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PHILADELPHIA  —  Russ Meyer knew his

club couldn’t afford to be swept at home by

league-leading New York. Instead it was Meyer 

doing the sweeping, brushing aside the Giants 5

-0 on a two-hitter Sunday as the Phillies sal-

vaged the finale of a three-game series.

Meyer (4-2) allowed a second-inning single

to Hank Thompson, a single to Whitey Lock-

man in the sixth and walked one. It was his sec-

ond career two-hitter; he has two one-hitters.

Richie Ashburn and Andy Seminick lead the

Phils’ offense, each with two hits and two runs

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The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.“All the News 

That

Fits, We Print” 

FINAL EDITION

 Including final results of all ball 

 games

VOL. 1, No. 43 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, MAY 28, 1951

Sanford No-Hits Athletics —  

Fourth Gem in Yanks History  NEW YORK  —  Acquired more than two

years ago in exchange for three players and a

  bushel of cash, Yankees pitcher Fred Sanford

has been booed, benched and derisively de-

scribed in the New York Daily News as ―the

$100,000 Lemon.‖ 

Sunday he finally paid off.

Sanford, a 31-year-old right-hander from

Salt Lake City, threw the fourth no-hitter in

Yankees history in the nightcap of a double-

header, beating the Athletics 2-0 and earning

the Bombers a split.

The most recent no-hitter by a Yankees

  pitcher was authored by Monte Pearson on

Aug. 27, 1938, at home against Cleveland.

Making his first start of the season, Sanford(2-1) struck out two and walked six. He out-

 pitched Bobby Shantz (3-2), who was coming

off back-to-back shutouts.

Shantz’s streak of 18 consecutive scoreless

innings ended on his fourth pitch of the game.

Leadoff man Phil Rizzuto belted a 3-0 deliv-

ery for his second home run. Two innings

later, Gil McDougald’s single scored Sanford

for a 2-0 lead.

Sanford, who was relegated to the bullpen

at the end of 1950 and lobbied manager Casey

Stengel for more starting assignments in

spring training two months ago, grew stronger 

as the game wore on, retiring 11 of the final

12 batters he faced.

In the ninth inning, with 33,290 patronshanging on every pitch, he retired Eddie Joost

on a fly ball to center, struck out Ferris Fain,

and got Elmer Valo, the American League’s

leading hitter, on an unassisted ground ball to

first baseman Joe Collins.

It was a triumphant moment years in the

making and one many never expected to see.

Sanford, signed by the St. Louis Browns at 18

in 1939, lost a major 

league-leading 21 games

in 1948. Nevertheless, on

Dec. 13 after that season

the Yanks sent Sherm

Lollar, Red Embree, Dick 

Starr and $100,000 to the

Browns for Sanford and Roy Partee.

Sanford would say that Christmas came early

for him that year. The following spring, Stengel

  pegged his new pitcher ―certain‖ to win 15

games.

But plagued by control problems, Sanford

went 12-7 his first two years combined in New

York. Amid fan discontent, he was the subject

of trade rumors for most of 1950. While theYankees won World Series championships in

1949 and ’50, Sanford saw action in neither Fall

Classic.

Sunday he made his pitch for a bigger role in

unforgettable fashion.

Gus Zernial’s tie-breaking RBI single in the

ninth helped the A’s to a 7-5 win in the opener.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the American League:

Early Wynn hurled a five-hitter and Steve

Gromek fired a three-hit shutout as the Indians

swept the visiting White Sox, 9-1 and 1-0.

The sweep snapped Chicago’s six-game win

streak and lifted Cleveland into the AL lead.

Virgil Trucks threw eight shutout innings

and Fred Hutchinson twirled a seven-hitter as

the Tigers swept the Browns, 2-0 and 7-4.Detroit has won five in a row. It marked the

third time St. Louis has dropped a double-dip.

Boston’s Bobby Doerr homered in both ends

of a doubleheader as the Red Sox split with the

Senators, winning 8-4 and losing 7-1.

