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Evening star., 1947-10-01
By Ted smits
Associated Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Yam
KEGS, says Dodger First Baseman
Jackie Robinson, ION the basis OF
one game are not as tough as the
Cardinals. Mind you, I said cn the
basis of one game. 4
Pressure on me? No, but just
couldn't connect with the ball. II
I'dscome through with hit when
It was needed 1t might have been
. different story"
Guy Lombardo, the orchestra
leader and speedboat racer, Is a
baseball fan. His band played Tor
the FIRST World Series game, and is
due to appear for the second. Lom-
b6rdo paid-,t the salaries-not the
Yankees-and because there are no
complimentary seats for a World
Series, Guy also purchased 40 tick
cts for members of the band and
their wives. Helen Jepson, Metro
politan Opera soprano. who sang
"The Star Spangled Banner" also
bought her way in.
well, they are young boys, was
ali Branch Hickey would say after
the first game loss.
Commissioner A. B. Chandler
who has been booed on some OF
7 his public appearances, came out
unscatched yesterday. Mayor Will
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Chiefs and Brewers
Move 10 Milwaukee
To Resume Series
By the kssoeio,sd pfsss

MILWAUKEE,, Oct. 1.-The Little
World Series moves to Borchert
Field tonight where the Milwaukee
Brewers of the American Association
begin their final bid to overcome
the two-games-to-one lead Of the
Syracuse Chief of the International
League in the best Of seven series.
The Brewers, previously trailing
by two games, won at Syracuse last
night, to 3, by way Of an unearned
run in the 10th inning.
Damon Phillips set the stage for
Milwaukees victory, pounding out a
single and q pair Of infield flies to
bring home the first three Brewer
runs. But the Chiefs bounced back
in the ninth and tied the score on
a three-run splurge which drove
Milwaukee's Glenn Elliott out Of the
box. vern Bickford relieved and got
credit for the triumph.
Howie Fox took over pitching
duties for Syracuse in the 10th and
was tagged with the loss after an
error, sacrifice, an infield hit and
an infield out gave the Brewers their
winning run.
Jim Prendergast, who had a sea-
son record of % victories and IL
defeats, was scheduled to pitch for
the Chiefs in the first game here.
AL Epperly will be on the mound
for Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Stationing Of Umpire,
On Foul Lines Pays
Off in First Game
~ the Assoeiotsd prsss

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-For the first
time in baseball history-either reg
|ular season or World Series-umpires
were stationed at the left and right
field foul lines in front of the
bleachersZand it paid off.
But instead of squatting astride
the foul line on a 4-inch strip OF
concrete ledge, the umpires have
been ordered by Commissioner A. B
Happy" Chandler to stand up the
rest of the series.
Foul Line Sentry George Mayer
kurth of the National League figured
in one Of the key calls of yesterdays
game.
It was the big fifth inning fol-
the Yankees. The New Workers had
filled the bases and Johnny Lindell
lined a double to deep left near the
foul line.
I Fair by Four Inches.
"It was right in front Of me,
Magerkurth recalled in the dressing
room afterward. 1T was fair by 4
inches"
Plate Umpire Bill MCGOWAN
lagreed. That's the way it looked
to me, too, from the plate" he said
Ordinarily, with no outf1eld jumps, il
would be up to the plate umpire to
make the call after getting a con-
firming signal from the third base
umpire.
II don't know whatIl be worse
standing still out there all day OF
crouching on that little LEDGE" said
the ample Magerkurth of the COM
missioner's new instructions.
ut wouldn't be 50 bad If we l1ae
q stool to sit on out there. On thu
bases or behind the plate you gel
to move around once in q while. But
out there in left field today I just
stopped, squatted and squinted."
All six series umpires agreed Il
was about the coldest game they evel
offlciated. A chill autumn wino
swirled up little whirlpools of dus
all afternoon.
i Nearly Froze to Death.
II darned near froze to death ou
there on first base," said Nationa
Lacquer Babe Pinelli, peeling Of
his shorts
He eyed Magerkurth's long under
wear enviously.
you've got something there
George, he remarked. Maybe II
get some. Why don't you wear 'en
back to town."
The jumps delayed their shower
while they passed around thre'
dozen baseballs for their mutua
autographs.
Plate Umpire MCGOWAN was out
ragged.
During the season not even m.
own brother would come into tn
, dressing room to see me. But toda.
what happens?"
Some "well-meaning" fans hat
dropped into the dressing room
earlier and somebody apparent,
i, appropriated one of MCGOWAN
autographed baseballs.
, Reversing the usual direction o
1 the time-worn baseball complaint
II MCGOWAN screamed:
IT WIZ robbed"
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Win, Lose, or Draw
Bucky GumbIed and GombIed Well
By FRANCIS {. STANN
Stor SfoF Correspondent.

