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OLD CHARLIE DELIVERS AT 38

OOKIE righthander 16 years ago, great pitcher in 1927, when he won 26 games and lost 15, World Series hurler in 1929, 1932 and 1935, Charlie Root’s career could have slid into gentle decline this season, reclining on past laurels and content to let the younger generation mop up on the headlines . . . But if .the 38-year-old Root had done any such reclining, the August pacemaking in the National League probably wouldn't be a Chicago job . .. The dean of the Cubs’ mound staff went in as relief chucker again yesterday, checked the Cincy Reds and turned in his 11th victory of the year. During 1937 spring training Root was not figured to help the Bruins’ cause this season and was slightly ignored . . . His 1936 record was against him, three wins and six defeats . . . But Charlie trained carefully and approached the new campaign with confidence . . . Injuries and illness riddled the Cubs’ staff early in the race and Root was ‘“‘re-

discovered” in his 12th year with the team.

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OOT grew up in Middletown, O., and entered league ball as a member of the Terre Haute club in the old Three-1 League in 1921 . .. The Cubs obtained him from Los Angeles in 1926 and in his first season as a big leaguer won 18 games and lost 17... The veteran contributed 19 victories against only six setbacks in 1929 and was largely responsible for the Cubs’ pennant that year . .. His outstanding minor league feat was a no-hit game pitched for the Terre Haute Tots in 1922.

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Dy TAYLOR, with 82, continues to lead the Indians in the runs-batted-in department. . . He also is the doubles champion with 22. George Archie is out in front in stolen bases, with 15, and has walloped 10 home runs, the same number as Fred Berger. - . George also has seven triples to his credit, which is Oscar Eckhardt’s total. Oscar is ahead in total hits, 161, and Vincent Sherlock is runner-up with 137. Buck Fausett is out in front in sacrifice hits with 13. Tribe statistics:

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HARLES GRAHAM, who sent him up, rates Joe DiMaggio the best all-around player ever promoted to the majors by the San Francisco club, which graduated many stars. . . . Yet the Yankees purchased DiMaggio for only $25,000, which was less than Graham

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Bloomington Ace Pressed By McCreary

Phil Tallies 73, Dick 74, In State Golf Finals Morning Round.

Times Special ! KOKOMO, Aug. 14.—Phil Talboi, | | Bloomington sharpshooter, playing lin the final of the State Amateur

Golf Tourney for the third time, held a 2-up advantage over Dick McCreary, youthful star of the | Country Club of Indianapolis, after | 18 holes of play here today. Talbot turned in a medal score of 73 for the morning round while McCreary took a 74. The battle will be continued this afternoon over the links of the Kokomo Country Club where last Monday a field of 161 had teed off in quest of Indiana's No. 1 golfing honors. The youthful finalists started out on even terms this morning, halving | ‘the first three holes. McCreary got a birdie on the fourth to go 1 up but Talbot came back on the fifth with a four to square the match | again. The rest of the holes on the out nine were halved and they fin- | ished all square.

Trouble on 13th

Coming in they continued to battle on even terms, but Talbot took the 13th, 14th and 15th holes to go 3 up. On the 13th McCreary's drive hit a tree and the ball dropped on the | edge of the green. He had further | hard luck when his putt went into | the cup and bounced out on his third shot, requiring him to take a four. On the 15th the young Indianapolis district and state junior champion | flubbed his drive and then drove to | the boundary. Talbot took the hole. | | On the 14th McCreary played for | the pin and came within 10 feet of | the hole, but his putting faltered and he took three to hole out.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1937

Phil Talbot

TALBOT GAINS 2-UP LEAD, FIRST

Dick McCreary

Even Vanderbilt Couldn’t Steer Dodgers [Irish Heavies on

By JOE WILLIAMS

Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—Tuning in on a week-end session of the Grand

Stand Managers’ Association for the | Mathewson made John Me dissemination of slightly heated | great manager” . . .

To Victory Is View of Fans, Joe Learns

| baller has made the cheerless lead- isn't he now? That's what I can't

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| er look like a great manager for| understand about this managing | his initial appearance, will “have it

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| five years” . ..

“That's like saying Christy |

| business.” . . .

