Cleveland (Garcia 12-16) at Boston (Wight 7-5), 1

p.m.
Detroit (Trucks 6-9) at Philadelphia (Zoldak 7-8), 1
p.m.
Chicago (Pierce 15-6) at New York (Raschi 16-7),
7:30 p.m.
St. Louis (Garver 13-10 and Byrne 6-9) at Washing-
ton (Welteroth 0-0 and Hudson 5-11), 2, 5:30 p.m.
Notes on the Scorecard
Rookie-Happy Rickey
Recalls Hurler Yochim
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VOL. 1, No.156 FIVE CENTS TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1951
White Sox Victory Over Boston
Has Unmistakable Cuban Flavor
BOSTON Should the White Sox win the
World Series this magical season, they may
have to stage two victory parades one in
Chicago, and the other in Havana.
The American League-leading White Sox
topped the Red Sox on Monday, 8-5, sweeping
a two-game series against their closest pursuers
and cutting their magic number to seven. And
they couldnt have done it without their Cuban
imports.
Third baseman Orestes Minoso, who has a
hammerlock on the Rookie of the Year Award,
gave Chicago an early lead with a two-run
home run in the top of the first inning. Though
the ChiSox would never trail, they faltered in
the sixth inning when Boston scored a run to tie
the game 4-4.
Enter Havana native Luis Aloma, who
pitched 3 1/3 innings to earn the victory. At 10-
2, he is second only to Bostons Ellis Kinder in
wins and win percentage among A.L. relievers.
His fellow Havanan Minoso has been turn-
ing heads ever since coming to Chicago from
Cleveland as part of a three-team trade April
30. He leads the league in stolen bases; is sec-
ond in runs, doubles and triples, and is third in
batting. He ranks in the top 10 in hits, RBI,
slugging percentage and on-base percentage.
The White Sox boast home-grown talent as
well. Second baseman Nellie Fox had three
hits, scored three runs and knocked in two
one on a homer and one on a squeeze bunt.
Right fielder Al Zarilla added three hits.
Ted Williams clobbered his 24th home run
and drove in three runs for Boston. Ray Scar-
borough (6-8) took the loss, allowing seven
runs on 10 hits over six innings.
The game marked the final meeting of the
season between the league leaders. Now the
Red Sox, 5 games off the pace, must rely on
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Chicago 91 53 .632 --- Brooklyn 92 49 .652 ---
Boston 84 57 .596 5 New York 85 60 .586 9
Cleveland 80 66 .548 12 Philadelphia 77 67 .535 16
New York 77 65 .542 13 St. Louis 74 69 .517 19
Philadelphia 73 72 .503 18 Boston 67 76 .469 26
Detroit 66 78 .458 25 Chicago 65 79 .451 28
Washington 55 86 .390 34 Pittsburgh 65 80 .448 29
St. Louis 46 95 .326 43 Cincinnati 50 95 .345 44
Major League Standings
Mondays American League Results Mondays National League Results
Cleveland 3, New York 0
Chicago 8, Boston 5
(Only games scheduled)
Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 2
Brooklyn 6, Chicago 1
(Only games scheduled)
Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia (Possehl 0-0) at Chicago (McLish 7-9),
1:30 p.m.
Boston (Wilson 9-5) at Pittsburgh (Yochim 0-0),
7:30 p.m.
New York (Koslo 7-4 or Hearn 15-10) at Cincinnati
(Ramsdell 1-20), 8 p.m.
Brooklyn (Branca 10-6) at St. Louis (Bokelman 3-
1), 8:30 p.m.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG. R H
Fain, Phi. 108 412 87 144 .350

