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BOSTON (AP) Boston Red Sox first base-
man Walt Dropo, last seasons American
League Rookie of the Year, was optioned Sun-day to San Diego of
the Pacific Coast League
on a 24-hour recall basis.
Dropo was a sensation as a freshman last
season, batting .322 and driving in 144 runs,
but ran into the sophomore jinx this year. After
a fast start he has slumped, batting just .213
over his past 21 games.
At San Diego he will play under manager
Del Baker, who handled him at Sacramento
before he came to the Red Sox.
An X-ray examination at Presbyterian Hos-
pital revealed that Gil Hodges escaped a frac-
ture when struck on the left ankle by a foul tip
off his own bat in Sundays first game between
the Dodgers and Pirates at Forbes Field.
The injury is pretty painful, Hodges said
Sunday night after leaving the hospital, but
Im certainly glad there were no fractures. I
expect to remain in the lineup.
The Cleveland Indians will hold a tryout
camp at DuQuoin, Ill., High School field July
10 and 11 starting at 10 a.m. Walter Laskow-
ski, chief scout for the Indians, will be in
charge.
Notes on the Scorecard
BoSox Demote DropoTo San Diego of PCL
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Arthur Ehlers,
boss of the Philadelphia Athletics, wears a kind
of glow today.
His buoyant mood reflects the satisfaction aman feels when he
has done some profitable
trading. It is kept within reasonable bounds, of
course, as befits the experience of anyone who
has sweated it out with the As the last couple
of seasons.
Nevertheless, with the halfway mark of the
campaign not far away, the As are in fourth
place, 3 games behind the American League
pace-setting Cleveland Indians.
More than that, manager Jimmy Dykes men
are riding the crest of a doubleheader sweep
and a three game winning streak all taken
from the St. Louis Browns.
How Come?
The Athletics are 11 wins to the good com-
pared with their record through 63 games lastseason at which
point, under the stewardship
of venerable Connie Mack, they were in sev-
enth place, 20 games off the pace. What has
caused this brighter fortune?
Shrewd trading by general manager Ehlers,
the club will tell you.
It was he who negotiated three major deals
ST. LOUIS Dont look now, but the
streaky Cardinals may be on the upswing again.
With Stan Musials fourth career grand slam
breaking open a tight game, St. Louis pounded
Boston, 7-2, Sunday to move into sole posses-
sion of fourth place in the National League.
The Redbirds have two winning streaks of
four and one of eight this season, plus five los-
ing streaks of three games or more.
Cliff Chambers, making his second start for
St. Louis, fell behind 1-0 after one inning on an
unearned run. Wally Westlakes two-run round-
tripper in the third put the Cards up, 2-1. Musi-
als slammer, highlighting a five-run fifth-
inning rally, made it 6-1.
Musial, who leads the loop in batting, is now
tied for first with 19 homers and has 60 RBI to
top the Senior Circuit.
Chambers went the route on a five-hitter to
improve to 4-9 (1-1 with the Cards).
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Including finalresults of all ball
games
VOL. 1, No. 71 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, JUNE 25, 1951
Philly Rides Philley Cycle to SweepOf St. Louis, Fourth Place
Standing
PHILADELPHIA The biggest surprise
of the 1951 baseball season? Try Philly.
Or is that Philley?
The Athletics swept the St. Louis Browns in
a doubleheader Sunday, moving into fourth
place in the American League supplanting
the upstart White Sox, who had been the feel-
good story of the current season.
Sam Zoldak tossed a five-hitter and Gus
Zernial pounded his 16th home run and had
three RBI as the As won the first game, 7-2.
The big news came in the nightcap, where
center fielder Dave Philley hit for the cycle in
a 12-1 rout. It was the 12th cycle in As histo-
ry, and the first since Elmer Valo turned the
trick last August.Philley, a .319 hitter, singled in the first
in-
ning, in which the As took a 3-0 lead. He tri-
pled to lead off the third, and later scored to
stretch the lead to 4-0. He doubled home a run
in a six-run rally in the seventh inning. His
first three hits came off Browns starter and
loser Bill Kennedy (0-2), who allowed 11 runs
in seven innings.
Philley completed the circuit with a solo
homer off reliever Bob Mahoney in the eighth.
Bobby Shantz (7-4) earned the win, allow-
ing one run in 5 2/3 innings. Johnny Kucab
pitched three scoreless innings for his third
save. Zoldak (3-0) needed no help in the open-
er, turning in his third consecutive route-going
win.
Philadelphia is 16-8 in its past 24 games.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
Chuck Stobbs fired a six-hitter in the first
game and Ted Williams homered in the second
as the Red Sox swept the visiting White Sox, 4
-2 and 12-6.
Stobbs (4-5) won for the first time since
May 20. Billy Goodman and Vern Stephens had
three RBI each, helping make a winner of Bill
Wight (4-3).
Neither Chicago starter, Joe Dobson (3-6) nor
Harry Dorish (5-3), lasted the fifth inning. The
ChiSox are 6-12 in their past 18 games.
Luke Easter belted a tie-breaking home run
in the top of the eighth and Early Wynn won his
third start in a row as the Indians topped the host
Yankees, 5-3.
Bombers starter Vic Raschi (9-3) saw his per-
sonal eight-game win streak come to an end.
Vic Wertz homered for the second straight
game as the Tigers beat the host Senators, 7-4.
Jerry Priddy homered and had three hits for
Detroit. Washingtons Julio Moreno (2-5) lost
his fourth consecutive start.
