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Lob Peas Id fiDoicmp Oirisssin) Yankees Open With Pair of Aces Reynolds, Raschi To Face Bosox In Double Bill Witnesses Say Ump Acted Too Hastily Chasing Campy By HAROLD C. BIRR Eagle Staff Writer Philadelphia, Sept 28 All the rhubarbs dan't bloom in Brooklyn. A splendid crop came" up at Braves Field, Boston, yesterday when Umpire Frank Dascoli allowed Bob Addis to score the winning run in the eighth inning in the 4 to 3 defeat of Preacher Roe, the seemingly, unbeatable. Boston had runners on first and third with nobody out. Earl Torgeson hit to Jackie: Robinson and the play was at the plate.

Roy Campanella 's bulk was squatted over the dish as he took the throw. Dascoli called the runner safe and Roy started screaming. Coach Cookie Lavagetto charged into the wild war of words, and Campanella and Lavagetto were chased. 3 The New York Yankees fired their two strong-armed right-handed pitchers at the mathe i matically eliminated Boston 'mpossibfe' Takes Tie Dodgers Longer Red Sox today In an effort to bring a speedy climax to the "What did you call him?" you American League race. In the Home Stretch The Yankees required one victory in their remaining five Roy was asked in the dressing room after his hasty exit.

"I didn't call him anything," Roy protested. "I've nevef. cussed an umpire in my life. lust asked how come Addis games with the Red Sox to in National League sure a lie anu two victories 10 dodgku I giants -t mil. (Si i op American League TANKERS IINDIANS Toi Rwtea (2) itm BoUa (2 DMrell I DMraH Tolsl Gum Left i I clinch their 18th pennant.

They iJTn: was safe if 1 had him blocked have never lost more than four straight games in Manager Casev Stengel's three-year re Cmtm Ufl 1 BROOKLYN NEW IOBK la L. 17 NEW YORK 56 .624 Off." Prt. CB .623 618 CLEVELAND 2 6 .65 life gime, i "Dascoli is just incompetent," manager Charley Dressen de---' clared. "Five times we had trouble with him in the I've told my players that we will just have to fight harder, to win. I told 'em they were the best baseball team in tha world." THIS CAUSED RHUBARB Bobby Addis, Boston Braves outfielder, is called safe at home on an infield hit by Earl Torgeson in the eighth inning yesterday.

Campanella, Dodger catcher, makes the tag as Ump Dascoli calls the play. This score, which proved to be the winning run as the Braves' beat Brooklyn, 4 3, caused a hectic rhubarb. Companella protested the call and Ump Dascoli thumbed him out of the game. When the rest of the Brooklyn team joined in the argument, Dascoli ordered the Brooklyn bench cleared. Stengel, looking forward to the World Series, named Vic Raschi (19-10) and Allie Reynolds (16-8) to go against the Sox's Mel Parnell (18-10) and Bill Wight (7-6).

While the Yankees are shooting for the clinchers, the second-place Cleveland Indians will be standing helplessly by in Cleveland waiting for their last two games with the Detroit Tigers. Stengel, though still refusing to talk about the World Series, obviously was using his strong-armers to lead off the Boston- Braves Burned Up At Dodger Clowns Special to the Brooklyn Eagle three days it took to play the Philadelphia, Sept. 28 Man-! four-game series. ager Tommy Holmes of the ,1 The home run ball Preacher Braves admitted yesterday threw up t0 Sam jethroe In Boston that he and his players the fourth was the slender were burned up at the Dodgers'southpaw's 2'Hh gopher pitch for mllinir i.n thp vrino Jof the year. 21 of 'em with the N'o Comment A guard was posted outside the umpires' room and no news- papermen were allowed to en-v ter.

Word was sent out that Dascoli had nothing to say. It" was the first time Lavagetto was put out of a game in 20 years. Following the dispute, Sid Gordon had hit into a double play and Dascoli whipped off Giants to Manage Phillies Via Radio day. bases empty. "What we didn't like particu THEY CAN DO IT What was that business slogan ugain? Oh yes, the bromide that runs like this: "We perform difficult tasks immediately.

The impossible takes a little longer." That fits the Dodgers all right. It seemed impossible for them to blow the pennant this vear. So it is taking them a little longer. Weeks, in fact. But now they are within sight of their goal.

