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Rolfe Has Tigers
In Second Place
By JACK HAND
Associated Press Sports Writer
■*Red Rolfe is winning his spurs &s
ft successful big league manager at
Detroit.
The ex-New York Yankee third
baseman who never managed any
team, except Yale University, until
this spring, has his Tigers In second
place, only two games behind the
leading Yankees.
Washington, Cincinatti and the
Chicago White Sox have been steal
ing the big black print in the news
papers, but Detroit rates high among
the surprise teams of 1949
Despite a decided weakness at
first and second base, Rolfe man
euvered the Tigers Into a contend
ltjg position on the hitting of Geor
ge Kell, Vic Wertz and rookie Joh
nny Oroth. Then he plugged the
second base hold by acquiring Don
Kolloway from the White Sox. Re
tently he benched George Vico and
•tarted playing Paul Campbell at
first. It worked.
Rolfe set up a pitching “big four"
of Hal Newhouser, (4-2), Virgil
Trucks (5-1), Ted Gray (3-1) and
Freddie Hutchinson (2-2).
Hutchinson, who turned back
? Washington with seven hits Thurs
day, lo-l, is as handy with a bat
as he Is on the mound. Hutch drove
Browns Cards
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Newnan Browns won a pro
tested game from the Tallassee
Cardinals, 7 to I, In Oeorgia-Ala
bama League play Thursday night.
The game was played under pro
test from the sixth inning when
Schmidt hit a home run. The Tall
assee players said the bell bounced
over the fence of Stumberg Field
which made it an automatic dou
ble.
The Cardinals, solid in first place
in the standings, staged a three run
rally In the seventh to go ahead
t and 3. But the Browns, not to be
denied, charged back to chalk up
four runs In the eighth to make It
their ball game. Two of them came
on a second four-bagger by Schmidt
Franson of Newnan scored the
third homer of the game. He clo
uted It in the alxth.
Alexander City bounced the Car
rollton Hornets, * to 5; The Grif
fin Tigers battered the Opelika
Owls, 8 and 9, and the Valley Re
bels yielded to the La Orange Trou
ipers, 9 to 1.
The Millers made it ’ to 0 with
a five-run outburst in the third
Inning, and added a pair in the
fourth. Then the Hornets took over
the scoring, but Just couldn’t get
enough run*. They counted two in
the fifth and three In the ninth.
The Millers made it 7 to 0 with
afield.
With the score knotted at 5-all
jjn the sixth, the Tigers ran In one
run each of the last three innings
to whip the Owls .The Oriffln boys
bit seven safeties to the Owls five.
The Troupers banged out 12 hits
—twice as many as the Rebels—as
they ran circles around the hapless
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jin three runs with a single, double
and triple In the attack than hung
loss No. 3 on Rae Scarborough.
Detroit picked up a full game on
the first place Yanks, who were
dropped by Cleveland, 3-2, on a ter
rific slugging display by Larry Doby
The Indian's Negro outfielder sma
shed a 450-foot-plus homer—said by
veteran observers to be tihe longest
ever hit in the Yankee Stadium—
as Steve Gromek shaded Bob Por
terfield.
Doby’s blast in the second Inn
ing cleared the 20-foot bleacher
wall and landed in the seventh row
of the center field bleachers. Later
he hit a single with the bases load
ed in the fifth to break i H tie.
A jittery defense cost the Boston
Red Sox a 10-inning ball game on
an error by first baseman Billy
Hitchcock on Vern Stephens’ throw.
The Red Sox made four errors in
the game but Hitchcock’s was the
big- one that gave Chicago a 7-6
margin.
The Philadelphia A’s and St Lou
is Brow«s were not scheduled and
ft National League game between
the Phillies and Chicago Cubs was
postponed because of threatening
weather at Wrigley Field.
The Boston Braves and the New
York Giants, tied for first place in
Valley players. Flaherty of La
Grange hit safely two of four times
at bat—one a homer in the fourth
with none on.
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ithe National for an entire week, re
main deadlocked. The Braves came
up with two In the ninth,,, to top
Pittsburgh, 3-2, and the Giants
bumped off Cincinatti, #-2.
Brooklyn moved into a third-place
tie with Cincinatti on Preacher Roe’s
2-0 shutout of St. Louis,
j Sport
Briefs
SPARTANS SPAWN
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Mich
igan State has sent 15 players to
professional baseball since June,
1947.
ATHLETICS FOR ALL
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —
Coach Edwin J. Manley started In
tramural athletics at Illinois in
1918. The 32-sport program now
I invo ves participation by more than
I 8,000 students.
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j SANTA CLARA, Valif. — Santa
Clara opens the football season a
j i gainst Rose Bowl California, Sept.
17. closes against Sugar Bowl Ok
lahoma, Nov. 79. «
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SYRACUSE —The Sprint Cham
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME
CINCINNATI — Although they
finished seventh, the Red* h»d the
best home-run percentage, at home
of any e ub <n the National League
In 194S. Of the team* 104 clr
■ if blows. 8* were hit at Crosley
Field for a percentage of .#94. beat
ing the Pirates - .#39.
LATE STARTER
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Tom
and beet two-mller in a decade,
aid no t participate In track In
high school "n Toedo.
FEAST OR FAMINE
HANOVER, N. H. - In his
two years as Dartmouth baseball
Site™ inter^L^eai^
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COLGATE AT COLGATE
HAMILTON, N. Y. — Austen B.
Colgate, senior attackman from
New Marlboro Mass., Is captain.
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KEYSTONE COMBINATION
LEWISBURG, Pa — Bucicnell
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TOP VAULTS**
STOCKTON, Calif. - Since Lee
Baenes of Southeen California
broke the vault iecord^of Sa- _
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Stanford’s veteran baseball
co% 1*1 ,‘i v Wolter, it a member
, g Clara graduating
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YOI'NG REDS
CICINNAI - The Reds’ Tulsa
farm club had the top pitchers in
three Texas League lepartmenta
games eon. percentage and ERA,
in 1948.
ONLY BIG ONES
ST. PETErSBUBO, FU. Tai-
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bp at St. Petersbhrg ending Aug. t.
INCREASE CAPACITY
EVANSTON, III. - Construction
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IMPRESSIVE RECORD
LOR ANGST.BS - Southern Cal
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three dual meets to collegiate op
ponent* since 1M0.
Friday. May 20. 1940.
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