Ted Williams belted his 299th career homer 

in the opener, while Lou Boudreau had two cir-

cuit clouts and four RBI.

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

Cleveland 21 13 .618 --- New York 26 13 .667 ---

Boston 20 14 .588 1 Philadelphia 21 16 .568 4

Chicago 18 14 .563 2 Brooklyn 19 16 .543 5

Detroit 18 15 .545 2½ St. Louis 19 17 .528 5½

  New York 19 17 .528 3 Boston 19 18 .514 6

Philadelphia 19 17 .528 3 Chicago 15 19 .441 8½

Washington 14 20 .412 7 Pittsburgh 14 21 .400 10

St. Louis 9 28 .243 12½ Cincinnati 12 25 .324 13

Major League Standings

Sunday’s American League Results  Sunday’s National League Results 

Philadelphia 7, New York 5, 1st gm.

 New York 2, Philadelphia 0, 2nd gm.

Cleveland 9, Chicago 1, 1st gm.

Cleveland 1, Chicago 0, 2nd gm.

Boston 8, Washington 4, 1st gm.

Washington 7, Boston 1, 2nd gm.

Detroit 2, St. Louis 0, 1st gm.

Detroit 7, St. Louis 4, 2nd gm.

St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 1

Philadelphia 5, New York 0

Boston at Brooklyn, ppd., rain

Pittsburgh at Chicago, 2, ppd., rain

Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers  Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers 

 New York (Reynolds 3-2) at Boston (Parnell 3-3),

7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia (Coleman 2-1) at Washington (Hudson

1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland (Feller 4-1) at Detroit (Gray 2-4), 8:30

 p.m.

St. Louis (Pillette 0-4) at Chicago (Rogovin 2-2),

8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn (Branca 0-0 or Newcombe 4-2) at Phila-

delphia (Heintzelman 3-0), 7 p.m.

Boston (Spahn 2-3) at New York (Jones 1-1), 7:30

 p.m.

Chicago (Rush 2-1) at Cincinnati (Raffensberger 1-

6), 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Queen 1-4) at St. Louis (Poholsky 3-3),

8:30 p.m.

Major League Leaders

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

Valo, Phi. 31 119 27 44 .370 Jethroe, Bos. 34 144 .41041 59

Lipon, Det. 33 114 20 41 .360 Musial, St.L 34 135 .40031 54

Minoso, Chi. 25 95 24 34 .358 Furillo, Bro. 34 136 .34624 47

Doby, Cle. 33 121 24 43 .355 Slaughter, St.L 27 102 .33320 34

Goodman, Bos. 32 127 26 45 .354 Gordon, Bos. 36 136 .33122 45

McCormick, Was. 29 89 17 31 .348 Hemus, St.L 28 108 .32415 35

Coleman, St.L 31 123 18 42 .341 Sisler, Phi. 36 142 .32425 46

Avila, Cle. 31 111 13 37 .333 Jones, Phi. 32 120 .31728 38

Stephens, Bos. 26 93 21 31 .333 Robinson, Bro. 35 132 .30327 40

Fain, Phi. 36 136 31 45 .331 Ashburn, Phi. 37 161 .29832 48

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 15; Robinson (Chi.) 9;

Doby (Cle.) 8; Dropo (Bos.) 8; Stephens (Bos.)

7; Yost (Was.) 7.

RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 33; Mantle (N.Y.) 32;

Zarilla (Chi.) 30; Williams (Bos.) 29; Boudreau

(Bos.) 26.

Wins: Scheib (Phi.) 5-2; Trout (Det.) 5-2;

Pierce (Chi.) 5-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 5-2; McDer-mott (Bos.) 4-0.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 46; McDermott

(Bos.) 34; Trout (Det.) 33; Wynn (Cle.) 32;

Gray (Det.) 30.

ERA: Wight (Bos.) 1.61; Feller (Cle.) 2.01;

Lopat (N.Y.) 2.08; Morgan (N.Y.) 2.09; Kucab

(Phi.) 2.29. 

