THURSDAY. JULY 26.1962
Ho!Tiers - Increase Rapidly
But Tobil Runs Go Down
ST. LOUIS (AM —iliorne runs
thrill the crowds, butj a check of
baseball' records indicate that as
the number' of home, runs have
increased, te number of runs
scored have dropped.i
.Post-Dispatch Sports Editor Bob
Broeg checked the records back
to 19191 and reports`•that "major
league .all clubs scored runs at
a more. rapid - rate in the Past
when they were hitting fewer
homers."'
IN 1920: American League teams
scored 5,980 runs, although get
ting only 370_ homersi .
Two years ago, the last time
it was an• eight-team ; league, the
American League scored 5,414
.runs but hit 1,086 hornets.
National League teams' a .year
ago scored. 5,600 run. with 1,196
homers. In 1921, the league scored
30, fewer runs with 965 fewer
homers. -
-A big 'factor in the American
League runs surge in 1920 was
speed. In that year, runners stole
NL flag Race Still Undecided /
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Five Teams Qualify Says Dark
HOUSTON (AP) } Alvin Darkiwith the New York Mets. Those
said yesterday the Nati o n a I things count in this race."
League still is a fivl-team race. I Dark said the loss of pitcher
"Before the seasons I thought i tl Sandy Koufax hurts Los Angeles
would be, a six-team race, said ,. "But have you noticed that since
the nianager of the Isecond-placelthey lost Sandy, the Dodgers have
San Trancisco Giants. - liken getting , more runs?", he
"But the Milwaukde club hasn't
asked. , "Good clubs respond like ,
been quite the cIuLV thought it t h at. ,
be and it s too many ' llie Giants have a day off
losses to climb ovexcrw." Thursday and then move into Los
Angeles for three games:
IN ;ADDLTLON, to r ue front-run
ning ILos Angeles Dodgers, Dark
said iCincinnati. Pi burgh and
St. Louis still figur in the pen
nant !race.
uI !think Cincinnati will close'
some ground because of its pitch
ing,":is he said. "Pit burgh may
not have top starte , but the Pi
rates have pitchin depth and
great relief men. For its pitching,l
St. Louis still is a threat." Dark
said:a team goes up or down with
pitching.
. "Ii don't care how many runsj
you I get," he said. "You need
pitching to go on an eight or 10-
game winning streak arid. that
makes all the difference In the
world.
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'LOON AT PITTSBURGH. the
Pirates had a streak and are back
In the middle of the race. Cin
cinnati has 10 or 11 more games
750 bases compared to 422 in 1960.
Thp National League in 1920 stole
963 bases and by 1961 only► 468
were stolen.
THE AMERICAN League scored
its =greatest number of runs-7,009
in P 1936 when batters slammed 758
homers. In 1960, batters got 328
more homers than in 1938 but
teams scored 1,595 fewer runs.
!Ile figures are just as dramatic
for the National League. That
league scored its greatest num
ber of home runs in 1955 when it
collected 1,263 but it scored 1,447
Ifewer rims than, it did in 1930.
A imajor reason for tht tremen
dous runs surge ,in 1930 was the
league batting- average of .303
everybody was getting hits—not'
homers.
Broeg said the backbone of the
offense still is the , base hit, the
base on balls. the stolen base, and
the willingness to hit behind the.
runner to move him up and to
avoid the inning-crippling' double
play.
"If the pitching holds up, we'll
be in there," Dark said. 'We
have 29 games at home and 31 on
the road. It's a 50-50 deal. but
this doesn't have too much to do
'with the , ,outcome."
Injured Koufax Returns
LOS ANGELES • (AP)—Dodger
Pitcher Sandy Koufax will be
back in untform for tomorrow's
game against San Francisco, a
team spokesman said yesterday.
Koufax, sidelined with a sore
finger ,since July 17, will be al
lowed to run with the pitchers but
is not expected to throw until to
ward the end of the Dodgers'
• ugust home stand.
Dr. Robert Woods, Dodger phy
sician, said the ailment in Kou
fax' left index finger has im-
Troyed much more rapidly than
expected. •
SUMMER COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
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Stage Close Race , RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP)—The:the gun ended the game.
• 'Chicago Bears, using first string-i: It was only the third sustained
Competition remains keen ur
both recreation softball leagues! ers only sparingly, smashed the,trive that Coach Otto Graham's
with four teams tied for the lead:
College All-Stars 24-7 y - esterday.isquad could pull aft. Hadlls pass
in_ lea g ue A and three teams ti `'' '
The game served as a tune-upies to Lance Ala:or*, Arkansas;
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for the collegians in their All-!Ernie Davis, Sy rac u s e and
for the leadership of league B.l Star clash at Soldier Field Aug.lCharles Bryant , Ohio State, car-
Standings include games olaved .
' --- -- 13 against the Green Bay Pack - 'vied the scoring attack along.
up to and including
_last Friday. 1.3. National Football L eague ' The Bears scored in the early
With four games completed on a!'„, pions.
;first period, wittf , Charlie Bevins
14 genie schedule, the P. E. trads,,n --
_ The Bears had a fairly easy'hammering the final 8 yards for
Bed Birds' Metros and Rejects to p The
and the All-Stars did notithe first of his two touchdowns.
league A with perfect ' slates .. '
'score until the - final seconds;The drive covered 38 yards in
League A games are played every! It was then that they moved!seven plays with Bevins and .Bill
Monday and Wednesday. 80 yards, II 18 plays with John!Brown the main gainers. Roger
There are no teams with perfect Hadi of leansm drilling the final'Leclere booted the first of his
slates in league B. but with five 1? for the touchdown. Greg Mather,three extra points. He also added
games completed Fuel Tech. the' of
Gooches and U-Clubs lead with Po NavY--- booted the point just as; a 45-yard field goal.
four wins against a single ‘ set-IGUTICRIC3GIIIACKIIAILPERCILIACitiAR- XRIGITYKRIESGRJA _
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uled far Tuesday and Thurstlay,lit Semi-Annual ..
A golf . tournament is now insi
progress with about fourty players .
still remaining. The original en-joi ,
trants played 18 holes and the top, Shoe Safe
qualifying scores were placed inky
flight A. with the r e st in flightli
(14 Scrutinize the savings on famous Bostonians, Nettletons,
B in order to assure equal compe-jai
titian. ' se
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Phillips Top Batter
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Shortston and captain John
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Phillips • set the hitting pace -tor IL.
Penn State's 1962 baseball squadl
with a .388 average. ,
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