Sport News jfcimdau JUlaf Jlpuffe Sport News C ** EIGHT PAGES. WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 18, 1954 Tigers Turn Three Hits Off Coleman into 1-0 Win Over Orioles Win, Lose or Draw Stretch Finish Garver Limits By FRANCIS STANN ONE OF THE OPEN cars in Baltimore’s big welcoming By Brazen Brat Ex-Teammates parade*for the Orioles, driven by a uniformed chauffeur but
. . otherwise unoccupied, puzzled watchers. . Could it have been symbolic of the Man Who Wasn’t There, meaning Bill
Veeck? . . . The suspicion is that Mickey Wins at Bowie To Five Singles Mantle, already in the doghouse with many |ggip||| 17,030 of the New York baseball writers because of ¦? See Favorite . BP^lJ)P | ¦%'; ", ~~~~ 9,955 Chilled Fans --’ ' i>WiiWwWiPIPWPki" r" -W- “a surly attitude,” is nettling Casey Stengel Beat Freedom Parley -up-' See Kuenn Score a bit, too. ... All Casey will say, however, |Kj-' Jjapsa is “it’s hard to tell him something and make • W\ By a Head in Slop Game's Only Run it stick.” J|Pr| llli By Lewis F. Atchison By th* Associated Press If you don’t feel as spry as once upon fillllM Star Staff Correspondent April a time, maybe these horse ages will explain ® BALTIMORE. 17.—Ned BOWIE, Md. April 17—Mrs. Garver shut out some of his why: Gallant Fox, oldest living of all M. Pistorio’s Brazen Samuel former teammates here today as Kentucky Derby winners, is 27; Omaha is Brat, who usually likes to get the 22 and War Admiral will be 20 the day out in front. csCme from behind Detroit Tigers turned three upcoming Derby May today win 23d running hits into a 1-0 victory over Balti- following the 1. .. . wP|||lra|j|i to the of Their heydey was only yesterday to many the SIO,OOO added Rowe Me- tt more. : morial Handicap from a slim . gone rranci. stann. shivering of us. « . The Old Master is from A crowd of 9.955 was ! field of four rivals. South Bend, but Frank Leahy confides that he is turning treated to hot pitching as Garver, Surprising a crowd of 17,030 pen pal and will write a letter to each boy out for football by her switch in tactics. Brazen once a member of the opposition at Notre Dame ‘‘so he will know that I am interested in him.” when it was the St. Louis Browns, Princeton’s varsity crew, which got first crack at Navy’s Fishermon Wins Gotham Stakes by Four limited the Orioles to five singles. national championship boat yesterday, clipped 20 seconds Lengths. Page C-7 Joe Coleman gave the Tigeri ROW, ROW, ROW BOAT?—Princeton University’s 150-pound freshman a for off its time after Coach Dutch Schoch, 40 years old, climbed WHAT crew tried to make submarine start the three hits, two of them by Short- Brat won by a head from Leslie first annual schoolboy regatta and were grimly sinking out of the race after their shell hit a submerged rock near Three into the No. 5 seat and rowed a full mile in a time trial Jane Stable’s Freedom Parley stop Harvey Kuenn. In eight in- to Sisters islands above Key Bridge. Harbor Police Pvts. Frank Carr and Harold H. Riep came up for the rescue. The sodden to show the Tigers how it is done. . . . Enos Slaughter give Mrs. Pistorio her third left to Coxswain Leslie Blatt, Stroke Charles Ernest Frank fiings and Howie Fox stopped continues to nurse his against the Cards because straight victory six-fur- crew, right: Woody, McCall, Elliott, Robert Bolgard, David Wil- grudge ' in the liams, Thomas Flagg, Peter Leibert and Jacques Read. them in the ninth. . Meyer long tight they traded him to the Yankees. . . “Mr. (general dash. It was a finish The Tigers didn’t get a hit manager) told me it wasn’t that they thought I was with William H. Foales’ Just Sidney three-quarters of a until the fourth when Kuenn, through,” Slaughter says. “Itwas just that they were starting length further back in third last year’s American League a youth