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By Eddie Ash CONNIE DRAFTS A .212 HITTER * m m I LEWIS GUNNING FOR ALI BABA

r J"HH other day a player named Russell Peters appeared at third base for the Athletics. . . . During training season he was an obscure entry in Connie Mack’s “Rookie Sweepstakes.” . . . The lad played in the International League last year and hit .212. . . . Which gives you an idea how hard up Mack is for talent. . . . Mickey Cochrane has barred newspaper men from the Detroit clubhouse. . . . And Cincy has barred them from the Crosley Field dugout. . . . The early heat wave is making the managers dizzy. It was ladies’ day at Wrigley Field, Chicago, yesterday and the Cubs and Cards gave the feminine fans plenty to shriek about. . . . Several changes of pitchers and home runs. . . . Score, 11-9, Cards.... The women got action even if they didn’t pay for it. . . . The boxing game isn’t dead when Ihe fans feel sure they will see a fight and not a waltz. . . . McLarnin and Canzoneri packed ’em in last night. Wrestlers who make stopovers in Indianapolis say that Ali Baba knows what it’s all about and can take care of himself in the roughest of going. . . . The guess is that he’ll steer clear of Strangler Lewis’ headlock, however ... Ed is gunning for the title again, training hard and dieting. ' Harry Kelley, Athletics’ 30-year-old rookie pitcher, spent 11 years in the Southern League. ... A knuckle ball put him where he is. . . . He 's a workhorse and knows how to pitch. . . . Wiley Moore, the old heaver with Kansas City, is called “Curly” by his mates. One strand of hair is left on his dome and it crinkles when he perspires.

This curious world! . . . Jockey Wayne Wright has been engaged to ride Bold Venture in the Preakness . . . .The suspension of Ira Hanford, who rode the Kentucky Derby winner, still stands. . . Wright rode Brevity and after the race screamed that interference at the post permitted Bold Venture to nose him out . . . And Hanford was one of three charged with rough riding. a a a /CLEVELAND’S ball players, under a modified quarantine, since Fellow Player Bruce Campbell was stricken with spinal meningitis, have won six games in a row during the restricted period . . . The quarantine inflicts a kissless period and players were separated from wives and sweethearts . . . Manager O’Neill doubtless will make himself look pale to keep the quarantine in effect . . . It’s a bachelor winning streak. a a a Lon Warnckc, Cub’s pitcher, will be wary of “admirers” from now on . . . When Lon left the ball park the other day he was surrounded by a lot of handshakers and back slappcrs . . . And when he reached home his billfold was gone . . . The loss was 5393. • a a a OUTFIELDER George Stumps is back with the K. C. Bluer, after a short session with the White Sox ... He starred in the A. A. last year by hitting .322, with 32 doubles, 13 triples and three homers. He batted in 105 runs. a a a THE Philadelphia Nationals have, in Leo Norris, the best shortstop since the palmy days of Dave Bancroft. Such is the belief of Manager Jimmy Wilson. “Norris has made my infield,” says Wilson. “The way he has been hitting in the clutches to drive in runs is a revelation. He batted in 105 runs for Minneapolis last season.” a a a PROBABLY the only city in the country where anglers can open trout season right in the heart of town is Duluth, Minn Anglers will pry off the lid there on May 15, when thousands of Duluthians will gather in Lester Park and watch executives cast their lines into waters of Lester river. a a a Pete Appleton, Washington pitcher, has a windup which is causing discussion ... He winds up without the ball in his right hand and then quickly transfers the sphere to the pitching fist . . . There is no rule to prevent the trick delivery, according to American League umpires. a a a ROGERS HORNSBY, manager of the St. Louis Browns, will receive a life-time gold pass for the major leagues, National League President Ford Frick announced yesterday. Hornsby, who spent most of his active playing days with the St. Louis Cardinals, had been awarded a silver pass recently. Silver passes are given for 10 years of service, the gold passes are for 20 years. Frick said a mistake had been made.

