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SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

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VOL. 1, No. 55

Raschi Recovers After Slow Start, Pitches Yankees Past White Sox
CHICAGO The start of something big, or another false start? Only time will tell, but Friday night the Yankees were the team prognosticators figured them to be on opening day, knocking off the first-place White Sox, 7-2, behind a gutty performance by Vic Raschi and yet another home run from wonder boy Mickey Mantle. The sixth-place Bombers, who have shown signs of life this season only to fall back into a stupor, moved to within 4 games of the league leaders. They also gained a game on second-place Cleveland as well as Philadelphia, the team immediately ahead of them in the standings. That scenario would have been difficult to imagine in the bottom of the first inning, when Raschi allowed a run, loaded the bases and required 40 pitches to retire the side. But Raschi (7-2) steadied himself and pitched into the eighth before handing the ball to reliever Tom Ferrick. Raschi allowed one run in 7 1/3 innings. Mantle put New York on top in the fourth with a two-run homer his 18th to lead the majors. He also extended his hit streak to 13 games. Phil Rizzuto and Bobby Brown chipped in two RBI apiece. Ken Holcombe (2-3) allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings. He lost his second start in a row. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Ted Williams cracked a pair of three-run homers and Billy Goodman drew a tie-breaking bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning to give the Red Sox a 7-6 win over the host Indians. Both Williams round-trippers came off Tribe starter Bob Feller, who left after 6 1/3 innings and did not receive a decision. Cleveland staked Feller to a 3-0 lead after one inning, and later rallied for a 6-3 advantage. But Rapid Robert couldnt hold either lead. Luke Easter and Ray Boone each homered for the Indians. Bill Evans (1-0) got the win in relief with one scoreless inning. Dick Rozek (2-2) took the loss. Dizzy Trout won his sixth consecutive decision, tying for the AL lead in wins, as the Tigers humbled the visiting Athletics, 10-1. In avenging one of his two losses this season, Trout (7-2) went the route and held Philly to a single unearned run. He also doubled home a pair of runs. Vic Wertz homered for the Bengals, and Jerry Priddy had three RBI. As starter Carl Scheib (6-4) was knocked out of the box after just two innings, allowing five runs.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Chicago Cleveland Boston Detroit Philadelphia New York Washington St. Louis W 27 28 27 25 24 24 18 11 L 17 19 20 20 22 23 26 37 PCT. .614 .596 .574 .556 .522 .511 .409 .229 GB -- 1 2 4 4 9 18 NATIONAL New York Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 35 28 26 26 21 22 17 14 L 15 21 22 23 22 24 29 33 PCT. .700 .571 .542 .531 .488 .478 .370 .298 GB --6 8 8 10 11 16 19

Fridays American League Results

Boston 7, Cleveland 6 (10 innings) New York 7, Chicago 2 Detroit 10, Philadelphia 1 Washington at St. Louis, ppd., rain

Fridays National League Results

Boston 8, St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, ppd., rain Cincinnati at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Chicago at New York, ppd., rain

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Boston (Parnell 4-3) at Cleveland (Lemon 4-5), 2 p.m. New York (Shea 1-4) at Chicago (Pierce 7-2), 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Fowler 2-2) at Detroit (Newhouser 34), 3:30 p.m. Washington (Wyse 0-0) at St. Louis (Mahoney 0-0), 3:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Chicago (Minner 1-6) at New York (Hearn 7-2), 1:30 p.m. Pittsburgh (Dickson 3-5) at Brooklyn (Newcombe 4 -4), 1:30 p.m. Cincinnati (Blackwell 3-5) at Philadelphia (Thompson 0-5 or Heintzelman 3-0), 2 p.m. St. Louis (Lanier 5-1) at Boston (Sain 5-2), 8:30 p.m.

