anaheim-gazette 1950-09-19

Kinder Bosox Mainstay As AL Race Gets Tighter By MURRAY ROSE (Associated Press Sportswriter) The talk was all of "Kinder, Kinder, Kinder" as the fired-up Boston Red Sox steamed into Cleveland today for a two-game series with the Indians. After Cleveland comes the vital two-day set with the Yankees in New York Saturday and Sunday. But the hustlers from Boston weren't looking that far ahead. "Win 'em today and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow," was the motto of every man from manager Steve O'Neill down as they looked fondly in the direction of Ellis Kinder. Saved Again And well they might. For it was Kinder again who saved the "big one" against Detroit in the ninth yesterday just as he did the day before. On the strength of those great rescues the Red Sox won them both, and today rested in second place, a game behind the pace-setting Yanks and a half length in front of Detroit. It was the fifth time in the last five days that O'Neill waved the 36-year old Arkansas native to "come on in and stop 'em." "I wanted to give him the day off," said Steve. "I knew he was tired and I told him he could have the day off." "No,' he says to me, 'you might need me, Steve. I think I can work an inning for you.'" What a Frame! He did—and what an inning! went to third. Obviously disturbed, Newhouser took a full windup on Vern Stephens and Williams stole second. Out came Newhouser and in stepped Hal White. White intentionally passed Stephens to load the bases. Walt Dropo singled to score Goodman with the tying run. Bobby Doerr flied deep to center to bring home Williams with the winning run. Boston—Detroit was the only game in the American League yesterday. There weren't too many games in the National, either, Chicago beat Brooklyn, 9-7, and New York routed St. Louis, 13-0. Fifth Whitewash Ron Northey's pinch homer with the bases loaded in the seventh ruined Brooklyn and overshadowed a three-homer performance by the Dodgers' Tom Brown. Larry Jansen's two-hit pitching was backed by a 13-hit New York barrage against St. Louis hurling. It was Jansen's fifth whitewash job and his 17th victory against 12 defeats. The win moved the fourth It was the fifth time in the last five days that O'Neill waved the 36-year old Arkansas native to "come on in and stop 'em." "I wanted to give him the day off," said Steve. "I knew he was tired and I told him he could have the day off." "No,' he says to me, you might need me. Steve. I think I can work an inning for you." What a Frame! He did—and what an inning! The Sox had come from behind a 2-1 count to score twice in the ninth for a 3-2 lead. Rookie Willard Nixon, who had pitched fine six-hit ball in a duel with Detroit's doughty Hal Newhouser, pitched three straight balls to lead-off man Joe Ginsberg. That was all for Nixon. "Bring in Kinder," called O'Neill. Kinny pumped in two strikes but finally walked Ginsberg. He was the last Tiget to get on. Pinch-hitter Pat Mullin sacrificed but another sub swinger, Charley Keller, popped out and then Gerry Priddy grounded out. Gets in Trouble Billy Goodman, Boston's league-leading hitter, singled to start the winning rally in the ninth. Ted Williams' chopper gave him an infield hit. And when Newhouser threw wild past first, Goodman PCC Heads Rule Hoagy Eligible LOS ANGELES (AP)—The Pacific Coast Conference today ruled that Al Carmichael first string halfback at the University of Southern California is eligible to play conference ball. Willis O. Hunter, Director of Athletics at SC, said PCC Commissioner Victor O. Schmidt informed him that the "petition to reinstate Carmichael to eligibility has been approved." Goodman Closer To AL Bat Title CHICAGO (AP) — Boston's Billy Goodman apparently will be hard to catch in the waning American league batting race. Entering the semi-final week of the campaign, Goodman's .358 gave him a 17 point lead. Billy faded three points last week, but second-spot George Kell of Detroit dropped four to .341. In third spot by a margin of one point with .334 was Detroit's Hoot Evers, who fell six points after a great 22 point surge the previous week. Cleveland's Al Rosen belted two more homers for a leading bag of 36. Detroit's Dizzy Trout retained the pitching lead on a 13-5 record for .722 Allie Reynolds of New York moved into a strikeout deadlock with Cleveland's Bob Lemon at 151. Roberts May End 20-Game Famine PHILADELPHIA (AP)—British World Wars aged Philadelphia Phillies had a pity won more than 20 games one season. They haven't since. Tonight that not-so-great record might be altered, the opposing Chicago Cub SCOOP 1st. Run in Orange County Greatest Picture combination in Theatre History M-G-M Brings on The Show JUDY GENE GARLAND • KELLY SUMMER STOCK Technicolor Another Great Hit M-G-M's THE HAPPY YEARS" TECHNICOLOR —NO ADVANCE IN PRICES— FREE MONEY Thurs. & Fri. Pennant Race At a Glance American League *GB *GL New York ... 12 Boston ... 