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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

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VOL. 1, No. 41

Stan the Man, oh, Man Musial Bombards Cincy in Cardinals Win
ST. LOUIS Things didnt look good for the Cardinals on Friday night when they trailed the Reds, 7-2. Stan Musial? He looks as good as hes ever been. Musial belted two doubles, two home runs and had four RBI, leading St. Louis to a comefrom-behind 8-7 win in 11 innings with his best game in what has been an epic month of May. The Man homered in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut the Cincy lead to 7-3. He doubled in the seventh. His final two at-bats could have come from a script of Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy. First, Musial hit a tying, two-run double in the ninth inning. Then, with the score still tied in the bottom of the 11th, he tagged a 1-0 delivery from Reds hurler Herm Wehmeier for a game-winning home run. His 4-for-5 effort hiked his average to .402. His two home runs gave him nine, and his four RBI put him at 34. He now has a 13-game hit streak. In 23 games in May, Musial is batting .433 with eight homers and 30 RBI. Tom Poholsky (3-3), the last of six St. Louis pitchers, pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Wehmeier (2-3) took the loss. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Rookie Willie Mays first major league hit, a leadoff triple in the top of the eighth, sparked a six-run rally and helped the Giants to a 7-1 win over the Phillies. For seven innings, the game was a 1-1 pitchers duel between Phillys Bubba Church and New Yorks Jim Hearn. Church gave way to Jim Konstanty to start the eighth, and Mays, playing his first major league game, greeted the reigning N.L. Most Valuable Player with a three-bagger to left-center field. Two outs later, he scored the tie-breaking run on Monte Irvins single. Mays later punctuated the uprising by drawing a bases-loaded walk off Milo Candini. Hearn (6-1) hurled a seven-hitter for his second complete game. Konstanty (4-2) allowed five runs in two-thirds of an inning. Sid Gordon hit a tying three-run homer, and Roy Hartsfield added a tie-breaking two-run double in a six-run eighth-inning outburst as the Braves rallied to beat the host Dodgers, 10-7. The Brooks jumped to leads of 5-0 and 7-2. But Boston chased Dodgers starter Preacher Roe, and reliever Carl Erskine (2-4) was roughed up for three runs in two innings. Hank Sauer homered and had two RBI as the host Cubs beat the Pirates, 4-2. Sauer leads the league with 12 homers and 38 RBI and extended his hit streak to 17 games. Winning hurler Frank Hiller (3-1) threw a complete game seven-hitter.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Chicago Boston Philadelphia New York Detroit Washington St. Louis W 19 17 18 18 17 15 13 9 L 12 12 13 15 16 15 18 25 PCT. .613 .586 .581 .545 .515 .500 .419 .265 GB --1 1 2 3 3 6 11 NATIONAL New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 25 20 18 19 17 14 14 12 L 12 15 16 17 17 19 20 23 PCT. .676 .571 .529 .528 .500 .424 .412 .343 GB --4 5 5 6 9 9 12

Fridays American League Results

Philadelphia 4, New York 2 Chicago 11, Cleveland 0 Washington 5, Boston 2 Detroit 5, St. Louis 4

Fridays National League Results

Boston 10, Brooklyn 7 St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 7 (11 innings) New York 7, Philadelphia 1 Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 2

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Philadelphia (Martin 0-0) at New York (Raschi 4-2), 1 p.m. Washington (Consuegra 2-1) at Boston (Taylor 0-1), 1:30 p.m. Chicago (Holcombe 1-1) at Cleveland (Garcia 2-3), 1 p.m. St. Louis (Starr 0-2) at Detroit (Trout 5-2), 2:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Boston (Sain 4-1) at Brooklyn (Erskine 2-3 or Palica 1-1), 12:30 p.m. Pittsburgh (Law 3-0) at Chicago (Klippstein 2-1), 1:30 p.m. New York (Jansen 5-3) at Philadelphia (Roberts 31), 7 p.m. Cincinnati (Blackwell 3-5) at St. Louis (Wehmeier 2 -2 or Lanier 3-1), 8:30 p.m.

Mays Debuts With Flash, Joes Wide-Open Stance

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Willie Mays, the New York Giants touted rookie, swiped that .477 swing, he says, from Joe DiMaggio. Got it from watching DiMaggio in the newsreels and on television, the lean Negro flychaser said Friday night after making his major league debut against the Philadelphia Phillies. I got that wide-open stance just like Joe. Ive never seen him in real life but Ive always copied him. Hes the greatest him and Ted Williams. But Williams is a left-hander. I dont pay attention to him. The 20-year-old Alabama product, just out of high school, came to the Giants from Minneapo-

lis of the American Association batting a staggering .477 in 35 games. He fell short of that sizzling pace Friday night, going 1-for-4 with a triple and a basesloaded walk, both in the eighth inning when the Giants scored six runs. Might have been a little nervous out there, he remarked. But not scared. It was just another game. He says he wasnt tight, said manager Leo Durocher, but he was bound to have been. Any kid would have been. But hes all right. Hes going to stay right where he is. He also was overly ambitious and twice raced into teammates territory after fly balls. But he showed plenty of speed and a whip-lash arm. This league dont look too tough, he said. I think I can make it.

