' Recent Surge Puts Indians Well Ahead

Tribe’s Power on Slab w in, Lose, or Draw By FRANCIS E. STANN « Increased as Gromek Only Citation Seems to Be a Lock This is the biggest sports month of the summer season, what Stars in Rout of A's with Rocky Grazlano and Tony Zale meeting again this week, Citation By the Atsociaftd Press after the Crown at Belmont on Saturday and Joe Louis going Prom a “good--no;pitch” team title on June 23. and Jersey Joe Walcott priming for their fight i of a few weeks "ago the Cleveland Of the three headline events, only the Bel- iIndians, leading 'the American mont Stakps appears to be a lock It's hard to League race, suddenly have burst see how Citation can lose against the brave few forth with one of the finest mound 3-year-olds who will face him for the $100,000 | corps In the majors. Remember when the Tribe’s purse staff was derisively de- Graziano will be a favorite over Zale on pitching scribed as “, but the odds won't be Wednesday in Newark, and RAIN?” With the aid of Zale prohibitive. Although he is 34 years old, several postponements due to the has been too good and too game to write off. He’ll weather, Cleveland Manager Lou have to knock out Graziano, but chances are Boudreau was.in position to pitch Rocky also will have to stop Zale in order to win. Feller and Lemon almost exclusively first two weeks of the The heavyweight fight now looks to be the during the toughest to figure. After 10 years as champion, season. Of the Indians’ first 11 games Louis is learning that he no longer rates a big this year Feller pitched in five and over the Idleness and soft living edge challenger. Lemon in four. On the rare occa- with Francis Stann. have left him heavy and slow in comparison sions when the starter was other the t the even older but more lithe New Jerseyite who almost lifted than Feller or Lemon, the Indians’ * erown from Louis last December. fireman crew, headed by Russ Christopher and Ed Kli£man, had A New York Exile Isn't Too Rough to get busy. • Graziano and Zale, who may draw a gate of $450,000. are proving With the change in weather there also came about a in Cleve- it isn’t necessary to fight in New York to make money. When change land’s effectiveness on the mound. Graziano was barred in New York they went to Chicago and set a | No longer was Boudreau forced to record gate for a middleweight contest. On Wednesday they are [depend on the elements. His first certain of another record. pleasant surprise was the “dis- scene of some of the in New Jersey has been the greatest fights covery” of Rookie as ring history. It was at Boyle's Thirty Acres, near Jersey City, where a first-rate starting to team Jack Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier of France in 1921.- up with his reliables, Feller and The crowd was 80,000 and the gate $1,789,238. ! Lempn. In that same year Benny Leonard successfully defended his light- Gromek Joins Winners. weight crown against Lew Tender in Jersey City before 54,658 cus- The young left-hander from tomers who paid $367,862. Helena, Ark., pitched a three-hit In 1923 Acres again when Luis Angel victory in his first starting assign- Boyle’s Thirty figured Ann Jim Thackara, men’s ment JJay 8, and has been DIVIDING THE SPOILS—Chairman Joe Jones of The Star’s. City of Washington the women’s doubles title; Gray, singles champ; single* Firpo stopped Jess Willard. Again the crowd was listed at 80,000, j hurlingj David splenmd ball since. To date Bearden1 tennis championships is shown preseriting trophies'at the tournairfent windup winner; Capt. Robin Hippenstiel, men’s singles runnerup; Dr. Johnsen, proving that so far as a fighter like Graziano is concerned it isn’t has won five games and- lost only yesterday at Rock Creek. Left to right, the players are: Sosie Girgosian and who shared the men’s doubles title with Capt. Hippenstiel, and Don Leavens, too rough to be exiled from New York. It's only a matter of 20 one. He has allowed only 10 runs Willie in women’s Charlotte co-winner of runnerup with in men’s doubles. from Madison Garden to Newark. The same rich Herbert, runnersup doubles; Decker, Thackara, minutes Square and 32 hits in 50 , an aver- will be a monetary vein is tapped and chances are the weather age of about five hits and two runs! mite cooler