Rookie stars lead major league all star rookie team
A June overview names top first year performers across the majors. Ed Head headlines pitchers for the Dodgers, Johnny Pesky anchors the Red Sox at shortstop, and Les Fleming leads the American League at first base. The piece outlines a national and American League rookies lineup with several positional shifts and debates.
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Dodgers
Pete Reiser
Yankees
Phil Rizzuto
Ray Lamano
Reds
Ed Head
Johnny Pe
Former Dodger Babe Phelps Tops NL Batting Race With Pirates
Gordon Babe Phelps, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, leads the National League batting race by late May with a .876 average. The former Dodgers catcher, known as the Blimp, clashes with ex-boss Leo Durocher who hasn’t spoken to him since the trade. Phelps has 27 hits in 76 at bats, seeking a fourth league batting title across four different circuits, with a career .314 average in the majors.
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Baughan
Deal Phelps
The
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Durocher
Larry MacPhail
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Hors Frisch
Lopez
Odenton
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Bucca
N. L
Hagerstown
Blue Ridge
Mid-Atlantic
Youngstown
Central Loop
Paul Waner
Joe Medwick
Major League Leaders National League Batting and more
National League leaders list Phelps of Pittsburgh with .376 batting average and Reiser of Brooklyn with .365. Reiser tops runs with 38, Vaughan 37. Mize leads RBIs with 40, Medwick 39. Holmes 62 hits, Reiser 61. Hack and Joost lead doubles with 17. Slaughter 5 triples, Musial and Litwhiier four. McCormick 9 HR, Camilli 8 along with Marshall. Stolen bases share Miller and Murtaugh with 8. Pitching: French 4-0 and Davis 1-1 for Brooklyn.
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Pittsburgh
Reiser
Brooklyn
Vaughan
Mize
New York
F. McCormick
Cincinnati
Camilli
Marshall
Miller
Boston
Murtaugh
Philadelphia
French
Davis
Baseball Stat Leaders From The Leagues
Batting leaders include Gordon of New York hitting .388 and Doerr of Boston at .375 Williams of Boston leads with 47 runs and DiMaggio of New York with 45 RBIs. Spence of Washington has 71 steals to Gordon's 69. Higgins of Detroit leads doubles with 18 and McQuinn of St. Louis 17. Spence also tops triples with 7 while Heath of Cleveland has 6. Williams of Boston 15 home runs with Betts of York 13. Kuhel of Chicago and Case of Washington tied with 10 stolen bases. Haynes of Chicago 50 wins. Penham of New York leads with $1. Every 100 pounds of food cans contain one pound of tin and 94 poms SF mech.
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New York
Doerr
Boston
Williams
D. DiMaggio
Wiliams
J. DiMaggio
Spence
Washington
Higgins
Detroit
McQuinn
St. Louis
Heath
Cleveland
York
Bettoit
Kuhel
Chicago
Casé
Haynes
Penham
Blue Rocks Win Over Athletics in 10 Inning Exhibition
In Wilmington Delaware on June 3 the Blue Rocks leaders of the Inter-State League edged the Philadelphia Athletics 4 to 3 in 10 innings. Ed Weaver a Duke rookie drove in the deciding run by walking Dick Adkins with the bases loaded after forcing Felix Mackiewicz. The A’s had eight safeties off five Wilmington pitchers while the Rocks had seven off three Philadelphia hurlers. Caligiuri Savage Weaver and Castiglia teamed for Wilmington and Coleman McCahan Abernathy Lowry Devlin for Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia Athletics
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Dick Adkins
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Phils
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Castiglia
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McCahan
Abernathy
Lowry
Devlin
Owls Primed For Trenton Two-Game Stand
The Owls depart for Trenton for a two game series after a win over Harrisburg moved Hagerstown to second place. Manager Dorman plans both wins with Charlie Miller on the mound and notes Booster Night with Al Schacht, a big crowd expected. Draft notices for Jackno and McNabb add uncertainty as they await examinations.
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Owls
Trenton
Wilmington
Dorman
Charlie Miller
Order of Eagles
al Schacht
Schacht
Washington
Boston
Eagles
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Hal Gold
Jackno
McNabb
Wielander Excites Delaware Turf With Rising Jockey
Stanton, Del. apprentice Eddie Wielander, 18, rides his first winner less than a year ago and nets 17 wins in nine days at Delaware Park. In 57 starts he has 35 in the money, 11 seconds and seven shows, with a 2.5% margin of error. He credits luck and persistence as he wins three straight yesterday before a spill halted his bid for a fourth. Wielander rode his first winner August 15, 1941 at Washington Park and has since tallied three triples, including a $115.50 payoff on a $2 ticket. He is 5 ft 2 in, 104 pounds.
