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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No. 65

Frischs Forecast Coming up Aces As Cubbies Hiller Blanks Braves

CHICAGO Apparently Frankie Frisch knows an ace when he sees one. Frisch, the Cubs forthright skipper, declared in spring training that fork-balling Frank Hiller is my No. 1 pitcher. It seemed a bold statement at the time, not only because Hiller, who failed to stick in three tries with the Yankees, was coming off his first full big league season albeit a modestly successful 12-5 campaign. What really raised eyebrows was that Frischs appraisal jumped Hiller past staff mainstays such as Bob Rush and Johnny Schmitz. Those eyebrows are at ease now. Hiller (52) fired a four-hit shutout Monday, his second whitewash in three starts, as the Cubs nipped the Braves, 1-0. His 2.72 ERA ranks fourth in the National League, and he is 3-0 with a 1.06 ERA in his past four starts. He retired the first 10 Braves before Sam Jethroes one-out double in the fourth. Only once in the seventh did he allow more than one baserunner in an inning. He ended the game with a fine defensive play, snagging Bob Elliotts searing line drive and throwing to first base to double up baserunner Earl Torgeson. Bostons Vern Bickford (4-9) was almost as good as Hiller. But he ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth, allowing a leadoff double to Eddie Miksis and an RBI single to the next batter, Bob Ramazzotti. Bickford allowed one run on five hits. He has lost six of his past seven decisions. AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: The Giants continue to set the pace in the NL, but they cant buy a win against the second division. Cardinals rookie Joe Presko fired a sevenhitter for his first career shutout as St. Louis edged struggling New York, 1-0. The Giants have lost four in a row and eight of their past 10 games all against teams currently in the bottom half of the standings. Pitching had been their problem until Monday, when their bats suddenly fell silent. Presko (3-3) had something to do with that. He allowed hits to three of the first six New York batters, but escaped unscathed thanks to Stan Musials throw that nailed Al Dark trying to score on Don Muellers single in the top of the first. Presko rationed just three singles to the final 28 Giants batters. New York starter Dave Koslo (2-1) was in constant trouble, allowing nine hits in six innings. But he gave up just one unearned run, which scored as a result of an error by rookie center fielder Willie Mays. The Giants have six games left on their western swing, all against second-division clubs.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Chicago Boston Detroit Philadelphia New York Washington St. Louis W 33 32 32 29 30 29 20 13 L 23 23 24 23 25 25 33 42 PCT. .589 .582 .571 .558 .545 .537 .377 .236 GB -- 1 2 2 3 11 19 NATIONAL New York Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 38 32 31 29 29 26 21 19 L 23 24 27 26 28 27 34 36 PCT. .623 .571 .534 .527 .509 .491 .382 .345 GB --3 5 6 7 8 14 16

Mondays American League Results

Boston 5, Cleveland 1 (Only game scheduled)

Mondays National League Results

St. Louis 1, New York 0 Chicago 1, Boston 0 (Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Chicago (Dobson 3-4 and Rotblatt 2-1) at New York (Raschi 8-2 and Overmire 1-5), 2, 1:30 p.m. Detroit (Trout 8-2) at Philadelphia (Zoldak 1-0), 8 p.m. Cleveland (Lemon 4-7) at Boston (Stobbs 3-5), 8:30 p.m. St. Louis (Pillette 1-6) at Washington (Marrero 3-4), 8:30 p.m.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Boston (Surkont 6-6) at Chicago (Rush 5-2), 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia (Meyer 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Dickson 46), 8:30 p.m. Brooklyn (Branca 2-1 or Newcombe 6-4) at Cincinnati (Ramsdell 1-6 or Wehmeier 3-3), 9 p.m. New York (Jansen 8-4) at St. Louis (Chambers 3-8), 9:30 p.m.

