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TOMMY HOLMES Dodgers, Below .500 Mark, Off to Disappointing Start in Race YANKS MINUS DIMAGGIO ON WESTERN TRIP Clipper to Remain Here for Further Treatments of Heel Scoffer Shot at The Sport Scene 1 1 i Campy Puts In Squawk About Umps By TOMMY HOLMES It was a crippled, but not discouraged, Yankee force Brooklyn's best chance to win the Sabbath ball game came with two out in the bottom of which prepared today for its opening Western trip following the disclosure that Joe Di-Maggio's injured heel had not improved sufficiently to alio' him to make the trip with the club. In addition, Southpaw Tom the eighth. Duke Snider had added a clothesline double to the exit gate to his earlier home run with one on and Jackie Robinson had scratched a single my Byrne was left behind I sirs: I III. along with the Clipper because of a sinus condition which re ott the glove of Puddin'head I '3L. 1 I Jones.

Robinson set out to steal second and made it easily. "The thing to do," nodded Manager Barney Shotton in the post-mortem clubhouse meet quires immediate treatment. Charley Keller, who pulled a muscle in his right side while taking batting practice recently, will be on the train but it is doubtful that he will see action for some time. Yankee officials were hoping GRANVILLE HAMNER scores Phillies' first run in game at Ebbets Field yesterday. He didn't have to hit the dirt, but took no chances.

Roy Campanella awaits return of ball from Gene Hermanski. ing. "That put the tying run on second base. Robbie wasn't taking much of a chance with that fellow (Russ Meyer) pitching and Andy Seminick catch that DiMaggio would be able to rejoin the club when it returns to the Stadium on May 17. Re I- .1 cent X-rays of Joe's heel have been encouraging, a spokesman THE WAYWARD PRESS An implausible story of assault and battery out in the open air was bolstered by published pictures of the victim lying on his bed of pain and hysterical comments from alleged eyewitnesses who may or may not have been irresponsible.

The tale was embellished by the news services with fresh dispatches every hour on the hour. By the time the late city editions of the tabloids reached the streets the impeding fall of Shanghai had been crowded off page one. One thing seemed clear enough to Commissioner Happy Chandler. What sounded at the start like the greatest outrage since the invasion of Poland rated a thorough investigation. As baseball's policeman, Chandler had another concernfear that horror in Harlem would generate racial friction that might explode in an even more serious situation.

The safest way to avoid that seemed to be to put Leo Durocher on ice, so to speak, pending the hearing. No sooner had Durocher's suspension been announced than the case against him began to weaken. The alleged victim was discharged from the hospital, where no evidence of injury could be found. His original lawyer withdrew from the case. Those early witnesses appeared to evaporate and from a hundred other quarters the veracity of the original version was assailed.

The journalistic knights were in the saddle and riding too fast to come to an immediate stop. Without even slackening speed they veered to attack a new villain Chandler. What kind of Baseball Commissioner would do such an urn American thing as suspend Durocher without a hearing? Bv inference at least, they charged Chandler with stupidity for paying any attention to the things he had read. Durocher, who has managed to behave with reasonable dignity throughout this latest crisis, is the only one involved who doesn't look a little bit silly. He'll probably come out of it okay.

Barring fresh and unexpected developments, this is the greatest break Leo has had in years in his personal public relations. THE ROCK'S OWN DOUGH Minute interview with Jack Healey, co-manager of Rocky Graziano: "The Rock started training at Gleeson's up at Greenwood Lake last week and, on Wednesday, we'll have him out at that Illinois Boxing Commission meeting to plead for reinstatement. If that is granted we'll want to fight somebody like Chuck Taylor around 'Chicago in June. We're not interested in a title fight with Cerdan that early but we may be by September. How serious is Rocky about his comeback? Weil, It cost $7,200 of his own dough to pay off that Oakland promoter.

