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-Associated PressSequence camera caught Clem Labine's pitching form as he pitched Brooklyn to a 1-0 10New York yesterday. While Labine did the pitching, Jackie Robinson's hit drove in the winningin the tenth. Dodger players clustered around Robinson to congratulate him. They are Roy Campanella(39); club batboy with hand to Robinson's face; Don Zimmer and Sandy Koufax, wearing jacket. Running up at left, mouth open, is Duke Snider. At right are Peewee Reese and Gil Hodges, right★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★★ ★ ★Amarillo daily News★ ★ ★★ ★ ★Ball Took★ ★ ★Off*JackieNewk TodayWEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10. 1956PAGE ELEVENRobinson WasnFooledThisTimeBy TED SMITSBROOKLYN, Oct. 9 WV-For an agonizing moment this afternoon, Jackie Robinson thought the bail he smashed to left field in the 10th inning of the sixth World Series game was headed straight for Enos Slaughter’s glove.itBROOKLYN, Oct. 9 UP)—“You an fool some of the people some f the time, but you can’t fool ackie Robinson all the time.”Brooklyn’s great clutch hitter, is sweaty face spread in a huge rin, said it, half in jest and half i earnest. It was obvious what he 'as referring to.Only minutes before, Jackie had ome through with what may turn ut to be the greatest clutch hit of is life—a screaming drive overInos Slaughter’s head, against thedt-field wall that drove in Junior rilliam from second with two out l the 10th to give Clem Labine nd the Dodgers’ a dramatic, 1-0, ixth-game triumph over Bob Turfy and the New York Yankees.under similar circumstances?“No,” Robinson replied. “I didn’t feel any pressure at all. I was loose. Either I get a hit or not. If I get a hit, that’s fine. If I don’t, I just get mad at myself, just as I did the other time.“You just go out there and do the best you possibly can,” Jackie continued. “I try not to worry about clutch hits. I always make (Continued on Page 12)★ ★ ★Then it seemed to take off, over his head,” said Jackie, grinning broadly. “So I just trotted to first because I knew if it was in there we had the game won.“I knew I hit it well, like a shot.It was a low fast ball. And I sure hoped it would take off.”ftLabine CutsYanks to SizeBROOKLYN, Oct. 9 UP)-NeverSo did all the other Dodgers, who cut loose in their dressing room after their 30-inning, 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees. It was by far the noisiest demonstration to date.Now that the series stands 3-all with tomorrow’s game the decider, Manager Walt Alston saidhe would send to the mound his 27-game winner, Don Newcombe, who so far has run into bad luck in the series.Robinson and all the other Dodgers had warm praise for Bob Tur-A moment before, Turley had is-led an intentional pass to the ft-handed hitting Duke Snider, referring to pitch to the right-anded hitting Robinson. The ruse ad worked the previous time, in ie eighth inning, in an identical tuation. That time Robinsonapped up.Did Jackie regard the maneuver s an insult to his ability as a tter?“No,” he replied instantly. “I asn’t insulted. I considered it a lallenge.. however. They certain-did the right thing. Walking a angerous left-handed hitter to get : a right-handed hitter, with a ghthander on the mound, is per-;ntage baseball. They couldn’t do lything else. But I was glad when irley walked Snider a second me. I knew if I got enough lances, I’d come through. The lys on the bench sort of felt it, o. They were kidding me about ( especially Don Zimmer. Little)n kept repeating, ‘Come on, ick, he can’t do that two times a row to you, boy.’ Well, heruldn’t.”have the New York Yankees hadj*ey- Yankee starter whopitched a masterful shutout gamea better tailoring job than was done on them today.RobbieHitRuinsTurleyin10thBy JACK HANDBROOKLYN, Oct. 9 (AP)Jackie Robinson lined a single over leaping EnosSlaughter in the 10th inning today to giveBrooklyn's Clem Labine a 1-0 victory overthe New York Yankees' Bob Turley andsquare the World Series at three games* 1 » „ Ul»% *610b first World Series start. H« and appeared in eight previous series contests on relief.each. It was a tense battle all the way between Labine'sballsharp breaking sinker and Turley's smoking fast until Robinson finally came through with the blow that assured Dodgers fans of a seventh game at Ebbets Field tomorrow. Robinson fouled one, took a ball and then lashed a line drive into left field. Slaughter raced for the ball which sailed over his head and rolled away as fleet Junior Gilliam scooted home.When Robinson reached theDodger dugout, the entire squad gave him a leaping welcome that almost matchedthe Yanks' greeting for Don Larsen after yesterday's perfect pitching job.