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Ford Wins Again, KC Blows Lead
By UNITED PRESS
Lefty Whitey Ford of the Yankees vowed that this was the season he would get off to a fast start in the spring and go on to win 20 games for the first time in his big league career.
Today, the 26-year-old blond pitching star from Glen Cove, N.Y., has won two games in which he has given up a total of five hits and one run. If he keeps pitching that way, he'll reach that 20 victory goal easily and become the new ace of the Yankee staff in the bargain.
Last night, hot-rod Ford mowed down the Orioles in Baltimore, 6-0; with just three hits, all singles and all in different innings. Mickey Mantle hit a two-run homer and Irv Norem drilled a double and single good for three runs to make Ford's task easier. In his first start against Washington, he held the Senators to just two hits.
In the National League, the unbeaten Brooklyn Dodgers made it seven victories in a row with a 5-2 triumph at Philadelphia, Cincinnati drubbed the Cardinals, 7-4, the Giants poured it on Pittsburgh 12-3, and Milwaukee edged the Cubs, 2-1. Other American league teams had open dates.
At Kansas City, the Athletics took an 8-0 lead, then blew an 11-9 decision to the Indians when Larry Doby hit a three-run homer with two out in the ninth. The Athletics hit five homers, by Jim Finigan, Gus Zernial, Bill Wilson, Vic Power, and Bill Renna but their pitchers failed to hold the early margin and Ewell Blackwell served up the fatal tats to Dobby which sent an overflow crowd of 31,563 home full of dismay after Kansas City's first night game.
Duke Snider rapped a three-run homer high over the right field wall and winning pitcher Carl Erskine kicked in with a two-run single for the Dodgers. They scored all their runs in a big sixth inning, but Erskine still had to have relief help when his control lapsed in the same frame. Rookie Ed Roebuck pitched hitless ball the rest of the way.
Gus Bell drove in three runs with a single and a double in Cincinnati's triumph at St. Louis. The Redlegs chased starter Vie Raschi with a four-run rally in the second inning in which Ed Bailey tripled and Glen Gorbous doubled, Rip Repulski hit a two-run St. Louis homer. Joe Nuxhall, with relief help from Rudy Minarine, gained his first victory.
Milwaukee came from behind to defeat Chicago when Eddie Mathews hit a two-run double in the eighth inning after a walk to Chuck Tanner and a single by Hank Aaron. Bob Buhl, who gave up only five hits before yielding to a pinch-hitter in the eighth gained the victory, his first.
The giants pummeled the Pirates with the same glee as all other clubs have hammered them so far, putting over eight runs in a riotous
fourth inning. The World Champs made 15 hits in ad in coming out of their slump against the Bucs who have lost six games and have yet to win one. Whitey Lockman had four hits including a double and homer to set the pace. Don Liddle, touched for an inside-the-park homer by rookie Robert to Clemente, yielded no other runs until he tired in the ninth and required relief help from Marv Grissom. Grissom stopped the Bucs after they scored two more runs.
League Standings By UNITED PRESS National League
American League
| | W | L | Pct | GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Boston | 5 | 1 | .833 | ... |
| Cleveland | 5 | 2 | .714 | ... |
| New York | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1 |
| Chicago | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1 |
| Detroit | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 |
| Washington | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5 |
Fight Results
Fight Results
Ru United Press
New York (St. Nicholas Arena) - Milo Savage, 159], Salt Lake City, outpointed Bobby Boyd, 157], Chicago (10).
Brooklyn, N.Y., (Eastern Park-
way)-Gene Poiler, 1443, Niagara
Falls, N.Y., stopped Jimmy Busso,
1443, New York (3).
Brockton, Mass.—Tomy Nee, 145,
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Vern Stephens, once a slugger who terrorized American League pitchers, scanned the baseball "help wanted" ads today, hoping to pick up a job as a pinch-hitter or utility infielder.
The muscular 34-year-old veteran of 15 seasons in the majors drew his unconditional release from the Baltimore Orioles last night after Manager Paul Ritchards decided that his ailing legs would not stand up for another campaign.
Stephens, who is convinced he can help any major league club on part-time duty, departed with a lifetime average of .287 and a total of 244 homers, including his all-time high of 39 with the Boston Red Sox in 1950.
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124, Honolulu, outpointed Augie
Villa, 128, San Jose, Calif. (10).
Montreal-Bobby Courchesne, 130,
Holyoke, Mass., knocked out Art
Mullin, 130, Philadelphia (4).
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