Jensen, Hitting .500 With New Stance, Gets Big Test Tonight fuming |&faf J&pcrrte 8011, Big Nebraskan, Revived Nats Face Trucks; 1953—j Standout Lineman in Washington, D. C., Friday, July 31, A-16** Yanks Meet Tail-Enders Redskins'Scrimmage Change Gives Leaders Priming By Lewis F. Atchison 6 Hits in 12 Tries For Head-On Clash Win, Lose or Draw Star Staff Corraspondant LOS ANGELES, July 31.—Vet- By Burton Hawkins (Box Scores on Page A-20.) Qy FRANCIS STANN erans and rookies resumed their Jackie Jensen, batting .500 By the Associated Press testing THE NATS CLOBBERED Billy Hoeft in the blazing heat battle for Redskins’ jobs today after a different stance A week of watchful waiting for a few games, isn’t completely today a short- time later, but on the Washington bench before yesterday opens in the American after dividing honors satisfied with results but plans League. The New York game Yankees yesterday’s they were talking about the young Detroit in the first rough work of train- to stick with it until he proves will be waiting for the Chicago prospect. southpaw and everybody agreed he was quite a “He ing camo. something one way or the other. bubble to burst and the Whit® may not be another Hal Newhouser," Bucky The honor roll included Don Jensen’s stance will get a real Sox will be watching to see that Harris was saying, “but he’s got a lot of '- test here tonight when the it doesn’t. 8011, 279-pound rookie lineman open a These two clubs—the defend- . scrappy things going for him." M ¦mi ifjfttfcy P# • White Sox four- from Nebraska; Knox Ramsey, iHK mifffnffk. - - ¦» mmSntfc 1 game series against the Nats ing champion and the one genu- Hoeft is 21 and every time baseball < with Bob Porterfield seeking his ine contender—go their separata people see him they liken him to New- veteran guard; Johnny Papit, veteran Hicks, 12th victory against Virgil ways against second-division houser, who 200 games for the Tigers back, and Charlie teams for seven days, won an Trucks, currently the hottest the next eleventh-hour rookie addi- then collide in a before his unconditional release last week tion in the backfield. pitcher in the American League. head-on vital They are built almost identically, tall and four-game series in Yankee Boll’s work as defensive mid- Trucks, who has won eight Stadium slender, and resemble each other starting a week from even . '.4* dleman featured a line scrim- games in a row since joining the today. strongly in face. are southpaws v- mage. players go Chicago club in mid-June, will the Both The didn’t all The White Sox, 4*'2 games be- and both are Midwesterners of German 9 out, but they teed offon the big be seeking his 13th victory of hind and deep enough into the descent, although Hal hails from Detroit Nebraskan a couple of times the season against four losses. season that even a temporary JH He has lowest earned-run and Hoeft is from Oshkosh. Wis. and bounced off like bee-bee the letdown could prove fatal, face average in the league. 2.50, and The first time the Tigers brought Hoeft R shots on an elephant. He swayed lr,n *l* sunn. and rocked like an oak in a has hurled five shutouts, two of spring training, was 1951 ’ to which in when windstorm, but they didn’t take them in his last two starts. Yanks First to Hit Billy was only 18 years old, not only the Tigers but winter him down. Gets Six Hits in 12 Tries. visitors to Florida struck by the resemblance to New- Million Attendance; were Enjoys Rough Stuff. Jensen shows houser. Many even thought they were looking at the veteran six hits in 12 Ramsey, hitting fast and true, attempts since switching to his Braves Get 979,317 left hander; others were certain the younger man must be batting landed on his face once when THE BABE IS BACK—Babe Didriksen Zaharias yesterday played her first full round of com- new stance three games By ths Associated Press Hal’s kid brother, at least. He’s got a long way to go before ago. He’ll continue 8011, a former Marine, petitive golf since her recent operation, competing in the women’s open division of the Tam to stride NEW YORK, July 31— he matches Newhouser’s record, but the Tigers are glad to than