Vollmer Stays Hot, BoSox Trip Indians

BOSTON The Red Sox Express continued chugging up the American League standings Monday, and Clyde Vollmer continued driving the train. Vollmer, hero of Bostons doubleheader sweep Sunday, crashed a first-inning grand slam as the Sox topped the loop-leading Indians, 5-1. It was the fourth consecutive win for the thirdplace Red Sox, and it drew them to within one game of first place. Vollmer connected off Cleveland starter Bob Feller. The homer was Vollmers seventh. He has three home runs and 10 RBI in his past three games. Harry Taylor (2-3) made the lead stand up,

Players of the Week

Bell, Mitchell Get Back Into the Swing of Things

Gus Bell was struggling to regain the hitting prowess he showed during his pleasantly surprising rookie year of 1950. Dale Mitchell, a skilled batsmen during his five major league seasons, was struggling to stay above .200. Both snapped out of their lethargy during the week ending with Sundays games, earning accolades as the National and American League Players of the Week. Bell, 22, a .282 hitter in 111 games with Pittsburgh a year ago, came into the week at .261 small potatoes for a guy who hit .319, .325 and .400 (in 38 games) in his final three minor league campaigns. Moreover, the Pirates were languishing in seventh place, and were about to trade hard-hitting third sacker Wally Westlake to St. Louis. Bell, a Louisville, Ky., product, responded with his best week of the season: 11 hits, a .524 average and eight RBI. He had a pair of threehit games, and knocked in five runs in a 14-6 victory over the Giants. The Bucs won four of six for the week. Mitchell was an even bigger mystery for the Indians. He had a smashing big league debut in 1946, batting .432 in 11 games with the Tribe after just 108 minor league tilts. He hit better than .300 the following four seasons, during which only Ted Williams, Stan Musial and George Kell batted higher than Mitchells .320. Through June 10 he was one of the few Indians still looking to hit his stride, with a .211 average and a measly 22 runs scored a poor total for a leadoff man on a first place team. Mitchell, born in Colony, Ok., and an alum of Cloud Chief High School and Oklahoma State, played just four games during the week. But he amassed 11 hits for a .611 average, scoring eight runs and driving in seven. The biggest surprise was his power. Mitchell homered three times, twice in one game against Washington, giving him five for the year. Not bad for a fellow who had never hit more than four circuit clouts in a single pro season. Mitchell hiked his average 42 points to .253, and looks more like the sweet swinger Indians fans have come to know and love.

Clyde Vollmer gets a heros welcome after his grand slam.

tossing a five-hitter for his first complete game. Feller (5-2), who also surrendered a solo homer to Bobby Doerr, was lifted after four innings, having allowed five runs. He is 0-1 in his past four starts. Cleveland first sacker Luke Easter slugged his sixth home run for the Tribes only run, and only extra-base hit.

Notes on the Scorecard

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Suder, Phi. Doby, Cle. Minoso, Chi. Fain, Phi. Fox, Chi. Lipon, Det. Zernial, Phi. Mantle, N.Y. Robinson, Chi. Young, St.L G 47 49 47 55 55 52 43 50 55 55 AB 177 178 182 213 228 194 177 202 218 229 R 25 39 44 47 38 29 35 50 41 25 H 61 61 62 72 76 64 58 65 70 73 AVG. .345 .343 .341 .338 .333 .330 .328 .322 .321 .319 NATIONAL Musial, St.L Jethroe, Bos. Sisler, Phi. Furillo, Bro. Slaughter, St.L
Ashburn, Phi. Kluszewski, Cin.
Schoendienst, St.L

Mama DiMaggio Passes With Son Joe at Her Side

SAN FRANCISCO Mrs. Rose DiMaggio, 72, baseballs most famous mother, died Sunday. Her best-known son, Joe, of the New York Yankees, arrived by plane only a few hours before her death. His brother, Dominick, of the Boston Red Sox, tried vainly to reach her bedside. He missed connections on his plane flight. Two other sons, Vince, former major league player, and Mike, were with their mother, as were the four girls in the famous family Mrs. Nellie Helquist, Mrs. Mamie Scrivani, Mrs. Marie Convery and Mrs. Frances Petromilli. Mrs. DiMaggio had been in poor health for months. Sunday she lapsed into a coma. A requiem mass will be celebrated Thursday. The New York Giants, searching for a topnotch relief pitcher, brought up Frank (Red) Hardy from Ottawa of the International League. To make room for Hardy, the Giants sent down southpaw pitcher Roger Bowman. Hardy, a righthander, has won six and lost only one so far this season, and among his victories are a pair of one-hit shutouts, and two two-hitters.

