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24★ ★ ★THE KANSAS CITY STAR, TUESDAY, MAY 26,HURLERYesterday's Stars.A*s and Yanks in 6-PIayer Deal.BetuSAVESDETROITPitching—Johnny Podres,Dodgers—Held the Giants•attle of New Starter* Here(Decided by Ray Narieski'sWork in Ninth.COLEMAN TIRED7THTiger Homer Came on Sliderhitless for 7^ innings, thenfinished with a 2-hitterwhile striking out sevenfor 8-0 victory.HittingGilHodges, Dodgers—Backed up Pod-res’s shuitout with a pair of2-run homers.That Didn't Snap, Athletics'Pitcher Reports.By Sid Bordman.(4 Member of The Stare Sports Staff.)A relief pitcher who canA'S GET LUMPEFROM NEW YORKstrike somebody out is worthfContinued From First Page.)his weight in gold.1953 that Jerry chose to re-That’s the way ManagerHarry Craft put it last nightafter his Athletics dropped aport to the Blues in springtraining rather than play forhis team in the N. A. I. A.4-3 decision to Detroit.In the other clubhouse, Jimmy Dykes of the Tigers harbored the same thought.Ray Narleski put the ideabasketball tournament here.Lumpe was with Birmingham in 1955, hitting .301, andstarted the 1956 season withRichmond. He hit .279 beforebeing called up by theIn motion by slipping a third Yankees, with whom he hitstrike past Bill Tuttle to sawoff a furious ninth-inning bidby the A’s..258 for the remainder of theyear.That saved the triumph forLumpe was with Richmondrookie Gerry Davie, and gavethe Tigers the edge over theAthletics in their deals of spec-and the Yanks again in 1957,hitting .340 for the Yankees.Last year he had a .254 markuiation.Skip Regular Rotatio■»Craft and Dykes each devi-with the champions. He appeared in the 1957 and ’58world series.Ya(A Mebilityplainleaguesubjecand dany tilManvancedincludir. * i . ,DEAL TODAYHector Lopez (lower left)and Ralph Terry (lowerright) of the Kansas CityAthletics to the New YorkYankees for (top row, left toright) I n f i e 1 d e r JerryLumpe, Pitchers JohnnyKucks and Tom Sturdivant.The A’s also will receive aplayer to be named later inthe straight trade. Lopezcurrently is batting .281, has10 doubles, six homers and24 R.B.I.’s. Terry to date haswon two and lost four with5:24 E. R. A. Lately he hasbeen in the bullpen. Lumpe,a Springfield, Mo., resident,is expected to take over second base from Lopez.their fpointeihaven’stars ihaven’outstaiown sithe sta Prohthe Yj§ knowsthe faifrom \and hlt;that t!ductiviany grTherflow othe Yason, Tlt; -------- . 1^ he was 1-3, in 1956 he had a 19-6 mark and an earned runated from their regular mound ?as P**11 17 games- at batj16.8 mark and in 1957 it was|average of 2.55.rotations in an effort to find times, has goten ten hits iand has a .222 mark. •bern) 11953-54Scoreboard.up witanother starter.While Davie put the skidsKansas Born Pitcher.Sturdivant won three while and then joined the Yanks inHe was iniiu-v. * [military service inINTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.losing six last year and suf-| 1955, winning eight and losing!Miami 24 le.STsiWhestr 2020.500Sturdivant was born in Gor- fered a bad arm part of the seven. His earned run marklSSSii if if isiSKS*Gary (Rip) Coleman did a simi-!, R . . attpndpH hih season, being on the disabled in his big season, 1956, was lar job against Detroit. list from August 22 through|3.86. He had 8-10 in 1957 andi Havana 2, Buffalo 0.8-8 last year with a 3.93 ERA..AHERICA association standings.KUCkS has pitched in world I Eastern Division. I Western Division.playerIt stithis ison the Kansas City attack,Columbs 20 19 .513]TorontoY*18 20 .474 20 23 .46515 K2 .405YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.farmsimplyColeman, who hadschool in Oklahoma City and f r0! Au,gust 22 through 13.86. He had 8;1° in 1957^and; *™ ^»• M1ml ••chosen as an all-star September 21only wasworked 142.i innings all sea-there. He was signed byj me arm was __________ . „ ^(all short stints), under- Greenwade as an infielder butlthis spring and Sturdivant has ser!e,s ?ames |955 5' gfjgg so i4 eg oaiiasrecoveredsonW. L. Pet I W. L. Pet. _30 14 .6921standably lost his stuff in the!made into a pitcher in 19521 been impressive in his lastland last year- Johnny pitched|Sf§ffi lo 20:|oo S”w-th 20 2522 20 .524 21 21 .500seventh and yieldedruns. Two of them came onthree when he was assigned to the?two outs. He has appeared in ine sevenin ana deciding §UrT“n‘fj122LJsfioinSffie ‘illBeaumont club He was born seven games, started twice, ?^?1,nst *ke Dodgers in Dallas 6u^viiie e lt;ue. caiik sevenliail Harris’s homerun over the'April 28, 1930; weighs 185|pitched twenty-fiveright field fence.apounds and stands 6-1.and one-l*?®®» Folding them to three jinj^a^arpQ[j^ 10 Hous(on 9third innings, yieldedinp|hits and winning, 9-0. KucksHe hit a slider that didn’t With Beaumont Tom had a walks, fanned 16.weighs 185 pounds and standssnap.” explained the left-hand-.3-3 mark, with Birminghamer. “Actually, the pitch was.in 1953 he won 10 while los- Hoboken, N. J., July 27, 1933,Kucks, who was born inin a good place, but I wasjing seven. He was 8-9 for the had a big year with the Yanks6-3.Charleston 8, Fort Worth 3.Minneapolis 9, Omaha 3.St. Paul 5-4, Denver 2-2.SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.W. L. Pet. I W. L. PetLopez and Terry were told I SSSSllf IS ig -IS!5SKKI1* 2221 512and tobe luckits opeundersuper s Willieperhapitain a shas toquantit;average rest. TperiodBirmgm 23 15 .605 Atlanta 15 20 429lort-_of the deal this mornini? and Mobile 2119.525ichattnga 1B24.400J056S snui LUC ucdi LIU5 Illuming lt;UlU|Ntw Qr 21 19 .525i3hrevprt 12 26.3161^ yawell adYanktired. It was aw’ful humid out’Kansas City Blues in 1954 and in 1956 when he won 18 while! Jer(? to asked to ^oin thel yesterdays results.there.” (had a 3.57 earned run aver-dropping nine. He began with I Yanks tomorrow, Ine newj BinTjinjpam at Atlanta, postponed.In the third inning, Umpire,age. With the Yanks in 1955|Norfolk in 1952 and had f,rr,liv®„ ajLq“!'„l£ as, PArlrlc ,OJST LKA(itc , „FW. L. Pet.1' 119 21 .475 17 20 .459nnnaifflimiiffinniimni^itpaandr ZZ0Ze SIKS inum^,* i- in- •Jim Honochick twice chargedthe mound to accuse Colemanof throwing spitters.The Rip’s Explanatiolt;4That was nonsense,” addedNashville at Chattanooga, postponed. Only games.possible, it was announced. I pa^iflcpc?ast league-The deal puts the Athletics2615.634S. Diego 23 17 .575SnokaneTOVarancveror^Coleman. “1 have enoughtrouble with my own pitches.Why mess around with a spit-Commentter? Actually, 1 was just wetting my finger to try to rubBy Ernest Mehl.a pitcher, will be transferred.GREEN LIGHT TO NATS.Court Rules Washington CanMove Club to Another City.off the resin that was sticking(The Star's Sports Editor.)Washington, May 26.