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University Daily Kansan
Monday. May 24,1954
Braves, Bums Lead NL As Reds Defeat Cards
By UNITED PRESS
Almost while nobody was looking, the Milwaukee Braves put on their seven league boots and jumped from seventh to a tie for first with a seven-game winning streak in that crazy mixed-up National league flag race.
It was "streak week" for the Braves, Dodgers, and Indians. Milwaukee, which was in seventh place two weeks ago, and in sixth last Monday, moved into a tie for the top hot spot with Brooklyn by sweeping a doubleheader over the Cubs, 4-2 in 10 innings, and 9-3.
The Dodgers, with a modest fourgame streak, their longest of the year, moved up with Milwaukee to the top by beating the Pirates, 5-4 and 6-2. Some of the luster of their streak was taken off because all of the victories have been over the Pirates.
But the Indians, who threaten to keep on winning until Labor Day, made it 11 straight with 14-3 and 2-1 victories over Baltimore, the second in 12 innings off hard luck Bob Turley. That put Cleveland 24 games ahead of second place Chicago, which edged Detroit 4-3. Boston made it two out of three over the Yankees with a 10-9 win. Washington defeated the Athletics 99-4.
Cincinnati pushed across five tallies in the ninth for 13-6 victory over St. Louis. The Giants edged the Phils, 6-4.
Coach Bucky Walters of the Braves, who used to be a great pitcher himself, never stops talking about young prospect Ray Crane. After a pite-up of double-headers, Crone got a chance to prove it when he beat the Cubs with a five-hitter, striking out seven in his first big league start. Doubles by Andy Pafko and Danny O'Connell and a pair of Chicago errors brought home the two marginal runs in the 10th after Ernie Banks had hit a two run homer in the ninth for Chicago to tie the score. Pafko went on to drive in five runs in the second game with two homers and a triple to give young Chet Nichols his fourth straight triumph after three straight losses.
Brooklyn won its opener behind the steady pitching of Preacher (Slugger) Roe, who smashed a single and double while Gil Hodges hit a two-run homer. Duke Snider hit a pair of homers in the second game while Sid Gordon got one in each game for Pittsburgh.
Wally Post drove in five runs with a double and two run homer in Cincinnati's 12-hit triumph that knocked the Cardinals out of the lead. The Reds scored five times in the ninth. Ray Jablonski drove in five St. Louis runs, blasting a two-run homer, a double, and a single.
The Giants took a 4-0 toe-hold on Leedy Curt Simmons in the first three innings then squeezed to victory although the Phils threatened often. Willie Mays drove in three runs with a triple and single.
Baseball Standings
American W L Pct GB
Cleveland 24 10 706
Chicago 22 13 629 2¹
New York 22 13 606 3¹
Detroit 16 13 .552 5¹
Baltimore 12 19 .387 10¹
Washington 12 19 .387 10¹
Philadelphia 11 21 .344 12¹
Boston 9 18 .333 11²
National W L Pct GB
Brooklyn 20 14 1.588
Kilwaukee 20 14 1.588
St. Louis 20 16 1.529
New York 18 16 1.529
Cincinnati 19 17 1.528
Philadelphia 17 17 1.515
Chicago 14 19 1.424
Pittsburgh 11 27 1.289 11
State Has New Baseball Loop
Wichita (U.P.)—The National Baseball congress announced today the franchising of the seven - team Southeast Kansas Baseball league in its 1954 National association. The members will be National Gympus of Parsons, Altamont, Mound Valley, Parsons, Continental Can of Coffeyville, Pittsburgh, and St. Paul.
US Tennis Players In Meet
Paris, France —(U.P.)- Five U. S. players, headed by tournament favorite Tony Trabert of Cincinnati and giant-killer Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables, Fla., today occupied berths in the quarter finals of the French Clay Courts tennis championships.
Joe Baksi, of Kulpmont, Pa. makes a comeback attempt tonight against Pittsburgh's Bob Baker in a TV boxing bout at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway arena.
Phi Gamma Delta won the Fraternity "B" softball championship Friday, and Pearson will play the Faculty Fossils, and ATO will play Phi Gam in Independent "A" and Fraternity "A" championship games today.
IM Softball Finals Scheduled for Today
Led by the pitching of Jerry Clark and the hitting of Dave Carpenter, Phi Gam beat the Delts 11-9 for the Fraternity "B" title. Carpenter hit a single and a home run for the winners. The winners totals were 111 runs on 6 hits and 10 bases on balls.
In the other two games Friday, Pearson beat, the 69ers and the Fossils beat the Shackers.
Pearson got 14 runs on 14 hits and 13 walks to beat 69ers 14-0. Bob Crisler did the pitching for the winners and also led the team in hitting with three singles. He allowed the losers a hit in each the first and second innings, and from there on did not allow a man to reach first base, Crisler registered 10 strikeouts Charles Spencer was the starting pitcher for the 69ers
and he was charged with the loss.
The Fossils scored seven runs in the first inning and then had to come back and score seven more to beat Shackers 14 to 10. Bill Conboy was the winning pitcher. Conboy also had two hits, as did Dick Harp, to lead in that department. Bill Thornberry homered in the fifth inning for the losers. For the Fossils, 14 runs, nine hits, and 12 bases on balls. For Shackers, nine runs on 10 hits. Hugh Armstrong was the losing pitcher.
In Saturday's games Phi Gam beat DU 6-3 to earn the right to play in the championship game today. For the Phi Gams it was six runs on 7 hits, and for the losers, three runs on five hits. Dick Rumsey was the winning pitcher and Clarence Johnson the loser. Everett Dye led the hitting with two singles for the Phi Gams.
ATO is the other fraternity finalist by virtue of a 3-0 win over Theta Chi. Bob Mallory allowed the losers only two hits. The winners got five hits off losing pitcher Benny Croyle, Walls, of the ATOs,
two singles to lead the hitting.
Pearson won their semi - final game with Battenford, winning 6-5. Bob Crisler pitched the win, giving up 10 hits. John Boerger led the Pearson hitters with three singles. Jim Gleason was the losing pitcher as he gave up nine hits.
Today's schedule of the championship games:
Fraternity "A"
4 p.m. Field 1 ATO vs. Phi Gam
Independent "A"
4 p.m. Bear
4 p.m. Field 2 Pearson vs. Fossils.
Drivers Set Records for 500-Mile Race
Indianapolis, Ind.—A dizzy pace for the May 31 500-mile auto race was in prospect today with 33 record-shattering cars in the lineup for the richest and possibly toughest grind ever.
The average speed for the field of 138.632 miles per hour is more than two miles faster than last year.
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