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Athletics Trip Sa Race Tightens By STAN OPOTOWSKY, United Press Sports Writer = NEW YORK, Aug. 17—Cleveland’s faith in an old timer gave| ~hope today in their Quest. for the American

League pennant. ; Big Al Wad, SRP quveis Yours, with Da him loose. Beton landeg that, as he put it, as just 4

He asked for another chanos, and Cleveland gave it to him this year. He was given to * understand that it was strictly |S : vasa that he'd do his trying as a relief pitcher. Benton did OK as a reliefer—he was no Joe Page, to be sure, but Le Dt a a" and Manager eau dec try affable Al as a starter. Twice he went the distance for victories and Boudreau showed added in-

Comes Through Again "Yesterday Boudreau gave Ben-

ton still another chance—this one}

i his old Detroit teammates. The Cleveland stock” was pretty low. The club was down in third place, playing unhappy onlooker to the charge of the Boston Red Sox and the flight of the New York Yankees. And Benton came through He scattered six hits for

‘beaten by the Philadelphia AthJetics, 7 to 4, and the Yankee‘Washington tilt was rained out. Thus today Cleveland climbed back into second place by two slim percentage points, with Boston in third. Both are three and a half games behind the Yanks. Benton did not walk a man, and only one batter got to third. Meanwhile, the Indian 11-hit attack produced single runs in the second, third, fifth, sixth and eighth innings. Rally Whips Boston A four-run rally in the eighth

Benton seemed through 12 pitcher thin time lat season

a job’ in the Pacific Coast League, butily today on the spot vacated by ailing Manager Billy Southworth |

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Officials Vow Southworth to Return To Club Next Spring BOSTON, Aug. 17 (UP)—|

the Tigers gave up and turned|(Johnny Cooney fidgeted nervous-

inning beat the Red Sox for the

A's, Sam Chapman's 16th homer|who agreed to sit out the rest

splurge was spent, Boston pitcher

Mickey McDermott strode to the ay . other National League pennant.

showers, taking with him his [fourth defeat in the last nine de- 1 Devet wanted to be 3 Hager; normally. cisions. Joe Colman won his 11th, complacent Cooney. former Inand hoisted the ‘A's back Into|4iananolis Indians outfielder, who fourth place. was upped from coach of the Southpaw Bob Kuzava allowed! ‘Braves to acting manager ax it he Browns, ho 0 his Ohjo farm to recuperate Bon e inning spurts beat both the St. louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, so the Dodgers still lead the National League race by half a game today. In the case of the Cards, three runs in the ninth inning gave the Chicago Cubs a 5 to 4 victory. The Cards were leading, 4-2, going into that final frame when, with the bases loaded, Herm Reich doubled in two runs to tie the count,

Smalley Singles

Howie Pollet, the third Card pitcher of the afternoon and the

the balky Boston Braves to an-

“overwork, lack of sleep and nervous strain.” “I feel like a bride,” Cooney confessed, “I'm just doing it because of Billy's condition.” Cooney said he hoped he could fill Southworth’s shoes but added

the fit, Southworth’'s Health Gone “I don't want MY health to go on me,” he muttered. Club officials agreed Southworthi's health had cracked under the strain of defending the pen-

started it all, and before thejof the season after he under- 2 mined his health trying to goad

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that he didn't think he'd enjoy

Johnny Cooney center), former outfielder for the Indianapolis worth as manager of the Boston Braves.

_absence because of "failing alth."

India, has Craploid Billy South- 3 Flanking Cooney are two of (left), former Indianapolis ple er-manager and Bob Kola: Southworth has been granted a leave of

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Meets Flint in “Legion Baseball Meet | |. NORMAL, Il, Aug. 17 (UP)—| _| Flint, Mich, meets East Chicago, Ind, today in a semifinal game] in the regional American Legion

Junior Baseball tournament here, “The winner will meet Cincinnati

‘tomorrow night. Last night, Cincinnati deteated, Flint 4 to 3 and East Chicago eliminated Belleville, Il, 8 to 2. | Pitcher Salvatore Tedesco was Cincinnati's hero, With the score tied 3 to 3 in the eighth, he came’ into the game with two Flint men| on bases and only one out. The 17-year-old right hander retired the side safely. /| ‘Three Belleville pitchers went to! the mound to try to stop East Chicago, but gave up a-totahof I# hits. East Chicago scored in the| second, sixth, eighth and ninth, | % - || The winner of the double elim-| tL lination tournament will go to! Rochester, Minn, next week.

