PAGE FOUR
TODAY'S SPORTS PARADE
By OSCAR FRALEY h
' NEW YORK ilP*—Being named
the most valuable player in their ;
respective leagues did nothing last ;
season to settle the hot debate as
to whether Roy Campanella or Yo
gi Berra was the best catcher in
:the major leagues.
But with Yankee Yogi fretting on
the sidelines because of a bruised
hand as the 1952 campaign broke
from the barrier. Campanella prov
ed swiftly that he was out to make j
all the hay possible while the sun ;
was shining on his side of the
street.
. All that burly Roy of the Brook
lyn Dodgers did in his first two
‘fames was drive in six runs and
*|am six hits, in eight trips to the
plate for a- .750 average.
Naturally, continuation of such a
pace is impossible, but it could set
a - tempo of success in Campanula's
drive to be recognized as base
ball’s best backstop.
Right now you can provide a hot
argument at any given moment by
choosing one or the other. Person
al! v. X would have to give Campa
nella the edge.
There is small doubt that before
their respective careers are ended
both Campanella and Berra will
be ranked with the all-time stars >
Feathers Gene Smith,
Chavez Scrap Tonight
WASHINGTON OP! Unbeaten
Gene Smith, stocky, hard-hitting
Washington featherweight, ■ was fa
vored today to continue his all
winning way tonight against Fa
bela Chavez of Hollywood, Calif.
Chavez has lost only twice in 24
fights. —"
Both Sjjnith and Chavez would
like a'jjbot at Sandy Saddler’s
crown. .’Bhey will have to wait at
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of the mask and mitt, stars on a
par with Mickey Cochrane, Bill
Dickey and others of thefr receiv
ing excellence.
Last season. Campanella held an
edge over Berra in all offensive de-
Dartments with 33 homers. 108 runs
batted in. and an average of .325.
Berra won his most valuable
award on 27 homers. 88 runs bat
ted in and a .294 average.
There can be small doubt that
Campanella has the better throw
ing arm. but Yogi may have a dis
putable edge in handling pitchers.
Over the years. Berra is more or
less accepted as the better hitter.
Berra has youth on his side in
the long run battle for a place
above, below’ or equal to Campa
nella in baseballs history book. At
27 he is three years younger than
the Dodger catcher.
Campanella also has been kick
ing around baseball since his ten
der teens, and there is only so much
baseball in any player.
But from the way he has started
this season, the 210-pound Roy
must be out to build himself a
bulge over his Yankee rival. Com
pletely outclassing Yogi a second
straight season could throw most
of the votes on his side—and both
of them know it.
- MAJOR LEADERS -
LEADING BATTERS
National
G AB H Pet.
Schoendienst, St. L 7 27 13 .481
Robinson. Bkn 8 23 11 .478
Hatton, Cin 7 28 12 .429
Baumholtz. Chi 7 28 12 .429
Campanella. Bkn 8 33 13 394
American
Bauer, NY 7 26 11 .423
Baker, Wash 6 22 9 .409
Piersall, Bos 9 13, 12 387
Coleman. NY 7 26 10 385
DiMaggio, Bos 9 38 14 368
HOME RUNS
Pafko. Dodgers 5
Campannella, Dodgers 3
Easter, Indians 3
Rosen, Indians 3
PITCHING
Parnell. Red Sox; Henry. Red
Sox; Lemon, Indians; Wynn, In
dians; Raschi, Yankees: Garver,
Browns; Byrne. Browns: Moreno,
Senators: Maglie. Giants; Staley,
Cardinals; Van Cuyk, Dodgers; Roe,
Dodgers; Raffensberger, Reds—each
least two years for that, because
Saddler entered the army on Mon
day and his title was ’’frozen” un
til he can defend it.
Erwin High Suffers First Loss At
Lafayette, Wins Another At Coats
Harnett County's top high school
baseball team, Erwin, suffered its
first defeat on Friday afternoon at
LaFayette High by an 8-3 score.
