Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 24

ZtU 1 A CORPUS CHRIST 1 1 IMfcS Wed May 2 1956 Clippers Go To Abilene ly Ben Dye The second base Corpus Big Stats Remember Lelty Gomez? it wu many yean about this staca of the baseball season -irtbat an Eastern sports writer asked the eccentric Yankee paw: many games you figure to win this year?" Lefty hit the writer in the eye with this reply: you go find out how Johnny Murphy feels" (Murphy was the New York reliefer who the previous year had been called from the bullpen to finish many of games many wins went to Gomes) The Gomez classic popped up the other evening as baseball men were talking about a couple of very successful relief pitchers Del Rio the youngster with the Big State League dippers and Ellis Kinder the oldster with the St Louis Cardinals Del Rio has relieved for Just about everyone on the dippers' pitching staff Kinder has been Wilmer (Vinegar "Johnny Murphy" Mizcll won his first two and old Kinder helped him win both of them If that combination persists the Cardinals could surprise all the and take it alL Leaguo Clippers are on the road today content In the knowledge that the worm can turn and turn quickly The CUppen took off for Abilene for a gome there tonight and before they return next Monday against Abilene here they will visit Waco Monday night the Wichita Falls Spudders came out of their corner battling and blistered the Clip-pen 15-1 for the worse defeat hung on the Corpus Christl aggregation this season Fans rubbed their eyes and said it happen here even though they witnessed the massacre Tuesday night the same two teams took to the very same field with almost the identical personnel and this time the Clipper smote the Spudders 15-5 Both nights were mass assaults against opposition chunking It was a great night for batting average especial THE MOOSE IN IIOT WATER BUI (Moose) Skow- ran of the Yankees finds himself in a big jam after overrunning second base and is tagged out by De Elston single and was trapped off second when first baseman Earl Torgeson cut off the throw in from the outfield Umpire Bill McKinley calls the When Grimm Silenced A Friendly Umpire play (AP Wirephoto) Reno Bertoia in the fifth inning of advanced on game in Yankee Stadium Skowran had ad WHA' HOPPEN DATATRON? man bad gone Into a terrible ilump and gone hitless in 13 straight times at bat and had collected only three hits In 28 times out Last night he broke the drouth -with three singles in four times at bat Gangling Keith Carpenter was the apple of the teacher's eye how ever He never let anyone on base stay filers when he came to bat and proved it by whomplng up four doubles and driving in six runs Monday night the flrft hitter up greeted the Corpus Christl pit cher with a home run Last night the first Clipper up banged out a double Both nights saw the base paths almost worn out by the pat ter of big baseball feet Joe Whitlock went the route for the Clippers although be wu a' little woozy toward the end It wu the first time he hu started and finished In four tries Rufus Johnson extended Ms hit ting streak to 13 straight games Don Huffman started for the Spudders who now are threa games behind the Clippers again and he wu followed by Mel Wok and Bob Koczwara All three did not receive gentle treatment the dippers rocked and rolled for 17 hits Port Arthur nipped Abilene 1-0 to move into a tie with Wichita Falls for second place A single by Hal Sisco in file eighth Inning drove in the only score of the game Gus Cahnichad allowed Abilene only four singles holding the Blue Sox Mttless after the fourth Inning Beaumont teat Waco 3-1 bo hind the seven-hit pitching of Dan rold SatchelL He deserved a shutout because the Waco run was unearned But Beaumont counted only one earned run off Ken Le' noue who surrendered nine hits A single by John Slachta counted two of the Beaumont runs in the third Victoria slammed Lubbock 13-smash