Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1939 — Page 6

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DYKES LEADING MISFIT SOX IN FIERCE BATTIEi White Sox Manager Battling For Second " ith Nondescript Team Now York. July !l (U.K) . For doing the best job day in and day out in th- major leagues. Jimmy ■ Dykes of the White Sox must Im* ( given serious consideration H*' i lakes castoffs. pickup* and noftde I scripts and converts them Into! winning, hurtling ludl players. And no major leagu** manager I haft ever had morn tough breaks | than Itykes. not excepting Bill | Terry and his presetil predlra-1 infill If team were allotted per player hurl or rendered hors de combat during Dykes' regime aa» compared with Terry's. the Giant* * Ihiss lauildn'l even work up enough melanin* to get a crying towel Dykes' record of lough break* read* like Mimething that happen-i m! Io an orphan hoy. Inn no one ever heard of the White Sox man* ; uger locking himself behind door* ' and pleading for privacy. Itykea taken his luck an he find* It and make* the moat of It. And 1 he also take* the lull players he * gets and doe* what he can with them lawk at the lineup with which the White Sok just licked * the lied Sox four In a row* . . . the game Iteil Sox who .cut down the |

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I Yankee* five straight not act many day* ago Haye*. Jh -eg Senator. • Kubel. lb trade lot Bonura. Kreevlch. cf turned down by ! Cub* Rosenthal. rs minor league I pickup Walker. IF acquired from TigI | Appling. as bought from Allan- , ta. McNair. Sb cawtoff liy lied Hot Tyeab. c thrown In by Tiger* in Kennedy-Walker deal, Lee. p failure with Cleveland Strictly a second division lull chile, but Dyke* ha* that gang in I third place hurtling for second | They beat the Red Sox yesterday 44, for their 16th victory In 19 I game*. Today they cla«h with the I jaiwerful Yankee*, who hung up I their eighth rtraighi victory by i nicking th*- Brown*. 2-1 The | White Sox are lit, game* liehlnd I the Yank* and imck of the Red The White So* haven’t had much link with the Yank* thia . wamm. hmhiK iiliih out «»f but • Joe McCarthy admit* that no duh * hatties the world «hamphui* mure 1 tenaciously than do Dykes' ugly duckling* Thornton Lee left the Red Sox ' down with nine tn altered hit* in > winning No 9 Chicago pounded i Denny Galehmiae for four run* In ilhe first frame to clinch the triumph I Charlie Ruffing hung up hl* !3th I victory in lieating the Brown* on four hit*. The Yank* made IS 1 hit* off Bob liarri*. but cockeyed | * baae-runiiing co*t them several run*. Mel Harder pitched Cleveland to* a S-l victory over the Athletic* I Webb'* double drove ill two run* I in the big third off Bill lb-ckman. Washington *tav*-d off a ninth- ‘ inning rally to beat Detroit. 8-7.1 Roberto Kstalella's homer In the eighth drove In the two deciding I run* Th.- Giant* dropped their alxth i straight and slipped into fifth * place a* Pittsburgh moved up I Bol> Klinger wa* the winning pitcher with aid from Joe Bow- ■ man. The score wa* 9-4. The Giant* today will announce the * .icquiaiMon of another infielder. probably Frank Scalxi. New Orlean* ahortatop. declared a free

