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BANNER - HERALD
808 OLIVER, SPORTS EDITOR
John Parsons Takes
Indianapolis Affair
{ By DALE BURGESS
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31—(AP)
olt was top billing for Johnny
Parsons in the auto racing world
today,
The one-time child vaudeville
star added the 500-mile Memorial
Day race wictory yesterday to his
1949 Natienal Driving Champion
ship.
The blue-eyed, slender pilot
from Vam Nuys, Calif., got an as
sist from & rainstorm that stopped
the oontest at 345 miles. But he
pad drivem that far faster than
gny ear had traveled in 33 previ
ous “5005."
Parsons drove a Harlem yellow
Kurtis-Kraft.
He and Mauri Rose of South
Bend, Ia“l}.l, three-time winner,
swapped the lead four fimes in
the first 275 miles. The third time
Rose zipped past Parsons on the
main straightaway. Parsons
whooshed around Rose about 100
feet down the track—driving with
ene hand and waving to the crowd.
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Johnny Parsons of Van Nuys, Calif., is declared the
¢ winner of the Memorial Day automobile race on the In
| dianapolis Speedway and gets a.big hug from Movie
Actress Barbara Stanwyck. Johnny has just pulled into
the winner’s stall. Behind him and Barbara is the win
ner’s trophy. Judges stopped the 500-miie race at the
' 345-mile mark because of rain and awarded first-place
laurels to Parsons.— (AP Wirephoto.)
There's Room For Both
F Athens City Lines, Inc. and employees want to serve the people
of Athens bus transportation needs — We don’t want to purchase
# 15¢ jitney cab eompany that was offered to us—Athens needs a
safe dependable bus service — They need a regulated - metered
legitimate taxi serviee as other progressive cities have—
[ Both services could prosper if your City Council handles this
transportation problem June 6—whereby unfair competition and
labor practices are stopped and jitney cabs are regulated and me
tered—
' Advise your Mayor and Council that you feel your bus system
is necessary in Athens,
ATHENS CITY LINES, INC. & EMPLOYEES
- It was only the second Indiana
polis race for Parsons, who ran
second last year to Bill Holland of
Reading, Pa. Parsons’ speed was
124.002 miles an hour for the dis
tance although the caution light
elved the field to 90 miles an hour
for nearly five minutes after the
rain started.
It took nine hours for the Amer
ican Automobile Association tim
ers to determine who was second.
Tony Bettenhausen of Tinley
Park, 111,, had been given the run
nerup spot on the unofficial fig
ures, but the official report took.
a lap away from him and dropped
him into fifth. Bettenhausen was
driving relief for Joie Chitwood
of Reading, Pa., in thie Wolfe spe
cial.
The revision moved Holland into
second, giving him three seconds
and a championship in four tries.
The recheck also placed Rose in
third place, ahead of Cecil Green
of Houston, Tex., by 99-100 of a |
second. |
Optimists Beat
Profs, 12 To 5
The Dptimist Club used six innings to full advantage last
night to whip the University Professors, 12 to 5, at Legion
Park in the second night of Municipal League play. The
game was rained out with the Profs at bat in the sixth
frame,
~ The Optimists banked out 14
hits off two Prof hurlers, four of
‘them by their pitcher, G. Saye.
Sam Smith hit a long home run
for the Optimists, while Horne had
a triple.
Walter Danner, with two for
three including a triple, was the
leading batter for the Profs. They
got only six hits altogether, in
cluding another three-bagger by
Herndon.
Tonight’s schedule finds Mon
day’s winners again meeting the
two losers. The Junior Chamber
of Commerce plays Oconee Street
Methodist Church at 8 o’clock.
Athens Manufacturing Company
meets Coca-Cola at 7 o’clock. Oco
nee Methodist and Athens Manu-‘
facturing won Monday tilts. |
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Major League
Leaders
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By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Batting — Doby, Cleveland, .398;
Lehner, Philadelphia, ,372.
Runs — DiMaggio, Boston, 40;
Stephens, Red Sox, 38.
Runs Batted In—Stephens, Bos
ton, 47; Williams, Boston, 41,
Hits — DiMaggio, Boston, 57;
Stephens, Boston, 52.
| Doubles — Kell, Detroit, 13;
- Wertz, Detroit, 11.
Triples—Henrich, New York, 6;
Mapes, New York, and Dillinger,
Philadelphia, 5.
Home Runs—Williams, Boston,
11; Dropo and Stephens, Boston,
and Rosen, Cleveland, 10.
Stolen Bases—Dillinger, Phila
delphia, 5; DiMaggio, Boston, and
Doby, Cleveland, 4.
Strikeouts — Reynolds, New
York, 42; Lemon, Cleveland, 40.
Pitching—Byrne, New York, 5-1,
.833; Hudson, Washington, 6-2,
180,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Batting—Musial, St. Louis, .415;
Hopp, Pittsburgh, .388.
