TUESDAY, MAY 24.1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Things Happened Monday When Yanks Played St. Louis
The Yankees and Brown's set the tempo when they staged a wheelbarrow pushing contest between blind-folded players and a pepper game in which raw eggs were substituted for baseballs as a prelude to their game at Yankee Stadium. Arrow
New York, May 24—(U.P.) It was amateur night in the American League.
game at Yankee Stadium. Apparently, the players forgot to hear the umpire holler "play ball" and kept right on with their Sunday school picnic antics once the game was underway.
The Yankees won, 10 to 3, with a 13-hit display, but not until the fans had witnessed one of the inearnd game imaginable. A first inning three-run homer by Tommy Henrich, his eight of the year, was professional enough, but there was much that was amateurish thereafter. The Brownies made three errors and two wild pitches, the Yankees one error and one wild pitch.
In the fifth, Yogi Berra was apparently safe at first on a wild throw by Brownie third baseman Bob Dillinger. Suddenly first base umpire Bill Grieve reversed his decision and called Berra out. Neither Berra nor first baseman Jack Graham had touched the bag and he had to hold his final decision on the play in abeyance until somebody touched the bag.
Yankee Coach Bill Dickey, trying to explain the play later, said he knew neither player had touched the bag but that he couldn't warn Berra as long as Graham was closer "and still had the ball." Seconds later Bobby Brown, who was safe on an error flat by pitcher Bill Kennedy, fell flat on his face between third and home, trying to score on a triple by Dick Kryhoski. He should have been out by 20 feet, but instead he and Kryhoski both scored when St. Louis second baseman Jerry Priddy heaved the ball wildly to the plate in the relay. Brownie Manager Zach Tayler, who just couldn't take it any longer, was ejected from the game for protesting decisions in the fourth inning.
It was just as whacky in Philadelphia. The usually steady Athletics committed five errors as the Indians came out of a slump to win a 7 to 3 decision. Ken Keltner, back in shape after a siege of influenza, led the Indians to victory with two doubles and a homer. Early Wynn held Philadelphia to six hits. The weirdness reached its height in this game when coach Earle Mack, son of manager Connie Mack, decided to replace starter Bill McCahan with relief pitcher Charley Harris, then changed his mind.
But umpire Bill McGowan insisted he stick to his guns and Harris came into the game and became the victim of a five run Cleveland rally in the fifth. Only one Cleveland run, Keltner's homer, was earned.
Everything was sane in Washington until the ninth when the Senators blew their second straight game in the final inning, 3 to 1 to the up-and-coming White Sox. Cass Michaels hit a Chicago homer in the eighth to score the first run off Washington pitcher Joe Haynes, who
added two more in the fatal ninth. Sandy Gumpert, who touched off the winning rally with a single, scored his third win for Chicago, was his sixth complete game in seven starts. He struck out six batters.
Things were a little more orthodox in the afternoon games. Ellis Kinder of the Red Sox pitched a five-hit shutout, one of the best games of his career, in defeating the Tigers, 4 to 0. In Boston, Dom Wright hit two homeruns and sensational catches and Vern Siephens hit a two run homer, his 11th, putting him two-up on his closest competitor in the majors.
The Braves, in the only National League game scheduled, took over sole possession of first place with an 11 to 4 victory over the Cubs at Chicago as Vernon Bickford breezed to his sixth victory. Marvin Rickert hit a three-run homer for the big blow as Chicago lost its fifth straight.
The National Wool Growers Association reports that America's sheep population dropped 40 per cent since 1942 and now totals 400,000 head.
DiMaggio Takes Batting Practice
New York, May 24—(U.P.)—Joe Dimaggio today reported no soreness in his heel after his first workout in a New York Yankee uniform since April 11.
But Dimag still hasn't done any running on the aliling foot, and probably won't for several days yet.
The Yankee slugger took part in batting practice at Yankee Stadium last night before the St. Louis Brown game. He was so happy to be back in harness, even to the limited extent, that he continued shaling away at the bat until he developed blisters on both hands.
He took four turns at batting practice, and twice whacked the ball into the stands.
League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
| | W | L | Pct. GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Boston | 20 | 12 | .625 |
| New York | 19 | 12 | $1\frac{1}{2}$ |
| Brooklyn | 17 | 16 | 653 1 |
| Cincinnati | 17 | 16 | 514 1 |
| Philadelphia | 15 | 15 | 500 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 14 | 18 | 438 6 |
| St. Louis | 12 | 17 | 414 6 |
| Chicago | 10 | 19 | 345 12 |
AMERICAN LEAGUE
| | W | L | Pct. Gb. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| New York | 20 | 10 | .667 |
| Philadelphia | 19 | 15 | .559 3 |
| Chicago | 17 | 15 | .534 4 |
| Boston | 15 | 14 | .511 4½ |
| Washington | 17 | 17 | .500 5 |
| Detroit | 16 | 16 | .500 5 |
| Cleveland | 12 | 15 | .444 6½ |
| St. Louis | 9 | 23 | .281 12 |
Two Professors On Program At Lincoln University
Dr. A. W. Davidson, professor of chemistry, and Dr. E. O. Stene, associate professor of political science, recently attended a meeting of the American Association of University Professors at Lincoln university, Jefferson City, Mo.
Dr. Davidson was an examiner on a reviewing board for senior chemistry students at Lincoln university
Dr. Stene addressed the 14th annual meeting of the A.A.U.P. on "A Program for A Local Chapter."
Through an extensive irrigation system in the state of New Mexico, agriculture is an important industry, its products including corn, wheat, potatoes, grain sorghum, pinto beans and cotton. Its mineral production includes potash, zinc, fluorspar, copper and oil.
Rookie Leads American League Batting Heap
New York, May 24—U.P.)—For a lowly rookie perched atop the American League batting heap, Gus (Ozark Ike) Zernial of the Chicago White Sox wasn't too proud of himself today.
"You have to be lucky to hit .300." he cautioned.
Yet, although there were no horseshoes in sight, the Beaumont beauty was belting the ball at a .370 clip
beating the ball at a 370 clip. Gus has learned most of this course since he became a White Sox receiver for four inches, 210-pound Zerniel was the main reason why the White Sox erected their synthetic home run fence this season.
The management thought that Gus would have a field day. But he isn't that type of hitter and the opposition was getting the enjoyment out of the trim, wire barrier. So it came down.
Which caused Chicago to be hailed as the "de-feceless" White Sox. And it caused no small embarrassment to the Sox—and to Gus. So he has learned to hold his tongue
he has learned to hold his tongue. But the critics still contend that Zernial hits a ball as hard as the best of them—even Ted Williams. The young Texas giant specializes in line drives which make infielding a hazardous occupation. You can take the word of Hank Majeski, Philadelphia Athletics' first baseman, for that.
"That guy was trying to put the ball right through me," Majeski exploded.
It was at Hollywood under Jimmy Dykes that Zernia gained the confidence which currently is paying off in rattling basehits.
Zernial slashed a drive down the third base line with such force that Majeski jumped out of the way, something you don't see very often in the major leagues.
"Dykes didn't put any pressure on me," Gus explained. "He let me go my own way and said he was still. I don't get my share of base hits."
Jack Onslow, the White Sox manager, works the same system. He doesn't burden Gus with too many hitting orders so the young man who swings with his wrists and isn't shooting at the fences has been burning up the ball, the pitchers—and the infelders.
He attributes it to luck.
But the infielders will tell you that they are the lucky ones—every time Gus lays aside his club and they haven't been hospitalized.
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