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THE = =SPORTS= -TRAIL By WHITNEY MARTIN Wide World Sports Columnist NEW YORK, Sept. 6—Sometimes you start to work up what seems to be a good, data-insured idea only to be come involved in a mess of contradictory figures which leaves you dizzy. ' We developed one of these cheap drunks while trying to prove that the outstanding success of the New York Yankees was due in a great extent to their skill in making double plays. They are creeping up on the league record ot 196 they set last year. . ., . ,, The theory didn’t seem far wrong in considering the American league, as the first division clubs were far ahead of the second division teams in this double-or-nothing busi ness. Taking the figures through Aug. 28 the Yankees had 173 twin killings, Cleveland 137, Boston 136 and St Louis 128. The second division clubs ranged from 111 °n ^Ah there was the story right there. Kill them two at a time and walk over the bodies- Just by chance we glanced at the National league figures. Well it was like building a house just before the hui ricane struck. What team do you think was leading the National league? The Phils, the perennial open date on the league schedule! They had made 126, two more than Cin cinnati and St. Louis, tied at 124. The Phils have since lost the lead to the Reds, but as late as Aug. 28 they were tops. The only explanation of the ir'iiiis record would seem to be that every body hits against them and that they'd make a goodly number of double plays just obeying the law of averages, as they’d get more chances. We checked back still further to be sure the Phils’ record was a pink elephant and not at all in keep ing with the usual situation in which you would expect a team with a good double play record to rate well in the standings. The survey was confusing, to say the least. When Cleveland set an American league record of 187 in 1928 the club finished seventh. Cincinnati set the present National league re cord of 194 the same year, and the Reds finished fifth. All of which w'ould indicate that the number of twin killings doesn't necessarily serve as an accurate yardstick in figuring a team’s suc cess. It might be safer as a rule to measure with the hitting and pitching records. Not that double plays have no thing whatever to do with a team s success. We still think they’ve had a lot to do with the Yankee vic tories, alwayys bearing in mind that the bats of Keller and Gordon and Henrich and DiMaggio have had something to do w’ith them too. For some reason or other the American league has quite an edge on the National in the double play department, and the most logical explaination is that the junior cir cuit has the edge in classy keystone combinations. You can’t belittle the skill of Phil Rizzuto and Joe Gordon of the Yanks, and Lou Boudreau and Ray Mack of the Indians, and Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox. And if, as they say, strength through the middle is what makes a ball club, does that mean the American league clubs have the edge on the rival loop? We’re just asking. The American league is supposed to be a sluggers’ league, with the National more inclined to play for the run. The tight game of the National league would seem to be more fertile ground for double plays, and yet the records indicate other wise. It's all a little confusing. All we know is that the Yankees are lead ing their league in double plays and are first in the standings and the Phils were leading their league in double plays and are last in the standings. -V Hard-Hitting Cards Lambast Redlegs, 10-2 CINCINNAT. Sept. 6 — (.TO— The hard-hitting St. Louis Cardinals swept a three-game series hereby beating the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 today. Mort Cooper held the Redlegs to seven hits and got no walks in win ing his 19th victory. One of the hits was Rookie Frank Kelleher’s first homer for Cincinnati. The blow came in the second inning •fter Frank McCormick’s single ♦e score both Red runs. The victory was the Redbirds’ 28th against six losses since they started from a deficit of 10 games to overhaul the league-leading Brooklyn Dodgers a month ago. St. Louis tallied twice without a hit in the first inning, helped by