“Say, Frisch

is doing all right. Graw a | He's still in the race. Just as much | as the Giants, anyway.

ozone:

“Well, I never heard anybody say | be out in front if he had got any

out” in one of the matches on the | Sports Arena wrestling program | next Tuesday night. The huskies are Tom Mahoney, 216, Detroit,

And he'd | 2nd Irish Dan O'Connor, 222, Bos-

There’s Still a Chance

Lee and those other stars on the Cubs’

casualty list. continue for the Bruins the Giants yet may get back in the fight.

Pals Clash in

Hartnett has joined Bill

If those kind of breaks

HOLES

Finals of Public Links Tourney

Don Erickson and Bruce ‘McCormick Room Together, Use Same Car.

By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14 —-Two long-time friends matched strokes over the 36-hole route today for the championship of the 1937 Nae tional Public Links Golf Tournae

ment, The finalists were Don Erickson, 28-year-old gas meter reader of Alhambra, Cal, and Bruce McCor= mick, a Los Angeles fireman, They rode here in the same automobile from Los Angeles to compete in the tournament, roomed toe gether while here and came to the course daily in the same car. They have followed a similar procedure in previous tournaments they both entered. Erickson, the tournament medalist, eliminated Frank Toronto, Sacramento, 4 and 3, in his semifinal match. McCormick defeated Andrew Szwedko, Pittsburgh steel worker, 5 and 4. The winner of today’s round will succeed B. Patrick Abbott of Pasa« dena as champion. Szwedko eliminated Abbott Thursday. The finals concluded almost a week of play in which golfers from over the country competed.

Szwedko Loses Control

McCormick won his semfinals match after being down at the end of the first nine, Szwedko, who had shot below par golf in most of his matches, lost control of his game on the second nine and was une able to recover during the afters noon round. Erickson, six times a participant in the public links tourney, stepped off to an early lead of 3 up on the first nine over Toronto, a beer truck driver. At the end of the first 18,

received for any of his top flighters. . . . The knee DiMaggio injured | ton. It is Mahoney's initial tug in

and the depression which came close to ruining minor league bascball were the reasons. .. . The Seals had to sell.

Erickson had increased his advance to four up. Toronto rallied on the | second 18 and won three holes but | was unable to maintain the pace and the match ended on the 33d.

One-Stroke Penalty “Well IT see by the newspapers Matty was a handicap to McGraw. | help from Paul Dean this year. | pu li Irish Dan has been Talbot had a taste of misfortune | they are beginning to fire a lot of | Did you?” ... | Even Dizzy hasn't been giving fim | ATIRBRPO a th fim fans al Ss ors The Yankees gambled on DiMaggio's knee and permitted him to |°On the 1l:th when he drove out of | ma jor league managers already.” al “1 Hear Frank Frisch is about much help. But in spite of this the | * favo s al Sports | , in : ‘ bounds and took a one-stroke pen- | Yea, it looks as if at least five, | washed up with the Cardinals, | Cardinals are still a threat. By | : "ins remain in the Coast League throughout another campaign to test Creary birdied to take the | maybe six, will have to take the rap | top" September they may be on top. And | Orville Brown, 228, Wichita, Kan., it. . .. It is said Joe was offered to the Cubs, who declined. . . . The |2it¥. McCreary birdie | er for their bad] i "time Frisch and th ert To vou'll ey A a hopes to “even up” with Dorve Italian was considered unsound. . . . “At any rate,” Graham said | 16th: th Talbot got on with his | ball clubs.” . . .| of them Ge Hou Ss Ww hed p. | that Frisch is a te That's the | (Iron Man) Roche, 220, Decatur, Ill, recently, “that knee knocKed $50,000 off DiMaggio's price.” On ey I Yala Sou * ol “ 1 TSH RB at A ey | el, Frith ae : : in the headliner. It was the latter drive but McCreary went into a trap. 1 guess old) Did you ever get a close up of their way it goes.” . . | LW 45 His explosion shot failed to reach Steve O'Neill is| yniforms?” . .. “I guess it's a good thing old | Who stopped Brown's victory streak. the green and Talbot took the hole sure to go. A| “Funny thing about Frisch. Just Connie Mack is his own boss, es-| last winter. Orville, an exponent [to go 3 up again. NY oie er to Inst) a year or so ago they were saying | pecially the way the Athletics are | of an Siig Bg. . : iat - : back to take the 18th when Talbot manages t SUi he was the best manager in base- | going. If old Connie didn't have a | ures he § Soli PE on: : ny Sa Ye ie Come" aot into a trap and then missed a two years | ball. Another McGraw. If he was | piece of the club the wolves would | “tamed” Juan Humberto two weeks crs € major leagues are having a grand year at long putt. Cleveland is|such a great manager then why (Continued on Page Seven) ago. the box office and close observers say that fans everywhere are more | The cards for the morning round: lucky.” . . . | interested now than they ever were—in the cities and towns that | “It all depends have teams in the running. . . . Even St. Paul, seventh in the American | OUT— | Association, drew 8500 last night as the Apostles “entertained” their McCreary

