TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Home Run Leaders Open Series Today In New York
New York, May 11—(UP)—Things don't always come off as advertised, but it is quite possible that the home run smashing in the big series starting today between the Indians and Yankees will be terrific even in the house that Babe Ruth built.
be doesn't have the exclusive patent on home runs any more.
The Babe doesn't have the extra If things keep going as they have to date, it would be that his historic mark of 60 homers in a season, plus a lot of others in the books, will be surpassed.
These two teams which have designs primarily on the American League pennant, with home run honors as merely a means to an end, are the ones leading the early season round parade. Tellhe H2 8 Honors
Cleveland, pacing the American League race with 11 victories in 15 games, has collected 28 homers in that span, which is seven ahead of the 1947 record-setting pace of the New York Giants. The Giants marked up an all-time major league team record of 221 homers for the season, but in their first 15 games last year they connected for 21 homers.
The Yankees, swinging for the fences as they did in that olden, golden era featuring Ruth & Co., rank next in the majors with 23 homers in 17 games, also ahead of the 1947 Giants who didn't get their
did homer until their 18th game. The Giants, of course, aren't doing too badly either in the home run department this season. With Walker Cooper, one of their big bats, out indefinitely with a knee injury and Johnny Mize having been temporarily disabled, they still have a respectable mark of 21 homers for 18 games.
All Arc Slugging
The rest of the clubs are chipping in, too, with 107 homers to date in the American and 104 in the National. At that rate, both leagues will go over their all-time high totals and will surpass the major league mark of 1.571 for a season set in 1940.
The Indiang, swinging for the fences as usual, swelt their three-game team. Bobby yesterday with a 12 to 7 win, they also came up with a triple play.
The Yankees won their fifth game in six starts at New York as Joe DiMaggio, Billy Johnson and George Stirnweiss poled homers, bringing the club total to seven in two days
I-M Playoffs On Saturday
Playoffs in intramural softball will begin Saturday while playoffs in the minor spring sports will get underway Monday, May 17, Don Powell, intramural director announced today.
In order to begin playoffs in the minor spring sports on May 17, results of all scheduled matches must be turned into the intramural office by 9 a.m. Saturday, Powell added. This will allow teams tied for division championships the weekend to play off those ties. Drawings for the playoff of ties will take place Saturday morning, so teams are warned that matches must be completed by that time.
Ralph Kiner smacked his sixth homer of the season last night at Pittsburgh, and it gave the Pirates a 4 to 2 victory over the Dodgers, hoisting the Bucs to a tie with New York for second place in the standings.
Softball team managers are also cautioned by the intramural director to warn members of their teams to remain here for the weekend. If the weather permits, th playoff will begin in full swing on that day.
In the other two night games Early Wynn's two runs-batted-in and five-hit pitching gave Washington a 6 to 2 win over St. Louis at Washington. Johnny Sain hurled the Braves to a 6 to 0 decision over the Cardinals at St. Louis in the National. The shutout was the first of the season for the Redbirds and snapped their win streak at five games.
in the 9 to 3 drubbing of the White Sox.
Kiner Poles No. 6
With 3 Shutouts
The Giants were rained out at Chicago.
'The Cat' Aims For Records
St. Louis, May 11—(UP)—Next thing you know, the fans will be asking "The Cat" has a shutout "Claws" in his contract.
St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Harry Brecheen, only left-hander to win three games in a World Series, has opened the 1948 season with three whitewash jobs. And he is getting better all the time.
Brecheen shrugged, squared his shoulders and went on to set the next seven batters down in order. Thus he missed baseball immortality just by the margin of that dinky pounder. Had Blatnik been thrown out, Brecheen would have become the first National league pitcher in 68 years to hurl a perfect game.
Resting after his eight-strikeout masterpiece, the 33-year-old Oklahomaman displayed a stoic calm. Yes, he knew he had not allowed a runner to reach base when Blatnik got
Rookie first-sacker Nipy Jones flattened out, stretching to the limit for the low throw. But umpire Babe Pinelli wig-wagged the speed Blatnik safe by a hair's margin.
Close Play At First
He applied the brush to the Chicago. Cubs twice, beating them at Chicago 1-0, on April 23, and thwarting them at St. Louis on May 1 by a 4-0 count. Breechen allowed nine hits in the first game and six in the second.
But in his last outing Saturday night he hit the weights. Harry turned back 20 consecutive Philadelphia Phillies as a big crowd looked on with mounting excitement. Then, with two down in the seventh, outfielder Johnny Blatnik, sliced a twisting slow bounder down the third base line. Whitey Kurokiwis charged the tantalizing hopper, gloved it just past the bag and put everything his aching arm had into the long throw.
