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Newhouser Big Hazard as Nats Attempt to Bounce Back Tonight
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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, May 15, 1951—A—17 *
Win, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
A PRETTY GOOD BALL club, managed by a real nice guy,
moves into' Griffith Stadium tonight, meaning the Detroit Tigers
and Red Rolfe. There’s a better-than-even chance the Tigers
wilTbe threatening to win the American League pennant again
next September.
On paper, Detroit looks no different from
last year, when the Tigers, not the Red Sox,
chased the Yankees across the wire. But a
couple of players promise to deliver for Rolfe
this season, which could make a big difference.
At long last, Dick Kryhoski is hitting major
league pitching. And so far, Myron (Joe)
Ginsberg has been handling the catching in
a way to please Rolfe
First base and catching were Red’s chief
complaints last March in spring training.
“We’ve got too many right-handed hitting
regulars,” he pointed out. “Kolloway, Prlddy,
Lipon and Kell—all of our infielders—are
right-handed. So are Groth and Evers in the outfield. And
Ginsberg, who’ll catch until he loses the job.”
The lack of balance, according to Rolfe. helped to beat the
Tigers last year. “Having only Wertz batting left-handed—plus
Aaron Robinson when he was catching—made us vulnerable to
good right-handed pitching,” he admitted. “That’s why we
couldn’t beat Cleveland. They’d throw Lemon, Feller, Wynn
and Garcia against us and win.”
THE INDIANS WON 13 of 22 from Detroit last year and the
Tigers lost the pennant by three games. But Rolfe wasn’t
complaining, particularly. “We had a little tough luck early
in the season,” he reminded. “Hal Newhouser was lost for three
weeks and Virgil Trucks, who had won 19 for us, came up with
a sore arm and was sent home. We did all right beating the
Red Sox. I still don’t see how we did it.”
The old Yankee is making no pennant claims this year.
Last March the Red Sox still were the team to beat, in Rolfe’s
book.
“Picking up Scarborough, Boudreau and Wight just about
primes Boston,” he said. “On the other hand, we’ve lost an
other 19-game winner.” He meant, of course, Art Houtteman.
The Army took the young pitcher at a time when he was
reaching a peak.
But Ginsberg and Kryhoski are making the picture look
better ’for the Tigers, particularly Kryhoski. Apparently he’s
won the first base job from Don Kolloway, which at this point
is not surprising. All he’s doing is leading the American League
in batting.
✓
ED LOPAT AND VIC RASCHI of the Yankees are perpetu
ating two of the most remarkable pitching hexes of modern
times. The Cleveland Indians can’t beat Lopat, nor can the
Philadelphia Athletics lick Raschi.
Vic now has a lifetime record of 18 wins in 20 decisions
against the A’s. And when Lopat beat the Indians last night
for his sixth victory of the year he was winning his 30th game
over the Tribe against six losses. *
xxoooay, least oi ail tne maians, seems able to explain Lo
pat’s ability to beat the Tribe whenever he throws his glove on
the field. Over the years that Lopat has been southpawing for
the White Sox and Yankees, he always was facing a few good
right-handed Cleveland hitters. But his slow stufT gets them
out as well as the left-handed hitters.
“It’s not only Lopat now.” General Manager Hank Green
berg was fuming last September, when the slow-balling south
paw beat Cleveland in a crucial game. “Now it’s also an
obsession.”
AS THE RED SOX left town last night, Steve O’Neill was
singing the blues. “We’re not hitting,” moaned the man who
is managing one of .the real powerhouses of recent years—a
club which outhit both the Yankees and Tigers by 20 points
in 1950
O’Neill was talking on the Boston bench before yesterday’s '
weird 8-7 victory over the Nats in a farce which did nothing
to improve the stock of either club.
“All season we’ve been leaving almost a dozen runners a
game on the bases,” Steve was saying. “The other day in
Detroit we left 19. If only one or two of our fellows would hit
it wouldn’t be so bad. But nobody is picking up the guy in a
slumn. As a result, everybody is all tightened up.”
