Boston (Stobbs 11-8) at Washington (Moreno 5-10),
2:30 p.m.
Detroit (Hutchinson 8-6) at St. Louis (Markel 0-2),
3:30 p.m.
(Only games scheduled)
Notes on the Scorecard
Paper Says Hornsby
Will Not Pilot Browns
NEW YORK Given the ballyhoo that
preceded Mickey Mantles first major league
spring training, Yankees fans probably fanta-
sized of the day when the kid might outperform
grizzled Joe DiMaggio.
That day apparently has arrived. Little did
Yankees fans guess the circumstances under
which the torch would be passed.
Joltin Joe looked plenty good Wednesday,
swatting a single, double and his eighth home
run as the Pinstripers defeated the As 7-4,
clinching an upper division finish in 1951.
But the fine game comes at the end of a des-
ultory season. The homer was DiMaggios
eighth (357th career). His three-hit game raised
his average to a meager .223. His two RBI gave
him 55, sixth-best on the team.
Mantle contributed a run, hit and RBI to the
Yankees attack, making him a bit player in the
victory which DiMaggio headlined. But his
numbers for the year (six weeks of which were
spent in the minors) mostly dwarf Joes: a team
-leading 20 homers, 51 RBI and a .276 average.
It is rumored DiMaggio will retire at the end
of this season, which will be the least produc-
tive of his 13-year career the first in which
he was not named to the American League All-
Star team, and just the fourth in which the Yan-
kees failed to reach the World Series.
It also will be remembered as a summer in
which he battled leg ailments and missed time
to attend his mothers funeral in San Francisco.
Now the season comes down to the final five
games all against Boston and perhaps
one last chance for Yankees fans to witness
living, breathing history.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the American League:
Cass Michaels lined a game-winning single
in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the
Senators a 9-8 victory over the visiting Red
New York 7, Philadelphia 4
Washington 9, Boston 8
St. Louis 6, Detroit 5
(Only games scheduled)
Brooklyn 4, Boston 0
New York 3, Philadelphia 1
(Only games scheduled)
Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers
Brooklyn (Roe 17-7) at Boston (Nichols 7-13), 2
p.m.
(Only game scheduled)
Major League Leaders
AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG. R H
Fain, Phi. 114 433 91 150 .346
Musial, St.L 149 584 .358 133 209
Fox, Chi. 146 608 103 205 .337
Ashburn, Phi. 151 658 .342 119 225
Minoso, Chi. 140 556 118 181 .326
Snider, Bro. 142 567 .330 105 187
Doby, Cle. 134 464 97 149 .321
Wyrostek, Cin. 138 561 .328 73 184
DiMaggio, Bos. 143 639 123 205 .321
Hemus, St.L 127 454 .326 81 148
Avila, Cle. 143 559 85 179 .320
Schoendienst, St.L 140 567 .323 97 183
Kell, Det. 147 609 82 195 .320
Jethroe, Bos. 142 568 .322 125 183
Groth, Det. 123 453 52 145 .320
Sisler, Phi. 114 433 .321 80 139
Pesky, Bos. 129 482 93 153 .317
Gordon, Bos. 147 562 .320 89 180
Coleman, Chi. 131 536 82 168 .313
Furillo, Bro. 149 649 .311 108 202
HR: Zernial (Phi.) 40; Robinson (Chi.) 29;
Vollmer (Bos.) 27; Easter (Cle.) 25; Williams
(Bos.) 25.
RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 153; Robinson (Chi.) 124;
Williams (Bos.) 124; Vernon (Was.) 108; Rosen
(Cle.) 103.
Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 18-12; Pierce (Chi.) 17-6;
Lemon (Cle.) 17-13; Raschi (N.Y.) 16-9; Lopat
(N.Y.) 16-10.
Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 175; Reynolds (N.Y.)
139; Gray (Det.) 139; McDermott (Bos.) 134;
Wynn (Cle.) 125 .
ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.71; Kretlow (Chi.) 2.72;
McDermott (Bos.) 2.74; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.84; Mar-
rero (Was.), 2.87.
HR: Musial (St.L) 38; Hodges (Bro.) 36; Snid-
er (Bro.) 36; Kiner (Pit.) 34; Sauer (Chi.) 32;
Thomson (N.Y.) 32.
RBI: Musial (St.L) 145; Snider (Bro.) 125; Sau-
er (Chi.) 117; Hodges (Bro.) 116; Gordon
(Bos.) 116.
Wins: Newcombe (Bro.) 21-6; Jansen (N.Y.)
18-8; Roberts (Phi.) 18-13; Roe (Bro.) 17-7;
Hearn (N.Y.) 17-10.
Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 180; Rush
(Chi.) 139; Queen (Pit.) 137; Maglie (N.Y.) 134;
Roberts (Phi.) 127.
ERA: Newcombe (Bro.) 1.94; Jansen (N.Y.)
2.36; Rush (Chi.) 2.74; Roe (Bro.) 2.94;
Wehmeier (Cin.) 3.09.
July 26 he is 12-1 with a 1.51 ERA.
Newcombe got all the runs he would need
Wednesday on Roy Campanellas third-inning
grand slam off loser Max Surkont (10-15).
For good measure Newcombe had two hits,
giving him 19 for the season tied for tops
among pitchers in the major leagues. He is bat-
ting .262.
AROUND THE HORN
Elsewhere in the National League:
Larry Jansen scattered nine hits in a route-
going effort as the Giants trimmed the host Phil-
lies, 3-1.