movement. I don’t know what kind of youth move- Shortstop place, and Brookmeade Stable’s Hunt for rookie star, broke the ice. Ray ment it is. That boy Joe Frazier (outfielder from Oklahoma Safety fourth by a similar mar- City), is 32, I think.” gin. Boone drew one of the two walks • issued by Coleman. Dropo • • • Brazen Brat was clocked in To Fill Senators Gap Walt y the good v * then UNTIL CORRELATION WAS scratched from time of .1:11 flat over v Hp: scored Kuenn with the the $30,000 a sloppy track. An almost even- game’s only run on a single to Gotham at Jamaica yesterday-the Hbrse players were in a money favorite, the winnei paid Nearing Success center. $4.20, $3.00 and $2.20 across the fine dither the odds situation. ... In the Caliente The Oriole infield over board. By Burton Hawkins combination Freedom Parley returned of Billy Hunter, Bobby Winter Book Correlation is 2 to 1 in the Kentucky Derby, and Star Staff Correipondent Young $7.60 $3.20, while Just Sid- and Eddie Waitkus averted fur- ney. second April with Fisherman 4 . . in the betting NEW YORK, and Determine co-favorites at to 1. . choice 17.—The ther trouble by pulling the first at 3 to 1, paid Senators’ spent rainy But the morning line for the Gotham, a mile and a sixteenth $2.60 for show. bosses a of two double plays. Pet Bully Sidelined. day attempting to brighten their at Kuenn’s double, the only extra event, showed Correlation at 7 to 2, with Fisherman It shortstop situation today as they was somewhat of a hollow negotiated for base hit of the game, in the sixth only 2 to 1. victory for Ed Pellagrini of Brazen Brat with the Pirates, Sam Dente of the inning was the only offensive In the Metropolitan New York the price of golf Mrs. Ada L. Rice’s record-break- Indians move made by the Tigers. area ing and Jim Brideweser of continues upward, with caddies carrying single now getting Pet Bully, Alfred Roberts’ the Yankees. After giving up three hits in Eatontown and H. A. Kimball’s the . first two innings, $4 and $5 per round, excluding tips. . . What ball player Washington’s desperate search Garver Algasir on the sideline. Most of for a replacement for Pete Run- stopped the Orioles cold in can match Vic Wertz’ bad start—six strikeouts in the Oriole the crowd the hoped to see a duel nels neared success and the Sen- next five. Clint Courtney and outfielder’s bat? ... A from first six official times at note between Brazen Brat and Pet ators expect to fortify their in- Waitkus singled in the eighth Bully, who Harvey Miller, chairman of the District Boxing Commission only last Monday field within a day or two and ninth to no avail. and about hung up a new Bowie 5 NBA big wheel: “I seldom rave present-day talent Va-fur- Brideweser, demoted by the The best Oriole scoring oppor- (but) long mark of I think, given the opportunity, this kid can’t miss a 1:03%. Yankees to Kansas City, has re- tunity came at the start when Eatontown and Algasir fused to to title. copy . . were report the farm club A good carbon of the qriginal Joe Rivers.” . Gil Coan and Vic Wertz singled early scratches, but Trainer and is enroute to California with egch other Miller is speaking of Cisco Andrade, fighting at 133 pounds Tommy behind In the first Kelly waited until the permission to swing a deal for inning. But there two out of California. last minute were out to see how the track himself. A resident of Los An- and Sam Mele filed out. Baltimore police admitted they were merely stabbing dried before declaring Pet Bully, geles, the 27-year-old Brideweser Detroit A.H.O.A. B.ltlmor. A.H.O.A. asked the a speedster, out of is unaware that the Senators are g-S when to estimate the throng that watched California 52.! !2 *<*22 Youn*,2b 3 0 3 * the race. anxious to him and left New Del na.lf 4 0 3 0 Wai’s.ib 4 111* Orioles’ parade, finally settling