Shortstop Damon Phillips’ two er rors and a walk. Score by innings: R H E ST LOUIS_ 211 020 220—10 11 0 CINCINNATI _ 020 000 000—2 7 3 Runs batted in—Moore, W. Cooper. Hopp, Kurowski 2, Marion 2, M. Cooper, Kelleher 2. Two base hits — Brown. Moore, Marion. Three base hit—Hopp. Home runs—Kurowski, Kelleher. Sacri fices_Moore, W. Cooper. Double play —Marion, Brown and Hopp. Left on bases—St. I.ouis 8; Cincinnati 5. Bases on balls—Riddle 4; Shoun 1; Beggs 1. Strikeouts—Cooper 4; Riddle 3; Shoun 2; Beggs 1. Hits—Off Riddle 5 in 4 1-3: Shoun 5 in 3 2-3; Beggs 1 in 1. Hit by pitcher—By Cooper (Joost). Losing pitcher — Riddle. Umpires — Barlick, Pinelli and Bnllanfant. Time—2:04 At tendance—9,083. -V Steel companies of the United •States mine or manufacture 75 per cent of the tonnage of raw material they consume. —t r-— j The Baseball Standings 4 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Piedmont League Greensboro 2; Winston-Salem 1 (2nd called). Charlotte 1: Asheville 0 (called end 5th'. Portsmouth 3; Norfolk 0. Richmond 10; Durham 1. National League Brooklyn 6-2: New York 2-4. Boston 13-7: Philadelphia 3-3. Pittsbufgh 6-5: Chicago 0-0. St. Louis 10: Cincinnati 2. American League Boston 8; Philadelphia 7. Detroit 2; Cnicago 0. St. Louis 3-5; Cleveland 2-6. New York xl-15; Washington 9-2. THE STANDINGS i National League Won Lost Pet. Erooklyn - 91 42 .684 St. Louis _,_ 90 45 .66? New York_ 74 61 .548 Cincinnati - 65 68 .489 Pittsburgh_ 61 69 .469 Chicago _ 62 76 449 Philadelphia - 54 80 .403 Washington _ 36 92 .281 American League Won Lost -’ct. New York _ 91 45 .669 Eoston _ 83 54 .605 St. Louis _ 73 64 .533 Cleveland - 69 69 .500 Detroit _ 67 71 .486 Chicago - 59 70 .45 7 Philadelphia _ 50 70 .417 Washington - 52 80 .394 TODAY’S GAMES: NEW YORK, Sept. &—(/P)—Probable pitchers for tomorrow’s holiday double headers in the Major leagues (won-lost records in parentheses) : National League Brooklyn at Boston—Davis (15-5) and Newsom (1-0) vs. Tobin (10-14) and Javery (12-14). Chicago at Cincinnati—Lee (13-12) and Wyse (0-0) vs. WTalters (12-13) and Der ringer (7-11). New York at Philadelphia—Carpenter (9-9) and Lohrman (12-4) vs. Melton (9-15) and Hughes (9-15). St. Louis at Pittsburgh—Lanier (12-7) and Beazley (18-5) vs. Sewell (15-13) and Dietz (6-6). American League Boston at Washington—Dobson (10-8' and Judd (8-91 vs. Hudson (9-13) and Scarborough (1-0). Philadelphia at New York — Fowler (5-10i and Wolff (11-13) vs. Chandler (15-4) and Borowy (13-3). Cleveland at Chicago—Milnar (6-8) and Ferrick (3-2) vs. Smith (5u19) and Lee (1-5). St. Louis at Detroit—Auker (13-11) and Muncrief (4-8) vs. Benton (6-10) and Trucks (12-7). BASEBALL’S BIG SIX: (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Batting (three leaders in each league) (Based on 350 or more times at bat; Player, Club G Ab R II Pet. Williams, Red Sox _ 135 475 118 166 .340 Gordon, Yankees __ 129 471 78 157 .333 Pesky, Red Sox 132 551 91 182 .330 Reiser, Dodgers 106 403 82 130 .323 Slaughter, Cardinals 134 520 90 167 .321 Musial, Cardinals __ 121 397 80 125 .315 HOME RUNS: American League Williams, Red Sox _ 30 Keller, Yankees _ 25 Laabs, Browns_ 23 National League Ott. Giants __ 26 Mize, Giants _ 24 Camilli, Dodgers_ 2! RUNS BATTED IN; American League Williams, Red Sox _ 124 Keller, Yankees _ 99 DiMaggio, Yankees _ 95 National League Mize, Giants ___ 94 Medwick, Dodgers _ 91 Slaughter, Cards _ 91 Bridges Smothers Sox For 5 Hits, Tiger Win CHICAGO, Sept. 6—(#*)—Veteran Tommy Bridges smothered the Chicago White Sox with five hits today for a 2-0 victory that gave the Detroit Tigers a sweep of the two-game series. Score by innings: R H E DETROIT - 101 000 000—2 8 0 CHICAGO - 000 000 000—0 5 0 Runs batted in—McCosky, York. Stolen base—Hoag. Sacrifice-Franklin. Dou tie play—Bridges, Lipon and York. Left on bases—Detroit 7; Chicago 6. Bases on balls—Bridges 2; Ross 2. Strikeouts —Bridges 2: Ross 2. Hits—Off Ross 6 in 8; Haynes 2 in 1. 