Jansen (18-8) allowed one unearned run, low-
ering his ERA to 2.36. Ken Johnson (5-10) al-
lowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings and absorbed
the loss.
Giants shortstop Al Dark broke a 1-1 tie with
a two-run double in the top of the seventh. Phils
third baseman Willie Jones singled to extend his
hit streak to 17 games.
KANSAS CITY (AP) The Kansas City
Star said Wednesday that Rogers Hornsby
probably will be the new manager of the St.
Louis Browns.
The announcement, the Star said, is to be
made shortly by Bill Veeck, who purchased the
American League club during the summer.
Hornsby, former National League batting
champion, is completing a season as manager
of the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League.
The Chicago Cubs, hard-pressed by loss of
103 players from their farm system to military
service on Wednesday disclosed they had
lopped off affiliation with four minor league
clubs.
Foremost was Nashville of the Southern
Association with which club the Cubs had a
working agreement.
Also being dropped from the system were
Grand Rapids, Mich., of the Class A Central
League; Rock Hills, S.C., of the Class B Tri-
State League; and Spindale, N.C., of the Class
D Western Carolina League.
Carmen Berra, wife of Yankee catcher Yo-
gi Berra, gave birth to a second son in
Teaneck, N.J. The new arrival will be named
Timothy.
Sox.
The Nats trailed 3-0 after one inning, led 6-4
after five, and trailed 8-6 after seven. Washing-
ton tied the game on run-scoring fly outs by
Frank Campos, who has hit safely in his first 10
major league tilts, and Pete Runnels. Michaels
game-winner came with two out in the ninth.
Senators reliever Joe Haynes (6-6) earned the
win with three shutout innings. Boston reliever
Ben Flowers took the loss in his major league
debut.
Bob Nieman singled home the winning run in
the bottom of the ninth inning as the Browns
edged the visiting Tigers, 6-5.
Detroit scored three times in the top of the
ninth to tie the game and deny St. Louis starter
Ned Garver his 14th victory. Instead, Al Widmar
got the win with one-third of an inning of relief.
Vic Wertz hit his 24th homer for the Bengals.
BOSTON Don Newcombe has hurled the
Dodgers to the National League pennant and has
surpassed the 20-win plateau for the first time in
his career.
Yet he continues to pitch like a man with un-
finished business.
Newk blanked the Braves 4-0 on Wednesday
to improve his record to 21-6 and lower his ma-
jor league-leading ERA to 1.94. In the past 19
years, five pitchers have won 20 or more games
while recording an ERA of less than 2.00. Four
have been voted Most Valuable Player. The fifth
finished second in the MVP balloting.
In Brooklyn Dodgers history, only one pitcher
has turned the trick, Jeff Pfeffer in 1914 and
1916. Newcombe has attained the distinction
with a mad rush in the past two months since
By Whitney Martin
NEW YORK (AP) Im just disgustingly
normal.
There was a trace of disappointment, even
frustration, as Ford C. Frick, an amateur philat-
elist, curler and golfer and the newly elected
commissioner of baseball tried to put a mental
finger on some trait or eccentricity which
would classify him as a colorful character.
I dont even have any odd quirks when it
comes time for food, he continued sadly. I
brought my farm appetite with me when I came
back here. My whole life has been entirely nor-
mal, nothing spectacular. Im not a spectacular
person. Those interesting tall-tale things just
dont happen to me.
He swung a pair of horn-rimmed glasses idly
in his hand and gazed out the window of his
RCA Building nineteenth floor office, head-
quarters of the National League whose presi-
dency he is relinquishing to take up the job of
boss of all professional baseball.
Lives Like Common Folks
Mine is the story of thousands of boys and
girls who have that Midwest background, he
resumed. You know when we were growing
up everybody was supposed to be normal. It
was just taken for granted.
Im just a very average human being, with
the same likes and dislikes, a hobby of sorts, a
job to do which I try to do the best of my abil-
ity.
Im a philatelist, or stamp collector, in a
casual sort of way. I have a large collection but
it isnt valuable, except to me. So many of the
stamps were sent to me from all over by
friends, that each stamp as a story as far as Im
concerned. I get a kick out of dabbling with the
collection. I work on it quite often. If offers
relaxation, takes my mind off problems.
Hes Tall, Lean and Tense
Frick is a tense sort of fellow. Tall and lean
and alert, he always give the impression that he
couldnt stay put long enough to read anything
but a telegram or a short note. The impression
is misleading.
I love to read, he said. Id say I average
an hour and a half or two hours a day reading. I
like historical novels Kenneth Roberts and
Newcombe Joins
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VOL. 1, No.165 FIVE CENTS
AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB
Chicago 95 55 .633 --- Brooklyn 97 53 .647 ---
Boston 87 61 .588 7 New York 89 63 .586 9
Cleveland 83 69 .546 13 St. Louis 82 69 .543 15
New York 79 70 .530 15 Philadelphia 79 72 .523 18
Philadelphia 75 76 .497 20 Boston 70 81 .464 27
Detroit 71 80 .470 24 Pittsburgh 67 84 .444 30
Washington 61 89 .407 34 Chicago 67 84 .444 30
St. Louis 49 100 .329 45 Cincinnati 53 98 .351 44
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Van Wyck Mason and the like.
But I guess those things stamp collecting,
daily reading and things like that are what a lot
of other people do. As I said, Im just disgust-
ingly normal, and nothing spectacular ever hap-
pens to me. Theres not even anything out of the
ordinary about my appearance. At least I dont
think there is.
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