And how does O’Neill regard the race after his first swing
around the circuit? “The Yankees still are the club to beat,"
he said. “I see Reynolds is pitching again. That’s bad for the
rest of us.”
Rabbit Ears Ted Williams, playing catch in front of the
dugout, put in his oar. “We’ve got a long home stand coming
up.” he reminded, “and we’re riding in a better position than
last year. It’ll be the same old rat race again.”
As an afterthought, never pausing in his game of catch,
Williams burst out: “Say, how about that Sam Snead taking
the course apart the other day? That’s my buddy.”
Tigers Here for Three;
11-Inning Loss to
Red Sox Weird One
By Burton Hawkins
The twin threats of Hal New
houser and continuance of a losing
streak which would tumble them
i toward the second division will be
hanging over the remorseful heads
of the Nats tonight when they
open a three-game series with the
Tigers at Griffith Stadium. *
Sandy Consuegra, battered in
his last start, but rescued by a 17
hit attack which beat Cleveland
for his successor, will chase his
fourth consecutive victory follow
ing the failure of his fellow Cuban,
Julio Moreno, to hold a 6-0 lead
against Boston yesterday. Mickey
Harris eventually lost the 8-7 de
cision to the Red Sox when Gil
Coan dropped a routine fly in the
11th inning.
The last time the Nats saw New
houser they didn’t like it. Hal left
handed them to a 7-hit, 4-0 defeat
in the only meeting of the two
clubs this year. Hal has a 2-2 rec
ord, along* with the distinction of
being one of three lefthanders to
remain the route against Wash
ington. Fifteen have tried. New
houser will be the sixth straight
southpaw thrown against the Nats.
25 Walks in Two Games.
Manager Bucky Harris now has
seen his pitchers issue 25 bases
on balls in just two games. Six of
the 13 walks permitted by Moreno
and Harris developed into runs
yesterday after the Nats apparent
ly had salted the game away with
a six-run outburst in the third
inning.
it was a distressing defeat, but
the Nats deserved it. Noi only was
their pitching sour, but they came
up wtfth five errors, most of them
on the atrocious side. The last of
these was Coan’s muff of Matt
Batts’ fly to short left with two
out and two aboard. .
Pinch-runner Fred Hatfield,
seemingly running for exercise.
Game on Radio and TV
Tonight’s Washington-Detroit
game will be televised by Sta
tion WTTG (Channel 5) and
broadcast by Station WWDC
(1260 kc). Game time is 8:30.
trotted home from second base
with the winning run as the ball!
plopped out of Coan’s glove. Harris,
had walked Lou Boudreau andj
when Lou reached second with two
out on Bobby Doerr’s single, Hat
field ran for him.
The Nats made a mild threat
with two out in the 11th when
Mike Guerra walked and stole sec
ond. but Relief Pitcher Harry
Taylor disposed of Sherry Robert
son on a fly to Ted Williams.
The Nats packed six runs into a
big third inning against the luck
less Bill Wight and Ray Scar
borough. Guerra walked and
Moreno popped a blooper into
rightfleld to start the avalanche.
Eddie Yost sacrificed and Coan
walked to fill the bases. Irv
Noren’s single scored two runs,
Sam Mele’s double drove in two,
more and Mike McCormick blasted
Wight off the mound with a single
that scored Mele.
Moreno Gets Generous.
uass ivucnaeis greeted Scar
borough with a booming double
off the leftfleld wall, scoring Mc
Cormick, but after walking Dente,
Scarborough averted further
trouble.
Moreno couldn’t stand the
shock. He walked Williams,
Boudreau and Vem Stephens to
start the fourth. Julio whipped a
third strike past Walt Dropo. but
walked Bobby Doerr to force
across a run. Batts’ fly to center
netted the Red Sox another run
and Scarborough sliced Washing
ton’s margin to 6-3 with a single.
