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The Chicago White Sox sought to strengthen their pennant hopes by recalling Clifford (Con nie) Johnson, a pitcher with a 6-5 record for Charleston in the American Association, and Bob Boyd from Toronto, an outfield er-first baseman. Johnson was scheduled to make his first appearance against Washington today. During the past couple of weeks, the Brooklyn Dodgers brought back Outfielder Dick Williams from Montreal, Catcher Dick Teed from Mobile and Pitcher Glenn Mickens from Fort Worth. The Boston Red Sox lost no time putting their latest acquisi tion, Pitcher Frank Sullivan, into action.

S Rush. Chicago _ 97 100 44 40 5 9 .357 LaPalme, Pitts 114 127 36 58 5 11 .313 S Friend. Pitts. 117 132 42 46 4 308 5 Hacker, Chicago 148 150 37 66 614 .300 0 Podbielan, Cin.- 129 144 49 52 •11 .294 a Feller Tops A's, 5-2, As Rosen Hits 27th, Zernial Gets No. 24 By th* Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Aug. I.—Bob Feller lost a shutout in the ninth inning today as Cleveland de feated the Athletics, 5-2. After limiting the A’s to six hits through eight innings, Feller gave up a double to Loren Babe and a home run to Gus Zernial. Feller choked off the A’s after that to pick up his sixth win against five defeats.

Baseball home runs. Bilko’s coming off Jim Hughes with the bases loaded in the seventh. Johnny Podres' seven-game win string was broken when he was knocked out in the fifth. Erv Palica, just back from the Army, finally finished the game. Joe Adcock's three-run homer on a 3-2 pitch by reliefer Karl Drews helped Buhl win the second game at Milwaukee, after Del Ennis hit his 24th with two on to give Simmons his ninth victory. The only run off Sim mons came on successive doubles by Adcock and Del Crandall. The Giants’ hitters continued to play dead while Perkowski and Baczewski. Cincinnati’s most effective pitchers, did their stuff.

FT H E WORLD KoA Marion E. Jackson Put down the major league baseball campaign of '53 hit crazy one. The sluggers are literally drivin the pitchers daffy. At the moment statistics show at least sixteen National League swingers, seven more than last year, have an excellent chance of batting .300 or better this year. The American League has eight, the approximate number that averaged this mark last year. Boys going for the pitcher with a tests organizations protested these- vengeance are old reliables like Stan Musial and Red Schoendihnst of the Cardinals, Monte Irvin, Hank Thompson and Whitney Lockman of the Giants, Ted Kluszewski and Greenglass of the Redlegs, and Jackie Robinson and Duke Snider of the Dodgers American Leaguers have noticeably slumped in the clout depart ment.

Collum dropped a 2-1 decision to the Pirates. But one of the greatest natural hitters in baseball history is not going to read too much into the fact that all this is being done by left-hand ers. “They’re just good pitchers, that’s all,” Hornsby said. It makes no difference—right or left—as long as you’ve got a good pitcher.” The Redlegs! staff Is loaded with left-handers, but Hornsby said that “just happened” when he sought good material in spring trades. Cincinnati traded Bub b a Church, a right-hander, to the Cubs for Fred Baczewski, rookie southpaw who has won six of seven games for the Redlegs, and Bob Kelly (1-0).

Bob Feller compiled 10 shutouts in 1946, the year he set the major league strikeout record. Johnson Had Eight in ’24. Johnson is believed to be the last Washington pitcher to top Porterfield in that department. He pitched eight shutouts in 1924. Grover Cleveland Alexander holds the major league record of 16 shutouts with the 1916 Phillies. Jack Coombs of the Athletics set the American League mark with 13 in 1910. Johnson’s lifetime total of 113 tops everybody. Shutouts are becoming routine at Griffith Stadium. The Nats have participated in six straight there, winning three.

Some of the Nats wanted to measure him yesterday, but couldn't locate a tape measure. With the Browns here tonight for the opener of a four-game series, the quick success of Da valillo may draw a few' more customers than would attend otherwise. The Browns will be here for a night game tomorrow' and a double-header Sunday. Chico Marrero will pitch for the Nats, with the veteran Harry Brecheen due to fire for St. Louis. Marrero hasn't pitched against the Browms this season. Shea Scores Ninth Win. Spec Shea finally notched an elusive ninth victory yesterday with a six-hit effort.

Snider Gets Homer. As it was the Dodgers added one in the seventh on Duke Snider’s homer, four more in the eighth including a three run drive by Carl Furillo anda final tally in the ninth. Stan Musial got the Cards off in front against New York with a first inning home run and after the Giants tied it in the fourth on an infield hit by Don Mueller and a double by Davey Williams, the Cardinals pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the fourth with a double by Ray Jablonski and a single by Steve Bilko. The Phillies are 9*2 games behind the Dodgers but they playlike champions when they encounter the Cubs.

