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**T TOW many votes have you refl ceived favoring the new balloon ball?” inquired Bill Diddel five times former state amateur golf champion, and well-known golf architect and course builder, as we rolled in to the new Trey-Par pitch and putt course and driving range out on Michigan road near Kessler boulevard. We were taken unawares, but rallied to reply: "Well, to be truthful, Bill, we confided, we are still watching for the first vote in favor of the new pill.” "That belnsr the case, then put me down In favor of the balloon ball," BUI said. And before we could answer Ben Steven--400, another member of the old school of golfers, came through with his vote the lame way. Asa golf course builder and architect, tdddel stated he was vitally interested In the new ball, that he had given It extensive study and Anally had decided the big opposition to the ball was mostly mental. Bill and Ben recalled back when golf tourses were small layouts, with small greens end mostly were flat. Golf balls were big. rough pieces of workmanship In contrast to the present day closely scrutinised golf balls that weigh uniformly to the decimal of an ounce, scale to the small decimal point of an Inch, and are balanced In every respect. They mentioned the old Blue Diamond ball, and added golf clubs In the old days were the same In comparison as the old balls. Golf balls and clubs became the subject of golf engineering and were greatly Improved, Diddel said. That meant it was easier to score on courses. Country club3 sought out tracts of land with running water, lakes, rolling ground, and abundant natural hazards. When the natural hazards were not enough artificial hazards were built. That was to keep the better golfers shooting near and under par. The point has been reached, Diddel said, where the locating of more difficult layouts for golf courses Is hard. Clubs and balls probably will continue to Improve, some. Something new had to be added to the game. If the average golfer is to take Bill Dlddel's word for it, the new balloon ball has added considerable to the game. Bill states he Is vitally Interested In Using the new ball, to play every course he formerly played the old ball. He Is Interested in the study of where the new ball will go. how It will act when hit with different clubs than those he formerly used with the old ball. He gets a great kick out of playing the wind with It and after all, the new ball has not made any noticeable difference with his game, he claims. IT was mentioned that Bill has been having some trouble with his driver. 'This led to a wager. Bill was to drive fifty balls from the driving range tee at Trey-Par. More of them were to land between two sand traps fifty yards apart, than were to land in the traps. The traps were down the course 250 yards or more. Bill lost the bet by a small margin, but BO per cent of his drives were straight enough to be sitting up pretty on the fairways of any golf course. And to the duffer the new ball sure sits upon the fairway Just like it’s teed up. Diddel then insisted the new ball could be controlled on the pitches and putting green just about as well as the old. The party played around the 18 hole Trey-Par pitch and putt course and while many of the short shots are difficult. If not more so than the ones that will face the golfer on his regular golf club course, they afforded a test for the short game and tested the new ball as well. Every one in that party putted well. The course is laid out for three shots on each hole, and there was a flock of treys"’ scored. Bill conclusively showed us the new ball had It’s many advantages and disadvantages Just like * the old ball. If taken in hand and studied, practiced With end played, It will bring Just as good results, he said. BUI cited the fact that he and a club member played another team recently and one of the opposition used the old ball. Diddel said he and his partner rarely ever defeated the other pair before. The fellow with the old ball figured a poor shot Bill made was the result of the new ball. Diddel said It was Just a poor shot. A few minutes later the fellow with the old ball made Just such a shot. That ended the argument on the ball ouestlon, except to say the fellow j continues to use the old ball because he had used it for years and doesn’t want to get Into the habit of using the new one and enjoying the fun of testing his shots with the various clubs all over again.

Royals Cling to I. L. Lead

By United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—Although Idle because of rain Friday the Montreal Royals increased their leadership in the International League to one and one-half games when Newark dropped its third in a row to Baltimore, 4 to 2. The defeat left the Bears only .002 percentage points ahead of the third-place Rochester Red Wings, 1930 pennant winners, who took a double-header from Toronto, 9 to 6 and 4 to 0. Reading won an eleven-inning 7-to-6 decision over Jersey City in the other contest played. Montreal and Buffalo were rained out.

