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TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1951

FINAL EDITION Including final results of all ball games

FIVE CENTS

VOL. 1, No. 44

Williams Hits No. 300, Parnell Almost Unhittable in Sox Win

BOSTON Red Sox starter Mel Parnell carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning of Monday nights game against the Yankees. But his gallant effort figures to be a footnote in an 8-3 Boston victory that will be better remembered for Ted The 300 Club Williams 300th career home run. Williams became the 10th major leaguer to reach the 300-homer plateau, spanking an Allie Reynolds delivery for a three-run shot in the fourth inning. The blow not only gave 1. B. Ruth. 714 the second-place Sox 2. J. Foxx.. 534 a commanding 6-1 3. M. Ott... 511 4. L. Gehrig.. 494 lead, it put Williams 5. J. DiMaggio.. 351 into a pantheon of the 6. J. Mize.. 341 games greatest slug- 7. H. Greenberg. 331 8. R. Hornsby 302 gers tied for ninth 9. C. Klein. 300 all-time with Chuck 10. T. Williams.. 300 Klein. The Splendid Splinter wasnt the only offensive hero for the Sox Vern Stephens hit his eighth home run, and Billy Goodman went 1-for-2 to raise his average to .357, third in the loop. Parnell almost upstaged them all, navigating eight hitless innings before allowing a leadoff single to Joe DiMaggio in the ninth. Ultimately, Parnell (4-3) gave way to reliever Walt Masterson. But he got the win, allowing three runs on two hits in 8 2/3 innings. Reynolds (3-3) was charged with the loss AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the American League: Saul Rogovin fired a seven-hit shutout, his first since coming to the White Sox and his second of the season (both against the Browns) as Chicago topped visiting St. Louis, 1-0. Rogovin (3-2) struck out four and walked two. Paul Lehner knocked in the games only run. Browns starter Duane Pillette (0-5) took the loss despite holding the ChiSox to one run on three hits in six innings. Sam Chapman doubled twice and had three RBI as the Indians beat the host Tigers, 6-3. Bob Feller (5-1) held Detroit to three runs in seven innings. Lou Brissie hurled two scoreless innings to earn his first save.

Major League Standings

AMERICAN Cleveland Boston Chicago Detroit Philadelphia New York Washington St. Louis W 22 21 19 18 19 19 14 9 L 13 14 14 16 17 18 20 29 PCT. .629 .600 .576 .529 .528 .514 .412 .237 GB --1 2 3 3 4 7 14 NATIONAL New York Philadelphia St. Louis Brooklyn Boston Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati W 27 22 20 19 19 15 14 12 L 13 16 17 17 19 19 22 25 PCT. .675 .579 .541 .528 .500 .441 .389 .324 GB --4 5 6 7 9 11 13

Mondays American League Results

Boston 8, New York 3 Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 Cleveland 6, Detroit 3 Philadelphia at Washington, ppd., rain

Mondays National League Results

New York 8, Boston 2 St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 5, Brooklyn 4 Chicago at Cincinnati, ppd., rain

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

Cleveland (Lemon 3-4) at Detroit (Newhouser 3-3), 2:30 p.m. (Only games scheduled)

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers

(Only games scheduled)

Poholsky, Musial Power Cards Win

ST. LOUIS Whos hotter, Tom Poholsky or Stan Musial? Given that both play for the Cardinals, theres no way of knowing who would triumph in a matchup of the rookie pitcher and the veteran All-Star hitter. Monday night the pair continued their respective tears, leading St. Louis to a 6-2 victory over Pittsburgh. The rookie Poholsky (4-3) pitched a complete game eight-hitter. He is 4-0 with a 2.78 ERA in five appearances (four starts) since May 10. Musial went 2-for-4 with a run scored. He extended his hit streak to 16 games, and is batting a major league-leading .431 in May. No one has more than his 11 doubles, 26 runs and 30 RBI for the month. Harry Lowery and Del Rice each had two RBI for the Cards. Cliff Chambers (3-4) took the loss, allowing six runs in 2 2/3 innings.

AROUND THE HORN Elsewhere in the National League: Richie Ashburns single drove in Del Wilber with the winning run, capping a two-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and giving the Phillies a 5-4 win over the Dodgers. Philadelphia took a 3-0 lead in the first. The Brooks responded with four runs in the third, Billy Cox striking the big blow with a go-ahead two-run single. Putsy Caballero knocked Dodgers starter Ralph Branca (0-1) out of the game with a tying single in the ninth. After reliever Carl Erskine walked Eddie Waitkus, Ashburn delivered his game-winning single. The homer-happy Giants hit five circuit clouts in an 8-2 win over Warren Spahn and the visiting Braves. The Giants lead the NL with 52 homers 15 more than any other team. Among Mondays home runs was Bobby Thomsons 11th. Spahn (2-4) is 0-3 with a 16.36 ERA in three starts against the Giants.

Players of the Week

Sanford, Musial Garner Weekly Player Honors

The Yankees Fred Sanford, who threw the American Leagues first no-hitter in nearly three years, and the Cardinals Stan Musial, who hits like theres no tomorrow, earned the National and American League Player of the Week honors for games through Sunday. Sanford, in his first start of the season, no-hit the Athletics, 5-0, Sunday. It was the first AL no -hitter since Clevelands Bob Lemon dazzled Detroit on June 30, 1948. Musial batted .467 with four homers and 10 RBI as St. Louis went 5-2. The Man scored eight runs for the week, second in the majors, and led the National League with four home runs and 10 RBI. One of his circuit clouts was an 11th-inning game-ender against Cincinnati.

