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Senators Within Game of First Division as Pesky Deal Pays Off
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Washington, D. C., Monday, June 21, 1954—.
W in, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
IT WAS 17 YEARS ago that a tall, strapping young man
left the little town of Weiser, Idaho, to become the greatest
of all pitchers. A bizarre twist of fate dictated that he pitch
for the Washington Senators. In case the story is unremem
bered, it went like this:
A cigar salesman whose name was for
gotten long ago bombarded the Detroit
Tigers with letters extolling one Walter a
Perry Johnson. The recommendations
were pigeon-holed. Frank Navin, then
owner of the Tigers, is said to have snap
ped: “If this fellow knows so, much about
baseball, why is he selling cigars?”
The salesman redirected his letters to H
Pongo Joe Cantillon, manager of the Sep- ■
htors, who gave them more attention. ■
When a Washington catcher named Cliff
. Blankenship was injured and expressed a
wish to return to his home in Seattle to Fraaei* «>■■.
mend, Cantillon gave hi? permission.
“Provided,” Pongo Joe said, “you stop off at Wichita,
Kans., to look at a young outfielder and at a town called
Weiser, Idaho, to inspect a young pitcher.”
• • • *
BLANKENSHIP SCOUTED CLYDE MILAN, the outfielder,
in Wichita and recommended him. And his eyes popped when
he saw Walter Johnson in Weiser. On the first scouting trip
of his life, the forgotten, unfamed Blankenship signed two
men who were to play a total of 36 seasons for Washington,
and manage the club at different times. It was far and away
the most successful scouting trip in the history of the Senators,
if not in all baseball.
Now the club has another big, strapping boy coming up
from Payette, only nine miles from Weiser. Harmon Kille
brew is the name and he is the first bonus player ($50,000)
in the history of the Senators. He joins the team in Chicago
'tomorrow with a “can’t-miss” tag on him and, again, it was
not a professional scout who found him but a United States
Senator, Herman Welker of Idaho, no less.
And what is a Senator doing, digging up ball players?
This is Senator Welker speaking:
“There is nothing odd about my interest in baseball. I like
the game. I played it, semi-professionally. I was born in
Weiser and Johnson was my hero. Now I live in Payette,
when I’m not in Washington.
“It all started some three weeks ago. Clark Griffith was
told that I had been responsible for sending Pitcher Vernon
Law to the Pirates. 'Why didn’t you send Law to me?* Mr.
Griffith asked.”
* • * •
“I ASKED MR. GRIFFITH what he needed in the way
of ball players. ‘An infielder who can hit,’ he told me. ‘l’ve
got a young man for you,’ I told him. ‘His batting average
is fantastic and, in my opinion, he runs faster than Mickey
Mantle.’
“Mr. Griffith asked me to sign Killebrew. I told him that
11 other big league clubs were after the boy, that he was apt
to come high, and that I wanted Ossie Bluegd to look at him
before I entered into the picture. You see, I’ve known Har
mon since he was 6 years old. His sister worked for my law
firm. I knew his whole family.
“When Mr.'Bluege liked what he saw, I’ll admit that I
interceded. The people who run the Washington club are a
fine group and I’m going to be here for at least the next two
years. I want to see him play.”
The Senator doesn’t think the 17-year-old Killebrew ever
will need seasoning in the minors, for he is confident the boy
will make good before the two years the Senators must retain
him are up. “I don’t want to boast,” he said, “but our boys
play hard. That Idaho-Oregon Border League in which
Harmon played is as fast as any Class C circuit.”
The Senator points out that Regalado and Wally
Westlake of the Indians and Andy Carey of the Yankees all
played in the league.
• * * *
KILLEBREW MAY BECOME the first ball player to break
into the majors and live in rent-free quarters of a Senator.
‘fßarmon is perfectly welcome in my home,” Senator Welker
says. “He desires to go to college and I think it can be ar
ranged for him to attend Georgetown, Maryland or George
Washington in the Off-seasons.”
It is the Senator’s notion that Washington was lucky to
have signed Killebrew, but modestly disclaims that he, alone,
was responsible.
“You have no idea how the memory of Walter Johnson
is revered in our area.” Senator Welker explains. “Killebrew
had been almost signed by another club when Bluege came
out to look at him. The Killebrews knew Bluege had played
with the immortal Johnson on Washington teams, and that
just about clinched it. Everybody wanted the boy to play
for the club that Johnson pitched for.”
