Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 124, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1953 — Page 7

TUESDAY, MAY 1953

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Surkont Fans Eight In Row For New Mark 'II ■■ ■’ NEW YORK, UP —Chunky Max Surkont, just another in the legion : of obscure big league pitchers who never had a winning season, put his name into , the record books today with tt feat that may be unmatched for years to come — he struck out eight straight batters. The - right hander for the Braves, generally a good spring pitcher who fades when the hot weather

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sets in, turned in his sixth straight victory without a defeat, topping Cincinnati 10-3. In the second inning, he fanned pitcher Herman Wehmeier. In the next frame he whiffed Rocky Bridges, Bobby Adams, and Gus Bell. In tne fourth his victims were Willard Marshall, Bob Borkowski and Grady Hatton. He broke the record in the fifth when Andy Seminick struck out but Roy McMillan ended the spell when he lined out. / The mark surpassed the previous record of seven set by Hooks Wiltse of the Giants in 1906 and equalled lat,er by two Dodger pitchers, Dazzy Vance in 1924 and Van Lingo Mungo in 1935. Surkont struck out 13 altogether and was aided to some extent by a fog which enveloped the field as proceedings twice were halted by rain. He gave up five hits. The first place Braves swept both ends of a double bill from the Reds, winning the opener, 5-1 as Don Liddle pitched three-hit ball for his second win. Del Crandall’s two-run triple put him ahead to stay in the third. In Surkont’s victory, Ed Mathews drove in five runs with a pair of homers. In the American league, the Red Sox and Yankees also made history by playing the longest nine inning game in major league annals going three hours and 52 minutes before Boston finally won 1410 with a 20-hit barrage. The Yankees made 13 hits themselves. Mickey McDermott, the winning pitcher, collected four hits while Jimmy Piersall had an inside-the-park-homer, a double and single for Boston. Every Boston starter got at least one hit in the carnage. The Dodgers made It three in a row over the Phillies coming from behind to win 11-9, while the Cardinals drubbed the Cubs 14-3 with 18 hits: and the Giants again topped Pittsburgh, 6-3 as Ralph Kiner hit his 300th big league homer in a losing cause. In other American league games the White Sox handed the Browns their eighth straight defeat 7-5, and Washington beat Philadelphia 6-1. Cleveland and Detroit were idle.

Homers by Carl Furillo, Jackie ■Robinson, and Roy Campanella eparked the Dodgers as they came from behind at Philadelphia. Robinson’s came wjth two on base as rookie Bob Milliken picked up his first big league yin in a relief role. t \ The Giants made 12 hits in their easy triumph at Pittsburgh. Davey Williams collected three as relief pitcher Dutch Hiller gained the victory. Kiner became the 12th player in big league history to hit 300 or more homers. Stan Musial had one of those days in Chicago when he hit two homers and drove in six runs but his room mate. Red Schoendienst, was almost as potent, connecting for a double and three singles to give Joe Presho his third win. Washington scored all of its runs in the first inning on five walks and singles by Jackie Jensen and Ed Fitz Gerald then coasted to victory behind the six-hit pitching of Julio Moreno. The Browns and White Sox battled three hours and 17 minutes sh another marathon in which St. Louis used 23 players. Chicago clinched victory with two runs in the eighth on doubles by Nellie Fox and Al Carrasquel and an infield single by Jim Rivera to give relief specialist' Lt\is Aloma his second victory. Hearing Wednesday On Squirrel Season 'INDIANAPOLIS U'P — State conservation officials will hold a public hearing Wednesday on when there should 'be an open season on squirrels. Director Doxie Moore will set the dates after the hearings -1 Red Sox, Yankees Play Longest Game NEW YORK, UP — The game between the Boeton Red Sox and New- York Yankees at Yankee Stadium Monday night, won by the Red Sox, 14-16, was the longest nine-inning game in major-league histbry—three hours and 522 minutes. i The previous record was three hours, 38 minutes, set by the Gi-ants-Dodgers game on Sept. 6, 1952. The previous high in the American league Was three hours, 35 minutes, set by the YankeesRed Soxi game, May 10, 1952.

