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o - of Detroit edged out Boston's the National League by a slim Ted Williams, .3420 to .3427, toithree points, Suutiag with 4 i Easily Outruns : win the American League bat mark of .342, acco . crown. HE Cetios cemsast by toe Howe| Jockey Club Field Final unofficial averages News Bureau. . NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UP)—The 5 Williams the consolation xa Robinson also won the base- closing day of Belmont Park's fall $1 with most runs scored at 150; honors with & total of meeting was turned into a red- % ! most hame runs with 43 and 36 thefts. letter day for Calumet Farm to~ r tied with teammate Vern Steph.| Robinson's nearest competitors; day when Ponder galloped to vic- g ens in RBI's at 150. for the batting crown were Stan tory in the 350,000 Jockey Club

in stolen bases with 20, third con- Louis. Musial, whose average of home first in the $25,000 secutive season in which he has|.339 finished in second spot over ‘Champagne Stakes. - won the pilfering title. Slaughter by three points. | Warren Wright's “stable of Ellis Kinder and Mel Parnell - Ralph Kiner of Pittsburgh champions” thus picked up $59,of Boston finished one-two among topped the home run hitters with, 450 for the two victories, Ponder : the regular pitchers with records|54 round-trippers, which included, accounting for $36,300 and Theory San of 23 and 6 and 25 and 7, respec-|a new record for the most homers, earning $23,150. : ¢ or tively. Virgil Trucks was the in one month. He also annexed Coaltown, the nation’s leading’ 6 strikeout king with 153, the RBI title with 128, i handicap star, was supposed to| ! ! Final Statistics Ted Wilks of St. Louis led the act as a running mate for Pon-| BA pitchers in won and lost percent-| der in the Gold Cup but was

St. Louis, with a record of 20 wins and nine defeats, and War. ren Spahn of Boston, with a 21. |14 record, were the only 20-game, {winners In the loop. Final Statistics TEAM BATTING

Overhauls Pacesetter Starting his run on the final bend of the two-mile grind, Ponder easily overhauled the pacesetting Doubtless II, then drew out to a two-and-a-half length ‘victory over King Ranch's Flying

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Sally Twyford, Pat Strieback, Eva Williamson and Marque Hoffhein (left fo right) would be excellent candidates for an all-American bowling team

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3:22 4-5, two full seconds off the tratk record. The winner of this year's Kentucky Derby was the ipdds-on choice of a getaway

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Indianapolis Distaff Bowlers Will Compel

Attention If ‘Dream Squad’ Is Ever Named Pumas Keep Clear crowd of 28580, rewarding $3.10, By GENE LAWSON v $2.50 and $2.20 across the board. Since it has boosts custom to pick all-star teams in every Homecoming Record

sport: why not pick one from the nation’s largest participant sport,l, RENSSELAER, Ind, Oct. 8 40 y P er "= pe | (UP)—The Pumas of 8t. Joseph's

Sherman Wins

COLUMBIA, 8.C., Oct. 8 (UP)—A Yankee wingback named Fred Sherman led North Carolina to a hard-

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the ten-pin game. h From PS the women bowl- {high on the list. At present Marge | Coach Dick Scharf’s Pumas {ers in this city alone we could|Ms displaying a mark of 192 for capitalized on fumbles and pass afternoon at the West 16th SO a Saligoe Makes Both ple such a team that would the third 190 average or better interceptions to push across the ecoc - ’ stand up pretty well in any kind tigure. - Burest Mage track downs as the home team TD's for Cathedral [TY competition in the feminine] Another member of the “dream no run

Another session of stock hard- ut up a much stiffer battle 's Bi tod! lteam” is San re whe oR, Taras. top racing is in store with the put ap; crowd of 28500 Cathedral's Bill Saligoe tallied class. Not only are they the five y Twyf N| Valpsraise s¢ Luther. Is.

s in town the national four times, 1930, '34,

. namely bowling. $ 1 won 28 to 13 victory over Irish Defeat | yy are oN antly picking up newspapers and magazines and kept intact their record of never ! Stock Hard-T South Carolina today with {reading about All-America teams in football and basketball and 108ing a homecoming game here i ard-Top some help from the fabu- All-Star squads in baseball and ice hockey. But you seldom, if today by handing Valparaiso's 38 Events Set Today lous Charley Justice. ever, hear of such a team in {Crusaders their first loss ‘in four 0 Sherman, a scrappy 165- ttue . also would have to rate pretty starts with a 19 to 7 victory. 3 3

