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SOUTH BEND, Ind, June 256 (U. P) ~—First-round match play in the State Junior Golf association's 1946 tournament opened today with Digs (Bud) Marsee, Mishawaka youth, holding medalist honors among
32 qualifiers. al president of the junior association, won an 18-hole playoff vesterday from Gene -Coulter, Richmond, the 1845 tourney runnerup, to take top qualifying honors. Coulter and Marsee finished the regular 18-hole qualifying round with duplicate scores of 74. Then toured the Erskine park course in 76 while Coulter carded
a7. ’ Kennedy Fires 81 Defending champion Dick Kennedy was matched with Don Hammons of Martinsville today. Kennedy shot an 81 in a practice round yesterday although he was auto-
cards in 87 yesterday. Other qualifying scores and firstround pairings included: Jack Hesler, Crawfordsville, vs. Al Smith, South Bend, 84. Ray Stancombe, Bloomington, 77, vs. John Southworth, West Lafayette, 84. Bill Stout, South Bend, 81, Rodney Million, South Bend, 86. Don. Orr, Crawfordsville, 80, vs.
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Mighty Casey’ Raps at Door To Hero's Row
By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer* NEW YORK, June 25, — The “Mighty Casey” of the Dodgers carried a hope high in his heart today that when autumn paints the leaves
he’ll get the chance to be the hero he might have been five long years ago. That was in the memorable world series of 1041 when he went into the books as Hugh Casey, the pitcher who fired the curve ball heard ‘round the world. It was a curve that struck out Tommy Henrich of the Yankees with two out in the ninth inning, the Dodgers ahead, 4 to 3 and behind two games to
Former G. I. Jackie Nichols of
Portland, Me., (above) hopes to put a dent in the victory string of Buddy Knox, Tulsa, when the
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was paired with John Weissert of
matically qualified by virtue of his 1945 title, Hammons fired an 82. Marsee went out today with Frank Rexroth of Indianapolis. Ooulter was matched with Jim Kavanaugh, also of Indianapolis. Sixteen-year-old Norm Dunlap Jr., who finished right behind the two leaders yesterday with a 76,
South Bend, who took an 83. Second-round matches will follow this afternoon and the field will be reduced to eight for the semifinals Wednesday. “Five contestants battled in play-
off rounds for two of the 32 si n start-
- McCreary, Sparks Pass Test
Times Special
CHICAGO, June 25.—Two Indi-|under-par 71's to lead a field of 74|/tre Dame anapolis linksmen, Dick McCreary of the midwest’s best golfers. , passed the| Bparks, Indiana amateur chamfirst test here yesterday in the first|pion, swept past the first hurdle round of qualifying for the all-|with a 75.
Jr. and Paul
American amateur tournament ‘Tam O'Shanter in July.
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two hig powered grapplers clash in the main event on the outdoor wrestling card tonight at Sports Dick Roberts, Anderson, 82, vs.| arena. There will be two supDon Dalton, South Bend, 87. porting matches, with the first Herman Cole, Elwood, 79, vs. Joby scheduled for 8:30 p. m. Mahan, Indianapolis, 85. Robert Brannon, Cedar Lake, 78, | vs. Gordon Byrd, Muncie, 84. Paul Bumann, South Bend, 82, vs, Jim Flick, Bedford, 87. Robert Kriste, Seymour, 80, vs. O'Dell Gore, Anderson, 86. Jim Sinnett, South Bend, 78, vs. Phil Beck, Richmond, 84. Times Special Louis Long, Terre Haute, 82 vs. | EVANSTON, Ill, June 26.—Hooi= | Jim F Rouhseland, South Bend, 87. |siers in the singles division of the {N. C. A. A, tennis tournament at | Northwestern university were lick- | |ing their wounds today. | The Indiana college stars tasted! Stolarik of Waukegan in firing one-| defeat yesterday. Harry Erd of Nolost to Rufus Harris, Tulane, 6-3, 7-5; Joe Brown of Notre Dame lost to Homer Shoop, Kalamazoo, 6-1, 6-4, and George Ratterman of the Irish fell before Robert Malaga, Michigan State,
Bob Callis, Martinsville, 85. Buck Hoke, Bloomington, 77, vs. Clifford Dun, South Bend, 84.