on this side of the Hudson. per game. Nats' Double Defeat Feller, with his five victories and! Citation Can Run a Distance two shutouts, needs no introduction, How they're going to beat Citation in Saturday's Belmont, short of course. Lemon appears to have wrested the No. 1 Marked Hudson's of hobbling the Calumet ace is hard to figure. Horse trainers are by rating from Feller by with three nature cautious of making claims, but Jimmy Jones, who trains with eight triumphs including shutouts. The Indian pitchers boast his father. Ben, for Calumet, can t picture Citation losing. seven shutouts, more than any staff Failure on Mound with later in the evening of Jones w'as talking newspapermen in the league. had home. “At Hawkins Preakness day at Baltimore, after Citation galloped The fourth starter likely is Steve By Burton he pointed out, “Citation the end of the Derby miie-and-a-quarter,” Gromek. The 28-year-old right- Sid Hudson's attempted comeback same held for in the Preakness was just warming up. The today hander from Hamtramck, Mich., after a shoulder injury forced him mile and three-sixteenths. I’ll be disappointed if he can’t go who won 19 games in 1945, twirled to alter his delivery, is proving in his start of longer than a mile and a half. a six-hitter first the rougher than he anticipated. The “He's a tough horse. If he weren’t, we wouldn’t have cam- season yesterday. Nats’ towering blond right-hander Gromek teamed with Lemon in has been shelled from the mound in paigned him so hard. Citation ran in Florida and beat older pitching the Indians to a pair of seven successive starts and only horses. He came up for the Derby in splendid shape. He was in victories over the Philadelphia Ath- once this season has he traveled for the Preakness, which as you know is-run on the same good shape letics, 5-3 and 11-1. The double- nine innings. uncertain track. Both at Louisville and Baltimore the a tough, rough, triumph increased the Indians’ first- Belted freely yesterday as the tracks were sloppy to muddy. place margin over the Athletics to Nats absorbed 10-4 and 11-4 defeats “Hell have plenty of rest between the Preakness and the Bel- 2t& games. by the dungeon-dwelling Chicago mont. maybe his longest rest in some time. Not that he particularly Record Crowd Sees A’s Lose. White Sox before a critical crowd Crown and we of Hudson was deait his fifth needs it, but that will be the last stop to the Triple A season-record Philadelphia 15,772, a loss. He has earned two de- won't take any chances. Don’t bet that Citation can’t run at least crowd of 37.900 watched Lemon help only cisions and it comes as a Jolt to the mile and a half. We think he can.’’ win his own game by collecting two j mild-mannered fellow who seem- of his team’s eight hits and driving had made the transition from in two runs in the opener. The! ingly overhand to sidearm Indians banged 16 hits off Dick hurling pitch- Wall and effectively. Rex Mays Hits Shirts Fowler and Bob Savage in the night- ing smoothly Swapping There was reason to suppose. after cap. Joe Tipton smacked five hits Sid the New York Yan- Fails to Chase including two doubles in five trips walloped kees, 9-1. on five hits in his first To Avoid Fallen Pilot to the plate. s three that he was headed for his included his 14th start, By th« Associated Press Houtteman Jinx safeties is shown under Gil most successful season since 1040, the Associated Press of the season. got Buddy Goeltz, Columbia Country Club tennis pro, girls 15; Bogley, junior boys’ winner, and Teddy MILWAUKEE, June 7.—Rex Mays By when he won 17 games as a rookie. four hits in six times and out the in the division of the tourna- who ruled the under 15. Ricky Willis (extreme smashed into a brick wall yesterday BOSTON, June 7—Art Houtte- handing prizes teen-agers’ Rogers, boys to ic- was Fowler’s That notion now is subject knocked in five runs. It ment at The (left to are: Janet tennis chairman at the to avoid hitting critically-hurt Duke ljian. young Detroit right- Columbia. players right) Lloyd, right), Columbia, supervised youngsters’ vision, for in 11 starts Sid has oecn first loss of the season after three tossed into hie in even shirts winner in the class; Miller, champion of the tournament. —Star Staff Photos. Dinsmore. path header, swapped