University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Sept. 25, 1952
Page 5
Win Gives Yanks Two-Game Lead Over Indians
New York—(U.P.)—Allie Reynolds, the Yankee "tie" specialist, was all ready today to wrap the Red Sox in knots and at the same time fashion a hangman's noose for the condemned Cleveland Indians.
It was just a year ago when Reynolds pitched his most memorable game, a no-hitter against the Red Sox that clinched a tie for the 1951 pennant. He'll be glad to settle for less than a no-hitter today, but it was a good bet that the riflin' right hander from Oklahoma would come through with his 20th victory of the campaign and make sure that the Yankees will finish no worse than in a tie for first.
For if the Yankees win, then no matter what Cleveland does in its two remaining games at Detroit on Saturday and Sunday, the Indians can't go ahead—they can only catch up. And the odds against them doing that are pretty long.
The Yankees have four more games, one in Boston and three in Philadelphia.
A victory today for Reynolds would be almost as much a milestone as his no-hitter against the Red Sox in the tie-clincher a year ago, because it would mark the first time in his long career that he had won 20 games in a single season—and he will be trying doubly hard for that alone.
duty.
The Yankees moved two full games in front of the Indians yesterday with a pair of victories over the Red Sox, 3 to 2 in 10 innings, and 8 to 6. Mickey Mantle's big bat was the measure of difference in both triumphs. In the opener, batting left handed, he drove in the winning run with a triple after he whacked a double to drive in another one earlier.
In the second game, batting right handed, he really went to town driving in four runs with a homer, double, and single. Tom Gorman won the second game with relief help, while Johnny Sain pitched two scoreless relief innings to gain the opening triumph.
Cleveland, still hanging on by the finger-nails, blanked Chicago, 6 to 0, behind the three-hit pitching of Bob Lemon who won his 22nd game as Al Rosen and Bobby Avila supplied homers. Rosen's was a three-run job coming in a game-clinching five run rally in the seventh.
While most of the Dodgers regulars sat in the club house and played bridge or kibitzed, Robin Roberts of the Phillies was topping the champs for the sixth straight time this year, 9 to 6, in Brooklyn for his 27th win.
That gave him a strong claim for most valuable player honors since he is the first National league pitcher to win that many games since Buck Walters of Cincinnati did it in 1939.
The Giants clinched a tie for second place by topping the Braves, 11 to 8 and 8 to 2. Alvin Dark pounded out five straight hits in the opener including a homer and double and walloped a two-run homer in the second game.
Reliever Hoyt Wilhelm won his
14th game in the opener and Dave
Koslo outcurved Warren Spahn for
his 10th victory in the nightcap.
Bobby Thomson hit a Giant homer
in each game and so did Johnny
Logan of the Braves. ___
Baseball Standings
National League
NATIONAL W L Pct. GB
Brooklyn 95 56 629 —
New York 90 60 640 41½
St. Louis 86 60 573 81
Philadelphia 85 66 563 10
Chicago 75 76 497 20
Cincinnati 67 83 447 27½
Boston 63 87 420 31²
Pittsburgh 41 110 272 54
American League
W L Pct. GB
New York 92 58 .613 —
Cleveland 91 61 .599 2
Chicago 79 72 .523 13
Philadelphia 78 73 .517 14%
Washington 73 75 .503 16%
Washington 75 75 .500 17
St. Louis 63 87 .420 29
Detroit 49 102 .325 43½
LITTLE SPORT
He might even win four world baseball titles in a row which would put this diamond elf in a class with the incomparable Joe McCarthy who occupied a golden niche in Manhattan's memory.
"Gotta win today," was all "Ole Case" would say in response to a barrage of questions from newsmen for a comment on his World Series plans.
Boston—(U.P.)-Hfs grin was wide, his chronic wink was sparkling today because old Casey Stengel had a gang of young pros who seemed destined to make him the second New York Yankee manager to win four successive American league pennants.
Manager Not Over-Confident Of 4th Yankee Flag in Row
Fireballing Allie Reynolds was slated to pitch for the Yankees in search of his 20th win, with Sid Hudson going for the Red Sox.
Even the most partisan opponent of a continuation of Yankee supremacy was about ready to admit that the Bronx Bombers had done it again—fought off all challengers
from the throne they have dominated for 30 years.
Everybody except Stengel. Figures seemed to prove it, too. New York has four games to play, second place Cleveland only two. Even if the Indians won both games, the Yankees with a two game lead would only have to play .500 baseball to win. In their past 22 games the average has been nearer .800.
His grin, his wink and his easy, garrulous chatter seemed to indicate that Stengel secretly believed he was "in" again. But he wouldn't say it in so many words.
"Just gotta keep going, just keep a-winning, steppin' right up there and swinging," he said.
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No Tickets Left For Sooner Tilt
All Memorial stadium tickets for the Oct. 18 football clash between Kansas and Oklahoma, defending Big Seven champions, have been sold, Earl Falkenstien, Jayhawk athletic business manager, has announced.
This will assure a crowd of at least 35,000 persons. All tickets except those in the student sections are sold on a reserved basis.
bility that bleachers may be erected to meet additional demands. This would provide seating for some 2,000 more patrons at the south end of the horseshoe-shaped stadium.
KU officials said there is a possi-
This means the Sooners and Jayhawks will be playing to their second consecutive sellout crowd in Lawrence. Thirty-nine thousand paid to see the two teams battle here in 1950, OU's national champions pulling out a 33-13 triumph in the final quarter on Claude Arnold's four late touchdown passes.
The two elevens played before more than 44,000 paid customers at the stadium in Norman last year.
It is the eighth football sellout in Kansas history—all of them since World War II.
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