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Win, Lose, Or Draw SPORTS C AMUSEMENTS CLASSIFIED ADS I WIUHJJ ^DUll |JUll# FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1951 ^ Little Dynamite Still Fighting for Life After Knockout by Smith Yankees Invade Win, Lose, or Draw Boxer Remains By FRANCIS STANN EVIDENCE FROM BOSTON supports a suspicion that Joe Chicago Tonight In Coma With Cronin, general manager of the Red Sox, is losing patience with fancy batting averages. He seems to be thinking it’s about time the Red Sox won a pennant elsewhere than on paper and, Four Games For .» presumably, Cronin reflects the sentiments of Skull Fracture Owner Tom Yawkey. Vic Raschi to Pitch Also Has Cronin has charged his scouting staff Hemorrhage; Holcombe ir with paying too much attention to the records Against 7,000 See Close Bout; too “clutch get and letting many players” First of Vital Series Head Strikes Canvas away. “The best scouts can find the pressure By th# Associated Press guys who are passed up because their figures The Chicago By George Huber don’t read well,” he told his talent scouts. “I rags-to-riches White Sox, bent on revenge for Little Dynamite, District feath- want the scouts to develop perspective, to two early-season defeats by the erweight fighter, remained un- won’t a broaden their views so they judge New York are to Yankees, ready conscious at Garfield Hospital to- his batting or pitching shoot the works the player entirely by against day after his spectacular 10-round averages.” world’s thampions in the four- knockout by Gene Smith last In his instructions, Cronin singled out game series opening at Comiskey night at Griffith Stadium. He is Park Pitcher Harry Brecheen of the Cardinals as tonight. on the hospital’s critical list. The second-place Yankees, now the ideal clutch performer. It’s easy for Joe There had been no change in 4Va games behind the White Sox, to remember Brecheen. In 1946, when Cronin was field man- the 21-year-old fighter’s condition who have another winning streak almost beat since he was taken to the hos- ager of the Red Sox, Brecheen single-handedly of six straight going, are the only pital from the stadium last night Boston in the World Series. team with a winning edge over suffering from a basal skull frac- The Cat won all three games in which he pitched. In 20 Chicago this season. The New ture and cerebral hemorrhage. innings he fanned 11 Red Sox and walked only five. He had Yorkers took two straight in Chi- on their The specialist called in by the Ted Williams in his hip pocket Yet during the regular season cago first Western trip, and Manager Paul Richards of the District Boxing Commission to Brecheen had a 15-15 record. only Sox contends, “We should have treat Little Dynamite, whose real won both of them.” name is Elijah Williams, would “HE HAD THE MARK of a great one in the 1946 Series,” Two costly errors—one by Ores- not hazard a guess as to the Ne- chance of Cronin reminded his scouts. “Other pitchers had more stuff, tes Minoso and the other by Chico gro fighter’s pulling Carrasquel—cost Chicago 6-4 and through. The real extent of his others were faster, but I never saw any one better under 8-3 defeats early last month. The injuries was discovered after a pressure.” White Sox partially evened the spinal tap, performed at the hos- Coming from any one else, this might seem nothing more score by beating the champions, l pital last night. Salt and sugar in solutions were administered in the than a routine observation. But from Cronin it might well be 7-4, Yankee Stadium on Eddie I ..RiHMHHMii is fed with all foam Stewart’s grand-slam home run. I hospital’s emergency room. a tipoff that the Red Sox front office up SAME OLD LOCKE—Bobby Locke of South Africa (right), twice winner and runnerup once in three Goodall round robin tour- Holcombe vs. 7,000 See Bout. and no beer. Raschi. naments, is shown with his foursome yesterday after Locke gained a 4-point lead with a 68 in the first round of the current Both contenders event at Golf New N. A crowd of about 7,000, the best and Boston has been one of the have their Wykagyl Club, Rochelle, Y. The others are (left to right) Lloyd Mangrum of Niles, 111.; Chandler Harper Individually collectively, in saw the pitching staffs in good shape for of Portsmouth, Va., and Alberto deVicenzo of Argentina. Other members of the foursome “fattened” on when the turnout several years, hardest hitting ball clubs in many seasons. Last year six regu- Harper the series, which is expected to PGA shot an 80. on bout. Dynamite’s share of the won champion (Story Page C-3.) _AP Wirephoto. lars