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Moreno on Spot, Risks Cubans' 8-0 Record Against Boston Today
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
EDWARD GRANT BARROW, who for 25 years was the man
behind the Yankees, possesses neither a faulty memory nor a
false modesty. The upshot is that his new book, “My Fifty
Years in Baseball’’ (Coward McCann) is a forthright job by the
83-year-old Barrow, who retired in 1945 as president of the
• Yankees in favor of Larry MacPhail, “whose
way was not my way.
To most readers the transition of Babe
Ruth from one of the game’s best southpaw
pitchers to an outfielder may well be the high
spot of Barrow’s recollections. As manager of
the Red Sox, Barrow had toyed with the idea
of converting his young star into a full-time
outfielder, but didn’t make up his mind until
the spring of 1919.
“During an exhibition game at the Fair
Grounds in Tampa,” Barrow writes, “Ruth
just about" made up my mind for me. He hit
the longest home run he ever poled in his life
—and, as you know, he hit more than 700 of
them ” Later, measured by a Boston newspaperman, using a
surveyor's tape, Ruth’s clout traveled 579 feet on the fly!
Early in the season Barrow put it up to Ruth. ‘‘I wanted
him to have a say in the matter of which way his career would
go,” he explains. ‘‘I have always felt that if Ruth stuck to
pitching he would have been one of the greatest left-handers
of all time. Maybe he would have been the greatest. But I also
believed he had a greater future as a hitter. The Babe agreed
with me, and he became my regular right fielder.”
t
BARROW ALSO DESCRIBES events leading up to his •
legendary “fight” with Ruth. “The most serious disagreement
I ever had with the Babe—though we had 15 years together
later on with the Yankees—took place that year,” he writes.
Barrow always was proud of his fisticuffing ability—though
in the book he always seems to have avoided actual use of it.
“I always made it a practice when on the road to stay up until
I knew all my players were in the hotel,” says the oldtimer.
“But one night, sitting up in the Raleigh Hotel in Washnigton,
I found the Babe was a little too much for me. I waited until 4
a.m. and then went to bed.
“The next night I decided I wasn’t going to sit up until
4 a.m. again and instead I gave the porter a couple of dollars
to notify me when Ruth came in.
“ ‘I don’t care what time it is,’ I said, ‘come to my room and
tell me.”’
At 6 a.m. the porter knocked on the door. Barrow put on
his bathrobe and went to Ruth’s room. The door was unlocked
and he walked in.
“THE BABE WAS IN BED smoking a pipe, with the covers
pulled up under his neck,” Barrow relates.
“Do you always smoke a pipe at this time of the morning,”
I asked Ruth.
“ ‘Oh, sure,’ he said. ‘It’s very relaxing.’
“I walked over to the bed, grabbed the covers and pulled
them down. Ruth was fully clothed, even to his shoes and
socks!”
At the ball park Barrow read the riot act in front of the
entire club. “The Babe took it for a while,” Barrow writes, “and
then spoke back, threatening to punch me in the nose. As soon
as he said that, a hush fell over the clubhouse. I think the
Babe himself was surprised at what he said.
“All you fellows finish dressing and get out of here,” I said,
“all except Ruth. You stay here, Babe, and I’ll give you a chance
to see whether you can punch me in the nose.
“The players finished dressing and started out of the room.
Ruth wasn’t first out. I would say he was about fifth. That
was the closest the Babe and I ever came to blows.”
IT IS ONLY NATURAL that Ruth, who Barrow says was
“the game’s greatest personality” (Hans Wagner was the great
est player and Ty Cobb the greatest hitter), should figure
prominently in Cousin Ed’s memoirs. There’s at least one more
story, half-forgotten by most, that illustrates the Babe’s re
markable lack of memory for names or faces.
In the World Series of 1918, Barrow’s Red Sox were ‘playing
the Cubs, and Ruth, who won, 1-0, was Ed’s surprise starter.
