Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1941 — Page 8
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By Eddie Ash
NOW THAT the Cincy Reds are making a gallant effort to get back into the thick of the National League pennant race, their many supporters in Hoosierland want to know about the remaining long schedule at Crosley
Field . . . Well’s it’s a dandy and with plenty of games. The Redlegs will be home this week-end to meet the St. Louis
Cardinals in single games Saturday
and Sunday. . . . That’s all on
that home stand. . . . On Labor Day, Bill McKechnie's boys are in Chicago for a pair of tilts with the Cubs, and a single game Tuesday . .. Then on to Pittsburgh and St. Louis before opening a long home
stay on Sept. 9.
In the order named to appear at Crosley Field will be the Boston Braves, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs to close tne Reds’
home season. The Redlegs Pittsburgh, Sept.
close on the road this year, at 26, 27. 28.
The Brooklyn series in the Queen City calls
for three games,
Sunday, Sept. 14, and Monday
and Tuesday, Sept. 15 and 16. , . . That may call for some real fireworks if the Reds are close enough to threaten by that time. Many fans in this area are confused about the Reds’ schedule the upcoming Sunday and
Labor Day. .
Bill MoKechnie
they are at home Sunday, one
game, but are not at home Monday, as stated
previously. . . . They are at home for three more
Sundays, August 31 (Cards),
(Pirates).
Sept. 14
(Dodgers). and Sept. 21
On Sunday, Sept. 7. the Reds will be in St. Louis for a doubie-
header with the Cardinals.
Choice Dish for Dirt Track Fans AFTER READING ABOUT that huge crowd that attended the dirt track auto speed program at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds, the Indianapolis Automobile Racing Association, Inc., believes its first venture in staging a meet at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Sunday. Sept. 14, with “name” pilots competing, is sure to win the
support of Hoosier sports goers.
It’s an old Hoosier custom to go batty over speed and in the local presentation top flight cars and nationally-known drivers wili
be there to give the customers a dish
of their choice entertainment.
Mauri Rose, co-winner of the 1941 Five-Century May 30, filed his entry today and is the first “name” pilot in line. . . . Entries close
at midnight, Wednesday, Sept. 10. . .
. This event has no connection
with the Indiana State Fair program. Qualifying time trials will be held at approximately 12 noon, race day. and will govern starting positions in the events to follow. . .. Three ten-mile heats and a ten-mile consolation will be held prior
to the main whirl, over 25 miles. The meet is for pilots and cars in
good standing with the Contest
Board of the American Automobile Association.
Hoosier Gridders In Cleveland
Game
THE Cleveland News and American Legion are co-sponsors of a
charity football game to be played
in Municipal Stadium, Cleve-
land, the night of Sept. 3 between the professional Cleveland Rams
and a squad of graduated collegians.
With the college stars in this
game are Jack Winchell, guard, a varsity man for three years with
the Purdue Boilermakers. Ind. high school.
. « » Winchell is a product of Southport,
Indiana University will have two 1940 stars in the Cleveland attraction in Fullback Joe Tofil and Haifback Red Zimmer. . . . Coaching this group of college all-stars is Tom Conley, ex-Notre Dame gridder who is athletics director at John Carroll University.
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DOWN IN Cocoa, Fla., where the Indianapolis Indians hope to pitch their 1942 training camp, the home team is known as the Fliers. - . . However, the club is grounded in last place in the Florida East Coast League and is now working on its fourth manager since the Cocoa Kids joined the league in the spring.
Quaker Coach Dons Sackcloth! My Oh My, Is He Gloomy?
By WILLIAM BRINK Jr. United Press Staff Correspondent
RICHMOND, Ind. Aug. 26 (U. P). —Pessimism hung like a cloud over the western end of Richmond today, and the source soon was dis-
covered. It was J. Owen Huntsman, brooding on the 1941 Earlham College gridiron prospects. The otherwise genial head man of foctball at Earlham this day wore the sackcloth. “We'll be pressed hard to win two games,” he predicted, furrowing his brows. That's all —two games. Still, such a performance would be 100 per cent better than last year when the Quakers won a single contest. They lost five and tied one. May Be Good Sign
In a way, Huntsman’s gloom may be a good sign. In 1940 he departed from the custom of four years and actually predicted a bright season. He had a promising squad. Maybe singing a minor | tune again, he’ll have better luck.| His pessimism derived from | costly losses by graduation and the | more or less untried material on] hand. Actually, Huntsman ad-| mitted when pinned down that he'd have a balanced and consistent, if not flashy, backfield plus a light but reasonably fast line. He anticipated a turnout of 45 to 50 candidates, not a bad report for this school. Graduation took 10 lettermen, including co-captains Phil Ortwein and Joe Ralestrieri, while eight are returning. Only two regular seniors will be on hand, but the squad has been untouched by the draft.