Net Hoosiers
Lick Wounds
The qualifiers were from Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
McCreary, Indianapolis District| Twenty berths are expected to be titleholder, split the fairways along|filled for the big tourney, which will with former Illinois champion Mike |see 40 entrants.
~ Miss Ellis Qualifies in Open
WAKONDA CLUB, DES MOINES, Ia, June 25 (U. P.) —Thirty-two golfers including Dorothy Ellis of Indianapolis entered the championship flight of the 17th annual ‘Woman's Western Open tournament today after ex-marine Patty Berg and Louise Suggs tied for medalist honors yesterday with two-over-par 79's. Both Miss Berg and Miss Suggs went out in par or under. Miss Berg equalled men's par with a 37, but she wobbled coming home and
took a 42.
with an 84. Her smashing off-tee
of control. Dorothy Hicks, Chicago, the duration national titleholder, tied with Mrs. Zaharias after taking 22 putts coming in. Two-time national
slipped into third spot with an 80.
shots were over-balanced by lack |
champion Betty Jameson, San Antonio, Tex.,
6-3, 6-1. Charles Foelber and John Schilling of Valparaiso also were eliminated. Roger Downs of Illinois, Big Ten champion of 1943, was victorious.
nated Bob Perez of Southern Cali- | fornia, v 3-8, 3-6, 6-2, 8 2, 6- Se
Signs s With Buffa Buffalo
BUFFALO, N. Y,, June 25 (U. P.). —Don Otten, outstanding Bowling Green, O,, university center and one of the tallest players in basketball, has signed a contract with the Buf-
The Indianapolis resident elimi- |
falo American Legion team of the
one in the series. Fate Wrote Script
Fate wrote the script for Casey | that day and let him down even as | she let down the legendary “Mighty Casey” of Mudville, who struck out with the bases full. That curve was s0 tremendous that catcher Mickey Owen dropped the strike, Henrich got on base and the Yankees, thus given a renewal of the lease on the {ball game, scored four runs and | won, 7 to 4. What made it bad for Casey wasn't that he blew up and let the | Yankees win the game on “Bor- | rowed Time.” It was that the Yankees also had blasted him from | the mound as the losing pitcher in| a relief assignment on the previous | day, giving him two defeats in as many afternoons and in only 5% innings of work.
Dodger Heritage From the way he has been rescuing pitchers, the right-hander who came to the Dodgers as a heri-
* With the, Indians riding hard in the American association's torrid pennant race, probably the happiest individual at Victory field is Bobby McKinney, the Tribe’s grinning batboy. Son of Frank E. McKinney, the Indianapolis club's vice president and part owner, Bobby, 10, hustles bats like nobody's business. A pupil at St. Thomas Aquinas school, Bobby will have a lot of dugout experiences to tell his pals in the fifth grade next term.
tage of their one-time manager, Uncle Wilbert Robinson, is going to| get a chance to erase that bitter! memory. Specializing in relief jobs against | tough clubs, he won his third | straight in 13-innings yesterday, |
5, with 43% scoreless innings. That |
entire year of 1942, the last before he went into the navy. The Dodg- | ers won the game when Dixie Walker walked, took second on a wild
of the second place Cardinals.
