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By Eddie Ash

GREENBERG, PIRATES AND CUBS!

THRILLS FILL WANING

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ASEBALL interest is at high pitch as the big league season wanes all because Hankus Pankus Greenberg is only two home runs short of Babe Ruth's record of 60 and the thrilling pennant fight in the National loop between the Pirates and Cubs. . . . Forty-two thousand fans filled Wrigley Field yesterday and another houseful will be out today, barring rain. The Detroit Tigers were shoved out of the American League running some time ago but the club still is cashing in on Greenberg's bat. ... A new home-run king is in the making with five games to go, two at Detroit and three at Cleveland. Jimmy Foxx was stopped at 58 in 1932 when a member of the Philadelphia Athletics, and 58 is Hank's total as a result of punching a pair at the Tiger park vesterday. ... He swings right-handed and the distance to the left fence in Detroit is 340 feet; to center field, 440 feet; to right field, 325 feet. Dimensions at League Park, Cleveland: Home plate to left field, 374 feet; to center field, 467 feet; to right field, 290 feet. 2 = 2 HAT Cleveland park is a tough one for Greenberg, but he has belted three there this season and his victims were Mel Harder, Bob Feller and Willis Hudlin, three Cleveland mainstays. Greenberg's goal is 61 to top Ruth, but he won't be disappointed if he’s stopped at 60. Thirty-seven years ago, the American League's first year, Nap Lajoie was home-run king of the circuit with all of 13! Socks Seybold boosted the total to 16 in 1902 but it was back at 13 in 1903 when Home Run Freeman reigned. ARRY DAVIS of the Athletics copped

= 2 H the American League crown with eight in 1905, and in 1908 Sam Crawford was American League king with seven! . .. And he played with the Tigers. Babe Ruth started home run production on a large scale in 1919 when he walloped 29, and went on from there, from 29 to 54, to 59 in 1921. . . . Ken Williams was king in 1922 with 39 and Bob Meusel crowded out the Babe and Williams in 1925 with 33. The Babe returned to form in 1926 with 46 and the next year soared to his record 60. . .. Joe DiMaggio won the junior league homer els last year with 46.

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Ve TURROU, an outstanding prospect for George Washington Universit; backfield, is the son of Leon Turrou, former crack G-Man, who resigned from Federal service recently after rounding up alleged German spies. . . . Vic is a sophomore, a fast halfback who has switched to the ball-carrying corps Botchey Koch, Colonial line coach, who played at Baylor, and Tim Moynihan, Colonial freshman coach, who played at Notre Dame, crossed wires in the Southwest Conference before coming to George Washington. . . . Koch was line coach at Baylor while Moynihan held a similar post at the University of Texas. .. . Their lines battled twice.

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JT TAKES a lot of oomph to play tackle and it takes a lot of oomph to play the tuba, so Wilbur Saeger, 230-pound Colonial gridder, combines the two. . . . He's president of the university band and one of the best tuba players in Washington, but never sees his charges do th fancy ff in the fall. . . . When they are playing and marching

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their stufi between halves, Wilbur is down in the dressing room catching the coach's instructions. T'ony Hinkle's Washington Oct. 7. 2 2

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NICK REHM, of Indianapolis, sophomore tackle on the Indiana University football team, is the brother of Bill Rehm, star tackle the 1930, 1931 and 1932 Indiana elevens. Although Indiana University’s football 5000 miles this season, gadding about will Mikan, sophomore guard Mikan served corporal in the U. S. Army.

on team will travel almost be no novelty for Frank two years in Hawaii as a

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1938

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Curiosity Shopping Whether he scores or not Whizzer White should pack ’em in. Any young

months out of college who pick up $15,000 is worth

at least one look.

HANK AND CUBS ARE ‘PEOPLE'S CHOICES

Snead Boosts Earnings With Westchester Open

Greenberg Is Just 3 Short of New Mark

Great Diz Stops Pirates, Chicago Trails by One-Half Game.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Sept. 28.—Almost all the baseball world today gave a whoop and a holler and lined up solidly behind heroic Hank Greenberg and the gallant Chicago Cubs in their quest of laurels everyone believed beyond their reach. With 58 homers Greenberg needs only three in five games to smash Babe Ruth's record of 60 made in 1927. Even the Bambino himself is pulling for Greenberg. “I wish him luck,” was the Babe's comment when told of Greenberg's two homers vesterday. With eight straight victories, the Cubs were within half a game of overhauling the league-leading Pittsburgh Pirates in the sizzling National League race. Almost everywhere except in Pittsburgh, baseball fans are rooting for Gabby Hartnett, the popular Irish pilot, to get his Cubs home in front and climax one of the greatest September drives in history. On Sept. 1 the Cubs were in fourth place, seven games from the top.