'Losing pitcher—Ross. Empires - - Hubbard, Rue and Grieve. Time—1:40. Attendance—7,308. -V-— FRANKLIN JOINS CHICAGO, Sept. 6—— Murray Franklin, Detroit Tigers’ freshman second baseman, said today he had been sworn into the Navy yester day as a chief petty officer with orders to report to the Norfolk, Va., training station, September 15. .1 All - Army Beats Card Eleven, 18-IQ KIMBROUGH LEADS SOLDIERS TO WIN OVER PRO SQUAD Big John Rushes For 95 Yards And Touchdown On Kickoff DENVER, Sept. 6—UP)—An ail ing John Kimbrough was just a lit tle bit better than the healthiest friend or foe on the field as he drove the Western Army All-Stars to victory over the Chicago Cardi nals. 16 to 10. in a great football show today. Plagued by a sore side all week, the former All-America fullback from Texas A. and M., refused to be keot out of the lineup and it was well fo" the Soldier’s he wasn’t. He packed the ball for both their touchdowns, the first on a gorgeous 95-yard run in the first period that was a triumph of blocking bv his fellow Soldiers, and the second with less than three minutes to play when the red-shirted professionals were clutching a 10-9 lead. Kimbrough was smashed and battered again and again, the last time just before the game-saving touchdown, but he stayed in for the pay-off. The victory of Major Wallace Wade’s warriors was high ly popular with the 20.000 in Den ver University Stadium. Aside from Big John, the teams were p~actically a dead even match. They traded field goals. Bill Daddio, Cardinal end from Pittsburgh, placekicking one from the Army's 23-yard line to open the scoring and Tonv Cemore, Army guard from Creighton, boot ing one 10 yards farther to give his sid» a 9-3 lead at the half. Each team made use of fumbles to touch off touchdown rambles. Chicago moved into the lead in the third stanza when Milt Popovich, right guard from Montana, tumbled on a fumble on the Army s 30. Bud Schwenk, the Cardinals freshman passing flash who set a new collegiate record for comple tion at St. Louis’ Washington Un versity last year, passed and pack ed the ball to the enemy seven yard line. Here he fogged a hard one right over the scrimmage line to Alton Copoage. reserve end from Oklahoma, for the Chicago touch down, and Daddio kicked the 10th tally. This one-point lead grew more imposing by the minute, but the Soldiers never gave up scrapping. Their terrific line charging late in the game caused Schwenk. playing his first game as a pro, to juggle the ball while trying to pass. I-OS CARDINALS ARMY LE-Daddio -Ferguson 'Florida. t t_Duggan _—_Myers (Texas! I G-Bakfr_Fritz (VanderbiUi C —Apolskis - Kodros (Michigan. RG—Popovich — Routt (Texas A. & M rT_Bulger _ Pedersen (Minnesota ( rr_Ivy _ Dawson (Texas A. & M. > QB—Cheatham __ Pugh (Texas A. & M-J LH—Schwenk - Rohrig (Nebraska! rr_Lach _ Scott (Ohio State i FB—Goldberg - Kimbrough (Texas A. & M.i CARDINALS - 3 0 7 0-10 ARMY --- 6 3 0 7—16 DODGERSDMDE TWO WITH GIANTS New York Nine Whittles Brooklyn Lead With An Even Split NEW YORK, Sept. 6—LB)—The New York Giants whittled another half-game off Brooklyn’s National League lead today by holding the Dodgers to an even split in a dou bleheader witnessed bv 57.706 pay ing customers while the St. Louis Cardnials were downing Cincinnati in a single game. Two southpaws who once w°5e Cardinal uniforms divided the nitching hono"s with five-hit per formances, Max Macon hurling the Dodgers to a 6-2 triumph in the opener and Tom Sunkel squaring accounts for the Giants, 4-2, in the nightcap with the help of a three run homer by Johnny Mize, another ex-C'a'.'dinal. The split gave the Giants the series, three games to two, ana chopped Brooklyn’s lead over the second-place Cards to two and a half games. Hal Schumacher started against Macon in the first game, seeking his 11th win. but he wound up with his 12th defeat when the Dodgers knocked him out before he had re tired a man in the second inning and scored all their runs in the first two frames. (FIRST (L-.r.IE) H E Score by innings: _ “ . upnoKI YN _330 000 000 -6 ^ NEW YORK too OOO mo-2 5 0 Runs batted in—Vaughan. Galan. -tei n.an, Otl. Macon. Reese. Walker, Two base nits-Reese. Walker. CamiUi. Three base nit-Mancuso. Home run Ott. Sacrifices—Reiser, Herman, Mac° Double plavs - Mancuso and Juries, Jurges (funassisted>. Left on ba New York :i: Brooklyn 10. Bases on balls—Schumacher 2; Mungo 4: Macon 2; Feldman 3. Strikeouts—Mungo 6. Ma con 4. Hits—OH Schumacher 5 m 1 m ring (none out in 2nd); Mungo 4 in 6, Feldman 0 in 2. Losing P'tcher—Schu macher. Umpires _ . Magerkurth Jorda and Barr. Time-2:25. Estimated at tendance—55.000. (SECOND GAME) ■ i Score by innings: ‘ ■ BROOKLYN - 010 100 000—2 5 0 NEW YORK - 000 004 00X—4 6 0 Runs batted in—Higbe, Medwick, Ott, Mize 3. Two base hit—Ott. Home runs —Medwick. Mize. Left on bases—New York 2; Brooklyn 5. Bases on balls— Sunkel 2. Strikeouts—Sunkel 8: Higbe 4. Hits—Off Higbe 6 in 6 innings; Casey 0 in 2. Umpires—Jorda, Magerkurth and Earr. Time—1:46. Attendance—57,706. * BETZ IS WINNER OF TENNIS TITLE Pauline Beats Brough For Crown; Men’s Finals Slated Today NEW YORK, Sept. 6— <S>>—Dis regarding all the dope, red-haired Pauline Betz of Los Angeles and Rollins College, Fla., came from behind today to defeat favored Louise Brough of Beverly Hills. Calif., 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the final match for the Woman’s National Tennis championship. Ted Schroeder, Jr., of Glendale, Calif., and Frankie Parker, 27 year-old veteran now engaged in the movie industry in Hollywood, will clash in a five-set match for the men’s title tomorrow, with Schroeder perhaps a slight favorite to win. A crowd estimated at 8,000 watched Miss Betz, college senior, outlast her 19-year-old rival in to day’s long baseline duel. They had met in two previous tournament finals this summer with Miss Brough victorious both times, but today Pauline pulled up her socks and simply refused to yield. A half-dozen times she tumbled hard as she tried deseprately. to make a return, and she would pound her racket angrily against the sacred stadium turf. But each time she got up her jaw was set at a more determined angle. For the most part, the two girls clung to the base lines and pound ed returns. At intervals Miss Brough would try to win an impor tant game by charging the net, but almost invariably she was up set by her rival’s lobs. In all, the new champion scored 30 placements, most of them on deep, hard shots down the sidelines that Miss Brough—none too fast on her feet—could r.ot reach. Miss brough, by comparison, scored only 19 placements. The winner committed 72 errors, the loser 73. -V SOFTBALL STANDINGS HANOVER LEAGUE: Team G W L Pet. Firemen _ 13 8 5 .615 A. C. L. _ 13 8 5 .615 Senior Frat _ 13 3 5 .615 Phalanx _ 16 7 9 .437 Star-News _ 15 4 11 .267 Games This Week: Monday, September 7 — Firemen vs. A. C. L. Tuesday, September 8—Senior Frat vs. Firemen. Wednesday, September 9—Firemen vs. A. C. L. Thursday, September 10—A. C. L. vs. Senior Frat. Friday, September 11—Star-News vs. Senior Frat. Leading Hitters (All Year Records) Player Ab R H Rbi Pet. Alderman, A. C. L.__ 33 10 13 8 .393 Hammock, Frats_ 77 32 29 21 .376 F. Bullard, Firemen. 73 18 27 21 .370 E. Casteen, Firemen. 46 15 17 10 .369 Everett, Senior Frat. 59 16 21 8 .355 Winn, Senior Frat_ 75 21 26 24 .346 Newton, Star-News _ 67 14 23 6 .543 McCall, Senior Frat. 76 26 26 24 .342 Hodges, Phalanx _ 35 7 12 9 .342 Holloman, A. C. L.._ 82 21 28 18 .341 Griffith, St3i -News . 84 21 28 10 .533 Grissom, Senior Frat 82 22 27 11 .329 K. Jewell, Fhalanx.. 83 16 27 15 .325 Hamilton, Firemen _ 34 8 11 4 523 E. Reynolds, A. C. L. 72 16 23 8 .319 Owensby, Firemen _ 50 13 15 9 .300 Pinner, Senior Frat— 64 18 19 10 .297 Raynor, Star-News . 44 9 13 1 .295 D. Smith, FHemen_ 62 10 18 8 .290 H Bullard, Foremen. 69 14 20 8 .2y0 K. Cook, Star-News 90 17 26 24 .283 Powell, Star-News_ 77 22 21 13 272 Runs: — Hammock, 32; McCall, 26. Fowell, 22; Grissom, 22. Hits—Hammock, 29; Griffith, 28; Hol loman, 28; Grissom, 27; E. Bullard, 27. K. Jewell, 27. Runs batted in—R. Cook, 24; Winn. 24; McCall, 24; E. Bullard, 21; Mammock, 21. Doubles—E. Bullard, 6; Lee, 6; Hall, 5; Hodges, 5; Bov/en, 5. Triples—D. Smith, 4; T. Meier, 3; five players tied with-’two each. Home runs—Holloman, 5; R. Cook, 4; E. Reynolds, 4; six players tied vith three each. Team Batting: Team G Ab R H Or Pet. Senior Frat _ 13 329 79 86 37 .261 Phalanx _ 16 416 72 103 119 .247 Firemen _ 13 358 72 85 40 .237 A. C. L. _ 13 326 54 77 61 .233 Star-News_ 15 394 49 89 89 .225 Team Fielding Team G Po A E Pet Firemen _ 13 260 99 25 .934 Senior Frat - 13 243 87 24 932 Phalanx - 16 350 85 41 .913 A. C. L._ 13 246 102 34 .911 Slar-News _ 15 294 126 47 .900 Pitchers’ Records Pitcher nngs. So W L Pet. Pinner, Frats- 124 18 