He borrowed on one of his annuities to square the rap that caused his N. B. A. suspension. Neither Irving Cohen nor I would do it for First, we couldn't afford it and, second, we wouldn't, gamble that kind of money on said, but he will stay in New York for further treatment.

ing. I don't believe they could get him out stealing one time in fifty. But he might just as well have stayed on first, because we still needed a base hit and we didn't get it." The inning ended with Roy Campanella called out on strikes. There was a brief ex The Yankees suffered their first home defeat yesterday by the Red Sox, 112. Ted Williams, premier slug ger of the Red Sox hit a grand slam homer in the sixth, the most damaging blow of the day, change as Campanella stood at the plate and said something to Umpire Jocko Conlon.

Then as Campanella walked away he said something else and Conlon Bushwicks Nab Sixth Straight Behind Zachary At Dexter Park yesterday the Bushwicks beat the Black Yankee Travelers in the first game by 4 to 1 for their sixth straight win. The second game was called on account of rain with Bushwicks at bat in their half of the third and leading by 2 to 0. The Bushwicks broke the ice although earlier two-run homers by Johnny Pesky and gave him the quick bounce with Vernon Stephens provided Lefty Mel Parnell with the working margin for this third straight victory. a sweeping gesture. Fast Hvave-0 "It was quick, all right," agreed Shotton.

"Too quick. The trouble is that we've been seeing too much of these three BALL, BALL, WHOSE GOT THE BALL? Richie Ashburn, Phillies outfielder (No. 1), beats out a sharp infield grounder that took a bad hop and caromed off Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges' arm in yesterday's game at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn pitcher Erv Palica is shown at the bag, but there was no play. The runner was credited with a hit.

Brooklyn lost, 4 2. The Yankees, who had won all of their seven games at home this year, looked their LITTLE SPORT By Rouson very worst before the season's largest crowd, 54,328. Rain fell through most of the latter part of the game and probably prevented the Yankees from attracting a much larger crowd. in the opener in the third in ning when Jack Brown walked. Al Zachary hit to deep right 1 center for three bases to score Alhe Reynolds the starting Yankee pitcher, was the victim of the first two Boston YOUNG MAN OK Amy Brown.

Eddie Horai grounded out, but Roy Triebel was safe homers. Pesky, who had hit on an error by lxitt, scoring seven homers previously in' his major league career got his Zachary. They added one more in the fifth on Horai's triple blast in the first inning and to left center and Horai scored got his fifth of the season in COM MMMAt when Roy Triebel singled to the third. Xo. 1 for Antonelli umpires, ve had em ever since that opening series with Johnny Antonelli, Boston's 19-year-old $75,000 bonus pitcher made his first start in the majors a successful one at the the Giants." Campanella seemed honestly disturbed over getting the gate.

expense of the Giants, 4 to 2 center. The last run was scored in the seventh when Horai- singled, was advanced to second by Roy Triebel's sacrifice and scored when Pat Petrino singled. The Travelers scored their only run in the fifth when two errors put Bauers and Barker on base and Albert Clay's single scored Bauer. The visitors had another chance In the seventh when, He said it was the first time he in the second game of a double- has ever been put out of a ball header after the Braves won the opener, 6 to 5, and vaulted game either in organized base Derby to Attract 10 to 14 Starters By JOE LEE King Horse will offer his first big kick of the season Saturday at Churchill Downs, where Col. Matt Winn will stage the Diamond Jubilee edition of the Kentucky Derby, America's Number One horse race.

While Fred Hooper's Olympia is still regarded as the one to beat for the first jewel of I Cartier Faces Governale in Parkway Bout A slugging middleweight match is in prospect tonight when Walter Cartier of Greenwich Village faces Joe Gover into first place yesterday at ball or in the Negro leagues Boston. where he played so long. "I merely asked him where A crowd of 33,402 watched the left-handed Antonelli limit the pitch was and he said it with Sam Nahem on the mound, Russ Bauers tripled to the Giants to six hits in eight his good intentions. But when he put the dough up himself he convinced us that he'll really try to get in shape." GREETINGS, ETC. Paulino Uzcudun, the under-slung Basque who was a ranking heavyweight 13 years ago, will be half a century old tomorrow.

