YANKEE LEAD BACK TO 'NORMAL# gfaf Averages and Kaline • \ Pierce• and Friend to Start• Catch Up With Sox PORTS By till , Giants.had belted seven home SI** The law of averages, the Tigers i runs—one shy of the major A-14 THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. league record—to MONDAY. JULY 9. 1950 and A1 Kaline have caught up win the All-Star Game Tomorrow with the White Sox, and the opener', 11-1. pennant racei | Kaline,» the young All-Star Mantle Expects ij Is back to “normal " today—the j joutfielder who' was hitting .371 Yankees lead it by 6'i games. at this stage a year ago, moved To Play; AL May Chicago had closed to within I up to a .282 mark with his - I'a games of just a !surge1 against the White Sox. Use 3 Southpaws WIN, LOSE OR week-and-a-half ago, winning 12 His 12th homer came in a i |jj|f of 14 on a home stand. But two- second inning as the By BURTON HAWKINS since then the White Sox have Tigers scored 14 runs off Wilson . American By (11-5 > DRAW FRANCIS STANN | lost eight of 14. in three innings of the League , may employ After only five victories in 22 opener. Paul Foytack won it. three lefthanded against !' games and with an 0-6 record In the nightcap, Pierce (13-3) the in the All- * I against Chicago, the Tigers stayed around until a two-run Star game at Griffith Stadium : banged 17 hits to beat the White sixth inning when singles by tomorrow, starting at 1 o’clock. The Magic Touch Sox. 12-8. Saturday and then and Kaline Stengel announced today that IF was not the greatest of all pitchers. ipeppered All-Star Pitchers Jim knocked him out. he will start , White 1 Wilson Billy his with relief help. he had to be one of the winningest chips and Pierce in a won sixth Sox lefthander, and may follow when the blue j 36- doubleheader sweep yes- , Gil McDougald with of New York were on the table. Tomorrow’s All-Star Game | inspires this terday, 17-5 and 8-6. and , who hit two. and of . bright observation. Has it occurred to you recently that Kaline. the league's had homers for the Yankees, Bob Friend, Pittsburgh right- Lefty is the only to win more than one of these star- ¦champion of 1955 who has been who have won 12 of their last hander who was treated for a spangled picnics? around tthe .250 mark, was 9 for 14. won it in sore throat over the week end Gomez is credited with having won three, against one 13 in the three games, getting relief for an 11-4 record. but who declared himself physi- a home and four Busby walloped a three- loss. Os course they only three-inning stints, per run. Jim cally fit today, will start for the were as singles yesterday to drive sixth for the League. the rules, in i run homer in the National and he was looked upon favorably by Marse Joe seven runs. Indians and then they packed , the Yankees' McCarthy, who managed so many American League teams away runs in the popular slugger injured Tribe Nears Second it with 11 who his and liked the idea of starting his own boy. Lefty was lucky, seventh. Pitcher The Yankees padded their lead too, because in the early All-Star years he had Ruth. Sim- hit a two-run pinch homer in with an 8-2 job on Washington eighth, 500 SRO TICKETS mons, Gehrig, Cronin, Foxx and other sluggers to get him the then finished up that swept the three-game sot. ’s 10th victory. off to a lead. Mickey Mantle returned to the ON SALE TOMORROW He won the first All-Star Game in 1933. He also won in lineup and singled once in three Ted Drives In Five Five hundred standing- '35 and ’37, finally lost in '3B. He had a magic touch, appar- trips. Williams, who drove in five room tickets for the All-Star ently, especially when it came to the spectaculars. He has a Cleveland edged within two 1 runs for the day. became the Game will go on sale at percentage points of Chicago, 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, offi- 6-0 record in competition, which nobody else 12th player ever to bat home thumping Kansas City, 17-3. 