-THE CHINA MAIL, ́ ́MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1958.
Braves Get Closer To Record Feat First Ever
TAKE 3-1 LEAD IN SERIES
AFTER YESTERDAY'S 3-0 WIN OVER YANKEES
By LEO H. PETERSEN
New York, Oct. 5.
Wily Warren Spahn, aided by a big gift run, fired a two-hit, 3-0, victory over the New York Yankees today to give the Milwaukee Braves a 3-1 lead and put them on the threshold of their second straight World Series triumph.
The 37-year-old lefthander, pitching like a youngster, famed The Yankees for the second time in the classic before awed crowd of 71,503 cheering specka- tors.
And then, just to rub it in, he knocked home a cushion second run while hurting the 11th two-hitler In the history of the classic.
Helping It Along
The Yankees helped it along as they kicked away o 22) At the ixth
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Yankee hi off Spahn. Mantley and--whlie Furd got them out- held there as Moose Skowron after that it was all that Spahn ciabbed one to Spahn and was was going to need, thrown out of first,
But then, Yogi Berra Bned a seeming base hit to right but the aging Schwendienst leaped as high as he ever did in his youth and knocked it down. Pameing on the ball, he Bred 1 to first in time to beat the diving Berr
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Mwankee had chauer the Afth when Del Crandall led off with a single, but Ford got out of it that Alphonse-Gu stun net between outfielders Mickey Blane and the by fanning Wes Coving Norm S.ebern which ve Rei, getting Andy Patko to y
Schoond.enst & triple and pur- halted him to break up « Öight duel between Spahn and ser Whitey Ford by scoring on Tony Kubek's error,
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Yarstoo Spahn. manger Cory Steugel once sakl would "never make it" as a pitcher, trove In that cushion. run in the very next inning and Lien got is third at that run as the bright-eyed Braves routed Ford with two straight doubles, one of then another gift, il Ceading off the eighth.
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Schoendichst, at 35 one of the Braves veterans along with Sabo, did more than seore that evening run. For it
his brilliant Helding play in the fourth which choked Yankre run and kept those scowling Yankces at bay.
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out and then curling a curvo ball past Spahn for a third
trike.
But the "Little leeman" of the Yankees wasn't to be that fortunate in the sixth.
on to
ALL THERE AT THE FINISH
One of the closest races in the year's opening race meeting at Happy Valley on Saturday was Race 7-the Gascoigne Handicap.
Photo shows Emerald (extreme left) with C. L. Liu up winning by a neck from Hiram C (No. 7) and Beat That (No. 2).
Emerald paid $37.40 for a win and $12.40 for a place--China Mail photo.
Still, he fattened it himself for insurance after Del Crandall the Braven seventh opened with a walk. The big catcher held first as Covington died, out to centre but trundled
cen third base na Andy Palko doubled to centre. Spaba sunny
duy, set the Yankees that point and down in order to wrap it up. stepped in at hoped a single to left which
They'll go ut it again (o- scored Crandall as Patzo, fear-
with Lew Durdeile.. in the ball might be caught, who beat the Yankees three held second. That was all the times fast year and also won the second game of this Series, Braves got at that point.
shooting to finish it off.
Got Another
it up and Striving to clean
necessity of mov- prevent the ing back to Milwaukee for a sixth game on Wednesday, they got another for their tean lefthander in the eighth.
Slebern was the victim once Jest leadoff an again as he Jolmay Logan's fly ball in the sun and the ball bounced into the seats for double. Eddie had struck out 14 times at hat made up for it by each other, and
Through His Legs Schoondienst stugged a ball down the left centre Beld alley which seemed certain to be enught, But the converging Siebern and Mantle slopped ani and bowed to
when they finally got the ball back to the infeld, the racing redhead was safe on third.
ground-rule Mathews, wha eight times in in this Series, blasting a double off the right centre
held wall, scoring Logan.
