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Braves Can Clinch With 3 Over Cards
By UNITED PRESS
The high-riding Milwaukee Braves can clinch at least a tie for the National League pennant tonight, if a couple of Dodger-killers named Bob Buhl and Bob Friend can drive two more nails in Brooklyn's coffin.
All it would take would be for Buhl of the Braves to beat the St. Louis Cardinals at St. Louis while Friend of the Pittsburgh Pirates beats the Dodgers in Brooklyn.
The combination of events would put Milwaukee two full games ahead of Brooklyn with only two games left to go. Even if the Braves lost their remaining two games, the best Brooklyn could do would be tie for the flag and force a play-off Starting Monday.
But If They Lose
Tonight could turn out much differently, however—it could see the Dodgers regain a tie with Milwaukee for first place if skinny Roger Craig (winless since Aug. 22) can beat Friend while Tom Poholsky of the Cardinals out-pitches Buhl for his third win over Milwaukee this year.
If the Braves and Dodgers both win—Milwaukee would remain one game ahead and be one day nearer the finish line. The only result would be to wipe out the last mathematical hope of the third-place Cincinnati Redlegs. If the Braves and Dodgers both lose—the Braves still would be a game ahead and the Dodgers would have muffed a golden opportunity.
There were no games yesterday, a "traveling day" in the schedule. Buhl, the man who whipped Brooklyn eight times this year, will be seeking his 19th win of the year tonight while Friend, with a 4-1 edge over Brooklyn, will be shooting for his 18th.
Pitching Staff Set
Braves' skipper Fred Haney says Lefty Warren Spahn will face St. Louis Saturday but he hasn't made up his mind about a hurler for Sunday's finale. Dodger pilot Walt
Alston will follow Craig with Sal Maglie on Saturday and Don Newcombe on Sunday.
"Hire the biggest bus available," Haney told Braves' traveling secretary Duffy Lewis yesterday, "for the biggest celebration ever." It was the closest the Milwaukee skiiper has yet come to claiming the flag.
Alston spent yesterday's day off cancelling (because of rain) a special batting drill for the Dodgers and oozing optimism for the benefit of players and reporters. He warned the raves they'd "better win 'em all if they want to be sure of it."
Alston Is Dreamer
Alston predicted the Dodgers will sweep their final three games from the pesky Pirates, who beat them three out of four early this week. He refused to criticize Sandy Amoros, whose fly ball muff led to the Dodgers' costly 7-3 loss to the Phillies Wednesday, but said Sandy won't start tonight "if he's depressed."
Pirate manager Bobby Bragan, who will pitch Ronnie Kline Saturday and Vern Law or Friend again Sunday, grinned as he said the Dodgers "are right behind the eight ball."
In Cincinnati, where the Redlegs need one homer to tie the Giants' major league record of 221 for a season, manager Birdle Tebbetts said he'll stuff all his sluggers into the starting lineup in Sunday's final game "unless we have a chance for second place."
Hill Bowling Off To Good Start
Intramural bowling got under way on the campus this week at the J-Bowl in the Student Union. Following are the day by day results.
With only 3 games remaining in the 1956 season, the Kansas City Athletics need 45.083 on the spot fans in order to equal the all-time American League attendance record for an eight-place team, set by Detroit in 1952.
In the 6:15 p.m. Monday night Blue league, the Parallels took 3 points from the Hi-Lows while the Pickups and Bell Ringers split with two apiece. The Pi R squares won four straight.
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In the 8:30 slot on Monday, Triangle won 4 points from FDA while the BLRB's won three from the Snakes. The Seminoles and Kapoa Sigs split their series.
Tuesday
Tuesday night the women's Sunset league, the Sigma Kappa team had the best series, 1468, while Kappa Kappa Gamma with 497 bowled the best line. Kappa Kappa and Sigma Kappa won 3 and lost 1 while Alpha Delta Pi and the Gals split. On the losing end were Delta Gamma and Alpha Omicron Pi.