A walk to Dente and Guerra’s
double gave the Nats a 7-3 lead
in the fifth, but Moreno walked i
Pinch-Hitter Johnny Pesky and
Dom DiMaggio to open the sev
enth. Bill Goodman’s safe bunt,
a wild throw by Yost and Bou
dreau’s grounder brought them
around.
The Red Sox tied the score at
Harris’ expense in the eighth.
With one out Doerr singled and
Batts doubled to score him. Batts 1
was out at third trying to stretch
the hit, but Taylor’s bunt and
DiMaggio’s double staked the Red
Sox to the tying run after Har- 1
ris had moved Taylor to second
with a wild throw past Sam Mele 1
at first base. 1
Guerra Boots a Couple.
Guerra had Harris in deep dif- ,
acuity in the 10th when he]
flopped Doerr’s foul. Doerr then
walked, but Mickey disposed of
Batts r.nd Taylor. Harris fanned |
DiMaggio, Dut Guerra permitted
the third strike to escape him
and the bases were filled when (
joodman walked. McCormick’s;
lice catch of Williams’ liner got i
Harris out of that predicament. *
Taylor, in postinr his first win 1
illowed only one hit after taking l
iver in the seventh. That was a !
technicality, with Dente getting i
he benefit of it when his ground- '
?r hit Michaels near second base. ^
Red Sox, 8; Nats, 7
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*3030 Noren.cf. 4160
3ltfd.3b 0 0 0 1 Mele lb ~ 6 111 o
ftud U « 3 0 2 3 M’co’k rf 6 2 5* 0 2
5t s.3b*ss 4 0 13 Mich’s 2h ^ o o « f
2 91 c 2 Dente *» ;> i i «i
iStta'rb i 5 ? Guerra,c 2 1 3 0 I
wttfe 1 0 it 1 Harr°°pP J|
b b 8 8 ,RobVon 1 8 8 0
Evans.* 0 0 0 1
raylor.n 3 10 2 j
Totals 41 8 33 17 Totals 38 11 33 fl
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agton-^::- 888 8?8S88«
»J^ns—DiMag*lo, Williams. Hatfield
Soudreau. Stephens. Doerr. Pesky Taylor* 1
?“■ Noren. Mele, McCorrSck,' Den"!
|SSS “»°re?S,-.nErr&T£tttedH*1"ti:
Ooerr Michaels.
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£>st!S.Udrie-tu & ?fono““li?t on ebd^Lr
““•‘Oh. 13: Washington. 14. Bases on
aalls—Off Moreno. 8; off Wlght 2° off
Jcarborough. 3; off Taylor. 8; off Bams!
i. Struck out—By Moreno. 3; by Scar:
jorough, 2: by Taylor. 1: by Harris. i
Bits-offwl.ht.6ln 2V, innSni off ictl:
jorough. 2 in 3Js innings: off Evans. 3 In
V, inning: off Taylor. 1 In 4% innings: off
Vioreno 2 in 6 innings: off Harris. 8 in
J innings. Wild pitch—Scarborough.
Winning pitcher—'Taylor (1-3). Losing
!e1S^rT8^.(2-2K Tlm—3:23' A‘
h
IT DOESN’T LOOK CLOSE, BUT IS—Although Hyphasis (No. 6) appeared to have a wide margin over Tea-Maker (8) in yester
terday s Toboggan Handicap at Belmont Park, the angle was such that the official camera showed he won Ip only a nose. The
race, run on the Widener straightaway course, featured the opening of Belmont’s spring meeting. Overlived in the betting
Hyphasis, ridden by Jockey Bobby Bernhardt, paid $99 to win. Finishing third was Casemate (on rail behV't, the winner).