Surkont, Booming Bats Power Braves Past Bucs

BOSTON For the second time this season, the Braves have a four-game win streak. And for the second time this season, they achieved it on the right arm of Max Surkont. Backed by four home runs, Surkont (6-5) pitched a six-hitter Friday night as Boston beat St. Louis, 8-3. Surkont pitched the Braves to the fourth win in a four-game win streak in mid-May. Earlier that month, he hurled them to the third win in a three-game win streak. Fridays game was tied 3-3 when the Braves booming bats came to life. Earl Torgeson belted a three-run homer with two out in the bottom of the seventh, chasing reliever and loser Al Brazle (1-2). Bob Elliott then greeted Red Munger with another circuit clout. Walker Cooper and Sibby Sisti also homered for the Braves.

Veeck Said to Have Purchased Browns

ST. LOUIS (UP) The Star-Times reported Friday the St. Louis Browns have been sold to a group headed by Bill Veeck. The newspaper said announcement of the sale is expected within a few days. It said Veeck will keep the American League club in St. Louis. Veecks associates in the deal, according to the Star-Times, are Mark Steinberg and Sidney Salomon, St. Louis investment brokers. Salomon, a former business associate of Fred Saigh, owner of the Cardinals, is said to hold 10 percent of the Cardinals common stock. William O. DeWitt, president and principal stockholder in the Browns, said there is absolutely no truth to the story that the club has been sold. Earlier Friday in Detroit, sports editor Lyall Smith of the Free Press said Veeck is obtaining a $750,000 bank loan to buy the Browns. Veeck, former owner of the Cleveland Indians, has been in St. Louis several times in recent weeks. He has persistently denied, however, that his trips here had anything to do with purchase of the American League club. Neither Salomon nor Steinberg could be reached for comment. William DeWitt said: I have never talked turkey with Veeck about any sale of the Browns. Browns vice president Charles DeWitt said: No deal is pending with Veeck or anybody else. The Browns are not for sale.

Notes on the Scorecard

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Minoso, Chi. Suder, Phi. Valo, Phi. Doby, Cle. Fox, Chi. Avila, Cle. Lipon, Det. Fain, Phi. Mantle, N.Y. Philley, Phi. G 37 38 35 44 44 38 45 46 43 40 AB 144 143 127 161 179 130 163 178 175 160 R 37 18 29 34 31 15 26 40 44 32 H 52 50 44 55 61 44 55 59 58 52 AVG. .361 .350 .346 .342 .341 .338 .337 .331 .331 .325 NATIONAL Musial, St.L Jethroe, Bos. Slaughter, St.L Ashburn, Phi. Sisler, Phi.
Jones, Phi.

Fans Get Ready, Set To Vote on All-Stars

CHICAGO (AP) Baseballs armchair strategists, increased by millions through television, will begin voting Sunday for lineups of the All-Star Game in Detroit on July 10. The Chicago Tribune, which originated the inter-league series in 1933, again will be the clearing house for the fans ballots. Top choices of fans during the 20 days of voting, which closes at midnight June 29, will be the starting lineups for the All-Star classic. Managers Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees and Eddie Sawyer of the Philadelphia Phillies will select their pitching staffs. Votes will roll in from 335 newspapers and radio stations in the United States, Canada, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The only change in voting rules this year will require fans to name their outfielders at specific positions. Each player winning a starting assignment must be used by Stengel or Sawyer for at least three innings. The Philadelphia Phillies announced the purchase for an undisclosed amount of cash of outfielder Tom Brown from the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brown, 23, hit .291 for the Dodgers last season, but has struggled at .056 this year.

