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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1951
Page
8
A Raleigh era preview weighs the 1951 Southern Conference race with Duke Carolina and Maryland as favorites. Notes Duke depth under Murray, Carolina's young backfield, and Wake Forest and State projections. Scouts visit Kenan Stadium as Notre Dame links to UNC and Barger earns praise as a top Duke back prospect.
Clemson moves toward a twelfth win in 13 starts in the Southern Division baseball race as it hosts Furman in Clemson D C. The Tigers lead the Southern standings. a Furman upset would not unseat them. The day’s schedule also includes tennis and golf matches plus several baseball games across multiple campuses. Byron Bancroft Johnson was the only president the American League had from 1901 to 1927 when he retired.
Boston Braves lead the early National League pennant race with a stronger start than the Giants Dodgers and Phillies. They hold records against each eastern rival and boast superior pitching with three shutouts, as Brooklyn trails in head-to-heads. The Giants suffer 11 straight defeats.
Recaps of multiple games include Browns beating Indians 6-5 and St. Louis winning 14-11 with Ray Coleman driving runs. Lopat blanks Senators 4-0 for his third win, Bickford’s 1 to 0 seven-hitter vs Phillies, Dodgers top Giants 6-3, Cardinals 6-3 Cubs, Reds 9-7, and a 10-inning tie. Giants slump as Dodgers hit three homers.
National League in 47 games has 8 homers, Giants and Dodgers pitchers most hit, Yankees hold the line with only one homer allowed in 12 games. Braves and Browns lead the circuit with 16 homers. Brooklyn and Boston clubs loom as strong HR threats for 1951. Roe and Erskine cited as chief targets against power surge.
Jockey Bill Fisk agrees to cover the Derby entry fee for Sickle's Image, a filly aiming for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Owner-trainer Clarence Hartwick remains cautious about a mile and a quarter distance, noting recent form and the likelihood of 17 to 22 horses starting, weather permitting.
Yesterday results feature New York and St Louis wins with Cleveland and Boston posting losses. Upcoming games include Washington vs New York and Chicago versus Detroit with several noted pitchers and curfew constraints shaping the doubleheader outcomes within the American and Carolina leagues.
A retrospective notes Fred Wilt's 1:05.5 mile in Atlantic City as the fastest outdoor mile by an American. It recalls Bob Weller’s 10 no hit win for Cleveland over New York, the White Sox purchasing Lee Ross and Myril Hoag, and Freddie Fitzsimmons’ two hit win for the Giants over the Braves.
A meeting of men interested in playing in the Soft Ball League is set for tonight at City Hall Council Chambers on the third floor. Organizers will discuss rules schedule fields time umpires costs and other details for the league’s operation.
Hi-Toms add former Roanoke farm outfielder Tom Umphlett to the roster as they open a three game series with the Mooresville Moors at Finch Field. Jim Gruzdis weighs how Umphlett fits with four outfielders and plans to use Patton or Duman in tomorrow night’s game.
The Murphy Truckers of Anneapolis posted 3,029 in a weekend 85-and-under action, the high team total in five years but far from this year’s 5,195 total field. Despite last place in the Minneapolis classic league, they outscored match champion E. and B.'s of Detroit and former titlists Chicago Meister Braus in the area.
Lou Brissie moved to the Cleveland Indians in a three club trade that sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to Philadelphia and Ray Murray to Cleveland. Chicago received Orestes Miñoso and Paul Lehner from Cleveland and Sam Zoldak from Philadelphia. Brissie, 26, will be used as a starter and reliever for Cleveland amid a seven-player swap that netted the A’s multiple parts and left Philadelphia with three players.
AP summary of NL leaders: Robinson Brooklyn tops batting with .396, Hodges 6 HR, Jethroe 5 HR, 13 RBI by Robinson, pitchers Surkent 3 0 for Boston, Spahn 20 K for Boston. STeele totals show Busby .462, Williams 4 HR, Carrasquel 3 SB, Lopat 3 0 for NY. Wynn and Lemon lead strikeouts with 15.
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