Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1938 — Page 6

By Eddie Ash GRIMES IS DOING ALL RIGHT

HE'S EARNED ANOTHER CHANCE

The Same Old Story Well, it looks pretty much now as if the American League flag race is

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YURLEIGH GRIMES was tabbed first to go of the big

— league managers of 1938, but he’s still in the saddle

and has seen two dismissals’

of major pilots occur while

«he plugs along with the Brooklyn Dodgers. To the surprise of the experts and prognosticators, Burleigh has kept the Flatbushers within range of the first bracket in the National loop and made them popular with the home fans because of their aggressive play. Writers regarded the Dodgers as a crew of misfits at the start of the season and consigned them to wrestle it out with the Phillies for last place. But Grimes is looking down at the Cardinals and Phils and now and then his club slips into fifth position.

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YESTERDAY the Dodgers’ were fifth, today they are sixth. . . . They probably won’t finish above fifth, but Grimes has the boys hustling and something might

happen before Oct. 1 to lift the club into

first division.

the coveted

Burleigh has done well enough to warrant a 1939 contract and if left to his own judgment and given stronger talent here and there it’s a safe guess the old saliva ball

thrower will push his team into the contender class.

He impresses many observers as the ideal type to appeal to Brooklyn rooters and fis “old school” methods also have increased the club’s popularity on the road.

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’S Redskins have 40 games to go before the curtain. record against each club and games remaining:

With Milwaukee's Brewers—Won 12, lost 5. . . . Five to play.

With Kansas City’s Blues—Won

With St. Paul's Saints—Won 8, lost 8.

8, lost 7. . . . Seven to play. . + + Six to play.

With Minneapolis’ Miller—Won 8, lost 8. . . . Six to play. With Toledo's Mud Hens—Won 8, lost 8. . . . Six to play. With Columbus’ Red Birds—Won 6, lost 10. . , . Six to play.

With Louisville’s Colonels—Won

12, lost 6. . . . Four to play.

Danny Taylor would be a handy player to have around at Perry Stadium as a utility outfielder and pinch hitter, but unfortunately for the Indianapolis Indians the veteran won't be on hand. . . . After the Redskins claimed Danny from Columbus on waivers the player packed up and returned to his home in West Newton, Pa. It is the second time Taylor quit the Hoosiers, the first being in 1936 when he walked out late in the season and didn’t show back until the spring of 1937.

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Buck FAUSETT, the local third sacker who moved up among the league’s leading hitters this week, also is a strong contender for

high base-stealing honors. .

. . The hustling Texan is having his best

season with the Tribesters, at bat, on the paths and in the field. . . . He’s the league’s No. 1 hot corner man now. : :

Charlie George, the Georgia Greek, earns another trip to the big

show, New Orleans to Brooklyn. . . .

The former American Association

backstop, has been batting at a .305 clip with the Pelicans and’ will

report to the Dodgers this fall.

Twice up with the Cleveland Americans, George’s chief claim to fame came on Sept. 13, 1936, when he caught Bob Feller who struck out 17 Browns to tie Dizzy Dean’s record and.set the high mark for the

American League.

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HARLIE RUFFING, a big winner for the Yankees in recent seasons, y was a member of the Boston Red Sox for five years before being traded to New York. ... With Boston he twice landed on the bottom

in number of defeats, having lost 25

games in 1928 and 22 in 1929. . ..

‘The Yankees obtained him in a minor transaction. Mel Almada of the St. Louis Browns has batted safely in 29 consecutive games. . . . In the sixth inning of a game in St. Louis the other

day announcement was made that an association of St. Lou

auto-

mobile dealers would pay $50 to any Brown player cracking an advertising sign in right center with a batted ball. . . . Almada was at the plate when the loud speaker blared the offer and on his first swing he bounced a double off the wall that missed the sign by inches.

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ILL HARRIDGE, president of the American League, has notified all clubs that dugout broadcasting is barred in his circuit unless all interviews are written and rehearsed beforehand. .. . The ruling is an outgrowth of the Jake Powell incident. President Alva Bradley of the Cleveland club has renewed his efforts to bring night baseball to Cleveland. . . . He plans to wage a campaign to have the American League ban on night baseball removed at the next meeting of league club owners. : Bradley is convinced that thousands of Clevelanders would support a restricted schedule of night games—seven a season at home, which is the National League rule for Cincinnati and Brooklyn.

