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The Thursday Sports Patrol PatrolBy By STEVE SNIDER United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK N Y April 30 April pro ¬ duced its annual share of major league booms and busts with the St Louis Browns riding the biggesj boom and the weather providing the dreariest bust bustEntries Entries in the baseball ledger for April might run like this thisBOOMS BOOMS BOOMSThe The Browns Superbly conditioned inoculated with Hornsby knowhow and Veeck enthusiasm the Brownies stepped right out on cloud eight Theyll learn the facts of life soon enough but most every one agrees it was a happy start startEarly Early Wynn Cleveland Indians He won the honor of pitching on opening day and lived up to his name with three straight early wins winsTed Ted Kluszewski Cincinnati Reds Get ¬ ting power from his mighty muscles big Ted has been leading the National League in runs batted in and flirting with 400 with his batting average averageTommy Tommy Byrne St Louis Browns Wild ¬ est pitcher in baseball ever since he came up Tommy walked only seven men in his first 23 innings for two straight decisions and hes still alive in a suspended game gameJackie Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Hitting high in the 400s Jackie opened as if to make up personally for the Dodger playoff failure failureRed Red Schoendinst Ft Louis Cardinals Injured in spring training but he hit like a Musial once the season opened openedJim Jim Piersall Boston Red Sox Came up as an outfielder shifted to shortstop where his early achievements put him in the lead as rookieoftheyear rookieoftheyearBUSTS BUSTS BUSTSThe The Weather Tops in flops ruining the boxoffice in the East to the extent of an estimated 455000 455000The The Detroit Tigers Dropped eight straight before winning their first of the year Manager Red Rolfe got a vote of confidence from his players at least for the record recordGil Gil Hodges Brooklyn Hes usually ump ¬ teen homers ahead of Ruths pace at this time of the year but began the season right where he ended the last one in a slump slumpFerris Ferris Fain of the Athletics Johnny Pesky of the Red Sox and Vic Wertz of the Tigers Good stick men all theyre bringing up the rear in the 1952 Ameri7 can League batting parade paradePittsburgh Pittsburgh Piratesfigured weak and opened weaker than feared fearedAllie Allie NoHit Reynolds New York Yankees Blew his first two decisions decisionsLuke Luke Easter Cleveland Indians Big stick man of the top contenders Luke fell into the worst slump of his career
