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SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No. 7

As Hot as Indian Summer Tribe Tops Browns For Fourth in a Row

CLEVELAND The last time the Indians started a season 4-0, they won the World Series. Dont look now, but theyre at it again. Bob Lemon threw a six-hitter Saturday and his teammates roared back from a 2-0 deficit as the Indians beat the Browns, 7-3, for their fourth consecutive win to start the 1951 campaign. The Municipal Stadium crowd of 26,665 didnt have much to cheer about in the early going. Lemon was nicked for a pair of runs in the top of the fourth inning, one on Ray Colemans first home run of the year. But there werent many complaints heard as the Indians scored in each of their final five times at bat. Larry Doby got the Indians on the board with an RBI single in the fourth. Two innings later, his solo home run gave them a 3-2 lead. Second baseman Bobby Avila added a two-run single in the seventh and a two-run homer in the eighth. Meanwhile, Lemon (1-0) settled into a rhythm, retiring 14 of 15 batters during one stretch with 13 of the outs coming on ground balls. St. Louis starter Ned Garver (1-1) took the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) in 6 2/3 innings. Clevelanders could be excused for harkening back to 1948, when the Tribe won its first six games en route to its second World Series victory. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle awoke from their offensive slumber, but collectively the Yankees continued to struggle against Washington, losing to the Senators, 7-5. It was the Yankees second loss to the Nats in three games over two days. The Senators raced to a 7-0 lead over the first five innings, driving New York starter Spec Shea to the showers. First baseman Mickey Vernon led the assault with three hits (all doubles) and three RBI. Vernon leads the American League with eight RBI and a .550 average. Mickey Vernon The Yankees made it interesting with five runs in the eighth, and put the potential tying run on base in the ninth, but Johnny Mize lined out to end the game. DiMaggio, who came into the game with an unsightly .048 average, quadrupled his season hit total with a 3-for-5 effort. Mantle, batting leadoff for the first time, had two hits to raise his average to .125. Gene Bearden (1-0) got the win. Shea (0-1) took the loss. In Boston, Chuck Stobbs (1-0) pitched a sixhitter as the Red Sox beat Philadelphia, 5-2. Vern Stephens led the Sox offense with three RBI. Phillys Billy Hitchcock accounted for three of his teams six hits, boosting his average to .533. But it was a rough day for shortstop Eddie Joost, who went 0-for-4 from the leadoff spot and committed three errors that lead to a pair of unearned runs. It was the Athletics 24th consecutive loss at Fenway Park. Detroits Hal Newhouser quieted a Comiskey Park crowd of 18,967 by coming within one out of a shutout as the Tigers beat the White Sox, 31. Newhouser (1-0) finished with a six-hitter. Vic Wertz hit his first home run of the season.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Boston Washington Detroit New York Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis W 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 L 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 PCT. 1.000 .750 .600 .500 .400 .250 .250 .250 GB --1 1 2 2 3 3 3 NATIONAL Brooklyn Pittsburgh Chicago New York Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Cincinnati W 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 L 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 3 PCT. .750 .667 .667 .500 .500 .500 .333 .250 GB -- 1 1 1 2 2

Saturdays American League Results

Cleveland 7, St. Louis 3 Boston 5, Philadelphia 2 Detroit 3, Chicago 1 Washington 7, New York 5

Saturdays National League Results

New York 4, Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 7, Boston 6 Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1 Chicago at St. Louis, ppd., rain

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

St. Louis (Sleater 0-0 and Overmire 0-0) at Cleveland (Garcia 0-0 and Wynn 1-0), 2, 1:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Fowler 0-0 and Wyse 0-0) at Scarborough 0-0 and Nixon 0-0), 2, 2 p.m. New York (Raschi 0-0) at Washington (Kuzava (10), 2:30 p.m. Detroit (Rogovin 0-0) at Chicago (Pierce 0-1), 2:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Boston (Sain 0-1) at Philadelphia (Church 0-0), 2 p.m. Pittsburgh (Dickson 0-0 and Law 1-0) at Cincinnati (Blackwell 1-0 and Wehmeier 0-0), 2, 2 p.m. Brooklyn (Erskine 1-0) at New York (Maglie 1-0), 2:30 p.m. Chicago (Hiller 1-0) at St. Louis (Lanier 0-0), 9:30 p.m.