Semi-Pro and Amateur Baseball Gossip

The Em-Roe Junior and Senior leagues will again be on the fields at various city park diamonds Sunday afternoon. The schedule for Sunday follows: Junior: Assumption vs. Beech Grove at Riverside No. 2: Western Union vs. St. Philips at Riverside No. 7: Jake Feld Generals vs. Junior Mose at Brookside No. 2. Senior. Forester Cubs vs. Riverside Aces at Garfield No. X: Rhodius Cubs vs. American Setltement at Riverside No. 3: Indianapolis Orioles vs. Indianapolis Cardinals at Ellenberger No. 1. All games start at 3 p. m. Woodsldes will play the Hoosier A's Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Hoosier Airport and state Road 52. Miss Boots Thompson probably will pitch for the Woodsldes. Plavers will leave 39 South Warman avenue at 1 p. m. Several new plavers have been added to the Woodside roster and a good game is expected. Indianapolis Reserves will play at New Bethel Sunday. All plavers are requested to call Cherry 5411 before Sunday noon. Russell Paugh. operating on the mound for the Dady A. C's under the lights at Washington park. Thursday night, blanked the Y. M .S. in the local rivalry struggle, 4 to 0. Larry Reno pitched for the losers. Paugh tightened when runs threatened and etruck out eleven. Reno fanned six. The pitchers were the whole show practically, Paugh getting three hits and Reno two. Seven errors were charged, four against the losers. The Dadys scored three runs In the second and one in the third. Paugh allowed eight hits and Reno five. Bauers, Y. M. 8. right fielder, got two hits. There will be a feature battle at Rhodius park this afternoon with the Dady A. C's playing the Cubs of the Municipal League. Both nines are west siders. All St. Joe Y. M C. players are refiuested to report at Dorn's drug store not ater than 1:30 p. m. Sunday. R. J. Cruse makes the announcement. FIYT ROUNDS SESSION Max Sclimellng of Germany boxed twenty-two times, totaling 110 rounds during his training period at Conneaut Lake Park before he defended his championship against 'Young stribling.

STAYING POWER GIVES GERMAN DECISIVE VICTORY

Maxie Defends Crown by Scoring Knockout Schmeling’s Relentless Attack Weakens Stribling and End Comes in Last Round; Challenger's Early Offensive Brushed Off by Rushing Champ. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CLEVELAND, July 4.—Max Schmeling of Germany today was the acknowledged ruler of the heavyweights. With only fourteen seconds remaining in the fifteenth and last round, Schmeling was awarded a technical knockout victory over W. L. (Young) Stribling of Macon, Ga., Friday night and retained the title he won on a foul from Jack Sharkey in New York last June. A short right to the chin dropped Stribling for a count of nine in the fifteenth round. The punch met the challenger's jaw as he was coming off the ropes in his own comer, and catapulted him to the canvas. Struggling to his feet, Stribling attempted to clinch, but his arms were so weak he could not hold on to Schmeling. Ales-t hook knocked Stribling’s mouth piece to the floor. Another right drove him back on his heels. His legs wobbled under him and he backed away, unable to defend himself before the German’s short piston-like punches.

The referee, George Blake of California, stepped between the men and raised Schmeling’s hand in victory after 2 minutes and 46 seconds of the last round. It was the first knockout In Stribling’s long career. A disappointing crowd of about 35,000 witnessed the slow, methodical fight in Cleveland’s new lake front stadium. The gate receipts were estimated at $375,000 —less than enough to pay the expenses of Madison Square Garden Corporation of Ohio in promoting the bout. Camera In September Joe Jacobs, manager of Schmeling, announced today that the German would defend his title again in September against Primo Camera, Italian giant, under a contract already signed with Madison Square Garden. Stribling fought a game but losing fight. He carried the battle to the champion in the early rounds, but was unable to inflict any damaging blows. His most dangerous punch, a left hook to the jaw, did not seem to affect Schmeling. Stribling won three of the first five rounds with the other two even. Shaking off the challenger’s best punches, Schmeling started a tireless attack in the sixth round which wore Stribling down bit by bit until the inevitable end. W. L. Rallies in Eighth From tne sixth round until the finish Stribling won only one round. The Georgia boy made a courageous bid for victory in the eighth round and won it by a wide margin, but was unable to discourage Schmeling from his persistent attack. Stribling was a beaten warrior after the eighth round. As early as the fourth he began to bleed from the nose, and at the finish he had cuts over both eyes and a badly bruised and puffed mouth. SchmeLing’s only mark was a slight swelling under his left eye. The tenth round marked the beginning of the end for Stribling. Schmeling punished himb severely about the body and almost floored him with a right to the head. The bell saved Stribling, who went to his comer arm and leg weary. Challenger Exhausted Schmeling appeared almost as fresh in the fifteenth round as in the first. As Stribling staggered blindly toward his corner after the finish Schmeling rushed in and picked up the challenger and sat him on his stool. “Stribling is very game,” said Schmeling. “He stood up well under punishment. I was not hurt except for one punch to the eye early in the fight and three kidney punches. I was always strong.”

