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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

___ MONDAY, MAY 7, 1951.

No-Hitter Has Pirates Agog

IP's the First in History for Team | That's Now Looking to Better Things

By CARL LUNDQUIST he | . United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, May 7—Lefty Cliff Chambers, who pitched the

only -no-hit, no-run game in Pittsburgh Pirate history, gave them ‘ more than a new line in the record hogks today—he gave them hope ! of a first division finish. Chambers, still achy after entertainging. a million assorted flu germs over the wéekend, clambered out of his sick bed in Boston

. J inate sa —— , ay d-the Pirates — —— ” : Je A triumph homer to give Cincinnati its first|

Connie/

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over the Braves in which he game victory Sar, Conny ' yielded nary a hit and preserved "Yan. y ‘sec | i 1 worked the ancient hidden-ball|

at despite g1VINE UP i tm pick off Whitey Lockman | ot in the Giant 10th and cut off a + At the finish when his mass threat. Hank Thompson put New| made him sche. even more Y York in front with a three-run first inning homer in the second game and the Giants held the lead! all the way.

said the walks helped him to preserve the no-hitter. He said he was ‘‘just wild enough” to keep

o . J the Boston sluggers from toeing > in. The Braves with terrific right- THE CUBS trimmed the Phils

handed power in their lineup, us- with two runs in the 10th inning! ually are murder on lefties, but 5¢¢ ace Robin Roberts with a Tis Sime Chambers was the exe. single by Dee Fondy and triples : gs 'by Smoky Burgess and Bob RamTHE LAST no-hitter by a Pi- azzotti providing the margin. In the Phils clinched|

| 1907 and the luster of that game things with four runs in the sixth.

, cause he gave up a run. In 1915, tallies.

{ Allen, pitched the Pittsburgh en-

by Nick Maddox was marred be- Grant Hamner doubled home two Bubba Church scattered; a Federal League hurler, Frank nine hits to win his second game. Andy Pafko hit a first-game Chi-| cago homer and Hal Jeffcoat and! try in that outlaw loop to a no-'gank Sauer homered in the nighthit, no-run victory against B8t. cap. - Louis, but that achievement is ig-| The Yankees, who won all of fored in big league lore since the the games on their first Western club operated in competition with trip a year ago, maintained a the Pirates. similarly all-victorious pace in the | "Between the Maddox no-hitter current junket as they drubbed and Chambers’ double whitewash Detroit with a 12-hit attack, inyesterday, pitchers on every other cluding a homer by Johnny Hopp

! club in the majors except the and three singles by Atom Boy| ‘ Phillies, had turned in no-hitters, Rookie Mickey Mantle, who drove

It was the first no-hitter in the/in three runs. majors since last August when, = . Vern Bickford of the Braves LOU BRISSIE was ineffective turned in one against the Dodg- as a starter and lost the opener) @rs, also in Braves Field. to Washington as the Senators : made 11 hits behind Rookie Cuban,

i . Julio. Moreno, who won his first| . WHAT MADE Chambers’ feat ¢tart with a neat seven-hitter.|

#0 notable was that he came In pg, Brissie came back to pitch|

ter Boston had won the opener, prjjjjant second game relief ball |

to 0, behind the second straight |anq gave the triumph for Rookie shutout by Warren Spahn, and Boh Chakales, who gave up only the Braves’ sluggers had backed!fye hits in gaining his first win. Bim up with a 10-hit attack. A] Rosen hit a two-run homer for

C'mon, Shake Us Loose

TO SYAY OR NOT TO STAY THAT QuesTioN 19N'T BOTHERING INDIAN BASE RUNNERS. THERE'S EVEN TALK OF ORGANIZING RESCUE PARTIES TOBRING THE POOR STRANDED Sy BRAVES HOME!

1 AINT MOVIN UNTIL I GET OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE COMMISSIONER.)

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IN THEIR FIRST 13 GAMES THE INDIANS LEFT 1)9 MEN ON BASE, WHAT ABOUT T, DON? .

CAN uP?

GETTING AWFUL

Here As 500 Speed Trials Near

ly GemeTeingOM....

Henry Banks, King Of Race Driving, Checks In Blue Crown

First Qualification to Start Saturday; -

Reid May Be First to Pass Driving Test.