home run Junior girls’ Polly around at the finish only twice rr.d victories. Eddie Joost's ►--- a 100-mile auto race. Mays was not with Third Sacker George Kell one of those occasions was a 3-3 five- ruined Gromek's shutout bid in the Injured. yesterday trying to break the tie checked rain. first lning. by roared that has dogged him all sea- Nine Goes Emil Andres of Chicago jinx Richie Ashburn. rookie Coolidge Hudson Blasted in Fifth. it didn’t Philadel-; Star Victor, Ted's Hits to Left the National son—but help. Thackara, Tourney home first in AAA phia Phillies , was held Sid confesses he believed his in 1 Houtteman was knocked from For Title championship big car event hitless in both games, ending his Today pitching career was ended last fall seconds. the box by the make Boudreau was after its third hour, ten minutes and 19.73 consecutive game hitting streak at: Faces Row in Tennis Coolidge when doctors informed him he in the third inning of the second Tough baseball cham- Dinsmore from Osborne. Ohio, a new mark for a first-year man. straight interhigh would have to change his style c.ua with his 23, as he was game and was charged Rod Thomas as the double elimina- brushed the south wall Johnny Mize, back in 1936, and Dale By Shift Useless pionship to a bone spur on his right shoulder. loss of the year. He tion series into its making the turn on the one-mile eighth Mitchell of Cleveland last year, each Big Jim Thackara today ruled By *h« Auociattd Pros dragged third Hudson can't throw overhand with- a all season. oval. His car turned end over hasn’t won game week this afternoon, with the his shoulder and dirt had 22 in their first year. the roast in District tennis follow- 7.—The shift out. aggravating Houtteman had been wearing BOSTON, June Colts Anacostia at Grif- end and he was tossed onto the While most of the attention has ing a triumph in the singles of facing so he’s a sidearmer—a disappointed Number 15. Trout that Cleveland Manager Lou track as roared around the Dizzy per- the battle. of fith Stadium at 3:15. one. Mays been focused on first-place The Star’s City Washington Boudreau started Red suaded him to change it. against The Colts hold a 2-0 turn. between Cleveland and Philadelphia, championships, but to hold his perch stand- He made the change during the "I couldn't win wdth it,” Sox Slugger Ted Williams ap- The Glandale, Calif., driver New York the season he lo6e ing, while Anacostia has won to the World Champion throughout may isn’t to work winter, throwing neighborhood Trout, ’’neither could parently going two and last one and could tie it swerved into the wall to avoid run- quipped Yankees have been climbing at a a lot of feathers. youngsters. He tested his new de- Hal Manders nor Johhny Gor- much longer. with a Dinsmore. May's car now are three up victory today. Ed in exhibition ning over steady pace and only As methodically as he might go livery spring games to finish sica.” "The Kid." now leading base- Hughes probably will pitch for re- was smashed too badly games off the pace. They whipped his as a World Bank and was enthused by heartening didn t bother Kell about job a .391 The number and 3-0, ball’s big she with lusty Coolidge and George Sengatack of was the race. the St. Louis Browns, 4-3. economist, the 34-year-old. almost sults. His cup joy nearly much. He got five hits in nine average, got five hits in eight for Anacastia. Dinsmore w’as taken to County yesterday to climb within half a stolid Thackara mowed down the filled to the lip when he stymied the con- trips. | times at bat yesterday as the Sox Emergency Hospital where his of the second-place A.’s, of the tourna- Yankees fn the second game of the game No. 1 seeded player twice the Detroit was “critical." Hos- grubbed Tigers, Amateur Pair season, but events have dition reported Cards Again Top National. [ ment, Capt. Robin Hippenstiel, an Worsham, subsequent suffered a 5-4 and 12-4, and three of them pital authorities said he in the final, 6—4, 6—1, drained off much of that happiness. The St. Louis Cardinals regained Army flyer, were to left field. skull fracture, and possible of Clemson To Beat Locke's Team Sid was hammered for s x rune possible Gillespie lead in the 6— 3. Prior to that, during a long fractures of the arm and left the A survey showed that nine of By the Associated Press before he was blasted from the right the Phil- day of exciting tennis that wound race by defeating hits were to shoulder. pennant on the Williams’ 13 left LA JOLLA, Calif., June 7.