ing 13 hits Lubbock made seven errors Frank Gallardo homered for Victoria Ralph Lairmore Mt a two-run homer for Lubbock i From one of Lefty classics to a story on Charley Grimm and one id the friendliest umpires in baseball history is a "far But that's what baseball sessions are made yarns about this and that about today and yesterday This one has to do with the banjo-playing manager of the Mil-waukee Braves and Beans Reardon Beans made friends easily He wu a talkative umpire During the tail end id one spring training season Beans wu making the grapefruit schedule with the Cubs Before the game so Jhe story goes Beans shook hands with numerous friends in the bn scats Beans also shook hands with Grimm The usually friendly Charlie Just stared at Beans pointed to the bleacher seats and said: have you against that fellow in the centerfield bleach ers? He's the only guy in the park you haven't shaken hands with" The story winds up that Beans for one of the lew times in his baseball life say a word Tigers Drop To 7th in Standings Washington Senators 3-2 on a run home Bill Zuverink who pitched Missions Buffs Swap Places Agajn Rocco Colavito's Powerful Arm By ED CORRIGAN The Associated Press If only Datatron the electric brain could talk maybe it would have some explanation as to why in the ninth and the Kansas City A' edged the Boston Red Sox 3-2 The National League also had a new leader the Milwaukee Braves They inched past both the BAX ARTOXTO St Louis Cardinals and the Brook- the Detroit Tigers are in seventh Then there's this story about an arm that many baseball men tell you is the strongest arm in baseball It belongs to Rocco Colavito the Cleveland Indian rookie many expect to beat Corpus Christi's Jim Busby out of an outfield Job It seems that during the last Cleveland spring training tour the argument came up about Rocco's great arm The tale is that Rocco's so strong that when they warm him up they use a catch er's glove i Sounds like one of those tall Texas tales but it's a matter id Cleveland spring training records that Rocco threw a ball more than 400 feet over the wall at the Charleston ball park He made the toss to settle an argument over the strength of that powerful lb itton HntUma rMcAlliiter PlMW rWalkrr 0 Tata Mil Mil arm iinu A Classic About 'Hoiman The Great1 Filed out tor Braid la Ith lyn Dodgers by virtue a decision over the Philadelphia Phillies The upstart Pittsburgh Pirates knocked the Cards out of first-place with a 4-2 victory and the Cincinnati Redlegs behind the ix-hit pitching of Johnny KUppatein downed the Dodgers 3-L The New York Giants outlasted the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in another game Baltimore's victory over (he White Sox had an ironic twist The Pale Hose played their first six games without an error but made four in this one end as fate would have it me led to the winning run White Sox relief pitcher Dixie Howell threw wild Billy sacrifice bunt in the 11th permitting Bobby Boyd to Jog Filed (iut tor Holtuma In 7th Walked tor Plercey la Mb oeoooooooosoooo MO UlM AntOflto ooooooaosoooos MS Ml FIGHT RESULTS the last two innings wu the winner The Indians' triumph was a combination of the effort of Early Wynn who hung up victory No 3 a seven-hitter and A1 Smith elected his third hit a double moved along to third then scored on Chico sacrifice fly The had to overcane a two-run Red Sox lead to gain the victory for Lou Kntknr They scored once in the sixth and twice more in the eighth Jim Flnigan scored the winning run on a squeeze bunt by Joe DeMaestri Bill Bruton doubled Joe Adcock hone in the seventh to break up a A4 tie and give Milwaukee the game over Philadelphia Eddie Mathews hit a two-run homer for the Braves in the third his third of the season Dave Jolly who relieved Bob Buhl In the seventh wu the winner The Pirates suddenly came alive in the eighth after trailing 2-1 and scored me run to tie it and pushed