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BROOKLYN Dodgers first baseman Gil

Hodges is a new man this month. And the Pi-

rates have the scars to prove it.

Hodges had three hits, including his seventh

home run, and six RBI Sunday as Brooklyn

swept a doubleheader from hapless Pittsburgh, 3

-2 in 10 innings and 9-3.

The strong, silent Hodges struggled through

April and May, batting .218 with 16 RBI in 39

games. Since flipping the calendar, hes looked

more like the guy who finished eighth in lastseasons MVP voting. In 10 June games, he has

hit three homers and knocked in a major league-

leading 17 runs.

He got started early Sunday, breaking a score-

less tie with a two-run single in the third inning

of the first game.

The Bucs tied the game on a Rocky Nelson

home run in the fourth, and a two-out RBI single

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VOL. 1, No. 57 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, JUNE 11, 1951

Chapman, Garcia Provide Heroics

As Tribe Sweeps, Regains AL LeadCLEVELAND For the price of one ad-mission, Indians fans got two games worth of

thrills, chills and high drama. And that was

before Game 2 of Sundays doubleheader be-

gan.

Before this remarkable day was done, the

Tribe had moved back into the American

League lead by sweeping the Boston Red Sox

6-4 in 15 heart-rending innings, and 6-0 in

a spine-tingler that saw Mike Garcia come

within a gnats eyelash of a no-hit, no-run

game.

Al Rosen got the afternoon off to a roaring

start, clobbering a two-run homer to give

Cleveland a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the

first game. Rosen later would suffer a brokennose, the 11th of his athletic career, which

would figure in the dramatic denouement of

the nightcap.

Tribe starter Early Wynn nursed that lead

into the seventh, when he was chased from the

game by Ted Williams tying three-run blast.

The game remained deadlocked for the next

6 innings as the teams respective bullpens

engaged in a tense standoff.

Bobby Doerr broke the tie with an RBI sin-

gle in the top of the 15th. The Indians put two

runners on base in the bottom of the frame, but

with two out pinch-hitter Sam Chapman, a

disappointment since coming the Cleveland in

a May 10 trade, stood as the home teams final

chance.

Chapman took two balls from Boston rookie

reliever Paul Hinrichs, then blasted a game-

ending three-run homer into the left-field seats

as the crowd of 36,401 went wild.

If only theyd known what was coming

next.

Larry Dobys first-inning homer gave Gar-

cia a 1-0 lead in the second game. Garcias

RBI triple keyed a three-run rally in the seventh,

and the Tribe tacked on a pair of runs in the

eighth. The only question left was whether Gar-

cia could finish off the no-hitter.

He got Tom Wright and Williams on fly balls

to start the ninth. Then Vern Stephens, repre-

senting the Soxs final hope, hit a grounder

down the third base line. Snuffy Stirnweiss,

manning the hot corner because the rocket-

armed Rosen was sitting out for the first time in

204 games, made the backhand pickup. But his

throw to first just missed nabbing Stephens.

After walking Doerr, Garcia (5-4) secured the

shutout by retiring Fred Hatfield on a fly ball.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the American League:

The visiting Yankees gave the White Sox the

ol left-right en route to a doubleheader sweep.