G 46 43 36 49 48 44 45 50 48 40

AB 184 168 130 212 188 164 181 192 177 142

R 46 43 26 39 32 37 27 35 35 26

H 73 63 44 69 60 52 57 60 55 43

AVG. .397 .375 .338 .325 .319 .317 .315 .313 .311 .303

Theres No Sneering At Maglie This Year

By Oscar Fraley NEW YORK (U.P.) They were comparing swarthy Sal Maglie of the New York Giants to such immortals as Carl Hubbell and Dizzy Dean today and, while it may be a bit premature, you cant sneer off the big right-handers major league-leading eight victories. Certainly the men who face him already have him tabbed as the best in the National League, a circuit which includes such standouts as lean Ewell Blackwell, Preacher Roe, Don Newcombe and Warren Spahn. None of which affects the six-foot, two-inch slinger from Niagara Falls. To him his current eight won, two lost record is double vindication for four lost years and one good one in which they called him a flash in the pan. That flash in the pan crack came after he posted an 18-4 record last season, a mark whose .818 won-lost percentage led the league. To complete it, Sal won 11 in a row and tied the National League record of four consecutive shutouts, a record shared by such immortals as Grover Cleveland Alexander and ThreeFingered Brown. Those performances made Sal the big surprise of the season, because he had been away for four years after jumping to the Mexican
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HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 18; Doby (Cle.) 11; Williams (Bos.) 11; Robinson (Chi.) 10; several tied with 9. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 49; Williams (Bos.) 48; Zarilla (Chi.) 40; Mantle (N.Y.) 40; Zernial (Phi.) 39. Wins: Pierce (Chi.) 7-2; Trout (Det.) 7-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 7-2; Scheib (Phi.) 6-4; Feller (Cle.) 5 -1; Hooper (Phi.) 5-3; Wynn (Cle.) 5-4. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 61; Gray (Det.) 46; Trout (Det.) 45; Feller (Cle.) 43; Reynolds (N.Y.) 40; McDermott (Bos.) 40. ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.01; Cain (Det.) 2.08; Wight (Bos.) 2.22; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.36; Kucab (Phi.) 2.45.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 17; Sauer (Chi.) 14; Pafko (Chi.) 13; Musial (St.L) 13; Westlake (Pit.) 11. RBI: Musial (St.L) 46; Sauer (Chi.) 46; Thomson (N.Y.) 43; Gordon (Bos.) 41; Pafko (Chi.) 39. Wins: Maglie (N.Y.) 8-2; Hearn (N.Y.) 7-2; Jansen (N.Y.) 7-3; Surkont (Bos.) 6-5; several tied with 5. Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 57; Blackwell (Cin.) 47; Maglie (N.Y.) 41; Bickford (Bos.) 41; several tied with 40. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.33; Roe (Bro.) 2.41; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.47; Meyer (Phi.) 2.52; Rush (Chi.) 2.54.

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Living conditions were bad and we didnt know what we were getting into. But the From Page 1 League in 1946. There was a feeling, however, money was good and I learned. that the hitters would catch up to him come 1951. His manager there was Adolph Luque, once But the quiet, determined man got going, wina great curve ball pitcher in the majors. Luque ning his first two starts en route to a 5-0 getaway. worked with him, and Sal listened and He has gone the route seven times, hurling a pair learned. But after two years in Mexico, of four-hitters and a two-hitter. Through it all he Maglie had had it. So he toured one season has been a man with incomparable calm and neewith Max Laniers fugitive all-stars, and then dle-threading control. played with Drummondville, Que., Its a payoff on those four lost They were two in a Canadian league outside the years, Maglie explained. Maybe I rough years. Living organized baseball ban which had made a mistake jumping to the Mexi- conditions were bad been hung on the jumpers. can League but there were two things Although the ban was lifted in and we didnt know I did gain confidence and control. 1948, Sal showed his gratitude to what we were getHe didnt have confidence, control Drummondville by sticking out ting into. But the or that system back in 1938 when he the season. So he was the last of signed with the Buffalo club and sub- money was good the jumpers to seek reinstatement. sequently traveled to Elmira and Jerand I learned. When he did return, manager Leo sey City before coming up with the Sal Maglie Durocher didnt even remember Giants for part of the 1945 season. him. Whos that guy? the Lip asked in spring Maglie was, at that time, a synonym for meditraining. A pitcher? Why, he looks like the ocrity. He didnt appear to be going much of anywhere, so, when the Mexican League waved large barber in the third chair. bundles of money in front of him, Sal shuffled off So swarthy, stubble-chinned Sal is The Barber to his mates while to the rest of the below the border. league hes a rough character to shave! They were two rough years, Maglie recalled.