Big League Referee Adds Color to Harrison Boxing

With Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, former world’s featherweight champion, booked to referee the two

Major Leaders

By United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—The fifteen leading hitters in each of the major leagues follow: NATIONAL G. AB. E. H. Pet. Klein. Philadelphia. 67 271 70 101 .373 Davis. Philadelphia 60 190 16 69 .363 Hendrick. Cincinnati 56 214 32 77 .360 Cuyler, Chicago ... 66 271 49 95 .351 Roettger, St. Louis 52 212 28 74 .349 Grimm. Chicago .. 64 230 31 80 .348 Terry. New York.. 68 274 52 95 .347 Hogan. New York.. 48 ‘133 26 46 .346 Arlett. Philadelphia 53 204 37 70 .343 Whitnev. Philadel.. 65 267 36 90 .337 Allen. New York 41 120 26 39 .325 Berger. Boston .... 72 290 47 94 .324 Lombardi. Brooklyn 39 93 11 30 .323 Setphenson. Chicago 62 230 30 74 .322 Grantham. Pittsgh. 58 213 40 68 .321 AMERICAN G. AB. R. H. Pet. Ruth. New York .. 60 214 63 85 .397 Morgan. Cleveland.. 57 187 39 73 .390 Gosfin. St. Louis., 65 251 50 94 .375 Simmons. Philadel.. 67 279 61 103 .369 Webb. Boston 65 251 52 92 .367 Cochrane. Phlladei. 54 219 45 79 .361 AveriU. Cleveland.. 70 286 57 102 .357 West. Washington.. 61 250 42 87 .348 Gehrig. New York.. 68 271 67 94 .347 Fonseca. Chicago... 65 255 43 89 .336 Combs. New York 67 302 55 101 .335 Vosmik. Cleveland." 64 260 35 87 .335 Alexander. Detroit. 56 210 27 70 .333 Berry. Boston .... 49 162 23 54 .333 Haas. Philadelphia 69 304 54 I<M .332 Individual leaders in the various offensive departments are: NATIONAL LF.AGCE Runs Scored—Klein. Phillies. 70. Runs Batted In—Klein. Phillies, 21. Home Runs—Klein, Phillies, 21. Hits—Klein. Phillies. 101. Doubles—Kartell. Phillies. 26. Trinles—Terrv, Giants. Watkins. Cards, Worthington. Brsrres. each with 8. Stolen Bases—Coraorosky. Pirates, 10. AMERICAN LEAGUE Runs Scored—Gehrig, Yankees. 67. Runs Batted In—Gehrig, Yankees, 74. Home Runs—Ruth and Gehrig, Yankees, 19. Hits—Simmons. Athletics. 103. Doubles—Webb, Red Sox. 33. Trinles—Cronin. Senators, 9. Stolen Bases—Chapman. Yankees. 29.

Major Standings at This Stage Stir Ruth’s Interest

BY BABE RUTH NEW YORK, July 4.—What a difference a few days can make in a pennant race. It wasn’t so long back that the Cardinals were having everything their own way in the National, and the A’s threatening to make a runaway race out of our league before the Fourth of July. See what has happened—the Boston Braves started the Cardinals’ troubles on their last western trip when they took the first three games from the champs in St. Louis. Later the Cards came east and they ran into a lot more difficulty. The Braves kicked them around and the Robins were just starting on their advance when the Cards moved into Flatbush,

\ on Elm Installed as Links Favorite BY L. S. CAMERON United Press Snorts Editor INVERNESS GOLF CLUB, TOLEDO, July 4.—The United States open golf championship reached the final stage today with George Von Elm, self-labeled “business man’s golfer,” installed as a favorite. Von Elm equaled the Inverness course record of 69 in his last qualifying round on Friday to have an aggregate score of 144, one

stroke better than his nearest /ivals, and several strokes ahead of some others. The field was reduced to the sixty low scorers and ties after the first two tests were completed. The survivors will take part in the thirty-six-hole final chase today. Os the approximately 150 players who began the title quest on Thursday only thirteen, including Von Elm, were accorded any real chance to become the successor to Bobby Jones. Besides Von Elm there were Bill Burke of Greenwich, Conn.; Walter Hagen or Detroit; Eddie Williams of Cleveland; Guy Paulsen of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Charles Guest of Deal, N. J.; Herman Barron of Port Chester, N. Y., and Mac Smith of New York. Not too far from the front were Johnny Farrell,

Joe Turnesa, Mortie Dutra, Leo Diegel and a long shot is Gene Sarazen. Friday’s final qualifying play was marked by the complete collapse of the foreign threat. The lowest score made by an invader was the 153 set down for Fred Robson, veteran English pro, and that was nine strokes higher than Von Elm’s total.

A major disappointment was thv poor play of Tommy Armour of Detroit, winner of the British open championship. He was the five-to-one favorite to win before the tournament started. He had a tworound total of 75-83—158, and was