—Na- mound during a 4-run outburst in Phillies twice in St. Louis,; up the 20th anual event Voted adelphia field against overshifted defenses. tional Golf Lew the fifth inning of the opener yes- Outstanding Hearn and Rock Creek courts, Thackara pol- Open Champion 11-1 and 2-0. Jim Alpha: As most fans Boudreau Streak off the redoubtable Dr. Dave know. Worsham teamed with Amateur terday. He had yielded two rune Winning Snapped By th# Associated Press Brazle we* responsible for the well; ished 6—4. packed the right side of the field Gene Littler to defeat South Africa’s previously, with errors by Ed Stew- Sheridan Bakery snapped the lfi- GREENSBORO. N. C.. June 7.— Hearn gave up four Johnsen, 6—0, pitched games. against Ted in 1946. the year the Bobby Locke and Frank Morey, Jr., art and A1 Kozar figuring In each game winning streak of Sentelle Frank Gillespie of Clemson College, hits and Brazle five. Red Schoen-i Both Dr. Johnsen and Capt. Sox won the pennant. The right another San Diego amateur, of them, and owned a 2-1 deficit Contractors winning. 2-1, in an a athletic star in for the Cards, Won a meed of revenge 2-up by hard-working dienst led the attack Hippenstiel and centerfielders were both in the fifth. on the in a 36-hole exhibition here yester- entering 11-inning game yesterday football, basket ball and baseball, five doubles and a home run. bv conquering Thackara and tough with right field with the left fielder day. Chicago promptly boosted its mar- Takoma Elementary School dia- has been selected the Southern Red clouted three doubles Saturday. Don Leavens in the doubles final. moving to left center. The third Locke paced the foursome medal- gin to 6-1 with doubles by Tony mond. Conference's outstanding athlete The Cards teed off for 14 hits in 3—6, 3—6, 6—3, 6—1. baseman played midway between ly with an 8-under-par 68-68—136. Lupien and Pat Seerey the big for the 1947-48 scholastic term. the against three pitchers. Man. opener Hippenstiel Busy second and third and the other Littler carded 75-67—142 and Morey (See NATS, A-19.) Gillespie was chosen in the first clubbed four home runs in I Page Griffs' Records They For Capt. Hippenstiel the tandem three infielders were back on the 74-74—148. annual vote of the Southern Con-- the sixth inning—by . in between first and second. Batting. battle rounded out a terrific day grass AMERICAN-ASSOCIATION. ference Sports Writers’ Association, Erv Dusak.'Schoendienst and Nippy AB R. H 2B.3B.HR. FBI Pet which he played no fewer than 84 Indianapolis. 9—13. Toledo, 8—4. While You Wait Thompson I 1 °9n0 son it was announced here by Executive The record of five home runs Columbus. 3—7: Louisville, o—fi Jones. In a semifinal he McBride ST 5 20 4 0 I 10 .351 the games. singles Grid Kansas City. 5—8: St* Paul. 3—3. 9 3 10 0 1 .3.1., Secretary Smith Barrier, sports in one inning was made by New. Eagles Sign Thompson Milwaukee. 3—4: Minneapolis, C—(> gcarborah 1 was forced to open wide the throt- JOE Vernon 171 25 49 6 2 1 1- 28. editor of the Greensboro Daily in 1939. JONES, n York Giants PHILADELPHIA, June 7 (/P).— Wooten 81 7 1. 1 n 3 .,^9 tle to outstrip Southpaw Leavens, Ace tournament chairman. AUTO GLASS 8 0 o .-.8 News. York Giants fell out of oillen'ater 58 18 3 0 The New Next came the tussle The Eagles have 23 3 0 8 .28, 7— 5, 7—5. Philadelphia 88 8 2 Second was Leo Katkaveck of a behind tht Star Staff Photo. ANT CAR-TRUCK i) 2 o 13 258 first place, half-game the fire-set BASEBALL Sari?hzar 158 15 40 with Thackara, then signed Quarterback Tommy Thomp- Wf M talk th« hirkwi tialfty ntM> 0 0 0 0 2o0 North Carolina State College, w’ith were held to Wel'eroth 4 1 1 Cardinals, when they son for the next three years. TONITE—8:30 P.M. rlaia. rnarantaad la aaaa aay laaaaallaa. 9 » 0 17 .244 doubles. He was ranked No. 1 ,Tertns Yost 178 22 43 [ 97 points, and third. Dick Dickey in their double-header with protecting. 