1 12 Detroit ... 1½ 13 *GB: Games Behind; GL: Games Left. Remaining games. NEW WORK—at home (6): Washington 4, Boston 2, Away (7): Boston 2, St. Louis 1, Chicago 2, Philadelphia 2. BOSTON—at home (6): New York 2, Washington 4, Away (6): Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 2, New York 2. DETROIT—at home (10): St. Louis 4, Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 3, Away (3): Cleveland 3. When Columbus discovered America, nearly half the area of what now is the United State was forest. Roberts May Emit 20-Game Family PHILADELPHIA (AP) — B 1917 two World Wars ago Phialdelphia Phillies had a p who won more than 20 game one season. They haven't h since. Tonight that not-so-g record might be altered, the opposing Chicago Cub winning ideas of their own. Robin Roberts, ace of the Phillies' mound corps, tha pitched the whiz kids to touching distance of the N league pennant, is after hi victory—a feat last accomby Grover Cleveland AlexanIt was Alexander who hurPhils to the only pennanever captured way, way b 1915. That year he won 31; i he won 33. Roberts, one of only two bodied starting pitchers rem on the Phils' bench, has w against eight defeats. "Tonight's the game I win more than any other game pitched," the 25-year-old hander said. KNOWN BY THE MASTER—Bootin' Ben Agajanian, of Los Angeles, Dons and New York Giant fame, gave the benefit of his experience to the Colonists yesterday when he passed around tips on how to get the ball successfully between the uprights. Here the C squad finds his methods work. (Gazette photo by Beyer) Today's Ted Williams Same as Ever, except for Lost Power at Plate LEVELAND (AP)—Today's Ted Williams does everything like the Ted Williams — except one thing. He does not hit like the old Williams. The once fearsome Boston Red Sox slugger, ever the frank and thright person, is the first to you so. I don't have the old power yet," Ted Williams said before today’s important clash with Tigers in Detroit. "I'm swinging as hard as ever, but the bat isn't come around as quickly." Williams flexed the muscles in hit appearances, he has collected seven hits in 13 official times at bat. He has drawn three walks and has driven in five runs. Wants 100 RBI Williams now owns a total of 87 runs batted in and may yet attain his goal of 100. The Red Sox have only 12 games remaining, however. Ted especially is eager to get those 13 because it will give him the distinction of being the only active performer with 100 RBI’s for ten successive seasons. That has always been one of his chief ambitions. All Three Colonist Squads Rough It Up in Scrimmages Opening day got closer and things got rough ball practice yesterday. And the Colonist varsity inherited a new spirit that has been entirely missing heretofore. It was more scrimmaging for all of the gridity, B, and C—and all were impressive in their own versions for the Los Angeles and then the New York conducted a separate year’s Colonist bootfitting Long N Several good kickers during the course ofure, but the question be to find a center with the ball back within holder’s hands. The T-formation seems to hard for the centers tately more than a y Ted Williams does everything like the Ted Williams except one thing. He does not hit like the old Williams. The once fearsome Boston Red Sox slugger, ever the frank and thirsty person, is the first to you so. I don’t have the old power yet," beball’s top batsman said before yesterday's important clash with Tigers in Detroit. "I'm swinging as hard as ever, but the bat isn't come around as quickly." Williams flexed the muscles in left arm and said: Left Arm Small See? My left arm is smaller in my right It is still weak from k of exercise. The elbow still tts when I swing at certain ches." Williams was referring to the bow he fractured in a crash inst the wall while chasing a ball in the All-Star game in Chicago last July. The injury side-died him for 59 games. Wasn't he taking a chance running to the lineup so soon? isn't he afraid he might hurt elbow again? No," answered Ted. "The docs assured me that the elbow did not give me any trouble. He only thing I have to beware is running into fences again or lying down on the arm. A tough elbow could cripple the elbow all or again." Not Worrying Williams held out his still crook-left arm and said with a laugh. And I'm the guy who once they'd never catch me running to a fence." Williams is not worrying, however. On the contrary, he is well used with his progress. For the last time in weeks, his mind is rest. He feels assured now that more long the injured arm will as strong as ever. Williams hasn't shown the old fastating punch since his re-last Friday except for one time run smash in St. Louis, but has done right well. In four complete games and three pinch Musial Looks Cinch For 4th NL Claim NEW YORK (AP) — Only the severest of slumps can keep Stan Musial from a fourth National League batting title. The St. Louis