Sonnenberg First Matman to Employ Flying Tackle ‘Dynamite Gus’ Also Led Parade of Football Stars to Ring: Meets Hooded Foe Tuesday. The man who is credited with introducing “fireworks” to the wrestying world back in IQ?7 and who. is still going strong, comes to the Armory next Tuesday night for a give-and-take argument which is * scheduled for the main go on the Hercules A. C. grappling bill.

It was “Dynamite” Gus Sonnenberg. 210. who ushered in the flying tackle style of offense to the mat sport and Gus is the fellow' who goes against the “Black Secret” in Tuesday's headliner. Sonnenberg w r as an All-America gridder at Dartmouth. and after leaving college decided upon a professional wrestling career. Gus w-as a sensation from the beginning for the reason that his flying tackles and speed, plus an unusual amount of power, enabled him to chalk up one victory after another against heavier, but slower opponents. He continued his march toward his goal, the world's heavyweight title, until he finally gained the crown in 1G29 by beating Ed t Strangler) Lewis. The “Dynamiter” is near the top today and believes he has a strong chance to regain the championship. His success on the mat immediately attracted numerous college mat aces and football stars to the game and the majority of them have been successful. Gus is said to have plenty of respect for the ability of the “Secret,” but figures he can remove the “mystery” surrounding the hooded grappler. The masked matman has gone undefeated here in all of his eight bouts, beating such wellknown wrestlers as Tom Marvin, Otto Kuss and Leo Numa.

Two Hits! Tech Pitchers Make Habit of Yielding Only Pair of Blows a Game.

TWO hits! For the fourth time in six games, ech High School hurlers have set the opposition down with a brace of safeties. Yesterday at the East Side diamond, Ralph Shearer turned in an effective mound performance, this time against Shelbyville’s nine, which lost to the local undefeated prep team, 8 to 2. Shearer and Hilt waged a pitching battle for five and one-half innings, but the Bears’ southpaw weakened in th sixth ad his teammates folded behind him, permitting six runs to .cross the plate. Emmett McCleery collected a home run and triple to pace the Tech hitters. Score: Shelbyvllle 100 001 0— 2 2 7 Tech .. 010 106 x— 8 9 2 Hilt.. Buchanon and Buchanon, Fox; Shearer and Arney. Indians in K. C. for Short Series One Game on Bill Today, Two Tomorrow. Timet Special KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9.—The Indians’ mound staff received a rest last night when the series opener with the second-place Blues was postponed on account of wet grounds. Action today will be in the afternoon and tomorrow a double-header will be staged, after which the Tribesmen will head for Milwaukee to engage the Brewers in a round of four battles beginning Monday. No. 13 for Saints The league-leading Apostles stretched their winning streak to 13 straight by defeating the Toledo Hens in St. Paul yesterday, 7-4. Glenn Spencer pitched for the pacemakers and it was his fifth victory of the season. In other A. A. games Milwaukee trounced Columbus, 10-4, and Minneapolis downed Louisville in 11 innings, 2-1. Belve Bean was on the Millers' rubber and Wayne Lamaster hurled for the Colonels. Earle Browne tripled back of a walk to Harris to win for the Bushmen. THREE CREWS RACE By United Press PRINCETON. N. J.. May 9.—ln its first home regatta of the rowing season, Princeton, fresh from a victory over Harvard, today met the crews of Navy and Syracuse on the waters of Lake Carnegie.

BATESVILLE DEFEATED BY TECH LINKS TEAM Tech High School's golf team triumphed over Batesville yesterday afternoon, 84 to 34. at the Speedway course. Montefort of Teach turned in an 81 score for tow honors. Summary: Martin of Tech (80) defeated Decker tlo6>. 3 to 0: Montfort of Tech (81) defeated Sitterding (105), 3 to 0; Shook of Batesville (86) defeated Wettle (88), 2 to 1; Urquhart of Tech (83> tied with Thalheimer (83), 14 to 14.

