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THURSD: Y, APRIL 24, 1947 SWATS ARE FEATURES Greatest Dfple_ay in Years Is Recorded in Early Season of Majors By RALPH RODEN (Arsociated Press Sports Writer) Major League fans are witness- ing one of the greatest early season displays of home run hitting years _ and ‘the bigger booming in the National which is famed more for esse than its power. its fin- Paced by shortstop radie Miller of C: nnati, whc has clouted rive roundtrippers—tops in either cuit—National Leaguers have slam- cir- med 48 circuit drives, double their 1946 output at this stage of the campaign, while American Le batters have hammered 26, one than they had collected a ye: yesterday A total of counted for crop of four ers are ponsible cans' output 3 Homers 1 Inning The biggest boom-boom of the American League season was heard in Briggs Stadium, Detroit, yester- day where the Bengals belted five homers inciuding thres in the eighth inning by Roy Cullenbine, Dick Wakefield and Hoot Evers, as the Tigers clawed the Chicago| ‘White Sox, 7-4 | The dereat the Sox' first in fou games, dropped them into a firs ith the New York Yank- the Boston Red 1go 29 players have ac- the nation’s amazing masters while 20 play- for the Ameri- place tie ¥ ees who blanked Sox of 3-0 behind the Allie Reynolds rdium, Rudy York collected both hits off Reynclds on a seventh inning two- bagger and a ninth inning single Catcher Aaron Robinson batted ir two of the Yanks' rups with a single and homer off Dave Ferriss to aid Reynolds in gaining his sec- ond straight shutout. Hcmers, Bases Loaded portsman’s Patk, St e Pirates drubbe the, dinals Shortstop Billy Cox of the Bucs whacked Red Munger for a homer with the ba lcaded in the sccond inninz and Ed Basinski sewed up the decision DARNELL'S Fishing . . . ° }ly Rods ¢ Salmon R Reels Lines Plugs Tackle Boxes €Clothing . . . (Outdoor) ° At § 8-5. c o6 Jackets Pants Shirts Slickers Underwear Hats . ° ° . Footwear . .. * Sport Boots ® Fishing Boots * Rubber Pacs ¢ Shoe Pacs ® Shoes ® Socks riing . Shot Guns Rifies Air Rifles Pistols Ammunition Gun Cases Holsters Camping . . . ® Tents Camp Stoves Camp Axes Packboards Sleeping Bags Cots Athletic. . . (equipment) * Baseball ® Tennis ° Badminton * Archery You'll find your . favorite sports supplies at... | | | | | | | | | | . 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T hurled t H t mbers of the The Brooklyn De clipped th | President Clarence Rowland of the| TI ! ! witd ot Ktk i b who weuld ren ( who Wil lcave Philadelphia Phils, at Ebb Pacific Coast all league plac-|ings P Coast I Baeett's HED NI X ’ p canneries. Field behind the eight-hit elbowir LERTON ) official $25 frown today on!last W Holl 5 who w j i f of Lefty Joe Hatten NE 24 —(P—In nguage and misconduct ! Star O o e Aernal pall AotV i The Chicago Cubs and the B entt m fo e NCAA “ 1 by Manager mfi\"um«: 16 fr San- Disgo. 8 to w expr « invited. Th ton Braves moved into a third- oup's el of Los Angeles and catcher! B, c I venanit pIGHIERE ot - rodkie t t ded . ! place deadlock with the Phi Fe es of nento. ! the i Athold - il Nole datced e \ the fir A « downing the Cincinnati Reds and 1 K incident occ at ! San me i catibe thah Blows. T . \ y be. t ) I the New Vork Giants ectively t st Saturday li\}l’ln‘.