____ —AP Wirephoto.
Griffith Taking Part
In Boston Celebration
Of League's Founding
By th* Associated Press
BOSTON, May 15.—Six players
who figured in the American
League’s first bpx score on April
24, 1901, will be among the 30 old
timers who reunite today to help
the Red Sox celebrate the league’s
golden anniversary.
They are Bill Hoy, Bill Sullivan
and Roy Patterson of the Chicago
White Stockings, and Oliver Pick
ering, Bill Bradley and Bill Hoffer
of the Cleveland club.
Because of unfavorable weather
conditions, the only opening game
played on the day of the American
League's birth was in Chicago.
Competing against Hoffer, the
then 23-year-old Patterson, known
as the “boy wonder,” pitched the
White Stockings to an 8-2 win
over Cleveland.
Won Pennant Under Griffith.
That triumph launched Chi
cago’s drive for the first American
League pennant, which, under
Dlark Griffith, it won with a total
of 83 victories and 53 defeats.
The Red Sox’ inaugural club,
managed by Jimmy Collins, trailed
in second place by four games.
Griffith, president of the Wash
ington Senatqfs, also will be here,
along with such 1901 Red Sox
olayers as Charlie Hemphill, Win
lord Kellum, Fred Mitchell, Harry
Ulea^on and the immortal Cy
ifoung.
i_ _i_
«uiviuiViV/| u • iUCUU/Cl
luring its first two seasons, will be
represented by Harry (Handsome) I
Howell. Here also will be four
)ther Cleveland players who viewed
the American League's first game
from their bench. Jack Bracken,
Pat Livingston, Earl Moore and
Prank Scheibeck.
Lewis (Sport) McAllister will
ippear for the original Detroit
rigers and Milwaukee’s charter
member club has a four-man dele
gation joining forces with base
ball’s greatest hitter, Hughie
(.438) Duffy, still active with the
Red Sox.
Connie Mack to Attend.
“Wid" Conroy, Bill Friel, BUI
Vfaloney and George McBride have
reen invited here to refresh Duffy's
memory about MUwaukee’s brief
ixperience as an American League
nember.
Connie Mack, naturally, will!
ippear for the Athletics, along j
vith two of his first players, Dav-i
Pultz and Tommy Leahy. Bill
-lark, now at Princeton Univer
iity, will represent the orig
nal Washington Senators anr:
rom Connolly, who umpired the
eague’s first game, will refute
:riticisms a half-century old but
is sharp as ever.
Those old-timers will give Bos
on fandom a nostalgic thrill by
parading from their Back Bay
Hotel to the State House and
-ity Hall in an antique tallyhc
ind 1901-vintage automobiles.
Before and after the Red Sox
Vhite Sox game, the old-timers
vUl be Owner' Tom Yawkey’s
uncheon and dinner guests.
Sriffs' Records
Batting.
AB R H2B 3B HR RBI Pet.
•oan - 55 11 22 5 5 1 1] .400
acka - 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 .400
loreno . 0 3 2 ft 0 0 0 .338
farrero 13 3 4 o' 0 0 0 .308
Ilehaela __ 53 10 16 4 1 0 8 .302
ernon- 67 10 20 5 2 2 11 .290
'0*t 79 14 23 3 0 3 14 .288
tele 91 13 25 5 1 0 12 .276!
!oren 90 16 24 6 2 0 20 .267!
IcCormick 64 10 17 1 0 0 4 .266!,
irasso 50 5 12 1 0 1 7* .240
•ente _ . 79 9 18 3 l 011 ..228 ’
[arris ... 5 0 1 o 0 0 0 .200 ,
erble 45 4 8 1 0 0 5 .178 1
iuerra ... 41 3 17 1 0 0 5 .171 |
ima 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 .143
onsuegra 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 125 1
Roberts on 10 1 l o 0 o l ,iou .
.uzava 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 091 '
loss - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 I
Irown- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 000
Jaynes -. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 000
tlranda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 ,
Pitching.
