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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No. 73

With Polo Grounds in an Uproar, Roe Calmly Hurls Brooklyn to Win

NEW YORK There was huffing and puffing at the Polo Grounds on Tuesday night, but the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Giants 5-1 in a highly important game without even the threat of violence. President Ford Frick of the National League took the unusual step of sending the following telegram to the rival managers New Yorks Leo Durocher and Brooklyns Charlie Dressen before the opening of the three-game series: The series beginning tonight marks a highlight in the National League season. I expect the games to be hard fought but I expect both managers to keep their players under control and avoid any incidents that might be harmful to baseball and to the clubs. I count on your cooperation. The last time the two teams met there were some ominous clashes. The umpires were on their toes this time. Three times they charged to the mound after batters had fallen away from pitches that looked more wild than intentional bean balls. Three times the crowd of 38,995 let out a roar, and twice Durocher ran out to argue. They caused a rhubarb for no reason, said Durocher afterwards, referring to his favorite persons, the umpires Augie Donatelli, Al Barlick and Lee Ballafant. They got that big crowd all upset. How can you pitch high and inside if every time you do it the umpires think its a bean ball? If the umpires stirred things up, Dodgers starter Preacher Roe calmed things down, tossing a five-hitter, running his record to 8-2 and allowing the hard-charging Dodgers to pull within 2 games of the free-falling Giants. Jackie Robinson got the Brooks off to a fast start with a two-run home run into the upper deck in left field in the top of the first inning. Gil Hodges, Robinson and Roe himself added RBIs in the sixth, seventh and eighth. Duke Snider singled to extend his hit streak to 18. Giants starter Maglie (8-6) lost his fourth consecutive decision. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Walker Coopers tie-breaking single highlighted a five-run run ninth-inning rally as the visiting Braves stunned the Phillies, 9-7. Philly starter Bubba Church sailed into the ninth with a 7-4 lead but allowed a leadoff double to Sam Jethroe and a two-run homer to Earl Torgeson. The Braves scored three more times off losing pitcher Jim Konstanty (6-5) and Milo Candini. Vern Bickford (5-9) got the win in his second relief assignment of the season. Two days after the Athletics Dave Philley authored the first cycle of 1951, Cubs third baseman Randy Jackson hit for the second in ChiN.L., PAGE 2

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Boston Philadelphia Detroit Chicago New York Washington St. Louis W 39 36 36 33 35 33 23 15 L 24 28 28 27 29 29 37 48 PCT. .619 .563 .563 .550 .547 .532 .383 .238 GB --3 3 4 4 5 14 24 NATIONAL New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Boston St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 40 35 34 33 33 30 26 22 L 28 28 30 30 30 29 37 41 PCT. .588 .556 .531 .524 .524 .508 .413 .349 GB --2 4 4 4 5 11 15

Tuesdays American League Results

Cleveland 6, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 Chicago 7, Detroit 2 New York 5, Washington 4

Tuesdays National League Results

Brooklyn 5, New York 1 Chicago 11, St. Louis 1 Boston 9, Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 10, Cincinnati 2

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Philadelphia (Kellner 2-6) at Boston (McDermott 52), 1 p.m.. Detroit (Newhouser 3-6 or Gray 6-6) at Chicago (Rogovin 3-4), 1:30 p.m. New York (Shea 1-5) at Washington (Johnson 2-4), 7:30 p.m. St. Louis (Widmar 2-5) at Cleveland (Garcia 7-4), 7:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Brooklyn (Newcombe 7-4) at New York (Jansen 104), 12:30 p.m. Boston (Surkont 6-6 or Bickford 4-9) at Philadelphia (Roberts 5-5), 7 p.m. Pittsburgh (Friend 1-3) at Cincinnati (Ramsdell 1-7), 8 p.m.. Chicago (Hiller 5-2 or Rush 5-2) at St. Louis (Presko 3-3), 8:30 p.m.

