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New YORK «fl AH God’s chlllun got trouble, but
yoju can’t bjftme Monte Irvin U be feels that he has more
than his glare.
Monte is the- powerful, softspoken fellow who led the
miracle Giants of 1951 to the National League pennant
lie didn’t get the credit then that he should have, and
since.
It seems that it always has been that way with Monte.
Pack hi the days of his youth, his dreams were of being
a big star in the major leagues. Thai, when he had become
one of the top players in the Negro leagues, he was pass
ed over year after discouraging year, as others with less
talent than he were called up under the big top.
AFTER ARMY
After three years with the Army Engineers in Europe,
Monte was ready to give up the game. But he tried it
again, and finally, in 1949, earned a long-awaited chance
with the Giants.
A year later he was a regular and in 1951 he was the
winning sparkplug. Bobby Thompson got most of the
credit with that pennant-winning homer. But had the most
valuable player vote been delayed until season’s end, Monte
would have been a cinch.
He led the National League in runs batted in, hitting
.312, and in the series batted a resounding .458. Against
Allie Reynolds in the classic, he smashed four hits and
daringly stole home.
But Monte wasn’t recognized as the most valuable play
er! The vote had been taken before the season’s end and
the honor went to Roy Campanula.
SHATTERED ANKLE
The next spring, in an April exhibition game, Monte
slid into third base and shattered his right ankle. Manager
Leo Durocher, standing in his room beside the ether
befogged Monte, worriedly asked doctors what were Monte’s
chances.
' "He won’t play this year,” ope said.
\ “Don’t worry, skipper," Irvin said. “I’ll be back this
year. I’ve got good bones and I heal quick.”
He was back in late July sad, still hobbling, played 46
games before the season’s end—and hit an'amazing .310
In lha bargain.
TNbt anjfte stUl bothers him, physically and in action,, but
as of Sunday -The leader im the National League batting
race with a .339 ave.r?gf> !W«s Irvin. Then misfortune
struck again. ' '' •: .
INTO CATCHER
Monte crashed 1 into Cardinal catcher Del Rice at the
plate and suffered a sprain of that still-tender ankle.
A player needs 490 times at bat to win the hitting title.
Monte has been up 395 times. That means he needs five
marl appearances at the plate. He’ll get them, assuredly,
bjat this new injury could be the means of lowering his
average below the top.
Because that ankle can slow his running the vital half
step Which is the difference heween base hits and mere
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Giants, 'MoideK
: Pitcher Wilhelm
By Carl Lundquist
NEW YORK UP) ln the
United Press Sports Writer
shattered wreckage which
once was a pennant race,
lay not only the hopes and
dreams of the Giants today
but a bursted bubble about
the invincibility of their ace
relief pitcher, Hoyt Wilhelm.
As the Dodgers moved merciless
ly onward with a 10-inning, 9-8
triumph that gave them six more
victories in a row and three
straight over the Giants, the most
significant item was the way they
"moidered” Wilhelm. <
Roy Campanella, Brooklyn’s hot
test candidate for Most Valuable
Player honors, hit a three-run
homer off the knuckleball' special
ist in the seventh in the uphill
struggle, then tagged him for an
other homer in the' ninth that
tied the score at 8-8. In the 10th
Carl Furillo, Brooklyn’s 2 hottest
candidate • for the National League
batting championship and for
Comeback of the Year honors,
lashed the first pitch off Wilhelm
if or a homer that provided ■ the
victory margin. *
BUN TROUBLE
Wilhelm, who had a 15-3 won
and' lost record in 1952, suffered
his second defeat in as many games
to the Dodgers, and It was a home
run which got him in trouble the
previous day.
Then Duke Snider tagged him
for a grand slam homer and the
Brooks went on to win, 6-5, after
trailing 5-0. Thursday night, trail
ing 8-3, they kept pushing until
they -gained the victory that boost
ed- their National. League lead over
Milwaukee to 7(4 games.
Wilhelm how is -a mediocre 7-7
in the won-and-loet records and
stands I*4 against Brooklyn. At the
same time, Clem Lsfbine, who
hadn’t won a game since June 20,
picked up his second decision in
relief in as many days. Wes West
rum and A1 Dark hit Giant hom
ers before Brooklyn got down to
business.
SEVEN GAMES AHEAD
The Yankees stayed -seven full
games on top in the American
League race when lefty Ed Lopat
pitched a six-hit 6.1 victory over
the Senators whom he beat forth
10th straight tijne. The White Sox
topped the Indians, 7-3. with a
four-run rally .in. tfc*« 10th inning
to give Virgil Trucks liis 15th vie-'
tory. Trucks also drovie in the
first run in the extra inning rally
with a single after which Minnie
Minoso hit a three-run triple. A1
Rosen and Larry Doby hit Cleve
land homers, Doby’s coming in the
ninth to tie the score and send
the game j nto extra innings.