Major Leaders

_ G. AB. R. H. Avg. Terry, Giants 12 27 4 15 .556 Brubaker, Pirates 8 SO 5 14 .467 Sullivan. Indians 11 35 5 16 .457 R. Ferrell. Red Sox . 23 78 20 34 .436 Chapman, Yankees 11 37 5 16 .432 HOME RUNS Foxx ReA Sox ... 8 Moore, Bees 4 Trosky, Indians .. 6 Demaree. Cubs .... 4 5 ty Y,nkM * • Bonura. W. Sox . 4 K ein Cubs 5 Plet , White Sox .. 4 u!V G, LP W 4 Vosmtk. Indians 4 H*iey. Pirates ... 4 Puccinelli, Athletics 4 BUNS BATTFD IN _Y* n kees 31 Puccinelli. Ath 2u Norris Phillies .. 20 Leiber. Giants ... 18 Foxx. Red Sox .. 2 Trosky. Indians .. 19 HITS Demaree. Cubs .. 36 Gehrig. Yankees.. 33 Herman, Cubs ... 35 Moore. Otanta 33 Jordan. Bees .... 34 Crosettt. Yankess 33

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Young Boxers Earn Olympic Mitt Journey 16 Survive Stiff Fights to Decide U. S. Team for Berlin Games. By United Press CHICAGO, May 9.—The United States Olympic boxing squad was picked today and a smarter, faster, tougher gang of American fighters you’ve never seen. Every one of the 16 candidates earned a trip to Berlin last night in the final round of the Olympic tournament of champions. They will battle May 20 to decide first choice and alternate positions. The two best middelweights in the tournament staged a brutal slugging match that exhausted both fighters long before their time was up. Jimmy Clark, spectacular Jamestown (N. Y.) Negro, who knocked out five opponents to win the national A. A. U. title, was sent reeling by Frank Nelson, Davenport <la.) Negro, in the first round, but came back to win the close decision. Middle West Strong Ted Kara, Cleveland’s handy little feaehtrweight, polished o Lou Gevinson of Washington, D. C. In the other bracket of the 126-pound class, Joey Church, Batavia (N. Y.) favorite, moved into the finals withoutout raising a glove. He won on a default by Rudy Oden, Los Angeles, who was injued in a preliminary fight. Qualifiers, all of which will go to Berlin unless Injury or illness prevents it, are: 112 Pounds—Louis Laurie, Cleveland, and Jimmy Urso, Detroit. 118 Pounds —Jackie Wilson, Cleveland, and Johnny Brown, Chicago. 126 Pounds—Joey Church, Batavia, N. Y., and Ted Kara, Cleveland. 135 Pounds—Andy Scrivani, Chicago, and Tommy Tedesco, Buffalo. 147 Pounds Chester Rutecki, Chicago, and Howell King, Detroit. 160 Pounds —Ord Fink, Syracuse, and Jimmy Clark, Jamestown, N. Y. 175 Pounds—William Townsend, Uinted States Army, Hawaii, and Carl Vincequerra, Omaha. Heavyweight—Art Oliver, Chicago, and Willis Johnson, Detroit.

Tech Unable to Produce Winner ; but Tops Field Ability to Sweep Second and Third Places Gives East Side Team Edge in Meet. Technical High School's track team stands out as a serious threat in the annual state track and field meet to be held here one week from today. The East Siders defended their sectional championship at Tech Field yesterday afternoon, amassing 35 2-3 points without winning a first place.

