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The Indians Aren’t Vanishing--They’re In Batting Slump

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"Look What Dodgers Vy 4 Drop Third Straight, [v= tier Are Doing With Three oe Lead Cut to 37 Gamesigii.

Bagby Fails to Win 14th as 7th Place

Catchers in Lineup i . Toledo Downs Home Boys, 5 fo 3

Win 6 Straight With Hodges af First, - hegre oT EDDIE ASH; Tus Spore anes Suk LAE Edwards at Third, Campanella Receiving oi lead is to some extent, say from seven-and-

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NEW YORK, July 8—Laugh if you like about the Dodgers go- : batting slump, slumping ing into the hands of receivers with three catchers in the lineup, a i. 3 ue got some hits last night, in fect, they collected nine, ‘but but after six straight victories since the experiment began, other 4 3 10 Tribesters were left stranded ! : ibe [the Nyon] League ad think 3 was so Twny JotaY | 4 Na on the sacks. Not too long ago,|Was 3 to 1. In the same inning} i ac ere were those enougl say ma, el yy dian the habit of Dodgers would “catch on” in the red-hot National League pennant ra the In a » ha = race in which they are now just| . / tallied hits. ' 61, games out of first place, even Major Leaders i . Recently, however, the breaks er On Hodges at aaiCAX LENCE nn. the Soventhpiace Toledo first base, Catcher Bruce Edwards yilliams, Boston ++ 53 38 48 106 -39 Mud Hens downed the home boys at third and Catcher Roy Cam- last night, 5 to 3, in the series nanella actually catching, the ~. 81 187 . ; ; : opener, and big Jim Bagby again 0 32 ro i ' Dodger lineup looked like some- i ’ 4 failed to chalk up his 14th vic-|

thing out of an opium pipe when : dsl tory. Could be that 13 has him Manager Leo Durocher first pre- u bur + phiiade hia 7 2 350. : jinxed.

sented it last Friday night. So Homes Bost 8 288 4 am | wy oy Third Loss in Row what happened? They beat the|waitku, a 4) i ; It is the Indians’ third straight ante I AE iu: pir, Liles, Tenkgey 18 Setback sul fhe itty ta Sheth Jost longest winning streak of the|Musial, Corde ...19Gordon, Giants .. 18 ; Ee Louisville for its stxth|Cassini and Fleming. Ellis Clary, season with an 11-inning 4 to 3 RUNS BATTED IN fe SOB triumph in a row and moved into|Butch Woyt, Corona and Arft victory over the Braves at Brook-| Haan. B Sox lO ordon, eae’ ond 8 ¥ hed in with two safeti lyn ot night. Stephens, Rok oye: Reds position to gut the pressure. op san for the Hens Nan ns, x : the Tribesters. “iapiece io ens. Hitting Well Baumhoitz anc Danny Litwhiler . Third - place Milwaukee also| In the sixth stanza the Indians A scoring fly by Campanellainit homers. Ker Raffensberger Cr won, edging Minneapolis, and the (lad the sacks filled with only one drove in the winning run and Ed-/went the route to score his fifth ; Brewers pulled within four-and-|d0Wn but got only one run out of % wards contributed - homer in t- e|yjctory, ; one-half games of Indianapolis. {it Roy Weatherly batted for BobjAustin in Monday's second game. wictory over Lefty Warren Spahn,| The Athletics made the most i g : d , But a well-balanced ball club|Ganss and scored Fleming on a/Lopez was banished during the LITTLI Toston's southpaw ace who suf-iof four hits to defeat the Yank- . like the Indians is sure to right|fielder’s choice, after which Bag-|argument. League President J f th ered his sixth defeat. ees, 4 to 3, at New York, and 3 Si 8 ; itself and regain form with a |by was called out on strikes. Bag-|Frank C. Lane levied the penalty, one of T € All three of the erstwhile catch-|inerease their hold on second i : |blazing attack. .%lby claimed the pitch was high and basing his decision on Austin's over India: ‘rs are hitting well and are field- place to 3% games as Dick Fow- ; Hs That could happen tonight and wide but Umpire Bob Austin ruled report,

