Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1938 — Page 6

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"By Eddie Ash |

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DODGERS REVIVE FOOT RACING

- $200 ON LINE FOR LOOP’S BEST

8 ‘ THE title of “fastest man in the National League”) - 7 and a neat wad of $200 in cash paid out of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ till will go to the winner of a foot race on the

- night of Aug. 8. There’s a ball game at

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Ebbets Field that evening,

Dodgers’ vs. Cardinals, and the sprint that features the program is the championship final round of the Dodgers’

‘summer series of grass track ball player derbies.

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Each night game at Ebbets Field features a qualifying race, paying $50 to the ‘winner of the heat and $25 for

second place. :

: The first two men in each qualifying heat are eligible to face the gun Aug. 3 and set sail for the big title and the double-century ‘money prize.

f AST in a series of elimination sprints will be held in Brooklyn next Wednesday night preceding the game between the Cubs and Dodgers. . . . The sprint will involve players of the Cubs and Cardinals, to be selected later. The Cardinals will be playing the Giants at the Polo Grounds that afternoon. . . . Probable starters are Augie Galan of the Cubs, and Don Gutteridge and Terry Moore

of the Cards. Those who have already

qualified for the finals are

Ernie Koy and Tut Stainback of the Dodgers, Arky Vaughan of the Pirates, Herschel Martin of the Phillies and Lee Gamble of the Cincy Reds. oo

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HE groundskeeper for the Kansas City Blues suffered slight

burns recently when his clothing caught fire while he was burn-

ing gasoline on the infield after a

of the ball players saved him.

rain. . . . Quick action by some

In 1924, Toledo won only three games from Kansas City yet the

Hens won the pennant. . . . Andy

High, one of Brooklyn’s scouts is

watching the American Association players while Ted McGrew is

combing the Texas loops.

Outfielder Carl Jorgensen, who is to join the Indianapolis club in Kansas City tomorrow, was selected on the Western Association ‘All-Star team last year. . .. He played with the Muskogee Reds and the team won the pennant, the first in Muskogee’s baseball history.

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5: N Minneapolis the other night homage was paid to Roy: Patterson, I who was one of the pitching mainstays of the Millers from 1907 to 1914. . . . He helped chuck the Millers to pennants in 1910, 1911 and

1912.

Patterson had a successful career with the White Sox prior to going

to Minneapolis and his name appeared in league box scores for 15

years. . . . He was a “control” artist and worked the corners to per-

fection. .

. . The oldtimer resides at St. Croix Falls, Wis.

Patterson played under Pongo Joe Cantillon and with Dave Altizer, Jimmy Williams, Hobe Ferris and others of the old school in

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IP to late August vacation tourists: The Yankees and Cleveland T are scheduled to battle in three successive double-headers in New

York Aug. 25, 26 and 27. Gabby Hartnett’s home

town is Millville, Mass., near Worcester. . The Cubs’ new manager was called Ding-Ding in his early days’

on the diamond, because his dad was a streetcar conductor in Worcester. . . . Pop was a pretty fair semipro catcher. . = Gabby caught his first big league game on opening day, 1922, in Cincinnati, and Grover Cleveland Alexander was on the Cub mound. ... The big fellow threw his arm out in spring training in 1929 and it

-was “dead” for a year.

#2 = . 2 8 IX of Northwestern's eight football games this fall will be played at Dyche Stadium and it is the biggest home grid schedule for the Purple since 1934 when the Wildcats also played six on the Dyche

gridiron. The 1938 opening game

with Kansas, State, Oct. 1, will

mark the first appearance of the Kansans on the Wildcats’ schedule. .|. . The team won the Big Six Conference championship under. Coach Lynn Waldorf the year before he’came to Northwestern. The second game of the season will be against Drake University.

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Northwestern will play five Big Ten teams, three of them at home.