Ability to place second and third in 12 of the 13 events, gave the team an edge over Shortridge, which finished a close runner-up with 33 points. The Blue Devils enjoyed a comfortable lead as the final event, the half-mile relay was ruri off, but when they failed to land in the top three, Tech gained the edge. Shortridge won first in four events. Four New Records Sectional records were established in the mile relay, shotput, mile run and 200-yard low hurdles. Shortridge’s quartet composed of Anderson, Lingeman, Gipe and Simmons, traveled the cinder track in three minutes, 33.2 seconds to hang up the relay mark; Weber, Plainfield, posted anew shotput record of 50 feet, 10 inches; Maurice Rowe, Ben Davis, covered the mile run in 4 minutes, 33.4 seconds, and Sartor, of Washington, ran the low hurdles in 33.5 seconds. Simmons High Collector Simmons, Shortridge, was high point man, winning two firsts and one third. Rowe and John Reno, of Southport, also turned in two victories. Winners of the first two places in all individual events and the first place teams in the relays qualified for participation in the state meet. Summary: 100-yard dash—Reno. Southport; Simmons, Shortridge; Williams, Tech. Time : 10.5. Mile Run—Rowe. Ben Davis: Poulos. Tech; J. W'eddle, Washington. Time, 433.4 tnew record i. 440-yard dash—Simmons. Shortridge; Doan. Tech; Caldwell, Ben Davis. Time : 51 . 9. 120-yard High Hurdles—Brown. Shortridge; Sartor. Washington; Crockett, Shortridge. Time ; 16.2. Half-mile Run—Rowe. Ben Davis; Cline, Shortrijge; Carr, Tech. Time. 2:02.5. 220-vard Dash—Reno. Southport: Shaffer. Tech: Williams. Tech. Time .23.4. 200-vard Low Hurdles—Sartor. Washington: Meloy, Tech: Drown, Shortridge. Time :23 5 (new record:. Mile Relay—Shortridge (Anderson. Lingeman. Gipe and Simmons); Tech; Washington. Time. 3:33.2 (new recordi. Half-mile Relay—Washington (Brandenburg. Menchhofer. Stewart and Sartor); Tech: Manual. Time, 1:35. High Jump—Ball. New Bethel; Mueller. Manual; W. Crawford. Tech. Christensen. Tech, and Dean. Washington, tied for third. Height. 5 feet. 10 inches. Shotput—Weber. Plainfield; Stoshitch. Technical: Campbell. Manual. Distance, 50 feet. 10 inches, (new record*. Pole Vault—Wasson. Southport; Hasseld. Tech and Stoneburner. Manual tied for second. Height. 11 feet. 6 inches. Broad Jump—Brown. Shortridge: Adkins. Tech: Wilkinson. Broad Ripple. Distance. 21 feet. 2 l ' inches. BABA MAKES SHORT WORK OF OPPONENT By United Press DETROIT, May 9.—Ail Baba, Detroit Turk, retained his heavyweight wrestling champioship today as result of his 134-minute victory over Nango Singh, H ndo, at the Olympia last night.

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He’s One Jump Ahead of Techmen

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NORMAN BALL, New Bethel’s lone entry in the sectional high school track meet at the Tech oval yesterday, has the personal satisfaction of winning more first places than all the individuals of the championship

TEE TIME

STEALING the favorite lead of an immortal humorist, I wish to report that all I know today is what I read in the papers. But I refer solely to the publications of a few North Side country clubs.

First, there is the Hillcrest News, a monthly four-pager of obvious merits which arrived at this corner today. The big news of the month (it’s spread all over the front page) apparently is the all-day Grand Opening one week from tomorrow. Everything is to be served, including a Dutch lunch, but the main course, of course, is golf. Following the c>ub breakfast, the men are to go a-golfing for an 18-hole stretch. A mixed two-ball foursome will draw the heaviest patronage in the afternoon, but various other matches undoubtedly will be arranged. THE Hillcrest News carries a Pro’s Column in which conductor Roy Smith this edition treatises on “A Golf Swing.” “Whenever I think of the perfect golf swing,” writes Roy, “I think of a whip-like action, engineered by smooth-working wrists . . . The baseball pitcher must flex his wrist as he throws, also the angler with smooth working wrists. There is one thing sure and that is that one can not crack a whip with full force unless his hands, feet, arms, shoulders and body are in the right pivotal position.”