Coach Fox’s boys jumped into a
quick 7-1 lead in the first two inn
ings on two errors and a slashing
triple by Jay Mangum. With the
bases loaded in the first inning,
the visiting team had two chances
to make double-plays which would
have retired the side, but on both
chances, the Erwin boys errored the
attempt. Then Mangum came
through with his three-bagger to
run the score up to 5-1.
Billy Stephens pitched the win
for LaFayette, striking out 3 and
walking 2.
The Erwin boys out-hit the win
ners by getting 11 hits to 6, but
they couldn't turn the hits into
RIB’S. Centerfielder Dick Talton
helped prevent RIB success with
catches of two deep drives.
Mangum and Ed Bryant had 2
for 3 each in leading the batting
attack for the winning LaFayette
team. Erwin’s hitting was topped
by Durwood Strickland with 2 for
3 and Ray Hall's triple.
George Lucas started the game
on the mound for Erwin but was
knocked out in the second inning,
and Kenneth West finished. Lucas
got a one-hit victory over LaFay
ette in the first meeting of the
two teams.
ERWIN 101 000 I—3 11 3
LAFAYETTE 580 001 x—B 6 2
Duke Baseball Coach Jack Coombs
To Retire At End Os 24th Season
Famed Ex-Major Leaguer
Is Coaching Last, Most
Impressive Aggregation
DURHAM nr Duke baseball
coach John W. (Jack) Coombs will
swap Texas leaguers for Texas cat
fish starting August 31.
After 24 years as coach here, the
Tommy Byrne Scatters 8 Hits
As Browns Stop Cleveland 8-3
Former Angier Hurler
Whiffs Seven Batters
And Walks Only One
Browns Pound Out 13 Hits
By CARL LUNDQUIST
(United Press Sports Writer)
NEW YORK -IIP Hey, where
did they fire that atom bomb -
! in Nevada or in Sportsman’s Park,
. St. Louis, where the Browns are
blowing up the whole American
League?
The latest team to get caught
in an explosion out there was peace
setting Cleveland, which suffered
a sound 8 to 3. 13-hit thrashing
i last night, making it possible for
the Browns to take over first place
i today if they can beat the Indians
' again. It was the first time Cleve
land had lost a game this season,
but the Browns did it easily, not
minding in the least that their
atomic display was making the
1 whole town radioactive. They say
you can’t pry the fans away from
" broadcasts . unless they're at the
game.
And that's a pretty important
point too, for A. L. teams accus
tomed to going into St. Louis and
not taking away enough money for
expenses. So far for four home
games they have piled 63,8t>4 fans
into the park, or more than three
times the total for the same period
last year.
The Browns cashed in on the
steady eight-hit pitching of ex-wild '
man Tommy Byrne, who struck out i
seven and walked only one man. It
was his second straight complete 1
game victory. Only one man, A1
Rosen, with a homer, triple and
double gave him trouble. The
Browns took a 3 to 0 lead off
Mike Garcia in the first three in
nings then put over five more runs
in the seventh with Byrne himself
touching off the big rally with his
second hit.
In the National League, the Dod
gers made it seven wins in eight
games by trouncing the Braves
twice, 2 to 1 and 3 to 1, as lefties
Chris Van Cuyk and Preacher Roc
won good duels at Ebbets Field.
Brooklyn, which has won five ■
straight from the Braves, all with
southpaws, gained its opening
triumph on a ninth inning single
by Roy Campanella, who had hit
a home tun earlier. In the second
game, Duke Snider’s two- run
Coach Johnny Pccora’s Erwin
High “Hot Shots” added win num
ber six to its record yesterday af
ternoon at the Coats High field
with an 11-6 victory over Coats.
Third baseman William Turn
age had a big day at the bat as he
rapped out four hits in five tries,
one of which was a triple. First
baseman George Lucas also helped
the cause with a three-bagger for
the winners.
Erwin did all its scoring in the
first four innings, especially in the
second, third and fourth, when 10
of the 11 runs were scored.
Tommy Powell was the starting
pitcher for Coats, and Whittington
came in in the third and finished.
HOLMES HIT HOMER
Left fielder Fred Holmes led the
batting for the home team as he
got 2 for 3 including a grand slam
home run in the fourth ining.
