Todd's Dramatic Departure Leaves Redskins' Future Up in Air Yankees and Indians ¦TL J wk Setting J&fnf Sufis Neri, Lambeau Possibilities ; Washington, D. C., Friday, August 22, 1952 A-14 ** Send'Money Pilchers' BB BB Justice Hurt AfterBig Night V' Into Big Game Today By Lewis F. Atchison By tea Associated Brass Star Staff Correspondent ANGELES, Aug. 22.—The LOS ANGELES, Aug. W n, Lose, or Aug. LOS 22.—Dick Draw NEW YORK, 22.—Two of Redskins set some kind of a record Todd’s sudden resignation as head By FRANCIS STANN baseball’s best “money pitchers,” for losing here last night, and coach of the Redskins surprised Mike Garcia and Allie future holds for them is and stunned the squad when he ALPHONSE LOPEZ, the genial who manages Reynolds, mmm m A j&masml what the senor the mm. unpredictable, to say the least. made the announcement in the Indians, good were facing each other today as Cleveland is not one to hoard his pitchers. It Within a three-hour period, dressing room before the team is Lopez's philosophy to win today and worry later about the Yankees and Cleveland In- Washington’s pro football team went on the field last night to tomorrow, when it might rain. This philosophy leads, then, to dians met at Yankee Stadium in V# i Hi: If11Hr * lost a head coach, a 45-23 decision take a 45-23 licking from the his use of such as Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia, the opener of a two-game series ( to the Los Angeles Rams and a Rams. It may have fired up the | ! certainly Bob Feller and Early Wynn in relief roles. with first place in the American halfback —Charlie Justice, the players, but it left them League at game ground-gaining wondering about the future. Needless to say, Lopez has his critics. stake. ’3 individual ii The Yanks, pacesetters since hero. I Todd's assistants knew as early They insist that he messed up his rotation of Wednesday night HP'* June 14, enjoy a one-game advan- ! An announced crowd of 87,582; las the Texan pitchers so much last year that Cleveland ML J||H| tage over the pennant-hungry In- 'fans saw two of the losses, and; had decided to quit rather than lost the pennant. They were—not are—saying BB|| dians, but the champions would' imoaned with the Redskins when! the same thing this season. The reasons Al’s drop to second place by one per- < I Justice was carried off the field . 4* a Mtor SIIMHHU left wrist late in the detractors are silent, at least, are J^B centage point if they today. jwith a broken temporarily sHjL lost ; quarter. Coach Dick • third But twofold. Garcia has been Cleveland’s Todd’s resignation came as a dra- First. Lopez has his Indians in an enviable M. 'most successful pitcher in com- matic surprise when General Man- spot at this point. Secondly, Casey Stengel’s petition with the Yanks. The big liiNlllilflli £>¦. flf si' Bp Dick McCann made the an- ner .^.vywxiikv::': experience during the last three with the right-hander who has won 15 days games and lost has White up J^B 8 taken the . Chicago Sox pointed the fallacy of - Statistics champions three times without a : holding back the good pitchers and using Wmm JBl i Redskins. Rams. *** Reynolds (15-7) H Hr wBI yardage 339 171 fraßetor“***,ugu loss. has won Jmmmm Rushinc lesser “junk” they are Jk Passes attempted 12 27 men, or as termed in two out of five decisions from m Passes completed 3 18| W lijn? HPIH SJ 1 H " the trade. Passes had Intercepted 3 0 Cleveland. Passing yardage 62 334 ' T iHs Jr'imi 1 First downs 15 28 The Yankees had a two-game lead over the Indians when Both pitchers are well rested. : . :.¦¦ . .jj| Punts 4 4 ¦ Punting average was up Boston Reynolds making first ¦wJmm 11 46.75 *1.50 the week opened. Cleveland going against will be his Penalties 3 4 4ByHr v* were playing skidding Sox. start in five days. Garcia has Yards penalised *5 40’ JjjSP while the Yankees the White It pitched only Fumbles 1 i looked good for the world champions, who figured to gain a one-third of an Own fumbles recovered 1 O inning in relief during game, perhaps, and lay wait for the last mmm:; • then in the Indians today four days. nouncement in the pressbox and tomorrow before the Showers were in scarcely two minutes forecast and game’s the event the game is postponed, end. STENGEL WANTED TO SAVE Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschl I Ready For League Opener. the two contenders will play a Justice, who reeled off three •! JERRY NERI. for the Indians and so gambled with the likes of Johnny Schmitz, double-header '’ ~v tomorrow. Should V mWm dazzling runs of 49. 