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BANNER - HERALD
808 OLIVER, SPORTS EDITOR
TO SEW CHAMPIONSHIP
Win In Eastern SEC
By The Associated Press
Kentucky and Alabama are only one game each away
from divisional titles in the Southeastern Conference hase
ball race.
In the Western Division, league-leading Alabama meets
second place Mississippi State twice this week and one vic
tory r_wil!icinch the crown for the Tide. - S
In the East, Ketucky only has
to win one of its next three games
to clinch the title. :
Second place Georgia was all
but knotked from the Eastern
division race last week by old rival
Georgia Tech., The Jackets down
ed Georgia 5-4 in a crucial game
while Kentucky was capturing a
twin bill from Tennessee,
Trimmed Auburn
Alabama and Mississippl State
had little tx;ouble keeping control
of the top spots in the Western
, divisien last week, Alabama had
only one game and took that hand~
ily from Auburn 9-7,
Mississippi State ran up against
Ole Miss twice and emerged vic
toricus both times, 6-4 and 11-5.
The two games slated between
Mississippi State and Alabama end
_the season for both squads. State
would have to sweep the series to
€ain the title while one victory
would send Alabama home free.
The standings, including Satur
day's games:
EASTERN DIVISION
l W. L. Pet.
BOPCRY s caviii 3 218
m“a 0'.....0'.!'9 6 -843
SRUMONEAES 4.eiesisi T 1 808
G‘. T'Qh sesennaseess B 10 375
yamrbnt.......... 4 9 208
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WESTERN DIVISION
AN ... DR IBD
i suh 1Q1Q.1..1a 4 0667
m 58 SRRt NRN r R 5 5 .500
uo ‘tat. Ars ss e 2 7 .222
TUIRE < ionnniscesl 4 200
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
W. L Pet.
IS . cvaaevsvnis 1 10 DA
BRODEE ... icvuaiinesdß 11 BOY
Birmingham ......, 18 12 .600
New Orleans «eveeeee 16 11 593
Memphis .......... 17 12 586
Nashville .. ocioees 12 15 444
Chattanooga «i....5s 14 18 ,438
ke Hook .. /... .. & 28 071
"NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘
W. L. Pl
Philadelphia «evessee 14 9 609 ]
B RRLS o s inaeses I 8 D 4801
BrooklVD Ivunveeeee. 12 9 STI)
CRIGAZO .cveonvseser 10 9 526]
TN . i oaenas 12 11 000
Pittsburgh ......eOO. 12 12 500!
New YOIk v.0.5e... 6 11 .353]
Comlonatt .......:. § 15 38|
AMERICAN LEAGUE !
W. L Pet.!
BROIL .., iieeic 18 0 884
P YOrE ivoennivi 14 . 8 836
BT ... aasenines 1T 10 680 D
Washington seececee. 12 10 545
Cleveland ......00s 11 10 .524|
Philadelphia ......0s 8 14 .364
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
- W. L. Potl.
BEREEE s civvansscs 90 71 506
Savannah .oveeeeeee 21 15 583
Columbia:. . oasever, 18 16 520
Charleston «ieeeeees 16 20 444
Augusta ... .iooieoos 15 19 441
£olmbus .....eOOOO 15 20 420
Jacksonville ........ 14 20 412
Greenville ~....... 12 23 .343
GEORGIA-FLORIDA LEAGUE
W. L. Pct.
gbany.‘...........z0 9 .690
BTOAE . ..iosaen 18 11 831
- \rallghassee . ....ox. 16 12 571
SRS . e 28 18 B 3
PEORILIE ... .oonveves 12 16 420
Thomasville ........ 11 17 393
AIORrICHS . ..aoeeeen 10 1T 3TO
RS .. i) 19 00T
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
National League
Brooklyn 6, Boston 4.
St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 7.
Pittsburgh 6-16, Chicago 5-9.
New York 4-7, Philadelphta 3-9
gecond game halted after 8§ in
ings to be resumed).
American League
Philadelphia 9, New York 8.
St. Louis 7, Detroit 3.
Boston 8-5, Washington 1-10.
Chicago 3-1, Cleveland 2-3.
Southern Association
Memphis 16-9, Little Rock 0-4.
Atlanta 3, Mobile 2.
New Orleans 8, Birmingham 4.
Chattanooga 8-1, Nashville 1-3.
South Atlantic League
Augusta 8, Greenville 1 (second
game, postponed, rain).
Columbia 4-§, Charleston 2-18.
Macon 3-8, Savannah 0-2.
Jacksonville 6-1, Columbus 3-0.
Georgia-Florida League
Valdosta 8, Cordele 3.
Moultrie as Americus (2) (post-
Dowd. rain).