Cardinal slugger, sporting a near .352 average, looks like a shoo-in. Musial is 19 points ahead of his closest pursuer—Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson, the defending champ. The Dodger's second baseman is hitting .333. The No. 3 batsman is Boston's veteran Walker Cooper. Big Coop, shuffled from club to club in recent seasons, is batting .317. Figures include games of Sunday, Sept. 17. Sanders Hesitant On Scrimmages LOS ANGELES (AP)—Coach Red Sanders of the UCLA Bruins said today that his squad is "so shallow I doubt if we'll have one more real scrimmage of 11 men against 11 men for the rest of the season." "We have so few men in key spots that we simply cannot afford to have them get hurt," Sanders explained. "I might add that never in my coaching career have I made a statement like this." BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBl Oakland 109 70 .609 San Diego 100 78 .559 9 Hollywood 92 85 .520 16 San Francisco 89 89 .500 19½ Seattle 89 90 .497 20 Portland 83 91 .477 23½ Los Angeles 75 190 .429 32 Sacramento 72 105 .407 36 Last Night's Games None scheduled. Games Tonight The pop that was injected into it. The Colonists were actually shouting as they ran out of their huddles, whereas before they had demonstrated that they were afraid of straining throat muscles. The Needle? It's impossible to say just what Head Coach Clare Van Hoorebike did to inspire the sudden vim in the squad, but the popular impression among spectators at yesterday's practice was that if he ever did the same thing to horses, he'd be ruled off the track for life. The lightweight also took to scrimmaging for the first time. The B team looked particularly sharp on defense, while the Cs stood out on the offense. The B offensive unit was finding it impossible to go anywhere against a really rugged defensive alignment. So alert were the defenders that they actually would have scored more times than the offense had they been running the plays all the way out, although they never actually had possession of the ball for running plays. Runs Rampant Dick Glover ran two strings of C offense easily through the defensive setup. Without the benefit of any passing at all, these two squads tallied about ten times in a half-hour session. An unscheduled portion of the practice ensued when Ben Agajanian appeared at yesterday's practice. Bootin' Ben, who used to never miss field goals and con- BASEBALL STANDINGS Pacific Coast League W L Pet GBL Oakland 109 70 .609 — San Diego 190 79 .559 9 Hollywood 92 85 .520 16 San Francisco 89 89 .500 19½ Seattle 89 90 .427 20 Portland 83 91 .477 23½ Los Angeles 75 190 .429 32 Sacramento 72 105 .407 36 Last Night's Games None scheduled. Games Tonight Los Angeles at Seattle—Marino (7-8) vs Brown (12-10). San Diego at Hollywood—Embree (14-11) vs Lehnan (9-8). San Francisco at Portland—Melton (10-16) vs Drilling (11-16) or McRvin (5-3). Sacramento at Oakland—Elliott (1-2) vs Groth (7-9). American League W L Pet GBL New York 90 52 .634 — Boston 89 52 .627 1 Detroit 88 53 .624 1½ Cleveland 83 61 .576 8 Washington 61 80 .433 28½ Chicago 56 88 .389 35 St. Louis 54 88 .380 36 Philadelphia 49 95 .340 42 Yesterday's Games Boston 3, Detroit 2. Only game scheduled. Games Today New York at Chicago, (night) — Rascht (20-8) vs Calm (8-11). Washington at St. Louis, (night) — Bearden (3-8) or Haynes (6-4) vs Garver (12-10). Philadelphia at Detroit—Wyss (8-13) vs Houtteman (18-11). Boston at Cleveland—Stobha (11-6) vs Lemon (20-11). National League W L Pet GBL Philadelphia 87 54 .617 — Boston 78 60 .565 7½ Brooklyn 76 61 .555 9 New York 77 62 .550 9½ St. Louis 71 69 .507 15½ Cincinnati 59 81 .421 27½ Chicago 60 82 .429 28 Pittsburgh 52 89 .249 25 Yesterday's Games New York 13, St. Louis 0. Chicago 9, Brooklyn 7. Only games scheduled. Games Today St. Louis at Boston, (night) — Brecheen (7-11) vs Salm (19-12). Chicago at Philadelphia, (night) — Hiller (10-9) vs Roberts (19-8). Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, (3)—Dickson (9-12) and Mug Donald (8-8) vs Palica (9-7) and New Amsterdam (17-10). Cincinnati at New York—Raffensberger (13-17) vs Hearn (9-3). Tennis Wars Move Northward Minus Australian Contingent LOS ANGELES (P)—Except for the principals, Ted Schroeder and Frank Sedgeman the Pacific Southwest tennis contingent prepared to move on today to the senior hard courts championships at Berkeley. Sedgman, the Australian champion, disposed of Schroeder, for the second time in a month yesterday in the Pacific Southwest tournament finals. He'll forego the ist Squads Scrimmages and things got rougher in foot- the Colonist varsity somewhere has been entirely missing in drills ing for all of the gridders—var- impressive in their own way. versions for the Los Angeles Dons and then the New York Giants, conducted a separate dill for this year's Colonist booting hopefuls. Not Long Now Several good kickers turned up during the course of this procedure, but