CLASSIFIED ADS CLASSIFIED ADS GENERAL NEWS Joenittg S&faf ppcrfls FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952 C ** Nats Open With Porterfield Tonight in Starting Long Road Trip Win, Lose, or Draw Bob Due to Face Series Sweep in New York ¦alar $ ¦ J By FRANCIS STANN m Indians' First Since 1947 THE DETROIT TIGER& were playing catch on the side- SoufhpawShanfz * ».JpsSSpPB W3m f By Jack Hand slamming the A’s, Rivera hit his lines and Red Rolfe, the manager, was wearing a glove and g«if: Associated Pratt Sport* Writer game-winning dourly throwing to one of his players. *Red hasn’t aBMUI 3| Hfc,; ' hbmer off Carl been seen ago Paige, taking a workout in years and when he was asked if there ML It was said here a month Scheib. fourth St. Louis was Philadelphia win the pitcher, only any At that Cleveland couldn’t allowed one run significance, he managed a wry smile. and - learned two hits in four “No,” he said, “although on second Overtime Tie Wm wk * - ¦ ymim pennant until the Indians innings. thought, if we don't score a few runs soon I Battle how to win at Yankee Stadium. Koslo Blanks Cardinals. might be tempted to try a comeback.” With Tigers Will Be Well, they seem to have learned Dave Koslo continued his mas- These are trying times for Rolfe’s Tigers. 31 fast. tery over the St. Louis Cardinals They haven’t been hitting and, of course, they Played Off May Wr' si -..a® m» . Not since 1947 had the Indians as the New York Giants tightened most iSaF jfl K' ¦ haven’t been winning. Like managers, HjPt By Burton Hawkins swept a series in the New York the National League race with a Rolfe suffers keenly when things go wrong. park until they 3-0 win. The defending cham- Star Staff Correspondent Yankees’ home pions “It’s rugged, all right,” Red conceded, the champions yes- now are only 28 percentage . jj|| PHILADELPHIA, May 9.—Only CMMIk | i / W If4 .jfMh humbled world points “These days I’d like to be in Bucky’s (Harris) JPj behind the idle Brooklyn j two games the Mm terday, 12-5, for a third straight. Dodgers. shoes. I like his ball club since those trades. behind front-run- 1 ning Sox mejmm The Yankee Stadium jinx, the The surging Giants rushed A lot of speed, a good infield. If that kid Red and Indians after a surprisingly successful Vic Raschi hex, the Eddie Lopat through their first Western trip Runnels can hold up at shortstop, Washing- home the window with a glittering 9-1 record. stand, whammy all went out They ton will be tough.” the Nats start a 14-game in this first New York-Cleveland have won 13 of their last 15 games. “Is there some doubt about Runnels?” a Fr, “eta 8U““* road trip here tonight with their series of the season. When Koslo stopped the Cards winning got lumps with man asked. , ¦ six-game streak still in- Raschi his Wednesday four hitSjit was their first Hk.. when In- shutout loss the year. The “Well, he’s not too good a shortstop—yet. But he’s a real tact. and Lopat yesterday the of New Bob for new cleanup man, Ray York southpaw has won nine in good little But I’m not knocking the Washington Porterfield, whom the dians’ hitter. in- Nats have scored only seven runs Boone, went on the warpath. Boone a row against St. Louis over a field. I’d like to have it.” in four starts, will attempt to pro- struck the big blow of the game, three-year span. long the club’s joy tonight. He’ll a three-run homer in the fifth! Stan Musial, who went hitless OVER IN THE NATS’ dugout the pre-game atmosphere was be opposed by little Bobby Shantz, It hardly mattered that Cleveland against Koslo last year in 17 trips, far merrier. Harris was beaming. “The town’s talking, huh?” a mighty competent left-hander. poured over six runs in the ninth. had a pair of doubles. It wasn’t he grinned. “Well, I hope we can keep people talking. We The two teams meet again in a Only One in ’sl. enough to save Gerry Staley from single game Won won’t win ’em all, but if keep going well I think tomorrow and a dou- Last year the Indians won only his first defeat after winning four we can as as ble-header Sunday before the in a rowv we might, we might somebody.” Nats one game in New York all season. fool start their first invasion of the Willard Marshall tripled with “Like finishing in the first division?” he Now they’re sure of at least