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REDS BOW BRAVES; YANKS DEFEAT INDIANS ★ ★ ★ ★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★ ★ *r * * * * Joe Gordon-Bobby Doerr Batting Party Enters Its Fourth Week Sports HoBge-Podge BY CARLE HODGE With the ration-forced exodus of football games from small college towns to the larger cities, Wilmington’s Legion stadium committee should be able to secure a couple of good collegiate grid tilts this fall. Time was when Joe Fan could pack his car with friends on autumn Saturdays and head for Chapel Hill and a Tar Heel game—or for one of the other campus stadiums. But a pair of poor sports named Hitler and Hirohito have changed all that. Come this football season, games will have to go to the fans instead of the other way around. Because of the gas and tire shortages, trips by team followers will be a thing of the past. Davidson, for instance, has switched all of its home scheduled contests to Charlotte. And the Duke-Wildcat game will be held at Winston-Salem. As all of the game-moving is not yet complete, Wil mington still stands a chance to get one or more of them. It would probably be possible because of the war industry service bases boom here. But it depends entirely on fast work by the committee. The county commission’s approval yesterday .of 35-cent admission charges for non-profit Sunday afternoon games at Legion stadium was not only a nod for better local base ball but a step toward getting some good out-of-town teams for contests here. It’s probable the commissioners will okeh higher gate costs for service relief tilts, and already there are plans to bring the well-known Norfolk Navy Yard nine to Wil mington. Lt. H. A. Johnson’s plea for the approval of foot ball games on the Sabbath was temporarily shelved by the board—not for long, it is hoped, because schedules are being formed by the colleges. However, the county officials deserve the appreciation of every fan in this section for their go-ahead signal on better sports. Two Wilmington riders—Vera Diehl and Joe Morrison ‘—placed in the two-day Winston-Salem horse show, which ended Sunday. Miss Diehl, riding a horse owned by Oscar Smith of Virginia, took fourth place in the amateur riders class. And young Morrison, up on his Imperial Chief, won second place in the park saddle division. The two along with Billy Sutton, Robert Morrison and D. C. North, Jr., will enter the Sedgefield show at Greens boro this week-end. For quite a time now, the scribes have been tabbing little Alsab the “wonder horse.” More appropriately, it should be the “wander horse.” Because the only place the stubby racer hasn’t run lately is between tracks. There are those soft-hearted turf followers who see A1 Sabbath’s unpredictable color-bearer as an over worked little animal, taking part in entirely too many races. Still others declare Alsab thrives on hard work—the harder the work the better his race. But the question as to whether he is a poorly handled horse may never be settled. At least, not so long as he runs for the present owner and trainer. It’s just one of those things. Mississippi State Boy Joins Greensboro Sox GREENVILLE, Miss., June 8.— i7P)—David (Boo) Ferris?, tall light-handed pitcher for Mississip pi State college baseball team, who recently signed a contract with the Boston Red Sox, left today to re port to Greensboro, N. C., in the Piedmont league, a Red Sox farm Ferris was a star pitcher for Shaw High school and with fast semi-pro teams in the delta re gion before entering Mississippi State. -V Piedmont League Durham, 9; Charlotte, 2. Richmond at Asheville, ppd. Portsmouth at Greensboro, ppd. (Only games scheduled.) Piedmont League Won Lost Pet Charlotte _ 24 14 .63] Portsmouth - 24 15 .61. Greensboro -_ 25 17 .59? Richmond _ 20 18 .52f Asheville _ 20 20 ,50( Norfolk _ 20 23 .46' Durham _ 15 27 .35; Winston-Salem _*_ 15 29 .34] (Steady'smokers \ .Like I their zest, \ FoLMil$ness» Smoothness. Theyre.thebest! stephan^rothebsTjj^a^ MlllUlII ■Br SECOND SACKERS FEUD IN LEAGUE FOR HITS LEAD Infielders Pull Away From Field Of Sluggers To Pace American Loop CHICAGO, June 8.—(/?)