Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 2, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday october 2, 1952 Page 20 dodgers grab first game 4-2 7 s c Trafton l football 4-4 defence Man in motion for Short yardage of fact defence Joe Black jh3e i l can these four hurlers bring Brooklyn dodgers a world series Victory Over the hated Yankees Carl by George Trafton Blue bomber coach when the offensive team needs Only Short yardage and has a Man in motion this is the Way the defensive team usually deploys its 4-4 defence. As is the Case when there is no Man in motion the defensive end plays Over the offensive end. The defensive tackles play on the seam Between the offensive guards and tackles. Their path is direct to the quarterback. The linebackers Back of the defensive tackles protect against any plays coming up the Middle or to the outside tackle. The outside backers watch Lor the halfback or fullback coming Oul on their Side. The flying Wing As usual takes care of the flying Wing. The defensive halfback on the Side to which the Man m motion is travelling takes the Man in motion and the safety slides Over to where the halfback was and is responsible for the end on that Black ready to go again Snider s blow was revenge new York runs and Joe Black the combing i action that brought Brooklyn the National league Pennant brought the dodgers the opening decision in their quest Lor their first world series championship wednesday. I Jackie Robinson Duke Snider and wee Reese slammed in All Brooklyn runs with homers Black made the hitting stand up and while a record ebbets Field crowd of customers watched. Dodgers whipped Yankees 4 to 2. Brooklyn beat Allie Reynolds the bombers Best pit cider. Tivey won the series opener for the first time in their history. And they took the Lead in games Over Yankees Foi the first time in any of the four series in which they be met their rivals from the Bronx. But most of All it was Black who brought dodgers cheer be cause he treated Yankees and their winning tradition with disrespect surprising for anyone and shocking for a Rookie. The 28 year old right hander pitched six hit Ball but when he had to Bear Down the Yankees got no hits at All. The second Kuesser who were questioning Chuck ores sen s Choice of Black will be silenced. For most of the season Joe had been a relic Best in the business. Now it develops he s not bad As a starter either. There was Brilliant defensive play behind the Rookie. A whist Ling throw by Carl Urilio a sliding catch by Andy Palko and two plunging stabs by Billy Cox helped keep Yankees under control. But it was Black who pitched Best when it mattered most who was the big Man. Reynolds was not going to repeat his 49 shut out. Roy Campanella followed the Homer with a Longs hand on the switch and turned it sin a to right bul Pafko a Glt hitting the Catcher tried to steal Mcdougald hit his second Homer in second and was thrown out Berra As Many series in the third inning Bill Martin ending local Hope and created a Llo a tic that till Snider s two run blast in the sixth. Gene Woodling Pinch hit a searing triple to right Centre that led to the other Yankee run in the eighth that was the extent of the Yankee offence. Black stepped Yogi or too but Black had his right views on sport Brooklyn a due in the Yankees dressing room Ca ups was asked what he had game winning Home run Scy Stengel said you can t for Toda. Was a revenge Wallop and Joe Black big Brooklyn Rookie right hander who tamed the mighty Yankees n the first game of the world is ready to go again today if needed and i May use him too in the late innings if it s a close Ball said dodgers bouncy Man Ager Charlie Dressen in the pandemonium of Brooklyn s celebrating dressing room. Black today maybe Joe has told me he wants to i you can t get Home runs. The Ball that goes Over the Don t know whether i la change the new York Yankees manager or he Woodling showed no evidence of being Down looked Good. He ran pretty Good. If hearted after losing the first game codling Don t cripple up during the world dodgers. Then look Happy. Homers not mirrors dodgers did it with three Home runs pushing another in to win 4-2. It was a Nice Casey said. They got More Home runs than we did. Billy Cox played a series to Brooklyn the night i must put him in the again he Gene Woodling slammed a Pinch hit triple in the eighth and scored on Hank Bauer s Fly. That Feller pitched a very Good Casey went on referring work. If he feels Okay tomorrow Nice game. Joe Black pitched a picking Black makes Dressen look Good Stengel constant Juggler line thursday i May Callou pretty Good Snider Black and Dressen shared most of the attention in the sweaty dressing quarters under j Neath ebbets Field. Snider husky Centre fielder whose giant poke in the sixth inning broke open the Ball game in Brooklyn s favor said he hit a sliding fast Ball thrown by Pitcher Allie Rey nolds. I got a big charge out of it he added. In the first game of the world series in 1949 Rey Berra and Joe Collins cold and he kept Mickey Mantle from reaching the nearby rights iced Wall. By away from three checking Yankees three Best available