Fullback Greatest Loss
Huntsman said that in the secondary the loss of Ortwein, plunging fullback, would be felt most. There was some doubt whether senior James Phelps of Ft. Wayne, expected to take Ortwein’s place, would be back this year. Rex Anderson, Wabash junior, was in line for the signal-calling job. The mentor named two juniors, Neb Dehoney of Mooresville and Gene Ellington of Lewisville, as the likely halfback starters. In the forward wall, Capt. Joe Garoffolo, Richmond senior, was expected to be a mainstay at end. Experienced linemen on hand inclide John Mills, West Newton junior, at guard, Bob Haas, Richmond junior, at end, and Jack Cross, Wabash junior, at tackle.
Reserves Untried
. Huntsman didn’t know who would replace Harold Zimmerman, star senior center last year. It might " be ogore Robert Miller of
: . . Who has come along
Huntsman. . . . A sad man.
liam Gingery of Indianapolis, may start at guard. When it came to reserve material Huntsman was in the dark, and hence the pessimism. Asked which game he thought would give Earlham the most trouble, Huntsman replied gloomily: “All of them.” The 1941 schedule: Sept. 27, Defiance. . 4, At Franklin. . 11, Wabash.
. 18, Evansville. . 25, Rio Grande. . 1, Rose Poly. v. 8, At DePauw.
Colonels Gain
On Idle Birds
By UNITED PRESS
Louisville beat Milwaukee, 9 to 6, last night to pick up half a game on the idle Columbus Red Birds, leaders of the American Association. The Colonels made 16 hits off four Brewer pitchers. Owen Sheetz reiileved Emerson Dickman in the third inning, and off the efforts of both the Brewers collected 10 safeties. Three other games were scheduled, but all were rained out.
Giants Buy Cracker
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (U. P).— Larry Smith, 22-year-old catcher of the Atlanta Crackers in the Southern Association, has been purchased outright for delivery next spring, the New York Giants an-
Jougicea today. Smith bats and around 170
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Polishes His Glasses, Then Sets the Pace
“Skip” Alexander Is Lad To Catch in Amateur
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 26 (U. P.).— Stewart (Skip) Alexander, a tall, drawling and deliberate golfer from Burlington, N. C, was the man to catch today as 144 contestants started the second, 18-hole qualifying round of the National Amateur Golf Tournament. Alexander’s eyes are so bad that he was deferred in the draft, but «= yesterday he poli ished his spec- { tacles and took the tough field club course apart i with a five under i 67. : A stroke behind i was John P. Burke of Chicago, former Georgetown University star who won the Be S88 national intercoilegiate title in Skip” 1038 and lost to Dick Chapman, the defending champion, in the national quarter finals last year. Field in Arrears
The rest of the field was five or more strokes back of Alexander in the scramble for medalist honors and a place among the low 64 scorers who tomorrow will start match play. Ag 72, par for the 6745-yard layout, were Otto Greiner, of Towson, Md., Ted Bishop, the New England champion, of Auburndale, Mass., and Ellsworth Vines of San Gabriel, Cal. Vines, who is becoming almost as proficient with a mashie as he used to be with a tennis racquet, carded a 37-35 round. A stroke off par were Johnny Goodman of Omaha, Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, Wash., and Glenn Oatman of Kansas City, Mo. Goodman and Ward are former national champions. Chapman, now an athletic instructor at Maxwell Field, Ala., was seven strokes behind the leader with a 74. Sharing the spot with him were Mario Gonzales of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Rodney Bliss of Omaha; Bob Cochran of Normandy, Mo., the Missouri champion, and Ed McClure of Shreveport, La. The others were strung out behind, with the other two former champions, Johnny Fischer of Ft. Thomas, Ky, and Charles Evans of Chicago at 78 and 84, respectively.