15 3 .833 Voss, A. C. L._ 109 15 10 5 .667 Owensby, Firemen _ 149 61 14 8 .636 Hodges, Phalanx- 77 76 6 6 .500 Padrick, Frats _ 52 3 4 4 .600 R. Cook, Star-News 136 22 9 11 .450 VICTORY LEAGUE: Team G IV L Fct City Optical - 10 8 2 .800 Shipbuilders- 11 6 5 .545 Moldloft - 10 5 5 .500 Apprentice _ 12 4 8 .333 Electricians _ 9 3 6 .333 Games This Week: Monday, September 7—Open. Tuesday, September 8—City Optical vs. Apprentice. Wednesday, September 9—Shipbuilders vs. Electricians. Thursday, September 10—City Optical \s. Moldloft. Friday, September 11, 8:00—Appren tice vs. Shipbuilders: 9:30—Electricians! vs. Moldloft. Leading Hitters Tlayer Ab R H Rbi Pjt. | Dejarnett, Builders— 26 4 13 1 .500 J Covington, Moldloft- 61 16 29 17 .475 Edens, Electrosc_ 29 8 13 6 .464 McKeithan, Electros- 28 4 10 6 .357 Russell, Builders_ 42 10 15 9 .357 C Culbreth, Moldloft 67 17 23 7 .343 Huffman, Builders _ 73 9 25 7 .342 Bishop, Moldloft_ 24 2 8 6 .333 J. McKeithan, Opt_ 25 9 8 1 .320 Hodges, Builders _— 47 17 15 7 .319 Shipp, Optical_ 63 11 20 7 .317 Hughey, Apprentice— 73 16 23 13 .315 Neilson, Builders- 70 15 22 10 .314 Urban, Builders_ 32 5 10 3 .312 Woodcock, Optical— 49 9 15 5 .306 Be yd, Moldloft - 20 4 6 0 .300 Brittian, Builders- 50 7 15 12 .300 Wadsworth, Moldloft 44 7 13 4 .295 Moore, Optical — 31 4 9 3 .290 Wallace, Electros_ 32 7 9 7 .281 Sebastian, Apprerit._ 58 12 16 3 .275 Team Batting: Team C* Ab R H Or Pet. Shipbuilders_ 11 311 54 89 54 .286 FOR STRETCH I DRIVE - By^JacktSords &uo< Newsoaa PuRCMASEP 51iflE . PROOvayM POpOBRS TO 0OUSTBR.TME1R MOO/JP STAFF FOR. TME STRETSf PRWE To TME ~ PEMMAfJT / UKE &01/4G Mo/Ae / v A 0OC& Was wifM &(Zoo£L'/i4 PACK id 1929 And 1930 i YANKEES SWAMP NATS IN COUPLE Rizzuto Leads New York ers To Double Win Over Senators WASHINGTON. Sept. 6—W—The New Yo"k Yankees found the bat ting range at the expense of Wash ington today and swamped the Senators. 11 to 9 and 15 2. in a five hour twin bill before 20,000 spec tators. The world champions teed off on Early Wynn and Bill Trotte" for 23 blows in the nightcap. They greeted Wynn with a six-hit attack that netted as many scores in the first- inning, pushed over another run in the fourth, added four more in the sixth, one in the seventh and slapped out five blows for thrfee runs in the ninth. Wvnn was re lieved during the sixth inning at tack but the Yanks continued their batting barrage against Trotter. Wynn was the losing hurter. Phil Rizzuto led the New York attack with a triple, a double and two singles. Joe Gordon got two doubles and a pair of singles. At ley Donald went the rou fo" New York and limited the Senators to eight scattered blows, three of them by the normally weak-hitting Jimmy Pofabl. (FIRST GAME) Score by innings; R H E NEW YORK _ 020 503 010—11 9 0 W ASHINGTON _ 100 100 403— 9 16 3 Runs batted m—Vernon 2, Gordon. Riz zuto 2, Hassett. Rolfe. Cullenbine, Keller 3. Croucher. DiMaggio, Spence, Camp bell 4, Sullivan. Two base hits — Ccucher, -Early. Home run—Campbell Stolen bases—Keller. Gordon. Double p]ays—Rizzuto. Rolfe and Gordon: Rolfe. Gordon and Hassett: Vernon and Sulli van. Left on bases—New York 10: Wash ington 7. Base on balls—Ruffing 2: Carrasquel 3; Bevil 7; Trotter 1. Struck out—Ruffing 2: Carrasquel 2: Bevil 2: Trotter 1: Murphy 2. Hits—Off Ruffing 11 in 6 1-3 innings; Murphy 5 in 1 2-3 innings; Turner none in 1 inning; Car rasquel 6 in 4 innings; Bevil 2 in 3 in nings; Trotter 1 in 2 innings. Balk— Bevil. Passed ball—Early. Winning pit cher—Ruffing; losing pitcher—Carrasquel Umpires—Summers, Pipgras and Passar ella. Time—2:25. Attendance—20.000. (SFCOND GAME) Score bv innings: R H E NEW YORK _ 600 104 103—15 23 1 WASHINGTON _ 100 000 001— 2 8 3 Runs batted in—Hassett. Keller 3, Ro rar 3, Rizzuto 2, Vernon. Donald. Cul lenbine 3, DlMaggio. Pofahl. Two base hits—Campbell. Gordon 2. Hassett. Rn sar, Rizzuto. Cullenbine, Clary. Pofahl. Three base hit—Rizzuto. Double play— Hassett. Rizzuto and Hassett. Loft on bases—New York 11; Washington 9. Base on balls—Wynn 3; Donald 4. Strikeouts — Wynn 2; Donald 4. Hits—Off Wynn 14 in 5 1-3 innings; Trotter 9 in 3 2-3 Losing pitcher—Wynn. Umpires — Pip gras, Passarelia and Summers. Time— 2 -22. Attendance—20.000. --V The yucca moth was the first known