G 55 52 55 54 44 56 54 49 57 60

AB 220 203 218 221 33 244 228 32 210 231

R 52 44 39 35 55 45 24 56 35 39

H 80 72 75 76 164 79 72 180 65 71

AVG. .364 .355 .344 .344 .335 .324 .316 .311 .310 .307

Gordon, Bos. Thomson, N.Y.

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 19; Doby (Cle.) 13; Robinson (Chi.) 13; Williams (Bos.) 12; Wertz (Det.) 12; Zernial (Phi.) 12. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 58; Williams (Bos.) 54; Zernial (Phi.) 46; Mantle (N.Y.) 43; Zarilla (Chi.) 41; Wertz (Det.) 41; Berra (N.Y.) 41. Wins: Trout (Det.) 8-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 8-2; Pierce (Chi.) 8-3; Scheib (Phi.) 7-4; Lopat (N.Y.) 6-3; Parnell (Bos.) 6-3. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 64; Gray (Det.) 56; Trout (Det.) 53; Reynolds (N.Y.) 48; Wynn (Cle.) 48. ERA: Lopat (N.Y.) 2.16; Pierce (Chi.) 2.19; Marrero (Was.) 2.44; Scheib (Phi.) 2.85; Cain (Det.) 2.90.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 19; Sauer (Chi.) 17; Musial (St.L) 15; Pafko (Bro.) 13; Westlake (St.L) 12. RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 56; Thomson (N.Y.) 52; Musial (St.L) 49; Sisler (Phi.) 46; Gordon (Bos.) 45; Hodges (Bro.) 45. Wins: Hearn (N.Y.) 9-2; Maglie (N.Y.) 8-4; Jansen (N.Y.) 8-4; Candini (Phi.) 6-1; three tied with 6-2. Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 69; Blackwell (Cin.) 59; Jansen (N.Y.) 50; Newcombe (Bro.) 49; Bickford (Bos.) 48. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.54; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.12; Roe (Bro.) 2.66; Hiller (Chi.) 2.72; Law (Pit.) 2.79.

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Ashburn, Dark Move to Fore in All-Star Balloting

CHICAGO (AP) Richie Ashburn, Philadelphia center fielder, and Al Dark, New York shortstop, have forged into the lead in their positions over two Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League division of the All-Star poll. Ashburn has taken a lead of 2,323 votes over Duke Snider of the Dodgers. Ashburn has 68,739 votes to Sniders 66,416 in the latest tabulation in the contest center at the Chicago Tribune. Dark has soared past Pee Wee Reese of Brooklyn, who has appeared in five of the AllStar games as a National League shortstop. Dark has 67,397 votes to Reeses 63,261. In the American League voting, Phil Rizzuto, premier New York shortstop, took a short lead over Chicagos Chico Carrrasquel. Rizzutos total is 75,818 to Carrasquels 73,462. The St. Louis Cardinal left fielder, Stan Musial, continued to be the best individual votegetter with a total of 89,126. The leaders: National League: First base, Ralph Kiner, Pittsburgh, 69,518; second base, Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn, 81,986; third base, Bob Elliott, Boston, 62,797; shortstop, Al Dark, New York, 67,397; right field, Frank Baumholtz, Chicago, 66,474; center field, Richie Ashburn, Philadelphia, 68,739; left field, Stan Musial, St Louis, 89,126, and catcher, Roy Campanella, Brooklyn, 68,957 American League: First base, Eddie Robinson, Chicago, 78,164; second base, Nellie Fox, Chicago, 78,164; third base, Vern Stephens, Boston, 72,206; shortstop, Phil Rizzuto, New York, 75,818; right field, Billy Goodman, Boston, 71,553; center field, Dom DiMaggio, Boston, 77,189; left field, Ted Williams, Boston, 82,772, and catcher, Yogi Berra, New York, 69,102.