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bleachers. Had they waited, the Yankees’ wrecking erew undoubtedly could have saved them the expense.

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trees eeee OUSTER FAILS TO DISMAY JOHNSTON

.~ - tional League at the end of the season has put the big Yeague baseball writers in a quandary. . .. It’s going to be a

difficult assignment to choose between Gabby Hartnett of He'll Stick to | Bartlett Bows

ihe Cubs and Joe Medwick of the Cardinals if these ace | performers continue their current gait. . . . Each is the o ae | star and “spark” of his team this year and both are idols P romoting, He 3 : To Carrothers with the fans throughout the circuit. ) oye | AX : one SE I ere SAE ae g | Medwick is pacing the batters of both major loops and Tells Williams OR 0 WR aS Cap i iTS In Culver Play

is spanking the horsehide at a .404 clip. . . . He leads his

league in five departments, runs, runs batted in, total P : to W M bases, total hits and doubles. . . . Likewise, Ducky Wucky romises to age erry | New Orleans Youth Offers

is one of the niftiest of outfielders in the business and a | Boxing War With Garden | ! 1 yy 4 vo Jy = Nd ie | Tough Opposition but

splendid team player. . .. He tied a major league record the Under J X g a . Po) 4 f ~other day when he unloaded four two-base hits against ler Jacobs. % ; AR h\ 2 NTA oe) | Loses, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.

‘the Boston Bees Nationals. By JOE WILL¥AMS 2 oy a> ; ( By United Pre ® =» @ > & & Times Special Writer p »~ . J > 4 WL a | CULVER, Ind Aug. 6.-—Lanky

"TT YATCHER HARTNETT is credited by the majority of NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—They didn’t A Tol & ks \ | CITE 5 | . : Ya : have to burn the Garden down to ; \P\{ AS ; oY Robert Carrothers, Coronado, Cal, ... the big league observers as being an important reason get Jimmy Johnston out but they Zv . , and Richard Bender, Philadelphia, . why the Chicago Cubs have gained a strong hold on first J do he Jo Buea effective thing; p >is today won their way into the finals , c. . aah ey shot the boxing business right ed i Ae ) Ne place. . .. He is & smart handler of pitchers and is a steady- [out from under him. a et Onion) Bove Singles Zens mg influence to the team, especially the infield when the “That's right,” admitted Mr. A ar 4 tary Academy. % ’ I Johnst hy ” " WAS Wy i! : y 4s "a Gabby al Johnston today. “I walk out of here A» lll V : will Carrothers, favored to win the game is close and the competition torrid. . . . Gabby also in September. What am I going to . SI . boys’ title, ran into his first real is a student of baseball strategy and in anticipating plays [907 Why I'm going to promote, of IN, N ) opposition of the tournament before y of opponents re boys hav . 2 2 i defeating Earl Bartlett, New Ore 5 ) ents. oys have ; ¥ . : As ; leans, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. The veteran is leading the Bruins at bat with a mark eon a Bs APOSTOLI ‘ : wa 5 In the other semifinal match, “af 2 xy ¢ 9 r . . = : » 5 — % | Richard Bender, Elizabeth, N. J, of .388 and has driven in 42 runs, a healthy total for a | last four or five Ber 2 ; 7 CRS TTT FE or. \ | upset Victor Seixas, of Philadelphia, catcher. . . . He proved his ability as a team leader when ops: ew ont : 3&2 le Pipe and, ol "Ri or maw hnrlia (1 ak 3 : y = FEL EYP SREY Sore Pe * ® aA. 1| Carrothers and Bender will play he served as manager W hen Charlie Grimm was ill and | / times Ive fired ra ~N LTRS - a or ro Lor Olona Tomas kept the Cubs going at high gear. : Yo L. o a ££ Je : igen aga h iT Ere | row morning. re =" « # on om Dram ann : § oe & Dupahates fg oN end ii Se Frank Kovacs, Oakland, Cal, won ; OY HUGHES of the Cleveland Americans accepted 15 chances at 8 widespread an- vst, yg Fh FE FURRY ¢ i. AANEL, | NEN ates ( { his semifinal junior singles match second base in a game at Boston Wednesday. . . . Eleven were put- RY tagonism the bE. \ REY Ley Spit Aa gn iit fee pio Sider No , from William Gillespie, Atlanta, outs, which tied the major league record for keystone sackers, but his little guv in the : f J 3 ot & Tg fue rah nd A . Beni : + 6-2, 6-2. Gillespie was the last non total of 15 chances fell three short of the record. . . . The Cincy Reds Williams hard hat hung . ’ lg 3 i Ra 2 py PREPS oy C3 La] : { AN | Californian left in the junior sine have three players named Davis. . . . They are Peaches, the pitcher; on. J ¥ " RAVTIY £8 oy ahr CT ER Neer 1g | gles. Spud, catcher, and Kiddo, outfielder recently of the Giants. . . . Tenacity is his middle name. Ie! nat Loh ¢ n { PR wi CE Se 18 % \:f b vad | Joseph Hunt, Los Angeles, seeded Pitcher Bob Bailey, Lafayette, Ind. is working out with the Reds be- [revels in a noisy battle. Even rolls | 4 : 3 ; yA % gh pa okay 3 | first in junior singles play, clinched fore games. . . . He is under the wing of Coach Tom Sheehan. his own when there is none around | Ley kG & £3 Ba ll © 2 f | the other berth in the division ; - | finals by defeating John Moreno,