The Yankees still were lock Ing to get back those three runs, but Spahn wasn't having any. In the end he struck out pinch-hitling Enos Slaughter, got pinch-hitting Jerry Lump on a pop-up and then went Siebera down swinging with futility at a third strike.
morrow
Agalist him will be "Bullet Bob" Turley, « 21-game winner who Insted only 25 pitches on Thursday.
blame could And nobody Burdette, Spahn's roomie", for thinking that the Afth game would wind it up.
Line-Ups
The starting line-ups were: Milwaukee: Schoendienst 2b, Logan Ss, Mathews 3b, Aaron C, Adcock Ib, Crandall C, Covington L, Patko Rf, Spahn
Yankees 13-10
Favourites
In Fifth Game
New York, Oct. 5. The New York Yankees are
at 18-10 to beat favoured Milwaukee tomorrow in the fifth game of World Series, with Tb Turley pitching for the Yanks and Lew Burdette for the Braves,
However,
with Milwaukee leading three names to one, the Braves apparently have become a prnhblive "s and out" bot New York: Siebern L, Mc-io take the best of seven series. Dougald 2b, Bauer Itt, Mantle ib, C, Howard C, Skowron Richardson 3b, Kubek Ss, Ford P-UP.I.
Athletics Match
Early action tonight indicated that bookies would accept no more Milwaukee money on the total Series, but would offer a 33-10-1 on the Braves against anyone wishing to bet on the Yanks. Lyons, Oct. 5.
For
the tomorrow's game Italy beat France by 110 bookles were "aying" 6-5 en points io 91 In Iwo-day the Yanks and "toking" 7-5. mau-to-mon athletics contest, which endex That made the homo
warm, here tonight-Reuter.
price 13-10-U.P.I.
Johnny Logan, stepped in and smashed one down to short, But Kubek took his eyes off the ball momentarily to check Schoendienst at hird and when he looked again the ball was on The Jeft Beld its way through his legs for his
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the second error of the Series.
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Another Racing Driver Killed
London, Oct. 5. Racing driver Poter Michell, aged 28, was killed today when his Cooper Norton rolled ovor on a bend on the Brands Hatch Circuit,
Micholl was compot- ing in a formula threa category event for racer-Franco-Presso.
Italian Net
Title For Pietrangeli
Bologna, Oct. 5.
Crossing Of Catalina Strait
Long Beach, California,
Oct. B.
A young Dan|sh-American Greta Anderson today made the first ever cross. ing of the Catalina Strait hero in both directions. Greta, who is married to a physical education teacher at San Pedro, was in the water for 20 hours to cover 70.3 kilometres,. the there-and-baek dlstance be- ween the Californian Coast and Catalina Island.
She left Catalina Island at 41 minutes past midnight on Saturday and mado the Arat creasing in 10 hours 40 minutes 41 seconds.
After a half hour rast she nnde the return swim in 13 hours 30 mins 38 seconds against a fast running current, heavy ses, and a fog which caused her to swim off course for three kilometres,
CRIED
Said Greta who won the 1948, 100 metres Olympic freestyle “If I had known what was waiting for me I would never have been crazy enough to try it,”
She added: ""I was so cold, so tired and eo seu sick that I erled when I swam.”
Nevertheless the later pro- mised to make a bid on the
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Nicola Pietrangell, the Italian tions-France-Presse. number one, won the Italian Lawn Tenais Championship here oxtay with a 7-5, 9-7, 7-5, victory over his Davis Cup col- league, Orlando Sirolu.
Pieter ngeli bent Giuseppe Merlo, le holder for the Inst two years, In the Semi-finals yesterday.
Lea Pericoll won the Women's Singles tic, beating Maria
Therese Red 6-1, 3-6, 0-0.–— Reuter,
YUGOSLAVIAN VICTORY
Ugano, Switzerland: Oct. 5.
Yugoslavia bent Switzerland by 124 points to 85 in a two- day track and fold match, which ended here today.
Yugoslavia won 14 of the 20 events-Router.
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