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Johnny Mize
Farmed By
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N. Y. Yankees
NEW YORK, May 15—(AP)—
Big Johnny Mize, for 14 years one
of the most feared hitters in the
major leagues, was sent to Kansas
City by the New York Yankees to
day.
Two other players were con
signed to the American Associa
tion farm along with Mize, who
was bought by the world champ
ions last August from the New
York Giants. They were Pitcher
Duane Pillette and Infielder Al
(Billy) Martin, both of whom were
optioned on a 24-hour recall basis.
Midnight, May 17 is the dead
line for major league clubs to re
duce rosters to a maximum of 25.
The Yankees also announced
that Pitcher Clarence Marshall and
Outfielder Johnny Lindell would
be among the missing by deadline
time.
Arthur (Red) Patterson, Yan
kee secretary, said that Mize had
been sent to Kansas City after he
had expressed a willingness to
play in the American Association.
That was the only way the club
could have sent the veteran first
baseman to the minors, A 10-year
man can demand and receive his
release before accepting a trans
:gr to a league of lower classifica
ion.
Mize, who was 37 last Jan. 7,
was a big leaguer for 14 years,
three of which were spent in the
Navy.
Georgia-Alabama League
LaGrarfge 10, Rome 5.
Alexander City 6, Carrollton 2.
Valley 9, Opelika 7.
(Only games).
Georgia State League
Douglas 7, Tifton 5,
Dublin 11, Jesup 0.
Fitzgerald 5, Vidalia-Lyons 4.
‘ Baxley at Eastman (postponed,
rain).
Alabama State League
(All rained out.)
TODAY’'S SCHEDULE
National League
Boston at Brooklyn (night),
(Only game).
American League
(No games). |
Southern League |
Birmingham at New Orleans.
Atlanta at Mobile.
Memphis at Little Rock.
Nashville at Chattanooga.
South Atlantic League
Columbia at Greenville,
Macon at Columbus,
Jacksonville at Savannah.
Augusta at Charleston.
Georgia-Florida League
Tallahassee at Cordele.
Thomasville at Moultrie,
Valdosta at Albany.
Americus at Waycross.
Georgia State League
Jesup at Douglas.
Vidalia at Baxley.
Fitzgerald at Tifton.
Dublin at Eastman. 3
Georgia-Alabama League
Carrollton at Opelika.
LaGrange at Newnan (2).
Valley at Alexander City.
Griffin at Rome.
TOMORROW’'S MAJOR LEAGUE
SCHEDULE:
National League -
Pittsburgh at Boston. ¥
St. Louis at Brooklyn,
Chicago at New York.
Cineinnati at Philadelphia.
American League ‘
Washington at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Boston at Detroit.
YESTERDAY
STARS
By The Associated Press
BATTING: Johnny Hopp, Pir
ates—collected six hits in six times
at bat to lead the Pirates to a 16-
victory in the second game of &
doubleheader with Chicago. The
Bucs also won the opener, €-5.
PITCHING: Bobby Shantz, Ath
letics—allowed only four hits in
five and two thirds innings of re
lief against the New York Yan
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Crackers
Back In
Ist Place
BY HUGH SCHUTTE
Associated Press Sports Writer
The Atlanta Crackers, not
fooled by. Mobile’s ‘“‘new
look,” moved to the top of
the Southern Association to
gy,
The Crackers knew the shorts
clad Bears for their ‘“‘cousins”-and
rang up their fourth victory in five
outings. The tight, 3-2, game was
enlivened for the 4,977 fans, largest
crowd to turn out on Sunday in
Mobile this season, when leadoff
man Forrest Jacobs stepped to the
plate and then backed off to pull
out a compact and powder his nose
and knees.
Memphis halted Little Rock’s
one-game win streak with a pair
of decisive victories, 16-0, 9-4.
Chattanooga ‘and Nashville split a
twinbill by the same score, 3-1.
The Lookouts won the opener and
Nashville’s Vols the darkness-halt
ed, five-inning afterpiece. New
Orleans edged Birmingham, 5-4, in
the first game of a doubleheader
and the second game was called
because of rain in the third inning
with the score tied, 1-1.
Five Hitter
Al Henencheck hurled five-hit
ball for the Crackers and helped
win his own game when he singled
in Al Aucoin who had led off the
second inning with & double.
Aucoin parked one over the left
field sign in the sixth and scored
what proved to be the ,winning
tally. Atlanta got the first run
when Gene Verble led off with a
home run.
Mobile, after being set down in
order until the fifth when Walt
Moryn doubled, scored two in the
sixth on Walt Rogers’ long triple.
The Bears put two on in the ninth
when Rusty Morgan bobbled Rog
ers’ grounder and Moryn singled,
but Henencheck stopped them
right there, g .
”:i-lérrer'acPherson will hurl for
Atlanta tonight and Pete Wojey
will be on the mound for the Bears.
