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Oianta Of II WirM lariaa ma plirad kara tankaaa kaa lakaa II Wkara Taaav Maagal kaa laH Yaakaaa la II Aaiarkaa lagua lliia la 11 jraara IS mle Foxx once hit a ball In the far reaches once hit a ball In the far reachei of the upper left-field stands Rahe Ruth hit some long one but none were measured with a tape The stadium held 81841 for a 1938 Memorial Day double header w-ith Roston and 74717 for a 1917 night game with Rot-ton but since those halcyon di chimera in the park have reduced Ha sealing capacity But It's still Ysnkee Stadium a part of the World Senes scene 23 times In Its 38 years "We all know they are dan-egotis" he said "They prosed yesterday" Iladdlx nr law Murtaugh said he would not make a definite announcement his pitcher for Sunday's fourth game It likely will be took him out I put In (Tony) Kubek and they hit a ball over his head and he said "How's it and he took It In stride rait There could he some good pitching here too If WVU's Ibile Evans 7-for9 agalnit JllL not at week opens up Merrick meanwhile hints that hi qusrierbark Mel Ride out rIao will throw more The Spider have scored only one TI while luting to Florida Slate and VMI and Merrlrk diiem't figure his club ran over power WVU In the Hue lie's afier the big-gainer WVU In the niiikt of a rrc-onl eight -game losing sneak I favored for Ihe first time ths Afftwin The Mountaineers need ed a fourth-period field goal by Johnny Tliarkslon'i tn rdg the Spiders 10-7 a year ago but Rlclannnd obviously Isn't as strong WVU meanwhile figures ibis year's team la heller but It hasn't been able to show It against Maryland Virginia Tech and Illinois although the latter two teams had only 7-0 leads at the half The decisive factor In this one could WVU'i two good fullbacks Bob Henke and Ion Myers plus He depth Gene Corum allrrnalea three units while the Spiders with only a dozen experienced players have been using spot sulwlitullnns Furman By T-D Sport Writer GREENVILLE Oct 7 William and Mary which hasn't had a winning sea son since 1933 could take a giant-step toward one here Saturday night if It does what the oddsmakeri anticipate beat Furman A victory would push record to 3-1 which would lx il best start since 1949 The 1953 club had a 2-1-1 mark after four games which Is averaging four TDs a game Is favored by 10 points The Tribe has beaten Virginia and George Washington while losing only to VMI Furman edged Presbyterian but was tied 7-7 by Tampa in its last start tw-o weeks ago Furman has a big somewhat experienced club which gets Bill Stafford (3-1) a rookie 'most of its yardage from squally righthander was a possibility Tom Campbell a 3-9 190-jvund Stafford was Jn ihe bullpen fullback Two other C-boys Thursday I quarterback Billy Canty and halfback Tuny Carmignani also are regarded ax threats Its defense first in the Southern Conference last year is anchored by linebacker Larv Jrp- Haney Haddix (11-10) a lefty but It also could he Vem Law (20-9) who won the opener Bob Skinner who jammed his left thumb slidng in the opener will not see action even as a pinchhitter in the third game He would not have played anyhow against a left-handed pitcher Gino Cimoli will be In left Dick Stuagt on first and Hal Smith behind the plate Stengel said Ralph Terry (19-8) should be his Sunday pitcher but hinted he might change after Saturday's game record ft) homers Jn 1927 he hit 28 at home In 1911 when field bleachers However one of the longest drives was a Mw font belt by Mantle Jim they did it by winning everyDiMacglo hit safely in Ford to Oppose Mizell Today Yanks 9 Left Fielder Uncertain Grid Spotlight Meets Ohio State Continued from 1st Sports Page Murtaugh admitted "left field here Is a little rough" He didn't think his club would be adversely affected by the Stadium with its handy right field stands for the home run on hitters that ond-ranked Mississiipi has a Southeastern Conference dite against Vanderbilt while sixth-ranked Navy plays Southern Methodist in Ihe Oyster Bowl at Norfolk Va Clem son ranked eighth plays Virginia which has the nation's longest major college losing streak 28 Kansas (No 10) still explosive after its 14-7 loss to Syracuse last week meets equally potent Iowa Stale in a key Big Eight battle of running attacks Stanford's passing whiz Dick siamora passing wmz uick Look at Left Field By Yankee Manager he ambled toward renter flrld for a routine fly ball hit by! Willie Maya Mick went down in Kern Stars As Kcydcts Thump GW Continued from 1st Sports Fage Kern combination to perform more dazzling heroics On this 32-yard TD strike Dyer passed over the middle to Kern who sidestepped one tackier on the 20 and left another desperately clutching at hjji heels on the 10 A Dyer-to-Jones screen pass after a 15-yard penalty provided the conversion With 3:03 left to play Dyer rammed over for the finishing 'touchdown after his 30-yard 'C pass to vvyatt tmrreue naa put the ball on GW's one That gave Dyer six TDs rushing and five passing for four games this season The Keydets were rated 13' point favorites for this one and only at the beginning did they fail to live up to it 3-0 lead on a field goal from the 17-yard-line by Warren Corbin and then made it 10-0 with a 63-yard march The payoff was a 17-yard pass from sub QB Bill Hardy to halfback John Caracciola At that point Djer hadn't even thrown a pass and VMI hadn't a first down Kern quickly remedied all that The swiftie who played his high school football at Norfolk Academy ended by tying the Southern Conference record