1,500 pop fly cials announced today. has matched. , a contemporary, and Allie Reyn- runs when he hit a And , with that started Boston The tickets will be priced Hoyt on olds won seven but were twice beaten. Waite and socking his 399th and the job of overhauling a 4-0 ht $2.50 and there will be a won six, but each lost four times. gaining his 1,500th run batted Baltimore lead in the second limit of two to a customer. ** * * in. took two from Baltimore, 9-0 game. hit two Buyers will be required to IT IS POSSIBLE for of the Braves to and 8-4. homers for the Oriole runs. use the ramp to the upper In the National League the stands along the rightfleld become the only other winner of two All-Star affairs to- Williams—batting .368—got his Redlegs were outhit, 12-4, but homer, , single line. morrow. stylish southpaw won in ’53. Here and a a and a since the beat the Cards, 3-2. That boosted bases-loaded walk in the open- pitchers victory— right Wednesday there are scattered a few active with one the Redlegs lead to lVi games er as Frank Sullivan won his knee last was Feller, Dean Stone, Trucks, Maglie and Rush—but none was as ’s ninth-inning eighth and his first of named tentatively by Stengel to picked for the Griffith Stadium classic. A peculiar require- grand-slam homer gave the Cubs the season. start, but Casey reiterated that a second-place he would make up his mind ment is that one must be an All-Star to pitch, bat or ride 10-6 decision over through Milwaukee. The Reds came when definitely only after watching the bench in an All-Star Game. three walks loaded the bases in Mantle pre-game prac- Brooklyn split two with Phila- Wally run in Could be that Gomez will be among the spectators ( the seventh. Post’s two- MICKEY S KNEE tice. If Mantle is unable to play, delphia, winning 9-2 as Don single tied it and LOOKS OKAY—Mickey Mantle, the Yankees’ slugging cen- tomorrow. If McCarthy still were managing the Yankees gained run terfielder, he will be replaced in - Newcombe his 10th vic- drove in the clincher with an got back into action against the Senators here yesterday and looked (and the All-Stars, naturally* he start El for tory, losing, 3-2. field by Jim Piersall of the Red might Goof then Pitts- infield Nuxhall pretty good after missing four games because of strained ligaments in his right burgh out. Joe won Sox. old time’s sake and off his reputation. Imagine a 9-1 record i moved to within one help. knee. Mantle got one hit in three times at leaving Louis) his sixth with relief Herm bat before the game after in combined World Series and All-Star play! But Casey of fourth-place St. Wehmeier lost relief. the fourth inning. won, 8-2 Mickey Has No Doubts beating New York, 5-2, in the it in The Yankees —AP Photo. Stengel is the present-day McCarthy and there is no record The Cubs scored five in the Mantle himself had no doubts 1 second of two games after the of Casey’s having the same deep attachment to Gomez as , ninth to beat the Braves, with about the matter. old Marse Joe. Irvin’s fourth grand-slammer "I’llplay,” he said following a In fact the story is told—and well, too, because Tom handing the de- Sweep of Griffs Nashua 129, Needles 117 four-inning appearance against feat in relief. Gene Baker and the Senators here yesterday as spins 1943, Sagging White Sox Meany it—that in the spring of when Gomez was also homered; the Yankees got four home runs finished as a Yankee, he met up with Stengel. It was during Buy for the Cubs, while Ed Mathews; en route to an 8-2 victory. "I pre-season training in Connecticut and Casey was managing Jim McDonald and , who hit two, In Saturday's Monmouth left the game because the brace CHICAGO, July 9 i/P).