Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 August 1938 — Page 6
GRAND AMERICAN COMING UP’
THE UNPREDICTABLE CLASSIC
OX E of America’s classic sports events, the 39th renewal of the Grand American trapshooting tournament, will be held for the 15th consecutive year at the permanent
grounds of the Amateur Traps
hooting Association, at Van-
dalia Field, near Dayton, O., Aug. 22 to 26, inclusive, with !
preliminary events scheduled
thus extending the event to eight full days.
“Once more, it will be the
on the 19th, 20th and 21st,
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Grand American Handicap,
probably the most unpredictable competition in the entire
American sports picture, that
will feature the tournament,
on the final day. . . . In this event shooters are placed, according to their known past performances, from a
scratch of 16 yards to a maximum of 25 yards.
Firing.
at 100 targets, the novice on the 16-yard line has just as
good a chance as the expert from far back.
who sights his clay birds
. In fact, the colorful history of this event revolves around the unexpected happening.
Ten N the years that the Grand at its permanent grounds, it
8 [4 8 American has been staged has been won several times
by eagle-eyed huntsmen, competing at the traps for the first time. . . . The greatest surprise came in 1930, when Alfred Rufus King Jr. of Wichita Falls, Tex., now a leading amateur golfer who attends Southern Methodist University, outshot a field of nearly a thousand—965, to be exact—of America’s greatest marksmen, when he was only 14 years old. . . . And then only after a shootoff with
four veterans of the traps.
Last year, with 932 entered, it was Frank G. Carroll of Brecksville, O., who attending his first Grand American,
became the third man in histo
ry to break 100 straight in
the Handicap. . . . And Carroll was shooting well back from scratch, at the 19-yard line. A total of $10,000 in purses is guaranteed for the Handicap, with the winner getting $1000.
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T. PAUL’s Saints, American Association pacesetters, invade Milwaukee today and maybe the Brewers will do something about that
big league lead held by the Apostles.
. . « The Brewers have been a
peculiar bane of the Saints this season and have won eight out of 12
with 10 to go. . .
. Indianapolis stands eight and eight with St. Paul
and is 10 up out of 14 with Milwaukee. St. Paul is one up on Minneapolis, .nine games to eight, in the Twin
Cities rivalry battles. to their liking, 10 out of 15. .. . The the Little Yankees and eight and
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. . . And the Apostles have found Kansas City
Indians are eight and seven with eight with the Millers.
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OE CRONIN’S famous beef about Johnny Allen’s air-conditioned sweat shirt Bounced back the other day when Cleveland protested Jack Wilson's floppy sleeved garment and the umpires ordered him to remove fit. . . . Unlike Allen, however, Wilson obeyed, remained in the game and finished as the winning pitcher, although derricked in the
eighth.
Brooklyn may experiment with twilight ball next year while con-
tinuing to ‘play seven might games
at Ebbets Field. . . . It will be
necessary to obtain the National League’s permission to start games late in the day. . . . But Larry MacPhail, general manager, is a ‘good
hand at- selling new ideas.
Five night games in Flatbush this season have attracted a total
of 153,298 customers. 8 8 =» if Jor M’CARTHY'’S signals to acteristics of the pitchers. Johnny Murphy, as the Yankees fr stands up and strokes his chin. . he is being paged.
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the bullpen are based on physical char- . . . For instance, if the manager wants
equently do, Coach Art Fletcher
. « Murphy has a long chin . . . knows
Last season when McCarthy craved Pat Malone, Fletcher would
put his thumbs in his ears and flap his hands.
Brown was the choice,
. « . When Walter
the coach spread his hands two yards apart
to indicate that right-hander’s broad back. Detroit's Tigers are booked to play an exhibition game with the
Tiger Cubs
(the Mud Hens) in Toledo Monday and Manager Mickey
the Mike Cochrane may do a few innings behind the bat just to see how it works after a long absence from regular action.
