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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 — <£>—
This is probably the only town
around the major league circuits
wherea ball club can put in an
utterly dismal showing for weeks
on end without the fans trying to
get the manager fired.
Just a couple of months back,
the Washington Senators were rated
a right fair ball club. In pre-season
polls many experts picked them
as sure pennant contenders. They
came through as predicted during
the spring months, flirting with
first place and seldom falling be
low third.
Today the Senators are comfort
ably entrenched in eighth place in
the American league. They’ve lost
21 of their last 24 starts, 18 of the
reverals coming on a recent road
trip through the west. They’re 19
1-2 games behind the pace-setting
St. Louis Browns and two and a
half back of Philadelphia, an al
most unanimous pre-season choice
for the cellar berth.
And yet nobody around Washing
ton blames Ossie Bluege, the mild
mannered manager who maneuver
ed the club to a second place finish
a year ago. They jusx charge it off
to hard luck, lack of material and
spotty performances all around.
“It’s still a good ball club, but
we’ve had everything bad happen
to us almost from the day the
season started,” Bluege lamented
A casual study of the box scores
bears him out. When the Senators
have good pitching, the hitters have
been breaking their backs popping
out to the infield. If the hitters
connect, the hurlers look like tbird
rate semi-pro rookies.
Last night, for instance, the De
troit Tigers plastered three Wash
ington pitchers for 16 blows. The
fairly-sizeable crowd had two oc
casions to stand and cheer onc«
when the Star Spangled Banner
was played and again at the tra
ditional seventh-inning stretch.
GERMAIN WINS;
RETAINS CROWN
CHICAGO, Aug. 12—Wt—Playing
each shot with grim determina
tion, Dorothy Germain defeated
Phyllis Otto 5 and 4 today to re
tain her crown as Women’s West
ern amateur champion — an
achievement unduplicated in the
last 12 years.
The Philadelphia star thus be
came the seventh player in the
tournament’s 44-year history to
capture the crown twice in suc
cession and the first to do so
since Mrs. Opal S. Hill impressed
the sports world with her sweep
in 1931 and 1932.
Miss Germain, 20-year-old Bea
ver college junior, was only three
ever par for the long Onwentsia
, course for the 32 holes required
to win, while her Omaha, Neb.,
opponent, trying desperately to re
gain her putting confidence, was
TO over.
What had been a dose, intense
match in the morning round was
transformed Into a near rout on
the first nine of the afternoon as
Miss Germain uncorked her typi
cal blitz methods and shot a one
under-par 37 for a 4-up lead at
the 27-hole juncture.
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 12. — UP) —
Cincinnati’s Reds edged Boston 5-4
in »( 10-inning game today which
could have been won in the regu
lation distance had not Eddie Mil
ler hobbled a ball that helped the
Braves tie the score in the ninth.
Catcher Ray Mueller drove home
Dain Clay with the winning tally
after Clay singled, advanced on a
sacrifice and Frank McCormick—
who hit his 13th homer of the
year in the fourth—had been pur
posely passed.
With one away in the ninth, Ira
Hutchinson gave way to pinch-hit
ter Wright who was safe on Mil
ler’s fumble. Warren Huston ran
for him. Max Macon singled and
Arnold Carter, replacing Harry
Gumbert on the mound, walked
Tommy Holmes to load the bases
Charley Workman grounded, with
Huston scoring to send the game
into overtime.
Boston ...000 200 011 0—4
Cincinnati _ 000 201 100 1—5
Barrett, Hutchinson and Hofferth,
Masi; Gumbert, Carter and Muel
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UPSETS FEATURE
MUNICIPAL GAMES
The Municipal Senior Softball
league saw a week of upsets and
well played games last week. The
141st A. B. U. T. T. retained the
top lead in the second half and
now has»won seven and lost one,
with the Wilmington Coast Guard
in runner-up spot with six and
two. City Optical, winner of the
first half, lost to the T. H. D. of
Wilmington by a score of 7-5 to
drop them farther in the standings
with a total of two won and three
lost.