Jn otfier American League
games, the Browns defeated De
troit 1-0, In 11 innings when Vic
Wert* doubled and Vem Steph
ens singled off. ex-Brownie Ned
Owner to break up, a scoreless
battle, while the Athletics topped
■Boton, 1-0, on a three-hitter by Joe
Coleman.
WENT ALL THE'WAY
Garner weht all the way* with a
seven-hitter' to lose a toughle while
Marjin Stuart gained the victory
for St. Louis with a scoreless re
lief chore in the 11th after start
er Lou Kretlow went out for a 1
pinch hitter. ■
Coleman, winning. Iris .first game 1
of the year after being laid up s
for two seasons with arm trouble, I
yielded only three singles. He also
scored the'winning run in the six-c
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. IIP lt
was stocky Fiord Kenno against
the' field today as the three -day
AAU men's outdoor, swimming
championships opened at the Broad
> Ripple Pool. The pint-sited Ha
. waiian, holder o{ at least six tja
’ tional titles, defends his
1 er championship, the only event, to
, be decided today.
[ Twenty-nine hopefuls were an
, nounced. They will swim against
the clock only. But there Will be
’ p eliminaries and finals In 10 oth
-1 er races run over the metric dis
tance ' Saturday and Sunday.
MANCHESTER. Mass. (IB The
I last vtwo British Wightman Cup
i team members watched from the
sidelines today as their American
sistens and one Australian star
- fought through two remaining
< quarter-final matches in the Essex
Women's Invitation tournament-
Defending champion Maureen
Conndlly of San Diego, Calif., de
feated Britain’s Mrs. Jean Rin
key QuertSer, fourth-needed for*
eign entry, 6-1, 6-2 Thursday. Lou
ise Bough of Beverly Hills, Calif.,
won from Britain’s top Wightman
Cupper, Angela Mortimer, 6-0, 4-6,
6-1.
CAMP PERRY, O. (IB Marks
men from all over the nation and
territories will gather here next
week to compete in the 1953 Na
tional Rifle and Pistol Matches.
National Guardsmen and se’rvice
teams will be among the several
thousand shooters entered in- the
“World Series" running from Aug.
20 to Sept. 7.
V AND ALIA, O. SB The $500,-
000 Gsj&nct American tyapefioot
tournament opened here today
with scatterguns from all over the
world firing over the traps, from
the 16-yard line in the prelimin
ary 100-target event.
The heavy firing starts Monday
after the weekend warmup rounds;
all from the 16-yard marker.
LONDON, Ont. «B Marlene
Stewart, British Women’s open
champion and the. only Canadian
left in the tournament, meets Pat
Lessor of Seattle, Wash., in one
half of today’s semi-finals of Hie
Canadian Women’s Open tourna
ment. Ip the other seml-fiinal Bar
bara Romack of Sacraments, Calif.,
meets Grace Lehceyk of Newing
ton, Conn.
NEW YORK KB- Odds-mak
ers installed Carl (Bobo) Olson the
favorite at 7tfc to 5 to beat
Hhndy Turpin In their battle for
the vacant wprld middlewelgfit
crown at Madison Square Garden
Oct. 21. The 15-round match was
announced late Thursday after
two months of negotiations.
NEW PORT, R. I. (W, Aus
tralia's pair of 18-year old “boy
wonders,” Ken Rosewall and Le
wis Hoad, were heavy favorites to
day to win their querter-finail mat
ches* in the Newport Casino Invi
th after he doubled and came
home on Joe DeMaestri’s single.
Cincinnati topped the Cubs, 18-2,
on a seven-hit pitching fob by,
lefty Fred Bacsewski against his'
ex-mates, cashing in on a raUy in
the third in which the Qhioans
scored five unearned runs on three
Chicago errors. Will Marshall horn- j
ered for Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh edged Philadelphia,'
4-3. on the margin of a pell: of
homers by Frank Thomas and the
seven-hit pitching of Paul L*-
Palme.
Milwaukee and St. Louis had an
open date.
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America’s top stars in the *emt- 1
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FORT WAYNE. Ind Ml _ New
comer Dick Knight of Honolulu and
veteran Marty Furgol of Lemqnt
, IU-. ltd the $15,000 Fort Wayne I
Open Golf tournament today with i
sizzling scores of 63 but the race ,
for $2,400 first prise was sttfi wide 1
open. They tied the tourney rec
ord set at the Elks Country Club i
here in ltfil by hitting nine-un- j
der par Thursday. ,
Close behind was defending f
champ Jimmy Clark of 'Laguna .