Even the Yankees!

Even the New York Yankees, American League champions, are pulling for the Cubs. This possibly may be because of the larger gate which would result with the Cubs] in the series.

fight its way up a tough trail with | only two mainstay pitchers, Big Bill

shouldered the mound between them the past month. Dizzy Dean's grand performance which turned back the Pirates yesterday, 2-1, also contributed in rousing fandom to cheer for the Cubs. Dean held the Pirates to seven hits in 823 innings. Hartnett

ninth because he was tired. Lee, who pitched and beat the Cardinals Monday, uncorked a wild |

pitch to let in the only run. Then |

The victory had its price as the | Cubs lost Outfielder Augie Galan, | who twisted his knee in sliding.

Race Tightens

With five games left to play, the | Cubs still must win one more than the Pirates in their remaining six, to grab the pennant. If both clubs win the same number of games| Pittsburgh will finish in front. For

games the standing would be: WwW. L. | Pittsburgh ........0000 88 62 Chicago ...cevsvescsss 89 63 |

Greenberg has two more games at Detroit, where he has collected 39 of his clouts. Both are with the Browns. His final three games are against the Vittmen at Cleveland,

homers in eight games. By splitting a double-header with | the Giants were elimlinated of all mathematical chance

Jurges of the Chicago Cubs being tagged out by

Handley at 3d base after trying to

to a triple in the fifth inning of the opening game

with the Pirates stretch a double race.

2 o 1, to advance on the Corsairs in the pennant Umpire Goetz is call the play.

Times-Acme Telephoto. at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won,

STENGEL TO REMAIN 126 Players in

WITH BOSTON BEES

BOSTON, Sept. 28 (U. P.).— Charles D. (Casey) Stengel will con-

tinue to manage the Boston Bees

National League baseball team next

Among baseball fans, year. President J. A. Robert Quinn amateur however, there is sentiment for the said he was tremendously satisfied meets William Croker, Chicago, underdog and for a team that can|with the way Stengel handled the|a first round match of the Nation

team this year. = Stengel,

NEW CASTLE HOST

TO HORSESHOE MEET

NEW CASTLE, Sept. 28 (U. P.) —

open to pegringers throughout the nation, will be held at Memorial Park north of here Saturday and Sunday, officials announced today.

he fanned Al Todd to end the game. | Irials will be held Saturday and

finals Sunday.

’ five of the runs made by the Blues. |

The victory was the second in the series for Kansas City. Marvin Breuer, who pitched the first Kansas City triumph, came back to win last night's game. was unsteady in the late innings and had to have relief from Frank Makosky in the ninth. The Saints

instance if each team wins three scored five of their six runs in the

last three innings, almost tying the score in their last time at bat. The two teams returned to St.

Rowe to Lead

Off in Series ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 28 (U. P.).

Texas League, respectively, meet

Dixie Series.

Pro Net Tourney

CHICAGO, c¢pt. 28 (U. P.) —Fred Perry, of England, who won three | Wimbledon and three American tennis championships, in al

{manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, night. Lee and Clay Bryant, who have gycceeded Bill McKechnie who went | i Cincinnati.

It will be Perry's first appearance lin tournament play since he turned professional and went in for barn(storming tours. He is the favorite in a field of 28 | professionals competing for the sin(gles and doubles titles and is teamed [with Vincent Richards for the dou(bles competition, schedule to start

took him out with two out in the The Midwest horseshoe tournament, tomorrow.

Perry is in the same half of the singles draw with Lloyd Budge.

| Berkeley Bell, Wilmer Hines, George

‘Lott, and Johnny Faunce,

KNOCKS SELF OUT

IN SECOND ROUND

Jack Doyle knocked himself out in the second round of a scheduled 12[round fight with Eddie Phillips at |Harringway Arena last night. Doyle missed a terrific right, lost his equilibrium and plunged through [the ropes to the floor. Before he {could get back in the ring, the (referee counted him out and awarded

‘Paul for the sixth contest tonight, Phillips a technical knockout. Doyle

| weighed 225; Phillips, 191%.