They Need 155
Predictions were that a score of 155 or 156 would be needed to qualify. Alexander, however, wasn't worried about the qualifying limit or, apparently, anything else. He was nerveless yesterday as he rambled around the couise and equaled the tournament record for first day scoring set at Merion, Pa., in 1924, by D. Clarke Cockran of Philadelphia. Cockran, incidentally, soared to a 78 the next day and lost to Bobby Jones in the third round. “This is my third national and I hope I have better luck this time,” Alexander said. “I qualified both times and was knocked out in the first round each time, although I played sub par golf. I hope what happened to Corkran isn’t the indicator for me.”
Pirates Recall 10 From Minors
BOSTON, Aug. 26 (U. P.).—The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled 10 players from the minor leagues, conforming with the law requiring major league clubs to exercise their options. Player: recalled are ca‘cher Eddie Fernandes and outfielder Frank Kalin from St. Paul of the American Association; pitchers Bill Clemensen, John Gee and Dick Conger, and infielder Eddie Leip from Albany of the Eastern League; catcher Ray Muller from Rochester of the International League; pitcher Ray Copple from Lancaster of the Interstate League; catcher Joe Schultz from Portland of the Pacific Coast League, and pitcher Nick Strincevich from Milwaukee of the American Association. The option on outfielder Hal Simpson of Albany in the Eastern League was cancelled.
Tommy Kicks Up in the Cinema Game
It pays to kick! Tommy Harmon, that Hoosier great of the University of Michigan football team, did on the gridiron. And now look where he is—kicking with movie star Ann Miller. Tom is to be the star in the forthcoming "Harmon of Michigan."
Van Buren Nine
Wins WPA Title
A hard-hitting team from the : little town of Van Buren in Grant County won the state-wide WPA|:
Junior Baseball Championship yesterday at Perry Stadium, defeating
Princeton, 10 to 8. Using a fast-breaking curve ball effectively, Van Buren's moundsman, Bob Nelson, fanned 12 and held Princeton to nine hits. His mates collected 16 hits off Jim Liester, Princeton pitcher. With the game tied at eight-all at the end of the sixth, Van Buren scored two winning runs in the seventh inning on a walk and successive triples by shortstop Dick Doyle and left fielder Bud Corey. Van Buren advanced to the final game earlier with a 4 to 3 victory over Greenwood, while Princeton trounced Gary, 10 to 5. The final score:
Van Buren Princeton
Bettina Whips Pat Valentino
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26 (U. P.).—Melio Bettina, former lightheavy champion from Beacon, N. Y., last night won a clear cut decision over Pat Valentino, San Francisco heavyweight, in a 10-round main event at Civic Auditorium. For the first time in his career of 37 professional fights, Valentino hit the canvas in the seventh and stayed down for a nine-count. Valentino won only the first and fourth rounds. Valentino weighed 180%, tina 18712.
The Kandy Kids Win Third Straight
WICHITA, Kas. Aug. 26 (U. P). —The Solomon Kandy Kids of Wichita won their third straight victory in the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress last night by swamping the New London, Conn. Diesels, 18 to 2. The Kids scored in every inning but the sixth as the Diesels committed eight errors. The Kansans will meet the Waco, Tex., Dons Thursday. The Dons also have won three times and lost none, The Ft. Riley, Kas, entry rallied in the eighth inning to defeat New Brunswick, N. J, 6 to 3, and eliminated them from the tournament.
Bet-
Named Salem Coach Times Special SALEM, Ind. Aug. 26.—Herbert C. Banet, Sturgis, Mich., has been elected athletic coach at Salem High School. He is a native of Wabash, Ind. Banet attended Ft. Wayne South Side High School and
graduated from Manchester College in 1937.
‘Star or Duffer, And Ghezzi Will Show You How
When golfers, experts or duffers, turn out for the exhibition match Sunday at Meridian Hills, they'll get a few pointers on how to slam the little white ball with every club in the bag. Craig Wood, national open champ, and Vic Ghezzi, P. G. A. titlist,
who will team up with two Indiana
It’s Lansdowne
Against Brody
Steve Brody will be attempting to maintain a clean slate in local wrestling circles when he takes on “Lord” Lansdowne to top tonight's outdoor card at Sports Arena. Brody, hailing from Holyoke, Mass., has been here five times and has four victories and a draw to his credit. The match is for two falls out of three or 90 minutes. Dobbie Osborne, 225, Houston, Tex., is in the semi-windup against Dorve Roche, 220, Decatur, Ill. It is Osborne's first Indianapolis tussle and he gets a- big test in facing the aggressive Roche. Harry Kent, 230, Portland, Ore. opens against Dich Lever, 234, Nashville, Tenn., at 8:30 o'clock.