Speedway 2g their positions more than ade- nin his “out,” and that was that. ' Lopez is thinking about sending uately in the almost unprece- ag» acatiered a hits for Jack Hallett is to be sent to the

enth vic - : * tC, : ‘ a: Tribe to f These second-division clubs ap-|in his own report on the incident, speedway ented maneuver. The daring ef-|sent A, Titan Sasinat one ge YER OUTI—Ted Kluszewski, Cincinnati, Red infielder and former Indiana rib ei v.1a0 the pastimers Dr on homed on the Io-{but the umpires usually win Ne Torr

ort to bring more power into the(yer~ MSCS nis triple] University football star, was out at the plate as he attempted to score from third |nere tomorrow, after which Co-|dians. At any rate, for the pastizess diamond debates. il start + Apu Sint bantlin the fifth provided the A’s with yesterday on Danny Litwhiler's fifth-inning hit. Andy Pafko, Chicago Cub third |lumbus will invade for a single Av :

thr lt the fourth . tilt Sat : . EVERY DAY nto the ruming. riers i tent was the fouria| baseman, pegged to Catcher Bob Scheffing to catch Kluszewski at home. The Reds pide or eg double BLUE POINT 5 Low PRICES Meyne

champs, all by one run margins.| downed the Cubs, 10 to 3, in the game played at Chicago. The St. Vincent Hospital Guild lace in the National and moved|™ gop). “Feller went the 2 AY . = shared in last night's receipts and S AVE ON G ASOIl INE for his ninth victory as Cleve- . another big crowd turned out, ; \g Braves by defeating the Car- Fl Kp ddl | mes to Na i ra A " At Cant , land topped the White Sox, 10 with the turnstiles clicking to the ‘nals, 2 to 1, at St. Louis on the mer 1 e, emon | m

y within 2% games of the lead-x-hit pitching of Bob Chesnes. to 2, to stay a shade ahead of

the Athletics. Feller struck out : HHS OF SO olka. ao & GOLDEN y - HIGH 4 etics. Feller # : v: . . one period in the fracas, the & mn ah Xiner doutted and Wally LL) creole hi” teague-tead: T H i Cl All-Star Winner seventh inning, the ndians looked|] FLASH OCTANE DANVERS ‘ve the Bucs the run that en-|Ing total to 76. Oo ur in QsSIC like they were on fhe way. They REG. ; ETHYL ip Wl eyne, a 19¢° Por Per Gal. i Gal THE, ——

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A rtake St. The Senators upset the Red loaded the bases with none out TAX PAID over College, : vied them to overtajse Bt, Louts Sox, 7 to 6, at Boston by putting CHICAGO, July 8 (UP)—Bucky Harris, who relied on Rookie By ART WRIGHT and the score 5 to 2 against them. TAX PAID athletic direc

chan i over five runs in the ninth, Gil| Pitchers Joe Page and Frank Shea last year to help him pilot the| rhe hundreds of Times readers| Thereupon, Toledo Manager ‘Bball and trac OR ar rk Giants Jo Coan’s two-run single, followed| New Yor 3 ankees to the world championship, picked rookies again who gent entries to the Major|George Detore derricked Earl FISHING TACKLE bury College, “an held the Phils to two hits in|by Carden Gillenwater's double ip Poy oF Ip him Sivect 3he Amerie, League All-Star squad t0|1eague All-Star Baseball Poll{Reid, righthander, and brought in “Lon nouncement b -to-0 decision at Philadelphia Which sent home the winning ts i Sietory u e annual diamond Slasie. + siund failed to name the player selec-{Al Gerheauser, lanky veteran — = . AT LOWEST PRICES MacLaury, €o | ‘which Scotty Thompson got a|run, were the key blows, Vern arris named eight pitchers on his’ 25-man squad, and fouritjong as they came up in the na-|southpaw. MARATHON TIRES Rods, Besta, Hvokh, Batis Meyne, & |

of them, headed by Cleveland's) - SEE US : westun | homer. outs Swephtns io ma Bivins Doerr converted outfielder sensation, George Tebbetts, Boston; Larry tional poll. The lefthander struck out Les We Issue Fishing License succeeds Glen

‘But still one of the 20 finalists|Fleming and one run scored after signed recent! The Reds defeated the Cubs,| Lefty Hal Newhouser scored| Bob LEMON, Ween On tne All-Star Berra, New York. who narrowly missed naming the|the catch on Culley Rikard's long is, Pries letic coaching ) to 3, at Chicago, piling up a victory number 12 for the Tigers,| tea tor the FIST MER inc Infield—George McQuinn, New| ning lineups will get, the two|fly. Gerheauser made a fancy stop soox1s $11.95 | OUTBOARD MOTORS any College. Ba Ee he To en Bc SM, Tel ork oJ Sve, Citnt Sa 0 AT nme Sn, Br Cin Cooxis $1506 | xapme 3 Bi. P. TE at Detroit on seven hits. ’ "lab; ; the box and the side was retired. ng. then in a8 Frankie delphia, and Joe Haynes of Chi-|George Kell, Detroit, 3b; reserves a ane EE ha Bl en ut 7.00x16 $17.25 | Streamline Motor ..." Grandsta:

