Son’s Tragic Passing
Changed Southworth
BRAVES, Page 2SOUTHWORTH, Page 2
CHICAGO (AP)
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Tommy Holmes, lacking even half a season of managerial seasoning,Wednesday took the helm of the Boston Braves abandoned by a four-time National League pennantwinner nearly twice his age.The 33-year-old Holmes, former Braves hitting hero, skippered Boston in its 4-3 loss against theCubs in Chicago only a few hours after Billy Southworth left for his Sunbury, Ohio, home after resigning his reported $50,000-a-year job Tues-day. Southworth, aged 58, had a five-year con-tract through 1952.Holmes, Brooklyn-born Irishman who owns
a batch of Braves’ batting records, never di-
rected a professional club until he took over theBoston-owned Hartford team in the Class AEastern League this spring.
“Don’t worry about experience,” commented
general manager John Quinn of the Braves.
“Remember Bucky Harris, Lou Boudreau and
Mel Ott all stepped into major league manage-rial spots without experience.
“Tommy has a fine background in baseball
(nine major league playing seasons all with theBraves) and he did a remarkable job the short
while he was at Hartford.” Holmes left Hart-
ford second in the Eastern loop race.Quinn said the Braves reluctantly acceptedthe resignation of Southworth, who last Sunday
told owner Lou Perini and Quinn he felt “someone else could do a better job.”
Southworth who won three straight pennantsfrom 1942 through 1944 and in 1948 gave theCINCINNATI
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The Dodgers show no signsof slowing down. That goes double for their center fielder.Duke Snider had two hits Wednesday, includ-ing his ninth home run, as Brooklyn bombed theReds, 9-5.The Brooks, at 12-6, have the best record in
the majors in June. Wednesday’s triumph
boosted them into third place, five games back of the loop-leading Giants. The Dodgers boastthe best batting average (.307) and have scoredthe most runs (109) of any NL team this month.
Snider’s two safeties extended his hit streak
to 14 games, the longest current streak in themajors.
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VOL. 1, No. 67FIVE CENTS
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1951
Easter’s Grand Slam Sparks Wynn,
Cleveland to Victory Over Red Sox
BOSTON
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One month ago it appeared
Luke Easter’s ailing knee might derail his
baseball career. That knee seems in fine formnow.
Ditto Easter’s swing.
Easter, Cleveland’s hard
-hitting first sacker,launched a first inning grand slam Wednesdayas the American League-leading Indians de-feated the Red Sox, 9-1.Club officials and Tribe fans feared for
Easter’s career in May when he was sent to the bench under doctor’s orders. It was believed
his knee, which swelled whenever he tried to play, might require surgery. Or worse, thatthere might not be any cure for his malady.
The pain in Easter’s knee resulted in a
sickly average. Through May 22, he was bat-ting a punchless .233 with one home run andseven RBI in 60 at-bats.
He’s been a terror since his return, with sixhome runs and a .297 average. Wednesday’s
circuit clout was his second in three games.It made life easy for Cleveland starter EarlyWynn, who earned his fourth win in his pastfive decisions. Wynn (7-4) contributed an RBIdouble in the second inning. Bobby Avila andLarry Doby added homers for the Tribe.Loser Bill Wight (3-3) was knocked out of the box in the second inning, having allowedsix runs on five hits. He is winless in his pastfour starts.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
Billy Pierce tamed
the Yankees for the sec-ond time in 11 days, twirling a nine-hitter asthe visiting White Sox beat the Bombers, 5-1.Chicago outfielder Don Lenhardt, who hit
two home runs in the first game of Tuesday’s
doubleheader, belted two more in Wednes-
day’s win. He drove in three runs.
Pierce (9-
3) became the AL’s second nine
-game winner, outpitching Ed Lopat (6-4), whoallowed five runs in seven innings.
Sid Hudson fired
a two-hitter as the Senatorstrimmed the visiting Browns, 6-0.A bad hip had Hudson (4-1) on the shelf for
the season’s first five weeks. With four wins andone save, he’s had a hand in five of the Nats’ 10
wins since his return.Gil Coan had three RBI for Washington.Browns starter Lou Sleater (2-9) allowed tworuns in 5 2/3 innings.
Detroit’s Fred Hutchinson
scattered 10 hitsin a 7-
4 win in the opener, and Philadelphia’s
Bobby Shantz answered with a five-hitter in an8-
2 victory in the nightcap as the Tigers and A’s
split a doubleheader.Hutchinson (4-1), who pitched his fourthstraight complete game triumph, was backed byfour-hit efforts from Jerry Priddy and Pat
Mullin. Dave Philley’s four hits and five RBI
helped make a winner of Shantz (6-3).
