anaheim-gazette 1950-11-08

Sawyer Manager of Year Yankees' Stengel Second in Voting NEW YORK (AP)—Affable Eddie Sawyer, a former college professor who never played an inning in the big leagues, today was voted baseball's "Manager of the Year" in a nationwide poll conducted by the Associated Press. Sawyer was named on 164 of the 381 ballots cast by sports writers and sportscasters. Casey Stengel, who won the honor in 1949, received 134 votes to finish a close second. Six Get Votes Four other field leaders received recognition. Red Rolfe, who did a brilliant job in bringing the Detroit Tigers home second to the Yankees in the American League race, was third with 51 votes. Leo Durocher's feat in directing the New York Giants to third place in National League race won him fourth place with 23 Pittsburgh’s Geri Tops NF PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Joe Gerl, whose three field goals gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a 9-7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles last Sunday, also used that opportunity to dash from sixth to first place in the National Football League's ground gaining race. Gerl, former University of Georgia star from Phoenixville, Pa., picked up 115 yards against the Eagles to bring his total for the season to 461. Cleveland's Marlon Motley holds down second place with 454 yards. Norm Van Brocklin of the Los Angeles Rams Statistics Reveal Demise Of Anaheim Ground Attack Having thrown a few more passes here or there having mixed in a few less fumbles at certain moments might be conceivable that the Colonists would stand than even with their three-three mark as they face half of the season. At least that's the way it looks from the statistics Early Odds Say Bears by Seven NEW YORK (AP)—Oddsmakers have established California's unbeaten Golden Bears a 7 to 7½ point favorite to whip UCLA Saturday at Berkeley. With an almost identical total yardage with their opponents—1289 to 1281—the nists have given away an running department, but virtually crushed the opinion in the air. Better Than Half In the half-dozen games Colonists have tried 59 pass have completed 35 of th EDDIE SAWYER votes. Steve O'Neill, who replaced Joe McCarthy in June and righted the Boston Red Sox, got five votes. Bucky Harris of the Washington Senators received four. Sawyer, often referred to as the Phillies' "secret weapon," leaped into prominence practically overnight. His appointment in the middle of the 1948 season to succeed Ben Chapman as manager of the Phils created a stir among baseball men and baseball fans everywhere. Very few persons had ever heard of him. Now They Know "Who is Sawyer?" the fans asked. Today they know. They know that the one-time Ithaca college biology teacher is a sound manager who owns the respect of every one of his players. Players regard Sawyer as more than a mere manager. He's father, confessor, friendly advisor, coach and psychologist to every Phil. "No one gets away with anything on the skipper," one of his players once remarked. "No one wants to." Builds Confidence "If a man has ability," Sawyer maintains, "you get better results drawing it out of him than by trying to knock it out of him. After all, if a kid hasn't the ability, all the hollering in the world isn't going to make him a star. "What is ability? Part of it is confidence. Build up a fellow's confidence and you build up his ability. Knock him all the time, his confidence disappears and the battle is lost." Helped in Minors Partly because he never became a major-league player, Sawyer always has had sympathy and understanding for the minor leaguers in his care. The 1950 edition of the Phils are largely his own creation. They are, or the most part, the same fellows he had under his wing as Phillies' farm manager at Utica and Toronto. And despite his fatherly Robinson Expected To Wallop Dykes CHICAGO (AP) — Welterweight Champion Ray (Sugar) Robinson, a 3-1 favorite, tangles with 22-year-old Bobby Dykes, lanky Miami, Fla., puncher, in a non-title 10 rounder at Chicago Stadium tonight. Truman Gibson of the International Boxing Club predicted a crowd of 6000 in the stadium which can accommodate 20,000 for boxing. The bout will be televised and broadcast by CBS starting at 7 p.m., Pacific Standard time. Robinson is expected to weigh 156 pounds, nine above his weight class limit and five more than the six foot Dykes. Dykes has 29 knockouts in winning 52 out of a recorded 60 fights. Robinson in 10 years has been defeated only once in 117 bouts and has stopped 74 opponents. His only risk tonight will be prestige. He will step out of his weight division to face Jake LaMotta in a middleweight title go in Chicago Stadium, Feb. 14. Bill Flynn, starting left tackle, is half of the only brother combination