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BIG SURPRISE OF BRITISH OPEN—St Andrews, Scotland.—Frank Jowle, 43-
year-old “unknown” from Yorkshire, signs autographs for admirers after shoot
ing a sensational record-breaking 63 and then following with a par 72 to win
medal honors in the qualifying rounds of the British Open golf championships,
v Jowle’s 135 total was just one stroke behind the qualifying record for the tour
nament.—AP Wirephoto via radio.
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WIN, LOSE OfrjflK
DRAW By FRANCIS STANN
The Beechnut Curve
SPIT IS A HORRID word. It also is the one-word
answer to why Elwln (Preacher) Roe, not much account as
a left-handed pitcher for Pittsburgh in 1944-1947, was able
to earn SIOO,OOO during the next seven seasons with Brooklyn.
Now that he has retired. Roe is telling all in Sports
Illustrated, and that includes an unashamed admission that
he did, indeed, throw the illegal spltball. “Maybe the book
says I was cheating,” Preacher explains, “but I never felt
that way. I wasn’t the only one that did it. There still
are some guys wetting ’em up right now.”
There aren’t very many pitchers today who are deluding
the hitters. Those who throw spitters are well known,
but proving it is something else. A lot of those pitchers
who have come up with sliders in recent years are calling
the spitter by another name.
Roe, himself, was clever in wetting the ball, throwing
what he called his “Beechnut curves,” but the hitters knew
what he threw—after he threw it.
** * *
THE PREACHER’S RECORD gave him away, too. For
the Pirates in ’46 and ’47 he won only seven games. When
he arrived in Brooklyn, he began to make the spitter his
money pitch. In successive seasons he won 12, 15, 19 and 22
games, mute testimony that Roe’s spitter was improving.
Pitchers feel they are a persecuted* race. They make
much of the legislation that has favored the batters during
the last 35 years, including the frequent substitution of new
balls, livelier balls, shorter fences and a shrinking strike
zone. Feeltog as they do, few hesitate tjf'Cheat. Like Roe,
they don’t regard themselves as cheaters! *
Bobo Newsom hung around for 20 years, partly because
he wasn’t above throwing a cut ball, a spitter or pitching
ahead of the rubber when he could get away with it. Tommy
Bridges, who owned a great curve Ball, threw spitters instead
of fast balls whenever he could wet his fingers.
** * *
WHEN THE SPITBALL was outlawed in 1920 there were
17 masters of the pitch left and they were permitted to
continue. No new boys could throw it, according to the
rules, but there is no record of anybody having been severely
punished for rlnglqg in a wet ball.
Washington may well have owed at least one pennant
to the spitball. In 1925 the Senators had Stanley Coveleskie,
who was believed to be washed up, but Covey was one of the
old “legalized” spitballers and his stufT never worked better
as he racked up 20 wins against only five defeats.
Around the American League now they are thinking
that perhaps Virgil Trucks came up with a new pitch when,
in 1953, he won 20 and lost 10 games as against a 5-19 record
in ’52. And then won 19 more last season. Spitter? Could
be, shrug the batters.
♦* * *
IN HIS ARTICLE Roe points out that it wasn’t up to
him to expose pitchers who still are throwing spitters. But
before he finished he obliquely puts the finger on an old
rival, Sal Maglie of the Giants.
Leo Durocher and Alvin Dark of the Giants, according
to Preacher, protested most frequently to umpires that Roe
was wetting the ball.
“There’s one thing I always wondered about, where
Durochef and Dark were concerned," Roe says. “They never
hollered at me when I pitched against Sal Maglie. Any other
pitcher working for the Giants, and they’d beef about
spitters; never when Sal pitched against me. I still think
about that.”
But not very hard, it is likely. Maglie, who voluntarily
retired in 1943-4 when it looked like he wasn’t going any
where, never had won more than five games in the majors.
Suddenly he came back in 1950-1952 and reeled off successive
records of 18, 23 and 18 wins. The story the book tells on
Maglie is precisely the same as Roe’s.
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Gorman's Work
Repays A's for
'Sucker' Deal
By the Aeioelnted Prese
There were snickers when the
Kansas City Athletics shelled
out $50,000 to get Tom Gorman,
Ewell Blackwell and Dick
Kryhoski from the Yankees last
March but maybe it wasn’t
such a bad deal after all.
