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, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1939. A—13.
Ambers-Armstrong Welter Go Hit as Henry Fouls Away Lightweight Title
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Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
Star Stall Correspondent.
After the Brawl Was Over
NEW YORK. Aug. 23— Around town today there are sinister whispers
that the Ambers-Armstrong brawl was decided on something less than
Its merits. In fact. Mr. Fat Edward Mead, manager of Armstrong, still
was screaming in the dethroned Negro’s dressing room in the wee, sma’
hours. "It was in the bag when the match was made,” Mr. Mead snarled
loudly. "There will be no return fight. We never want to fight in New
York again.”
It seems that Lou Ambers was given the decision over Armstrong
after 15 rounds of some vague slugging in Yankee Stadium. The officials
penalized Henry for hitting low. They took five rounds away from him,
or two more than were snatched from the Negro a year ago when he won
the lightweight championship. It was the first defeat for Armstrong in
47 straight fights, dating from 1936 and outwardly Mr. Mead indicated
' he didn't like it.
The smelly innuendo came as no surprise. Mr. Mead, after the fight,
prided himself on the fact that he called the turn three weeks ago. "Every
official in New York ganged us,” Edward declared, but positively. "How
can they take five rounds away from Armstrong when Ambers was fouling
more than he was? Ambers closed my boy’s eye with his thumb. He
butted, shoved and slapped with open gloves. I'll get everybody connected
with boxing in New York. I’ll get their jobs.”
Neither as Good as They Were Last Year
Leaving Mr. Mead and his lusty ambitions for the moment, what
did the fight prove? Most of the critics at the ringside decided it didn't
prove anything, as far as the superiority of one man over the other is
* concerned. Like the first fight, it was close and hard to score. Armstrong
forced the fighting and Ambers landed the cleaner punches, such as they
were. Our score card showed seven rounds for Ambers, counting the five
that were taken away, officially, for low punches. We thought that Ambers
won only two rounds legitimately, that Henry earned four and that four
more were pretty even. This is Just an opinion and is, therefore, to be
briskly ignored.
Before the fight we wrote that both boys might go into the
ring with their best days behind them. After it was over we were
convinced of it. It seems strange, .of course, to suggest that a fellow
like Armstrong is near the end of the trail merely because he lost
one decision after 46 consecutive victories, of which 39 were knockouts.
But it still goes. Armstrong wasn't as good as when he fought Ambers
last summer. He wasn't as good as when he defeated Barney Ross
. for the welterweight title, or when he knocked out Petey Sarron the
night he won the featherweight championship.
For that matter Ambers didn't look as good as he did a year ago.
Lou never could hit out he was something of a fancy Dan as a boxer.
But l8st night he didn't even box well. For the most part he stayed
In close to Armstrong and when Henry hit him low and butted him
and gave him the elbow and shoulder, Ambers retaliated with his head,
» his thumb and his open gloved slaps. It was that kind of a spectacle
... A marvelous display of stamina on the part of two men but an
exhibition which embraced a minimum of clean punches and, from this
corner, expert generalship.
Don't Worry, They'll Fight Again
As for the fight being in the bag for Ambers, we wouldn't know.
The punches that cost Armstrong those five rounds looked low enough
but they didn't hurt Luigi and. for all we know. Ambers may have
pushed them down as Mr. Mead insists. True. Mead began screaming
weeks ago but this isn't necessarily important. The chances are better
than even it was part of the steamup. In the beginning the fight
seemed to need it. Armstrong was an overwhelming favorite and. as
a rule, people don't pay to see a brawl between a strong champion
and a weak contender. The in-the-bag angle may have been perpetrated
with a view to lowering the odds on Armstrong.
Still, boxing is a business which always had a seamy side and
whicn. perhaps, always will. Now that Armstrong is down to his
last title—the welterweight crown—and Ambers has regained the light
weight championship, the industry is held to be healthier than when
the Negro dominated most of the lighter divisions. Before the boys
went into the ring last night they had been signed to a contract to
meet in 60 days for the welterweight title if Ambers w’on the light
weight
As we said, Mr. Mead became positively violent in denying that
he will keep the date. His blow-off was regarded by some as the most
out-and-out case of spade-calling in modern history. Indeed, Edward
made a piker of Joe Jacobs, who always has been recognized as a
past master in the art of screaming, “We wuz robbed.’’
* But. Fat Eddie isn't a sucker. There isn’t anybody around who will
draw as much money with Armstrong as Ambers. They will fight for the
r welterweight title in a couple of months and again it will be interesting
but no epic. Ambers can't hit hard enough to punch a dent in a shower
curtain and. off his performance last night, Armstrong has lost some of
his incredible steam.
What Would I ony or McLarnm Have Doner
Undoubtedly there will be some indignant protests launched in Arm
strong's behalf, but this still goes. Henry is no kid. He has been cam
paigning for a long time and expending a terrific amount of energy in
every scrap because of his style. It followed that sooner or later he would
begin to leave some of that enormous energy in the ring and find his
supply depleted the next time out. It happens to all of them. It hap
pened to Canzoneri and that is whv Ambers licked Tony to win the light
weight title in the first place. And it happened to Ross the night Arm
strong pasted him around.