at 350,000 persons lining land Kuenn.s* 3 2 2 3 Coan.cf 3 1 2 n But Pet Bully’s absence didn’t York with the intention of get- Boone.3b 2 0 12 WerU.rl 4 110 the city’s streets and another 150,000 hanging out of office Dropo.lb 3 19 0 Mele,lf 4 0 9 0 detract from the excitement as ting a job in the Pacific Coast 3 0 3 0 St ens.3b 3 0 KaUne.rf 3 2 4 building windows. . . . One thing certain, there had never the surprising Parley, League by trading to TutUe.ct 0 4 0 Hunfr.w 3 0 Q 4 Freedom himself a House.c 3 0 3 0 Murray.c 0 0 0 0 . tney.c been a welcome to match it in all baseball history. .... An with Jockey Stanley Small up, club which send an Garver .0 3 0 0 2Co 3 2 6 0 would in- lDlerlng 0000 oddity in connection with the extravagant 'procession was gave the crowd a thrill and flelder to Kansas City. Co’man.o 2 0 0 0 Brazen George Weiss, general 2Knkos 10 0 0 that Miss America (Miss Evelyn Ay) rode with the Woodlawn Brat a scare in a thrilling mana- Fox.o 0 0 0 0 stretch run. It was the press ger of the Yankees, is attempt- Vase on the Pimlico float without billing, although Miss Ay Totals 28 327 ~n Totals 30 87 I* box censensus that Freedom ing to track down Brideweser to 1 Kan for Courtney In Bth. ~6 reportedly received $2,500 the four-hour journey. 2 Hit Into double olay for Parley , for- Coleman could have won except tell him a major league berth is in Htn. • • • • for his notoriously bad habit of awaiting with Washington. him Detroit 000 100 000—1 AMONG OTHER THINGS, Mickey Vernon’s 10th inning stoppin* after getting the lead. The Senators will dispatch Run- Baltimore 000 000 000—4 The 4-year-old son of Four Free- nels, Jerry Snyder or Mel Hoder- Run bat- run Run—Kuenn.in—Dropo. Error—Kuenn. home on opening day tied the Senators’ total home again ted Two-base hit—Kuenn. doms came on after Brazen lem to Kansas City if they land And here the crew members scramble back to the shell and hang on until pulled out. Blatt Sacrlftre—Coan. Double plays—Hunter run the ... oqtput for entire home season in 1945. Joe Brat nosed ahead and he was Brideweser. to Youn* to Waitkus <2>; Kuenn and Kuhel, also a first and Woody are not shown in this picture. (Story on Page C-6).—Star Staff Photos by Gene Abbott. Dropo (2). Left on bases—Detroit. 3; baseman, hit the only Washington home gaining on the winner at the Dickering for Two Others. Baltimore. 5. Bases on balls—Off Garver. run 1: off Coleman. 2; off Fox, 1. Struck out at Griffith Stadium that year and still the Senators finish. A spokesman for the Senators —By Garver. 1: bv Coleman. 6: by Fox. a game Just Sidney 0. H - t„—Off Garver. 6 In ft Innings; off came within and a half of winning the American Sets Pace. also admitted the club has been Coleman, .! in 8 Innings; off Fox. 0 in 1 dickering and Pella- inning. Runs and earned runs—off League pennant. . .i. Tommy Bolt, golfer, has Sidney, ridden by Sammy for Dente firebrand Just Mile in Relays, Garver. 0-O; off Coleman. 1-1; off Fox? stayed grini said that if the deal Santee Wins 4:03.1 Kansas O-O. Winning pitcher—Garver (1-0), been dropped by his sponsor, a manufacturer of clubs, for Boulmetis who here when but Losing pltcherColeman (0-11. Time of Joe Gavegnano’s Errard King for Brideweser is successful, ne- game—l ’63. Attendance 9.955. reasons of incompatibility. . . . However, marketed the clubs was withdrawn from the gotiations for them automati- will continue to bear the Gotham Texas World Sprint Record name “Thunderbolt." Stakes at Jamaica, was supposed cally will end. Dente, one-time Quartet Breaks Sam Snead, who never has lost to Ben Hogan in three to like an off track and the 4- Washington shortstop, batted By the Associated Press had the “urge” to do so. He to win the university half-mile Orioles Obtain Kennedy, head-to-head matches, including the playoff in the