• •«- - «yClem Labine, clothes designer, photographer, and right-handed relief pitcher par excellence, cut the mighty American League team strictly down to size.for nine innings.“I thought he was just as fast as Larsen but he didn’t have as good a curve,” said Robinson.Was he nervous when he came ) in the 10th, knowing it was [uarely up to him again, espe-ally after having failed to come rough in his previous time at bat★ ★ ★As a result the World Series Is even at 3-all.This was the finest hour for the 30-year-old Labine, who in the off season designs clothes—“ mostly sports clothes, mostly men’s stuff, but some women’s.”• • •Today’s 1-0, 10-inning victory over the Yankees was only thesecond game he finished all season, and only the fourth he started, his first in a series. Labine’s baseball specialty is saving games, not starting them.Labine stands an even 6 feet, weighs 185, has blue eyes and brown hair, makes a hobby of photography, is associated with a Manhattan clothing firm and is one of the most articulate of baseball players, even using words such as “infinitesimal”—referring to his batting average.“I feel sorry for Bob Turley, because he pitched a great game, said Labine afterwards. “I never saw anyone faster. But to the victor belongs the spoils. Sal Maglie (Continued on Page 12)★ ★ ★That is a superlative compliment, for Don Larsen pitched a perfect no-hit game yesterday in beating the Dodgers 2-0 at Yan-r kee Stadium.“Now we’re in n pretty good position,” Robinson exulted. “Of course we’re not hitting too well, but all we want is another chance at ’em.”You know, I’m most happy for Clem Labine. He did a wonderful job for us all season and he deserved to win.”—Associated Press WirephotoThey held o dance at second base in the second inning of yesterday's World Series game. Brooklyn shortstop Peewee Reese skipped to one side after getting a force out on New York's Yogi Berra who looked like he was dancing over second base. Getting into the skit was umpire Lorry Nopp. The Dodgers won, 1-0.★ ★ ★★ ★ ★Not a single base runner reached third base in this exiting contest until Gilliam touched the bag onhis scoring dash.Gilliam had walked on four pitches after Labine popped out to open the home 10th. Pee Wee Reese dumped a surprise sacrifice bunt and barely was thrown out by Turley.Manager Casey Stengel’s strategy again called for an intentional walk to the dangerous Duke Snider, Turley’s eighth pass. Then★ ★ ★3bTurley, pTotalsBROOKLYN»'4“I’d like to stay in baseball next year,” Robinson went on, answering the question that is on everyone’s lips now that the first Negro to break the color line in modern, big league baseball has completed his 10th season and reached theripe age of 37.“This is a great club to be with.”Labine, the ace Dodger relief pitcher who was making his first World Series start, took a lot of back pounding and hand shaking.“I feel just like Larsen did yesterday,” he grinned. “My best (Continued on Page 13)★ ★ ★Robinson came through with the bell-ringer.Just as they were a year ago, these two teams now are tied at three games each and the seventh game tomorrow will mean the entire season. Last year it was Brooklyn’s Johnny Podres, youngjMcDougald,southpaw now in the Navy, who- reylast stifled the Yankee hats togive the Brooklyns their firstWorld Series in eight tries.Don Newcombe, (27-7) the huge right-hander who started the sec-, ond game, is Manager Walter L se’ ,ssAlston’s choice for the crucial, spot. Johnny Kucks, (18-9) another | C?