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Lopat Improves to 4-1 With Second Shutout; Mantle Hits 12th HRAROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the American League:

Bob Lemon was vanquished 8-3 in the first

game, but the Indians rallied late in the second

to gain an 8-6 win and a doubleheader split with

Philadelphia.

As starter Dick Fowler snapped a 2-2 tie

with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh

inning in the first game. Dave Philley added a

run-scoring single, and knocked in two more

runs in a four-run rally in the eighth.

Lemon (3-3) lost his third consecutive start.

Fowler (1-1) allowed three runs (one earned) in

seven innings to gain the win.

The Macks took a 6-5 lead into the ninth in-

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VOL. 1, No. 36 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, MAY 21, 1951

Ennis Back on TrackHis 5 RBISpark Phillies Sweep of Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH Cancel the missing per-

sons report. Del Ennis is present, accounted

for and driving in runs as if its 1950 all over

again.

Ennis, the Phillies right fielder who batted

in a loop-leading 126 runs last year, got off to

a slow start in 1951. As recently as May 9, he

was batting .184 with 12 RBI in 22 games

and was riding an eight-game stretch in which

he had knocked in nary a teammate.

Hes been on fire since. Sunday he had four

hits, five RBI and blasted his fourth home run

as Philadelphia swept Pittsburgh in a double-

header by identical scores of 8-2.

Ennis average, .226, is still nothing to brag

about. But he has an RBI in 10 of his past 11

games, and his season total of 28 ranks him

sixth in the National League.

He had plenty of help in the sweep, which

enabled the Phils to vault into second place,

2 games behind New York. Richie Ashburn

was 6-for-9 with five runs scored. Dick Sisler

had four hits and three RBI.

Russ Meyer (3-2) won the opener with a

complete game 10-hitter. Robin Roberts (3-1)

won the nightcap, allowing one run on 10 hits

in eight innings.

The Pirates made 22 hits in the two games,

but stranded 15 runners. Ralph Kiner belted

his third homer in the second game for the

Bucs, and had three RBI on the day.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the National League:Bostons Sam Jethroe hit a grand slam in

the first game and scored three runs in the sec-

ond as the visiting Braves swept the Cubs, 11-

9 and 6-5.

Jethroes slam capped a six-run rally in the

eighth inning of the opener, helping make a

winner of Johnny Sain (4-1) who gave up

seven runs in 7 1/3 innings.

Jethroe singled and scored the tie-breaking

run in the ninth inning of the second game. Chi-

cagos Hank Sauer cracked his 10th home run

and drove in seven runs on the day, giving him a

major league-leading 34 RBI. He also extended

his hit streak to 15 games.

Ewell Blackwell hurled Cincinnati to victory

in the first game, and Carl Furillo and Billy Cox

homered as Brooklyn won the nightcap as the

Reds and Dodgers split 7-5 decisions in the

Queen City.

Blackwell (3-5) turned in his second straight

complete game win. He also went 4-for-4 with

an RBI.

The Brooks jumped to a 7-0 lead after five

innings in the nightcap and hung on to make a

winner of Clyde King (2-2).Harry Brecheen fired a six-hitter and had

two hits as the Cardinals toppled the visiting

Giants, 10-3.

Bill Howerton had a career-high five RBI for

St. Louis, which dealt Jim Hearn (5-1) his first

loss.

AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB

Cleveland 19 9 .679 --- New York 22 12 .647 ---

Boston 16 11 .593 2 Philadelphia 19 14 .576 2

New York 16 13 .552 3 Brooklyn 17 14 .548 3

Philadelphia 16 14 .533 4 Boston 17 16 ,515 4

Chicago 13 12 .520 4 St. Louis 14 15 .483 5

Detroit 12 14 .462 6 Pittsburgh 13 18 .419 7

Washington 11 16 .407 7 Chicago 13 18 .419 7

St. Louis 8 22 .267 12 Cincinnati 12 20 .375 9

Major League Standings

Sundays American League Results Sundays National League Results

New York 7, St. Louis 0, 1st gm.

St. Louis at New York, 2nd gm., ppd. rain

Boston 4, Detroit 2

Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 3, 1st gm.

Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 6, 2nd gm.

Chicago 9, Washington 5

St. Louis 10, New York 3

Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 5, 1st gm.

Brooklyn 7, Cincinnati 5, 2nd gm.

Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 2, 1st gm.

Philadelphia 8, Pittsburgh 2, 2nd gm.

Boston 11, Chicago 9, 1st gm.