Baseball at a Glance
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
L. Pct. 42 607 551 S547 528 S524 491 425 324
INDIANAPOLIS Kansas City Minneapolis ...... Milwaukee Toledo Columbus ........ Louisville .........
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ww. L. New York ........ 60 31 Cleveland ........ 55 33 Boston .. 83 31 ‘Washington ...... 49 Detroit Chicago ... Philadelphia
Pct. .659 625
0505 A487 A447 360 330
NATIONAL LEAGUE Ww. veer 59 56
Pct. 634 57 558 558 46% 463 426 315
Pittsburgh New York Chicago Cincinnati ........ 53 Boston ........... 43 ~ Brooklyn ......... 44 St. Louis . Philadelphia ....
cece
.. 29
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
'' INDIANAPOLIS at Toledo, * Columbus at Louisville, St. Paul at Milwaukee. Minneapolis at Kansas City.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Cleveland. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. Washington at Chicago,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at New York.
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS (Yesterday’s Games Included) BATTING Brucker, Athletics Weintraub, - Philiies Fi Red Sox
'0XX, Lombardi, Averill, Cl
H Pct. 58 .379
HOME RUNS
Greenberg, Tigers Foxx, Sox
Goodman, Re Ott, Giants York, Tigers
Today’s probable big league pitchers and their records: AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington (Leonard 7-10) at Chicago ALyons 4-6). . ' . Philadelphia (Thomas 4-8) at St. Louis (Hildebrand 8-7;. aD on (Bagby 8-5) at Detroit (Lawson . New (Allen NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago (Page 0-0) at Boston (Fette
7-8). Cincinnat! (Walter 8-12) at B ‘(Butcher 5- # Bioklve
589 | ¢!
York (Gomez 9-10) at Cleveland | 13-2).
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
St. Paul 000 000 020— 2 8 2
010 000 02x— 3 7 1 Brown, Klaerner and Silvestri; Wash- . Riddle.
burn, Makosky and . 100 030 006—10 14
Louisville ve 0 . 021 001 000— 4 13
Columbus 0 Meadows, Flowers, Terry and Ringhofer; Kelleher, Lynn, Thompkins and Ryba. Minneapolis at Milwaukee; rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 111 000 000—3 6 1 000 000 000—0 6 2 Warneke and Owen; Mulcahy, Sivess and V. Davis.
Cincinnati 100 000 9 0 Brooklyn 000. 100 11 1
Darringer and Lombardi: Pressnell and
021—4 000—1
Pittsburgh 001 001 100—3 7 1 New York 101 010 20x—5 3 0
Klinger and Todd. Berres; Melton, W. Brown and Mancuso.
Only games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 2
New York 011 020 200—6 4 Cleveland 000 100 0! 1 53 0
Hadley and Glenn: Feller, Mil Hemsley, Pytlak. : ler. Minar anid
(Ten Innings) 100 020 005 1—9 13 2 . 030 010 400 0—8 8 2 Grove, Ostermueller, Heving, Bagby and DeSautels, Peacock; Auker. Bridges, Eisenstat and York.
000 100 100—2 9 © 101 160 00x—9 13 0
Williams, D Smith and Hayes; F. John-
son and Heat, Washington at Chicago, rain. —————————————————————————
| Kingan’s to Seek
Second Victory
Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 6. The Kingan Reliables of Indianapolis will seek their second triumph over the Brazil Eagles tomorrow afternoon in the state semipro
championship series at Memorial
Stadium. The Indianapolis nine took the initial game of the three-out-of-five series here last night by edging out the Eagles, 5 to 4. Lefty Veller, the Eagles’ southpaw star, went in as relief pitcher
] in the eighth inning after his team
had scored two runs to tie the score. He kept the Reliables under control until the last of the ninth when,
g | With two out, Hayes, Brazil's third
baseman, threw wild and the winning run was scored.
s| Public Parks Tennis
To Start Tomorrow Seedings and pairings will be determined tonight for the Indianapolis Public Parks tennis tournamen which opens tomorrow: at the Fall Creek Park courts. \ Matches in the men’s singles diVision constitute tomorrow’s program which starts at 9 a. m, The tournament is the third annual one sponsored jointly by. the Indianapolis Amateur Tennis League and the City Recreation Department. Quarterfinals are sched-
ttsburgh ‘(Tobin 9-5) at N Gum Ee — . Vices : oe (Hoilingaworth 5-9). : 8
urday and the titular matches a week from tomorrow. sim
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The Western clubs of the American League don’t beat the New York
YANKS
Chanips
Gomez and Allen Slated to Duel in Cleveland; Bucs Lose Ground.