True, the mathematical edge is in their favor. At this stage, at any stage of a pennant race, it is better to be half a game ahead than half a game behind. No matter what the Giants do, the Dodgers could clinch the pennant by winning three straight in their final scheduled series which starts in Philadelphia tonight. If they win two out of three, they are assured of participating in a play-off with the ever-chasing Giants, providing the Giants win both of their remaining games in Boston over the weekend. But the edge in Brooklyn's favor is only a slight hurdle in the path of a ball team so determined in the pursuit of wretchedness as the Dodgers.

THE LAST EDGE For weeks and weeks, they have had everything in the way of mathematical advantages running for them and now they are merely down to their last edge. At that moment, when they led the Giants by 13tt games, they were playing .667 ball. Granting this was too good to be true, it required a real decline to bring the Dodgers back to a point where the Giants could reach 'em. But in their last 46 games, the Dodgers have a 24-22 record, just a shade above the .500 mark and the Giants are breathing down the backs of their necks. We can go back just 17 days to the morning of Sept.

10. There were blue skies then, in spite of the fact that the onward rush of the Giants showed little signs of abating in violence. The Dodgers held a five-and-a-half game lead and iin edge of seven games in the lost column. Hut most Important, they had finished their scheduled season series with the Giants, had nothing but non-contenders left to play. With that edge, all they needed was to play a bit better than .500 ball against clubs which were out of the race.

But did they do this? You know they didn't. They've played 16 games since that date and won only seven. A WEEK AGO Now go back to the morning of Sept. 21, which was just a week ago. The Dodgers had finished their Western trip.

They had lost just a game of the advantage with which they had started on the road. In other words, they led by four and a half and had a six-game edge When Roe squeezed home larly," explained Holmes, "were the clowns on the Dodeerilne second uouger run in me i 1 1 uir series in the hope of a speedy windup that would bring them up fully rested for the clash with the National League rival. Expect No Trouble The Red Sox, officially knocked out of the race when they lost to the Senators, 8 his mask and cleared the-Brooklyn bench of its 15 play Boston, Sept. 28 (U.R) The Phillies will go Into their game to first to make sure Duke with the Dodgers in Philadelphia tonight with 29 extra managers ers. As they trudged past the Roy Campanella nearly hit haU scored all volunteers with a large stake in the National League race broken bat home run at Braves man in blue each had a word (i; to add.

The consensus of the witnesses was that Dascoli had Field yesterday. Half of the and a gaudy 1.000 won-and-lost percentage as pilots. The volunteer managers are Leo Durocher, manager; his After Umpire Frank Dascoli cleared the Brooklyn bench in the eighth, Manager Charley stick flew out to Sid Gordon at been too quick to chase Cam- third base and Bob Addis three coaches and 25 Gianti backed out to the left field Dressen had to send the bat boy panella In a game that had players. fence to catch the ball. be sitting around They'll HOW DODGER HURLERS COMPARE WITH PHILLIES such a vital bearing on the race.

Should the Giants beat their radios, calling every pitch yesterday, have dropped three in a row and seven of their lust eight. The Yankees have beaten them so often at the Stadium in recent Septembers that they actually don't have the slightest fear that the Sox will give them any trouble. All three dates have enjoyed tremendous advance sales and the three-day turnout should to tne lower regions ot ine F.rooklyn dressing room to get Wayne Terwtlliger to pinch hit H. C. B.

second-guessing every hit-and- DODGERS VS. rutlXIER The crowd for the final was down to 2,086 for 10,200 for the the Braves in Boston Satur- day and Sunday, Brooklyn is up against the not too easy run and screaming for Eddie w. 1951 1 .750 1000 Sawyer, Phillies' manager of task of sweeping the record, to warm up a pitcher inon .000 MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS every time a Dodger hits a loud rllea Breitr FlAWu ohBlta .602 .687 .643 .500 .461 .455 .000 games here with the Phillies to bring the championship" home to Flatbush. 1 .667 foul. The schedule book says the exceed iuu.oou.

it could go higher if the Yankees do not UMm .000 1 .000 1 .000 a The Dodgers still had a' Giants are idle today. But don't, PHILLIES VS. DODGEM chance to tie It uo again in" clinch or Insure a tie today. Stengel plans to start Ed National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston 4, Brooklyn 3. (Only game scheduled.) Ufttln believe it.