Standings through August 12:
Won Lost
141st A. B. U. T. T. ....... 7 1
Wilmington Coast Guard.. 6 2
Wrightsville Coast Guard.. 4 3
Firemen . 3 3
City Optical . 2 3
T. H. D. of Wilmington ... 2 3
Lake Forest . 1 5
Spofford Mills . 1 fl
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Browns Still Winning; Trip Yanks, 8 To 3
M’QUINN SPARKS
LEADERS' ATTACK
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—(JP)— The
St- Louis Browns made it three out
of four from the New York Yank
ees today and their 11th out of
their last 12, by defeating the New
Yorkers 8-3 before 13,465 -paid ad
missions.
George McQuinn paced the lea
gue-leaders with two homers and a
single to drive in five runs- Each
of his round trippers, one in the
first frame and the other in tne
ninth, came with one man on base.
Jack Kramer went the distance
, for the Browns, scattering eight
hits, for his 12th victory against
10 defeats.
The Browns got two quick runs
off Walt Dubiel, Yankees’ rookie
righthander, in the first inning on
McQuinn’s two-run homer, but the
world champions tied the score
with single tallies in the second and
third.
Nine men batted in the seventh
as the Browns broke the deadlock
with five hits good for four runs
and drove Dubiel from the mound.
They added two more in the ninth
on McQuinn’s second homer.
The Yankees score their final
run in the eighth when Johnny Lin
dell drove in his second run of
the game with a single which scor
ed George Stirnweiss. Frank Cro
setti batted in the other Yankee
run.
The defeat was Dubiel’s 10th of
the year and put the Yankees nine
and a half games off the pace.
St. Louis_•_200 000 402—8
New York _011 000 010—3
Kramer and Hayworth; Dubiel,
Johnson, Turner and Hemsley.
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GOLF NOTABLES
MARK TOURNEY
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 12—(ffl
—Top flight professional golfers
polished up their games today for
the $20,000 National P.G.A. cham
pionship, which opens here Mon
day, and from the class of the
field the 1344 holding of this ex
clusive event promised to produce
as keen a title chase as in the
years preceding the war.
Sprinkled among the 80-odd en
tries, registered from practically
every section of the country, were
such links notables as the “Big
Four” of this year, Harold Me
Spaden, Philadelphia, Byron Nel
son, Toledo, O.. Sammy Byrd,
Redford, Mich., and Craig Wood,
Mamaroneck, N. Y. They are the
leading bond winners of 1944, in
the order named.
This quartet has dominated vir
tually every tournament played
since the little Texan, Benny Ho
gan. and colorful Sam Snead join
ed the armed forces more than
a year ago.
Practice rounds over the Man
ito course developed less sub-par
golf than expected, with the ex
ception of sparkling efforts by
George Schneiter, slender Salt
Lake City entry, who posted suc
cessive scores of 69 and 68. Par
for the heavily wooded layout is
36-36—72.
The big job facing the bulk of
the entries was to eliminate the
"Big Four” and the incentive na
turally was greater because the
National P.G.A. title is the goal
of every member pro. Its pres
tige is second only to that of U. S.
Open champion, the crown which
Craig Wood wears for the _dura
tion. Snead, the West Virginian,
won the last P.G.A. National, in
1942.
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SOUTHWORTH SIGNS
TO MANAGE CARDS
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12.—(TP)—Billy
Southworth, whose Cardinals are
winning their way to their third
straight National league pennant,
signed a contract today to manage
the team through the 1945 and 1946
seasons.
He is the first pilot of the Card
inals to be given a two-year con
tract by President Sam Breadon,
who also departed from his usual
custom in making such an early
decision. Terms of the contract
were not announced.
Southworth, who took over the
job in mid-June of 1940, made a
spirited bid for the pennant in 1.<1
and started his march of triumph
with a league victory and world
championship in 1942. He repeated
with a pennant last year but lost
to the Yankees in the World series.
• Barring the greatest slump in
baseball history, Southworth is on
his way to being the first manager
since John McGraw to win the
three straight pennants and the
first manager in the National lea
gue history to lead his team • to
more than 100 victories in each of
three consecutive years. The Card
inals won 106 in 1942 -and 105 games
in 1943.