—The Joe Gordon-Bobby Doerr batting party, to which the rest of the Americar league’s hitters apparently weren’t invited, is going into its fourth week now and those two slugging second basemen are really pulling away from the field. Gordon, of the New York Yan kees, had a .393 mark through Sunday’s games and Doerr, of th' Boston Red Sox, was swinging at a .375 clip. But whereas a week ago there were six batters above the .340 level, all of them intent on overtaking Gordon and Doerr, this week there are but four pursuers over .340, the nearest being Bib Dickey of the Yanks with a .340 average. Don rvoss, wno isn c piaying regularly for the Detroit Tigers but who boosted his mark from just over .300 clear up to .342 in a week’s time, is the No. 4 man ir the American league chase with Stan Spence of Washington fifth at .337. Others in the top ten are John Pesky of Boston, .328; Buddy Has sett of the Yankees, .327; L e s Fleming of Cleveland and Ted Wil liams of Boston, tied at .324, and Dom DiMaggio of Boston, .306. Although Williams, who won the 1941 batting championship with a mark of .406, is holding down a mere tie for eighth at the current stage of this year’s race, he holds the leadership in three specially departments. He has driven in the most runs, 57, hit the most circuit blows, 15, and scored the most runs, 47. Spence is bidding for the indivi dual titles in total hits and triples. He has rapped out 69 safeties for the lead in that department and is ahead in three base hits with seven. Mike Higgins of the Detroit Tigers has the most two-base hits, 18, and Joe Kuhel of the Chicago White Sox the most stolen bases. When round Ernie Bonham of the Yankees finally met his first se - back yesterday after eight conse cutive pitching victories, the White Sox’ Joe Haynes became the league’s leading hurler with five wins and no defeats. Tommj Bridges of the Tigers and Spud Chandler of the Yankees follow Bonham with identical records of 7 and 1 while Red Ruffing of New York is next with six wins and two defeats. \7 _ Sleepless Man Takes Case Of Dodger M#'c To Court, Draws Wrath NEW YORK, .Tune 8.—(/P>— The case of the Brooklyn Dodg ers’ victory calliope went to court today. The complainant was bald, 70-year-ohl ,7. Reid Spencer, who demands his afternoon nap even if it interferes with the Na tional league champions and he loses all his friends. East month the former music teacher asked a court order to stop the calliope, which booms forth over a loud speaker every day the team is home. Spencer lives only three blocks from the field and .says he is under doctor’s orders to nap daily. After 33 minutes of repartee, Magistrate .lames A. Blanclifield adjoiurned the case to July 22. That leaves Spencer with at least two more weeks to face the wrath of Dodger fans. So far he has received numer ous “scurrilous letters” in which the writers went to great lengths to explain their feelings about an.vone who would carp at the league leaders. “Even some of my own neigh bors have turned against me,” the sleepless Spencer sighed. --V Vichy Radio Reports Action Off Mozambique LONDON, June 8.—UP—'The Vichy radio reported tonight that U-boats had sunk three merchant ships off Portuguese Mozambique, on the African east coast opposite the French island of Madagascar which is now being occupied by British forces. The latest submarine activity in that area was reported Dy the Japanese last week when they claimed—and the British den'od— that their undersea craft stole into the Diego Suarez naval base on Madagascar and torpedoed a Brit, ish battleship and a cruiser. -V- . A special oil used in processing rubber soles enables them to stanc up three times better than before Doesn’t Speak With Leo — ■■ —— . — - - - . ■ ■■ 1 - -"i Big moon-faced Gordon (Babe) Phelps, the Pirates’ National league batting leader, is mad at his former boss, Dodger Chief Leo Durocher. They don’t speak. Phelps captured the hitting crown in three minor leagues on his way to the majors and is striving to add the National title to his record. Redbirds Travel Fast —But Road Is Rough ' " - M Cards Set Winning Pace To Find Pennant Race Com petition Is Tough ST. LOUIS, June 8.