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

Cleveland 30 20 .600 --- New York 36 17 .679 ---

Chicago 28 19 .596 Philadelphia 28 22 .560 6

Boston 28 22 .560 2 Boston 28 23 .549 7

Detroit 26 21 .553 2 St. Louis 26 24 .520 8

Philadelphia 25 23 .521 4 Brooklyn 25 24 .510 9

New York 26 24 .520 4 Chicago 23 23 .500 9

Washington 19 28 .404 9 Pittsburgh 17 32 .347 17

St. Louis 13 38 .255 17 Cincinnati 15 33 .313 18

Major League Standings

Sundays American League Results Sundays National League Results

Cleveland 6, Boston 4 (15 innings), 1st gm

Cleveland 6, Boston 0, 2nd gm

New York 10, Chicago 2, 1st gm

New York 5, Chicago 0, 2nd gm

Philadelphia 5, Detroit 3, 1st gm

Detroit 9, Philadelphia 8, 2nd gm

St. Louis 12, Washington 5, 1st gm

Washington, 8, St. Louis 1, 2nd gm

Chicago 4, New York 3, 1st gm

Chicago 9, New York 4, 2nd gm

Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 2 (10 innings), 1st gm

Brooklyn 9, Pittsburgh 3, 2nd gm

Boston 6, St. Louis 1

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 2, ppd., rain

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

No games scheduled No games scheduled

Major League Leaders

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

Suder, Phi. 40 151 20 53 .351 Musial, St.L 48 192 .39647 76

Minoso, Chi. 40 157 37 55 .350 Jethroe, Bos. 45 176 .36443 64

Doby, Cle. 46 169 37 59 .349 Slaughter, St.L 37 134 32826 44

Valo, Phi. 35 127 29 44 .346 Ashburn, Phi. 50 217 .32739 71

Fain, Phi. 48 186 43 64 .344 Furillo, Bro. 48 193 .32628 63

Lipon, Det. 47 170 27 58 .341 Sisler, Phi. 49 193 .32132 62

Michaels, Was. 44 159 24 53 .333 Thomson, N.Y. 53 204 .30936 63

Fox, Chi. 47 193 33 64 .332 Jones, Phi. 45 170 .30637 52

Mantle, N.Y. 46 184 49 61 .332 Kluszewski, Cin. 47 198 .30316 60

Avila, Cle. 41 144 17 47 .326 Irvin, N.Y. 50 182 .30236 55

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 18; Williams (Bos.) 12;

Doby (Cle.) 12; Robinson (Chi.) 11; Wertz

(Det.) 10; Rosen (Cle.) 10.

RBI: Williams (Bos.) 51; Robinson (Chi.) 50;

Zarilla (Chi.) 40; Mantle (N.Y.) 40; Zernial

(Phi.) 40.

Wins: Pierce (Chi.) 8-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 7-2;

Trout (Det.) 7-2; Scheib (Phi.) 6-4; Feller (Cle.)5-1.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 61; Gray (Det.) 46;

Trout (Det.) 45; Reynolds (N.Y.) 45; Wynn

(Cle.) 44.

ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.01; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.33;

Wight (Bos.) 2.45; Marrero (Was.) 2.66; Feller

(Cle.) 2.71.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 18; Sauer (Chi.) 16;

Musial (St.L) 14; Pafko (Chi.) 13; Westlake

(Pit.) 12.

RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 51; Musial (St.L) 47; Thom-

son (N.Y.) 47; Gordon (Bos.) 41; Pafko (Chi.)

39.

Wins: Hearn (N.Y.) 8-2; Maglie (N.Y.) 8-3;

Jansen (N.Y.) 7-4; Surkont (Bos.) 6-5; Candini(Phi.) 5-1; Rush (Chi.) 5-1.

Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 59; Blackwell

(Cin.) 51; Newcombe (Bro.) 45; Maglie

(N.Y.) 45; Rush (Chi.) 44; Jansen (N.Y.) 44.

ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.59; Newcombe (Bro.)

2.33; Roe (Bro.) 2.41; Meyer (Phi.) 2.52; Rush

(Chi.) 2.72.

Notes on the Scorecard

Marion to Give Knee

Test in Exhibition TiltROCHESTER, N.Y. (UP)Marty Marions

long-delayed comeback begins tonight when

the St. Louis Cardinal manager-shortstop tests

his ailing left knee in a twi-night exhibi-

tion doubleheader with the Rochester Red

Wings.

The result of the test may determine whether

Marion will replace Stan Rojek as the Cardi-

nals regular shortstop Tuesday night.

Marion, who has not played a single inning

either in an exhibition or regular season game

this year, did not indicate how long he intended

to play tonight.

Its my first test, he said. Ill just have to

see how it goes.

Home run king Ralph Kiner and tennis

queen Nancy Chaffee will be married in the

fall.

Engagement of the $65,000 a year Pitts-

burgh Pirate star, baseballs most eligible

bachelor, to the current number one glamour

girl of the courts was announced by the couple

Sunday night at a party in a New York restau-

rant.

Kiner said they would be married when

both our seasons are over.

Hodges Stays Hot as Dodgers Sweep Faltering Piratesby catcher Clyde McCullough in the ninth.