Dorothy Kirby, Atlanta, Ga. vet- | National basketball league, it was eran, carded an 81. announced today. Miss Ellis, Indiana women’s
champion, fired a 9% in the qualifying round and was matched against Carol Freese of Portland, Ore, wel
Two Gaits Farm Readies 48
beating the Reds at Brooklyn, 8 To
‘Miss Suggs, who tied with de- produced an 87 to qualify.
fending champion Mrs, Babe Did-| ritkson Zaharias, Denver, Colo., in the Open last yedt at Indianapolis, | carded a 40 on the second nine. . Mrs. Zahatias, who has taken the [son, Fargo, N. D. came in with 93's.
ast two Open titles and another | Miss Hanson was eliminated in a
one previously, finished seventh | playoff,
A three-way tie for the 31st and | 32d places developed when Jean| Hutte, Kansas /City, Mo.; Ann Lewis, | | Bloomington. Ill, and Beverly Han- ja nace youngsters are headed for | Santa Anita for 2-year-olds, with [first round test,
Harness Youngsters for Sale A troop of 48 bred-in-the-purple Dad, which créated a world's record |
{half a mile in 61% seconds. | the autumn sales at Lexington, Ky.,| Navy Hal a bay colt by Hal Dale,
consigned by Two Gaits farm of js 4 fy) brother of Purdue Hal,
Baseball Calendar
GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 42 2 418 Minneapls. % 5 500 Columbus at INDIANAPOLIS (8:30 p.m.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Ww. L Pet Pet. Bt. Paul INDPLS.
312 «34 Milwaukee 28 24 A452) 1, iaville at Toledo (night). Kan. City 36 30 .545| Columbus 26 8 1 St. Paul at Kansas City (2, night) Louisville 36 33 529) Toledo 26 #4 37 yinneapolis at Milwaukee (2, night), AMER] AMERICAN LEAGUE w ERICAN L MAGE L Pct. | Washington at Chicago. Boston uh 1 St. Louis N 34 .452 | Boston at Detroit. New York un d 27 36 .420| New York at Cleveland. Detroit 33 27 | a Shemale 24 35 .407| Philadelphia at St. Louis (night). Wash, 31 19 517] Philadel. 18 43 295 NATIONAL LEAGUE CL — Cincinnati at Brooklyn. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at Boston (night). W L Pet. | Pittsburgh at New York (night) Brooklyn ht 5 To Cincy. 26 30 464 | 8t. Louis at Philadelphia (night) 8t. Louis 35 25 583 Philadel. 25 30 .455 p——— Chicago 31 25 .554/ New York 25 36 .410 RESULTS YESTERDAY Boston i 30 3 An Pittsburgh n 24 404 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION . Paul 004 111 000-7 11 Shwe Se 001 500 000 6 11 Ncthe, Coffman and Savino, Dantonio;
Lanfranconi, Davis, _Rase and Fernandes.
| Minneapolis : {Kansas City 000 000 Oates and Pruett; Lyons AA ‘Drescher
L A. C. Will Hold 2th Golf Meet BR iT
A field of 20 foursomes headed by| Jjouiaviie defending Titleholder John Hare Jr. Rudd, Ostrowski, is expected to participate in the ters; Johnson and Moss, Indianapolis Athletic club's 25th an- Only games scheduled. nual championship golf tournament Thursday at Highland. A dinner will follow the links out-
100 000 110 3 : 120 010 00x— 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE (Game called end of 9th, darkness)
Boston ..100 010 012 § il 9
Tony Hinkle, Butler athletic Dobson, Kiger, ‘C. Wagner, Buti on utler e son, nger, C. Wa agner hand ing. y 8, a i | and H. Wagner, Trout, Bridges and Swift.
director, will be toastmaster, Each entrant in the tourney wii| | Washingron 300 300 00-110 receive a prize. Special awards will| © A. ‘Wolff, ‘Scarborou hand Evg0 to the longest driver on the ninth | ans; Smith, Homsgyworth and Tresh, hole, the player sinking the longest |New York .. 100 000 000— 1 putt on the 18th end the linksman “Sciam and Robinson: Reno, | coming closest to the pin on the and Lolar. 151-yard hole No, 11.
