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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN. LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1947
By JIM RAGLIN Daily Kansan Sports Editor
More than 70,000 persons will be on hand to welcome the 1947 World's Series at Yankee stadium today. The Yanks have announced that Frank Shea, a right hander, will tess for them and Branice is the probable Brooklyn starter.
A year ago the Yanka paid a $200 appendectomy bill for Shea. The young pitcher threatened to quit baseball if the New York team refused to foot his doctor bill. The Yankee's paid off and so did Shea, a rookie sensation this season.
Bookmakers, a group completely detached from the publishing field, have established the Yank's as 2 to 1 favorites to win the series. Not one to buck the bookies, we are also predicting the New York Americans to win. The Yank's roster is filled with men who have played in numerous World's Series, and they should be a more relaxed ball club during this spectacle. Mickey Owen's hobble of a third strike led to a Dodger downfall in the last series between the same teams and was the result of nervousness, the experts say. A similar miscue could win or lose this series and the more experienced Yanks look like the more dependable pressure players. Just to go out even farther on the limber limb, we like the Yanks in six games.
The great master of the fast ball, Jerome "Dizzy" Dean returned to the mound Sunday. The famous Dizzy pitched four scoreless innings for the St. Louis Browns against the Chicago White Sox. He injured his left leg while being forced out at second. Dean had singled in its only trip to the plate in the game. Dean did not disappoint a crowd of 16,000 who watched the game. He used a red and white stripped bat after the umpire had refused to allow him to use a black stripped bat. After the game Diz said that his arm felt great.
The list of contenders for the national football championship began taking some semblance of shape last week. Army, Michigan, U. C. L. A., North Carolina, Tulane, and Texas are among the most prominent teams based on early season showings. Only a few of the perennial big powers have already been knocked from the banks of the unbeaten. Navy, Alabama, and Georgia have ended up on the short side of the ledger.
This Saturday will provide the first squint at a team that has been practically awarded the national championship even before they donned the pads for practice—Notre Dame. The Irish, reported to be capable of holding their own with professional football teams, will start their season against Pittsburgh. Despite the creditable showing of the Iowa City team against Illinois the Irishmen are expected to win easily.
Eight Cities To Get KU Extension Work
Salesmanship and secretarial technique classes will be held in eight Kansas towns in the next two months, Quincy Athea, field representative of University extension, announced today.
These classes will be attended by approximately 1500 people. Mr. Atha said. They are being sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce and local chapters of the National Secretaries' association in Marion, Anthony, Farsons, Oswego, Newton, Independence, Coffeville, and Kansas City.
These Golfers Blind,
But They Like The Game
Detroit—(UP)—Seven men who don't know how to hit a golf ball unless they feel it first will tee off Sunday in one of golf's strangest tournaments.
They will be contestants in the second annual international invitational golf tournament for the blind.
Six Blue Suits To Work Series
It is a sure bet that World Series history will be made today and it is all because of the umpires. There will be six men in blue on the field calling plays instead of the traditional four when the New York Yanks and the Brooklyn Dodgers square o at Yankee stadium today The game starts at 12:30 p.m. Lawrence time.
The two additional umpires will be stationed along the third and first base foul lines and they will rule on foul balls and fair outfield catches. The sideline arbiters will also hand down the verdict in cases where fans interfere with balls hit close to the stands.
Yanks Are Favored
The Yanks are favored to win the series. If they start Frank Shea as promised with Ralph Branca as their mound opponent the New York team is listed as 3 to 5 favorites to win the first game. They are now a 9 to 20 choice to win the series.
Shea is the first American league rookie to start a World Series game. He was a pre-war pitcher for the Kansas City Blues. Frank is known as a good clutch pitcher. Branca is not as dependable when he is in a touch spot.
In World Series competitive since 1903 the American league representatives have won 26 times while the National leaguers have defeated their junior rivals in 17 World Series. Brooklyn hasn't Won Yet
The New York Yankees have played 14 World Series. They have won 11 times and have lost 3. The people's "cheree" from Brooklyn will be entering their fourth World's Series and still hoping for a win.
Fans still remember the Dodger-Yank series in 1941. The Yankees won that year four games to one, and they four for the NL series that participated in the 1941 series. Joe DiMaggio, Tom Henrich, and Phil Rizzuto.
Walker, Williams New Kings Of Swat
New York-(UP)-Harry Walker of the Philadelphia Phillies and Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox today reigned as the respective batting champions of the National and American League for 1947.
Unofficial figures showed that Walker finished the season with a .362 batting average and Williams with .343. It was the first batting crown ever won by Walker but for it he was not outfitted outterfield won the title in 1941 with .406 and the following year with a mark of .356.
Walker won his crown in a cakewalk. Nearest rival to him was Bob Elliott of the Braves, who batted 317. Following Elliott in the first five were Augie Galan, Cincinnati, 314; Ralph Miner, Pittsburgh, 313; and Stan Musial of the Cardinals, last year's leader, with 311.
Tied for the Major League home run leadership were Johnny Mize of the Giants and Kiner, each of whom had 51. Both finished nine homers short of Babe Ruth's all-time record of 60, created in 1927.
In addition to the batting title, Williams also paced his league in three other departments. He was first in home runs in the American League with 32, in runs batted in with 114, and in runs scored with 125.
Behind Williams was Barney McCoskey of the A.'s, 300; Johny Pes-
wight of the White Sox, 324 each and George Kell of Detroit, 320.
Pesky had the most hits of any Major League players, 207, and outfielder Tommy Holmes of the Braves was second with 190.
Mize won the National League runs-batted-in title with 138, also leading in runs scored with 137.
Mobile Store Beats Rent
Springfield, Mass. — (UF) –Gerald D. Durham has found one way to beat
He fixed up a truck as a clothing store and travels around to his customers. The slogan for his enterprise is: "Store at Your Door, Why Pay More?"
World series scores will be posted on a scoreboard in front of the Journalism building as they are received over the United press teletype in the University Daily Kansan newsroom.
Get Series Scores In Front Of 'Shack'
Cell Group Meeting Tonight
At 7:30 In Hentley House
The first in a series of six weekly cell group meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Henley house, Shirley Sondker, director of Y.W. C.A. cell group said. Discussion of desired phases or questions pertaining to religion will be held by the Rev. John H. Patton, Westminster Student foundation.
New York-Batting orders for the opening game of the world series at the Yankee stadium today:
Series Lineup
Brooklyn
Stanky 2b
Robinson 1b
Reiser cf
Walker rf
Hermanski lf
Edwards c
Jorgensen 3b
Reese ss
Branca p
Stirnsew 2b
Henrich rf
Berra c
Dimaggio cf
McQuinn 1b
W. Johnson 3b
Lindell lf
Rizuto ss
Shea p
Umpires--Plate Mcgowan (American league); 1b-Goetz 3b-Pinelli (National league); Foul lines—Boyer and Magerkurth (National league).
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