‘ an i mai « on the other hand, land M 1 pril I Reds Turned Back npire Bill - Ldwe! ¢ ‘ - etk TaaNer will & ) : Southpaw Johnny Schmitz turn- § Ol <L ec e 1 e winni I laid D J ed back the Reds at Wrigley Field Al ‘”v'l‘!"»"Z‘ a G "'j\rvn\ ird used thress ol Y e will be a ¢ ) 7-1 while Warren Spahn, although i r o8 el g | plac Frar i ping their 1l candid this eveni touched for 12 hits, set down the ¥ r board while EapCc W v 1 — [ ! Giants, 5-1 at Bostc the i V) 1“”9” ¢ STANDING OF CLUBS ic tin In_ the remaining American ¢ e - FQRE\,gR [OA(H QF i 1 Paatize Const L sdrus 9 Y Leaglie games, the Cleveland I r {poc s Ml w 1 ! ahging Doy " ) . the only team in either circuit ers in the short < ve wa 1 a s Fon i 10 ; which hasn't hit for the ecircuit, the New Engl EN M;w E!OSI iON‘l‘_‘“‘ 1 re wer Fanito 1 3 " S UNITS Tt ular quarterly maeiing of ncsed out the Philadelphia Afh- Leasue seems Sh 211 1gging . match n Prancisco 0§ R ) Vi n Hobl t u Health Council will letics, 4-3 wer to the jfor 1 Holl S Wo0d 12 470 Mmoved into u Y I 12 night, April 28, at Short scores S ANGELES, April, 24—@—) WO ; Y I 9 14 39 U yougl ning here '8 o'clocl he City Health Center Nauona' ieague !'President Dan R of the Los| In r he 1 N Oak 9 14 1 neau. H owner of Main Street R H E! Angeles Club National Pro-!gels what s Baranof President George Danner, Jr, Clnatna s ional foctball league has named i cper the Bea P Natiohat T akohe { urges all representativis to be pre- Chicago 7 10 hissler, wellknown coach | pitct J. M W i W I ; 3 D it, adding that anyone interest- Erautt, Lambert (6) Polivka (8) 1 pro grid circles as; alor 3 to 0 lead, 1 Pittsburgh 6 i 857 N nd eveni I in the community health pro- and Lamannc; Schmitz and Schef- . or the 1047 season.yield y ik, ' Biasivr 4 2 667 and, Mrs. Eugene V. E ram i me, whether an ap- , | fing. 3 « and ath-| whe he v € Philadelph 4 4 0 ve moved into cne o1 the units pointed representative of an organ- R HE B for vears atjAngcls burst W ns g s 4 00 Making their m from the for-|ization or not Blttabuiah 8 0. | BPOR gon S collage later ! to w B 3 3 Dou Inn apartments to! Dr. C. Earl Albrecht will be the 85 Tonis % i g ded the Brookiyn, C! $ 2T led for the Cineim 4 6 4 new hom ¢ Only one main ak of the evening, Heintzelman, Bahr (3) and Jar- Al oy and Hollywood = professional iAng d three New 2 4 not oecupi en a subject of import- vis; Munger, Wilks (2) Burkhart oitialie, ) L, : During war he’ mer ce In a run st Loui G 4 ) the entire community: (3) Grodzicki (7) Staley (9 and i Sup 0t ol the sl th AN Neter v Lc American League WiLCOME This meeting will also serve to Bl - > Force T fand pir I Treadway w ST b is-holding introduce Miss May Krueger and e 2 off el Ad Liska brought new Yorl P 2 30, 5 A Maales , in 456 Do ce Westaby, Public Health New York Hin ol 3 1 Hall A Sy i tineau Channel area, Bos ¥ o IWO ANHIVERSAR'ES ‘l More 1 busin red ¢ 3 2 vill be irst time a large a'th Council members. Keslo, Trinkle (7) Jan ; in & the Rai beat 'y 4 3 [ meau has had has been on duty and Ccoper; Spahn and Masi s 79 BE (ElEBRA'ED S‘d'“\ Francisco, 3 to 2, ttle 3 3 Douglas for a long time *‘»I “i'«kfi- “):Hle Miss R H prne " on 3 3 enthused old ived this week. Philadelphia 2 8 8Y GAUNI FAM'[Y walk 1 4 cials and —_— Brookly: 5 10 e out 1 6 13 like tc tend may call Do 8 n. Rollin Emil or Va) Judd Schanz (5 Mauney (8 annivesarios. Witk bh oekE e I AN * members of the Juneau Club, Peor. The social is for Lions, their and Seminick; Hatten and Edward this weekend by Mr. and Jack v R the vaiat-ads for barga Keith Roberts, Frank Ma lac and their invited friends. American League Allen Gaunt and their daugh-, ~ e Louis L Ry . Barbara Louise, € 1y, Ap-{ d 10 18 will be the 18th wedding | lehouse, Kinder (7) and M ersary of Mr. and Mrs. Gaunt Embree, Gromek (9) and Hegan . 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