creature to make a plant, the flowering yucca, dependent upon it. Moldloft _ 10 283 45 76 41 .26,» Electricians - 9 241 47 62 50 .257 City Optical — 11 305 53 71 35 .032 Apprentice . „ 13 332 41 61 68 .133 Team Fielding Team G Po A E Pet City Optical- 11 231 115 19 .947 Shipbuilders - 11 222 82 29 .912 Moldloft. - 10 201 88 29 .903 Apprentice - 13 261 94 36 .907 Electricians _- 9 174 67 33 .873 Pitchers’ Records: Pitcher Inngs. So ff T, pct Erown. Optical - 83 22 8 3 .827 Bell. Builders - 40 19 5 2 714 Shipp. Optical - 104 73 11 5 087 Ballard, Moldloft _ 129 123 10 9 .526 Scruggs, Apprentice- 146 38 ' 9 10 473 Kinnell, Electros __ 75 18 5 6 .454 Runs—C. Davis 20, Hodges 17, Huehev 16. C. Culbreth 17. Runs' batted, in—Covington. 17. Hughey 13, C. Smith 13, Brittian 12. H. Bohan non 12. Hits — Covington 29. Huffman 25 C Culbreth 23, Hughey 23. Doubles—C. Davis 6. Hodges 6. Coving ton 5. Edens 5. Triples—Dejamett 3, ten players tied with 2 each. Home runs—E. Bohannon 4. Shinn 2 W. S. McKeithan 2. Brew 2, Edens z. ALSAB PICKED AGAIN CHICAGO, Sept. 6— —The $25,000 Washington f*ark Handi cap tomorrow figures to be another of those one horse hows for Alsab, the three year old that has worked himself back into good! standing only to get shunned by Whirlaway and Shut Out. The Labor Day race was to be a showdown between War ren Wright’s Calumet Cannon ball and Mrs. A1 Sabath’s Bar gain Colt. But Whirlaway duck ed to Narragansett for the $25, 000 special Sept. 12, and Alsab again found himself minus a shot at one of his greatest rivals. Some 35,000 fans are expect ed at Washington Park tomor row with receipts going to war relief. Alsab probably will be heavily backed, but despite the absence of Whirlaway, the Chi cago colt will find a tough field threatening him as he seeks his fourth straight win since his rest with a leg splint. -V Braves Cop Twin Bill From Tailend Phillies PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 6—(.?)— The Boston Braves executed the first triple play seen at Shike Pa~k in 14 years today, as they took both ends . of a doubleheader from the tailend Phils, 13 to 3 and 7 to 3, to extend the Phils’ losing streak to 11 games. The triple killing, third in the National League season, was start ed by Tom Earley. Braves’ pitcher, in the fifth inning of the first game. Grabbing a pop fly from the bat of Danny Murtaugh. he whirled and tossed the ball to Eddie Miller, shortstop, who tagged Si Johnson off second and snapped the ball to Dick West at first, catching Mer rill May off the hag. The Braves broke 2-2 ties by scoring five runs in the seventh inning of each contest. They shell ed Johnson from the mound in the first game and F"ank Hoerst in the second. The Bostonians rat tled off a total of 26 hits in the two games. (FIRST GAME) Score by innings: R H E BOSTON _ 000 002 533—13 16 1 PHILADELPHIA 100 010 100— 3 12 4 Runs batted in—P. Waner West 2, Holmes, Fernandez, Miller, Sisti 3, Lit vhiler. May, Murtaugh, Lombardi, Ear ley. Two base hits—P. Waner 2, West, May. Earley Sisti, Northey, Koy. Three base hit—Northey. Stolen bases—Fernan dez, May. Sisti. Sacrifices — Earley, Holmes. Double plays—Miller. Sisti rnd West 3. Triple play—Earley, Miller and West. Left on base—Boston 9; Phila delphia 8. Base on balls—Johnson 3, Flitcraft 2, Earley 3. Struck out—By Johnson 1; Pearson 1; Earley 1. Hits— Off Johnson 9 in 6 2-3 innings; Pearson 2 in 1-3 inning- Podgajny 3 in 1 inning, Flitcraft 2 in 1-3 inning: Nahem 0 in . -3 inning. Wild pitches—Earley, Flitcraft. Losing pitcher — Johnson. Umpires— Dunn. Sears and Stewart. Time of game —2 :24. (SECOND GAME) Score by innings: R H E bOSTON - Oil 000 500—7 10 i PHILADELPHIA 000 020 001—3 8 2 Runs batted in—Cuccinello, Klutz 2 Miller 2, L. Waner, Northey 2. Two base hits—Cuccinello, Cooney 2, Miller. Sacrifices—May 2, Roberge, Salvo, Hoerst Double plays — Miller, Roberge and Gremp; Roberge, Miller and Gremp. Left cn bases—Boston 9; Philadelphia 10. Base on balls—Salvo 7: Hoerst 5. Struck out —By Hoerst Nahem 1; Salvo 1. Hits — Off Hoerst 10 in 6 2-3 innings; Nahem 0 in 2 1-3 innings. Losing pitcher — Hoerst. Umpires—Sears, Stewart and. Dunn. Time—2:04. Attendance—5,738. CALIFORNIANS WIN MANCHESTER, N. Y„ Sept. 6 1^—The Sunrise Post of Los An