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ST. LOUIS (AP)Baseball fans1,115 of
them had their say Friday night and were
proved right in their strategy as St. Louis
Browns owner Bill Veeck staged his contro-versial grandstand
managers night.
With three good decisions and a revised
lineup that provided needed power, the fans
guided their Browns to a 9-5 triumph over the
Philadelphia Athletics.
It was thus a successful climax to a How-
Id-Run-a-Ball-Club contest arranged by
Veeck that had set off some rather sharp criti-
cal comment from some baseball quarters.
Though some critics have described Veeck
as making a farce of the national sport, the col-
orful promoter has proclaimed that people
should have fun at the ball park. He found that
a good share of the fans agreed with him as
some 1,300 letters poured into launch what
Veeck called our grand experiment.
People like to do things like this, Veeck
explained
And apparently hes right, according to the
comments of some of the managers.
Miss Helen Boyd, a high school student who
helped give the women fans a majority vote in
the managers group, said it was pretty nice, I
of New Yorks five errors as the Giants handed
a 3-2 win to the visiting Cards.
Harry Brecheen (9-7) turned in his second
consecutive route-going effort for the win.
Dave Koslo (5-4), undermined by his defense
and by an offense that left 13 runners on base,
was saddled with the loss.
Ken Raffensberger (9-15) fired his secondconsecutive shutout in
the opener, and rookie
Chet Nichols (5-8) tossed his first career white-
wash in the nightcap as the Reds and Braves
split a twin bill, 8-0 and 3-0.
Ralph Kiners single drove in the deciding
run in the top of the 12th as the Pirates edged
the host Phillies, 4-3.
Ted Wilks (1-4) got the win in relief.
New York (Lopat 12-8) at Cleveland (Garcia 11-
12), 1 p.m.
Boston (Nixon 6-5) at Chicago (Holcombe 5-7),
1:30 p.m.
Washington (Starr 4-9) at Detroit (Trucks 5-7 or
Hutchinson 8-5), 2:30 p.m.
Philadelphia (Martin 4-4) at St. Louis (Pillette 4-13),
2:30 p.m.
Notes on the Scorecard
Rejected by the Army,Mantle Rejoins Yanks
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FINAL EDITION
Including finalresults of all ball
games
VOL. 1, No.132 FIVE CENTSSATURDAY, AUG. 25, 1951
White Sox Break Boston Hex,Tighten Race With 10-1 Win
CHICAGO For the better part of a
month, the White Sox have been looking up at
the first-place Red Sox. Friday they finally met
them eye-to-eye, and turned the encounter into
an ambush.
With Lou Kretlow firing an eight-hitter and
Eddie Robinson banging a pair of home runs,
Chicago thrashed Boston, 10-1, turning the
tables on one of the most lopsided matchups in
the major leagues this season.
For one night, anyway.
Coming into Fridays contest, the Red Sox
had won 14 of 18 games against the White Sox
in 1951. The last time the teams met, Boston
swept a three-game series at Fenway Park
the ninth, 10th and 11th triumphs in whatwould become a 12-game
win streak.
The sweep knocked the White Sox from
second place to fourth; they have been clawing
and scratching to get back in the race ever
since. Fridays win pulled the second-place
Pale Hose to within four games of the league
lead.
Robinsons first homer tied the game 1-1 in
the bottom of the second inning. His second, a
two-run shot in the sixth, gave Chicago a 5-1
lead. The White Sox added two runs in the
seventh, and Nellie Foxs two-run triple
sparked a three-run uprising in the eighth.
Kretlow (7-4) cruised to his fourth complete
game, dropping his ERA to 2.84. Bostons
Ray Scarborough (6-6) took the loss, giving up
seven runs to tie a season high.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
Early Wynn became the A.L.s first 16-
game winner as the Indians edged the visiting
Yankees 3-2, spoiling the return of New York
outfielder Mickey Mantle to the big leagues.