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New York Eggs Market Report June Receipts and Quotations
New York egg prices and receipts show irregular demand with totals of 40 182 across two days. Whites are quoted for jobbing and wholesale categories with ranges from 33 4 to 36 cents for fancy to extra fancy and 32 to 32 for mediums, with exchange specials in the 33 to 35 cent area.
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New York
Pete Reiser Climbs In Batting Race With Phelps
New York June 9 The American League leader is Joe Gordon at .388 with Gordon, Doerr, and Dickey among ten top hitters. In the National League Pete Reiser of Brooklyn tops the list at .365, followed by Phelps of Pittsburgh at .376 as normal leaders chip away at the margin. The standings show a spread of strong totals across both leagues with several Dodgers among leaders.
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New York
Pete Reiser
Gordon
Babe
Reiser
Joe Gordon
New York Yankees
Bobby Doerr
Boston Red Sox
Yankees
Red Sox
Dodgers
Doerr
Boston
Dickey
Spence
Washington
Hassett
Pesky
Fleming
Cleveland
Williams
Heath
DiMaggio
Cards Moving Right to Top in 1942 Pennant Chase
St Louis on eve of three game set with Brooklyn Dodgers. Manager Billy Southworth seeks to narrow a seven game deficit despite a 10-3 stretch in past 13 and plans to start Max Lanier, Ernie White, and Mort Cooper or Len Warneke. Enos Slaughter exits .300-hit list after a 1-for-6 showing.
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Cardinals
Redbirds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Billy Southworth
Southworth
Enos Slaughter
Derringer Near A No Hit Game
Cincinnati Reds ride Derringer to a 3 to 1 win over the Boston Braves sweeping the six game series. Eight innings saw Eddie Miller reach on a first inning miscue by Bert Haas and Lew Gremp break the no hit bid with a ninth inning single, while Paul walked none and teammates fielded behind him.
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Bert Haas
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Gremp
St. Louis
Chicago
Mulligan Holds Brownies Safe In 11 Inning Tie
Richard Mulligan, on furlough from the U S Army, blanked the St Louis Browns on four hits through 11 innings for Trenton. Eddie Murphy belted a tying homer in the ninth to force overtime as Trenton and St Louis settled for a 2-2 draw after weathering two late Browns runs.
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N. J
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Lefty
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Johnny Miller
Murphy
St. Louis
Ferans
Hanning and
Hayes
Mulligan
Dekoning
Reds Surge to Third in Four Days Behind Stengel’s Surprises
Cincinnati Reds overhauled the Boston Braves in a rapid four day surge, moving from the NL second division to third place with a 3 1 victory powered by Paul Derringer’s three hit effort. The Braves dropped to fifth as New York Yankees toppled Cleveland 11 10 in 11 innings with Tom Ferrick’s wild throw. Ken Keltner rapped five hits and Heath hit two homers for Cleveland. Gordon stretched his hitting streak to 25 games.
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Associated Press
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Cleveland
Tom Ferrick
Joe Gordon
Ken Keltner
Jef Heath
Keltner
Detroit Tigers
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Buddy Hessett
Inter-State League Results and Schedule
Lancaster defeated Harrisburg 10 to 2 in yesterday’s lone game. Today’s standings show Hagerstown vs Trenton and Harrisburg vs Wilmington. Tomorrow’s games feature Harrisburg at Wilmington and Lancaster at Allentown.
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Cincinnati Defeats Boston in One-Game Schedule
New York hosted Cincinnati in the sole game of the schedule with Boston and Pittsburgh also listed for upcoming matchups. Standings show Cincinnati at 28 24 and .538, Brooklyn 37 13 and .740, St. Louis 29 20 and .592, Boston 26 30 and .464, Chicago 22 30 and .423, Philadelphia 16 86 and .308.
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New York 11, Cleveland 10 in AL tilt
New York tops Cleveland 11 to 10 as standings show the Yankees at 97 wins and a .755 pace behind Detroit 30 26. The schedule lists Detroit at New York and Cleveland at Washington with several matchups across the league.
Florida loses fourth football coach to armed forces
Gainesville June 9 Mush Battista assistant line coach enlisted yesterday leaving only Orville Dermondy from last season's five man staff. Head Coach Tom Lieb says two players must be freshmen next fall and notes additional roaches are needed to fill the lineup.
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Hancock Wins Fifth Consecutive Game Over Martinsburg Blue Sox
Hancock defeated Martinsburg Blue Sox 11 to 7 on the upstaters field to secure their fifth straight win. J Snow had four hits while Manning and Hendershot added two each for Hancock. Caton Caton and Fellers led the visitors with strong at bats as both teams played solid defense. Standard gauge railroad track is 4 feet 8 1/2 inches wide between rails.
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