“The Sports Comer”
SPORTS WHIRL
The Series is over and major
league baseball clubs are looking
forward to 1964. . . .
The winners laugh and the los
ers snarl ... an ageless truism
of life. In New York early this
morning, Manager Ralph Houk
of the Yankees roared in anger at
a reporter trying to ask him about
the late World Series, won in four
straight games by the Dodgers.
Houk was angered about a ques
tion concerning Bill Skowron, a
player formerly with the Yankees
and now with the Dodgers. Skow
ron played good ball for the Dod
gers in the Series.
Clear across the continent, the
victorious Dodgers in Los An
geles were dreaming dreams of
the fat checks soon to come their
way and wondering what to do
with the money.
In all, there were 64 World Ser
ies records broken and 24 more
tied.
The number one record undoubt
edly was set by Koufax who fanned
15 men in the first game for one
mark and added eight more in
the fourth to make his total 23 for
the Series. That was a record for
a four-game series.
The major league all-star base
ball team has been named, and
both the world champion Dodgers
and the San Francisco Giants are
represented. Pitcher Sandy Koufax
X is the Los Angeles representative.
The other pitcher on the first
squad is Juan Marichal of the Gi
ants. His teammate, Willie Mays,
is the all-star center fielder. Other
first team members are: Bill
White, Cardinals, first base; Bobby
Richardson, Yankees, second base;
Ken Boyer, Cardinals, third base;
Dick Groat, Cardinals, shortstop;
Hank Aaron of the Braves and A1
Kaline of the Tigers, outfielders,
and Elston Howard of the Yankees,
catcher.
Here is a quick rundown of how
things look in the tw'o major pro
football leagues after another
weekend of action. In the National
League there are two unbeaten
teams and each is sitting on top
of a division. The Cleveland (
Browns lead in the East with four
victories and no losses. The Chi
cago Bears are on top in the West
with four decisions and no defeats.
In the American Football
League, the New York jets, to
everybody’s surprise, are setting
the pace in the Eastern Division
with three wins and one loss. The
San Diego Chargers are leading in
the West with exactly the same
record.
DODGERS REVEL;
YANKS REEL FROM
QUADRUPLE WHAMMY
LOS ANGELES UP — The world
champion Los Angeles Dodgers cel
ebrated their four-game World
Series sweep over the New York
Yankees with a swinging cham
pagne-filled victory party.
The party began Sunday night
at the Stadium Club in Chavez
Ravine and lasted into the wee
hours of the morning.
Willie Davis, whose long fly ball
to center scored Jim Gilliam with
the winning run, easily won the
twist championship.
Tommy Davis, the leading hit
ter in the National League, ruled
as the jitterbug champion of the
night, followed closely by Leo Du
rocher.
Despite the narrow 2-1 victory,
the Stadium Club management
never doubted the outcome.
At the top of the ninth, they
paged:
“All waiters to their posts.’’
A few minutes later they were
swamped by jubilant fans. The
fans were still there when the
Dodgers started their own party
hours later.
It was the same all over town,
as neighborhood pubs and Sun
set Strip bistros were jammed
with celebrators.
Sign in a service station: “We
collect taxes — federal, state and
local. We also sell gasoline as a
sideline.”
Minors’ Player of the Year
COLUMBUS, Ohio OP — Billy
I!owan of the Pacific Coast League’s
Salt Lake City club was named
aaseball’s minor league Player of
the Year Saturday.
The 25-year-old outfielder, born
in Mississippi but now a resident
of Bakersfield, Calif., was the
overwhelming choice of the Na
tional Association of Baseball
Writers.
Cowan hit .315, batted in 120
runs, scored 100, stole 31 bases
and had 25 home runs and 40
doubles in 158 games.
He’s a right-handed hitter, and
wound up the season with the Chi
cago Cubs. He’s expected to make
a strong bid for a Cub varsity job
in the spring.
SPORT ODDITY
Only two players with the last
name of Howard played in the ma
jor leagues during the 1963 season
— Catcher Elston Howard of the
American League champions, the
New York Yankees, and Outfieldei
Frank Howard of the Nationa
League pennant winners, the Lo:
Angeles Dodgers. Now, both are ir
the World Series after each hi
28 home runs during the regular
season and finished fifth in hi:
respective league.
TONGUE-TIED TYRO
If I am asked to stand and speal
Unto a group,
The blood deserts my ruddy cheel
And turns to soup.
Confusion I just can’t disguise,
I long to flee!
O, that I were two other guys
Instead of me!
I can’t think of a single word!
I want to sneeze!
The only sound from me that’s
heard
Is knocking knees.
But when I’m seated my heart
sings!
I’m free from dread!
And then I think of brillian thing
I could have said.
I
—W. L. HUDSOI
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LEGENDARY WOMEN
Cowpokes and prospectors
sweethearts at home when they went
west to seek their fortunes —so a
woman in the Old West was a rare
sight. Lonely men invented numerous
legends about the few belles who did
follow the sun with their men.
One of the most famous tales concerns "Sweet Betsy From Pike,
who followed Ike, her betrothed, to the California gold fields,
trudged through the desert with him, once collapsed beneath the
blazing sun. He left her, and, according to legend and song, she
said in her parting shout:-"Goodbye, you big lummox, I'm glad
you've backed out."
Modern western belles, like
Penny on the Sky King TV
show find living easier, but
lots more exciting. Often
Penny will hop into the flying
cowboy's plane for up-to
date adventures in the west f,
of the mid-1 960's.
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c Okla., Texas Vie for
Top Grid Ratings
C NEW YORK UP> — Oklahoma has
maintained its grip on the num
ber one spot in the Associated
Press college football poll. How
ever, Texas moved up to second
place, switching with Alabama,
which slipped to third. Oklahoma
and Texas will meet in a game
Saturday in Dallas, Texas.
Both Texas and Alabama scored
their third straight victories Sat
urday. But the Longhorns man
aged to edge in front of Alabama
for the runnerup place honors.
Texas polled 435 points to 430 for
3 Alabama.
Navy moved up to fourth place,
while Wisconsin slipped to fifth.
J Pittsburgh climbed to sixth, South
ern Cal to seventh, and Ohio State
to eighth. Penn State turned up
ninth in this week’s poll, and Mis
sissippi again took tenth place.
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