Notes on the Scorecard

Boss Gives Employees

A World Series Break
BROOKLYN At this rate, Gil Hodges
could be elected mayor of Flatbush, whether he
wants the job or not.
Hodges, whose tie-breaking home run pro-
vided the margin of victory in the Dodgers
victory in Game 3 of the World Series, topped
himself in Game 4 on Monday. With two on
and the Dodgers trailing by two runs in the bot-
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) James I. Wells,
owner of a creosoting plant here, knows how it
is with the World Series on. Who wants to
work? Nobody.
So, every day during the series, he blows the
whistle at 12:30 to knock off work. The 120
men working for him gather to listen to the
game by radio. The whistle sounds again to
send them back to work when the games over.
Its hard to keep your mind on your work
and listen to the game, says Wells. I couldnt
blame the men for running back and forth to
radios to hear the score. Id do the same thing.
Major league baseball owners repealed
present restrictions on the broadcasting and
televising of baseball games and returned full
authority to the individual clubs. They had
been under league control.
A spokesman for baseball said the action in
the long run would help minor leagues because
the league agency under which games were
sold for nationwide broadcasting has been end-
ed.
Minor leagues, which suffered heavy attend-
ance losses this year generally contended the
wide broadcasting of big league baseball hit
them hard in gate receipts.
tom of the ninth, the gentle Giant rocketed a
game-ending three-run circuit smash into the left
field stands, giving the Dodgers a come-from-
behind 4-3 victory over the disbelieving Chicago
White Sox and sending 32,074 Ebbets Fields
patrons into a state of delirium.
The win gave Brooklyn a 3-1 games ad-
vantage in the Fall Classic. One more win
they face off against the Sox in Ebbets Field in
Game 5 today will give the Dodgers their first
World Series championship in franchise history.
Hodges blow was all the more shocking be-
cause it spoiled a superlative team effort by the
White Sox. Billy Pierce, the Game 1 loser,
pitched seven strong innings. ChiSox reliever
Luis Aloma deftly muted a rally in the eighth.
Though the Dodgers took the early lead on
Duke Sniders solo round-tripper in the first in-
ing, Chicago rallied for a 3-1 lead on Don Len-
hardts solo shot in the second, Minnie Minosos
tie-breaking RBI single in the third, and Ray
Colemans booming home run onto Bedford Av-
enue in the third. It was a winning effort for 8
innings.
The end came quickly.
Jackie Robinson, leading off the ninth for
Brooklyn, took two balls from Aloma before
singling to left field. Roy Campanella followed
with a single to center on the first pitch he saw.
Hodges jumped on the first pitch as well, the
ball carrying well in the warmest weather of the
four Series games. It was just the second home
run allowed by Aloma in 90 1/3 innings this sea-
son.
Don Newcombe, as he did in Game 1, scat-
tered nine hits in a complete game effort and got
the win. He struck out seven. Aloma, who al-
lowed three runs in 1-plus innings, took the loss.
Preacher Roe will try to pitch Brooklyn to its
first world title today when he toes the slab op-
posite Chicagos Saul Rogovin.
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TUESDAY, OCT. 9, 1951
The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.
VOL. 1, No.177 FIVE CENTS
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Chicago 98 56 .636 --- Brooklyn 98 56 .636 ---
Boston 88 66 .571 10 New York 90 64 .584 8
Cleveland 85 69 .552 13 St. Louis 83 71 .539 15
New York 83 71 .539 15 Philadelphia 81 73 .526 17
Philadelphia 77 77 .500 21 Boston 72 82 .468 26
Detroit 72 82 .468 26 Chicago 69 85 .448 29
Washington 63 91 .409 35 Pittsburgh 67 87 .435 31
St. Louis 50 104 .325 48 Cincinnati 56 98 .364 42
Final 1951 Major League Standings
Hodges Dramatic Deciding Blow
Puts Dodgers One Win From Title
Game-Ender the Second in Series Annals
Notes from Game 4 of the World Series:
* Gil Hodges decisive homer was just the second in World Series history to win a game in the
bottom of the ninth inning. The first was struck by Tommy Henrich off Mondays winning pitcher
Don Newcombe to give the Yankees a 1-0 victory in Game 1 in 1949.
* Hodges has seven RBI in the series, the
most since the Yankees Johnny Lindell had
seven in 1947 against the Dodgers.
* Chicago left fielder Don Lenhardt tied the
game 1-1 with a solo home run in the second
inning, making him the first batsman to collect
three home runs in a single World Series since
the Yankees Charlie (King Kong) Keller in
1939.
* Hodges home run was the first Chicago
reliever Luis Aloma allowed to a right-handed
batter since he served one up to the Yankees
Hank Bauer on July 29, 1950.
* Brooklyn skipper Charley Dressen moved
Hodges up one spot in the order for Game 4
after his game-deciding three-run round-tripper
in Game 3. Hodges swapped spots with left
fielder Andy Pafko, who is 1-for-16 (.063) in
the Series.
* Chicagos Aloma has pitched in all four
games. He allowed no runs in 3 1/3 innings in
games 1 and 2, but has yielded four runs in 2
2/3 frames in games 3 and 4. HORNSBY, Page 2
Brooklyn 4, Chicago 3 Chicago (Rogovin 0-0) at Brooklyn (Roe 0-0), 1
p.m.
Sundays Result Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
Hornsby to Manage Browns;
Veeck: Dawn of a New Era
NEW YORK (AP) Rogers Hornsby signed
to manage the St. Louis Browns for three years,
owner Bill Veeck announced Monday.
No financial terms were announced except
that Hornsbys salary will be the greatest ever
paid a Browns manager.
Hornsby came east for the World Series
from Seattle where he managed the Pacific
Coast League entry last season. He managed
the Browns briefly during the 30s and starred
as both a manager and a player with the Cardi-
nals, St. Louis National League team.
Veeck said that Hornsbys coaches would be
determined mutually later.
When Hornsby left the coast on his Series
trip he said he was considering three offers to
return to the majors. None was identified.
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the Browns. When Veeck, dynamic redhead
who startled the baseball world with his crowd-
catching methods while directing the Cleveland
Indians, took over control of the Browns in
midseason, he indicated he probably would seek
a new manager.
Taylor has been promised a job with the
Browns organization but has not indicated
whether he will accept.
Hornsby, a member of the Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, is one of baseballs immortals. In
his major league career, which started in 1915,
he won the National League batting champion-
ship six times in a row, starting with 1920 when
he had an average of .370. In 1924 he reached
the amazing batting mark of .424.
Since 1937, when he was released by the
Browns, Hornsby has been active in both major
and minor league baseball.
Im tickled to death to be in St. Louis
again, Hornsby said after signing his new
Browns contract. Well have an improved
club, you can count on that. We intend to keep
the best players we have and get rid of the
worst. Its a great rebuilding job and Bill Veeck
and I are just starting to talk it over.
Veeck said he had sought Hornsby ever
since he took over the club presidency.
Any resemblance between the old Browns
and the new ones will be strictly coincidental,
Veeck said. Rogers was our No. 1 choice all
the way. This is the dawn of a new era in
Browns history.
Fired Browns Pilot Approves of Rajah
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Zach Taylor de-
clined on Monday to comment on his future,
but said he was happy to see Rogers Hornsby
chosen to relieve him as manager of the St.
Louis Browns.
Im very glad to see Hornsby is the man,
Taylor said. Hes an old boss of mine, you
know, and he taught me a lot of baseball.
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