Last I heard of Paulino, he was a mountain trooper for Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War. Tomorrow is also the 29th birthday of Sugar Ray Robinson, the elusive welterweight champion of the world. Elmer Layden, fullback of the Four Horsemen assembled by Knute Rockne and immortalized by Grantland Rice, will be 46 Wednesday. Friday is the 56th birthday of Lou Little, Columbia's football master mind, the 34th birthday of Red Cochrane, former welterweight champion, and the 32d birthday of Mike McCor-mick, the youthful dean of the Dodger team. THE STORY OF LAZARUS Speaking of Mike Mc-Cormick.

He's a native of Angel's Camp, Cal. That's in Calaveras made famous by Mark Twain's story of the jumping frog. The annual Pioneer celebration at Angel's Camp takes the form of a Jumping Frog Festival, with betting, cowboy parades, six-gun fire and other appropriate fiontier sidelights. I read last week that they hope to have a most unusual entry in this year's festival, which starts May 13. That's Lazarus, so named by scientists who discovered him in a Yosemite Park glacier.

These same scientists hope to gradually thaw out the big croaker, bring him back to life with shots of benzedrine and maybe win the big prize. Since the age of Lazarus is roughly estimated at 12 centuries, he'll be the oldest competitor in the history of American sport if and when. innings before he gave way to deep center, but Nahem fanned Nelson Potter in the ninth Manager Marvin Barker and With a three-run lead to work the tiiple crown, events of the nale of Bensonhurst in the Clay flied out to right. Zachary allowed but four hits in the six innings he past two weeks indicate a main eight-round bout tonight on, Antonelli passed Buddy Kerr, pinch hitter Bobby Rhawn and Bill Rigney. The first three batters to face him TROUBLE AHEAD? Phllllri Dodieri ibrhoa1 ab a Ashburn.

cl- 5 0 2 1 0 Rffse.ss 4 0 0 1 3 Hamnr.i 4 1 0 4 4 4 113 0 Waltltus.lb 4 1 2 8 2 Snlder.cf 3 12 10 Ennis.lf 4 1 3 3 0 Robinson. 2b 4 02 2 2 field of 10 to 14 possible start worked. at the Eastern Parkway Rink. Next Sunday the Bushwicks was right over the middle, said Campanella. "Then as I walked away I expressed my opinion on what kind of a strike it was and 1 was on my way.

"The pitch was a curve and broke outside but you can't say anything to these umpires. They're too perfect." Chuck Flirts It The inning ended with the score 4 to 2 in favor of the Phillies and that is the way the game wound up. Gil Hodges singled with one out in the Cartier, who is batting over 500 in the knockout class w-ith Hollmle.rf 3 0 0 1 0 Campflla.o 40 170 0 00 1 0 meet the New England Hobos in the first game and Staten Island Lions in the second. 14 in 27, holies to make Gover 1 0 0 0 0 Edwards, 40 Mlllfr.2b 4 0 12 1 Hodges. lb Seminick, 3 1 1 0 Purlllo.rf Meyer.p 3 0 0 3 2 cConnorj in the final frame.

Potter replaced him at this point. Walker Cooper had been sent up to bat for Whitey Lockman, but when Potter appeared, acting; manager Frank i switched to Willard Marshall The box score: nale No. J.j nut Joe, who recently became a father, expects to turn the tables as a gift to his newly-born baby. 4 0 0 1 3 4 0 1 8 0 3 0 13 0 1 0000 1 0002 1 0000 0000 1 1 000 0 00000 Roc.p Black Yankee Bushwicks Travelers 1 ab a ers for the gruelling mile and a quarter, run. Quite a few owners with Derby hopes are of the opinion the Hooper colt will lose his zip at the distance.

Isador Bieber's Palestinian proved Olympia can be caught when he collared him in the running of the Wood Memorial, only to lose the decision in the last few jumps, where Eddie Arcaro's riding skill was the deciding factor. The four-horse blanket finish aShuba Palica. bRacklcjr LotUss Vinnie Culone, Cartier vic ab a Horai.lf 4 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 4 Triebel. ss 3 0 1 2 4 4 0 1 5 2 Pttrino.lb 401 8 0 4 0 1 10 4 0 0 3 CI Banta.p -I tim in a much-disputed bout, who singled off Earl Torge-son's glove to tally Kerr. Don Mueller hit for Jack Al so Solomon cf 300 oo ninth to arouse a ray of hope, 4 00 2 0 Cnello2b 4 02 4 3 311 3 2 Dei vio.3b 4 2 Shotton sent up the left- Totals 33 4 10 27 10! Totals 34 2 8 27 11 Grounded out (or Roe in 6th.

bGroundcd out for Palica In 7Ui. cHU Into double Di7 for rurlllo In 9th. Lohrke and fanned. Sid Gor R'dson 2b Smith, rf Barbee.lb Vwrlra.lf Bavers.c Barker.3b Clay.cf Preston. Forest.