Glen Wade worked the first four
innings on the mound for Erwin
and allowed 4 free passes and fan
ned 2, and Ken West relieved him
and struck out 2.
The strong Erwin team bounced
back from an 8-3 loss to LaFayette
on Friday for its only loss of the
season to smash Coats with a 16-hit
attack to redeem its number-one
rank in Harnett.
Erwin plays host to Benhaven on
Friday afternoon, and tfiie Redmen
will be after . its seventh win.
ERWIN 135 200 o—ll 16 5
COATS 001 410 0— 6 12 2
former major league pitching great
will be caught off base by a re
tirement rule established by the
board of trustees. It requires mem
bers of the Duke staff to retire
after the academic year in which
they reach 69.
The rule will separate Coombs
from a slugging team that is per
haps the best in Duke history, a
team that has won 17 games while
losing two this season.
“111 miss my association with the
boys,” Coombs admits, "but I’ll
catch all the catfish in Texas.”
His wife is from Palestine, Texas,
where they maintain a home.
A QUIET WITHDRAWAL
The coach lias begged off a tes
timonial affair proposed by athletic
officials after the final Dnke home
game on May 12.
i Coombs has the satisfaction of
reaching retirement with one of
his major league records still un
matched—a shutout redord of >l3
fames pitched in 1810 for the PhU
adelphia Athletics. Be also was the
winner of the longest game in the
American League, contest betwdfen
the Athletics and the Boston Bed
Box that ran 24 inninw
ryv
Three of his former college play
ers .who are now in the big time
EAI Curtis with the Rid Bow,
Northey with the Cubs, and
don Davis with Pittsburgh. '
THE DAILY RECORD. DUNN. N. Q
185
j Tommy Byrne
double gave Roc all the help he
needed.
LOOK AT THE CUBS
The Cubs pounded four Pirate
throwers for 14 hits, getting eight
runs in the fourth and a 13-2 win.
Dee Fondy led the 17-hit attack
'with three singles and a homer. Bob
Rush scattered nine hits and struck
out eight batters,
Old-timer Ken Raffensberger of
the Reds bested rookie Wilmer
Mizell of the Cards in a 2-1 duel
at Cincinnati in which Manager
Eddie Stanky and umpire Scotty
l Robb pushed each other around in
lan argument. Joe Adcock drove Jr.
both Cincy runs with a first inning
triple after Mizell had walked two
i batters. Stanky blew up when Robb
ejected shortstop Solly Hemus for
throwing his bat in the air after
being called out on strikes.
Larry Jansen gave the Phillies
their seventh beating, 4-1 holding
them to eight hits. A three-run
triple by Bobby Thomson sewed
up the game in the third inning
off Russ Meyer. Willie Jones
homered for the Phils.
Nelson Fox broke up an 0-0
duel between Saul Rogovin of
Chicago and Ted Gray of the
luckless Tigers when he doubled
■ir, thfl nitrhrH In SCOTC HeCtOl'
Rodriguez. A walk and * a Single
by Eddie Robinson gave Chicago
a 2-0 victory.
Rookie Bill Henry .helped by
home run blasts from Dom Di-
Maggio, Walt Dropo, and Don Len
hardt, won his second game for
Boston, 10-5. The Red Sox made
,14, hits. DiMaggio getting four- and
rookie Jim Piersall three.
Johnny Sain pitched three - hit
ball and retired 20 batters in a
row in dne stretch in topping the’
Athletics 3-1. Elmer Valo’s homer
robbed him of a shutout.
- BASEBALL STANDINGS -
By UNITED PRESS
NATIONAL
Yesterday’s Results
Brooklyn 2-3 Boston 1-1
Cincinnati 2 St. Louis 1
Chicago 13 Pittsburg 2
New York 4 Philadelphia 1
Standings
Team W L Pet.