—(fP)—'When a baseball club travels at the pace the Cardinals have gone the pas two weeks—winning 10 games and losing three for a percentage cf .769—yet fails to gain ground in a pennant race, brother, it is up against a tough proposition. Yet that’s the record of the scrapping Redbirds who still are confident of winning the 1942 flag despite the fact that today, on the eve of an important three-game series with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Whiie the Cards were winning 10 of the last 13 games the Dodgers were stretching out with 11 of their last 14. “A contending club figures to beat the favorite perhaps 50 per cent of the time,” said Manager Billy Southworth as his Cardinals rested up for tomorrow night’s en gagement, ‘‘and we have a slight edge on the Dodgers. ‘‘But they’re a good ball club and you’re not going to kick them around. ‘‘If anybody beats them, it’ll have to be us because nobody else in the league has been doing any thing with them.” Southworth plans to pitch South paw Max Lanier in the opener and use Ernie White another lefty, and Mort Cooper or Lon Warneke, both right-handers in the two day games. A clean sweep of the series would still leave the Cards four games behind. Tarboro Youth Medalist In Junior Golf Tourney GREENSBORO, June 8.— (TP)— Young Harvie Ward, Jr., 16-year old high school student from Tar boro, N. C., captured the qualify ing medal in the 16th annual Caro Tom Cobb of Wilmington shot 85 in the qualifying rounds of the CaCrolinas Junior tour nament and will meet Ray mond Kivett of Burlington in second flight play. lina Junior Golf championships here today, shooting the Greens boro Country club course in 70 strokes. Ward, who is the defending champion, was five strokes ahead of his nearest challenger, Keely Grice, Jr., son of the acting Char lotte postmaster. After Grice’s five over par 75 came Bobby Bum barger, of Hickory, N. C., a n ,d Larry Stafford, of Greensboro, each with 76s. 1 T NO CHAMPAGNE CHRISTENING Instead of the usual champagne, scuppernong wine from the “Moth er Vineyard” on the site of the first colony at Roanoke Island, N. C., was used to christen the Vir ginia Dare, third Victory cargo ship to go down the ways of the shipyard at Wilmington, N. C. Ac cording to legend, the vine which produced the grapes was growing on Roanoke Island at the time of the birth of the first child of Eng lish parentage in America, Virgin ia Dare, in 1587. 2 ' v 10-Game Losing Streak Pulls Franz To Chalk; Then Pirates Get Win PITTSBURGH, June 8.—(ff) —A 10-game losing streak brought Onkel Franz Frisch, peppery manager of the Pitts burgh Pirates, out of hiding in the dugout and as soon as he took up station on the coaching lines—presto! The slump van ished like a bad dream. It took the absence of Coach Jake Flowers—who is trying to make connections with the Navy—to bring Frankie from the dugout to full-time coach ing duties for the first time since he became Pirate man ager in 1939. After watching Frischian strategy help Pittsburgh to four straight victories—t h e Bucs’ longest streak of the season—the fans may insist that he stay on the chalk lines. ’Tis true the Bucs’ victims in their streak were the futile Phils but after 10 straight losses, a victory over the 32nd ward public school would have been regarded as occasion for a legal holiday by Bucco faith ful. STAR-NEWS TEN BOWS FIREMEN Newsies Take Softball Tilt From Owensbv; Air Base Blues Beat. City Optical Paced by Butler, who got two hits in three times at bat, the Star-News ten copped a Hanover softball league game 7 to 6 from the Firemen at Robert S t range park last night. Batteries were R. Cook and Bo hanan for the Newsies and Owens by and Wolf and Jordan for the firefighter ream. The Air Base Blues nosed out the City Opticians, 3-2, in a Vic tory league tiltt. Ship of City Op tican made a home run in the third inning, but was bested at bat by Soldier Kostelny, who scor ed twice. Dachiewicz for the Fliers and Snip were the pitchers with Pevec and Benson catching. In the only game scheduled tonight, the Ap prentice Maroons will’ play the Shipbuilders at 8:30 o’clock Helen Hayes Will Use Bus For Commutation NYACK, N. Y., June 8._ (fp\ _ Actress Helen Hayes bought a commutation bus ticket today for daily trips between New York city and her home here for tw-> reasons: Patriotism. Gasoline rationing. Her limousine, in which she had been makingUie trips for re hearsals, tucked away. Pete Reiser Hottest Hitter In National Babe Phelps Is Loop Bat ting Leader But Brooklyn Fielder Is Pacemaker NEW YORK, June 8.