r Tuesday, May 29, 1951 THE BATTALION Page 3 • 'Fa in, A hmmsLead Majors In Hitting Chicago, May 29 —CP) — Ferris Fain, Philadelphia first baseman, slumped seven points last week but his .386 mark topped American League batters through Sunday’s games. r Fain collected five hits in 15 trips in falling from his last week’s .393. Nelson Fox, tiny Chicago White Sox second baseman, zoomed ^into the runner-up spot with a 22- point climb from seventh place to .362. Another White Sox player, third baseman Orestes Minosq, was third v%h .355. Other leaders with more than 75 times at bat were Ray Coleman, St. Louis, .347; Gill 4'oan, Washington, .344; Jim Busy, Chicago, .340; Dom Di Maggio, Boston, .338; Vern Stephens, Bos ton, .377; Eddie Robinson, Chicago, .333; and Gerry Coleman New York, .325. National League Leaders With Cal Abrams leading the league at .451, Brooklyn has taken charge of the National League av erages. Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson and Duke Snider, the heavy bombers in the Dodger batting order, mono polize the slugging honors. Hodges leads with 34 runs scored and 14 homers. Snider found time to boost his league-leading RBI mark to 34. Robinson, second to Abrams with a .412 average, has the most hits 54. Jackie added eight points to his average during the week. The Brooks even have the leading pitcher with Preacher Roe’s perfect 6-0 record. Behind Abrams and Robinson in the batting race, comes Bob Elliott of Boston, .373. Pee Wee Reese, another Brooklyn star, is fourth at .361/ Stan Rojek, turned slugger since traded from Pittsburgh to St. Louis, is a fifth with a surprising .360. Another shortstop, Virgil Stallcup of Cincinnati, is hitting a solid .350 with Musial seventh at .347. Then come three tied at .342 —Richie Ashburn of the Phils, Con nie Ryan of Cincinnati and Red Schoendients of St. Louis. 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Eddie Robinson’s hit power ed the first run, and Eddie Stew art scored the other on Delsing’s miscue. St. Louis loaded the bases with two walks and Rogovin’s throwing error in the fifth. Then Hank Arft got across with a hit-less run af ter Bob Young flied out. Chicago cashed three more hits for a pair of runs in the fifth. Rogovin singled for the first of his two hits to start it. After Nelson Fox grounded out, Stewart doub led to score the White Sox pitcher. Robinson’s second single was good for his second run batted in as Stewart scored. The Browns picked up their last run without a hit in the seventh. This time two walks, Rogovin’s sixth and seventh passes, set it up. Johnny Bero scored as Young grounded out. Red Sox 3, Yankees 2 Padres Regain 1st Place With Win Over Buffs San Antonio, May 29—UP) —Procopio Herrea won his first start for the San Antonio Missions here last night by turning back the Houston Buffs 14-8, putting the Padres back in the Texas League lead. Homers by Ben Steiner, Larry Miggins, and Eddie Kazak account ed for all but one of Houston’s Boston, May 29 —• GP)—Bobby Doerr’s one-on homer enabled Mel Parnell to best Allie Reynolds to night as the Boston Red Sox gained its eighth straight victory by top ping the championship New York Yankees, 3-2. Both of the New York runs were unearned and Rookie Gil McDoug- ald impressed the 31,902 crowd by bashing four consecutive singles for the Yanks. Indians 9, Tigers 0 Detroit, May 29—(A 1 ) — Veteran Bob Feller pitched his second straight shutout last night as Cleveland battered Detroit 9 to 0. The Indians got 15 hits off three Detroit pitchers and ended a four game losing streak. Feller, gave up six hits in wim, ning his sixth game against one defeat. The big righthander also smashed a double and two singles to drive in two runs. Cleveland’s Luke Easter blasted his first home fun as the Indians handed Ted Gray his fourth loss. Gray has one victory. AMERICAN LEAGUE W Chicago 24 New York 26 Boston 22 Detroit 17 Cleveland 16 Washington....15 St. Louis 11 Philadelphia ..10 L 9 11 13 17 19 19 27 26 Pet .727 .703 .629 .500 .457 .441 .289 .278 GB NATIONAL LEAGUE W Brooklyn 22 St. Louis 20 Chicago 18 Boston 20 New York 20 Cincinnati 17 Philadelphia ..16 Pittsburgh ....15 L 14 17 16 18 20 20 22 21 Pet .611 .541 .529 .526 .500 .459 .421 .417 3 1V2 9 9V 2 is y 2 15 y 2 GB 2y 2 3 3 4 5y 2 7 7 rsmnra Bryan Z‘SS79 LAST DAY “Inside Straight” ^VEDrYbriTsATr QUEEN LAST DAY “Short Grass” ^ ED. and Thurs. W i Eagles and the 6-0 licking his Fort Worth mates handed them dropped them out of the Texas League lead. Fort Worth jumped on Walt Lanfranconi for nine hits and four runs before the little righthander was lifted. It was his fourth straight loss against seven victor ies. Oilers 3, Indians 2 Oklahoma City, May 29—GP)— The Tulsa Oilers scored three runs after two were out in the sixth in ning last night for a 3-2 victory over the Oklahoma City Indians. It was Oklahoma City’s , third straight one-run loss. In the sixth, Bob Hazle was hit by Pitcher Johnny Beazley. Ed die Knoblauch beat out a bunt and both scored on Fletcher Robbe’s triple. Robbe scored when the throw to third got away from Jim Littlejohn. Littlejohn’s triple drove in the Indians’ runs in the second inning. TEXAS LEAGUE STANDINGS Team W L Pet. GB San Antonio 29 18 .617 Dallas 28 18 .609 Beaumont T ... 