They 11 lose more weight "managing" the Phillies American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Washington 8, Boston 6 St. Louis 7, Detroit 4 STANDI XG OF THE CLUBS 151 L. frt. L. Pr.

the ninth when Peewee Reese" k' opened the frame with a double Lopat (20-9) tomorrow If he still A 1A4UI nrrti- this evening than they 3 .571 needs a victory to clinch and I K0 8 10 .444 4 .444 6 .420 r.arily do playing a double- inside third. Chet Nichols, the Braves' 20-vear-old rookie, I probably would follow with STANDING OF THE (TABS II .407 Johnny second header in St. Louis in August. The Giants made their de-1 i a Pet. G.B.

Sain the in the double I .1117 A 3 I W. Tt I. 1 4 igame of header Pet. G.B. .23 .618 .523 15 V.

-93 -92 -87 -78 -72 duls as managers yesterday when they groaned or laughed with every pitch Boston's Chet .624 .605 2 "a .584 6 .520 15Vi i New York Cleveland Boston Chicago That would leave it up to Kuzava. backed by Reynolds in jXew ork 94 the bullpen, to win Sunday if Louis 79 L. 5ft 60 62 72 80 83 90 99 felt a blister forming on h' finger in the eighth itnd 't broke In the ninth. But Yy pitched gamely with the s'-" raw and bleeding to set Robinson and Wayne Terwil-liger and strike out Andy Pafko. Loses Vital Tilt the pennant is not already Boston 7(i .474 .500 18 L.

57 38 72 76 79 83 88 90 ueiroit clinched. .450 26 .404 33 .340 42 Vi Philadelphia third three Cincinnati Stengel would be the Yankee manager to win Philadelphia -68 Washington 61 St. Louis 51 TODAY'S GAMES .477 22 .437 28 .417 31 .404 33 Paul Confident About Lifting Reds Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 28 (U.R) Confident Gabe Paul, newly installed general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, said today he would re-shuffle the club 63 61 consecutive pennants. MllleriP'ttsburgh made in his 4 3 victory, over the Dodgers.

Durocher, with lip unzipped, listened to the game from Boston In the Giants' 42d St. offices while the coaches and players did the same in their apartments and homes. Boston or was It those 29 extra managerwon, cutting Brooklyn's lead to a half game. miggins and Joe McCarthy each 'Chicago Boston (Parnell 18-10 and Wight 7-6) at Mew York (Raschi noe not oniy lost nis Diggesi i game of the year, but ne his won and lost National nl League record with 22 won )t jj against three setbacks. It now TODAY'S GAMES Brooklyn (Erskine 16-11) at'2040 and LoPat 2)-1 P-m did it twice.

Hugglns inaugurated his run in 1921-22-23 and did it again in 1920-27-28. McCarthy won four straight, and then fol- Chicago (Rogovln 12-8 and Philadelphia (Drews 1-0), 8 p.m. St, Louis (Collum 1-0) at Chi- Kretlow 5-9) at St. Louis (Mc to ''bring it up the ladder" next reverts to Freddy Fltzsimmons, who was a Dodger, loo, in 1940, when he captured 16 and lost i.eo tne Lion and his a row- Wlln tnree ln but that Luke nir rnmphark ku'c i lvl ilno'Veai' Donald 4-7 and Pillette 6-14) (2). twl-night.

tonleht afW an hatting -would remain as manager. fl'(, tni, lint luii'i'unt-jna tlia Philadelphia (Zoldak 5-10) at Ark'anslw Cornudk would have' drill in the Polo Grounds this1 PmTl Crosley owner of morning. The drill "or- tne Rpda- announced last night tho r.i 'hat Paul would succeed War- nt. dMimKii iu.u.!t0 wm Uv() more to win two more and there (Uiller 6-12). I Cincinnati Wehmeier 6-10) at Pittsburgh i Queen 6-9 1.

(Only games scheduled.) TOMORROW'S GAMES Brooklyn at Philadelphia, p.m. sent cap- Ford Frick to Act In Flock Rhubarb t'pn Giles, who resigned to be- tain Alvin Dark I)u rocher to isk if the club would of tne National League. Leo consented "They're Immediately after the an (Only games scheduled.) TOMORROW'S GAMES Boston at New York (2), 1 p.m. Detroit at' Cleveland. Chicago at St.

Louis. Philadelphia at Washington, night. more Important than I am." he' New jork at Boston, 2 p.m. nouncement, Paul made It clear Ford. Frick says he plans to only time left for one more', start.