000 Reynolds,
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i —————————— son, : KM ht Results | NATIONAL LEAGUE punching an ump is 90 days sus- [in less than two hours they received | Golden Gloves titleholder at Mun- Grounds. Aug. 21, it was learned 19 | amnatt 300 900 992 000 0- 5 11 2 'pension at the least. But gpd br “unconditional release” by je and has scored pro victories we a a yw ORK ~~ (Queensbord Arena)—| Walters, Hetki, Blackwell, anthers. Malt gave Harry (Nemo) Leibold, the |telegram, °° | over Bob Caine and LeRoy Dycus . gutpointed Pai Paimer, 14 Vancouver, | The Lombards, Casey “ond Behrman, Her-||ouisville manager, only a five-day | Peters said his future plans are, The feature will be a 10-round, Ferrick Moves \ Yo | chi | suspension and a $100 fine for hit- uncertain and he plans to remain mill between Shelton Bell, a con-| CLEVELAND, June 25.-- The TR. ORK (Sterling Son Tan Chicagy :. 110 000 03 § 3 i ting me. Then he lifted the suspen- here for a time in his old haunts tender for the world’s light-heavy- Cleveland Indians today sent* Tom Salva, iy Mount V Vernon, N. Tol Sha and McCullough; Wright and sion. at the Champaign fire station, weight title, and Colion Chaney, Ferrick, pitcher, to the 8t. Louis
N. J Charley (K. 0.) hs timore, Rocked out Stev 68, Newark
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Softball
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{Carmel of which Leo C. McNamara 2:01%, and Truelle Chief is a full {is maestro. If they live up to sister to True Chief, 1:59%. True their breeding and promise, they Chief was unbeaten as a 2-year-may rule the turf in their twol!old and won 10 races in that age. year -form, | A colt that will bear watching Ranked as one of the best of the in the McNamara herd is Delaware consignment is Grey Hal, a dark Chief, a full brother of Delaware! grey, rich coated son of Hal Dale, | Gazette, which hung up a mark 2:02%, and Nellie Direct. Grey of 2:15% for’'l 1/16 miles at Santa | Hal is a three-quarter brother to| Anita last spring. The Chief is a Walter Dale, 2:00%, and is a well formed youngster which gives| splendidly conformed youngster. |every indication of quality. Slawn - Lath—that’s Gaelic for| There isn't space to name all “good bye"—ranks at the top of the the Two Gaits eligibles for 1947's McNamara youngsters. He is a stakes and glory. They're regally| full brother to Adios, 1:57%, and |bred, and Leo McNamara tells you also of Adieu, which took a mark 'with utmost confidence that these of 2:.04's as a three-year-old may prove to be the finest colts Princess Chief, by Chief Abbe- and fillies he ever sent to Blue dale, is half-sister to Old Grand Grass to be sold.
i Ex-Umps Char ge A. A. Pre rexy (y |205 Pounders on
\ Failed to Back Them Up
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, June 25 (U.] |P.) —Forrest (Frosty) Peters of When Peters was punched by iLeibold in a game with Milwaukee | Champaign and Milt Steengrafe of o Oklahoma said last night they had |t Louisville. Be nsseried. I saw walked out as American Association |FTOStY get socke bold not only
{hit him but he butted and shoved 1 i f u baseball umpires because of League Item. Tt was the most flagrant case!
[I've ever seen. When it comes to! {that I'm getting out, too.”
Both umpires said they were on
5| back up” his arbiters. Peters, former University of Illi“When |
RAL a manager socks an umpire and | their way to Milwaukee when they
read newspaper accounts of Leibold’s penalty, They said they both wired Hamey that they quit ant
gets off with a suspended sentence, it's time for the umpire to quit.
{ “The automatic penalty for
| “When Hamey did that, I resigned | immediately,” be continued.
Steengrafe planned to leave for his Oklahoma City home.
| baseball's “David Harum's,” those | frst place without losing Herman.
