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TUESDAY, AUG. 7, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No.114

Haynes Matches Browns Swing With One of His Own, Nats Win
NEW YORK Bobby Brown had one miracle in his bat, but not two. Whereas one was all Joe Haynes needed. Haynes, who over the course of a 13-year career as a relief pitcher had compiled a respectable .219 batting average, clobbered his first major league home run in the 11th inning Monday night, providing the margin of victory as the Senators outlasted the Yankees, 6-5. All six Washington runs came on homers. Sam Mele, the fifth batter of the game, hit his second grand slam of the season to give the Nats a quick 4-0 lead. Haynes two-run shot broke a 4-4 tie. What happened in between is what made things interesting. The Yankees, trying to remain competitive in the American League race, scratched their way back into the game after Meles four-run round-tripper off Tom Morgan. They parlayed two walks and an RBI ground out into a run in the third. Joe DiMaggio ripped his third round-tripper of the season in the fourth. But they tailed 4-2 when Brown stepped to the plate representing the tying run with two out in the bottom of the ninth. Brown tagged a pitch from Don Johnson into the short right field porch for a two-run homer to send the game into supplemental stanzas. It was Browns 19th career homer, and the first hed ever hit in the bottom of the ninth. Haynes replaced Johnson and got the final out in the ninth. Both teams went down in order in the 10th. With one out and Cass Michaels on first in the top of the 11th, Washington skipper Bucky Harris allowed Haynes to hit for himself and did he ever. He pounded a Joe Ostrowski serving into the left field stands for a 6-4 lead. The Yankees scored a run off Haynes in the bottom of the frame, and got Brown to the plate as the potential winning run with two out. This time Brown came up short, flying out to left field to end the game and the Yanks threegame win streak. Haynes (3-4) threw 1 1/3 innings for the win. Ostrowski (8-4) took the loss for New York, which fell eight games off the pace. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Hal White hurled his first complete game in almost a year and belted the first circuit clout of his nine-year career as the Tigers tripped the visiting White Sox, 8-2. White (5-6), whose previous complete game came last Aug. 17, tossed a seven-hitter. His two -run shot gave Detroit a 4-0 lead in the second. Chicago starter Joe Dobson (4-9) was driven to cover after allowing seven runs in 2 1/3 innings. Eddie Robinson hit his 22nd homer for the second-place ChiSox.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Boston Chicago Cleveland New York Philadelphia Detroit Washington St. Louis W 64 60 57 56 55 52 41 28 L 39 45 46 47 50 49 62 75 PCT. .621 .571 .553 .544 .524 .515 .398 .272 GB --5 7 8 10 11 23 36 NATIONAL Brooklyn New York St. Louis Boston Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 62 63 51 50 52 46 46 36 L 39 43 48 50 53 52 56 65 PCT. .614 .594 .515 .500 .495 .469 .451 .356 GB --1 10 11 12 14 16 26

Mondays American League Results

Washington 6 New York 5 (11 innings) Detroit 8, Chicago 2 (Only games scheduled)

Mondays National League Results

(No games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Chicago (Pierce 11-4) at Detroit (Gray 7-9), 8:30 p.m. St. Louis (McDonald 1-1) at Cleveland (Garcia 910), 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Hooper 8-6) at Boston (Scarborough 5 -4), 8:30 p.m. (Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Cincinnati (Wehmeier 6-6) at Chicago (Rush 6-5), 2:30 p.m. Boston (Surkont 9-10 and Wilson 6-3) at Philadelphia (Roberts 9-10 and Johnson 1-7), 2, 6 p.m. New York (Hearn 12-6) at Brooklyn (Roe 14-2), 8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh (Pollet 5-8) at St. Louis (Boyer 2-3), 8:30 p.m.

Happy Slams Owners: Think They Own Baseball

WASHINGTON (UP) A.B. (Happy) Chandler, former baseball commissioner, charged Monday that some new major league owners dont know where first base is and organized baseball would be better off without them. These 16 major league club owners think they own major league baseball, Chandler told the House monopoly subcommittee. They dont own baseball theyre just fortunate they own one of the franchises. Theyre going to have a hard time weaning me away from the idea that the American people own the game. Happy wasnt happy with the big league owners who dumped him out of his job last month. But he mentioned no names. Could Do Without Some Im not going to pass now on the character and conduct of owners, he said. But I think anti-trust laws, Chandler said anybody would be stupid to take his old job unless the major leagues drops the rule requiring 12 of the 16 owners to agree on a commissioner. Games, Umpires Honest His denunciation of the owners grew bitterest when chairman Emanuel Celler, New York Democrat, asked him if he could say that baseball is now clean and wholesome. Ill say that the games are fairly played and honestly won, and the umpires are honest, said Chandler. When pressed for more details, he said there are some owners baseball could do without. Chandler charged that the big league owners, who he said control all baseball, have given no encouragement to the Pacific Coast Leagues
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Happy Chandler relaxes at his old Kentucky home.

there are some owners the sport could do without. A great many of them, however, are just fine. Testifying at the committees investigation of whether to exempt organized baseball from the