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HIRTY-SEVEN minor leagues opened 1937 campaigns and all of them seem certain of playing out their schedules. . . . Only 12

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Alex Kampouris of the Cincy Reds has a new auto. . . . It is a gift

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Baseball at a Glance

ASSOCIATION L. 19 51 51 56 58 61 68 71

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Minneapolis Columbus Toledo Milwaukee INDIANAPOTIS Kansas City St. Paul Louisville

AMERICAN LEAGUE y el, Ww. .693 Cleveland 47 580 Wash'gton 46 58 42 580!St. Louis .. 32 60 45 5711Phil. ....... 30 ,

NATIONAL LEAGUE |

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Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Indianapolis at Louisville. Columbus at Toledo (night).

Milwaukee at Kansas City St. Paul at Minneapolis (night).

AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Philadelphia. St. Lois at Detroit (2). Chicago at Cleveland. Boston »t Washington. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York. Cincinnati at Chicago.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Boston. |

Billy Thom Wins Wrestling Crown

COLUMBUS, O. Aug. 14—The | Midwest Wrestling Association today | recognizes Billy Thom, mat coach | at Indiana University, as light | heavyweight wrestling champion following his victory here last night over Billy Weidner, San Francisco. | Thom defeated Weidner in 45 min- |

utes. Thom and Weidner were finalists | in a “Silver Mat Tourney” which | was conducted under auspices of the Midwest Wrestling Association to determine a light heavyweight mat king. The meet began several weeks ago. Midget Fisher, former light heavy king, had vacated his

title.

Coach Thom is a favorite with local and state wrestling fans. He has grappled here twice at Sports Arena within the past month, winning each time. Thom has been mat instructor at Indiana University |

for nine years.

Atkinson Sets Pace In Roque Tourney

LAKESIDE, O., Aug. 14—Turning in a perfect score of 160 points in five games, George Atkinson, Indianapolis, yesterday led the first division field in the national summer rogue tourney in progress here. Phil Wolf of Bellevue, O, is the defendng champion. He tallied 93 for three games, the same as Joe West, Chicago. T. D. Stevens, Richmond, Kyv., registered 153 points for five games. H. R. Hall, Elkhart, Ind., paced the second division with 113 points for four games.

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Yesterday's Results

AMERICAN LEAGUE

100 200 000— 3 3 100 000 30x— 4 5 2

Gomez, Malone and Dickey: Ross. Smith

New York

000 000 000— 0 6 0 001 020 00x— 3 § 0

Boston Washington Marcum, Lrsautels;

Ostermueller Walberg Appleton and R. Ferrell.

Louis .... . 030 020 010— 6 8 1 303 100 6Ox— 7 12 1

Hildebrand, Trotter and Hemsley: Wade.

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Chicago 200 001 DO0O— 3 5 2 Cleveland . 012 100 21x— 7 10 1

Kennedy and Rensa; Harder and Sullivan. NATIONAL LEAGUE

... 200 000 000— 2 6 2 . 002 006 03x— 5 9 0

Brooklyn Boston

Hoyt and Chervinko: Fette and Mueller. |

Philadelphia .. ..... 000 000 000— 0 6 0 New York 030 101 00x— 5 9 0 La Master, Jorgens, Kelleher and Wilson: Hubbell and Danning. Pittsburgh . 000 000 100— 1 10 St. Louis 020 002 00x— 4 10 0 Weaver, M. Brown and Padden: Weiland and Owen.