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Cleveland 35 23 .603 --- New York 39 24 .619 ---Chicago 34 24 .586 1 Philadelphia 32 26 .552 4½Boston 32 26 .552 3 Brooklyn 31 26 .544 5Philadelphia 32 26 .552 3 Boston 32 28 .533 5½Detroit 30 25 .545 3½ St. Louis 30 29 .508 7 New York 30 27 .526 4½ Chicago 27 28 .491 8Washington 21 34 .382 12½ Pittsburgh 23 34 .404 13St. Louis 14 43 .246 20½ Cincinnati 19 38 .333 17
Major League Standings
Wednesday’s American League Results
Wednesday’s National League Results
Chicago 5, New York 1Cleveland 9, Boston 1Detroit 7, Philadelphia 4, 1st gm.Philadelphia 8, Detroit 2, 2nd gm.Washington 6, St. Louis 0St. Louis 16, New York 7Brooklyn 9, Cincinnati 5Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1Chicago 4, Boston 3
Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers
Cleveland (Garcia 6-4) at Boston (McDermott 5-1),2 p.m.Chicago (Judson 2-2 or Rogovin 1-1) at New York (Shea 1-5), 2:30 p.m.Detroit (Cain 2-1) at Philadelphia (Fowler 3-2), 2:30 p.m.St. Louis (Kennedy 0-1) at Washington (Porterfield0-0), 8 p.m.Philadelphia (Roberts 4-4) at Pittsburgh (LaPalme 0-1), 1:30 p.m.Boston (Sain 6-3) at Chicago (Schultz 2-3), 2:30 p.m.Brooklyn (Roe 6-2) at Cincinnati (Fox 2-6 or Black-well 4-5), 3:30 p.m. New York (Kennedy 3-2) at St. Louis (Poholsky 6-3), 3:30 p.m.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H
Doby, Cle. 51 187 41 64 .342 Musial, St.L 57 230 .36554 84Suder, Phi. 48 182 25 62 .341 Furillo, Bro. 56 232 .35338 82Fain, Phi. 58 224 49 76 .339 Slaughter, St.L 46 171 .35135 60Minoso, Chi. 50 195 56 65 .333 Jethroe, Bos. 54 212 .34945 74Fox, Chi. 58 241 41 79 .328 Sisler, Phi. 56 222 .34239 76Lipon, Det. 55 205 29 67 .327
Ashburn, Phi.
58 253 .32446 82Zernial, Phi. 46 190 38 62 .326
Schoendienst, St.L
51 190 .32133 61Young, St.L 57 235 25 76 .323
Kluszewski, Cin.
56 237 .31625 75DiMaggio, Bos. 55 248 46 79 .319 Gordon, Bos. 59 221 .31236 69Mantle, N.Y. 53 214 51 68 .318 Jones, Phi. 53 204 .30943 63
HR:
Mantle (N.Y.) 19; Doby (Cle.) 14; Rob-inson (Chi.) 13; Zernial (Phi.) 13; Williams(Bos.) 12; Wertz (Det.) 12.
RBI:
Robinson (Chi.) 59; Williams (Bos.) 54;Zernial (Phi.) 51; Fain (Phi.) 45; Doby (Cle.) 44.
Wins:
Raschi (N.Y.) 9-2; Pierce (Chi.) 9-3;Trout (Det.) 8-3; Scheib (Phi.) 7-4; Wynn (Cle.)7-4.
Strikeouts:
Raschi (N.Y.) 74; Gray (Det.) 56;Trout (Det.) 55; Wynn (Cle.) 51; Reynolds(N.Y.) 48.
ERA:
Pierce (Chi.) 2.07; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.27;Shantz (Phi.) 2.59; Marrero (Was.) 2.80;Scheib (Phi.) 2.85.
HR:
Thomson (N.Y.) 19; Sauer (Chi.) 17;Musial (St.L) 16; Pafko (Bro.) 14; Westlake(St.L) 12.
RBI:
Sauer (Chi.) 56; Thomson (N.Y.) 54;Musial (St.L) 51; Sisler (Phi.) 47; Hodges (Bro.)47.
Wins:
Hearn (N.Y.) 9-2; Jansen (N.Y.) 9-4;Maglie (N.Y.) 8-4; Newcombe (Bro.) 7-4;Candini (Phi.) 6-1.
Strikeouts:
Queen (Pit.) 69; Blackwell(Cin.) 59; Rush (Chi.) 56; Newcombe (Bro.)56; Jansen (N.Y.) 54.
ERA:
Jansen (N.Y.) 1.42; Newcombe (Bro.)2.03; Roe (Bro.) 2.66; Hiller (Chi.) 2.72; Law(Pit.) 2.79.
Snider Homers as Rampaging Dodgers Wallop Cincinnati
Johnny Schmitz (1-2), making his first start ina Brooklyn uniform, was the happy beneficiary
of the Dodgers’ 15
-hit attack. He allowed four runs in 7 1/3 innings.Cincinnati starter Ken Raffensberger (2-10)lasted just 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the National League:
Pete Reiser’s two
-out
single in the bottom of the ninth scored Bill Howerton with the game-winning run as the Pirates edged the visitingPhillies, 2-1.It marked the second consecutive game inwhich the Bucs beat the Phils with a ninth-inning rally.
Untested Holmes Takes Braves Helm
Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend (1
-3) hurled a two-hitter for his first career win. Bubba Church (5-4) took the loss.
Gene Hermanski’s RBI
single capped atwo-run uprising in the bottom of the ninth asthe Cubs beat the Braves, 4-3Three ex-
Dodgers keyed Chicago’s winning
rally. Bruce Edwards doubled to open theninth. Eddie Miksis singled Edwards home.
And Hermanski’s single plated Miksis.
Billy Johnson hit
two of his team’s four
homers as the Cardinals drilled the visiting Gi-ants, 16-7.Johnson and Solly Hemus each had four RBI.
THIS WAY TOBOX SCORES
By Oscar Fraley
NEW YORK, N.Y. (U.P.)
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Billy South-worth stepped out of baseball Wednesday after six futile years had shattered for him the theorythat time heals everything.
It just wouldn’t work for Billy the Kid, the
brisk little man who managed the BostonBraves. The briskness remained but the job andthe hope were gone.
It’s been like that with Billy since that chill
February day in 1945 when an Army bomber crashed into the icy waters of Flushing Bay, New York. The kid of Billy the Kid, Maj. Wil-liam B. Southworth Jr., was flying that ship
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and died in it.Billy the Kid licked a lot of problems. Al-most 20 years ago he was a man on the outside,looking in because of his love of convivialityand candlelight. That time he fought back
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thehard way
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to reach the top.
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