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FINAL EDITION
Including finalresults of all ball
games
VOL. 1, No. 8 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, APRIL 23, 1951
Wynn, Garcia Strong-Arm IndiansTo Doubleheader Sweep of
Browns
CLEVELAND The late, great Walter
Johnson once said, You cant hit what you
cant see.
Too bad the Big Train never got an eyeful of
the Cleveland Indians pitching staff.
Early Wynn and Mike Garcia hurled the In-
dians to a doubleheader sweep
of the St. Louis Browns on Sun-
day, giving the Tribe a 6-0 re-
cord to start the season and a
two-game lead in the American
League.
The Browns have lost five in
a row.
Wynn (2-0) won the opener, 7
-6, with relief help from Dick
Rozek. Garcia (1-0) dazzled the
Browns in the nightcap with a
complete-game six-hitter in a 9-
1 victory. Both starters struck out nine.
Through six games, Cleveland starting pitch-
ers are 4-0 with four complete games, a 2.49
ERA and 31 strikeouts in 54 2/3 innings. The
Indians hitters arent too shabby either, lead-
ing the AL with 36 runs and eight homers.
Right fielder Bob Kennedy swung the big
stick Sunday, with three home runs and seven
RBI in the twinbill.
Both St. Louis starters were dispatched to
early showers, Stubby Overmire (0-1) in the
fifth inning of the opener, and Lou Sleater (0-1)
in the third inning of the nightcap.
Next up for the rampaging Indians: A home
game against Chicago on Tuesday, followed by
a weekend set in St. Louis where the
Browns will try to locate the kind of pitching
they couldnt hit Sunday.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
Clyde Vollmers game-winning home run in
the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Boston
Red Sox a 4-3 victory and a split of their dou-
bleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics.
The As slugged their way to a 10-4 win in
the opener. Hot-hitting Billy Hitchcock clob-
bered a grand slam, and Ferris Fain added a
three-run shot, his second homer of the season.
Johnny Kucab (1-0) hurled 5 2/3 innings of
shutout relief for the win.
Vollmers homer in the nightcap made a win-
ner of reliever Mickey McDermott (2-0), who
pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless ball.
In Chicago, Billy Pierce evened his ledger at
1-1 with a four-hit shutout as the White Sox
routed the Detroit Tigers, 8-0.
Pierce, who failed to record an out before
being driven to cover by the Browns on opening
day, retired the first 10 Tigers he faced. He fin-
ished with five strikeouts and one walk.
Right fielder Al Zarilla homered, tripled and
knocked in five runs.
For the second time in seven days, the Yan-
kees and Senators were rained out in Washing-
ton.
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Cleveland 6 0 1.000 --- Pittsburgh 3 1 .750 ---
Boston 4 2 .667 2 St. Louis 2 1 .667
Washington 3 2 .600 2 Brooklyn 3 2 .600
New York 2 3 .400 3 Philadelphia 3 2 .600
Chicago 2 3 .400 3 New York 4 3 .571
Detroit 2 3 .400 3 Chicago 2 2 .500 1
Philadelphia 2 4 .333 4 Boston 2 5 .286 2
St. Louis 1 5 .167 5 Cincinnati 1 4 .200 2
Major League Standings
Sundays American League Results Sundays National League
Results
Cleveland 7, St. Louis 6, 1st gm.
Cleveland 9, St. Louis 1, 2nd gm.
Philadelphia 10, Boston 4, 1st gm.
Boston 4, Philadelphia 3 (11 innings), 2nd gm.
Chicago 8, Detroit 0
New York at Washington, ppd., rain
New York 6, Brooklyn 4
St. Louis 7, Chicago 6 (13 innings)
Philadelphia 5, Boston 4
Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1 (12 innings), 1st gm
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 2nd gm, ppd., wet grounds
Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting
Pitchers
Philadelphia (Brissie 0-1) at New York (Raschi 0-
0), 2:30 p.m.
St. Louis (Johnson 0-0) at Detroit (Trout 0-1), 2:30
p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Boston (Spahn 0-1) at Brooklyn (Hatten 0-0), 1:30
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Queen 0-0) at Chicago (Minner 1-0),
2:30 p.m.
New York (Hearn 1-0) at Philadelphia (Thompson 0
-0), 8 p.m.
Cincinnati (Raffensberger 0-1) at St. Louis
(Brecheen 0-0), 9:30 p.m.
Surprising Pirates Exact Revenge on Blackwell, Sit Atop NL
StandingsCINCINNATIBranch Rickey needed just
one week to take the Pirates from worst to first.
With Murray Dickson and Bill Werle com-
bining on a three-hitter, the Bucs beat the Reds,
2-1, in 12 innings Sunday to take over the Na-
tional League lead.
The Pirates finished in the cellar in 1950,
moving them to replace general manager Roy
Hamey with Rickey, the Mahatma, who built
winners in St. Louis and Brooklyn.
Your guess is as good as mine, Rickey
said shortly after joining the team, when asked
how he thought Pittsburgh would fare in 1951.
THIS
WAY
TO
BOX
SCORES
Its doubtful any-
one would have
guessed this.
