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Joe ReturnsDiMag Back on the Beam-So Are the YanksPhiladelphia, (AP) — Who’s ft washed up? Not Joe DiMaggio! Sff Only • few days ago the fan* » who have idolized tht .Yankee Clipper through 12 fabulous baseball seasons were sadly asking themselves — is DiMaggio through?—Has time caught up with the most famous Yankee since the heyday of Babe Ruth. |and Lou Gehrig?AH the facta semed to. lndl-■ cate that Joseph Paul DiMag-jgto Jr., was washed up as a regular outfielder. Mis. batting average had fallen below .270. He 1 wasn't producing the. runs as of old. And to make matters evenworse, DiMaggio, the peerless,k fielder, was gumming up the to; works.L First. Manager Casey Stengel dropped Joe from his customarycleanup slot in the batting or-,der. Fina^y, he benched him.One of the greatest athletes ofhis day was sidelined by the i: boss for weak hitting. While Joe j was slipping so were the Yankees—from first to third place.But today Stengel’s face is wreathed in smiles. The loyal „ DiMaggio fans are happy. Jolt-*d'mg Joe is back, and so are 'theYankees.* j Seven For IIJ Restored to the lineup, DiMag-[ | gio is hitting like the old Joe. He ’5 grabbed himself seven hits in 15 batting chances during the four r game series sweep the Yanks ‘made the past week end ever . the Philadelphia Athletics.ithJoe’s ninth inning homer wonFriday night’s game, 3 to 2, HaJ ‘ ® •“•’■'I w wj* hit three for five on Saturday— ,a, a double and two singles—drove ( home a pair of runs and the t? Yanks won 6 to 2. Sunday, ha 1 smashed a three run homer in the first inning and added two ' singles to lead his mates to a 0 ’ ® to 4 win in the first game of a :UI double header. Stengel rested. JJJ the Clipper in the nightcap al-though he did appear, linking “(j out as a pinch hitter in a. .game ” {the, Bronx Bomber*, also won,, 5 to 2.Following Sunday's double victory here. Stengel remarked, ' Gee, didn’t DiMag look great in the three games he playedIn-in against the A’s. That week’s spell on the bench did him a world of good. He’s found his batting eye.” cd jnm himself felt good about the m~ whola thing.“ back in Second lk*' It fell akewt ge**#g fn-Jf* to fh» game as a regular. My lame shoulder and leg feel okay “ and if Casey wanted me to, I on would have played the aecond in game today,” DiMaggio said. er* Joe’s triumphal return helped ton boost the Yankees back into sec-tond place, three games behind the leagut leading Detroit Ti-Jnf grra.,n* It was sort of reminiscent of last year. DiMaggio missed the the first 65 games of the 194» sea-8. son because of his now famous , ailing heeL He returned to the ral- lineup in Boston when the Yanks In‘ were slipping badly.He blasted four home runs in on three games, each one repre-seating the difference between *°r winning and losing for N e w York. The Yanks left Boston klt;£* as the team to beat for the pennant they finally won on the last day ol the campaign.sonmgKENOSHA AT TOURNEY uthj Wichita, K«t, l4*)—The Keno-day sha, Wis.,, Chiefs make their first 'start in the national semi-pro base hail tournament here Tuesday night, taking on Santa Maria, Calif. The Kenosha team, won* ner of the recent state semi-pro tourney, is Wisconsin's only representative at the national meet.me?Am v .
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Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Aug 21, 1950
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