- By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—If the Yankees don’t beat you one way, they will another. The world champions have more formulas for winning ball games than Carter has oats. ietimes they win them on power. Other times it’s on pitching. Yesterday they just sat tight and let the Cleveland Americans toss a vital game right into their laps. The Yanks made four js and six runs. The Vittmen de five hits and one run. And today the Ruppert Rifles were winging away three and one-half games ahead of the Vittmen and looking more like triple champions every day. The wildness of Bullet Bob Feller was the biggest contribution .to the Yankee victory. He walked 11 batsmen in seven innings. It didn’t matter that he allowed only three hits. Bump Hadley pitched steadily all the way to notch his fifth victory. A ladies’ day crowd of 62,753 attended. : A Yankee Copyright Here’s how the Yanks made their runs: No. 1—A walk, a passed ball and Joe Glenn’s double." ; . No.2—A hit batsman, a walk, a double steal, and DiMaggio’s deep fl
y. : Nos. 3 and 4—Single, followed by three straight walks and Gehrig's foul out. Nos. 5 and 6—A walk and Joe Gordon’s 15th homer. That’s run production without wasted effort—a Yankee copyright. Today the Yanks hoped to trump the Vittmen again with Lefty Gomez opposing: fiery Johnny Allen, Cleveland's ace. Gomez will be striving to reach the .500 mark, having a record of nine wins and 10 losses. A great ninth-inning rally topped by Manager Joe Cronin’s homer with the bases loaded enabled the Boston Red Sox to triumph over Detroit, 3-8, in 10 innings. Going into the ninth the Red Sox trailed, 8-3. A five-run blast tied the score and then doubles by Cramer and Vosmik accounted for the winning tally in the 10th. Grove Is Removed Lefty. Grove, making his first start since his arm went “dead,” was removed after the Tigers had scored four runs in the seventh. Rookie Jim Bagby received credit for the victory. :
the Browns to a 9-2 victory over the Athletics. six-run rally in the fifth. Buster
gles to pace the winners. The up-and-down New York Giants trimmed Pittsburgh’s National League lead to four and one-half
Bob Seeds’ homer with a mate on
Brown starred in a relief role after coming to Cliff Melton’s rescue with the count tied. ° : Cincinnati moved into a third-
by defeating Brooklyn, 4-1. Paul Derringer scattered 11 hits to score his 14th victory, more than any
Pressnell tired in the late innings. Lon Warneke pitched the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-0 shutout over the Phillies, allowing only six hits. Two errors by Shortstop George Scharein aided the Cards in scoring their first two runs.
| STATE BASKETBALL
"FINALISTS IN TILT
Indiana high school basketball champion, will meet Hammond, runner-up for the title, in an exhibition game here next Tuesday night. The contest will be held in
coaching school. Another attraction will be a grid-
season’s state football titlist, and an eleven comprised of local and Peru high school players.
JOINS GRID DODGERS NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (U. P.).—Perry Schwartz, 200-pound captain and end of the 1937 University of California ‘varsity, has accepted terms to play professional football with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Owner Dan Topping, announced today.
Win Vital Game on Four Blows Before 62,000; Tribesters Move
’ Indians Make Slight Gain on
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base in the seventh and the score | zrchi tied, 3-3, decided the issue. Walter McCoy. gb
place tie with the idle Chicago Cubs | Toled
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FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 6 (U. P).|¥ —South Side of Ft. Wayne, 1938 | Baker. c
connection with the Ft. Wayne |
iron battle between Hammond, last Lint
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1938 -
SIT
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to Toledo
St. Paul; Logan Knocked Out Again.