The fence busters and hay scatters will take over again this

pounder from Wilkes- — Barre, Pa., twice zipped through the tough but tire

both touchdowns as the Irish won, top-rated female kegler { Hie tial) Siniea Tor Pon. and had expected. thelr first city series game, 13 16) at the present time, but it has 40 and "41. Tn 1034 she set & three counters. Valparaiso kept the first heat event at 2:30. So desperately did the |g over Crispus Attucks at the been proven in the records that record of 1737 pins which re- the defeat from becoming too oneHeading the list > very Gamecocks dig in that {CYO field last night. A crowd of they rate consistently with the mained for many years. She also/sided by scoring in the last quar-

slated to compete Peterson, Indianapolis, who last. Sunday won the 100-lap state championship event. Peterson will be defending his newly won

North Carolina, a four to six touchdown favorite, was held to a 7-7 draw for the first half. Three times South Carolina held the

5000 attended. best la A six-yard pass in the senond country, which still stands for a three; St. Joseph's which has won quarter from Halfback Gene Man-| on. {game set. Sally is fourth among! eight homecoming games while gin to Saligoe, knocked down by {the local ladies with an average of tying one, had only a lone victory

S80, IF AFTER looking over the : : } an Attucks defender, was ruled field. We were forced Ing over the| 186 for the first month of activity. in three starts going into today’s

dy pin-busters in the set a record of 698 pins in Illinois ter.

laurels locally for the first time. Tarheels i 1-1i tand { interference, and the Irish { ) 211 I arheels in goal-line stands as interfe , Aan She has been rolling with Frank's battle. 1 Others On Hand and not even Justice could [were awarded a touchdown on the Jive oulstanding Maen Keg ere | Furniture this psn Halfback Cliff Beaver slanted On hand to give the new cham- crack their first-half de- (play. Jim Roberts failed to con- 3 The fifth ber of the select! blood in th , 3 plon some stiff competition willl fense vert. {season up to the present time, we he . a S36 Net over jor 4 first oo ia he aperi 3% 438 be Frank Mike, Indiana Central In the fourth quarter. Saligoe Would nominate the following for| rt Marie rolnack John Frew

Middlebrook's that honor: | the Furniture contingent, Marie Fullback John Frawley plunged

intercepted Paul Pat Strieback would quite na-| can lay claim to the fifth highest for the one” needed yard in the

11 tudent and holder of the { Carles? stud a pass on the Cathedral 40 and ran

Grizzlies, Rose Poly

local track record, Bud Money- | { {mark in town, with a figure of second period and Halfback Ernie —— : maker, former midget car pilot, Tie in Loop Tilt, 21-All for a touchdown. Roberts con- urily have 0 be INCUCSS 1/184. Any night her ‘tem is in/Bedwell got the Pumas’ third NOU! 3 |Chuek Scharf, Bob Manioh, Dick Hue Satela) | Dick Murray was outstanding nial leaders among the women | 2ction you will generally find her ‘touchdown in the -. ANNO

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|Passwater and other members of| FRANKLIN, Ind. Oct. 8-—Joe

, 11 the Chicago Champion Stock Car! Platt of Franklin caught Fullback for the losers with a stellar punt- iin town, Miss Strieback seems to| name not far from: the top. of the first half.

ih. Spl us | er o {ing performance, be on the way to her greatest] It's still too early in the selson| St. Joseph's coasted on its marv Ck fi RA er yard nthe The victory was the first for year yét. Up through Wednesday to make any rash predictions gin in the second half and Vallof four heat races, 8 trophy dash {the Irish in city series competi- night Pat has been carrying one| about the final outcome of the paraiso's halfback Joe Pahr ran 1-Anal race. feature race and NEXT OPPONENT tion, also holding a 7-all dead. of the highest averages any fem. team or individual standings in 86 yards for the Crusaders only | san teepischays. tn addition: tol SLIM ab-Frauniin. lock with Washington. Cathe-|inine bowler ever boasted in In- the local ten-pin fight but if the score of the game. bros Bove st Ruse Beis, dral's overall record is 3-1-1. At,|dianapolis. Bowling with the|Present trend continues you willl Score by periods: § me Ma 8. utes and raced over to pave the tucks has lost two in the city,/tough Milano Inn fivesome she Probably see a few records fall by Valparaiso ...... 0 0 0 7-7

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ale 1 : way tor a 21 to 21 stalemate with two elsewhere and won one. has uARARed 2° knock Svar he ithe Srey sds 'St. Joseph's ,.... 6.13 0 0-19 oh 38 Rose Poly here tonight. {Score by periods: {pins at an amazing clip. 8 RETR RE Re Lp : i Sooners Defeat Will Nelp . kicked his third cathedral 0 8 0 7138 an excellent figure for anyone gk | par: 8 straight conversion for the draw. . Ra, __ oto sport but is an even more reAsteol Longhorns, 20-14 |: Poly's Jim Michaels kicked CTi*Pus Attucks..0 0 0 0-= 00, oie average for a tn F i ) k E 1 A 4 B U 1 c 0 A L i Bat DALLAS, Tex. Oct. 8 (UP)—® 29-yard field goal in the third mirst downs en 2 bowler. y The University of Oklahoma's pre- Period to give his mates a 21 to; piling dl 0» 14 lead. Franklin has won ons|farfs’ sane #| EVA WILLIAMSON is a team-