He has suffered his three defeats by the Giants, Reds and Braves. Dressen could play his bunting game and the sacrifice figured in all three Dodger tallies. Roe himself put on a perfect squeeze in the fourth to score Duke Snider from third and he batted in another with a clean said, "and what they want he was set to take the reins, issue a done we'll do." statement today con- t. i.ouis at nicago. the disputed play at Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, "We'll start writing off the cernlng tne plate in the eighth of yesterday's 4 3 Boston! that the Giants are on 'elve cJub right now," Paul said.

"Every- Brave victory over the Brook- body on the club is open for a going with his original plans. It will be Sal Maglie, winner trade deal if the fellow we getjlyn Dodgers TIME OUT! By Jeff Keate instead will help us." Frick said he had heard re- Paul also made it clear he i ports of the play, on which Urn- the losing column. By this time, all the Dodgers had to do was win five out of their remaining ten games to clinch the pennant. A .500 pace would do it and the Phillies and Braves represented their only remaining opposition. But after seven of those games have been played, the Dodgers can show only two victories.

They now need three straight in their final series against the Phillies to win the flag outright and without help from the Braves, who might beat the Giants. Only this past Monday, the Dodgers had a three-game lead and a four-game edge in the lost column. At this point, all the Dodgers needed was the little matter of four victories In seven games against mediocre opposition, surely no great trick for a club with pennant pretentions. 'CREEPING TERROR" But they transferred the scene of their nervous breakdowns to Boston where they lost three out of four. They can still make it, but they need a sweep in Philadelphia how and they looked pretty gosh-aw i'ul losing two out of three to the Phils at Ebbets Field last weekend and a pitcher named Robin Roberts is waiting around the corner to crown 'em with a brick.

Their once imposing lead is reduced to half a game and their advantage in the lost column to one game. They've had a lock on the pennant for weeks, but they haven't been able to turn the key. Why? That seems obvious enough. My friend, Bill Corum, came up with the best description of it I've ever heard. He called the Dodgers victims of "the creeping terror." With all due respect to the resolute charge of the Giants, that charge would have been merely a noble example of frantic futility had the Dodger performance been anything approximating championship caliber.

TALL ORDER There is a paranoid quality to a tail-spin like this. Their delusions of grandeur rudely shattered, the Dodgers are writhing in a persecution complex. Frank Dascoli, the umpire, was their target in Boston yesterday as the gallant Preacher Roe went down to defeat. Not being there, I have no opinion whether Dascoli's decision as the winning run scored was good or bad, but I wouldn't be surprised. But this I do know.

Dascoli didn't strike out Duke Snider with the bases filled or Andy Pafko to end the game. That 'was a kid named Chet Nichols. Maybe the banished Roy Campanella would have driven in the tying run from third in the ninth but I note that Campanella went "3 for 0" against Nichols before he got the gate. But that's over the dam. What remains is a roaring challenge to the ability of Charley Dressen to rally his shaken men.

The only way they can be sure of winning is to win three out of three. A tall order, that. of 22 games and loser of six, tomorrow and Larry Jansen, wants to retain Luke Sewell as pire Frank Dascoli niled Boh winner of 21 and loser of pilot of the club in the grand finale on Sunday. Warren Spahn (22-13) is Addis safe with the winning run, and also that Jackie Robinson had kicked the door of the umpires' dressing quarters after the game. single in the sixth.

But the Preacher threw of his famous home run balls to Sam Jethroe in the Boston fourth and gave up two other hits and a wild pitch to make' it a new ball game. The other Warrior run crossed in sixth on a fly ball by that the wind blew Into territory in right for a dying duck double, and Walker Cooper's single. slated to oppose Maglie tomor "The first thing I asked for was the retention of Sewell," he said. "I think he's the best manager In baseball. Crosley expressed deep con row while Max Surkont (12-16) Boston's likely choice for But he said that he coul Sunday.

Durocher is certain his team fidence in Paul's readiness for the job. The owner said Paul had received "wonderful training" from Giles, who had been his boss for the past 25 years. not comment until the official umpires' report had been studied. "I expect to have that on my desk this morning," he said. "And I should be able to make is in perfect mental and physical shape for the weekend showdown and plans no shake- WE'RE STILL AHEADI ups, aidgne.