deftly sidestepped and pulled O'Shanter. She had a shaky 45 on the first nine, brft came back with a fine 37. Watching the into the ball, rather revert The Yankees are first rates as to a spread stance, Jackie the have him and Manager Freddie Hutchinson him him forward. The biggest salvo Babe are Betty Dodd (left) and Patty Berg. —AP Wirephoto. but major league team to reach Detroit’s best pitcher, which his 1953 performances strongly delivered against the husky isn’t convinced that the change the million mark will solve in home suggest, too. rookie was a two-man job by all his batting prob- attendance this with lems. season ** * * Harry Ulinski and John Yona- She Can't Play It Chicken the Milwaukee Braves a kor, two big men themselves. Marty Furgol's 66 "I have a lot of work to do WHEN HOEFT WAS TAKEN to Florida in 1951 it was virtual certainty to attain They caught 801 l from the side yet,” Jensen explained yester- that figure tonight. major league service young not for immediate because the and jolted him off balance, but day after singling twice as the Yesterday’s C1 eve professionally, Babe Zaharias Scorns Scooter, land- j man had only pitched part of a season and Don recovered quickly and Warns Tam Rivals Nats defeated Detroit, 7-4, be- New York game at Yankee League. Stobbs’ pitch- that was for Richmond in the Class D Ohto-Indiana fought back. Looked like he en- hind Chuck six-hit Stadium drew a crowd of He won 10 and lost 1 and the Tigers were so eager to look joyed it. too! Scores Shaky 45, Then a 37 ing. "I have a ‘hitch’ in my 15,470 to bring the Yanks’ Man swing—a tendency to drop my at him that the timetable on Billy was moved up, although Such other as Lynn He's to Beat By the Associated Press seat and attendance to 1.008.166 in 43 ' rookies the Babe usually sat fists before cutting at a pitch—- he was be farmed out. • Lynch, Bill Link, Dave Suminski Syiha Associated Press home dates. The Braves, In predestined to CHICAGO, July 31. You on it each time she stopped. but maybe I can get rid of it. One day Rick Ferrell and Charlie Keller, two of the and Jim Dublinski did well CHICAGO, July 31.—Marty 37 home dates, have at- Furgol would know Babe Zaharias any- "That's something you’ve "I’vetried striding into the ball Detroit coaches, were sitting in front of their Lakeland hotel enough on their first try, but is on a hot streak arid tracted 979,317 fans. Boll’s size gave him the rest of the golf pros say he where. even without No. 72 never seen before.” George before, but I found that by and Rick was saying: “He’s only a baby, but he can’t miss. a decided spreading my feet I started my advantage and he made the most is the one to watch in the $30,- (men’s par) pinned on her back. smiled. "The Babe sitting down a considerably tougher task than Isn’t that right, Charlie?” it. 000 hands low and kept them there the Yankees. o's All-American Tournament Doctors told the greatest during a tournament.” swing. get- And the Yankee slugger nodded gravely and said: • throughout the I’m They play in Washington to- former Papit, ex-Virginia halfback at Tam o’Shanter. women’s athlete in history that “He can’t miss. Maybe he doesn’t throw as hard as New- trying Furgol is as a "streaky” As Babe played her first com- ting a good look at the ball with night in the first of four single now to make a switch to known stance, fullback, player to his colleagues, she probably would never play petitive round in more than this new though, and games with the Nats whom houser used to throw, but he’s got better control. Any time looked surprisingly good iqean- it.” in a linebacker’s role ing that when he has one hot golf again after her operation three months, here were some I’m going to stay with they’ve beaten 9 out of 14 so you find an 18-year-old who strikes out more batters than in a pass- Called Into Conference. defense drill. Ditto for round there usually are several for cancer April 17. far. But the next jump is Phila- he walks, you’ve got to like him. Well, Hoeft struck out 122 Hicks, of the incidents: Jensen was called into a con- who was all over the field, knock- more in his system. But she came back to Tam