Baseball at a Glance

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

: W. L. Pet. ....69 46 600 INDIANAPOLIS ....62 ‘52 .544 Kansas City .........62 52 54 Minneapolis .60 54 526 Milwaukee ..........57 55 .509 . Toledo 59 58 .504 Columbus .... 47 66 .416 Louisville ............39 92 .351

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Pct. 626 569 559 549 480 470 430 309

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Pittsburgh ......... New York .......... Chicago :.vvesconsse Cincinnati .......... Boston Brooklyn ......ce00. St. Louis ... Philadelphia

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee at INDIANAPOLIS (night). . Minneapolis at Toledo. St. Paul at Columbus. Kansas City at Louisville (2).

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn at Boston (2). New York at Philadelphia (2). Chicagd at Pittsburgh. : Only games scheduled.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Mir 000 120 001— 4 11° 1 Lg 000 010 031— 5 10 0 Dean and Denning: Rogalski, J. Johnson and Linton. . 1 000 600 700—13 12 2 a, 000 000 001— 1 3 3 Phelps and Silvestri: Andrews, Thompki Kelleher and Schultz,

(First Game)

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Piechota and McCullough; Flowers and | 1 djeski. : -

(Second Game; 7 Innings)

Gay and Ogrodowski; Shaffer

Breuer, and Ringhofer.

NATIONAL LEAGUE 000—1 7 0 6 2 - Hamlin, Tamulis and Campbell, Shea; Turner and Mueller.

200 013 203— 9 16 0 1 0

598 |- 510 8

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(Night Game) St. Louis Cincinnati McGee and Bremer; Walters and Lombardi.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (First game) 100 200 101— 5 6 1 200 002 000— 4 5 1

Nelson, E. i : Dicken E. Smith and Hayes; Ruffing and

(Second game) 001 000 011— 3 % © vr 010 506 40x—16 16 2 ss, D. Smith, Wiliam Bi Wagner; Hadley "and Dickey, 9 Brucker,

(First game) Cleveland ........, 220 011 030 3—12 16 hicago 000 400 050 0— 9 15 Harder, Whitehill and Pytlak;

Boyles and Rensa. (Second game)

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cisssettes +39 203 010 013-10 021 212 000— 8 Runs batted in—Irwin 4, French, Storti 2, Fausett, Galatzer 3. Pofahl, Hankins, R. Johnson. Two-base hits—Winegarner, Sherlock, FPausett, Schulte, Irwin, Hankins. hree-base hits, Storti, Jorgensen. Stolen bases—Latshaw, Pofahl. Sacrifice— hulte. Double plays—Lewis to Sherlock: Storti to Irwin to Winegarner; Irwin to Storti to Winegarner. Left on bases—Mil- : Indianapolis, 8. Base o ench, 1: off A. John . 8. off Niggeling, 1. , 1; by Riddle. 2; bv Gonzales . 3; by geling, 1. Hits—Off in 2 innings {and 3 men in A, Johnson, 10 in 43; innings: off Gonzales. 5 in 2% innings: off Riddle, 1 in 5% innings: off Lisenbee, 3 in 1 inning; off Niggeling, 1 in 24 Reis, none in 2 innings. —Reis. Losing pitcher—Lisenbee. m= Jijes-—Kearney, Slavin and Guthrie. Time

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AB Fausett osvoces.. 358 Baker . vee 192

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Player— G. 0 | Blanton, Pitt. ......... 18

Cecil Travis Tops Batters

Washington Infielder Hitting .349; Lombardi Retains N. L. Lead.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (U. R).— Cecil Travis, shortstop of the Senatars, who was once offered a bonus by owner Clark Griffith if he’d get into a fight with another player, took over the American League batting leadership with an average of 349, according to averages released today. : Travis, who has never batted under the .300 mark in his five years

of major league service, added two

points to his last week’s mark to hold a one-point advantage over

who dropped 10 points to .348. Hank Steinbacher, sophomore

‘| outfielder of the White Sox, ad-

vanced into third place with .341, ahead of Earl Averill, Cleveland. outfielder, who slumped 16 points to 339. ‘Ernie Lombardi, stocky Cincinnati catcher, held on to-the National League lead with .354, a loss of two points from last week’s mark. Frank McCormick, Cincinnati first basebaseman, ousted Wally Berger, a teammate, from second place with an average of .335, an improvement of seven points. Arky Vaughan of Pittsburgh was third with .333. Red Ruffing, Yankees, led’ the American League pitchers “with 15 victories against three defeats. Cy Blanton continued to pace the National League moundsmen with nine victories against one defeat.

