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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No. 88

Stengel Scoffs at Reports of Rift Between He and Joe DiMaggio

DETROIT (AP) Manager Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees denied Wednesday that any animosity existed between him and Joe DiMaggio, his slipping outfield star, and berated those who are trying to embarrass Joe through me. Certain sharpshooters have been trying to knock DiMaggio down for years, Stengel said. They wait until he slips a little, then bang they give him the works. Now why should they do that to a great ball player and a great guy like Joe? Hes been a great star for years and a great credit to the Yankees and baseball. Why should I, of all people, have anything against the guy? Why, he made me a great manager. Do you think I would have been successful without him in the lineup? They called me a lousy manager in Brooklyn and Boston. Rumors of strife between Stengel and DiMaggio first began last summer when Casey dropped Joe out of the cleanup spot and attempted to convert the great center fielder to a first baseman. These rumors were revived recently when Stengel removed DiMag from a game. A reporter went to DiMaggio in the clubhouse and asked why he was taken out the lineup. Go see the manager, Joe replied. Maybe hell tell you. Stengel explained he removed DiMag, along with regulars Phil Rizzuto and Jerry Coleman in order to rest them. We were behind 6-0 and I wanted to win the next one bad. I wanted the fellow (DiMag) along with the other two to be well rested for that one. I even pulled out Allie Reynolds early so I could use him in relief, if I needed him, the next day.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Philadelphia New York Chicago Detroit Boston Washington St. Louis W 45 44 42 44 40 41 27 18 L 31 33 32 34 32 35 48 56 PCT. .592 .571 .568 .564 .556 .539 .360 .243 GB --1 2 2 3 4 17 26 NATIONAL Brooklyn New York Chicago St. Louis Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 45 46 36 39 37 38 32 27 L 31 34 33 36 37 38 44 47 PCT. .592 .575 .522 .520 .500 .500 .421 .365 GB --1 5 5 7 7 13 17

DiMaggio Out With Injured Leg

CLEVELAND (UP) Joe DiMaggio will be benched when the Yankees play the Indians tonight, and a two-platoon system will be used to replace him. Jackie Jensen will play against left-handed pitchers and Gene Woodling against righthanders in center field for at least a week. DiMaggio suffered a pulled leg muscle in the last game of the Red Sox series at Boston on Sunday. The club announced then it was nothing serious. The club revealed Wednesday night he wont be in the lineup tonight. Unfortunately DiMaggio did not know he had been yanked until he trotted out to the outfield. Casey had to dispatch one of his players to inform Joe he was through for the day. Some reporters took Casey to task for trying to embarrass Joe. Me embarrass Joe? Stengel said incredulously. Why should I do that to one who has done 20 times as much for baseball as I ever have done? It is others who are trying to embarrass Joe through me. He was the greatest all-around outfielder the game has ever seen. He is still great. He has slipped some, but they want him to be as great at 37 as he was at 21. That just cant be done. A Yankee official, asked whether there was any truth to the report that Stengel and DiMaggio werent on speaking terms, replied: Tinker and Evers, that great Chicago Cubs double play combination, didnt speak to each other for years, yet both were so great they were voted into the Hall of Fame. When Joe is up at the plate, or running after a fly ball, he does not take time out to think of his relations with the manager.

Wednesdays American League Results

No games scheduled

Wednesdays National League Results

No games scheduled

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Boston (Parnell 7-5 and Kiely 0-0) at Chicago (Rogovin 5-4 and Dobson 4-6), 2, 1:30 p.m. Washington (Johnson 3-6 or Porterfield 2-1) at Detroit (Cain 3-3), 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Kellner 3-7 and Shantz 8-4) at St. Louis (Widmar 2-7 and Starr 1-5), 2, 6:30 p.m. New York (Reynolds 6-6) at Cleveland (Feller 6-5), 7:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

St. Louis (Presko 3-5 or Chambers 4-9) at New York (Koslo 2-2), 12:30 p.m. Cincinnati (Ramsdell 1-10) at Boston (Surkont 6-9), 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh (Pollet 3-5 or Dickson 7-6) at Philadelphia (Church 6-6), 8 p.m. Chicago (Minner 3-8) at Brooklyn (Branca 4-1), 8:30 p.m.

Rickey, Veeck Seek to Transform Teams

By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK (UP) This midseason of the 1951 campaign may be regarded as the beginning of a race between super-builders Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck to transform their respective tail-end clubs into ultimate pennant winners. It should be a very lively contest during the next couple of years between two of the most remarkable men in baseball Rickey, 70-yearold general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Veeck, 37-year-old owner of the St. Louis Browns. Mahatma Rickey might appear to have an advantage because he took over the Pirates last November 6, whereas Showman Veeck became prexy of the Browns only last Friday. But Veeck is a guy who can take shortcuts between flags and attendance. As their competition gets under way, Rickeys