delphia and the Athletics have and walked only 34 11 pro games he pitched." o’Shanter yesterday, After pulling a drive into ference with Clark Griffith and given Chicago more in those ing down passes. The quarter- The 185-pound, 6-foot pro, and after the trouble this Mr. shaky rough Bucky Harris after the Nats’ re- year any “He will make it some day,” Ferrell predicted, “and backs tried to loosen ’em up with who was born in New York Mills, a 45 on the first nine, at the fifth, she turned than other club, win- blasted 37 the second, much turn from a miserable Western ning 10 of their 15 meetings. George Moriarty can start taking bows right now. Did we a mixture of long and N. Y., has a home in Los Angeles a on to a bystander and said: "I'm short as she used to do. trip. ‘Why are you all spread Yanks Meet Tail-Enders. forget to mention that one of his wins was a one-hitter and throws, but Papit was Johnny on and registers out of Lemont, 111., beginning to effects al- Promoter George S. May feel the out like that?” Griff asked. Meanwhile, the Yankees figure a two-hitter as well?” the spot and Hicks’ speed en- blistered Tam o’Shanter’s par ready.” that he pitched asked her if she wanted to ride "I can hit the ball better that to be feasting on the tail-end * 72 with a 66 to lead yesterday’s ** * abled him to recover when pulled "Don’t walk so fast,” she was way,” Jensen replied. St. (12 out of first round. around the course on a motor Louis Browns victories in position. advised. “Jack, tell me,” Harris inter- games) THE CELEBRATED WISH EGAN was alive at that time Marty is seldom a winner, scooter to save her strength. 14 and the almost-as- “That’s right—ain’t nobody vened, you satisfied with lowly Tigers (10 was, of course, Detroit’s best-known scout. But Moriarty, Williams Still Holdout. but always a contender. Cur- "When I can’t walk like the "are Detroit out of and got a gun at my back, is there?” your hitting now?” 15). played Tigers years ago, Ty as Coach Curly Lambeau expect- rently he ranks 12th on the rest of them. I’ll quit,” Babe said who for the succeeded Cobb she After taking a 7 on the sev- The answer was no and Jackie If Sox preserve for ed to have another talk today PGA money-winning but as started out on the first the White can their manager and later became an umpire, was scouting list enth hole by hooking out of agreed to adopt the different their present position with Johnny Williams, holdout with a jackpot $10,627 this round of the All-American Wom- that series mater, too, doing all right. George signed of bounds finding stance. next week end good. his alma and halfback and the team’s best kick season. en’s Open, her first uninter- and trouble later should be Kuenn right off rupted 18 holes since in a trap, George grinned: “Look Bob Boyd, oatfielder-first base- Paul Richards’ team has a per- Hoeft and later grabbed Shortstop Harvey But Hicks’ showing in The 35-year-old son of a fruit the illness. she’s smiling . . . she’ll be all man recalled from Toronto, will mark in New York the University of Wisconsin campus. Only recently he picked the two days he’s been in camp peddler said his 66 was "the Following Doctor's Orders. fect 5-for-5 right.” report to the White Sox tonight. this year and is the only one with up Pitcher Bob Miller, fresh out of hieh school, although he may make the coach a little “I expect to get tired, I’m (See TAM A-17.) but “Man, I didn’t know this Boyd was hitting .290 at Toronto. had to give this lad a bonus of $65,000. lukewarm toward Johnny. If O’SHANTER. following doctor’s orders—in bed (See BASEBALL, Page A-19.) the game was so hard,” Babe mut- The Nats acumulated 11 hits All 16 major league clubs were after Hoeft, but Moriarty Redskins had both, they at 9 each night and three meals Bob Miller have tered. off Billy Hoeft and won race were fortunate in that they did would a double-barrelled each day at designated times,” Forced to Use a Wood. yesterday after compiling 16 the and the Tigers threat on runbacks. hits old bonus which she said. Starting No. 10, after munch- Wednesday night. Mickey Ver- not have to bonus Billy. The rule, meant Hicks also got