Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1951 — Page 30

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' Baseball Sure Can - Throw You a Curve

é By CARL LUNDQUIST

Y United Press Sports Writer Just try and figure baseball and all’ you'll find out why it is so fascinating. : : Indians, 1 to 0, on four dinky hits, or the Tigers how they could manage -+.to lose to Washington, 11 to 6, even though they made 16 hits, including ‘six doubles. ‘

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the four New York hits, and gave up. only “one ‘after. the first inning. Yet a walk and a pair of singles by Bobby Brown and Joe DiMaggio gave Reynolds the margin he needed to win, even though he gave up nine hits and four walks. The Indians lost because of muffed opportunities they stranded 13 men on base. Good Display, But Things were just as baffling in Washington where the Tigers with their 18 hits put on their best offensive show of the year, yet lost the ball game. They had just completed winning seven out of eight games and in that stretch had put on nothing like the offensive display they cut loose with in defeat. Copnie Marrero yielded all of the 16 hits, but still stuck it out to ¥ win his fifth straight game with-

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gave Cincy all of its runs. Ralph Kiner drove in five runs

with his sixth homer and a double! LOnY Lazzeri in 1936 with the riders who have not reached their

son in the first inning. |in 1949, came back after break-| In the only other night game: |ing a collar bone in a diving catch SiX-furlong race on the flat; the the defending NL Champion Phil-/to bat .318. His current: hit spree Irishman $s Run, about two miles lies took it on the chin again— [started with two homers in the OVer brush jumps; the Eagle Valthis time from Joe Presko and second game of a double-header !®Y Turf, about one mile on the the Cardinals, 2 to 1. The Cardi- with the Yanks last Sunday. He flat; the John B. Stokely Memonals scored both their runs in the hit two more against the Brownies Flal. a two-mile timber race; the first inning and Presko was not Tuesday night —— after an open Fishback Run, two-furlongs on scored on until Andy Seminick date Monday -- and came back the flat: the Thomas F. Ruckleshomered with two out in the 9th. with two more Wednesday night. haus Memorial, three miles over Robin Roberts lost his third game His batting average has soared timber jumps; the White Water The Phillies now have lost four from .195 when he came to the Plate, a flat race about one mile

of their last five and seven of!A's to -.286. ka for women riders only andthe their last 10 games. His seven homers in four con- Royalton Steeplechase, about 2!, + Chicago at Boston in the Amer- secutive games fell short of the miles over brush jumps. This is eight-homer stint compiled bythe top race of the day.

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Drivers Face Another Big Day Tomorrow

Expect 75% of Field

For concrete evidence ask the Yankees today why they could beat the. Filled by Monday

Speedway drivers will match their rare cars with Nothing made sense yesterday as New York won its 10th straight the electric clock again this

game at Home when Pitcher Allie Reynolds edged Cleveland's Early Wynn week-end. When the fumes have

BOO... on cc bi OS pen a0 0 it I hire tr ol er ne AN ON SE TERRE SR pei ghould be 75 per cent filled The third and fourth qualifica tion dates tomorrow and Sunday should see at least a dozen drivers trying to hetter 131 miles an hour to squeeze into the start ing field of 33 . ’ Thirteen cars already have WEEK-END QUALIFIER—Driver Carl Forberg (right), who has qualified. Included in the un- 5, in practice laps, probably will quality the yellow-and-black No. 68 Auto Shippers Special this [George D. Widner's Knowitall and

qualified list are two “hot™ pi Jo ond It's a new Kurtis-Kraft with 3 four-cylinder Meyer-Drake engine. The mechanic (above) is |C. V. Whitney's Counterpoint

lots, Chet Miller and’ Walt Faulkner, hoth with ideas of bettering Jerry Berry. Duke Nalon's record-breaking Wi speeds last Saturday.

Conditions, barring anv rain,

more than last Saturday and qualifier this week-end although | Sunday. The weatherman has he warmed up, the car for several } forecast cloudy and continued laps last vear and qualified at | warm.. The -track, too, will be 130790 mph. He finished ninth in the race. LEAGUE STANDINGS Myron Fohr will drive the By United Press

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faster with a better covering of rubber after a week of steady driving

Another circumstance. that in-iey Mike Salay is listed as a Kansas City

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"THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES To,

By BILL EGGERT

Russo-Nichels Special, the Salay Offy, the Shaheen Special and Vulcan Tool Special.