Boston 6, Chicago 5, 2nd gm.

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Detroit (Trout 4-2) at Boston (Nixon 2-1), 2:30 p.m.

St. Louis (Garver 2-3) at New York (Raschi 3-2),

8:30 p.m.

Chicago (Dobson 1-2) at Washington (Moreno 1-1),

8:30 p.m.

(Only games scheduled)

New York (Jansen 4-3) at St. Louis (Staley 1-4),

3:30 p.m.

(Only game scheduled)

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H

Lipon, Det. 26 90 17 36 .400 Jethroe, Bos. 31 133 .42140 56

Valo, Phi. 28 110 25 42 .382 Musial, St.L 27 105 .38123 40

Coleman, St.L 26 103 16 39 .379 Furillo, Bro. 31 123 .34121 42

Minoso, Chi. 18 64 19 24 .375 Hatton, Cin. 30 125 .33610 42

Doby, Cle. 28 101 22 37 .366 Sisler, Phi. 32 127 .33123 42

Goodman, Bos. 25 102 20 35 .343 Slaughter, St.L 26 98 .32720 32

Stephens, Bos. 20 73 17 25 .342 Gordon, Bos. 32 123 .32520 40

Avila, Cle. 26 91 13 31 .341 Hemus, St.L 28 108 .32415 35

Jensen, N.Y. 24 89 17 30 .337 Irvin, N.Y. 34 128 .31326 40

Yost, Was. 27 104 24 35 .337 Thomson, N.Y. 34 128 .31322 40

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 12; Robinson (Chi.) 8;

Doby (Cle.) 8; Yost (Was.) 6, Dropo (Bos.) 6.

RBI: Mantle (N.Y.) 26; Williams (Bos.) 25;

Zarilla (Chi.) 25; Doby (Cle.) 23; Robinson

(Chi.) 23.

Wins: Scheib (Phi.) 5-1; Feller (Cle.) 4-0;

Lopat (N.Y.) 4-1; Pierce (Chi.) 4-2 ; Trout (Det.)

4-2.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 38; Trout (Det.) 26;

Garcia (Cle.) 25; Feller (Cle.) 25; Wynn (Cle.)

24; Gray (Det.) 24.

ERA: Morgan (N.Y.) 1.65; Feller (Cle.) 1.66;

Wight (Bos.) 1.83; Lopat (N.Y.) 1.89; Stobbs

(Bos.) 2.08.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 10; Pafko (Chi.) 10;

Jethroe (Bos.) 10; Sauer (Chi.) 10; Campan-

ella (Bro.) 8.

RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 34; Jones (Phi.) 31; Pafko

(Chi.) 31; Thomson (N.Y.) 30; Gordon (Bos.)

29.

Wins: Roe (Bro.) 5-0; Hearn (N.Y.) 5-1;

Maglie (N.Y.) 5-1; Konstanty (Phi.) 4-1; Sain(Bos.) 4-1; Brecheen (St.L) 4-1.

Strikeouts: Blackwell (Cin.) 38; Queen

(Pit.) 35; Maglie (N.Y.) 30; Newcombe (Bro.)

30; several tied with 28.

ERA: Roe (Bro.) 1.52; Jansen (N.Y.) 1.53;

Heintzelman (Phi.) 2.16; Newcombe (Bro.)

2.41; Brecheen (St.L) 3.08.

Notes on the Scorecard

Robinson Plays Despite

Multiple Death ThreatsMore About the Dodgers

A rabid Brooklyn fanaticis there any other

brand of Brooklyn fanatic? doesnt thinkyour correspondent has given the Dodgers a fair

deal for 1951.

Why not admit they outclass the league?

one of them writes. Why not admit they also

outclass the American League, including the

Yankees, Indians and Red Sox?

The Dodgers are undoubtedly an odd outfit.

They have the best catcher in the National

League and next to Yogi Berra, the most valu-

able catcher in baseball.

They have the best first baseman in baseball

in the stalwart Gil Hodges, one of the games

top stars.

Jackie Robinson is the best second baseman

in the game, and but for his somewhat unsteady

temperament, his constant feeling of persecution

(which doesnt exist), he could be even more

valuable to his club. He is a great ballplayer for

all that, both on the offensive and defensive

side.

Pee Wee Reese at short is one of the infield

greats. Pee Wee is close to Phil Rizzuto, but not

NEW YORK Soft-tossing Ed Lopat pre-

sented a hard line Sunday.

The Yankees starter stifled St. Louis, 7-0, in

the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The

second game was postponed by rain.