But if Rickey is looking for con- | when outslicking the other fellow! | solation, he can find plenty among ‘in a trade, regretfully realized today |the management of rival clubs.
that they had outsmarted {hem-| President Horace Stoneham of b the New York Glants wanted anSelves weveral Jmes this season, other outfielder for his club so he Few of the trades consummated gave up catcher Clyde Kluttz ‘to since the end of the 1945 campaign the Phillies for outfielder Vince have worked out advantageously for DiMaggio. The eldest of the three both parties, and in many cases ball-playing DiMaggio's was a com-
A. [the transactions left both clubs plete bust in a Giant unifornf, fail-
worse off than when they opened | ing to get even one base-hit and
The Bush-Callahen Twilight league cara DESOtiations. Take the National | subsequently was sent to the minor for tomorrow evening follows: “Rivers ide league's latest deal, for example. leagues. Trust, Rhodius No. 2—National Starch| Brooklyn's. Branch Rickey sent| Meanwhile the Phillies turned Carpi ioliday. Brookside No. 3—|infislder Billy Herman to the around and traded Kluttz to the
Cardinals for second-baseman Emil Verban, and it develops that Philadelphia profited most by the three way transaction, The Giants still haven't got the flychaser they | wanted, they helped strengthen two clubs and they are shy one catcher, |
Boston Braves for catcher Stew Hofferth. Rickey needed a catcher badly and he thought he had one | ‘lin Hofferth, Only Hofferth took his old time about getting to
ing around somewhere the Dodgers and sent him té Mobile in Joe the Southern association for jyoung, "untested Bee Edwards, whom
siderable long-range strategy backfired also.
Steengrafe said he was present |
NEW YORK, June 25-—Many of | Rickey could have obtained in the |
Over in the American league con- |
British Lights Go Out Again: Visiting Netters Blot Stars
WIMBLEDON, Eng. June 25 (U. P.) —“Merrie Old England” was just a hollow phrase today for British tennis stars, who faced grimly the
brought his record to 6 and 3, which | fact that visiting stars from Australia, the United States, France and Louisville attracted 11,885 fans, was his won and lost mark for the|Ecuador were shutting them out in their own court classic—the all |
England championships. Second-seeded Jack Kramer of Los Angelas, Francisco (Pancho) | Segura of Ecuador, Dinny Pails of = ————— Australia and Yvon Petra of France Segura, rated highly because of
pitch and scored on Carl Furillo's| were the names on everyone's lips | his upset victory over Pails in the |Tribesters will hit the road for a single, going three games ahead and there wasn't a single standout !grass-court [among the surviving Britons.
championships last | week, eliminated H, A. Clark of Kramer, despite a blister on his |Britain, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, and the three | playing hand, was under no pres- games he dropped appeared to be sure in defeating grey-haired D. J. concessions to the loser. Sandys of Ireland, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0.
Pails, top-seeded Australian | France, who is expected .to meet | “wonder boy,” who is expected to! Pails shortly, gained a 6-2, 8-6, 7-5 win a berth on the defending triumph over J. Bodicha of Czecho- |
champion Davis cup team, won his slovakia. beating the well-' Other standout foreign competiHammersley of tors moved up without too much _ difficulty.
regarded Andres |Chile, 8-2, 6-2. 6-0
Vets to Campele Twilight Nines In Tennis Meet |
World war II veterans will vie in Back i mn Action
their first. singles and doubles ten- P. R. Malic 41 put its Berfoct] | ry ‘will pu perfec nis tournament starting Saturday {record on the block in the gloaming (and running until July 4 on the | ¢omorrow when it meets St. Roch’s |Fall Creek clay courts. The meet in the feature game of the Twilight lis sponsored by the Indianapolis | amateur baseball league. The other three engagements | Amateur Tennis league. { scheduled, however, promise to be | Friday afternoon has been set as| nip-and-tuck affairs. Rain washed the deadline for all entries. They|out all of last week's encounters, are being accepted at downtown and the eight clubs should be keyed! sporting goods stores
up for the resumption of action at United States Lawn Tennis asso- Riverside park. ciation rules will govern all tennis The Mallory-St. Roch's affair is play.
