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Bullet Bob until the steam evaporated from

his demon delivery.

Feller in the old days was the American

Leagues leading winner five times. But at the

end of 1947 the hitters began to whisper, and

then to shout gladly, that the hop was gone from

his pet pitch. They proved it as Feller, in his

period of transition to cute pitches, had his brains scrambled. Now hes on his way back,

but this still isnt the old Bullet Bob.

NEVER SAW BALL

As Gomez recalls, in the old days he batted

against Feller on one of his good days and

didnt even see the ball.

The ump said strike three and I didnt

really believe he saw it either, Lefty insisted.

So I turned to him and asked: Honest, Mac,

didnt that last one sound a bit low? Dizzy Dean was another example. In the old

days he just reared back and blew em down.

CLEVELAND Overpowered by rookie

sensation Mickey Mantle in the first game, Tribe

hitters responded in kind in the nightcap as the

Indians gained a doubleheader split with the

Yankees, losing 3-2 and winning 11-6.

Mantle belted two home runs and had three

RBI in the opener. Vic Raschi (6-2) went the

distance with a six-hitter.

Mantle leads the majors with 17 homers.

The Indians bombed the Bombers with six

homers in the second game. Ray Boone and

Bobby Avila hit two apiece, with Al Rosen and

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FINAL EDITION

Including finalresults of all ball

games

VOL. 1, No. 50 FIVE CENTSMONDAY, JUNE 4, 1951

Brooklyn Hitters Take the Day Off;Hiller, Lown Pitch Cubs to Sweep

NEW YORK Dodgers hitters arrived

late for their doubleheader Sunday. A harsh

critic might contend they never showed up at

all.

Brooklyn, nearly no-hit in the opener, was

swept by the sixth-place Cubs, 1-0 and 8-1.

Not only did the Cubs beat both Brooklyn

aces, Don Newcombe and Preacher Roe, they

knocked the Dodgers into fifth place, 8

games behind the league-leading Giants.

Chicago starter Frank Hiller, nursing a 1-0

lead provided by a Hank Sauer home run,

pitched hitless ball into the eighth inning of

the first game. Pee Wee Reese spoiled the no-

hit bid with a two-out infield dribbler.

Carl Furillo had the Dodgers second hit,with two out in the ninth, and it was a game-

enderjust not the way hed hoped. His sin-

gle to center sent Roy Campanella, who had

reached second on an error, scampering home-

ward with the potential tying run.

But Andy Pafkos throw nailed Campy at

the plate to end the game. It was the second

career two-hitter for Hiller (4-2). Newcombe

(4-4) lost for the fourth time in five decisions.

Turk Lown subdued the Dodgers with a six

-hitter in the second game, backed by homers

from Sauer and Pafko. He has won his past

three outings to improve to 3-1. Roe (5-2) has

lost two straight since his 5-0 start.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the National League:

Two left fielders apparently headed for the

All-Star Game took turns playing Can You

Top This as the Giants and Cardinals split a

doubleheader.

Giants left fielder Bobby Thomson dou-

bled, tripled and hit his NL-high 15th home

run to back Dave Koslos 10-hit pitching as

the Giants won the first game, 8-4. Koslo (1-

0) and Monte Irvin hit three-run home runs.

Cards left fielder Stan Musial, who singled in

the opener, homered and scored three runs in his

teams 9-6 win in the nightcap, running his hit

streak to 22 games. Harry Brecheen (5-1) was

the winner, allowing six runs in 6 1/3 innings.

St. Louis third baseman Billy Johnson had

three homers and seven RBI in the twin bill.

The Pirates, who had lost six straight to the

Phillies dating back to last season, swept the

defending pennant winners, 6-4 and 12-5.

Mel Queen (2-5) won the opener, striking out

nine in his first complete game of the season.

Loser Robin Roberts (3-3) allowed six runs in

seven innings.

Ralph Kiner had two RBI in each game for

the Bucs, while Wally Westlake had four RBI in

the second.

Cincinnatis Ken Raffensberger beat Vern

Bickford, 1-0, in a duel of two-hitters in the first

game, and Bostons Earl Torgeson homered in a

7-4 win in the second as the Reds and Braves

split.

Raffensberger (2-7) is 2-2 since an 0-5 start.

Bickford (3-7) is 0-4 in his past five starts.