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Cleveland 38 24 .613 --- New York 40 27 .597 ---
Boston 36 27 .571 2 Brooklyn 34 28 .548 3
Detroit 33 26 .559 3 Philadelphia 34 29 .540 4
Philadelphia 35 28 .556 3 St. Louis 33 29 .532 4
Chicago 34 29 .540 4 Boston 32 30 .516 5
New York 32 29 .540 5 Chicago 29 29 ,500 6
Washington 23 36 .397 13 Pittsburgh 25 37 .403 12
St. Louis 15 47 .242 23 Cincinnati 22 40 .355 15
Major League Standings
Sundays American League Results Sundays National League
Results
Cleveland 5 New York 3
Boston 4, Chicago 2, Gm. 1
Boston 12, Chicago 6, Gm. 2
Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 2, Gm. 1
Philadelphia 12, St. Louis 1, Gm. 2
Detroit 7, Washington 4
St. Louis 7, Boston 2
Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4, Gm. 1
Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 6, Gm. 2
Brooklyn 4. Pittsburgh 3 (10 innings), Gm. 1
Pittsburgh 9, Brooklyn 8, Gm. 2
Chicago 6, New York 5 (14 innings)
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
Doby, Cle. 55 199 47 69 .347 Musial, St.L 60 241 .36959 89
Fain, Phi. 63 247 55 85 .344 Furillo, Bro. 61 256 .35542 91
Avila, Cle. 53 199 30 67 .337 Slaughter, St.L 46 171 .35135
60
Minoso, Chi. 55 214 47 70 .327 Sisler, Phi. 59 231 .34241 79
Zernial, Phi. 51 211 41 69 .327 Jethroe, Bos. 56 220 .34147
75
Wertz, Det. 57 219 35 71 .324 Schoendienst, St.L 54 201 .33337
67
DiMaggio, Bos. 59 265 49 85 .321 Ashburn, Phi. 63 275 .33152
91
Lipon, Det. 59 216 29 69 .318 Jones, Phi. 58 221 .33047 73
Philley, Phi. 57 229 48 73 .319 Wyrostek, Cin. 62 246 .32138
79
Joost, Phi. 61 259 59 82 .317 Kluszewski, Cin. 61 257 .31129
80
HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 19; Zernial (Phi.) 16; Doby
(Cle.) 15; Robinson (Chi.) 14; Wertz (Det.) 14.
RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 61; Williams (Bos.) 57;
Zernial (Phi.) 56; Fain (Phi.) 52; Rosen (Cle.) 47;
Wertz (Det.) 47.
Wins: Raschi (N.Y.) 9-3; Pierce (Chi.) 9-3;
Trout (Det.) 8-4; Wynn (Cle.) 8-4; Parnell (Bos.)
7-3.
Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 79; Gray (Det.) 61;
Trout (Det.) 59; Reynolds (N.Y.) 57; Wynn (Cle.)
54.
ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.07; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.27;
Parnell (Bos.) 2.75; Marrero (Was.) 2.80; Gar-
cia (Cle.) 3.09.
HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 19; Musial (St.L) 19; Sau-
er (Chi.) 17; Pafko (Bro.) 15; Westlake (St.L)
14.
RBI: Musial (St.L) 60; Sauer (Chi.) 56; Thom-
son (N.Y.) 54; Hodges (Bro.) 50; Sisler (Phi.) 48;
Jones (Phi.) 48.
Wins: Jansen (N.Y.) 10-4; Hearn (N.Y.) 9-3;
Maglie (N.Y.) 8-5; Roe (Bro.) 7-2; Law (Pit.) 7-2.
Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 73; Rush (Chi.) 64;
Newcombe (Bro.) 62; Jansen (N.Y.) 60; Black-
well (Cin.) 60 .
ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.61; Newcombe (Bro.)
2.10; Roe (Bro.) 2.60; Hiller (Chi.) 2.72;
Wehmeier (Cin.) 2.96.
Cards Hot Again Musials Slam Sparks Win Over BostonBraves
starter Warren Spahn (5-5) gave up
six runs in 4 1/3 innings.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the National League:
The Dodgers and host Pirates split a pair of
one-run games, with Brooklyn winning the
opener of a doubleheader, 4-3, on Jackie Robin-
sons 10th-inning home run, and Pittsburgh cop-
ping the nightcap, 9-8, on George Stricklands
RBI single in the bottom of the ninth.
Robinsons clout off reliever Bill Werle (2-4),
made a winner of Clyde King (6-4), who hurled
three scoreless innings of relief.
The Brooks came within two outs of winning
the nightcap. But Bill Howerton singled home
the tying run, and three batters later Strickland
stroked his game-winning blow.
Reliever Vern Law (7-2) got the victory.
Duke Snider hit safely in both games, extending
his hit streak to 17.
As GM Ehlers Basks
In Glow of Success
Ken Raffensberger snapped his losing
streak at three games, but Howie Foxs losing
skein hit eight as the Reds split with the visit-
ing Phillies.
Raffensberger (3-10) trailed the Phils and
Robin Roberts, 4-0, after 5 1/2 innings. But
Barney McCoskys go-ahead three-run homer
capped a five-run sixth inning for Cincy. Rob-
erts (5-5) wound up the loser.
Fox (2-8) allowed six runs in 1/3 of an in-
ning in the nightcap. Richie Ashburn and Pud-
din Head Jones each had four hits for the
Phils. Russ Meyer (6-3) got the win.
Randy Jackson doubled home the tying run
with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning,
and scored the winning run in the 14th as the
host Cubs nipped the Giants, 6-5.
Cal McLish (2-2) got the win with three hit-
less innings of relief, inducing the Giants to
ground into a double play in each frame.
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