Stankys Clout Stands as Game-Winner For Giants

NEW YORK At first, Eddie Stankys home run looked like icing on the cake. Turns out there would have been no party without it. Stankys solo home run in the seventh inning Saturday gave the Giants a seemingly comfortable 4-1 lead over the Dodgers. There was nothing comfortable about the final two innings, however, which Leo Durochers team survived for a 4-3 victory. Giants starter Larry Jansen (1-1) was brilliant in his seven innings, allowing one run on three hits. Two of the four runs in support of Jansen scored on Dodgers errors on consecutive plays in New Yorks three-run second inning. But Brooklyn rallied when Jansen was relieved in the eighth. The Dodgers scored twice off Dave Koslo before Al Gettel, with the potential tying run on third base, retired Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson to end the inning. Gettel, who served up Roy Campanellas game-deciding homer Friday, retired the side in order in the ninth to preserve the victory. Chris Van Cuyk (0-1), who allowed four runs in seven innings, took the loss. Among the 41,200 in attendance was Arthur MacArthur, son of the deposed army general. Durocher presented the 13-year-old with a Giants cap, glove and jacket. The latter was rather large for the lad. Dont worry, Durocher told the boy. Youll grow into it. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: A two-run, seventh-inning single by Catfish Metkovich made a winner of the Pirates and Cliff Chambers. Chambers (1-1) was airtight for most of the game on a frigid afternoon at Crosley Field. Howie Fox (0-1) took the loss despite allowing just two unearned runs in seven innings. In Philadelphia, the Phillies rallied from a 62 deficit to beat the Braves, 7-6, thanks to a tiebreaking single by Dick Sisler and Jim Konstantys 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Vern Bickford (1-1) went the distance for Boston, allowing seven runs and 10 hits.

Switch-Hitting Mantle Presses Advantage With Yanks

New York (UP) Its no wonder Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees is so high on rookie Mickey Mantle, the most ballyhooed freshman within memory. Casey is a solid believer in the two-platoon system and Mickey has his two platoons built in. Hes a switch hitter. He looks the same to me hitting either right handed or left, said Stengel, who defied tradition quite often the last two years by benching players even in the midst of a hot streak in order to stick to his platoon system. Mantles switch-hitting ability gives the 19year-old youngster a tremendous advantage under Stengels general strategy and it probably is one of the reasons the Yankees decided at the last minute to bring him up to the majors instead of seasoning him a little longer in the minors. Led Team at Bat He led the Yankees in hitting this spring, belted nine homers and batted in 32 runs, but chances are Stengel still would be looking for major flaws if it werent for Mickeys switch-hit talents. Once he has his feet on the ground in the big time he was struggling at .125 through Saturdays game Mantle is likely to get a lot of steady work against all kinds of pitching. Then hell either make the grade this year or he wont, with no ifs, ands or buts. As a prospect the precocious Yankee looks like the hottest since Pete Reiser burned up the Dodgers in spring training a few years back with such a barrage of base hits the Brooks couldnt believe their eyes. They sent Reiser out for another year in the minors. Switch hitter Like Mantle, Reiser was a switch hitter. The Yankee rookie has been switching, at the suggestion of his father, since he was 10 years old so he appears to be a natural from either side. Hes a right handed thrower but hit 14 homers left handed and 12 right handed at Joplin, Mo., last year. Its quite a jump from Joplin to the House that Ruth Built in fact to Ruths old spot in right field. The Yankees usually dont operate that way. It was obvious last spring that lefty Eddie Ford ultimately was destined for stardom in the Stadium. He had uncommon poise and control for a southpaw pitcher but was tagged by the cautious Yankees as not quite ready. Headed for minors Ford was called up in an emergency in June and proceeded to knock off a 9-1 record, then was credited with the final victory in the World Series against the Phillies. The idea was to hand Mantle the same treatment, but it seems the Yankees are loaded with emergencies, so the kid from Commerce, Okla., made the big jump. In this day of high bonuses, Mantle may be the biggest bargain since the Yankees signed Phil Rizzuto for the price of a ham sandwich and two glasses of milk. Mickey got $1,000 to sign with the Yankee chain not enough to make him officially a bonus player.

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