Cincinnati 040 200 000— 6 10 3

Chicago "049 001 26x—22 21 1

Derringer, Hallahan, Cascarella, Mooty and Lombardi; Parmelee, Root and O'Dea.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Blaeholder and Brenzel; Vance and eese.

Minneapolis 021 020 210— 8 17 4 St. Paul . 011041 101 . 913 2

Bean, Grabowski, Pettit and Peacock; Coombs, Chelini and Fenner. (Only games scheduled.)

Three Indiana-Ohio Contests Scheduled

Three games are to ve played tomorrow in the Indiana-Ohio League playoff eliminations. The Richmond Kautskys finished out in front in the regular season's play. Tomorrow’s schedule: Indianapolis Sterling Beers vs. Indianapolis Dady A. C.'s, at Muncie. Cincinnati White Sox vs. Kautsky’s, at Richmond. Dayton Monarchs vs. Red Sox, at Lafayette.

HERE'S A HAND ON ITALIAN HANDLES IN BIG LEAGUES

By NEA Service EFORE you get into an argument and dive into the poke for a little wager take a look at some of these “stickers” in the way of Italian baseball players’ names: Crosetti (Crow say’ tee). Lazzeri (La'dz air ee). Di Maggio (Dee ma’ gee oh). Chiozza (Kee aw’ts ah). Rizzo (Ree’ ts oh). Bonura (Bon 00’ rah). Scarcella (Scar say’ 1a). Bonetti (Bon ay’ tee). Camilli (Cah mee’ lee). Cuccinello (Cooch ee nay’

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BLUE POINT

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| runnerup. Denies Bill Terry Got New Contract

NEW YORK, Aug. 14—Horace Stoneham, president of the New York Giants, today denied any discusions of contracts with Manager Bill Terry. “Terry's five-vear contract extends through 1938,” he said, “and there will be no chance at all of discussing it with him until after the World Series. I don't know where all these contract rumors have been coming from. “Also, there is no truth to the report that we are seeking Gabby Hartnett from the Chicago Cubs, or Charlie Dressen from the Cincinnati Reds. I assure you there is no chance of a contract stor? breaking until after the baseball season is completed.”

TAKES RECREATION JOB

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Aug. 14.— Warren B. Maddox, physical director of the Ft. Wayne Y. M. C. A. has been appointed to the Board of Control of the Indiana Recreation Association, W. R. Griffey, president, has announced.

VERSATILE CLASS PRINCETON, N. J., Aug. 14.—The 1937 graduating class at Princeton carried away 89 varsity letters. It was one of the most prolific classes ever to leave Old Nassau.

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is properly| equipped to manage a ball club, but | you gotta admit he had a tough | break in having young eller fold | up on him right at the start of the | season. Feller looked as if he might | make the Indians a real contender | this year, but when his arm turned | to wood the Indians were through.” . “That shows you hew comparatively unimportant a manager is, doesn’t it? If a pitcher comes through for him he is a successful manager, if the pitcher doesn't he's | a bum.” - . . | Grimes No Improvement “There may be something in that but no manager is going to get any- | where unless he has the material. It’s just like football” . . . “You mean the way they kick the | managers around? . . . “What's going to happen to Burleigh Grimes in Brooklyn? He cer- | tainly hasn't been an improvement over Casey Stengel or even Max | Carey. Look where the ball club is now” . . . “Yea, and look what kind of a | ball club it is. Even Mike Vanderhilt couldn't steer that wreck across | the line first, and the yachting fel- | lows say he's the best skipper in | the business” . . . “Still they do funny things in Brooklyn. Grimes’ only experience as a manager had been in the minors and his record there was none too impressive. What makes you think he'd be a good manager even if he had a good club? He's a hot-headed guy, always getting himself tossed out of the game and how do you explain that shift he tried—Buddy Hassett off first base and putting him in the outfield? If that was a smart move, I'm a technocrat” . . . It Could Be Worse “That's better than being a Republican these days” . . . “Well, I guess when you are managing the Brooklyns you are expected to try crazy things” . . . “You mean you are expected to be crazy” . .. “Say, what's all this talk about Bill Terry getting a new contract with the Giants and moving into the business office?” . . “I don’t know unless maybe he figures Carl Hubbell is about through” . . . anys Hubbell got to do with Ft27 0. 0, “Nothing except the old screw-

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