When he had it, Armstrong was a great fighter. Nof a classy one,
y perhaps, but nevertheless a great one. He still may be and perhaps last
night's not-bad, not-good performance was just one of those things.
After all, the fellow is entitled to have an off night.
Not that it will help to make any friends, but Ambers had enough
clean shots at the chin last night to knock out a bull. He missed most of
them and when he did land they did no more than send Henry off balance.
We couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if a fellow like
Canzoneri or Jimmy McLarnin, in their prime, of course, would have done
in Ambers’ place. Unfortunately, this is a treat that boxing just missed by
a few years. ' '
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Loses 9 Rounds,
5 of Them on
Low Blows
Great Fight Leaves
Fans Divided Over
Another Battle
By WHITNEY MARTIN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The stage
was set today for a welterweight
championship fight November 1 be
tween Henry Armstrong and Lou
Ambers, but there was divided opin
ion among the 29,088 fans who saw
Ambers regain his lightweight crown
from Armstrong last night as to the
merit of the setting.
Ambers won the unanimous de
cision at the end of 15 rounds of
.toe-to-toe and head-to-head maul
ing at Yankee Stadium. The welter
weight title bout hinged on an Am
bers’ victory, all of which worked
out very nicely for Promoter Mike
Jacobs, but caused no end of dispute
among ringsiders as to just who was
entitled to the verdict.
It was that kind of fight—two
little men with big hearts meeting
round after round in the center of
the ring and throwing gloves every
where, which, on Armstrong's part,
included low.
Low Blows Decide Issue.
In fact, the low blows swung the
decision toward Ambers. Five rounds
were taken away from the dusky
hurricane on that account. The As
sociated Press score card gave six
rounds to Armstrong and nine to
Ambers, the latter including those
won on low punches. Ambers might
have won some of these on his
merits, but the fact remains there
were enough taken away from Arm
strong to swing the decision.
From* the opening gong—when the
little coast windmill sidled from his
corner, left shoulder high and body
quivering like gelatin, and started
those tireless arms in motion—there
wasn’t a dull moment.
Although lacking the knockdown
thrills of their earlier meeting, it
would be difficult to match for sheer
sustained action and merciless
punishment inflicted by bobbing
heads and flailing fists.
Armstrong Gets Cut Eye.
Armstrong started to bleed from a
cut eye in the third round. Ambers’
eyebrow crimsoned in the fourth,
and from that point on it was the
gory spectacle of two little warriors
slugging and pushing and mauling
in their own blood, neither conceding
a thing.
In the head-to-head exchanges,
Armstrong, with his short, jolting
blows, usually had the best of it.
But when Ambers jigged away and
started sharpshooting he set the
pace, his left hook often catching
the eternally stalking Armstrong off
balance.
Neither fighter appeared in serious
trouble at any time. Ambers often
would take Armstrong's best punches
with hands down, bobbing and duck
ing and grinning through it all.
The second, fifth, seventh, ninth
and eleventh rounds were taken from
Armstrong because of low blows. The
irony of it was that little “Perpetual
Motion" turned in his best rounds
later, after the fight apparently al
ready had been lost.
Amoers Admits Being Hurt.
Ambers said later he was hurt on
a couple of occasions, but couldn’t
recall just when they were. The low
blows, he said, did not bother him
much. Armstrong complained of
what he claimed were Ambers'
thumbing tactics, pointing to swollen
and inflamed eyes as proof. His
manager, Eddie Mead, was outspoken
in his criticism of Ambers’ tactics,
and threatened to have no part of
the welterweight championship fight,
contracts for which already have
been signed.
Referee Arthur Donovan and one
of the judges, Frankie Fullam, gave
Armstrong seven rounds and Ambers,
eight. The other judge, Jack Healey,
scored 11 rounds for Ambers, only
three for Armstrong, with one even.
The 29,088 fans paid $137,925.77 at
the gate. The net receipts were
$116,396.85.
CHAMP — AGAIN! — Battle
scarred, but happy, Ambers is
shown after winning back the
title from his dusky opponent.
He is scheduled to meet Arm
strong for the latter's welter
championship Nobember 1.
Two Noted Shooters
Lose Their Titles
In Vandalia Meet
Harbage Beats Hiestand,
Mrs. Gilbert, With Mark,
Succeeds Mrs. Hall
By the Associated Press.
VANDALIA. Ohio, Aug. 23.—
America's trapshooting clans were
slated to play in their own back
yards today, the little fellows firing
against the little fellows and the
hot-shots against the hot-shots, as
they decided class championships
at the 40th annual Grand Ameri
can.
Five of the class titles were up
for decision, as well as the North
American professional clay target
championship, as the scattergun
artists squared off for a 200-target
race at 16 yards.
The shooters are classed on the
averages they made this year on
registered targets.
Two new champs climbed upon the
national amateur clay target throne
in yesterday's bombardment, as two
famous shooters were deposed.
P. O. Harbage of West Jefferson.
Ohio, broke 200 in a row to take
the men's title from Joe Hiestand
of Hillsboro, Ohio, holder of the
world long-run record of 1.171.
