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New York (Raschi 14-4) at Philadelphia (Martin 4-

3), 7 p.m.

Detroit (Hutchinson 7-4 or Stuart 5-3) at Cleveland

(Feller 9-7), 7:30 p.m.

(Only games scheduled)

NEW YORK (INS)Hard-luck Russ Meyer

will be lost to the Philadelphia Phillies for at

least three weeks.The quick-tempered righthander, whose ca-

reer has been marked by numerous injuries,

suffered his latest mishap in Sundays first

game with the New York Giants.

He received a spike wound in the right ankle

which required seven stitches. He was able to

walk out of the Polo Grounds without aid of a

crutch.

The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated

tonights game with the Boston Braves Music

Depreciation Night.

Any fan bringing a musical instrument to the

game will be admitted free. Bazookas and har-

monicas are exempt. They will not be re-

spected as legitimate musical instruments.

A piano, however, will be good for two tick-ets inasmuch as it takes two persons to carry it.

Ken Kimball, 24-year-old righthander,

pitched the first perfect game in the history of

the Class C Pioneer Baseball League Saturday

night, a 3-0 triumph over Great Falls in the

second game of a doubleheader.

The slender San Jose, Calif., hurler struck

out 13 of the 27 men who faced him.

Notes on the Scorecard

Spiked Ankle ShelvesPhillies Hurler Meyer

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

That

Fits, We Print

FINAL EDITION

Including finalresults of all ball

games

VOL. 1, No.120 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, AUG. 13, 1951

Newcombe Invaluable in LeadingDodgers to 3-2 Victory Over Reds

BROOKLYN Voting for the National

League Most Valuable Player award wont be

conducted for weeks. But debate over potential

candidates is beginning to heat up.

Don Newcombe enjoyed another successful

campaign stop Sunday. The 25-year-old

righthander hurled all 12 innings at Ebbets

Field as the Dodgers nipped the Reds, 3-2.

Big Newk (13-5) held the Reds to seven hits

while striking out nine. With 13 wins, he is

one off the major league high. His 2.13 ERA is

second, and he leads the bigs with 120 strike-

outs and 17 complete games.

But he provided more than just pitching

Sunday. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth,

the Dodgers loaded the bases with one out.

Manager Chuck Dressen allowed Newcombe,

who entered the game with a .240 career aver-

age, to bat for himself. The pitcher delivered a

run-scoring fly out to tie the game.

Three innings later, Newcombe stroked a

leadoff single. Again the Brooks loaded the

bases with one out. Duke Sniders single

plated Newcombe with the game-winning run.

Boston reliever Dave Cole (4-3) took the

loss for the second consecutive game. The

Braves have lost nine of their past 10 tilts.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the National League:

The Phillies scored twice in the 10th inning

to win the first game, and the host Giants

scored once in the 10th to capture the second

as the teams split a doubleheader.New Yorks Sal Maglie and Phillys Russ

Meyer dueled to a 2-2 tie after nine innings in

the opener. Tommy Brown, batting for Meyer,

stroked a tie-breaking single in the 10th to

spark a two-run rally and a 4-2 win.

Meyer (10-9) allowed two runs, both un-

earned, in nine innings. Giants reliever George

Spencer (6-4) took the loss in relief. Maglie

(two runs, nine innings) got no decision.

The nightcap also spun into the 10th, where

pinch runner Hank Schenz scored on a throwing

error by Phillies right fielder Del Ennis for a 5-4

win. New York reliever Monte Kennedy (5-2)

got the win, while Philadelphia reliever Andy

Hansen (2-2) took the loss.

Hank Sauer tookthe N.L. home run lead and

drove in four runs in the opener, and Bill Werle

scattered 11 hits in the nightcap as the visiting

Pirates and Cubs split a pair of 8-4 games.

Sauer slammed his 29th circuit clout off loser

Murry Dickson (11-9) to help make a winner of

Joe Hatten (3-5).

Werle (7-7) not only threw his second com-

plete game in the nightcap, he had three RBI.

Cloyd Boyer (4-3) tossed his second consecu-

tive route-going win as the Cardinals trimmed

the visiting Reds, 3-2.

Connie Ryan, the second batter of the game,

belted a two-run home run to give Cincy an early

lead. The Cards Solly Hemus broke a 2-2 tie in

the seventh with his second double of the game.