By BILL EGGERT venson will drive. Steveawon The nerves will get a little placed eighth in the . drivers’ {sharper this week and the race standings, but Is considered § {cars will go a few miles an hour Speedway rookie and will have te

| Who'll” win the pole position the two’ former Dick Cott cars ‘and is the 500-Mile winner at here, holds the 10-lap record for the track yet will have to go midgets at the W. 16th St. Speed. wunanswered. (way. He's a grocery-tavera | Any one of a dozen of the 30 owner from New Brunswick, N.J., "9 cars already at the track can/and attended Rutgers University ‘win the pole. There are a few one year. He has owned race race cars, capable of winning the cars since 1935 but has confined race, that haven't arrived yet. |his racing to the eastern sea-

; board. Trainor Car Arrives | He hopes to “get around” the

| . | | The 30th car to appear at the track fast enough to qualify, but track is the Trainor Chicago|it he can't, he says, “There are

|Special, a former four-wheel drive ” {that Frank Brisko has converted of ote who tam to a front-wheel drive. Danny] SOME OF THE Speedway rail. (Kladis of Chicago will be the pirds are waiting to see if Tony |driver. |Granatelli is allowed to take part | The king of automobile racing, in the preparation of the Granae {Henry Banks, pulled his little telli-Bardahl Special for the race. (No. 1 Blue Crown Spark Plug/Tony has been part owner and |Special into garage 10 yesterday driven cars here. [next to the J. M. Robbins car/. This year the car was entered that was last year's winner. {by a brother, Joe Granatelll. Tony | The 37-year-old driver, who has has been active in-hot-rod racing |been in race cars since 1932 but|Promotion, an interest which has ‘has. never placed or finished a brought him a bundle of cash. He |500-Mile Race, is one of two men OWNS a hot-rod circuit lock, stock to win the AAA driving cham- and barrel and such racing is not pionship without including the Sanctioned by AAA. {1000 points that go with a 500-| 4 8 =» : {Mile victory. SPEEDWAY'S first casualty is | In 10 other championship races, Wes Crawford, an AAA observer [last year he had one first place, Who broke a hand yesterday when {two seconds, two thirds - one he slipped from an observation 'fourth, one fifth and a 12th po Stand. isition. : 2" # | His arrival herp this year was , ALSO CHECKING in yester delayed by the birth of his second day was Tony Bettenhausen, who child, a girl, last Wednesday, in Will get the feel of the No. 27

Compton, Cal. He has one other ichild, 14-year-old John Allen week and undoubtedly will be in

Banks. line for the first-day qualifying,

Qualified Last Year ; s =. 2 Banks qualified an IRC Meyer- |, FLOYD DAVIS, co-winner with > Mauri Rose in the 1941 race, will Drake at 129.646 last year and Ei , be on the air again this, year for \ was relieved after 73 laps by . © Freddie Agabashian. The car WXLW; 15-minute track -side ? = : (broadcast, 6:15 p. m. to 6:30 p. m,

MR | was awarded 25th place. vi | It should be different this year.|Pe8iBRINE is Toursday,

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*. Bob Elliott drove in three runs Cleveland in the nightcap and

{Lindsey Hopkins, whose financial y - interests in hotels and Coca-Cola| GORDON REID may be the

make life easier, hought the Blue first rookie to get AAA’s approval

|faster ‘As Speedway perks up take his driver's test. for the opening qualification next ay a : Saturday. - B Sri JOE-BARED A; who-has brought

'Momiloil Special front-drive this

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By PEBBLE ~-Red-heade the great B: own game day, but adr “Babe” must The touri the Weather fal Golf T their short with. the Mir “four stroke: Zaharias. “I played woods yeste! “My irons w lucky. That’ had scores holes, comp: for Mrs. Zal

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But the t third leg of Indianapolis deadlock—es for 72 holes.

Asked if proved game famous ‘Bal the future, si

Daywa At Win

Time WINCHES Jimmy Dayv who is sch Merkler Spec Mile Race, w &print race | Daywalt, 17.36.22 for ahead of D was second third. Duane Ca Ted the featt when Daywa was forced 38th lap wit broken ring man out of Linden, spun

IU Mat Star on Card Tomorrow

with four hits, but the big third g4qdie Yost homered for the Nats T° ih T . C il S 4 $ baseman, who usually is rough on in the opener. ns ri e ries e ar ain S lefties, was just putty: in Cham-| The White Sox took a firmer Otto Kuss, former Indiana Uni-] The other feature of the two-'same car Banks drove around the Pleted the 110 mph portion yes-

bers’ hands in the second game. hold on fourth place by dereating fi B bh B ¢ 'verstt mat star, and Karol event card will- pit Earl “Me- championahi {rcuit. = He and terday. He has yet to go 10 laps Except for the eight battersithe Athletics twice behind five- er ounces Y rewers y : pionship circuit. {

