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CHICAGO (INS) Ferris Fain, the Ameri-can Leagues second -leading
batter, will be out
of action for a month all because he becamedisgusted with
himself for popping out duringSundays Chicago White Sox
-PhiladelphiaAthletic first game.
The Philadelphia first baseman injured histoe when he took a
lusty kick at the first bagsack after popping out. He finished the
game,then was sent to Mercy Hospital where he wasfound to have four
fractured chips behind hisleft toe.
Fain, who never has batted as high as .300 inhis four major
league seasons, is second in theloop with a .356 average, trailing
ClevelandsLarry Doby by two points. In addition, Fain isfourth in
the A.L. with 67 RBI.
The Sunday edition of the New York Jour-
nal-American reported that Eddie Stanky, NewYork Giants second
baseman, will become
manager of the St. Louis Browns.
It added that details were still to be workedout, but that the
Giants have already askedwaivers on the popular second baseman.
Over the weekend the Browns made second baseman Johnny Berardino
a coach to create aroster spot for pitcher Satchel Paige.
Notes on the Scorecard
Fains Painful Kick Puts Him on Bench DETROIT (AP) Mickey Mantle,
the most
publicized rookie of 1951, is back in the minor leagues.
The 19-year
-old New York Yankees out-fielder, who rocketed to fame on the
strength of
a .403 batting mark and numerous home runs inspring training,
was optioned to Kansas City onSunday.
Mantle was sent down to the YankeesAmerican Association farm
club to make roomfor Art Schallock, little lefthander from
Holly-wood. Schallock is slated to hurl todays gameagainst
Detroit.
The decision to farm out Mantle was reached by general manager
George Weiss and manager Casey Stengel on Sunday.
Mantle was somewhat shaken at the newsand the boy had a hard
time fighting back tearsas he said goodbye to Yankee players.
Despite his demotion, Mantle still is regard-ed very highly by
the Yankee bigwigs. Somuch so, that he is expected to be groomed
tofill the shoes of Joe DiMaggio in center fieldwhen the great
Yankee star is expected to endhis glorious career next season.
The New York management has instructedGeorge Selkirk, Kansas
City manager, to useMantle in center field exclusively. The
young-
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FINAL EDITION
Including final results of all ball
games
VOL. 1, No. 92 FIVE CENTS MONDAY, JULY 16, 1951
Robinsons RBI Binge Sparks
Dodgers to 2nd Straight Sweep
BROOKLYN The doubleheader twogames for the price of one was
originallyconceived as an enticement for thrifty patrons.
Count Jackie Robinson a fan as well. Robinson drove in five runs
Sunday as the
Dodgers swept the Reds, 8 -5 and 4 -3. That performance came on
the heels of Saturdaysdoubleheader sweep of the Cubs, in
whichRobinson amassed another five RBI.
To recap: Ten RBI for Robinson and four wins for the Dodgers in
the span of 31 hours.
This is the third year Robinson has servedas the Brooks everyday
cleanup hitter. In1949 he drove in 124 runs and was votedMVP. Last
season he knocked in 81.
His weekend binge gave him 64 RBI, fourthin the N.L. He started
early. With the Dodgerstrailing Cincy 4 -0, his fly ball out scored
a runthat made it 4 -1 in the fourth frame of the firstgame. One
inning later, his three -run home runwas the highlight of a six
-inning rally thatgave Brooklyn a 7 -5 lead.
Preacher Roe (10 -3) earned the win despiteallowing five runs in
five innings. Lloyd Mer-riman, Connie Ryan and Grady Hatton all
ho-mered for the Reds.
Robinson had just one RBI in the nightcap, but it was a big one.
His run -scoring single inthe eighth inning gave the Dodgers a 4 -0
lead.That run proved decisive when Cincinnati ral-lied for three
runs in the top of the ninth.
Winner Johnny Schmitz (3 -2) came within
one out of a complete game. Loser WillieRamsdell (1 -11) allowed
three runs in seveninnings.
AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Bobby Thomson
sparked a tying rally in
the bottom of the ninth inning of the first gameand hammered two
homers in the nightcap asthe Giants swept the visiting Pirates, 4
-3 and
10-1. With New York trailing 3 -1 in the opener,
Thomson doubled home Wes Westrum, thenscored on a double by Al
Dark to send the gameto extra innings. Westrum knocked in the
win-ning run with an RBI fly out in the 10th.
Thomson belted two of the Giants five four - baggers in the
second game, driving in five runsand upping his major league
-leading homer totalto 25. Winner Jim Hearn (10 -5) went the
route.
Frank Hiller scattered 11 hits in the firstgame, and Chet
Nichols overcame 10 safeties inthe second as the Cubs and Braves
split.
Randy Jackson homered and drove in four runs to help Hiller
improve to 6 -4 in an 8 -4 win.
Nichols (4 -3) hurled his second straight com- plete game to win
the second tilt, 4 -2.
Tommy Brown had a game -winning singlein the first game, and
Nippy Jones knocked insix runs in the second as the Phils and
Cardssplit a pair of 10 -inning affairs, 4 -3 and 10 -5.
Phils reliever Milo Candini (7 -2) won the firstgame and lost
the second. The Cardinals Joneshad four hits in the nightcap,
including his firsttwo homers of the season.
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Cleveland 48 33 .593 --- Brooklyn 50 32 .610 ---
New York 45 34 .570 2 New York 50 35 .588 1
Philadelphia 47 36 .566 2 Boston 40 38 .513 8
Chicago 47 37 .560 2 St. Louis 41 39 .512 8
Boston 45 37 .549 3 Chicago 38 37 .507 8
Detroit 42 35 .545 4 Philadelphia 41 40 .506 8
Washington 29 51 .363 18 Pittsburgh 33 48 .407 16
St. Louis 20 60 .250 27 Cincinnati 27 51 .346 21
Major League Standings
Sundays American League Results Sundays National League Results
Washington 8, Cleveland 1, Gm. 1 Cleveland 7, Washington 1, Gm. 2
Chicago 10, Philadelphia 6, Gm. 1 Chicago 6, Philadelphia 2, Gm.
2
New York 7, Detroit 4, Gm. 1 New York 8, Detroit 5, Gm. 2 St.
Louis 2, Boston 1, Gm. 1 Boston 11, St. Louis 6, Gm. 2
New York 4, Pittsburgh 3 (10 innings), Gm. 1 New York 10,
Pittsburgh 1, Gm. 2 Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati 5, Gm. 1 Brooklyn 4,
Cincinnati 3, Gm. 2 Chicago 8, Boston 4, Gm. 1 Boston 4, Chicago 2,
Gm. 2 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3 (10 innings), Gm. 1 St. Louis 10,
Philadelphia 5 (10 innings), Gm. 2
Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting
Pitchers
Philadelphia (Shantz 9 -4) at Chicago (Dobson 4 -7),2:30
p.m.
Washington (Moreno 3 -7) at Cleveland (Gromek 3 -1), 2:30
p.m.
New York (Schallock 0 -0) at Detroit (Cain 4 -3),3:30 p.m.
Boston (Kinder 6 -1) at St. Louis (Widmar 2 -7), 3:30 p.m.
Cincinnati (Perkowski 3 -2) at Brooklyn (Erskine 6 -5), 1:30
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Queen 4 -5) at New York (Jones 5 -5),1:30 p.m.
Chicago (Minner 3 -9) at Boston (Wilson 4 -1), 2 p.m.