across two more hi the ninth to hang flu defeat on Vinegar Bend Mize 11 Roy Face waa the winner Carl Erskine and Clem Labine hurled creditably for the Brooks giving up on eight hits but they match Klippstein'i work He wu tagged for a run only in the fourth Jim Hearn of the Giants won another nice hurling duel testing Warren Hacker of the Cubs Hearn yielded four hits and Hacker and Jim Brosnan who pitched the final inning wu tapped for only cix only mistake wu a hone-run ball to Dm Hoak in the fourth By The Associated Press Only Houston and San Antonio have teen able to play in the Texas League for two days but it hasn't affected the race one iota They merely beat each other and change places in the standings and third Tuesday night it was San time to win and go back into the ntimepup spot Put tor three nights they have Jockeyed like that and atfil leading Dallas Is still Just two games ahead San Antonio teat Houston 7-3 Tuesday night by the process of in with the victory The Missions got seven hits but they as important in winning as the 12 bases on balls five Houston pitchers surrendered Austin at Shreveport Oklahoma City at Fort Worth and Tulsa at Dallas again were postponed because of rain A couple of double-headers are scheduled Wednesday Austin at Shreveport and Tulsa at Dallas The Houston-San Antonio game was a weird affair Before high winds and rain set in San startlhg pitcher Bill Bethel had to retire because he had become dehydrated Bob Schmitt took over and southpawed the Buffs into submission from the second inning until the ninth He then had to have help Iran Carl Schieb in order to get the Bulb out Schmitt gave up all of the Houston but got credit for the victory place in the American League today Just half a game out of the basement Datatron you may recall picked the Tigers to win the pennant and no about it Most of the experts thought the New York Yankees would win It Actually the reasons for the fallings are apparent enough The power boys of the Bengal A1 Kaline Harvey Kuenn and Ray Boone aren't hitting Boone has a 262 average Kaline 227 and Kuenn J90 The Tigers dropped a S3 decision to the Yanks in New York yesterday Although the defeat was humiliating Manager Bucky Harris found some cause for optimism Kaline and Borne each collected two hits and Kuenn me so they may be snapping out of it When they do the Tigers will be dangerous Whitry Ford handcuffed the Ben-gals for his third victory of the season Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer hit home runs for the winners The game was close only until the third Inning when the Yanks broke It open with four runs Elsewhere In the American League the last-place Baltimore Orioles pulled out an 11-lnning 3-2 victory over the Chicago-White Sox the Indians turned back the Lamtter Mottos Snyder eafhiy Fowls Graca Tksby RoMnion E-Snyder Caller Smith Walken Snyder Ciffery Holhnlf Grace Tu-hy Robinson I Rac Ktllllpt Snyder 1 Caffary DP-Amaro ana Browne Schmitt Caller and Holl-mls Houston LL San Antonio A Wifitnd i Beard liurnm JlHoltema A Bethel Schmitt RCk-f Mumm Hottim Bethel li ft Van Kcuren 8cholock (SB MUMI BEACH Fla-Ralph Dupes 142 New Orleani outpointed Johnny DlGlllok 141 Bayunna XJ ML ROLTDKE Mata -Barry AlUmn 1564L Sprtnsftrid Maaa cutpouited Eddie Aa-drewe 15L LoweU Mass 10 CHARLES Paul Joraemeib Joe Andres exact weishls Anjlea la This me does not attempt to compare Sibby Slsti's fielding with that ol the incomparable Babe a one-time Brooklyn Bum and me of baseball's greatest hitters: The adjective "incomparable" describes the fielding id "Hoiman The Great" That fielding was so atrociously incomparable that the big-time sports writers always had a field day when they described it Of all the yarns written about Herman the story goes he denied only me That me said he had been struck on the head by a fly ball (Sisti was hit on the head by a bad-bouncing grounder Monday nifrt and the Sisti