IP H BB SO GS GO W L
larrero ... 36 27 13 21 4 4 4 0
lonsuegra .. 31 23 15 8 4 3 3 0
loreno 18 10 14 6 2 1 1 0 :
[arris -, 19 17 12 11 0 0 2 2
[uzava ... 35 34 20 17 5 2 2 3 «
lima -.31 .30 10 10 4 1 1 2
toes -15 16 10 13 1 0 0 1
[aynes- 6 11 2 1 1 0 0 1
Sown - 7 7640000
dson . 0 o 0 0 0 0 p 0 l
Gil Coan Will Win a Lot of Games, Too
A moment of adversity could
be the spot for broaching the
subject of Gil Coan, who has
known gloom before and bounced
back. Gil cost
the Nats a game
yesterday with
an amazing
muff of a xly
ball. He may
cost them oth
ers in the fu
ture, but he is
likely to win a
bundle for the
Nats, too.
Gil is hitting
an even .400,
and when a re
porter said to
Clark Griffith ou c»»«
the other day, “Coan looks like
the best ball player in the world,”
the 81-year-old boss of the Nats
snorted emphatically, “He is.”
“It took a fractured skull to
make a ball player out of Coan,”
Griffith said. “After he got that
crack on the head last year he
got gdftng. Shucks, they talk
about Mickey Mantle. Gil Mc
Dougald and those boys. I’ll take
Coan.* He’s all ball player now.”
Coan has known moments more
horrible than that created by his
eleventh-inning flub of Matt Batts’
easy fly yesterday. That error cost
his club a game, but in 1949 Gil
lost something more valuable. It
was his self-confidence which was
gone to such an extent that he
was ready to quit the game four;
years after being named the most
valuable player in the minor
leagues.
“I was ready to toss in the towel
then,” admits Gil. "I had given
up on myself, because there I was,
after a four-year major league
trial, hitting .218. I no longer
doubted if I could make the grade,
I simply knew I couldn’t.” ,
Griffith is right when he dates
the time of Gil’s comeback to his
fractured skull, but it wasn’t the
blow on the head that did it. Coan
was hospitalized six weeks last
season following a collision with
the Browns’ Owen Friend at
second base.
“Clyde Milan (Nats’ first-base
coach) was the fellow who made
me see the light,” Coan says. "He
got me to crouch, to meet the
ball instead of trying to drive it
out of the park. I hit .326 for
the rest of the year—about 10
weeks—and brought my average
over .300.
“Milan told me the only free
swinger who ever was a big suc
cess in Griffith Stadium was
Goose Goslin. Look at the other
good hitters Washington has had,
fellows like Buddy Myer, Cecil
Travis, Buddy Lewis, Sam Rice
and Mickey Vernon, for instance.
They were content to meet the
ball and, by golly, they had the
idea.
“A fellow who tries to murder
the ball in this park is crazy
Guys li£e Walt Dropo and A1
Rosen, good sluggers in normal
parks, wind up hitting nice long
outs here. Who am I to think
Everything Happen? to Indians
Whenever They Meet Ed LoDat
By the Associated Press
A1 Lopez knows now how Lou
Boudreau felt every time Eddie
Lopat pitched against the In
dians.
Twice this season the new Cleve
land pilot has looked on help
lessly as the crafty Yankee left
hander tied his boys into knots.
"How does he do it?” Lopez
asked before last night’s game.
“I just can’t figure out why he
beats us so regularly. He’s no
better than lots of pitchers in the
league.”
Some 2Va hours later, Lopat had
added another to his long string
of victories over the Indians, his
favorite people. The score was
LI-4, and Lopez still was groping
for the answer because everything
iiad gone wrong for the Indians.
The victory enabled the Yanks
to increase their lead over runner
up Washington to games.
Action picks up in both leagues
today as St. Louis, Chicago and
Detroit invade the American
League 5 aasLem ujuica uic
first time this year. Meanwhile,
Eastern clubs in the National
League play their first games in
;he West, with the Dodgers and
Lfubs engaging in the only after
loon game.