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I Today's Sport Parade ( (Reg. U. 8. Pet. Ott.) | By Oscar Fraley I- -- —0 YORK OP — The top pitcher in the major leagues, handsome Mei Parnell, today pronounced himself just as amazed as the horse-collared hitters. Parnell, one of the few' veterans who ’survived Boaton hobbysox movement, has won six games ogaihst no defeats. And modest Mel can’t figure it out himself. I / “fl’m throwing the same old stuff,” he grinned. “And I just throw it up there and wish it luck all the way.” Parnell, who will be 31 next month, insists that he has been “lucky to get off the hook a few 1 times.” Actually, he has been pitching sharp, steady ball. iHe was taken “off the hook’’ twice, being lifted from starting roles before he could be tagged With the loss, in four of his wins he needed aid before the end, but three of those were in the very late innings. Two of his triumphs came as he went the route—with a pair of fine five-hitters against the Athletics and White Sox. IMel won’t say so. but you feel that he is expecting a comeback year from his 12-12 effort of last season. “We have a different l>all club this season,’ he enthuses. “It is better defensively, even though we haven’t had as much offensive power. But you’ll b© seeing a tough hall club .before too many years.” But it is the sprinkling of veterans, like Parnell which has steadied the surprising Red Sox youngsters And Mel knows how to help steady the kids, because he had a tough time getting started himself. ' After two years in the minors, he was halted Iby a three-year stretch in service. Back with Scranton in 1946, he quickly got on the ball with a 13 and four season and a glittering 1.30 earned run average. The Red Sox took him up for a short while in 1947 before sending him to Louisville and there it looked as if his career might l>e at an end. I The slender southpaw from Nev.Orleans suffered a fractured finger on his pitching hand and sat out most of the season. “I didn't know- whether I could pitch in the sipring of 1948,” he recalls. “I really bewildered.” But not for long. Mel quiek'y proved that he could and posted a I*s and eight record. The following season, 1949, he led the league with 27 victories and in pitching j 295 innings. The nex* two years fie i rolled up 18 wins each season but j last year tailed off to an I even I break. Now. once again, things are lookI ing up with a hustling ball club i behind hinn

Af/W AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 21 14 .600 Indianapolis 21 16 .568 1 St. Paul 21 16. .568 \ 1 Louisville 1. 17 17 .500 3% Toledo 18 20 .474 4\> Charleston 16 19 .457 5 Minneapolis 15 21 .417 Columbus 13 19 .406\ 6V_> Results Monday Charleston 4. Indianapolis 3. Columbus 11, Toledo 5. ; St. Paul 9. Kansas City !!. Minneapolis 3, Louisville 2.

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Geneva Is Leading Horseshoe League Geneva is leading the Adams county horseshoe league with 21 games won and six lost, according to the league standings released today. Salem is a close second .with, a 19-8 record. Results of matches postponed„two weeks ago: Monrpe 8, Monroeville 1; Salem 7, Preble l 2. The results of last w’eek’s matches: Geneva 7, Union 2; Salem 8, Monroeville 8; Monroe - Berne, Preble - Pleasant Mills postponed. A..Buuck is leading the individuals with 53 percent: V. Hoffman, G. Knittie and Campbell, 51 percent: T. Morningstar, 50 perpent; J. Johnson and Rowdon, 47 percent; M. Hoffman, 46 percent; Abbott, 45 percent: L. Steele, Rush and L. Baumgartner, 43 percent, Thursday’s schedule: Pleasant Mills at Monroeville: Geneva at Preble; Monroe at Union; Salem at Berne. ♦ >, League Standing W L Pct. Geneva 21 6 .778 Salem 19 8 .704 Monroe 12 6 ;667 Union 16 11 .593 Preble„7 11 .389 Pleasant Mills,6 12 >.333 Berne __: 6 ij 1333 Monroeville_. 3 24 .111

MAJOR NATIONAL LEAGUE’ j W L Pct. G.B. Milwaukee 20 11 .645 St. Louisa- 19 12 .613 1 Brooklyn 20 14 ,588. -iVz Philadelphia„ 17 13 .567 2V 2 New York „ 19 16 .543 ' 3 Pittsburgh 12 21 .364 9 Chicago io 19 .34u 9 Cincinnati 9 20 .310 10 Monday’s Results New York 6. Pittsburgh 3. St. Louis 14, Chicago 3. Brooklyn 11. Philadelphia 9. Milwaukee 5-10, Cincinnati 83. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. New York 23 11 .676 ’ \ Cleveland 18 12 .600 3 Chicago 22 15 .595 Boston 20 15 .571 j 3% Washingtgp «J 9 Philadelphia 16 22 .421 ' B St. Louis 12 22 .353 i 11 Detroit 10 26 .278 1 J. 4 Monday’s Results ;'r Boston 14, New York 10. j ' Washington 6. Philadelphiai 1. A Chicago 7. St. Louis 5. Only games scheduled. 1 —— lb Trade in a good Town—Decatur If you have something to sdll or rooms for rent, try a Deinpcrat Want Ad. It brings results, i i