53 and 63i\ Johnny and Tom Gorman starters in the Chicago series. both games Sain as be washed out, the yards and finished with a possi- brook what he termed “interfer- games will have played These gentlemen, plus Jim McDonald, Joe Ostrowski, Harry to be on ble Coliseum record of 199 yards ence” by George Marshall, presi- Schaeffer and others, were well belted. the Yanks’ next visit to Cleveland on 11 trips with the ball, will dent of the club. Todd was the The result was a clean sweep for the White Sox. So despite as this is the Indians’ final ap- K Jp3 be out of action from four to six sixth man to hold the post since pearance of the IN- prac- Ray Flaherty left in 1943. Dick Boston’s two-out-of-three success against the Indians, the season here. weeks. He will be able to the team, however, and took over from Herman Ball after Yankees’ lead was reduced to one game and now the Tribe The Yanks are scheduled to play I tice with the Indians a single game so will be ready for the Red- the Redskins dropped their first Is opening the most crucial series of the American League in I Cleveland on Sunday, September I skins’ league debut against the three league games last year. season with New York. With a sweep of this two-game set 14. The next day is an open date I Cardinals in Chicago September No successor was announced, from the Yankees the Indians would be very well off, indeed. for both clubs. 29. but Ball will be in charge of to- For the rest of their final Eastern swing, Cleveland willhave Cleveland has done right well in Aside from these happenings, <day’s limbering-up workout and quiet evening probably will give the orders until only Washington and Philadelphia to play. Then the Indians the stadium this year after two HURT—Charlie Justice, Redskins’ halfback, grimaces in pain as he lies on the field it was a fairly with 1 poor JUSTICE the Rams using superior air power the< new coach is named. Ball return and spend of September seasons. The Indians won was quarter of the game champion Rams will home most in their own only after his wrist broken in the third exhibition with the subdue team that was far suggested Jerry Neri, backfleld one of 11 in New York last night in Los Angeles. The Rams won, 45 to 23. had made runs of 49, 53, and 63 to a 5 ball park, always considered an advantage. year, but have last Justice than the score indicated. < coach and a newcomer on the taken five of nine but the last was Rams’ better Nor are the Indians entirely overmatched in the way of so far this yards, on one his left wrist broken as Herb Rich, defensive halfback, The Redskins gave their hosts ,s staff, for the position. Todd also season. The Yanks, Neri, former pitching for the Yankees series. True, Stengel has Reynolds however, in the threw him out of bounds. —AP~Wirephoto. a run for it and, indeed, supplied | indicatedj he believed lead season's 1 coach at Loyola and Raschi ready and rested but Lopez can’t have botched up series, 10-9. most of the thrills. In addition;*'assistant Univer- the -sity here, would be his logical suc- own pitching plans too badly. He’ll have Garcia and Feller, to Justice’s runs, which kept his Wynn to Face Raschi. Rookie Johnny < cessor. a double-header victory, and Wynn will crowd on its feet, winners last Sunday in Early Wynn (16-10) is expected Split Twin Bills Show Three Golfers From Northwest Williams, ex-Southem California Lambeau Camp Visitor. in decides to use him instead be ready tomorrow case Lopez to. face the Yanks’ Vic Raschi back, dashed 100 yards with But Curly Lambeau. out of a of Feller. (14-3) tomorrow although the Big Weakness; In U. S. Amateur Semifinals one of the two kickoffs the Red- coaching, job after 31 years with veteran Bob Feller (9-12) may Nats skins were able to return. thej Green Bay Packers and Chi- for (Picture on Page A-15.) Mawhinney, two down on the victory ( FOR 808 FELLER, a start in this series would be another start Cleveland. The' Rams had their cago Cardinals, visited the Red- first nine, rallied and sent 36- safely away Williams j rare chance to silence a few critics —those who say Feller doesn’t Both teams were beaten yester- Sy tha Associated Prats tucked when skins’ camp with Marshall several day. Detroit Here Tonight year-old McHale, twice a mem- sped down the sideline late in the | times, they games.