The American Association pennant chase tightened up slightly today, with the Indianapolis Indians six games behind the St. Paul league leaders and Kansas City a half game back of the Hoosiers. - The Redskins gained a half a game by splitting a double-header with the Mud Hens here last night as the Saints bowed to the Blues in Kansas City in a single tilt, ‘Manager Schalk led his TFibesters. to Toledo today where three games are scheduled, one this afternoon and two tomorrow. .The Indians will have an offday Monday, play in Louisville Tuesday, remain idle again Wednesday and then take on Milwaukee at Perry Stadium Thursday as the Western teams launch their fourth and final invasion of the East.
Hens ' Win in 10th
The Indian blew a four-run lead in the first half of last night's twin attraction here before 6600 fans and Toledo came from behind and won in 10 innings, 7 to 5. Lefty Bob Logan was knocked out of the box the second time in three days and Hod Lisenbee relieved him in the fifth stanza. The Hens got to Lisenbee in the eighth, dead‘ocked the score at 5-all and in the 10th a single by Cullenbine, a double by Archie, an infield hit by McCoy and Gelbert’s long fly accounted for two runs and victory. Toledo collected 15 hits to nine for Indianapolis. Jim Walkup, Mud Hens’ right-hander, settled down after the third inning and blanked the Redskins with two hits the remainder of the distance. The feature blow of the game was a 425-foot triple to deep center by Chet Laabs of the visitors in the eighth. Tising Scores Shutout
Jack Tising held the Hens to four safeties in the seven-inning ‘second game and chalked up a 2-t0-0 shutout for the Tribesters. The Tribesters got only five hits against Harris and Miller, but were aided by an error in the third canto and Sherlock’s double and Galatzer’s single put two runs across. The Hens got off to a flying start in the sixth when the first two hitters found safe spots. Tising refused to crack, however, struck out Laabs and a runner was caught at the plate on Coleman’s smash to Latshaw, after which Archie skied to Chapman to retire the side.
(First Game) INDIANAPOLIS 513% ) )
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on, Walkup,
Totals .
020 110 C10 2—7 401 000 000 0—5
d in—Mesner (2), Chapman Archie, Gelbert 3), YEeCoy. bine. o-base hits—Mesner, lenbine, Peel, Archie. Thraebase hits—Lewis, Laabs. Sacrifices—MecCoy. : Pilney, Archie. Double ,lays—Wilburn to McCov to Archie; Mesner io Sherlock to Latshaw, Lewis to Mesner: Hinkle to Wilburn. Left on bases—Indiana olis, 5; Toledo, 6. Base on balls—Off Walkup, 2. Struck out—By Logan, 3: Lisenbee, 4; Walkup, 3. Hits—Off Logan. 8 in 4'; innings: off Lisenbee, 7 in 5%. Losing pitcher—Lisenbee. Umpires—Eith, Johnson and Kearney. Time—2:35. (Second Game) INDIANAPOLIS
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Toledo ....... .. .eeies aie Indianapolis Runs batted in—Galatzer. hit—Sherlock. Stolen base—Fausett., Left on bases—Indianapolis, 4; Toledo, 5. Base on ball Tising, 3; Harris, 4: Miller. 1. Struck out—By Harris. 3; Miller, 1: ising, 1. Hits—Off Harris. 4 in 4 inings; off Miller. 1 in 2. Umpires—Johnson, Kearney and Eith. Time—1:43.
000 000 002 GOO 3: Three-base
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (U. P).— Babe Ruth was back in the Brooklyn coaching box today after a day at the hospital whére he donat-
ed a pint of his blood to his adopted daughter, Julia.