off a punt in Power Golf confessed in effect Babe that she “didn’t ing a candy bar and drinking non extended his hitting streak Hoeft would have to stay with the parent club, was kicking practice that soared at sleep night n —| Proper Grip Enables a bit” the before her some soda pop, she remarked: to 18 games with two singles then and it was costly to Billy, of eight children of an least 70 yards on the fly. It first round. one “I used to hit a 6 or 7 iron on which lifted his league-leading {HUDSON explained it, however, “I was resembled the kind Indian Hands to Act as Unit put I Oshkosh hodcarrier. As he Jack “Iwas scared I would my my second shot here (460 yards) average to .332. Jacobs practice afraid to ask for a bonus. I wasn’t ready to pitch for the used to boot in drive on No. 1 tee right in the but now I’m going to hit a wood White Sox Win Four Straight. when he was with the Redskins. creek in front of it,” she said. fell the bonus category it would mean . . . got my old power The Sox, to em- Tigers and if I in Hicks sends them 45 and 50 haven’t White hoping I "I felt a little better when I hit going play ploy stepping sitting bench for long time and missing that minor back . . . but I’m to the Nats as stones OWNERS] an the a yards consistently. a straight drive.” . good . . I’m going to make which would move them closer to experience." - league NOTES Charlie Justice has Her ex wrestler husband Yankees, The race for Hoeft began he pitched for Oshkosh myself play good.” the front-running when sold a 15-minute weekly radio George said that Babe’s drive On No. 12, Betty Dodd, play- bring a string of four victories. games Perhaps High School. As a senior he won 21 and lost 1. program to a North Carolina off No. 1 was "the greatest thrill ing with Babe, took the occa- They’ve beaten the Nats five it, ... was against . only in my life. I almost came his best performance, which is understating chain of stations. . . The sion to tell her to “quit trying straight times and hold a 9-5 stipulation he apart. ... I was thinking back long edge Hartford (Wis.) High, which had won the State champion- is that must make to hit those irons ... get over them for the year.
. they ship for five straight years. It is doubtful if a more perfect the team. . . Trainer Joe Kuczo to the time wheeled her a No. 5 wood.” A gathering of 1.279 custom- got into the operating room. ... I game ever was pitched. a shock when Halfback Paul When Betty moved on, Babe ers, smallest crowd at Griffith Barry to for "some- just didn’t know, then . . . and ** * * came him winked, “I’ve been telling her Stadium since September 21.
. . . thing for heartburn.” ... It now, look at her she’s play- that for two years, now she’s 1949, when only 905 paid to view HOEFT NOT ONLY shut out the champions but he threw seems that Paul swallowed a ing again.” no-hitter, a single carried a collapsible (See ZAHARIAS, Page A-17.) (See NATS, A-19.) a no-hitter. He not only threw a but not chew of tobacco. . . . A1 Dorow’s George Page batter reached base. He not only didn’t permit a man to get passing seems a trifle sharper on base but nobody hit the ball, at least not fair. He fanned than that of Eddie Leßaron and Harry Gilmer, and he handles 16 going down swinging and nine called third all 27 batters, the ball well, too. I oi ALL HAHN STORES OPEN SATURDAYS strikes. Only 108 pitches were required and just nine were pitched American Legion End Jerry Hennessey is an- ' H KmF fouled off. When he graduated he other player who spends the off- beating ¦». .. / ; ball, compiling a 26-7 record with his left hand and season playing extra parts in the scouts other. off big-league with the movies. ... It beats playing foot- Richmond, he in working. . About the only time was real trouble (}n ball, when you’re . Smart fall investment for when he was racking up that 10-1 record, was off the field. Madison Nutter, rookie center There is a 17-year-old do in a small town when he from VPI, turned down a chance little can to go to Maryland, Kentucky is a ball player except shoot off firecrackers on the Fourth . . . and West Virginia. . . . Walt (Sixth men mistake, as the'story