Roy Campanella (left) and two-game winner Johnny Podres. Marvellous Bums finally win Series from Casey Brooklyn’s beloved Bums finally won t * Seven-game Series labelled Brooks did it the hard way — coming from fat never before accomplished by any team, tt Was the Dodgers’ eighth es attempt and their sixth Y against the Yankees; and it garked Casey Stengel’s ‘first “tes loss since he became man- ih of the Yankees in 1949 and Ae five straight World Series ~~ S\X pennants. / Stengel, one of the shrewdest anagers in the business, cross- Bare, the Bums in the first two a €s by using lefties on the und — and the Dodgers had sean death to portsiders all an On Casey’s big sheep ho “a, however, Ebbet's Field flieg became merely outfield like’ and the Yankees lcoked h Bames PS as they copped both mm eS Was a different story when ox yaird game shift to Brook- theiy Tought the Bums back to thre home grounds. They won Va kee aight, made the mighty Sion ey like a second divi the sixth game, back in the Stag: OCP€n spaces of Yankee pattum, another reversal of bats ook place, with Yankee first lasting in five runs in the Inning and sewing up the at three games each. eigntesday was the final, de- to pe, fame, and it turned out ‘the ine best of them all, with Odgers winning 2-0. aecigger manager Walt Alston Winne to use his third-game on th, T young Johnny Podres, ge] Ry Mound, while Casey Sten- hag .ctted Tommy Byrne, who tive py hipped the Bums with a itter in the second game. Th the i‘ first Dodger run came in Na eeu when Roy Campan- Sniq Subled to left after Duke Fyrjse had struck out. Carl &ieg Urj Was Sent a roller to short and Ca Town out by Rizzuto as Ga Panella advanced to third. lef, Odges sent a line single to eq, psig. and Campanella scor- | thre, Make it 1-0. McDougald Sut Hoak. One run, two “Dodgers vs. heir first “world” championship this week in Stengel” by diamond fans. behind after dropping the first two games, Typically, the hits, no errors, one left. j -In the sixth Reese singled. | Snider laid ‘down a sacrifice bunt and was safe when Skow- ron dropped the ball in making the tag. Reese went to third and Snider to second on Cam- , panella’s sacrifice bunt. Furillo / Diane Leather of London, England, set a new distaff re- cord for the mile recently when she covered the distance in 4:45 to break her own pre- vious mark. \ was intentionally passed, and the bases were full. Stengel, looking as though he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders, walked slowly to the mound, talked a moment with Byrne, and crooked a fin- ger for Bob Grim, a Brooklyn resident, to take over the hurl- ing chore. : ‘Hodges flied deep to Cerv in right centre and Pee Wee Reese scored after the catch, with Snid- er advancing to third. Hoag walked, loading the bases again. George Shuba batted for Zim- mer and grounded out to Skow- ron. One run, one hit, one er- ror, three left. ‘Yankees had their big scoring chance in the last of the sixth. Martin walked. McDougald laid down a bunt and beat Podres’ throw. Martin took second. Two on, none out and Yogi Berra at bat. Sandy Amoros made a spec- tacular catch of Berra’s hit and McDougald was doubled out at first. Reese threw out Bauer to retire the side. Again in the eighth the Yan- kees threatened. Rizzuto singl- ed. Martin flied out. McDoug- ald crashed a hard single off Hoak’s shoulder, sending Riz- zuto to third. Berra flied to Furillo. Bauer struck out. No runs, two hits, no errors, two left. : Everyone was tense as Podres walked to the mound for the last of the ninth. He threw out Bill Skowron, stopping a hot grounder straight to the box and running toward first trying to get the ball free’ from the webbing in his glove. Cerv flied to Amoros. Reese threw out Howard. The game was over and the Dodgers had done -|! _it, as they said they would. Bedlam broke loose in the ball park, with Campanella reaching Podres first. Soon the young hurler was surrounded by play- ers and fans, and was lucky to make the dugout before losing all his clothes. In the dressing room the celebration began, to pe continued all night long in Brooklyn. Sert Whyte's SPORTLIGHT \ OT for the world would I re- mind you that last week this column called the Dodgers in seven—or that one year ago ‘we selected the underdog Giants to take’ the favored Indians. No, you'll really have to twist my arm to make me admit that once ‘in a while I pick ‘em right. . . . Ah, those beloved Bums! Walking up Hastings in the rain Tuesday morning I stop- ped outside a TV shop where a crowd had gathered to watch the game, and asked a shaggy guy on the fringe, ‘“What’s the score ?” “Nuttin to nuttin in the thoid,” he said in pure Brooklynese. Surprised to run into a nat- ive of Flatbush this far from Ebbet’s Field, I decided to say a comforting word: “Don’t worry,. the Bums will come through.” “Tm betting da Yankees,” snarled the Brooklyn DP. cc Sania 8 seat 83 Having won, the Dodgers are all heroes, of course, but leftie moundsman Johnny Podres can perhaps be designated as more hero than anybody. Early in the year Podres, who has terrific natural stuff, a fast ball and a_ beautiful change’ of pace, figured to rank with Don Newcombe, Carl Er- skine and Billy Loes. However, a sore arm kept him on the shelf a good part of the time, and when he did get. on the mound he tired quickly and always had to be replaced. This was the guy who, after Newcombe, Loes and Erskine had little success against the Yankees, stepped. out on _ his 23rd birthday and handcuffed Casey’s sluggers in the big third game at Brooklyn, then blank- ed the Yankees in the decisive seventh game at Yankee Stad- ium. se) 5 x Turning to football, the news’ For B.C. Lions, is all grim. that is. Too many holes in the line; and a quarterback whe can pass but isn’t up to snuff other- wise. That tells the stery of the downfall of our team in a nutshell. A few weeks ago, when Win- nipeg hadn’t won a game and was floundering around at the bottom of the heap. this col- umn warned that the Bombers were the most under-rated team in the WIFU, quite capable of upsetting the Stamps and Lions once they got a quarterback. The prediction proved all too true, and now we see Bombers _ comfortably tied for third spot and heading for the playoffs, while our crippled Lions, after dropping a game to the Stamps last Monday, seem slated for the bottom of the deck. Professional football is a money game. Vancouver is a bigger town than Calgary, Ed- monton, Regina or Winnipeg, and the Lions have a bankroll as big as any club in the league, and bigger than most. Success depends on buying the right American players and develop- ing Canadians. : It would appear that Annis Stukus, head coach, is on a slippery slope these days. He'll have to do some fast talking to ,the directors unless the team performs a miracle and wins against the Esks in Ed- monton on Saturday — some- thing like whipping a team of Irishmen in Dublin on St. Pat- rick’s Day. ‘Mind you, the Lions are sev- eral hundred percent better than the sorry aggregation of last season. Stukus has man- aged to build a team this year —a good third rate team. Now the job is to come up with a first rate squad in 1956. bos x be Glyn Thomas dropped. in to tell me about a Vancouver Bas- ketball College which has been formed, with Bruce Yorke as director and coach. First meet- ing is scheduled for this Fri- day, October 7, at 8 pm. in Clinton Hall.. All young peo- ple interested in basketball are invited to attend and watch a film of the Oklahoma Aggies, plus instructional slides. Swim sisters eye Olympics Following their fine showing at a British swim meet, Canada’s aquatic sisters, Susan Grant (left), 15, and Virginia, 18, have high hopes of winning points for Canada at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. Both are expected to catch places on the Canadian team. PACIFIC TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 7, 1955 — PAGE 12 a 4 é it :