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'omilidr Bur Becoming. Giants Accustomed To Underdog's Tag NEW YORK Oet 4 3ACK charge.into the World mcredlbl New Yo: ed New Uar but Good Lord On My Side, Bobby Said YOHK. Oct. rent club house remarkslieaTd yes terday after the New Yorlc th rooklyn -nvcto Bobby Thomson-'The Good Lord on my side" Leo Durocher-'That was Ihe besi J5-raan team Job I've ever seen a StCilellam -'Q'ant presl- cbntJ-'Thb club collectively elub I've ever owned," '-'former man- rikHr.nl* SMn ke it anywhere, anyplace or anytime. By far, the greatest thing that ever happened In baseball Alvin Dark-'The World Series Oh yeah: But that doesn't start til tomorrow.

Right now all I want to do Is go to skep" Eddie Tomorrow b.newday Wepiay.Uo'Zk Lou Jorda (plale "it was the greatest IhriU ever Pred Fltzslmmons 'This Is a greater ball club than any I played on." (Was wllh '33-36 37 Giant -41 Dodgers and '48 Braves) Sal dW my best. It almost wasn't enough. But those fellows never let me down Mpne dumb. Tell me Fhat happened?" Whitey Lockman "Cny Jbout the double I hit? Don't anybody remember that?" Preacher Ijoe (Dodger may 'not be the 'best but It Is the spunkiest cliib I ever played Jackie Robinson (Dodger second minute we're the champions, the next we're In the outhouse." nrl Wney (Gianti Vi "Why all the furore? We ones of is uiuesnc. is the lightest player on the Brandels football learn.

He weighs only 150 pounds. jpuw have made It more trilling i hai his wllitwo out Insletd of one." LOOKING UP. things are doin -That's what since Ray HYg 6 ney, Th J0 ned he squad The giant end gets an approving onra-ovtr from Coach Ar Haimo Wildcat-reason open, against Army, Sept. 29. (NBA) Uyne, Charles Have Mutual Kayo Soon As Possible 'r-rnVVT; rth nriUn heavyweight, meet I0 the The taut originally was for fotba 5 bU unm Several reasons entered into the postponement, particularly the World Series and a last rninute 2 5,000 television melon the promote picked up from a brewing company If Layne gets by Charles, he wants a shot at the heavyweight': title.

all. he's aheady beaten Walcott. Layne decistoned Jersey a 10-round bout Nov. 23 Madison Square Garden 1 hrsical "M' of a Jaclt which Giants miracle rrjen of '5 role of 8 to 5 under Floating on a pink cloud In a world alj their own afler jreat cst comeback In baseball history, tin Giants face the stern reality of Allii no hit) Reynolds (17-81 li the Yankee stadium opener at P. m.

(EST). To meet this challenge of the well-fed Yanks, accustomed to World Series hullabaloo, Manager Leo Du rocher has named Dave Koslo (10 Journeyman coulhpaw whc hasn't slarted In two weeks. It's another gamble by take-a-chance-Leo in a series of Inspired manaeerla moves. Noting that lefthanders are Ihe Yanlu flu all Yotl Bw-ra In particular Leo reached for (ht only left ilarter on Ills arm-wtlry ilaff. Koilo spends al least half hli lime In the bullpen, eicepl when hli from St.

Louis are In town. No matler what Leo does, the Yanks who watched the Giant snatch yesterday's dramatic 5-4 clincher from Brooklyn, will not lake his club lightly. The record books the Giants often are down- but never out. Bobby Thomson's three-run homer Into the lower lefi Held seats in Ihe ninth Inning was one of the most dramatic blows ever struck. It rescued the Giants from the brink of dUnsier and wrenched'n'pennant from the grip of the desperate Dodgers.

In dollars and cents it prpb- ably meant about $200.000 to the winning athletes in World Series money. To appreciate Ihe full drama of the occasion you must know the irackground. How the Giants flopped a miserable 11-game losing strea In April. How they were given lor dead August 11. trailing th Brooklyn master race by 13 games.

How they clawed back, gam by game, until they tied Brookly anil forced the second National Lea gue playoff, (hen-won that Tlie 1914 Boston Braves, mlrac men of their day when they from last to rirst-lo win Ihe pennan swept past the favored A's In fou straight. In 1942 the Cardinals stormed pas Brooklyn In Ihe stretched an knocked off (he Yankees In a Ire mendous upset. Both playoff Cardinal! In 1946 and Cleveland In the American Leajue In on lo win the strio. And the Chlca- fo Cute of IS08 ihtt beat the Giants In tie pUjoff lame the xuoa, also won the world championship. But the cold facts show Casej Stengel's Yanks all set with a soil rested pitching trio of Reynolds Vic lUschi and Eddie Lopat to throw at the Giants.