hit better than .300. A seventh player, Billy Goodman, draw at least 100,000 fans. Rich- $10,000 gate was about $2,500. The the American League batting title with .354, although not gen- ards kept his top-line pitchers fight originally was scheduled erally considered a regular. The only two regulars who missed out of the two-game series with Monday night, but was postponed Nats Take on Browns be- the .300 class, Vern Stephens with .295 and Bobby Doerr with Washington, so is ready to lead Notre Dame Television Decision Rain Halts Matches Monday and Tuesday nights off with Ken Holcombe (4-2) to- cause of bad weather. drove across 144 and 120 runs, respectively. .294, Vic Raschi night. (8-3), Casey Dynamite was injured when he The Red Sox had a team average of .302, a full 20 points Stengel’s is due to in Quest of Awaited NCAA ace, oppose Tonight Anxiously by Until Tomorrow in was felled for the second time in than the Yankees and whom they trailed in the Holcombe. th« Astociattd Prtu higher Tigers, By graduate manager of athletics, the 10th and final round of what Tomorrow it will They had a 30-point margin over the best be Billy Pierce had been a He league standing. NEW YORK, June 8.—College said the Military Academy may savage fight. ap- scored for Chicago against Frank (Spec) Team Can Beat Mid-Atlantic Golf batting club in the National League, Brooklyn. They They athletic ranks threatened to parently had not been hurt too Shea. And in the double- split put its own games on the screen 200 more runs the season than the Dodgers. big Burton Hawkins much by the first knockdown •xactly during header that By wide open today if Notre Dame By Merrell Whittlesey winds up the Sox "if everything breaks wide open.” from & left and up Star Staff Corraipondant Star Staff Correspondent straight got home stand Sunday. Richards has decides to join the University of Army has a gridiron date with BUT IN ADDITION to leading all clubs in hits and total nominated Howie Judson ST. LOUIS. June 8.—The Nats’ TOWSON, Md., June 8.—The and Joe Pennsylvania in ignoring the Na- Penn at Philadelphia’s Franklin the Red Sox had another distinction, a very dubious one. Dobson to meet Eddie and exhaustive search for a team they 49th Middle Atlantic Amateur bases, Lopat tional Collegiate Athletic Associ- Field November 17. also all teams in runners left on base. What’s Allie Reynolds. can beat will be extended to this Golf championship was set back They topped ation’s ban on unrestricted tele- Meantime, the NCAA answered today when steady rain forced a more, their 1950 feats didn’t bear close inspection. Harry Dorish Is the latest forlorn outpost of the American vising of home football games. Penn’s in a rul- “waiver waif” to burst out as a defy presidential postponement of the quarterfinal in Park the three weakest clubs League tonight when they pit The Notre Dame Athletic Playing Fenway against shutout starter for the incredible Board, ing that Penn is "a member not and semifinal rounds. in the fattened their averages in up the their streak composed of seven faculty mem- in good standing.” The league, they mopping White Sox. Richards pulled five-game losing ruling The round of eight will be and the bers and Fred Steers and Judge was announced jointly Dr. Athletics (11 in a row), the Browns (10 out of 11) Dorish out of the hat yesterday against the cellar shackled by played tomorrow morning and the Roger Kiley of Chicago, met today Hugh C. Willett, association White Sox (9 out of 10). But on the road, notably in New York —his first start after nine turns Browns. pres- semifinals tomorrow afternoon, to consider the problem that has ident from the of in the bullpen. The result was University with the 38-hole final back and Cleveland, they were not particularly awesome. Against Pitching selections for this been moved a 5-0 shutout of the Nats and high in college athletic dis- Southern California, and Secre- the Yankees and Indians took 5 of 22 games away classic opening contest of a four- to Sunday. they only the Sox’ 24th cusions since the 1950 decline in tary-Treasurer Kenneth L. (Tug) complete pitching game series fit the occasion. Sid has from Fenway. job. attendance. Wilson, who also is Big Ten com- Washington produced the Hudson will be seeking his first Middle Atlantic amateur This season, after a typically slow start, they were looking Informed sources said the coun- missioner. golf uom lau ior ranks. 1951 victory for the Nats, whiie the cil probably would decide to tele- The effect of the is that champion six of the last seven better.
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