5 City Drivers In Race At Columbus
Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. 26.—Three Indianapolis drivers will be among the 20 to compete in the dirt track auto racing program here next Sunday. Harold Shaw, whko has won six times this season on Hoosier tracks, Harry Schwimmer and Roy Hamilton will be here from Indianapelis. Drivers will be here from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana and will vie for honors in five events of 10 laps each and a 25 lap feature on the half-mile fairgrounds track. The program is under auspices of the Mid-West Racing Association.
Fifty Per Cent Loss
AUBURN, Ala., Aug. 27 (NEA) — Auburn University lost 14 football
lettermen by graduation, half of its 1940 numeral winners.
If All the Boxing Bodies Agree, Mauriello
Or Lesnevich Will Win a Title Tonight
By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (U. P)—A couple of gladiators with names that sound like Russian cities are doing combat tonight for the world light heavyweight title, and the most generous thing that can be said for this duel of brawn and brain is that it will help glorify the muddle into which boxing championships have fallen. Do you like your boxing champions to have blue eyes or brown, red hair or black, short arms or long, broken noses or straight? Just step up and state your preference, for there are so many champions that all orders can be filled, cash, credit or C. O. D. Out of toright’s fight at Madison Square Garden between Tami Mauriello and Gus Lesnevich will emerge an undisputed light heavyweight champion, barring a draw or a brainstorm on the part of the New York Boxing Commission. A draw is a fairiy rare thing in a title bout, but don’t count out the other possibility. Experience teaches that it is likely to happen anywhere and any time. Boxing champions, like all of Gaul, are divided into three parts —New York State champions, National Boxing Association champions and what might be called miscellaneous champijons. The situation on tonight’s bout is that Lesnevich is recognized as N. B. A, title holder and
righthanded and weighs | ognize
% ey fo a Gus Lesnevich . . . Spars for Title.
heavyweights and get pasted by J. Louis. However, the New York Commission has agreed that the winner of the Lesnevich-Mauriello
light heavyweight champion really will be champion. That is the chief virtue of the bout, for neither Lesnevich nor Maurilleo is anything to excite the Marquis of Queensberry. Lesnevich is a plodder with a fair punch; Mauriello is a youngster without too much science to go along with his busy attack.
Outside of the heavyweight ranks, where Louis has convinced everybody that he is the one and only champion by the simple process of licking everybody in sight, the rest of the boxing classifications are crammed with ersatz title holders. For the middleweight championship, for instance, you can take your choice between Tony Zale (N. B. A.) and Billy Soose (New York). In this State the lightweight champion is Lew Jenkins of Sweetwater, Tex., but the N. B. A. is very fond of Sammy Angott of Louisville
and insists he is the one and only bi
article, Red Cochrane gets the nod in New York as welterweight champion and most of the N. B. A. is willing to go along with him. Among the featherweights Joey Archibald is king in New York, but once he steps outside the boundaries of this State he is strictly a bum. The rest of the country likes a gent named Richie Lemos. Lou Salica is generally considered to bantamweight champ, but therejaasn’t been enough activity in that division to start an ar-
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Craig Wood
pro champs for the exhibition, will
stage their demonstration near the clubhouse.
The best ball match will team up Wood and Wayne Timberman against Ghezzi and Bill Heinlein. The local clubbers are among the best playing pros in this section and are thoroughly familiar with the tricky Meridian Hills course.
Ex-Champ Is Marshall
John Simpson of Washington, former State amateur and pro champ, will referee the match and be the official scorer. Will Diddel, who has owned the State amateur title several times, will chaperon the galleryites in the role of chief marshal. Diddel reported the Meridian Hills layout in good condition with the fairways in such shape that each shot will be earned as far as distance is concerned. The greens
should be fast, with a promise that
those attending will get a chance to see some of the kind of putting that makes champions.
Joey Archibald To Meet Lemos
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (U. P.).
|—Richie Lemos of Los Angeles
meets Joey Archibald of Providence, R. I, and Turkey Thompson of Los Angeles faces Buddie Knox of Dayton, O., tonight in a pair of 10-rounders at the Olympic Auditorium. : The I.emos-Archibald battle was given top billing by Promoter Tom Gallery since both contestants claim the 126-pound title. Lemos is the N. B. A. featherweight champion, having lifted the crown from Petey Scalzo recently. Archibald’s right to the title was proclaimed by the New York Athletin Commission. Tonight's fight is a non-title affair.