—(£>)—Gor don (Babe) Phelps, the bulging catcher of the Pittsburgh Pirates still is leading the National league in batting, but the hottest hitter m the senior circuit at preset is Pet; Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The fleet-footed centerfielder who won the batting crown last year as a rookie has been surging upward ever since returning to the BOXING BOUTS TO BE JUNE 22 Shipyard Group Sets Date For First Bouts As Fight ers Report For Work-Outs Nine prospective boxers reported to Trainer Plunk Moring yesterday for initial work-outs as date of the Shipyard Athletic association’s first ring show was set for Mon day night, June 22, at Thalian hail. . Both shipyard employes and lo cal fighters are being considered for the bouts, Moring pointed out, and work-outs will be held at Tha lain each night at 7:30 o’clock with the exception of Mondays and Fridays. Negro boxers are training at the Brooklyn gymnasium. Fred Barnhill, former Wilming ton heavyweight Golden G 1 o ves champ. Mus Lockamv and Harry Barnhill were the only local boys who appeared yesterday. Lockamv and Harry Barnhill each weigh 135 pounds. Shipyard workers who reported were: Willie Cates. 160 pounds, a ships carpenter from Rocking ham: Bill Wilson. 220, burner de partment from Hickory: Charley Hornaday, 170. shipwright f rom Rockingham; Delmar Mobley. 150. ioiner from Wallace: Claude Mc Call, 145. timekeeper from South port; and Len Hair. 175, welding school from Fayetteville. A r:ng has been set up at the yard by the association so that boxers may utilize their lunch hour and other spare time for training. Moring will be the matchmaker for the cards and Bert Causey, the promoter. _IT_ Major League Standings A YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati, 3; Boston, 1. (Only game scheduled.) American \eague New York, 11; Cleveland, 10. (Only game scheduled.) f THE STANDINGS National League W on Lost Pet. Brooklyn - 37 14 .725 St. Louis - 29 20 .592 Cincinnati - 28 24 .538 New York - 26 26 .500 Boston - 26 30 .464 Pittsburgh _ 23 28 .451 Chicago - 23 30 .434 Philadelphia _ 16 36 .308 American League Won Lost Pet New York - 37 12 .755 Detroit - 30 26 .536 Boston - 26 23 .531 Cleveland - 27 25 .513 St. Louis - 28 26 .519 Washington _ 21 31 .412 Chicago - 19 31 .380 Philadelphia _ 21 35 .375 TODAY’S GAMES Probable pitchers in the major leagues today (won-lost records in parenthesis); American League Detroit at New York — Trout (3-5) vs. Borowy (3-0.) Cleveland at Washington (Night)— Dean (4-2) vs. Newsom (5-8.) Chicago at Philadelphia (Nigh t)— Smith (0-9) vs. Christopher (2.2) or Shirley (0-1.) St. Louis at Boston — Hollingsworth (4-2) vs. Judd (3-4.) National League Brooklyn at St. Louis (Night)—Head (5-2) vs. Lanier (3-3.) New York at Cincinnati — Koslo (3 4) vs. Thompson (2-3.) Boston at Pittsburgh — Tost (6.2) vs. Heintzelman (5-5.) (Only games scheduled.) BASEBALL’S BIG SIX Batting (three leaders in each league) Player, Club G Ab R H Pet. Gordon, Yankees_ 46 178 26 69 .388 Phelps, Pirates- 33 85 10 32 .376 Doerr, Red Sox_ 42 168 20 63 '375 Reiser, Dodgers - 42 167 38 61 .363 Dickey, Yankees - 30 109 11 38 .349 Lamanno, Reds _ 35 118 14 39 331 HOME RUNS American League Williams, Red Sox ___ j= York, Tigers _” jo DiMaggio, Yankees _IIIIIII 10 National League F. McCormick, Reds__ 9 Marshall, Giants _8 Camillit Brooklyn _ g RUNS BATTED "iN . _ American League Williams, Red Sox_ e, DiMaggio, Yankees _" 40 York, Tigers_ Jo Doerr, Red Sox _ 04 National League Mize, Giants _ __ ... Medwick, Dodgers _.I_ _ „ Marshall, Giants .. 38 lineup after an injury last month Yesterday he made six hits in a double-header at Chicago and boosted his average to .365. This is 22 points higher than the mark which brought Reiser the cham pionship a year ago. Phelps, whose pace-setting aver age is .376, has been out of ac tion because of a spike wound ana his first appearance in more than a week came yesterday. He went to the plate twice as a pinchhitter and made one hit to raise his mark from .373. There was a big spread be hind these two contenders for the title and the rest of the league’s principal batters and for the first time this season there were less than ten regulars batting over .300. Based on games to and including Sunday the top ten were, Phelps, .376; Reiser, .365; Ernie Lombardi, Boston, .331; Joe Medwick, Brook lyn, .329; Ray Lamanno, Cincin nati, .325; Mickey Owen, Brooklyn, .324; Dixie Walker, Brooklyn, .318; Danny Murtaugh, Philadelphia, .304; Max Marshall, Cir.