The Chicks, who, started Little
Rock off on their Southern As
sociation record-breaking losing
streak April 19, put them two
games on the way to arother as a
pair of bonus hurlers, Gus Keria
zakos and Frank Hamlin, came
through. : o
Keriazakos tossed a three-hitter
and blanked the Travs in the open
er while the Chicks were pounding
out 17 safeties including homers
by Ollie Kelly and Rocky Krsnich.
In the nightcap, Hamlin gave up
10 hits including Glenn Me-
Quillen’s circuit blow, but Mem
phis bunched 13 safeties off two
Peb throwers.
Major League
l.eaders
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting — Dropo, Boston .400;
Doby, Cleveland, .396.
Runs — DiMaggio and Pesky,
Boston, 24.
Runs Batted In—Stephens, Bos
ton, 29; Williams, Boston, 28.
Hits — DiMaggio, Boston, 36;
Stephens, Boston, 34,
Doubles—Zarilla and Stephens,
Boston and Kryhoski, Detroit, 8.
Triples — Mapes and Henrich,
New York, Dillinger, Philadelphia,
and Doerr, Boston, 4.
Home Runs—Williams, Boston,
9; Rosen, Cleveland, 8.
Strikeouts — Lemon, Cleveland,
28; McDermott, Boston, 24.
Pitching — Stobbs, Boston, 2-0,
1.000; Parnell, Boston, and Houtte
man, Detroit, 4-1 .800.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting—Musial, St. Louis, .467;
Sisler, Philadelphia, .382.
Runs—Jones, Philadelphia, 24;
Jethroe, Boston, 23.
Runs Batted In-—Ennis, Phila
d;lphia, 26; Jones, Philadelphia,
23.
Hits—Jethroe, Boston, and Mu
sial, St. Louis, 35, .
' Doubles—Musial, St. Louis, 1i;
Robinson, Brooklyn, 9.
Triples—Jethroe, and Kerr, Bos
ton, 3.
Home Runs—Gordon, Boston, 8;
Kiner, Pittsburgh, and Jones, Phil
adelphia 7.
Strikeouts — Roberts, Philadel
phig, 31; Spahn, Boston, 27.
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'NEWLY-ELECTED SENATOR—Sam Dente, left, and Manager
!Bucky Harris welcomed Merrill Combs, obtained by the Washington
club from the Red Sox. Dente switched to second base to make
room for hig minor-league dquble-play partner at shortstop.
Bat Work By Musial
Keeps Cards Second
BY JOE REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
If Stan Musial isn’t the greatest hitter in baseball today,
then his figures are mighty deceptive. At that, some of his
slugging feats this season have been almost unbelievable.
One look at Musial’s sky-scrap
ing 467 batting mark and it is
easy to understand why the St.
Louis Cardinals are in second place
only a half length behind the pace
setting Philadelphia Phils.
The mighty Cardinal ace smack
ed a single, double and triple yes
terday to lead St. Louis to an 8-7
triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.
He drove in a run and scored
twice.
Musial now has hit safely in all
but two of the 19 games he’s play
ed. One hitless game can be dis
counted because he appeared only
as a pinch hitter. In another hit
less effort he was stopped by
Pittsburgh’s Cliff Chambers on the
second day of the season.
Red Munger was the winner, al
though he nearly blew an early 8-
1 lead. The Reds came back stead
ily, leaving the potential tying and
winning runs on the beses in the
ninth inning when Al Brazle re
tired Red Stallcup for the last out.
Ken Raffensberger dropped his
fifth game in six decisions.
Johnny Hopp, veteran Pitts
burgh first baseman, enjoyed the
best batting day of his major lea
gue career as the Pirates swept
both ends of a doubleheader from
the Cubs in Chicago, -5 and 16-9.
Hopp collected six hits in six times
at bat in the second game. He
smashed two home runs, drove in
three runs and scored three times.
In all, the Pirates registered 21
hits off six pitchers to win the sec
ond game in a breeze, but it took
a pinch single by rookie George
Strickland with the bases loaded
in the ninth to pull the first game
out of the fire. Strickland drove
in the tying and winning runs to
end a three-game Pittsburgh los
ing streak,
The six-game winning streak of
the Phillies went by the boards
when the New York Giants won a
4-3 thriller in the opener of a dou=
bleheader in Philadelphia. Succes
sive triples by Willie Jones and
Dick Sisler had the tying run on
third with only one out in the
ninth. Larry Jansen, however, bore
down to retire the next two batters
without a score.
The Phils came from behind a
6-1 deficit to forge ahead, 9-7, at
the end of eight innings of the
nightcap. The game was halted at
this point by the Pennsylvania
curfew law. Under new National
League rules, it will be resumed
from that point on when the two
teams meet again in Philadelphia.
