Evening star., 1951-06-19
|Youngsfer Gets Call
As Key Series Opens
With Double Header
By Joe ReiehIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

Paul Richards, unintimidated
manager of the Chicago White
Sox, reached into his pitching
lgrab bag today and came UP with
another surprise starter as the
league leaders prepared to open
q four-game series with the de-
tending champion Yankees ii
Ia double-header IN New York this
Afternoon
This time the starter is little
Marvin Rotblatt, a 5-foot-8. 1885,
pound lefthander who was pitch
ing for the University of Illinois
a couple of years ago. Rotblatt
who won % games for the Mem
Iphis Chicks last season. is only
% years old and has been used
in relief most Of the time this
year. He has started only one
game for Chicago.
Rotblatt probably will pitch to-
days second game at Yankee
Stadium. The veteran Joe Dobson
who never had much luck against
the Yankees during his years with
the Boston Red Sox, is scheduled
to pitch the first one.
Overmire to Start.
Casey Stengel. the Yankees
manager. said he would use his
ace. Vic Raschi, in one game and
depend on Stubby Overmire. ac-
quired from the st. Louis Browns
only few days ago, in the other.
The Yankees will have to sweep
the series to knock the White Sox
out of first place. The Chicago
club came to New York with lead
of 312 games and appeared to be
in good shape after rough time
in Philadelphia. The Athletics
took the first three games, includ-
ing both ends of double-header
Friday night, but the White Sox
won two Sunday.
A crowd of 10000 is expected at
Yankee Stadium today, with an
other 10000 likely to attend the
single games tomorrow and Thurs
day.
The two teams rested yesterday
as only six clubs saw action In the
two major leagues. The Cleveland
Indians moved little closer to the
American League leaders by out
slugging the Red Sox in Boston,
81. Bob Feller. although hit hard,
staggered to his 10th victory
against one defeat. Harry Taylor
was the loser.
Giants Gain on Dodgers.
The New York Giants nipped
the st. Louis Cards, 5-4, in II
innings and the Chicago Cubs
shaded the Boston Braves, 5-4.
The Giants now trail the league
leading Brooklyn Dodgers by 5h
games.
Feller was supported by a 14-hit
attack yesterday and needed all of
those Safeties, too. He went into
the last half of the ninth with a
9-4 bulge and appeared on the
way to an easy win.
But Ted Williams received a
free pass. Feller retired Vern
Stephens, but walked Bobby Doerr.
Manager AL Lopez summoned Mike
Garcia, who walked Clyde Vollmer
10 load the bases. Walt Dropo
singled in two runs and Les Moss
drove in another. Lou Boudreau
walked to load the bases.
Lopez then called in Lou Brissie.
The lefthander was superb, strik-
ing out the dangerous Billy Good
man and getting Johnny Pesky on
a groundout.
Four Hits for Chapman.
Sam Chapman was the big In
dian sticker. He got four hits, in
Guiding a home run. AL Rosen
and Ray Boone also homered.
A double by Bruce Edwards,
followed by Bob Borkowski's sin
gle in the last half of the ninth,
broke up a A tie and gave the
Cubs their 5-4 win over Boston.
Monte Twins single off the left
field wall scored Hank Thompson
in the 18th inning with the run
that won for the Giants over the
Cards. Thompson had opened the
frame with a double of loser
Cloyd Boyer.
Sal Maglie. who relieved Dave
Koslo in the ninth when the Cards
Tailed twice to tie the score at
A, was the winner. It was his
18th win, tops in the majors.
Whitley Lockman, Willie Mays
and Alvin Dark homered for the
Giants.