Notes on the Scorecard

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Fain, Phi. Doby, Cle. Pesky, Bos. Avila, Cle. Wertz, Det. DiMaggio, Bos. Doerr, Bos. Michaels, Was. Minoso, Chi. Philley, Phi. G 82 89 84 94 90 99 98 92 96 88 AB 309 324 297 363 341 443 378 339 375 346 R 65 77 54 60 56 88 48 42 80 67 H 110 114 101 121 111 144 121 108 119 109 AVG. .356 .352 .340 .333 .326 .325 .320 .319 .317 .315 NATIONAL Musial, St.L Sisler, Phi. Slaughter, St.L
Schoendienst, St.L

Players of the Week

G 97 84 75 88 93 99 105 100 96 98 AB 379 321 274 341 366 404 457 430 360 355 R 83 57 45 62 83 57 83 70 56 62 H 132 109 93 114 122 134 151 140 114 111 AVG. .348 .340 .339 .334 .333 .332 .330 .326 .317 .313

Veeck Picks Manager, Wont Reveal Identity

PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) Bill Veeck says hes decided on a new manager for his St. Louis Browns. He told this much and no more to a crowd on Perry Countys courthouse lawn Monday night. With some fans expecting the answer, Veeck added only that the Browns next manager is gainfully employed with another baseball club. He didnt say whether the man plays, manages or does both. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3, in an exhibition contest. Merrill Combs, a substitute shortstop who is batting only .200 was the hotshot of the Tribes attack, slamming a two-run homer to win the game in the ninth and breaking a seventh inning tie with a single. A crowd of 44,344 saw the game, contributing funds for sandlot ball teams in various northern Ohio cities. Players on both teams were not paid extra for the contest and the Dodgers paid their own train fare to Cleveland. The Indians will reciprocate in like style when they play in Brooklyn later in the season. Gov. Frank J. Lausche proclaimed Aug. 16 as Babe Ruth Memorial Day in Ohio. The day is the third anniversary of the Babes death.

Top Honors Achieved By Stephens, Blackwell

Vern Stephens helped the Boston Red Sox continue to defy gravity. Ewell Blackwell did his level best to help the Cincinnati Reds escape it. For their efforts, they were named American and National League players of the week for games through Sunday. Stephens 1951 season took a turn for the unusual months before opening day, when the Sox announced he would move from shortstop to third base to make room for new acquisition Lou Boudreau. Stephens has handled the change with aplomb, with only six errors in 78 games at the hot corner. But he has slumped offensively from 1949 and 50, when he had 159 and 144 RBI to lead the majors on both occasions. He is on pace for 99 this season, but he was on fire last week, knocking home 14 runs as Boston went 7-1. Blackwell, in his fourth year since the removal of one of his kidneys, spun a pair of beauts a five-hit win over the Phils, and a six-hit triumph over the Dodgers as the lastplace Reds went 4-4. Not only that, he went 5for-7 at the plate with his third homer. At 7-7, he may not match his 1950 total of 17 wins, but its clear the Whip is cracking once again.

Jethroe, Bos. Wryostek, Cin. Ashburn, Phi. Furillo, Bro. Gordon, Bos.
Thomson, N.Y.

HR: Zernial (Phi.) 28; Robinson (Chi.) 22; Williams (Bos). 21; Wertz (Det.) 20; Vollmer (Bos.) 20; Doby (Cle.) 20. RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 101; Williams (Bos.) 95; Robinson (Chi.) 91; Rosen (Cle.) 77; Vernon (Was.) 75. Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 14-6; Raschi (N.Y.) 13-4; Pierce (Chi.) 11-4; Shantz (Phi.) 10-5; Parnell (Bos.) 10-6. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 117; Reynolds (N.Y.) 99; Gray (Det.) 95; McDermott (Bos.) 94; Wynn (Cle.) 94. ERA: Marrero (Was.) 2.75; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.79; Pierce (Chi.) 2.93; Wynn (Cle.) 2.99; Parnell (Bos.) 3.08.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 27; Sauer (Chi.) 27; Musial (St.L) 23; Kiner (Pit.) 22; Hodges (Bro.) 22. RBI: Musial (St.L) 85; Thomson (N.Y.) 81; Gordon (Bos.) 80; Hodges (Bro.) 79; Sauer (Chi.) 79. Wins: Roe (Bro.) 14-3; Maglie (N.Y.) 13-8; Hearn (N.Y.) 12-6; Jansen (N.Y.) 12-6; Newcombe (Bro.) 11-5. Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 104; Queen (Pit.) 95; Jansen (N.Y.) 89; Rush (Chi.) 87; Blackwell (Cin.) 87. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 2.08; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.18; Branca (Bro.) 2.76; Roe (Bro.) 2.81; Blackwell (Cin.) 2.99.

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desire for major league status. He said his idea would be to survey the whole country, see what cities could support major league ball, and realign the whole thing, forming new leagues under a probation period or adding teams to existing circuits until new loops could be formed. Defends Reserve Clause Chandler defended baseballs reserve clause the contract rule binding a man to one club and said he did not know anything that could replace it to prevent a scramble for players after each season.

Chandler said that the commissioners office has to be above all the owners. If youve got a stooge in there, youve got trouble, he said. Defends Banning Jumpers Chandler defended his suspension from organized baseball of Danny Gardella of the Giants and other players who jumped to the Mexican League in 1946. Players were jumping all around. I felt I had to do something, he said. He said the court case eventually was dropped by the clubs because, frankly, I dont think they thought they could win it. Chandler said he is not ready to predict how television will affect baseball attendance in the future. But he believed its here to stay weve got to live with it.