‘ Tago. —Mickey Vernon, Washington; mye judges: still were busy to-|less by the southfaw in his brief : For Piral 125 Amateur Casters Enter Veteran pitchers selected by|Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr, |s,y Xe Jiages the éntries and the|chore an the mound. : A D i 0 : Harris were Bob Feller, Cleve-|Boston. “ , tem All grands Ri id land; Hal Newhouser, Detroit; Outfield—Ted Williams, Boston rs Dr th previ i Corona Homers 'YRAV-LER, 4 TUBES, Indians-Piral : ’ » ’ » » | e} 3-Day Event at iversiae Walt Masterson, Washington, if; Joe DiMaggio, New York, cf; 2 expetiod 16 hafne Hie Wines. The Mua Hens collected. 13 Avner casey $9.96 |

2 by tomorrow or Saturday. An- bition at V MARC G6, WAGGENER #04 the Yankees Page. Pat Mullin, Detroit, rf; reserves— | nouncement of the winner willpore Of SECT 1G roe a TaRS0 Cam vere: $1 1196

. home run with none on by George Monday nigkh i Harris went a big stronger for| Tommy Henrich, New York; Walt|appear in The Times. « i oa FU hat Sehing tackle back ln ONS ovhere. the 20th annual| mound strength than did Lippy Evers, Detrolt Be ateher [COToD8 In the sixth. The Xena} To pg py age | Hirer ser oo. SIASS | § CC TP UE {ourney of the Great Lakes Amateur Casting Association opens to- Leo Durocher, the. Brooklyn| For the National League: The 1948 poll proved to be a playe a I0Hlese 2 , the Indians § TRAV-LER S-WAY PORTA- $24.95 accepted by morrow and continues through Sunday. Dodger manager who will pilot| Catchers — Starting, Walt er|“toughie” for Times readers. Last om a ree m SES: th Bist B ATTERIES BLE, BATTERY & ELECTRIC ing to Ted S Fore than 125 of the nation’s leading Amateur casters are sched- the National League nine. Cooper, New York; reserves—Phillyear 12 entrants predicted the, 8 V© yo ie 18 AUTO RADIOS retary. vied to compete in the 3-day meet, being held in Indianapolis this Durocher Ploks 6 Mas, Boston: Clyde McCullough, starting lineups for the Al-Star| ="... 1r3ians tallied in the 18 Months The dema: + year for the first time. Don Car-| Durocher named ofily six hurl : game.

we 5 Infield — Johnny Mize, New| This year most of the entrants|fOUrth on a walk to Tec Beard, Guarantee | MTs ALL been heavy lisle and Jack Schneider, both of y ’ Highland Fling Erne re a ers, headed By Elmer Riddle, the yori 1h: Ed Stanky, Boston, 2b;|missed on the eatcher for the Fleming's single and Rikard’s Field ticket

MOTOROLA-—America’s Cincinnati Reds castoff who has : : 1 as nailed at the All Sizes in ws daily from secretary of the Great Lakes As- a record of 9 and 3 with Pitts Petwee Reese, Brooklyn, ss; Andy|National League team. While double, Fler hE w nails Stock RTE, y

. e rd’ 15-Plate Fits . m. There {p.. [focal “The Indianapolis Cast burgh. Other National Lessueliwaitcs.” chicigo: Al Schoey mos of The ines. entrants ey ie Stash | 22 Rifles......$12.95up | ME prices Draws Oh Ladies en Bd Saded by arl Hoover, pitchers will be Ewell Blackwell, qjenst and Marty Marion, St.|Walker Cooper, of New York, worn The Hens moved ahead, 2 to 1, $ 95 .22 Shells Shorta........ tieesd Be : oar morning are|olcinnatl, B-5, phaph Branca, Louls; Sid Gordon, New York;ithe national poll for the position. in the fift» when Russ Peters got 12 BB Shet, tube xn Bowling | - a % oz. distance bait event and rooklyn, , Harry Brecheen,|Bob Elliott, Boston; Frank Gus-| The poll opened June 15 ‘and two bases when Beard dropped, : J ’ cesses ee : Ninety-six women golfers will a % oz distance bait event. In St. Louis, 9-3, Johnny Schmitz, tine, Pittsburgh. the tabulation of votes received at/his long fly after a long run. Aj EXCHANGE $99.50 Pat Striebe tee off tomorrow in the annual the’ afternoon . competition is Chicago, 7-9, and Johnny Sain, Outfield — Stan Musial, St. |The Times were forwarded to the|single by Frank Mancuso scored | . g sees feminine bow Highland’ Fling golf tournament] scheduled for distance with trout! omer” recor Louis, rf; Richie Ashburn, Phila-|central clearing house for the poll Peters. SPARK PLUGS $19.95 | [ton D.C. a; at the Highland Golf and Country | flies. jhe records of the Harrs\delphia, cf; Enos Slaughter, Stat Chicago and included in thel,, SUPA NHCHYL "choy and fit For All Cars view over a. Club. Saturday at 8 a. m. the sal- a8 Louls, If; reserves—Ralph Kier, national tally. * the 10p hait of fhe sixth ane GOLF BALLS