Btach, Calif . who shot a 65'in a
three-way tie. - ;
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RALEIGH 118 Last place Fay
etteville came from behind last
night to defeat the league-leading ;
Raleigh Capitals 8 to 5 on a guety, !
drizzle-soaked field, but the Caps
maintained a two game edge in the
Carolina League chase today any- j
way. Second place Danville drop. ’
per a 5 to 3 decision to Greens- !
boro. In the other games, Reids- ;
ville outhit Burlington-Graham tp .
win 10 to 8, and -Durham shut *
out Winston-Salem 3 to 0 behind
Duane Maas’ pitching. t
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Chicago 69 44 All
Cleveland 63 « .568
Boston 84 52 .552 ,
Washington 55 59 .482 5
Philadelphia 47 65 .42$ .
Detroit 40 72 357 .
St. Louis 39 76 33$ J
Thursday’s Results
Chicago 7 Cleveland 3 <
St. Louis 1 Detroit'. 0 , n
Philadelphia 1 Boston 0 - 1
New York 6 Washington 1 >
Saturday’s Games
Chicago at Detroit ,
New York at Philadelphia 1
Washington at Boston
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CHICAGO (IP The Detroit Lions, with experienced men
at every position, rated a 14-point favorite today for the
annual battle between the National Football League cham
pions and the College ALL-STARS
The game was slated for Soldier
Field at 9:30 p. m. e.d.t. before
nearly 90,000 spectators. In ad
dition it will be televised over 81
stations coast to coast.
The wefther outlook was for g
fair and pleasant night with the
temperature in the low 90’s and
humidity around 50 per cent.
NINE VICTORIES
The Lions, victors In 17 of 20
games last season, finished the reg
ular season with nine victories in
13 western division games. They
beat the Lo s Angeles Rams in a
playoff, 31-21, and then captured
the league crown with a 17-7 de
cision over the eattern division
titleholders, the Cleveland Browns.
The other six victories came in
exhibition contests. |
Coach Buddy Parker will field a
team tonight with the same play.
e*s Who held No. I berths last
season on both the offensive and
platoons
Heading the Lions were quarter
bask Bobby Layne, the seventh best
passer in the league, halfback Doak
Walker, a standout ih 1901 eveh
though injured most of 1952, and
fujlback Pat Harder, fourth lead
ing scorer in the pro circuit last}
year even though 67 of his 89
points came on field goals and
points after touchdowns.
TWO BTANOOUT ENDS
Layne has two standout ends as
pass receivers tap, the gigantic Leon
Hart and doyct Bog. Box was the
ninth leading pass received in the
pro league in 1052 .as well as th«
second leading scorer.
Tfia combat this aggregation,
Coach Botfoy Dodd of Georgia
Tech will select from a hand pick
ed group. of collegians. It wHI be
his second consecutive year direct*
ing the college stars against tbs
peps. Bis team last year taut to the
Pittsburg 38 81 31$
Thursday’s Results
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3
Cincinnati 10 Chicago 2
Brooklyn 9 New York 8, 10 inn.
; Only games scheduled.
_ , Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia at New York, 2 games
’Pittsburgh at Brooklyn
Milwaukee at Chicago
St Louis at Cincinnati, ffight
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iHtoAV AUGUST 14, isk
Los Angeles Rams. 10-7.
It was likely that three pitchers,
would see early action for the stars
with Jack Scarbatb of Maryland
the likely starting quarterback. Be
hind him, though, Dodd planned to
use Tommy O’Coopwll, Ilinols, ind
Dale Samuels, Purdue, probably in
the first half.
GOOD CONDITION
The AU-Stats, despite lack of ex
perience compand to the pro dub)
were figured to be in better con
dition with an edge in speed in
thier favor. Overall the college crew
will not be as heavy as the pro’s
but the brckfield will be about
equal in slae.
Halfbacks likely to see most ac
tion for the collegions were Billy
Reynolds, Pittsburgh, Don McAul
-1 isle, Michigan State, and Johnny
Ciszewski, California, while Buck
McPhalt, Oklahoma, and Andy Ko
zar, Tennessee, were figured to
share the fullback job.
The probable starting lineups: i
All. Stars
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Cftlin, Oklahoma, oj hftahdi. Ten
nessee, rg; Miller, Georgia Tech;
it; Babcock, Georgia, re,- Scar
bath, Maryland, qt>; McAuliffe,
'Michigan State, ih; Reynolds;
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