WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Cleveland,With Bob Feller Is Favored In First Game
Boston, Oct. 6- (UP)Two of baseball's greatest pitchers, an Arkansas hillbilly and an Iowa farmer, carried the championship hopes of the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indians into the first game of the 1948 World Series today.
For the Braves, it was Johnny Sain, who has come a long way on base-
his path to glory since he left. The Bluff to make his mark as a pitcher. For the Indians, it was "Rapid" Bobby Feller, finally getting a shot in the blue ribbon classic of American sports.
The Indians were favored to take the first game, starting at 1:00 p.m. (EST) under skies which were expected to be clear, at odds of 9 to 5. The American league champions, who did not win their way into the Series until a day after the regular season closed, were 13 to 5 shots to take the best four out of seven series.
There was cheering news for the underdog braves as they went into their first Series since 1914 as Southworth announced that "Peppery" Ed Stanky, a big guy when the chips are down, would start at second base. Stanky was lost to the team on July 8 when he fractured his ankle in a game against the Dodgers at Brooklyn.
The Braves were cocky and confident. So were the Indians, despite reports that there had been a rebellion among some of the players over what they reportedly felt was the preferred treatment which Boudreau has been according Feller.
If there had been any dissension in the Cleveland ranks it clearly had been dissipated, for there wasn't a growl among them when Boudreau disclosed that Feller would be his opening day mound nominee.
Feller, who failed the Indians Sunday when he was beaten by the Detroit Tigers in a game which would have given the Indians the pennant without a playoff, said he was "ready to go".
Neither Southworth nor Boudreau would commit himself on the second game pitcher, but it looked like southpaw Warren Spahn for the Braves and Bob Lemon, the 20-game winning right-hander for Cleveland Two rookies, Bearden, whose playoff victory was his 20th of the year, and Vern Bickford, figured to start the third game, which will be played in Cleveland's park.
A sellout crowd was assured for little Braves park, with a seating capacity of only 33,000. Tickets were hard to get. Scalpers were asking and receiving as high as $50 for a $6 reserved grandstand seat.
Harris' Successor Remains Unnamed
New York, Oct. 6—(UP)—The old dressing game got underway again in the baseball world today as fans and players alike attempted to predict the successor of Bucky Harris, deposed manager of the New York Yankees.
Harris, who directed the Yankees to the world championship in his first year with the New Yorkers last season, was handed his release Monday.
The tere announcement from the Yankee front office said:
"The name of the new manager will be announced at some future date. Several candidates, not including any player active with the Yankees in 1948, are being considered."
The statement eliminated, at least temporarily, the possibility that Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich, or Frankie Crossett, all active Yankee players, would be considered for the job. Charley Dressen, coach under Harris, was considered a good possibility.
Play On IM Fields, Henry Shenk Asks
Henry Shenk, associate professor of physical education, requested that all intramural football teams confine practice to the intramural fields.
Some teams have been using the Memorial stadium field and the practice field east of the stadium, he said. He added that continued use by intramural teams has packed the ground thus increasing the chances of injury to men on the varsity football squad.
IM Entries Set Record
The number of tennis and horseshoe entries is the largest in the history of the intramural program, Don Powell, director of intramurals, said today.
One hundred twenty men are signed up for the horseshoe tournament, an increase of 20 over last year, and 150 men are in the tennis tournament, five more than last year.
Only intramural golf took a drop The links sport has 116 participants as compared to 128 last year.
Saints Down Royals In Little "Series"
St. Paul, Minn., Oct 6—(UP)—Pat McGlothin pitched the St. Paul Saints to a 4 to 0 victory over the Montreal Royals last night in the first game of baseball's little world series.
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W. L. Pct.
Kansas 1 0 1,000
Nebraska 1 0 1,000
Iowa State 1 0 .500
Missouri 0 0 .000
Oklahoma 0 0 .000
Kansas State 0 1 .000
Colorado 0 1 .000
Big 7 Standings
Kansas vs. Iowa State, at Ames Arkansas State vs. K. State, at Manhattan
This Week's Big 7 Games
Oklahoma vs. Texas at Dallas Colorado vs. Nebraska at Boulder Southern Methodist vs. Missouri at Columbia.
Chicago Cardinal Passer Injured
Paul Christman, star pass slinger for the Chicago football Cardinals, suffered a broken left wrist in the Cards-Bears game Monday. The International News service reported that doctors said he will be lost to the National league team for at least a month.
Paul Christman is a regular quarterback for the club, which won the league championship last season. His wrist will be in a cast for about three weeks.
Christman is a former All-American and All Big-Six star. He played quarterback for the University of Missouri.
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Meet The 1948 Jayhawkers
Bertuzzi—The Arma Flash
R. BERTUZZI
Dick Bertuzzi,
fleet 170 - pound
back from Arma,
is wearing the
Crimson and Blue
for the last time
this year. He is
seeking his fourth
“K” in both football
and baseball.
baseball and football teams for the past three years. During the 1947 season, he carried the ball 28 times in nine games to net 112 yards for the Big Seven co-champions. He was on the receiving end of five passes for 56 yards. He returned two interceptions 34 yards. Dick ran
Bertuzzi came to the University in 1945 and has been a regular member of.
back four punts for 46 yards and returned two kickoffs for 47 yards. He scored one of Kansas's six touchdowns in Saturday's tilt with Colorado. He was on the All-Big Seven team second string in 1946.
In high school Dick letter four years in football, basketball, and track. He ran the 100-yard dash and put the shot while on the track squad. He has played three years of Ban Johnson baseball, and the past summer he was a teammate of Dick Gilman on the Atchison semi-pro baseball team.
Bertuzzi, who is a College senior,
is majoring in chemistry. As yet he has no definite plans for the future.
He said his only outlook at present was to spend some time in the service. He is not a veteran, 20-year-old, and not married.
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Musial Leads 1948 Hitters
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New York, Oct. 6-(UP)—Stan Musial, enjoying his greatest season of baseball, was crowned as the unofficial leading hitter of 1948 in the major leagues today with two individual titles and a high ranking in all other departments.
Musial, who almost single-handedly led the St. Louis Cardinals to second place in the National league, paced both leagues in hitting with a robust .376 average and was tops in hits, with 230. His 135 runs was second to Tommy Henrich of the Yankees who had 138 and he was tied with Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees for third among home run hitters with 39. Only Ralph Kiner of the Pirates and Johnny Mize of the Giants had more round trippers, each with 40.
DiMaggio led both leagues in runs batted in with 156, 19 more than Vern Stephens of the Red Sox. Musial was third with 131.
Ted Williams of the Red Sox paced the American League at the plate with an average of .369, with Lou Boudreau of the pennant winning Indians second with .355. Rookie Richie Ashburn of the Phillies was second in the senior circuit with .333. Bob Dillinger of the Browns was second in hits with 207.
Forty-Niners Tie Cleveland Browns
New York, Oct. 6—(UP)—A high wind and the passing arm of "Automatic" Otto Graham were the main reasons why the champion Cleveland Browns continued to share the lead today with San Francisco in the All-America Football conference's Western division.
The Browns defeated the up-and-coming Baltimore Colts in mud and wind last night, 14 to 10, for their fifth victory of the year to stay in a percentage tie with the unbeaten Forty-Niners who have won six games.
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