. « » The home contests will be with Ohio State, Oct. 15; Minnesota, ‘Oct. 29, and Wisconsin, Nov, 5. The two away-from-home games will be ‘with Illinois, Oct. 22, and Michigan, Nov. 12. . : The season will conclude with the traditional windup game with Notre Dame at Dyche Stadium, Nov. 19.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct: 53 37. .589 51 51 48 41 45

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St. Paul ... rssne Kansas city" 2 essen Minneapolis .......... INDIANAPOLIS ...... Milwaukee Toledo csescsccseesssce Columbus Louisville ,...0000. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. 636 623 .603 523 452 465 387 308

554 552 seiessensee 528 436 344

New York ess cecvcsced 49 Cleveland scccecseosee 48 Boston —......c00000000 47 Washington Detroit Gisesenansrsete’ OS : Chicago eescssessccsoves 33 Philadelphia ...co0000. 29 St. Louis ......

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| NATIONAL LEAGUE : Pct. 633 607 554 549 458

51 51 Sie nensssesens 16 45 38 35 34 24

Pittsburgh ......cco000 29 New York Chicago Cincinnati .....cc00000 Brooklyn ....cecce000e Boston .... St. Louis See 00000 BBNNDS Philadelphia

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

INDIANAPOLIS at Milwaukee | Bo

(2). ’ : Louisville at Kansas City. Columbus at St. Paul. Toledo at Minneapolis.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago at New York (2). St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at Boston. Detroit at Philadelphia (2).

rele NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York at Chicago (2). Boston at Pittsburgh. . Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at St. Louis.

Today’s probable pitchers and : their records:

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York (Gumbert 8-7 and SchumacHer 9-6) at Chicago (Lee 11-5 and an 4-0)—two games. Boston (MacFayden 6-3) at Pittsburgh (Bauers_ 5-7). Piladelohia 2 yigany 5-13) at Cincina alters 8-11). : Brooklyn (Posedel 5-4) at St. Lokis (C. Davis 8-2). . AMERICAN LEAGUE , troit (Auker 6-83 and Kennedy 10-6) at PE deinnia (Caster 9-10 A Nobon

8-5)—two games. Chicago (Lee 4-5 and Knott 3-4) at New York (Gomez 7-89 and Ruffing 13-3)—two games, q Cleveland (Allen 12-1) at Boston (Bagby

"St. Louts (Hildebrand 6-6) at Washingtan (Appleton 3-5). :

RELIABLES REMOVE

~ DIANAS IN TOURNEY |Z ¢sb

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 23 wu. ' P.).—The Kingan Reliables of In-

dianapoliss knocked the Clinton

~ Dianas out of the Indiana Semipro

Baseball 9 to 0. Kingans smashed over three runs in the second inning and shoved across three more in the third, knocking Alexander from the box. .

Tournament last night,

5731 SF

484 St. P

455 |R

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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First game) ‘012 400 000— 7 10 1 000 222 11x— 8 14 2 Fischer, Ryba and Schultz; Chelini, Taylor and Silvestri. : (Second game; 7 innings; league rule) Columbus 100 000 1— 2 6 © aul «+ 300 000 x— 3 .2 1 Lynn and Schultz; Klaerner and Pasek.

Columbus au

(First game) : ‘ Toledo ......occo0e0e 032 001 200— 8 14 6 Minneapolis 022 000 000— 4 11 © Johnson, McLaughlin and Linton; Bean, Tauscher, Lefebvre and Denning, * (Second Game) Toledo 000 231 1— 7 13 1 Minneapolis 000001 0—1 7 %

Bentori and Hinkle; Al Cohen and Grace.

Louisville ...., essenes 000 010 010— 2 7 © Kansas City 000 000 100—1 3 1

Terry and Ringhoffer; Dicker, Gay and McCullough, Breese.

NATIONAL LEAGUE (First game) 100 °% 010— 2 10 3 011 101 01x— 5 13 2

Philadelphia Cincinnati Passeau and V. Davis: Lombardi. (Second game) Philadelphia 111 322 010—11 14 1 Cincinnati 200 001 070—10 11 LaMaster, Sivess, Mulcahy and Atwood; ._ Davis, Grissom. Cascarella, Weaver, Schott and Hershberger.

