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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4

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YANKEES "HOME RUN

Big Leagues Is Belief of Many

Cubs and Ruppert Rifles Both Out in Front With 7-Game Leads.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug.

41s there |

anybody else in the house who wants |

to challenge the Yankees? I'he bold and defiant White Sox, who've been hanging on with bulldog tenacity. were in complete retreat today before their murderous bats After the shellacking they took yesterday, they may be too punch-drunk to hang onto to second place in the face of the rising Boston Red Sox With 66.767 fans--one of the largest week-day crowds in all baseball history-—-looking on, the Yanks gave the White Sox a home-run party they'll never forget. When the smoke had cleared away they had blasted the White Sox to defeat twice, 7-2 and 5-3 counted. The Yanks only hit five of them, but what home runs they were Throng Is Thrilled the end of four hours of dingthe Yanks had the from their dramatic

Al dong baseball. hrong loco avnamies Imagine these things happening in one afternoon with the pennant ake: Lou Gehrig. playing in his 1900th consecutive game, hitting a 400-foot homer with two on Joe DiMaggio, hot on the trail Rabe Ruth's 60-homer record, hitting No. 32 of the season with two on. This one was about 415-feet Tony Lazzeri hit a pair of homers one in each game-—and one of them traveled more than 400 feet Rill Dickey crashed a 440-foot homer into the right field stands with the bases loaded in the, eighth nning and the Yanks trailing by two runs Cold type can't describe the scene as the Yanks routed their nemesis, Thornton Lee in the first game, and went on to break Whitehead's heart in the Lee and Whitehead concentrated on every pitch, bore down every second, never gave up pitching with | head and heart. But five bad pitches—five swings by Gehrig, | DiMaggio, Dickey and Lazzeri (2) and they went the way of all pitch't who toss one thats a little too t to & Yankee hitter. No. 14 for Red Altogether the Yanks got only 17 ts, 9 off Lee and 8 off Whitchead Red Ruffing won the first game for the Yanks, No. 14 for him, and Johnny Murphy, who relieved Lefty Gomez, won the second. That is they were credited with the vieories Those booming cannons manned by Gehrig, DiMaggio, Dickey and Lazzeri beat down, broke the back of a good. game ball club Don’t worry about the White Sox any more. Theyre battling for second money from now on. Is there anybody in the house who wants to challenge the Yankees? From a there's a weak reply: Save an October date for me.” It’s the Chicago Cubs. ery day when the Yanks beat the ayviights out of their hometown

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Only home runs |

Johnny | second. |

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And on the |

ivals, the Cubs rose up in the Na- |

to emulate the slammed down the and no runs counted were homers. Frank

League They

onal ‘ankees. ‘hillies, 4-1, inless they Jemaree hit Gabby Hartnett ana Biil Lee also hit one. And the only run made off Lee was a homer by Hershel Martin Both the Yanks and Cubs are seven games on top. Only a confiagration or an epidemic can keep em from the World Series

our Local Players With Kautsky Team

he Richmond Kautskys, first f penant winners in the Indi-a-Ohio Semipro League. will ake their firsy 1937 appearance in adianapolis Friday night when «hey battle the Indianapolis A's, member of the Negro American League, at Perry Stadium at 8:13 The Kautskys. who are owned by Frank Kautsky of Indianapolis, won 11 games and lost 2 in league play Two former Indians, Pitcher Car-

one with a man on. |

Here's Heavyweight Champion a workeut at his training camp in

preparing for his bout with Tommy Farr, bout is slated for Yanxee Stadium Aug.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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ATTACK HALTS WHITE SOX HOPES

looked during J. this week The

Joe Louis as he Pompton Lakes, N. British contender. 26.

Yovo BETTER DUCK, FELLAH

Joe carefully studies his sparring mate, Roy Laver, during an aft-

ernoon practice session,

Joe is all rested up after his tussle with

Jim Braddoex in which he took the heavyweight title away from the Cinderella Mw and is confident | of victory,

New Florida | Indians Finally Win One [Study Release | Track O.K.'d And Head for Twin Cities

Bu niled Press FT. LAUDERDALE. Fla. Aug 4 Preparations for construction of a third horse racing track in Florida were made today by its sponsor, Joseph M. Smoot, after the Broward County electorate voted more than | 10 to 1 for establishment of the $1,300,000 project. Of the 4225 ballots cast in vesterday's special election, 3864 favored the track, 340 opposed it, and 21 were thrown out as spoiled. Per- | missicn already had been given for the track by the State Racing Commission, Smoot said he hoped would be in operation by 1938.

