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Baseball's Big Leagues
By The Associated Press
Rain and an -open date in the
American League schedule gave
the trend spotters a chance to ob
serve today that the Eastern clubs
thumped the West in the first in
tersectional_ tests of the major
league season. The margin was
18-14 in the American League and
17-10 in the National.
The smart dash of the youthful
Boston Red Sox through th e
Western half of the league was
the big surprise. Unlike the mus
cular he-men of old who used to
batter the handy leftfield wall at
Fenway Park and then fold on
the road, the new crop thrived on
hotel and Pullman living.
Lou Boudreau's Sox played ball
at a 5-2 clip in the West with
George Kell sailing along over
the .400 mark and Mel Parnell
toting a handsome 4-0 win rec
ord.
Brooklyn's success against the
Western brethren in the National
didn't raise an eyebrow. It was as
common as a weather forecast of
Lion Nine Meets
Panthers Today
The Lion baseball team, rained out at Annapolis earlier in the week, gets back into
action this afternoon when Pitt invades Beaver Field in the first of a two gathe set.
The second game of the series is slated for tomorrow. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
Relief er
Begged
ST. LOUIS, May 7 (W)—"He proved to me that he's just about
as good as he thinks he is." That's Manager Marty Marion of the' St.
Louis Browns talking. Once skeptical about rookie Alva Bobo Hollo
man after unimpressive relief appearances, Marion has changed
his mind about the eager, 27-year-old right hander.
Why not. After weeks of pester
ing for a starting job, Bobo final
ly got his chance and pitched a
no-bit, no-run game against the
Philadelphia Athletics last night
at Busch Stadium.
Only a weather-thinned crowd
of 2473 fans sat in on Holloman's
magnificent performance. An d
they saw the show for free.
Brown's owner . Bill i Veeck an
nounced their rain checks would
be honored any time in the future
to show his appreciation for their
attendance on ra i n-threatened
night.
You have to go back a long
way before you find the likes
of Holloman's 6-0 triumph. Only
two other pitchers have hurled
no-hitters in their first starting
appearance.
The husky 170-pounder with
black curly hair tells you "I'm
not a bullpen pitcher. I'd rather
be in the minors than in the bull
pen."
HoHoman himself needed re
lief last night, but not from the
bullpen. It came from the dug
out when Harry (The Cat) Bre
cheen, the great ex-St. Louis
Cardinal southpaw now with
the Browns, ambled to the
mound to ease the tension in a
drama-packed ninth inning.
Rolloman. on the verge of real
izing a pitcher's dream, tossed
seven straight balls to open the
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rain. The Dodgers usually fatten
up on the visitors. This• year seems
to be no exception. Their margin
over the West was a comfortable
6-1, losing one to the transplant
ed Milwaukee Braves.
The big story of the National's
first East-West series was Pitts
burgh's fine 5-2 pace. The Pirates,
who became an Eastern team this
year when Boston moved to Mil
waukee, hit dizzy heights with a
five-game win streak. Their best
last year was two.
Both St. Louis and Milwaukee
played better than .500 ball in the
East, 4-2, to dig into first division
berths. With rookie Ray Jablonski
hitting :380 ; the Cards cooled off
the Phillies and lost only in
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh.
The Phillies did no better than
.500 3-3 against the West with
Robin Roberts, 4-1, and Curt Sim
mons, 4-4, both clicking. Johnny
Wyrostek still is leading the
league in hitting at .434 and Con
nie Ryan is right up there among
the first 10 with .354. Despite the
Hollornan
Starting Job
ninth. That's when Brecheen
walked to the mound.
With two men on base by walks,
the next batter, Dave Philley, hit
into a double play. Then Loren
Babe walked and Eddie Robin
son, the powerful A's first base
man, stepped into the box.
On the fourth pitch, a 3-2
count, Robinson flied to Vic
Werts in right field. The game
was over.
•The superstitious Holloman was
lin charge all the way. "I wasn't
nervous until the ninth," said
Bobo, who always scratches the
initials "N" and "G" in the third
base line before going to the
mound. The initials represent the
first names of his wife, Nan, and
6-year-old son, Garry Lee. Both
were in the stands last night.
But the 6-foot-2 Georgian need
ed more than luck and his good
working fast ball, curve and sink
er last night. He needed—and re
ceived—terrific fielding support.
Shortstop Bill Hunter made a
diving save of Joe Astroth's hard
hit grounder in the eighth to peg
him out at first. Outfielder Jim
Dyck leaped high against the left
field wall for Gus Zernial's sec
ond inning clout. And veteran
third baseman Bob Elliott showed
patience and, experience when he
let Astroth's slow, spinning roller
go foul in the sixth.
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Phils' showing 'against the Card
inals, they still lead the league by
a half game over Brooklyn.