: Cready against Dutch Hefner, in Ho ce associ-|at 115 and 10 more at 120. Chambers walked, no other Bos- hitters by Ken Holcombe and Lou! Mil k k bl d {Krauser Of California will team. rematen, They battled to a 30- Slogiine have Bon Fate asin gs 8 = > ton players reached base. Cham- Kretlow and Marv Rotblatt in the ilwaukee Takes Double-Header; {up against Ray Eckert and The minute stalemate here two weeks 7 3 & : THE NOVIS are due for their Bers put himsélf in the hole in/nightcap. The A's throwers gave Errors Hurt Indians in Both Games (Green Raider in an Australian ago. Tomorrow night's returngo, ALSO CHECKING in yesterday first appearance on the track tofive different innings by walking out 15 walks in the second game, Yiaes Seiatil Dp a

{tag match to be staged tomor- will be for two falls out of three was owner Carl Marchese and his/morrow with Chet Miller and

Crown last summer. It's the|OR his driving test. Reid. com-

e first man to face him, and in/three short of a major league énly three innings did he retire mark. Rotblatt took over in the] the side in order. He struck out/second and pitched one-hit ball

four batters, three in the first the rest of the way to gain the| three innings. nightcap victory—his third of the

|year. ss =» A 10th inning homer by Ted! Both the Tribe and the Saints have some redeeming to do.

. THE CARDINALS held first Willams gave Boston the first St. Paul disappointed the home place in the National by defeating game victory over the Browns, fans yesterday by dropping two the Dodgers 11 to 7, while Cincin- but St. Louis came back with games to the visiting Columbus nati topped New York, 4 to 3, plenty of support for Al Widmar Red Birds. then lost 8 to 5, and Philadelphia to win the second game without Errors Hurt edged Chicago 5 to 4, then lost|travail. Widmar gave up eight] Five Indian errors in the first , = a 9-to-7 bat battle. |hits. Sherman Lollar hit a three- game and one vital miscue in the tne Tribe for the first-time, re f tired 12 batters in a row until In the American League the run homer in the fourth to put 10-inning second helped the Mil- . : > the Indians tallied in the eighth. Yankees won their eighth him ahead for good. (Waukee Brewers smack the._In- "yp." goubled and went to straight, 11 to 6 from Detroit, =~ — |dians twice yeSterday, 6-3 and 4-3. 00 COC NC rE fy to! while the White Sox trimmed the High School All-Stars The Indians looked good on...

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 7—The Indianapolis Indians go from top to bottom here tonight. i

After suffering a double setback from Milwaukee, the Ameri-!

Unser blasted his second home run of the season over the left (field wall in the sixth. | | Gorin Tough Gorin, who was winning from

can Association's first-place team, the Tribe takes on the cellar- M dwelling Saints here tonight. IB

row night at the Armory.

Little Sport

with a 60-minute time limit.

|Bardahl Special that Chuck Ste- Duke Nalon behind the wheels.

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Athletic twice 4 to 1 and 8 to 3. ithe mound where Southpaw '“p ly Gearhart pinch-hit for! The Red Sox won from the Add 6-10 Schlundt Johnny McCall and Harry Pish-lp, 0%) 04 tapped to short i Browns, 5 to 4, then lost, 8 to 2, By United Press j= hed JO SIeCal Was man right that rolled off Montag's CYCLONK w s .l = . = | er h ile Washington topped Cleve Big Don Schlundt, 6-10, Wash son opener against the Brewers fingertips and Merson scored. Ore

land, 8 to 1, then lost 4 to 2. |ington-Clay center, was added to a \ sii rally in the eighth the Indiana high school basketve St. Louis its victory in|ball “All Stars” list today. kept him out of action since th os Solly Hemus with a Schlundt, who averaged Bl er R Be the Tribe Box Scores Romer and double drove in three points per game in three years McCall seemed on his way to 3 8t. Louis runs, while Stan Musial of varsity competition, was the another win the finale. He was INDIANAPOLIS AB

Singles by Kalin, Fernandez and | Stevens provided the final run in| the ninth.