for most touchdowns in one game eaTi D(Puh Hi Norman tries to stave o(fvard at comni! Prinutan at Washingtons Huskies In ne iii vini cuim at Ruiaare: television game of the day Lafavetn iKknell MIOWESTi Kantai State at Neb-raaka: Bseton Celiega at Marguelts SOUTH: Florida Stata at The Citadel night William Mary at Furman night I Marthail at Ktntucky night: Tampa at Tcnniue: Waka Ferret at Virginia Trek: Richmond Another top Eastern clash pits unbeaten Army (3-0) against once-beaten Penn State Ohio top ranked I among Hhc riR- nation small colleges is at Bos-1 California Ariiona aj Colorado: Utah ton University siato va Idaho at roim night San Stata at Oregon Denver at afternoon With two southpaw pitchers likely In the next two games Mantle hoped to get the three i more home runs that would top Now I wanted to play Marls ln)Babe Ruth's all-time Series left field but he had a disagree- record of 15 Mantle hit No 12 ment over It and he did fairly and No 13 Thursday at Forbes well over there so I quit playing' The second was a tre-him there where he was unhap- mpntous clout the first ball py because It might affect hiievPr 0111 tfp Iart at hitting and I also found out 'particular point by a rlght- when I played him in left 1 battec the Yanks weakness in right I GW thrilled its partisans among the 8000 Griffith Stadium spectators by scoring two of the first three times it had 1 rytiMKrinn The Colonials cot a Jew possession me ixtioniaia gui a Top intersections! battles find champions are skillful at slicing the ball into right field the Stadium only down the line The best-of-seven series will continue at the Stadium for the next three games through Monday If a sixth and seventh are necessary they will be flfr open dale Tuesday The weatherman promised to be ro-operative Saturday with a forecast of mostly fair weather and 60-degree temperature The Yanks pulled a switch from the usual routine of having a politician toss out the first ball When It is game time Saturday Ted Williams recently retired Boston Red Sox great will do the honors from a box seat Ilole-in-One At Laurel Harry Wiishire shot a hole-In-one at Laurel Thursday on the 153-yard No 14 using a 5-iron He was playing with II Marcuson Billy Miller Len Spears and Russell Koss so put him in right field and he wasih8ve fr bomers the ri rates The American the most outstanding in one The American League son and 210-pound Joe Monti a tackle who transferred from Southern California fullback It Thax-ton has gained only 148 yards in three games compared to Campbell's 227 In two But the attack is based on the quarterback option and Milt Drewrr has three effective pass-run Dan Barton Bob Stoy and Calvin Cox Game time Is 8 pm This Is only the second meeting In tha scries Furman winning 8-7 last year at Williamsburg in an upset Oddly this game rould be the key to Furman's long-shot RC title ambitions The Purple Hermitage to Meet BenedictiiieToiiiglit 1 Big Ten in As Illinois By The Am'KintC't Pm The Rig Ten holds the nation's college football spotlight today when six of Its seven unbeaten teams are paired against each other In addition two other pairs of unbeaten Air Force-Mis- souri and Arkansas-Baylor meet in a day that is going to settle the usual lopsy-lurvy 1 picture prevalent to early in the season The top battle is between the teams ranked fourth and fifth in the current Associated Press poll Illinois and Ohio State which meet in Champaign 111 The Iliini ranked fourth have beaten Indiana in a game that won't count in the Big Ten standings and West Virginia However the fifth-ranked Buck have not yielded a point in beating Southern Methodist and Southern California In another conference battle almost equally attractive third-rated Iowa (2-0) plays Michigan State which has tied Pitt and defeated Michigan Iowa jumped inlo the thick of things a week ago with a 42-0 romp over Northwestern Purdue ranked seventh after its stunning 31-19 drubbing of Notre Dame last Saturday plays Wisconsin The Boilermakers tied UCLA before beating the Irish while Wis-' consin has easily handled Stanford and Marquette Minnesota the other unbeaten Big Ten eleven meets Northwestern Top-ranked Syracuse gets a respite against two-time loser Holy Cross giving some of Its battered backs time to get ready for next Saturday's clash against Penn State Air Force and Missouri both have won three games while Arkansas ra-ked ninth with a 3-0 mark tries to get a bigger jump in the Southwest Conference race against Baylor (2-0) Three more of the Top Ten are busy in the South Sec It Hi zanueiT mum" MM KWtti Explosive Hermitage (2-0) offensive display against Doug-goes against surprising Bene-llaa Freeman last Friday night dictine (2-1) tonight at Parker would be considered in the same Field in the teams' 11th meet- light-defensive show ing since 1919 The Panthers In two outings In the early part of the series have allowed only six points Ilermitagp was known Glen while rolling up 40 The Cadets Allen High School It became in three contests have allowed Hermitage in 1931 The teamssix points per game defensively have met annually except In and scored 38 points on of- He rushed for 56 yards on five young fellows which would be carries and added another 107 Hank Bauer and Gene Wood-yards on his four pass recep- Hng whom I seen on the coast Wyoming fense Coach Bobby Tyler has put together an impressive squad although earlier it was thought he did not have too much to work with But there's that Hermitage power shown last week when the Panthers turned wreckers One hit of bad news