Lopat wasn’t exactly brilliant
igainst the Indians. He surren
iered only six hits, but two of
;hem were home runs by George
3tirn weiss and Jim Hegan. The
argest crowd of the major league
ieason, 66,265, paid fans wit-'
lessed the game.
The Indians whacked the ball;
md far, but nearly always there
vas some Yankee in front of it.
5n several occasions Lopat need
id fancy fielding to pull him out
>f holes. Shortstop Phil Rizzuto
lame up with two or three spec
acular fielding plays.*
On /the other hand, everything
;he Indians did went wrong. In!
he very first inning, Sam Chap
nan, newest of the Indians, played
i looper by Gil McDougald into;
in inside-the-park homer. Later
Hickey Mantle got a double on a
•outine “single” to center. In the
ieventh, Joe Di Maggio scored
from first on a wild pitch and two
errors.
A pretty good pitcher on other
occasions. Lopat is a Mathewson,
Alexander and Johnson rolled into
one against Cleveland. Since com
ing to the big leagues, Lopat has
whipped the Indians 30 times.
They have beaten him only 6
times.
Yesterday’s triumph was Lopat’s
11th in a row over his Cleveland
cousins. The last time they beat
him was in June, 1949. Few
pitchers have had such uncanny
success over a team as has Lopat.
Probably the best record against
one club was set by Lefty Grove,
who beat the Red Sox 38 times in
46 decisions He also beat Detroit
60 times while losing only 19. 1
I have better muscles than they?
They’re stronger than I am and
they don’t knock down any fences
here.
“I’ve been at bat only 50 times
or so, and that doesn’t make a
season, but I’m meeting the ball
better than ever and I’m going to
stick with the crouch that Milan
taught me.
sure I was disappointed when
I didn’t play against lefthanders
earlier in the season. I felt I could
hit 'em. But Bucky Harris is thej
manager and he’s given me every j
break, so I couldn’t complain.'
Besides. Bucky got us off to a
winning start and that’s what
counts.”
Coan has belted southpaws for
a fantastic .555 average. In each
of the 12 games he has started,
Gii has hit safely, although twice
failing as a pinch-hitter. He has
a six-game batting streak now,
and among his 22 hits have been
five doubles, five triples and a
home run.
At least 10 times Coan has
been victimized by fine plays or
smashed a line drive directly at
a fielder.
Toss out that costly bobble yes
terday. It happens to the best of
them. Coan seems set to survive
that episode, pick up the wreck
age of that game and construct
a sparkling baseball future.
—HAWKINS.
Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
_ Batting (based on 60 times at bat)_
Kryhoski, Detroit, .404; Coan, Washington,
Yorkn^dMDoby.
M.nHineS Nbew^or£“T2W"U- Eetr0lt’ 23:
Hits—Carrasquel. Chicago. 36: Busby
Mantle- New York, and Cole
man. St. Louis. 31.
r.£°uUe?ieS£&“£ !rhll‘d'lDh“- 10: C«
WaTshiPn«^M15n06°- Chlcag?' and Coan
Home runs—Williams. Boston. 6: Jen
IS1-,. New ^ork; Doby. Cleveland: Joost
Werfzdelfct.C5‘em“ 8t L°U,a' and
rasaue*D ChlceaWB4U8bT' Chlc“°- 9: Car'
. Fitrhini—Lopat. New York. fl-0: Her
bert. Detroit: Feller. Cleveland, and Mar
rero. Washington. 4-0.
Strikeouts—Pierce. Chicago. 23.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting (based on 50 times at bat)—
Robinson. Brooklyn. .409: Elliott. Boston.
Brfe:1™*- N*W TOrk' 26: 8nlder'
Runs batted in—Pafko, Chicago, 22; El
liott. Boston. 21.
