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 supports a suspicion that Joe Chicago Tonight In Coma With Cronin, general 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 . 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 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 -handedly of six straight going, are the only pital from the stadium last night Boston in the . 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 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 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, on Eddie I ..RiHMHHMii is fed with all foam Stewart’s grand-slam home . 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 better than .300. A seventh player, , draw at least 100,000 fans. Rich- $10,000 gate was about $2,500. The the 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, with .295 and 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 , 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 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 , Brooklyn. They They athletic ranks threatened to parently had not been hurt too Shea. And in the - 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 . 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. They’d begun to show signs of handling Yankees, Meanwhile, the Yankees barely the Browns plan to start Lou ruling vise the four home at Penn will not be permitted to com- years in the oldest tournament in winning five out of seven. But on this current road trip they’ve averted another disaster in St. Sleater, who has had great suc- games South Bend, but de- pete in any this section, but the District domi- his with cess lumber Ind., might NCAA-sponsored done little. Until Dom DiMaggio, hitting safely in 27th Louis, rallying three runs in in locating polished was with Balti- lay a decision. In that a events. The edict, however, does nation threatened last the ninth to pull out a 7-5 de- with his tosses. Against Sleater’s event, straight game, drove across two runs to beat th* Tigers not to more outnumbering the visitors, cision. committee probably would be apply football games. Bobby Brown’s double tied 0-7 record, Hudson has only an All night, they’d lost five in a row. named to survey the situation. Dr. Willett said yesterday the 6-2, in the quarter-finals. Vir- the score and won it 0-3 mark. association’s 17-man ginians had been eliminated. with Irish Have Four Home pplicy-mak- a two-run single. With Yogi Hudson expects to shoot the Games. winner of 10 IF YAWKEY and Cronin are out of it’s ing council would move to termi- Ralph Bogart, running patience, Berra sidelined by a pre-game in- works tonight. Having been Notre Dame plays Indiana, nate Penn’s membership at its straight Middle Atlantic amateur understandable. It’s been nearly 18 years since Yawkey bought jury, Charley Silvera and Houk bopped freely as a sidearmer and Southern Methodist, Purdue and LITTLE DYNAMITE. January convention in Cincinnati. matches, including the title the the Yank a Sid will the Iowa at home. The the Boston franchise. He’s spent millions for players, managers split catching duties. submariner, give Dumont net- two and work Penn Seems Unconcerned. last years, Col. Jimmy at the Berra was hit over the in a Browns a mixture of overhand, has carried Norte Dame count of two. He appeared and scouts. In return the Red Sox have won a single pennant. eye But Penn athletic officials did Wilson of Prince Georges alone relay throwing contest. underhand and sidearm stuff to- home games the last two years. more disgusted than anything Over this stretch the Yankees have won 10 and the Cardinals 5. not appear worried over the remained of the 11 District Boston and it doesn’t neces- The university was said to | else while Referee snapped its five-game night hope have amateurs who for match Charley Rey- Never noted for their balance, the Red Sox have been no NCAA action. A university spokes- qualified nolds losing streak at Detroit, 5-3, as sitate his usual exercise of pitch- received $185,000 for the TV rights made him take the manda- better to date this won 15 of their 27 from last man said the ruling actually will play year. They’ve games Dom DiMaggio kept his 27-game ing and ducking. season. tory eight-count standing in a This is have small effect because its ath- Both Bogart and Wilson are three clubs—the Nats, Athletics and Browns. scarcely hitting streak alive and won the Two Runs in 33 If Notre Dame joins Penn in corner. innings. letes are not expected to figure hopeful of more success in this |neutral the mark of a club destined to win a game with one blow. Dom Even if Hudson from breaking away from the 1 pennant. singled emerges NCAA prominently in NCAA-sponsored championship than in the last Apparently determined to make all. if Cronin’s to left with the bases full and the his he has no plan of televising one ma- They could still take it They’d better, too, pitching slump, only events during the rest of the aca- one at , where they were up for the knockdown, Dynamite score tied in the eighth to it will for jor game weekly in various sec- remarks are properly interpreted. hang guarantee bring victory, demic year. the District hopes. That was in rushed at Smith and met a hard the loss on Ted tions of the Gray. in their last 33 innings the Nats country, then Army “We the situation will be the amateur last straight left jab. Smith crossed may be hope Maryland year, Big Luke Easter led Cleveland have stirred up only