WESTERN GOLF TOURNEY OPENS Ralph Guldahl Gunning For Fourth Consecutive Triumph Chicago July 21—it'Pl—A hunary pack swarmed over the turf at Medlnah country clwb today bent <m breaking Ralph Guadaht* three.•ar monopoly on the Wegtorn open | golf championship by tmt sheer i lorce of number*. A total of X'u were in toe field lard their one target wa* the slope* shouldered Texan, who ha* l»**-n | iivincible in the event Since 1936 when he thought he wa* miking hl* farewell appearance In golf. The automobile business lost a -.nod salesman wh<>n Guldahl won tt-e 193* Western open, but be reed* u fine showing here to prove h - Isn't slipping on the Job he ih>'*e Instead. \lt hough the odd* Agnlnat hl* tenting though for the fourth -.t sight time normally would bj top-heavy. Guldahl *. prit* practice n-und of 69 over Medinab’r tough- < st course placed him a* cc-favorile with l ! . S. open < hampion Byron Nelson and the I*. G. A. kin;, Henry Picard. Picard and Nelsen are the star* cf the year, a* Guldahl ha* been Uo last three. Wl.at prig- money they can pick np here I* Itulgnlflcart. Inn victory for Nelson will spot him a lead of 20 point* over Picarl In the race for the Harry Varflbn trophy annually awarded the moat successful tournami nt professional a id will place him ju»t ahead of sanuny Snead In the list <»' moneywinner*. Plcard still ha* the magic touch with which he outlasted Nelson in th*- P. G. A. final*. Playing cautiously over Medinah's par 79 number 1 .nurse hr fired a 83. I. was the lowest practice round us ’be early •hooting, although Guldahl.« 69 also v.is two under par of number 3 i ourse Single round* were scheduled for today and tomorrow. Ou Sunday, the 50 low professionals a*.d 22 low amateurs will play 36 hale*. o— — • « Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore ♦ “ • New York. July 21 <U.R> —Come* i today a courier disguised a* a 1 pres* agent with breathless Infor- . mutton abcut Tony Galento'* latest ' venture in fisticuff* lu Atlantic City on Sunday, in a ring on the million dollar pier. * Galento will fight an elephant and a kangaroo. The press agent made an affidavit to that effect and who am 1 to dispute the orderly proices* of the law. Contract* for the bout, signed i tn the city goo. call for a fight to | the finish and stipulate that Gal- , ento must engage the kangaroo ! and the elephant at the same time. "They're a couple bum*.'' Galento said st the signing. “Both of i 'em." Cautioned against belittling hi* opponent*, especially the elephant. | who ha* * memory like Joe Lout* and never forget*. Tony snorted: “Let him start throwing hi* ; weight around if he want to. I'll knock hl* trunk off. And a* for th* kangaroo. I'll just dip him a couple In the pouch and fatten him. They can't take It down--1 stair*, those kangaroo*.” Galento. whose signing to fight the animal* mark* the first time 'that the Darwinian theory has been thrown into complete reverse, see* • hi* tight with the kangaroo and the i elephant a* the first step toward I the heavyweight championship of jungle After knocking them out he want* to work through the puma, panther and tiger weight agent from Cleveland by commissioner K. M. Landis The Pirate*, scoring their third victory In four game*, moved Into first division, .0003 (Miltit* ahead of the Giant*. Sailor BUI Poaedel pitched the Bee* to * 2-1 victory over the Cub* for hl* loth victory. Rabbit I Warstler. subbing for the brokenI legged Eddie Miller, scored both Boston run*. Yesterday'* hero Thornton lx». White Box lefty, who blanked the I hard-hitting Red Sox. yielding I only nine scattered hit*. NEE!) MONEY? Follow Crowd fe) to Decatur Loan & Discount Co. yV Everyone realise* that Q our loan plan I* bast! Low interest loan* that ■re repaid In small monthly installlment*. Strictly confidential. For every worth-while requirement. Decatur Ix>an & Discount Co. Phone 319 People* Truat Bldg.

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<laaa<*a and. finally, challenge the ' lion. "Who ha* the lion ever li*k*-d?" he want* to know, "What right ha* that big bum to go about popping off that he la the khig of the ! beast*? I'll spot him the first bit* and then punch his inane off.” Galento may be taking hi* bout < of Sunday lightly, but the kangaroo and the elephant aren't. A dispatch today from promoter Paul Mosher say* that they are working t to have themselves In the best condition of their Ilves. The elephant 1 has Iw-en doing road work daily and plana to weigh In at about 1 15.000 |*ounds. his beat fighting 1 weight. The elephant has confid- 1 ed to Intimate* that he will come out trumpeting. for*e Galento into ' a corner and then alt on him. He 1 w**u hi* last two fights with this, 1 technique, beating a Mack truck ' that got In hie way In two rounds. ' and a telephone pole that annoy- 1 ed him in three. If this fails to work the elephant plans to squirt a trunkful of water In Tony'* eyes and then come In close to finish him <»flf with his tusks 1 in a clinch The bout with Galento ' Is the elephant'* first professional ‘ fight, but he was a standout ama- ’ teur in Africa where he won the . golden tusks championship of the ' Belgian Congo in a four-day fight ‘ with a teakwood fore»t. The'kangaroo la counting on hla puuling Mtyle to bring him victory. That, and a straight right*! leg that he throw* with paralyxlng | * force, and tremendou* speed Hl* 1 best punch i* thrown while high ' In the air. and it wa* with thia blow that he won the marsupial championship hi Aurtrlla several year* ago. Joe Jacobs, manager of Galento. | has obtained permission from the boxing commiMlor, to examine the , pom-h of the kangaroo before the j bell ring* for the first round. j "I have heard.” Jacoba said. , "that kangaroo* often conceal gim-1 mlck* In their pouche* and that i I* why they win «<> many bout* by ( knockout* 111 turai that pouch In- < side out liefore the fight or I won t j let Galento get in there" Muy the best animal win! j " J STANDINGS : NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. OB ! Cincinnati . 49 29 628 — St Loul* 41 37 526 8 'j Chicago 43 41 111 * Pittsburgh .. 39 38 Bo* I New York 41 40 5o« fit* , Brooklyn 38 3X 500 10 Boston „. 39 41 .488 11 i Philadelphia ._ 24 50 324 23 ""MH—M* AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct G B.' New York .... <1 23 .721 | Boston — 48 30 .815 10 Chicago 47 3* 58* 13L* Cleveland 42 39 Bit I Detroit — *1 42 .494 19Lk M’aihlngtnn 35 51 .40" 27 I Philadelphia 31 So .383 2*»k St irtttl* 24 58 .293 3* YEfiTEROAY'fi RESULT* National League Boston 3. Chicago 1. Pittsburgh 8. New York 4. Only game* scheduled. American L**gu* Chicago 4. Boston 0. Cleveland 3. Philadelphia >. Washington 8. Detroit 7. New York 2. St. Lout* 1. ■■f"" 11 0 1 —— I Trade i» A T«wa « Ucealar