" Track to Be Faster

benefit this week-end's field. Paul Russo is a questionable]

Shaheen entry, a former Tuffy

record of seven homers in four| It'll come. during “The Hope- been reworked by its kid crew ©g¢ DiMartino. 143%a. Bridgeport. Conn. Zaoals Cox consecutive games set by the late ful,” a three-furlong jaunt for since last year. ! PORTLAND, Me George Araujo. 133 Milwaukee

Providence, R 1 stopped Hermie Free Nevel and

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out a defeat. Nice reading for . . 3fisas odd 10 As Wynn, who gave up three and prensa. speed wi Be igi Sxpected driver of his entrant and rookie ies . 18 1 621 still lost. Sam Mele led Washing- Oe Noh a ® er Ras Bob Terry may drive the Vulcan loledo ........... 318 y i f ’ é S$: Tool Spec Louisville Iron ais ton vm two fribes and two perform better before an audi- Tool perial,, 2 a {\DIANAPOI IS il 38 iu singles, driving in three runs. fnce. The “hamming”. mav mean gu : Rr St. PAR AMERICAN LEAGUE There were strange goings-on : ot ile h I'WO MORE ROOKIES got un N LEAGUE bi elsewhere in this topsy-turvy sea- iN _exira mie per hour, der the wire yesterday—Bill Boyd New York Wh son. In the National League a! . Acme Teleph The probable week-end field or pontiac, Mich.; and Roy Sher- Glicaso Ha 5 s ) Acme lephoto } y A ow y + Detroit 3 1 8 on. 4 oy : 2 : will include one or two 7 ashington 1 1 60 Cincinnati, - the Reds won their CHECK THIS—Gus Zernidl (left) 3nd Philadelphia A's Man- rookies. Chuck Steve on Fro man of Befford, 0. Veteran Wannstan ....... fs 11 eo fifth straight, 6 to 5, from the . } tla Ba Stevenson. MTeS- qrivers and AAA officials re- poston pei id hw : g ne Ti] ager Jimmy Dykes take a look at the record book after last night's nn, Cal. who cranked two quick ported both Boyd and Sherman Eniladelonia 8 1 us Pe ost hel | game at Shibe Park. Zernial blasted his seventh home run in four qualification laps at 134 mph. g; d raced, oN aL EAGLE 2 row, The Braves at this time a : . ! wet 8 did excellent jobs. Boyd raced NATIONAL LEAGUE week ago were in first place, now 94mes to tie the American League record. The A's won, 7-6, over last Sunday and conked out with 15 years without a scratch until sreokivn Won Lott ev o ae > » the Browns clutch troubles, will try again. a midget crack-up June 21, 1047, Pitlsnurgh 1 13 519 they are In foro: Gene Force. Richmond. Ind. in Cleveland gave him 23 frac- Bosion hh aa Cubs Top Dodgers ss A" #8 . freshman, also may try. He has tyres g st AC Boston hi we i ioe y = St. Louis 13, 13 00 The Cubs topped the Dodgers, § F Sh ¥ U boosted his practice speeds to 130 «ep other rookies have vet to New York 13 452 7 to 0, and moved to within a oon as veryone u P: mph. complete or start. thetr I Philadelphia "1 18, 4s gams of (he leading Books, while) . I’ Rn Or 0 ; Others Ready Tr a ot Pritt 0 fees eed € Pirales aso Slayec one game J m Other drivers, who have indicat- drive during qualification ‘days. SSOCIATION out of first place by.topping the ernia S a oes 00 they are ready to go are . a ” Ges aC NIE | 1 INDIANAPOLIS at Louisville, rE IE Tg De Dares By JOHN GAUDIOSI Pittsburgh's. Ralph Kiner in 1947 George Connor, Henry Banks. IT PAYS to tear down a race loedo at Columbus beat the Phils, 2t01. Int wigrod United Press Sperts Writer Ifor the major league record, but Cliff Griffith, Jerry Hoyt, Norm car after it is qualified. An in- Siitipolis at st. Paul other Amerjcak League game; ¢| PHILADELPHIA, May 18 - [the big slugger is still homering Houser, Carl Forberg, Bill Schind- spection of the No. 99 Belanger NATIONAL LiaGUE A’s downed the Browns, 0 8 ‘Big Gus Zernial is the new homer- in consecutive games and has a ler, Mack Hellings, Carl Scarbor- |Special that Lee Wallard put in Boston at Pit sburgh x Frank Hiller hel TOO a | hitting sensation of big league chance to set a different kind of ough, Joe James and Manuel front-row middle at 135.039 mph. fcr an oom nnat just seven hits and Apeorm = “baseball today because ‘nobody home run record. {Ayulo. Hoyt, Houser and Griffith revealed a cracked piston. a AMERICA son and Hank Sauer backed im, trying to tell me how to bat.” elas msm jare from Indianapolis. i wy #8 : Belial 8. Piuladsinhia ish up with home’ fas in sagos| The Chicago White Sox cast- Griffith yesterday handled the] HARRY McQUINN, track ‘cCieveland at Boston, ~~. Nickony Yr gers. as off, who came to the Philadelphia, 0 a on d es {Morris Special through a lap at Steward, has proof that the new rere re for runs and Jackson athletics three weeks ago in a {131.5. Scarborough had had the Chrysler engine runs quietly. Mc. RESULTS YESTERDAY alfed n wo, Kacek) R d 11 three-cornered deal, said that! . = [McNamara Special up to 132, and Quinn parked his official's car in AMERICAN ASSOCIATION a ) oT Reds with| Den he played in the Windy City y |James, trying to get in his first|the garage area yesterday and oe donne, won a cecision for the recs {“everybody was telling me how! 0 g U dace “500” after passing a driving test \eft the motor running. It boiled Toon 010 008 001 1 4 13 only two days of rest, although 4, hit.” . {1ast vear had-a. 132.5 ; over. ee : nan Meleland. Com AR fmm ROLALS OA . _.__he-needed relief -help-and-the- re oie boone ooo eee eee ES AE A-1325-lap-yester . ee and House, Dries, Sioal (5). Weiss liable slugging of Connie Ryan! The 27-year-old Zernial Youlnh Wil be served in the day in the Bob Estes lLincoln- Poole 4." Mariowe (10: ‘and’ Phillips and Joh Ww tek t t him ®mashed a first-inning home run {Mercury Special, Fight Results RSA Leh Ininesi} nny wyrostek to pu i h «t Royalton Steeplechase here June| j Ss" ony a Pau 100 000 200 0. 3 9 y against the 8t. Louis Browns last | James’ car, the former ot- es mes : : He ¢ : across. Ryan's three-run homer Sy NEW YORK_ (Eastern Parkway) Fockv Minneapolis 100 010 010 1 4 and Wyrostek's three-run double night to tie the American League 18. and-pans” City of Glendale has Castellani, 57%, Luzerne, Pa. stopped Samson, Epper ALR Livingston

