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Wdntday. May 22. 1957
Shisox Victors 3-1;
Yanks Ain't HittiiT
A Lick; Errors Hurt
By MILTON RICHMAN
United Presi Sports Writer
Those "go, go" White Sox are
going all right, with eight
straight victories and a cozy
two-game lead, but get a load of
Casey Stengel, who is slowly go
?ng daffy because his world
champion Yankees "ain't hitting
a lick
That was the story Tuesday
night as southpaw Billy Pierce
limited the Yankees to four hits
in beating them, 3-1, for his
sixth victory and the White Sox
first over the Bronx Bombers
this season.
Pierce, who struck out eight
batters to take over the Ameri
can league lead with 45 strike
outs, said it was "the best
game" he pitched all year.
"He pitched a fine game,'
Stengel conceded gloomily, "but
it doesn't matter who's pitching
against us these days. We're not
hitting any of 'em.
The Yankees have dropped
three of their last four games
and in each of those defeats they
scored only one run.
Error Yank Downfall
A sixth-inning error by rookie
second baseman Bobby Richard-
ion paved the way for three un
earned runs and the downfall of
of Whitey Ford, making his first
start since May 4. Jim Rivera
singled home the first run. Bub-
ba Phillips drove in the second
with a squeeze bunt and Pierce
singled home the third.
Reno Bertoia, Detroit's big
surprise this year, singled home
the winning run with two out in
the 16th inning in the Tigers' 2-1
victory over the Orioles; Camilo
Pascual pitched his first maior
league shutout and the first by
a Washington pitcher this year
to defeat Kansas City, 3-0, and
Cleveland beat Boston, 8-2, with
the aid of five Red Sox errors.
In the National league, south
paw Johnny Podres hurled
Brooklyn to a 6-1 decision over
Cincinnati; the Cubs nipped the
Giants, 4-3; Milwaukee and Phil
adelphia played to a 1-1 tie be
fort rain caused the game to be
called after five-and-a-half in
nings, and the Pittsburgh - St.
Louis game was washed out by
rain.
Bertoia's 16th inning single
off reliever Mike Fornieles
scored Paul Foytack from sec
ond with the run that broke up
a deadlock which had existed
since the sixth. Ray Moore
pitched the fist 15 innings for
the Orioles, allowed only eight
hits, and accounted for Balti
more's only run with his third
homer of the season in the
third Inning.
Pascual struck out eight men
and gave up seven hits in beat
ing the Athletics. Rinold Duren,
the Kansas City starter, retired
the first 15 batters in order, then
gave up a homer to Lou Ber-
beret in the sixth. The Senators
scored another run off him in
the seventh and their final run
off reliever Virgil Trucks in the
eighth.
Homer Helps Wynn
Chico Carrasquel's grand
slam homer helped Early Wynn
to his victory over the Red Sox.
Wynn pitched a seven-hitter for
his fifth victory while Dave Sis
ler was the loser. Shortstop Bil
ly Klaus, who committed three
of Boston's errors, had to leave
the game in the seventh inning
when he was hit in the face by
a ground ball.
Podres scattered nine hits and
did not walk a batter while lead
ing the Dodgers to their fifth
straight victory. The only run
off him was Ed Bailey's second
inning homer. PeeWee Reese
and Sandy Amoros homered for
Brooklyn. Hall Jeffcoat was the
loser.
Cal Neeman's ninth inning
single scored Jim Bolger from
second with the run that gave
the Cubs their first home vic
tory of the season. Stu Miller of
the Giants had a 3-2 lead going
into the ninth but an error by
third baseman Foster Castleman
set the stage for the Cub's tri
umph, credited to reliever Turk
Lown. Willie Mays stole home
and also homered for the Giants.
Don Cardwell of the Phils and
Gene Conley of the Braves were
locked in a pitchers' duel when
rain halted the game. It will be
replayed at a later date.
I.IN'ESCORE:
National Leaeue
New York 000 Oil 0103 5 3
Chicago 200 000 002 4 4 0
Miller. Consuesra (9) and Katt.
Drott. Lown 9 and Neeman. Win
ner Lown (2-0i. Loser Miller (0-1 1.
HH Banks (3rd). Mays 5th).
(Game called after 51 innings. rain
Philadelphia 000 100 0 1 4 0
Milwaukee .: 000 010 0 1 3 1
cardwell and Lonata Conlev snri
Crandall.