TWO SHUT-OUTS LAST EVENING Monroe And Habanelloa Are Victims Os ShutOuts Thursday Both iramfn on Thursday night’s softball schedule at the South Ward diamond resulted in shutewta. Monroe losing an exhibition tilt and Habaneiios dropping a league contest. Zollner Pistons of Fort Wayne scored a 12-n triumph over Monroe in the exhibition contest. .Monroe obtained only three hits off three different Zollner hurlers. The winners obtained all their hits and scored all their runs in the first three innings In the league contest. Pleasant .Mills marked up a 7-u conquest of Habanelloa. who tied with Ihtnbar for the first-half league title. Archer held the Habanelloa to four hits and was given great support by his teammates R H E Zollner 428 Md »—l2 io j Monroe turn turn o— 0 3 5 lielber. Koch. Lundquist and Kammer. Koch. RHE Habanelloa 000 noo o—# 4 3 Pleasant Milla 201 !o3 x—7 6 2 Agler. Wyun and M Ladd. Wynn. Affler. -a LEADING BATTERS Player Club GARIt H Pct. ThMaggio. Yanks 52 IM 41 77 .410 Amovlch. Phillies 75 288 48 109.378 Foxx. Red Sox 71 287 74 S 5 358 Johnson. Athletics 82298 89 10l 339 Ronura. Gianta 79 295 58 100 339 0 home runs Greenberg. Tigers 18 Mite. Cardinals 18 Foxx. Red Box it McCormick. Reds 15 Ott. Giants 15 Gordon. Yankees 15 Selkirk. Yankees . 15 Camllli. Dodgers . 15 Williams. Red Sox .. 15 n Illi 11. J— ,1 Anv 6 or 8 exposure roll Developed and Printed for 25c. Edwards Studio, 202 Street. FREE! SATURDAY and SUNDAY A BOTTLE OF POP or a CANDY BAR with each 51.00 purchase of GAS or OIL. Hoosier Pete Station Corner Seventh and Nuttman Ave.

PACKING FIRM REFUSES PLAN Armour (HliciuL It**! »•**•• To Meet With laihor (oininittee — Chicago. July 21 — (U.W - Th** packing house worker* orgtntlsiiK committee, which ha* threatened * nation wld«* etrlke in th** meet I pa* king Industry, planned today to ! ask I’realdeni Rmiimvrl! to decide whether officiate of Armour and 1 Company should be compelled to negotiate with the union for • ' national contract. The company, with Wilson, Cudahy and Swift, conrtltute* the "big ' four." largest meat packing firm* in the country. Itelegatc* to a I PWOC national policy convention Sunday ga»v their leader* author- | ity to call a strike against Armour and. If necessary, against other member* of the "big four” and independent packer* If they mtnsed 1 to negotiate for national contract*. The union claim* a majority repre--1 sent at lon in 17 Armour plant*. Possibility of a strike Increased yesterday when Armour, one of , the biggest of the “big four" firm*, flatly refused a proposal of the I Chicago city council committee on labor that they meet with I’WtH’. I Company spokesmen »ald the question was one for the national labor ' relation* board and reiterated a company statement that It had compiled and would continue to i comply with all NLRB regulation* In bargaining collectively with union*. The council committee had appealed for the conference "even If to talk about nothing but the weather.'' Van A Bittner, national <hairman of the PWOC. an affiliate of the congress of industrial organisation*. said the only thing left for the union to do was to follow a mandate of It* policy convention and take the case to President

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