year-old Deliberator Lia colt .271 with Indianapolis last sea- LAWRENCE, Kans., April 17. came back two hours later to relay in 1:25.5, three-tenths of recent up 100-yard the record. Masters, admits that he would not mind being paired with did set a swift early pace. The son. Pellagrini hit .253 with —Wes Santee of Kansas, blazed make a deficit and a second off meet Dyck to Foales color-bearer was on top Pittsburgh. a mile in 4:03.1, second fastest anchor Kansas to victory in the Whether the Texas perform- Send Cleveland the little Texan in the National Open beginning June 17 By the Associated all the way until the field hit Brideweser, a 6-footer who ever run by an American, and distance medley with an unoffi- ance in the 440 relay will be Press . . at Baltusrol. . “All the years we’ve been playing,” Sam the stretch, where the real race weighs Iss pounds, is a right- Texas’ sprint relay team bet- cial 4:12 mile. recognized as a world’s record BALTIMORE, April 'l7.—Th« discloses, . began. top and “we’ve never been paired once in the Open.” . . handed hitter who batted .272 tered a world’s record in the “The track is loose on remains to be seen. The start Baltimore Orioles' today an- Nor is it likely to happen this June for the simple, practical A. H. Bowen’s Sweet Ver- with Syracuse last year. He broke Kansas Relays today. its sandy,” the Nation’s greatest was out of a chute and with only nounced they have traded Out- the miler complained before the gusty, reason that the USGA doesn’t want the gallery following mouth. who finished last, broke into only seven games with The Texas quartet of Dean one turn. The wind was fielder Jim Dyck for Bob Ken- up nedy, two players while the others perform in comparative privacy. third and moved to second Yankees, batted three times and Smith, Jerry Prewit, Al Frieden race. from 4 to 8 miles per hour. Cleveland outfielder. to challenge Just Sidney on the obtained a hit on each occasion. “Iran a poor first half because got right * • » • and Charles Thomas won the Dean Smith Texas off to Both men bat and throw turn, but he began to fade as It’s the feeling of the Senators’ 440-yard in seconds, I didn’t feel like running,” he swift start by winning the j handed. Manager Art Ehlers of r§lay 40.3 with the a WITH THE YANKEES LOOKING at nothing except Freedom Parley moved on the bosses that Second Baseman two-tenths of a second under said. “Iwas just peeved 100-yard dash in 9.6 seconds. the Orioles said it was a straight pitchers Wayne Terwilliger’s fielding will track and the wind, so I didn’t left-handed so far. Hank Bauer might be a good (See the world, American and inter- He was followed home by Frieden swap with no cash involved. BOWIE, Page C-7.) improve perceptibly with a think I could do well. But when longshot bet . . collegiate standards of 40.5 sec- and Thomas to lead the league in . in that order. Dyck, who is hit nine hom- batting. Today’s shortstop working be- I heard my time called at the 32. game steadier held by lowa and Southern Podoley, sophomore Senator-Yankee will start at 2:05 because baseball onds half I tried hard to do that last James a j ers and drove in 27 runs forth» side him. California which ran that time old St. Louis Browns last year. is illegal in New York until that time. . . . But early arrivals 880 real well.” from Central Michigan College, One Lefthanded Hitter. at the relays here in 1935 and won the with a rec- He hit .213 in 112 games. at Yankee Stadium may start getting legally looped at 1 Five-Length decathlon “Runnels is jittery and Ter- 1938, respectively. Glenn Cunningham, one of the ord-breaking 6,128 points. The o’clock, when the bars in the park open. greatest milers in the The 33-year-old Kennedy hit williger doesn’t know what to Santee holds the American world’s previous record of 6,066 points games, driving early 19305, fired the starting .236 in 100 in 22 It doesn’t sound right but the record book doesn’t disprove Win Scored expect from him.” a Washing- mile mark himself at 4:02.4. was set by J. W. Mashburn of runs and hitting three homers. “Terwilliger gun for the race bearing his that the Tigers are the only organized ball club in Michigan ton official said. A record crowd of about Oklahoma last year. the showed last season that he’s an name. and Sox the . . 