Durocher must piec together his' slaff after' the terrtf strain of the last seven weeks to fac a teapi that has won three strafgh American League a mptonshlcs and two series. The Giant hitting is predominant righthaoded and so are Ihe'Yan pitchers, another lector in fa or of the American Leaguers he Yanks have solid Jlting power In Berra, Gene Wood tog, Mickey Mantle, Johnny iiize nd Joe Collins to throw agains 3iant righthanders like Maglie Lar ry Jansen and Jim Hearn One thing Is sure. There will be nore intriguing series in fan ban a Yank-Dodger set. Tlie fan aw that one In -1947 and 1949 Thev aven'l seen the Giants in any se les since 1937. GAyrONIA (N.C.) GAZITTI wnd good.

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FRANKLIN AVE. GASTONIA, N. C. PHONE 5-UM 48 Carolina Players Are Texas-Bound CHAPEL HILL, Oct. A splr Hed band of University of North Carolina football players left here today for Austin, Tenaj, for their Inter'sectlonal game wllh the Unjvcnlty of Texas Saturday Captain Joe Dudeck, Ihe un- derstung Tar Heel All-Amerlcan, leaded a group of 48 players Coacli Carl Snavely, Jim Camp and Jim Gill accompanied the team.

'he Tar Heels left by ald-fron Raleigh Durham Airport and Mil return Sunday afternoon While It will be the third cam. In a series which started In 1947 none of the current Tar Heel play ers participated In the two pre vlous contests. Texas copped the first In Austin In 1917 by 34-0 while the Tar Heels' avenged the defeat at home a year later will 34-7 game. Several members of curren Tnr Heel football staff, however played In (he earlier Ixmghon conlesls, Hob Co.v, Charlie Justice Walt Pups, Jim Camp and Tet Hazelwood saw action In the Justice atid Cox and Hazel- played In bolh games, while he others remember only the slinging defeat In sweltering Austin. The Tar Heels werit through a light drill here this morning Jefore leaving for the airport.

Yesterday the squad had heavy scrimmage In making final preparations for the invasion. Coach Snavely has not determined a starting eleven, but Ilke- staters will be ends Jeff New- on and Benny Walser, tackles Dalton Rufifn and Tom lllggins, uards Ken Ynrborough and Dick iruver, and Andy Mlketa at cen- er. The backfield will probably neup with' Dick Wless at fall- ack, Hesmer at blocking ack, Bob (Goo Goo) Gantt at 'Jngback. and Frank Wissman taking over at tailback. TWINTY-ONI Scoreboard NATIONAL LEAGUE Tea mi New York Brooklyn St.

Louis (FINAL) Pet. CB 59 97 60 73 Boston 7C 78 Philadelphia 73 81 Pittsburgh. £0 62 (By The Associated .61) 1 -528 20-i .414 .414 32 (i 34 (best twO'Of-thrte Flnil stantilni STANDINGS Won Brooklyn FIRST GAME October jcorc by Brooklyn 000-1 and Westrum; Bnmca. Pod id New -Home Irrln. Brookl SECOND GAMK October Poto Grounds by Inningi: It Hi York poo and Walter; Spencer Corwln (i) and Westrum.

opencer Home runs: In so Hodges. I'alfco. WMXer. oin Losing THIRD GAME PC Grounds: br Innings iroolclyn IQQ 006 NgW York QQQ QQQ i 0l Newcoinbe. and Jan nd "wtstrut Home run: New WLnnlnj Loslnc WHlTEi- LOCKMAN BOB THOMPSON MUELLER nvi.Li.l.K ALVli Lockman Kept Rally Alive As Thomson Powered Homer elchth it TED TX, YOI 1 alklng about-that Giant nlnt tanlng yesterday for years lo coim The dramatic climax when Bobb Thomson sJugged a Ihree-riin home that beat the Brooklyn Dodgers to 4, lo give the Giants the Nationa League pennant stunned Dodge rootjrs and tinned dejected Glan nl0 Wild e) ed hysterical der Picture (he soiling.

The Dodger iad pounded Sal Maglie. the Giants M-game winner for three runs i the eighth to shatter a I-i tie. When big Don Ncwcombt, sta Dodger righthander, set the Glaiil down in order in the last of th Is Chuck Up In Brooklyn? NEW YORK. Did Sobby Thomson's dramatic nlnlh nnlnj home run which propelled he Giants into the World Series Iso strike a knell for Charlie Dres- ens Job as manager of the Brook- yn Dodgers. Some baseball men insisted that did, but the only man who could ay for sure, Brooklyn Presldenl Walter O'Malley, hinted broadly the peppery little pilot would be hack in "When all (he or the base- all races and World Series has died own we'll make an Malley said.

Asked If the Dodgers' collapse In he final weeks, which Brook- yn lost 13 lead to the ast-finishing Giants, might militate gainst Dressen's reemploymcnt nances. O'Malley replied: "We made up our minds on this matter before we started losing round. I'll say this and you may rawn your own conclusions. We on feel the Dodgers collapsed. We ave lo gite some credit to 'the Hants' near .900 ball the last two louUis.

lw manig nit ant plkh for hbj players." Dressen himself confident id a creditable Job and Is he'll be Field If there Is any coolness between le manager-and his bosses it cer- alnly hasn't been evident. O'Mallev ft the field 'wilh his arm around lessen Tuesday when the Dodgers on, 10-0. When the Dodgers lost esterday's heart-breaker, O'Malley as just as demonstrative In accom- anylng his manager to the dressing oom. Fight Results Dave eonoy Elllolt. a- 1 outpointed Marcel TTOKT Moalrt.1.

