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of 22 games the past two years. The "re-vitallzed" Indians clubbed their way to a 11-3 triumph over the Tigers yesterday, scoring jo runs in the fourth inning. Earl Averill's homer with Bolters on base started this rally. Johnny Allen, who made his first start since i drawing a $25 tine for delaying a [ game, held the Tigers to 7 hits. Hill Dickey's double in the fifth j drove in the run by which the Yankees trimmed Washington, 3-2. [Johnny (grandma) Murphy had to I come to Monte Pearson’s rescue in 1 the eighth to save the game. Joe DI Maggio hit homer No. 2. Shelling three pitchers. Kelly, Smith and Williams, for 16 hits, the Boston Red Sox pummelled the Athletics, 13-1. Gene Desautels , had a perfect day, “4 for 4” and Hen Chapman and Joe Vosmik got three hits apiece. Johnny Marcum yielded only seven hits. Phikly Higgins tied a major league reci ord by committing four errors at third base, but scored three runs and made two hits to atone for them. (Tiff Melton survived a stormy eighth inning to pitch the New York Giants to their 11th straight triumph over Brooklyn. 7-4. It was Melton's fourth straight victory. The Giants continued their long- ' distance clouting with Ripple. ; Lelber and Jo-Jo Moore hitting i homers. They've now hit IS homI era in 13 games. Ripple was felled by one of Buck Marrow's i pitches in the eighth but after being carried off the field was pro- 1 | nounced only slightly injured. • Joe Medwick's homer with ; Slaughter on base was the big i punch which enabled the St. Louis j Cardinals to beat the Cubs, 6-3. , All the Cubs’ runs off Lon Warn- ’ eke were homers, two by Rip Collins and one by Frank Demarce. Bill Lee's one bad inning jinx, trip- [ ped him again as he went into the eighth leading, 3-2, and blew it. Cincinnati made it three in a row

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44 ENTERED IN SPEEDWAY RACE Forty-Four Entries Received To Date For 500-Mile Race ' Indianapolis, May 3 (U.R> Forty I four entries had been received toi i day for the 26th running of the 500-inile Memorial Day race on May 30th. The deadline for filing entries expired at midnight and none will ' be eligible unless postmarked be- [ fore midnight Monday. T. E. (Pop) Myers, general manager of the speedway, said he expected several ' more would arrive In the mails. Entered this year are five former winners of the annual racing classic Wilbur Shaw, 1937 victor and ■ all time record holder; Louis Meyer, winner in 1936, 1933, and 1928; Kelley Petillo, 1935; Wild 1 Bill Cummings, 1934, and Fred I Frame. 1932. In addition entries have been received from such speed stars as 'Rex Mays. Glendale, Cal.; Tony Gulotta, Detroit; Mauri Rose, Columbus, ().; Jimmy Snyder, Chicago; Ted Horn, Los Angeles; Itonny Houszholder. Los Angeles; I Russ Snowberger, Wilmington, Del. and Herb Ardinger. Pittsburgh. The American pilots were assured yesterday of foreign competition when Tazio Nuvolari, Italy’s champion. cabled his entry. It will be the first time since 1930 that a foreign driver has tried for laurels on the famed two and a half mile brick oval. Os the 44 entries received to date only\33 can qualify at trials to be i held later this month. Each driver must whirl around | the oval for 10 laps—2s miles —at |an average speed better than 110 miles an hour. Several drivers already have (hundred around the track at better (han 120 miles an hour. Yesterday Rex Mays turned one lap at better than 125. Bill Cummings has touched that mark as has Billy Winn. o Today's Sport Parade By Henry McLemore ♦ —♦ Louisville, Ky.. May 3. — <U.R> —• Things you may or may not know about the derby: only 11 times in 63 runnings have the favorites finished outside the dough—33 favorites have won the famous race, 13 have finished second and five third . . . This makes the derby one of the most formal of all classics. Two of the greatest colts the east sent after the derby roses were Display and Pompey . . . Display finished 10th and Pompey was also unplaced . . . No horse whose name began with “I,” “N,” “Q." “U," “X" or “Y” has ever wou the derby . . . The “B” horses lead with 10 winners, due largely to R. E. Bradleys fetish for giving his horses names beginning with "B." Regret won in 1915 and became the first and last filly ever to score ... Nellie Flag went to the post favortie in 1935 and finished fourth . . . she was the last filly to bo seriously considered by the customers . . . Matt J. Winn -has been running Churchill Downs since 1904 and enjoys the unique distinction of having seen every derby. Winn’s office at the track is filled with bronze replicas of all the derby winners ... on the day of the big race he entertains celebrities with specially concocted mint juleps in frozen glasses . . . They call the track Churchill Downs because the property was owned by two brothers, John and Henry Churchill . . . two unlucky bettors it is better known as Churchill ups and downs. Pari-mutuel betting is popularly supposed to be modern but the machines. in modified manner, were used at the first derby ever run in 1875 . . . Old timers still main-1 tain that the derby of 1889 in which Spokane defeated Proctor Knott was the daddy of ’em all for thrills . . . Winn says more than 10,000 were on hand to see the first derby . . . “It has always been a popular race,” he adds. Exterminator now ranks as one of the greatest derby winners, yet if his stable companion, Sun Briar, hadn’t gone amiss just before the race he wouldn't even have started .. . Sometimes even the men closest to the horses do not fully realize their possibilities . . . Two years ago Max Hirsch said Bold Venture would do well to finish second to Brevity ... it was just the other way round . . . Brevity finished second to Bold Venture. Omar Khayam was the first imover the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning 8-6. The Reds flayed Cy Blanton for seven hits in 415 innings i to pile up a big lead. Ray Benge, who went to Johnny Van Dermeer’s rescue in the ninth, halted 1 a 4 run rally. Ival Goodman hit j two homers, giving him the major league lead with five. Yesterday's hero: Joe Medwick,l Cards' outfielder, whose first hom-i er of the season enabled his club to break a 3-3 tie and throttle the, Cubs, 6-3.