T h e P i r a t e s
opened the season
by losing to Ewell
Blackwell and the
Reds. Sundays
win, in the first
game of a sched-
uled doubleheader,
was their third in a row since the opener. In-
terestingly, it came at Blackwells expense.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H
Vernon, Was 5 20 5 11 .550 Baumholtz, Chi 4 20 .5003 10
Hitchcock, Phi 5 20 2 10 .500 Jethroe, Bos 7 30 .4335 13
Yost, Was 5 21 7 10 .476 Jones, Phi 5 20 .4007 8
Avila, Cle 6 26 6 12 .462 Garagiola, St.L 3 13 .3854 5
Carrasquel, Chi 5 23 5 10 .435 Snider, Bro 5 21 .3814 8
Lipon, Det 5 21 6 9 .429 Terwilliger, Chi 4 16 .3752 6
Rizzuto, N.Y. 5 17 1 7 .412 Dillinger, Pit 4 19 .3682 7
Kennedy, Cle 6 24 7 9 .375 Hemus, St.L 3 11 .3643 4
Busby, Chi 5 16 4 6 .375 Hamner, Phi 5 17 .3532 6
Noren, Was 5 25 2 9 .360 Addis, Bos 6 23 .3484 8
HR: Kennedy (Cle) 3; Dropo (Bos) 2; Fain
(Phi) 2; Yost (Was) 2; Wood (St.L) 2; Dente
(Was) 2.
RBI: Vernon (Was) 8; Hitchcock (Phi) 8;
Kennedy (Cle) 8; Kolloway (Det), 7; Zarilla
(Chi) 6; Dente (Was) 6.
Wins: McDermott (Bos) 2-0; Wynn (Cle), 2-
0); several tied with 1.
Strikeouts: Wynn (Cle) 13; Garcia (Cle) 9;
Newhouser (Det) 8; Garver (St.L) 8; Raschi
(N.Y.) 7.
ERA: Ostrowski (N.Y.) 0.00; Kucab (Phi)
0.69; Consuegra (Was) 1.00; Gray (Det) 1.00;
Stobbs (Bos) 1.00; Parnell (Bos) 1.00; Garcia
(Cle) 1.00; Feller (Cle) 1.00.
HR: Campanella (Bro) 3; Pafko (Chi) 2;
Sauer (Chi) 2; Westrum (N.Y.) 2; Robinson
(Bro) 2; Stanky (N.Y.) 2.
RBI: Pafko (Chi) 6; Campanella (Bro) 6;
Lockman (N.Y.) 6; Dark (N.Y.) 6; Ennis (Phi) 5 ;
Sauer (Chi) 5; Sisler (Phi) 5; Robinson (Bro) 5.
Wins: Maglie (N.Y.) 2-0; several tied with
1.
Strikeouts: Blackwell (Cin) 13; Boyer (St.L)
8; Sain (Bos) 8; Roberts (Phi) 8; Van Cuyk
(Bro) 5.
ERA: Heintzelman (Phi) 0.00; Fox (Cin)
0.00; Brazle (St.L) 0.00; Klippstein (Chi) 0.00;
Jansen (N.Y.) 0.69.
Dickson and Blackwell engaged in a 1-1
pitchers duel through nine innings, after which
Dickson was lifted for a pinch hitter. He al-
lowed one run on three hits. Werle (1-0) retired
all nine batters he faced.
Blackwell (1-1) lasted into the 12th, where he
surrendered a leadoff double to George Strick-
land and a tie-breaking single to Danny Mur-
taugh.
The second game of the doubleheader was
postponed due to wet grounds.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the National League:
New Yorks Sal Maglie navigated his way
through six Brooklyn hits and five walks for a
complete game 6-4 win over the visiting Dodg-
ers.
Maglie (2-0) was supported by three home
runs solo shots by Eddie Stanky and Wes
Westrum, and a tie-breaking two-run blast by
Monte Irvin in the sixth inning. Maglie also
helped himself by inducing three double playgrounders from
Brooklyn hitters.
Dodgers starter Carl Erskine (1-1) allowed
five runs in six innings and took the loss.
The Phillies rallied for two runs in the bottom
of the ninth inning to clip Boston, 5-4, for their
third win in a row.
The Braves have lost three straight.
Boston rallied from a 3-0 deficit to take a 4-3
lead with a pair of late two-run rallies. Right
fielder Willard Marshall singled home a run in
the seventh inning uprising, and his ground ball
chased home the tie-breaking run in the eighth.
But Braves reliever Chet Nichols (0-1) failed
to retire a batter in the ninth. Second baseman
Putsy Caballero singled home the tying run, and
second baseman Eddie Pellagrini sped homewith the winner on
Richie Ashburns bases-
loaded fielders choice.
Solly Hemus led off the 13th inning with a
triple and later scored the winning run as the
Cardinals outlasted the Cubs, 7-6.
Hemus and Peanuts Lowery each had three
hits and two RBI. Catcher Joe Garagiola added
three hits and a solo home run.
Notes on the Scorecard
Giants-Dodgers Flap
Has Foul Conclusion
NEW YORKMuch ado about nothing.
At the end of the first half-inning at the PoloGrounds on
Sunday, the Giants brought in the
ball. The Dodgers wanted it back so they could
use it instead of a new ball. The Giants wouldnt
give it back.
After a hot argument with Giant manager Leo
Durocher, umpire Lee Balanfant ordered the old
ball back in play.
The first time it was pitched, Giant Eddie
Stanky slapped it out of the parkfoul.
In Boston, the first rumblings of discontent
are being heard in the Red Sox dressing room
over manager Steve ONeills decision to play
Lou Boudreau at shortstop and put veteran
Johnny Pesky on the bench.
The theory among some is that it might be an
old buddy move on the part of ONeill, whowas Boudreaus manager
in Buffalo and later
served as coach under Boudreau at Cleveland.
There will no beer sold at Braves Field during
games this season. Those who like their suds
may buy them before and after the games. But
management ruled out sales during action on the
field because fans complained about too many
people passing in front of them.
Rickey confers witha Pirates playerbefore an exhibitiongame in
Florida.
Wynn
Garcia
Double
Trouble