NEW YORK Oct 1After 10, these years. 1t begins te
look Bu Harris luck changing for the better Ever since
stopped winning cubowner employed Harris
conceded that he had ability but luck Now in th
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Z.
retired saight-5 strike
outwhen Maggie the fifth with apologize single
guys yesterday. With
base he terrific With the paths he Is
to fill the basses and Johnny nd doubled score two Wn
walked again filling the Burt shotton figured it
was time for change. So did Harris.
When Sheo's Turn Come 1t Was FL
shotton waved Hank Behrrnan replace
sheahere nobody out mind and the bases were
loaded with the 81 in favor of New York Bucky sent Bobby
hit for Shea and could the profess
sonal and amateur alike, preen themselves
course victory multitude of
people including competent observers that Bucy
used Judgment in quitting early on Shea ne didn't nave
they argued why did he start Shea a
Harris booster from back this bureau is willing to
suggesting pulled the smart World
Series in recent years when he yanked Shea
that Bucky pulled who going good and who
might again. Shea might
have hand plenty
sending up pnchhitter and playing for big inning
From psychological viewpoint reasoning sound.
yankng Shea throwing to the Dodgers
that his Yankees slab strength than Brooklyn
Bu almost dsdanfu move but the disdan OF course
having the bupen less than Joe
Page top relief pitcher in the game As developed Page was not
sensational but adequate and that sufficient.
From practical standpoint perfectly within his rights
Yankees had 81 lead true but Bucy
hitting slump He playing
the time seemed ripe Banca was fading
fast and obviously Harris was preferrng 81 lead to be
secondsng hurers than 81 be guarded by Shea Come
to think Of it, who wouldn't?
Neither Team Is Very Good
Bucky put all his in basket and got
away pnchhtsr walked forcing and then
singled home another pair of and 1t was 81 and
up Page who managed to stagger through the game
Rogers baseball predicted this
could affair chiefly because neither team OF
couldn't hit Sidney Green
street he trotted the plate and od-tmer like Bill Terry
could win pennant with
catcher like Berra.
Harris gambler and he gambed well he
things out there
innings wearing the much
realize that he
Rufhng Gomez and that D Maggie
Heinrich the hill
Besides in addition victory opener only
slightly 60 post minute
yesterday Yankees home with the
large big
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Dodgers Will Be Tough to Beat,
They've Got Speed, Says Harris

admitted 1t would be q problem
the Yankees would have to cope
with.
Those guys are fast" Harris
enthused. Look at that Jackie
Robinson. We know he was
going to steal and we couldn't
catch him. And guys like Pete
Reiser and Carl Furillo aren't
snails, either"
you can say this for me-"
he concluded. If and when we
win that combination of four,
we will know that we had beaten
tough club. Another thing you
can quote me on Is this, the
Yankees may not win the series,
but I never saw q club in q bet
ter frame of mind. They are
firmly convinced they can do It,.
A team in that frame of mind
Is mighty tough to beat"
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Opener q FizzIe,
Hornsby Asserts
By Rogers Hornsby
(As told to John p. Carmichael