beaning recalled this classic about Hrijhan The Great) aeons that when a newspaper wrote that Holman's head haA-trapped a fly to right the Babe said: if a ball ever hit me the head hang up my glove and quit baseball You can write that" The reporter asked: "How about the shoulder? Would that still go if a bail dropped your no" said Hoiman shoulder don't count Only the Berlin BIG STATE BOXSCORES MEET THE CLIPPERS WICHITA FALLS Dav! tee TOMORROW Sonny Leaving Town Until Then Good Evening JOESCHEKRER Posada Once Bicycle Race Champ of Cuba low It Kwlatkowild Gotta Huffman Work Mona Kocxwara NATIONAL LEAGUE BOXES 8 19 14 A MILWAUKEE raiLaDKimil MHO CHICAGO Tulala IIIMlIllloH CORPUS CHHIST1 lb' IhrWIan otrnann (Miami 5yS 8b HMIMMAIMOOiMSl1 Sto eaaeeeeeeeweeoaeeee4 Whitiock 4 AI 4 0 leGeGGeaaeaAoO 1 8800 0400 8188 A HIIOA lEmNm 0 latheiea 1 1 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE BOXES LEO POSADA Bom April 1 1936 in Havana Cuba Still makes Ms hone there Attended high school in Havana and played baseball and volleyball which la a big sport in that country Was the country's bicycle race champion and participated in ihe Pan-American Games in Buenos Aires Holds the Cuban speed record for kilometer One of six CLIPPERS AVERAGES It MhSum rt Moraan lb B'mhoits rt Ennli Hamner iSmUib S-minlck Dtrkaon Amt aGorbou Rom Malt IMIl Totals out lor Minr la 8th KOBTOX DETROIT NEW TORS KANSU cm lb 1 A1IO Bauer tr in lis-i MXrU a lb i Kaline rt 4 A UIOI 2 10 0 Vernon lb 1 0 If 0 0 0 0 0 ieneen rt 4 0 jeneen if Total artHindrt out Mlrtdla Folk Carina Chrtatt Serrano LeJohn X' Davldron Carpenter! 81 end Carpenter Wichita Falla 10 Corpu Cnrtiiu 11 BB HufTmen8Kacx- ab lb lb MUX I Berra mu rt 4 25 SuS lb iVitS lil Si BP Tata a i ernert lb terull rt Buddin Whit feWUllemy 1 I SSI If J3 8 BS eeeteoeeeeeeeee' sSiiii 1 SB 1 BTfouledoulPtor ISaJwr la 8SLSrkrSBB Kuenn ee Boone lb MaxweUJt Bertoia lb reulf 0 man Ileon aPhllUoa Maas a 'ill IS batters lUactft Whlt- Addon tom Dlckna a Low Mothcm Aaron Adeoek lBratw taWrScanwaiafwhl lock Huffman ISS 247117 Total! 12 7 17 11 T-ftia A-01M ran as Ran Ml ABILENK Warner 1" YoV- BWlli Kansas CUr OM MU2714 out tor Marlows In Ml Kan lor BtKuH In 7th o-Struek nut tar Maaa la 7th 217147 SWals 0 0 28 WBBI 1-8 12 18 7 and young Cubans signed by Scout Danny Parra for the Clippers he and Gustavo Muniz are the only ones atm with the dipper Spent 1954 at Odessa and Lake Charles was center fielder on last Big State League champions here Height 5-11 Wright 180 pounds Married no children Extremely fast he teams with Rufus Johnson and Joe Christian to give the Clippers as much or more overall outfield speed as anyone in the league Playing left field this season Reported here after the regular season opened after bring returned by Jacksonville of the Class A Sally League where he spent spring training Injured Ms back during the training grind but has apparently recovered with no ill effects 14 I ttrnrty 8 i ftnarnnan Thomas BurMln 1 Forterfieid 4 Del Rio rk Kdincer irena Johnson Oquendo AMtam Port Afttar ease eeeeoees 8treulL Man-L Bauer 1 Jrrmlnn Manly 8 AMIrne 4 Port Arthur dozzl and Mom ion: BelloUL VanaoBd I DENIED IT' emMVCnnlrtml Hunger ponoao Law Walk rt ejem'i e-H rneae 3b tar Mbrrlion Tanseman -Tansamaa Wynn Pitches Well VICTORIA LUBBOCK abh abhai un 0-2) Rice Summer Flaherty A-S77L LEO POSADA Even When Contented -HIM: ill itrtlcei ter LltUeOeld CnCAGO SALIIMOBf ABHOA ABflOA Rtvcn If 1(88 Adami 15 iihWr-l Kennedy lb Dohy ct I asy Dropo lb Ilf! 