Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 204, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 1952 Page: 3 of 8
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Al Rosen Proves
With Homer Off
Villain
Shantz
fBy CARL LUNDQUIST
EW YORK, Aug. 27 IUV-Big Al
Rosen was a villain in the life of
little Bobby Shantz Wednesday be-
cause were it not for the Cleveland
Slugger, the Philadelphia wonder
boy would have 24 victories and
just two defeats instead of a 22-4
record.
But Rosen, a "bum" in Phila-
delphia was a man of distinction
In Cleveland as were ex-Athletics
players, Barney McCosky and Lou
ftdssie, and ex-National Leaguer,
(Wirj?e Strickland, late of Pitts-
burgh.
They all helped unwind the
drama that finished with a 6 to 3
Cleveland victory in 11 innings at
Philadelphia Tuesday night as the
Yankees, not interested in working
overtime, gained their fi to 3 victo-
ry over the Browns with a three-
run homer in the ninth by Joe
Collins. That kept New York just
a bare game in front in the hectic
Afierican League race.
He Did It Before
Rosen was the direct culprit as
far as Shantz was concerned. The
little lefty was within three putouts
of victory when Rosen hit a homer
to open the ninth. Shantz will nev-
er forget that, just like he will re-
member the homer Rosen hit in
Cleveland on June 24 with a man
on base to hand him an earlier 2
to 1 defeat.
Tuesday night's homer put Cleve-
l#d ahead, 3 to 2, and although
Philadelphia tied the score to take
Shantz off the hook as loser, Rosen
still prevented him from winning
No. 23, just as he cost him an
earlier victory.
Brissie, the lefty reliever, pitch-
ed scoreless ball until McCosky
bopped a two-run triple in the 11th.
Brissie then delivered McCosky
with a single and protected the
margin in the A's half of the in-
ning.
^he Browns outhit the Yankees,
IT to 6, but the slumping Bronx
sluggers, no-hitted by Virgil Trucks
on the day before, came through
with typical Yankee explosiveness.
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The Red Sox stayed 3 1-2 games
behind in third place by turning
back the Tigers, 11 to 3 on Sid
Hudson's seven-hitter, while Bob
Porterfield took matters into his
own hands and delivered a game-
winning eighth inning single after
Jim Busby had doubled for a 1 to
0 Washington victory over Chicago.
• Dodgers Win Again
In the National League, the non-
stop Dodgers made it four in a
row over the Cardinals, topping
their hot rookie pitcher, Stuart Mil-
ler, 4 to 3, while the Giants, bare-
ly hanging on, stayed 10 1-2 games
behind in second with a 16-hit, 14
to 7 victory at Pittsburgh. Lefty
Warren Spahn pitched five hit ball
to give the Braves a 2 to 0 victory
over the Reds, his 12th of the
year, as Sid Gordon homered. Dee
Fondy singled in the winning run in
the 13th as the Cubs topped the
Phils, 3 to 2.
Porterfield, who has been in-
volved in seven shutout defeats for
the Nats, made sure it wouldn'l
happen again with his hit that gave
him his 11th triumph. He yielded
four hits, loser Billy Pierce giving
up just three.
Brooklyn, held hitless for six in-
nings, picked up a run in the sev-
enth after St. Louis had taken a
3 to 0 lead, getting two on a homer
by Stan Musial. Roy Campanella
knocked in one run and in the
eighth the Dodgers scored three
more runs, one on a double by
Jackie Robinson and two more on
an error by catcher Del Rice to
go ahead for good as reliever Clyde
King picked up his second victory.
Davey Williams hit a Giant hom-
er and Al Dark, Whitey Loekman
and Bobby Thomson made three
hits apiece in the carnage at Pitts-
burgh.
Hank Sauer hit a two-run dou-
ble for the Cubs in the ninth to
send their game into overtime and
the teams battled scorelessly then
until Fondy, hitless all day, came
through with his single after Frank
Baumholtz had singled for his
fourth hit and Sauer walked.
Tuesday's Star
Pinch-hitter Barney McCos-
ky, whose two-run pinch-triple
in the 11th gave Cleveland its
margin in a 6 to 3 victory at
Philadelphia that kept it a
game behind the Yankees.
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Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Wednesday, August 27, 1952
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during the Summer, and the sport rids lakes of undesirable fish which feed on the spawn of game
fish. (NEA)
Bobo Olson Is 2-1
Pick Over Hairsfon
NEW YORK, Aug. 27 IIP)—Carl
(Bobo i Olson of Hawaii was favor-
ed al 2-1 lo beat Eugene (Silent>
Hairston of ivew York Wednesday
night at Madison Square Garden
and prove himself heir-apparent to
the middleweight crown, which
may soon be vacated.
This Wednesday night bout would
have been staged in some city out-
side of New York were it not for
the current American Legion con-
vention here. Legionnaires, getting
a 25 per cent ticket reduction, were
expected to provide about two-
thirds of the probable 3,000 fans.
When odds-makers declared
Swedish-Hawaiian Olson the 2-1
favorite, they surprised many box-
ing men who were aware that
Hairston, a deaf-mute New York
Negro, was generally rated the No.
1 contender and Olson the No. 2.
However, Olson was favored in
the wagering because of his im-
pressive campaign this year, and
because Hairston appears to have I
slipped because he was "rushed"
against too much tough opposition. !