Other Leaders

Leaders in other departments: Runs batted in: (A) Foxx, Red Sox, 109; Ott, Giants, 85. Hits: Rolfe, Yankees, 136; Cormick, Reds, 146. Doubles: Cronin, McCormick, Reds, 31. Triples: Heath, Cleveland, Mize, Cardinals, 12. Homers: Greenberg, Detroit, 38; Goodman, Cincinnati, and Ott, New York, each 27. Stolen bases: Crosetti, Yankees, 16; (N) Hack, Cubs and Scha:ein, Phillies, 11 each. Runs: Greenberg, (N) Ott, Giants, 86. The 10 leading batters in each league: : ; AMERICAN Player— AB, Travis, Wash. ....... 381 Foxx, Bos. .......... 359 Steinbacher, Chi, ... Averill, Clev.

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Hack, Chi, ......... 40 Danning, N. Y. ..... 25" L. Waner, Pitt. ...... 394 The five leading pitchers in each league: AMERICAN

Ruffing. N. Allen, Clev. Grove, Boston Chandler, N. Y. Stratton, Chicago

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acFayden, Boston .... Tobin,

Warneke, St. L. ........ 20

Baseball

The Bohemian All-Stars, Negro nine, will play the Mohawk Indians at Mohawk, tomorrow. All players are to meet at 835 W. 11th St. at 11:30 a. m. For games write Carlin Rowlett, 835 W. 11th St.

The Ajax Beers traveling team will play the Chrysler nine at Newcastle tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. Jim Carson, Notre Dame first baseman

Soowod

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the Beers. : 2

Model Dairy defeated Bloomington, 6 to 2. Price and McCracken allowed the losers six scattered hits. Morehouse and E. Whitehouse collected 11 hits for the Dairymen, who play at Edinburg tomorrow.

The Greys, a fast Negro nine, have open dates Sunday and Aug. 21. They have won 14 and lost two this season. Call CH-1592-R.

The Auto City Garage nine seeks an opponent for a game tomorrow at Riverside 3. Write LeRoy Bartlett, 3854 Senn Ave. or call police headquarters between 7 a. m. and 3 p. m,

The East Side: Cubs will play the Krqger team in the first half of a bill at Broad Ripple Stadium w at 1:30 p. m. For games Cubs write Emerson Cox, 525 N. Keystone Ave. or call Ch. 3325.

‘The Fairfax Merchants will play the Colored Royal A. C. at Grand Parke tomorrow at 1 p. m. For games write Bud Kaesel, 516 Somerset Ave., or call Bel. 3993.

The Fall Creek Athletics'will play a double-header at Riversideitomorrow, meeting the Delco Radios of Kokomo at 12:30 p. m. on Diamond 5. At 3 p. m. they meet the Auto City Garage team on Diamond 3,

DODGERS ACQUIRE RED SOX HURLER

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (U. P).— The Dodgers today announced that Pitcher Lee Rogers had been obtained from the Red Sox in a straight cash deal. The amount was not disclosed.

relief pitcher by the Sox this year,

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13 appearances. Last year with the Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association, he won 13

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Jimmy Foxx, Red Sox first baseman, |

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Rogers had been used only as a

BREWERS PLAY |

_ Waners Big Factor in Pirate Drive

Paul Waner . , ,

By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Service Sports Writer PITTSBURGH, Aug. 13.—Next to pitching, which shows unmistakable signs of ‘holding up, the Pittsburgh club obtains more pennant assurance from the Waners . . . particularly from Paul or Big Poison. Paul Waner, you see, has not failed to hit .300 or more in 12 consecutive campaigns the National League. Big Poison has jacked his average up to .284 after the poorest start of his brilliant career, and Pie Traynor will lay you that he will finish well within what the old-time baseball writers were pleased to call the charmed circle. While the little right fielder still has -conSiderable distance to go, Traynor also is confident that he will establish a senior loop record