The Race is On

Branch Rickey

Bill Veeck

Notes on the Scorecard

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Doby, Cle. Avila, Cle. Fain, Phi. Minoso, Chi. Wertz, Det. Young, St.L Joost, Phi. Doerr, Bos. Zernial, Phi. DiMaggio, Bos. G 64 67 77 70 70 74 75 76 65 72 AB 233 253 294 277 265 309 311 286 269 320 R 59 43 60 62 44 39 74 39 51 59 H 85 88 101 94 87 101 101 92 86 102 AVG. .365 .348 .344 .339 .328 .327 .325 .322 .320 .319 NATIONAL Musial, St.L Slaughter, St.L Sisler, Phi.
Schoendienst, St.L

Indians See to it That Yankees Ride in Style

CLEVELAND (UP) Never let it be said the Cleveland Indians arent proper hosts. Earlier this season, when New York Yankees relievers refused services of the Tribes bullpen jeep, Yankee manager Casey Stengel jokingly explained it was because my boys are used to Cadillacs. Wednesday the Indians announced they had rented a Caddy convertible to oblige Stengels pampered athletes for this weeks series. John W. Galbreath, Columbus sportsman and owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, said he is the logical one to buy the Columbus Red Birds if owner Fred Saigh decides to sell the American Association team. Galbreath said his only knowledge of the possible sale of the struggling ball club is from local newspapers. He explained that he did not want to be pictured as bidding for the team. Charley DeWitt, former vice president of the St. Louis Browns until showman Bill Veeck took over recently, will purchase the San Antonio Missions of the Texas League, it was reliably reported Wednesday. Earlier this week, Veeck was instructed to sell either Oklahoma City or San Antonio of the Texas League.

G 73 57 70 65 75 67 76 74 71 75

AB 290 211 273 241 315 261 328 299 273 277

R 67 38 49 42 51 57 59 47 52 48

H 106 73 93 82 106 87 108 98 89 89

AVG. .366 .346 .341 .340 .337 .333 .329 .328 .326 .321

Furillo, Bro. Jethroe, Bos. Ashburn, Phi. Wyrostek, Cin. Jones, Phi. Thomson, N.Y.

HR: Zernial (Phi.) 20; Mantle (N.Y.) 19; Wertz (Det.) 19; Doby (Cle.) 16; Robinson (Chi.) 16. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 73; Zernial (Phi.) 72; Williams (Bos.) 68; Fain (Phi.) 66; Rosen (Cle.) 62. Wins: Raschi (N.Y.) 11-3; Wynn (Cle.) 10-5; Pierce (Chi.) 9-4; Lopat (N.Y.) 9-4; Shantz (Phi.) 8-4. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 97; Gray (Det.) 77; Reynolds (N.Y.) 68; Trout (Det.) 65; Wynn (Cle.) 63; McDermott (Bos.) 63. ERA: Lopat (N.Y.) 2.39; Marrero (Was.) 2.80; Pierce (Chi.) 2.91; Parnell (Bos.) 2.97; Raschi (N.Y.) 3.03.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 22; Musial (St.L) 20; Sauer (Chi.) 19; Hodges (Bro.) 18; Pafko (Bro.) 17. RBI: Musial (St.L) 72; Hodges (Bro.) 63; Sauer (Chi.) 62; Thomson (N.Y.) 62; Jones (Phi.) 56. Wins: Jansen (N.Y.) 10-5; Maglie (N.Y.) 10-7; Roe (Bro.) 9-3; Newcombe (Bro.) 9-4; Hearn (N.Y.) 9-5. Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 86; Queen (Pit.) 78; Jansen (N.Y.) 74; Blackwell (Cin.) 72; Maglie (N.Y.) 69. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.91; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.02; Branca (Bro.) 2.43; Roe (Bro.) 2.44; Blackwell (Cin.) 2.81.

corsairs are seventh in the National League, 13 games behind the leading Dodgers, and Veecks Brownies are at the bottom of the American League ladder, 26 games below the leading Indians. Elderly Branch a stocky bespectacled, bushy-brown, bow-tied, cigar-smoking Deacon will pit his shrewdness and dignity against the shrewdness and high-pressure informality of young Bill a husky, blondish grinning chap who always wears a tieless sport shirt and an artificial lower right leg. Bill lost part of his leg to an infection suffered while with the Marines at Bougainville. Rickey is dignified, but he also is deadly in his dealings for talent as many a rival owner learned during the Mahatmas 23 years with the Cardinals and eight years with the Dodgers. Despite his dignity, Branch was ever ready to break precedent in order to better his club. With the Cardinals he fathered the farm system, and with Brooklyn he introduced the first negro players into the big leagues Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe. Because of manager Billy Meyers health, Rickey probably will have a new pilot in the steel city next season. Meanwhile he began enlarging the farm system by adding Hollywood, California and other minor league clubs. Meanwhile, young Veeck who achieved pennants and record attendances with the Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians already has set his promotion pattern at St. Louis by distributing free beer and sodas to the fans, and staging a fireworks display. He will soon have special days for Joe Fan, orchids for ladies, baby-sitters for fans, Jazz bands, clowns on the side lines and probably several negro players and importations from distant countries, including Japan.