Brooklyn 71 .875
Chicago 5 2 .714
Cincinnati 5 2 .714
New York 4 3 .571
St. Louis 3 4 .429
Boston 3 6 .333
Philadelphia 2 6 .250
Pittsburgh 2 7 .222
AMERICAN
Yesterday’s Results
St. Louis 8 Cleveland 3
Boston 10 Washington 5
Chicago 2 Detroit 0
New York 3 Philadelphia 1
Standings
Team W L Pet.
Cleveland 71 .875
Boston 7 2 .778
St. Louis 6 2 .750
New York 4 3 .571
Washington 4 4 .500
Chicago 3 5 .375
Philadelphia 17 .125
Detroit 0 8 .000
YESTERDAY’S STAR Tommy
Byrne of the Browns, who handed
the Indians their first beating of
the year, 8 to 3, scattering eight
hits and striking out seven.
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Ousted In Amateur
PINEHURST, N. C. ItPI Ray
Palmer and William Hyndman. who
eliminated Walker Cup players Dick
Chapman and Jim McHale in the
opening round, get. chances to pull
more surprises today in the second
round of the North and South
Amateur Golf tournament.
Palmer of Wyandotte, Mich., pul
led a major upset yesterday by de
feating Chapman, the British ama
teur cliampion from Pinehurst, 1-
up. Hyndman provided almost as
big a surprise when he ousted Mc-
Hale, a fellow Philadelphian, by
the same margin.
FACES THE CHAMP
Palmer’s second-round opponent
is defending champion Hobart Man
ley of Savannah,. Ga. Hyndman
takes on Frank Stranahan. former
British titleholder from Toledo, O.
Manley played poorly in Mon
day’s qualifying round but was in
better form for the first 18 holes
of match play as he defeated Stock
ton Rogers of New Brunswick, N.
J„ 4 and 3.
Stranahan and the other co-med
alists, Billy Joe Patton of Mor
gantown, N. C., and Frank Stra
faci of Flushing, N. Y., also scored
easy first round triumphs.
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Green wave Loses 4-0 To Sanford
Tom Waggoner Hurls
5-Hittor; Groonweve
Gets Only One Single
Coach TSroy Godwin's Qreeny
wave took the third shutout and
the fifth loss of the year last
night as the Sanford Yellow Jac
kets gave the locals a 4-0 loss at
Sanford.
Tommy Waggoner pitched a five
hit game for the locals and let the
winners have only one earned run,
but the weak-hitting Dunn boys
had the base-hit door all but shut
in their faces as Sanford's Donnie
Kelly hurled a one-hitter at them.
Kelly also fanned eight Greenwave
batters, and he slammed the only
extra-base blow of the game, a
double.
Second basemAn Don Johnson lin
ed a base hit over short as the
first batter of the ball game, and
the next three Dunn batters lined
out well-hit balls that were turn
ed into put-outs— that was all.
The visiting Dunn boys hit the ball
better than at any other time this
season, but they couldn't find the
holes.
ONLY MAN WITH TWO
Second baseman Carson Oldham
was the only member of the win
ning Jackets to get two hits. Old
ham bad 2 for 5 for the ball game.
Waggoner walked 11 batters, and
the team committed 5 errors in
meeting defeat. It was the lowest
that any Greenie foe has
been held in the five games.
Coach Godwin says that his boys
should have taken that one if they
WEDNESDAtr-AFTERNOON APRIL 23, 1952
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TOMMY WAGGONER
could come through with a couple
of runs in the early part of the
game. He though his boys looked
the best they have looked so far
even if the results don’t show it.
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He liked the way the boys were
tagging the ball although they
couldn’t get base hits. And the
pitching was the best yet.
Sanford got one run in the first
and third innings, and then the
unbeaten AA club added two in
the fifth to sew up the decision.
The next Greenwave contest will
be against the Wadesboro Tigers in
the local park on Friday night.
GREENWAVE 000 000 000—0 1 5
SANFORD 101 020 OOx—4 5 0
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According to G. H. Farley, Chero
kee county agent for State College
Extension Service, what Odell ac
tually did was to use a drag line
to provide draining for a boggy,
unproductive section of his main
bottomland.
The low, wet section has been
producing nothing but swamp grass.
Starting this year, Odell will use
It to produce farm crops.