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

Cleveland 26 16 .619 --- New York 31 15 .674 ---

Boston 26 16 .610 Philadelphia 26 19 .578 4

Chicago 23 15 .605 1 St. Louis 24 19 .558 5

Philadelphia 21 20 .512 4 Boston 22 22 .500 8

New York 21 21 .500 5 Brooklyn 21 22 .488 8

Detroit 20 20 .500 5 Chicago 19 21 .475 9

Washington 18 22 .450 7 Pittsburgh 17 25 .405 12

St. Louis 10 34 .227 17 Cincinnati 13 30 .302 16

Major League Standings

Sundays American League Results Sundays National League Results

New York 3, Cleveland 2, 1st gm

Cleveland 11, New York 6, 2nd gm

Boston 5, Chicago 4, 1st gm

Chicago 13, Boston 0, 2nd gm

Washington 6, Detroit 5, 1st gm

Detroit 4, Washington 1, 2nd gm

Philadelphia 13, St. Louis 6, 1st gm

Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 3, 2nd gm

New York 8, St. Louis 4, 1st gm

St. Louis, 9, New York 6, 2nd gm

Chicago 1, Brooklyn 0, 1st gm

Chicago 8, Brooklyn 1, 2nd gm

Cincinnati 1, Boston 0, 1st gm

Boston 7, Cincinnati 4, 2nd gm

Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 4, 1st gm

Pittsburgh 12, Philadelphia 5, 2nd gm

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Washington (Wyse 0-0) at Detroit (Newhouser 3-4),

3 p.m.

Philadelphia (Coleman 2-2) at St. Louis (Widmar 1-

4), 8:30 p.m.

Boston (Wight 3-1 and Scarborough 1-1) at Chicago

(Pierce 6-2 and Rogovin 3-2), 2, 7 p.m.

New York (Lopat 4-2) at Cleveland (Garcia 3-4),

8:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Friend 0-1) at Philadelphia (Meyer 4-2),

1:30 p.m.

Cincinnati (Wehmeier 2-3) at Boston (Surkont 5-4),

2 p.m.

St. Louis (Presko 2-1) at New York (Jansen 6-3),

8:30 p.m.

Chicago (Minner 1-6) at Brooklyn (Podbielan 0-0),

8:30 p.m.

Major League Leaders

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

Minoso, Chi. 31 120 32 42 .350 Musial, St.L 41 165 .41844 69

Valo, Phi. 33 126 29 44 .349 Jethroe, Bos. 40 155 .39442 61

Doby, Cle. 41 148 32 51 .345 Slaughter, St.L 32 120 .34224 18

Philley, Phi. 35 140 31 48 .343 Schoendienst, St.L 35 123 .32523 40

Avila, Cle. 34 118 15 40 .339 Furillo, Bro. 42 169 .32025 54

Suder, Phi. 33 124 17 42 .339 Sisler, Phi. 44 173 .31629 55

Fain, Phi. 41 160 35 53 .331 Ashburn, Phi. 45 195 .31336 61

Lipon, Det. 40 140 23 46 .329 Jones, Phi. 40 148 .31133 46

Busby, Chi. 30 107 21 35 .327 Thomson, N.Y. 46 177 .31130 55

Dropo, Bos. 32 129 17 42 .326 Irvin, N.Y. 46 169 .30834 52

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 17; Doby (Cle.) 10; Rob-

inson (Chi.) 9; Dropo (Bos.) 9; Stephens (Bos.)

8; Williams (Bos.) 8.

RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 44; Zarilla (Chi.) 39;

Williams (Bos.) 37; Mantle (N.Y.) 37; Doby

(Cle.) 32; Dropo (Bos.) 32.

Wins: Pierce (Chi.) 6-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 6-2;

Scheib (Phi.) 6-3; Feller (Cle.) 5-1; Trout (Det.)5-2; Wynn (Cle.) 5-3.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 56; Gray (Det.) 39;

Feller (Cle.) 38; Trout (Det.) 38; McDermott

(Bos.) 36; Wynn (Cle.) 36 .

ERA: Wight (Bos.) 1.60; Cain (Det.) 1.99;

Lopat (N.Y.) 2.13; Kucab (Phi.) 2.13; Feller

(Cle.) 2.27.

HR: Thomson (N.Y.) 15; Sauer (Chi.) 14;

Pafko (Chi.) 12; Musial (St.L) 12; Jethroe

(Bos.) 10; Westlake (Pit.) 10.

RBI: Musial (St.L) 44; Sauer (Chi.) 44; Thom-

son (N.Y.) 41; Gordon (Bos.) 38; Pafko (Chi.)

36.

Wins: Hearn (N.Y.) 7-2; Maglie (N.Y.) 7-2;

Jansen (N.Y.) 6-3; Candini (Phi.) 5-1; Bre-cheen (St.L) 5-1.

Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 54; Blackwell

(Cin.) 47; Newcombe (Bro.) 40; Maglie

(N.Y.) 38; 2 tied with 37.

ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.48; Roe (Bro.) 2.47;

Newcombe (Bro.) 2.47; Rush (Chi.) 2.63;

Klippstein (Chi.) 2.65.

Notes on the Scorecard

Lopat Jinx Has Indians

Turning to SuperstitionCLEVELAND Each of the first 15,000

fans entering Municipal Stadium tonight will

be given a rabbits foot to clutch while the Indi-ans try to break their jinx against Yankees

southpaw Ed Lopat.

Lopat has won four of six games for New

York. He has a 29-7 career record against

Cleveland, and holds a 10-1 advantage over the

Tribe dating back to June 17, 1949.

The home club ordered 15,000 of the good

luck charms flown in from New York (of all

places) to distribute tonight because a fan sug-

gested it in a newspaper beat Lopat ideas

contest.

Two persons died at a doubleheader be-

tween the Indians and the New York Yankees

Sunday, apparently from heart conditions ag-

gravated by the 90-degree heat, the excitement

and the press of a crowd of 75,000.Arthur Neiner, 57, of Erie, Pa., collapsed and

died during the first game. He was dead before

he could be taken to the hospital.

The second victim was John Griffen, 37, of

Cleveland, who was stricken while leaving the

stadium. He was dead on arrival at the hospital.

The Cuyahoga County coroners office re-

ported the men apparently died of heart attacks.

Mantle, Tribe Bashers Play Long Ball in Doubleheader SplitLuke Easter hitting one each. Bob Lemon (4-5)

snapped a string of five straight losing starts.

AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the American League:

The Red Sox held their ground in a battle for

second place, splitting with the White Sox.

Billy Goodman broke a 4-4 tie with an RBI

single in the eighth inning of the first game, lift-

ing Boston to a 5-4 win.

Howie Judson (2-2), buoyed by Eddie Robin-

sons four RBI, pitched Chicago to a 13-0 win

with a three-hitter in the second game.

By Oscar Fraley

United Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK (UP) Baseball is burdened

today with a corps of cute pitchers who throw a

mechanical assortment, but the best pitch in the

game is still the high hard one with the hop.

That was the delivery on which Walter John-

son, Lefty Grove, Christy Mathewson, Dazzy

Vance, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Rube

Waddell, Dizzy Dean and Lefty Gomez hurled

their way into the record books. The fastball

was their pass to diamond immortality.

Its the toughest pitch to hit, testifies Al

(Flip) Rosen, Cleveland third

baseman. He is supported by Joe

DiMaggio of the New York Yan-

kees.

Of course, DiMaggio cau-

tions, its got to have something

on it. Good hitters will hit a ball

if you shoot it out of a cannon. But it seems that

anybody with a good fastball always has that

zip to it.

The only threat to the high, hard one, accord-

ing to coach Tommy Henrich of the Yankees,

would be the knuckle ball. But the knuckler is a

wild, crazy pitch which very few pitchers can

control with any great regularity.

FAST ONES BEST

Theyll pay you more money for throwing

fast than they will for throwing a curve or any

other pitches like the slide, palm ball, fork ball,

curve or screwball, Henrich added. Thats

because they can teach you to throw those me-

chanical pitchesbut nobody can teach you to

throw it with oomph.

Living proof of the belief that theres no ade-quate substitute for the fast pitch is Bob Feller

of the Cleveland Indians, once known as

Catcher Joe Tipton had three RBI in the

first game, and Ferris Fain had four in the sec-

ond as the As swept the Browns, 13-6 and 7-3.

Dick Fowler (2-2) hurled eight innings in the

first game. Carl Scheib (6-3) struck out eight in

a route-going effort in the second.

Mickey Vernons tie-breaking single in the

sixth helped the Senators to a 6-5 win in the

opener, and Fred Hutchinson pitched the Tigers

to a 4-1 win in the closer as the teams split.

It was the third consecutive complete game

win for Hutchinson (3-1).

Pitchers Try Trickery,

But Fastball Still King

THIS

WAY

TO

BOX

SCORES

When that fast one went, so did Dean.

Thats why Don Newcombe was hailed,

when they saw his speed, as the first possible

30-game winner since Dean did it in 1934. And

thats why the Dodgers went so far, so long

with Rex Barney, the Omaha Express who

couldnt find the track to the plate.

There simply isnt any doubt that theres nosubstitute for that high, hard one you dont see

much anymore.

Al Rosen

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