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and tie Tyrus Raymond Cobb's. major league mark by manufacturing 200 hits for a ninth straight ‘season. : : Traynor. is banking on momentum furnished by Paul Waner’s closing bombardment to keep the Buccaneers in front in the sprint down the stretch. Big Poison this year crashed the 2500-hit club. He is the only active athlete in the older wheel who has achieved that tremendous total. . . one of 30 combatant to swat the bail safely that many time during major league lives. There have been many famous brother acts in the big show since the Ewings—Buck of the Giants and Johnny, who also performed in the National for a short while, and since Monte and Lave Cross toiled in the

\Athletics’ infield ‘way back in 1905.

Don Meade Is Reinstated

By Florida

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—The reinstatement of Don Meade, the jockey, comes as acute a surprise as did his sudden banishment from the track at the peak of his career

_| several winters ago in Florida.

Ostensibly moved by sympathy, the Florida Commission restored the

69 | jockey to good standing following

the gentleman’s admission he was penniless and unable to find any

900 | outlet for his specialized training.

It is nice to know there are sympathetic souls in the world, but in this instance it is practical to keep in mind that Meade has enjoyed the support of certain individuals politically prominent in Florida racing, and these in turn have not been total strangers to certain book rcaking cliques. The ace rider was turned out on evidence so strong that Mr. Marshall Cassidy, a high ranking racing official and one of the investigators in the case, insisted Meade would be reinstated “over my dead body.” This is disturbing in the light of what has just happened. It would be distressing to hear that Mr, Cassidy had ended it all in despair, and departed for a better world, At the time Meade was exposed,

via a tapped telephone wire in his’

Miami apartment, he was Col. E. R. Bradley's top rider, still basking in the glory of his rousing victory in the Kentucky Derby on Broker's Tip. This was the rodeo derby which saw Meade and young Fisher on Head Play bat each other with whips coming down the stretch. Suspicion was directed at Meade when it became known he was mak-

Hammond Golfer Plays 225 Holes

HAMMOND, Ind., Aug. 13 (U. P.). —Charles Grant, 23-year-old professional at Lake Hills Country Club, started out to tie J. Smith Ferebee’s golfathon record of 144 holes and when he finished there was so much light left he kept right on 4_for 225 holes. = The young pro, who mixes golf and amateur hockey, started at 4:30 a. m. yesterday and completed 144 heles at 1:08 p. m. He kept on going and finally wound up at 7:15 p. m., after 12% rounds, averaging 77 strokes each on the hilly,

par 73 course. ; : : « At the end of 144 holes, his physician, Dr. J. W. Schlesinger, checked him over and reported he was in excellent condition. : He ate nothing all day, drinking only lemonade charged with glucose. He wore down six caddies and most of his gallery. At the end of 225 holds, he reported he had lost only three pounds, dropping. his weight to 134. Se He was tired, hands were in good condition. He had a small blister on his right foot, but not enough fo prevent

him from planning to go back again |

today for 18 holes more. i “BUSMAN’S HOLIDAY

but his feet and|

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ing daily bets of considerable size and phoning these bets into a Newark poolroom. This was when it was decided to tap his wire. Stenographers worked in day and night shifts. Every time the jockey used the phone his conversation was taken down in full. ’ = It devéloped that some of his bets were on his own mounts but many were on horses in races in which he rode a competing oat muncher. The stenographic transcript revealed Meade dealt with a ‘mysterious betting commissioner in Newark identified only as Ernie. The full name never came out. A daring, brave bay in the saddle, Meade was Bradley’s favorite jockey and I am told that after a time he was willing to forgive him and seek his reinstatement. It 4s a known fact that Bradley did bring him back to his farm in Kentucky two years ago where presumably, he worked the younger horses. It’s going to be hard to work up a renewed faith in Meade if he decides to try to ride again. Just the same it is regrettable, and more than that, that the higherups in these cases are never exposed. Much more contemptible are the matured fixers back of the young jockeys. They are the ones who contrive the plots and profit the most. : Hah At best jockeys are just kids. Most of ’em anyway. They are easily awed by display, big names, blond cuties and champagne dinners—and the fixers are always expert in producing such alluring commodities. The temptations that face a good young jockey are far from slight. Those with character survive. The others go the way of the Meades.