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Two Former Champs Play
In Gr e enshoro Tonrney
GREENSBORO, Aug.
When the North Carolina Closed
Tennis Championship Tournament
begins here Friday, Aug. 18, for a
week-end run, there will be two
former champions in the men s
singles.
Hubert Barrier, formerly won
over Carlyle Lewis of Burlington
last summer. Cpl. B°bby Spuccier,
now of Camp Mackall, formerly of
Charlotte, won the men's title m
1942 and he will arrive Wednesday
| to practice for the event.
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‘Battle Of Bullies’ Set
For Thalian Hall Friday
"The Battle of the Bullies,"
which will see Charley Harben,
who weighs 262 pounds, go
against Irish Jack Kelly, 238
pound grappler from Boston,
Mass., will feature the weekly
wrestling program at Thalian
hall next Friday night.
Promoter Bert Causey said
yesterday this part of the show -
will be one of the two main
events. In the other match,
Milo Steinborn, 226, of Mem
phis. Tenn., will battle Chief
Little Beaver, the 232-pound
pride of Cherokee, N. C.
The card is one that promises
plenty of action. Harben and
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Kelly are expected to go the
limit in rough stuff and Milo
is ready to learn the Little
Chief some new tricks.
Each of the two events will
be two out of three, falls, 75
minutes time limit.
As cooler weather ap-'
proaches, more and more
wrestling fans are expected to
make their way to the Thalian
tumble temple, at Third and
Princess streets. The coming
card is expected to draw an
unusually large crowd and ad
vance tickets will go on sale at
the Orton hotel desk today.
CUBS BLANK BUMS
BEHIND RED LYNN
CHICAGO. Aug. 12— W> —The
Chicago Cubs salvaged the last
game of a four-game series with
(he Brooklyn Dodgers today, as
Jephet (Red) Lynn blanked the
Dodgem with five hits to give the
Cubs • 2-0 victory. The triumph
ended a five-game losing streak
for the Bruins.
Rube Melton, Lynn’s opponent on
the mound, held the Cubs scoreless
upntil the sixth when Phil Cavar
retta’s double, a passed ball and
Andy Pasko’s single produced
Chicago’s first tally. The Cubs
added another in the seventh when
Stan Hack walked and Roy Hughes
and Cavarretta followed with
singles.
The victory together with the
New York Giants’ defeat, enabled
the cubs to return to fourth place
in the standings.
Brooklyn ... 000 000 000—0
Chicago ___ 000 001 lOx—2
Melton and Owen; Lynn and Wil
liams.
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DISAPPOINTING NATS
BOW TO TIGERS, 12-5
WASHINGTON", Aug. 12—W)—
Detroit spotted Washington four
runs in the first inning and then
went on to sweep the four game
series by winning tonight, 12 to 5.
Rufus Gentry went five innings
and because of hot weather gave
way to Johnny Gorsica in the
sixth.
The Detroit Tigers took kindly
to Alex Carrasquel and Bill Lefe
bvre. Ragged fielding by the
Washington Senators helped the
Tigers along.
The Tigers took the lead in the
third when Dick Wakefield’s triple
scored Rudy York and Wakefield
continued across the plate when
George Myatt booted the relay.
Bill Lefebvre faced the Tigers
in the fifth and put the game on
ice by scoring four times on three
passes, an error and two hits.
Roger Cramer connected for a
home run in the third.
Detroit . 023 140 200—12 12 2
Washington . 400 100 000— 5 9 4
Gentry, Gorsica, and Richards;
Carrasquel, Lefebvre and Guerra,
Ferrell.
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Sports Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 —MV-First
entry for the national tennis cham
pionships is 46-year-old Gil Hall,
recently discharged from the tank
corps, and the U. S. L. T. A.
probably is hoping that Gil won’t
be able to go through the field
without the aid of a tank. . .in
Latrobe, Pa., site of the first pro
football game in 1895, the pvblic
library has had duplicates made
of all the early pro data gathered
by Dr. John Braillier, the first
professional player, and keeps it
under lock and key as a historical
document. . .now if they could only
make duplicates of such histori
cal items as Jim Thorpe and Red
Grange—and unlock ’em.
