Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1952 University Daily Kansan Page 5 Dodger Dream May Come True This Afternoon New York—(U.P.)—Today in Brooklyn should come the realization of a dream shattered 355 days ago by Bobby Thomson's haunting homer. This could be the fulfillment of the "next year" in which the pennant hopes of the Flatbush Faithful have resided ever since their tragic miss in 1951. The Dodgers, who play the Phillies in a twilight-night doubleheader at Ebbets field, will assemble early around the clubhouse television set to follow the progress of the Giants-Braves afternoon twin bill at the Polo grounds approximately 10 miles away. One defeat for the Giants will clinch Brooklyn's third pennant in the last six years. And if the Giants sweep the double-header, Brooklyn still can clinch with a victory in either game against the Phils. Sal Magliie, ace of the Giants' pitching staff, and rookie Bill Connelly will be assigned the job of keeping alive New York's all-but-vanished pennant hopes. They will be opposed by Ernie Johnson and Lou Burdette of the Braves. Dessen's pitching plans call for Billy Loes and John Rutherford to work tonight against Karl Drews and Curt Simmons. The Brooklyn assignments may be altered, however, if and when the Dodgers clinch. While the Dodgers' worries are expected to be over by midnight at the latest, the same cannot be said for the Yankees and Indians who still are waging an all-out battle for the American league pennant. The Indians, who shaved the Yankees' first place margin to one game by beating the Tigers, 6-3, yesterday, play the White Sox in Cleveland; the Yankees face the Red Sox in Boston. Both are afternoon games. Manager Al Lopez of the Indians, steadfastly rotating his three aces (Early Wynn, Mike Garcia and Bob Lemon) with only two days of rest, shoots with 22-game winner Garcia today against Joe Dobson of the White Sox. Wynn recorded his 23rd victory of the season yesterday as the Indians came from behind to beat the Tigers for their sixth straight triumph and their 15th in the last 17 games. Pennant Races at a Glance National League N. W. L. Pet. G.B. G.L. Brooklyn ... 94 54 .635 ... 6 New York ... 88 60 .595 6 6 Year Same Date Last Year W. L. Pt. C.R. G. L. W. L. Pct. G.B. G.L. Brooklyn 92 54 .630 3 6 New York 90 58 .608 3 6 W. L. Pct. BB GL W. L. Pct. BB GL Games to Play Brooklyn (6) at home (6)-Philadelphia, 23 (2), 24; Boston 26, 27, 28 New York-(6) at home (6) Boston, 23 (2), 24; Philadelphia, 26, 27 American League W. L. Pet. G.B. G.L. New York ... 90 58 608 ... 6 Cleveland ... 90 60 600 1 5 W. L. Pct. G.B. G.E. New York ... 90 55 .626 ... 7 Cleveland ... 92 58 .613 1 4 Games to Play New York (6)—away—(6)—Bos- ton 23, 24, 25; Philadelphia 26, 27, 28. Cleveland (4)—at home—(2)—Chi- cago, 23, 42. Away—(2)—Detroit, Cept, 27, 28. Baseball Standings National League W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn ... 94 54 163 ... 7 New York ... 88 60 595 6 St. Louis ... 85 63 574 9 Philadelphia ... 83 65 561 11 Chicago ... 75 76 497 20 Cincinnati ... 66 82 446 28 Boston ... 63 85 426 31 Pittsburgh ... 41 110 272 541 American League New York ... 90 58 608 ... Cleveland ... 90 60 600 ...1 Chicago ... 78 71 523 12) Philadelphia ... 77 73 513 14 Washington ... 76 74 507 15 Boston ... 75 73 507 15 St. Louis ... 61 87 412 29 Detroit ... 49 100 329 41) LITTLE SPORT Judging from the thrills and surprises that marked the first big day of the season last Saturday, this big gridiron schedule should take a lot of headlines away from the final stages of the baseball pennant races. And, also judging from last Saturday, there'll be some upsets. The two chief victims of the opening day show were Texas Marquette That's not to say there won't be any conference activity this week—every major conference in the nation will have at least one league game, with the Big Ten opener between Ohio State and Indiana heading the list. Michigan State, ranked by the United Press Board of Coaches as the nation's No. 1 team in its preseason ratings, clashes with Michigan in the top game of another type—games that are non-league but not strictly intersectional. In the same group are Virginia vs. Vanderbilt, Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross, Navy vs. Yale, and Wisconsin vs. Marquette. Non-League Tilts OnWeek'sGridList On Saturday, there are such classics as Texas vs. North Carolina, Notre Dame vs. Pennsylvania, UCLA vs. Texas Christian, Washington vs. Minnesota, Oregon vs. Nebraska, and Kansas vs. Santa Clara. New York—(U.P.)Many football fans will tell you that the best college football is played in September and early October because of the great number of intersectional games—and that argument will get a big boost from next weekend's schedule. The intersectional program starts with two big battles on Friday night — Southern California vs. Northwestern, and Southern Methodist vs. Duke. In another month, the nation's top teams will be deeply involved in conference schedules, often against some "weak sister" in the loop. But this week: Christian, which suffered a 13-0 defeat by Kansas in front of the national television cameras, and Kentucky, upended 25-6 by surprising Villanova. The list of highly-touched teams who lived up to advance billing was headed by Duke, which kept its trick split-T plays in hiding and still trounced Washington and Lee, 34-0. In other top performances, Don-Heinrich threw two touchdown passes to pace Washington's 39-14 win over Idaho; Teddy Narleski scored