in Indianapolis when he beat them “on five hits. Illness had

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hit a double and triple. Duke fourth man named by Indiana's preezing along on five-hit, 3-0 Rue ss ........... 4 3 Snider and Peewee Reese hit sportswriters and sportscasters to ball in the seventh when the roof McGhee cf ......... 4 0 Brooklyn Homers, Reese getting the squad which plays Kentucky caved in. Behind him Johnny Mer- Ea, 2 : . : i ! his with the bases loaded. in a charity game in Butler Field- son bobbled Paul Burris Liane 3b 1 0 Red Stallcup hit a 10th inning house here June 186. grounder. That did it. After that Meson. 2 ......... 14 Al Unser singled to center and Fisher: p ne o came home with Burris on Ben Chamuers. p |. ii. 5 |Thorpe’s third homer of the year.| ..., Bn

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McCall settled down. He blanked Thorpe If .....:....

{the Brewers until the fatal 10th. Crowe 1b ..........

Jim Basso, Brewer star rookie. Nontas rf

q [lofted a McCall pitch out of the Clarkson. ss

‘ park in the 10th to end the game. Gorin, » Minner. Rush (3), Leonard (8), Lown|It was Basso’s fifth circuit clout! r,as

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LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

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< . Milwaukee 4 Iwakkes .... 0... vw x ih 2 Klippsteln (1-0). Losing pitcher. Roberts The Indians tapped Bob Hall,| Runs Batted In—Kalin. Gearhart. Stev-| Muvey City> 1 yg 8 ‘800 115 0-4). Home runs—Jeffcoat, Sauer. who beat them in Indi lis, |2ns. Montag 3, Clarkson. Unser. Two-Base, ledo ines 20 9 S%8 40H (First Game) Nn Indianapolis, mits platy, Merson, Home Runs—Montag, | jonespolis 0001113 18 474 4 [Bittburen 0. 000 000 000 0 8 g/for a run in the fourth on a walk Unser Biolen, Bass — Kitub BacUOlh| DIANAPOLIS .... 8 3 470 4 "Dickson, Muir (15 Walon’ 4 ¥ang Fite. (t0 Nanny Fernandez and Ed Ste- waukee 5. Bass on Balis—Fisher 5. Strike. | JOMDUB . cviarsen 8 10 444 4!7 Gerald, Spahn (3-2) and St. Claire, Coop-|vens’ double to center. {out—Fisher 5. Gorin 5. Hits—Off Fisher. | St. Paul . 3..1 _ 313 61 8 Losing pitcher, Dickson (3-1).| “qo Spine scored its other two Dit Line b Soambers, 3 1,1, Passed NATIONAL LEAGUE ne run—Torgeson, ow 3. { w L. Pet. OB (Second Game) i \ |==Fisher (1-2). Time—2:10. 10 8 et = puubursh Game) 6_3 9 oTuns in the fifth on a single by (Second Came | 3 3 5/2 Bogion “1 000 000 000— 0 0 1 Ed McGhee, a walk to Dom, ? AB RE O A r 10 3 328 3 Nichaere 3-3) and FitaGeraid; Jatock. Dallesandro, and safeties by Reiss $n 3 : i 3 0 9 I 5 2'a Estock (0-1). {Frank Kali i y Ales 0 er A $ 9 $1 3, 5 eu 200 300 080—11 10 1 n and Fernandez. Dallessa dro. it $ } 3 i 8 8 Sneinnay frevtensyn i 8 Brooklyn 110. 000 030 400— 7 8 3 In the first game the Brewers pernandes 3b *3. 1 9 4 30 AMERICAN LEAGUE _ ana Garagiols | Neviembe.' Muniey Capitalized on five Indian errors. Stevens ib Cl... 134439 New York YW § Fig GB 2. Branca 8. Haugstad (8), Moser] In the first inning, Fisher Mangan. c . ... 3 60 10 0 ofvel a Padre : a a 8). Erskine (9) and Campanella Winning | y TyiMeCall's ...........4 0 0 0 1 0 Sp, 3 853 3, pitcher, Boyer (1-1). Losing pitcher, Bran- walked two men and Bill Reed ” i Chicago 1 388 313 Heme |: Home Runs—Hemus. Snider tapped’ one into short left. Mer-] Totals ... dn ston 9 500 3 | "(First Game, 10 Innings) son dro 0 > 4 Betron [ill ¢ 3 AR 8 cmon! eo 10 Inning | pped the ball and one ‘ REO AE “i Sh. Louls ....r.ocrvs 14 263 94 New York . 020 100 000 6— 3 9 0/run scored. Bob Montag followed | Thorpe. If f § 3 0 9: : hint Butta Th ee Scheffing with a three-run homer over the Basso. cf 6 113 8 8 S————— | I . } ennedy, Jones (9) and] Crowe. 1b ..... 0 11 0 0 GAMES TODAY | Noble Winning pitcher, 8mith (2.11. Los-|right-field fence for his second Reed, 3h. 0 1} 5 -0 oA AMERICAN ASSOCIATION {ine plicher, Jones 0.3. Home Ruts—| of” the year Moss. rf . .. 9 4 3 0 0 Pouisvilie ar Mi er or ptanth > See 4 C I y thi d B : Barrie c . ? 6: 3 i 8 o ok ville nneapelys (nignt! (8 on ame) 8, olimbue a Kansas City ‘night, Cinoinnatt 100 003 010 5 9 0 n s T 4580 singled and Hall p ‘as 6 0 6 1-0 Toledo at Milwaukee night New York (Joo 032 oox— 8 9 o first baseman George Crowe bunt- Welsenberger - 8 9 9 8 ° ) Al 4 1sdell, erknwski 12), y . $ . ‘Boston at St. Loule ‘night [Byerly x8. Refencherger rnin ok $4, Fisher's throw was high and Unser 6 18 3° ew York.a etrol mesa, otlo, Spencer 8) ” : 5 le Phe ro. |THE re Fpl was scored as 8 sacitice and Khon » 1324 (Only games scheduled.) er, Ramsdell (0-4), Hom a . ' C Mia te { NATIONAL LEAGLE (ton, Thompson }, Home Rune=Sist Totals 3» 4330-10