left handed hitters. Black big Allie Reynolds the Yankee Ace who had his troubles admitted he could t get his curve Over. He described the Ball that Jackie Robinson hit for a Homer in the second stopped Yankees. Revnolds has stopped the dodgers in the past notably when he beat Don Newcombe 1-0 in the j 14 Uvil j As a Slider that did series Kama in 1949 but wed inc Day he was t at his Best. The Duke Snider s Home run in the Veteran Yankee Ace repeatedly sixth he said was on a his curve in the dirt and showed a Good enough Gopher Ball to Delight the dodgers. you can t make any mistakes to Black. I would t want to Saylin this Little Ball said Rey if he s As Good As Don new nolds. Dodgers Edge lasted Only until Mcgougald came up to Lead off the third lie cracked it two und two pitch to left and hit what the in the Trade Call a Ilio Wallop reached the first Row of seats and was no close to falling Short that Pafko leaped High and futilely for the Lull. Thru Block Hail hit Mettle dotted and tried but was unaffected As the game moved on tight and bitter until Snider uptight ened it. After Mcdougald s Homer Black threw three straight balls to mar tin. Then he threw three straight strikes. He got a full count on Rey nolds a Good hitting Pitcher and blazed a swinging third strike. A g Robinson picked out the first of the h h be Bauer ook. The gophers a full count pitch Combe. He was in trouble almost. The Yankees were sober faced when he was leading off the second All the Way but he has pretty Good but far from grim As they walked control. You have to As a their dugout to the dressing it just gets Down to the inning and deposited the Ball in the laps the fans deep in the lower deck near the left Field line. It was Robinson s initial series Homel and proved if nothing Lese that inches Home run he missed the new York Nyht Charles with such Speed As they could nolds struck me out three times. S he i. Picture taken with Muster dodgers got a run and Gil 1 swore i d get even and i did ic33cj1 11q3 i _ a i u hand for today. Snider s big hit his second Long Belt of the Day to right Field gave dodgers a 3-1 Lead. They won 4-2. Most relaxed athlete in Brooklyn quarters seemed to be Black the 220-Pounder whose tireless Relief pitching carried dodgers to the National league Flag. But he was far from relaxed big ice insisted. It was t easy it was t easy. Don t Ever let throw to the plate by Urilio. Hei Anydo a Tell he said. Hart Crown two full Haits the deepen thinker the strike zone with three consecutive subtlest strategist the most gifted pitches to Billy Martin then struck Teade Rof Brooklyn baseball team out Martin Reynolds and Bauer in since Burt Shotton in the interim the managers order. Menaced in the fourth inning Phil Rizzuto and Mickey j k .4 Walt i run brain Waves had washed the Jjon. D who is j he escaped unhurt because of a Fine Hiza Tion Man he since the Dawn of Civ Brooklyn won a series opener first j time in four Post season engage ments that he Borough of churches got the jump on the Borough of the valuable help again in the fifth threw out Mcdougald from fam base w on of single by Martin. This May have been Brooklyn s key de Bronx. Formed by people named Joe Wjt h a ground Ball that Duke Snider Billy Cox pee have been a hit there d services were Tensive play for Allie Reynolds Fol Reese Jackie Robinson Andy Pafko and Carl Urilio. The cautious might even agree that these ties Mace a great manager of their Leader in this initial struggle for the rounders championship of greater new York. Nevertheless it was Dressen who picked Black for the Job of pitch ing a six hit game against Allie Reynolds. Charley is now the Only Man in the world who Ever sent a career Relief Pitcher out to win a world series opener. Eddie Sawyer then managing the Phil lies tried it with. Jim Konstanty in 1950 and failed being no smarter than the Ordinary Phi Beta Kappa pm. D. Without so much As working up a sweat in his frontal lobes Brooklyn s resident Jinn had Snider Robinson and Reese hit Home inspired Cox to feats of Dauling Ledfor Erdeman at third base elicited one theatrical sliding catch from Pafko and called for the Best in the throwing arms of Pafko and Urilio. It was a very Good game of rounders although you Soulant nervous was i nervous i m always nervous out there. My Sto Mach was full of Black said he Felt he had pitched games this year than against the world champions. I be been faster i he said. But my curve Ball was com no in there pretty Well and i had control. I could t get my fast Ball up against the be thunders i Don t Enow the 28-year-old Pitcher said he was t very tired and it his Arm in t stiff today hell be ready to work again. Dressen said it s Carl Erskine tomorrow thursday then preacher Roe. You know we very Well might win three in a Row and then would t have to use Black been a runner on third to keep Cox close to the bag. Black was fast and astonishingly sure of for a Rookie. Reynolds had Good Speed but could t manage his curve. He d get behind the hitter and have to come in with the fast Ball. Dod Gers did t hit it freely but they hit it often enough. The heal excitement was stirred by Snider