Evening star., 1951-06-23

Shines in Play AfieId
fAs Well as With Bat
I'm Red Sox Victory
BY the Assoeiatsd Pres.

| SIS sN~ ~E
By the Assoeiatsd Press
The White Sox are on record
today as certain that Ted VII
liams is every bit a team player
Williams was q one-rnan gang
at Fenway Park last night as the
| Red Sox clipped the feet Chicago
team. 6-5. Vern Stephens, game
winning homer with a man or
stole the headlines but Williams
put on q brilliant all-around ex-
hibition- fielding, throwing and
hitting.
Ted actually starred in the
field. He raced to the scoreboard
| In left to make q sensational leap
ling stab Of Chico Carrasquels fly
to save the game in the eighth.
Chicago had knocked out Mel
lParnell, scoring two runs and had
men on second and third when
Williams ended the threat.
Fine Throw Cuts Down Runner.
In the fifth inning Ted's fine
peg to Bobby Doerr cut down Joe
de Maestri Of White Sox trying
to stretch a single into a double.
Chicago led, 81, when Williams
came up to bat with one out in
the third. He buiited neatly down
the unprotected third-base line.
"a pass to Doerr and singles by
Clyde Vollmer and Les Moss tied
the score.
It was still 3-3 when Williams
came up with two out and Billy
Goodman on second in the fourth.
Once more he shone by doubling
off the left-field scoreboard to
break the tie. Stephens then
smashed his 10th homer over the
|left-fleld wall.
Parnell Removed in Eighth.
Lefty Mel Parnell, tagged for
three runs in the third on singles
by Bob Dillinger and Nelly Fox
and Orestes Minoso's homer, was
chased in the eighth. Ellis Kin
lder's no-hit relief work and Will
liams' catch saved Parnells
eighth win.
Randy Gumpert, unbeaten with
10 perfect TO record as starter
and relief ace. took the loss.
Luis Alomo and Marv Rotblatt
followed with effective shutout
jobs.
With Allie Reynolds throwing
his second straight shutout, a
six-hit. 60 job against Cleveland,
the Yankees cut Chicago's Amer
ican League lead to 21a games.
Bobby Feller just didn't have it
in his try for a seventh straight
and 18th victory. Jerry Coleman
drove home half the Yanks runs
with two singles, and Gene Wood
ling and Bobby Brown each con-
tributed three hits. Yogi Berra's S
11th homer came of Feller in the
three-run second.
Zernial Hits Two Homers.
Gus Zernial poled two home
runs off Al Widmar as Philadel-
phia nudged st. Louis a little
deeper into the cellar with So
win behind Alex Kellner. They
were the 18th and 18th homers
for Zernial who also had single
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh strug-
gled through lighting trouble and
showers in a damp marathon
that finally ended at 1855 am.
They were two hours late start
ing because of light trouble and
delayed another 36 minutes by
rain. At last, It was written into
the records as another Brooklyn
win, 8-4, preserving their 6la-
game lead on New York.
Many of the 24,966 we're home
in bed before they finished. Some
5 900 got their money back at the
box Office.
Robinson Takes Batting Lead.
Jackie Robinson hit his ninth
homer and added a single to take
over the league batting lead al
.374, a 10-point edge on Stan
Musial.
Rookie Willie Mays gave Giant
fans lift with a three-run homer
in the 10th to whip Chicago. 9-6
singles by Whitley Lockman and
Ray Noble preceded the 370-foot
wallop by the lean Negro center
fielder off Dutch Leonard.
Sam Jethroe, restored to center
field when Tommy Holmes took
over as Boston manager, came
Through with a two-run double
with two out in the ninth for the
Braves 81 win over st. Louis. II
was a give-and-take game al
might.
i Cincinnati hammered Jockc
Thompson for three in the first
Inning and made it stand up fol
'la 80 edge over the Phillies tx
move into fourth place.