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MONDAY, MAY 21, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No. 36

Ennis Back on Track His 5 RBI Spark Phillies Sweep of Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH Cancel the missing persons report. Del Ennis is present, accounted for and driving in runs as if its 1950 all over again. Ennis, the Phillies right fielder who batted in a loop-leading 126 runs last year, got off to a slow start in 1951. As recently as May 9, he was batting .184 with 12 RBI in 22 games and was riding an eight-game stretch in which he had knocked in nary a teammate. Hes been on fire since. Sunday he had four hits, five RBI and blasted his fourth home run as Philadelphia swept Pittsburgh in a doubleheader by identical scores of 8-2. Ennis average, .226, is still nothing to brag about. But he has an RBI in 10 of his past 11 games, and his season total of 28 ranks him sixth in the National League. He had plenty of help in the sweep, which enabled the Phils to vault into second place, 2 games behind New York. Richie Ashburn was 6-for-9 with five runs scored. Dick Sisler had four hits and three RBI. Russ Meyer (3-2) won the opener with a complete game 10-hitter. Robin Roberts (3-1) won the nightcap, allowing one run on 10 hits in eight innings. The Pirates made 22 hits in the two games, but stranded 15 runners. Ralph Kiner belted his third homer in the second game for the Bucs, and had three RBI on the day. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Bostons Sam Jethroe hit a grand slam in the first game and scored three runs in the second as the visiting Braves swept the Cubs, 119 and 6-5. Jethroes slam capped a six-run rally in the eighth inning of the opener, helping make a winner of Johnny Sain (4-1) who gave up seven runs in 7 1/3 innings. Jethroe singled and scored the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning of the second game. Chicagos Hank Sauer cracked his 10th home run and drove in seven runs on the day, giving him a major league-leading 34 RBI. He also extended his hit streak to 15 games. Ewell Blackwell hurled Cincinnati to victory in the first game, and Carl Furillo and Billy Cox homered as Brooklyn won the nightcap as the Reds and Dodgers split 7-5 decisions in the Queen City. Blackwell (3-5) turned in his second straight complete game win. He also went 4-for-4 with an RBI. The Brooks jumped to a 7-0 lead after five innings in the nightcap and hung on to make a winner of Clyde King (2-2). Harry Brecheen fired a six-hitter and had two hits as the Cardinals toppled the visiting Giants, 10-3. Bill Howerton had a career-high five RBI for St. Louis, which dealt Jim Hearn (5-1) his first loss.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Washington St. Louis W 19 16 16 16 13 12 11 8 L 9 11 13 14 12 14 16 22 PCT. .679 .593 .552 .533 .520 .462 .407 .267 GB --2 3 4 4 6 7 12 NATIONAL New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati W 22 19 17 17 14 13 13 12 L 12 14 14 16 15 18 18 20 PCT. .647 .576 .548 ,515 .483 .419 .419 .375 GB --2 3 4 5 7 7 9

Sundays American League Results

New York 7, St. Louis 0, 1st gm. St. Louis at New York, 2nd gm., ppd. rain Boston 4, Detroit 2 Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 3, 1st gm. Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 6, 2nd gm. Chicago 9, Washington 5

Sundays National League Results

St. Louis 10, New York 3 Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 5, 1st gm. Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 5, 2nd gm. Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 2, 1st gm. Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 2, 2nd gm. Boston 11, Chicago 9, 1st gm. Boston 6, Chicago 5, 2nd gm.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Detroit (Trout 4-2) at Boston (Nixon 2-1), 2:30 p.m. St. Louis (Garver 2-3) at New York (Raschi 3-2), 8:30 p.m. Chicago (Dobson 1-2) at Washington (Moreno 1-1), 8:30 p.m. (Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

New York (Jansen 4-3) at St. Louis (Staley 1-4), 3:30 p.m. (Only game scheduled)

