Monday, Aug. 13, 1951
Winners
P:When Bob Feller first went to the Cleveland Indians 15 years ago, he was the 17-year-old boy wonder of the majors, who mowed down opposing batters with a blazing fireball. He was still trying to burn them in long after his arm grew old and his speed ball slower, hit bottom in 1949 by winning barely half his games. This year, Bob Feller, no longer a thrower, but a crafty pitcher, is well up the comeback trail. Last week he chalked up his 17th victory of the year (against four defeats), to lead the major leagues in games won.
P:In his first bout with Argentina's Cesar Brion last November, former Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis squeaked by with a close decision. Last week, in San Francisco, aging (37) Joe Louis looked a little more like the old Brown Bomber. His left jab cut rugged Cesar Brion's face to ribbons, twice had him on the verge of a knockout before Louis won a unanimous decision at the final bell.
P:The Dodger SymPhony Band, temporarily silenced by Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians because two of its members were union members (TIME, Aug. 6), was caterwauling away again this week, more stridently offkey than ever. After the union agreed that the Ebbets Field concerts could continue if amateurs replaced the union members, the sons of two SymPhonists joined the ensemble and the band blared on.
P:In the National Contract Bridge tournament in Washington, D.C., New Yorkers Richard Kahn & Peter Leventritt piled up a final session score of 299 1/2 points to take the Masters' pair championship, bridge's biggest title.
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