. Relieved in the bullpen! . . . Joe Cascarella of the Reds warmed of an enemy's making. Powerful up for six innings Wednesday and was too tired to take the mound cliques ganged up on him. Money | i also of Los Angeles, 8-6, 8-0. When Schott was knocked out by the Giants. . . . Paul Derringer took drawing fighters played the chill | I p—— Riggs Beats Hendrix,

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% ONNIE Mack says the Yankees are 100-to-1 shots to win the pen- Still the little guy hung on; he : * SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 6.— . nant. . . . The White Sox second the motion. . . . Eight runs in the certainly hung on much longer than rac ictor Ni h { Sla ted b Jacobs At 400 M P H | Robert L. Riggs, 19-year-old Cali. eighth by the Yanks yesterday left the Sox all bruised up. . . . Man- anybody figured he would. He was a g Uy . . ® | fornian, scored a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 vice ager Dykes says he has the best home-run pitchers in captivity. . . . great matchmaker and a great pros i Na ———— in tory over Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla, today to enter the final

The Indianapolis Indians may challenge him to prove it. . . . During moter when he moved into the Gar- Css ; rad y . : ».a fanning bee on the Coast, Branch Rickey of the Cardinals said |den. He still 1s all of that. When x an, a a By HARRY GRAYSON By 14 Vieq Fook 8 | round of the annual Meadow Club ) S Uv { Sports Editor, NEA Service , Aug. 6.—-Capt. George | Invitation Tennis Tournament.

