The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1941, Page 5

i OWEN DROPS e nonx Player, position ABR HPOAE Sturm, 1b. e 8 02 9 1°0 K Rolfe, 3b. 512020 'l Henrich, rf. 510210 DiMaggio, cf. 412200 Keller, 1f. 514100 Y Dickey, c. 2201700 Gordon, 2b, 812048 10 Rizzuto, ss. 4 00210 oAl Donald, p. 300010 . Breuer 000000 Heartbreaking Erfor by wurpny, » 100120 *Selkirk 100000 Dodger Cafcher Loses | - 212°°°2° Totals 40 7122711 O Game for BTQOklyn “—Batted for Breuer in 8th. _— BROOKLYN I s(oRE Player, position ABRHPOAE S“on Reese, ss. 500240 (Game Sunday) Walker, rf 8125600 R H E |Relser, cf. 412100 Yankees 7 12 0 [Camill 1b. 3021 10 Dodgers ... ... 4 9 1 |Riggs, 3b. 300010 e — Medwick, 1f. e A8 PR R Owen, c. g 71°0.31 1 (OMPOSHE S(ORE Coscarart, 2b. 310310 (Four Games) Higbe, p. 201010 R H E French, p. 0000O0O0 Yankees 14 35 2 *Wasedll, If. 201300 Dodgers 10 25 3 ([Allen, p.. 000000 — Casep, p. 391 e N SCOREBY INNINGS | ... 5w Yankees 123456789 TL *—_Batted for French in third; Runs . 100200004—7 replaced Medwick in third. Hits 20131110312 SUMMARY Errors . 000000000—0 Home runs—Reéiser; two-base hits S a | —Wasdell, Camilli, Walker, Keller Dodgers 1 234.5 i;z%_“‘ |2; double plays—Gordon to Rizzuto Rans .- 99,3 A 0200—9 to Sturm; struck out—by Donald 3, Hite 81,5708 r- b [Casey 1, Higbe 2; left on bases— Errors . 00000 =1 INew York 8 Brooklyn 5; hit by pitched ball — Henrich (by Allen); BROOKLYN, N. Y. Oct. 6. — pases on balls—off Higbe 2, Casey 3, Catcher Mickey Owens of the Donald 3, Murphy 2. Brooklyn Dodgers left a strikeout pall get away from him after two | outs in the ninth inning Sunday | of the World Series battle and the New York Yankees took advantage | of his heartbreaking error to blast scross four unearned runs to win 7 to 4, giving the American Leag-‘ uers a three to one lead in the baseball classic. The Dodgers had a lead of 4 to 3 up to the ninth inning, main- ly on Pete Reiser’s homer in the {ifth inning with one man on base. Two Down, Two Strikes with Tommy Heinrich at the| bat and two men out and & crow:i" of 33,813 fans ready to celebrate a Dodger triumph by a 4 to 3| score, pitcher Hugh Casey put‘ across the third strike, a curve that Heinrich missed by a foot and should have been the end of the fourth game of the World Series | and a win for the Dodgers. Fatal Bat But—the ball went through Owen’s glove and ‘rolled clear to the stund as Heinrich: raced- safe- | ly to first base. DiMaggio followed with a clean single into left off shaken Casey. Keller then missed two swings and once more a victory for the Dodg- | ers was in sight with a single| pitch, but on the next toss of the ball, Keller blasted olt a double, high against the right field screen to score his two mates ahead with what proved to be the winning runs. More Scoring Dickey then walked and up came| Gordon who doubled to left, scor- ing both Keller and Dickey, four runs being made in the ninth. Brooklyn went onto the field with the lineup shaken from top to bottom because of a side injury recelved Saturday by second base- man Billy Herman. Durocher chose | his fast balling righthander Kirby Higbe, a 22-game winner during the National League season to take the mound Sunday against the Yanks Atley Donald, Donald | is also a righthander and won /| nine and lost five during the sea- son. ’ The -weather clear scorching hot. was PLAY BY PLAY FIRST INNING YANKEES — Sturm grounded to Reese. Rolfe singled to left; is safe on first .Henrich flied to Medwick. | DiMaggio walked on five pitches. Keller singléd to right, scoring Rolfe and sending DiMaggio to third. Dickey grounded to Camilli. One run, two hits, no errors; two left on base. ¥ BROOKLYN — Reese fouled to Dickey. Walker bounced out to Don- ald. Reiser fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. SECOND INNING YANKEES—Gordon grounded to Higbe. Ruzzuto flied to Reiser. Don- ald popped to Reese. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. 