Musial, St.L 141 553 .342 122 189
Fox, Chi. 140 581 99 195 .336

Ashburn, Phi. 144 627 .338 115 212
Minoso, Chi. 134 531 114 173 .326

Wyrostek, Cin. 132 535 .335 71 179
Doby, Cle. 128 442 93 143 .324

Slaughter, St.L 106 373 .332 59 124
DiMaggio, Bos. 136 612 119 196 .320

Snider, Bro. 135 541 .329 100 178
Philley, Phi. 124 474 84 151 .319

Jethroe, Bos. 134 532 .327 118 174
Kell, Det. 140 576 74 183 .318

Sisler, Phi. 109 413 .324 64 134
Valo, Phi. 111 419 79 133 .317

Gordon, Bos. 139 530 .321 83 170
Avila, Cle. 137 534 81 169 .316

Hemus, St.L 119 419 .320 71 134
Groth, Det. 119 440 46 139 .316

Schoendienst, St.L 132 532 .318 89 169
HR: Zernial (Phi.) 39; Robinson (Chi.) 29;
Vollmer (Bos.) 27; Easter (Cle.) 24; Williams
(Bos.) 24.
RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 144; Robinson (Chi.) 122;
Williams (Bos.) 117; Vernon (Was.) 103; Rosen
(Cle.) 100.
Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 17-11; Raschi (N.Y.) 16-7;
Lopat (N.Y.) 16-9; Lemon (Cle.) 16-13; Pierce
(Chi.) 15-6.
Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 165; Reynolds (N.Y.)
135; Gray (Det.) 128; McDermott (Bos.) 124;
Lemon (Cle.) 121.
ERA: Kretlow (Chi.) 2.61; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.65;
Pierce (Chi.) 2.73; McDermott (Bos.) 2.79;
Hutchinson (Det.) 2.81.
HR: Snider (Bro.) 35; Hodges (Bro.) 35; Musi-
al (St.L) 34; Kiner (Pit.) 33; Sauer (Chi.) 32.
RBI: Musial (St.L) 130; Snider (Bro.) 119; Sau-
er (Chi.) 115; Hodges (Bro.) 115; Kiner (Pit.)
107; Gordon (Bos.) 107.
Wins: Newcombe (Bro.) 19-6; Roe (Bro.) 17-
6; Jansen (N.Y.) 17-7; Roberts (Phi.) 17-12;
Maglie (N.Y.) 17-12.
Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 169; Rush
(Chi.) 136; Maglie (N.Y.) 133; Queen (Pit.) 129;
Roberts (Phi.) 114.
ERA: Newcombe (Bro.) 2.04; Jansen (N.Y.)
2.28; Rush (Chi.) 2.73; Roe (Bro.) 2.79; Hiller
(Chi.) 3.17.
and three RBI. But Newcombe was the big story,
as he seemingly is every time he takes the
mound. On Monday he became the first pitcher
this year to win 19 games. His eight strikeouts
gave him a major league-leading 169, and he
lowered his ERA to a major league-best 2.04.
Such dominance has become a recurring
theme. Newcombe lost his first start after the All
-Star game despite throwing a four-hitter against
Chicago. He was knocked out of the box in the
third inning of his next outing by St. Louis, re-
ceiving no decision.
Since then, he is 10-1 with a 1.68 ERA in 13
starts. He has nine complete games. In 107 in-
nings pitched, he has almost as many strikeouts
(77) as hits allowed (79).
Turk Lown, who drew the unenviable start for
PITTSBURGH Spurred by the success of
his Pirate youth movement in Frank Thomas,
Dick Smith and Johnny Merson, Branch Rick-
ey brought up a fourth rookie in lefthanded
pitcher Leonard Yochim.
Yochim, who compiled a fantastic 11-1 rec-
ord and added two victories in the Sally
League playoffs for Charleston, wont waste
any time earning his money. The 23-year-old
will pitch tonight against the Braves.
Theres no doubt that the kids have injected
new life into the Bucs. Smith is making plays
around third base that old-time Pirate fans
havent seen since Pie Traynor played there.
Thomas can catch anything within reach in
center field and has started to hit the ball with
authority. Merson broke in with quite a cele-
bration against the Dodgers.
Righthand pitcher Bob Friend, who just
completed two weeks reserve military training
at Purdue University, was to fly back to Pitts-
burgh today and report to the Pirates tonight.
Erv Palica, 23-year-old Brooklyn right-
hander, is in the Army now. He left Monday
for Camp Kilmer (N.J.). He is married and has
a five-week-old daughter. He had won four and
lost three for the Dodgers this year.
the Cubs, suffered the loss and fell to 9-9.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the National League:
Robin Roberts scattered eight hits over
eight innings as the visiting Phillies trimmed
the Cardinals, 6-2, getting a leg up in the battle
for third place.
Roberts (17-12) is 9-2 since Aug. 1. He was
staked to a 2-0 lead on Tommy Browns home
run in the second inning. Last years N.L. RBI
king Del Ennis knocked in two runs, boosting
his season total to 98 in his quest for a third
consecutive season of 100 or more.
Richie Ashburn had three hits, raising his
average to .338 four points behind league
batting leader Stan Musial, who went 2-for-4
for St. Louis.
other teams to do what they could not over the
past two days beat the White Sox.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
On Sunday the Yankees knocked the Indians
out of the A.L. race. Monday the visiting Tribe
returned the favor as Bob Lemons five-hit shut-
out eliminated the Bombers from any chance of
capturing their third consecutive pennant.
In winning his 16th game, Lemon prevented
New Yorks Ed Lopat from winning his 17th.
Lemon struck out five while walking three in his
ninth route-going effort. Lopat allowed one run
in seven innings to lower his ERA to 2.65, sec-
ond in the league.
Cleveland catcher Jim Hegan broke a score-
less tie with an RBI single in the top of the sev-
enth. Former Yankee Snuffy Stirnweiss gave
Lemon some breathing room with a two-run
pinch homer in the ninth.
CHICAGO Eddie Sawyers choice for the
National Leagues starting pitcher in Julys All-
Star game was a tough one, coming down to the
Giants Larry Jansen and the Dodgers Don
Newcombe. Sawyer, manager of the N.L. squad,
gave Jansen the nod based on his marginally
higher win total and incrementally lower ERA.
The way Newcombe has pitched during the
seasons second half might have Sawyer wishing
he had that decision to make over again.
Big Newk fired a six-hitter Monday as the
Dodgers beat the Cubs, 6-1, for their seventh
consecutive victory. In so doing, they lowered
their magic number for clinching the pennant to
three.
Jackie Robinson poled his 23rd home run for
Brooklyn, and Roy Campanella added two hits
A few more weeks like the last four, and
Duke Snider will have to add a room to his
house for all the Player of the Week plaques.
And maybe, eventually, even bigger and
shinier trophies.
Snider, the Dodgers slugging center fielder,
was named the class of the National League for
the third time in four weeks after batting .609
with four home runs and eight RBI in the week
ending with Sundays games. Yogi Berra
earned A.L. honors after batting .304 with a
homer, eight runs scored and 10 RBI as he tried
to buoy the Yankees ultimately futile hopes of
defending their 1950 pennant.
Snider is on a remarkable tear even by his
streaky standards. Over the past four weeks he
has batted .481 with 14 circuit clouts (both tops
in the majors during that time span) and 30 RBI
(second in the majors). Since the All-Star break
he has a .371 average and 25 home runs (tops
in the majors) and 69 RBI (leading the N.L.).
The highlight of Berras week was his career
-high seven RBI in a 16-3 win over Detroit.
Yogi leads all A.L. catchers with 14 round-
trippers and 94 RBI. He has thrown out 56 per-
cent of would-be base stealers, tops in the ma-
jors.
Players of the Week
Streaking Snider Cops
Another Weekly Title
Newk Keeps Pitching Like Second-Half Star in Win
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