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By OSCAR FRALEY NEW YORK (AP) Little men have written

history, poetry and music, but despite their

howls of discrimination it was decided defi-nitely this week that they wouldnt write anyrecords in the American League.

Eddie Gaedel, the midget pinch hitter of theBrowns, was drummed out of the league by

president Will Harridge. The dignified prexyinsisted that his presence was not to the bestinterests of baseball.

Another Tom Thumb?Millions of people paid millions of dollars to

see P.T. Barnums Tom Thumb, another cele- brated little man. There is no telling how many people would have paid to see Bill VeecksGaedel. Harridge didnt elaborate, but the in-ference was that, in this case at least, dignitycame before dollars.

It left absolutely no place in sports for amidget who cant ride a horse.

Bench jockeys, it has been ruled, are out!The Lilliputian Larruper

So Eddie Gaedel, the Lilliputian larruper,failed to make the major leagues by a foot anda half. Which, when you consider it, isnt too

bad. There are a lot of guys with more altitude

Roberts (14-10) outdueled Bob Rush (8-7)to win his major league-best eighth game sincethe All-Star break. Willie Jones belted his 18thround-tripper for the Phils.

Larry Jansen fired his fourth shutout of theyear and the Giants second in a row as

New York blanked the visiting Reds, 8-0.

Jansen (15-7) scattered eight hits. DonMueller went 5-for-5 for the Giants.Reds starter Ewell Blackwell fell to 8-9.Mel Queen notched his second 1-0 win in

13 days as the Pirates edged the host Braves.Queen (7-6) blanked Chicago on Aug. 10.

Wednesdays game was a scoreless duel untilGus Bells RBI single off Max Surkont (10 -12)in the top of the eighth inning.

New York (Raschi 15-5) at Cleveland (Lemon 12-11), 1 p.m.

Philadelphia (Fowler 7-3) at Chicago (Gumpert 7-4), 1:30 p.m.

Boston (Parnell 11-6) at St. Louis (Sanford 2-10),2:30 p.m.

Washington (Porterfield 4-5) at Detroit (Trout 10-9),2:30 p.m.

Notes on the Scorecard

Braves Give BickfordGo-Ahead to Go Home

On Page 1: Strongest Earthquake Ever Recorded Rocks Hawaiis Kona Coast; Months of Stored Water Lost

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FINAL EDITION

Including final results of all ball

games

VOL. 1, No.130 FIVE CENTSTHURSDAY, AUG. 23, 1951

Banner Night for Red Sox

Comeback Win; Foes StumbleST. LOUIS They puffed no victory ci-gars in the Red Sox locker room after Wednes-day nights game. There were no giddy em-

braces, no whooping, not a single towelsnapped in celebration.

The American League flag was, mathemati-cally at least, still up for grabs. But it sure feltlike the drama had been sapped from the race.

For their part, the loop-leading Red Soxrallied from a 5-1 deficit to nip the last-placeBrowns, 11-10, for their sixth consecutive tri-umph. Meanwhile:

The second -place White Sox split a twin bill with the Athletics, dropping them a half-game back to six off the pace.

The third -place Yankees suffered their worst-ever shutout loss, 17-0, at Detroit.

And the fourth -place Indians were sub-dued 3-1 by a hurler who came into the contestwith a 6.67 ERA. Both the Tribe and theBombers are 10 games off the pace with 34tilts to play.

The Red Sox arent home free, but it nowseems as if it will take an extraordinary seriesof breaks to catch them. Wednesday, thoseextraordinary breaks went Bostons way.

The Browns five -run rally in the secondinning gave them a 5-1 lead and drove LeoKiely, Bostons rookie phenom, to the show-ers. At the end of five, St. Louis led 9-6.

But Vern Stephens pinch -hit double incited

a two-run Boston uprising in the sixth. JohnnyPesky and Ted Williams drove in runs as theSox took a 10-9 lead after seven frames.

The Browns Jim Delsing walked with the bases jammed to retie the game in the eighth.But Bostons Dom DiMaggio drove in the de-ciding run in the top of the ninth.