Palmer 3 00 1 1 Brown, 2 1 0 8 rhiwk Cinnnrc in 2 fi oihandprl i i i ii don lined to Marv Rickert and the Hub left fielder turned the ooo oo swing for Carl Furillo. Connors 3 0 1 10 Zacharv.o 2 0 0 0 2 Nahem. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phillies Dodzers 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 04 00000200 02 Waltkus, Ennla. 2, will be on hand to challenge the winner. The another eight-rounder, features Ray Lewis and Johnny Johniken in a return bout which saw Johnny score a second-round knockout in their first tiff.

In the sixers Eddie Chavez! MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS drive into a sensational double bounced sharply back to the box and a double play ended the Runs batted In Seminick. Snider 2 Two-base hits Ash- Totals 32 1 5 24 111 TotJls 29 4 10 27 12 play to end the game. game. of the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland last week at a mile and one eighth in which Halt beat John's Joy, Wine List and A two-run single by pinch Shotton was asked whv he had sent Connors up to hit hitter Sibby Sisti with one sacks filled enabled the Braves to win the opener. The Giants Old Rockport in that order, NATIONAL LEAOUB Player and Club Campanella, Brooklyn Lowery, Chicago Stallcup.

Cincinnati Cavarretta, Chicago Kazak, St. Louis AMERICAN LEAOUB Player and Club Goldsberry. Chicago Groth. Detroit Mitchell. Cleveland DIMaggio, Boston "To reduce the possibilitis of O.

AB. R. H. Pet. 13 41 10 19 .463 7 21 5 9 .429 11 40 2 IS .400 12 46 7 18 .391 10 30 2 11 .367 G.

AB. R. H. Pet. 8 21 6 11 .524 12 42 9 18 .429 6 24 2 10 .417 12 30 11 20 .400 13 48 8 19 .396 faces Manuel Batista and Steve King takes on George Haywood.

burn, Campanella, Bnnls. Jones, Furillo, Snider, Home runs Seminick, Ennis. Snider. Soteln base Robinson. Sacrifice Meyer.

Double plays Palica, Reese, Hodges: Meyer, Hamner. Waltkus. Left on bases Phillies fl, Dodgers 6. Bases on balls Off Meyer 1. Roe 1.

struck out By Meyer 4, Roe 4, Banta 3 Hits and runs Off Roe 8 and 4 in 8 Innings, Pallra 1 and 0 in 1. Banta 1 and 0 In 2. Winning pitcher Meyer (1-1. Losing pitcher Roe. Umpires Conlan, Warneke snrt Stewart.

Time 2:17. Attendance 20.507. a double play, he answered supplied added fodder for the "beat the favorite" addicts who tied this tilt in the eighth Battel lor Preston In 8th. Black Yankee Travelers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bushwicks 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 Runs batted In By Clay, Triebel, Petrino, Zachary. Errors by Loft, Richardson, Clay.

Triebel I2t. Two-base hits Del Savlo. Three-base hits Bauers. Zachary, Horai. Sacrifice hits Triebel.

Double plays Richardson, Lott and Barbee. Triebel, Cucclnello and Petrino, Del Savto, Cucclnello and Petrino. Bases on balls Off Preston 3 Struck out By Pre.ton 1, Forest 1. Zacharv 4. Nahem 4.

Hits Off Preston 9 In 7. Forest one-ln-one. Zachary 4 In 8. Nahem one in 3 Winning pitcher Zachary. Losing pitcher Preston Umpires Hopkins.