Despite the disappointment of that game, there are still plenty of marks for the Cat to shoot for. He must pitch two more whitewash games to tie the major league mark set by G. Harris White of the Chicago White Sox in 1904. The mark for consecutive scoreless innings in the majors was fixed at 56 in 1913 by Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators.
his scratch. Answering a question,
Brecheen said he thought Blatnik was out on the throw.
Can Set A Record
"But," he confessed with a grin. "Till admit I'm prejudiced."
Most observers believe Brecheen has a good chance to match one or both of the marks. He is at his best with a full four-day rest between assignments, a rest he did not get during the past two seasons.
But this year manager Eddie Dyer's pitching plans call for a fiveman staff of starters. If Howie Pollett, Murry Dickinson, Red Munger and Jim Hearn can deliver, there will be no question about Brecheen.
Meet Baker In Baseball
The Jayhawker baseball squad will take the field today against Baker university at 3:30 p.m., barring further rain, coach Russ Sehon said this morning.
Sehon plans to start Lee Ethridge junior righthander, against the Wildcats, with Jack Fency receiving, Dick Fletcher, Karl Ebel, and Bill Hinrichs may also see mound duty for the Javhawkers.
Hal Stewart will again start in centerfield in place of Red Hogan, out for the season with a shoulder injury. Neil Shaw, bespeckled lefty, will start in left field in place of Dick Bertuzzi. Sehon said.
Others who may see action in today's contest are Merle Spring and catcher Steve Mead.
Golfers Face A Tough Foe
The Oklahoma A. & M. golf team comes to Lawrence today for a match with the Mt. Oread foursome at the local country club. It will be the second time this season the Aggies and the Jayhawkers have tangled on the links.
In a previous match at Stillwater the Oklahoma golfers walked away from the Kansans, $13\frac{1}{2}$ to $4\frac{1}{2}$. The A. & M. team, paced by crack linksman Bo Winninger, is rated to be one of the top fairway outfits in the Valley area.
To date the Kansans have won eight and lost three for the season. Losses have been to Missouri, Oklahome, and the Aggies. The Winey-coached crew has won once from K-State, Colorado, Tulsa, and Nebraska. They hold double victories over Washburn, and Emporia State Teachers college.
Coach Winey has announced that Dick Ashlev, Bob Meeker, Hal De-Longy, and Courtland Smith will take the links against the Cowboys today.
Legal Action Likely In Basketball Feud
Chicago, May 11—(UP)—Open war raged today between the National Basketball league and the Basketball Association of America, the nation's two top professional hardwood circuits.
The B.A.A. started the scrap by whisking away four teams—Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Rochester and Fort Wayne—from the 12-year-old rival loon.
In retaliation, the National league broke off the year-old joint draft of college players and claimed it to be their players of the four deserving teams.
It was possible that some legal actions would result from the split. The National league's contention that it retains rights to the players on the shifting teams could be the basis for injunction suits against the players and possibly the teams.
Manhattan, Kan., May 11—(UP)
A two-hit hitpitch performance went for naught here yesterday as four University of Oklahoma miscues handed Kansas State a 5-1 diamond victory.
Okie Errors Hand Wildcats A Win
Hurler Elton Davis held the Wildcat batters in cheek but committed two errors himself. Sooner shortstop Lewis Eubanks also accounted for two bobbles. The combined errors permitted three runs to score.
Kansas State moundsman Jack Bell struck out 17 batters and allowed only seven hits.
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Hogan Injury To Specialist
Dr. Robert Jordan, football team physician, said today that Dr. James Weaver of the University of Kansas medical center is now treating quarterback "Red" Hogan, who was injured in the intra-squad football game May 7.
The team physician stated that it is Dr. Weaver's hope to have Hogan in condition for football next fall. The injury was diagnosed as a separation of the acromio-clavicular joint. Commonly called a knocked down shoulder, the injury is not uncommon to football players.
Hogan will be wearing a heavy cast for about two months. This will not only keep him out of the Jayhawker baseball lineup but will probably keep him from playing any baseball this summer. The past summer he played for the semi-pro Wichita Bombers.
An outfielder for the Jayhawker nine, Hogan is batting 282 in the cleanup spot. He has been replaced in the lineup by Hal Stewart.
Milkman Dies At Birthplace
Marinette, Wis. — (UP) — Christ Christensen, a milkman, made his regular delivery to the house where he was born 50 years ago. As he bent to put the milk on the porch, Christensen collapsed and died on the steps of his former home.
War Hero Back For More
Columbus, Ohio—(UP)—Cpl. Edward A. Bennett, of three living Ohio men who received the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II, is back in the army. He reenlisted here and was assigned to recruiting service in Cincinnati.
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