is told, of a Series) discriminating of July. Where Hoeft made his Ashcraft, rookie tackle, was sticks toward passing auto- By Ben Hogan that in tossing the noisy . . was moved to end yesterday. . The mobiles he failed to notice that painted on tfee side of one Southern California alumnus In folding my right hand over was “Police.” has a nice pair of hands for the club there is a cup formed vehicle enough and 1951 found Billy pitching for catching passes but is hardly which allows space for It was nothing serious the as rookie, fast enough for a wing position. left thumb. Toledo (triple-A) and last year for the Tigers a As can be noticed every readily from still fanning more than he walked and learning, as the above illustration, my right TOMB youngster must, that big-league hitters are much harder to Chadwick May Delay Swim hand rides very high on the left fool. They say he’s on the road to success, though, despite DOVER. England. July 31 ITT). hand in my grip. The purpose that battering he took from the Nats. It happens to the —Florence Chadwick probably in doing this is to mold the hands together they act one best, much more frequently to the worst. Right will have to postpone her two- so as although unit, thus imparting consider- in between. way English Channel swim, now, Hoeft would seem to be somewhere planned for tomorrow. She ably more hand action and con- made a two-hour training swim sequently more clubhead speed in rain today, bucking at the moment of impact. • the Probable Pitchers choppy waters kicked up by a The greatest pressure in my ty th« Associated Press southeast wind. Long-frange right hand is in the middle two the mnivriv IFAnCE NATIONAL LEAGCE. are fingers. That is because Brooklyn Louis (night)-Erskine weather forecasts unfavor- tticago* at msMmrton (nlcht)- club is well down in the fingers - able. Trucks (13-4' vs. Porterfield • (8-1) New tt Cincinnati (night)— of the right hand with a lot of St Louis at New Tort—Stuart j,ngen (9.7) V(. Podbielan (5-10). or Breeheen (3-P) vs. McDonald (6-4). Philadelphia at Milwaukee (2. twi- left hand left over. Detroit at Boston (nltht)—Branca night)—Roberts (17-7) and Miller (3-4) Getting the proper grip at the (1-1) vs. Henry (3-1). vs. Antonelll (P-6) and Surkont (11-5). Nats, 7; Detroit, 4 Cleveland at Philadelphia (night)— Pittsburgh at Chicago—Dickson (7- start is of the most impor- Byrd (10-10). (7-10), one Houtteman (4-12) vs. 13 vs. Mlnner DETROIT. AB. R. H. Ov A. E. soles, rubber heels Kuenn, ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 tant steps in learning how to play leather, leather Priddy. 2b 4 110 4 0 golf. For that reason, let us Boone, con- 3b —_ 3 113 10 Dropo. lb 4 117 10 sider the intents and purposes Major League Standings Nieman, If 3 114 0 0 of the grip in relation to golf. Delsing. cf 3 0 0 5 0 0 are built right in these ox- Batts, c 4 0 2 2 1 0 By means of it we telegraph Good looks FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1953. ••Hatfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 our energy our to fords of carefully selected leather. Heavy ~ ~ Lund, rs 4 0 2 0 0 and desires Hoeft. p 2 0 0 0 1 0 To do with AMERICAN "'"lo: H j 1 n 0 0 0 0 the club. this a max- give pro- •scuchock # oaked leather soles all-weather Miller, p 000100 imum amount of efficiency, we’ve Results Yesterday Stondings >j|>-2 |ja |j* J . seat e!£ J got to have grip which will tection . . stitched around heel “ Totals . 31 4 6 24 8 0 a Wash.. 7: Detroit. 4. of Clubs jjj • ’§ • Popped up 4; i 'Ji j“J*jifiXi J S 7; for Hoeft tn Sth. permit our hands and wrists to 'zI I * j Z (3 •* Ran for Batts in Oth. yields comfortably wider heel base. Try Chicaio i-' Bos'* 1 WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E. work properly as one unit and Phifa.. 5: st. L.. 3. j New York |—| 6] 9| 9|lo| 9|lojl2i 65| 33] .6631 Yost. 3b 5 0 0 0 4 0 Tri-Wears’ “Continental,” TAN with Coan. If ~j. 4 110 0 0 not against each other. Chic0 «° 17 H 9|_sjlo!lo|_ 61| 38j Vernon, lb 4 1 2 8 0 0 (Released by tn« Bell Syndicate, Inc.) white stitching. Outstanding for style, Game. 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