the plant Jan, 15,

‘Admirals’ in Session i

(Cc ontinued from Page in

the magazines every week now.” “Say, did you get aload of that little white house on Church St with the tablet on it dedicated to the memory of a guy named Corne? It says he's the guy who introduced the tomato in America.” . “What was his name?" ‘ “Corne, or something like that” “I mean the tomato’s name, Was| he a yachtman?" “These yachtmen are all right. Now there's that poor guy Sopwith. | He's taking an awful smacking around just because his boat isn't; as good as Mike Vanderbilt's, and because he isn't as good a skipper. He must feel terrible. He knows how bad he looks. How he is being | Ridded, and how he has let the British down. But what can he do? wt think he ought to let somebody else sail the thing. Everybody says! the boat can't be as bad as it looks. |

| So why doesn't Sopwith let some-|

| body

| It?”

men Hill and Outfielder Lefty Mor- |

rison, are on the roster. man Joe Kelly and Pitcher Johnny | Twigg are other local players with Rich mond.

Layden Takes Lead In All-Star Voting

United Press CHICAGO. Aug. 4 —Elmer den, athletic director and football coach at slipped into the lead today in the poll to select a coach for the college All-Stars who meet the Green hd Packers in Soldier Field Sept. Layden, with a total of e10902 | points, held a slim lead over Lynn Waldorf, coach of Northwestern's 3ig Ten champions. Waldorf, with 20.898 points, led Gus Dorais he University of Detroit by woximately 24.000.

DENSON IS WINNER ON PARK PROGRAM

Johnny Denson, amateur middleweight, outpointed Gene Britt in the | three-round main go on the boxing card at Washington Park last night. Bud Cottey ‘ormed in an exhibition bout. sults of other matches:

Rr T ayead |

ap-

Ray Brown defeated Jim Mc. | ed by Pittsburgh sports writers last

Slean, Billy Carlisle outpointed |, 3uddy Phral and gm Burr gained |" he decision over Dale Hull.

{EORGE DAVIS BOUGHT | hota an option on Louis’ services, BY CINCINNATI REDS pions managers, of a guarantee of

By United Frese...

First Base- |

back of the wheel; settle the question | the boat or the skip-|

else get would it's

this whether per rE | “1 see where he admits the boat | sails faster on the starboard than| the port tack. That would indicate | a flaw in the design, wouldn't { Vanderbilt Human Now | “Don't ask me. All I know is that | Vanderbilt seems to be giving him | sailing lesons.” . | “That makes Vanderbilt a profes- | sional. Giving lessons. They ought | to rule him off?” “A high-priced professional, too. It cost Sopwith half a million in "34 | and as much again this time. But | 1 guess he can afford it. They tell | me he’s got more coconuts than |

| Einstein has theories.”

| Talks with you and even let's you

Notre Dame, |

of |

| B

“Say, have you noticed the change | that’s come over Vanderbilt this | vear? The guy's positively human.

come on his boat. He used to be as starchy as a bundle of Chinese | laundry.” . . “The wife's ‘the answer. She's a | swell person. More democratic than Jim Farley Vanderbilt always wanted to be human, but I guess he didn't know how. The wife showed him. She even talks to fight writers.”

John Henry Lewis Eager to Fight Joe

I nited Press { i PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4--John| Henry Lewis, light heavyweight champion, was ready today to meet |

| Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis In|

ia title bout here in the event Louis’ |

and Sam Haslett perRe- | pout

CINCINNATI, Aug. 4—The Cin- |

cihnati Reds today announced they | had purchased from the New York Giants the release of outfielder George (Kiddo) Davis, now with the Tertymens a City 1am in the

oi tf sound twmorrow,

| managers agree to terms offered by Ellwood Rigby, Pittsburgh promoter Lewis signed a contract for a title | with the famous Detroit “Brown Bomber” at a dinner attend-

ight. liane, Rigby and his | backers repeated their offer to Mike Jacobs, New York promoter, who d Julian Black, one of the cham-

0.000 to risk his title against Lewis

| markers on eight | inning.

| thelr

| night

Nimes Specin! MILWAUKEE, Aug. 4. Brewers, leading Millers as a heated combat

Salvaging one game out of four with the the Indians looked forward to their

and think they are fully prepared to |

give and take with the Bushmen in the round of battles that will begin

at Nicollet Park tomorrow.

The Redskins drew a vacation to- | half games behind the “pacesetting

day and took it easy in the trip to Minneapolis where thev will camp

through Sunday

The Hoosiers broke out in a rash of base hits last night and collected | 22 safeties to trounce Allan | thoron's was the Tribe's second victory out of nine starts on the disastrous road

aggregation, 16 to 4,

journey.