Runs—~Glaviano, St. Louis, 35:
Jethroe, Boston, and Jones, Phil
adelphia, 31.
Runs Batted In—Sauer, Chica
go, 34; Kiner, Pittsburgh, and El
liott, Boston
Hits — Musial, St. Louis, 54;
Robinson, Brooklyn, and Sisler,
Philadelphia, 48.
Doubles — Robinson, Brooklyn,
16; Musial, St. Louis, 15.
Triples — Slaughter, St. Louis;
Jethroe, Boston, and Ashburn,
Philadelphia, 4. =
Home Runs—Kinér, Pittsburgh,
9; Elliott and Gordon, Boston;
Patko, Chicago, and Jones, Phil
adelphia, 8.
Stolen Bases—Jethroe and Tor
geson, Boston; Snider and Reese,
Brooklyn, and Terwilliger, Chica
go, b.
Strikeouts — Roberts, Philadel
phia, 51; Spahn, Boston, 42,
Pitching — Rush, Chicago, 6-1,
.857; Bankhead and Banta, Brook
lyn, 4-1, .800.
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Totals. .oy, 207 5 8
Optimists 502 320 —l2
Professors 020 21x — 5 !
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out.
2B — Thomason., 3B — Horne,
Danner, Herndon. HR—Smith. E
—Optimists 2, Professors 9.
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SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
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ATLANTA —~—— 31 14 ..888
Birmingham ..,....., 27 18 ,660
Mempis. ... .iviie 2B 48 598
Mobhie . ....... i 2030 BT
New Orleans ...... 24 18 .558
Nashville ...... 0., 14 24 429
Chattaniooga ... x 4 18 .29 3B
‘Little Rrock. ..., i B 38 3el
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Savannahl' ....i 0 - 20-21 580
Columbla ....,;... 28328 .588
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Charleston '..:..,... 22 28 440
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Jacksonville ~.....: 20 81 .392
Breenville .0........ 20 32 .398 b
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Washington ........ 19 17 .528
Philadelphia ........ 14 24 368
COICERE . vivivie iR 43 1801
Bt loms .. 8 25 42
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Philadelphia ........ 22 15 - .5685
BOStan ..o ier 28 043
Chiean .00, 00 18 10 098
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New York ... 80, 22 20 375
Cincinnatt ...... ... 1025 286
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 7-6, Philadelphia 6-4.
Boston 7-3, New York 2-10.
St. Louis 17-8, Pittsburgh 13-5.
Cincinnati 4-4, Chicago 1-7.
AMERICAN LEAGUEZE
New York 11-5, Boston 7-3.
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Cleveland 4-2, Detroit 0-5.
Chicago 14-12, St. Louis 2-9.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
New Orleans 9, Little Rock 8
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Atlanta 10, Nashville 4.
Birmingham 14, Chattanooga 5.
Memphis 11, Mobile 7.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Savannah 5-0, Greenville 3-2.
Jacksonville 3, Columbia 1.
Other games postponed.
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE
Vidalia-Lyons 4, Baxley-Hazle
hurst 1.
Fitzgerald 5, Tifton 0.
Jesup at Douglas postponed wet
grounds.
Dublin at Eastman postponed
rain.
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE
Carrollton 13, Alex City 10 (call
ed end sth rain).
Newnan 6, Opelika 1.
Rome 10, LaGrange 3 (10 in
nings).
Griffin 10, Valley 4.
GECRGIA-FLORIDA LEAGUE
Moultrie 4-4, Cordele 2-7.
Tallahassee 11-4, Thomasville
3-6.
Valdosta at Americus postponed
rain.
Albany 8, Waycross 2.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE :
No games scheduled.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Memphis at Mobile (night).
Only game scheduled.
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BY JOE REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
Memorial Day, 1950, will long be remembered by 83 punch drunk pitchers who v, A
pounded for 40 home runs and shelled for 191 runs yesterday as the hitters went
the biggest single day batting rampage in baseball history.
An aggregate paid attendance of 284,326 who sat in on the doubleheader massac).,
at the eight big league ball parks saw the following records smashed:
1. Most runs in both leagues on
the same day—4o.
2. Most runs scored in both
leagues on the same day—l9l.
3. Most hits made in both
leagues on the same day—333.
4. Most pitchers used in both
leagues on the same day—B3.
5. Most home huns hit in the
National League in one day—24,
Wher the smoke cleared away,
it was found that the New York
Yankees had whipped the Boston
Red Sox twice, 11-7 and 5-3, to
increase their American League
lead to three games over the De
troit Tigers. Detroit divided a pair
with Cleveland, winning the sec
ond game, 5-2, after the Indians
had won the first, 4-0. 4
Brooklyn replaced Philadelphia
at the top in the National League,
thrashing the Phils twice, 7-6 in
ten innings and 6-4. The St. Louis
Cardinals also swept past the
Phils, moving into second place a
game behind Brooklyn by trounc
*i;ng Pittsburgh twice, 17-13 and
Chicago’s White Sox pounded
out a double victory over the St.