RATTAN IS MATCHED WITH BUCK WEAVER

Buck Weaver, 178, of Terre Haute, recognized as one of the best light heavies in the game, will try his hand at halting the winning streak

on the Sports Arena mat card next Tuesday night. Weaver is a former

He was Big Ten Conference welterweight champ while at I. U. ‘He is skilled and fast. 3 The main event sends ‘Gentleman’ Joe Cox, 230, rough Kansas City husky, against Louis Thesz, 226, young St. Louis star and former champ. Joe boasts that he is one of only three grapplers ever to toss Bronko Nagurski. A third tussle is in the making. oat

LOCAL CLUB WINS IN - HORSESHOE CONTEST The Fall Creek Club today had chalked up its second consecutive

victory after defeating the Muncie five-man horseshoe pitch-

defeated a Crawfordsville team.

of Silent Rattan, 179, Indianapolisq

Indiana University grappling star. |

Lowell 1

Lloyd Waner . . , Little Poison

There were the five Delehantys, Big Ed, Jim, Tom, Joe, and Frank, and the Killefers, Wade and Bill. There were the O’'Neils, Schangs, the Barnes boys, the Roettgers, Meusels, Finneys, Wheats, Coveleskys, Johnstons, Cooneys, Falks, Sewells, and Roy and Bob Johnson. There is the brother Ferrell battery.

But never in all major league his- |

tory have: brothers played alongside each other as long and with such consistent success as Paul Glee and Lloyd James Waner. Lloyd Warner joined the Pirates only a year after his brother broke in with a bang, and has been little less effective. : In Ada Okla, the boys played baseball like everybody else, and had their big league heroes, Paul admiring especially Home Run Baker and Walter Johnson, but they had no intention of becoming professionals. Paul had finished three years of high school and intended to study law when Nick Williams found him for the San Francisco Seals. Little Poison hae been planning to learn bookkeeping when his brother dragged him to the Coast. Today, .for. all their glamour and fame, both retain boyhood modesty, good humor, and, apparently, a slight wonderment at their good fortune. They are still just a couple of small-town Oklahoma boys. : They are as alike as a movie star and his double. They have tight narrow chins and laughing eyes. Paul, now 35, seems a little -more serious. He is a smart, intelligent little business man . . . always probably the leader for his brother, who is 32. :

Softball

Three quarter-final games and one third-round contest are on tonight’s schedule of the annual City Softball Tournament. The games are to be played at Softball, Stout and Broad Ripple Stadiums. In last night's replay, J. D. Adams Co. defeated Radio Station WIRE, 3 to 2, at Softball Stadium. The Indiana Avenue Market's, with Elza Thompson, former Times Golden Glove heavyweight champion doing the pitching, defeated De Golyer Printers, 11 to 4. Thompson limited the losers to four hits and was aided in his victory by Tom Harding, Butler football star, who got a home run with two runners on base. Carl Martin limited Blasengym Funeral Home to one hit and struck out nine batsmen as: Cook's Goldblumes registered a 7-to-0 victory at Stout Stadium. : ; In another game at Stout, Richardson’s Market with 15-year-old Glen Amick on the mound, eliminated Indianapolis ‘Power & Light Co., 10 to 6. A 2 Tonight at Stout, Cook’s plays the Indiana Avenue Markets at 8 o'clock. Martin is’ expected to take. the mound for the. Cookmen, while

Henry Gootch is slated to pitch for |

the Markets. ; At Softball, Indianapolis Water Co. plays Shaw's Market at 8:30. At 7:30, Kingan & Co. is scheduled to play J. D. Adams in a third round game. :

".'The Ajax Beers meet Richardson’s ;

Market in the only contest scheduled at Broad Ripple.

The Indianapolis’ Machinery &

‘Supply team would like games with

Martinsville, Lebanon, Richmond and other out-of-town teams. The Machineries have won 28 and lost eight. Write H. Tout, 1959 S. Meridian St.