—The Puts was on my homered for Milwaukee. Re- Yankees too tight leg.” the old Boston Braves.. seeking OCEANPORT, N. J.. July 9 • Mrs. John W. Galbreath’s Stengel thought to ask his new pitcher, sore-armed White Sox. to bolster liefer Turk Lown won it. Sum- If Mickey is fit. he'll bat in the their sagging pitcher staff, have Newcombe 20 a iTPi —Nashua was assigned 129 mer Tan all got 116 pounds, cleanup spot. Stengle said that Gomez, for an opinion—National League versus American. retired in row l purchased Jim McDoAald. for- and had a two-hit shutout until pounds today for the SIOO,OOO- • while the with Mantle ready to go, he character, Maine Chance Farm's In Gomez quipped: mer major league righthander. Up - would the following batting I the ninth when Games Monmouth Park Handicap ) use 6£ Jet Action was 115. “The trouble with the National League is that John from Vancouver. doubled and hit his order: Harvey Kuenn. , Casey Stengel today shifted [ here Saturday, and it appeared Whitney's McGraws been dead for a long time and you guys don’t McDonald, who up with- 15th home The Phils took 1 At 114 were Fisher-: ss: . Chicago, 2b: Ted came run. his fretting from the Yankees > likely know it." the Red Sox in 1950 and then the afterpiece when Willie Jones that Mr. Millions would 1 man, Mrs. Edward E. Robbins’ Williams. Boston. If: Mantle, cf: to the American League All- |Yogi ** * # straight game, start in the quarter Berra. New York, went on to the Browns. Yankees hitting in his 17th Casey’s mile-and-a ' Midafternoon, and Gerald Colei-! c: Al Stars. As for worries Detroit, rs; Mickey departure and Orioles, brings a 4-5 record smacked a three-run double in race. la's Switch Kaline. Ver- WHETHER THAT REMARK hastened his from about his own club, seven other On. while the Chris- Boston, lb: George Kell, to the Sox. the sixth after walked managers 4-year-old • non. the Braves (without having appeared in a garnet or whether in his circuit would The colt is at Aque- tiana Stable's Thinking Cap got Baltimore, 3b. and The 29-year-old hurler had the bases full. Dedicate, Pierce. It simply was Gomez' poor taste to have a sore arm is a moot !be happy to exchange places. iduct track in New York, where , 113. Jan Burke's who If Mantle is unable play, his best season with the Yan- . ! . battled Nashua in a 1 to question. “be- The Yankees opened up a 6' 2 - ; Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons head-and- that batting order will be revised. Probably the arm had the most to do with it kees in 1953 when he won nine, and Wes Westrum each homered ’ head duel July 4 in the Suburban game bulge over- the field yes- he cause Stengel is a humorist in his own right and would lost seven and had a World Se- twice for the Giants in the; said was satisfied with the Handicap at Belmont before Alston's Batting Order triumph. opener they l-~ ——--- ——- appreciate another wit. ries as came within one '! weight. Mr. Fitz indicated finishing second to the syndicate Walter Brooklyn The set Bon Score on Page A- IS I Alston. man- But