The shutout was Lopats second of the season

and the third suffered in the past seven games by

the Brownies. Lopat improved to 4-1 with a 1.89

ERA, fourth in the American League.

He was aided by rookie phenom Mickey

Mantle, who clubbed his major league-leading

12th home run. Mantle leads the American

League with 26 RBI.

Dick Starr (0-2) took the loss, allowing four

runs in 7 1/3 innings.

CINCINNATI (AP)A squad of detectives

carefully eyed the crowd at Crosley Field Sun-

day while a casual looking Jackie Robinsonplayed standout ball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The detectives were there because Robin-

sons life had been threatened. But there were

no incidents against the Negro athlete.

Robinson knew about the threats on his life

before he entered the doubleheader with the

Cincinnati Reds. But you could never tell it by

his actions. Jackie had six hits in the two

games, boosting his average to .310.

There were at least three menacing letters

mailed in Cincinnati a week ago one to the

Cincinnati Inquirer newspaper, one to the po-

lice department and one to the Cincinnati Reds.

Robinson was inclined to shrug off the let-

ters as the work of a crank. He said after the

doubleheader that people have been swell tome in Cincinnati.

Col. Curt Simmons, former Philadelphia

Phillies pitcher, hurled three hitless innings

Sunday as his 28th Division teammates

swamped the Anderson, Ind., CIO nine, 30-3.

Simmons started and retired the first nine

Anderson batters in order. He left the game

with his team leading, 9-0.

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ning of the nightcap, but third baseman Kermit

Wahls error opened the door to a game-turning

three-run Tribe rally.

The As Elmer Valo hit in both games to ex-

tend his hit streak to 16.

Bostons Chuck Stobbs fired a six-hitter and

Clyde Vollmer had a three-run double as the

Red Sox beat the Tigers, 4-2.

Stobbs (3-2) lowered his ERA to 2.08, fifth

in the American League. Loser Hal Newhouser

(2-3) allowed four runs in 1 2/3 innings.

Nellie Fox scored three runs and extended

his hit streak to 15 games as the visiting White

Sox trumped the Senators, 9-5.

Al Zarilla had three RBI for Chicago.

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quite the whirling dervish amazing Phil is

around short. But Reese will doplus.

The Dodger outfield is one of the best. Cer-

tainly there is no better outfielder in baseball

than Duke Snider. You can move him up imme-

diately with Stan Musial, Ted Williams or Joe

DiMaggio.

Last year Duke hit .321, including 31 home

runs, 10 triples and 31 doubles. He cracked in

106 runs. This season he is much better than he

was a year ago. Carl Furillo is another fine out-

fielder.

This gives the Dodgers more top men than

any other team carries. It gives them the Na-

tional League tops at catcher, first base, second

base, center field and at least a draw at short

The Dodger Weakness

But I still think the main Dodger weakness is

set at the most vital spot. I mean pitching.

The Dodgers have one outstanding pitcher

Preacher Roe.

Don Newcombe is a star as long as his armholds up. But here is a physical giant who has

trouble finishing a game. Picked as a 30 or 35-

game winner last season, he wasnt able to make

the 20-game mark. He has terrific stuffwhile

it lasts.

Newcombe says his arm frequently is too sore

to lift a glass of water. The answer is that New-

combe should actually be a 30-game winner.

But he cant finish enough games.

Outside of Roe and Newcombe, you have

some trouble locating another dependable

Dodger starter.

Palica will be around for only a limited pe-

riod. Ralph Branca has his full share of stuff on

his good days. But last year Branca won sevengames and dropped nine with a fine ball club.

King, Van Cuyk and others have their in-and-

out days and moments.

But even with a team as able as the Dodgers

are, they have only one pitcher who now looks

good enough to win 20 games but Roe has

never won 20 games. Neither has Newcombe.

And Roe is 33 years old.

It should be easy to win 20 games with

Brooklynjust as it should be easy to win 20

games with the Red Sox. You can average four

earned runs a game and still win most of them.

You cant give pitchers working for the Dodg-

ers and Red Sox in past years too much credit.

They have all the runs needed to work with.

On form and on copy paper, the Dodgers and

Red Sox should win the two pennants. But the

Dodgers lack pitching and the Red Sox lack

soul or spirit. The certainly lack flame. There is

nothing yellow about any ball club. But there

can be a big difference in spirit and hustle,

which can easily make the difference between

winning or losing a pennant.

All the Dodgers lack is consistent pitching.