000 010 020— 3 7 1 St. Louis + 630 200 01x—12 15 1 Pressneil, Butcher and Shea, Thomas; Warneke and Bremer.

Brooklyn

000 100 00 000 200 02x— 4 8 3 Turner and Mueller; Blanton and Todd. sley; Wilson and Desautels, :

New York at Chicago; rain,

AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland

Boston 103 001 02x— 7 12 ©

Feller, Galehouse. Mujuphries and Hemsley; Wlison and Desautels,

001 411 002— 9 11 2 100 003 012— 7 13 2 H. Mills, Johnson and Heath; Kelley, Krakauskas, Appleton and Giuliani.

Chicago at New York; rain. Detroit at Philadelphia; rain. ———————a——————————

RUSSELL TO PLAY IN GAME TOMORROW

sociation and big league player, is to be in the lineup of the Sterling Beers when they play the E. C. At« kins Co. team at Stout Stadium tomorrow afternoon. The two teains are among the city’s best in semipro ranks and the game will be the first of several fea~ ture attractions scheduled for Saturday afternoons at the stadium. The game is to start at 2:30. The probable lineups: Sterling—

Ray Brann, rf. I Roy Braman, cf. I ._Cato or R. Russell, If. Adams I I

Atkins— Prater, 3b.

Weathers, 1b.

.. Wyss, c. erson, “c. Hill, ss. McClain, Burrell or Kertis, Staples or Erdman, bp. Percifield, p.

MOLINDA TO COACH

NEW YORK, July 23 (U. P).— Bo Molinda, Michigan’s former AllAmerica. fullback, has signed his 1938 contract as assistant coach of the New York Giants’ professional

team, President John V, Mara announced today. ;

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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1988

Spea ing of piloting “crates” successfully through hazardous trips,

Burleigh!

have you noticed how well Grimes is doing with the Dodgers? Take a bow,

COCHRANE TO CATCH AGAIN FOR TIGERS

[DICK COFEMAN

Earl Averill

~ Average to .363.

NEW YORK, July 23 (U. P).— Earl Averill, Cleveland outfielder, picked up four points in the American League batting race but led the league by only 13 points as Jifhmy Foxx, Boston first baseman, gained 12 points. to narrow the gap, according to averages released today. Averill’s mark is .376 while Foxx has .363. Cecil Travis, Washington infielder, continued to hold third, with .348. Ernie Lombardi, Cincinnati catcher, slumped four points to .366 but wrested the National L.eague lead from teammate Wally Berger who dropped 31 points to .346. Joe Medwick, St. Louis outfielder, continued in third with 344, a loss of eight points. ‘ igen Allen, although he hasn’t on a game since July 3, continued to lead the American League pitchers with 12 victories against one defeat. Mace Brown, Pittsburgh’s extraordinary relief pitcher, paced the National League with 13 victories against three defeats. Leaders in other departments: Runs batted in—(A) Foxx, Boston, 87; (N) Ott, New York, 75. Hits—(A) Lewis, Washington, 111; (N) McCormick, Cincinnati, 116: Doubles—(A) Cronin, Boston, 25; (N) Martin, Philadelphia, 27. Triples—(A) Averill, Cleveland, 9; (N) Gutteridge, St. Louis, 9. Homers—(A) Greenberg, Detroit, 28; (N) Goodman, Cincinnati, 24. Stolen bases—(A) Werber, Philadelphia; Crosetti, New York, and Lary, Cleveland, 12 each; (N) Hack, Chicago; Koy, Brooklyn, and Scharein, Philadelphia, 10 each. - The 10 leading hitters. in each league: 3

H. RBI. Pct. 105 66 .376

0S. ravis, Wash. ...... 313 Steinbacher, Chi. ... Myer. Wash. Trosky, Cleve, . Vosmik, Bos. Hayes, Chi.o.coeese Wright. Wash, .. Case, Wash, ..