Zernial, Athletics Continue to be a Winning Combination

BOSTON The first time the Athletics visited Fenway Park this season, they lost three of four to the Red Sox. The second time, they brought Gus Zernial. Zernial tagged a two-run home run in the first inning Tuesday night, leading Philadelphia to a 2-1 victory over Boston in the opener of a twogame set. Zernials blow, combined with the six-hit pitching of Bob Hooper, gave the As their 17th win in 25 games and pulled them into a secondplace tie with the Red Sox. The teams trail league leading Cleveland by 3 games. The As acquired Zernial in a three-team swap on April 30, when they were 6-7. They are a major league-best 30-21 since. Zernial has 17 home runs and a major league-high 58 RBI during that span. Bobby Doerr hit his 10th homer for Bostons only run. Mel Parnell (7-4) lost despite allowing just two runs on three hits in eight innings. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Bob Feller scattered eight hits for his first win since May 28 as the Indians eased past the visiting Browns, 6-2. Feller (6-3) also singled home a run. Harry Simpson poled his first career home run for the Tribe. St. Louis starter and loser Duane Pillette (2-7) allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings. Phil Masi had three hits, including a threerun double, as the White Sox beat the visiting Tigers, 7-2. Masis bases-clearing double gave Chicago a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Chico Carrasquel and Jim Busby each had two hits and two runs scored for the Sox. Randy Gumpert (5-3) earned the win, allowing two runs in six innings. Loser Bob Cain (22) gave up four runs in three innings in his first game against his former team. Ed Lopat was just as good as he needed to be and Mickey Mantle had a two-run single as the visiting Yankees topped the Senators, 5-4. Lopat (7-4) held the Nats to four runs in seven innings. Connie Marrero (3-6) lost his fourth consecutive start.

Notes on the Scorecard

Dropo Misses Flight, Whereabouts Unknown

NEW YORK (INS) Wheres Walt Dropo? The slugging first baseman farmed by the Boston Red Sox to San Diego, failed to make his scheduled flight connection to the coast from New York on Tuesday and airline officials were at a loss as to his whereabouts. So were officials of the Red Sox, who had Dropo fly to New York on Tuesday in plenty of time to make his scheduled connection. Not only did Dropo fail to cancel his passage, but he could not be found by two airlines who were looking for him, A check of the New York hotel at which the Red Sox stay when in town showed him unregistered. Dropo was scheduled to be in the San Diego lineup today. Marty Marion says hell be back in business as a shortstop maybe next week. Marion was hired last fall as player-manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. But a troublemaking right knee benched him a week before the end of the 1950 season. Until Monday night, Marion has had to stick to the managing half of his job. Monday night the Cardinals met their Class A farm club in the Western League and Marion played in the exhibition game for four innings.

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Doby, Cle. Fain, Phi. Avila, Cle. Zernial, Phi. Wertz, Det. Minoso, Chi. Busby, Chi. Philley, Phi. DiMaggio, Bos. Lipon, Det. G 55 64 54 52 58 56 56 58 60 60 AB 199 250 203 215 222 219 210 233 269 220 R 47 55 30 42 36 47 33 48 49 29 H 69 85 68 70 72 70 67 74 85 69 AVG. .347 .340 .335 .326 .324 .320 .319 .319 .316 .314 NATIONAL Musial, St.L Furillo, Bro. Slaughter, St.L Jethroe, Bos. Sisler, Phi. Jones, Phi.
Schoendienst, St.L

G 61 62 46 57 59 59 54 64 63 62

AB 245 261 171 225 231 225 201 280 250 260

R 59 44 35 48 41 49 37 53 38 29

H 90 93 60 77 79 76 67 92 79 81

AVG. .367 .356 .351 .342 .342 .338 .333 .329 .316 .312

Veeck Sweats it Out; Short of Stock Goal

ST. LOUIS (AP) A special St. Louis Browns stockholders committee reported to Bill Veeck on Tuesday that he still is 30,000 shares short of the goal he must reach to exercise his option to buy the American League ball club. Under his agreement with the present club owners, William and Charles DeWitt, the DeWitts have until July 5 to turn over a minimum of 75 percent of the stock or the deal is off. Veeck appeared disappointed that only 21,500 shares have been pledged. He said he hoped many stockholders had just not got around to turning in their pledges. He needs at least 50,000 more shares to reach the personal goal he has set of 90 percent control. Ive got my entire bankroll in this thing, he said. Ive got three dollars to every one dollar put up by the other men, and I feel if the deal goes over, through ingenuity and hard work, Im entitled to a fair return for the big risk I am taking. Aloys P. Kaufman, president of the stockholders committee, said many holders probably dont even know they have the stock, with some believed to be widows or survivors of the purchasers.

Ashburn, Phi. Wyrostek, Cin.

Kluszewski, Cin.