“When I told Ruth he was going to pitch the opener, I also
went over the hitters in the Chicago lineup with him,” Barrow
recalls. “I particularly stressed Leslie Mann, the Cub left fielder,
a stocky right-handed hitter who didn’t have a big average, but
who was particularly rough on left-handed pitching.
“4 Don’t let up on him at any time,’ I warned Ruth. ‘And
don’t let him dig in at the plate. Bear down on him.’
“ ‘Don’t worry,’ Babe said, ‘I’ll take care of him.’
“When the game started Max Flack, who was roughly
Mann’s size, but a left-handed hitter, led off for the Cubs. Ruth
threw one close to Flack’s head and Max reared back from the
plate. Then the Babe breezed three fast ones past him for a
strikeout.
“When Ruth came back to the bench after the inning he
sat down next to me and said, ‘Well, I guess I took care of that
Mann all right, eh?’” _
Francis Stann.
Maior Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting (based on 50 times at bat oi
more)—Coan. Washington, .412; Kryhoskl
Detroit. .404.
Runs—Jensen. New York, and Doby
Cleveland. 20.
Runs batted in—Wertz. Detroit, 23:
Mantle. New York. 22.
Hits—Carrasquel Chicago. 35; Busby
Chicago, and Coleman. St. Louis. .31.
Doubles—Fain. Philadelphia, 10; Car
rasauel. Chicago. 0.
Triples—Coan. Washington, and Minoso
Chicago. 5.
Home runs—Williams. Boston, fl: Jen
sen. New York: Coleman St. Louis; Doby
Cleveland: Wertz, Detroit; Joost, Phlla
delnhia. 5.
8toleri bases—Busby, Chicago, 8; Car
rasauel. Chicago, 4.
. Pitching—Lopat. New York. 6-0; Her
bert. Detroit: Feller, Cleveland; Marrero
Washington. 4-0
. Strikeouts—Pierce- Chicago. 23: Raschi
New York, ana Garcia, Cleveland. 22.
! NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting 'based on 50 times at bat or
jmore)—Robinson Brooklyn. .409; Elliott,
I Boston. ..'190.
• Runs—Dark. New York, 25; Snider.
Brooklyn. 22.
Runs batted In—Pafko, Chicago. 22:
Elliott. Boston, 21.
Hits—Dark, New York, 39; Robinson.
Brooklyn. 38.
Doubles — Metkovlch. Pittsburgh, and
Kluszewskl. Cincinnati. 9.
Triples—Reese. Brooklyn: Pafko. Chi
cago; Adams. Cincinnati; Ennis and Ham
ner. Philadelphia. 3.
Home runs—Hodges, Brooklyn. 9: Pafko.
Chicago, and Westlake, Pittsburgh. 8.
Stolen bases—Stanky. New York. 4:
Irvin, New York, and Fondy, Chicago. 3.
Pitching—Roe. Brooklyn, 4-0: Brecheen,
St. Louis, and Klippstein. Chicago. 2-0.
Strikeouts—Jansen, New York. 34;
Spahn, Boston, 32.
Major League Standings and Schedules
MONDAY, MAY 14, 1951
I l .. l Cl I l_l i _i i I l t
AMERICAN
Remits Yesterday
Boston, 10: Wash.. 1.
Phil*., fi—8: N. Y. £-«.
Cleve.. 11—4; Chicago.
2—4 f2d 9-ln'g tie),
St. L.. 13—3; Detroit,
10—5.
Games Today
Boston at Wash.. 2:30.
Sieve, at Itew York (n).
nly tames scheduled.
Games Tomorrow
Detroit at Wash.. 8:30.
St. Louis at Fhtla. (n).
Chicago at Boston.
Only game* scheduled.
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday
Brooklyn. 12: Boston, fi
Ctnci.. 7—6; St. L. 2—3
N.Y.. 11—4: PhUa.. 2—2
Plttsb'gh. 2—0: Chicago
Games Today
No games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow
N. Y. at Plttsb'gh <n).
Boston at Cincinnati (n)
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Philo, at st. Louis mV
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DOUBLE PLAYS STOP YANKS—Hank Bauer, Yankee left fielder, is forced at second in the first
of five double plays executed at Philadelphia by the Athletics in yesterday’s first game.; Eddie
Joost, Athletics’ shortstop, who took the flip from Pete Suder, is relaying the ball to Ferris Fain
to complete the twin killing against Yogi Berra. —AP Wirephoto.