Hoosier Chuck Klein Registers Sensational Spurt in Batting

BY DIXON STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 4.—Chuck Klein of Indianapolis, whose record of the last two years stamps him as the most promising young player to break into the major leagues during the last twenty years, is continuing his sensational work at bat and afield. The youthful Philadelphia outfielder, who made his big league debut late in the 1928 season, got away to a slow start this year, but during recent weeks has been clubbing in a manner which indicates the so-called “dead ball” will have little influence on his average. During the past two weeks Klein has improved his average .046 points and major league averages, released today and including games of

ten-rounders at Ft. Harrison, Tuesday night, interest is picking up in the all-star program arranged by Captain Kennedy, matchmaker. Kilbane was king of feathers for ten years when fighters were fighters and is an accredited referee licensed by the National Boxing Association. The features at the punch bowl Tuesday will see nationally-known middleweights in the top ten-round-er, Gary Leach, fistic flash of Gary, Ind., who went up from the amateur ranks in fast time, and Henry Firpo, one of Louisville’s most prominent pugs. In the other ten-rounder Harold Anderson, the phenom newcomer in local light heavy circles, the big youth with the big wallop, will tackle Bobby Vernon, well-known Chicago mauler. In the prelims Tuesday Captain Kennedy will endeavor to supply wild action by using boys who have captured previous honors at Harrison. Pat Murphv will oppose Red Holloway. A1 Horn will battle Dutch Miller and Pug .Smith will appear in the curtain raiser against a suitable opponent. arTO y s ?? st * boxin * commission is stretching itself for this show and beLeves the customers will be pleased with the new talent in the features and with wllUnK mlxers in the supporting MANION DRAWS SCOUTS Catcher Clyde Manion of Milwaukee, who donned eye glasses and changed his batting stance to correct his weak hitting, is reported to be sought by at least two big league clubs. Manion, a crack backstop, has been batting around .400. Rough on Horse and Man Twenty-nine horses fell faking jumps or failed to finish out of sixty-nine in the final day's meeting for 1930 on the French metropolitan turf. A wet track was the cause.

For a long time the A’s kept on winning against all opposition, but they could not shake off Walter Johnson’s Senators. Washington won game after game and gradually reduced the lead which the A’s previously had enjoyed. Then came the biggest surprise of all when the Browns, who had just pulled themselves out of last place by winning the last three games of their series with the Yankees, stepped up and floored the world champions four times in five games. It is a long time since any ball club had been able to win four out of five from Connie’s champs, but the performance of the Browns proved that it could be done, even by a second division dub. Hie A’s

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TRAILING the TRIBE

BY EDDIE ASH FOLLOWING their vacation of I Friday, the Indians resumed action on the road today in Louisville with an afternoon doubleheader with the champion Colonels. It’s a short series, three games only, and will be concluded on Sunday. Monday will be an open date for the j Tribesmen as they prepare for the | second swing around the western! half of the A. A. circuit starting in j Milwaukee, Tueesday. The Tribe’s current road journey calls for stops in seven cities and the athletes won't be back at Washington park until July 24, when Louisville will supply the visiting attraction. Having played Friday's game as part of the double header In Toledo. Thursday, the majority of the Tribe pastimers returned to Indianapolis on the off-day and rested up for the twin bill in Derbytown this afternoon. THE invasion of Columbus and j Toledo knocked the wind out of the Indians and they 'dropped six

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considered definitely out of the running. The final thirty-six holes were begun today under hazy skies. There was a slight breeze and the temperature was pleasant.

Thursday. July 2, show that he is completely dominating National League hitters. Klein, not only is leading his own league in hitting with an average of .373, in hits with 101, and in runs batted in with 71, but he tops both major leagues in home runs with a total of 21, and in runs scored with 70.

Records Smashed in National Track Meet

By United Press LINCOLN, Neb., July 4.—More than 500 track and field athletes from all sections of the country met in the Nebraska university stadium here today to vie for individual and team honors in the National A. A. U. meet. Os prime Interest was the last half of the decathlon, with five events to be completed. Jess Mortensen of Los Angeles held a lead over Barney Berlinger, Penn’s star; Wilson (Buster) Charles, the Indian title-

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A SECOND Mickey Cochrane is blooming in the Pacific Coast League, if we may believe the favorable reports on Frank Cox, above, who is catching and clouting for Seattle. Cox is a left-handed batter who hit better than .500 during the first thirty games of the season. He raps southpaw pitching as hard as right-handed. The Detroit Tigers have an option on the * slugger.

resumed their winning ways just after this slamming, but it meant that other ball clubs would move against them with more confidence. The A’s are going to be tough to beat, but the same can be said of Washington. Here it is the Fourth of July and the season is getting near the halfway mark, with the Senators still hanging on. The Yankees have not done quite as well as I expected, but they are a long way from being out of the race. In the National League no team has any such edge on the field as the Philadelphia and Washington clubs have over the remaining six in the American. As the Cardinals ran into difficulties the Brooklyn club suddenly found itself and began, to

