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The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 17

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An amazlne rrldlron sara ua written here tonight. Despised St. Mary's, the "little lambs" who were uppoed to ne massacred ny anything from 50 0 on H7, battled mighty Tribe Iby Georgia's Bulldogs to a 7-7 deadlock before 7,220 unbelieving fans. Rather, it should be said the dians blasted the Detroit Tigers American League pennant hopes today as they smashed out 15 hits in a 12-2 rout that ended the Tigers chances of catching the New York Yankees. Big Bob Lemon, the American League's leading pitcher, halted the Tigers with six scattered hits to get his twenty-third win of the year and help the Yankees to their second straight pennant.

southerners, who only last week crumpled highly regarded Mary land, 27-7, while St. Mary's was absorbing a 400 shellacking from College of Pacific, were down right fortunate to get away with a tie. rne Indians bacKcd him up Beaten at every turn by a sav- with a devastating onslaught on four Tiger pitchers. They scored In six different innings with Jim age blocking and tackling team that refused to wilt under a ter rific weight handicap, the Georgi Hegan and Dale Mitchell each contributing a home run to the ans had to get every conceivable complete rout. break to crawl away with the Detroit had one big moment draw.

of hope when leadoff man Jerry And, if Coach Wallace Butts, 14 iPoinnits Indians Play Dons Today By Bob Brachman This Is M-Day in Stanford's huge football stadium. Matson vs. McColl. There are others who might "take it all." But as far as some 40,000 ticket buyers are con ccmcd the headliner Is an individual duel between Ollie Mat son. the University of San Fran Cisco's great fullback, and Stan ford's Bill McColl, a one man riot who Is an offense all by him self.

Here is a pair of lethal weapons likely to make shambles of a gridiron opponent and what they Priddy homered in the first in who has taken six Georgia teams to bowl games during his twelve ning to 6end the Tigers into a 1-0 lead It soon melted, though, as the Indians rocked the Tigers seasons at Athens, isn't the first to admit it, then the guy doesn't recognize a horseshoe when he with booming hits. GRAY LOSES AGAIN. has one firmly gripped in both mitts. With John Henry Johnson- As things stand now, the Tigers will have to fight off the Boston Red Sox to hold on to the runner- 4ice GowGr, watch -5- lengths the best all-around per up spot. former on the field reeling off They trail the Yankees by a sensational 90 yard touchdown Bears Seek three full games, with two to gallop on the opening kickoff of Iowa Shocks USC.

20-14 play, but have only a one game bulge over the third-place Red the second half, St. Mary's absorbed everything the Georgians had to offer, and poured back 18th in Row Sox. Little Teddy Gray, who lost a heart-breaking 2-1 decision to as much and more. But for two costly fumbles, the. Bulldogs would be going LOS ANGELES.

Sept. 29. Lemon Sunday, was the loser (AP) Iowa struck with deadly By Prcscott Sullivan again today. home a badly beaten lot. running power in the final period PORTLAND Sept.

29. I Just how crucial the miscues Gray held the Indians hitless to defeat favored Southern Call Gear weather and the promise of through two innings, but they fornia. 2014, and give the Big (Continued on Page 19, Col. 6) more to come greeted California Golden Bears as they arrived Ten a victory in an intersectional (Continued on Fage 19, Col. 5) Stanford Raided The first football "raid" of the season on the Stanford University campus was discovered yesterday.

Some one painted USF In large yellow and green letters on the pavement ot Palm Drive, the main road leading to the campus. The of San Francisco football team meets the Stanford Indians here here today for their racific Coast game with the Pacific Coast Conference before 45,167 fans. Lions Beaten Conference opener with the Lnl verslty of Oregon tomorrow. Two Iowa halfbacks teamed to break the vaunted Trojan back as The conclusion of a swift, un By Grid Yanks Dodgers Fight Way To 2 Wins eventful United Air Lines flight the two teams battled into the last quarter with Iowa one point behind. from the Bay aera found Pappy NEW YORK, Sept.

29-(AP)- Waldorf and his squad of thirty seven men in fine fettle and ready for a light workout in Multnomah Stadium, scene of the Oregon Duane "Gus" Brandt electrified the Iowa team with a 55-yard return of a punt, racing to the Trojan 15, and on the next play Jerry Faske, the outstanding By Gayle Talbot (Oakland setto. Th, LOW DOWN back on the Coliseum field to BROOKLYN, Sept 29. (AP) The Dodgers came off the floor do or are prevented from doing today against fully alerted de 'enses will cast the die. Because it is generally assumed that the Indians are a "class" eleven and McColl has a stronger night, barged the 15 yards across George Ratterman and Sherman Howard combined tonight to give the New York Yanks a 44 to 21 victory over the Detroit Lions in a National Football League game. Ratterman set a hatfull of club records.