•-1
Fain Having His Greatest Year;
A's Glad They Rejected Trades
By th« Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, May 14.—Fer
ris Fain, the smooth-fielding first
baseman of the Athletics, who has
been sought repeatedly by the
Yankees, made officials of the
New York club regret he was not
on their side during the three
game series here.
And the A’s were just as glad
that nobody, including the Yanks,
would pay the price they asked
for the fiery burrhead.
In an effort to rebuild a club
that finished a poor last in 1950,
General Manager Arthur Ehlers
dangled Fain as trading bait in
front of several teams. Both the
Yankees and Tigers wanted Fain.
In exchange the A’s wanted a
hard-hitting outfielder. But nei
ther the Yanks nor Tigers were
willing to part with the man Eh
lers or Manager Jimmy Dykes
wanted.
Having His Best Season.
Now Fain is enjoying his best
season since he came to the A’s
in 1947 from San Francisco. Rec
ognized as the finest fielding first
baseman in the league, he has
added to his value this year by
clouting the ball for a lusty .397
average in 24 games. His best
previous year was his |lrst year,
when he hit .291.
Fain’s 24-game average shows 33
hits in 87 times at bat. His hits
include 10 doubles, a triple and a
home run. He has driven in 14
runs and scored 10.
In the three-game series against
the Yanks, Fain boosted his aver
age 27 points, getting eight hits
in 13 times at bat. He had four
doubles and a triple and drove
home seven runs, scoring three
himself.
Yesterday was really a big day
for the Californian as the A’s
swept a doubleheader from the
Yanks, 5-4 and 9-6, the second
game halted after eight innings by
Pennsylvania’s Sunday curfew. He
collected six hits in eight tries, in
cluding two doubles and a triple,
and drove home five runs.
Even as late as last week, the
Athletics were trying to make a
deal with the Yanks, with Fain as
the A’s offer. Ehlers telephoned
George Weiss, the Yankees’ gen
eral manager, asking for an inter
view.
Weiss replied, ‘‘8ure, come on
over.”
Ehlers went and, after exchang
ing pleasantries, the two got
down to what was on their minds
—a possible deal.
Said Weiss, “I’ll take Fain.”
Snapped Ehlers, "What’ll you
give me for him?”
Wanted Billy Martin.
Weiss made a sweeping offer
of Johnny Hopp, Billy Johnson,
Cliff Mapes, Fred Sanford or
Tommy Byrne, any one of them
or all five, Ehlers said, plus an
undisclosed amount of cash.
Ehlers turned him down, say
ing: “I don’t need an old-timer
like Hopp; if Sanford can’t win
for you, he’ll never win for us;
Byrne is no youngster and he
can’t find the plate; I could have
had Johnson on waivers, and who
wants Mapes?”
“But,” Ehlers added, "I’ll take
Billy Martin (The Yanks’ young
second baseman); I think he’s
going to be great. Or Bob Crev,
the outfielder with Kansas City;
he’s a great prospect.”
“No dice,” Weiss said.
After Weiss declined an invita
tion to lunch, Ehlers hopped the
train back to Philadelphia.
Fain still wore the livery of the
Athletics.
Fair Weather Is Due
For Girls' Baseball
Game Tonight
Sunny skies were promised by
the weatherman today and, if
they hold through tonight,
Promoter Goldie Ahearn will get
his girls baseball game played at
last.
The Port Wayne Daisies and
the Racine Belles of the All
American Girls Baseball League,
who were forced to postpone three
times because of rain, will try
again at 8:30 o’clock at Griffith
Stadium.
Any tendency to ridicule the
girls’ baseball is out of order, ac
cording to several major league
observers.
Take Dottie Schroeder, for ex
ample. A blond pig-tailed miss,
Dottie has been appraised by
Charlie Grimm and Connie Mack
as a genuine diamond star.