Louis Browns, 14-2 and 12-9. Phil
adelphia’s Athletics* defeated
Washington, 5-1, after the Sena
tors had won the opener, 4-3. In
the National, Boston beat New
York, 7-3. Cincinnati and Chicago
also split. The Reds won the first,
;-:, and the Cubs took the second,
Pity the poor pitchers. When
they weren’t throwing home run
balls or ducking line drives, they
were handing out free tickets to
first base. In all they walked 160
batters, an average of 10 per game.
The White Sox and Browns set
a new American League record
when they used 12 pitchers in the
second geme of their doublehead
er. The Browns used five and the
Sox seven.
Dick Weik of Washington walk
ed eight batters in less than three
innings. Brooklyn’s Rex Barney
walked six in two. The Browns’
Ned Garver and Cliff Fannin also |
walked six as did Boston’s Walter
Masterson and Brooklyn’s Jaek
Banta. How Larry Jansen of the
Giants got involved ir. yesterday’s
shenanigans is hard to figure. He
was the only hurler to pitch a
walkless game.
In all, only eight of the 32 start
ers were still around at the finish.
Cleveland’s Bob Lemon hurled the
only shutout, a seven-hit affair.
Art Houtteman, his losing oppo
nent, also went the distance. Hal
Newhouser joined Houtteman as
the two Detroit route-goers by
holding the Indians to five hits
for his third straight triumph in
the nightcap. Others to go «ll the
way were Ken Raffensberger,
Reds; Johnny Sain, Braves; Ellis
Kinder, Red Sox; Bob Kuzaca,
White Sox.. Bob Hooper, Athle
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‘ Thirty five players slammed the
| 40 homers which topped the pre
vious high of 32 set in 15 games
on June 13, 1937. Two dozen were
hit in the National, bettering the
previous high of 20 hits on June
|l9, 1938. Duke Snider slammed
'three successive, round. trippers
|for the Dodgers. All came in the
second game, The outfielder miss
ed by four feet hitting four homers
in a row. He got a single on a line
drive just below the top of the
right field screen.
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Tourney In
fCrucial Stage
The crucial game in Athens
YMCA Prep-Midget softball tourn
ament is scheduled for this after=
noon at 5:30 with the Lop Heads
and Whippets battling for the
tourney crown,
Tonight’s winner will vie in the
IYMCA World Series with the Slug
gers to determine the class champ
ionship. First game of the series
begins immediately following the
tourney play-off tonight.
The Lop Heads and Whippets
split last night in the first of the
three-game play-off. The Lop
'Heads took the first game, 6-2,
'while the Whippets came back
with a 10-6 victory. The World
Series will be a three-out-of-five
play-off.
Pitches 3-Hitfer
In the first game last night Bob
Dunéan, winning pitcher, gave up
three hits while Donald Carnes,
of the Whippets, allowed four
safeties. Duncan hit a triple while
Duane belted a homer,,
In the second game bick Car
teaux, winning moundsman, gave
up six hits while Jimmy Williams,
losing hurler, was knocked for 14
safeties. Duane was top batter
with a perfect three for three. Hit
ting a homer for the winners was
William Fowler while Williams
and Pat Epps homered for the Lop
Heads.
The Cub Class World Series
opens tomorrow afternoon with a
double-header beginning at 3:45.
The Terrible Ten, league leader,
and Knot Heads, tourney winner, |
will vie for championship honors.
FIGHTS' LAST NIGHT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Billy
Kilgore, 168, Miami, stopped Lou |
Rousse, 162, New Orleans, 5.
QUEBEC, — Ted Bussey, 151,
Detroit, outpointed Roy Wouters,
159, Vancouver, B. C., 10. i
WEDNESDAY, MAY 81, 193
YESTER
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By The Associated Press
Batting: Duke Snider, Dodgers —
Walloped three successive home:«
and missed a fourth by four feet
to lead Brooklyn to a 6-4 secon
game triumph over the Phildlicl
phia Phillies. The Dodgers also
won the opener 7-6 in 10 inning..
Pitching: Bob Lemon, Indian:
Shut out the Tigers, 4-0, on seer
hits as the Indians divided a tv i
bill with Detroit, The Tigers wor
the second game, 5-2.
Poss, Hollis, Dudley
‘Win Blind Bogey Cols
Three men tied for the blind
bogey at the Country Club over
the week-end, reports Pro R. 1.
Hubert.
Bob Poss, Howell Hollis and
Gordon Dudley had net 775, which
nailed the winning score on the
head.
Tied for second, with net 75,
were Tommy Gerdine, King Craw -
ford, Glenn Dillard, Joe Neighbor:
C. D. Welch, Joe Wickliffe znd
Edsel Benson,
The rotating earth speeds up oc
casionally, then slows down a lii
tle, but nobody knows why. Using
records of eclipses back to Babv
lonian times, astronomers {fin:
that, in the long run, it is sloving
down.
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