HR: Sauer (Chi.) 12; Pafko (Chi.) 11; Thom-

son (N.Y.) 10; Jethroe (Bos.) 10; Musial (St.L)

9.

RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 38; Musial (St.L) 35;

Gordon (Bos.) 34; Pafko (Chi.) 34; Thomson

(N.Y.) 32.

Wins: Hearn (N.Y.) 6-1; Maglie (N.Y.) 6-2;

Jansen (N.Y.) 6-3; Roe (Bro.) 5-0; Surkont(Bos.) 5-3.

Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 44; Blackwell

(Cin.) 41; Jansen (N.Y.) 36; Newcombe

(Bro.) 35; Maglie (N.Y.) 34.

ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.29; Newcombe (Bro.)

2.10; Roe (Bro.) 2.32; Heintzelman (Phi.) 2.79;

Meyer (Phi.) 2.92.

 Notes on the Scorecard 

Lippy Makes Appeal,

But $100 Fine StandsPHILADELPHIA (AP)  –  Ford Frick, Na-

tional League president, said Sunday that Leo

Durocher’s $100 fine still stands after the hear-ing requested by the New York Giants on the

Durocher-umpire Lon Warneke rhubarb at St.

Louis a week ago Saturday.

Frick said he met secretly with the Giants’

manager and owner Horace Stoneham on

Thursday at his New York office.

―The fine still stands,‖ said Frick. ―It was a

friendly chat. They asked me questions and I

cleared things up for them.‖ 

Manager Charley Dressen said Ralph

Branca may be returned to a starting role in an

attempt to solve the Dodgers’ pitching prob-

lem.

Dressen said Branca might start tonight’s

game with the Phils if Don Newcombe’s arm is

stiff. Newcombe pitched one inning against theBraves Sunday before the game was rained out.

Branca won 21 games in 1947 at the age of 

21 but had arm trouble the next two seasons

and has been doing almost exclusively relief 

work the last two years.

  Newcombe and Preacher Roe have been

Dressen’s only dependable starting pitchers this

season.

THIS

 WAY 

TO

BOX 

SCORES

Phils’ Meyer Stymies Giants in 2-Hitter scored. Sal Maglie (6-2) took the loss, allowing

five runs in six innings.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the National League:

Gerry Staley fired a four-hitter to snap a

  personal five-game losing streak as the Cardi-

nals beat the visiting Reds, 3-1.

Staley (2-5) fanned three and walked two in

winning for the first time since his initial start of 

the season. Stan Musial had two hits to extend

his hit streak to 15 games.

Willie Ramsdell (1-4) took the loss.

Page Reflective Upon

His Return to MinorsBy San Levy

Of the Milwaukee Journal Staff 

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.  –  In the springtime

 baseball reporters like to exchange notes. A fewdays ago in a Minneapolis hotel lobby, this rov-

ing correspondent swapped stories with Ernest

Mehl, sports editor of the Kansas City Star, who

is here with the Blues.

A stylishly dressed chap sat nearby reading

his newspaper. He was

Joe Page, the toast of the

 New York Yankees only

a few short years ago. ―I

got a big kick talking

with Page yesterday,‖

said Mehl. ―He told me

of his greatest thrill. It

happened in Boston in

1947. Page had learned from New York newspa-

 permen who were with the Yanks that he was onhis way out as the May 15 cutting time drew

near. That day Stan Harris, then the Yank man-

ager, called on Page to relieve a faltering mate.

―The bases were loaded and nobody out when

Page took over. Rudy York was the first batter.

Joe admits he was a little anxious when the big

Indian came up. He threw the first three pitches

Fred Sanford

Fireman Joe Page

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THE GIANTS’ NEWEST ROOKIE, Willie Mays

(right) batted .477 for Minneapolis in the Ameri-

can Association. The 20-year-old outfielder gets

some pointers from his manager, Leo Durocher.

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wide and York didn’t bite. Then Page struck 

him out.

―Bobby Doerr, another toughie, was next. He,

too, got three wide ones in a row and then

struck out. Pellegrini was next. He was an easy

out.