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Avenge* Five Failures. Erskine got a lot of satisfaction last night in beating the Giants at the Polo Grounds, where he had failed five times in a row. Two singles by Hank Thompson were the only hits he allowed. Furillo and Hodges homered. Meanwhile, the sec ond-place Braves lost a 4-3 decision to the Cardinals. In the American League the White Sox pulled within six •games of first place by beating Cleveland, 6-2, while the Yankees were dropping a 2-1 game at Washington. The Red Sox won twice at Philadelphia, 7-6 and 7-5. Detroit and St. Louis split a pair. The Browns took the first 5-2, the Tigers the second 9-3.

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Thirty-two teams will participate in the three-week tourna ment. The Colonials’ pitching staff Includes Tom Poholsky of the St. Louis Cardinals, Chuck Fowler, Alex Konikowski and Andy Pane of the New York Giants; Mike Kvasnak of the Nats and Lou Paz of the Yankees. They also have Dick Groat of the Pittsburgh Pirates at short stop; Dick Giedlin, Detroit Tigers, at first, and Ray Cat teneo, Milwaukee Braves, at second.

Rains in the wake of the Atlantic hurricane washed out the Eastern half of the major league program last night. Cleveland outlasted the Browns, 8-7. The Cubs battered Milwaukee, 11-4, and Cincinnati edged the Cardinals, 2-1, in 11 innings. Lemon Gets No. 16. Big Luke Easter blasted a pair of two-run homers to aid the Indians and A1 Rosen hit one. Bob Lemon, last of three Cleve land pitchers, was credited with his 16th victory, although the Browns pounded him for five hits and a run in 2% innings. Home runs ruined Milwaukee as the Braves slipped eight games behind the league-leading Dodgers.

They'll Have to Hurry By the Associated Press Stubborn Steve O'Neill, who has been in baseball, man and boy, for 44 years, still thinks the Dodgers can blow the National League pennant. The 63-year-old manager of the third-place Phillies believes either Milwaukee or his own club has an outside chance of catching the Dodgers during the final six weeks of the season. “I realize our chances look mighty slim." O’Neill said before yesterday’s double-header with the Giants. Thirteen games (it was 15 after the Phils dropped two) is a lot to make up in so short a time. But I’ve been around a long time. I’ve seen a lot of things happen that everybody said couldn’t happen.

Sox this year, and Warren Spahn, one of the National Leagues best since 1947, lead their respective circuits in earned run averages today. Pierce, slender southpaw, has given up only 49 earned runs in 201 innings for a 2.19 mark. He has hurled three straight shutouts and hasn’t been scored on in the last 34% innings. Billy has won 16 games and lost seven. Spahn, a 20-game winner in four of his seven big league cam paigns, has permitted 45 earned runs in 183 frames for a 2.21 average. The 32-year-old Mil waukee left-hander has a 16-5 record. Virgil Trucks of the White Sox is runnerup to Pierce with a 2.54 average.

Eddie Mathews hit his 38th home run in Milwaukee’s tri umph. The blow tied Wally Berger’s all-time Braves’ record for homers set in 1930. Gerry Staley gave up a home run to Chicago’s Eddie Miksis and five other harmless hits in joining Harvey Haddix as a 15- game winner for the Cardinals. Steve Gromek, a pitcher Cleveland couldn’t use, beat the Indians for Detroit on six hits and he drove in the winning run. At Boston Maury McDermott posted his 13th victory at the expense of Harry Byrd and the Athletics.

Three-run rallies in the third and eighth innings enabled Brooklyn to overtake the Giants, who had built a 5-1 lead. Duke Snider’s single vith the bases loaded in the eignth produced the winning runs The Dodgers now' have won their la-t six meet-; ings with the Giants and need only one more victory to clinch the 22-game season's series. Spahn Gets 17 th. Andy Pafko ran his hitting streak to 17 games wita a ninth inning home run that gave the Braves their triumph over Cin cinnati. Warren Spahn posted his 17th victory, although he was shaky in the first inning when Ted Kluszewski blasted his 87th home run with one on.

Last year, members of the Car dinals, who finished third, received roughly $775 each to $398 for each player on the fourth place Phillies. In the American League the third-place White Sox got about $673 each to $338 for the fourth-place Athletics. Except for the third-place battles, at least six games separate the clubs in their present positions in the National League. Only seven games divide the last-place Browns from the sixth place Athletics in the American League, with Detroit sandwiched in between. But none of these clubs has shown any indication that it will improve greatly or collapse between now and the end of the season.

In the American League the Yankees edged Philadelphia, 5-4, in 11 innings; Chicago defeated Detroit, 4-1; Cleveland took two from St. Louis, 7-3 and 3-2, In 12 innings, and Boston and Washington split. The Nats won the first game. 9-1, but the Red Sox won the second, 7-3, as Ted Williams dominated the game with a home fun and three singles. Murry Dickson celebrated his 37th birthday by spacing seven Brooklyn hits for his ninth win. Frank Thomas drove in four Pittsburgh runs with a home run and a double. The Dodgers’ winning streak was the longest of the season in the National League.