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Times photo by John Spicklemire

Satans Snap Record Shortridge had a tennis winning! fmemants Te streak today. It wasn't theirs 400 In Track Meet : entirely The Satans took the| SPRINGFIELD, Mass. May. 18 2 Skein yesterday when the school 6. tennis team beat Crawfordsville's cluding five defending titlists, set squad, 4-2, on the Riviera Club Out on a two-day quest for rei courts. The Shortridge victory

snapped a 33-match winning rec- England Intercollege AAA track 30rd compiled by the visitors. and field championships.

Fight Horses ‘lerted" for Preakness

Hampton, Greentree Entries Favored

: By United Press ; BALTIMORE, May 18—Eight speedy three-year-olds, headed by Hampton Stable’'s Alerted. and ithe Greentree entry of Big Stretch land Hall of Fame, were entered today for tomorrow's diamond

| jubilee runnj of the '§ ETE AER Perec ov Tire entry

{is expected to go off the favorite is scheduled for 4:17 p. m. CDT. In addition to those three, Mrs, Isabel Sloane's Bold, who will

Mikell's Repetoire, Mrs. Wallace

been clocked at 133 miles an ‘Gilroy's Timely Reward, Mrs.

were entered for the center jewel eee — | in the turf's triple crown. Adds to Favorite

down in the list of also-rans. Hall Of Fame finished ninth in the run for the roses. Timely Re- ' ward 10th, Counterpoint 11th,

18th. Presko 12.2) and Rice. Losing Pitcher- Because he will have Arcaro up, Roberts (3-3) Home Run Seminick. Bold is expected to vie with | Detroft AMERICAN JEM s 1s 3 Alerted and the Greentree pair .1 Washington : 105 000 32x11 13 1 (for the betting favoritism. Oth« Bon, ib ane Grebe erwise. Bold had little to recom

Marrero (5-0) and Guerra. Losing Pitcher mend him. Hufchinson 2-1)

If all eight go, the gross value

Cleveland 000 000 000 9 1 - 4 New York . 160 000 0ox—1 4 1 of the race will be $110,070 with ‘ynn rissie + and Tebbetts, Hegan "i i Rayna 2.3 al Boia {cF20 the net -to the winner—if it is Pitcher—Wynn (2-4 Big Stretch, Hall Of Fame. Bold, St. Louis 400 020 000—6 8B 2 ~~ v3 A Phila ionia 330 030 n00—¢ 13 3 Counterpoint or Knowitall—$82, Spinsan, Kennedy Ji. Widmar (8: and 935, ollar “oleman, Shantz (1) and Murray : Wining Prater — Shen (0. "reaty. Alerted. Repetoire and Timely Pitcher — Widmar (1-3). Home Run — poward were supplementary en Chicazo at Boston. postponed. colditries at $2500 extra each so their Weather net purse will be $80,820,

Two May Scratch

1 . | ! Takes Horse Show Prize If any of the eight horses : CHICAGO, May 18 (UP) Velvet Lassie. owned by Mrs. Hu-'_ {pe value of the purse would go bert Thomas of Indianapolis, down $750 - the starting fee— for turned in a perfect performance each horse pulled out. last night to win first place in the five foot high jumper class at the Chicago Horse Show. The Clown, row's forecast called for clear and ridden by Max Bonham and of cool weather.

Folly Farms at Carmel, Ind., tied: Two of the entries were listed for second place. as doubtful starters in case the

seratch—and there may be some withdrawals-if the track is muddy

It was cloudy at Old Hilltop todav and rain was forecast for later in the afternoon but tomor-

racing strip is muddy Big Stretch and Knowitall. The others will go rain or shine. :

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