on the Noter Dame football team. Other half is brother Dave, 19. Help Your Community Chest Stephen & Stephen ESCROW AGENCY Locally Owned — Bonded 108 W. Broadway—Ph. Ana. 6893 of Year, Dropo Top Rookie Geri Tops NFL Ground Gainers retained top honors in the passing division with an average gain of 8.75 yards. George Batterman of the Yankees held on to second place with an average of 8.66 while last weekend. Another Los Angeles player, Tom Fears, tops the pass receivers with 41 accepted for 621 yards. Cleveland's Mac Speidle is second with 35 good for 458 yards. The league's top scorer is Jimmy Lulack of the Chicago Bears with 81 points. Head man in the NFL hunting department is Horace Gillom of Cleveland, with an average distance of 45.7 yards. Ford, Carrasquel Follow Bosacker NEW YORK (N) — Big Walt Dropo, Boston Red Sox first baseman has been voted Rookie of the Year for 1950 in the American League. Dropo outdistanced the opposition with 15 votes from the 24-man committee of the Baseball Writers association. Ed (Whitey) Ford, New York Yankees squad-pitcher, was second with six. Chico Carrasquel, the Chicago White Sox showstop sensation, was third with two votes. One writing failed to vote. Boston recalled Dropo from Louisville in early season when Billy Goodman was injured. The bulking 27-year-old giant from Moosup, Conn., who stopped in a 1949 trial, came through in terrific fashion. Dropo started hitting in sensational style and never stopped. His long distance power carried him the fans' votes as first base starter on the league all-star team in July. Playing 136 games for the Red Sox, Dropo collected 180 hits for a 323 average. He slammed 24 home runs and tied teammate Vern Stephens for the league lead with 144 runs batted in. Ford, the baby-faced Yankee lefthander, came up in July from the Kansas City farm. He flashed to nine straight wing before he lost on relief in the final week of the season. The Astoria, N. V. youngster, then 21, pitched and won the final Better Than Half In the half-dozen games, three Colonists have tried 59 passes and completed 35 of them for glowingly healthy average of 59 per cent. This has accounted for 85 yards, as against 166 for the opposition. Throwing by this opposition has kicked rather sickly in comparison. It has thrown 53, completed 11, for a mark of 21 per cent. Runners Fall But while the passers continue to get richer, the runners have almost completely collapsed. Two kicks ago, the Colonists had one first down by running than their opposition. After only two games, the foes have now ed up a margin of 23 in that department. Anaheim has also rocketed far ahead in the matter of fumbles, of which there were 12 in last Friday's Newport game. They have bobbled 31 times, losing the ball in 14 occasions. Herren Gains One of the happier results shows that Ed Herrera has again upped his kickoff mark. Having booted three times, he's kicked each one early 49 yards. Despite their won three-lost free mark, the Colonists are well dead in the matter of points scored. They have tallied 107 and have yielded 79. Colonists Oppents Reds gained running 887 1234 Reds lost running 154 119 Yardage running 732 1115 Passes attempted 59 53 Passes completed 35 11 Passes incomplete 16 32 Passes had inter. 8 10 Reds gained passing 556 166 Reds inter passed ret. 188 86 Total yards gained 1289 1281 Fast downs running 28 53 Fast downs passing 16 2 Fast downs penalties 1 1 Total first downs 45 56 Number kickoffs 23 18 Length kickoffs 48.88 40.28 Length kickoff ret. 16.11 17.83 Number punts 17 21 Average punts 543 676 Length punts 31.94 32.19 Average punt returns 240 109 Average length 15.00 13.62 alties against 19 23 Reds lost penalties 163 181 Lost on downs 7 7 Fumbles fumbles 31 18 Fumbles recovered 27 22 Lost on fumbles 14 10 Star Fiddle’s Victory Brings Red Face Rash INGLEWOOD (P)—There was a large measure of embarrassment back in the stable area at Hollywood Park today as the new fall meeting swung into its second day. Embarrassed were such high priced thoroughbreds as William Goetz' Your Host, Calumet farm's mare, Bewitch; William Dubois Wack's Great Circle, E. M. Goemans' English-bred Calstone and others. Reason for the shame was a plucky little chestnut, Star Fiddle, who raced the star color bearers into the ground yesterday in the $25,000 Premier Handicap before 26,870 fans. Just last summer several horse experts declined to bid more than $10,000 at a dispersal sale, when Star Fiddle was sold. