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SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No.146

White Sox Bombard Browns Tally 20 in Doubleheader Sweep

CHICAGO The scouting report on the upstart White Sox this transformative season is that they will go as far as their pitching takes them. On Friday, the teams hitters took a turn pulling the bandwagon, as league-leading Chicago swept Detroit in a doubleheader, 10-4 and 10-0. In so doing, the ChiSox increased their lead to 2 games over second-place Boston. They have won 10 consecutive home games, and are 15-2 in the past 17 tilts overall. After scoring a league-low 625 runs a year ago, Chicago leads the majors with 770 and with a .284 team average. The Sox wasted no time in the first game, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning, three on Don Lenhardts 16th home run. When the Tigers scored a single run in the fifth, Chicago responded with three in the bottom of the frame. It was 10-1 before the Tigers scored three meaningless runs in the ninth. Ken Holcombe (8-7) went the distance for the White Sox to win his third consecutive start. Ted Gray (8-13) took the loss for Detroit. A.L. ERA leader Billy Pierce contributed to the Game 2 onslaught. Pierce (15-6) spun a three-hitter for his sixth shutout, tied with Brooklyns Preacher Roe for the major league lead. He lowered his ERA to 2.49. Pierce also had three hits and two RBI. Nellie Fox had two hits, giving him six for the twin bill. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Allie Reynolds turned in his 10th complete game and knocked in two runs as the Yankees topped the visiting Senators, 6-3. Reynolds (12-10) allowed two runs in the first inning, but just one thereafter. The Yanks tied the score in the second on Reynolds tworun double off loser Sid Hudson (5-10). Phil Rizzutos two-run single highlighted a four-run Bombers rally in the fourth. Clyde Vollmer grounded a tie-breaking single in the first game, and major league home run leader Gus Zernial launched his 37th in the second as the Red Sox and host As split. Vollmer, in his first game back after a weeklong absence following his fathers death, broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the sixth inning as Boston went on to a 5-3 victory. Bill Wight (6-5) pitched seven innings for the win. Loop batting leader Ferris Fain and Dave Philley each had three RBI in the nightcap, an 11 -5 As triumph. Ned Garver tossed his sixth straight complete game in the opener, and Bob Feller whiffed nine in a route-going effort in the nightcap as the Browns and visiting Indians split, 10-4 and 8-3. Garver (13-10) bested Mike Garcia (12-15) in the first game. The Tribes Dale Mitchell homered twice and Ray Boone socked a grand slam in the second.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Chicago Boston Cleveland New York Philadelphia Detroit Washington St. Louis W 84 79 76 71 68 63 50 44 L 52 52 61 61 68 72 81 88 PCT. .618 .603 .555 .538 .500 .467 .382 .333 GB --2 8 11 16 20 31 38 NATIONAL Brooklyn New York Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 85 79 71 69 63 63 63 45 L 48 57 64 63 70 72 73 91 PCT. .639 .578 .526 .523 .474 .467 .463 .331 GB --7 15 15 22 23 23 41

Fridays American League Results

New York 6, Washington 3 Chicago 10, Detroit 4, Gm. 1 Chicago 10, Detroit 0, Gm. 2 Boston 5, Philadelphia 3, Gm. 1 Philadelphia 11, Boston 5, Gm. 2 St. Louis 10, Cleveland 4, Gm. 1 Cleveland 8, St. Louis 3, Gm. 2

Fridays National League Results

Philadelphia 4, Brooklyn 2 New York 9, Boston 3 Chicago 5, Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 4

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Boston (Parnell 11-8) at Philadelphia (Fowler 7-4), 1 p.m. Washington (Porterfield 4-6) at New York (Lopat 14-8), 1:30 p.m. Detroit (Hutchinson 8-6) at Chicago (Kretlow 9-4), 1:30 p.m. Cleveland (Lemon 14-12) at St. Louis (Sanford 310), 7:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

New York (Hearn 14-10) at Brooklyn (Newcombe 17-5), 12:30 p.m. St. Louis (Lanier 11-7) at Pittsburgh (Dickson 13-10 or Queen 8-7), 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Church 10-10) at Boston (Nichols 610), 1 p.m. Chicago (Minner 5-13) at Cincinnati (Ramsdell 120), 2:30 p.m.