scheduled for Diamond 4. On Dia-
take on Eagles Lodge, while Kingan Reliables will mix with De Wolf News on Diamond 2. Leonard Cleaners will play Union Printers on Diamond 3. The league standings:
Fistic Program
Heavyweights 8id Peak, of Louisville, and Joe Lawson, of Alexan-
Pet P. 'R. Mallory
Leonard Cleaners ... rn 150
; : :. \ Haniel ‘867 | dria, Ind., who will be making their Eagles lodge 447 first starts as professional fighters. st. Roch's 600
Kingan Reliables Blue Ribbon Ice Cream Union Printers
Welters to Sign
have been added to the outdoor fistic card to be staged Thursday |night at Sports arena. Both belters scale 205 pounds and they will mix jover the four-round route. Another preliminary on the bill will pit Keny Vint, Kokomo middleweight, who has won his first two pro tests here, against Jesse John-| Indianapolis. Vint was a
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Welterweight champion Marty Servo {and challenger Ray (Sugar) Robinson are scheduled to sign Thursday for their title fight at the Polo
hard-hitting local heavyweight. Bell Browns on waivers. He was in the
‘will spot Chaney about 10 pounds. | navy last year.
Trade Winds Toss Baseball's David Harums
During the winter General-Man- |Browns realized they were duped |
he rowns and |and they attempted to cancel t [ager Bil DeWitt; of the B |deal, but they didn't even get as
| Owner-Manager Connie Mack of | or as first-base. Byrnes, who served the Athletics thought it would be ‘the Browns well while he was with |a great idea to trade first- basemen | them, was quickly relegated to! George McQuinn and Dick Siebert. | Kansas City by the over-laden | |So McQuinn was sent to Philadel- | Yankees. phia and Siebert to St. Louls, only | Detroit also has felt the fury Siebert never reported when the of the temperamental trade winds. | Browns failed to meet his salary |The Tigers dispatched slugging request. |Rudy York to the Bostornr Red Box The quiet McQuinn, hitting .239, for pint-sized Eddie Lake. York | has disappointed Mack keenly. That transaction wound up a Mexi- the Red Sox and drive in many can standoff and the ‘brothers had nothing to do with barely is hitting .200 and has bogged (it. {down in the field, | Another deal that might have| Despite the lack of success varibeen better never made was the ous managements have encountered one in which the same Browns.sent in the trading mart this season, outfielder Milt Byrnes to the most of them still are eager to do {Yankees for catcher Ken Sears, a business as usual All of which {burly athlete with a big reputation |is slightly’ ‘reminiscent of the mule ‘and an even bigger waistline, When Sears reported to Browns he was some 15 pounds overweight and his throwing arm its owner, (appeared | sadly ‘neglected. The darn.”
the against a nearby tree, “That mule ain't blind,” explained “He just don’t give a
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1948
hriners
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Murat Temple to to Stage Its
Colorful Program Tonight;
Red Birds Oppose Redskins ~
By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor The annual Shrine game takes place at Victory field tonight when the fast-stepping Indians tackle the Columbus Red Birds in the opener of a four-game series and with diamond action scheduled to get under way at 8:30, , Pre-game ceremonies will call for the appearance, among others, of Connie Mack, 83, owner-manager of the Philadelphia Atitietioy and who is listed in all baseball blue books as the national game’s “grand old man.” Harry C. Geisel is Shrine Tribe Batting
baseball committee chairman. Bisil 3S As 3 HR RBI Pet, 8 . The annual benefit attraction, | pic. 0 11% # 88 3 3 344 sponsored by Murat Temple, is sure |Shupe ... 68 264 31 80 4 39 .303 to attract a large crowd. Uniformed |RAckbur™ 48 130 21 38 © san bands and drill teams will furnish |Bestudik . 68 254 40 73 10 63 281 the extra entertainment on thelRoberse. 1 2. 6 6 o 3 24 field, after which Bill Burwell's Drews . 30 9 3 5 1 15 218 . bo 20a Redskins will trot out to battle the|gitee “- JG 50 3 3 3} B Ju Red Birds in an effort to extend |Wiecaorek 14 37 4 7 1 180 Triples—8isti 4, Shu 3 Turenin 3
the local winning streak to seven straight. The Indians, like the Red Birds, were idle last night on an off day in their schedule, although the American association's’ six other teams played and St. Paul beat Milwaukee and lengthened its league lead to four full games over secondplace Indianapolis.