Grimm has said more than once
that the Port Wayne shortstop
would be a $50,000 major leaguer
if she were a man and Mack says
she might even make it as a girl.
Dottie and Betty Foss, another
Port Wayne star, are Manager
Max Carey’s ideas of top players
in any field. Miss Foss led the
league at bat’ last year with a
.346 mark.
This talented duo combines
with Second Baseman Evelyn
Wawrshyn to give the Daisies a
lightning-fast double-play com
bination.
The Belles feature Dolly Pear
son, first base; Pern Battaglia,
second base; Pern Shollenberger,
I shortstop, and Jean Weaver, right
field.
Starting on the mound tonight
will be Mirta Marrero for the
daisies and Maxine Kline for the
Belles Miss Marrero, fast-baller
from Cuba, has won three straight
exhibition games this spring,
while Miss Kline has been the
league’s top performer since 1949,
' over which period she has com
piled a 47-14 record.
\ «
Yonkers Raceway Report
On Inquiry Is Due Today
•y *h« Associated Prill
YONKERS, N. Y., May 14.—A
Yonkers Raceway spokesman said
an announcement is expected to
day on the investigation which
the New York State Harness Rac
ing Commission is conducting at
the track.
The commission was called in
by William H. Cane, track pres
ident, after what he called "in
timation of an alleged irregular
ity.” Cane did not define the
“irregularity” further.
There have been unconfirmed
reports of an attempted betting
coup. Three drivers were called
jin for questioning.
Minor Leagues
■y the Associated Press
_ ... International League.
Baltimore 1-1, Springfield 0-8.
Rochester 4-8, Syracuse 2-0.
Buffalo 7-0, Ottawa 2-4.
Montreal 8-4, Toronto 2-0.
„„ American Association.
Milwaukee 6-2, Columbus 5-1.
Kansas City 11-4, Toledo 3-2.
Louisville 3-7, St. Paul 2-6.
Minneapolis 14-7, Indianapolis 6-4.
Pacific Coast League.
Seattle 1-4, Los Angeles 0-2.
Oakland 6-4, Portland 0-3.
San Francisco 4-7, Sacramento 8-13.
Hollywood 6-11, San Diego 6-9.
Eastern League.
Wilkes-Barre 8-15, Binghamton 4-8.
Scranton 6-4, Schenectady 2-2.
Albany 4-8. Elmira 3-7.
Williamsport 6-5, Hartford 8-2.
Teui Lune.
Houston 6. Fort worth 2.
Dallas 3, San Antonio 1.
Tulsa 8-7, Shreveport 1-6.
Beaumont 8-1, Oklahoma City 6-8.
Southern Association.
Chattanooga 9-15, New Orleans 1-8.
Little Rock 4-6. Atlanta 2-2.
Birmingham 15-2. Memphis 13-5.
Nashville 18-8. Mobile 0-7.
South Atlantic League.
Jacksonville 10, Montgomery 0.
Savannah 5, Columbus 4.
Columbia 6. Augusta 3.
Charleston 6, Macon 5.
Western League.
Sioux City 6, Denver 5.
Pueblo 8. Des Moines «.
Lincoln 4. Colorado Springs 2.
Wichita 5. Omaha 0
Browns Reduce Squad
To 24; Tigers Must
Drop One More
By th« Associated Pross
NEW YORK, May 14.—Businea
picked up on the Nation’s railroad!
today as major league clubs begat
shuttling players around to mee
the 25-man roster limit befon
Wednesday’s deadline.
The Browns quickly got unde
the right size by getting rid o:
four players and adding another
This shifting left them with 24.
The Browns sold Pitcher Si<
Schacht to the Braves and shippei
Pitcher Procopio Herrera to Sat
Antonio on option. They also sen
Inflelder Joe Lutz to San Antoni
on a conditional basis and toda;
sent Pitcher Irv Medlinger to To
ronto on a 24-hour recall optior
At the same time the Brown
picked up Pitcher Bob Hogue oi
waivers from the Braves.
