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 Notes on the Scorecard  Doerr Says ‘So Long’ To Fenway’s Faithful 

BOSTON — Bobby Doerr bid Red Sox fans

a fond farewell Sunday. His Red Sox team-

mates are not as eager to let go of 1951. 

Billed as a team of stars at the beginning of

the season, the Red Sox got contributions from

some of their unheralded players in a 5-2 victo-

ry over the Yankees. Combined with a loss by

the league-leading White Sox, it pulled Boston

to within 5½ games of first place. 

The Red Sox have eight games remaining.

The White Sox have five. 

Before the game Doerr, Boston’s venerable

and decorated second sacker, confirmed his

impending retirement to Fenway Park fans (see

related story, this page). Infielders Lou Bou-

dreau and Vern Stephens also sat out with infir-

mities that have limited their playing time inrecent weeks. 

Catcher Aaron Robinson, who began the

season with Detroit, knocked in the game’s

first run with a fielder’s choice in the second

inning. Billy Goodman and Walt Dropo added

RBI singles in the fifth for a 3-0 Boston lead. 

With the score 3-1 in the bottom of the sev-

enth, rookie third baseman Fred Hatfield drew

a bases-loaded walk, and Robinson, a 36-year -

old journeyman, drove in his second run of the

game with a groundout. 

That was more than enough support for start-

ing pitcher Chuck Stobbs (11-8), who allowed

one unearned run in six innings. Reliever Bill

Wight threw three tidy frames to earn his

fourth save. 

 New York starter Vic Raschi (16-9) allowed

three runs in six innings. He is 1 -5 since Aug.

14. 

AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: 

Matt Batts’ three-run double capped a five-

run eighth-inning rally as the visiting Browns

Boston 5, New York 2 

St. Louis 10, Chicago 9 

Detroit 9, Cleveland 5 

Philadelphia 2, Washington 1, Gm. 1 

Philadelphia 17, Washington 5, Gm. 2 

Boston 9, New York 7 (11 innings) 

Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 3 (10 innings) 

St. Louis 11, Chicago 5, Gm. 1 

St. Louis 5, St. Louis 1, Gm. 2 

Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 4, Gm. 1 

Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 2, Gm. 2 

Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers  Today’s Probable Starting Pitchers Boston (Nichols 7

-12) at New York (Jones 9

-8),

1:30 p.m. 

(Only games scheduled) 

Major League Leaders

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

Fain, Phi. 113 430 90 148 .344 Musial, St.L  148 579 .359132 208

Fox, Chi. 145 605 101 204 .337 Ashburn, Phi.  149 649 .341119 221

Minoso, Chi. 139 552 117 178 .322 Snider, Bro.  140 558 .332104 185

DiMaggio, Bos. 141 632 121 203 .321 Slaughter, St.L  111 394 .33060 130

Avila, Cle. 142 558 85 179 .321 Wyrostek, Cin.  137 556 .32973 183

Doby, Cle. 133 460 96 147 .320 Hemus, St.L  126 449 .32779 147

Kell, Det. 145 598 79 191 .319 Schoendienst, St.L 139 563 .32597 183

Groth, Det. 121 445 47 141 .317 Jethroe, Bos.  138 551 .323124 178

Pesky, Bos. 127 477 91 151 .317 Sisler, Phi.  112 425 .32279 137

Philley, Phi. 128 489 86 154 .315 Gordon, Bos.  143 548 .32188 176

HR:  Zernial (Phi.) 40; Robinson (Chi.) 29;

Vollmer (Bos.) 27; Easter (Cle.) 25; Williams

(Bos.) 25.

RBI:  Zernial (Phi.) 151; Robinson (Chi.) 122;

Williams (Bos.) 121; Vernon (Was.) 107; Rosen

(Cle.) 103.

Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 18-11; Lemon (Cle.) 17-

13; Pierce (Chi.) 16-6; Raschi (N.Y.) 16-9;Lopat (N.Y.) 16-10.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 175; Reynolds (N.Y.)

139; McDermott (Bos.) 134; Gray (Det.) 130;

Wynn (Cle.) 124 .

ERA:  Pierce (Chi.) 2.65; Kretlow (Chi.) 2.72;

McDermott (Bos.) 2.74; Hutchinson (Det.) 2.81;

Lopat (N.Y.) 2.84. 