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In Batting, Total Hits ‘and Fielding By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor

nant with a team that sagged t into the second division!

passed Mickey Owen to fill the bases again, and then Roy Smalley lined a single to left to bring in| the winning run. |formances ‘and reports of dis-| It ‘was in the 12th inning that sension among the players. the Dodgers lost to the Phillies,| “Southworth is an absent man- | 2 to 1. Ken Heintzleman earned ager,” said Braves President Lou! his 15th pitching victory of the!Perini who lured “Billy the Kid” season and, to boot, scored the here in 1946 from St. Louis where winning run from first on Richie he had won three pennants and Ashburn’s two-out triple in the two world championships in one 12th. Don Newcombe was the of baseball's greatest managerial losing pitcher. |careers. Lloyd Merriman’s 10th inning| + single scored Howie Fox from! ibe, ree oY Will be back In second to give the Reds a 2 to 1 Lost Sleep

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win over the Pirates, while Monte | Kennedy's five-hitter shut out the| Perini said Southworth’s man-

following injuries, under-par per=| impaired health forced Billy Southworth to take a leave of absénce,

Yohits “Cooney, who moved up from head coach to acting manager of the Boston Braves for the remainder of the season when

is in the record books as an Indianapolis all-time great. One of baseball's most versatile pastimers, Cooney starred for the Indians in the early and mid- thirties under the management of

Wade Killeter. t !a master at pulling the ball down

Johnny performed at his bes as a center fielder and “impos- the left field line for two- “base

sible” running catches were an hits, <= every-game achievement by -the| pe threw left and batted right fleet fly chaser. !In' an emergency, Johnny was betCooney also kept company with/ter than fair as a first baseman

ing hitters and won the league , matter of fact, pitching was batting tifle in 1935 with an aver-| (his trade before the Indians obage of .371. That was the year he| {tained him.

also paced the AA in total base hits with 224. Southpaw Second Sacker

Sharp Brothers Lose Their First Tag Match

wild Bill whammy on Ben Sharp in the final fall last night as Longson | and Ray Eckert won a tag-team wrestling bout from Mike and Ben

Sharp at the Sports Arena before . 5 vetch-without any slack in Davis crowd of 3500. This was the first qoalitgl Boot the high cost of living loss in tag competition for the wdeon-vp nowt

{Canadian brother combination.

NWA Sharp with a body slam in nine minutes. swapped two falls with Mike| Sharp.

St. Louis, and Whitey Whittler of Springfield, Mo., wrestled to a 30minute draw, the American Association's lead-and he also pitched at times. As aes

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|agerial troubles made him sleepfess, gave him recurring headren hurt his appetite and left {him “worried lest his poor health Jigs impair his value to the

In 1933 he led the circuit in| fielding by outfielders with a percentage of .990. Cooney was fast, a great judge

On one occasion, when the Indians were riddled by injuries] they were left without a second baseman. Both the regular keystone sacker and the utility in-|

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of a fly ball, and he was a shrewd ball player. He was an expert in the art of bunting and he also ‘was

fielder were sidelined. So Cooney played second and filled the position in admirable fashion despite the fact he threw! lefthanded. | Indianapolis had outstanding

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n/Worth’s temporary abdication to drills for the school's 6st foot.| PIAYES' Meeting Site, The Ba ball season Aug. 31, Head Coach - 0 Frank Leahy announced here to. {SUnbURY, Os with a wild 21d day. Sans! , In erini’'s prival A squad of 61 candidates,” . :

headed by Co-Captains Leon Hart| i and Jim Martin are expected’ to! 2 Butler - Graduates .

turn out for the opening davai ‘Get Bluffton Positions

| drills, which will be preceded b;

In the university's 60 years of —H. A. Dubots, teacher and athfootball, the Irish have won 378|letic

Dame's Irish gridders will open

Leahy will be starting his seventh principal of Chippewa High, Wayear as chief mentor with a rec- bash County. ord of 50 wins, three. defeats and) cr iDubois;: after seven five ties | years at Bluffton where he. The Irishmen Will be attempt- and coached. football and basketing: to continue théir streak.of 28 ball. Les Dold, a Butler Univergames without defeat, compiled sity graduate, will take over the over the 1946, '47 and '48 seasons./ football coaching job held by The team will have two drills, Dubois while Leroy Compton, also a day until the registration for a Butler product, will be basket-| {pall coach,

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coach at Bluffton High games, lost 77 and tied 30. Coach School, resigned today to become

land have not signed with a pro]

middle fielders before and after Cooney, but veteran fans here will tell you that for their money, !

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CHICAGO, Aug. 17 (UP) — as a By hawk, hitter and base!

Continuance of the Chicago All-F Star football game was guaran- a teed for 10 more years today, after the Chicago Tribune and, the National Football League signed a new contract. The new contract was reported to have given the All-Star game priority on new players Joining| the National League clubs. Play-| ers will be protected against sal-| ary loss as the result: ot injury] by: 8 $168,000 insurance... Additional protection cam be ae cured by the league. Players will not be eligible tor | the All-Star squad unless they| {have been graduated from col-| {lege or left school permanently |

After the 1935 season, the Injans sold Cooney to the Brook-| lyn n Dodgers for players and cash. |

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Local Golfer “Wins In Southpaw Meet

mes State Service FRENCH TICK, Aug. 17—Two-

{time left-handed champion Alvin| | Everett of Rome, Ga., eliminated medalist Norman James of Hick-| lory, N. C., 3 and 1, in the sec-|

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