None out when winning run score | Weissenburger walked for Hall in fifth. Unser singled for Jester in seventh. Wall ran for Unger in seventh. | (10 Inninsn

8t. Louis at Brooklyn inight) i (Only game scheduled.)

RESULTS YESTERDAY

Tribe first baseman Ed Stevens ME | AMERICAN LEAGUE (argued with Umpire Mike Briscese » J30 050 Sli 8.24 g'that he had tagged Crowe.

. 001 000 000~ 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ( p]orgn0 (1-0) and Okris; Brissia, Zuver.| Basso scored after Jim Clark- INDIANAPOLIS

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Washington Cieveland

( t -Game) and Hegan. Losing ’ wakes ...;......:.... 00 : ‘ iS eran nm, 030 100 ye—-3 9 2 pitcher, Brisste (0-3, Home Run—Yost, Sona ous Jy to Jer a wn Runs Batted In_Stevens, Kalin. Per. nsas ty Fonems es ( ; Washingt Sam e ndians registere their nandez, orpe 3, Basso. Two-Base ald and Nelson; Nevel and Court. 8#hington ... 2 000 000— 3 Stevens, Home Run—Thorpe, Basso. Double Wa i CI elang Sher Vo) ae O00 boy 4 oJ] first run off Charlie Gorin, left- Plays Burris and Clarkson: Rue, Merson utsville {Second Gate too 0— 1 1 Chakales. Brissie (9) and Tebbetts *win. hander, who went the route, in fof: Ed Tem, end Nl Tas. ansas City ... 113 001 x— 6 8 2 ny Pr Cnskales gl Losing pitch- the fourth when Whitey Platt Base on Balls—McCall 3, Hall 4 Strikeouts Susce and Nelson: Porterfield and Partee, “'' 3 =i 1 un—Rosen. ldoubled t t Nu —McCall 4, Hall 4. Johnson 2. Hits—Off S Te me 22 Spe TR on of to center and advanced S870 sud TRE ARTE Minseapolts ‘ool. 133 100 20x—10 9 0 Chicago . 000 030 10x— & 5 p C7 a passed ball and Kalin's fly Winner—Johnson (1-0). Loser — McCall

Bcheib (0-2) and Astroth, (2-0) and Niarhos. | (Becond Game) . 120 000 000— 3

a (1-1) ' Umpires—Briscec, Carney and King.» Attendance—4257 Time—2:17 4

OPENINGS FOR SUMMER LEAGUES!

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Holcombe tO left. (Second Game)

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