Brfc0!^ NeW Y0rk' 39: Robtns°n '
Kiu»r«£&. 3plUsburah and!
TrlDles—.Reese Brooklyn: Pafko. Chi
cago: Adams. Cincinnati: Ennis and Ham
ner Philadelnhia. 3.
Home runs—Hodges Brooklyn. 9: Pafko.
Hiicago and Westlake. Pittsburgh. 8.
8tolen bases—Stanky New York. 4;
Ir»in New York, and Pondy. Chicago. 3.
Pitching—Roe. Brooklyn. 4-0: Bre
j>heen. St. Louis, and KliDDstein. Chicago.
Strikeouts—Jansen. New York. 34;
Soahn. Boston. 32. •
Clubs Speed Efforts
To Cut Their Rosters
As Deadline Nears
By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 15.—Major
league baseball clubs sharpened
their pruning knives and trading
wits today in a rush to get within
the 25-player limit before tomor
row’s midnight deadline.
Half of the 16 teams already
have trimmed their rosters but
the other half have work to do
in the next couple of days. Chief
of these are the Yankees, with
three surplus men, and the Cardi
nals, with four.
The Yankees are reported anx
ious to pull a 3-for-l or 4-for-l
deal to land the Athletics’ south
paw pitcher, Bobby Shantz, or
First Baseman Ferris Fain. So
far the A|s aren’t nibbling.
The Yanks and Cards figured
in yesterday's biggest maneuvers
with the aging and flu-plagued
Cardinals coming out of the shuffle
with the best-looking hand.
New York sent Biily Johnson,
veteran third baseman, to the
Cardinals for a reported $15,000
in cash and Don Bollweg, first
baseman. The latter was excess
baggage and so the Yankees
quickly ordered him to their Kan
sas City farm.
Plugging some more holes, the
innlo nlen nnllo/4 Koolr Uomol
(Nippy) Jones, good-hitting vet
eran first baseman, from Roches
ter and sent the Red Wings Don.
Richmond, third baseman.
The Athletics and Pirates also
have 28 on their rosters while the
Phillies and Indians have 27. The
Giants and Dodgers have to un
load one player,
Clubs already within the .limit
are Cincinnati, Boston and Chi
cago in the National League; Chi
cago, Boston, St. Louis and De
troit and Washington in the
American.
Here’s the club-by-club break
down;
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York (28)—Probably lop
off two pitchers, with Frank Shea
and Joe Ostrowski a guess, and
Catcher Ralph Houk. Prefers a
deal.
Philadelphia (28) — Pitchers
Hank Wyse and Ed Burtschy and
Infielders Billy Hitchcock and Lou
Limmer candidates for the knife.
Cleveland (27)—Two pitchers to
go, Gerald Fahr to a farm club.
Jesse Flores or Johnny Vander
Meer will be the other.
Boston (25) — Already inside
limit but seeking hard-hitting
catcher.
Chicago (25)—Down to limit.
St. Louis (24)—Reduced list to
one below limit by sending Irv
(See DEADLINE. Page A-18.)
BASEBALL '
TONIGHT—8:30 P.M.
Washington vs. Detroit
American League Park
Tomorrow, Detroit, 8:30 P.M.
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Minor Lpaoues
By the Associated
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Ottawa. 3: Montreal 2.
Toronto fi: Buffalo. 2.
Rochester a; Springfield. 2.
Rahimo-e. Jl: Syracuse. 6.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
No games scheduled.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
No games scheduled
„ SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Chattanooga. 3: Little Rock, 2.
Nashville, 7: Memphis 1.
(Only vames scheduled.*
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Hartford. 4: Williamsport. 3 (13 in
nings).
. Binghamton. 10: Wilkes-Barre, 7 (10
innings)
Albany, 5: Elmira. 4.
Bcranton. 8: Schenectady. 1.
_ TEXAS LEAGUE.
Houston B: Fort Worth. 2.