out of eight starts. However, the A. A. race is tighter than the historic boot and any kind of a winning streak will put the locals up in the running. Baseball tradition says every new manager must take it on the chin sooner or later and new Pilot McCann “got his” on Ihe visit to the eastern cities. The record was three knockdowns in four tilts in Columbus, and the same number of knockdowns in four Struggles in Toledo. They pat you on the back when you are elevated and then k.ck you on tjie shins. It’s a race of races In the Tom Hickey circuit. In the Friday games Kansas City, in the hole, turned on Milwaukee and scored a shutout with 2d Holley doing the chucking for the Blues. That tightened the race. Phil Welnert, just back from the New York Yankees, pitched for Louisville against Columbus and got thumped. And that also tightened the race. St. Paul, out in front by a narrow margin, trimmed Minneapolis and boosted its lead. THE Indians, In seventh place, are only six games back of the Saints, and the K. C. Blues, in the cellar, are seven- games back. Toledo and Columbus have made the best advances recently at the expense of Indianapolis and Louisville. A former A. A. hero of a number of years ago passed to the happy hunting ground of base hits the other day. Leo Dressen, popular and fleet first sacker with St. Paul from 1915 to 1921, died Tuesday. He was a lefthanded thrower and hitter and usually swatted .300 in the days before the rabbit ball. He led the league in stolen bases in 1917, 1919 and 1920, and set tho pace in runs scored for three years. There was always action when Dressen wa son the paths. Veteran Washington park fans will recall Dressen’s remarkable fielding. Outfielder Earl Smith, usually poison to the Indians at Washington park, has been sent out of the league. He served a long stretch with Minneapolis, was traded to Columbus last season and the day the Birds transferred him to Houston in a deal for infielder Red Rollings. It is presumed Smith will appear next year in the role of manager for one of the minor league clubs In the ' St. Louis Cardinal chain. Rollings was with the Boston Braves last year and with Rochester this season until moved to Houston. Despite his age, Smith hustled and never lost sight of the fact he was being paid to play baseball. LUMPKIN DROPS BOUT Herman Is Victor in Main Mat Clash at Riverside. Roy Lumpkin, former Georgia Tech football star, lost to Ad Herman, lowa heavyweight, in the main event on the wrestling card at Riverside Friday night. Lumpkin won the first fall and Herman came back to annex the next two and match. It was Lumpkin’s first defeat locally.

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Babe Ruth, veteran New York Yankees’ outfielder, still tops the American League hitters with an average of .397. Morgan, Cleveland first baseman, is runner-up to Rutii with a .370 mark and Virgil Davis, teammate of Klein, holds second place in the National League at .363.

holder, and Jim Bausch, Kansas university. Competition Friday gave the Los Angeles A. C. first place in the junior championships. The Californians scored 42 points, defeating the Olympic Club of San Francisco, with 35. Indiana was third with 17, and Denver A. C. garnered 14. Jack Burnett of Mississippi university turned in the best individual performance Friday. He sprinted to victory in the 100-yard dash in the record time of 9.6 seconds, and came back to lower the existing mark for the 220-yard dash, winning in 21.3 seconds. Other records broken were: Shot Put —Edwards, Los Angeles, 43 feet, 1% inches. Mile Run—Lydie, Kearney Teachers College. 4:19.8. 440-Yard Hurdles—Holman. San Francisco. 54.5. Discus —Anderson. Cleveland. 145 feet, 11 inches. Pole Vault—Zimmerman, Tulsa university. 13 feet 5Vs inches. Broad Jumo —Brooks. Chase Park A. C., 24 feet. 8 3 i inches. Two-Mile Steeple Chase —Harvey, Denver A. C., 10 minutes. 33 seconds. 220-Yard Hurdles—Olivar. Dayton. 0.. 23.8 seconds. Varying Hockey Styles The game of ice hockey originally was played by many players on a side, then by seven on a side and now by six on'a side. But in Australia, five players constitute a team in hockey. ROOKIES MAKE GOOD Five members of the champion Rochester International League team of 1930 have won regular berths in the major leagues this season—Pepper Martin, Rip Collins and Paul Derringer with the St. Louis Cardinals; Red Worthington with the Braves and John Berly with the Giants. PAUL DEAN TRANSFERRED Paul Dean, 17-year-old brother of Dizzy, who also is a right-handed hurler, has been transferred from the Columbus club of the American Association to the Springfield club j of the Western Association by the 1 St. Louis Cardinal organization.

ring up victories. This is the club I picked to win the National League pennant and I was surprised that the Robins did not get going earlier. The Giants, too, have come up in the race and have been crowding ! the Cardinals. They will be tough to beat. It is still a very wide open race in the National with anything likely to happen. Five dubs are in good position to go into the lead with a winning streak of a few games. July and August will prove which clubs are stronger in endurance. You know the hot months sometimes kill off one ball club while another club, which' varies only slightly in general ability, goes on just the same. (Copyright. 1931. by The Christy Welsh Syndicate -ad Tbe Times)