the question now seems to be to find a center who can put the ball back within range of the holder's hands. The shift to the T-formation seems to have made it hard for the centers to kim accurately more than a yard to their Berkeley affair for a more leisurely engagement at nearby Balboa. Schroeder, meanwhile, was back demonstrating deep freezers—with a limp. Sedgman won his final match 9-7, 6-3, 6-2 against a Schroeder hampered badly by a lame knee which he incurred in Saturday's semi-final scrap with Art Larsen. While the finalists were embroiled thus, the citizens of San Leandro, Calif., assembled to welcome home their hero, Larsen, the newly crowned national singles titlist. But the guest of honor failed to show up. Larsen's plane left at 8:30 a.m. without Larsen. He didn't get out of bed in time. Larsen had been scheduled to fly back and play an afternoon doubles match. He stayed here and played it. He and Herb Flam lost an overtime match to Schroeder and Tony Trabert, 8-6, 6-4, 7-9, 6-4. In women's singles finals, Mrs. Helen Pastall Perez of Los Angeles scored a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Mrs. Dorothy Bundy Cheley, two time ex-champion from Santa Monica. Mrs. Perez then teamed with Magda Rinuzac, Los Angeles, to beat Barbara Green, Burbank, and Mary Prentiss, San Bernardino, Calif., 10-8, 6-4 in doubles. Mrs. Perez, in fact, was a triple winner. She paired with Australian Ken McGregor in mixed doubles to defeat Barbara Scofield, San Francisco, and Mervyn Rose, also of Australia. Scores were 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. After their appearance at Balboa on Wednesday, the Australian Only PCL Race Now Centered On Fourth Spot By JIM HUEBART Associated Press Sports Writer With only three weeks remaining in the Pacific Coast league season, about the only issues still undecided are who'll take fourth place, who'll be named most valuable player, and what happened to all the customers. The major item of interest in the race itself centers around the No., 4 spot and the accompanying $7500 jackpot. Easy For Caks Oakland, with a nine length lead over second place San Diego, is a shoo-in for the pennant. Hollywood appears glued in third, Los Angeles in seventh and Sacramento in the cellar. That leaves San Francisco, Seattle and Portland to battle it out for a berth in the first division. And don't count those Ports out, either. They're riding atop an eight game winning streak going into tonight's series headliner against San Francisco. The lack of a close finish, the advent of cooler weather, television, the approaching football season, and plain public apathy might be blamed for the drop in attendance. Wilson Best Pick Whatever the cause, the effect demonstrated painfully the folly of a 200-game schedule. Wrigley Field at Los Angeles, the hardest hit, pulled only 3812 citizens to the Portland series last week. Sports scribes along the coast Several good kickers turned up during the course of this procedure, but the question now seems to be to find a center who can put the ball back within range of the holder's hands. The shift to the T-formation seems to have made it hard for the centers to aim accurately more than a yard to their rear. Why all the scrimmaging? Well the Cs start it off next Tuesday with a combination scrimmage-practice game here against Whittier. As for the B's, they like the varsity, now have ten days until Bell Gardens. Hoffman Peddles Video Sponsorship LOS ANGELES (AP) — Television sponsorship of SC and UCLA football games on a guaranteed gate basis has been sold off in part by the Hoffman Radio Corp. H. L. (Les) Hoffman, president of the radio firm, announced yesterday that the telecasts will now be co-sponsored by a group of 141 Southern California Chevrolet dealers. The auto dealers reportedly paid a lump sum for their share of the sponsorship. No financial arrangements were disclosed in the joint statement issued by the two groups. S.F. 49ers Label Kennedy as Spy PALO, ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Bob Kennedy, former New York Yank pro-football player, today heatedly denied charges of spying on the San Francisco Forty-Niners and relaying the information to coach Red Strader of the Yankees before the Yank-49er game here last Sunday. Kennedy, in replying to charges made by Tony Morabito, owner of the 49ers, said that it was absolutely ridiculous that I would stoop to such tactics. Morabito said Kennedy was at daily visitor at the 49ers practice sessions at Menlo Park before the season opener and then showed up on the scouting phone on the Yank bench during Sunday's game. Forty-Niner coach Buck Shaw commented, "That explains why the Yanks got on to our stuff so quick." Robinson-LaMotta Go Slated Feb. 14 CHICAGO (AP) — The date of the Jake LaMotta-Ray "Sugar" Robinson 15 round battle in the Chicago stadium has been set for Feb. 14. 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