s two run hit Over the scoreboard in the sixth inning. Dressen patted Duke s Bot Tom As he trotted past third. Sni Der Jogger Home with his face split by a Grin this wide. Cox and the Balboa each clutched one of his paws. He trotted onto the dugout and All his playmates got off the Bench and went for him. No blonde Ever was pawed More enthusiastically. When Black struck out Irv nor in to end the game he headed Ester red wings 9-0 in a Rau abbreviated five inning Little opposing the club that has made world series game wednesday Erautt Blanks Rochester 9-0 Rochester . Hander Eddie Erautt hurled a two hit shutout and hit a Homer As Kansas City blues Defeated Roch a Hobby of torturing them in world series dodgers were Undis Turbed. You d have thought they have it imagined so if you d been outside listening to the crowd. Considering Brooklyn s reputation for extravagant devotions to the Gers the gathering of wit Nesses was quiet and Ruly. Youd have thought everybody knew All along what was going to happen except that even in Brooklyn s people Aren t witless enough to expect Victory Over Reynolds. Even the preliminaries were perfunctory. For an hour or so be fore the game newspapermen swarmed Over the Field interview ing other newspapermen As tradition demands. Photographers took pictures of Yogi Berra swinging a Bat As though he were a creature they d never seen before. Casey Stengel posed with an Arm around mrs. Dressen and at the Organ miss Gladys Goodding played Casey would Waltz with the Strawberry Stengel and dodgers Captain Reese assembled with the six umpires at the plate and debate ground rules interminably. At this they were trying to Asree Icv. Fca Sebal should be played. Dodgers took the Field and immediately violated the Rule against More than four men fraternizing on the Mound. All four infielders plus Roy Campanella assembled there with Black. The game started five minutes late. After it progressed with what passes for celerity in theme Days. Obviously Ford prick the baseball commissioner had repeated his order of last year that there were to be no extended wrangles with no other unnecessary delays. Were playing the pirates. Night. Kansas City leads 3-1 in the Best of seven classic. They senior b intermediate basketball league will operate again this year for teams com posed of a members. All entries must be filed with the physical office at they before oct. 14. The league will commence Early in november. Ing at a third strike. Black does t rattle easily. Reynolds cruised past the dodgers in the third and again the Yankees gave Black ample Opportunity to grow rattled. Phil Rizzuto the Yankee Cap Tain led off the fourth with a single to left and Mantle drop Ped a bunt toward the third Bane Side of the Mound. Black was a Little slow making the play Mantle was Safe and Yan Kees had men on first and Sec Ond with none out. Johnny Rutherford and Ken Lehman started throwing in the Brook Lyn bullpen but they should t have bothered. Berra the Man who Black said worried him the most bounced to Hodges at first who threw to Reese at second forcing Mantle. There was no double play because Mantle hit Reese hard bruising pee wee s right leg above the knee. Collins followed with a hard liner to right that Urilio grabbed on the run. His throw Home was harder than the liner and Rizzuto scrambled Back to third just ahead of Cam Panella s throw there. Irv Noren closed the bid with a grounder to Robinson. Snider got the dodgers threat ening when they came up by Boun cing a one out double off the screen in right but after Robinson had walked Campanella rapped to Martin who tagged Robinson end threw to first completing Yankees Only double play of the game. The game was still tense but Palko let Brooklyn breathe easier in the Yankee fifth. Mcdougald up for the first time since his Homer led off with a Waik and mar tin shot a single to left. Mcdoug Ald kept running until he had Slid into Cox who happened to be hold ing the Ball in his Glove because i Pafko had thrown it there. Me offered a few critical re Sec dodgers Page 22 the big nine Here s me array of Brooklyn Talent which strode out to the new York Yankees Down to in yesterday s opening game of the world series. The dodgers powered Over Allie Reynolds new no. One hurler with three homers. The same lineup was to oppose the american Lea Guers in today s second game with the elision of Joe Black who was replaced on the Mound by Carl Erskine. The lineup reads i to Billy Cox pee wee Reese Duke Snider Jackie Robin son Roy Campanella Andy Projko Gil Hodges Carl far Illo Joe Black. Panagrota Latourelle Juskiw Star crusaders crush Portage Portage la Prairie Spe scored a major Cial St. Paul s College crusaders started auspiciously in defence of their Manitoba schools football league title wednesday at Portage la Prairie by whipping Portage collegiate 34-1. Paced by John Panagrota Ron Latourelle and Frank Juskiw the crusaders found Little trouble in subduing Gallant club. Pan Agron and Latourelle each scored n Brace of touchdowns while jus kit tossed three to passes and Panagrota bagged the first touchdown when he gobbled in a Juskiw pass from the port age 