2 DODGERS—Camilli lined against the fence in right center for a double. Riggs flied to Henrich. Med- | wick grounded to Rolfe. Owen 'walked. Coscarart fanned. 5 No runs, one hit, no errors; two left on bases. . THIRD INNING YANKEES—Sturm flied to Walk- er. Rolfe singled to short center; the Dodgers bull pen began showing some activity. Walker, turning his back and running hard as he could just managed to pull down Hen- rich’s fly a step from right center field fense, 375 feet from the plate. Rolfe scrambled back to first. Di- Maggio rolled to Reese who threw to | Coscarart forcing Rolfe. No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base. DODGERS — Higbe singled to short center. Reese grounded to Gordon who threw to Rizzuto in time to force Higbe. Walker lined to Keller. Refser drovea hot ground- er through Gordon for a single, sending Reese to third. Camilli grounded to Sturm. No runs, two hits, no errors; two left on base. FOURTH INNING YANKEES—Keller rifled a liner against the fence in right center field, 20 feet high and 390 feet from home plate for a double. Dickey walked. Gordon singled sharply to| ¥ and Jeft field to load the bases. Rizzuto ning catch of Gordon’s fly. Rizzuto ' bounced to Riggs who threw to Owen bunted barely out, Casey to Camilli. 77 TG0 NE WENT e - J'WED T N — ;T S\WOW, GOOGLE * foreing Keller out at the place. Owen threw to first too late to complete a double play. Donald fanned. Sturm drove a hard single to center scoring Dickey and Gordon and sending Rizzuto to second. Lefty Larry French replaced Higbe. French pitched into the dirt and the two runners advanced but Owen threw to Camilli who threw to Riggs across the daimond and he in turn tossed to Reese who ran down Rizzuto for the third out. Two runs, three hits, no errors; one left on base. DODGERS—Riggs popped to Gor- don. Medwick flied to DiMaggio Owen walked, - Coscarart walked. This brought the Yankee bull pen to life. Wasdell, left handed bat- ter, batting for French, sliced a fly less than a foot inside the left field foul line deep in the corner for a double scoring Owen and Coscarart. Reese rolled to Rizzuto. Two runs, one hit ,no errors; one left on base, | FIFTH INNING YANKEES—Allen pitching for the Dodgers. After Medwick took his place in left Wasdéll ran to that position and Medwick retired from the lineup. Rolfe flied to Walker. Allen hit Henrich in the back with a slow pitch. DiMaggio lined to Wasdell. Keller singled off (Jos--i |carart’s glove, sending Henrich to | | third. Dickey walked on five pitch- es to load the bases. Durocher signaled Casey in to pitch, Gordon flied to Wasdell. No runs, one hit, no errors; three left on base. DODGERS — Walker doubled to left, near the foul line. Reiser hit the first pitch over the score- board in right field for a homer, | scoring behind Walker. The score- |board is 40 feet high and 350 feet| |from home plate. The crowd went |wild over the Dodgers taking the | {lead and Donald stalked off the| 'mound -as 'Breuer, another right hander came in to pitch for she| ‘Yankees. - Reiser's blow is the first ; home run for the Dodgers in this | series. Gordon hit the first home | run for the Yankees in the first | game. Riggs fanned. Casey singled i to short center. Owen lined to Di- | Maggio. Two runs, three hits, no errors; ione left on base. | SIXTH INNING “ YANKEES—As the Yankees left for the field the fans in the center field bleachers threw newspapers, !nnd confett! on the field The at- | tendants picked up the biggest pieces | of the litter. Rizmeuto fouled to| Camilli. Breuer lined to Walker. Sturm singled to right. Rolfe pop- | ped to Coscarart. | ! No runs, one hit, no errors; one | left on base. i | DODGERS — Coscarart grounded to Rolfe. Wasdell grounded to Breu- tr. Gerdon ran to right field to take Reese’s fly. 3 | No runs, no hits, no errors; none {left on base. SEVENTH INNING | YANKEES —~ When the Yankee fans stood at the start of the seventh | a good-natured roar of “sit down” came from the Dodgers' followers. Henrich popped to Coscarart. Di- Maggio tapped the ball along the foul line tilll it got to third wheére it veered like going to a foul. As Riggs picked it up he didn't throw. turning to the umpire, expecting a | {ruling that the ball was foul but the umpire signalled fair to DiMaggio |who was on first for a single. Duro- cher argued with Umpires Goetz and Grief but was overruled. Keller flied to Coscarcart. Dickey bounced to Casey who threw to Camilli for the out. 4 No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base. - DODGERS: — Walker ‘singled to left. [Reiser grounded into a fast (dounle play, Gordon to Rizzuto to Sturm. Camilli singled to center. Riggs walked. Casey fanned. No runs, two hits, no errors; two left on base. { EIGHTH INNING YANKEES—Walker made a run- THE DAILY ' ALASKA | EMPIRE MONDAY, OCT. 6, 1941 Upselsin Grid Games Several Leading Teams Go Down fo Defeat or Have Hard Time for Victory (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Alabama, Georgetown and Wis- consin all suffered unexpected de- feat last Saturday afternoon as the football machines of Duke, Texas, Navy, Tulane and Notre Dame gave new demonstrations of all around class, Fordham's " highly touted Rams barely, got past their first test of the 1941 season, beating Southern Methodist only 16 to 10 and had to come from behind to register a victory. Duke crushed the Tennessee Vol- unteers with a great display of alert football. Texas, looking like one of the Nation’s greatest gridiron teams, jerushed Louisiana under a heavy count. The Navy turned on the heat in the second half to -defeat West Virginia. Alabama, picked by many to lead in the Southeastern Confer- ence, could not get going against Mississippi State and lost. (o il 'Wash. Stafe Takes Game From Bears (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) PULLMAN, Wash, Oct. 6—The brilliant passing of Billy Sewell and his understudy, Jay Stoves, carried the Washington State Cou- gars to an upset victory last Sat- urday afternoon over the California Bears, final ~score - being, (Wash- ington' Staté 13 and California 6. ‘The Cougars outplayed the Bears in all but a few minutes of the | game. Selkirk, left handed hitter, batted for Breuer and looped a liner over the pitcher’s head. Reese snatched it and threw him out. No runs, no hits, no erorrs; none left on base. DODGERS—Murphy, right hand- err, pitching for the Yanks. Owen grounded to Gordon. Coscarart fan- ned. Wasdell flied to: Henrich. No runs, no hits, no efrors; none left on base. NINTH INNING YANKEES—Paid attendance an-| nounced as 33,831. Receipts $61,397. Sturm grounded to Coscarcart. Rolfe grounded to Casey. Henrich fanned but Owen let the ball get away and Henrich reached first on Owen's error. DiMaggio singled to left, Henrich stopping at second. Keller doubled off the right field screen after taking two strikes, scoring Henrich and DiMaggio to put the Yanks ahead. Dickey walked. Gor- don doubled to left scoring Keller and Dickey. Rizzuto was purposely walked. Murphy grounded to Reese. Four runs, three hits, one error; two left on bases. DODGERS—Reese fouled to Dick- ey. Walker grounded to Rizzuto. Reise cut, Sturm to Murphy. No runs, no hits, no errors; none { left on base. Saturday’s play. OHIO STATE | COMESBACK WITH BANG Buckeye ;Kore Victory Over Coast Conference Team-20 Years = | | (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) { LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 6-- | Heralding a possible return to| | Bridiron greatn: Ohio State| |smasted out a victory and smashed | N |the hopes of the proud University | of Southern California’ last Satur- | idey afternoon to register the first triumph of the Buckeye team overi a coast conference eleven in 20 | years, . | The Buckeyes rolled up five| touchdowns in the first three quarters and walked off the field with a 33 to 0 victory. i i WASHINGTON ! 