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; Major League Leaders By UNITED PRESS 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Player A Club GAB R H Pct Wyrostek, Phil l 26 92 15 34 .370 Sicndienst, S <L .. 32 135 22 49 .363 Ashburn? Phil .... 31 118 18 42.356 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player A Club AB R H Pct Vernon, Wash 36 138 23 50.362 Kell, Boston 31118 23 42.356 Suder, Phil 28 110 13 38.345 HOMERUNS: Campanella, Dodgers 16; Mathews, Braves 10;' Kluszewski, Reds 10. RUN BATTED UN: Campanella, Dodgers 48; :Dropo. Tigers 31; j Vollmer. Senators 30. RUNS: Mantle, Yankees 34; Snider, Dodgers 31; Minoso, White. Sox 31. 'HITS: Vernon, Senators 50.... Schcendienst, Cards 49; Kuenn, Tigers,47. _> PATCHING: Surkont, Braves 6 —o; Parnell, Red Sox 6—o; Moreno, | (Senators 3—o; Shea, Senators 3 —0; Ford, Yankees 3 —o; Lopat. Yankees 3—o; Dorish, White Sox 3 —4); Stuart, Browns 3 —o. Supreme Court Will Study Reserve Clause NKIW YORK UP — Attorney Frederic A. Johnson, commenting on the supreme court’s decision to examine (baseball’s controversial reserve clause, declared today, “we are not asking the-Court to make every player a fre© agent.” Johhaon, counstel-in-chief for minor league player Walter J. Kowalski and minor league dub owner Jack Corfbett. whose suits were accepted by the supreme court Monday, insisted that “we’re trying to undermine baseball. “All we are asking 'for is a reasonable interpretation of the reserve clause so that th e 16 major league clubs do not monopolize the player market from the equator to Hudson’s Bay.” ■ In accepting the suits of Kowalski, Corliett anil another teagu© player. George Tiarl Toolson, the supreme court agreed to decide whether organized baseball still is a sport or whether it has become a business subject to antitrust laws. In 1922, the supreme court ruled that the national pastime was immune from antitrust prosecution on the grounds that it was essenially a sport and not. a business. The players involved in the current suits want the court to declare the “re|serve clause" in playera violation of the antitrust laws. Under th© clause, the i ball clubs have complete control ! of r the iplayers. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

Dark Star Retired With Leg Injury NEW YORK, UP — Just three short weeks after his upset triumph in the Kentucky Derby made him the toast of the nation, Dark Star came to the end of the raciiig trail today of a leg injury. ’■ 1 Harry F. Guggenheim, owner of the brown colt who astounded the experts by beating heavily-favored Native Dancer in the Derby on* May 2, announced that Dark Star suffered a “bowed tendon” during last Saturday's Preakness Stakes and will be retired to stud. “I regret to say that Dark Star’s racihg career is at an end, 1 ’ said Guggenheim. “Stable jockey Henry Moreno reported that, while running with great ease in the lead at the head of the stretcr, Dark Star suddenly stopped. After cooling out. his. leg filled and the injury to the main tendon became apparent.”, . Guggenheim, owner of Cain.lHoy Stable, said that his three-year-old star would be turned out to “unwind” at Port Washington, Long Island, this summer “and will begin his career at stud in Ken-, tucky in 1954.” ■ i . -I Two Changes Made In Pro Net Rules NEW YORK, UP —Two important changes were macle today in the-laying .rules of the professional National Basketball Association designed to up games and curb excessive fouling. The changes: 1. Instead of a mid-court line, the court will be.' divided by two lines, each 40 feet | from the end lines; 2. All back- i court fouls will call for two free throws. j Final Work-out At Speedway Today U INDIANAPOLIS, UP — The 33 starters were expected to give their machines a filial work-out today for Saturday’s 500-mile Memorial Day auto race. The Speedway oval will be open ! for five hours to permit carburetion and other testing. .After ihat. all action I prior to the race itself will be restricted to the garages and pit walls for race day strategy. The two-and-one-half mile track will he thoroughly cleaned and inspected by the, ABMaAcaiL bile Association TfeT6re tne field roars away for the flying start at 10 a.m. c.s.t. Saturday. Eisenhower Host To Sports Celebrities WASHINGTON, UP —President Eisenhower, a renowned amateur golfed, will b° host at a June ,5 i luncheon for a glittering assembly | of sports celebrities, past and present. Trade in a good Town —Decatur

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