Evening star., 1951-07-07
Doris Hart Beats Shirley Fry 61 60 for Wimbledon Title
Red Sox Win Way to Best
July 7 Position Since 1916
BY the Associated Pres.

\ BY the Associated Press
\ Ned Carver should be the Amer
ican League starter in Tuesdays
iAll-Star game or lot of fans will
ask why.
I If the Brownie ace isn't all-star,
nobody is. With II wins for a
last-place club he represents exact
ly so per cent of st. Louis %
victories.
Garver's Al win over Chicago
in the second half of a twilight
night double-header last night
was his third over the White Sox
this season. It was the second
time inside a week he barred the
Sox from the American League
lead. On July l he knocked them
out Of first place. Last night he
kept them from passing New York.
Bill Veeck celebrated the
Browns first home game under
his ownership with fireworks. free
beer and soda and Carver. Ned
saved the day after the Browns
had lost the opener to Chicago,
4-3. Chico Carrasquel, the Sox's
all-star shortstop, was spiked in
the first game and retired for the
night.
Parnell's S-Hitter Beats Yanks.
OF course, Manager Casey STEM
gel of the American All-Stars may
be overly impressed by Boston's
Mel Parnell as a starting candi-
date after last nights doings at
Fenway Park. Lefty Mel set down
the Yanks with nine hits, 6-2,
while the Red Sox routed Eddie
Lopat. Dom DiMaggio's two-run
homer and Clyde Vollmer's two
run triple were the chief wreckers.
Still the Yanks clung to the
lead by z percentage points with
Boston only one game back and
Cleveland a fast-closing fourth on
Bobby Feller's IA win over De-
troit, his 18th.
The Red Sox' triumph was their
sixth in a row over the Yanks at
Fenway Park, where the world
champs have yet to win. Boston
| leads New York on the season
series, IA.
Parnell became the first to beat
the Yankees three times this sea-
son.
/ Indians Beat Tigers.
/ Feller needed relief help from
Lou Brissie to tuck away the In
Idians' 18th straight over the
Tigers, 7 to 4. If Bobby had any
ideas of a second straight no.
hitter, following his job on De-
Itroit July /, they vanished quickly.
Dick Kryhoski. second man to face
him, singled. Before the first in
ming was over Detroit had three
to match Cleveland's three off Ted
Gray.
The Indians broke up the Feller-
Gray duel with three in the sew
enth to disappoint Detroit's largest
crowd OF the year-54,5 ,562 fans.
Brissie came on when Feller
weakened in the eighth.
Washington cut loose with five
runs after two were out in the
eighth to whip Philadelphia, 6-3.
/ Hodges Hits 28th Homer.
Gil Hodges, Brooklyn's home
run happy first baseman, con-
tinued his attack on Babe Ruths
Eall-time record as he hit No. %
off Andy Hansen in a 60 win over
the Phillies. Hodges now is four
games in front of Ruth's 1927
pace.
The Babe didn't hit his 28th un-
til his 18th game the year he set
the record of so. This was Hodges
18th game, counting one Brook
lyn-Boston tie. Last year Hodges
didn't hit his 2Sth until Septem-
ber 10.
Brooklyn routed Russ Never
recent one-hit loser, before Hodges
came to bat in the first inning
The four-run inning was enough
for the Brooks with Carl ErskineI
turning in fine relief job over the
last 5ks innings. He replaced
Clarence Podbelian with the bases
full and two out in the fourth
blanking the Phils the rest of the
way.
New York. reeling from three
straight losses at Brooklyn, came
up with four runs in the eighth
inning to trip Boston. 1910, in a
wild battle. The teams hit five
home runs in the third inning to-
tie major league record.
Each Has Three Homers.
Each club hit three homers in
the game-Bobby Thomson, Don
Mueller and West Westrum for the
Giants: Willard Marshall, Walker
Coope" and Roy Hartsfield for
Boston. Thomson's homer was his
fifth in the last seven games. He
also knocked home the winning
runs in the eighth with a two-runI
single.
Jim Wilson, who pitched steady
ball after relieving Warren SPAIN
in the third, was belted out in the
eighth with Monte Twins fourth
single and Thomson's blow doing
the most damage. Dave Koslo,
working the eighth and ninth. won
his third. =
AS a result of Brooklyn's night
win. the Giants still trail the
Dodgers by seven and one-half
games. The Cards, 80 winners