In the 8:30 p.m. Chalk league, ATO dominated with a series total of 1994 and a high game of 705. Both ATO and TKE won 4, while the Four Deuces won 3 and lost 1. The Squirrels won only 1 while dropping 3 and the Eagles and Beta Gamma failed to win a game.
Wednesday
The 4 p.m. Wednesday Hilltop league was led by AKL which won 4 games from Grace Pearson and Sigma Pi which won 4 from the Pin Bandits. Phi Kappa Tau made the clean sweep habit unanimous by taking 4 from the Pin Heads.
In the Prairie League bowling at 6:15, The Spoilers won 4 games from Team No. 5, the Keglers won 3 from the Misfits and the Pinboys and Phi Gams split even.
Thursday
The Hi-Balls won 4 points from the New Yorkers in the 8:30 p.m. Jay league Thursday while the Top Hats won 4 points from Delta Epsilon and The Pikes won 3 from Triangle.
The Oklahoma A. & M. football squad numbered 99 at the beginning of Spring football drills this year.
Friday, Sept. 28, 1956
KU Cross-Country Team Prepares For Tiger Opener
Coach Bill Easton will send a squad of seven returning lettermen into the first cross-country meet of the season Oct. 12 with Missouri.
Returning from last year's Big Seven champions and NCAA runners-up are Captain Jan Howell. Lowell Janzen, and Bernie Gay, seniors; Jerry McNeal, Hal Long, and Bobby Nicholson, juniors. Grant Cookson, senior, lettered in 1954.
Holdover squidmen include Verlyn Schmidt, Earl Eblen, Bob Cormack, and Paul Baker, juniors. Up from the freshmen squad are Paul Schroeder, conference postal champion of 1955, and Barry Crawford.
Also out for the squad is Bob Harrison, sophomore. At the state meet two years ago he finished second to Bobby Mills of Haskell with a time of 9 minutes 29 seconds. Mills ran the race in 9 minutes 28.1 seconds.
Coach Easton reported that Mc-
Neal has been out with a sore back and Long with a sore leg, McNeal won the indoor and outdoor two-mile races last year and Long won the mile in the Big Seven outdoor meet.
In the first time trials of the season Friday, Howell won the race over the two-mile course in a time of 9 minutes 22 seconds.
1956 schedule
This will be the first year that Big Seven schools have complied with the rules of the NCAA. Each team will be allowed to enter seven men in dual meets instead of the regular five and the first five will count in the scoring.
Oct. 12. Kansas at Missouri
Oct. 20. Drake and Chicago Track
club here Oct. 26, Kansas at Oklahoma A&M Nov. 3, Oklahoma, here Nerv. 40, Pin-Site conference
nov. 10, Big Seven conference at I-state.
Nov. 26, NCAA Championships at Miehigan.
Bucky Harris Quits As Tiger Manager
Stanley W. (Bucky) Harris ended his second tour as manager of the Detroit Tigers yesterday saying that he could not be the "fiery, aggressive" pilot the new owners of the ball club want for 1957.
Harris, who was returned to manage the 1955 Tigers despite his 5 second division finishes from 1929 through 1933, was severly criticized by Spike Briggs, president of the ball club, earlier this season during a 10-game losing streak. Briggs later apologized and assured Harris his job would be safe, until the end of the season anyway.
The Tiger front office declined to name a successor to the Tiger
The Tigers were bought this summer by an 11-man syndicate headed by Fred Knorr, Michigan radio executive, who indicated soon after the sale that there would be a change of managers. The new owners take official control of the Detroit team Monday.
field skipper but said the new manager would be announced following the World Series.
There is speculation that Harris may accept a job with the Boston Red Sox organization, possibly as assistant general manager.
Leo Durocher Says Braves Will Win Race
Leo Durocher, former Brooklyn and New York Giants manager, said he thought the Braves were "in" in the torrid National League pennant race.
He said "I think Fred Haney's Braves have better speed and pitching than Brooklyn and I think and hope they'll win." He also said he thought the Braves would make a stronger opponent for the New York Yankees.
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