HR: Musial (St.L) 38; Hodges (Bro.) 36; Snid-

er (Bro.) 36; Kiner (Pit.) 34; Sauer (Chi.) 32.

RBI: Musial (St.L) 144; Snider (Bro.) 122; Sau-

er (Chi.) 117; Hodges (Bro.) 116; Gordon

(Bos.) 116.

Wins: Newcombe (Bro.) 20-6; Roberts (Phi.)

18-12; Roe (Bro.) 17-7; Jansen (N.Y.) 17-8;

Maglie (N.Y.) 17-12.Strikeouts:  Newcombe (Bro.) 176; Rush

(Chi.) 139; Maglie (N.Y.) 134; Queen (Pit.) 129;

Roberts (Phi.) 124.

ERA: Newcombe (Bro.) 2.00; Jansen (N.Y.)

2.45; Rush (Chi.) 2.74; Roe (Bro.) 2.94;

Wehmeier (Cin.) 3.09.

won seven in a row to jump Philadelphia and

take over third place in the loop. Should the

Cards hold that advantage, it would mark their

12th finish of third or higher in the past 13 years. 

Musial had three hits and two RBI in the first

game of Sunday’s twin bill. He added two more

safeties in the nightcap, which was highlighted

 by a two-homer effort from third sacker Billy

Johnson (who had three on the day) and a com-

 plete game win by Gerry Staley (13-11). 

AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: 

Andy Pafko poled a three-run, game-ending

home run, his second circuit clout of the game,

as the N.L. champion Dodgers sank the visiting

Phillies 6-3 in 10 innings 

Pafko, considered pennant insurance for

Brooklyn when he was acquired from the Cubs

BOSTON (UP) – Bobby Doerr, one of the

Boston Red Sox’s most popular players, made

his farewell appearance at Fenway Park on

Sunday before the game with the Yankees. 

Called out to receive the Jack Singer good

sportsmanship award with New York shortstop

Phil Rizzuto, Doerr took advantage of the oc-

casion to make a short speech: 

“I want to thank all of you fans for being so

wonderful to me during the past 15 years. My

 biggest thrill was the night you gave me here in

1947. I thank God for all of these things. 

“Thank you and goodbye.” 

Doerr announced his retirement from base-

 ball Saturday because of a back ailment. 

Orestes Minoso, White Sox candidate for

Rookie of the Year honors, was presented a

new automobile by his South Side fans Sunday

 before a game against the Browns. 

An estimated crowd of more than 20,000

turned out for Minoso day to honor the Cuban-

 born Negro, who has played five positions for

the White Sox since he was obtained in a trade

on April 30. 

Mrs. Larry Jansen, wife of the New Giants

 pitcher, gave birth to a boy Sunday. The child

is their seventh. 

in June, homered for a 2-0 Dodgers lead in the

second. The Phils clawed back to tie the game

3-3 on Tommy Brown’s two-out RBI single in

the top of the ninth. 

Pafko’s 10th-inning blast made a winner of

reliever Bud Podbielan (4-3). Roy Campanella

had four hits for the Brooks, and Duke Snider

smashed his 36th round-tripper of the year. 

Willie Jones extended his hit streak to 15

games for Philly. 

Ray Mueller, 39, in just his fourth majorleague at- bat of the season, walloped a two-run

homer in the 11th inning to give the Braves a 9

-7 win over the host Giants. 

Murry Dickson won his 16th game in the

opener, and Howie Fox improved to 8-18 with

a route-going effort in the second game as the

Pirates and host Reds split, 9-4 and 3-2. 

outslugged the White Sox, 10-9.

 

Chicago’s Lou Kretlow, the A.L. ERA leader

coming into the game, was touched for four runs

in 1 2/3 innings — his shortest start of the sea-

son. Rookie first baseman Bob Boyd and out-

fielder Al Zarilla drove in three runs each for

Chicago. Batts had four RBI for St. Louis. 

The A’s used equal parts pitching and hitting

to sweep the visiting Senators. 

Bob Hooper (13-9) scattered eight hits in a 2 -1

win in the opener. Gus Zernial knocked in five

runs in a 17-5 A’s triumph in the nightcap. Zer-

nial leads the majors with 151 RBI. 

A’s shortstop Eddie Joost had three hits in the

twin bill and has a 15-game hit streak. 

George Kell and Hoot Evers had two-run

singles in a six-run seventh

-inning rally as the

Tigers topped the visiting Indians, 9-5. 