16,000, largely lured into Me- A mild upset came in the 120- Red only one in Massachusetts. . Walter “Isaw nothing wrong with the By Determine adequate fielder, but apparently by Santee, high Alston, who must be weary of reading that his only By tha Associated Press morial Stadiqm race,” said Cunningham, yard hurdles when Bill Repul ski in Every big league Runnels nervousness has affected in sultry, 83-degree now a Curtis, Christian Univer- playing time was in SAN MATEO, Calif., turned out Kansas gentleman farmer. “I Texas only long enough to strike out 1936, April 17. him.” weather. sity sophomore, Biber- every thought he had it timed just beat Bill Outfield played minute of every basketball game for Miami —Determine, the “gray ghost” of The departure of Runnels will of Kansas, the defending Position Kansas was scratched from right, but a little water might stein University of Ohio during his junior and senior years- 1- California racing, sounded a stir- leave the Senators with only one champion, in 14.6 seconds. ring challenge to other Kentucky lefthanded hitter in the batting two of its favorite baton events, have helped the track a little On Cards' Bad Day except when he was out on personal fouls. re-, Derby nominees today with a order unless Manager Bqcky the 2-mile and sprint medley bit. I still think the mile will Rich Ferguson of lowa, the By th« Associated Prats enjoy a full defending Jack Sharkey, ex-heavyweight champion of the world, smashing five-length victory in Harris alternates Tom Umphlett lays, to let Santee be run in four minutes or less.” champion, won the CHICAGO, April 17. Mana- head of steam for the Glenn The Kansas 3,000-meter steeplechase in rec- now has 11 grandchildren and the two latest have been his final appearance at Bay and Tom Wright in rightfleld. Relays mile rec- ger Eddie of the Bt. Louis Cunningham Mile. ord of 4:10.1 was held jointlyby ord time of 9:20.4 beating the Stanky named Jack and Jill. . . . Meanwhile, Jack has Meadows. He was time in 1:49 Otherwise Mickey Vernon will be Dempsey Vi lanky Blaine Rideout former mark of 9:27 by Tommy j Cardinals juggled his outfield given away his daughter in marriage and even Jersey Joe for the mile and one-eighth Bay the lone lefthanded swinger. The lean and senior of North Texas Meadows Derby. Runnels Senators’ from Ashland. Kans., responded State and Don * Gehrmann of Deckard of Indiana in 1937. like a magician in the wind- Walcott has stopped talking of fighting again. was the His stablemate. Allied, raced leading hitter in 1952 when he to the screaming crowd by Wisconsin. It was the 21st clock- Neville Price of Oklahoma blown opener of a three-game second while Fault Free was batted .285 but slumped to .257 knocking off the first quarter in ing for Santee under 4:10. trimmed the defending cham- series against the Chicago Cubs third. 59.5 seconds, the next in 61.7, Texas ran away with the 440- pion, John Bennett of Marquette, Major last season and fielded poorly. today. League Standings The victory by the star of the third in 63.3 and then flashed yard relay with anchorman in the broad jump. Price, the SUNDAY, APRIL 18. 