two second-half touchdowns for UCLA to beat Oregon, 13-6; California crushed College of Pacific, 34-13; Texas opened with a 34-14 rout of Louisiana State; the Texas Aggies downed Houston, 21-13, and Oregon State downed Utah, 14-7. An odd note here was that both upsets were sparked by backs who performed for West Point until they were swept off the plains by the "cribbing scandal." Gil Reich was the man who tossed two touchdown passes for Kansas, and Gene Fillipski was the hard-running back who ripped through Kentucky's forward wall. Maryland, ranked the nation's No. 2 team, narowly averted an even greater upset by Missouri. The Terrapins, shooting for their 13th straight victory, were four-touchdown favorites but were losing 10-0 until they scored two touchdowns in the fourth period, both on passes by Jack Scarbath and the second with only 70 seconds to play. This week Maryland tries for No. 14 against Auburn. 6. New rule—a 15-year penalty is charged for a fake fair catch. Old New Football Rules Changes Increase Roughness Penalty 5. New rule—a time out will be charged when a substitute is sent on the field while the clock is running. Old rule—the time out was not charged if the ball was snapped on time. New York—(U.P.)-The new football rules are rougher on the hors. 4. New rule—a passer can use his hands to ward off onrushing enemy linemen if the ball is in the air. Old rule—he could not use his hands, so he had to the passer, who has had little up to now although kickers have been specially protected by special roughing rules.) Baumholtz has only three more games. It may be a dramatic finish because the Cardinal star, batting .334, and Baumholtz, the runner-up at .330, meet in their final three games. There are not many changes in the code from previous years. You will hardly notice them. But those changes that were made were designed to cut down on roughing. The Johnny Bright incident—in which a star player was slugged out of competition—had a lot to do with it. The referee charges himself with a time out should the offensive team be awarded a first down on a kick (usually on a blocked kick.) 3. New rule—defense holding calls for a 15-yard penalty. Old rule—a five yard penalty. (Offensive holding always has been 15 yards.) St. Louis, —(U.P.)—Stan Musial has batted donly .291 at home this season and that's where he plays his last six games but the figures favor him to retain the National league batting championship against the challenge of Frankie Baumholtz of the Cubs. The ball can be inclined only 45 degrees before the center snap. 2. New rule—any block from behind is clipping, and a 15-yard penalty. Old rule—only a block from behind below the waist was clipping. 1. New rule—a player canno strike another player with his elbows, forearm or locked hands while blocking or tackling. Old rule-only fists were barred. Musial Favored To Lead League Here are the major changes for 1952: Those are the major changes. There are such minor refinements as these: 8. New rule—the rubber football may be used. Old rule—although rubber footballs were permitted on an experimental basis, only leather ones actually were authorized under the rules. rule—there was no such penalty. 7. New rule—a player is allowed two steps to regain his balance after making a fair catch. Old rule—the "fair catch" was abolished in 1950 but now is restored permitting the steps. By DON NIELSEN —Beat Santa Clara— After K-State's offer to forfeit the only two games she didn't lose during her regular football season because of a couple of ineligible players, we wonder if she wouldn't be willing to forget about a certain victory the Wildcats took from us in Manhattan last January. Maybe there was an ineligible basketball player or two there? Rocky Marciano is slightly favored to win in his bout with Jersey Joe Walcott tonight. This edge is given chiefly because of his youth. Of course the fact that Walcott has a little more experience should even things up a little. As a matter of fact the 2 to 1 odds on Marciano have swung over to 3 to 2. The bout's a sell-out, too. With no home televising of the fray, a good many of the fans in New England are buying tickets. —Beat Santa Clara— Kansas City Blues fans this year ran a real gamut of emotions while backing their team. From start horror at the outset of the season through rank indifference and mild interest to a climax of wild glee. The Blues should draw a record crowd to the opening game of the Little Series. —Beat Santa Clara— The odds that the Dodgers will take the National league pennant are pretty good just about now. In fact, they could win the pennant today without moving out of their chairs. If the Giants drop either one of their two games today the Dodgers automatically clinch the pennant.. —Beat Santa Clara— —Beat Santa Clara— Those Horned Frogs really seem to be a jinx to end Jerry Bogue. Two years ago he hurt his knee just before the TCU game, and the injury held him back for some time. Last year he helped win the opener with TCU, but received a hand injury that bothered his passing. Saturday he got that banged up knee. Maybe the next time Coach Meyer's bunch drops around Jerry'll stay in bed. What happened up in Columbia Saturday? The Tigers, although sorry to have dropped a close one like that, still must feel pretty proud of themselves to have given that much-touted Maryland eleven such a battle. Maybe they will merit as close a watch this year as Oklahoma and Colorado. Next thing you know, K-State may take a conference game.