Brooklyn 200 022 000 S 12 1
Cincinnati -,...010 000 000 1 9 3
Podres (3-2 and Wakerl. Jeffcoat,
Nuxhall (6). Hacker 8 1 and Bailev.
Loser Jeffcoat (2-2). HR Bailey
(4th), Reese (1st), Amoros (3rd).
American League '
Cleveland 000 101 420 8 12 0
Boston 001 000 010 2 7 5
Wynn (5-3) and Hegan. Sisler. Por
terfield (8), Minarcin (9) and White,
Daley (7). Loser Sisler 3-2). HR
Carrasquel (1st.)
Kansas City i 000 000 000 0 7 0
Washington .. 000 001 llx 3 7 0
Duren. Trucks (7) and Smith. Pas
cual (3-4) and Berberet. Loser Dur
an( 0-3). HR Berberet (1st).
10
(16 innings)
Detroit
000 001 000 000 000 12
Baltimore
001 000 000 000 000 0 1 11 0
Bunning, Foytack 14) and House.
Wilson (8). Moore, Fornieles (16) and
Triandos. Ginsberg (1). Winner Tov
tack (3-2). Loser Fornieles (2-4). HR
Moore (3rd).
Chicago 000 003 000 3 6 1
New York 000 100 000 1 4 1
Pierce 6-2) and Lollar. Ford. Dit
mar (7). Turley (9) and Berra. Loser
Ford (2-1).
BY A HAIR Is the way Don Blasingame, Cardinal second
baseman, barely beat this pickoff attempt by Dodger
pitcher Don Drysdale in the first inning of a night game
in St. Louis. Gil Hodges, Dodger first baseman, takes the
throw. Brooklyn completed a two-game sweep by winning
this one, 10-4.
MeDFORDSITRIBUNE
Paul Pettit Making
Comeback in Outfield
By ALEX KAHN
Hollywood (I?) One of the
great comebacks in baseball is
being fashioned by a player who
never quite made it to the top
Panl Pettit, the one-time $100,
000 bonus pitcher of the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Paul was signed by the Pirates
seven years ago as the most sen
sational pitching prospect ever
developed in Southern Cali
fornia. Scouts raved about his
fast ball, declaring he could
throw it through a brick wall.
He had six ho-hit games at
Narbonne High school, three of
them in a row and he averaged
18 strikeouts a game.
But after a slow start Pettit
had the misfortune in 1952 of
having his arm go dead while
farmed out to New Orleans. The
Pirates moved him from one
club to another that year and
the next in the hope his arm
would come back. It never did.
Didn't Sit Back
The youngster might have sat
back and collected $10,000 a
year for the remaining years of
the 10-year bonus period and
call it quits.
But Pettit in 1954, when he
and Pittsburgh agreed his arm
would never come back, asked
if he could start at the bottom
as an outfielder.
He went to Salinas in the Class
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to work- He played every day
and drilled whenever he could
at his batting and fielding. And
the averages show how well he
did. He batted .324, drove in
103 runs and got 20 homers.
. The next step was to the Class
AA Mexico City club where in
1955 Pettit was even more sen
sational, hitting .382. But the
critics said the altitude in Mex-
ixo City helped and they were
cheap hits.
But with that kind of an aver
age, Pettit returned last season
to Hollywood where he had
played briefly as a pitcher with
a dead arm. His batting average
slumped to .236 with 10 homers
Return To Stars
Returning this season to the
Stars, big Paul began burning
up the spring training circuit,
hitting .395, with five' homers
and 17 runs batted in during 19
games.
The skeptics still were not
convinced and when the Pirates
farmed the "Morning Glory"
Dick Stuart to Hollywood, Pettit
was benched to make room for
him in 'the outfield. But Stuart
failed to hit Coast league pitch
ing after the first week and
Manager Clyde King replaced
him with Pettit.
Until last week Pettit was bat
ting .333. He slumped a little in
a series against Seattle, drop
ping his average to .297 but he
vowed as the Stars left for Sac
ramento on a road swing to
brine his average over .300
again.
HOCKEY ON TV
New York OP) A total of 21
National Hockey league games
will be nationally telecast by
CBS during the 1957-58 season.
it was announced today. A
spokesman for CBS said last sea
son's inaugural schedule of 10
nationally televised games was
being more' than doubled be
cause it "proved so successful."
STANDINGS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Hollywood .
Vancouver
San Francisco ..
Los Angeles
Seattle
San Diego
Portland
Sacramento
w.
24
21
L.