Arthur's. = Grocery defeated Mooresville, 12 to 7, at Mooresville last night. For games call BEL. 1144 and ask for Roy. : PIN LOOP TO ORGANIZE The Fraternal Bowling League is to meet for organization at the Illinois Alleys Monday at 8 p. m. Teams desiring to enter are urged to be represented at the meeting

' Week night periods still are open ‘at Sturm’s new bowling alleys, 1422 con the Fall Creek Courts | N

Wyatt Likely to See Schalk’s Club; igns of Tiring 1gns of 01

N. Jllinois. Call Webb Wallace, | {

Whitlow V Action Against Bucs Show S

Pittsburghers Have Set Pace

|. In Pennant Chase Since

' CHICAGO, Aug. 13 (U. P)—A vital question in the National League today is: “How tired are those Pittsburgh Pirates?” Since July 12, the Bucs have been

no letup in the nervous strain of setting the pace in a tight campaign. They admit they're tired and the Cubs, snatching at one last chance to make a comeback, put more dark circles under their eyes yesterday by hammering a full game off their league lead with a 16-hit attack and 9-to-3 victory. It left Pittsburgh 5% games ahead of the Giants and 6% ahead of the Cubs. ; One defeat isn’t a rout, but the Cubs countered today with their expensive pennant investment, Dizzy Dean, in the hope Pittsburgh might

| start cracking under pressure as

August leaders have been doing right on schedule for three straight years. Big Bill Lee won the series opener ‘by scoring his first victory of the Eastern tour, giving up seven hits as the Cubs were mowing down Jim Tobin and Mace Brown. A homer by Stan Hack, second of the season for the mild-mannered third baseman, and three hits by Augie Galan, injured left-fielder, ied the drive. ea

Semipros Put Color in Game

By GEORGE KIRKSEY : Pi Staff Co dent : WEEE Sr

is a story about players who like to play baseball and fans who like to see baseball. Last night, under a silvery full moon and brilliant floodlights, the National Semipro- Baseball Congress, bringing together champions from 46 states, opened its fourth annual tournament for the championship of the United States. It will last two weeks and attract 100,000 persons. : The opening night’s winners were Mt. Pleasant, Tex. and Silverton, Ore. But their victories, from the standpoint of a neutral observer, almost were overshadowed by the factors accompanying their triumphs. Almost 10,000 persons sat through more than four hours of thrills and excitement, Jesse Collyer, the Sing Sing umpire, who is known among the inmates as “Jesse James without a horse,” officiating in distinctive fashion. It was a colorful show, putting to shame some of the drab major league games in whieh the players only go through the mofions and get it over as quickly as-possible. Mt. Pleasant defeated Wichita in the first game, 3-2, in 12 innings. The game was packed with thrilling plays—runners thrown out at the

prise after another." : Silverton, sponsored by the lumber company owned by Tom Yawkey, president of the Boston Red Sox, won from Liberty, S. C., 16-3. The game ended when seven innings had been played because of the rule giving a team the contest if it holds an eight-run lead in seven or more innings. The game was played under the streamlined rules originated by Frank Wright, sports publicity director at the University « of Florida. Last night’s games started a baseball marathon that will continue day and night until the winning team at the end of two weeks is awarded the championship prize of $5000. Defending champions are the Enid, Okla., Eason Oilers.

. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 13 (U, P.).—Indiana will be represented by the Brazil Eagles in the national semipro Baseball Tournament at Wichita, Kas. although the state championship was won by the Kingan Reliables of Indianapolis, it was announced today. -Kingan forefeited the. right to participate in the national tournament because of an agreement that the team play only in Indiana so its receipts will support the Kingan Athletic Club, Vern R. Mc-

er, said. - Kingan won the championship by defeating Brazil three games out of five in the final series.

Bouts Arranged in Second Fort Show

. Another in the series of wres-

tling and boxing matches will be Feld at F't. Harrison tonight in connection with the C. M. T. C. recreation activities, : ; Results of Thursday’s show: - " feated Seronsky: I Ros oe: bansky defeated’ E. W. Brattin; 145-pound fase By Durham defeated R. B. ker; Thotias. a Stover defeated ‘T. J. Xing—125-pound class: IL.’ defeated 3 featea Budredls i aps R. Simpson defeated W. Jound class, D. Tavi . 'VanSickle defeated P, defeated N. Richardson;: J. R. Schweikhardt: H. Arthur . E. Smith; 145-pound class: Sesented W. Dexter; PF. Mommer

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bounding slong in first place with

plate, sensational catches, one sur-’

Millian, state semipro commission- |

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Paul Epperly Slated to Hurl For Indians; Locals Tied For Second.

