Evening star., 1950-07-17
(Bor scores on Page Ala and
picture on Page A-15.)
By Jack Hand
Associated Press Sports Writer

BY Jack Hand
Asseelated Press Sports Writer
About that lively ball, here's the
dope right from the Sunday major
league box scores: The appalling
one day total-37 homeruns, 337
base hits, 1873 runs; SO beat up
pitchers in Is games.
Better make it kangaroo ball
instead of a rabbit ball. No bunny
can jump that high, that often.
Out in Pittsburgh little guy
named Ted Beard, Pirate outfield-
er. who hit .277 for Indianapolis
last year, hit one over the right
field stands. Nobody had done
that since Babe Ruth in 1885
when he was winding up his
career with the Braves.
DrOpO CloutS Three.
Walt Dropo, man-mountain Red
Sox rookie lashed three homeruns
and two doubles in a double
header. Duke Snider of Brooklyn
went 5 for 5 against the st. Louis
Cardinals. One of the Dukes hits
was a homer.
The Giants and Cincinnati
slashed away at one another for
total Of So hits including IL
homers in long, weary afternoon
No less than So hits splattered
off the walls of Fenway Park
where Cleveland and the Red SoS
divided a doubleheader.
Latest returns, with all districts
reporting. show a couple Of new
marks for the record books. The
National League homer total Of
25 was the most ever hit in thai
loop in one afternoon. The ole
mark Of "a was set Memorial Day
when the two majors hung up .
total Of 40. They also hammered
out 333 hits on that day, but tina
no longer is tops.
/ No Homers Here.
Counting pitchers, spawned util
ity men and pinch hitters, tn,
overall batting average yesterda.
was .307. That is pretty fai
pace for a 15-game program.
Washington's Griffith Stadium
and Yankee Stadium were the
only parks in which no homer.
were hit.
BY some peculiar combination
of events there was one shutout
But Walt Dubiel of the Cubs KEPT
in tune with the times by making
it a perilous nine-hitter.
His shutout was a bitter blow al
the Phillies. Barely escaping st
Louis on Saturday in a first place
tie, the Phils dropped two to thu
Cubs and fell into second place
Dubiel did his stuff in the 81
first game when the Cubs chased
Russ Meyer with six runs in the
seventh inning.
In the second game, the Cub:
ended Rookie Bob Miller'S eight.
game win streak with a 1913 wal.
lop. Seven runs in the fiftl
doomed Miller. a Phil bonus kid.
| Cavarretta Injured.
The Cubs lost veteran Firs
Baseman Phil Cavarretta who sui
fered a partial fracture of tn
right arm when he was hit by
pitched ball in the first game.
left the Cubs fresh out of frs
basemen. Hank Sauer moved i,
from left field in the emergency
Cavarretta will be out for
month, leaving the Bruins with
out a regular first sacker. He wa
doing a brilliant replacement jo
for the previously injured Pre-
Ward, who suffered leg injurie
May 81. Ward will return an,
day, but in the meantime, Saue
will play first.
Roy Smalley hit two homer
and Andy Pafko and Bill Serena
one each. during the Afternoon
revelry.
Brooklyn pounded four Cardina
pitchers for 10 hits, 1912, Al
rookie Chris Van Cuyk coastet
home in his major league debut
The young Dodger lefty, just VI
from Fort Worth of the Texa.
League, allowed seven hits anc
struck out seven. Despite the loss
the Cards held first place by 6
half game.
Ted Wilks, making his first ap-
pearance of the season after al