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ported thoroughbred to account for - the derby ... He beat Ticket, Mirt way and other solid horses in 1917 • . . . without an accent or a mon- • cole too . . . Don't be in too great i a hurry to dust off the shamrocks > when you hear Isaac Murphy was > the first jockey to win three derbies . . . Old Uncle Murph was ‘ black as the ace of spades, but a ' splendid jockey . . . He innovated the crouched up monkey seat now I universally uesd by jocks. Earle Sande also rode three der1 by winners . . . The smallest price laid against derby winner was 1 to 3 . . . This against Hindoo in 1881 and Agile in 1905 . . . and as everybody know’s by now Donerail, $184.90 to $2, paid the fattest ’ price . . . the largest mutuel handle on derby day was $2,096,000 in 1926 . . . That's when everybody had money . . . Remember? The largest number of starters i in any derby was 22 in 1928 when ; Reigh Count galloped home for J Mrs. John Hertz over a heavy track . . . The smallest number was three . . . this occurred several | times in the early days of the race . . . when Gifford Cochran won the Preakness with Coventry hi 1925 , he remarked he was too lucky not [ to win the derby ... to make it . sure he put Sande on Flying Ebony and took it all. (Copyright 1938 by UP.) i 0 LEADING BATTERS . Player Club GAB R H Pct. Trosby, Indians 13 43 18 20 .465 j ■ Fox, Tigers 13 55 12 24 .436 I ; Werber, Athlet.. 12 50 10 21 .420 ( Steinbacher, W.S. 10 36 6 15 .417 | - Averill, Indians 13 46 10 19 .413 i o HOME RUNS i Goodman, Reds 5 j Lazzeri, Cubs 4 McCarthy, Giants - 4 I Leiber, Giants 4 Ripple, Giants 4 o Schmelinjr Leaves For Louis Fight Berlin, May 3—(UP) —Max Schmeling, who will fight champion Joe Louie for the world’s heavyweight title in New York on June 22, left today aboard the Biemen 1 ■for the United States. He was ac-