Parnell Leaves Club Jllinois Cage Captain
To Have Arm X-Rayed Loses Out on Marks
By the Associated Prsss
BOSTON. JUIM 21.—Mel Pur- CHAMPAION. 111.. JumJlj
liell of the Ited Sox «u due lure P °° r "“ rl “ h *" If™?™ “
todw from Clevetand for .n «**"*J;
X-Ray examination of hl» left b »* k ' llsall captain, from the
arm which ™ broken earlier In
Parnell waa hit by a b»U pitched 1 ft* 1
by Washington's Maur, McDer- 1 Mlovslo mid be win Join the
mott. He rejoined the Red Sox service this summer. He said he
recently and got his first action hopes to come back to Illinois
in Cleveland last Friday night, play out his last two years
but the arm has been bothering discharge,
him since.
Major League Standings
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, Aggressive Veteran
1 Perks Up Defense,
Bats at .393 Clip
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Cairo i pondont
CHICAGO, June 21.—Early re
turns from the Senators’ latest
trade indicate they’ve engineered
another profitable deal, with spry
Johnny Pesky providing .393 hit
ting for seven games,' perking
up their infield and presenting
the club a spirited performer who
isn’t reluctant to take charge.
There was understandable
: skepticism among the club’s fol
lowers when the Senators ob
tained the 34-year-old Pesky
from the Tigers. The Detroit
club had employed him exclu
sively as a pinch-hitter this sea
son and Johnny hadn’t astounded
anybody in that role, hitting only
[ .176.
| Since joining Washington,
Pesky has lifted hia season aver
age to .311 by swatting safely in
every game. He has fielded flaw
lessly and there has been no evi
dent resentment over Johnny’s
tactics of assuming command in
the field.
Pesky, who came to the Sena
tors for Inflelder Mel Hoderleln
and $20,000, has become the man
who trots to the mound to calm
a pitcher, keeps other inflelders
alert to possible developments
and generally displays baseball
savvy.
“He’s giving us a lift offen
sively and defensively,” Manager
Bucky Harris said after the
Senators dealt the Orioles 7-1
and 7-2 defeats yesterday in
Baltimore before a crowd of
17,149. “Johnny is a smart ball
player, keeps battling all the
time and makes us a more
presentable team.”
Ejected In Second Game.
Johnny’s scrappiness prompted
Umpire Joe Paparella to chase
him in the second game when
he beefed loud and long about
a called strike in the sixth in
ning. Before departing. Pesky
supplied a double to the Sena
tors’ 11-hit attack after con
tributing two singles and a
double to their 10-hit assault in
the first game.
By sweeping the four-game
series with the Orioles, the
(Continued on Page A-17, Col. 4.)
Senators, 7-7; Orioles, 1-2
mtST GAME.
_ WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. I.
Toft. 3b 4 1 2 0 4 0
Pe»ky. 2b 4 2 3 2 6 0
Vernon, lb A 6 1 2 0 0 0
Busby es 4 1 2 3 0 0
Runnels, ss 3 0 1 4 2 1
Stews. U - 6 0 0 7 0 0
Umphlett rs 6 0 0 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald, e 3 1 0 2 0 0
Marrero, p 2 10 0 10
Total* 36 ~7 To 27 Ti T
BALTIMORE. AB. R. H. O. A. X
Abrams, rs 3 0 0 1 0 0
Com. if x—__ 4 0 110 0
Krrhoskl. lb 4 0 1 10 1 0
Stephen*. Sb 4 0 1 0 2 0
Courtney, e 300500
Dierlne, cf 4 0 0 2 0 0
Yount. 8b „ 3 116 3 0
Hunter, u 3 0 1 2 3 0
Plllett*. p 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blyika p 2 • 0 0 1 1
lWattku* 100000
2Garcia 000000
O’Dell, p 000000
Total* _ v __ 51 11 27 U 1
1 Hit Into forceout for Blyska In Bth.
2 Ran for Waltku* In Bth.
Washington 240 000 100—7
Baltimore .. 000 000 010—1
Run* batted in—Varnon (2). Buaby
(2). Pesky (2). Umphlett. Abram*. Two*
base hits—Peaky. Stephens. Three
base hit*—Vernon. Sacrifice—Yost.
Sacrifice fly—Busby, Abrams. Double
play—Kryhoakl to Hunter. Peaky to
Runnels to Vernon. Hunter to Young to
Kryhoakl. Left on base*—Washington,
0: Baltimore. 6. Bases on balls—OS
Msrrero, l ; off PUlette. 2; off Bly*ka. 3:
Plllette. 6 In IV, innings; off Blyska.
6 In 0% innings; off O’Dell. 0 in 1 in
nings. Runs and earned runs—Off
Marrero. 1-0; off Plllette. 6-B; off Blyska.