Pierce, ChiSox Hitters Overwhelm Cleveland

CLEVELAND The way the White Soxs white-hot offense is going, it doesnt need Billy Pierce. And the way Pierce is going, he doesnt need his teammates booming bats. Together they were indomitable Friday night in an 11-0 victory over the floundering Indians. Pierce (5-2) fired a three-hitter for his second shutout. He is 2-0 with an 0.50 ERA against the Tribe, which has lost 10 of its past 14 games. He had plenty of margin for error Friday. The Sox scored two runs in the first inning, two in the second, and four in the third chasing Cleveland starter and loser Bob Lemon (3-4). Nellie Fox homered for the second time in three games and had three RBI. Eddie Robinson and Al Zarilla had two RBI each, and are 1-2 in the American League RBI race Robinson with 31 and Zarilla with 30. The Sox have scored 56 runs during their fivegame win streak. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Pete Suder drove in the tying run and scored the go-ahead tally as the As scored three times in the top of the ninth to beat the Yankees, 4-2. Mickey Mantle gave the Bombers a 2-0 lead in the first inning with his 13th homer, tops in the majors. Eddie Lopat (4-2) made the lead stand up until the ninth, but was knocked out by three straight hits to open the frame. He took the loss, giving up four runs in eight-plus innings. Connie Marrero threw a seven-hitter for his fifth consecutive complete game as the visiting Senators topped the Red Sox, 5-2. The Nats backed Marrero (3-2) with 13 hits. Ed Yost had a single, double and two RBI. Chuck Stobbs (3-3) took the loss, allowing five runs in six innings. Vern Stephens hit his sixth home run for Boston, which remained one game behind loop-leading Cleveland. Charlie Kellers pinch homer in the seventh inning broke a tie and gave the Tigers a 5-4 win over the Browns. Kellers second homer made a winner of Hal Newhouser (3-3), who allowed four runs in 8 2/3 innings.

Notes on the Scorecard

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Valo, Phi. Minsoso, Chi. Lipon, Det. Coleman, St.L Michaels, Was.
Goodman, Bos.

Poor Fielding Relegates Jethroe to Boston Bench

Louis Marquez replaced Sam Jethroe as the Boston Braves starting center fielder Friday because of Jethroes poor defensive play. Manager Billy Southworth told Marquez to start the night game against the Dodgers after Jethroe lost a fly ball in the sun in a game against the Cardinals on Wednesday. The trouble, Southworth intimated, is that there is no real two-platoon system in baseball. Jethroe, the majors leading hitter at .410, would be a great offensive player. But in the field, its a different story, and Southworth decided not to risk a shaky fielder, especially against the long-ball bashes of the Dodgers. A verdict in favor of Indians pitcher Bob Feller was returned in superior court in a $3,000 breach of contract suit. Feller was sued by John E. Jenner and John W. Ward for the Jen-U-Ware Co. of Boston. They contended Feller failed to fulfill a personal appearance contract in connection with a sale of their shirts June 26, 1948. Feller admitted he failed to appear but testified his contract with the Company provided any such appearance should not interfere with his baseball playing. He said he was required to report for practice on June 26.

G 30 22 30 28 28 29 31 29 25 33

AB 115 82 104 112 93 116 113 111 90 134

R 27 23 18 40 14 22 23 17 17 27

H 44 31 39 17 33 41 39 37 30 44

AVG. .383 .378 .375 .357 .355 .353 .345 .333 .333 .328

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

Slaughter, St.L

G 34 32 34 26 34 28 35 31 33 37

AB 144 127 136 98 135 108 132 120 140 139

R 41 30 24 20 25 15 22 28 10 29

H 59 51 47 32 44 35 42 38 44 43

AVG. .410 .402 .346 .327 .326 .324 .318 .317 .314 .309

Sisler, Phi.
Hemus, St.L

Doby, Cle. Fox, Chi. Jensen, N.Y. Rizzuto, N.Y.

Gordon, Bos. Jones, Phi. Hatton, Cin. Irvin, N.Y.

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 13; Robinson (Chi.) 9; Doby (Cle.) 8; Dropo (Bos.) 8; two tied with 6. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 31; Zarilla (Chi.) 30; Mantle (N.Y.) 28; Williams (Bos.) 25; Berra (N.Y.) 24. Wins: Scheib (Phi.) 5-2; Trout (Det.) 5-2; Pierce (Chi.) 5-2; Feller (Cle.) 4-1; Lopat (N.Y.) 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; Feller (Cle.) 29. ERA: Cain (Det.) 1.50; Wight (Bos.) 1.79; Morgan (N.Y.) 1.80; Feller (Cle.) 2.01; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.08; Kucab (Phi.) 2.08.

HR: Sauer (Chi.) 12; Thomson (N.Y.) 10; Pafko (Chi.) 10; Jethroe (Bos.) 10; Musial (St.L) 9. RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 38; Musial (St.L) 35; Gordon (Bos.) 34; Thomson (N.Y.) 32; Jones (Phi.) 31; Pafko (Chi.) 31. Wins: Maglie (N.Y.) 6-1; Hearn (N.Y.) 6-1; Roe (Bro.) 5-0; Jansen (N.Y.) 5-3; Surkont (Bos.) 5-3. Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 44; Blackwell (Cin.) 41; Newcombe (Bro.) 35; Jansen (N.Y.) 34; Maglie (N.Y.) 33. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.46; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.10; Roe (Bro.) 2.32; Heintzelman (Phi.) 2.79; Law (Pit.) 3.11.

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