The Tigers cut three player
from the roster before leaving S<
Louis for their first Eastern swing
They sold Pitcher Paul Calver
outright to Seattle of the Pacifl
Coast League. They sent Pitcher
Wayne McLeland and Marlii
Stuart to Toledo of the America]
Association on option.
Detroit will have to release on
other player when Bob Swift, ail
ing catcher, returns to the activ
list May 27.
The Pirates returned Con Demp
sey, 27-year-old right-handei
pitcher, to San Francisco. He hai
been bought from the Pacific Coas
team. His release cuts the Pirate!
roster to 30 players.
Red Sox, 10; Nats, 1
cr_\B- f * °i >
Goodman, rf_ g ° o a
Williams. If_I Jo”!
Boudreau, ss-fl 0 0 0
Stephens. 3b_ 6 2 3 2
Dropo. lb_3 1 3 11
Doerr, 2b_4 113
Batts, e-4 10 6
Parnell, p-3 0 10
Totals -37 To IT 27 T
Washington. AB. R. H. O. i
Yost. 3b---3 0 13
Coan. If---- 8 0 14
Noren. cf-1-3 113
Mele, lb___ 4 0 0 5
McCormick, rf_4 0 14
Michaels. 2b___ 3 0 0 4
Dente, u__ 4 0 2 0
Grasso. e-4 0 14
Kuzava, p- 0 0 0 0
Ross n- 10 0 0
•Verble ---10 0 0
Brown, p--- 0 0 0 0
rSacka ---10 0 0
Totals _ _ 31 ~T *7 27
•Grounded out for Ross In 7th.
♦ Popped up for Brown in 9th.
Boston - _ 010 403 022—10 11
Washington __ 100 000 000— 1 7
Error—Noren. Runs batted In—McCoi
mlck, Stephens (3). Williams (3). Boc
dreau. “arnell (2). DIMagglo. Two-bat
hits—Dente DIMagglo, Stephens, Dropi
Home runs—Stephens. Williams. Sacri
flee—Parnell. Double plays—Boudreau 1
Doerr to Dropo Stephens to Doerr t
Dropo. Left on bases—Boston 13; Wash
lngton. 8. Bases on balls—Off Kuzavi
fl; iff Parnell, 6: off Ross. 5; off Browi
1. Struck out—By Parnell. 3; by Kuzavi
2: by Ross. 1: by Brown, 2. Hits—O
Kuzava, 6 in 3% Innings; off Ross. 3 1
3Va Innings; off Brown. 2 In 2 lnnlngi
Passed ball—Batts. Winning pltcher
Parnell (3-3). Losing pitcher—Kusav
(2-3/. Umpires—Napp. Passarella. Berr
and Hurley. Time—2:30. Attendanco
23.660.
Red Rolfe Will Speak
At Touchdown Club
Manager Red Rolfe of the De
troit Tigers will be the princlpa
speaker at tomorrow’s Touchdowi
Club luncheon honoring the De
troit baseball team.
This is the first of the serie
of special baseball luncheons a
which all visiting American Leagu
clubs will be guests of the Touch
downers.
Bill Wight Seeking
First Victory Since
He Joined Red Sox
By Burton Hawkins
The spotless record of Wash
ington’s three Spanish-speaking
pitchers will be trusted to Julio
Moreno today when the Nats send
the smiling senor against the Red
Sox in the final contest of a three
game series with Boston before
the Western clubs invade.
The Nats seemingly can do no
wrong. For despite the fact they
were dealt their most emphatic
defeat of the young season yester
day, a 10-1 mauling by the Red
Sox, they gained a half-game on
the leading Yankees, who took
two surprise wallopings from the
Athletics.
Nine times Manager Bucky
Harris has sent Cuban pitchers
to the mound, and on eight of
those occasions either Chico Mar
reo, Sandy Consuegra or Moreno
was still around at the finish.
Consuegra was belted out once, but
his record remained unblemished
when the Nats went on to edge
the Indians, 11-10.
Cubans Have 8-0 Mark.