Until then, the game will not fig
ure in the standings. o
Walker Cooper continued his
heavy hitting since joining Boston,
but he could not prevent the
Brooklyn Dodgers from gaining a
6-4 triumph over the Braves.
Cooper, who drove in five runs
against the Dodgers Saturday with
a homér and double, collected an
other four-bagger as weil as a pair
of single in four times at bat. War
ren Spahn, Boston’s ace lefthander,
however, was not up to par. He
was slugged for seven hits and
five runs before retiring after four
innings.
Lefty Hal Newhouser, long the
kingpin of Detroit’s pitching staff,
ran into heavy going in his first
I start as the St. Louis Browns tam
ed the Tigers, 7-3. The 28-year
old veteran, sidelined for a month
because of a sore (left shoulder,
lasted only three innings. He al
lowed four hits, five runs, walked
four and fanned two.
PEE WEE REESE HURT
BROOKLYN, May 15.—(AP)—
Pee Wee Reese, captain and short
stop of the Brooklyn Dodgers, col=
lided with Jackie Robinson in the
fifth inning of Saturday’s game
against the Boston Braves and
left the field.
Both were going after a pop fly
by Sibby Sisti with Robinson
making the catch. Reese apparent
1y was unhurt but he was taken
out for a pinch-hitter in the Dod
ger half of the inning.
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Comer Routs Red Birds
To Remain In Ist Place
Comer came from behind yesterday in the seventh to
down Athens, 11-4, and move ahead by one and one-half
games in first place in the Independent League.
Athens jumped off to a 1-0 lead
in their half of the second but
Comer tied it up when they came
to bat in that same frame. Athens
scored one more run in the third
and then put across their last two
tallies in the fifth. Going into the
seventh inning, Comer was trail
ing 4-2 but managed to get a
rally started in that inning and
scored five runs, and then scored
four more in the eighth.
Jamess Tucker went the distance
on the mound for Comer, with
John Tillitski behind the plate un
til he was relieved in the ninth by
Gholston Kidd. Johnny Simmons
started on the hill for Athens but
he was relieved in the seventh by
Leonard Fowler, who was credited
with the loss.. Fowler started in
the catcher’s position for Athens
but he was replaced by Bobby
Booth when he was called on for
mound duty.
Cecil Bullock led the Comer at
tack with two safeties in two offi
cial trips to the plate. Donald Parr
led for Athens with two hits in
three times at bat.
For Comer—eleven runs on sev
en hits. For Athens—iour runs on
twelve hits.
. Walton Mills—Bogart
Things were hot in Bogart yes
terday as the Walton Mills nine
from Monroe took the homelings
10-4 for their fifth win of the
season.
“Red” Mosley went the distance
on the mound for Walton Mills to
give them their fifth win of the
season and a tie with Farmington
for fifth place in the standings.
Gene Queen held down the catch
ing duties for Monroe. Billy Ber
rell went the full nine on the
mound for Bogart with Charlie
Johnson behind the plate.
Lamar Stephens led the Walton
Mills attack with two doubles and
two singles in five official irips to
the plate. Bill Bomar had two
hits in four times up for Bogart
to lead them. Eli Marichich col
lected a double in four times at
bat for Bogart for their only ex
tra base hit of the day.
BY SONNY HUFF
For Walton Mills—ten runs,
twelve hits and one error. For Bo
gart — four runs, four hits and
three errors. )
In other games yesterday, Dia
mond Hill was leading Farming
ton 3-0 when the game was called
after one and one-third innings be
‘cause of rain, This game will be
played off at a later date.
Colbert beat Watkinsville 27-4
(unofficial score) and Statham did
not have a game scheduled yes
terday.
Standings:
Team W. L. Pct. Gb.
Gomer.'. ... %v & 810 4
Watkinsville ... 6 3 667 1%
Colbert .~ ... 87, 4. 500 2
Stathdm ...... 50 & 506 2%
Walton Mills .. 5 5 500 3
xFarmington .. 4 4 500 3
xDiamond Hill . 4 5 444 3%
Atheng .. .. 0. 583 8 R 4
Bogart ciieensia 2 12208 B
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MONDAY, MAY 15, 1954
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Dillard, Glass
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Win Blind Bogey
Glenn Dillard and Luther G 53
won the blind bogey at the At}
ens Country Club over the week.-
end, with net scores of 85.
There was a two-way tie for
second between Al Wilson and 11
C. Harris, The score for runner.
up honors was 74. Choke Corneli
son won third prize with a ne
score of 84.
The blind bogey is held at Ihe
Country Club every week-eng
Entrance fee is fifty cents.
NEW CAGE LEAGUE
CHICAGO, May 15— (AP) —
The National Professional Baskei
ball League was organized ai 4
special meeting today with a mem
bership of six charter members
and applications pending from 12
others,