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pitches well even when he doesn't feel awful The 3S-year-old righthander surrendered only seven hits and struck out nine last night In winning his third straight a 3-2 decision over the Washington Senators Not long ago Wynn heard talk that he was up for trading and wrote in his weekly Cleveland newspaper column it an filing" to toil for a dub he I wasn't sure wanted him Wynn's troubled mind proved a wholesome thing for the Indians He won a five-latter then a four-hitter After vanquishing (he Pedro Ramos in a struggle that took sane of the chill off Washington's nigfht sir Wynn merely shrugged when asked if he was still sunk in despair He said he had teen "really burned up" at the trade talk but then noted that all denied it" "They" are General Manager Hank Greenberg and Manager Al Lopez Lopez dismissed the subject with a wave of the hand He expressed huge satisfaction with Wynn'(ev- cess he told reporters' he considered the top six contendere to be Moore San Diego Calif Hurricane Tommy Jackson New York Floyd Patterson Brooklyn Johnny Holman Chicago Bob Baker Pittsburgh and Johnny Summerlin Detroit i Baker and Holman clash in a 12-rounder at Miami Beach May 9 in an IBC co-promotion The bout will be broadcast and telecut coast to coast Afked by Judge Sylvester Ryan If he had considered attempting to get exclusives with the top contendere Norris replied: 1 would have to say I have teen considering tt It hu teen in the back of my The government hu charged Norris Ms partner Arthur Wlrtx the International Boxing Clubs pf Illinois and New York and Madison Square Garden Corp with monopolizing the promotion of championship fights in the United Statu between 1949 and 1953 in NEW YORK (AP)-Boxing Promoter James Norris says he does not have exclusive contracts with file six leading contenders for the vacant heavyweight title but he would like to have them Testifying in federal court yesterday the tall husky president of both the International Boxing Club (IBC) and Madison Square Garden Corporation said he did have exclusive contracts with three champions featherweight Sandy Saddler lightweight Wallace (Bud) Smith and middleweight Sugar Ray Robinson He said he had an exclusive with heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano but that expired Just before Rocky's successful title defense against light heavyweight King Archie Moore last September The undefeated Brockton Bomber abdicated Ms last week Norris suggested in court that the six leading contendere battle it out In an elimination tournament for the right to succeed Marciano Then during a brief re government contends that part of the alleged monopoly was acquired through contracts for tha exclusive services of champions and leading contendere Norri defended the IBCa practice of making cash loans to figfit-en and their managers In order to help them when "they are In trouble rather than have them go to loan sharks and also to help the managers avoid having to sell their contracts to another manager who might not be accept able" The government hu charged that fiie defendaqfa made tho loans "to control the boxers and their Lester Malitz who is vice president qnd account supervisor a Chicago advertising firm which handles the sponsor of the IBCs Wednesday night radio-television fights wu another defense witness He testified he would rather deal with one reliable promoter than a number of promoters because he needed program continuity EARLY WYNN third straight wia innia Filed cut lor Snyder In 4th (Tevrlaai Ma in Struck out tor Lenny en-hit Job and with mound work in general have file Lopez said we need is the hitting and we're going to get that" Right fielder Al Smith eased Lopez's mind on the batting score Helping the Indians hold onto third place in the young American League race Smith socked a homer a double and a single for three id the nine safeties Ramos la aa i oe hi 2 eaaaMtl A vlii ftmltft Runneii Sicvtra Wvm VaMiviflio Werti Stavm Smith Umuqwl Avtla Melee Male- Rodriruei BasaalL Glamp waipi tyyii inhwi (niPiwiii uiainiou Smith JluMKlft on Yoit 8F-Ou Smith Gortea Radncay Brdar Druar ar SB- Smith Oilman Warn 1L forte Satchetl 1 Ai Lenhue 2 Lenou UwtctveUL U-CalB andl Lennut A i-Aua a-ua chi Stevens violation of the anti-trust law The A laMUtato Met -r 2 U4e ifaf4r tUmd Atar.