Cardinals Snare Two St. Louis Whips Phils in Twin Bill; Gains Full Game. By United Press NEW YORK. July 4.—A1l major league clubs except St. Louis and Philadelphia in the National League had open dates Friday. The Cardinals defeated the Phillies in a double-header to increase their leadership over the New York Giants to two and one-half contests, gaining a complete game. Flint Rhem pitched the Cardinals to a 6 to 1 victory in the first battle, while in the second Stout and Lindsey divided the hurling duty as the Cards won, 7 to 3. It was the first time Stout, a relief hurler, had started a game. Club Batting Cleveland leads the American League in team hitting with a mark of .302, and Chicago tops the National League with an even .300. No other clubs are above the .300 mark, the New York Giants and Washington Senators being the runnersup with averages of .295 and .297, respectively. Lefty Grove, leader of Philadelphia’s “big three” mound staff, has the best pitching record among major leaguers with fifteen victories and two defeats, for an average of .882. His teammates, George Earnshaw, with thirteen victories and three defeats, and Rube Walberg, with twelve victories and four setbacks, and Wesley Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians, with eleven triumphs and six defeats, are the only only other pitchers who have won more than ten games. Best National Hurlers Eddie Brandt of Boston, Fred Fitzsimmons of New York, Burleigh Grimes of St. Louis and Jumbo Elliott of Philadelphia lead the National League in games won with ten each. Brandt has suffered four defeats; Fitzsimmons, five; Grimes, six, and Elliott, seven. Guy Bush of Chicago has the best percentage with six victories and one defeat for an average of .857.

A.B.C. Nine in Twin Program The A. B. C.-Louisvllle White Sox game billed at Washington park Friday night was rained out and will be played this afternoon as part of a double header with action getting under way at 2 o’clock. Mitchell and Lane will do the pitching for the A’s and Capers and White are slated for the Sox. The teams are in the Negro National League with the A’s in second place and Louisville third. A second twin bill will be staged Sunday, starting at 2 and a single game Monday night starting at 8:15.

Finals Field in Golf Title Tourney Today

By Times Special TOLEDO, July 4. The final battle for the national open golf title was waged here today over the Inverness course, eighteen holes this morning and eighteen holes in the afternoon, thereby completing the seventy-two holes for the title. Qualifiers for the final thirty-six holes, with their first and secondround totals, respectively, and the thirty-six holes grand total, follow: George Von Elm. Detroit 75-69—144 Billie Burke. Greenwich. Conn... 73-72—145 Ed Williams, Cleveland 71-74—145 H. Barron, Portchester. N. Y... 71-75—146 Charles Guest. Deal. N. J 71-75—146 Guy Paulsen. Ft. Wayne, Ind... 74-72—146 MacDonald Smith. New York.. 73-73—146 L. Diegel. Agua Caliente. Mex.. 75-73—148 Walter Hagen. Detroit 74-74—148 J. Farrell. Mamaroneck. N. Y... 78-70—148 Turnesa. White Plains. N. Y.. 73-75—148 Tony Manero, Elmsford. N. Y.. 74-75—149 Frank Walsh. Chicago 73-76—149 Wiffy Cox. Brooklyn, N. Y 76-74—150 Ax Espinosa. Chicago 72-78—160 Bill Mehlhorn. Pine Wald. N. J. 77-73—150 Harry Cooper. Chicago 76-75—151 Ed Dudley. Wilmington. Del 75-76—151 Olin Butra. Los Angeles 76-75—151 John Kinder. Caldwell. N. J 79-72—151 Bob Shave. Cleveland 74-77—151 Tom Creavy, Albany. N. Y 75-77—152 Henry Cicui. Stratford. Conn.. 73-78—152 G. Sarazen, Great Neck, N. Y... 72-78—152 C. E. Clark. Bloomfield. N. J... 76-76—152 Reggie Myles. Ashland. O 76 76—152 Denny Shute. Cleveland 79-73—152 A1 Watrous. Detroit 74-78—152 Albert Alcrofi. Youngstown. 0.. 75 78—153 Percy Ailiss. Wansee, Germany. 78-75 —153 Jack Forerster. Oradel. N. J... 75-78—153 Massie Miller, Indianapolis .... 75-78—153 Fred Robson. Great Britain... 73-80—153 Francis Scheider. Dallas. Tex.. 78-73—163 G. B. Smith. Moorestown. N. J.. 75-78—153 L B. Avton. Evanston. 11l 76-79—164 John Golden. Noroton. Conn.... 79-75—154 C. W. Hackney. Northfield. N. J 80-74—154 T. P. Perkins. Stapleton. N. Y.. 78-76—154 Auguste Boyer .Frances ... a ... 75-80 —155 E. Whitecombe. Great Britain.. 77-78—155 Llovd Gullickson. Cleveland... 75-80—155 W. Klein. East Wiiliston. N. Y. 75-88—155 Peter O’Hera. Verona. Pa 78-77—155 Horton Smith. Joplin. M 0...... 77-78—155 W. H. Davies. Great Britain.. 73-83—156 A. Nordone. Schenectady. N. Y.. 83-73—156 T. Raklcts. Cuvahoga Falls. 0.. 77-79 —156 J. Thompson. Colorado Springs. Col 75-31—156 Alex Watson. Yonkers. N. Y... 77-79—156 H. C. Carpenter. Dallas. Tex... 78-79—157 Jack Cawsev. Jacksonville. Fla.. 80-77—157 Ralph Guldahl. Detroit 77-80—157 Ted Luther. Corry. Pa 79-78 —157 Nick Webber. Grand Rapids. Mich 81-76—157 Tommy Armour. Detroit 75-83—158 •Lester Bolstad. St. Paul 81-77—158 Syd Easterbrook. Great Britain 76-82—158 J. M. Hunter. Silver Spring. Md. 78-80 —158 Clark Morse. St. Louis 77-81—158 Cliff Spencer. Baltimore, Md.... 81-77 —158 •Indicates amateur. Guy Paulsen, Ft. Wayne, and Massie Miller, Indianapolis, were the Hoosiers to stay in the running. Paulsen is well up with the leaders with 146 and with a splendid chance to capture the crown. Miller had 153 when he started out today. Neal Mclntyre of Indianapolis dropped out with a card of 161; Johnny Lehman, formerly of Gary, was eliminated with 168, and Leonard Schmutte, formerly of Indianapolis, but now of Lima, 0., dropped out with 160.