his club almost made a deal with the Chicago Cubs that would the Garden quit on boxing it was bdis al or ] . . . : send Dizzy Dean to Chicago for cash and several players. inevitable Mr. Johnston would have | the various divisions of the city NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Marcel Thil's presence in the championship | Eyston, crack racing motorist, in- | “ygenqrix 10th ranking player in . © i vw | to go sooner or later. It turned out BO ert held vester- carnival at the Polo Grounds, Sept. 23, is a striking example of whai | tenuis aan 2 hr Lake OD) | the country, as compared to Riggs’ ABIAN GAFFLE, the outfielder who was optioned to Minneapoli (10-18 147", OAT JUN bs UViabe. Ri 1d ith 22 Yi on tl 2 Bambing Promoter SAN BCoOmpISh, | 400 il h ur | the biggest | No. nations] raung, strove despers AN G E, tt : polis Too Much Red Ink inggold, with 22 points, won the Not that Thil is so important, but the Garden and others have been | Mes an oUF in ne DIggesl. ‘ately to watch the. black-haired A by the Boston Red Sox the other day, was sold by the Millers to uh uely eg 1D senior boy's meet followed by Finch | trying to entice the bald Frenchman to this country for a half dozen heaviest, most powerful motorcar |g jifornian's shot-making ability ' Joe Cronin’s club last fall for a sum reported to be $25,000 in cash and | The Garden's report for the last | With 15; Fall Creek. 12; Brookside, | years. ®- ate (ever built, it was reported today. |ang sense of anticipation. But the players. . . . The tie-up with the Red Sox helped the Millers to become |fiscal year showed the boxing de- | 9: Willard, 2':: Garfield, 16, and, It didn’t take Mike Jacobs long | Who like quantity, but they make Secrecy attached to the car, | moridan knew he was in a hopeless _pennant contenders this year. . . . Pitchers Henry and Wagner, | partment had contributed nothing | Morris Square and WPA, 2 each. [to land Thil, however—just long |the card so unique that it can be which is being completed at Wol- | fight from the opening rally. Riggs Catchers Peacock and George Dickey, and Outfielders Cooke and |to the general fund. In fact, had SENIOR BOYS enough to say $30,000. sold at a $16.50 top, revive three | ver-Hampton, but it was under- | ( the pace much to suit himself Spence were optioned to the Bushmen by Boston. For several years |lost money. Once the department ,’LVALS DASA—Wen bv Smycer FMR: | Jacobs is overpaying four cham- | divisions, and furnish a complete stood that it would be driven by lang forced Hendrix to play whats a Toe of night baseball, Mike Kelley, owner of the Minneapoils Millers, represented 90 per cent of the Gar- third. Time, :05.8. : : : : | pions in presenting as many 15- fall and winter program. two 2000-horse power super-charged | ever type of game struck his fancy. fimally was convinced that it pays and is now kicking himself for |den’s total business. It costs $35,000 | Orne. That steond Gamin Winer, round world title battles on the one | The Ross-Garcia bout, for ex-| Rolls Royce motors, and would have | Hendrix's forehand was off in the “waiting until 1937 to install lights. . . . A paid crowd of 9662 filled |2 Year to operate the machinery of third Time :11. © ~~ CC | night, but the new head man of ample, clears the way for a rich| eight wheels and a new braking | first set, and his drives from the * Nicollet Park last Tuesday night. the department. The directors ryeimes: Fall Creek. second; Oyler. Ring. | the beak busting business long, ago Meeting between the welter leader | system. It is streamlined along the | paseline found the net repeatedly. v & ® "on couldn’t make his add up. : i Ve LY Snoddy. Ringgold: | VAS taught by the late Tex Rickard By the survivor of the Montanez- lines of a great fish, I! measures | Riggs drew error after error from Then and there it was decided | yowara, Brookside. second: Nicholds. Gar- | that purses frequently make the SY Armstrong | 36 feet in length. Hendrix by hammering away at the ’ Sy forehand, and occassionally inter-

J EM FRANKLIN, Cleveland heavyweight and a Golden Gloves prod- [boxing dates would be leased to an field, ‘and Conner, Morris Sauare, tied for show Se testa NS . : t, 3 t s » : : : | : { tevk As uct, received $400 for his first pro bout in Chicago recently. . .. |outsider. : Tad Jump. — Won by Themes. Fall | Jacobs IS guaranteeing $163,500 | Freddie Steele will get the Thil- HOOSIER BOXER WINS | spersing his deep driving attack Which is $350 more than World Champion Joe Louis received when he There was OY ae Rte! out- Gree, Howard, Brookside second. Me. in purses alone in giving the trade | APostoli survivor, and Kayo Mor- | with cross-court placements. Riggs entered the paid ranks. . .. Gals in California have taken up auto |Sider. This was Mike Jacobs. Ar-| gi ches. ' ha . i i gan of Detroit is in line for the next| FT. WAYNE, Aug. 6.--Pee Wee | was shooting for the lines on the ~racing and are starting with the midget cars. . . . The rich Masa rangements would have been com- Ba Se aanch: How, rm es ey crack at the bantam bauble, Jarrell, local boxer, knocked out | latter shots ond rarely was missing. tiusetts Handicap will be run at Suffolk Downs tomorrow. . .. It may jgien Sve Pas ye a for Creek third. WP iance, 34 feet. 11 inches, penses run the nut up to $216,000, Jacobs’ program for this fall is | Jimmy Brown, Cincinnati welter- | Hendrix's forehand began to click . pay more than $50,000 to the winner. . . . Seabiscuit is the favorite. . . . egal entanglements resulting irom Mile Relay n Ingold but Jacobs hardly can be charged the most ambitious ever under- | weight, in the fourth round here lin the second, but he bogged down