Lopat Improves to 4-1 With Second Shutout; Mantle Hits 12th HR

NEW YORK Soft-tossing Ed Lopat presented a hard line Sunday. The Yankees starter stifled St. Louis, 7-0, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was postponed by rain. The shutout was Lopats second of the season and the third suffered in the past seven games by the Brownies. Lopat improved to 4-1 with a 1.89 ERA, fourth in the American League. He was aided by rookie phenom Mickey Mantle, who clubbed his major league-leading 12th home run. Mantle leads the American League with 26 RBI. Dick Starr (0-2) took the loss, allowing four runs in 7 1/3 innings. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Bob Lemon was vanquished 8-3 in the first game, but the Indians rallied late in the second to gain an 8-6 win and a doubleheader split with Philadelphia. As starter Dick Fowler snapped a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning in the first game. Dave Philley added a run-scoring single, and knocked in two more runs in a four-run rally in the eighth. Lemon (3-3) lost his third consecutive start. Fowler (1-1) allowed three runs (one earned) in seven innings to gain the win. The Macks took a 6-5 lead into the ninth inning of the nightcap, but third baseman Kermit Wahls error opened the door to a game-turning three-run Tribe rally. The As Elmer Valo hit in both games to extend his hit streak to 16. Bostons Chuck Stobbs fired a six-hitter and Clyde Vollmer had a three-run double as the Red Sox beat the Tigers, 4-2. Stobbs (3-2) lowered his ERA to 2.08, fifth in the American League. Loser Hal Newhouser (2-3) allowed four runs in 1 2/3 innings. Nellie Fox scored three runs and extended his hit streak to 15 games as the visiting White Sox trumped the Senators, 9-5. Al Zarilla had three RBI for Chicago.

Notes on the Scorecard

Robinson Plays Despite Multiple Death Threats

CINCINNATI (AP) A squad of detectives carefully eyed the crowd at Crosley Field Sunday while a casual looking Jackie Robinson played standout ball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The detectives were there because Robinsons life had been threatened. But there were no incidents against the Negro athlete. Robinson knew about the threats on his life before he entered the doubleheader with the Cincinnati Reds. But you could never tell it by his actions. Jackie had six hits in the two games, boosting his average to .310. There were at least three menacing letters mailed in Cincinnati a week ago one to the Cincinnati Inquirer newspaper, one to the police department and one to the Cincinnati Reds. Robinson was inclined to shrug off the letters as the work of a crank. He said after the doubleheader that people have been swell to me in Cincinnati. Col. Curt Simmons, former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, hurled three hitless innings Sunday as his 28th Division teammates swamped the Anderson, Ind., CIO nine, 30-3. Simmons started and retired the first nine Anderson batters in order. He left the game with his team leading, 9-0.

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Lipon, Det. Valo, Phi. Coleman, St.L Minoso, Chi. Doby, Cle.
Goodman, Bos.

G 26 28 26 18 28 25 20 26 24 27

AB 90 110 103 64 101 102 73 91 89 104

R 17 25 16 19 22 20 17 13 17 24

H 36 42 39 24 37 35 25 31 30 35

AVG. .400 .382 .379 .375 .366 .343 .342 .341 .337 .337

NATIONAL Jethroe, Bos. Musial, St.L

Furillo, Bro. Hatton, Cin.

G 31 27 31 30 32 26 32 28 34 34

AB 133 105 123 125 127 98 123 108 128 128

R 40 23 21 10 23 20 20 15 26 22

H 56 40 42 42 42 32 40 35 40 40

AVG. .421 .381 .341 .336 .331 .327 .325 .324 .313 .313

The Sportlight
By Grantland Rice
More About the Dodgers A rabid Brooklyn fanatic is there any other brand of Brooklyn fanatic? doesnt think your correspondent has given the Dodgers a fair deal for 1951. Why not admit they outclass the league? one of them writes. Why not admit they also outclass the American League, including the Yankees, Indians and Red Sox? The Dodgers are undoubtedly an odd outfit. They have the best catcher in the National League and next to Yogi Berra, the most valuable catcher in baseball. They have the best first baseman in baseball in the stalwart Gil Hodges, one of the games top stars. Jackie Robinson is the best second baseman in the game, and but for his somewhat unsteady temperament, his constant feeling of persecution (which doesnt exist), he could be even more valuable to his club. He is a great ballplayer for all that, both on the offensive and defensive side. Pee Wee Reese at short is one of the infield greats. Pee Wee is close to Phil Rizzuto, but not
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Sisler, Phi. Slaughter, St.L Gordon, Bos. Hemus, St.L Irvin, N.Y. Thomson, N.Y.

