Evening star., 1951-07-27
Indians 10 Try Luck
With VoIImer While
Yanks Meet CHICAGO
BY the Asseeistsd Press


the Cleveland Indians at Boston
for three games and the Chicago
White Sox in New York for q
four game series.
The pressure, as always, is on
the visiting clubs, but in that
respect the Indians will ride into
Fenway Park on the best morale
litter they've had all season-yes-
terday's ga victory over New York
at Yankee Stadium.
A loss yesterday would have
given the Yanks a three-game
sweep of the series and might
have been a fatal blow to the
Indians, who had lost 13 straight
games at Yankee Stadium. Until
yesterday, the Indians hadn't
won game in New York since
July IA of last season.
Only One Game Back.
BY winning, however, Cleveland
snapped the jinx and moved to
within one game of the Yankees
and Boston, virtually tied for the
lead. That's good tonic for any
club.
The Red Sox led again by
Clyde Vollmer'S booming bat, sub
dued Chicago, 1910, and tonight
will call on Ray Scarborough, ex-
Washington pitcher, to oppose Bob
Lemon. Billy Pierce will work for
the White Sox against the Yam
KEGS Tom Morgan.
Vollmer. whose big bat has been
a prominent factor in keeping the
Red Sox high up in the race,
slammed out three home runs yes
terday. Clyde, obtained last year
from the Mats for Tom O'Brien
and Merrill Combs, now has hit
II homers, II in his last 18 games.
Over that period he has hit safe
ly % times. so half his hits have
been round trippers.
While Boston was gaining
ground on New York, Detroit held
on to fourth place with a 6-3 vic
tory over the Mats and st. Louis
defeated Philadelphia, Ga.
Dodgers Going Away.
While the American League
frightened, the National opened up
even more with Brooklyn moving
9l2 games in front of second
place New York on a 81 win over
Chicago
The Phillies, making a belated
bid to regain their. 1850 glory,
moved within a half same of the
third-place Cardinals by shutting
out st. Louis for the second
straight night, TO. Ken johnson,
an ex-Card. did the job with seven
hits.
Vollmer's hitting was the big
news of the Thursday scores, how
ever, in the wild slugfeSt at Fen
way Park that produced a total of
81 hits. His third homer of the
game came with two on in the
sixth and the score tied. 1910
Ellis Kinder, long a Chicago
jlnx. gained his 17th straight over
the White Sox with a scorelesS re-
lief job over the last 31a innings
Harry Dorish, fourth Chicago
pitcher, took the loss.
Vollmer had home run company
Ted Williams hit his Goth and
Dom DiMaggio his ninth for the
Red Sox. Eddie Robinson smashed
one with two on in the second in
ming for Chicago.
Feller Gets 18th.
Bobby Feller became the first
major Lacquer to win Is in Cleve-
lands success at Yankee Stadium,
but he wasn't around at the fin
iSh. Feller gave way for a pinch
hitter in the sixth while leading
5-4. Homers by Cliff MapeS,
Johnny Mize and Yogi Berra
Clipped away most of his early
lead. Lou Brissie held the fort
the rest of the way, allowing one
hit and no runs in four innings.
Allie Reynolds, a four time win
ner over the Indians, whom he
turned back with no hits July IL,
was tagged with his sixth loss.
Once again Joe Di Maggie vent
hitless, slumping to 251.
Matt Bats two-run homer in
the fifth helped the Browns to a
GA edge over the Athletics in
night game. Duane Pillette with
ninth-inning help from old Satch
Paige, subdued the AS who have
lost seven in a row. Rookie Nor
ris Martin suffered his second
defeat.
Big Don Newcombe won his 14th
and ninth in row over Chicago
as the Dodgers bolstered their
lead. Held to one run by Omar
Lown in the first six innings, the
Dodgers routed the right-hander
with three in the seventh. Roy
Campanella hit his 17th homer
with a man on in the eighth off
Johnny Klippstein. Gil Hodges
missed his 31st homer by inches
when his double hit the wall in
the fourth.