2-2; off O Dell. 0-0. Winning pitcher—
Marrero (3-0). Loalng pitcher—Plllette
(4-8). Umpires—McGowan. Paparella.
Umont. Honochlck. lime—l:49.
SECOND GAME.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Tost.. 3b 6 2 3 1 3 0
Pesky, 2b 3 0 1 3 0 0
Terwilllger, 2b 2 0 1 2 0 0
Vernon, lb 4 1 2 10 0 o
Busby, cf 6 0 0 2 0 0
Runnels, ss 6 0 0 0 4 1
Wright, U 4 1 2 2 0 0
Umphlett, rs 3 1 0 2 0 0
Tipton, e 2 114 10
Stone, p 4 1114 0
Totals 5? ~7 7l 27 12 ~1
BALTIMORE. AB. R. H. O. A. X.
Abrams, rs 3 110 0 0
2 Kennedy rs 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brideweser. 2b 6 0 12 11
Kryboski, lb 3 114 10
Mele. If 3 0 1 3 0 0
Stephens, 3b 3 0 2 1 2 0
Dierlne. cf 4 0 0 6 0 0
Murray, e 4 0 0 8 0 0
Hunter, ss 4 0 1 2 3 0
Chakales, p 2 0 1110
Pox, p 000000
Stuart, p 000000
1 Fridley 1 0 l 0 0 o
O’Dell, p 000000
i Moca 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total! 36 ~2 ~5 27 ”i T
1 81nsled for Stuart In 7th.
2 Piled out for Abrams in ?th.
3 Grounded out for O’DeU In Oth.
Washington 000 001 601 —7
Baltimore 100 000 010—2
Runs batted In—Mele, Yoet (3). Stone
(2). Terwilllger. Runnels. Two-base
hits—Abrams, Pesky, Mele. Stone. Three
base hit—Wright. Homo run—Yost.
Sacrifice—Mele Double plays—Kryboski
(unassisted). Stone to Pesky, Chakales
to Stephens to Hunter. Left on bases
—Washington. 8; Baltimore. 0. Bases
oa balls—By Stone. 2; by Chakales. 4;
by O’DeU, 1. Struck out By Stone.
4; by Chakales. 4; by Stuart, 1: by
O'Dell, 2. Hits—Off Chakales. & in
6% Innings; off O’Dell, 2 in 2 innings;
off Fox. 3 In 0 Innings (faced 4 batters
In 7th); off Stuart. 1 In % Innings.
Runs_and earned runs—Off Stone, 2-1:
off Chakales. 4-4: off Fox. 2-2; off
Stuart. 0-0; off O’Dell. 1-0. winning
pitcher—Stene (6-1). Losing pitcher—
Chakales (0-3). Umpires—Paparella.
Umont, Honochlck and McOowan. Time
—2:23. Attendance—l7,l49. 1
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i WEDDING BELLS FOR STANFORD STAR —Bob Garrett,
Stanford football star, and his college sweetheart, Joan Con
nelly, are shown walking up the aisle after their marriage at
St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Alhambra, Calif. Garrett,
great passing quarterback who starred in the East-West Shrine
game, was the bonus choice of the Cleveland Browns in the last
pro football draft. He signed with them on a visit to Coach
Paul Brown in Florida last winter. —AP Wirephoto.
Big Red Freshmen Impressive
Cornell Ready to Take Over
As Navy Crew's Successor
By Murray Rose
Associated Press Sports Writer
SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 21.
Navy’s rowing dynasty isn’t offi
cially over yet, but Cornell ap
pears to ready to bump the king
pins off the throne next spring.
As the invincible Navy eight
of the last three years climaxed
an unprecedented victory string
by winning its 29th straight race
! and its third successive Intercol
legiate Rowing Association
championship Saturday, an heir
! apparent crew showed on tne
Lake Onondaga scene in Cor
nell’s formidable freshmen.
The Big Red yearlings from
Cayauga won the 2-mile frosh
race by 3V 2 lengths over Wash
ington in a poised, polished and
powerful performance.
High Praise From Callow.
“They reminded me of my
; Navy crew when they first start
-1 ed,” 63-year-old Rusty Callow
said as he was congratulated on
all sides for Navy’s varsity vic
tory. "They’re the successors to
Navy.”
, “Well, it’s yours now for the
next three years,” Capt. lan Eddy
of Navy told Bob Kane of Cornell
in a trophy exchange between
the two athletic directors.
Corhell will lose only one wi*w,
Varsity Stroke Pete Sparhawk of
Arlington, Va., from the crews
which finished second to Navy in
the big race and first in the
freshman and junior varsity con
tests, Cornell’s best showing
since 1930.