1720, Pitts." ..... The five leading league: AMERICAN

Player— Ww. Allen, Cleve. ...cvenne fling. N. Y. ..ee... Chandler, N. Y. Feller, Cleve.

Brown, Pitts. Klinger, Pitts. s, St. L.

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Swim Marks Lowered By Mrs. Thompson

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, July 23 (U. P.)—With two new world records already behind her, Katherine Rawles Thompson ‘of Indianapolis started in quest of two more today in the second program of the Senior Women’s National Swimming and Diving championships.Mrs. Thompson took no rest after ‘her smashing efforts. She attempted to wrest the 220-yard breast

defending champion, of Los Angeles A. C, then stave off eight challengers for her 440-yard free style crown. . She won the mile free style yes‘terday in new world record time of 23 minutes 474 seconds—19.8 seconds below the old mark set by Leonore Knight Wingard at Manhattan Beach, N. Y., two years ago.

Foxx Gains on

Red Sox Slugger Increases |

stroke title from Iris Cummings,

Lots of Relief Work in Ball Parks These Days

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This looks like a’ reeord year for the seven-day week pitchers—the fellows always out/in the bullpen, awaiting the call for relief and ever

ready to throw strikes.

The trio pictured here seems to get in the box score every day— and they're the season’s most effective relief pitchers—Murphy for the Yanks, Coffman for the Giants and Brown for the Pirates. There are three other busy reliefers—Charley Root, Chicago Cubs; Johnny Humphries, Cleveland Indians, and Pete Appleton, Washington

Senators.

Galento Sligh tly Better; Battles Pneumonia Attack

ORANGE, N. J, July 23 (U. P.).—Tony Galento, rotund heavyweight

who trains on beer and cigars, was

reported slightly improved today as

he lay in an oxygen tent at Orange Memorial Hospital, where he is fighting a sudden attack of influenza-pneumonia.

Galento’s physician, Dr. Josephe—

Higgi, reported that Two-Ton Tony, whisked out of his training camp yesterday where he was training for a 15-round battle Tuesday against light-heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis, was resting comfortably and holding his own. ; Galento’s temperature dropped from 104 to 103 during the night. “But he still is a very sick boy,” Dr. Higgi said. : 5

Galento’s fight with Lewis, scheduled for Philadelphia, - was post-

26 | poned indefinitely.

Last night, Dr. Higgl called a conference with a New York. lung specialist after Tony entered the hospital, At that time he said the beady-eyed fighter’s condition was “very serious, but he has a fighting chance.” The Orange, tavern-keeper, described as a throwback to John L. Sullivan, became ill. suddenly Wednesday night when he returned home after going through his train-

800 | ing routine at Madame Bey’s camp a in Summit, N. J. His wife called

Dr. Higi yesterday morning. When the physician found his temperature at+105, he ordered Tony to bed, and when his condition failed to improve he moved the fighter to the hospital. The move was made with approval of Dr. L. M. Jacobs of the Pennsylvania Athtic Commission. 0 No one was allowed to see Galento except his wife. It was the second time the Galento-Lewis fight has been postponed. It originally was scheduled for "Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium on July 13, but Promoter Herman (Muggsy) Taylor changed the date to the 26th to allow Tony more time to train. The fight had been expected to draw a gate of between $100.00 and $150,000. Awvictory most certainly would have meant a big September fight for him with either exchampion Maxie Baer, or the present titleholder, Joe Louis. He had appeared in fine spirits at Madame Bey's and confidently. predicted he: would

score his sixth straight knockout of the year. Galento thought he had nothing more than a slight cold before his wife called Dr. Higi, who immediately diagnosed the illness as “influenza-pneumonia.” When his temperature failed to drop below 1044 last night, Dr. Higi ordered the oxygen tent. At that time the boxer’s respiration was 32 and his pulse 120. The last hospital bulletin this morning said his condition was “fair.”

il JOHNNY MURPHY] Saints Regain League Lead

Take Two From Red Birds as ~ Colonels Trip Blues.