NEW YORK, Oct. IL just
heard somebody say it was good
thing they didn't raise the subway
fares here from q nickel to s cents
because the first World Series
game wouldn't have been worth 1t.
That's about right. It not only
was listlessly played game, but
full Of jittery pitching, like high
school kids out there. Certainly
you look for something better
from two teams that were good
enough to win a couple of
pennantS.
Unless the Dodgers pitching
settles down, they won't last long.
(Chicago Daily News.l
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Harrismen Discover
They Can Win Even
L NOT Brilliant
Ny Burton Hawkins
.bfor StoH Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. l.-New Yorks
Yankees, guilty of some atrocious
bassssal behavior in the process Of
defeating Brooklyn, SIS, in the World
Series opener, can afford to be
chesty, confident characters In re-
gard to the immediate future. They
weren't clicking yesterday. but they
polished OF the Dodgers anyway
and in that they may md con-
siderable comfort.
Some 1896 fans, the largest
crowd ever to witness . series game,
watched the Yankees muster only
four hits, three Of them singles.
Pitcher Frank Shea baked, Pitcher
Joe Page unleashed . wild pitch,
Catcher Yogi Berra permitted two
stolen bases, firing a pitifully inept
long bounce throw in an effort to
halt Jackie Robinson In the first
inning.
Shea didn't distinguish himself in
q rundown play in the first inning.
either, for in the process Of trapping
Robinson OF see ond base he per-
mitted Pete Reiser to scoot all the
way to second. Page wasn't having
one Of his good days, yet the
Yankees won and in that there Is
a bundle Of significance.
Yanks in Commanding Spot.
The Yankees are in . command
ing sort Of spot. There Is greater
depth to their pitching, they have
reasonable assurance that their hit
ters won't remain shackled, and
they're convinced that few ex-
plosives will be touched of by
Brooklyn bats.
New York's first six hitters were
restricted to Z brace Of singles by
Ralph Branca, Hank Behrman and
Hugh Casey and that's Q pleasure
Brooklyn's pitchers probably won't
experience again. They stopped the
top Of the Yankees batting order,
but can show only q CALLING defeat
as = result.
Brooklyn presented the Yankees
with that vital first game and
found themselves In an unenviable
predicament today when the teams
returned to vast Yankee Stadium
for the second struggle.
Branca, who has shown q tend
ency to blow key games, was no.
hit, no-run, no-batter- reach first.
base pitcher for four innings, but
his fame was fleeting. Joe Di Mag
gio beat out q grounder to Shortstop
Peewee Reese opening the Yankees
(See WORLD SERIES, Page A-i0.)
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Death Beats Video
To Kids Bedside
By the Axseeiafsd Prass

NEW YORK, Oct. IA televi-
sion set had been installed in
the hospital room Of 8-year-old
Patty Ciccarelli 80 that the boy,
dying OF blood disease. could
watch his idol, Joe Di Maggie,
play in the World Series Joe
had visited him only three weeks
ago.
But Patty didn't get to see
Big Joe make the first Yankee
hit yesterday; Patty died at m.
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Aries New President
OF touchdown Club

Les Aries, former Northwestern
tackle who served a stretch with the
old Chicago Bears, is new president
Of the Touchdown Club. He was
elected last night at the annual
meeting at the statler Hotel. sue
ceeding Hugh P. (Bingo) Flynn.
Other officers named last night are
Carroll Bird, Wisconsin, vice pres
ident, and Jim Magner, North Caro-
lima, secretary-treasurer.
The new Board OF Governors is
comprised Of Lee Fields, American
University; Ed Daky, University OF
Maryland; Maury Nee, Georgetown
University; Ralph Shaughnessy,
Catholic University, and Lloyd Ans
derson, Stetson University, letter
men, and Wee Curtis, Leo Dorsey,
Bernie Smith and Frank Kelly,
nonletter men.
Dixie Series.
= uoustop IA. Mobils (teams ara tied
Evening star., 1947-10-01
Yunks Not as Tough as Cards
In First Game, Says Robinson

liam ODWyer OF new YORK threw
in the first ball from the COM
missioner's box, with no particular
attention focused on the ceremony
IT hated to take him out" said
Manager Burt Shotton Of Ralph
Branca, the Dodger pitcher who
blew up in the fifth after four flaw
less innings. 'He still had plenty
of stuff" Shotton put his arm
around the tall, earnest right
handler and said with broad smile
hold your head up"
Two Of the greatest hitters in the
game, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams
met for the first time in the series
Williams stared at Cobb with adj
miration, and with almost child.
like awe asked, "Ive always wanted
to meet you, Mr.. Cobb. Can yor
show me how to hit a slider?"
Second guessers were having 9
picnic masterminding the first game
1.-The game was won in the dugout,
one back-seat pilot volunteered
"Shotton waited too long to yanl
Branca while Harris made smart
move in taking Shea out for &
pinch hitter in the big fifth"
Hes the kind of a guy who woulc
be insisting Harris was bum i.
pinch-hitter Bobby Brown hae
popped up. Tommy Heinrich hat
hit into a double play and Joe Pagt
given up the winning runs quippee
a bystander.
Iflnothing else Branca always viii
remember September 80 as his un.
lucky day. It was just ayear ago tha'
day that Branca, en- route to st
Louis to pitch against the Cardinal!
in the playoff for the Nationa
League pennant, lost his wallet con
tained several hundred dollars
That was peanuts compared tt
what yesterdays fifth inning blow
up might mean this year. Just {
difference of about $4,000, that's all
| A couple of out-of-toWn sport!
writer's, who obviously must remair
nameless, retired to the warmer
confines of the stadium club after
the big Yankee fifth inning ane
completed their deathless prose witt
typewriters perched atop the Bar a.
the lounge radio blared out tht
play-by-play. One writer said tn.
cold had number his tipping finger
the other complained the press boz
accommodations were too cramped
More than 500 applicants received
space in the press section. The boz
itself, which holds comfortably no
/ more than $50, was virtually re-
Istricted to working newsmen from
the wire and feature services ant
papers in the major league cities.
/ Perhaps the most comfortable
spectator In the park was fellov
who didn't have to pay. He sat OF
the Yankee bench in uniform, al
though it was certain he would no
play. That was Charley Keller, re
Gently operated on for a spinal In
jury. Keller reported he was makinl
progress and that there was a sos
y chance that he would play next yeal
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Dixie Series.
: Houston, 1s; Mobile, Q tteams are tied
2.21.
Evening star., 1947-10-01