Stephens, Bos. Avila, Cle. Jensen, N.Y. Yost, Was.

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 12; Robinson (Chi.) 8; Doby (Cle.) 8; Yost (Was.) 6, Dropo (Bos.) 6. RBI: Mantle (N.Y.) 26; Williams (Bos.) 25; Zarilla (Chi.) 25; Doby (Cle.) 23; Robinson (Chi.) 23. Wins: Scheib (Phi.) 5-1; Feller (Cle.) 4-0; Lopat (N.Y.) 4-1; Pierce (Chi.) 4-2; Trout (Det.) 4-2. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 38; Trout (Det.) 26; Garcia (Cle.) 25; Feller (Cle.) 25; Wynn (Cle.) 24; Gray (Det.) 24. ERA: Morgan (N.Y.) 1.65; Feller (Cle.) 1.66; Wight (Bos.) 1.83; Lopat (N.Y.) 1.89; Stobbs (Bos.) 2.08.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 10; Pafko (Chi.) 10; Jethroe (Bos.) 10; Sauer (Chi.) 10; Campanella (Bro.) 8. RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 34; Jones (Phi.) 31; Pafko (Chi.) 31; Thomson (N.Y.) 30; Gordon (Bos.) 29. Wins: Roe (Bro.) 5-0; Hearn (N.Y.) 5-1; Maglie (N.Y.) 5-1; Konstanty (Phi.) 4-1; Sain (Bos.) 4-1; Brecheen (St.L) 4-1. Strikeouts: Blackwell (Cin.) 38; Queen (Pit.) 35; Maglie (N.Y.) 30; Newcombe (Bro.) 30; several tied with 28. ERA: Roe (Bro.) 1.52; Jansen (N.Y.) 1.53; Heintzelman (Phi.) 2.16; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.41; Brecheen (St.L) 3.08.

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quite the whirling dervish amazing Phil is around short. But Reese will do plus. The Dodger outfield is one of the best. Certainly there is no better outfielder in baseball than Duke Snider. You can move him up immediately with Stan Musial, Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio. Last year Duke hit .321, including 31 home runs, 10 triples and 31 doubles. He cracked in 106 runs. This season he is much better than he was a year ago. Carl Furillo is another fine outfielder. This gives the Dodgers more top men than any other team carries. It gives them the National League tops at catcher, first base, second base, center field and at least a draw at short The Dodger Weakness But I still think the main Dodger weakness is set at the most vital spot. I mean pitching. The Dodgers have one outstanding pitcher Preacher Roe. Don Newcombe is a star as long as his arm holds up. But here is a physical giant who has trouble finishing a game. Picked as a 30 or 35game winner last season, he wasnt able to make the 20-game mark. He has terrific stuff while it lasts. Newcombe says his arm frequently is too sore to lift a glass of water. The answer is that New-

combe should actually be a 30-game winner. But he cant finish enough games. Outside of Roe and Newcombe, you have some trouble locating another dependable Dodger starter. Palica will be around for only a limited period. Ralph Branca has his full share of stuff on his good days. But last year Branca won seven games and dropped nine with a fine ball club. King, Van Cuyk and others have their in-andout days and moments. But even with a team as able as the Dodgers are, they have only one pitcher who now looks good enough to win 20 games but Roe has never won 20 games. Neither has Newcombe. And Roe is 33 years old. It should be easy to win 20 games with Brooklyn just as it should be easy to win 20 games with the Red Sox. You can average four earned runs a game and still win most of them. You cant give pitchers working for the Dodgers and Red Sox in past years too much credit. They have all the runs needed to work with. On form and on copy paper, the Dodgers and Red Sox should win the two pennants. But the Dodgers lack pitching and the Red Sox lack soul or spirit. The certainly lack flame. There is nothing yellow about any ball club. But there can be a big difference in spirit and hustle, which can easily make the difference between winning or losing a pennant. All the Dodgers lack is consistent pitching.