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

Boston 68 42 .618 --- Brooklyn 65 42 .607 ---

Chicago 64 46 .582 4 New York 66 46 .589 1

Cleveland 60 48 .556 7 St. Louis 55 50 .524 9

New York 58 51 .532 9 Philadelphia 58 54 .518 9

Philadelphia 59 53 .527 10 Boston 51 56 .477 14

Detroit 54 53 .505 12 Chicago 50 57 .467 15

Washington 44 65 .404 23 Pittsburgh 50 60 .455 16

St. Louis 30 79 .275 37 Cincinnati 39 69 .361 26

Major League Standings

Sundays American League Results Sundays National League Results

Chicago 7, Cleveland 0

Washington 5, Boston 4 (12 innings), Gm. 1

Boston 9, Washington 3, Gm. 2

St. Louis 8, Detroit 4

New York 6, Philadelphia 1, Gm. 1

Philadelphia 5, New York 2, Gm. 2

Philadelphia 4, New York 2 (10 innings), Gm. 1

New York 5, Philadelphia 4 (10 innings), Gm. 2

Brooklyn 3, Boston 2 (12 innings)

St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2

Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 4, Gm. 1

Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 4, Gm. 2

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Pittsburgh (Pollet 5-9 and Queen 6-5) at Cincinnati

(Blackwell 7-7 and Fox 5-13), 2, 6 p.m.

Boston (Wilson 6-4) at Brooklyn (Erskine 7-6), 7:30

p.m.

Philadelphia (Church 10-6) at New York (Jansen 13

-6), 7:30 p.m.

Chicago (Hiller 7-6) at St. Louis (Bokelman 0-0),

8:30 p.m.

Major League Leaders

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

Fain, Phi. 82 309 65 110 .356 Musial, St.L 103 401 .35491 142

Doby, Cle. 94 339 79 117 .345 Wyrostek, Cin. 106 436 .34660 151

Avila, Cle. 99 383 61 126 .329 Schoendienst, St.L 94 366 .33966 124

DiMaggio, Bos. 106 475 93 155 .326 Slaughter, St.L 76 276 .33745 93

Valo, Phi. 82 308 60 100 .325 Sisler, Phi. 90 345 .33658 116

Pesky, Bos. 91 329 58 106 .322 Jethroe, Bos. 100 390 .32688 127

Fox, Chi. 108 444 70 143 .322 Furillo, Bro. 106 455 .32372 147

Michaels, Was. 96 351 44 113 .322 Ashburn, Phi. 112 485 .32286 156

Wertz, Det. 96 361 60 115 .319 Gordon, Bos. 103 387 .31357 121

Doerr, Bos. 100 383 48 122 .319 Thomson, N.Y. 104 376 .30365 114

HR: Zernial (Phi.) 32; Robinson (Chi.) 22;

Vollmer (Bos.) 22; Williams (Bos.) 21; Doby

(Cle.) 21; Wertz (Det.) 21.

RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 110; Williams (Bos.) 97;

Robinson (Chi.) 95; Vernon (Was.) 81; Rosen

(Cle.) 78.

Wins: Raschi (N.Y.) 14-4; Wynn (Cle.) 14-7;

Pierce (Chi.) 13-4; Parnell (Bos.) 11-6; Lemon

(Cle.) 11-10.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 119; Reynolds (N.Y.)

102; Gray (Det.) 100; McDermott (Bos.) 97;

Wynn (Cle.) 97.

ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.57; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.89;

Marrero (Was.) 2.95; Parnell (Bos.) 3.09; Wynn

(Cle.) 3.21.

HR: Sauer (Chi.) 29; Thomson (N.Y.) 28;

Musial (St.L) 27; Hodges (Bro.) 24; Kiner (Pit.)

24.

RBI: Musial (St.L) 96; Sauer (Chi.) 89; Thom-

son (N.Y.) 86; Kiner (Pit.) 83; Hodges (Bro.) 82;

Gordon (Bos.) 82; .

Wins: Roe (Bro.) 14-4; Newcombe (Bro.) 13-

5; Jansen (N.Y.) 13-6; Maglie (N.Y.) 13-9;

Hearn (N.Y.) 12-7.

Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 120; Queen

(Pit.) 104; Rush (Chi.) 100; Jansen (N.Y.) 93;

Blackwell (Cin.) 88; Maglie (N.Y.) 88..

ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 2.12; Newcombe (Bro.)

2.13; Roe (Bro.) 2.85; Blackwell (Cin.) 2.92;

Rush (Chi.) 2.97.

Chicagos Pierce Subdues Indians With Fifth Whitewash(13-4) more cushion that he would need. He

held the Tribe to three hits, striking out five.

Clevelands Mike Garcia (10-11) was

knocked out in the third after allowing five runs.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the American League:

Clyde Kluttz scored the tie-breaking run ona passed ball in the first game, and Dom Di-

Maggio homered and drove in five runs in the

second as the Senators and host Red Sox split.

The teams were tied 3-3 entering the 12th

inning of the opener. Kluttz drew a one-out walk

and eventually scored on a passed ball as Ed

Yost walked. The Nats added a second run, and

a Red Sox rally in the bottom of the frame fell

CLEVELAND Billy Pierce isnt just ex-

tending personal bests these days. Hes en-

croaching on franchise standards.

