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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT BANNER - HERALD 808 OLIVER, SPORTS EDITOR Five Of Top Ten AL Batters Are Red Sox CHICAGO, June 13.—(AP)—The Boston Red Sox are proving that it takes more than power at the plate to top the American League. They have five regulars among the leading ten batters—but still are in third place, 514 games out of first. : Detroit's third sacker, George Kell, who shaded Ted Williams for the 1949 Dbatting crown, has wormed into the lead with .381. He is only two points ahead of Boston's Walt Dropo who has .379. Cleveland’s Larry Doby, last week's leader, skidded 33 points to @ fourth place .362. Hoot Evers of Detroit is third with .363. After Doby come four Red Sox in succession—Al Zarilla with .361, Johnny Pesky, .349, Pom DiMaggio, .341, and Williams, 253, . Only three Boston regulars are out of the top ten but remain def inite contenders in the batting race. Catcher Birdie Tebbetts and shortstop Verne Stephens are in the .300 bracket and second base man Bobby Doerr is approaching that figure after a slump. Stephens also is pressing the leadess in runs gcored, hits and home runs as well as sharing the runs-batted-in lead with Williams, each with 61. Following Williams in the bat ting parade are Johnny Groth of Detroit with .332 and Phil Rizzuto of New York with .330 to complete the first ten. Williams kept ahead in homer feroduction with 18 and took the ad in runs with 55, Kell has the most hits, 75, and two-baggers with 18. Doby and Philadelphia’s Bob Dillinger are tied in base geallng with five thefts apiece. ill.ager also shares the lead in gieples with New York’s Tommy nrich, each with six. Tommy Byrne of New York still had the best pifching record with 9-1 for .875. Another Yankee, Al lie Reynolds, remained the strike out leader with 62. 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To enter your team, or for in formation, call the Recreation De ggrtment after 2 o’clock—phone 13 Fights Last Nite By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO —Lex Layne, 193 1-2, Lewiston, Utah, knocked out Bob Dunlap, 176, Oakland, Calif. (9). PHILADELPHIA — Gene Bur ton, 148, New York, outpointed Honeychile Johnson, 149 1-2, Phil adelphia (8). WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass — Joe Lindsay, 193, Brooklyn, out pointed Art Henri, 188, Jamaica, N. Y. (10). TOLEDO — Georgia .. Sugar Costner, 150, Camden, N. J., out pointed Charlie Cotton, 150, Tol edo, (10). NEW HAVEN — Tommy Col lins, 122, Boston, outpointed Ed die )Compo, 128 1-2, New Haven (10). H l 1 P BY JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer Seriously disturbed by Detroit’s solid strength, the New York Yankees are hopeful of making a major deal before the Thursday midnight deadline. s The world champions have more respect than ever for the Tigers after watching them bounce back from two Yankee Stadium defeats to win the finale and then, sweep three straight at Boston. Many of the Yanks now regard the Tigers Instead of the Red Sox as “the team to beat.” Boston lost plenty of prestige by drepping four in a row after rolling up that 29-4 record score on St. Louis last week. Pitching is the big Yankee prob lem. It’s the same story in Boston. The difference is that New York owns excess talent that could help other clubs. In that category go second base man George Stirnweiss, eptcher Ralph Houk or Gus Nias¥os, pitch er Don Johnson #d an outfielder. The Yaakes pHching situation is desperate. Johnson, sidelined by a #&in ailment, remained in New York when the club headed west. That left Casey Stengel with sev en pitchers, including Joe Page and Duane Pillette. The latter just recalled from Kansas City. Page. troubled by a sinus condition, has pitched only one inning since Junc 3. A look at the June records em phasizes Detroit’s sizzling pace. Although they still trail the Yanks by a half game in the won and lost columns, they're out front by .002 in percentage points. Since they left Briggs Stadium, the Tigers have won 10 and lost two. It is well known that Detroit is a superior road team. Now they dig in at home for 18 games, start ing with three against the Phila delphia A’s. The Red Sox, winning only six of 11 at Fenway Park against the west, ventures into the badlands where they have failed so miser ably in the past. First stop for the Sox, now a fading third, is Cleve land. Then comes Detroit. The Yanks break in easy with SHE 0 P 23 e ) &) on \)V STARDINGS o SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION W L Pt ATLANTA ......... 40 18 118 Birmingham ........ 34 22 .607 Memphis .........s 31 28 544 New Orleans ...... 29 27 518 Nashville .......... 28 27 .509 Mobll@ ... ievises 20 30 408 Chattanooga ...... 26 32 .448 Tittle Rock ........ 10 44 .188 three at Chicago and four at St. Louis before riding inte Cleveland and Detroit on their 13-game jaunt. They took 8 of 13 at the stadium against the western teams. Despite the telephone number scores at Boston, the St. Louis fßrowns won 7 of 12 in the east. rNow they open at home against Washington. With Branch Rickey still scout ing the circuit for pitching help, Brooklyn comes .home to play 16 games at Ebbets Field, trailing St. Louis bv two full games, Eddie Dyer’s Cardinals piled up an 8-3 record at Sportsman’s Park. Now they face a long tough 17-game road strip, opening in Thifadelphia tonight. The New York Giants were the sensations of the league until they hit St. Louis and dropped a three game series. Now they come home to the Polo Grounds, where they have played poorly all season, to open against Pittsburgh. In the west, Leo Durocher’s boys stepped at an 8-4 pace. - Despite a better-than-. 