A nurse stood beside the operating table swabbing the sweat from fhe face of the retired home run g. Julia, 22-year-old daughter of Mrs. Ruth by a previous marriage, said she “felt better already” a moment after Babe’s blood was injected into her arteriés. She was operated on recently for cellulitis of the neck and, while her condition was not serious, the white corpuscle count in her blood became low yesterday. -
ts Field where Ruth was standing on the first base line, shouting encouragement fo the Dodgers in
A telephone call went through to] uled for Friday, semifinals for Sat- | Ebbe
Babe Ruth Back After Giving Daughter Blood
their game with Cincinnati, He aswered the summons immediately. “I never had one of these things before,” Ruth told physicians as he stripped off his shirt and climbed on an operating table. The transfusion took 15 minutes and Ruth was more concerned about perspiration than he was about pain or loss of blood.
2 HORSESHOE MATCHES
The Fall Creek horeshoe pitchers will compete with the Crawfordsville team tonight and with the Muncie representatives next Friday night at the Fall Creek courts. ;
NATIONALS FOLLOW SUIT
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Yankees very often, but once in a’ while they manage to keep 'em late for dinner.
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Mal Elward, head football coach at Purdue | held Aug. 8-13 at the fieldhouse. Elward, who is one
University, will again lecture on backfield and end play during the one week’s session of Paul D. Hinkle’s Butler University coaching school to be . »
Foxx Passes | Earl Averill
Jimmy Tops American Loop, Lombardi the National.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (U. P)— Jimmy Foxx, Boston Red Sox first baseman, has wrested the American League batting leadership from Earl Averill of Cleveland, according to averages based on games through
Thursday. - Foxx, who leads the league in runs batted in, boosted his average two points during the week to .358. Averill slumped nine points to .355. Ernie Lombardi, Cincinnati Reds’ catcher, retained the batting leadership of the National League with .356 and his teammate, Wally Berger, was second with .342. Johnny Allen of Cleveland continued to lead American League pitchers with 13 victories against two defeats for-.a percentage of .876. Cy Blanton, Pittsburgh, won two more games to lead the National League pitchers with nine victories against one defeat. . Leaders in other departments:. Runs Batted In—(A) Foxx, Boston, 105; (N) Ott, New York, 81. Hits—(A) Rolfe, New York, 128; (N) McCormick, Cincinnati, 132. Doubles—(A) Cronin, Boston, 28; (N) Martin, Philadelphia, 29. Triples—(A) Heath, Cleveland, 11; (N) Mize, St. Louis. ‘11 Homers—(A) Greenberg, Detroit, 87; (N) Stolen Bases—(A! "Laky, Cleveland, 14: (N) Hack, Chicago and Scharein, Philadelphia. each 11 : oR (A) Greenberg. Detroit, 87; (N) The 10 leading hitters in each league: Sel / AMERICAN
Foxx, Boston Averill, Cleveland ... Travis, gion, Steinbacher. Chicago Trosky. Cleveland 311 rosky, Cleveland .. Rolfe, New York.. .384 DiMaggio, New York 341 Myer, ashington ..278 Gehringer, Detroit ..375
NATIONAL
AB Lombardi, Cincinnati 292 _ Berger, Cincinnati ..240 * 8 Medwick, St. Louis. .361 ack ago , ..379 yaughan, Pittsburgh 350 McCormick, Cin. 4 Goo n, Cincinnati 363 Ott. New York. . ..350 Moore, New York ...282 Danning, New Ycrk..243
The five leading pitchers: AMERICAN
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Blanton, Pittsburgh
Maclay rown, Pittsburgh «33 Vande: Moor, Ghncinnati. 23
ORIOLES BUY PAIR OF YOUNG HURLERS
MARSHALL, Tex., Aug. 6 (U. P). —Outright sale of Jack Van Orsdol and Hal Capdeville, ace curve-ball of the Marshall East Texas ball team, to the Baltinor of the International le was announced recently by. Manager Guy Sturdy.