Friday Fight Results

By United Pres* AT CLEVELAND—WorId's heavyweight champion Max Schmeling, 189. Germany, stopped W. L. (Youngi Stribling. 186'2. Macon. Ga., (15); Johnny Risko, 185. Cleveland, defeated Tonv Galento. 229. Orane. N. J.. (8>: Charlie Retzlaff. 195. Duluth, stopped Martv Gallagher. 207. Washington. (5); Frankie Simms. 206. Cleveland, knocked out Joe Vlncha. 187, Boston (1): Battling Bozo. 182. Birmingham. defeated Natie Brown. 187. Oakland. (5) Frankie Cawlev. 185. Pittstown. Pa., defeated George Panka. 195 Pittsburgh. (51; George Pavllck. 173*4. Cleveland, defeated Frank Morris, 181‘/j. New York. (5). AT SOUTHAMPTON. L. I—Petie Mike. Texas, defeated Willie Garfola. New York. (6) AT BROOKLYN—Lew Feltman. Brownsville. defeated Frank Marchese. New York, (8i: Menry Goldberg. 170. Brownsville, defeated Jack Palmer. 165. Philadelphia. (6*; Charley Gordon. Ridgewood, drew with Johnny Ccataazo, Elizabeth, (i).

No Alibis By United Press CLEVELAND, July 4.—After the heavyweight title scrap here Friday night in which W. L. (Young) Stribling, American challenger, lost by technical knockout to Maxie Schmeling. German world's champion, in the fifteenth and last round, the Stribling family had no alibis to offer. ‘‘He beat me and he beat me fairly,” said the challenger. “I was very weak in the late rounds. A punch to the head hurt me in the tenth round.” “My boy is game and I am just as proud of him as if he had won,” said Ma Stribling. "There can be only one winner," said Pa Stribling, “and Schmeling deserved the victory. However, I don't think the referee should have stopped the fight with only fourteen seconds left to go.” \

Max’s Mother Listens In as * He Scores Win By United Press BERLIN, July 4.—Max Schmeling’s mother, was almost overcome when told today of her son's victory in the ring at Cleveland over Young Stribling Friday night. “I’m glad my boy. in a hard fight, proved he is a first-rater,” she said in a trembling voice. Mrs. Schmeling spent the night with a few friends, listening in on the fight over the radio. After each round she prayed for her son’s victory, to “show those who had wronged Max, who talked badly about him after the Sharkey fight.”

17 Turf Leaders Compete in $35,000 Feature Today

By United Press CHICAGO, July 4.—Seventeen of the country’s best race horses were entered in the Fourth of July Stars and Stripes handicap at Arlington park today. The race will gross approximately $35,000, one of the rich*est events of the summer, and will net the winner approximately $27,000. Gallant Knight, winner of two SIO,OOO stake races at Churchill and Washington park, was the favorite. Other leaders included Satin Spar, who twice has run second to Gal-

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. St. Paul 40 33 .548 Milwaukee 36 34 .514 Louisville 37 35 .514 Minneapolis 37 35 .514 Columbus 35 35 .500 Toledo 37 38 .464 INDIANAPOLIS 32 37 .464 Kansas City 32 39 .451 AMERICAN LEAGUE T^l , W. L. Pet.l W. L. Pet. Phlla. ... 49 20 .7101 St. Louis. 30 38 .441 Washing.. 47 25 .653 Boston ... 27 39 .409 New York 37 30 .552;Detroit ... 26 45 .366 Cleveland. 35 35 .500lChicago ... 24 43 .358 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet. St. Louis. 44 26 .629! Boston ... 35 35 .500 New York 40 27 .597: Phlla 30 39 .420 Chicago... 37 30 .552 Pittsburgh 27 40 .403 Brooklyn.. 38 32 .543!Cincinnati. 25 47 .347 THREE-I LEAGUE Terre Haute at Evansville (postponed'. Peoria, 10; Quincy. 5. Springfield. 6; Bloomington, 4. Decatur. 5: Danville, 1. Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Louisville (two games). Toledo at Columbus ftwo games). St. Paul at Minneapolis (morning game). Minneapolis at St. Paul (afternoon game). Milwaukee at Kansas City (two games). AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at Cleveland (two afternoon games). Chicago at St. Louis (two afternoon games). Washington at New York (two afternoon games). Boston at Philadelphia (morning and afternoon games). NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Boston (two afternoon games). New York at Brooklyn (two afternoon games). Cincinnati at Chicago (morning and afternoon games). St. Louis at Pittsburgh (morning and afternoon games).