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN Valo, Phi. Doby, Cle.
Goodman, Bos.
McCormick, Was.

Williams Takes a Swipe At Left, Likes Fit

G 35 35 28 35 37 37 28 33 36 35 AB 145 139 106 140 138 146 108 124 137 148 R 41 32 22 24 23 26 15 28 28 10 H 59 56 36 47 46 48 35 40 41 44 AVG. .407 .403 .340 .336 .333 .329 .324 .323 .299 .297

G 31 34 33 29 34 26 26 27 31 36

AB 119 125 129 89 119 99 103 98 111 136

R 27 24 28 17 20 24 14 22 13 31

H 44 45 46 31 41 34 35 33 37 45

AVG. .370 .360 .357 .348 .345 .343 .340 .337 .333 .331

NATIONAL Jethroe, Bos. Musial, St.L Slaughter, St.L Furillo, Bro. Gordon, Bos.
Sisler, Phi.

Lipon, Det. Minoso, Chi. Dropo, Bos. Stephens, Bos. Avila, Cle. Fain, Phi.

Hemus, St.L Jones, Phi. Robinson, Bro. Hatton, Cin.

HR: Mantle (N.Y.) 15; Robinson (Chi.) 9; Doby (Cle.) 8; Dropo (Bos.) 8; Stephens (Bos.) 8. RBI: Robinson (Chi.) 33; Williams (Bos.) 32; Mantle (N.Y.) 32; Zarilla (Chi.) 30; Boudreau (Bos.) 28. Wins: Feller (Cle.) 5-1; Scheib (Phi.) 5-2; Trout (Det.) 5-2; Pierce (Chi.) 5-2; Raschi (N.Y.) 5-2. Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 46; Gray (Det.) 37; McDermott (Bos.) 34; Trout (Det.) 33; Reynolds (N.Y.) 33; Feller (Cle.) 33 . ERA: Wight (Bos.) 1.61; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.08; Morgan (N.Y.) 2.09; Feller (Cle.) 2.24; Kucab (Phi.) 2.29.

HR: Sauer (Chi.) 12; Pafko (Chi.) 11; Thomson (N.Y.) 11; Jethroe (Bos.) 10; Musial (St.L) 9. RBI: Sauer (Chi.) 38; Gordon (Bos.) 36; Musial (St.L) 35; Thomson (N.Y.) 35; Pafko (Chi.) 34. Wins: Hearn (N.Y.) 6-1; Maglie (N.Y.) 6-2; Jansen (N.Y.) 6-3; Roe (Bro.) 5-0; Surkont (Bos.) 5-3. Strikeouts: Queen (Pit.) 44; Blackwell (Cin.) 41; Jansen (N.Y.) 36; Newcombe (Bro.) 35; Maglie (N.Y.) 34. ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 1.29; Newcombe (Bro.) 2.10; Roe (Bro.) 2.32; Meyer (Phi.) 2.92; Klippstein (Chi.) 2.98.

By Whitney Martin NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) At this mature stage of his career, Ted Williams has discovered that it is perfectly legal to hit a baseball to left field, and greatly to his advantage when right field is all cluttered up with athletes with butterfly nets ready to grab any ball he hits that way. It is hard to tell the exact reason for this abrupt decision to try left field for size, but one theory is based on the idea that if you tell a man often Notes on the Scorecard enough he looks best in brown he will start wearing brown, even if he hates the color. The Boston sluggers friends and well wishers have been urging him to punt the ball to left field for many years, but seeing the opposition lined up Jack Kramer, veteran right-hander released in layers in right field has made him see red. by the New York Giants 12 days ago, became a Hed show em, by gum. Hed drive the ball member of the New York Yankees on Monday. over the heads of the defensive men. As a result To make room for the 33-year-old Kramer he has been robbed of any number of hits on line the Yanks optioned young right-hander Tom drives to right which found a receiver waiting in Morgan to their Kansas City farm. territory which ordinarily is open country. Kramer, who pitched for the Browns and Ty Cobb Formula Red Sox before going to the Giants, had imFred Corcoran, who takes care of Williams pressed the Yankees by pitching batting pracbusiness affairs, has been observing Teds hits to tice to them for the past two weeks. left field with delight. Former Yankee scout Bill Essick, 69, who You know, he said with an impish grin, Ty signed Joe DiMaggio, was in serious condition Cobb told me Ted would be the greatest hitter from high blood pressure and complications. ever if hed learn to hit to left. Teds a great adEssick has been weak and unable to recogmire of Ty, so I got hold of something Ty had nize friends since he was admitted to a private written on batting, which explained the art of hitsanatorium May 16. ting to different fields. Pittsburgh Pirates manager Bill Meyer has When the Red Sox went on their last trip, in reassigned first base coach Babe Herman to his former job as scout. Meyer said Herman asked every town Ted would find a copy of the piece to be relieved. Bill Posedel will replace him. waiting for him in the mailbox.

Yankees Sign Kramer; DiMag Scout Critical

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