In all, he tossed 28 passes and completed 15 for 264 yards. Four heaves resulted in touchdowns. He made 22 of those passes in the first half and registered 238 of the yards. twice today to out-claw the Bos Mows 2 the goal. ton Braves in both games of a 6 720 8 PRESCOTT SULLIVAN Iowa use doubleheader at Ebbets Field 7 014 7-5 and 7-6, and keep their PORTLAND Sept.

29 Sometime before the Iowa scoring Touchdown" Kaske 2 Commack. Conversions: Relclianlt 2 l'H: acoring Touchdown: Roberton, nant hopes flickering. supporting cast than Matson, Stanford is a solid 14 point favor ite to beat off the Dons for the By Walter Judge The Oaks are in trouble! San Diego's power packed If they can capsize the Phil start of tomorrow's football fracas between the Oregon and the Californias we must look up the janitor of Multnomah Stadium and ask him not to be so all fired quick about going Padres jumped back into pen 1421 1444 I 11 117 2fl 11 (I 0 0 14 9 Petroit 7 New York 7 eighth straight time in a series which started' back in 1932. nameia. conversions uiuorn z.

Iowa Flat dnwnn II Ruining yardafr 2'-' Pausing yardage .....102 Passes attempted 0 Pa? completed 7 Passes Intercepted 2 Punts 8 PuntlnK average 430 home after the game. nant contention last night by adelphia Phillies both tomorrow and in the final game of the campaign on Sunday the two clubs will finish in a dead tie for the National League flag. Only eleven days ago the Dodgers were Or if that is asking too much of the man we might sweeping a doubleheader from the league leaders, 8-4 in ten Detroit scoring; Touchdowns B. Smith. Walker.

Pearson. Conversions Walker 3. New York scoring: Touchdowns Howard 3, Taliaferro 2. Russell. Conversions Adams Safety Iverson (tackled l.aynet.

But all Hilltop followers ask is (Continued on Page 18, Col. 3) att.o Fumbles lost 1 simply request that he leave his keys behind. We certainly don't 2 4. Yards penallred innines. and 6-3, before 8,905 ivant to be trapped as we were the last time we were here.

That customers at Emeryville. nine games out of first place. was several years ago, but the memory still haunts us. The double win not only clinch A group of Phils, enjoying an With seventeen consecutive PCC victories behind them, the Bears are after No. 18 and a new course record.

The probability of a dry, fast field, with plenty of, footing for their charging ball carriers Johnny Olszewski Jim Monachino and Pete Schabarum doesn't decrease their prospects. ODDS NOT JUSTIFIED. California is a 20 point favorite, The odds are not endorsed by Waldorf, who says ha has "still to find out a number of things" about his team, and neither are they wholly approved by Jim Aiken, the honest blacksmith, who coaches Oregon. When we contacted him at Eugene by phone this afternoon Aiken was in no mood to concede defeat. He said he supposed California would win but in behalf his boys he held out for a "good outside chance." "WE'RE BETTER." Aiken assured us that Oregon's 28 to 0 licking at the hands of UCLA last week was not a true (Continued on Tage 18, 6) They lock, up early here, possibly figuring that no football off-day prior to their climactic game is worth more than 15 minutesof writing effort.

We'd like to share that view, but it would never get over with the boss. pair of jousts with the Brooks, ed the series but also reduced the Oaks' lead to five games. The Acorns can't possibly cinch the flag now before next week in He wants the contests covered in detail and it takes a bit of sat in a box near third base to-and, died slowly the home club fought from behind to win twice and deprive them of the Sacramento. There is no game today and the final doubleheader of the Emeryville season is set victory which appeared to be in time say an hour and a half of pounding and scratching and chasing windblown notes after the last stragglers among the paying guests have left the park. As a result of all this, we've been locked in some of the finest stadia in the country, but never one so uncomfortably jaillike as Multnomah.

There were ways to get out of the others. A man could climb over a spike-toothed fence' and leave part of his pants astern. Or he could shinny down a drain and lose only the buttons for tomorrow afternoon. We rest our case on what you'll find in this bottle of fine KENTUCKY BOTTLED IN BOND their grasp. 5 RUNS IN 8TH.