(AP)—on the balls.I thought I was throwingpretty good,” he continued. “IThe U. S. Coart of Appealsfact that Ray Herbert seems finally to have lruled today the Washingtoncome into his own bears out the contention of Senators of the Americanused more breaking pitchesand changeups than usual. Butit doesn’t matter unless youwin.nJohnny Sain, the A’s pitching coach, and Craft were impressed by Coleman’s work.Johnny Sain, the A’s pitching coach.league legally may move toJohnny believes that there must be for the great iso!?5 ot^ermajority of pitchers a conditioning period during whichThe court unanimously re-they learn to think while in action, develop a pitching a contention by H. Ga-pattern and try to master an art which has been very | briel Murphy who owns40elusive to a great many.per cent of the stock in theHerbert signed to a bonus contract by Detroit and | baseball club, that under lawAccording to Sain, Coleman looked “real” good. “Riphas been working on a sliderall season,” offered Sain.Now, it looks like that extrawork will pay off. He got theball in there when he had to.”44Looks like our pitching isconsidered then to have the potential to become a winner ^e Senators cannot leaveYESTERDAY'S RESULTS, hoenix 4. Sacramento 1. aneouver 11 Spokane 5.Seattle 7. Portland 5.(Only game,-* played.)PAN-A M ERICA N ASSOCIATION.Veracruz 7 Amarillo 5.Tulsa 9. Mexico City Reds 7.San Antonio 11, P07.11 Rica 2.Austin 14. Mexico City Tigers 9. Victoria 2, Nuevo Laredo 1.Corpus Christi T. Monterrey 1.EASTERN LEAGUE.Albany 6. Springfield 1.Williamsport 10. Binghamton 3. Allentown 5. Lancaster 4.Reading 5. York 3.SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.Asheville at charleston postponed. Knoxville 4 Charlotte 3.Jacksonville 7. Columbus 0.Macon at Savannah. 2 games, poned.THREE I LEAGUE.'opeDes Moines 12 Sioux City 11,Green Bav 8. Burlington 1.Appleton 3. Cedar Rapids 2.PIONEER LEAGUE.Idaho Falls 9. Missoula 8.Pocatello 12. Boise 5 Billings at Great Falls, postponed, rain.as itsbe denihow hatrate oiFor tkees haposting in that thipolicy (We tlplainedthorougLincom 5. Topeka 0.w hen wing witkee piti“Moslon secoiSain saiin the major leagues, is now in his 11th season.Washington.He began, on option from Detroit, with the ToledoCurrently, there is no talkV* * 9 '9- * ♦. Jclub in 1949 and in his mound inaugural faced the °f Ike Senators moving. ButKansas City Blues. Ray remembers that debut with some at the time Murphy brought•fit t-*Wv,* » * %‘ • . lt;•' • .eL.— f, • •!relish since he compiled an impressive strikeout markand won the game.his suit, a move to Minneapolis or some other citywasRay was blisteringly fast then at the age of 19. But 1 being discussed.in 1949 he had a 6-17 record and, with Toledo again ingettingstraightenedout,commented Craft.lt;4Colemancan give us a big lift. And1950, 11-12. The best he could do in five seasons withED WALSH DIES AT 78.Detroit was 4-0 in 1951 just prior to his induction into !Ctnc(r claims Former White* *• « A ** * %* f. * • «♦ * * r lt;■O- * ‘U.-* 11v«?*vv\V ' ■. • • t * » «military service.i • ** 'ar «• • r*In 1953 with the Tigers, Herbert won four and lostSox Spitball Pitcher.Gorman did a good job, too.Some days you get plentyof runs, other days you don’tget any.IIThat was Craft’s wrapupsix, in 1954 he had a 3-6 record. Then in May of 1955Pompano Beach, Fla., May*--- ** ■* • 9 I * *» V.-* «Y *9 1i9 esZsihe was peddled to the Athletics.26.(AP)Oldtime ChicagoHis Confidence Finally Arrived.White Sox pitching star Ed-J - ftaY.' V.. A• v . 'wm t *• • 4 * * ■0- lt;• • y'r. :-a' * ■»;6 Of f jt.'9- **C. A • ' . - -j',jF hi* *1.“ ‘ * ’• 9.1 % - ■ Ofi «« « i. « x • * •* W** :• . a*99 . + * • * v .J 7M % r *./* t ■ *- »vs#.