Wdkt
World Series. it would seem that Bucky has both
ability and luck.
Regardless of the outcome of this series, Bucky
made one decision in New York's 5-to-3 victory
yesterday that will provide fuel for the hot stove
league all winter. That was when he lifted Frank
Shea for pinch-htter in the midst of rally, and
when Bucky removed Shea he was taking out q
fellow who had given up only two hits, a tainted
run, and who was looking very good indeed.
Here was the situation:
Brooklyn was operating on 10 lead, gained
in the first inning mainly because Rookie Catcher
Yogi Berra of the Yankees became slightly panicky
Evening star., 1947-10-01
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SSaw vary "a. L. 600 $50 00x-5

BROOKLYN tNi L}--z- 19o d9o o9d oed by by
Runs batted in-walker, Lindell. 2?.
.o1IindeiI. olIM T stolen bases-Robinson. Reese;
Double piay--Johnson to McQuinn. Earned
bass-arookiyn. s: New York. 8. Base on
baIls-6hea. 2 tRohinson,, 2l Branca: .
fMcouinn, Rizzuto. Brown. Page. ! Fur
iiio). Strikeouts-Shea 3 lHermanski,
Jorgensen, Branca1: Bransa. tHenrich;
5Miksfs. Lavagetto): Casey. / tMcQuinn)
Pitching suwmery-shea, ! run. hits IN
& innings; Page, 2 runs, 4 hits In In
1ings: Branca, s runs, 2 hits in innings
(none out in ffth): Behrman. 0 runs, |
lit in 2 innings: Casey, o runs, | hit in 2
(Johnson). Wild pitch-Page. Balk--Shea.
Winning pitcher-Shea. Losing pitcher
Branca. Umpires-McGowan tA.L), plate;
finelh (NL.). FIRST base; Remmel A.L),
second base; 'GoetI (N.LJ, third base: Ma
eerkurth tN.LJ. left neld: Boyer .tA.LJ,
TiEht field. Attendancs-73,365 paid. Time
~-2:2o.
Laurel outlook., 1947-07-23
LincOln'S Nomination
For us. Presidency Is
Told By Old Newspaper

While historians await the OPEN
ing this week of hitherto sealed
files of personal papers, letters and
records of Abraham Lincoln, Mrs.
Gerald Scammon recently came
across an old newspaper, the Glen's
Falls, N. Y, Messenger, which tells
of Lincoln's second nomination for
the presidency of the United States.
The paper is dated Friday, June 10,
1864. 1t says:
"The Union National Convention
met at Baltimore Tuesday and or
gained that day. On Wednesday,
Abraham Lincoln was renominated
by reclamation, and Andrew Johnson
of Tennessee was nominated on the
first b~alloting for Vice President.
"The great masses of the loyal
will ratify these nomina-
The old newspaper is one of sew
eral that Mrs. Scammon found
among the personal effects of her
mother, the late Mrs. Sam Clare
who died a few months ago at her
home near Byam school south of
Laurel.
Mrs. Clare resided in Montana
Continued on Page Twelve)
Laurel outlook., 1947-07-23
T|LDEN, PIONEER At
Y0UNGS POINT, DIES
Came To Montana In 1885,
Was First To Experiment
With Sugar Beets