San Antonio. 6: Dallas 3
Beaumont. 10: Oklahoma City. S.
Tulsa. 7; Shreveport. 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Montgomery «—10: Columbus. 2—9.
Macon. S: Columbia. 2.
Jacksonville. 6; Savannah. 3.
Augusta. 13: Charleston. 0.
_ WESTERN LEAGUE.
Pueblo. 14: Des Moines. 8.
Omaha 4: Wichita. 2
Colorado Springs at Lincoln, postponed.
Denver at Sioux City, postponed
ProhaMe P'tcMrs
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit et Washington (nleht)—New
ho-iser (2-2) vs. Consu»gra (3-0).
„ St. Louis at Philadelphia (night)—
Stan- (0-1) vs. Rhants (1-2).
Chicago at Bostori Jttdson (0-0) vi
Nixon (1-0).
(Onlv games scheduled.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York at Pittsburgh (night)—
Spencer (1-0) vs. Chsmbers (3-3) or
Law (l-l).
Boston at Cincinnati 'night)—Bickford
(5-1) vs. Blackwell (4-2).
Brooklyn at Chicago—Newcomb* (3-1)
vs Rush (2-1).
Churchill's Horse Wins
LONDON. May 15 (£>).—Win
ston Churchill’s 5-year-old horse
Colonist n beat King George’s
Above Board yesterday in the
Winston Churchill Stakes at Hurst
Park. Third was Star Spangled .
Banner, the pre-race favprite.
Major League Standings and Schedules
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1951
AMERICAN
Result! Yesterday
Boston, 8; Wash.. 7 (11
innings).
N. Y.. 11: Cleve., 4 <n>.
Onlv games scheduled.
Gaines Today
Detroit at Wash.. 8:30.
St. Louis at Phila. (n).
Chicago at Boston.
Only games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow
Detroit at Wash.. 8:30.
St. Louis at Phila. <n).
Cleveland at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
NATIONAL
Revolts Yesterday
Mo games scheduled.
Gaiks Today
Mew York at Pitts, (n).
Boston at Clncl. (n).
Phila. at St. Louis (n).
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Games Tomorrow
Mew York at Pitts, (n).
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
Phila. at St. Louis (n).
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New York [—| 3^ 2| 1| 2| 2| 4 3| 17| 8 .680!
Wosh'ton | 2J— 1| 0| .2[ 2[ 4 2| 13| 91 ,591j 2%
Chieogo | 0! 2—[ 3] 2j 0| 2 3| 12j 9i .5711 3
Detroit ! 2] 1 2}—1 0| 2| 1 4| 12, 9| .571| 3
Cleveland | 0| 1_2! 2|—j 2| 1 41 12| 10| .5451 3Vt
Boston I 21 2 0| 1| 0|—| 5 2| 12| 10i .545| 3>4
PhHaphia j 2| 0 1] 1| 1| lj— 1| 7| 17| .292! 9V2
St Louis j_0| 0 1| 1| 3| 1| 0—| 6! 19: .240|11
Lost | 8| 9j 9j 9ll'0|10|1719| | | (
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Brooklyn |—| 2| 01 2 J. 5! 2 2| 14| 10| .583:
jBotton I 21—| j| I 1 4|* 4 _2| 151 11| ^77|
!Pittsburgh! 2| lj—| 2 1 1| 2~~3j 12f 12j .500 2
Chicago j_l[2[ 4|—| 2| 0| 1| 2| 12| 12j .5001 2
St^Loois | 1| I] 1| 3}—| 0| 2| 3| 11| 12| .4781 2%
NawYork | 1[ 2| 2| 2\ 3j—| 2| lj 13| 15j .4841 3
Philo'phia I 2| 2j 1} 1| 1| 4|—j lj 12| 14| .4821 3
Cincinnati! 1| lj 3| 1| 3| lj lj—j U| 14| .440| 3*4
Lost 110jlljl2jl2|12115|14|14| | | |
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