nm Ml 2 Mullrtl nark and IMhrk Mnwr Valmlinr 3 1 MrMahnn Ml OralmwiM III awl Sarka Ilautlon wina aarfoa 4-1 tlie score 11-yard throw end zone Vern passed to Swink on the Arkansas 1 the point Arkansas managed lo drive Arkansas seorwl with only nur- to the Frog 35 av win it nike Svuuk Jni CwtoiJ" the ball but couldnl budge kirl down I rum the (rug two and Purple lino and the Frogs Stii kUkld bul Ar' and pushed to the Arkansar'1 umv rtl kansas was jK-naliml lor holding I humbles hurt Arkansas but and he missed the next try Curtis was hit for a 7-yard if the had held the' Hut shortly afterward a fumble however and Wineburg's kick out-1 ball thi'y couldn't have stopped by Ni-shitt gave iXT' the ball on went only nine yards Butlhl-' mighty march of what injylthe Arkansas 18 and TIT got1 KINGSVILLE Tex Oct 6- Arkansas couldn't go either until he Ue finest team in TexasanoUier touchdown Miller made Texas At I scored a touchdown Christian kicked to Wineburg on Christian history it with a 4-yard blast Jack Wehb'und kicked a field goal in the Wineburg Princeion Wallops Columbia 39-0 PRINCETON NJ Oct 6 -Princeton University toduy un-land the score stood at 33-0 as the veiled a brand new running bnckjlhird period came to a close In Tom Morris and trsik advantage Abilene Christian took to the air: ball game stern and the Hogs they hardly TCU 28 Little Miller who made 53 yurds con verted fourth quarter tonight to upset and Wineburg earned onin eight carries gave tlie crowd In jusiu-e lo Arkansas it can Smith wed Texas Slate 23-14 could garner mly 13 yards Uie'nllcrnule tries tn the Arkansas 46 a big charge ns lie hxl Die Frugs'be isnntixl out that the first fl'l' The game was the I -one Star 'where Curtis faked to Mh Hall-: to their fourth lourliiiwn late in'touetidowns were ale on the I'niitereiiei- nH-ner ler Imlh teams in the final period in a futile at- In the lute stages of the contest air tempt lo hit pay dirt Fry hit TCU put in its reserves and they Trxas Christian scored on a 10 leck anil Swink but handed oft fii'llie third htuh! Firsl lie ran a llanihyck second train ne-ng and the first time Ail has deploy 54-yard drive late in the first Wineburg and he run untouched 'kirk back 31 yards to the Arkon- used under Coach lack Milch- lMied Soulhwe-t Texas since period after being repulsed in a'lo the scor llalllierk's try forjsas 45 and tlun midc 41 of the ell's 2-teoin system Curtis pho surge to Hie Arkansas 17 shortly point was wide and TCU led 13-0 yards in the scoring drive Hi holes in the inept defense of the Texas AM tmk an early lead of a light-fingered Columbia University learn to score a 39-0 Ivy Ieague football victory Columbia suffered a serious blow late in the first quarter when its star passer Claude Denham wss removed from the game wilh brain concussion fullback Don Rhoden for lour but the Wildcats couldn't move Afler a 45-yard punt by Fry a Tiger pass was intercepted by Fry but again the Wildcat offense wae stopped cold scored too over the fumhling bumbling Razorbacks The Arkansas touchdown came on a 74-yard drive In the final minutes made on the TCU reserves Wineburg the rabbit runner of sophomore secondary Fullback IloliU-n going over for The Arkansas first tram iirovnl'imiclidiwn from the three yard lust try lolt the ball on the Ar konsas one-foot mark and on the before Wineburg intcrccptrdjat the half Christian's pass on the TCU 46 to TCU scored again midway of the set it up Three passes by Curtis I third period slumming 72 yards first play of the fourth period fairly stubborn for tlie Big Frogs tline in the fust qwirier.