Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-10
Seeks Grand Slam
Many
Circuit
CIouts
BY PAUL SCHEFFELS

BY PAUL SCHEFFELS
NEW YORK. May 10. - up
The much-maligned Balta Pelota
ball has gone out of the lives of
baseball players and its departure
seemed certain today to signal the
end of the most severe home-run
drought suffered by the American
League since 1918.
With a uniform rabbit ball in
use for the first time. it took the
American League just one after
noon to demonstrate the relative
Slugging prowess between the two
loops. The junior circuit slammed
six four-baggers in eight games
Sunday to only two for the senior
organization.
BIG WELCOME
The Yankees afforded the new
ball its liveliest welcome. pounding
pair of pitchers for l6 hits and
90 bases-including home runs by
Spud Chandler, Roy Weatherly and
Charley Keller-to bury the Ath-
letics. 1871, in the first game OF a
bargain bill The Mackmen re-
vived in the nightcap and Jesse
Flores. with some late aid from
Roger Wolff, defeated the Yankees,
4-3. Wolff cut a ninth-inning New
York uprising one run short of a
tie
Washington snapped out of a
three-game losing spell By beating
the Red Sox, 80 90 innings) and
3D.. Bob johnson knitted out q
single off Tex Hughson to score
George Case with the opening
games winning run while Alex Car
rasquel spaced II Boston hits well
enough to win his fourth victory in
the second contest.
SOX WIN
Rookie Dick Wakeficlds costly
error helped the White Sox trim
the Tigers. 81. in the curtain-raiS-
er of a double bill, but Rudy Yori
hit an 11th-inning homer to sparF
the Tigers to Al triumph in the
csoing game. York'S homer was fol-
| lowed by three successive doubles
to accumulate the Detroit margin
Don Knloway homered in the
fourth for Chicago.
The Indians and Browns had II
out for u innings in the first game
until Eddie Turchin tapped out a
single to shove home the run that
gave the tribe 6-5 decision in the
/ 18th.
The Browns found the range FOL
only three hits in the nightcap
| but ran UP five runs in the first ant
two i'm the third TO trip the Indians
/ rs. Jeff Heath hOmered for ClcVe'
land with one on i'll the first game
WALLOPS GIANTS
The Phillies quit the role OF Ma
tional League doormatS to Wallol
the Giants. 80 and 81. a big in
ming in each game was enough fol
the rejuvenated Phillies. A pai
of walks and doubles by Danny
Murtaugh and Ron Northey pu
over three in the seventh inning
of the first game as Schoolbol
Rowe pitched an eight-hitter. Al
though held to four hits in the
nightcap, Philadelphia again scor'
ed three times-in the fifth-to VIII
as Jack Kraus. with help from S
johnson, won his third victory.
Dixie Walkers long fly drove il
the 10ht-inning run that gave
Brooklyn a "a decision over the
Braves in the first game of twin
program, but the Dodgers fount
Jim Tobins knuckler too hard Il
handle and dropped the nightcap
81. Whitley Weitelman doubled
home the deciding run with two ou
in the ninth. Chet Ross homerec
for Boston in the second game.
Mort Cooper clamped six-hit'
ter on the Pirates as the Cards
made 10 hits good for an 81 vic
tory. The second game was calico
at the end of nine innings because
of the Sunday curfew with the score
at 3-3.
Chicago's Cubs bounced up tht
ladder notch from last place by
tripping Cincinnati, 1872 and 4-3
Paul Derringer coaSted to victory II
the opened behind l5-hit Chicago
barrage. Bill WySe's one-hit re-
/ lief work over the last 2-3 innings
/ after he took over for Bill Lee
/ helped cement the decision in the
nightcap. Frank Mccormick hom-
cred for the Reds in the first game