By United Press The topsy-turvy American Asso-

ciation pennant chase ' changed again today and St. Paul once ‘again rested on top, a game and a

The Saints and the Blues had been tied before yesterday’s play. A double defeat of Columbus placed the Saints in undisputed possession of first place. St. Paul won the first game, 8 to 7, and the nightcap, 3 to 2. : Meanwhile the Blues were dropping a game to the Louisville Colonels, and thereby falling back into second position. Kansas City lost, 2 to 1. Minneapolis, fighting with Indian--apolis for third place, lost a double‘headed to Toledo yesterday afternoon but managed to remain two percentage points ahead of the In--dians. The first game Minneapolis dropped, 8 to 4; the second, 7 to 1. A double-header scheduled to he played: between Indianapolis and Milwaukee at Milwaukee was rained out and the teams will meet in two games there today. The Tribe welcomed the postponment because it furnished an extra day’s rest for an overworked pitching staff. Al Epperly, Jack Tising and Don French were ‘available for mound service in today’s double attraction.

The Epping Distillery team of New Albany will play Shaw’s Markets at Belmont Stadium tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in a National Softball League game. Hal (Windmill) Mahaney will be on the mound for Shaw’s. Sunday's schedule at Belmont Stadium: Cotton Club vs. Greenwood at 2

p. Wm. Howard Street Merchants vs. Douglas Theater at 3 p. m.

Independent Baseball

The U. S. Hare Co. team of Frankfort ‘evened the . intercity

series Thursday night with a 1 to 0

-Rich team. drove in the

victory over the I Hudson, Hame pitcher, lone run in the seventh a sacrifice fly to the ou Aders had tripled. Behr allowed three hits and struck out four for the losers while Hudson allowed five hits and struck out six. . The Hame team plays the Advertisers, fast Negro nine from Kokomo, Sunday, July 24, at, the Frankfort T. P. A. Park diamond.

The Indianapolis A. B. C.’s, formerly

Mound City Blues, have booked a:

double header with the'Birmingham,

Ala., Black Barons at Perry Stadium |

tomorrow afternoon. The first game is scheduled for 1:30 p. m. ‘The A. B. C's feature Kid Strong, first baseman being prominently mentioned for that position which he played on the Negro All-Stars team last year, and the Southerners boast of Home Run Wadley, batting

‘ace. +» !

The Indianapolis A.’s, Negro nine, will leave at 10:30 a. m. Sunday from: 10th St. and: : Ave. for Marion. Players. please notice.

For games. in ‘August write. .Earl|

Smith, 762 N. Sheffield Ave. .

| afternooon.

Police nine are requested to report for practice tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, at Riverside Diamond 2.

Ajax Beer team will meet the Frankfort Ingrams at Roosevelt Stadium, Southport, = tomorrow Behr and Dick are scheduled. to form the Frankfort battery with Tex and Brown In the points for the Ajax. Wasson, formerly of Ball State College, and Carson, Notre Dame, have joined the Ajax nine.

Roy Lewis Victor In Amateur Card

Roy Lewis, Muncie lightweight, today was credited with another victory, having -knocked out Leroy Dycus in the third round last night at Sports Arena. St Joe Lopez of South Bend was to be suspended for six months for failing to appear against Milton Bess, Fred DeBorde, Indiana-Ken-tucky A. A. U. boxing committee chairman, announced. Bess gave a three-round exhibition with Herb Brown, state lightweight champion. Claude Banks, Bess A. C. middleweight, knocked out Bob Blue, Oliver A. C., in the second frame and Floyd Ford, Boyce A. C.,

stopped Harry Daniels, Bess ‘A. C,

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Diz Slated

Hartnett to Use Lee Second Encounter at Chicago Today.