But Carl Furillo scored on a Billy Cox single

in the 10th, making a winner of reliever Clyde

King (5-3), who pitched one scoreless inning in

relief of Ralph Branca (nine innings, two runs).

Five different Dodgers drove in runs in the

nightcap. Hodges singled home a run in the first,

doubled home a run in the fourth, and walloped

a two-run homer in the eighth.

Bud Pobielan (1-0) went the route in his first

major league effort of the season. Paul La Palme(0-1) allowed seven runs in 3 2/3 innings for the

Pirates, who have lost seven straight.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the National League:

The Cubs hit seven home runs, including six

in the second game, beating two of the NLs top

hurlers and sweeping the Giants, 4-3 and 9-4.

Hank Sauer homered and drove in all Chi-

cagos runs in the first game, enabling Turk

Lown to outpitch the Giants Larry Jansen.

Lown (4-1) allowed three runs in seven in-

nings. Jansen (7-4) was touched for four runs in

eight frames.

Sauer homered again his 16th in the

second game. This time he had company, as

teammates Dee Fondy and Smoky Burgess hit

two each, and Randy Jackson added one. Bob

Rush (4-1) fired a six-hitter to top Sal Maglie

(8-3), who was roughed up for eight runs in 32/3 innings.

Warren Spahn spun an eight-hitter with

seven strikeouts as the Braves won their sixth

in a row, a 6-1 decision over the Cardinals.

Spahn (4-4) also added three hits, including

a homer. Earl Torgeson had four hits and a

homer for Boston.

Harry Brecheen (5-2) took the loss.

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Stengel Lashes Out at

Wild White Sox FansCHICAGO (AP) Manager Casey Stengel

of the New York Yankees has released some

verbal fireworks about American League fans

who gleefully set off real ones while his team is

playing.

The Yankees left Comiskey Park on Sunday

after taking three decisions in a four game set

with the league-leading White Sox which drew

104,692 fans in three days. Stengel talked as if

his boys were lucky to escape with their lives.

Somethings got to be done to stop this car-

nival theyre making out of the game, Stengel

snapped. Mickey Mantle, my 19-year-old out-

fielder, was peppered with firecrackers here

Friday night, Stengel said. Some stupid

clown also tossed a whiskey bottle out of the

stands near him.

Suppose one of those firecrackers exploded

right at Mantles eye level or a bottle hit him in

the head. A foolish stunt could cut short a

mans career or even cost him his eyesight.

He also referred to an incident at Cleveland

in which a fan handed pitcher Ed Lopat a black

cat to break the jinx the burly southpaw had

held on the Indians. He mentioned a stone-

throwing episode in Detroit, too, and declared:

Ill pull the Yankees off the field if these

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The Sportlight

By Grantland Rice

A Tale of Two Pitchers

NEW YORKThe national (in a way) pas-

time can lead to a number of odd happenings:

For one example, we might take the two

cases of two young pals. Ralph Branca and Rex

Barney. They came from places far apart,

Barney from Nebraska, Branca from New

York. They were two of the best pitching pros-

pects Mahatma Rickey ever uncovered, looking

back to his former reign with the Cardinals.

When they hit Brooklyn, Barney was 19,

Branca 18. Barney was over 6 feet 2, weighing

185. Branca about the same height, weighed

185.

Here Brooklyn had two of the best-looking

kids baseball had known so far as future great-ness was concerned. Rex Barney, a fine young

fellow in every way, had blinding speed and a

good curve ball. His control was a trifle wob-

bly, but at the age of 19 that was to be ex-

pected. Brancas stuff almost matched

Barneys. Both were hard workers, both kept in

condition. Here were two World Series stars of

days to come.

But, as suggested above, odd things can hap-

pen in the old pastime. Barney is now strug-

gling to hang in the Texas League where even

the widespread borders of that vast common-

wealth barely confine some of his pitches. In

place of getting better, Barney apparently gets

wilder and wilder as the weeks, months and

years roll by.In the meanwhile, after a bad season in 1950,

Ralph Branca has gotten a new grip on his

pitching soul and is now one of the Dodgers

most dependable starters, as evidenced in his

strong outing against Pittsburgh on Sunday, in

addition to being a reliable relief operator.