houser, 11-8, Raschi, 9-3, Page,|Pittsburgh: Bob Th N sion station, . mon fly distance and skish fi gh; omson, New| Eight teams of 12 players Will| oyop¢g Ya a with a dary 34, Masterson, _§.8,, Colemahn,[York; Tommy Holes, Boston. Fight Results e 336 Each, 3 for $1.00 ee he cas the Bethesda warded the first three teams. 112-6. were selected by baseball fans in By United Press | ASEBALL SUPPLIES Pairings and tee time are as fol- gad 2% 9. ay bait cast Others on the American League 3 populay vote which drew 4,107,- re Mass. —Nick Stato, | BA BATS TT lows: ; On Sunday a Squac: were: 3 ballots. Junior, 133, Springfield, . | AC & CHAMPION RICES © FIRST TEE avent will start Wot hy accuracy Catchers—Starting, Warren Ro-| The American League has won|, CRANSTON, ‘BR. I-Jackle Weper, . Pons in sets... 096 AT REDUCED P 1 | | |

shoot for low gross prizes to belfly accuracy event at 11 a. m. 8-6, Haynes, 5-7, and Lemon, Starting lineups for both squads % NN 1a Hart , out inted, Young Blue Point Plugs , Mrs, Wil Pawtucket, R. L, outpoin 8:30 Mrs. N. W. Hatfeld, Mrs, William 2 en

yn i. Mrs Nootle Bola, Mrs. Chas. a % oz. acouracy bait event at|%ar Philadelphia; reserves—|10 of the 14 All-Star classics. arews, 130, Lowell,” Mass., (12). ; : ith. ' _|10:30. n a team|y ° ; o. > > 3 1600-Pound HE nig! 5 oh dir 136 Olympic Veterans Have Slim Chance | LIFE RAFTS ||FRiaalaRA | ot. seuss Tio. Miss Dorothy Elis Mrs. Rick Her- SKish ball event 21 2:30 wil close : ‘ AMERICA'S QUALITY BICYCLE Ao ‘ Geo, Enos, Mrs. Ohas. Great-|the meet. CHICAGO, July 8 (UP) — A|we lim. And f Athletic union championships. ; ey GR Marty vats are meme y 8 (UP) re slim. And for Dreyer the pl ps With Paddles ber clubs in Chicago, St. Louis,

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and Jefferso le. Lakes Naval Training Station Ray, Mrs. Wn, D. Lisle. Mit, Raph Cole, | 0G Ere Castin Sie . qualified for the Olympic finals| For McCluskey the prospects Wayne Garson, Mrs. Wm oe to 1 iy a asting today to prepare nearly 200 through the National Amateur dimmer. He too qualiation are located in Indian-|,injetes for the’ important final were even . q

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zemeler. STi TE teil 4, Beard _ Kalin 3, Turner Xs Shs Olympis Pole 3 youl g Duplo The offer on Players y. hie DUGO No. 7 } 3 8 3, Weathetly. 3, 8s. |W a leap o feet nches, quarter-finals — top-s ard- x ’ FX . 9:00—Mra. Thomas Doherty, Mrs. O. A. Stolen Bases = Cassini 2% Sefith 1% hammer thrower Henry Dreyer, nar Mulloy of Miami, Fla., fourth- NIGHTLY gL Polish and Cleaner Jagua, Mrs. 1. G. Kahn, Mrs. Florence " " Shaver, Fioming, Lopes, Kalin. | 1, Saffel 8, Gas and Joe McCluskey, a steeple-|seeded Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, Cleans and polishes i 3o—Miss, Balers Banbrides, Mrs. B, C.ltigiione 4. Gutteridge 3, Rikard 2, Letchas (Chase runner in 1932 and 1936. fifth-seeded Tom Brown of San ; in one operation. ne. : | 3, Turner. Except for Dreyer, their Francisco, and Frank Shields of i Leaves hard, dry i Ey Be, Robert He Should K Bett chances to make the Olympic|New York—will not clash until ; finish. Mack. u now er [team again, after a 12-year lapse, tomorrow. ; 9:15—Mrs. Chas. Harrison, Mrs. H. C. PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 8! pc - Cc Grossman, Mrs. Mary Owings, Mrs. Lyle » KR. 1, July 3 he? : Pint 10-IN Gant. asey Shir. Mm. Fm COE Jockey Eddie Robart of 4 Can vans ..38:96., Burghardt. Mie a Shuler, Mrs. F. 3 Pawtucket lost all his pay betting | Cc ipple.

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