Greyhounds Whip Dayton Nine, 18-3 Teams Commit 21 Errors in Ragged Contest. Indiana Central College walloped the Bonebrake Seminary nine of Dayton, 0.. 18 to 3, yesterday afternoon at the University Heights diamond in a loosely-played tilt. The visitors committed 15 errors in the field to contribute to the Greyhounds’ scoring. The locals collected 20 safe blows off the offerings of Ward, with Swank hitting for the circuit to feature the attack. Three pitchers worked for the locals. Score: Bonebrake 100 000 200— 3 7 15 In diana Central .. 025 601 40x—18 20 6 Ward and Ketron; Dorton, Cox, Byers and Clayton.

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Tech team combined. Ball, pictured above, bested the contending field in the high jump to annex the blue ribbon with a leap of 5 feet 10 V* inches. Meanwhile, the East Side thinlies, without registering a first place, retained

HACKLEMAN STARS AS PARK NINE TRIUMPHS Ward Hackelman, Park School hurler, featured yesterday’s victory over Beech Grove, 4 to 3, at the Park diamond. The Park School mound ace limited Beech Grove to four hits and contributed largely to a three-run rally in the third inning which provided the margin of victory. He swatted a triple with two mates on bases and then scored the winning run on an error. Score: Beech Grove 010 200 0— 3 4 4 Park School 103 000 x— 4 5 6 Sputt and McDonough; Hackleman and Cusack.

A PAMPHLET from Highland calls to attention the qualifying round for the Spring Handicap today and tomorrow. Eighteen holes and flights of 16. The first round will be played the week of May 16, the second, May 30, the third, June 13, and the finals, June 20. * n COMES a reminder that the second round of the Spring Handicap at Indianapolis Country Club is being played today. Finals in all flights are up for May 23. Next event at Meridian Hills Is the qualifying round for annual partnership tournament next Saturday and Sunday.

Ali in Rage

HOLD everything when Ali Baba gets mad. In place of tearing up the ring when in this state, the latest heavyweight wrestling champ usually hurls an adversary out into the crowd. He learned all the rough stuff as a grappler while serving with the United States Navy.

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the sectional crown by building a margin on runner-up points with a well-balanced squad. Three records went by the boards as 15 teams competed in the qualifications for next week’s state meet at Butler University.

Senna Scores Third Kayo Over Local Welter Foes Terre Haute Scrapper Stops Soldier With Heavy-Fisted Attack in Main Go ai Armory. Joe Benna, the Terre Haute triphammer, has no respect for Indianapolis amateur welterweight chins. He proved it for the third time last night when he pounded Howard Bowles, Fort Harrison soldier, into glaze-eyed submissiveness in three rounds of a scheduled five-round go at the Armory last night.

BY PAUL BOXELL

THE wheels of progress have been churning in the Industrial League since our last report therefrom, and the latest product is a note of pairings for the inaugural matches tomorrow at Speedway. Kingan tees off against United States Tires and Real Silk meets P. R. Mallory in matches starting at 12:30. Each entry has a 12-man troupe for team play and a fourman squad for individual competition. Charter officers were elected at a recent meeting of the league, which is brand new, at the U. S. Tire Company plant. J. C. Crim, of the tire company, is president; Frank Mozingo, U. S. Tire, vice president, and J. W. Coffman, of Kingan’s, secretary-treasurer. Hoosiers Defeat Purdue Nine, 9-7 Remain Unbeaten in Big Ten Conference Race. Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 9.—Purdue University makes its fourth attempt to halt Indiana University’s undefeated Big Ten baseball team here today after bowing to the Crimson, 9-to-7, yesterday. The Hoosiers built an early lead by combining timely hits with the wildness of Lefty Bartz, and then staved off a late rally by the Boilermakers. Grieger connected for the circuit to send Indiana back into the lead after the home collegians had knotted the score at 4-all in the fourth inning. Bartz was driven from the mound in the sixth and Downey hurled effectively until the ninth, when the game-winning tallies were scored. A double play checked Purdue's ninth-inning rally. Score: Indiana 031 012 002— 9 10 5 Purdue 012 101 002— *ll3 Hosier and Grieger: Bartz. Downey and Krause.