The second game looked so easy for the Padres as they ran up an early lead that they stayed at bat for only two outs in the on his coat. Somewhere there was an avenue of escape. fourth inning. The third out One Phillie, Pitcher Russ Meyer, took a couple of punches at a photographer who insisted upon snapping him while the Dodgers were scoring five runs in the eighth inning to win the hasn't been made yet. But not at Multnomah.

Once entombed behind its forbidding walls, all a man could do was holler for help and, if he went unheard, well, there he was, doomed for the night and worse than that if the guy with the keys decided against showing up tho next day. HEY, ONLY TWO OUT. Here's how it happened. Max first game. West led off the inning with a home run which made it 4-0.

The Kansas U.Gridders Drub Denver, 46-6 Bourbon Padres, incidentally, really teed off on George Bamberger. Buster The double defeat plunged the Braves into fourth place, a full game behind the New York Giants, with whom they close in two games at the Polo Grounds. Our last experience at Multnomah was endured with three other Bay area hacks, one of whom was Art Conn, then of an Oakland rag. We mention Cohn because he had a big mouth and Adams struck out after West's DENVER, Sept. 29 (INS) A a iarge voice to go with it, and eventually he was the salvation powerful University grid combi With the' ultimate outcome of wallop.

As Frank Kerr walked, the press box noticed the two out sign was up on the score of the bcleagurcd little party. But that was to be hours later. In the tortuous interim, the nation blasted out a 46-6 win over Denver Unversity before 14,000 fans in Denver tonight. four of us felt of every inch of the stadium's masonry, probing for some chink in the wall. It was a ridiculous business.

Any one the pennant race still in doubt, President Ford Frick of the National League will toss a coin tomorrow to see where the first (Continued on Tage 19, Col. 3) Kansas got its scoring machine board. Pitcher "Red" Embree grounded to Artie Wilson, who threw to second for what was only the second out, but both could see that this place was built to mock the centuries, but the into action right after the open ing kickoff. night was pitch black and besides it was raining torrents. So the four desperate men groped on.

When the lights went out they had finished their stories by igniting matches. Now, out teams believed the scoreboard and changed places without a of the shelter of the press box, the elements would permit no such illumination. peep. Many in the crowd, at least around the press box, yelled The awful darkness broucht on hysteria. The fellow from CraupHey (Kaieve CDfif To Cover erte2 a morning paper other than The Monarch broke down completely.

"there are only two out," but the Padres never got hep. Embree had a three-hit shut The snivelling wretch had to be carried by the stronger members of the group. It was a piteous thing, but against his fright was the courage of the others. out going into the eighth, which was the last inning because of the 11:50 curfew law. Then Pinch Hitter Augie Galan smashed a two on homer and Embree was in trouble.

He soon recovered and got the side out for his seven teenth win. ARRIST LOSES STUFF. port the games through the eyes of a local writer," Grieve said yesterday. "I talk to the players and look things over and try to report the game just as a San Francisco fan would like to see it." How well he succeeded last year was easily measured in the torrent of complimentary letters and phone calls that swamped the Examiner sports department What kind of a job will he do this year? See for yourself in The Examiner sports pages starting Tuesday. Examiner Sports Editor Cur-ley Grieve will report the World Series again! Grieve headed east on the streamliner City of San Francisco last night to repeat his tremendously successful 1949 World Series reporting stint Last year, the easy-going sports editor's stories were characterized by comprehensive and colorful presentation of the world's baseball championship.

"I think it's important for a San Francisco newspaper to re Dragging the weak, the trapped men trudged doggedly across the field, which was knee deep in mud. Meanwhile, Conn's big mouth snapped open and shut with ceaseless cries of "Help! Help! Help:" Cohn was magnificent. If you ever need a man to holler help for you, we suggest you engage him. But let U3 not prolong the suspense. Alter what seemed an eternity, his cries were heard by a passing patrolman.

Liberation, however, was not immediate. The police officer had no key. He'd have to fetch the janitor, who lived clear across town. And after that, he'd have to be shown what four men were doing in the stadium at that hour of the night, if it wasn't to make off with the goal posts. "So, don't go away, boys," he called from the street.

"I'll be back." When he returned it was with a squad car. Cohn was unintel-(Continued on Page 13, Col. 4) Earl Harrist went into the last inning of what was to be the seven inning opener with a 4-3 edge, but suddenly lost his stuff. With one out he walked Pinch Hitter Milt Nielsen and gave up a single to Pinch Hitter Harvey (Continued on Page 19. Col.

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