26 23 .531 4 Houston 23 23 .500 5% Fort Worth 22 25 .468 7 Oklahoma City .... 21 26 .447 8 Tulsa 20 27 .426 9 Shreveport 22 31 .415 10 Philadelphia, May 29—UP)—Carl Furillo’s sixth home run in the ninth gave Brooklyn a 4 to 3 victory over the slumping Philadel phia Phillies last night. Ralph Branca was the winning pitcher as the Phillies went down to their fifth straight defeat. The Dodgers made 10 hits off Lefty Ken Heintzelman, including Gil Hodges 15th home run. Seven of the Brooklyn hits were for extra bases with Furillo contributing two doubles. Heintzelman, though hit hard when the Dodgers met the ball, struck out 11 of the hardest hit ting crew in the National League, The hard luck left hander, now loser of five and winner of one, was alternately brilliant and medi ocre. The home run ball proved his downfall. Branca made Manager Charley Dressen’s Brooklyn pitching pic ture a little brighter as the b i g right hander won his first starting assignment since Sept. 26, 1950. Seven hits a.nd walked only one. Cardinals 6, Pirates 5 St. Louis, May 29—GP) — The St. Louis Cardinals took over sec ond place in the National League by defeating Pittsburgh 6-5 last night. Red Schoendienst drove in the winning run with a single in the 10th inning. Card Stan Musial hit a three- rnu homer, his fourth four-bagger in six consecutive times at bat, and Ralph Kiner, George Metkovich and pitcher Cliff Chambers homer- ed for the Pirates. Braves 4, Giants 1 New York, May 29—(A 5 )—B o b Elliott homered after Willard Mar shall lashed a one-on triple in the first, last night to inspire the Bos ton Braves for a 4-1 victory ovei‘ the New York Giants. The home forces’ tally was provided by Rook ie Willie Mays’ homer, his first major League hit. The most potent of the Tribes men’s seven hits snapped the string of 21 consecutive scoreless innings the Giants had woven against the opposition, much to the dismay of 23,101, the Polio Grounds largest floodlighted gathering to date. Seniors! Are you prepared for the world’s struggle with opposing ideologies? 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Box Score TEXAS A&M ab h po a Wallace, ss 6 2 0 1 Ecrette, 2b 4 2 2 2 Lary, if 5 0 10 Ogletree, c 6 1 11 0 McPherson, rf 4 0 10 Candelari, 3b 5 2 12 Baker, cf 4 2 5 0 Munnerlyn, lb 10 6 0 Hubert, p 3 10 0 Total 38 10 27 5 ARIZONA ab h po a Johnson, cf 4 2 5 0 Gardner, rf 4 2 4 0 Wheeler, 3b 3 0 11 Jenney, c 4 2 4 0 Delay, if 4 0 0 0 Yerbica, lb 4 0 5 1 Quigley, 2b 3 0 6 2 Nicely, ss ! 10 10 Lenhardt, ss 10 1 1 Risher, p 0 0 0 0 Starkey, p 2 0 0 2 Crowell, b8 10 0 0 Tussey, p 0 0 0 0 Total . . . . 31 6 27 7 Texas A&M 054 010 040—14 Arizona 000 002 000— 2 R—Wallace 2, Ecrette, Ogletree, McPherson, Candelari 3, Baker, Munnerlyn 3, Hubert 2, Johnson, Nicely. E—Johnson, Wheeler 3, BBerbica, Nicely 2. RBI—Wallace 3, Ecrette 4, Candelari 2, Baker 2, Hubert, Gardner, Jenney. 2B—Can delari. 3B — Jenney, Wallace, Ecrette. HR—Candelari. SB — Baker, Candelari, Wheeler. S — Hubert 2, Munnerlyn, Lary. DP— Candelari to Ecrette to Munner lyn, Wallace to Ecrette to Munner lyn. Left—Arizona 4, Texas A&M 8. BB—Off Hubert 2, Risher 2, Starkey 4, Tussey 1. SO—By Risher 1, Starkey 1, Hubert 10. H—Off Risher 7 in 2 2/3 innings, Starkey 3 in 5 1/3, Tussey 0 in 1. Loser Tisher. U—Tiemann and Jones. T—2:08. A—1.280 (paid). Mural Equipment To Be Returned Athletic officers of the mili tary units are asked to turn in intramural sports equipment at the Student Activities office her fore leaving the campus, Barney Welch, intramural director an nounced this morning. Members of the A&M softball team are also requested to turn in uniforms to the Student Ac tivities office, Welch concluded. - CKS + AK + A + TLY + © - TON +^vOT + Y -EPS + ICK WHO SAID WHAT? Above rebus quotes a former U.S. President. Who! What did he say! Fill in the squares. If you want to check your solution ask the business manager of this, your paper! BEUEVE YOURSELF! Don't test one brand alone ...comf^are them all! Unlike others, we never ask you to test our brand alone. 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