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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SIX
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1949
Braves Slugger Wears Glasses, Hits Home Runs
New York. April 29 — (U,P)—Big Duke Torgeson of the Braves has decided he doesn't need contact lenses after all to get that home run contact with the ball.
During spring training, Torgeson, the angular first baseman from Snohomish, Wash., experimented with contact lenses, but whenever he got on the diamond he discarded them in favor of his old heavy-rimmed spectacles. Now the bill must look as big to him as if he were viewing it with twin telescopes from the Hayden Planetarium.
Thursday, the Duke took the National League home run lead when he smashed his fourth of the season in Philadelphia in a 6 to 1 Braves' victory. That put him nearly two months ahead of his 1948 home run schedule when he didn't get number four until June 20. And he got only 10 for the season. Vern Bickford pitched three-hit ball to gain his second victory as the Braves and Dodgers took over first place together.
The Dodgers knocked the Giants out of the lead in a merciless 15 to 2 slaughter in the Polo Grounds in which Giant manager Leo Durocher later became involved in a fraces with a fan. The fans and the Dodger ball players tormented Leo verbally all afternoon. The climax came in the sixth when the Dodgers scored eight times as Mike McCormick and Roy Campanella hit three run homers. Duke Snider also hit a Dodger homer in the 19-hit carriage and Whitey Lockman got one for the Giants as Ralph Branca pitched a four-hitter to win his third game.
The Cardinals defeated the Pirates, 4 to 2 at St. Louis, Al Brazile winning his second game, an eight-hitter. Danny Murtaugh, Pirate second baseman, went out with an injured ankle after chasing a fly ball. The day before the Bucs lost shortstop Stan Rojek when he got beaned.
Lefty Ken Raffensburger of the Reds pitched a seven-hit, 2 to 0 victory over the Cubs at Chicago. Singles by Grady Hatton and Ted Kluszewski drove in Cincinnati's runs.
Detroit's simply incredible rookie, Johnny Groth, got his second grand slam homer and his fourth round tripper of the season, raising his batting average to .471, but all to no avail as the Brownis slugged out 15 hits and won a 9 to 6 decision. Groth got two hits, driving in five runs to bring his major league lead-ing total to 17. Jack Graham homered for the Browns.
The league leading Yankees scored a 6 to 2 victory at Washington as Ed Lopat scored his third straight triumph, tops in his league. Dick Kryhoski got a triple and two singles, and Gene Woodling hit a triple and single to pace the 11-hit attack.
Ted Williams got his first homer of the year in a 12 to 5 Red Sox victory over the Athletics at Boston. Dom Dimmaggio led the Red Sox hitting with a double and two singles as Mickey Harris won a shaky first victory in which he gave up 11 hits and eight walks.
Chicago and Cleveland were not scheduled
Sunflower Statesmen Club Elects Balloun President
Gene Ballou, College sophomore,
were elected president of next year's
Sunflower Statesmen club Wednesday.
Other new officers are Jack
Tusher, fine arts junior, vice-president;
John Brockett, business junior,
secretary; Allyn Browne, College
sophomore, corresponding secretary;
and Bob Edman, College sophomore,
treasurer.
One more meeting of the organization will be held in order to select committee heads and to formulate next year's program.
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By Bibler
Ben Hogan's Future Still A Question, But He Wants To Get Back On Greens
New Orleans, April 29- (U.P.) - Ben Hogan, the mighty mite of golf who thought he "was going to die" after an automobile-bus accident, planned to return to Fort Worth, Texas, today still not knowing whether he will ever again play as a professional.
Hogan's 37-year-old P.G.A., United States and Western Open champion.
was examined Thursday by Dr. Alton Ochsner, the surgeon who flew to El Paso, Tex., to operate on him two months ago following the accident. Ochsner tied off a blood clot in Hogan's leg to keep it from reaching his heart.
Hogan was released from an El Paso hospital a month ago. He said yesterday that "honestly, I thought I was going to die" while he was hospitalized with blood clots in his lungs and leg. He is down to 120 pounds, and still moves cautiously, but breaks from
Thursday, he got a checkup from Dr. Ochsner, and had x-rays made.
But no one would say whether Hogan could ever again play the kind of golf that brought in fame and fortune in professional ranks.
Hogan said "the way I feel now, I wouldn't be able to hit a ball across this (hotel) room."
He said he wanted to play again, but would give up golf if he couldn't return to top-flight form.
St. Joseph Leads Western League
St. Joseph took a tighter grip on first place in the Westerff Association standings last night with a lopsided victory over last place Leavenworth by an 11-2 score.
RY UNITED PRESS
The win kept St. Joe far ahead of the pack and kept them in the perfect record bracket with five wins and no losses.
Jopin moved onto a par with the idle Salina club with 12 hits that netted them 7 runs against the Toreka Owls for a 7-4 win.
Muskegue came from behind to deal Ft. Smith a 10-6 drubbing in the third game last night and moved into a three way tie for the second spot in the Standings with Joplin and Salina.
Ft. Smith slipped a rung in the
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St. Paul Saints Perfect Record Still Intact
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By UNITED PRESS
An eighth-inning home run by pitcher Mel Himes keet the St. Paul Saints' perfect record intact today. Columbus
Himes' blow defeated Columbus, 2 to 1, and left the Saints with six victories the only undefeated team in the American Association.
Veterans---the Antelope. In games Thursday Milwaukee defeated Toledo, 9 to 1, at Milwaukee; Indianapolis invaded Kansas City to whip the Blues, 13 to 6; and Minneapolis shaded Louisville, 4 to 3, at Louisville.
Columbus pitcher Jim Bryant allowed St. Paul only two hits, but but of them were homers. The Redbirds collected seven hits off Himes and were leading, 1 to 0, when Jim Pendleton's homer in the sixth tied the score and set the stage for Himes to win his own ball game.
AMERICAN LEGION 214 West.8th
standings to go into a three way tie for the fifth place spot along with Topeka and idle Hutchinson. Each of the three teams had only one win to their credit against three losses.
Minneapolis' victory over seventhplace Louisville gave the Millers a tighter grasp on second place. But the Colonels threatened in the fourth when Jim Wilson and George Jones both hit for the circuit. Minneapolis got seven hits of Ewald Pyle, one of them a homer by Charley Workman.
Indianapolis' victory over Kansas City moved the Indians into a third-place tie and dropped the Blues to fifth place. The Tribe blasted five Kansas City pitchers for 12 hits, one of them a homer by Dale Coogan.
Milwaukee routed Toledo with a five-run assault in the third and a four-run spree in the sixth. The victory left the Brewers tied with Indianapolis for third.
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Johnny Groth Leads Hitting
By UNITED PRESS LEADING BATSMEN National League
Player and club G A B R H Pct
Schoendienst, St. Louis 8 35 15 429
Marshall, New York 8 21 5 9 429
Campanella Brooklyn 10 31 8 13 419
Verban, Chicago 9 31 4 13 419
Kazak, St. Louis 7 18 1 7 369
American League
American League
Groth, Detroit 9 34 8 16 471
Stewart, Washington 16 7 3 7 412
Coleman, New York 93 2 5 13 406
Kell, Detroit 93 8 6 15 395
Dillinger, S. Louis 10 4 15 16 390
William S. Simpson, professor of aeronautical engineering, spoke to students at Ottawa university Tues. He described the type of work and the preparation needed in the field of aeronautical sciences and the aptitudes necessary for a successful aeronautical engineer.
Simpson Speaks At Ottawa
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