wno is t-l against! hu pipvatinn Paul Oodfgn (3) 1 Buna (4) mi? nides ini season, is iuuj iServed as vice president and a statement about noon. ieMeu and jansen wno is Mil-raveling secretary. Frick, baseball's new com-against Boston, will have hisine handled nuhlicitv for the! miinnpr Ktill 1c nrtin a Na Purlllo.rf 8 11 10! AddU.lf 4 11 3 Reeae.u 20 1 1 2 Elliott. 3b 00 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 3' Jrthroe.ef 4 2 3 0 0 Cmpl.c 3 0 0 3 0 Torztson.lb 4 1 1 12 0 Wtlkar.il 0 0 0 0 0 Oordon.3b.il 4 0 1 0 4 Twwllllf'r 1 0 0 OO Ooopar.c 3 0 1 8 2, normal three days of rest when'ciub. he goes bunrtay.

tional League President until Warren Giles officially takes over, probably about Nov. nut a that is future For. Wood Columbia ptlko.lf 400 1 1 Mtrshall.rf 400 2 0 Hodtn.lb 3 1 2 9 2 312(1. 2b 3 0 2 2 3 I 3 11 3 01 Kerr.ss 3 0 0 2 3 Oox.3b 30 0 1 4 NlchoU.P 30 1 0 2 Rot.p 301 2 2 Total! 31 3 6 24 14 Total .12 4 10 27 14 uic neAi 1 iiouis ii win ue up to the Phillies backed, of course, by those 29 extra managers who'll be hoping they don't spoil the broth. t-arounded out lor wlktr ln ninth.

B'way Mat Card Illo DePaolI, European wrestling titlist from Italy, will tangle with Aly Bey, Turkish attraction, In the finish feature Dodger 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Thornley Wood, since 1947 assistant to Ralph Furey, director of athletics at Columbia, has left the university to take a position with the Federal Government, it was announced yes-terdify. Wood was graduated Brave -7 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 4 II Errrvrt Oordon. Krr. Rura bttrf inL 1 rv a- Roblruon, Rc 2, thro, Oordon, Cooper Torgon. Two-biu hiu FurlUo.

8ltl, Jthrre, Retse. Horn run r. Sacrifice Rcst, Snidtr, Roe. Doubl plzya- -i tomorrow night in the Broad from Columbia in 1942 after Cox-Hodrs: Oor- way Arena, ln other matches, Jack Uritton engages Big Ed don-KTr-Torfon. Lft on tu? 3cd jtr three years of varsity football.

An outstanding quar-jGardenia, Heldemann VESTERDAY'S STAR CHET (KIO) NICHOLS, Braves The 20-yenr-old lefty, youngest player In the major IfnRUcs, pitched llon-lienrt-ed, slx-hlt, 4-to-3 victory over the Dodger, cutting their firM-plnce lead over the Giants to half a game. 11, Brav s. Ba on ba'! Of: Ro? 1, Nlchol 6. Struck out By 3 it 3, Nlclioi 3. it by pU rhf lly Nirholi 1 Robinson 1, Wild Pitch Winning pitcher Nlchol -(11-8).

Loitnf pitcher Roc (22-3). Unw plrw DmcoII, fttwart, Conlan and Don. tlll. Time ot lame 2:31, Attendance- '2 086. jterback, in his senior year he I was a member of the Eastern Iteam in the annual Shriner "Already tangles with Steve Gobb, I.es Ruffin takes on Ricardo Ga-tone, and Abe Stein tussles with Warren Wood.

they're workin on next year's contracts hinting they're not gettln enough dough!" OftOOKLYri EAGLE East-West game. Famous stars say: "Of course we drink DODGERS' BATTING I 2b 9b tar rti pot Bfrdl 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .900 Llvlimt 1 3 0 10 0 0 .400 Robln 147 S24 101 174 81 17 SI .3:12 Oainp'i US 4H7 1S 31 0 3t lm .327 JrlMo 1M UI 2 14 31 4 16 0 .304 PttlMe 25 23 1 7 0 0 2 .304 14 jae 90 1 JO 7 10 83 .282 l.ox IX 431 121 24 5 41) .281 Abramii 97 27 42 8 0 3 19 2110 Sr.ldw 144 .181 82 160 24 8 J9 69 .278 HiKlIPl 132 lis 150 25 3 1U2.2I18 Pi:" 127 42a 10 IS 3 37 .14 BO 1 BrtritM 63 134 Smi ix. 37 Tnomp 79 IIH rill tB7 242 70 171 24 24 22 27 15 .18 2:1 KO 3 1 3 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 11 3 2 4 8 10 0 BtENDfO WHISKY it R. GSAIN NEUnwfc SMITJ. SCHENlEr 0lSIIBUIOS, RY.C 0 0 0 IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1951 lauTu4".