CHICAGO, July 23 (U. P.)— Gabby Hartnett’s Cubs will receive their first real test under the new boss today with Dizzy Dean and Big Bill Lee doing the pitching against, New York’s Giants. Diz and Bill, in their last appearances, won a double-header from the Bees. dr The Giants, however, are a different story. Lee’s ability to cope with the defending National League champions—if the Cubs can punch over a few runs—wasn’t questioned. Dean was the problem. Dizzy’s expensive crippled wing set down the Bees on only four hits last Sunday, buf the Bees aren’t much on hitting,” Dean’s slow stuff will be on trial. : Even winning a double-header won't improve the club’s standing, but if they can do it, Hartnett can take his players on a long road trip in high spirits. The Cubs leave Monday on a tour of the East, where they have been far more successful than at home for the last two seasons. Harry Gumbert will work against Lee in the first game today and Hal Schumacher will try to give Dean ‘his first defeat. Diz has won four ‘games, with a 10 week’s rest sandwiched in between. Hartnett refused to name his

pitcher for\Sunday’s game.

| Grimm to Broadcast

Games at Chicago CHICAGO, July 23 (U. P.).— Charlie Grimm, deposed manager of the Chicago Cubs, today had signed to do play by play description of major league baseball games for radio station WBBM of Chicago. Grimm will start his daily broadcasts tomorrow. “Charlie will have charge of the play by play reports from Sunday until the end of the season,” broadcasting officials said. “He’ll be here at least that long and we hope he can be back next year.” Grimm now is on his Missouri farm, where he went after cleaning out his locker and desk at Wrigley Field to make way for Charles Leo: (Gabby) Hartnett, who replaced him as Cub manager Wednesday.

Where to Go

TODAY—

Polo—Ft. Harrison officers and Rollin lage and Franklin Saddle Polo Clubs teams in a round-robin game, Ft. Harrison, 2:30 p. m. TOMORROW—

Golf—Medal oblay for Carl Walk stock Club. , Bill Reed Coffin course, 8:30 a, m. and 2 p. m. Best ball team natch Pleasant Run vs. South Grove, at

Pleasant Run.

Swimming—Ellenberger vs. at Ellenberger, 2:30 p. m.

Polo—Same teams as Saturday, Harrison, 3:30 p. m.

Match Humberto Against Joe Cox

Rhodius Ft.

- Juan (Wildcat) Humberto, Mexico City, and Joe Cox of Kansas City, will appear in Tuesday night's semiwindup of the Herculees A. C. wrestling program at Sports Arena, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter announced today. The match will be a one-fall event with a 30-minute time limit. Cox will weigh about 228 pounds and Humberto, 218. / Joe Savoldi of Three Oaks, Mich., and Powerhouse Frank Sexton of Akron, O. both undefeated here, will battle for two falls out of three with a 90-minute time limit. Savoldi will weigh 210 pounds and

Sexton, 225.

Softball Notes

The Real Silk team will clash with the, London, Ind., Merchants at Broad Ripple Park Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Dillman or Logsdon and Sigger will form Real Silk’s battery. For games call or write Charlie Fraim, Real Silk Hosiery Mills,

Bush-Feezle Leagues Schedule for the Sunday Morning League:

Secos vs. Upton Tavern af Rhodius 1. I St. Ann vs. Walker Cleaners at Wil-

ard 2. i Place vs. Liehr’s Tavern at Rivers

W. 1. Merchants vs, Indianapolis Cub at Dearborn Park. polls vu

Em-Roe Leagues The Fletcher Trust team nosed out the Ko-We-Bas, 8 to 7, in the Industrial League last night at Stout Stadium Indiana State Employment’s team was forced to nine | innings. to defeat the International Harvesters, 7 to 6, and J.D. _dams won from Indianapolis Blue Print, 10 to 7.

The O. Riggs Grocery team defeated the Allen A Wilkinson Lum-. ber Co. team, 6 to 2, last night at Brookside. Call RI. 0518 for Sunday games with O. Riggs for the remainder of the seasqn. ?

The Ajax Beers defeated Jeffersonville, 7 to 0, last night at Jeffer‘sonville, with Pallikan striking out 13 men. Ashcraft made a home run. The Beers play Fashion Cleaners Monday night at, Belmont at 8:30 o’clock.