when Gomez it he pretty terrific White Sox reassigned home run of the record by I Nashua would start, but colt, given 110. ager who will pilot the was a left- . i was had against said he National through Bill Fischer from Toronto to the Yankees the A’s in -| Nashua won the Suburban by Leaguers, hander. No Grove, perhaps, but from 1930 1942 he walloping first would have to confer with said he will start the Vancouver and asked waivers 1939 and tied by the Braves terday by Washing- Leslie B. Combs 11. head of a length and a quarter with following batting order: Johnny won 189 games, all for the Yankees, and General Manager against ton, the ¦ on lefthander Howard Pollet for the Pirates in 1953. Dick 8-2. before a crowd of syndicate which owns the horse. 128 pounds, whereas Dedicate Temple. Cincinnati, 2b: Frank used to call him the best southpaw in the club’s purposes of unconditional was splattering an Groat’s two-run double the 14.927. four home Next in the weights with 117 had only 111. Fisherman was ; Robinson, Cincinnati, If; Stan history. release to make room for Mc- big blow in three-run eighth around the premises in the a runs was Needles, the D. & H. Sta- ¦ fourth with 115, while Thinking Musial, St. Louis, Ken Donald. nightcap. • process. rs: Barrow was quick to qualify his appraisal because Herb that won the ble's 3-year-old star who won i Cap. also with 115. was sixth. Boyer. St. Louis, 3b: Gus Bell. Pennock also had been a Yankee pitcher who threw left- New York swept the series, the Kentucky Derby and has ; Midafternoon finished seventh Cincinnati, cf; , Pitts- scoring eight handed. But as he explained his selection of Gomez, “Herb runs in each of been stabled at Monmouth Park ; with 117. burgh, lb; , Cincinnati, three games and leaving the c; did some pitching for the Athletics and Red Sox. Gomez won since he won the Belmot Stakes i The Monmouth weights, is- Roy McMillan, Cincinnati, ss, ALL-STAR RECORDS Senators' with a four-game June 16. sued by John P. Turner, jr., and Friend, p. all of his 189 games for the Yankees." losing contemplate streak to C. V. Whitney’s Career Boy. . racing secretary went down to i Friend said that reports of his At his peak Lefty was a tall, skinny guy. There was hardly Here are the complete batting and pitching during their three-day vacation. records of Alfred Vanderbilt's Find and 1 102 pounds for Corfax. See ALL-STAR, Page A-I5 a bicep in his arm but he could fire that ball. It was “live,” players selected for tomorrow’s All-Star Game: Jim Lemon belted a home run for the Senators, his 11th, and too, as they say in the trade. NATIONAL LEAGUE ** * * BATTING Pete Runnels extended his hit- G AB R H 3B HR Pet. games. T Pos. "B RBI ting streak to 17 THE GAY CABALLERO was the first of two great pitch- Long Pittsburgh IB 70 260 .'to 75 lo A i; 5o .300 Temple. Cincinnati *:B 75 HO!* 40 85 10 2 2 24 .282! 1 for 3 ers to come to grief in Griffith Stadium in a period of four Boyer. St. Louis 3B 'H 305 57 08 Hi l 2" «o 321 Mantle Goes years. McMillan Cincinnati SS 73 241 20 6* lo 5 2 34 282 Mickey Mantle, inserted in the 's career was shortened in the 1937 All-Star Robinson Oincinnati LF It 250 58 81 ii 3 is 30 .313 Game when he was hit on the toe by a line drive off Earl Cincinnati CP 75 201 45 84 Hi 3 15 4 1 280 Yankees’ lineup at the last Musial. St Louis RP 10 280 43 88 15 4 14 58 .308 PASSENGER and TRUCK :;o minute by Stengel, failed to Averill's bat. In 1934 Gomez had his best record—26 won, Bailey. Cincinnati C 58 182 til 4 1 it .335 hit Kluszewski. Cincinnati IF 00 