Dodgers Purchase Buckeye Hurler
FREMONT, O., Aug. 26 (U. P.) — Purchase by the Brooklyn Dodgers of Lloyd Fisher, 21, left handed pitcher, from the Fremont club of the Ohio State League for a cash sum and two players was announced today. Fisher will remain here until the close of the Ohio State League season and will then
report to the Montreal Club of the |™
International a Dodger Farm. The names of the other two players involved in the deal were not disclosed nor was the amount of cash paid for Fisher. He has won 17 and lost two games for Fremont this year.
League,
Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct.
Boston ....114 368 110 148 . ..119 481 82 176 .366 123 481 113 171 . 2 138
Williams, Travis, Washington DiMaggio, New York.. Cullenbine, St. Louis..121 408 52 1 . Heath, Cleveland 119 457 65 153 . NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB ...116 413 65 00 311 65
R H 138 . 103 “31 6 89 1 58
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Mize, St. Louis HOME RUNS
Keller, Yanks .. 32| Camilli, Williams. R. Sox 28 Henrich, Maggio, Yanks 27
RUNS BATTED IN DiM’ggio, Yanks. .112| Mize, Cards ...., 90 Keller, vei ro dds Red Sox.. 88 Williams, R. Sox 9%4| . HITS Travis, Senators.176| Heath, Indians...158
DIM'ggio, Yanks tilly i opiter, Phils. 152
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Welcome-and
Please Win
Times Special
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 26.— With both teams set to go and batteries announced, the weatherman horned in as an unwelcome guest and the Indianapolis Indians and Kansas City Blues sat it out in Ruppert Stadium last night. Finally, after the diamond was drenched, the umpires called it a night and the game was tossed out of the schedule. The Tribe went to Bellville, Ill, for an exhibition tonight. They go home tomorrow to open their last home stand of the season, opening against the Toledc Mud Hens in a night game. The sixth-place Indians have three series at home, playing Toledo, Columbus and Louisville before again hitting the road to drop the curtain on the schedule, playing Columbus and Toledo. The season ends on Sunday, Sept. 7.
Grid Yanks Quit League
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (U. P.)— The New York Yankees, professional football team, formerly a member of the American League, will campaign this winter through a full season of exhibition games as an independent team with no league affiliation, according to a statement by owner Douglas Hertz. Hertz also announced that he had fired Jack McBride as coach of the club and would shortly sign a prominent football figure as his new pilot. The Yankees’ owner issued a prepared statement in answer to an ouster published Aug. 21 by league president W. D. Griffiths in which the latter suspended Hertz from the league. Hertz said he remained convinced there was room for two leagues in professional football but that the present makeup of the American League did not warrant much faith in its future. He deelared that with the exception of only two clubs— Milwaukee and Columbus—most of the cities in the league had failed to live up to their promises of last winter to raise real backing to build strong teams.
Amateur Notes
SOFTBALL
Pepsi-Cola Boosters, Inaianapolis Softball Association tournament winners, will race an all-star aggregation chosen by the tans 1ollowing the recent tourney at Stout Stadium tomorrow night at 9. A curtainraiser 1s carded for ':30. Nineteen players comprise the all-star team, wnich will be directea by Doc Morgantinaier, manager of the Stewart-Warner squad. Four Pepsi-Cola players, who head tne list, will be replaced py those with the next highest votes. The list iollows: Pitcher — Logan Kinnett, Pepsi-Cola; Jonn Q’'Gara, Gemn Coal, and Porter Steenourger, Mallory. Catcner—Jonn Follis, Y & B and Art Belden, Hoicombh Pontiac First Baseman—Cliff Reea, ¥ & B Painters, ana rrank Melton, Stewart-Warner, second Baseman-—oan Veza, Kingans, and Max kversole, Schoettle’'s Market. Third Baseman — Nick Scoilara, Gem Coal, and Bud Carver, Mallory. Snortstop—George Cotfman, Pepsi-Cola. Outfielders—Harry Dible, Stewart-War-ner; Carl Martin and Newty Briner, PepsiCola; Harvey Cloud, Metal Auto Parts; William Calvert, singans; Mike .Bisesi, U, S. Tires, and raul Luedemann, J. S, C. Awaras will be presentea to the members of tne all-star team Ioliowing the contest.