The Tribe scored all three runs in the first
inningon a ground out, a bases-loaded walk,
and a fly ball out.
Lemon (16-8) was wobbly, allowing two runs
in six innings while giving up six hits and walk-
ing five. The Yankees, who out-hit the Indians 7-
5, left 11 runners on base.
Mantle, recalled from Kansas City earlier this
week, went 0-for-4 in his first game back in pin-
stripes. Joe DiMaggio was 2-for-5, and is hit-
ting .362 in his past 11 games.
Ned Garver twirled a seven-hitter, had two
hits and drove in a run as the Browns, following
instructions from grandstand managers (see re-
lated story, this page), beat the visiting As, 9-5.
Garver (12-8) has won his past four starts. St.
Louis scored six runs in the first inning off loser
Alex Kellner (5-10).
Connie Marrero (7-9) scattered 10 hits as the
Senators tripped the host Tigers, 7-4.
Catcher Mike Guerra homered, stole a base
and had three RBI for the Nats. Loser Bob Cain
(5-6) allowed six runs in 4 1/3 innings.
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Boston 75 45 .625 --- Brooklyn 73 46 .613 ---
Chicago 72 50 .590 4 New York 71 51 .582 3
Cleveland 68 54 .557 8 Philadelphia 63 58 .521 11
New York 66 56 .541 10 St. Louis 59 58 .504 13
Philadelphia 62 62 .500 15 Boston 57 61 .483 15
Detroit 58 63 .479 17 Pittsburgh 57 64 .471 17
Washington 46 74 .383 29 Chicago 54 64 .458 18
St. Louis 38 81 .319 36 Cincinnati 44 76 .367 29
Major League Standings
Fridays American League Results Fridays National League
Results
Cleveland 3, New York 2
Chicago 10, Boston 1
Washington 7, Detroit 4
St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 5
St. Louis 3, New York 2
Brooklyn 11, Chicago 9
Cincinnati 8, Boston 0, Gm. 1
Boston 3, Cincinnati 0, Gm. 2
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 (12 innings)
Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting
Pitchers
Chicago (Kelly 4-3) at Brooklyn (Erskine 7-7),
12:30 p.m.
St. Louis (Brazle 2-3) at New York (Corwin 2-2),
12:30 p.m.
Cincinnati (Fox 6-15) at Boston (Sain 7-8), 5:30
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Carlsen 1-0) at Philadelphia (Church 10-
8), 1 p.m.
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H
Fain, Phi. 87 329 67 115 .350 Musial, St.L 115 451 .35098
158
Doby, Cle. 108 378 87 129 .341 Wyrostek, Cin. 110 450 .34063
153
DiMaggio, Bos. 115 515 100 172 .334 Jethroe, Bos. 111 432 .33399
144
Valo, Phi. 92 348 65 113 .325 Sisler, Phi. 96 366 .33158 121
Fox, Chi. 120 498 75 161 .323 Schoendienst, St.L 106 419 .32769
137
Avila, Cle. 113 443 72 142 .321 Ashburn, Phi. 121 522 .32495
169
Doerr, Bos. 101 384 48 122 .318 Gordon, Bos. 114 429 .31264
134
Philley, Phi. 103 393 74 124 .316 Furillo, Bro. 118 510 .31282
159
Michaels, Was. 106 386 46 121 .313 Sauer, Chi. 105 412 .30672
126
Pesky, Bos. 101 372 68 116 .312 Bell, Pit. 117 466 .30369
141
HR: Zernial (Phi.) 36; Robinson (Chi.) 26;
Vollmer (Bos.) 25; Wertz (Det.) 22; Williams
(Bos.) 22.
RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 128; Williams (Bos.) 104;
Robinson (Chi.) 103; Vernon (Was.) 89; Rosen
(Cle.) 86.
Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 16-8; Raschi (N.Y.) 15-5;
Pierce (Chi.) 13-5; Lemon (Cle.) 13-11; Lopat
(N.Y.) 12-8; Garver (St.L) 12-8.
Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 143; Gray (Det.)
109; Wynn (Cle.) 108; McDermott (Bos.) 107;
Reynolds (N.Y.) 104.
ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.66; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.77;
Marrero (Was.) 3.10; Wynn (Cle.) 3.11; McDer-
mott (Bos.) 3.18.
HR: Sauer (Chi.) 31; Thomson (N.Y.) 29;
Musial (St.L) 28; Hodges (Bro.) 27; Kiner (Pit.)
26.
RBI: Musial (St.L) 104; Sauer (Chi.) 102;
Snider (Bro.) 95; Thomson (N.Y.) 93; Kiner (Pit.)
93.
Wins: Roe (Bro.) 16-4; Jansen (N.Y.) 15-7;
Newcombe (Bro.) 14-5; Maglie (N.Y.) 14-9;
Roberts (Phi.) 14-10.
Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 128; Queen
(Pit.) 109; Rush (Chi.) 108; Maglie (N.Y.) 102;
Jansen (N.Y.) 101.
ERA: Newcombe (Bro.) 2.06; Jansen (N.Y.)
2.08; Roe (Bro.) 2.67; Rush (Chi.) 2.88; Black-
well (Cin.) 3.15.
Dodgers Top Bumbling Cubs; Erring Giants Take a Tumblegame
against Brooklyn were the Paul Minner
pitches that Duke Snider and Gil Hodges wal-
loped for solo home runs. Gene Hermanski and
Roy Smalley both homered as Chicago raced to
a seven-run advantage.
But first sacker Chuck Connors made three
errors in the fateful seventh, with Eddie Miksis
contributing another, and Smalley adding yetanother boner in the
ninth. Of Brooklyns 11
runs, eight were unearned.
Clem Labine (2-1) hurled two scoreless in-
nings in relief to get the win. Monk Dubiel (2-3)
took the loss, Chicagos sixth in a row.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the National League:
Third baseman Bobby Thomson made three
OKLAHOMA CITY (UP)Mickey Mantle,
with a new 4-F draft classification that may
stand up for a while, flew to Cleveland on Fri-
day to join the New York Yankees in their cru-
cial series with the Indians.
The Commerce, Okla., kid went from Kan-
sas City to Oklahoma for the most exhaustive
of his four physical examinations Monday, just
about the time the Yanks called him back.
Doctors at Fort Sill, Okla., verified that
Mantle has osteomyelitis, a bone disease, in his
left leg. Under present regulations, osteomye-
litis is sufficient cause for rejection. Doctors
and specialists who examined him agreed Man-
tle is unacceptable by present standards.
Luke Easter, the Indians clean-up hitter,
missed Friday nights game with the Yankees
due to a sore left knee.
Easter is under observation at University
Hospital. Cleveland team physician Dr. DonKelly said Easter may
be able to play Satur-
day or Sunday.
Art Houtteman, Detroit Tigers righthanded
pitcher now serving in the Army, became a
father Thursday.
A 7-pound, 4-ounce girl was born to Mrs.
Houtteman at Elizabeth (N.J.) General Hospi-
tal. Mother and baby were reported doing well.
Grandstand SkippersA Hit For Brownies
BROOKLYNTo err is human. The ability
to capitalize on anothers mistakes reshaped the
National League pennant race Friday.
Trailing 9-2 after 6 innings against the Cubs,
the front-running Dodgers aided by four Chi-
cago miscuesrallied for seven runs in the bot-
tom of the seventh inning. They scored two more
in the eighth to win in unlikely fashion, 11-9.Meanwhile, the
second-place Giants were
downed by the Cardinals, who made good use of
two New York errors and a wild pitch during a
two-run sixth inning rallyone that stood as the
difference in a 3-2 St. Louis win. The loss
dropped the Durochermen to 3 games behind
the Brooks.
The only mistakes the Cubs made early in their
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