Pierce on Sunday fired his second consecutive

shutout as the White Sox blanked the Indians for

the second game in a row, 7-0. The whitewash

was Pierces fifth of the season, giving him sixfor his career and tying him with Monty Stratton

and Ted Lyons for most by a ChiSox hurler in

the post-dead ball era.

More importantly, with front-running Boston

splitting a doubleheader, the win moved Chicago

to within four games of first place.

Ray Colemans bases-loaded triple keyed a

five-run rally in the third inning, giving Pierce

THIS

WAY

TO

BOX

SCORES

By HARRY GRAYSON

NEA Sports Editor

NEW YORKJoe DiMaggio snoozed and

committed the first rock of his brilliant careerin front of 18,881 witnesses at Yankee Stadium

not too long ago.

Thinking there were three out, the Yankees

great center fielder started for the dugout after

catching a fly ball, and permitted the Tigers

George Kell to score all the way from second

base.

When it happens to DiMaggio, the unper-

turbable, it can happen to anybody. With all the

chances handled, the wonder is that more

skulls are not pulled in baseball. This is cer-

tainly true of swift infield play with men on,

where there is more than one place to throw the

ball, and the defender has to first get his hands

on it, and then instantaneously decide what to

do with it. There is no second guess, but themore difficult plays are just made naturally by

instinctive ball players.

Yogi Berra, for example, may read comic

books, but theres nothing funny about the

signs he gives Raschi, Reynolds and Lopat.

When asked for a comment, Joe blushed.

One of those things, the Clipper said.

BONERS, Page 2

short in a 5-4 Washington win.

DiMaggio singled, doubled and blasted his

11th homer in a 9-3 triumph in the nightcap.

Tom Morgan (7-4) twirled a three-hitter in

the first game, and Ed Joost ended the second

with a game-winning three-run homer as the

visiting Yankees and Athletics split.Yogi Berra homered and had two RBI in a 6-

1 victory in the opener. Joosts tie-breaking

blast gave the As a 5-2 triumph in the nightcap.

Ken Woods two-run double capped a five-

run third inning rally as the Browns tagged the

homestanding Tigers, 8-4.

Detroit made three errors, resulting in five

unearned runs.

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on which Babe Herman, then with the Reds,caught a fly and dashed to the clubhouse in

center field while the tying run crossed the

plate.

Whenever a ball player thinks backward, or

not at all, the name of the Brooklyn Babe pops

up. You would think he originated the idea.

Schumacher also recalled two home runs

being canceled within 10 days at Ebbets Field

in 1925 or 26.

Youd say the mathematical chances were

slightly against that, wouldnt you? beamed

the former baseball writer now with the Giants.

High Flies, Big Problems

But while they feared high flies might not

clear the fence, Hoiman passed Glen Wright

and then Del Bissonette passed Hoiman. No

excuse for the men on first, for with two out

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BONERS

There are lapses in every other line. Thats

why they put erasers on lead pencils.

Minds taken off the business at hand for a

split second have caused many an automobile

accident. You lose track of the conversation,

and have to excuse yourself. The thinking appa-

ratus of a highly intelligent person is more

likely to wander than that of a one-track mope.

Baseball requires as much concentration as golf,

and the record shows ball players to be quick

and clear thinkers. Otherwise they wouldnt be

around very long.

They Always Get Around to Herman

DiMaggios boner recalled to Garry

Schumacher the afternoon at the Polo Grounds

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they should have been going, but thats the way

it played in Flatbush in them days.

Celebrated Traffic Jam

Schumacher clarified for posterity the most

celebrated traffic jam in historythree men on

third.

It was 5-5 in the bottom of the eighth with

the bases full and one out late in 1926, when

Hoiman got holt of one. Hank DeBerry tagged

up and scored what turned out to be the winning

run.

Dazzy Vance, on second when the ball was

hit, tripped over third base and went sprawling.

Schumacher re-enacted the ball caroming off

the center field fence right into the hands of the

Braves Jimmy Welsh, who threw to third, nip-

ping Vance before he could crawl back.

Seeing Vance in trouble, he went on,

Chick Fewster, who was on first when the ballwas hit, started going back to second.

If you knew Hoiman, youd know that

lack of self-confidence wasnt his weakness.

The pitcher had fed him a fat one in the groove.

He got nothing less than triples on that sort.

There was just one thing in his one-thought-at-a

-time mindget to third ahead of the throw or

relay. What price base-runners when he was on

the loose?

Head down, Hoiman approached third as

Fewster headed back for second and passed

him.

Hoiman wouldnt stop. Fewster couldnt

stop. Vance couldnt move. It was old-home

week at the grange, a heart-warming reunion.

Thats how Babe Hoiman won a ball game

by tripling into a double play.