Hospital Benefit Anent tonight's contest here, which is open to all fandom, the great good the Shriners have done in the way of maintaining hospitals | for crippled children is too well! known to need further comment. Ticket prices tonight will be the! same as on Sunday—boxes $1.50; first eight rows in grandstand re- | Iserved at $1.25 and 7000 unreserved |
FIRST DIVISION
_ | terday.
W L Pet GB St. Paul 42 26 618 Indianapolis 37 29 561 4 Kansas City 36 30 S545 Louisville 36 2 529
upe Blackburn 2, Bestudik, Drews, Brady. ‘| Doubles—Shupe 24, Sisti 16, Wentzel 13, Bestudik 13, Drews 8, Brady 6, English §, Riddle 4, Turchin 3, Blackburn, Roberge, Wieczorek. , Stolen bases—Sisti 8, entzel 8, Bestudik 5, Turchin 4, Shupe 3, Drews English 2, Wieczorek, Blackburn, Riddle, Brady.
six times and the Tribesters have annexed four of the encounters. But the Birds have been getting tough recently and Manager Charlie Root thinks they will give any rival plenty of trouble from now jon in, One Indianapolis product is on the Columbus roster. He is Walter | Goodall, former Tech high school | pitcher. | Saints Edge Brewers A four-run third innning and single markers in the fourth, fifth {and sixth innings, was enough to give the Saints the edge over the Brewers, 7 to 6, at Milwaukee yesBob Johnson made =a round trip blow for Milwaukee in
5! the third inning and a five-run out- ¢ burst in the fourth completed the
[scoring for the losers. Four of St. grandstand seats at $1 each. Prices| Paul's runs were unearned as a include federal tax. The bleacher result of four Milwaukee errors. price is 60 cents, . | Chet Johnson scattered nine hits Toledo Shriners put on their an- for the last-place Mud Hens in nual show last night and despite | 82ining the decision over Louisville, |the fact the Mud Hens are in last | 4 to 3, at Toledo. The Hens matched place in the A. A. race, the Swayne! the Colonels’ single run in the first {field game between the Hens and INDing and added two more in the second before Jerry Witte drove the winning margin over the plate with a home run in the fifth, which was his 18th of the season. Louisville tallied a run in the seventh and eighth before Johnson tightened his southpaw slants to earn the victory. The game at Kansas City was a scoreless duel until the seventh when Minneapolis pounded three
Columbus Improves The Indians’ series with Colum|bus calls for a single tilt tonight, | one tomorrow night and a doubleheader Thursday, after which the
brief trip. First game of Thursday's twin bill is to start at 6:30 |and it will be a special ladies’ night
Petra, a giant competitor from |
|since it will mark the completion lot the Tribe's long current home stand.
runs across the plate. The Blues matched this in the last half of
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NEW YORK, June 25 (U. P.).—|
continues to hit close to .300 for!
Pasquel | important runs while shortstop Lake |
‘who repeatedly butted his head !
the eighth when the game was called to allow the Millers to catch a train with the score a tie.
Connie Mack Philosophical About Mexican League
By HARVEY HARRIS The tall man with the thinning!
Thus far this season the Indians and the Red Birds have clashed
the A's attendance this year. The war's end seems to have doubled
|silver-thatched pate smiled. Clear | their attendance. Last year Phila
delphia would play to 7000 or 8000
gray-blue eyes fairly sparkled); ‘Ney york, for example. This | against the sharp-visaged counte-|year its two or three times that nance. much.
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