Hairston is only 23; Olson, 24.
New Steeler
Coach Happy
OLE AN, N. Y., Aug. 27 IIP)—
Jovial Joe Bach, one of the few
Knute Rockne disciples remaining
in the coaching ranks, went about
the grim job of rebuilding the
Pittsburgh Steelers Wednesday
with, of all things, a smile.
Bach, returning to a job he held
15 years ago, was philosophical
about the future.
"I've been in football all my life
and when the time comes when I
can't find something to grin or
laugh about on the field, I'll get
out," he said.
A veteran observer of Steeler
(raining camps remarked that it
was the first time in several years
that a Pittsburgh squad went
through its paces and seemed to
enjoy them.
"I don't want my players to
leave their game on the practice
field," Bach injected. "That's why
I have a minimum of scrimmage.
Why have the men put one anoth-
er out of commission? They'll have
ample opportunity to prove them-
selves in exhibition games."
Bach, who coached St. Bonaven-
ture University the past two years,
| offered the opinion that while in-
struction took up most of the time
in college coaching, it wasn't so in
the play-for-pay ranks.
"In pro football it's just a mat-
ter of getting players in mental
and physical condition," Bach said.
"My goal is to have my players
thinking football—and willingly so
—all the time."
Just how does the new Steeler
boss feel the installation of the T-
formation will affect his team?
"The people of Pittsburgh want-
ed the switch from the single-wing
; power style lo the T," he said.
"When I accepted the job, I
| made one promise—to give the
fans an open style of football. 1
find the T a fascinating formation
in which vou can do more things
with less injuries to players.
Ronald Reagan Rctiies Post
1IOLLYWOO D, Aug 27 II)';
Ronald Reagan said Wednesday he
will retire as president of the
Screen Actors Guild next Novem-
ber after holding that office for
more than five years, longer than
any person in the guild's history.
Walter Pidgeon, currently first vice
president has been nominated as
president.
Truman May Slump
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (If)
—President Truman may make
some "whistlestop" talks on his
way back from Milwaukee where
he plans a Labor Day political
speech. Hut White House Press
Secretary Joseph Short said "we're
not ready to announce anything
yet."
The American Registry of Path-
ology, Washington, D. C., operates
20 component registries in special
fields of pathology for as many
national medical dental and vet-
erinary societies, and makes about
3,500 loans annually.
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SECOND NO-HITTER—Virgil Trucks flashes a wide smile as he
peers from behind the "double-zero" signifying the fact he has
pitched his second no-hit game of the current baseball campaign.
The Detroit Tiger hurler blanked the New York Yankees to be-
come the second American League moundsman ever to accom-
plish the feat twice in one season. (NEA Telephoto.)
Midget For Defense Sought
TULSA, Aug. 27 'IPl-—'The Okla-
homa State Employment Service
put out an SOS Wednesday for a
job applicant not more than four
feet tall and weighing 100 pounds
or less. A midget is needed urgent-
ly by a Tulsa defense plant for
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DALLAS, Aug. 27 IIP)—Pitcher
I la 1 Erickson of Dallas and short-
stop Bill Hunter of Fort Worth
each were $100 richer Wednesday.
They hadn't received the money,
but that was only a formality
which would be attended to when
their respective clubs arrange cer-
emonies to honor them for being
named the Texas League's pitcher
and player of the year. The checks
will be presented then.
Erickson, a husky, bespectacled
right-hander who has been a main-
stay on the league-leading Dallas
staff all season, was voted the
pitcher award by the league's
sports writers and sportscasters,
winning out over teammate Dave
Hoskins and Oklahoma City's Ver
A lale comeback netted the
Roscoc Boys Club a 7 to 5 victory !
over the Magnolia Roughnecks at j
Southside Park Tuesday night in j
the opening game ot the final two- j
playoff
series in
Softball
out-of-thrce
Sweetwater's Senior
League.
Junior Hendricks singled across
Kenneth Plunkett in the seventh
and last inning for Roscoe's tri-
umph. Plunkett had walked and
moved to second on a wild pitch.
Early part of the game was a
comedy of errors as Magnolia forg-
ed ahead, 6-3. Roscoe tallied sin-
gle runs in the fourth, fifth and
sixth stanzas to tie it up, 0-0.
Dan Dodson homered for Ros-
coe Boys Club in the second in-
ning. Tommy Lee collected two of
Magnolia's four hits off Malcolm
Hammack. Roscoe made 1 lie same
non Kennedy, who finished second ! number of safeties off Willard and
and third, respectively
Hunter, peppery sparkplug of the
challenging Cats, won out in the
voting over Harry Ileslet of the
San Antonio Missions, the loop's
home run leader, and Hunter's
firstbase teammate, Wayne Belar-
I di.
Erickson succeeds Bob Turley of j
San Antonio and Hunter follows in j
the spot hold by San Antonio's Jim !
Dyek, the 1951 honorees.
Erickson has a 19-12, won-loss
record, while Hunter was batting
.275 and had driven in 70 runs,
stolen 20 bases and was helping
Fort Worth set new double play
records.
ikinny Justiss. The latter hurler
was the loser.
Second game ol the playoff se-
ries is slated Thursday night at 8
o'clock. If a third game is needed,
it will be played Friday night.
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