500 rec ord of 5-4 in the west, the Philadel phia Phils lost ground in the race. They went away second by 1 1-2 games and came home third by 2 1-2. First team in is St. Louis. Chicago righted itself above the 500 mark after a dip below during the Giants series, and is now tied for fourth place. The Cubs are the real surprises of the league, only six games off the pace. Brooklyn is their first stop. it 3 Boston got off to a terrific road start in Pittsburgh but tailed off and came home tied for fourth with the Cubs after winning five and losing seven to the west. The Braves get a chance to recoup with Cincinnati leading the inva sion for three games. - mvf.\-11-;elrr—l?s'@vi‘l'l be played under ares tonight, including a twilight night doubleheader at St. Louis. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League (No games scheduled). National League (No games scheduled). Southern Association Birmingham 8, Little Rock 6. Nashville 4, Mobile 2. New Orleans 4, Chattanooga 3. Atlanta 4, Memphis 3. South Atlantic League Charleston 2, Columbia 1. Greenville 7-7, Augusta 6-3. Macon 5, Savannah 3. Columbus 8, Jacksonville 1. TODAY’S SCHEDULES National League Chicago at Brooklyn (night). Pittsburgh at New York (night). St. Louis at Philadelphia (night). Cincinnati at Boston (night). = American League New York at Chicago (night). Philadelphia at Detroit (night). Boston at Cleveland (night). Washington at St. Louis (2) (night). : Southern Association Little Rock at Birmingham (night). Nashville at Mobile (night). Chattanooga at New Orleans (night). 5T Memphis at Atlanta (night). South Atlantic League Charleston at Columbia. Augusta at Greenville. Savannah at Macon. Jacksonville at Columbus. TOMORROW’'S SCHEDULE American League New York at Chicago. Washington at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland (night). National League Cincinnati at Boston (night). Chicago at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia (night). FREE! Visitors’ sy GUIDE To , NEW YORK! Contains illustrated map of entire city, showing bus and subway lines, with photos and information on where to go, how to ?et there. Your» FREE! Simply write Dept. BH And When You Visit New York- Why not stay at the King Edward and enjoy the finest ~ it costs no more! 300 rooms. with bath, radio, telee vision, One block from sth Avenue or Broadway, a few steps to Radio City. 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Baptist, Optimist Club Win In Softball League Play Prince Avenue Baptist Church and the Optimist Club both im proved their standings in the Mun=- icipal Softball League by winning tilts in last night’s play at Legion Park. Prince Avenue Baptist whipped Athens Manufacturing Company, 26-14, and the Optimists trimmed the Jaycees, 11-2, for their fifth straight triumph. The Optimists are now leading the Municipal League with a per fect 5-0 record, and their closest competitor is the Oconee Street ntne NN\G £ 7 PxS : N IS ARV BF i, T m—— i r \ ==, D - Gy | W el i E \.. N——7— | W, . == ¢ i e | Elecrp ¢ (| IC Ry i) “& ‘“iﬂ W L %‘ Y Moy Way» oy R | STogy - \= ONLY :;N/ A P o () V) N z: R )A o A e l . - ‘ LD 4 casn i i _ EASY SREDIT TERMS Price does not include Kitchen Stool Ao Plug and Cord Set Extra The ! Range at a Little Price e i ¥ ; Here’s big range eapacity at low cost— t COOK ELECTRICALLY smartly designed to fit the modern kitchen! 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Pilots Explain Losing Streaks BY STERLING SLAPPEY Associated Press Sports Writer A reporter edged toward Jack Saltzgaver of the Liti]e Rock Travs in early May and while still at a safe distance shyly asked: “Mr. Saltzgaver, how do you explain why your team has lost so many games?” ) At that point Little Rock had lost only 18 games in a row. The Travs eventually made it a recora breaking 21. Saltzgaver didn’t reach for a fungo as tne reporter expected. Instead, he glanced to high heaven and said quietly: “When we get good pitching, we don’t hit. When we hit, we don’t get pitching.” Another reporter edged toward Paul Chervinko of the . Mobile Bears in early June and while still at a safe distance shyly asked: “Mr. Chervinko. How do you ex plain why your team has lost so many games?” At that point Mobile had lost only 10 games in a row. The Bears eventually made it 11, Chervinko quietly answered: “When we get good pitching, we don’t hit.” When we hit, we don’t get pitching.” 4 A Both gentlemen were telling identical truths at the time. And Paul Chervinko can say it again. Last night Mobile outhit Nash ville by far but look at the kind WHEN CASH IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEMS oneYZY?u'qeed ,l[ RS : %o consolidate ’l B your bills. For seasonal Syl ‘ ~ ‘expenses, -or for any other — ‘:'f?",; worthwhile purpose. 9 \,) :5 “ } Phone first so your money can be waiting for you, - Loans up to S2OOO COMMUNITY Lloan &“Investment CORPORATION Rooms 102-104, Shackleford Buiiding - 215 College Avenue, Athens—Telephone 1371 W Investment Certificates Pay 3% Per Annum 7 TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1950, of pitching the Bears got. Charley Eisenman and Tom Lakos gave Nashville only four hits but they gave away nine bases on balls anq allowed the Vols to use their skim py hits to perfeetion. Nashville scored four times on its four hits while .Mobile .could .score .only three times on 11. Obviously Chervinko’s lineup shuffling has paid off. Before e game he ordered outfielder Jim Williams to third base and put third baseman Walt Rogers -t short. He's officiated at many extra batting sessions and hitting has improved. 3 Jim Romano, who handed Chat tanooga a game last week on nine walks, meets Nashville’s Bop Schultz tonight. Just how valuable fs Birming. ham’s Fred Hatfield? He's won two of the last three Baron games in the mninth inning with homers, Last night’s four bagger was his fourteenth of the seasen and won for .the .Barons .8-8 .ever Little Rock.

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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, June 13, 1950, Home Edition, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8