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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

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VOL. 1, No. 38

Minoso, Robinson Lead Potent Attack As White Sox Outslug Senators, 10-9
WASHINGTON Since 1906, the Chicago White Sox have been known, usually with justification, as hitless wonders. These days, only half the moniker applies. Amassing 10 runs on a combination of seven hits, six walks and a half-dozen Washington errors Tuesday, the White Sox outlasted the Senators, 10-9. Chicago doesnt possess a top tier offense, ranking seventh among American League clubs in average and fifth in homers. But the White Sox are hardly helpless, ranking fourth in runs scored. And since acquiring Orestes Minoso on April 30, they have two wondrous hitters who can turn a game around in a flash. Minoso, batting third Tuesday, singled home a run in Chicagos five-run outburst in the top of the second. He singled home two more in a four-run rally in the seventh and finished with four RBI. He also extended his hit streak to 12 games and assumed the loop batting lead with a .397 average. Clean-up hitter Eddie Robinson also had four RBI, all coming on one swing. His grand slam was Chicagos first of the season and the second of his career. His 28 RBI lead the AL. Eight of the White Soxs 10 runs were unearned. The Sox were equally shaky on defense, committing five errors that resulted in as many unearned runs. Reliever Howie Judson (1-1) got the win despite an unsightly line of five runs allowed (two earned) in three innings pitched. Mickey Vernon had a single, double, homer and three RBI for the Nats. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Bobby Shantz fired his second consecutive shutout as the As thwarted the visiting Indians, 6-0. Shantz (3-1), who spun a three-hitter against St. Louis a week ago Tuesday, shackled the Tribe on a seven-hitter. He also chipped in a single and three RBI. The As Elmer Valo had two hits and now has a 17-game hit streak. Cleveland starter Early Wynn (3-3) lost his second straight start. Walt Dropo tagged a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Boston a 3 -1 win over Detroit. Tigers starter Ted Gray (2-4) nursed a 1-0 lead through eight innings, but walked Lou Boudreau and Vern Stephens to open the ninth and set the stage for Dropos winning blast. Ned Garver tossed his second shutout of 1951 as the visiting Browns beat the Yankees, 30. St. Louis scored all its runs in the top of the seventh inning. For the second consecutive game, both teams had four hits.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Detroit Washington St. Louis W 19 17 15 17 17 13 11 9 L 10 12 12 14 14 15 18 23 PCT. .655 .586 .556 .548 .548 .464 .379 .281 GB --2 3 3 3 5 8 11 NATIONAL New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati W 23 19 17 17 15 14 13 12 L 12 14 15 17 16 18 18 20 PCT. .657 .576 531 .500 .484 .438 .419 .375 GB --3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Tuesdays American League Results

St. Louis 3, New York 0 Boston 3, Detroit 1 Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 0 Chicago 10, Washington 9

Tuesdays National League Results

St. Louis 9, Boston 2 Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 2 New York at Chicago, ppd., rain Philadelphia at Cincinnati, ppd., rain

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

St. Louis (Pillette 0-4) at Boston (Parnell 3-3), 2 p.m. Detroit (Hutchinson 1-1) at New York (Byrne 0-2), 2:30 p.m. Chicago (Gumpert 2-1) at Philadelphia (Kellner 23), 8 p.m. Cleveland (Feller 4-0) at Washington (Hudson 0-0 or Marrero 2-2), 8:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

New York (Maglie 5-1) at Chicago (Minner 1-5), 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Thompson 0-4 or Church 3-2) at Cincinnati (Fox 2-3 or Raffensberger 1-5), 3 p.m. Boston (Surkont 4-3) at St. Louis (Pollet 1-0), 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn (Newcombe 3-2) at Pittsburgh (Queen 14), 8:30 p.m.

Mysteriously Ineffective Spahn Rocked Again as Cardinals Top Braves

ST. LOUIS The construction of Stonehenge. The fate of Amelia Earhart. Add Warren Spahns first seven starts of the 1951 season to the great mysteries of our age. Spahn, the Braves three-time 20-game winner, suffered another early exit Tuesday as Boston was routed by the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-2. Spahn lasted just one batter into the top of the second, allowing six runs on six hits in 1-plus innings pitched. It marked the fourth start in which Spahn failed to complete five innings, and the fifth in which he allowed five or more runs. After seven starts, he is 2-3 with an 8.41 ERA. The Cardinals jumped him early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Red Schoendienst, Nippy Jones and Bill Howerton all had an RBI and a run scored in the frame. When Schoendienst singled to start the second, Spahn was yanked in favor of Dave Cole. Stan Musial greeted Cole with a two-run homer. Red Munger (1-1), who allowed two runs in eight innings, got the win. Sam Jethroe, the majors leading hitter at .420, went 2-for-5 for Boston. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Danny Murtaugh stroked a tie-breaking two-run single in the bottom of the third inning, and late-game substitute Pete Reiser hit a clinching two-run homer in the eighth his first home run in more than a year as the Pirates topped the visiting Dodgers, 6-2. Carl Furillo gave Brooklyn a 2-0 lead with a two-run home run, his fourth, in the top of the second inning. But Gus Bell halved that lead with his fourth homer, a solo shot, in the bottom of the frame. Pete Castiglione belted a leadoff triple in the third, and scored the tying run on a ground out. Four batters after that, Murtaugh delivered his decisive blow. Reisers homer was his first since April 30, 1950, when he connected off Robin Roberts as a member of the Braves..

Notes on the Scorecard

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Minoso, Chi. Lipon, Det. Valo, Phi. Coleman, St.L Doby, Cle. Berra, N.Y. Michaels, Was. Jensen, N.Y.
Goodman, Bos.