202 4s ; 4 4 1 22 55 282 twice batting righthanded five lost. He completed 25 of the 33 games he started. He led Gilliam. iklyn IF T 4 284 40 83 0 « \ 28 .203 Mathews Milwaukee IF HO 240 42 57 in 1 13 > 220 against Chuck Stobbs. In the Chicago CHARGE IT in , and earned runs. Banks IF 73 21H 4ft 78 13 5 21 40 2>3 inning singled sharply TIRE and TUBE [ I ißepulski. Louis OF 47 1«7 2H 5M in 2 7 2m .335 fourth he The one they called Goofy, probably because he wasn’t, Aaron Milwaukee _ OF HO 2H5 43 82 13 8 in 42 .310 to right Ramos. Man-, no ixtra COST Snider Brooklyn OF 7 2 2«1 54 77 12 2 10 43 .205 off Pedro IP Mays. New 4o in 8 13 innings.' MONDAY M was so much the Yankee standout that he also was used in York OF 71 2H7 77 3H .288 tie departed after four m ¦ Interest Charge* Lopata Philadelphia C «8 245 43 H 3 23 2 14 45 .257 TUDII OTi relief. That's how he got hurt here late in the season. He Campanella. Brooklyn C 58 IPO 28 44 3 11 1 38 .221 complaining that the brace' IrIKU H • No Carrying Charge* which supports his damaged wrenched his arip. Total! 4591 784 1331 104 58 236 731 .290 SATURDAY light knee was too tight. Gomez came back and remained a good pitcher, but he PITCHING iHiI^H G H BB CG W ERA . Mantle reached first base iSpahn. Thri. IP 80 ShO L with! never quite got back his fast ball. Still, he won as many as Milwaukee L 18 125 108 22 73 7 3 77 281 two out in the first inning on Edj OTHERS, Friend Pittsburgh R 22 182 145 53 02 11 3 11 ", 3.n« BEN HUNDLEY OUTSELLS, OUTVALUES ALL QUALITY CONSIDERED 15 games as late as 1941. Antonelli. New York L 20 lio inn 35 65 8 2 « 7 3.10 Yost’s wide throw, hobbled to) Savings on tires vehicle the truck. Labine Brooklyn R 35 55 56 15 3 4 0 n 7 3 3.1 1 to fit any from a jeep to largest The last club he pitched for was Washington. This was ,L%wrence Cincinnati R 21 111 103 43 42 5 1 12 o 3.4 ft third on 's double and, Nuxhal Cincinnati L 22 113 108 52 74 8 ti 6 k 4.06 a . Bill in 1943, when the Senators more and more were beginning Robeits. Philadelphia R 21 137 142 23 81 11 ti 8 in 427 scored on to take on a strong Washington Skowron then pumped a homer Latin-American flavor. After Totals 822 762 243 481 46 9 50 42 343 leftfield acquired from into the seats. him on waivers the Braves he pitched one , AMERICAN LEAGUE ElifAyWiaaMfllßr*''''-¦'SO game—and lost it. BATTING Lemon Connects Pos. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI P t That was all for Lefty. Although he was part Castilian, Vernon Boston IB 58 207 31 87 iti 3 7 n .32 4 Lemon thumped his homer in Fox. Chicago 2B 73 318 54 01 14 5 2 28 280 the second to provide the Sena- it was well known that Gomez was no bilingual type. So in Kell Baltimore 3B 50 206 23 86 13 1 4 27 .320 I SUPER SPECIALS! Kuenn 6S 68 257 38 71 8 ~554 interest, I Detroit 01 J 42 tors’ rooters an but BLUE quip, he hung up his uniform, RIBBON Quality his parting as gaily LF 58 21 57 12 _ Brand-New First Gomez Williams. Boston 155 1 5 30 .388 ______All Mantle. New Yorl CF 74 275 70 102 13 2 20 71 .371 it waned quickly. The Yankees |AR Guaranteed 24 Months explained it this way: Kaline. Detroit RF 75 315 48 80 15 5 12 5 4 .282 Price Plus Tsx With Old Tire If scored three more runs in the MUM _ m “I under only Berra New York C 80 260 44 73 15 1 18 51 .281 ? ¦ n Mountms Is Required. was a handicap with the Senators. I could Power. Kansas City IP 56 221 31 65 113 4 30 .204 third inning, chasing Stobbs, as R^fßwl speak English.” Bievers Washington IF 79 288 57 77 15 2 17 54 .267 McDougal Martin New York IF 63 233 42 63 9 4 4 23 .270 