™?11* ^ of his young right-handers, was Stengel’s pick.Brooklyn had only four hits off Turley, who had carried the string of shutout pitching to 18 2-3 consecutive innings before he finally gave up a run. One of the hits was a short fly that Slaughter lost in the sun on Gilliam in the third.ss• • • • •000000000TH220o2422 120100013320x-29A0100110025E00G0000000Necessary41HeFateBy WILL GREVISLEYBROOKLYN, Oct. 9 UP)—The direction of the wind dictated the defensive strategy that backfired for the New York Yankees today— and neither Manager Casey Stengel nor losing pitcher Bob Turley ball game.”offered any apologiesRobinson has to have a good lick.got one. I have no alibis on it. I threw him a fastAnother was a double by Labinein the eighth when Slaughter racedtoward the left field corner andfinally stopped short of the wall,the ball bouncing into the seats fora ground rule double._ ... v . It was the first time a seriespitcher Gem Labine) seemed to m0 hafj gone o_o for jn-get better as the game went n- since 1913 when he NpwCaseball,just where I wanted it. He got alot of wood on it. and that wasEnos Slaughter, the old pro who“We had to* walk Snider andihas 1)6611 Paying a tremendousleft field for the Yankees at theage of 40, was downcast that hewas unable to spear Robinson’sdrive.better along.”Catcher YogiBerra said theYork Giants scored three in the 10th to beat the Philadelphia A’spitch to Robinson which broke up' 3-0. And it was the first extra inpitch to Robinson,” Stengel said. “There was no other way to do it.”Twice with men in scoring position — in the eighth and again in the 10th, Turley walked Duke Snider intentionally to get to Jackie Robinson.• •The first time Robinson popped weakly to third base. The second time he lined a hit to left field with two out to score Junior Gilliam with the run which beat the Yankees, 1-0, and carried the‘I thought I was going to get it,” he said. “I believe I got my glove within about a foot of it.But the ball seemed to take off-like it got some extra wind.”• • •the ball game was a bit lower than he’d have preferred it but hecouldn’t criticize Turley’s pitching.Stengel, who had hoped to clinch his sixth world championship today, announced he would send righthander Johnny Kucks to the mound in tomorrow's ,rital game,• l •“Bob’s fast ball was as good as I’ve ever seen it,” the catcher said. “He had good control. He only used a curve six or seven times.’*• • •Young Turley, who fanned 11 Dodgers and walked eight, said hebelieved his effectiveness as a pitcher had improved with theadoption of the no-windup delivery used so successfully by his teammate, Larsen.“Don did it first,” Bob said,ning struggle since the opener of the Giants-Geveland series in 1954..Time after time the Yankees threatened to get Labine but they never could get the base hit they needed. Only once, when Hank Bauer and Joe Collins singled with two out in the third, did any of their seven hits come in the sameA stiff wind blowing from left field toward right made it difficult for right-handed hitters to approach the handy left field seats. However, it was Labine’s sinker and Turley’s blazer that reallystopped them cold.The Yanks got two men on base in the third and sixth, each time (Continued on Page 13)'it 4kBROOKLYN, Oct. 9 Of) — The official box score of the sixth game of the 1956 World Series: NEW YORK (A)AB RBauer, rf .........5Collins, lb .......5Mantle, ef ........3Berra c ......... 4Slaughter, If .....3Martin, 2b ....... 4...4 .44• • • * *.36 0(N)AB R3 1 .........4Snider, cf ........24Hodges, lb ...... 3Amoros, If .......3 0Furillo, rf ....... 4 0 0Campanella, e ... 4 0 0Labine, p ....... 4 0 1Totals 31 1 4x—Two out in 10th when run scored.New York (A) 000 000 000 0—0Brooklyn N 000 000 000 1—0RBI-Robinson. 2B-Berra, Collins, Labine. S - Reese. DP - Gilliam, Reese and Hodges. Left - New York (A) 8, Brooklyn (N) L BB-Labine 2 (Slaughter, Mantle), Turley 8 (Hodges, Robinson, Gilliam 2, Snider 3, Amoros). SO—Labine 5, (McDougald 3, Bauer, Turley). Turley 11, (Reese, Furillo 2, Campanella 3, Labine 2, Snider, Amoros, Gilliam). R-ER—Labine 0-0, Turley 1-1. W—Labine. Turley.Gilliam, 2bMMooooH1011002410 14 0 2E0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 030 14 0winning250A730100003Vfiutes Trucks fleet/t;inning.Labine, a bullpen artist all year, started only three games during the regular season and finished but one.The 6-foot right-hander from Woonsocket, R.I., had worked in 62 games for the Brooks in their drive to the pennant but was mak-FIITOREGFUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR FILTERMakes Gasoline Engines Run Better ICuts Fuel WasteStops Flooding • Stops StaffingRecommended by carburetor ond ignition specialists. Sold and installed by Avte* motive Service Deportment* everywhere.
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