Painters,
The game originally scheduled for tonight av Speeaway Stadium between Brosnan’s Tavern ana Hon-k-Krust Breads of mvansvilie has been postponed until Thursday night at 8:30. Iv wil be the final game of the southern division of the A. S. A. State tourney, Finals 1n the girls’ A. S. A. southern tournament also are to be played at the Stadium Thursday night. The Greenwooa All-Stars will play the Lions Club of Speedway at Speedway Stadium at 8 tonight. At 9 o'clock E, C. Atkins will play Brosnans.
The Fountain Square A. C. has closed the regular season and now will swing into a series of post-season games. The arst will be at 6 p. m. tomorrow against the East End Juniors at Ellenberger Park. Teams wanting games are asked to contact H. JashcR, 1932 Lexington Ave, or call
Bowling Notes
PRITCHETT’S The Recreation League will meet at 8
p. m. tonight. The City Bowling League also will meet at 8 p. m. tonight. There are openings for
two teams. ANTLERS
The Thursday Night Ladies Handicap League will meet at 6 p. m. hursday. Anyone interested is invited or call Louise Gentry, secretary, LI. 2351. SPORT BOWL Another league will be formed during a meeting at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. Teams interested are asked to send a representative.
=| Higbe Walks Plank
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (NEA).—
s| Kirby Higbe has not beaten Pitts-
burgh in the nine starts he has
3% made against the Pirates in three
years. The Brooklyn right-hander won once in a relief role.
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—There’s not much mention of “Broadway” Wagner in baseball's record books. of the diamond doesn’t even list him on his past performances, but if last night's brilliant triumph over the Cleveland Indians is any indie cation of what the Boston Red Sox’ pitching will be like in 1942, the
Charles In fact the who's who
Beating Cleveland doesn’t come under the hard-to-do heading in the American League any longer, but beating the Indians when they, have Bobby Feller on the pitching hill is an entirely different story. Broadway Charlie cut Feller down to his:
night by holding the Tribe to four hits for a 1-0 vic tory, his seventh: of the season. It was Feller’'s 11th loss of the year against 21 wins. Not since Wagner won 20 games two years in succese sion with Rocky Mount and Mine neapolis was his high hard one so hopping fast and his curve so con= sistent. He fanned four and walked four, the same as Feller, and only eight putouts were registered by the outfielders. The winning run crossed the plate in the seventh inning when Ted Williams and Skeeter Newsome walked. Frankie Pytlak, former Clevelander, doubled to score Williams. The Chicago White Sox trounced the Yankees, 9-1, in the New Yorke ers’ last appearance of the year at Comiskey Park, to trim their firste place margin to 16 games. Southe paw Ed Smith held the Yankees to nine hits and hung up his 13th triumph. The Sox hammered Marius Russo and Norman Branch for 12 hits and enjoyed two free= scoring innings, putting over three runs in the sixth and four in the seventh. 2 Homers for Browns
St. Louis’ Browns, who may fine ish sixth for the second time in seven years, tightened their grip on that spot by defeating the Wash ington Senators, 6-3, in the first game of a doubleheader. The vice tory, insured by homers hit in the first inning by Chet Laabs and Wally Judnich, ran their record te 13 victories in 20 starts. Darkness stopped the nightcap after 10 innings with the score tied at 3-3. Laabs singled pinch-runner Elden Auker home from third with two out in the ninth to tie the score for the Browns. Sid Hudson went the route for the Senators and allowed’ 11 hits while the Browns called on four pitchers to hold Washington to a 10-hit total. Philadelphia at Detroit and alf three National League games were rained out.
38,000 May Witness Cards-‘Bums’ Bill
Wagner
Bright sunshine and rising temper« ature brought a huge throng of the “Flatbush Faithful” to the
gates of Ebbets Field today seeking admissionr to the all-important double-header between the Brooke lyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Dodger management pus 25,000 general admission tickets on sale at 10 a. m.,, and several thousand fans, some of whom had waited in line all night, began buying them as fast as the tickete sellers could make change. Brooke lyn officials anticipated a probe able attendance of 38,000. Holding a game and a half lead, “Our Bums” need only an even break to maintain their margin, while the Cards need to take both games to climb on top by a half game in this torrid National League race.
Pro Football Pays
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A New Mound Star Bows— ‘Broadway’ Wagner,
Red Sox Flinger Baffles the Indians and Bobby Feller Is Victim of Setback No. 11
Charlie Allows Only 4 Measly Bingles; Cards and Dodgers to Clash Twice Today in Lead Duel
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