10. N. Koeih 'f olnls i w-tsK: It seemed lhat the treat surge of Ihe Giants over the Irut sis weeks, had been In vain. But once again 16 was demonstrated that, until Ihe last man is anything can happen in a baseball game. Al Dark, first up in the Giant ninth singled.

When Mueller llowed with another single Giant Cri i Up Avo out the lying run at (he plate. Bib Neivcombe, who been Ully II JQ UOPIl (ongh in Ihe pinches before, got Monle irvln on a foul (ly, bill vn lire Giant fans raised Ihe rixjf. Mueller sprained his ankle sliding Into third, lie was carried on a strelcher lo the Giant clubhouse white Brooklyn manager, Charley Drcssen huddled wllh Ncwcombe. Tlie dangerous Thomson was at bat. Fie had hit Newcombe hard on three previous trips to the plate, pttlug a single, double and driving In the Giants' rs run in Ihe sev- lo dce center.

Ralph Branca, the Dodger ander wlio had yielded a two-run Thomson which gave the first playolf game Monday, relieved Newcombe. Branca's rirst pitch was a strit-e then It happened. Thomson caught a high, Inside pilch and drove It Into the lower left field stands for three-run homer. He circled the bases amid scenes of delirious toy as Gianls fans whacked each other on he back and cheered at the top of their voice. In the clubhouse, amid scenes of wild excitement, Thomson'said "I knew had hit the ball good but I saw it sinking fast and didn't think It" Claassen Likes Volunteers, Kentucky, Clemson, Texas AROI.n.

fi i A co BY HAROLD, CLAASSEN -W YORK, Oct. Hos nn you concentrale on footbal al! you hear Is World Series? But here are the gilt-edge winners this weekend's big games. Ohio Stale over Michigan Stale The big game of the week, possibly he big game of the season Both earns have hordes nnd hordes of alent and both have plenty of In- entlvre-Ohlo State the Rose Bowl nd Michigan State the smacking another Big Ten team. The home ieio and Vic Jannwlcz ve Qhlo tale a thin edge. Notre Dame over Detroit- A Prl- ay night venture for the Irish.

Now Mt the Notre Dame coaches have ound the fullback they needed in Nell Worden, the Irith could make their season at least 8-2. Ttxis AiM over Oklahoma: Oklahoma has some worrit about Unt. And which team better bitterinj ram thin Boi Smith of Texu A AM? Tennessee over Duke: Tennes ste has that old Army man, Gen eral Neytond, and that old footbal wvy. experience. Northwestern over.

Army: This fa he wrong 1 for 'the wanderlnf around In Big Ten erritory. Texas over North Carolina: Both earns come into this Inter-sectional ontest with good marks. Texas has eaten Ihe more rugged foes and hould win here. Pennsylvania over Dartmouth, enn has the greater all-around alent. Illinois over Wisconsin: The II- ni will avenge that 7 lo 6 setback a year ago.

Finishing the others in hurry: RID AY Auburn over Wo ford, Boston nlverslty over Louisville. Miami la.) over Florida Stale, Mississin- 1 over Boston College, Washington tate over Oklahoma AArM ATURDAY East: Columbia over Harvard ornell nuly tirOSS ver i-ordham, Lchigh over Buckel, Penn state over Villanova, rlnceton orer Navy. Rutgers over emple, Syracuse over Lafayette, ale over Brown. South: Alabama over Vanderblll, Slenison orer tlarlh Carolina Georsia over Mississippi ortr Geortia Maryland iver George Washington, Rice over Louisiana Stale, South Car- Ulna over Furman, The Citadel over Davidson, Tulane over or, Virslnia orer Vlr tnla Ttch, Forest over Richmond, vvil- lam Mary over Virjlnla MIU- irjr. Midwest: Colorado over Kansas Drake over lown state Teachers, Indiana over Pittsburgh.

Iowa state over Marquelte. Michigan --'over Stanford, Nebraska over Kansas 1 1 6 ovcr Southern Methodist. over Missouri, Wichita over Bradley. Soulliwcst: Arkansas over Texas Far West: Washington over Southern College of Pacific over Oregon, Loyola oMas Angeles over Florida, Montana over Denver, Oregon State over Idaho, UCLA over SanU Clara, Utah over Youns Wyoming over tate. Three Ryder Cup Positions Ride On Kansas City Outcome -BY SKIPFEK l-ATKICK- urke Srelffien The in "I 0 Harrbo antl Ed Oli The 10-nun Amencin team is picked on a tournament play ove? a every two years.

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