But Cornell’s yearlings will
have to go some to match the
performances of the magnificent
Middies of 1952, 1953 and 1954.
In 29 races, they had 29 victories,
including three collegiate titles,
three sprint championships, and
the prize of them all—the 1952
Olympic championship.
“This was the greatest crew I
ever coached,” Callow said of the
group that beat Cornell in casual
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Callow’s “greatest” meant It
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. “the greatest” by Rusty. 4 He’s
right on all accounts, for six of
’ this year’s group pulled oars on
■ all three championship crews.
1 It was a noble swan song for
: Stroke Ed Stevens, Bill Fields,
! Jim Dunbar, Dick Murphy, Hank
■ Proctor and Warren Frye. The
i “super six” collected 92 shirts—
, (See REGATTA. Page A-17.)
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“I would call the attention of
the salary men under uncle Sam”
* CS Our tastes have changed considerably since Mr. J. N. Fearson took this
M H m<»fln« of adverting “eatables ... at very low prices” at his store on
W Bridge St (now M St.). At that time, George Town was a great fislwnarket.
P»**n Potomac shad and herring were shipped to distant points in Maryland,
A Virginia and Pennsylvania. Wagons filled the roads and inn-yards, bringing
' country produce in exchange for flour, fish and processed commodities.
One taste—still in high favor—is that of the
"salary men under uncle Sam ” for Old Georgetown Beer, still brewed by
the descendants of one of the country's oldest brewing families.
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Tuber! and Seims
Score Easy Victories
As Wimbledon Opens
gy vdaa AnngcldrtDdl
WIMBLEDON, England, June
21.—Vic Seixas, the defending
champidh, and Tony Trabert,
the tournament favorite, easily
won first-round matches today
in the All-England lawn tennis
championships.
Seixas of Philadelphia routed
Geoffrey Cass, a club player,
6—l, 6- 0. 6—l. Trabert wal
loped Paul Wooler, another
minor Briton, 6—o, 6—2, 6—2.
Veteran Gardnar Mulloy of
Coral Gables, Fla., has much
more difficulty in eliminating
Tim Lewis of England, 6—4,
6—l, 7—5.
The Americans were joined in
the second round by Lennart
Bergelin, Swedish Davis Cup
star, who trounced Brazil’s P. P
Guimaraes, 6—l, 6—2, 6—l.
Weather Cool and Cloudy.
The weather was cool and the
sides were cloudy but a large
crowd was on hand for the first
day of the 68th Wimbledon
championships, regarded as the
amateur world series of tennis.
Roy Emerson, a 17-year-old
Australian prospect, eliminated
Malcolm Pox of Baltimore, 6—l,
6—3, 8-—6.
Herb Flam of Beverly Hills,
Calif., had a tough battle with
D. H. Shaw before he subdued
the Briton, 6—4, 6—3, 9—6.
Ignacy Tloczynskl, a Pole now
living in England, ousted Wane
Van Voorhees of Palm Beach,
Fla., 6—2. o—7, B—6. <
Matt Murphy, formerly of San
Francisco and now of Buenos
Aires, was beaten by N. Pietran
geli of Italy, 6—2, 9—7. 6—o.
Drobny and Davidson Win.
Other winners included Jaro
slav Drobny, the self-exiled
Czech and a perennial Wimble
don threat; Sven Davidson of
Sweden, and Philippe Washer of
Belgium.
Three more Californians, Budge
Patty, Art Larsen and Gil Shea
entered the second round.
Patty of Los Angeles and
Paris, who won in 1950, took only
15 minutes a set in disposing
of Britain’s Brian Bucknell,
6—l, 6— -0, 6 0.
Larsen, former United States
champion from San Leandro, de
feated H. C. Bernstein of Eng
land, 6—2, 6—4, 10—9. Shea
eliminated C. W. Hannam, an
other Briton, 6—l, 6—3, 9—6.
Canadian Advances.
Robert Bedard of C&n&da de
feated G. L. Forbes of- South
Africa, 6 3, 7—9, 6—l, 6—3.
A light drizzle started as the
first ball was served in the sec
ond set of the Selxas-Cass
match. Vic obviously turned on
the steam to keep from getting
(See WIMBLEDON. Page A-19.)
Indioni Stretch Leod to Four
Embargo on Home Run Bonuses
In Nick of Time for Durocher
•y Hie Associated Prse*
Warren Giles’ embargo on the
SIOO home-run bonus came just
in time to save Leo Durocher
from, an acute case of C-note
shorts. A man could go to the
poorhouse if he kept strewing
Ben Franklin engravings around
a clubhouse every time one of
the New York Giants hit a home
run. ''
Take yesterday, for Instance.