Dizzy Trout (13-11) got the win in relief. 

ST. LOUIS — For most of the this season,

Stan Musial’s performance could rightfully be

described as fantastic. Now it borders on historic. 

Musial continued his late-season rampage

Sunday, amassing five hits and three RBI as the

Cardinals swept the Cubs in a doubleheader, 11-

5 and 5-1. 

Musial, the National League leader in the Tri-

 ple Crown categories, now has a 14-game hit

streak — during which he is hitting .556 (30-for -

54), with five home runs, 21 RBI and 18 runsscored. 

If that isn’t historic, this would be: Should

Musial cop the Most Valuable Player Award, he

would be the first four -time winner in major

league history. Only he, Joe DiMaggio and Jim-

mie Foxx have won it three times. 

Following Musial’s lead, the Cardinals have

By Whitney Martin Associated Press Sports Writer 

 NEW YORK – “We were over at a neigh-

 bor’s house eating baked lobster – I guess theywere baked; they were cooking them over a

charcoal grill – and having a fine time. 

“I thought I heard my phone ring and ran

over to our house to answer it, but by the time I

got there it had stopped ringing. About mid-

night a police car drove up. They were looking

for me and my wife said, ‘What have you been

doing now?’ 

“The police told me to call Chicago, giving

me the number and extension, so I called, and

Charley Segar answered. He said, ‘Hello, Com-

missioner.’ ” 

That’s how Ford Frick learned Friday night

he had been chosen baseball commissioner, and

he admitted he had butterflies in his stomach

the rest of the night. 

“The phone kept ringing and ringing, and

about 1:30 this morning I plugged it up. At 4

o’clock some photographer was banging on the

door.” 

* * * 

The new diamond czar was fresh and dapper

as he strode briskly along the corridor toward

 Next on Menu For  Frick  —  Butterflies 

Musial, Chasing History, Helps Propel Cards into Third 

“All the News 

That

Fits, We Print” 

FINAL EDITION

 Including final  results of all ball

 games 

On Page 1: Overdieting Cited in Death of Socialite Marian Peck Miles, Believed One of Wealthiest Women in U.S. 

MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1951 

The Baseball Once-Upon-A Times.VOL. 1, No.162  FIVE CENTS 

AMERICAN  W  L  PCT.  GB  NATIONAL  W  L  PCT.  GB Chicago  94  55  .631  --- Brooklyn  94  53  .639  ---

Boston  87  59  .596  5½   New York   86  63  .577  9 

Cleveland  83  68  550  12  St. Louis  81  69  .540  14½ 

 New York   78  70  .527  15½  Philadelphia  79  70  .530  16 

Philadelphia  75  75  .500  19½  Boston  70  77  .476  24 

Detroit  70  79  .470  24  Pittsburgh  67  83  .447  28½ 

Washington  59  89  .399  34½  Chicago  66  84  .440  29½ 

St. Louis  48  99  .327  45  Cincinnati  53  97  .353  42½ 

Major League Standings 

Sunday’s American League Results  Sunday’s National League Results 

Lesser -Known Red Sox Team 

To Top Yanks, Gain on Chicago 

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FRICK  FROM PAGE 1 his R.C.A. Building office at 9:30 this morning,

however. Or maybe it should be floated along, as

he still was more or less up on the air and slight-

ly dazed by the turn of events.  

He’s a tall, lean, wiry guy with sharp features

and a terrier’s alertness about his snapping eyes.

His movements are quick and nervous, his voice

crisp and decisive. You get the idea of boundless

energy, and vitality, and confidence. 

In fact, in his appearance and in his quick

speech and actions there is more than a vague

resemblance to the late K.M Landis, although he

doesn’t have the jedge’s tendency to showboat,

or possess the long, unruly shock of white hair,

and his hats are neat and trim. 

* * * 

His choice should be generally popular, and it

is to the credit of the magnates that they saw

some sense in picking a baseball man for a base-

 ball job. 

For a time it appeared they were determined to

get a plumber to keep their watch running, so to

speak. Any man with a “name” was considered

a logical candidate, even if he didn’t know the

general direction of first base. 

Frick knows baseball in all its phases and

should prove an able executive in his new post,

as he has been the president of the National

League. 

He is fair and impartial, knows the problems

of the player as well as those of the club owner.

We have an idea he won’t be pushed around

and will call ’em as he sees ’em.”