'BOWS DOWN - TO BEAVERS |2 Don Durdan Scampers 80 * Yards for Winning | . 0SCTouchdown | | 1 | | PORTLAND, Oci. 6 — Oregon State handed the Pacific Coast Football Conference a terrific jolt Saturday, defeating the highly touted University ot Washington Huskies, 9-6, on an 80-yard run by Den Durdan, right half, in the sec- 1ond quarter, The game was played on a wet field but the sprightly attack of |the Beavers seemed little affected. lsimas placekicked the extra point | after Durdan’s long, twisting 'run. Washington'’s only touchdown came after a drive beginning when Ernie Steele returned an O. 8. C. punt 49 yards and Earl Younglove, potential Huskie All' American, picked up 14 yards on an end-| around play, Then Beb Erickson, thé flashy left halfback, nhmzed‘ oyer from the one foot - marker, cr#blifiE straight throtigh the Bea- | ver“lie. } e Beavers picked up-their other poihts on a safety. A Sanford ~ Gefs Win | Over UCLA | Indians Dispaly All Kinds| of Strength fo Get Shutout Win . PALO ALTC, Cai, Oct. s—snan-’Gaels (Iltk ford strengthened the champion- ship bid last Saturday afternoon, with a convincing defeat of U.C.L.A, final score being 33 to 0. The ‘Indians displayed a smooth offense - and stonewall defense at y least ‘100 percent over the previous ‘SAN:FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 6— Mary's Gaels clicked with] 8t. \ FER NEY MEN ARE WEARING Ketter Clothes THESE DAYS... With Passes HAVEYOU- BEEN like hundreds of othier. men— anxious to break. out'with . really fine stit. hoping for the day when busiriéss conditions.weuld . : permit you to own a-top-quality wardrebe oticé again? Apparently, that “day”” has arrived. .. fot -’ more and'more men are demiiding RRE - Slohey Jrooy From experience, or thru h y, the; of the smartness of style; the! oimfoRt:o soft tailoring that you get in'a Hi¢kays : What's” niore” they Yeajive: tht” ? Wy fo/be & siccess ‘i 'fo’ look Hke oise. J especially Fight now when Opportanfby’i. ing hér rounds. We have n»vspefil ol 'n'é’ Hicky-Freeman suits available at- 965 $69. D . ought to see them. " (Other H-F suits at gy T b et Ly fancy pass pldy last Saturday af- R AT A : s {ternoon n the' third " period o IFOOI gm&& pecially, to defeat the Moffett Fieid mfi gi! Eflg players 8 to 0. SEATTLEIN moicee s ; of ‘important football. games pls Vit last’ Saturday afternoon in vari LEAD,COAST [7¥sr 3 oue B. B. SERIES Washington State, njo:‘.e‘-u‘ : Rainiers Beat Solons Twice :‘:jakqm‘a,m'-uv); bnmmt'y; Saturday Night, But Lose . Close Sunday Confest - SEATTLE, OQct. 6 Sacramento woh ~ an-'11-inning. ball - gants ' Buhday afterndon ‘for. the. first,tri- ;umph. in the Pacifjc Cdast League. 7 ' playoff after ‘a double- header ' to medm Shturday| night. bk B et h ¥ Sunday score was Sacramento 3;;° 4 Seattle 2. S © The score Saturday night was Fordham 16; Southern lletbo!iv 10. Navy 40; West Virginia 0. ' 5 .- as follows: 4 Seattle 6, 2; Bacsamento 3, 1. Sunday afternoon, Dick Barrett's [ wild pitch in the ninth inning kept Sacramento in the game after Seattle had moved into the final frame with a 2 to 1 lead. Chet Weiszorek hit a double in the 1ith inning and scored on Klutzze's single to the right with the winning marker. Turpin and Webber chalked up the victories for Seattle in the doubleheader Saturday night. Play in the playoff resumes In Sacramento tomorrow. ————— From July 23, 1777, to October 10, 1783, .Major Genersl L. L. Du- | portall, a Frenchman, was the | Chief of Engineers of the Conti- }—{ nental Army. 3 Holy Oross 13; Providence 0. Columbia 13; Brown 6. , Duke 19; Tennessee 0. 1 Princeton 20; Williams 7. Notre Dame 19; Indiana 6. Nebraska 14; Iowa State 0. Marquette 38; Wisconsin 7. Kansas 19; Washington Unln‘» sity 6. Clemson 27; North State 6. Missouri 21; Colorado 6. SUNDAY GAME Santa Clars 20; loyols of Angeles 6. —————— Salvador (Bshis) is Brazil's oi est city and for 350 years was i capital. - Fyom . there the Uni States obtaimed seedloss orange trees. N h . i