Two Giants’ pinch-hitters, Bobby
Hofman and Dusty Rhodes, set a
record by hitting pinch homers
in the same inning in the 7-6
victory over St. Louis. Wes Wes
trum also homered In the sixth
inning and A1 Dark hit one
earlier.
If Giles hadn’t sounded a
warning, Leo probably still would
be handing out SIOO bills as he
did recently to Bill Taylor and
Hank Thompson for game-win
ning homers. Within a few hours
of Giles’ pronouncement Satur
day, Hoot Evers made his first
hit of the season—a pinch-hit,
game-winning home run. Now
the best Leo can do is say a nice
word to the boss when the boys’
contracts come up next winter.
It was a good thing for the
Giants they did hit yesterday’s
homers, routing Vic Raschi and
hanging a defeat on Cot Deal,
for their lead was sliced to a
half-game by Brooklyn’s double
victory.
Dodgers Narrow Gap.
The Dodgers again fell back
on relief pitching to knock off
Chicago twice 6-4 and 6-3, with
Clem Labine bailing out the
first game and Bob Milliken and
Ben Wade holding the fdrt in
the second.
For the first time since Sep
tember 6. 1953, the Pirates ac
tually won a double-header. First
the Pirates downed Milwaukee,
2-1 in 10 innings, when Lew
Burdette hit Curt Roberts with
a pitched ball with the bases
loaded. Then Gair Allie’s three
run homer gave Pittsburgh the
second game, 6-3. over Bob Buhl.
The double defeat dropped
Braves seven games out of first
place.
The Redlegs bumped the Phil
lies twice, 4-3 and 15-6, to tie
the Cardinals for fifth place.
Fred Baczewski’s seven-hitter
took care of the first game and
the Reds hopped on Herm Weh
meier, their old teammate, for
nine runs in the first inning of
the nightcap.
Indians Go Four Ahead.
In the American League, the
Indians hiked their lead to four
games by beating their old Bos
ton sparmates, 3-1 and 9-2,
while the White Sox and Yankees
divided a twin Mil at Chicago.
A1 Smith hit a homer in each
game and drove In five runs as
the Tribe ran its- season record
against the Red Sox to 11 wins
in 12 games. A1 Rosen started
for tiie first time since he learned
on June 4 that he had been play
ing with a broken finger. Rosen
hit two singles in six trips. Bob
Feller took his fourth victory in
the opener, hurling a five-hitter,
while Art Houtteman scatered
10 hits In the second game.
The Yankees managed 20 hits,
including home runs by Bill
Skowron, Gil McDougdal. Mickey
Mantle and Joe Collins in thump
ing the White Sox. 16-6, in the
first game before 37,075 at Co
miskey Park. Then Bob Keegan
squared matters for the White
Sox, 7-3, becoming the first
American League pitcher to win
10 games this year. The second
game was held to eight innings
by darkness. Sherm Lollar’s two
run homer ip the seventh was
the big blow after Bob Kuzavs
walked in the tie-breaking run in
the sixth.
The Yankees, now five games
out of first place and six games
behind on the losing side of the
ledger, have not won a double
header all season.
Orioles' Crowds Total 504,732.
Baltimore’s losing streak
stretched to eight straight when
Connie Marrero and Dean Stone
pitched the Senators to a double
victory, 7-1 and 7-2. A crowd
of 17,149 boosted the Orioles’
home addendance to 504,732,
but the last-place team was
thoroughly booed.
A Philadelphia - at - Detroit
doubleheader was rained out.
Eddie Stanky spent a frus
trating afternoon at the Polo
Grounds, where his Cardinals
left 17 runners on base, only one
shy of the major league record,
in a 3-hour and 16-minute con
test involving 33 players. Mat
ters became so involved that
Monte Irvin, who started on the
bench, got into the game as a
pinch hitter and played left
field, then wound up on first
base after Whitey Lockman was
chased by an umpire.
Pinch-hit home runs are no
rarity—26 have been hit so far
this season in the big leagues,
but no club ever hit two in the
same Inning. It was 6-3 in
favor of the Cardinals when the
Giants cut loose in the sixth.
After Willie Mays singled with
one out, Hofman batted for
Billy Gardner and homered.
Westrum hit the ball on the
leftfleld roof, ending Raschi’s
day. Rhodes, batting for Marx.
Grisson, the eventual winner,
(See BASEBALL, Page A-19.)
Probable Pitchers
By the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
N ° ***NATIONAL i *LEAGtTE.
St. Louis At New York—Staley (8-01
ts. Hearn (3-3). . x
(Only tame scheduled.)

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