WEARY QUERY
For the Q. and A. Dept. Nolly
J. Sams of a Charleston (S.C.)
paper suggestions one on how
many perfect games have been
pitched in the major leagues . . .
the green-red book lists six, includ
ing Ernie Shore’s performance for
the Red Sox in 1917 when he re
lieved Babe Ruth after the Babe
passed the first man and the um
pire passed Ruth out of the Park
. . .The other perfect-game pitch
ers: John Lee Richmond. Worces
ter, and John M. Ward,Pro
vidence. both National league and
Cy Young, Boston; Addie Joss,
Cleveland, and C. C. Robertson,
Chicago, American league.
SPORTS POURRI
Did you notice that the army
teams outnumber the civilian more
than 2 to 1 in the National semi
pro baseball tournament? The Car
dinals now only lead the National
League in g^mes won and lost,
but they’re just as far ahead in
what Bill Brandt calls the “BBP'’
—the parade of baseballs fouled
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into the stands and returned to be
shipped to service men. . .one news
paperman attending those “hush
hush” meetings where a new pro
football league is being organized
is said to represent Lieut. Comdr.
Gene Tunney, who wants the Balti
more franchise.
UNANSWERED QUESTION
After Starting to compile Clem
son’s football roster, Tub Thumper
Joe Sherman pauses to ask what
became of the “old days when
men were men?”. . .The 33 under
18-year-old candidates for the Tiger
squad average 5-11 1-2 in height
and 176.5 pounds.
SERVICE DEPT.
Sgt. Pat Abbott, who has been
cleaning up in Colorado Golf circles
this summer,played a double fea
ture last Sunday when he com
pleted 18 holes in a tournament
final, hurried to church for the
christening of his month-old daugh
ter, then returned to the links.to
dispose of Jack Koennecker. .Capt.
Jack (Pinky) Salmon, former
Maryvillb (Mo.) Teachers Basket
ball captain, recently was awarded
the air medal with six oak leaf
clusters in England. He’s a bomber
pilot with more than 40 missions.
PIRATES WALLOP
NEW YORK, 8-0
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12——The
Pittsburgh Pirates walloped th«
New Lork Giants 8-0 today as Mas
Butcher, making a successful
comeback, after losing the opening
game of the series, held the Giants
to six scattered hits. The victorj
gave the Pirates the series, foui
to one.
Bill Voiselle, who defeated the
Pirates in the opener, gave up II
hits in the seven innings that h<
worked, to be charged with his 13th
loss. He has won 14.
The Pirates produced three runs
on as many hits plus a pair oi
walks in the third inning, with
Babe Dahlgren driving in two runs
with a single. The Bucs added foui
runs on two hits, plus a walk, ar
error and some slow fielding bj
the Giant infielders.
Singles by Pete Coscarart, wh(
made three hits, Johnny Barret
and Butcher accounted for the othei
Pirate rally in the seventh.
' The defeat dropped the Giants
into the second division, a half
game behind the Chicago Cubs
who took over fourth place.
New York . 000 000 000—<
Pittsburgh .. 003 040 lOx—1
Voiselle, Pyle and Lombardi;
Butcher and Camelli.
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ATHLETICS EDGE
WIN OVER TRIBE
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12—(51
Confusion in the Cleveland outfielc
gave the Philadelphia Athletics «
4 to 3 victory and an even splii
with the Indians in the windup o:
their four-game series here todaj
before 4,693 fans.
With two out and Ford Garrisor
on first in the fifth innings, Frank
Hayes hit a long fly to left. Oris
Hockett and Myril Hoag let il
drop between them for a double,
with Garrison scoring. The Ath
letics went on to score two more
runs in the inning.
Luman Harris spacee out nine
hits in going the route for the A’s,
while his teammates collected 10
off the series of Ed Klieman and
Joe Heving.
Cleveland -010 011 000—3
Philadelphia ...... 001 030 OOx—4
Klieman, Heving and Rosar; Har.
ris and Hayes.
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STANDINGS
RESULTS
American League
St. Louis 8, New York 3.
Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 3.
Boston 5, Chicago 4.