%':nnati, .304; and Enos Slaughter, St. Louis, .297. Reiser also has scored the most runs, 38, has tied for the most hits, 61, and tied for second in doubles with 16, one less than Stan Hack of the Chicago Cubs. Sharing the top honors in total hits was Tommy Holmes of Bos ton while Slaughter has the most triples, five. _v_ COWBOY LUTTRALL MEETS SAUNOOKE HERE THU WEEK Texan, Indian To Clash On Mat Friday As Prelimi nary To Londos-McCoy Advance tickets sales for the Jim Londos. Bibber McCoy wrestl ing match at Thalian hall Fridas’ night indicate a sellout, Promoter Bert Causey said yesterday. Most of the ringside seats have already been purchased. Entire card was completed Mon day when the ugly, loud-mouthed Texan, Cosvbov Luttrall of Fort Worth, was signed 1o meet enor mous Chief Saunooke, the Indian from Cherokee. North Carolina. Luttrall, complaining that he has been cheated the past two weeks, promised Causey he would beat the big redskin two straight falls within an hour or ask no pay for his services. The show, one of the best ever planned here, is expected to draw a record-breaking crowd. Londos, the popular “Golden Greek” was five times the world mat cham pion. And Mcoy is one of t he leading contenders. Thalian hall will open at 7 o’clock with the preliminary bout beginning at 8:45. -v-— Junior Lawn Tennis Meet To Open Today CLINTON ,S. C., June 8.—(^P)— The Boys’ and Juniors’ champion ship tournaments of the Southern Lawn Tennis association will open tomorrow at Presbyterian college concurrently with the seventh an nual National Model Tennis clinic of the U. S. Lawn Tennis associa tion. Approximately 70 net stars wiii participate in the tournaments Teddy Prior of Palm Beach, Fla., will battle for his second crown in the junior division. Jack Tuero of New Orleans, last year’s boys champion, will be a strong chal lenger in the junior division. Wp Carry Excellent Quality FISHING TACKLE Reasonable Prices. Reel Repairing. SNEEDEN CYCLE CO. _ 111 Market St. PAUL DERRINGER HOLDS BOSTON AS CINCY WINS CINCINNATI. June 8._f Paul Derringer almost -’ot ■ r 8 ter today as the Cincinnati pj’ beat the Boston Braves j 1 ('3 swept their series of six, ’ an!l Fore eight innings the onK p, to get on base was Ed li( M ,v* whose easy grounder of Bert Haas’ hands in the- t , 1, -11 ning. 1 ,c' From then until the ninti ,vhc Lew Gremp broke the s|,mi wi.fn single, followed by two .iw,;' ,,a gles, the big Kentuckian wa« evo thing and everybody. Ernie Lombardi, once I'aui- i tery-mate, sent a lone fr / scoreboard in the sever Rookie Clyde Yollmer hr down. BOSTON - 000 000 001 l CINCINNATI ..... 200 000 10x1 !, ; Runs batted in _ Sisti CHAMPS RALLY AND EDGE OUT TRIBE, 11 TO It NEW YORK, June s.—i.V—x » New York Yankees spotted tv Cleveland Indians four runs In |y first inning- today and then their way to an 11 to 10 victor, the 11th inning when an error v across the deciding tally. It was the only game of the in the American league and tin- - rivals went after each oilier hammers. The result was ;;i ],|' including- two homers by Jeff p, ... and five safeties by Ken Either the lowers. There was little to choose l,.--tween the clubs until the 11th when jl„l DiMaggio led off with a single ami Charley Keller beat out a - bunt. Then Joe Gordon, v.... | ready has extended his hitting streak to 25 games, burned ami l: - lief Pitcher Tom Ferrick threw will past third to let DiMaggio .. heme with the deciding run. The usually faultless Yanks km made a couple of errors themselv. in the first inning and these mm pled with a single by Oris Hockett. a double by Keltner and Heath's first homer gave Jim Rugby a i'.nir * oLaiL uxj cue won t ciianii'!"!:.-. CLEVELAND __ 420 200 101 00—10 15 i NEW YORK 152 002 000 01-11 16 3 Runs batted in — Keokeltner. 3, Heath 4, Hockett, Crosetti. Lindell, Has sell 2, Keller 2, Henrich 2, Fleming. Di. Maggio. Two base hits — Keltner, Lin dell, DiMaggio. Three base hit - Km', ner. Home runs — Heath 2. Crosetti. Sacrifices — Weatherly. Boudreau. Gor don. Double plays — Keltner, Mack an ! Fleming; Mack, Boudreau and Flem ing; Hassett and Rizzzuto. Left on bases —New York 10, Cleveland 9. Base.' ■ balls — Off Bagby 4; Lindell 2; Milnar 3, Murphy 1. Struck out by — Lindell 6. Milnar 3, Murphy 2, Ferrick 1. Hit. off — Donald 6 in 1 2-3 innings; Lnvim: 7 in 6 1-3 (none out in 9th i: Murpi.y 2 in 3; Bagby 5 in 1 (none out in 2nd . Milnar 9 in 7; Ferrick 2 in 2 -none 1 a: in 77th). Wild pitch — Milnar. Balk - Lindell. Winning pitcher — Murpi.y. Losing pitcher — Ferrick.
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