The New York Giants still are
floundering in the second division
after a losing stand against the
West 3-4 and• both Cincinnati 1-6
and Chicago 1-7 are relieved to be
getting - back to Western soil.
In the American,
.the Red Sox's
hot pace left them no better than
third, behind the leading New
York Yankees and Cleveland. The
Yanks 4-3 jaunt through the West
included the "big one" at Cleve
land, 11-1.
After the big
,fight with the
Yankees, the St. Louis Browns
settled down to play .500 ball
against the East 4-4. The Phila
delphia A's also broke even at 4-4
in the West. Both Chicago and
Washington were 4-5, Cleveland
3-4 and Detroit 2-5.
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Detroit has three hitters among
the top 10—Don Lund .400, Bob
Nieman .325, and Matt Batts .319.
Still they're dead last.
The Lions meet the Panthers
carrying an impressive 8-1-1 rec
ord. Gar Gingerich, with a 3-0
mark, is scheduled to do the
pitching for the Nittanies, and
Keith Vesling (4-1) is slated to go
to the hill tomorrow.
The Lions will probably face
Panther ace. Art Shanafelt who
beat the Lions last season, 8-6.
The dazzling righthander pitched
a no-hitter earlier this season. '
Cerchie in Centerfield
Lion coach Joe Bedenk will
probably go with the same line
up he has been using so success
fully this 'season. In the infield,
Pat Kennedy will be at first base,
Chuck Russo at second, Ron Wei
denhammer at shortstop, and Hu
bie Kline at third.
Captain Sil Cerchie will be in
centerfield, Rex Bradley in left,
and Werner in right. Bill
Leonard will be behind the , plate.
Rain Limits Practice
The Lions split their two game
series with the Panthers last year.
After dropping the first contest,
8-6, Veiling hurled a three-hitter
as the Lions snapped
_a three
game losing streak.
Wet grounds limited practice
yesterday, but the Lions did man
age to get some batting practice
and the pitchers loosened-up. A
soggy infield, however, made in
field practice impossible.
State meets Dickinson Tuesday
and t hen embarks on a three
game road trip against Colgate
and 'Syracuse over the weekend.
Rage! Playing Baseball
Fran Rogel, former Penn State
grid star now with the
.Pittsburgh
Steelers of th e National Pro
League, is trying his hand at ama
teur baseball. He's a candidate
for the backstop • position with
the State College entry in the
Tri-Valley League.
Penn State was NCAA District
Two's representative last year in
the College World Series at Oma
ha, Neb.
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Herb cleared the bar last week at Annapolis at 6 ft. 2 3 / 4 in. to cop
first, but the Spartans have two men whO have cleared the bar
at the same height.
Lions Must Be t
For Spartan Thinclads
The Lions will have to be at their peak tomorrow if they expect
to hand Karl Schlademan's Spartan trackmen a setback.
This is brought about not only by the absence of several Lions,
but because the Spartans have a powerful aggregation of cindermen.
Rod Cobi and Red Hollen will
miss this trip. Cobi injured a leg
competing in the Navy meet and
Hollen must stay back td take
an entrance examination for med
ical school.
Jim Herb will be facing some
stiff competition, as will the rest
of his teammates. Herb will be
competing against the Big Ten
indoor high jump champ, Jim
Vrooman, and Ray McKay, an
other jumping genius.
The Lions will have to face
star Spartans' such as miler Jim
Kepford; middle-distance ace Lou
Vargha; Vrooman; and hurdlers
John Corbelli, Harry Gillis and
Harlan Benjamin.
Some indication of the power
of the Michigan State thinclads
may be derived from their per
formances at the Drake Relays,
where they took three seconds,
a third and a fifth.
This Is the second dual meet of
the season for both teams, and
the first home fray for the Spar
tans. The Lions, will battle Ohio
State Wednesday in their first
home meet of the campaign.
Golfers Leave
For Princeton
, Coach Bob Rutherford and Co.
left at noon yesterday for Prince
ton and the Eastern Intercollegiate
Golf Association tournament. The
six-man Lion squad will enter the
16-team - tourney owning a re
spectable win and loss log of 4-0.
Pitt, Navy, Cornell, and Gettys
burg have all felt the sting of
defeat from the Nittanies. State
has far surpassed its opposition
in total team scoring with 25
points. Opposing squads have only
been able to muster five points
against the Rutherfordmen. Navy
is leaclino - the pack with three
points, Aile Pitt and Cornell
could do 'no better than score
one point. Gettysburg couldn't!
get into the scoring column; they
lost 9-0.
Warren Gittlen and Lou Riggs
, have each added four tallies to
their teams total score sheet.• Rod
Eaken, - Joe Webb, George Kreid
ler, and Gordon Stroup have com
bined their efforts for 12 pdints,
each with 3 wins. John Carney
and Captain Hud Samson have
added one each. The last three
points were credited to the Lion's
record in their win of the best
score in the Gettysburg match.
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