The Killeferites lost

fer through the remainder of

Tribe bombardment

Taylor weighed in with

out the Tribe battnig order. lock, Taylor,

that it Hoosier

such rapid fashion was regular parade of runners, Llovd Johnson was solved for 12 hits by the Brewers but only in the fourth and seventh were the Brewers able to score. He was effective in the pinches during. the other innings and 13 home pastimers were left stranded on paths. The Indians were strong from start to finish and didn't close out | run-making until the eighth frame when they put over a cluster of four. The Tribesters are six and one-

Star

Kingan: S

TNS

Vic Wyss, star outfielder for Kingan's Reliables, will be in the lineup at Perry Stadium tomorrow when the Meat Packers clash with the Carta Blancas, orofessional champions of Mexico. The Mexicans have been trouncing some of the best Chicago semipro teams during the last few days.

SoIt

no time in { chalking up runs and tallied seven hits in the first Al Minar was knocked out | of the box before a single Redskin was retired and Bill Zuber took up the toil and was permitted to sufthe |

the |

Annual STRAW NAT SALE

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| Millers as they invade the Twin Cities where they will remain until late next week. Today's scheduled game in Milwaukee was played as part of last Sunday's double-header. Fred Berger went on the injured list last night after getting two hits in three times at bat and Vic Mettler replaced him in the center pasture. Mettler probably will open in

Minneapolis tomorrow, Bob Kahle returned to the Tribe lineup last night after a short period on the sidelines due to a leg injury. George Archie was back at first base and Bob Latshaw was benched. It was the Indians’ last appearance | of the season in Milwaukee.

the position in the series opener at

| order to release Paul Dean, Cardinal

series with the league- | Pitcher, to the Texas League farm in

| further discussions between Branch

Of Paul Dean

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4-—-A transfer |

| Houston, was held up today pending

{ Rickey, vice president of the club. and the young pitcher Rickey had announced the transfer but later issued a statement declaring that he was “not trying to do anything antagonistic to Paul.” Paul balked at the transfer. “We are trying to co-operate with the boy,” Rickey said. “His work down in Houston would have indicated whether we could have depended upon him for next season. But he says he believes he is good enough to help the Cardinals so right now his release is postponed.” Paul's pitching arm has been troubling him since June, 1936. He

retired voluntarily last August after

| an operation for removal of a piece |

of ligament from his right shoulder. |

Baseball —Softball

| division.

St. Johr St. Peter s Redeemer St. Paul (P.)

4 14 4 8 Paul (W.) ‘ 6 | GIRLS’ LEAGUE

180. Pall «oocoiciiiiiniinn | St SORE sosisinissviies Zions : Emmaus ‘ 1

| The standing i in the Woodside Big | { Six League follows:

’ _| Tomorrow's "Games

‘In Em-Roe League

The schedule for tomorrow's games in the Em-Roe Thursday Softball League is as follows: Drewry’'s Beer vs. Burnett Grocery at Spades 1, Naborhood Grocery vs, Mooney-Mueller-Ward at Willard 1, Muesing-Merrick vs. Brookside Sweet Shop at Willard 2, C. P. Lesh Co. vs. Boy's Club at Rhodius 1. The standings: Boys Club Drewry's Beer . Muesing- Merrick

Burnett's Grocery : Brookside Sweet Shon C. P. Lesh

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Naborhood Grocery . Mooney-Mueller-Ward The West Side Merchants downed West Side A. Cs, 9 to 1, at Grande Park. Owens held the A. Cs to four hits. The Merchants will play at Lebanon Sunday, and at Whitestown Aug. 15. For games write Walter Dickerson, 1179 N. Tibbs Ave. Indianapolis.

The Tuxedo Cardinals met their second defeat of the season at the hands of Bloomington. The score was 6 to 5. The Cardinals will practice at 5 p. m. today and will journey to Kokomo Sunday. For games write R. Day, 208 S. Summit St.

The Rushviile Merchants, member of the S. E. I. League, will travel to Batesville Sunday for a league game.

Oaklandon Merchants softball | team tallied three runs in the last inning and defeated Roberts Dairy,

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| Following is the standing in the 8 to 7. The Oaklandon infield was | Indianapolis Walther League, senior | in rare form and completed three double plays.

1| | will be held Friday as follows:

Todd paced the winners’ offense with two doubles and a single.