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 19; Zernial (Phi.) 17; Doby (Cle.) 15; Wertz (Det.) 15; Robinson (Chi.) 14. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 61; Zernial (Phi.) 58; Williams (Bos.) 57; Fain (Phi.) 52; Rosen (Cle.) 48; Wertz (Det.) 48. Wins: Raschi (N.Y.) 9-3; Pierce (Chi.) 9-3; Trout (Det.) 8-4; Wynn (Cle.) 8-4; several tied at 7-4. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 79; Gray (Det.) 61; Trout (Det.) 59; Reynolds (N.Y.) 57; Wynn (Cle.) 54. ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.07; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.45; Parnell (Bos.) 2.71; Marrero (Was.) 3.01; Garcia (Cle.) 3.09.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 19; Musial (St.L) 19; Sauer (Chi.) 18; Pafko (Bro.) 15; Westlake (St.L) 14. RBI: Musial (St.L) 61; Sauer (Chi.) 60; Thomson (N.Y.) 54; Hodges (Bro.) 51; Jones (Phi.) 49. Wins: Jansen (N.Y.) 10-4; Hearn (N.Y.) 9-3; Roe (Bro.) 8-2; Maglie (N.Y.) 8-6; Law (Pit.) 7-2. Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 73; Rush (Chi.) 64; Newcombe (Bro.) 62; Jansen (N.Y.) 60; Blackwell (Cin.) 60. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.61; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.10; Roe (Bro.) 2.39; Hiller (Chi.) 2.72; Wehmeier (Cin.) 2.96.

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Brooklyns Hodges Back in First Place at First Base

CHICAGO (AP) Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers has regained the lead in the voting race to determine the National Leagues starting first base job for the 18th All-Star baseball game in Detroit on July 10. Hodges seized first place from Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates with 556,934 votes in the national poll. He is 17,776 ahead of the Pirate slugger in Tuesdays latest tabulations. Total vote in the poll, which started June 10 and ends at midnight Friday, has reached 1,906,348. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is the top overall vote getter with a total of 594,966.
AMERICAN LEAGUE First base: Fain, Philadelphia, 564,128; E. Robinson, Chicago, 558,726; Easter, Cleveland, 217,804. Second base: Fox, Chicago, 589,431; Doerr, Boston, 462,772; G. Coleman, New York, 235,142. Third base: Stephens, Boston, 562,317; Kell, Detroit, 541,933; Rosen, Cleveland, 259,844. Shortstop: Carrasquel, Chicago, 586,404; Rizzuto, New York, 549,246; Joost, Philadelphia, 193,781. Right Field: Goodman, Boston, 565,238; Wertz, Detroit, 502,411; R. Coleman, St. Louis, 298,396. Center Field: D. DiMaggio, Boston, 569,083; Busby, Chicago, 446,137; Doby, Cleveland, 231,493. Left Field: Williams, Boston, 582,616; Minoso, Chicago, 517,842; Zarilla, Philadelphia, 189,301. Catcher: Berra, New York, 551,805; Hegan, Cleveland, 537,216; Lollar, St. Louis, 254,112. NATIONAL LEAGUE First base: Hodges, Brooklyn, 556,934; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 539,168; Waitkus, Philadelphia, 203,453. Second base: J. Robinson, Brooklyn, 578,365; Schoendienst, St. Louis, 433,144; Stanky, New York, 212,896. Third base: Elliott, Boston, 563,188; W, Jones, Philadelphia, 354,279; Westlake, St. Louis, 281,406. Shortstop: Dark, New York, 548,794; Reese, Brooklyn, 531,206; Hamner, Philadelphia, 249,813. Right Field: Ennis, Philadelphia, 554,986; Baumholtz, Chicago, 541,212; Furillo, Brooklyn, 337,409. Center Field: Ashburn, Philadelphia, 559,338; Snider, Brooklyn, 502,495; Jethroe, Boston, 218,183. Left Field: Musial, St. Louis, 594,966; Sisler, Philadelphia, 403,222; Gordon, Boston, 214,753. Catcher, Campanella, Brooklyn, 554,117; Cooper, Boston, 438,625; Westrum, New York, 291,498.

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cagos 11-1 win over the host Cardinals. Jackson homered in the second inning, tripled in the third, doubled in the fifth and singled in the seventh. He finished with five RBI and the sixth cycle in Cubs history. Hank Sauer added his 18th homer and four RBI for Chicago. Paul Minner (2-8) went the route for his first win since April 19. Joe Garagiola hit a grand slam and had five RBI, and Howie Pollet went the route for his first win as a Pirate as visiting Pittsburgh pounded Cincinnati, 10-2. Pollet (2-4) fired a six-hitter, allowing only Virgil Stallcups two-run homer. Jack Phillips had three RBI for the Bucs.