Grays, Negro Leagues Oldest Team, Folds Up

PITTSBURGH Financial setbacks and lack of talent will end the fabulous career of the Homestead Grays, oldest Negro League baseball team in the nation. Seward Posey, business manager, said Tuesday the Grays are folding up, citing financial setbacks and entry of the best Negro talent into organized baseball as the reasons. The team lost $10,000 in 1950. The club was organized by the late Cum Posey in 1910. Last year it played in the Negro American Baseball League. A hurried doctors examination revealed that Cleveland first baseman Luke Easter should be back in action within a week. The Indians called Easter off the road when a swelling developed in his bad knee just after he ended a long layoff. They were afraid his entire career might be endangered. Lowell (Dud) Rushing, University of Florida outfielder from Tampa, signed a baseball contract with the Philadelphia Phils. After graduation he will report to Schenectady of the Class A Eastern League. Rushing led Florida in runs batted in the past two seasons and has a strong throwing arm. He is a left-handed batter and hit .378 this year.

G 20 28 29 27 29 31 26 24 27 31

AB 73 98 114 107 104 130 86 89 107 127

R 22 18 26 16 22 23 13 17 20 25

H 29 38 44 39 37 44 29 30 36 42

AVG. .397 .388 .386 .364 .356 .338 .337 .337 .336 .331

NATIONAL Jethroe, Bos. Musial, St.L Furillo, Bro.

Hatton, Cin. Sisler, Phi. Slaughter, St.L

G 32 29 32 30 32 26 28 33 35 32

AB 138 114 126 125 127 98 108 126 131 119

R 41 26 22 10 23 20 15 20 27 26

H 58 44 44 42 42 32 35 40 41 37

AVG. .420 .386 .349 .336 .331 .327 .324 .317 .313 .311

Scout Delivers Marrero As a Favor to Senators

HAVANA (UP) Joe Cambria, the veteran baseball scout, told Tuesday of how he wangled Cuban pitcher Conrado Marrero on the Washington Senator roster and did the team a big favor. Marrero now sports a 2-2 record. He leads the Nats with a 3.08 ERA and four complete games. Cambria bosses the Washington-owned Havana Cubans of the Florida International League, and plods through the Cuban cane fields looking for baseball talent. It was over in Orlando, Fla., in the spring of 1950, where I was watching the Senators young pitchers in training, said Joe. They had some pretty fine looking youngsters, but some of them didnt have control enough to hit a barn. To get a rise out of Bucky Harris and Clark Griffith, I turned to Bucky and said: Hmph. Ive got better pitchers than those guys sitting on the bench down in Havana, hoping for a chance to pitch. Bucky jumped like someone stuck him with a pin and said to Clark, Did you hear what this guy says? Clark says, No, whatd he say? and Bucky tells him. Clark says, All right, wise guy, send me
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Hemus, St.L Gordon, Bos. Irvin, N.Y. Robinson, Bro.

Rizzuto, N.Y.

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 12; Robinson (Chi.) 9; Doby (Cle.) 8; Dropo (Bos.) 7; Yost (Was.) 6. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 28; Zarilla (Chi.) 27; Mantle (N.Y.) 26; Williams (Bos.) 25; Berra (N.Y.) 24. Wins: Scheib (Phi.) 5-1; Trout (Det.) 5-2; Feller (Cle.) 4-0; Lopat (N.Y.) 4-1; Pierce (Chi.) 4-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 4-2. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 44; Trout (Det.) 31; Gray (Det.) 30; Wynn (Cle.) 30; Reynolds (N.Y.) 29. 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; Sauer (Chi.) 10; Jethroe (Bos.) 10; Campanella (Bro.) 8. RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 34; Jones (Phi.) 31; Pafko (Chi.) 31; Thomson (N.Y.) 31; Gordon (Bos.) 30. Wins: Roe (Bro.) 5-0; Maglie (N.Y.) 5-1; Hearn (N.Y.) 5-1; Jansen (N.Y.) 5-3; 3 tied with 4-1. Strikeouts: Blackwell (Cin.) 38; Queen (Pit.) 35; Jansen (N.Y.) 34; Maglie (N.Y.) 30; Newcombe (Bro.) 30. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.46; Roe (Bro.) 1.52; Heintzelman (Phi.) 2.16; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.41; Brecheen (St.L) 3.08.

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something. I told him Id send him a good young pitcher. A couple days later the telephone starts ringing off the wall. I let it ring, because I knew what was coming up. Finally, I picked it up and before I finished saying hello, Griffith is asking me a million questions. I thought you said something about a young guy, Griff says. Why, I just looked at his passport and it looks like hes almost 40. What do you think Im running, an old mans home? And he goes on like this a while and tells me the guy I sent over ought to be behind one of those stands in Havana where they sell those long pieces of cake they cook in oil. Maybe the guy and me, too, ought to be in the oil. I let him rave on a while, to get the thing off his chest.

Then I tell him, Why, Griff, that guys only 39, hes a rookie on your team, and these Cubans, they stay young a long time. Why, think of Satch Paige. Hes about 59. That makes my man 20 years younger. Give the guy a chance. Hell do something for that club of yours. And remember, I dont give you bum steers. And Marrero went up to pitch for Washington, and now hes the hit of the team. Hes learning English, and Griff thinks hes a great guy. He is a fine guy. His wife and three little boys live down here in Cuba on a farm at Sagua La Grande. Marrero takes care of his money, and hes no problem to the club at all. As a matter of fact, he was the only drawing card on my team here, but you cant keep a guy out of the big time just because hes winning ball games for you.