St. Louis (Staley 6 -8) at Philadelphia (Meyer 7 -5), 8 p.m.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H
Doby, Cle. 67 240 62 86 .358 Musial , St.L 78 312 .35970 112
Fain, Phi. 82 309 65 110 .356 Jethroe, Bos. 71 276 .34462 95
Avila, Cle. 72 275 48 95 .345 Sisler, Phi. 72 277 .34349 95
Minoso, Chi. 75 297 62 97 .327 Slaughter, St.L 60 221 .33939
75
DiMaggio, Bos. 78 346 64 112 .324 Wyrostek, Cin. 78 315 .33749
106
Young, St.L 80 334 40 108 .323 Ashburn, Phi. 81 351 .33365
117
Joost, Phi. 77 313 74 101 .323 Furillo, Bro. 81 342 .33355
114
Doerr, Bos. 82 312 42 100 .321 Schoendienst, St.L 70 262 .33246
87
Michaels, Was. 75 279 35 89 .319 Thomson, N.Y. 79 288 .32352
93
Wertz, Det. 75 284 45 90 .317 Kluszewski, Cin. 76 321 .31835
102
HR: Zernial (Phi.) 22; Wertz (Det.) 19; Mantle(N.Y.) 19;
Robinson (Chi.) 17; Doby (Cle.) 16.
RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 79; Robinson (Chi.) 76; Wil-liams (Bos.) 69;
Fain (Phi.) 67; Rosen (Cle.) 65.
Wins: Raschi (N.Y.) 11-3; Wynn (Cle.) 11-5;Pierce (Chi.) 10-4;
Shantz (Phi.) 9-4; Lopat
(N.Y.) 9-5; Trout (Det.) 9-5.Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 100; Gray
(Det.) 81;
Reynolds (N.Y.) 72; McDermott (Bos.) 72;Wynn (Cle.) 70.
ERA: Lopat (N.Y.) 2.40; Marrero (Was.) 2.67;Parnell (Bos.) 2.75;
Pierce (Chi.) 2.84; Raschi(N.Y.) 3.01.
HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 25; Musial (St.L) 20; Sau-er (Chi.) 19;
Hodges (Bro.) 19; Pafko (Bro.) 17.
RBI: Musial (St.L) 74; Hodges (Bro.) 69;Thomson (N.Y.) 69;
Robinson (Bro.) 64; Sauer (Chi.) 62.
Wins: Roe (Bro.) 10-3; Jansen (N.Y.) 10-5;Hearn (N.Y.) 10-5;
Maglie (N.Y.) 10-7; New-combe (Bro.) 9-5.
Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 89; Queen(Pit.) 80; Jansen (N.Y.)
80; Blackwell (Cin.) 72;Maglie (N.Y.) 72.
ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.88; Newcombe (Bro.)1.96; Branca (Bro.)
2.39; Roe (Bro.) 2.69; Hiller (Chi.) 2.95.
With No Joe and Minus Mickey, Yankees Sweep Tigers in the second
game, delivering two hits, scoringtwice and driving in a run during
a six -run fifthinning rally.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
Connie Marrero allowed one run in eightinnings in the first
game, and Mike Garciahurled his 10th complete game in the second
asthe Senators and Indians split, 8 -1 and 7 -1.
Marrero (5 -6) lowered his ERA to 2.67 in theopener. Garcia (9
-6) was supported by LukeEasters 14th home run and three RBI.
Eddie Robinson had three RBI in the opener,
and Howie Judson fired a five -hitter in the se-cond game as the
White Sox swept the visitingAs, 10 -6 and 6 -2.
Robinson doubled in a five -run fifth inning
rally, then smashed a three-run homer in theeighth. Judson (5
-4) singled and had two RBI
in the nightcap.
Ned Garver (7 -6) turned in his third straightcomplete game win
in the opener, and BobbyDoerr drove in four runs in the nightcap as
theBrowns and Red Sox split, 2 -1 and 11 -6.
Bostons Vern Stephens had six hits in thetwin bill.
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Yanks Ship Slumping Mantle to K.C. Farm
DETROIT No DiMaggio? No problem. No Mantle? Yawn.
The Yankees, despite the absence of their Hall of Fame - bound
center fielder and his heir apparent (see related story, this
page), swept theTigers on Sunday, 7 -4 and 8 -5, to move intosecond
place in the American League.
Since June 5, the Bombers are 24 -12, the bestrecord in the
Junior Circuit.
Yogi Berra had four RBI in the first game.Joe Collins belted a
tie - breaking two -run homer in the top of the ninth inning.
Starting pitcher Tom Morgan improved to 5 -2