Detroit 12, Washington 5.
National League
Pittsburgh 8, New York 0.
Cincinnati 5, Boston 4.
Chicago 2, rooklyn 0.
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 0.
American League
Team Won Lost Pet.
St. Louis __... 65 43 602
Boston — 58 49 .542
♦Detroit . 55 50 .524
New York_.... 54 51 .514
Cleveland 53 57 .482
Chicago -51 56 .477
Philadelphia-, 49 61 .445
♦Washington __ 44 62 .415
National League
Team Won Lost Pet.
♦St. Louis _ 75 27 .735
Cincinnati _57 45 .559
Pittsburgh . 56 45 .554
Chicago . 47 52 .475
New York _ 50 56 .472
Boston _ 43 60 .417
Brooklyn-__ 43 63 .406
♦Philadelphia 38 61 .384
♦—Does not includ last night’s
late games.
TODAY’S GAMES
National League
Boston at Pittsburgh Tobin (12
11) and Rich (0-0) vs Sewell (11-9)
and Ostermuller (9-4)
New York at Cincinnati—Fischer
(4-8) and Allen (2-3) vs Shoun (8-5)
and Konstanty (4-3)
i Philadelphia at Chicago—Lee (77
6) and Gerheauser (6-11) vs Chip
man (11-66) and Passeau (7-7)
Brooklyn at St. Louis —Sunkel
(0-0) and Warren (1-4) vs Lanier
(14-15) and Brecheen 10-2)
American League
Cleveland at Washington—Poat
(4-5) and Bagby (1-2) vs Wynn
(6-16) and Niggeling (8-4)
Detroit at Philadelphia — New
I houser (18-6) and Gorsica (5-10)
vs Black (6-8) and Flores (7-6)
Chicago at New York — Grove
(11-11) and Dietrich (13-10) vs
i Borowy (14-7) and Queen (0-0)
St. Louis at Boston—Potter (10-5)'
and Muncrief (12-6) vs Ryba (9-4)
and Woods (2-25).
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PAVOT, BY JIMMINY WIN
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.— UR—Un
beaten Pavot and By Jimminy,
both odds-on favorites, shared the
limelight at Belmont park today be
fore 29,875 turf fans.
JIM TABOR HELPS
BOSTON WIFI, 5-|
BOSTON. Aug. 12-iffUj;
bor’s eighth inning home run
ninth of the season, today V"'
the Boston Red Sox a a t0 4 *
tory over Chicago.
The score was tied 4-4 arri
was out when Tabo,- bit the fo*'
pitch to give the Red s„
third win in the few-gamo^'
The White Sox' Vince
provided one of the hi-hu„h, !M
:rsand»^5s
'.he first5inningU;'Aft‘r wTuy"^ “
singled and went all the JJl '
on Roy Schalk's hit through ,?'
Culberson, the White Sox 1,1
baseman came in on Ralnh^
gin’s single. pn Huo
With two out in the fifth
cessive doubles by Hodgin and £
Carnett brought in the third n
and the fourth came in the .!!-3
when Moses singie brought in pa3
The Red Sox got one in the thim
on Skeeter Newsome's double a
Bowman s single. petP r.
Bob Johnson singled in the fourh
and the former came in on Doer'
double. Johnson scored the th-rf
run after Tabor and Roy pa-i„
drew walks. .
In the fifth, Culberson singled
and came in On a single bv Fm
after Tom McBride sacrificed
C^cago . 200 OUooju
Boston . 001 210 01x1
Lopat and Castino; Bowir.a'
Barrett and Partee.
Last-Place PhiWes
Blank Cards, 3 To I
PHILADELPHTA. Aug. 12—Tit
lowly Philadelphia Phillies banaei
the fast-stepping St. Louis Card:
nals, 3 to 0 tonight behind the four,
hit hurling of Lefty Barrett, s;
Cardinals’ President Sam Breads
announced the signing of Manager
Billy Southworth to a two-year con
tract.
Philadelphia ... 011 000 010—3 6(
St. Louis . 000 000 000-0 11
Barrett and Peacock: Jurisich,
Donnelly (9) and W. Cooper.
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