Preacher Roe. with the help of Clem Labine. started the league leading Dodgers back on the winning trail today with a 5-3 victory over the last-place Pirates. Roe weakened in the ninth after scattering nine hits and striking out eight. The 35-year old left-hander, however, got credit for his eighth straight triumph and his ninth of the season against two defeats. The Pirates jumped on Roe and Labine in the last frame for two runs on four hits—two of them pinch singles by Paul Smith and Toby Atwell. Gene Hermanski—the fourth pinch hitter—flied out with the bases loaded to end the game. Jackie Robinson batted across two Dodger runs with a trio of singles.

Indians’ pilot: “We look a lot better this year. Our pitching is still the best. Watch Bob Feller for a comeback.” Oversight by Dressen. Charlie Dressen, manager of the Dodgers, said: “The same four clubs will fight it out this year Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York and St. Louis.” (He meant Milwaukee instead of New York and, anyway, the sight’s over.) Fred .Haney, manager of the Pirates, said: “I’m thinking in terms of respectability.

Erskine owed his success against Chicago to Jackie Rob inson’s two home runs. The Brooklyn pitcher was lifted fora pinch hitter while trailing, 4-1, but the man who batted for him, Wayne Belardi, started a rally which netted five runs— three of them on a homer by Robinson. In the first game Clyde McCullough doubled home one run and homered with one on for the other two as the Cubs won their first game in Brooklyn this season. Staley found things easy at; the Polo Grounds, where the j Giants committed five errors, j Ruben Gomez tamed the Cardi nals on four hits for his 11th victory and third shutout in the opener. Pirates Lose No.

How many men does that make him, 29 or 30? His bench looks like mine in spring training before cut-down time.” ’Dizzy” Dean came into the clubhouse. Big, expansive, vol uble. “Who would you say is the better third baseman, Eddie Mathews or A1 Rosen?” Dean asked Dykes. Jim said: “Well, I only saw Mathews once and he looked pretty good. But Rosen is 100 per cent improved as an infield ei. He s using his glove instead of his nose this year.

In the I I RBI department he’s closing in on the National League catcher’s record of 122 by Gabby Hartnett j I and Walter Cooper and the ma- I I jor league mark of 133 by Bill I Dickey. The Dodgers may find those j home runs handy if they get I into an extra-inning World Series game with the Yankees. The Yanks lost their second of 11 j f overtime contests. 4-2, in Cleve- j land last night when Wally West- j lake homered for the Indians in the 11th inning. The only other i extra-inning loss by the Yan- j kees this year also came on a home run—by Billy Goodman of Boston May 8.

Tribe within two-and-a-half games of second place. With the White Sox in a hitting slump the Indians have plenty of time to move up. Spahn Wins 19th. In the National League, the i Braves beat the Giants, 3-1, j with Warren Spahn hitting a homer and winning his 19th. Brooklyn banged four home runs for the second game in succes- sion, whipping Cincinnati 9-7.! Peewee Reese hit two, Carl Furillo one and Roy Campanella one. The Dodgers now have tied the j league record of having four! hitters with 20 or more homers |in the season. Campanella’s drive, his 33d, equaled his all i time major league high.

At the recent Saratoga yearling sales a total of 549 thoroughbreds sold for $5,005,900, an average of $9,118 each, but with the aid of an insect buzzing near his rrancis stann. ear a bystander named J. C. Pollard got one a bit cheaper. At the precise moment the auctioneer chanted, “I’m bid 48, do I hear 50?” Pollard made a pass at the insect and it was taken as a bid. So, for $5,000, he inadvertently purchased a half-sister to Sicily. Hank Bauer was voted the American League's All-Star rightfielder and his batting average ranks him among the top five hitters but twice last week Casey Stengel lifted Bauer for a pinch hitter. It's great to be a Yankee, no doubt, but so confusing. Offhand, can you name the American andor National Leaguer who finished with the all-time highest season batting average for a pitcher?

In by a catcher with 122 and has drawn a bead on the American League mark of 133, set by Bill Dickey. THERE IS NO DIMAGGIO these days and Ted Williams hardly can be considered because of his limited service. So the best the American League can offer in the way of out fielders are Minnie Minoso, Dale Mitchell, Hank Bauer, Gus Zemial (if you favor the Hbme run to the exclusion of everything else), Jim Piersall (if your taste runs heavily to fielding) and Mickey Mantle, who because of injuries and one thing or another has not been the ball of fire that was expected. Except for base running, Mr. Giles has several subjects to top Minoso, best the American League can offer. Monte Irvin, now semi-invalid, is out-averaging the White Sox star.