Giants Skip Past Bumbling Braves; Dodgers Next Up

BOSTON The Braves extended the Giants a helping hand Friday night. It was all thumbs. Three Boston errors, a wild pitch and two bases-loaded walks fueled a nine-run fifth inning rally that boosted the Giants to a 9-3 victory, allowing them to gain ground on league-leading Brooklyn for the first time since Aug. 21. Thats the good news. The bad news: They still trail by 7 games with 18 to play. And they cannot expect such compliance from their next opponent: the aforementioned Dodgers. The N.L. front-runners will square off at Ebbets Field this weekend in their final two meetings of the season (barring a tie for the pennant). Don Newcombe will face Jim Hearn today. Ralph Branca duels Sal Maglie on Sunday. Whatever momentum the Giants take into the weekend was handed them on a silver platter. Trailing 3-0 after four innings, New Yorks first 10 players reached base in the fifth, thanks to five singles, four bases on balls, and Bostons defensive ineptitude. Larry Jansen took it from there, firing a complete game to become the loops third 17-game winner. Max Surkont (10-13) took the loss. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Willie Jones homered and drove in all four of his teams runs, and Robin Roberts (16-12) outdueled Preacher Roe as the visiting Phillies snapped the Dodgers 10-game win streak, 4-2. Jones three-run shot opened the scoring in the fourth. He doubled home a run in the eighth. Roe (17-5) failed in his first try to become the majors first 18-game winner. Gene Hermanskis tie-breaking solo home run in the top of the ninth inning gave the visiting Cubs a 5-4 victory over the Reds, whose losing streak reached 15 games. Ralph Kiners two-out, three-run circuit clout in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Pirates a 6-4 victory over the Cardinals.

Notes on the Scorecard

Gehringer Says Tigers Will Dump Newhouser

DETROIT (INS) The Detroit Tigers will drop Harold Newhouser, the greatest lefthanded pitcher ever to wear their uniform, from the roster at the end of the present season. Two days ago, Gehringer, Tiger general manager, indicated the Tigers might re-sign Newhouser, who was paid $42,500 for this season, to a $1-a-year provisional contract. However, under baseball law his salary for next year could be shaved only 25 percent to about $30,000. Gehringer said that amount is too much to gamble on a sore-armed hurler. Gehringer also said the Yankees have a similar problem with highly paid Joe DiMaggio. Minor league baseball, now in the process of wrapping up its 1951 campaign, is in a robust condition. So said red-haired George M. Trautman, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. We started the 1951 season with 50 leagues, Trautman said, and well end it with 49. I dont know of any other business or sport in the country that lost only one member. Minor league baseball reached its peak in 1949 when 59 loops saw action. The figure dropped to 57 in 1950.

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Fain, Phi. Doby, Cle. Fox, Chi. Valo, Phi. Minoso, Chi. Groth, Det. Avila, Cle. Busby, Chi. Kell, Det. G 99 119 134 103 126 113 128 115 132 AB 377 410 560 387 497 419 502 568 440 544 R 77 92 91 73 104 45 79 108 69 70 H 132 137 186 126 160 134 160 181 138 170 AVG. .350 .334 .332 .326 .322 .320 .319 .319 .314 .313 NATIONAL Musial, St.L Wyrostek, Cin. Ashburn, Phi. Sisler, Phi.
Schoendienst, St.L