" (Snoddy. Johnson. Yeagy. Nicholds); Fall | i iovi « He is acknowledged as the champion handicap horse of the year. the Louis-Braddock fight. MY. | Creek, second; WPA, third with being optimistic when he says taken by a promoter. last night. In wpa after enjoying a 2] lead.

Jacobs stole this fight from the JUNTOR BOYS : : H : ’ —————————— ail : J } § that the production will ross e practically has Jim Braddock : Garden, and the Garden sued. 50-Yard Dash -- Won by Rindenhour, $400,000. P 8 and Max Baer signed for either Chi-

. i WPA; Bruno, Ellenberger, second; Shirley, When the courts ruled against | gi ol ai 4 ime: “06

CR : " ’ ago Los Angeles 1 - B b ll t Gl the Garden, the directors found | all -Yard Dash —Won by Mats Willard: | The championship matches orig- Sa a Rr 2 be on y A t p aseoaii at a ance themselves back where they started | Jun, Bitpbereer; tecong, Mart, Kansas- |inally were scheduled for the Polo | jc fF, ERS To BI OF 0€ FO . 10 « iM.

from. They had been studiously High Jump-—Won by Bishop, Willard: | Grounds on Sept. 17. Jacobs made tanenz-Ambers bouts in New York

Th ™ y : - | Hassan, Willard, second; Shirley, Ringgold “OXimi \ stifling their own boxing for | Ni" "Bova Hawi horne tied for thira | the change because of the proximity |. early October.

< MERICAN ASSOCIATION i MERICAN LE y months. The adverse action of the | Height, 4 feet, 8 inches. of the original date to the Jewish ’ : : A y AMERICAN LEAGUE EE TeV ICR. vil. HAWUNOrS: g These, coupled with his Joe Louis-

Pet | Chicago 000 140 08s_15 10 § | COurts was the clincher. They called | yaccan. Willard, second: Matts, Willard, | holiday, the Day of Atonement, (mommy Farr heavyweight cham-

Minneapolis a7 560 (New York ......... 000 140 08x—13 10 1 |. n" ! : 2 Cotimbus 363 | Stratton, Brown and _ Sewell, Wicker, | iN MT. Jaccbs and made a deal with fhe Miteheil Hawthorne. tied for third. | Sept. 15, and the election primary, | nionship at Yankee Stadium, Aug. Toledo 32 350] Makosky. Murphy and Dickey. him. The deal ended the reign of | “quarter-Mile Relay — Won by Willard | Sept. 16. 26, are just about all that can be i XO —— rh the little guy. (Matts, Fisher, Hassan, Bishop); Indianola, Lou Ambers is getting $50,000 and crowded in before another indoor

503 | Cleveland 001 000 201— 4 8 © ivi a privilege of 20 per cent of the | season sets in.