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[Mickey Has Coaxed Owner Briggs Into Giving Consent; ace Giants

Injury to York | Cited by

Tiger Pilot to Clinch Argument.

By DANIEL \ Times Special Writer NEW YORK, July 23.—Mickey Cochrane, one of the noblemen of the major leagues, seems to be ine tent on placing himself in needless jeopardy. Mike has wheedled out of Walter O. Briggs permission to Jetnn to an active role behind the at. The creasing of a furrow in Rudy York’s noggin in Washington has been worked by Cochrane as the clinching argument. for his going back to a job he had to quit in near-fatal tragedy in the Yankee Stadium on May 25, 1937. A fast ball pitched by Bump Hadley shate tered Mike’s skull. 1 Only recently Cochrane told me that the nervous strain of trying lift the Tigers out of their amazing ill-success would be relieved if he could return to catching. “Stande ing on the coaching lines or sitting in the dugout drives me nuts,” com=

galls. He already had urged Briggs to rescind his resolve never to let Cochrane face a pitcher again. There is little to be gained by Cochrane's going back ‘to catching this season. By some miracle the Tigers might respond and.the hurle ers profit from his handling suffie ciently to fight into the first divie sion. but in so far as contention for the pennant is concerned, the Dee troit club appears incompetent. Packed With Power

The team is packed with power, yet isn’t hitting. Last year, in Gill, Cofiman, Poffenberger and Wade, it boasted : the best-looking young pitchers in the American League. But only Gill has been able to weather the vicisssitudes of the second season. And even he has been none too bright. The keynote to the Detroit pitch ing situation is sounded by Poffene berger’s having been dispatched home from Washington, apparently on his way back to Beaumont. In the Texas League the baron’s dis dain for training rules will be boiled out of him, Cochrane’s eyes were bad last year. He never saw the ball that broke—~his skull. Ten pennants would not come anywhere near compensating for another mishap to Mike. Think it over again, both of you—Cochrane and Briggs! Giant Pitching on Skids Until they ventured into the West recently, the Giants had solid and durable pitching which made up for their shortcomings at the plate. But their adventures in the hinterland have developed a .serious break in hurling defenses. . Accompanied by a vital surge by the Pirates, this lapse on the New York club has built up a none-too-happy situation for Bill Terry. In 11 games in the West, the Giants have been beaten half a dozen times, with one tie. : Only old reliable Hubbell,’ who has gone the route in both of his recent outings, has come up to expectations. Hal Schumacher has been driven out three straight times. Cliff Melton has lasted only thrice in hig last thirteen starts and has been relegated to the bullpen. At halfway mark in the American League race it is quite evident that Cleveland means to stick as

Yankees. It would take a sizable winning streak to pull away from the Tribe, perhaps discourage it. But thus far the world champions have not been capable of better than nine in a row.

He’ll Get in Shape

First, Says Cochrane

PHILADELPHIA, July 23 (U. P.). —Mickey Cochrane may return to active duty soon in an attempt to bolster his slipping Detroit Tigers. Cochrane, whose team is here to meet the Philadelphia Athletics, got permission from Walter O. Briggs, owner-presidenit of the Tie gers, to return as an active player. Briggs previously had forbidden Cochrane to take his usual place bee hind ‘the bat. : " “I can’t set any definite date when I expect to play,” Cochrane said. “I hope to get back soon, but I'll have to see how my legs and arms ree spond when I co some serious traine

Cochrane, who is 35, said there was no possibility that he would do any catching in the current series with the Athletics.

that to get in shape,” he said.

A ot Sn tm, A tte mas. LYNCH PROTESTS FINE CAMPBELTOWN, England, July 23 (U. P.).—Former world fiyweight champion, Benny Lynch of Scotland, protested today the $1000 fine levied by the British Board of Boxihg Control for his failure to make the weight for his fight with Jackie Jurich of California last month. ?

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