* ____statement.ward A. (Big Ed) Walsh, 78,AY was less effective with the A’s for the remainder Lied |0(jay 0f cancer.n * * ••of that year. He won one against eight defeats. ThenTonight the A’s send NedGarver against Detroit’s PaulFoytack in an effort to balance the series at a gameapiece.Garver’s Record Is 3-2.Garver, who owns l 3-2 record, whipped the Tigers, 4-2,in his only appearance againstthem this season. He allowedall of the runs and 10 hits inseven and one-third innings.Although Foytack startedpoorly, ho appears to haveregained his form. Last Fri-he wras shunted to Columbus and in 1957 he pitched forDeath came while WalshBuffalo.was in a coma into which he'■TA.VIt was while he uras at Buffalo that he began making sank yesterday.some headway. He had a 13-8 mark for the Bisons andwon the majority of his games in the latter half of theEX-GRIDMAN INJURED.season. Some International league followers thought heStockholm, N. J., May 26.was the best pitcher in the league at the finish.(AP)—Robert Gunderman, for-Last year Rav was with the A’s and it was obviousmer professional football play-he was developing confidence in his pitching. Thereer for the Pittsburgh Steelers,also were improvements in his various pitches, incontrol.’iswas injured in a head-on automobile collision yesterday.This last spring there was evident an even greater Bobby Moegle, Winston-Sal-note of confidence in Ray. He felt more sure of himself. em, N. C., outfielder is aHe felt he had at last arrived.brother of Dickie Moegle, starday night he threw a 2-hitter,Rest Pitchers in Late Twenties.Rice halfback of a few yearsbut lost a 1-0 decision toCleveland. Foytack, a righthander, has a 1-6 mark.Coleman, who took his thirdsetback without a victor*, cutdown the first 13 Tigers b?fore Catcher Red Wilson rolledTHIS is in line with Sain’s argument. It also fits in to wThat Paul Richards, a canny handler of pitchers, be* lieves. Paul, even though this season he commands a group of far better than average young hurlers, isn’tago.SQ9BC «lt; 39lt;lt;!£OPuVSEAT GOVERSgullible enough to believe they can all become consistent CPlastic CoatidV Vwinners before going through a trial and error period.aOnly such a youngster as Bob Feller, with his unusualspeed and curves, could start out in the major leagueswith the little experience he had. The average boy withf u 1(1 through the middle,, better ^an average ability has to be seasoned.leading to the initial run.* j*X' v■ . • . i . . * r» ..j..... • .• ■ . , I ... .JB •. • . . ... . *« . . ... I... . • « . ■ • k ....... i, . • * mj. . ■» •• * * . JRl* ■ » . » » 1. . . J. - - * ■ « OQDn . *. ■. % • . v. y • . , .mrry. . i......... * . * .. . .-a* • - - ' . * • * , • . . ■* * ...This may be the period through which Ralph TerryMDavie, a 26-year right- is going at present. There is no question of Terry’sc.-.*bander who last season won ability. He has some natural physical advantages. Heto17 and lost 5 for Charleston has given some thought to pitching....in the American association,Rut it is one thing to know how to pitch in theorystopped the A’s on eight hits and another to be able to put this into practice.4318 TRUMAN ROADymt :« •» aelt; •;«* wxm%during nis 8^-inning chore,Sain can understand, because he went through all this,while Coleman yielded fouri that it isn t easy to be the focal point of attention beforesafeties in seven.a large crowd and be able to think clearly.Johnny cites as proof of this the fact the best pitchersDO vou need repair work done around the house” Find reliable worker* through Want Ads.are the ones in their late 20s and early 30s. They finallyhave mastered the science.,,«.....* •».« *..... .j ... *■..f . rAJI..i , . « , . ■Wi ... ... . , i . 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Tue, May 26, 1959
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