The A’s took a sizable risk in
the deal and ’it looked worse
when Blackwell and Kryhoski
departed for the minors. But
now Gorman has come through
with the big payoff.
Only a so-so relief pitcher in
three trials with the Yanks, Gor
man has looked almost brilliant
for the Athletics. He flashed his
stuff again last night, putting
down an eighth-inning rally and
going on to beat the Indians. 4-3.
It was the 10th victory in the
last 12 decisions for the A’s and
Gorman, a 29-year-old right
hander, has won two of them
and saved five others. For the
season, Gorman has made 29 ap
pearances, posting a 4-1 record
(the defeat came on an un
earned Boston run May 13) and
saving nine other games.
Takes Over for Shants
The bespectacled New Yorker,
tfho won his chances with the
Yanks off his minor league
showing with the old Kansas
City Blues, came on against the
Indians with the score tied at
3-3 on Jim Hegan’s homer off
Bobby Shantz. The little south
paw left with two on and two
out, and Gorman got A1 Rosen
on a foul pop with his first
pitch to end the inning.
Gorman retired the Tribe in
order in the ninth.
Joe DeMastrl and Hector
Lopez, unlikely power sources,
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Two British Pros
Lead With 695;
Furgol Has 71
Nelson Equols Par
Os 72; Bulla Angry
After 75 in Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July
6 UP). —Dai Rees of Wales and
Byd Scott* of England, Who tied
for second place last year, shot
their way into a tie for the lead
in the first round of the British
Open golf championship today
with scores of 69.
Rees, regularly a contender in
Britain’s major tournaments,
shot a consistent round of 34-
35—69 to tie the 41-year-old
Scott after about two-thirds of
the field of 94 qualifiers had fin
ished the first round. Scott, who
had a couple of sensational
rounds in last year's Open, came
in early with the same score.
Rees had only one five on his
card—a bogey at the 316-yard
12th hole.
Scott and Rees had a two
stroke margin over Ed Furgol of
Clayton, Mo.. 1954 United States
Open champion and leader of the
five-man American delegation,
and three strokes over 1939
United States Open Champion
Byron Nelson from Roanoke, Tex.
Two Britons Tie at 79
Two English players, Henry
Cotton and Cecil Denny, and D.
F. Smalldon of Wales, had 70s
to tie for second place.
Furgol shot a round of 36-35
71 over the par 36-36—72 St. An
drews Old Course to tie Peter
Thomson, defending champion
from Australia, and Flory Van
Donck of Belgium. Nelson came
in with 38-34—72 after he almost
had been disqualified for practic
ing on the course.
Nelson was aske<f to swing at
a few balls so photographers
could get pictures of his fluid
swing. He dropped a half dozen
near the first tee, but before
he hit any an official of the
Royal and Ancient Club, which
conducts the tournament, came
out and warned him he might
be charged with violating the
rule against practicing bn the
course.
Bobby Locke of South Africa,
another three-time winner of
the British Open, came in with
a first round of 39-35—74.
Johnny Bulla of Pittsburgh,;
who finished second in the 1939
British Open, yielded to a fit of
temper after shooting 37-38—75
and stalked offto his hotel with
out even reporting to the club- 1
house. His partner turned in 1
his card.
Bulla hurled his putter down !
on the edge of the 18th green ;
after over-stroking a long putt. ;
A large gallery of Scots mur
mured in disfavor when he threw
down the club.
Throughout the round Bulla .
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PROBABLE PITCHERS ]
AMERICAN LEAGUE ’
Washington at Boston (2-twl-nltht) .
—Abernathy (1-1) and Porterfield (7-12)
va. Brewer (6-7) and H*ry (l-l).
New York at Baltlmora (night)—Ford
(10-3) vs. Wilson (6-8).
Cleveland at Kansas City night)— i
Score (7-8) or Houtteraan (6-3) vv Kell
ner (5-7).
Chicago at Detroit—Trucks (8-6) Vs.
Qarver (6-9).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brookylin at Pittsburgh (2-twl-nlght)
—Podres (7-6) and Ersklne (8-4) vs.
Law (4-3 and Face (0-1).
St. Louis at Cincinnati (night)—
Jackson (3-6) vs. Collum (7-2).
Milwaukee at Chicago—Conley (9-6 vs.
Rush (5-1).