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and lost one in Hoosier Confer-| SoD 8 : | i ground out a 20-14 victory over [Passes complet 2. mate of Pat's and boasts of the g the University of Texas before S114 mark. Score by periods: Jie: intercented Jjisecond highest mark in town at) dependable i } 76,000 rain-soaked fans in the gyankiin .........0 14 0 7-21 fintler oof ithe present time, with a figure of 8

Cotton Bowl. Oklahoma's George Thomas and Lindell Pearson hit hard and fast at the outrushed Texas line and piled up most of the yardage for Coach Bud Wilkinson's Sooners. Each scored a touchdown. 9| Texas couldn't move consistently sgainst the Oklahoma forwards, although the Longhorns {8ot both touchdowns by running. 0! They used Paul Campbell's passes, ‘337/88 their main weapon, holding 226 the largest crowd in Southwest

9/195. The Milano Inn aggregation has been about the hottest team| E | T C d in the county so far and you can| agles irounce Lards Taylor, University, Upland, de-|{readily see why. They roll twice PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8 (UP) feated Indiana Central, 25-32, in8 Week, Monday evenings in the —The Philadelphia Eagles, stung/a cross-country meet at Indiana|Bemis Classic at Pennsylvania by an early first period field goal, Central yesterday. Joe Beeson, 20d Friday nights in the Sponroared back at the rate of one Taylor, took first place with a(%0T'8 loop at Pritchett's. | touchdown per period tonight to/time of-14.59 for the three-mile| Indiana Oil Equipment is one of| defeat the Chicago Cardinals, 38- course. Art Bright, Indiana Milano Inn's strongest rivals and, 3, before 36,419 fans. {Central, was second. {their sparkplug, Marge Hoffhein,

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ter [Toe aris aaasad butgry wna s Sharp Tuesday ONC GAOL. he oy thet i po . : | very FFING ; 5 : To Defeat Wisconsin, 35-20 An all-star pro wrestling card hing oe ef nr TR how. NY : Vols Win Dixie Series | MADISON, Wis, Oct. 8 (UP)-—Underdog Wisconsin threw a Nated for Tuesday night in the! oNTROL. Bole ang hy Hactmer w-thi 'f NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 8 mighty first period scare at the undefeated California football team Armory ring will feature a clash! AY Lay. Ampere. Cid 41 1 01/ (UP) — The Southern Associa. today but the West Coasters soon recovered their power and poise for the heavyweight champion- FIRST with the - AMATING NEW : EENTRAL cil} $ Shanta. Pil fea tion's Nashville Vols today to down the home team 35 to 20 before 44,000 fans. iship between Mike Sharp, worthy + DUAL-OXENIZER. Combines a double | at Central Chay 434 .capped their season and playoff] Wisconsin, a 13-point underdog, surprised California by taking Canadian challenger, and Lou! change of oxygen with the oil fo dq3/victories with triumph in the a 13 to 7 lead in the first quarter and for a while it looked like the Thesz, 235-pound champion from|

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winners of four Golden Bears would have a loti St. Louis.

we ’ NEXT OPPONENT : {games to Tulsa's three. The Vols of trouble to preserve’ theif UD! Nays at Whines Bobby Nelson, Milwaukee developed. BURNS CATALYTIC ow 111 took their third straight game geseated record. | Sewthera Caloris af California. . (heavy, and Whitey Whittler, of| CRACKED OIL WITH BASE. {over the Texas League winners { Springfield, Ill, were signed yes-|

But California bounced back inl. vered a weakness in the {the second period to take a biF'siqe of Wisconsin's line. {14 to 13 halftime lead and then prom that time on it was all pushed over two touchdowns iniCajifornia as the Bears marched the third period to cinch the vie-|47 yards for one touchdown and ‘Fight T T l tory and give them a record of Celeri passed 35 yards to Frank Pig eam lravels ‘three wins in four games against Brunk for another.

| An eight-man team {Wisconsin It was the last game) fighters will go to di Wodnae- F_ 3h ve frttct rival | Addi i | or » wih a 20+ ata | t min A ; day to meet the All-American “goin teams ‘made numerous itiona Sports iB 3

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{team, under the supervision of California's superior line which | joc one fall with 30-minute time,

(Eugene (Tiny) Bland, are Bob told the story. The Badgers bat- mec . Season Is Just Around the Corner

|Johnson, 112; Dick Powell, 118;'tled the Bear forward wall on

Jerry McKinney, 128; Horace even terms throughout the first

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