―Page had saved his job. He went on to have a

successful season and helped the Bombers win

the pennant and the World Series.‖ 

Every time Page pitched to Ted Williams, Joe

says, he suffered from something close to stom-

ach cramps and it took 10 or 15 seconds for his

stomach to settle after the Red Sox slugger had

completed his time at bat.

Wonder what Page will think when he walks

into Milwaukee’s historic Borchert Field on

Tuesday night and sees its short fences and

wood structure? What a contrast to huge Yan-

kee Stadium! Joe is the highest salaried player 

in the minors, drawing a $25,000 salary.

Fireman Joe still acts like a big leaguer and is

confident that the day is not too far off when he

will be back with his old buddies. Jolting Joe

DiMaggio is his No. 1 pal. Page says his flipper 

hasn’t been the same since he hurt it in spring

training at Tucson, Ariz., in 1950. But he’s

hopeful that it will regain its old magic and take

him back to the big top.

TV, Radio, Congress Threaten BaseballBy Bob Considine

  NEW YORK (INS)  –  Organized baseball,

nervously celebrating its diamond jubilee, finds

itself in the difficult position of being scruti-

nized by the trust-busters of Washington at a

time when the electronic waifs it adopted – tele-

vision and radio  –  threaten to consume it as a

spectator sport.

A group of the game’s friends on Capitol Hill,

headed by the gentleman from Colorado, Sen.

Johnson, is attempting to ram through a bill spe-

cifically exempting the baseball monopoly from

  penalties imposed on other mo-

nopolies.

The group will find plenty of 

opposition, there being many men

in Congress who regard baseball’sreserve clause  –  which makes

chattels of the help  – as hostile to

the American point of view. In

this, the last land of opportunity, a

grossly underpaid serf with the

Browns, let’s say, is not permitted

to seek a job elsewhere in baseball

and would not be permitted to

 jump to the Yanks, let’s say, if the

Yanks wanted to pay him

$100,000 a year.

Rather than face a showdown on its shaky

 position, baseball has settled several suits out of 

court in recent years. It is as vulnerable as a

British heavyweight’s chin, knows it, and dreads

each successive dawn and the legal claims itmay bring.

The F.B.I. has assigned operatives to peer into

 baseball’s devouring sidelines –  radio and TV –  

in answer to protests from fans and other partici-

  pants in those sidelines. For instance, Station

WFIN, Findlay, Ohio, has brought an anti-trust

action against the Indians and the minor league

team at Lima, Ohio, on the ground that dubious

―territorial rights‖ prohibit the broadcast of In-

dian games by WFIN if Lima, 35 miles away,

is playing.

This comes under the heading of restraint of 

rights, the aggrieved station protests. There are

many and will be more as radio and TV reports

of big league games reach into new corners of 

the land – knocking off minor league teams as

they do and thus destroying the breeding

grounds of big league ball.

In the big league cities themselves, atten-

dances have taken a dizzy drop. Some clubs,

milking night game schedules to the limit, have

drawn crowds hardly robust

enough to pay the electricity bill.

The Senators have reduced the

number of TV-casts of their 

games, but the people still stayaway.

  No owner knows the answer.

Some feel that the thing to do is

revert to the time of the ancients

and turn out the devouring elec-

tronic kids. Others believe that

they must now admit they cannot

continue without heavy under-

writing from the breweries, ciga-

rette and other sponsors who

soon will dominate the game fi-

nancially. These see the day when a team is as

closely identified to a commercial product as

radio comedians are identified to theirs.

But that will mean that the sponsor, having

invested a great fortune in a team, will want his  product brought into many more homes than

can be found in the narrow ―territorial rights‖

regions. He will want to, and will, branch out to

reach new multitudes  –  and when he does he

will get in trouble in Washington, which has

turned its head for years and let baseball oper-

ate on a premise that it is not interstate com-

merce.

Real confusing.

 Baseball has settled 

 several suits out of 

court in recent 

 years. It is as vul-

nerable as a British

heavyweight’s chin,

knows it, and 

dreads each succes-

 sive dawn and the

legal claims it may

bring.