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1 .companied by his trainer, Max Ma- ■ j chon. • "Don’t worry, everything is In order,” he said when asked about [ the titlie bout. ° STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 12 1 .923 Chicago 9 5 .643 Pittsburgh 8 5 .615 Boston 5 5 .500 Cincinnati 6 8 .429 1 Brooklyn * 5 8 .385 St. Louis 4 9 .308 Philadelphia 2 10 .167 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Cleveland 10 3 .769 Washington 8 6 .571 Boston 7 6 .538 New York 8 7 .533 Chicago 5 6 .455 Detroit 5 8 .385 St. Louis 5 8 .385 Philadelphia 4 8 .333 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 7, Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 8. Pittsburgh 6. St. Louis 6, Chicago 3. Only games scheduled. American League I Boston 13, Philadelphia 1. New York 3, Washington 2. [ Cleveland 11, Detroit 3. Only games scheduled. —o— — Mexico City Shaken By Earth Shocks Mexico City. May 3.-(U.R> -Strong I earth shocks were felt in Mexico City last night. At 8:18 P. ni. CST., the ground trembled for sevJ oral seconds. No damage was reI ported. ' Puebla and Guerrero states, and most of Vera Cruz state, felt the j shocks. Officials at the local seismological station said that the quake’s epicenter was a Hultziltepec, in Guerrero state, 105 miles from Mexico City. — Dance Wednesday Sunset.

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FEDERAL AGENT DIES OF WOUND G-Man Fatally Shot In Gun Battle, One Bandit Is Slain Danville, 111., May 3 —(UP) —William R. Ramsey, 34, Peoria G-Man, died at a hospitafl today of bullet wounds received near Penfield yesterday in a gun battle with a bank I robbery suspect. The suspect, Joe Earlywine, was killed. His 7-year-old son, Virgil, and state policeman W. A. Stammuth, also worn wounded. Ratnsey, Frank Jessup and Harry Woltz, all of the Peoria office of the federal bureau of identification. [ went to the Earlywine farm near Penfield, 111., to arrest Earlywine. Frank Stefler and John Huellett, wanted for questioning about robberies in Indiana and Illinois. Huellett was seized in a field. Stefler was arrested later at his home. The officers said they found Earlywine in bed and that he opI ened fire when the agents entered. Bullets whizzed about the little house. The child was struck by ’ j a stray bullet fired by hie father. • ! Physicians said the bullet merely I grazed his chest and that hfs con- ( dition was not serious. L Ramsey was wounded in the abdomen and both arms, lie was given two blood transfusions at the Lakeview hospital. Mrs. Earlywine, the mother of two children, Stefler and Huellett were held at the county jail. The federal agents were accompanied to the house by Sheriff i Harry George, deputies Robert . Meade, A. It. Swank and Rudolph : Merlie and Illinois and Indiana ; state police. > While the agents and George [ > went inside, the others surrounded i the house. Earlywine leaped out > of bed when the G-men and George I - entered. ‘‘l’ve got you covered,” he shout|ed. "The firing started immediately,”

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> George said. "Ramsey fell and a 1 bullet stmes Jessup's wallet, car-1 : tied in his hip pocket, as ho ent ! ered the room through another | door. The bullet went on to strike ( i the Earlywine boy. By that time j I the deputies had come In and the [ shooting was over. It only lasted ; a few moments." J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the G-men, announced at Washington that Earlywine had been sought specifically for a $5.45 holdup near Lapel. Ind. Department records showed that Earlywine was sentenced in 1921 to a one to eight- | year term at Frankfort, Ind., for [ chicken theft. The following year ' he was acquitted of a rape charge. He served terms in the state reformatory at Pendleton, Ind., for grand larceny and at the state pris- : on at Michigan City, Ind., for conspiring to commit a felony. Justice department officials said I Huellett pfobably would be turned over to Indiana authorities to I face charges of bank robbery at

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1 Lapel. If he waives extradition ho | will be taken to jail near Lapel. If he does not he will be given a hearing before U. S. commissioner at Danville. i ° . Giant Second-Sacker Is Out For Season Cincinnati, ()., May 3 — (UP) — Second-Baseman Burgees Whitehead will be lost to the National League leading New York Giants for the remainder of the season, manager Bill Terry announced today. He will be placed on the voluntary retired list. Whitehead, who ipilayed 306 consecutive games until the opening of this season, eum-mltted to an appendectomy on Feb. I'9 and never recuperated. He will return to his home at Lewiston, N. C., late this week. His secind base position has been filled by Lou Chiozza.