geles won the National American Legion Junior Baseball champion-j ship today by taking its third straight decision from the Sweeney I Post of Manchester, 3-0. Manches-1 ter threatened twice but on each occasion Bob Moore bore down j and forced opposing batters to! ground out weakly. Holderfield WillBox MobleyHere Tonight Highly-touted Jimmy Holderfield, former Carolina-Virginia amateur champ, makes his first appearance on the Shipbuilder ring cards here tonight, meeting Wallace’s Delmar Mobley in the main event of Match maker Plunk Moring’s weekly fisti cuff festivities. Holderfield, formerly of Raleigh but now working in the burner school at the shipyard, was state High school and Golden Glove titlehold and Virginia-Carolina champion in 1937 and 1938 and won the tri-state amateur title at Steu benville, Ohio, the following year. He is better known locally as the conquerer of Zane Winters, who twice' defeated popular Red Beard. Mobley, now employed by the yard joiner department, will be aft er his sixth straight victory. In his only other shipyard bout, he fought to a close draw with Pat Curry. He weights 150, Holderfield 152. . A promising battle for the unof ficial lightweight crown of Wil mington will featflre Mus Lock amy, the punching postoffice clerk, HUNTER DIVISION WON BY SKINNERS Sutton Takes Three-Gaited event In Junior Horse Show Here Miss Emily Skinner, up on lier Headinair, road away with tli& hun ter championship of yesterday s junior horse show at Legion stadium —one of the largest ever held here —while sister Margaret Skinner took the reserve title in the same division with Brown Betty. Crown in the three-gaited contest went to Billy Sutton’s You're A Sweetheart, the reserve to Clinton Bonds’ Bugler Boy. Mercer Lady with Joe Morrison up won the pony championship with Billy Sutton s Mickey Rooney being decided second best. F. B. Wilmshurst of Laurinburg judged the show, which was spon sored by the Wilmington Junior Horse Show association. A large crowd attended, and entire proceeds are going toward the purchase of an ambulance for the local Red Cross .Motor corps. Winners in other classes: Model Three-Gaited — You're A Sweetheart, ridden by Billy Sutton, first; Bugler Boy, Clinton Bonds, second: Arkansas Traveler. Eleanor Willetts .third; Jay Bird, Billy Todd, fourth. Model Ponies — Mercer Lady. Teasey Morrison. first; Mickey Rooney, Mary Sutton, second; Red Boy, Jack Farrar, third; Lady Jane, Dorris Farrar, fourth. Model Hunters—Headinair Emily Skinner, first: Miramar, Margurite MacRae. second: Brown Betty, Mar-, garet Skinner third; Quailgold. Helen Boushee, fourth. Ponies ridden by children 12-vear old and under — Mercer Lady, T. Morrision. first; Mickey Rooney, M. Sutton, second; Torpedo Jr., D. C. Xorth, Jr., third; Lady Jane. D. Farrar, fourth. Working Hunter — Brown Betty, M. Skinner, first; Headinair, E. Skinner .second; Miramar, M. Mac Rae third. Harness Class Horses—I. J. Sut ton. first; B. Sutton, second; Eleanor Willetts, third; Billy Todd, fourth. Three-Gaited Ponies — Mercer Lady, Joe Morrison, first; Mickey Rooney, B. Sutton, second; Torpedo Jr., D. C. North, Jr„ third; Lady Jane, D. Farrar fourth. Horsemanship Over Jumps—Mar gurite MacRae first; E. Skinner, second; Helen Bouslee. third; Betty Hall, fourth; Francis LaPorte. fifth. Pleasure Horses — Miramar, M. MacRae. first; Sandy, Marlyn Cos tello. second; Bugler Boy, Clinton Barnes .third; Prince, Margaret Thomason fourth: Betty Hall and W. B. Cole. Jr., fifth. Pair Class — Fred and Eleanor Wrllets. first; Marguerite MacRae and Emily Skinner, second: Marilyn Costello and Dorris Farrar, third. Shetland Poines—Brownie. Vivian Talley, first; Beauty, Dorothy Me Conness, second; Baby Lee, Leslie Hummel third- Prince, Jean Me Conness. fourth. Businessman’s Class — Clinton Bonds, first: Fred Willetts, second. Harness Class. Ponies — Mickey Rooney, M. Sutton, first; Red Boy, Jack Farrar, second; Charlie third: Baby Lee. L. Hummel, fourth. Open Hunters — Headinair, E. Skinner, first: Brown Betty. M. Skinner, second; Quailgold, H.’ Bous hee. third; Miramar, M. MacRae fourth. Road Hacks—Headinair, E. Skin ner, first; Miramar, Vera Diehl second; Brown Betty, M. Skinner, third. Half-mile Race ($10 stake for winner)—Brown Betty. M. Skinner, first: Dan. Alex Trask, second: Bob. Billy Todd third. Ladybug, Howard Tally, fourth. new champion SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 6 (/Pl—Melody Maid from Oakwood Acres Stable, Fayetteville, Tenn today became the champion walk ing horse of the world a titale be stowed by the Four Annual Ten- ' nessee Walking Horse National celebration. 1 -V- I Tipperary is in County Kil- | kenny, Ireland. and Ben Daniels of the bum partment. Each weigl ner of the scrap is to ia£: Collier Oswalt of Charlotte cw‘ pion of the Carolinas. DELMAR MOBLEY Three preliminaries are pi and the matches will be co ^ 9:45 o’colck to permuS shift workers to be on Uire / work. Pirates Tivice Defeat Lowlv Chicago Bruins PITTSBURGH. Sept. 6—vT_T-no Pittsburgh Pirates came , ‘' sight of the first division by shut ting out the Chicago Cu today. 6 to 0 and 5 to 0. The do y, win placed the Bucs milv -X games behind the fourth-place c ' cinnati Reds. Hank Gornicki held the Cub?; four hits in the opener and L I Hamlin allowed them seven in th nightcap, but only two afte * £ third inning. Only one Cub re third base in the first nan: I Claude Passeau. • ' victory, was belted for 13 safe* •:> by the Pirates, five coming ir. • four-^un fifth inning. Cub Rookie Joe Berry, mak:::; I his major league debut, gave v. | two runs in the eighth inning the second game after relie*.. , Les Fleming with the Pirates lea king 3 to 0. Bob Elliott. Pirate thi d baseman, was spiked in the ? inning of the nightcap and had :o leave the game. (FIRST GAME) Score by innings: FHt CHICAGO _ ... 000 000 000—n 4 PITTSBURGH _ 000 130 01x-6 13 . Runs batted in—DiMaggio 2. ?• .. F.lliott. Phelps. Fletcher. Two base —Fletcher, DiMaggio, Phelps, Nicholson. Three base hit — Stewart Stolen base—Stewart. Sacrifice—Caur* retta. Double play—Coscarart and le cher. Left on bases—Chicago 6: 1 " burge 8. Bases on balls—G Passeau 3. Strikeouts—Passeau 3: G r nicki 4. Hits—Off Passeau 13 in 7 in nings; Olsen 0 in 1. Hit by pitcher By Gornicki (Merullo). Losing pitcher— Passeau. Umpires—Reardon, Goetz and Conlan. Time—1:45. (SECOND GAME) Score by innings: CHICAGO _ 000 000 000-0 7 1 PITTSBURGH _ 012 000 02.X-5 10 0 Runs batted in—Hamlin. Fletcher, Di Maggio, Lopez. Coscarart. Two base in's j —Gustine, Cavarretta. Three : DiMaggio. Sacrifice—DiMaggio. D".::,.r plays—Elliott and Fletcher: Ciytinc j .! Fletcher; DiMaggio and Elliott; .v < ■' Zing and Cavarretta. Left on ba Chicago 6: -Fleming 5; Hamlin 2; Berry 7. Sti - outs—Fleming 5; Hamlin 3. Hr- (l' Fleming 6 :n 7 by pitcher—Bv Fleming (Gustinei. Los ing pitcher—Fleming. Umpires—GoeV Conlan and Reardon. Time—1:59. A - tendance—8.610. Brownies And Indians Split Double Header 'ST. LOUIS. Sept. 6- '.V—The S' Louis Brown and the Cleveland . dians split a double header to a) j each decided by one run. tc the Browns with a 4 1-2 uainc c over the Tribe for third place St. Louis won the f and lost the second 6 In 1 Les Fleming's thirteenth .u with a man on base started di’ans on their victorious way b 1 fourth inning of the secow * * and affer 7 1-2 innings trailed, 1 to 6. Two runs »«e , lied in the eighth and ninth before Vern Kennec.-^;; ^ pitcher for Cleveland m t made Vernon Stephens . , Kiltner at third for the with the bases loader (FIRST R AMI ' j f.E Score by inning> CLEVELAND ST. LOUIS - - Runs batted in- Ki ens 2. Two base hits—\ nich. Stephen*. Heath, 1 ■ Lt> Weatherly. Saeril ice-Laa b bases—Cleveland . U’: S’. - ‘ , , nn balls—Gagby 5: G 2 Strikeouts—Bagl Hits-Off Gatehouse 11 o Caster 0 in 1 2-3. ", Caster. Umpire* -- Bas" Stewart. Time—2:('f (SECOND GA.MEI Score by inning*: CLEVELAND ST. LOUIS ..01 y Q Runs batted in - Keltner. Heath. Boudri nich, Gutteridge. Laab*. ' D, - —Fleming, Heath - R Chartak. Three Home run—Fleming. s 1 teridge. Berardino, Gm - Hockett and Dennv.- - .v Grimes and Fleming. Cleveland 11; £ —Harder 5: Dean 1:1 3. Strikeouts- Hj Hits—Off Ferens 7 in 4 ’ 8 pleton 5 in 4 2-3: Hu . Dean 0 in u (pitched ' Kennedy 1 in. 1-3. L'r. Harder; losing pitcher--j ’ p- ., —Rommel, Stewart aw. 2:19. Attendance (paid ■ "J ^ I FISHING TACKLE SPORTING GOODS VICTORY RlK’f am Rni,'l.l;srn SNEEDEN CYCLE CO. 114 Market St. J
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