Second-Round Results In Industrial League

In the last games of the second

League, the Keifer-Stew-arts won from the Pitman-Moore team 10 to 2: the Roberts Milk Co. | | beat the Indianapolis Water Co, | 9 to 6; Indianapolis Street Railways | lost to the Wm. H. Block Co, 3 to 13. The first games of the third round Pit-man-Moore vs. Roberts Milk at Rhodius Park; Keifer-Stewart vs. Wm. H. Block Co. at Willard Park; Indianapolis Street Railways vs, the Indianapolis Water Co. at Riverside. All games are scheduled to begin at 5:30. The standings: Keifer-Stewart Wm. H. Block Co Indianapolis Water Co Indianapols oreet R Railways .

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EAST HAMPTON, N. Y., Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Cambridge. © Mass, played Helen | Pedersen of ‘Stamford, Conn, in to- | day's feature quarterfinal match of the Maidstone Club's Invitation | Tennis Tourney. Mrs. Fabyan is seeded No. 1, and Miss Pedersen No. 5. Play has followed form in this tourney, with a uniform advance of seeded players. Thus the survivors include Gracyn Wheeler, Santa Monica, Cal, No. 2 in the seed; Dorothy Bundy, Santa Monica Cal. No. 3: Carolyn Babcock, Los Angeles, No. 4: Katharine Winthrop, Boston, No. 6; Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, Poland, No. 1 in the foreign seeded list, and Mme. Sylvia Henrotin of France, No, 2.

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AH, THIS 1S THE LIFE “vw voir Orville Brown:

Joe has other ambitions besides ruling the heavies. Here's the champ tossing a few over the plate

he a baseball star.

by way of relaxation from the {raining camp grind.

Times-Aeme Photos He hopes to

Joe sponsors a

softball team In Detroit and occasionally Plays first hase,

"GOLFING

SPIRANTS to the national amateur over the trick Alderwood course at Portland, Ore, Few of the trouble-spots, Most of them are nat- s-

and | ficult hole, calling for a No. 3 iron |

most fiendish array of hazards. man-made. ural — rolling water. Alderwood is a scenic layout, with the Columbia river coursing along one side, looked down upon by Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams, but several holes are guaranteed by experts to divert the golfer from any feeling of esthetic exultance. Notably difficult are Nos. 3, 9. 11, 12 and 16. The following is a description of these most difficult holes: No. 2-449 yards, par 4. Rated one of the outstanding holes in the country, and one which will probably give contestants the most trouble. It has a dog-leg to the left. The drive must be placed perfectly, favoring the right side. Too far to | the right, the ball will go out of bounds: too far to the left, it will roll down a steep bank into the | rough or water. The second shot | calls for a No. 2 or No. 3 iron. No. 3—125 yards, par 3. It calls | for a drive and a pitch to a tricky | green, guarded on the right traps and on the left by a steep | embankment, No. 9-159 yards, par 3. It calls for a No. 5 iron shot through trees to a closely guarded small green. No. 11-182 yards, par 3. A dif- |

terrain, trees

golf championship Aug.

23-28 will face an alhowever,

shot to a small elevated green.

No. 12-449

sidered the second most ing hole on the course.

4 outstandIt calls for

yards, par

a drive and a No. 2 iron shot, played

from an uphil

1 lite. There are trees

and ‘traps to the left on the drive

and there is a on the right. No. 16—207

sidered one of the most ing 3-par holes in the country. calls for a No. diagonally across a water

To the left is

green is elevated.

PHONE

parallel water hazard

3. outstandIt 1 iron or spoon shot hazard.

yards, par

out of bounds.

RILEY BB28

Tosses Juan

Mexican’s Meanie Tactics Cause Riot—AImost.

Orville Brown, 228, Wichita, Kas.,

are |

The

lost the first fall but came back to [take the next two in short order to | get the nod over Juan Humberto, 219, in last night's main event on the Sports Arena wrestling program,

Juan's tactics brought on a near riot after the first fall. Several indignant fans rushed up to the ring and challenged the Mexican meanie to mortal combat. Juan was willing but a squad of police escorted him to his dressing room. Dan O'Connor, 222, Boston, the opener from Jack Hader, 215, Omaha, and Milo Steinborn, 225, Germany, tossed Sol Slagel, 265. in the second bout. By way of warming up for his bout with the Kansas Giant, Steinborn lifted a 425-pound barbell and gave it a tossing around. No one in the audience accepted the challenges of lifting the weight and winning himself $100 in cash. It was announced that Cry Bay Zaharias will wrestle Dorve Roche in next week's feature and that Cry Baby's brother and Billy Thom, the I. U. grappler, also will be on the program,

took

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