Branca is now only 25, still one of the

youngest starting pitchers in baseball. At the

age of 25 he has known seven years experience

under the Big Tent, which is a trifle remarkable

since few start in the majors at the age of 18.

The ex-collegian, a popular guy, now is facing a

future highlighted with success.At least thats the way Chuck Dressen and

other major league managers size up the Branca

situation. Dressen is keen on his big pitcher with

so many of his former dependables having too

many in-and-out days and nights.

The Case of Rex Barney

The next query iswhere will Barney finish?

So far neither Barney nor Branca has met his

earlier prospects.

In seven seasons up to 1951, Branca had won

only 63 games for the Dodgers, an average of

nine a year. He had dropped 44. Barneys record

was even more moth-eaten. In his six years

Barney has won only 35 games, dropping 31,

with winning teams.

It was not until 1950 that Barney really wentcompletely haywire. Last season he won two

and lost one. He had been wild before but in

1950 he was far worse. In 1949 Rex was trying

to locate the home plate. In 1950 Barney was

trying to keep his pitches inside the park.

In 1951 he was trying to keep said pitches

inside the broad realms of Brooklyn.

How could this happen to a well-built, condi-

tioned, intelligent young fellow who was work-

ing his head off and his heart out to make good?

Bill McChestney, former manager, once said

that when they get really wild there is no cure.

He cited the case of Johnny Vander Meer, who

should have been a world beater. Alexander was

born with control Barney was born without

control. It must have been that way. Rickey,

Shotton and Dressen have tried every known

help. They have put Barney under the inspection

of experts. They have tried motion pictures.

They have shown Barney his pitching flaws.

But his fast-traveling pitches, moving at hur-

ricane speed, continue to miss the plate as the

Call of the Wild still echoes over the trackless

wastes.

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things keep happening. Maybe when I do the

ball park owners will hire the 25 extra copsneeded to keep order.

Frank Lane, general manager of the White

Sox, had a caustic answer for Stengel.

Casey has a large job on his hands manag-

ing the Yankees, Lane said. Well take care

of policing the ball park.

We had a triple police force all three days.

When you have more than 100,000 people in

the park in three days, you cant have a police-

man looking over the shoulder of every small

boy in the ball park.

We dont condone that sort of thing any bet-

ter than he does, but I think we did a good job

handling the large crowds and weve had lots of

compliments on it.

While he was at it, Lane took another crack at

Stengel because the Yankee relief hurlers refused

to take advantage of the new automobile which

the Sox management furnishes for the pitcher to

take the long trip from the bull pen to the pitch-

ers mound.

He thought that was a bush league idea,

Lane snorted. Well some things in New York

are bush league, too. Maybe Mr. Stengel is one

of them.

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Lefty Ed Lopat went the route in a 10-2 win

in the first game, supported by three RBI from

Johnny Mize. In allowing just two runs, Lopat

(5-3) dropped his ERA to 2.33.

Reynolds (5-3) was even better in the night-

cap, fashioning a six-hitter for his second shut-

out in a 5-0 victory. Yogi Berras grand slam

broke a scoreless tie in the fifth.

Both ChiSox starters Saul Rogovin (3-3)

and Joe Dobson (2-4) absorbed losses, and

neither lasted the fifth inning.

The Tigers, one out away from being swept,

rallied to gain a doubleheader split with the As.

Phillys Art Fowler (3-2) won his second

straight start in the opener, a 5-3 win. Hank Ma-

jeksi launched a two-run homer, his first since

returning to the Mack Men on June 4.

The loss snapped Detroits six-game win

streak. Hal Newhouser (3-5) fell to 1-4 in his

past five decisions.

Things looked bleak in the nightcap for the

Bengals, who entered the bottom of the ninth

trailing by two runs. With one run in and two

out, George Kell laced a two-run double for a 9-

8 victory.Vic Wertz homered in both games for Detroit,

and has 10 for the season.

St. Louis and Washington split, the host

Browns achieving a season-best three-game win

streak with a 12-5 triumph in the opener, and the

Nats snapping a seven-game losing streak with

an 8-1 victory in the nightcap.

Ned Garver (4-5) won the first game and

drove in four runs with a homer and a single. The

Senators Cass Michaels had six hits in the twin

bill.