j Gil and Hank Bauer McDougald New York IF 66 248 52 77 9 2 7 30 .311 smashed successive homers. . PBHftWIIU Boone Detroit IF 67 246 37 62 9 I 12 33 .252 a TIRES and TUBES Maxwell. Detroit OF 67 219 49 79 Hi 2 17 40 .381 Bauer also crashed home run Simpson. Kansas City OF 7 6 303 42 92 14 8 12 6| .304 against in the Priced far below what you have to pay elsewhere! run- Plersall. Boston OF 70 298 51 89 19 .3 5 35 .301 Quiet 4% fiO 'Old Dick' Glendon Dead; Lollar Chicago C 67 227 30 71 15 1 6 44 .313 eighth. This was No. 20 bopped ning, long wearing! These tires and tubes will replace tube- ajo:!*,'' righthander Totals 4274 720 1311 826 45 189 703 307 against the Cuban less tires at no extra cost. oso.ta' ¦ * PITCHING this season and established a fhrs G IP H BB SO CG Sh O W L ERA GUARANTEED SIX MONTHS RECONDITIONED TIRES -j nn .i* can on club record. Thfke prices with old tire If mounting In required. f.vvalw Ford. New York ... L 17 118 Inti 43 65 II 2 lo 1 2.41 No old tire If mounting Long Navy's Crew Score Cleveland 1, 15 109 iri 66 *6 l 8 ti 2.80 Stengel permitted 18 Yankees Is_ji_ot_rfquireiil. 118 38 .so Wynr. Cleveland ... .. R 18 132 112 o 2 10 l 3.0 n to get some exercise, with Johhny i/P). Brewer Boston R 16 122 84 58 56 8 2 11 3 3.021 HYANNIS. Mass.. July 9 least letter from naval 1, .’ one some Pierce Chicago 18 112 120 tiI 96 11 I 13 3 3.11 Kucks emerging as the winning REGULAR WHITEWALLS iWlllM officer in a distant post. Kucks. New York R 16 119 113 35 33 71 11 1 3.25 Richard A. Glendon. rowing Sullivan. Boston R 17 127 123 52 58 71 8 3 3.28! i pitcher. The Senators also used roach. whose eight-oared crews Glendon was born at Harwich Wilson Chicago ... . R 19 116 107 50 59 ti 3 11 5 357 18 players attempting to stave in 1870 and as a boy went to sea 6.00x16 I 6.70x15 I I 6.70x15 7.60x15 Total 985 *47 404 565 65 13 82 32 3.07 off the inevitable. I I I «70,i«f 89 at Navy and Columbia ran up a on fishing vessels. In his teens TIRE & TUBE TIRE & TUBE TIRE & TUBE TIRE & TUBE ¦ bßi The Senators resume activity Chev., Ford. Chev., Ford. The... Ford. Olds.. Chrvt . 4.50x16* m string of major victories, in- he to Boston a Plym. Nash went and became here Thursday night against De- Nash Firm. Nash. Firm. Rulrk. Dr cluding the 1920 Olympic cham- coach of schoolboy and club Mude Stud, Stude Soto Ptrk. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS troit. —HAWKINS. • • pionship. died last night at Cape rowing on the Charles River. $5.99 $5.99 Goodyear Goodrich I went 56.95 57.95 * Cod Hospital. He was 86. In 1903 he to the Naval MONDAY, July 9, 1956 No Tax No Tax No Tax No Tax Firestone Glendon, father of two other j Academy and coached there L| L-————»-¦ -e , ¦» £ -a 1 Grade A 100 Livtl eoaches, Richard J. and Hubert, until 1923. All his Navy crews I Standings J BEST DEALS EVER lin those years were outstanding I £s««.* f £ 3| | „ j retired in 1931. In recent years 1 of Clubs ! he had lived with Hubert, and the 1920 crew won the AMERICAN 7.10x15 11 7.60x15 I I 7.10x15 I who, * FINEST SERVICE V«°« TIRE&""'“ TUBE f zu u him at Columbia. 5 3 3 6 —7 2 31 40 IV stroke of the 1907*crew. “Old Dick" 3 6 6 7 2 3 - 5 32 43 .427 12' , 55c/cj was famed for the Game. Tomorrow Friends said that hardly a day ’ "Glendon lay-back,” so sty.led i All-Star Game New York I 5 2 34. 76 3 3O 41 .423 ARLINGTON! ' J_2^, passed in Glendon’s retired [.because his oarsmen swung their. ‘BA.'M Wllnm Bird. .VA. 9-9001 1 Lost 30 30 32 39 37 40 43 41 , | .1110 Lff Hwy. .!A. *»-»00:i years that he did not receive at : bodies far back. I