G 130 125 135 105 121 124 132 129 127 108

AB 509 512 582 396 482 487 571 485 506 374

R 110 67 107 61 83 105 94 77 92 60

H 174 171 193 130 158 159 182 154 160 118

AVG. .342 .334 .332 .328 .328 .326 .319 .318 .316 .316

The Sportlight
By Grantland Rice
The Twenty-Game Barrier NEW YORK There isnt the slightest argument of doubt that baseball, in one way or another, has plastered a crushing load on modern pitchers. It is all well enough to talk of the greatness of Johnson, Young, Alexander, Mathewson, Chesbro, Walsh, Grove and others. They won from 30 to 41 games a year without taking an extra breath. Cy Young won 30 games many seasons. Chesbro won 41 and Ed Walsh 40. Matty and Alexander won over 30 on several occasions. Walter Johnson won 33 in 1912 and 36 in 1913. Thirty-game winners were no sensations in other years. But today they would be mastodons and mammoths. Looking over the pitching list as September moves into the finishing stretch, we find four pitchers with 17 wins. When this September week opened we found the following pitchers still struggling to pass the 20-game test in the American League Raschi of the Yankees; Wynn of Cleveland; Newcombe and Roe of Brooklyn; Jansen of the Giants, and Roberts of the Phillies. Most of these wont make the 20-game grade.
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DiMaggio, Bos. 126

HR: Zernial (Phi.) 37; Robinson (Chi.) 29; Vollmer (Bos.) 25; Easter (Cle.) 24; Williams (Bos.) 23. RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 132; Robinson (Chi.) 117; Williams (Bos.) 109; Rosen (Cle.) 96; Vernon (Was.) 94. Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 17-9; Raschi (N.Y.) 16-6; Pierce (Chi.) 15-6; Lopat (N.Y.) 14-8; Feller (Cle.) 14-9. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 159; Reynolds (N.Y.) 121; Gray (Det.) 119; Wynn (Cle.) 116; Feller (Cle.) 114. ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.49; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.79; Marrero (Was.) 2.94; Hutchinson (Det.) 3.06; Wynn (Cle.) 3.20.

HR: Hodges (Bro.) 34; Musial (St.L) 32; Sauer (Chi.) 32; Thomson (N.Y.) 31; Snider (Bro.) 31. RBI: Musial (St.L) 118; Sauer (Chi.) 113; Hodges (Bro.) 109; Snider (Bro.) 108; Thomson (N.Y.) 103. Wins: Newcombe (Bro.) 17-5; Roe (Bro.) 176; Jansen (N.Y.) 17-7; Roberts (Phi.) 16-12; Maglie (N.Y.) 15-11. Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 144; Rush (Chi.) 125; Queen (Pit.) 123; Maglie (N.Y.) 120; Roberts (Phi.) 110. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 2.04; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.08; Roe (Bro.) 2.71; Rush (Chi.) 2.75; Hiller (Chi.) 3.20.

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They still have to work for what, 20 years ago, was a peanut mark. There is not less than a month left, which means only four or five more games for a starting pitcher. It is impossible to say, year after year, that baseball can no longer produce a 30-game pitcher because of inferior talent. As I recall it, Dizzy Dean was the last 30-game winner, and that event took place 17 years ago. The livelier or home run ball is the main answer. Any time a pitcher grooves one he is likely enough to see the ball disappear. It is now largely a matter of keeping the ball in certain limited areas, low and inside, low and outside or high and inside. Certainly such pitchers as Newcombe, Lemon, Roe, Maglie, Raschi, Roberts, Dickson and a few others have all the necessary stuff. But when you look over the long list of home

run hitters, those with 20 or more home runs by the first of September, you get the answer. Home Run Baker and Wildfire Schulte once led the game with a modest output 10 one year, or was it only nine? But today, such sluggers as Kiner, Hodges, Musial, Campanella, Gordon, Sauer, Thomson, Williams, Zernial and Vollmer are already ranging between 20 and 37, with another month to go. A hitter who doesnt smack out at least 20 home runs is no part of a powerhouse. If the faster modern ball puts a crimp in pitching, why doesnt it affect the hitting? Batters who hit .400 are now a vanished species. Stan Musial and Ferris Fain are about the only hitters with a chance to pass .350 this season. One reason for this is that hitters no longer punch for base hits. They take full swings for home runs. A chop hit is much easier to control than a full-time wallop in the general direction of the outlying roofs and fences. Remember the vastly different swings of Cobb and Ruth.