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farm, 14 miles south of Indianapolis,
200 Expected
of the outstanding football coaches in the Midwest, has been a member of the faculty at the Butler coaching school since its start six years ago. ® 2 = =
to Enroll
In Schools for Coaches
High school and college coaches
from all parts of the country will
attend the two Butler University coaching schools at the fieldhouse next
week. Paul D. Hinkle will be in charge for men, and Louise M. Schulmeyer.
of the sixth annual coaching school will head the second annual school
for women. The sessions are ex-& pected to-draw. approximately 200 students. Following registration tomorrow afternoon and Monday morning, instruction in both sessions will be-
gin. Classes will meet morning, |
afternoon and evening daily. Faculty members of Hinkle’s school include Mal Elward, head football coach at Purdue University; Frank Leahy, line coach at Fordham University; Jimmy Thompson and Horton Smith, professional! golfers and stylists, and Kurt Lenser, six-man football coach from Stratton High School, Stratton, Neb. Instructors in the women’s school are Miss Schulmeyer and Rachel Benton, head of the women’s physical education department at DePauw University. Information on Speedball, basketball and rule changes will be given. The coaching school for women is one of a few such schools in ‘the country, and Hinkle’s school has grown to be one of the largest in the Midwest. :
® » Sports Quiz’ Q—In a baseball game the bases are loaded and the batter hits a ground ball to third and the third baseman tags third and then throws. home and the -catcher tags home Is the runner coming home from third forced out or must he be | tagged? x : : A—He is not forced and must be tagged with the ball. The force play on the runner from third ceased when the third baseman elected to retire first the runner coming from
Q—Who won the United States women’s singles outdoor tennis championship in 1894? A—Miss Helen R. Helwig.
Where to Go
TODAY— on Golt—Junior Club tournament, HillTennis—Riviera Club tournament. Skeet Shoot indiany, Siste “cham(0 $200 5. Belmont Aver on CB.
TOMORROW— : : Tennis—Public Parks tournament: - Fall Creek Park. .courgs. Riviera Club tournament. * Hill Climb—Plummer’s Farm, 14 miles .2p.m. State cham
south on Indiana 37 sweet oh Caniior eit Gun Club, $2008. “Belmont Ave.
Amateurs and Pros ; Enter Hill Contest!
Motorcycle riders from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ilinois will compete in the hill climb events to be held at Plummer’s
on Indiana 37 tomorrow afternoon at 2o%lock. ~~. The Indiana entries are Lester
| pace.
| Louis or Else,
Says Rosenbloom
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 6 (U. P.)— Maxie Rosenbloom said today he would retire if he could not get a fight with Joe Louis. Rosenbloom and Bob Pastor of New York fought a 10-round draw last night. Although backed by the film colony Rosenbloom went into the ring
the underdog. He outsmarted Pastor, using the tactics that have proven stumbling blocks to many other fighters. : Pastor was the aggressor in the early going and won three of the first four rounds, the second being even. But Maxie, 13 years older than his 23-year-old opponent, assumed the offensive and won the next three, even though he appeared weary at one time afier sparring and clinching at a moderately fast Maxie tied up his opponent, working in with his elbows.
Legion Junior Finals Reached
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Aug. 6 (U. P.) .—East Chicago and Bloomington tangle on the University of Indiana diamond today for the state American Legion junior baseball championship. Bloomington slugged out a 13-to-3 victory over Greenfield to enter the finals while East Chicago tumbled Jasper in the other semi-final game, 4 to 1. j Greenfield jumped to a three-run lead but Bloomington tied the score in the third, scored two more in the fifth and put the game on ice with eight runs in the sixth. Burris went the route for the winners, giving only § hits.
14 MORE QUALIFY
IN SEMIPRO PLAY|
. WICHITA, Kas., Aug. 6 (U. P).— Two more teams qualified today for the finals of the National semipro baseball Congress, bringing the total of entries to 18. : Raymond Dumont; president. of the Congress, said 14 more clubs would qualify in later tournaments, and pairings for the 32-team event would be announced next week. The finals tournament is Ag. 12t0 24, in
m | Grid Professor to Tell Em How
Shoot Opens For 3 State Skeet Titles
Hold Other Championships Tomorrow at Capitol City Gun Club.