reached the Cadets yesterday with the announcement that starling left halfback Joe Bernier would be unable to play tonight Bernier Injured his lee in last weeks' 7-0 defeat of Hopewell Several starting Panthers have colds a A NXe 1 1 Hurricane plays only four SC foes and If it wins this one it mostly likely will he favored in the other three SC game against Davidson Richmond and The Citadel nffi 01 DTD RADIATORS CLEANED REPAIRED RECORED HARMAN MOTOR SERVICE A PARTS CO IELVI0ERE gnJ BROAD STS PHONE Ml 1-1)47 "WE NEVER CLOSE" 18 2wr me about the Pittsburgh club" player right field for me since Bauer and if they would have closed the season after the All-Star game he would have been the National Not Delayed CHARLOTTE Oct 7 Charlotte Motor Speedway officials said tonight the $65000 Oct 16 National 400-mile Slock Car Race will go on as scheduled A speedway spokesman said that Bill FYanee president of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing had been delayed In Atlanta by bad weather on his flight from Florida for an inspection of the track France was expected to arrive tomorrow The spokesman said France indicated he had no doubt that the race would go on as scheduled Rex White of Spartanburg leader of the NASCAR point standings refused to continue trial runs over the track earlier this week because of Its condition Speedway officials said no other driver had complained about the track Repair work has been vir-i lually completed on the a holes ripped open in the asphalt during the "World 600" race that opened th plant last June 1938 Tonight Chester Frilz and his No 2 ranked team will among other things be trying to preserve an all-winning string against the Cadets Despite the one-sidedness of the won-lost ledger the rivalry has been close and largely in a defensive vein Only one game has been decided by more than 12 points That was last year when Hermitage won 23-0 Twice the Panthers have won by six points and once by only two This year's renewal except for the Panthers heavy 33-0 Continued from 1st Sports Page field like I did for 10 years and l0 be (aJrIy good not i ihmw npv like Babe Ruth who they never let play those sun fields and they'd switch him with Bob Measd so it would not hurt his eyes and when you come in wearing a blue uniform Into those black spots It's like going into a dark cellar Now you certainly got to -wear sun-ia glasses in the afternoon and sometimes you see better at night Keller Heinrich "Now I had an outstanding left fielder when I came here in '49 in Charlie Keller But he had a had back and had I an operation Then I had Tommy Heinrich and he was good too but he had a bad knee Then I broke in two and they would alternate but Bauer was green although he had a strong arm and could run but he used to be embarrassed by right-handed pitching so I switched him to right field and Woodling did an outstanding job for me for five-six years because he was not a one-handod fielder but a two-handed fielder which he was born that way "I hnfi another fellow who did a outstanding job for me in left field and he was flrv) Nor-en but he had bad knees too which was noi (Norm) Sie-bem's trouble but his eyes and that's why I made him wear glasses and now I got (Hector) Lopez who must have something bad but I don't know what It la because he charges in on a ball whoops there It goes over hls head so I have him play deep now "When you ask me about left field forget Yogi Berra who they say is awkward and slow but nobody faster Holding a bunt In front of the plate but he could play anywhere you put him and he embarrass you because he has judgment and he has an Idea how to get hls hands on the ball and he has a good mind because when he sees somebody for the first time he always asks hls name and next to (Joe) DiMag gio he's the second best man who ever played for me Marls and Disagreement "And did you notice there was quite a discussion the other day when he chased Mantle off the ball because he got a good jump on It and came all the way over from left field Into Mantle's territory and so when! ly Vhp Now MERCURY-COMET ENGLISH FORD MANCHESTER "We Satlity" 1)00 3-4301 I lions Dyer meanwhile completed nine of 16 passes for a rousing 202 yards All of this of course must leave GW coach Elias wondering if he put his foot in his mouth this week KEYDET CLIPS VMI'a score might have been even higher except that one touchdown and one two-point conversion were minified by 'penalities another pass to the GW four-yard line was called back and VMI fumbled away another bid on GW's one-yard line Faz-zaglia badly outdistanced by Dyer had five completions on 11 attempts but had three of his passes intercepted GW got early success off Its tripleslot offense by flooding one zone with pass receivers Defensively the Colonials also stopped VMI for a while with jitterbugging defenses VMI'a total offense was 335 yards which is just about par for the course for the Keydets who lead the league in that vital department VMI with a 3-0 conference record now goes outside the league for its next four games before finishing up against The Citadel and Virginia Tech Hie 1939 Detroit Lion out-gained both the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts the division winners in rushing But the Lions finished last in passing statistics VA FOOTBALL Saturday at 1:30 CLEMSON AT CLEMSON OVER WRVA RADIO 1140 ON YOUR DIAL Sponsored by Atlantic Life insurance company Utjts hone officr Richmond va KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON 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