Phlladelnhla at New York .night)—
Simmons (4-5) vs. Hearn (7-8 L
Ambitious Red Sox Seek
To Gain at Griffs' Expense
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1955
TEBBETTS 1 SWINGS'A BIT RUSTY
Reds and Girds Ready
To Forget Wild Melee
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AFTER THE BRAWL Cincinnati. Managers
Birdie Tebbetts (left) of the Redlegs ‘and Harry
Walker (right) of the Cardinals laughed off their
trouble shortly after their fight in the ninth inning
of last night’s game at Crosley Field touched off a
free-for-afl between the two clubs. It started with
name-calling during an argument, but today nobody
was mad.—AP Wirephotos.
CINCINNATI, July 6 UP).—
Birdie Tibbetts, the philosophiz
ing manbger of the Redlegs,
said today his fight la6t night
with Harry Walker of the Cardi
nals proved his fisticuffs and
wrestling were rusty.
Tebbetts and the Cardinals’
manager traded lefts and rights
in the. ninth inning. They
wrestled to the ground and
rolled over and over.
“I got stepped on pretty
often,” Tebbetts grinned. “There
must have been 50 guys on the
field and they all must have
stepped on me. It was one
time I wished I was on the bot
tom of the pile.”
Walker, who is getting a repu
tation as a staller around the
circuit, also was good-natured
about the bout.
“It was just one of those
things when we were all teed up
trying to win," Walker said.
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Fielders Warming Up
, Tibbetts, a philosophy major
, in his years at Providence Col
! lege, agreed.
“I had no objection to the
way Walker was managing the
ball club,” Birdie said. “If they
were taking extra time, that was
up to the umpires. But when
an outfielder and an lnflelder
were warming up, I had to pro
test the violation of a league
rule.”
The Reds had tied the game
at 4-4 in the ninth on Gus Bell’s
double, a single and a bunt.
Then Walker sent Ken Boyer to
third base and Pete Whlsenant
to rightfleld.
Then Catcher Bill Sami and
Pitcher Paul Lapalme conferred
on the mound. Umpire Jocko
Conlan went onto the field and
See TEBBETTS, Page C-4
Porterfield and Abernathy
Try to Check Boston Rise
By BURTON HAWKINB
SUr BUS Correspondent
BOSTON, July 6.—The Ignited
’ Red Sox, rapidly whisking into
pennant contention with a siz
zling, month-long drive, will try
jto put more excitement in the
American League race tonight in
a twi-night double-header with
the downcast Senatojp. *
Ten games below the .500 mark
in early June with a leaky infield
and feeble attack, the Red Sox
have shown resiliency by re
bounding to win 24 of their last
29 games. They’ve climbed
within eight games of the pace
setting Yankees, are only 2%
games from second place, and
11 have their fans in a frenzy.
Chuck Dressen, the Senators’
manager, believes Boston will
pass Chicago and Cleveland and
wind up second to the Yankees,
TONY ROIG QUITS
CHARLOTTE CLUB
WITHOUT NOTICE
CHARLOTTE, N. C., July
6 UP). —Shortstop Tony Roig,
sent down to the Charlotte
Hornets last month by the
parent Washington Sena
tors, has quit the Sally
League Club.
Phil Howser, general man
ager of the Hornets, said
Roig left without notice or
explanation yesterday, ap
parently returning to his
New Orleans home.
but he hopes to thwart the Red
Sox rise tonight by employing
Bob Porterfield and Ted. Aber
nathy on the mound. The Red
Sox will counter with Tom
Brewer and Bill Henry.
' Tough Month for Porterfield
Porterfield, accustomed to hard
luck, has never had It rougher.
He has dropped seven straight,
some of them because of bad
breaks and others due to his own
inadequacy. He hasn’t won since
June 4.
Abernathy is responsible for
one of those rare Red Sox de
feats during their comeback. He
gave them a 3-2 licking for his
first major league victory last
Thursday.
That was one of the Senators’
infrequent triumphs. They’ve
lost 22 of their last 26 games, are
separated from the cellar by only
games, and face a schedule
that isn’t comforting. Idle to
morrow, they open a four-game
series with the Yankees Friday
night at Griffith Stadium, ad
journ after Sunday’s double
header for the All-Star game,
then take on the White Sox in
three games.
, This could be a brief but fruit
ful home stand for the Red Sox.
Following the Senators here are
the morose Orioles, who can’t
be enthusiastic about clashing
with the Red Sox tour times in
their own park Boston won 11
iof 14 games on its last home
stand and has hitters who can
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