Big Leagues to Sandlots Bob and Irish Meusel, stars for years in the major leagues, took a rapid slide on the toboggan when they dropped out of the big show. The brothers are playing semi-pro ball in California.

Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pst. St. Paul }f } ls Kansas City If J -J22 Milwaukee 13 J Minneapolis If 7 *52? Louisville 8 I* *J9I INDIANAPOLIS } }1 JL* Columbus 3 If -f?8 Toledo 4 15 .211 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet W. L. Pet Boston 16 7 . 696 Detroit ..9 10 .474 N York 15 7 .682 'hicago .. 8 10 444 cieve . 14 7 .667 ?htl. .8 13 381 Wash. .. 12 13 .480 3t Louis . 3 18 .143 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet W. L Pet St. Louis 12 7 .632 Cincv ... 10 12 .455 Chicago 12 8 .800 Boston ..8 11 .421 Pitts.. 11 8 .579 Phila . . 9 13 .409 N. York 10 9 .526 Brooklyn 8 12 .400 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Kansas City. Louisville at Minneapolis. Columbus at Milwaukee. Toledo at St. Paul. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Detroit. Philadelphia at New York. Chicago at St. Louis. Boston at Washington. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Chicago New York at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Boston. Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo 010 002 010— 4 11 0 St. Paul 211 210 OOx— 7 15 0 Garland. Smoll and Linton; Spencer and Pasek. Columbus 300 000 1 00— 7 7 1 Milwaukee 330 013 OOx—lo 17 1 Klinger. Copeland. Cox. Macon and Owen; Pressnefl and Brenzel, Detore. (Eleven Innings) Louisville 000 001 000 00— 1 10 1 Minneapolis 000 100 000 01— 2 6 2 Lamaster and Ringhofer, Thompson; Bean and George. INDIANAPOLIS at Kansas City (wet ground). AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 102 000 000— 3 9 0 New York 000 002 000— 2 4 1 Rhodes. Dietrich and Hayes; Ruffing and Dickey. Boston 130 020 012— P 10 2 Washington 110 321 04x—12 17 1 Ostermueller. Welch, Bowers and R. Ferrell; Russell, DeShong and Millies, Bolton. NATIONAL LEAGUE (Only Games Scheduled) St. Louis 201 131 111—11 14 2 Chicago 020 310 120— 9 15 1 Hallahan. Winford. J. Dean and Davis. Og - odowski; French, Kowalik, Bryant Shoun, Carleton and Hartnett. Cincinnati 101 002 200— 6 9 0 Pittsburgh 102 050 lOx— 9 14 0 Stine. Frey. Johnson and Campbell; Blanton and Padden. (Only Games Scheduled)

Joe previously had sent two opponents kicking in bouts on the weekly Roy Wallace fistic programs. The soldier was unable to cope with the Terre Hautean’s stiffpunching, shifty attack. Benna socked him almost at will in the first two rounds, brushing off desperate flurries with a sharp left jab. In the third, Benna bloodied Bowles’ face with a oi.e-two-three series, and the dazed soldier, his arms at his side, was due to go down with the “kill” punch when the referee stepped in and called it a night.