1954. Andrew J. Crevolin Stable was (See SENATORS. Page C-3.) home in 58.6 on the last lap. Thomas being clocked in 8.6 National AAU titlist, went 24 Before the contest was two impressive. Packing high weight Santee said he might have seconds for the last 100 yards. feet, 9*B inches to Bennett’s 24 innings old Rip Repulskl had if.'O *1.2 j i j _ of 126 pounds, he took command run the 4-minute mile had he The same foursome came back feet 6)4 inches. appeared in all three outfield Standings ° *§J.e §, .*'£!.o e '! ! ) IM .2 at the far turn when Jockey Ray Two Spills in Week positions. He started in right, AMERICAN , oS c S , n | :•=5 . | and ot Clubs xI £Ls x .ss i o o t; *: 2co York gave him only mild urging. when the Cubs batted in ° Repulski Inalli IntirlM ZiU j* ca O .3 £ At the head of the stretch he was Convince Hartack the second, shifted to good four lengths front 20 Hits Crushing left as Stan Mesial moved from Phtu.; at BosT:: . Detroit lolOll|2|o|oof oP .750' a in and Cubs Get in Cards, 23-13 3f if running eagerly. left to right. Chicago, New York! 0 0! 0; 0j 0 1: 1| 0; 2j 1| .667; Ya Jockey's Life Hard 'sfcievefl. York had him under restraint That old saw about lightning Just before Bob Talbot, Cubs* Games Today. Cleveland j 0! Oj 0| 0 Oj 0 Oj 2! Z 2 .500 1 near the line. In National League's Longest 9-Inning Game centerfielder, batted In the finish never striking twice in the same sec- The race had a gross value By tha Associated Press Rip Repulski, ond inning—Stanky made a). Boltiwor* 1 2 2 * The Cubs contributed seven of were the Cards’ Sol an- Chicago at ! - __ sooi f_ Ii! <^LJL°L°L®L L i of $27,600 of which $15,800 went place apparently doesn’t apply other revision. Phiia. ai. Boston <2> Boston 0| 0j 0| 0| 1| Oj lj lj 1 CHICAGO, April 17.—The the 10 doubles hammered. There Yvars and Rookie Tom Alston, j .5001 to Determine, making his gross to Jockey Willie Hartack. triple, by major rr Cubs, blasting six opposing pitch- also was one the Car- who made his first league The St. Louis skipper Philo for the year — shifted Ph‘a“” w”sh "3o | racing $155,750 Hartack suffered his second ers for 20 hits, today ran up their dinals’ Wally Moon, and five hit, a four-bagger. Repulski to center, and moved the highest in the country. spill of the yes- Chicago at Detroit. Wosh’n lo|l|o|o|o| 0| 0| 0| lj 2 .333; 1)4 week at Bowie highest score in 32 years, crush- homers. Hitting for the circuit The Cubs went ahead to stay Rookie Wally Moon to left field Crevolin’s heavily-favored en- his Rip’s and 2 p.m. 0| 2 terday when mount, Mrs. ing the St. Louis Cardinals, 23- with five runs in the third when as successor. xJ'a.m. ! Chicago | 0| 1| Oj 0| 0j 0| 01 lj 3j .2501 try paid $2.50, $2.30 and $2.10. ~ (Only games I—!—'—'—' ! ' 1 Ada L. Rice’s Guided Bomb, 13, in the longest nine-inning Ransom Jackson and Hal Jeff- ! scheduled.i j Lost Il|lj2j2j 1| lj 2 3[ | | I Fault Free returned $2.60. slipped and fell down going to game in National League history Probable Pitchers coat homered. They blasted out The crowd of 23,957 cheered •y the Associated Press Minor the post for the second race, —three hours and 43 minutes. 10 runs in the fifth when 16 men League Results the little gray flier who has done throwing (1953 Records in Parentheses.) American Willie fiat on his back St, took their turns and pounded AHaelatlan. Standings „ The Cubs, who battered AMERICAN LEAGI'E. J- 1; |"gJ£ j'§ J all his campaigning in California in the mud. The jockey re- Eight Kanxtx City, 0: Louisville, S. NATIONAL opener, Washington at New York—McDermott seven blows. of the runs Memphis. Ilf Columbus. fC( g!sM¦* £ § t; *: !! £ since Crevolin purchased him as Louis 13-4 in the season (0-0). 7. i0 c b‘ l \**l mounted, however, and brought tB-10i vs. Grim in the big inning earned. Charleston. 3: Bt. Paul, 2. $ £ a yearling for $12,000. His big- charge produced their most runs since Philadelphia at Boston (2)—Trice were Indianapolis, 6; Toledo. 1. dlif5 3 0_ his home in third place (2-1) and Portocarrero