_ Milwaukee's Brewers are to say their 1938 farewell to Indianapolis

‘tonight in the series finale with the

Indians and tomorrow the Kansas

City Blues will invade Perry Stadium for an afternoon double-head-er with the Tribe. : : Paul Epperly, the young righthander, is slated to dish ’em off the mound for the Redskins this evening ard he probably will be opposed by Whitlow Wyatt, the Milwaukee ace who has won 17 games while losing six. The Indians’ flag hopes faded again last night as the Brewers annexed the third of the series, 10 to 8, by staging a three-run rally in the ninth. J The defeat. dropped the Tribesters six and a half games back of the St. Paul league leaders who won an easy tussle at Columbus, 13 to 1, after losing three straight.

Two Share Second

Kansas City was jolted twice at Louisville and the double defeat caused a tie between the Blues and

Indians for second place in the American Association race. Min‘neapolis, the fourth member of the first division, lost at Toledo and is eight and a half games behind St. Paul, The Indians and Brewers took turns at giving runs away, but in the final stanza the visitors unloaded a base hit attack thas knocked the Redskins haywire. The Hoosiers were in front, 8 to 7, when the contest moved into the ninth and Hod Lisenbee, third Tribe pitcher employed, was on the mound. Fred Schulte, ' first up, belted a double and rode home on’ Tommy Irwin’s double to deadlock the score. { Oscar Grimes was erased on a fly and Bill Hankins smacked a double, scoring Irwin. John Niggeling relieved Lisenbee and walked pitcher Tom Reis. Bob Johnson lashed a

|single to center and Hankins

checked in at the payoff station. Reis in Top Form

The side was retired without further scoring, but the Indians were crestfallen and were disposed of in swift fashion in their half of the last round. Seven pitchers saw service, threes for the Brewers, four for the Hoosiers, and Reis’ work was the best of the lot. He fanned three Redskins and allowed no hits in the last two frames. It was a dizzy exhibition of the national pastime and dragged out 2 hours, 46 minutes. The Tribe pitchers issued 10 bases on balls, eight by Elmer Riddle. Don Freuch, the Indians’ starting hurler, was pounded hard and sent to the showers in the third. The Indians kicked in two runs for the visitors and the home team also got two gift markers as a result of Milwaukee miscues. Allan Johnson, a left-hander, opened on the rubber for Milwaukee and lasted until the fifth after giving up 10 hits. He was relieved hy Joe Gonzales who stepped aside Zor a pinch hitter in the eighth.

Irwin Connects in Pinch -

Tommy Irwin batted in four runs for Milwaukee and Milton Galatzer sent three home for the Indians. Vincent Sherlock paced the Tribe attack with two singles and a double and triples were walloped by Lin Storti of the Brewers and Carl Jorgensen of the Tribe. Many fans did not see eye to eye with Manager Schalk in his choice of Lisenbee, his weakest pitcher, as a relief hurler when the Indians were out in front, 8 to 6, and with only two s 10 go. Schalk finally called in Niggeling, but by that time the Brewers were in front and in high glee after feasting upon Lisenbee’s offerings, and the morale of the Indians was shattered. It was ladies’ night at the stadium and total attendance yas .approximately 5500. x

FINAL REACHED IN WOMEN’S DOUBLES

RYE, N. Y, Aug. 13 (U. P).— First of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Championships wil be decided today when Alice Marble of San | Francisco and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Cambridge, Mass, meet the English pair of Kay Stammers and Margot Lumb in the women’s doubles final. : National and Wimbledon chame pions, Miss Marble and Mrs. Fab= yan, were favored. 4 In the ‘men’s semifinals, topseeded Bobby Riggs of Chicago was heavily favored over Jack Kramer of Montebello, Cal, who got a de~ fault because of 3ryan (Bitsy) Grant's illness. In the lower bracket fourth-seeded Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex., meets young Joe Hunt in a tossup match. Hunt defeated second-seeded Frankie Parker, yese

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