Benna may have no respect for the chin of Harry Brown, local Golden Gloves welter qjiamp, but he respects Brown’s fists, for the latter gave him his only licking in the local arena some weeks ago. In other bouts, all three-rounders, Jack Soffelt, Fort Harrison heavyweight, floored Brad Bradshaw, Brazil Negro, twice in the third round after two even stanzas to get the nod; Forest McKinney, unattached. defeated Melvin Byroade, Chevrolet Commercial Eody; George Carson, Greenfield, won over Rural Tyler, unattached Negro; Dick Lybarger, Terre Haute, outpointed Daxe Norris, unattached; Bill Brownlee, Washington A. C., defeated Bob Blue. South Side Turners; Harold McDermid, unattached, beat Chuck Miller, Terre Haute, and Johnny Chesunas. Fort Harrison, defeated George Hoyt, Puritan Bed Springs. _ STRANGLER WINS AGAIN By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9.—Ed (Strangler) Lewis threw Pat Fraley, Calgary, Canada, here last night to continue his “comeback” campaign for the world heavyweight wrestling title. SAVOLDI HELD EVEN By United Press SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 9. —Joe Savoldi, former Notre Dame gridder, drew with 'Richard Stahl, German grappler in the windup of the local wrestling show last night.

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Weak Hitting Fails to Slow Bucs’ Drive Traynor Team Only One Game Out of First After Tripping Reds. By United Press NEW YORK, May 9.—Harold J., better known as “Pie” Traynor, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, today served notice that his club must be reckoned with seriously before the National League race ends this fall. Despite spotty pitching and a decided batting slump of his 1935 stars, Traynor finds the Pirates in pos-

session of third place, only a game behind the leading St. Louis Cardinals. They have won five out of their last six games and are .100 percentige points better off than they were in 1935 at this time when they occupied fifth place. C y Blanton, most effective pitcher in the majors last year.

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has not won a game for the Pirates. Traynor’s big offensive guns of last year—“Arky” Vaughan. Forrest Jensen and Paul and Lloyd Waner—have failed miserably in trying to connect with National League pitching this season. Vaughan who hit .385 in 1935, the highest percentage in both leagues, is now limping along with .261. Wilbur Brubaker, who took Traynor’s place at third, and First Baseman Gus Suhr are making up for the batting slump. Brubaker is humming along with a .467 average at bat while Suhr has .338. Pittsburgh fielding is another reason that the team has gone so high this season. The 21 errors made by Pirate fielders for an average of .970 were fewer than those committed by any other team in the league. Yesterday it was young Brubaker who starred in the Pirates 9-to-fl defeat of the Cincinnati Reds. He had a perfect day at bat with two doubles and two singles in four attempts. Kiki Cuyler’s homer also assisted Bill Swift in registering his second win, which moved the Pirates into third place ahead of the New York Giants, who were idle. In the only other National League game scheduled, the St. Louis Cardinals rooted the Chicago Cubs out of first place with an 11 to 9 decision that was nip and tuck all the way. The gashouse gang utilized three home runs, two by Mize and one by Medwick, in downing the league champions. In the American League the onetwo clubs—the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees—both lost) in the only two games scheduled. Puccinelli’s home-run with a mate aboard provided the winning tally as the Philadelphia Athletics downed the Yankees, 3-to-2. Dietrich allowed the Yanks but four hits. Yesterday’s Hero: Wilbur Brubaker, third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had a perfect day at bat, contributing two doubles and two singles to drive in three runs in his team’s victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Sterling Nine Set for Opening Tilts Crack Aggregation to Face A. B. C.s at Stadium. Sterling Beers have assembled ft crack lineup for competition in the Indiana-Ohio League, and are prepared for their twin-bill opener with the A. B. Cs at Perry Stadium tomorrow. The acquisition of Mike Bouza, outfielder with the Indianapolis Indians earlier in the season, is expected to stiengthen the Sterling lineup. With Payne, Paugh and Twigg ready for mound duty, the team is well fortified with hurlers. Fornell will take care of the receiving The Sterling's batting order for tomorrow’s games follows: Mills, left field; Cato or Martin, second base; Bouza. center field: Weathers, first base; Drissell or Tobin, right field; Seal, third base; Babcock, shortstop; Fornell, catch; Paugh, Payne and Twigg, pitchers.

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