Bergen and SCORES TWO ACES ON SAME HOLE Pittsburgh, May 2 (U.R) Playing a morning round of golf, Elliot C. Stauffer teed off on the ISA-yard 16th hole yesterday with a No. 6 iron. The ball rolled into the cup for a hole-in-one. Playing another round in the afternoon, he teed off on the 16th with a No.

6 iron again. The ball rolled into the cup for another hole-in-one. Nick Palermo and Mike Betts open the show. are trying to land on the right when Cooper homered with Marshall aboard and a circuit placed them ahead in the first half of the ninth. The St.

Nick this evening Graham. St. Louis selection. Derby Trial Tomorrow with a sigh. Brooklyn's start in the pennant race has been disappointing.

As the Dodgers await the invasion of the Western clubs they have dropped below the lists Joey Brocato, well known to Broadway Arena fans and Another potential Derby hope HOME RUNS Stephens, Red Sox Si Groth. Tigers 4 Gordon, Giants 4 Graham. Browns 4 Cams'Ia. Dodgers 4 Ennis, Phillies 4 Reese. DodgerA 4 Torgeson, Braves 4 RUNS BATTED IN Groth, Tigers 18' Reese.

Dodgers 14 Stephen, R. Sox 17 Torgeson, Braves 14 George La Falgio. may come out of the Derby Aiser. Time of game 1 55. Trial to be run at the Downs tomorrow.

Last year Citation The Manhattan Center lists Basora and Henry Brimm in the 10-round T. of C. event Wednesday night, while Sunny- Williams, R. Sox 14 broke the jinx that attended this race by being the first to Olympia, Palestinian, Halt, Old Rockport, John's Joy, Model Cadet, Wine List, Capot, Ky. Colonel, Olympia's stablemate, Ocean Drive, Lextown, Jack's Town, Duplicator and either De Luxe or Ponderof the Calumet Farms.

It's possible some of these win the trial and then move INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Nwrk, 5: Buffalo, 5 16 rln). Jersey CHjr, Montreal, 0 li rain). Toronto, 10; Syracuse, 6 Ust), Syracuse, Toronto, 2 f2d i Rochester, 8: Baltimore 3 (lsti. Baltimore, 10; Rochester. 1 (2di.

STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L. Pct.l L. Pet. J.

City 7 4 5 6 Svracase 4 .600 Montreal 4 .444 Rochester 5 .545 Buffalo 4 6 .400 Baltimore 6 500 Newark 3 .379 No games scheduled today. side Garden the following evening shows Beppe Colasanti YESTERDAY'S STAR Elmer Yalo of the Athletics, who got tvvo bases-loaded triples and a single in the first game, batting in seven runs as the A's crushed Washington, 15 to 9 and 7 to 4. .500 mark for the first time. There is no real reason for alarm because the entire league is bunched in the race for the first turn. Still it would be nice to be setting the pace.

Shotton was pleased with the quality of his secondary pitching yesterday and Preacher Roe, who started and lost, suffered from a shaky start. Later two pitches "got away" from him and Andy Seminick and Del and Jimmy liegeman. Aldo Minelli. brother of on to grab the Derby. But, it must be added, Citation was an exceptional performer.

There's no such standout colt in the three-year-old ranks this year. Livio, returns to the Ridge wood will fall by the wayside after Grove on Saturday night when he faces Al "Bozo" Costantino the running of the Derby Trial The possible field at this in the main eight-round event. writing shapes up as follows: tomorrow. mm MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS Ennis lammed home runs into I 1 CAN CADETS HELP BARNEY? the left field seat. Xo Clutch Slugging "There wasn't anything the matter that a hit in the pinch National League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Brooklyn 2.

Philadelphia 4, VTA him on the winning to put track. Cincinnati Pittsburgh 10, Omaha Kid Hopes For Control at West Point Today wouldn't cure," said Shotton, who, at the moment, plans no lineup changes. i American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston 11, Xew York 2. Detroit 3, Cleveland 2. Chicago 7, St.

Louis 6 (1st). Chicago 14, St. Louis 11 (2d). Philadelphia 15, Washington 9 (1st). Philadelphia 7, Washington 3 This is the report on the great Meyer, the right hander the Third Base Sweepstake Cincinnati's Reds open the Phillies obtained from the Cubs last Winter, pitched a steady (1st).

Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh (2d). St. Louis 8. Chicago 3. Boston fi, Xew York 5 (1st).

Boston 4, Xew York 2 (2d). STANDI NG OF THE CM BS first Western invasion of Ebbets Weeks ago: at the Vero eight-hitter, was undamaged ex- Beach training camp news mning, cept in the sixth when Snider (2d, called end of 7th curfew law). Field tomorrow and Ralph Branca is ready and rested for the big event. So far, the Hawk with three victories and no losses is the only Dodger pitcher papermen and club officials picked the man they thought would open the season for the hit one into the center field stands behind a single by Gene Hermanski. The Dodgers lost, STAXDIXG OF THE CLUBS Dodgers at third- base.

The is GB to have made a good start. but it was a good ball game on a gray day for 20,507 customers. selections and a dollar bill were placed in sealed envelopes and home of Clint Hartung, the cele-hrated what-is-it of the Giants. A bonus player out of Texas A. and he prepped at Wilmington last Summer where he batted .303.

A right-handed hitter, he got Into action because Roe, the preacher-man, is what the cliche fanciers call a portside pitcher. In each of Roe's three pitching appearances he has been tagged for two home runs. He retired in the sixth when Shotgun Shuba, making his first appearance of the season, swung for him. The Shotgun person fouled off about a dozen, then grounded out. And, of course, another debutante was Kiven Connors.

Snider's home run just did reach the lower stands In center, bouncing high among the Xew York Chicago Cleveland Detroit completely forgotten until W. L. Pet. GB' Boston 9 5 .643 Cincinnati 7 ft .583 1 St. Louis fi 5 .545 Brooklyn fi 7 .462 2-4 Xew York 6 7 .462 2 Pittsburgh 6 7 .462 2Vi Philadelphia 6 8 .429 3 Chicago 5 7 .417 3 Heaven only knows when the Phillies last swept a three- W.

-10 8 fi 7 8 6 Esils sports Picture Pet. .769 .615 .600 .583 .533 .500 .231 .214 Five involved in the pool, in game series at Ebbets Field. They did it this time with three Philadelphia Boston St. Louis 2'2 3 7 7j starting pitchers Ken Heint- CLOUD OF DUST Pat McMahon'of St. Augustine makes a perfect steal of home as he slides under arm of Vincent Bove of St.

Thomas Aquinas in C. Y. 0. Senior Division play at the Parade Grounds yesterday. Dutch Camarano is thebatter.

St. Augustine won, 60. 3 10 cluding Brother Harold Burr, picked the right man, Billy Cox, Among those who did not have a winner were Branch Washington 3 11 TODAY'S GAMES No games scheduled. Rickey and Branch Rickey zelman, Hank Borowy and Meyergoing the full distance. If the Phillies get that type of steady pitching very often, they'll give this National League a fit, make no mistake The annual Dodger exhibition against the Cadets at West Point scheduled for today brought an interesting development.

Rex Barney, not on the original list of Brooklyn players to make the trip, was put on at his own request and has received permission to pitch. The Omaha kid, wild and ineffective all Spring, overlooks no bets that might help him regain his stuff and perhaps he remembers last year when a nine-inning exhibition against the Cleveland Indians seemed TOMORROW'S GAMES (1:30 Cincinnati at Brooklyn TODAY'S GAMES Xo games scheduled. TOMORROW'S GAMES Xew Y'ork at St. Louis who went for Spider Jorgensen. The most intriguing selection was that of Walter O'Malley, who chose Babe Didrikson.

SPORTS (3:30 p.m.). Pittsburgh.at Xew York (8:30 p.m.). St. Louig at Philadelphia (night). Chicago at Boston (night).

about that. For Eddie Sawyer is an intelligent manager of a good-looking ball club with a nice balance of power and customers. It was the Duke's Stan Hollmik, the new right p.m.). Boston at Detroit. Washington at Chicago.

(Other clubs not scheduled.) MONDAY, MAY 2, 1949 third of the season, his first at fielder unveiled by the Phillies 13 speed, youth and experience. T. H. yesterday, lives in Hondo, I Ebbets Field..