Harry Taylor (4-5), the last of four Boston pitchers, got the win. Reliever Satchel Paige (0

-4) absorbed the loss.The Browns became the first team eliminated

from pennant contention this year.AROUND THE HORN

Elsewhere in the American League:Gus Zernial smashed his third grand slam of

the season in the first game, and Minnie Minosodoubled home the deciding run in the second asthe As and host White Sox split a doubleheader.

Zernials blast put Philly ahead to stay in its 6 -3 win in the opener. Joe Dobson (6-9) scattered12 hits in eight innings to gain credit for the 2-1White Sox win in the nightcap,

Pat Mullin had five RBI, and Marlin Stuartand Hal White teamed for a three-hitter in De-troits 17 -0 thrashing of visiting New York.

The Tigers scored 13 runs in the first inning.Julio Moreno (5-9) spun a five-hitter and

Mickey Vernon belted a tie-breaking two-runhomer off Lou Brissie in the ninth inning as thevisiting Senators trimmed the Indians, 3-1.

Cleveland grounded into five double plays.

AMERICAN W L PCT. GB NATIONAL W L PCT. GB

Boston 75 43 .636 --- Brooklyn 71 46 .607 ---

Chicago 70 50 .583 6 New York 71 50 .587 2

New York 66 54 .550 10 Philadelphia 63 57 .525 9

Cleveland 66 54 .550 10 St. Louis 58 57 .504 12

Philadelphia 62 60 .508 15 Boston 56 60 .483 14

Detroit 57 62 .479 18 Pittsburgh 56 64 .467 16

Washington 45 73 .381 30 Chicago 54 63 .462 17

St. Louis 36 81 .308 38 Cincinnati 43 75 .364 28

Major League Standings

Wednesdays American League Results Wednesdays National League Results Washington 3, Cleveland 1Philadelphia 6, Chicago 3, Gm. 1Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1, Gm. 2Detroit 17, New York 0Boston 11, St. Louis 10

New York 8, Cincinnati 0Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 2, Gm. 1Brooklyn 8, St. Louis 6, Gm. 2Pittsburgh 1, Boston 0Philadelphia 5, Chicago 0

Todays Probable Starting Pitchers Todays Probable Starting Pitchers St. Louis (Lanier 9-6) at Brooklyn (Newcombe 13-

5), 12:30 p.m.(Only games scheduled)

Major League Leaders

AMERICAN G AB R H AVG. NATIONAL G AB AVG.R H

Fain, Phi. 85 322 66 114 .354 Musial, St.L 113 443 .35095 155

Doby, Cle. 106 373 86 129 .346 Wyrostek, Cin. 109 445 .34262 152

DiMaggio, Bos. 114 510 100 170 .333 Schoendienst, St.L 104 411 .33369 137

Avila, Cle. 111 436 72 141 .323 Sisler, Phi. 95 361 .33058 119

Valo, Phi. 90 341 63 110 .323 Jethroe, Bos. 109 424 .32898 139

Fox, Chi. 118 489 74 156 .319 Ashburn, Phi. 120 516 .32493 167

Doerr, Bos. 101 384 48 122 .318 Gordon, Bos. 112 421 .31664 133

Minoso, Chi. 111 436 88 137 .314 Furillo, Bro. 116 502 .31580 158

Kell, Det. 116 478 61 150 .314 Bell, Pit. 116 461 .30469 140

Pesky, Bos. 99 364 66 114 .313 Sauer, Chi. 104 407 .30271 123

HR: Zernial (Phi.) 36; Robinson (Chi.) 24;Vollmer (Bos.) 24; Wertz (Det.) 22; Williams(Bos.) 22.

RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 126; Williams (Bos.) 104;Robinson (Chi.) 99; Rosen (Cle.) 86; Vernon(Was.) 86.

Wins: Raschi (N.Y.) 15-5; Wynn (Cle.) 15-8;Pierce (Chi.) 13-5; Lopat (N.Y.) 12-8; Lemon(Cle.) 12-11.

Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 134; Gray (Det.)109; Wynn (Cle.) 106; McDermott (Bos.) 106;Reynolds (N.Y.) 103.

ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.66; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.77;Marrero (Was.) 3.04; Parnell (Bos.) 3.07; Wynn(Cle.) 3.11.

HR: Sauer (Chi.) 31; Thomson (N.Y.) 29;Musial (St.L) 28; Kiner (Pit.) 26; Hodges (Bro.)25.

RBI: Musial (St.L) 104; Sauer (Chi.) 100;Thomson (N.Y.) 93; Kiner (Pit.) 92; Gordon(Bos.) 91; Snider (Bro.) 91.

Wins: Roe (Bro.) 16-4; Jansen (N.Y.) 15-7;Maglie (N.Y.) 14-9; Roberts (Phi.) 14-10; New-combe (Bro.) 13-5.

Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 124; Queen(Pit.) 109; Rush (Chi.) 108; Maglie (N.Y.) 102;Jansen (N.Y.) 101.

ERA: Jansen (N.Y.) 2.08; Newcombe (Bro.)2.10; Roe (Bro.) 2.67; Rush (Chi.) 2.88; Branca(Bro.) 3.06.

Roes Arm, Robinsons Bat Lead Dodgers to Sweep of Cards fourth, and Jackie Robinson ripped a go-aheadthree-run shot in the sixth. That was all Preacher Roe needed to run his record to 16-4.

St. Louis starter Tom Poholsky (8-9) clubbedhis first major league home run, but dropped histhird consecutive start.

Brooklyns bats awoke in the second game.

Robinson, Carl Furillo and Gil Hodges all poledcircuit smashes. When starter Carl Erskine fal-tered, ace reliever Clyde King came on for his12th win. Gerry Staley (10-11) took the loss.

AROUND THE HORNElsewhere in the National League:Robin Roberts twirled a four-hitter, winning

his sixth consecutive start and leading thePhillies to a 5-0 win over the visiting Cubs.

BOSTON (AP) Vern Bickford, the BostonBraves righthanded pitching ace, has been

given permission to go home to New Canton,Va., to rest his fractured right hand. He suf-fered that injury during a pre-game pepper drillin Chicago on Aug. 5.

Bickford will be unable to throw a ball for atleast four weeks. Bickford, a 19-game winner last season, had compiled a 10-10 record.

Cleveland safety director Al Sutton said hefears a wholesale plague of baseball ticketscalpers this weekend and has asked deputyinspector Tom Murphy to assign extra policeofficers to the ticket detail.

Sutton, who said he has already receivedsome complaints, expects peak scalper activitywith the New York Yankees and Boston RedSox coming to Cleveland for a series of games.

Alfredo Perez, Cedar Rapids left fielder in

the Three- I League, was reported seriousWednesday in St. Marys Hospital after a sur-gery for a fractured skull.

Perez ducked into a low pitch by SkipPope of Evansville on Tuesday night and wasstruck on the left side of the head.

Apparently only slightly hurt, he walked intothe hospital for observation but went into acoma Wednesday.

BROOKLYN August hasnt been as kind tothe Dodgers as were June and July, and theBrooks have had their fill of doubleheaders re-cently. But Wednesday they put the full measureof their comprehensive talent on display out-

pitching the Cardinals in the first game, outhittingthem in the second and fielding flawlessly

throughout to sweep a twin bill, 4-2 and 8-6.In so doing, they boosted their NationalLeague lead to two games over New York andraised their August mark to 12-10 after goinga combined 40-16 the previous two months.

The doubleheader was their fifth in 18 days,and they were sluggish in the opener, gettingouthit, 10-3. But they made their hits count. DukeSnider bashed a tying solo home run in the

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Sox and Their WalksThere is a rumor that the

Boston Red Sox were be-hind Harridges ban. TheRed Sox hold the major league record for bases on

balls in a single season. If Gaedel had been permittedto come up with a couplemore, and the Browns hadcome up with a couplemore, that record wouldnthave stood up long enoughto get a suntan.