Park City, July 23.-Clarence L.
Tilden, 70, a pioneer residing at
Youngs Point, died at 1 p. m. July
Is at the state hospital at Warm
Springs where he had been a pa
tient a few weeks.
He was born in Minnesota Nov.
9, 1868, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Croesus Tilden who later went to
Kansas. In 1880 he came to Mon
tana with his father; Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford Tilden, his uncle and aunt,
and Mrs. Crawford Tilden's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Woodward. They
settled at Youngs Point where they
homesteaded.
Mr.. Tilden was the first farmer
in the Yellowstone valley to expert
ment with sugar beet raising in
1902. During all his residence in
Montana he lived on the Tilden
ranch at Youngs Point until recent
months, when his health began to
fail. He is survived by a cousin,
Dorothy Tilden of California.
Funeral services were conducted
July IS at 2 p. m. at the Metho-
dist church in Park City, with Rev.
M. j. Wilcox, pastor, officiating.
'The Lords Prayer" and breathe
On Me, Breath of God" were sung
by Mrs. A. o. Nelson, Mrs. w. D..
Whitcanack, Mrs. May Miller and
Mrs. S. T. Flood.
Pallbearers were Louis Gerard,
Bert Michel, F. R. Brown, H. d..
George Wimsett and
Ralph Story.
Burial was in the family plot in
he Park City cemetery.
Laurel outlook., 1947-07-23
Appearance OF Cemetery Improves;
Invite Gifts For Identification Fund

Identification of the Laurel ceme-
terry, acquired by the city about a
year and a half ago, has progressed
sufficiently in one of the west-cen-
trail sections to warrant inspection
by the public as a sample of what
the cemetery board intends to do
for other areas when time and funds
permit, said C. w. Laird last week,
speaking on behalf of the board. The
work, even in the section indicated, is
not yet complete, but does give an
idea of the nature of the overall
plan for the future and the improve
ment that has been made in the
short time the city has had control
of the property.
A number of organizations and in
dividuals have expressed the desire
to make contributions towards the
cemetery's Identification, Laird said.
They may now do so, either to a
member of the board or at the city
hall where a receipt will be issued.
Money so contributed will be placed
in a special fund and will be used
only for Identification. O~rganiza-
tions and individuals are invited to
participate.
After title to the cemetery land
to the city, n of the city's
first problems was an adequate sup
ply of water for creating a lawn and
sustaining trees. The water supply
problem has been partially solved
and a section near the west side of
the cemetery has been successfully
over. The water m from
an irrigation canal lower down and
nearer the valley and is pumped for
distribution to the top of the hill
where the cemetery is located. Some
If the necessary installations have
,een made, but others r yet re-
An early improvement was that of
'ebuilding the west-side fence. Posts
removed, painted and replaced
n cement bases.
When the city took control of the
emetery the council created a board
O administer the affairs of the tract.
)ne of the boards first actions was
Laurel outlook., 1947-07-23
MAN DIES OF
HEART ATTACK HERE

The body of William Beersdorff,
asbestos filter employed at the Nor
thern Pacific car shops, was taken
from Smiths funeral home in Bill
lings Saturday morning to Dillon.
Mr.. Beersdorf died of a heart
attack Thursday morning at the
Yellowstone hotel. He had been
working in Laurel since May 80, but
his home was in Dillon.
He was born March IS, 1893, in
the state of Washington, a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beersdorff. On
July 20, 1920, he married Mrs.
Anna Marian Jensen in Seattle. They
moved to Dillon from Tacoma in
1880. He was a World war l vet
eran in which he served Is months
overseas.
Surviving are the widow, two
daughters and eight stepgrandchild-
rem. Funeral services were held in
the Brundage funeral home in Dillon.
Laurel outlook., 1947-07-23
START HARVESTING
EARLY WHEAT BEET
CROP PROGRESSING
Combining Operation Expected
To Be Quite General First
Week In August

Winter wheat is ripening rapidly
in the vicinity of Laurel and some
farmers have begun harvesting.
Combining of this crop should be
quite general during the first week
of August. Sugar beets advanced
their growth during the past week,
and hoeing is completed for much
of the acreage. Where there was
an adequate supply of irrigation
water the crop did all right. Farm
ers whose land is served by the
Cove ditch, in which there was an
extensive break last week, express
ed concern about their bean crops.
Most of Montana's crops are
growing rapidly, but additional rain
is needed for late seeded grains in
many areas. Warm temperatures of
the past several days stimulated the
growth of irrigated crops and also
those on dry land that had enough
moisture. Slight damage was in
flicted by hail in widely scattered
sections of the state.
Much of the flax and reseeded
fields of mustard are now in the
bloom stage. Although the growth
of these crops was fair to good dur
ing the week they need moisture.
Corn is developing rapidly and some
fields are in the tassel stage.
Haying proceeded during the week
with very little interruption from
weather.
Insect activity throughout the
state as a whole has been light, but
alfalfa weevil caused appreciate
damage to alfalfa in southcentral
counties.