Three titles were at stake in today’s opening round of shooting in the Indiana State Skeet competition at the Capitol City Gun Club. The Indiana junior, the Indiana women’s and the subjunior championships were to be determined in this afternoon’s shooting. . ~ Scheduled in the early rounds were subsmall gauge, small gauge and two-gauge championship events, The first is for 50 targets and the latter two for 100 targets each. Yesterday in the preliminary events O. L. Baldridge Jr, a 14-year-old youth from Terre Haute, broke 99 targets out of 100 to tie with Dick Eckman of South Bend and Harold Beanbiossom of Indianapolis, Indiana State Skeet Shooters Association president. In the shootoff Baldridge won when Eckman and Beanblossom missed one target.
Consistent Sharpshooter
Baldridge’s triumph was consist ent with his performances recently, He won the junior event at South Bend and has been a leader on the Capitol City Gun Club five-man team which broke 983 targets out of 1000 in two shoots last month. The Capitol City Gun Club team, with L. 8. Pratt of Indianapolis national all-gauge pro champion, substituting for H. K. Spaulding, club president, broke 488 out of 500 in the preliminary event yesterday. Pratt and Graydon Hubbard of Elwood broke 98 each and Dave Arnette of Indianapolis broke 94. Every member of the team made perfect scores on the first 25 targets. Tomorrow will see day-long competition among 250 shooters for the
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‘| Indiana State championship. Class
and team events will be held and the high-over-all, outstate and shooting industry championships will be determined. : Sam Griffith of Indianapolis, who scored 96 out of 100 last year, is defending state champion. Competition is expected to be more difficult this year as the event has been increased to 150 targets.
Player Felled By Wild Pitch
Woody Abernathy, Buffalo, ‘Has Fractured Skull,
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Aug. 6 (U.P). —Thomas (Woody) Abernathy, out fielder of -the Buffalo Bisons, who suffered a skull fracture in last night's double-header with the Syracuse Chiefs, was reported in “fa< vorable” condition today after an emergency operation.
Dr. Brooks uen performed the operation in St. Joseph’s Hospital at 3:20 a. m. The X-ray showed a deSR a at the base of the skull. ‘ Abernathy was struck by a wild pitch by John Gee, Syracuse hurle er, the third inning of the second game. He was carried from the field on a stretcher. His condition was so grave that his wife was sume moned from Buffalo. ® Abernathy, a veteran of 10 years in organized baseball, has collected 21 homers for the. Bisons since he was purchased from the Baltimore Orioles last fall. He is a native of Birmingham, Ala. Physicians said that should he recover, Abernathy would have to remain in the hospital at least ‘a month. Manager Steve (Neill of the Bisons, who accompanied Abernathy to the hospital and remained with him almost continuously, said the surgeons told him that it was “extremely doubtful” that Abere nathy would play baseball again.
Cox and Humberto in Return Mat Tussle
A return match between “Gentle« man” Joe Cox, 230, Kansas City, and Juan (Wildcat) Humberto, 225, Mexico City, Mex., will serve as half of the double main event on the Sports Arena wrestling card next Tuesday night. The grapplers fine ished even in a short tussle tecently. . Juan features a tricky style, while Joe is of the two-fisted type. The other feature gives Powere - house Frank Sexton, 236, Akron, O., a chance at Louis Thesz, 226, young St. Louis star and former title
claimant, Sexton has been upset
locally but once, and that by Jumpeing Joe Savoldi.
ST. PHILIP'S TENPIN LOOP IN MEETING
The first meeting of the St. Philip's No. 1 Bowling League will be held Monday night at the club room. Bowlers and representatives of teams desiring to enter this league are asked to attend. ;
.. BOWLERS TO MEET The Fraternal Bowling will hold its first meeting at the Illinois bowling alleys, Monday at 3 p. m. Last year’s captains and representatives of any new teams are asked to attend.
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