Thus Moreno will be seeking to
extend a combined 8-0 mark com
piled by the Nats’ Cubans. He
will be pursuing his second win
after beating Cleveland, 8-1, on
seven hits in his only start.
Bill Wight, the fifth straight
lefthander thrown against the
Nats—the 15 th southpaw starter
to confront the club in 22 games
—will be trying to grab an elusive
first win. Obtained from the
White Sox last winter in an effort
to bolster the Red Sox pitching
staff, Wight has been no help
thus far, having been battered
for 20 runs in 23 innings while
losing three games.
Mei rameu conunuea ms mas
tery of the Nats yesterday, re
stricting them to seven hits to
boost his lifetime record against
Washington to 12-2. The Nats
pried a run from him in the first
inning when Mike McCormick
singled across Irv Noren from
second base, but that ended the
Nats’ scoring.
12 Passes Help Boston.
Meanwhile, the Red Sox bat
tered Bob Kuzava, Bob Ross and
A1 Brown for 11 hits, being aided
in the rout by 12 bases on balls.
Chiefly responsible for making it
1 a dull afternoon for 23,550 cus
1 tomers was Vern Stephens, who
1 thumped a home run. double and
- single to score twice and drive
1 across three runs.
Stephens, who has slammed 210
• homers in a 10-year major league
• career, belted his second at Grif
. fltb Stadium when, in the second
inning, he wafted a windblown
l clout over the right-field wall
l barely inside the foul line, one of
i the rare home runs hit by a right
t hander over the right-field fence.
>Ted Williams later duplicated the
' drive in the ninth with one
■ aboard.
Stephens’ smash, which came
> with none on, marked the first
i time he ever lifted a ball out of
the park here. Stephens hit his
3 only other Griffith Stadium homer
. off Scott Cary on July 29, 1947,
. but it was an inside-the-park
t affair.
: Kuzava, dealt his third straight
s loss, was pounded from the prem
i ises in the fourth inning when
i the Red Sox produced four runs.
Bob invited trouble when he
s walked Matt Batts, and, after
■ Parnell sacrificed, trouble arrived
! in a large bundle.
siepnens weavers Again.
Dom DiMaggio doubled across
J Batts, after which BUI Goodman
* and Ted Williams walked to jam
the bases. Lou Boudreau’s fly to
1 left brought DiMaggio in and
Stephens rattled the centerfleld
wall to score two more runs with
a double.
Ross filled the bases in the
j , sixth with a single to Stephens
n and walks to Walt Dropo and
s Bobby Doerr. That led to three
[ more runs when Parnell and Di
i Maggio singled.
3 WUliams poked his sixth homer
- with one out in the ninth after
. Brown had walked Goodman.
•) The finest defensive effort by a
0 Washington player this year high
, lighted the third inning. With
1 runners on first and third, Noren
a made a brUliant diving, roUing
J stab of Doerr’s drive to short con
i’ ter. It preserved a 1-1 tie at the
3 time.
j Gil Coan, who has hit safely in
the 11 games he has started, ob
0 tained a fifth-inning single and
1 took over the league batting lead
- with a .412 average.
■ -
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AB R H 2B 3BHRRBI Pet.
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REPRIEVED PITCHER WINS—Err Palica (right), pitching on
borrowed time while Selective Service officials review his ease,
rejoined the Dodgers late Saturday night. Yesterday he allowed
only two hits in seven innings and was rewarded when the Dodg
ers overcame a 6-0 deficit to beat Boston, 12-6, and take first
place in the National League. Pictured here with Clyde Suke
'forth, Brooklyn coach, Palica is an expectant father and has
been deferred for a month. —AP Wirephoto.
Tailend Reds Only 3 Vi Games
Out of National League Lead
ly the Associated Press
A lot of managers seem to have
known what they were talking
about when they predicted an
eight-team dogfight in the Na
tional League pennant race.
“Anybody has a chance to grab
it all,” said Cincinnati’s Luke
Sewell last March in Florida. His
words were echoed by Eddie Saw
yer, Leo Durocher, Billy South
worth, Charlie Dressen and all
the rest.