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Smith of San Francisco liked him, however, and paid $16,000 for the colt. Star Fiddle outgamed Your Host, Bewitch and Great Circle in a stretch drive to win the Premiere, and collected $21,700 for his new owners. Red faced, too, was Willie Shoemaker, the nation's leading jockey. He turned down an offer to ride Star Fiddle. Shoemaker handled Galstone, and finished eleventh in the field of 18. Happy was Jockey Hubert Trent. He asked to ride Star Fiddle, possibly remembering that as a team they've done well in four races. In 1948, at Hollywood, they won the fancy Starlet Stakes. Your Host was the heavy favorite. But he made his move too late and couldn't subdue Star Fiddle in the battle for the wire. Happiest of all, perhaps, were playing 138 games for the Red Sox, Drogo collected 130 hits for a .228 average. He slammed 24 home runs and tied teammate Vern Stephens for the league lead with 144 runs batted in. Ford, the baby-faced Yankee lefthander, came up in July from the Kansas City farm. He clashed to nine straight wins before he lost on relief in the final week of the season. The Astorja, N. V. youngster, then 21, pitched and won the final game of the World Series from the Phillies. Only an error by Gene Woodling kept him from going the route. Washington Senator players were hit 59 times by pitched balls in 1921, a major league record. 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THOUSANDS OF SEATS FREE PARKING 2 Anaheim Gazette WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1950 ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY BREVERS—Freddie Steinbroner nudges Bert Livingston out of first place in a recent stock car race. Both of these drivers will be present when Promoter Jack Gaynor opens his first show at the Santa Ana Blimp base on Nov. 19. Stock Car Races to Begin On Santa Ana Blimp Base Track Sisler Chooses To Join Rickey BROOKLYN (F)—George Sisler, longtime associate of Branch Rickey, is following his old boss to the Pittsburgh baseball club, probably as a scout. Walter O'Melley, new president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, said Sisler could have remained with the Dodgers but instead he chose to follow Rickey. Sisler, an outstanding batter and first baseman, is a member of baseball's Hall of Fame. Jack Gaynor, president of the newly formed Pacific Racing enterprises and Inglewood car dealer, announces that the first racing date billed by the corporation is Sunday afternoon, Nov. 19, at which time a 100-mile modern stock car race will be held on a mile course at the Santa Ana Blimp base. The course is completely flat asphalt, even the turns, and measures a mile and a tenth on the outside. Gaynor states that Jim Rigsby will drive a new 1951 Hudson Hornet against many other late model stock cars including the new Kaiser, Henry J, and the Oldsmobile Rocket. Fred Steinbroner and Eric Husky Heinrich Sets One Mark, Near Another LOS ANGELES (P)—Washington's star quarterback Don Heinrich, holds a new record for pass completions for a single season in the Pacific Coast conference and needs to gain just two more yards to set a new record for aerial yardage. Conference statistics today disclosed that Heinrich in seven games has completed 88 passes, eclipsing the record 87 achieved last year by Jim Powers of Southern California. Heinrich's total passing yardage is 1214, one shy of the 1215 set by Powers in 1949. Heinrich's teammate, fullback Hugh McElhenny, remained in front as the conference's leading ground gainer. He has made 669 yards. Next is California's Johnny Olszewski, with 634. Runner-up for passing honors is Stanford's Gary Kerkorian, with 56 completions for 769 yards. Leading pass receiver is Bill McColl of Stanford, who has caught 29 throws for 535 yards and scored three touchdowns. Next is John Thomas of Oregon State, with 23 catches, 222 yards and one touchdown. BROOKLYN (P)—George Sisler, longtime associate of Branch Rickey, is following his old boss to the Pittsburgh baseball club, probably as a scout. Walter O'Malley, new president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, said Sisler could have remained with the Dodgers but instead he chose to follow Rickey. Sisler, an outstanding batter and first baseman, is a member of baseball's Hall of Fame. Rickey was the coach at University of Michigan when Sisler turned up there as a pitcher. They've been together virtually ever since. Sisler was with Rickey at St. Louis and followed him to the Dodgers seven years ago. The course is completely flat asphalt, even the turns, and measures a mile and a tenth on the outside. Gaynor states that Jim Rigsby will drive a new 1951 Hudson Hornet against many other late model stock cars including the new Kaiser, Henry J, and the Oldsmobile Rocket. Fred Steinbroner and Eric Erickson are other early entries familiar to Southland stock car racing fans who will be competing for a guaranteed purse of $2000. The blimp base is just two miles south of Santa Ana on highway 55. 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