‘39 second; WPA, third

: Poston 100 002 11x— 5 1! 1 y : 402 » He Was an Annoyance Senior Girls . . . h 387, Judlin and Pytlak; Newsom and Desau-| «wypev are saving I'll have nh 50-Yard Dash- Won bv Fox, Christian | net for laying his lightweight title | When Jacobs snatched Farr from jn . % g aV€ MO | park; Booth, Finch, second; Mocas, Brook- the line in an engagement with is AMERICAN LEAGUE | Detroit 101 000 030— 5 8 0 PIAS YW OIE. Tee Sn Joli “190 Sard Dah: Wa by F Christi hed gt “i FN Ross col Da Rng AN a Eh ) Al ! | I oe 1 30— § ; oli -Yar ash—Won by Fox. Christian z. N y SS COl=- i vork i 3b Tole o WoL Pot. | Philadelphia 000 201 000— 3 9 0 | Son yi I uy Snreus Park; Booth, Finch, sseond: Mocas, Brook- oct 335.000 ee, tackling Ceferino ER RE chat Selvmelig New york 29 6 levelan . L870 Auker and York: Smith and Brucker spre u m e reeze. % ell, | si €. thir Time, :13.2. 30 y o 37 503 W inet 50 { : rucker, hy a y : > wi ” i iv i i Be BR 303 Sra IRE 0 x ait %. they said that some years ago, and Boag yy ny Flo nisin Park: Garcia at the welterweight limit, | for anything of importance. DOEaE0 33 39 376 Philadphia 27 64 207 Fa oul 020 000 I 3 0 I got to be such an annoyance third." Height, 4 feet, § inches. CRs and Sixto Escobar $12,500 for per- By now Schmeling must know icin t — 3 a r ump on v ox, Christian i i i i NATIONAL LEAGUE | Koupal, Hogsett and Hemsley; Appie- around here the Garden had to take Park; Booth, Finch. second; Mocas, Brooks mitting Harry Jeffra to come in at | what the remainder of the boxing . WwW. L. Pot w. L Pet. ton, Linke, Chase and Millies. me in to end the competition.” side. third. shiStance 13 feet, L inch n weight. Freddie Apostoli squares | world realized some time back. If he « K 638 Os Nh 9 x A47f ——————— : " - ™ u e elay— on y men; 5 r i 3 Chicago x 60 a Sas BO 39 54 419 | AMERICAN ASSOCH ON Nothing pleases Mr. Johnston bet- Brookside, second. Time, :31.8. off with Thil. - wants action, he'll have to come to New York 56 40 .583 Bi | N ASSOCIATION y M is bank $25.000 of | Mike Jacobs. The old Broadway Pittsbrgh 50 44 532 Cincinnati 38 55 409 | mojage 330 000 001— 7 15 © ter than to annoy people. Particu- JUNIOR GIRLS ontanez s banking , 0 / . \ St. Louis. 50 44 532 Philadphia 4) 58 .408 | Mijwaukee 300 011 05x—10 18 1 |darly people who live in big houses. s 50-Yard, Dash won a Ogden. Morris the $36,000 going to the challengers, | ticket scalper appears to be the only N . . "I hope Jacobs will do all right | WPA, third, Time. 073. oo | which gives you a rough idea of the [one who can stir it up in large

~~ > Sullivan, Johnson and Reiber; Boone, | . third, Time, ;07.2. Games Today Kimball and Brenzel. in the Garden,” he said, without | ¢ 75-Yard Dash — Won by’ Virt. WPA: | pulling power of his return engage- | quantities.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION — 2 g or \ Schafer, WPA, second: Ogden, Morris : in § : A ) 000 000 000— 0 6 2 | batting a mocking eye, “but he'd bet- | Square. third. Time, :11.2 ment with Ambers. Garcia is being

Indianapolis at Minneapolis. ; : 000 010 01x— 2 4 . Dir i High Jump—Won by Vir WPA: Schafer ; ‘ ,, Louisville at St. Paul (to nlay at later ance and Breese, * yor take 3 lot of aSpiin tablets With WPA, second; Mandera, Finch, third, | Paid $5000, Apostoli $3500, and Jeffra Additi | S t 3a him. I'm liable to give him a few | Height. 4 feet. 3 inches $2500. ona ports,

te) .» Columbus at Kansas City (night), Louisville 000 ; Vir ‘PA: ; iIwauk ( OUI 102 000— 3 7 38 » Broad Jump—Won by Virt, WPA; Smoot, : Toledo at Milwaukee (night). St. Paul © 000 110 22x— § 12 headaches. Willard, second; Ogden, Morris Square, The show is built around the Pa es 24 and 25 | g

BICAN y _ Tising and Ringhofer; Herring and The little guy could have been Mr. | third. Distance. 11 feet, 11 inches. Ambers-Montanez match AMERICAN LEAGUE Pasch. a. - . s > h., Geveland, at New York. (Turn to Page 24) Win Yard Shuitle Relay, Won by Finch: | ‘qu ee other bouts are for those’ vs etroit at rashington. — in RR Are a as . Ey . ee i a yu EE ——

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