Here it is mid-May, with a
month of the season gone and a
mere three and a half games sep
arate the cellar-dwelling Cincin
nati Reds from the leading Brook
lyn Dodgers. And in the Amer
ican* League the sixth-place Red
Sox are only three and one-half
games back of the pace-setting
Yankees.
Reds and Giants Responsible.
The Sabbath’s activities left
National League President Ford
Frick whooping with Joy. The
tighter the race the happier is
Frick.
The Reds and Giants were
chiefly responsible for contracting
the standings. The Reds twice
subdued the St. Louis Cardinals,
7-2, 6-3, while the Giants swept
a twin bill from th§ Phillies, 11-2
and 4-2 to climb past the 1950
champions into sixth place.
Brooklyn displaced Boston in
first place, overcoming the Braves,
12-6. Chicago and Pittsburgh
swept past the Cards into a third
place tie by dividing a double
header. The Cubs won the night
cap, 6-0, after the Pirates had
walked off with a 2-1 opener.
The high and mighty Yankees
received a double-barrelled jolt
when the lowly Athletics thrashed
them, 5-4 and 9-6 in Philadelphia.
Second-place Washington lost to
Boston. 10-1, and as a result of
other Sunday happenings, Detroit,
Chicago and Cleveland wound up
in a three-way tie for third. The
Indians whipped the White Sox,
11-2, while the Browns held the
Tigers even in a double bill, win
ning the first, 13-10, and bowing
in the nightcap, 5-3.
Bad Break for Indians.
The second Cleveland-Chicago
game ended in a 4-4 tie. The In
dians tallied three times in the
top of the 10th. The White Sox
had one out and one on. At this
point, the game was called to allow
the Indians to catch a train, as
by prior agreement. Thus the game
reverted back to the end of nine
innings.
Two home runs by Outfielder
Joe Adcock, the second with two
on base, were all that Howie Pox
needed to notch his second win
for Cincinnati. A five-run third
inning in the nightcap against
Rookie Joe Presko enabled Wil
lard Ramsdell to win his first
game of the season for the Reds.
Larry Jansen and Sal Maglie
stopped the Phils for the Giants.
Their teammates aided with five
home runs. Eddie Stanky had
one in each game.
The Dodgers spotted Matt
Surkont and the Braves a 6-0 lead
Probable Pitchers
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston at Washington—Wight (0-3)
vs. Moreno (1-0).
Cleveland gt New York (night)—Brtssie
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No games scheduled.
liter two frames, but roared back
vith two in the third, three in the
fourth and four in the fifth to
;ake the lead. Erv Palica was
;he winner and Dick Cole the
oser.
Mel Queen pitched a six-hitter
ind singled in the run that gave
.he Pirates thfir opening triumph
>ver Chicago. Homers by Hank
Bauer and Jack Cusick ofT Murry
Dickson, plus Johnny Kllppstein's
six-hit pitching, won the second
game for the Cubs.
Fain, Scheib Beat Yanks.
Ferris Fain’s hitting and Carl
Scheib’s pitching and fielding—
particularly the latter—combined
to beat the Yankees twice. In the
first game Scheib, who relieved
Alex Kellner in the sixth, was in
deep trouble in the ninth but
pulled out due to his own sharp
fielding. He trapped Billy Martin
between third and home after re
covering an overthrow from the
outfield and then, with the tying
run on third, dashed toward the
plate to catch Mickey Mantle’s
bunted fly.
Fain got three hits in each
game, half of them for extra bases.
Ned Carver gave up 11 Detroit
hits but went the distance to
register hie fourth victory for the
Browns. Ted Gray fanned nine
to give the Tigers a split.
Bob Feller, though handicapped
somewhat by the scalding of his
lower abdomen last Tuesday,
breezed to his fourth victory with
an eight-hitter against the White
Sox. A grand-slam homer by A1
Rosen helped.
Ten years ago — Whitlow
Wyatt pitched the Dodgers to
their seventh straight victory,
beating the Reds, 6-2.
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