23. Ron Oakes hooted the convert Portage came Back with their Only Point Nelson Barrett kicking to Juskiw in the end zone where the St. Paul s quarterback was Rouge. Panagrota added another five Points this time Juskiw hitting him Blue bomber coach popular in los Angeles rams Angle for Trafton for 53 rams coach Here it Hampton Pool who tuesday was named head coach of the los a Togalei rams of the National pro football league. He succeeds Joe Stydahar who piloted the team to two championships during his two year reign. Los Angeles special Georce Trafton coach of Winnipeg Blue bombers May re turn to Las rams next year head Mentor of the local National football league entry it was reported Here wednesday. A croup of of the los Angeles club who were close to Trafton Durant his reign with Kami As chief assistant to Clark Shaus Johnessy several Yean Back Are said to have the wheel in motion for the present Winnipeg coach to succeed Hamp fool As the head Man of the Kara rid forces come 19ss. Pool tuesday reluctantly agreed to take Over the barns Post fellow tag the resignation of Jon styx Char who quit a of trouble with both his Goa Chat staff and certain prominent players. Am Tat the Case of Stydahar Pool it is said does t fit in with some of the rams Bis gun players. This game group according to reports would like nothing better than to have Trafton As their Boss. As a matter of fact Trafton waa the most of the coach ing staff during the Shaugh Neny regime. Some of the rams Stock holders and Many of the play ers believe Trafton should have been riven the Job instead of Stydahar when1 Shaughnessy got the a. As one of the rams stars said tuesday night George would have done just As Good a Job As Stydahar but he just did t get the break he so richly it is the eneral that fool Stu remain with Only for the balance of the present season. Trafton whose Winnipeg team it leading the Western football Union has a three year contract with the Blue bombers and whether he would jump that pact should he be offered Rains Post is not known. His Suc Cess at Winnipeg has received quite a Little attention in the Angeles press. It was because of friction with Stydahar that Trafton left two Yean ago. The two former Chicago Are bitter enemies. There waa also a report Here wednesday that Stydahar was in the Market for a Canadian coaching berth. Waen asked about Oil Jumba replied open for any Good after Only last year Stydahar was calling the can Adian circuit blah fool took president Dan Reeves offer tuesday less than it hours after the Pool had assured every writer in the ism Angeles area under no circumstances would i accept the head coaching Job should Stydahar Stydahar who became head coach in and ragged two divisional crowns and a world s championship in 1950-51, was paid on of his annual salary plus per agreement when he signed a new three year con tract but thus does jumbo Joe become the fourth ram Mentor to slip on a ban Ana Peel since the team opened for brain he Here in u46. He was preceded by Adam Walsh 1946 Bob Snyder 1947 and Clark Shvach Neazey their tenure out at 1h Yean. With a pass from the Portage 26., then it was Juskiw s turn to score1 As a Juskiw to Mills pass was ruled Complete on the. Portage one be cause of interference. Then the passing specialist carried the Ball j Over on a Quarter sneak. Joe Black Rose fast Brooklyn rags to riches in less than a year is the Story of Joe Black Brooklyn s Relief Ace and world series Star. Last Spring Black a tall 220 Pound right hander was taken South by the dodgers on a look see basis. He had won Only 11 games and lost 12 while playing for Brooklyn farms at Montreal and St. Paul in 1951. He spent the Winter pitching in the cuban Winter league under Billy Herman a Brooklyn coach. Herman urged the dodger brass o look Black Over. Black made he Grade and was hailed by some As another Don manager Charley Dressen did t use the 28-year-old Rookie much at first. But As other starters and Relief pitchers faltered. Black appeared in 56 games winning 15 ind saving at least 15 More. Despite his Brilliant record Eye brows were lifted when Dressen nominated Black to pitch the world series opener against new York Yankees. Black with a 4-2, six hit Triumph became the first Rookie to win a series opener since spec Shea of burned Back Brooklyn in 1947 Shea however failed to Lait bowing out for a Pinch hitter in a game winning fifth inning rally. Oakes kicked the convert. Of Tourelle ran the score to 22-1 in the second Quarter with jul Imp again doing the flinging. He pitched strike from the Portage 41 and Latourelle carted it Over. Oakes converted to make it 23-1 at the half. Latourelle added to the count on the first play from scrimmage in the second half galloping All the Way from St. Paul s 31 for the score. Sam Sedun chalked up the last to going 14 Yards off tackle Lor the score. Oakes added the final Point. The one and Only jockey briefs mho us Loki wanted first class sewing machine Mechanic to assume full responsibility of mechanical department. Excellent salary. 2 weeks vacation with pay. Pension and croup benefits. Apply Monarch Overall mf6. Co. Ltd. 327 Cumberland aim ;