82 8 15 1 2 o .24, a split of the pact were not disclosed. Bvans It was first here last year. vs. NEW AND USED PARTS Stewart 79 11 19 3 3 1 10 .241 of North Carolina State, with 87 the Pirates in Pittsburgh. Scoring Capt. Hippenstiels Washington Chicago .240. and Thompson was the second best So an 183 21 44 5 4 3 22 Justice of North in the City of Wash- In the doubles, Hippenstiel o points. Charley runs in the first, four in the appearance Robertson 43 2 9 -2 0 4 299 six | passer in the National Football PARK BRENNER S AUTO PARTS O 0 .08 was fourth with 63. tournament and he brought Johnsen dropped the first Masterson 24 2 o 1 Carolina sixth and six more in the seventh ington two^sets led the club 88 5 14 1 o 0 5 .298 of win to the League last year end Louis—8:30 P.M. 1940 Montano Ava. N.E. FR. 1940 Christmas manhandled the much to it, both in the matter but went on to according Tomorrow—St. Sullivan S3 11 15 2 o o 8 .81 inning, the Giants ! to the Eastern Division title. o o 8 and per- book. The match held a large gal- Wynn 48 .3 7 0 »2 Pirates, 16-4, in the opener. Ray, heightened competition Hudson 22 13 0 0 O 1 .138 Probable Pitchers lery to the end. Throu?h the day 0 1 n o o o .0.18 Peat had an easy time racking up sonality. Harfnn- 18 out- Meeks is 0 1 O 0 o 0 .058 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Usually found driving into the net hundreds witnessed one of the • his fifth one loss. Ferrirk 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000: Chicago at Washington night'— | triumph against ] > ! in his .matches, Capt. Hip- standing programs in the history of Pieretti 2 10 0 0 0 1 .000 Gillespie . Sid Gordon hammered a grand-1 singles 2 n o 0 0 0 0 -Ooo St. Louis at New York—Garver was to in the tennis. It -"Was made Candini run for the penstiel forced stay Washington Pitrhinf. «l -3) vs. Lopat (2-5 V slam home winners.; — mbst. of his con- the of Joe H BB SO IP OS OC W L Cleveland at Philadelphia ‘night’ Kiner's home run in the last back court through possible by eaterprise ft ft ft vs. (5-4). Ralph e -ft 1 ~ 4 lft2? 1 Feller (5-4) Brissie he did of the We it rot h a 3-3 tie test with Thackara. When Jones, chairman tournament, Scarborah C3 lft IT 3.1 4 1 Only games half of the ninth broke } who off a affair in M»*t*r.*on 5T 3S 2S T1 lft 4 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE Bucs a 4-3 venture into his favorite position gyt hangup spite (4-3) and gave the victory Wvr.n ftft .3*! 1« «Paa lft 4 o 5 Boston at Chicago—Voiselle t Thackara him or forced him of a variety of handicaps occasioned <* ft 1 1 vs. McCall ‘1-3). second passed for new Ferrick -ft T 15 \’52r. in the game. ftS5? 2 5 New York at Pittsburgh (night)— In the rain. Headquarters Tft .‘?5 19 11 to miss by Hudson *' volleys frequently. «: *15 ‘2ft R34 S. •> Jansen (3-3) vs. Higbp (4-3'. Climb to Sixth. — was no for his But for his skillful o (t o 1 Philadelphia at St Louis (night) Dodgers backcourt he match management homp^on IT 11 ft lft ~ ?apcnfr (2-4). pieretti IS T ft 1 1 1 Oft Leonard (3-4) vs. Munger The Brooklyn Dodgers moved steady opponent. iSee~TENNIsTPage A-19T) C5 1 7 22 0 ft Only games. extremely Candini ft_ft_ _ Cincinnati into sixth place by Games stood at 3-all in the first ~ past "_• Trucks defeating the Reds, 5-0. in the set. then Thackara broke Hippen- Dodge Baseball Standinas and Schedules first game of a scheduled double- stiel's service to take a 4-3 lead and Rain halted on. MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1948. header in Cincinnati. was never behind from then jf the first game after five innings It was Thackara's third major and the second game in five tournaments AMERICAN LEAGUE. prevented championship from Jackie Robin- in last He won the Results Yesterday. being played. here the year. son made his first major league District title at Kenwood last Chi.. 10—11; Wash., 4—4. July appearance at third base for the and followed in N. Y., 4—3; St. L.. 3—Os by prevailing the, event, in which he de- Cleve., 5—11; Phila.. 3—1. Dodgers. Buckingham c The rebounding Red Sox vaulted Welsh in the final. ^ 809-7t^»^W^RE^293^j Boston, 5—12; Det., 4—4. feated Barney 5 5] 4' 4 4 27! 17' .614! 214, seventh into a Philadelphia"! 21—| 3: from place triple Thackara on Games Today. Champ Spot. New York 2 3!—' 4 4 3 6 4 26! 17 .605' 3 tie for fourth in the American POWER KING 1 at Wash. (8:30). j With such as Welsh, Chicago League by sweeping a twin-bill Hippenstiel,