two runs. expected to join the re- followed with a volt. changed at the membership meet- when all Washington players ex- with a right and back on the win path after two They take a chain of 13 successive Col. Veeck Reported About to Get defeats with a three-run homer scoreless innings against St. Louis Orrin C. Kreuger. Army (See TELEVISION, Page C-3.) (See GOLF, Page C-3.) I (See FIGHT, Page C-2.) for a 6-3 edge over Philadelphia. as the result of being held to five Although nicked for 12 hits, Lou hits by Harry Dorish and losing, Browns, Make Gordon Manager Brissie made his old mates his first 5-0, to the White Sox yesterday •y tha Associated Press summated. the Browns will remain victims of the year. in Chicago. Father's Day is Sunday, June 17th While the — star-dusted White DETROIT, June 8. Sports in St. Louis with Veeck making a The Nats, who have whipped promotional bid to woo customers Sox stole the headlines, Brooklyn the Browns in the only three Editor Lyall Smith of the Detroit away from the National League quietly piled up a 6 Vi-game lead games they've played this season, Press said that Bill Free today Cardinals. in the National League. At the are confronted with the necessity Veeck is “within a pitch and a Smith reported Veeck. on a visit rate they’re going, they may sew of bracing in this series or face Note! Dads all like to Hahn's putt” of getting a $750,000 loan here last week, told him, “I have it up by Labor Day. agree they get (See NATS, Page C-3.) from a New York bank to finance tried to close the deal several Wins Eighth. times in the month, but there Preacher the his intended purohase of the St. past Roe, Dodgers’ meal Races Rained Out Louis Browns. still are some details to be worked ticket, skinned home with another Auto Smith said Veeck, former owner out." one-run win, 2-1, over St. Louis. The modified stock car racing of the , is so Smith declared the DeWitts owe It was his eighth straight of an scheduled tonight at West Lan- confident the deal will go through the American League $300,000 and unbeaten season and his fifth one- tiam Speedway was postponed be- COOL SUMMER SHOES that he has arranged to bring also are in hock for a $700,000 note run victory. The Cardinals outhit cause of the rain. The same pro- back from the Pacific which was picked up recently by the Dodgers 9 to 5, but a ninth- gram scheduled tonight will be Coast League a6 his manager. Mark Steinberg, a St. Louis in- inning single by Carl Furillo with held over until next Friday night. Gordon, now managing Sacra- vestment broker, for a reported the bases loaded, score tied and mento, was a long-time star with $500,000." He added that both none out broke up the game. What better way to cater to his pleasure than to the before notes are due February 1, 1954. The enterprising Cincinnati Veeck acquired him for the In- Reds knocked off New York again, present him with cool summer shoes standing dians in a trade involving Pitcher 5-4, to move into a second-place Allie Reynolds. Probable Pitchers tie with St. Louis. It’s the Reds’ high in his favor? Tuck family compliments Smith said the New York back- best road in 6-2 (Records In Parentheses.) trip years, against ing was needed by Veeck to clear East so to a Grand into a of Hahn AMERICAN LEAGUE. the far. Virgil Stallcup’s Guy pair Wing-tip "Little final details for the Browns’ up Washington at St. Louis (night)—Hud three-run homer off son <0-3> vs. Sleater (0-7). in a purchase from their present own- in the fifth, giving the Reds a 5-1 Whites," clean wink, or popular ers, Bill and Charley DeWitt. New York at Chicago (night)—Rasch 1 lead (8-3) vs. Holcombe (4-2). at the time, proved decisive. also said he had learned air-cooled with mesh. Smith Philadelphia at Detroit—Hooper (1-2 Bubba Church pitched the Phil- U-tips, nylon vs. Trout (2-6). that Veeck turned down offers of lies to a 7-1 romp over Chicago, financial from West Coast Boston at Cleveland (night)—Parael Other summer styles at this budget price. support (6-3) vs. Feller (7-1). allowing five hits and his sixth sources which were interested in NATIONAL LEAGUE. win. Or a Hahn gift certificate would fill the bill. having the American League team St. Louis at Boston (night)—Lanle Vem Bickford kept six Pitts- transferred to California. (2-4) or Presko (5-2) vs. Surkont (5-3) Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (night)—Dlcksoi ; burgh hits scattered in ekming his The Free Press sports editor, a (6-fi) vs. Newcombe (0-3). Chicago at New York (night)—Mlnne eighth win for the Boston Braves, close friend of Veeck, said that 11 (3-3) vs. Hearn (4-3). 5-0. Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night)— and when the is con- purchase Blackwell (6-4) vs. Thompson (2-2). 12’5 Major Leaders and Schedules ly the Associated Press ... American Major League Standings _ Leasee. Betting (based on 100 times )— MILITARY FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1951 Mlnoso, Chicago, .868: Pox. Chicago, .365. Runs—Mlnoso, Chicago, 45; Williams, Boston, 41. Wing-tip "Little White" J«l !"o S o _ UNIFORMS AMERICAN Runs batted In—'Williams. ° Boston, and in WHITE suede and Standing 8. ®! e > -g 5 _.! Robinson, Chicago, 45. Yesterday's Results 0,ClMb» Hits—DIMagglo, Boston, 72; Pox, Chi- of BROWN calf. 8 cago, 62. Quality Chicago. 5; Wash.. 0. *\l gji | f | ? t §J Boston, 5; Detroit. 3 (n> u 2 cS u a J £ ft J Jj £ o Doubles—Pain. Philadelphia, 17; Fox, • Officers 13. Army Cleve., 6; Phlla., 3