15
IS
Pet. GB
.615
22 16
. 20 18
. 21 19
... 19 20
12 21
. 9 26
.583
.579
.556 2i
.525 3a
.487 5
.364 9
.257 13 .
Tnesdavs Results
Sacramento 2. Hollywood 1 (10 in
nings)
Portland 5. Los Angeles 1
San Diego 3. San Francisco 2
Vancouver at Seattle, rain
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago
Cleveland .
New York .
Detroit
Boston
Kansas City
Baltimore
W. L. Pet. GB
19
18 10
17 11
17 15
15 16
13 19
.731
.643 2
.607 3
.531 - 5
.484 ' 6'i
.406 9
11 17 ;393 9
Washington 9 24 .273 13 ,i
Tuesday's Results
Cleveland 8. Boston 2
Washington 3. Kansas City 0 (night)
Chicago 3. New York 1 inighti
Detroit 2, Baltimore 1 (16 innings,
night)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.
21 10
18 10
18 10
16 12
13 16
13 18
8 18
Pittsburgh 8 21
Cincinnati
Milwaukee .
Brooklyn .
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Pet. GB
.677
.643 1 4
.643 l'i
.571 3',i
.447 7
.419 8
.308 10 i
.276 12
Tuesday's Results
Chicago 4. New York 3
Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati 1 fnightl
Philadelphia 1. Milwaukee 1 (5'.i
innings, rani, night
Pittshlirph at St T.miic (nitrht nnri.
poned, rain)
Thursday's Games
St. Louis at Cincinnati (night)
(Only games scheduled.)
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
W. L.
Yakima
Tri-City
Wenatchee
Salem
Eugene
Lewiston
18
14
13
11
8
5
8
10
12
12
13
14
Pet,
.692
.593
.520
.478
.333
.263
Tuesday's Results
xaiuma 1. 1 n-city
Wenatchee at Eugene, ppd
.. rain
Lewiston at Salem, ppd., rain
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Seals Sign
Curt Jensen
San Francisco OP! The
San Francisco Seals today an
nounced the signing of Curtis
Jensen, outstanding , shortstop
from the University of Utah.
The 22-year-old collegiate star
was signed by scout Charles
Wallgren and is scheduled to re
port to the team June 16.
Wallgren described the young
player as "a better shortstop
than anybody in Boston."
Jensen, much sought-after by
baseball's ivory hunters, is five
feet, 10 inches and weighs 170
pounds and is described as pos
sessing excellent fielding and
batting ability.
League Leaders
(By United Press!
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Player 4 Club G. AB
Aaron, Milw 29 125
Hoak. Cinci 31 105
Robinson. Cinci. 29 126
Musial, St. L. 29 121
Groat, Pitts. 29 116
Report on Score
Bolsters Hopes
Cleveland (W Another en
couraging medical report today
strengthened hopes that Cleve
land pitcher Herb Score may be
able to return to the mound
shortly after June 9, the day his
name is removed from the dis
abled list. '
The report, issued by eye spe
cialist Dr. Charles Thomas and
Indians team physician Dr. Don
ald Kelly, said X-rays have
shown that Score has no frac
tures of the eye and no displace
ment of the nasal bone.
The doctors said tests to deter
mine if Score has suffered any
loss of vision may be started to
day or later this week.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Williams. Bost. 27 97 21
Mantle. N.Y. 28 91 21
Fox. Chi 27 101 19 36
Bertoia, Det.
31 105 11 37
Simpson. K; City 32 1 15 17 . 39
38 .392 !
33 .363
.356
.352
.339
Home Runs
National league Aaron. Braves 11;
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cock. Braves; Robinson, Redlegs;
iviaiinews, craves; crowe, iteaiegs;
Snider, Dodgers, all 6.
American league Williams, Red
Sox 9; Sievers, Senators 8; Mantle.
Yanks 7: Zprrrinl AtVilotira R i Tr;,,-,
tied with 5 apiece).
Runs Batted In
National leaeue Aaron RravM 3Q
Furillo. Dodgers 29; Robinson. Red- !
legs 24; Sauer, Giants 22; Hoak, Red- i
legs 22. !
American league Sievers, Sena- i
iors zo; uoDy, wmte Sox 23; Jensen.
Red Sox 22; Simpson, Athletics 21;
Lollar, White Sox 20.
Pitching
Trucks. Athletics 5-0: Narleski. In
dians 3-0; Labine, Dodgers -3-0- Drvs
dale. Dodgers 3-0; Gross. Redlegs 3-0
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