a 200 was asked. West. per cent improvement. the bases loaded and singled home “Could be,” Bucky grinned. “Why not? There isn’t a sin- Porterfield, beaten by the Red This latest blow to the pride a fourth run in the Boston Braves’ triumph gle ball club without some weakness. The Indians haven’t of the Yanks dealt with three 6-4 over Chicago. The was loss dropped the Cubs been scoring much. And look at the games the Yankees have League Cleveland regulars on the bench. into a third- Wilson Leads place tie with idle Cincinnati. been losing own Larry in their stadium. Archie Wilson, obtained by Jim Hegan, Luke Easter and Jim Wilson, the winning “They awfully Doby they poured pitcher, used to be tough at home. Nobody beat ’em. the Nats from the New York sat it out. Still was wild, requiring relief help I don’t know exactly how many they’ve lost so far in Yankee Yankees only last Saturday, it on Lopat and liis successors. from Sheldon Jones and Lew Bur- Stadium this year, but it’s nearly 10,1 know.” now is the American League’s Bobby Feller was the official dette to save his win over leading Turk Bucky should know how important it is for the Yankees hitter. winning pitcher as the Indians Lown. two singles against first Eastern trip to win at home. He managed them for two years. Did Archie’s finished their all right the Detroit Tigers yesterday with fine 7-3 But Feller in 1947, winning next year a record. a World Series. The he was fired give him 13 hits in 27 at bats needed solid help from Bob Lemon. for losing the American League pennant in a photo finish. for a .481 average. Feller for 12 Probable Pitchers The Yanks nicked AMERICAN LEAGUE. gave VITAL PLAY FOR OUR SIDE—-Second Baseman Jerry Priddy of the Tigers bends almost double hits in 5% innings. Lemon Washington Philadelphia Porterfield JIM BUSBY AND Jackie Jensen walked up and selected Sox and White Sox, was of the way (2-2) vs. Shantz (3-1). forced getting the ball away to first base in an attempt to complete a game-ending double play in them only one the rest Boston at New York—Wight (1-0) vs. warmup balls from the big leather bag. to produce a pair of superb ef- inning against at by Sain (1-1). Harris looked at them the ninth the Nats Griffith Stadium yesterday Had Priddy succeeded the —a ninth-inning homer Gene S Clevel.nd-Bm. (2-1) with approval. forts to register two decisions for Washington winning streak would have at straight. Woodling. vs Wynn"(4-l*) 1 ended six As it was, Shortstop - * * " a .500 mark. He disposed of the Pete Runnels Detrolt pi rc “There goes a pair of real athletes,” he said. “Look at was out at second, but Cass Michaels beat the throw to first and Mickey Vernon scored the Besides Boone’s homer, Harry Trucks** 0-2*h Yankees, 2-0, and in his last start tying There no Simpson legged his way around those kids—only 25 years old. They run like thieves, they pitched run. was more scoring in the two innings that followed and the game will be NATIONALLEAGUE. can a smart six-hitter to edge inside-the-park Cincinnati at St. Louis—Raflensberger finished here May 31. the bases on an (3-2) throw and I’ve got a feeling they’re both going to hit. I just Browns, 2-1. Bob has a highly —AP Photo. vs. Mizell (1-2). the home run and A1 Rosen and Bob (Only games scheduled.) hope George Marshall keeps his distance.” creditable 1.96 earned run aver- Kennedy’ tripled over the head of Marshall, head of Redskins, age. man the is a close friend of Irv Noren, the Yankees’ new cen- j Bucky’s, and the Nats’ manager was only joking. But for a A’s Win Six of Nine. Lack of Left-Handed Power Snead Still Threat ter-fielder. fact, Jensen and Busby qualify as pro football material. Jen- The Athletics have bounced back This crushing defeat, sinking the sen was an All-America fullback at California. Busby was a to win six of their last nine games, Yanks' Trouble, Feller Says Yanks three games under .500 and j good back at Texas Christian. but the Nats are hoping to keep Despite Oliver's 61 five and a half games out of the' them submerged deep in the sec- By the Associated Press i “What I like about our deals.” Bucky went on, “is that ! wouldn’t be behind them now. The lead, came at a particularly em-i we ond division while possibly clos- NEW YORK, May 9—Bob trouble got kids.