Golf News

Firing the 18-hole Riverside course

where he has made only three --Atlanta and Beaumont, champions in 70, two strokes under par, Chris|of the Southern Association and the tian Carlsen set what is believed by

| Russell Stonehouse, course pro, to be

| here tonight in the first game of the an amateur record for the back nine

at the links. Carlsen tallied five

UMPIRE CAMPBELL IN NATIONAL LOOP

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (U. P.).— | Bick Campbell of Memphis has been {appointed temporarily to the National League umpire staff, the |league offices said today. Campbell will finish out the season, re(placing Bill Stewart who was oper-

former Professional Singles tournament to- ated on for appendicitis several |

weeks ago. Campbell joined the] |league after the International] League season ended.

Change Schedule For Little Series

COLUMBUS, O,, Sept. 28 (U. P.). —A change in plans for the Little

World Series between the winners of American Association and International League playoffs was an- | nounced today by A. A. President | George M. Trautman, contingent | upon St. Paul and Newark winning the respective playoffs. The first threg games were to have been played in the American | Association city. But if Newark | wins, the series will open in Newark to avoid possible conflict with the | World Series and to avoid competi|tion with football in St. Paul, | Trautman said. Should Newark and St. Paul win tonight, the Little World Series will open in Newark Friday night, with other games there Saturday and Sunday. The teams then would go to St. Paul for the rest of the series starting Tuesday. In event the league playoffs are not completed until tomorrow, the Newark games will be played Saturday, Sunday and Monday and the St. Paul games will open Wednesday.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (U. P.).— They said the law of averages was dead against the rise of another super golfer during the lifetime of

the great Jones but here, on this fine September morning, West Virginia gives you Sammy Snead and you are going to take him whether you like it or not. He stands astride the golf worid today with a $5000 check in his pocket—won at the 108-hole Westchester, Open tournament —and what does it matter if he is a glum, silent guy so long as money talks? Don’t breathe a word of this within 200 miles of Atlanta, but there are folks in these parts who are saying that Snead could have slaughtered Bobby Jones on any of his best days. They are even saying that here, in this dark-haired, blackeyed boy out of the hills, we have the finest golf player who ever lined up a putt. Snead shot a cool 35 under almost impossible conditions on the last nine and finished the 108-hole marathon with a 430 to nudge Billy Burke of Cleveland, who had 432, out of the $5000 first prize money. In doing that he rammed the doubts down the throats of the doubters, They all conceded that,

Marsh Loses

To Garibaldi

Ralph Garibaldi, wrestling’s dark Adonis, won in straight falls from | | Tiger Joe Marsh of Chicago in the

main go at the Armory last night.

The New York Italian, after three impressive victories here in supporting bouts, used his step-over toehold to force the Tiger to surrender at the end of three minutes in the second fall of his first feature bout.

At the bell the small crowd was equally divided in their boos and cheers for both contestants but after 15 minutes the cry was almost entirely “Hold That Tiger!” For, while Tiger Joe was an aggressive, willing mauler he was too willing to use gross tactics. After Garibaldi from the ring twice by a hair grip method, which brought a shower of popcorn boxes and programs from the cash customers, the Italian used the step-over toe-hold to gain the first fall in 38 minutes. The 305-pound bewhiskered Big Ben Morgan from Texas won the semiwindup with a series of body slams and a press in 12 minutes.

His 83-pound advantage over Harry |

Kent, the former Minnesota foot-

ball player, was too much weight]

for Kent to handle. In the opening bout Ray Schwarz of New York City, 185, replaced Joe Banaski against Tuffy Cleet and won in 21 minutes with a double reverse shoulder lock and body press. Cleet added to his ample repertoire of tarnished tactics by irritating a back bandage Schwarz wore to protect an injury.

the Bengal had thrown}

mechanically, he was the perfect golfer—a, long hitter, a sure manon approaches, and a tough customer on the greens. But, the doubters asked, could he take a kicking around from a gallery; could he stand the gaff in the two places where tournament golf puts the greatest strain—the brain and the nerves? If you ask Sam about that today, he grins that funny grin of his and shows you a check for $5000 made out to Samuel Jackson Snead, Yes, money talks, and yesterday Sam ran his tournament prizes to $17,572, more than any professional ever earned in a single year, Leading 10 scorers and prizes:

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108-Hole Total Money 1—Sam Snead, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 430 $5000 2—Billie Burke, Cleveland.... 432 2000 3—Paul Runyan, Metropolis, N.Y. 432 900 434 900 436 00

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4—Byron Nelson, Reading, Pa. 5—Ben Hogan, Purchase, N. Y. 6—Chandler Harper, Portsmouth, Va. 437 439

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