lowa Picked for Purdue Homecoming Grid Feat

By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 4.—lowa’s group of sturdy gridders will provide the homecoming opposition for Purdue in the Ross-Ade stadium here Nov. 14, it was announced today by Director of Athletics N. A. Kellogg. Selection of lowa as the homecoming foe assures a battle royal for the gala crowd of homecomers, if past history of the Pur-due-lowa series means anything, for spectacular battles have been the rule rather than the exception. The homecoming tilt will be the final home game of the season for the Boilermakers, as Purdue will close the year against Indiana at Bloomington the following week.

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JULY 4, 1931

Reno Bout Draws Well Dempsey Figures to Clear Profit on Venture; Heavies Ready. By United Press RENO. Nev., July 4.—Both Paolino Uzcudun and Max Baer expressed confidence of victory shortly before the start of their scheduled twentyround bout here today. Uzcudun, known as the Basque woodchopper, predicted he would knock out his opponent early in the fight. A similar, but opposite prediction was made by Baer, the California butcher boy. Jack Dempsey, promoter-referee of the fight, was happy in the knowledge that the bout would clear money for him and his associates. It was a double celebration for Dempsey, he having won the heavyweight championship from Jess Willard twelve years ago today at Toledo. The temperature promised to go above 90, and the heat in the arena with its pineboard seats was terrific. Baer weighed 202 pounds and Paolino 195. LONDON CREW WINS Thames Club Is Defeated in Grand Challender Race. By United Press HENLEY, England, July 4. —The London Rowing Club crew defeated the Thames Rowing Club in the grand challenge cup race here today, by one length. The time in the close race was 7 minutes, 33 seconds. The Duke and Duchess of York and former Premier Stanley Baldwin were among the spectators.

lant Knight; the Nut, winner of the Latonia championship and the Lawrence Realization in his 3-year-old year; Mike Hall, winner of the SIOO,OOO Agua Caliente handicap in March; A La Carte, which defeated Spanish Play in the Ohio State Derby; Dowagiiac, winner of the first Stars and Stripes handicap two years ago; Silverdale, winner of the SIO,OOO Inaugural handicap; Morpheus, Joey Bibb, Caruso, Boys Howdy and Hot Toddy, Last year’s event was won by Blue Larkspur.

Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 000 000 000— 0 4 1 Kansas City 020 000 Olx— 3 8 1 Caldwell and Manion; Holley and PadQ6n • Minneapolis 100 011 000— 3 9 1 St- Paul 200 201 OOx— 5 8 1 Henry and Griffin; Murphy and Snyder. Louisville 000 001 001— 3 5 1 Columbus 000 000 13x— 4 7 2 Weinert and Shea; Wetherell. Grabowskl and Hinkle. Rt Toledo; no game; played Thursday in douole header. NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game) Philadelphia 000 100 000— 1..9 2 Rhem and Mancuso; Bolen and Davis. _ , (Second Game) I*-,, L o, ui , s •• - 510 001 000— 7 10 3 Philadelphia 100 010 010— 3 10 2 Stout, Lindsey and Wilson: Collins Fallenstein. J. Elliott and McCurdy. Pittsburgh at Broooklyn: played previously. No other games scheauled. AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled Friday. Ripple Matmen Clash Monday Promoter Singleton’s wrestling show at Broad Ripple park, Monday night, will be under the supervision of the state athletic commission and ringside judges will give decisions in bouts where no falls are scored. In the main go Leslie Fishbaugh, the Newark (O.) shoe cobbler, will tackle the well-known Jack Reynolds, welter title claimant, for best two falls in three. Alex Thom will face Hy Sherman. Salt Lake City youngster, in the semi-windup, one fall with thirtyminute time limit. The prelim, starting at 8:30, will bring together Red Lindsey, New Orleans, and Johnny Carlin, for one fall. 100-MILE SPEeTIaCE 17 Pilots Qualify at Altoona; Rain Threatens Event. By United Press ALTOONA, Pa., July 4. Seventeen speed pilots qualified cars for the 100-mile automobile race at the Altoona speedway this afternoon, American Automobile Association officials announced today. The weather was cloudy and rain threatened.