The women's championship went
to Mrs. William Gilbert of Madi
son, Wis., as she broke 198 of 200
for the best score ever made by a
woman in the 16-yard classic. She
went through the last 100 without
a miss to bang into a fourth-place
tie against the best man marksmen
in the land.
Mrs. Gilbert succeeds Mrs. Lela
Hall of Strasburg, Mo., who did not
compete because of illness.
British Golf Invaders Strongest Yet, Says Cotton
Dodgers to Raise Durocher's Pay; Reds and Cards, on Same Train, Remain Distant
By EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.—Scoop
arade: Young Alfred Vanderbilt is
' working on a fall match race be
tween the cream of the 3-year
olds the better handicap horses. It
would be held either here or in
Maryland. Possible entries in
clude Challedon, Johnstown,
Eight Thirty. Cravat and Kayak
II. Henry Cotton writes friends
this year's Birtish Ryder Cup
team will be the strongest ever to
invade the U. S. If the Cincinnati
Reds buy the Syracuse Chiefs,
Manager Dick Porter probably
will go to San Diego to work for
his old boss. Jack Corbett.
Help wanted. Sounding a call
for players for the Nebraska Cen
tral football team? the sports edi
tor of the Central City (Nebr.)
Republican says: "* • * They will
have an opportunity for an ex
cellent education and much com
petition in all sports.” And what
else. Bud?
The Dodgers are getting ready
to give Leo Durocher a new con
tract with more pay. Nope, Bill
Bonthron. the ex-Princeton miler,
Isn't planning a comeback. Sam
my Snead, who has been having
plenty of trouble with his toofies.
t will be on the golfing sidelines
the rest of the summer. Lou
*“ Brix, manager of Sixto Escobar,
has taken under his wing Henry
Watlngy, classy young New Or
leans bantam. The Reds and
Cardinals traveled East on the (
same train, but nary a Red spoke
to a Card and vice versa. Jim
my Braddock will be Nova's chief
second against Galento.
Batting .500. One of the De
troit papers scooped the country
with this announcement: “It's
rumored the Chicago Cubs will
send Bill Jurges to Los Angeles
to manage their farm club.
Jurges has been anything but a
success playing short for Chicago
this year.” The last part of the
statement is absolutely correct.
They’re still talking about Am
bers vs. Armstrong. Plenty of
smart fight men will tell you
Armstrong won. Anyway, it
wasn’t the same old Armstrong.
He still throws plenty of punches,
but he's lost a lot of his steam
and zing. The truth is, Henry
is no longer a legitimate light
weight and can’t make 135 pounds
and be strong. It is this bureau’s
opinion he’ll never try to get
down to the lightweight limit
again. Ambers was stronger and
Major League Statistics
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1939.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
Cleveland. 6: Washington. 4.
New York. 14: Chicago. 5.
Boston. 10: 8t. Louis. 3.
Detroit. 8; Philadelphia. 4.
STANDINGS.
ITyI—I 41131141 91101151141791341^6991
Bosi 8'—I 7 91 81141121131711411.6341 7VSi
Chll 41101—1101 91111101 91631511.553116%
Clel 41 SI 81—1 61121121111591641.522120
Pet I 71 91 81 61—1101 91101591551.51812014
Wnl 71 4 6! 71 71—I SI11160I67I.427I31
Phil 31 31 71 31 91 51—1 9I39I74I.345I40
StLl II 51 21 51 71 51 81—1331771.300144^
L.J34I41151I54I55167174I77I—I—I I
GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW.
N. Y. at Chicago (2). Wash, at Det.. 3:15.
Phila. at Detroit. N. Y. at St. Louis.
Boston at St. Louis. Phila. at Cleve. (2).
i Others not scheduled. Bos. at Chi. (nighty
NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Philadelphia. 4: Cincinnati, 0.
Brooklyn. R; St. Louis. 6.
New York 4: Chicago. 2.
Pittsburgh, 8: Boston. 2.
STANDINGS.
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S I S E * 2 s £ . ! s Es
*' f? P e> g. S i §. J j g a
Fi ! ! r r ! s ! I! S 1
Clnl—i 81101 01 61 71141161701421.6251_
StLI 81—1 61101101 Oi 01131651461.6861 iVt
Chil 81 71—1101 81121131 71631531.6431 9
Bkll 81 81 81—1 81 01 &T71561541.509113
NYI 91 71101 71—i 81 61 9I56IS5I.60BI13MI
Pit I 31 61 61 71 01—1 91111511581.468117M»
Bosl 41 61 61 71 71 71—1101471621.431121 Vs
Phil 21 41 71 41 71 61'61—1351731.324133
L.-‘42I46>53154I55I58I62I73I—I—I I
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Cinct. at Phlla. Clncln at Brooklyn.
St. L. at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Phila.
Chicago at New York. Chicago at Boston.
Pitta, at Boston (3). pitta, at New York.
fought a game, smart fight. Eddie
Mead’s threats to blow up boxing
here because of the verdict can
be laughed off. He’ll feel much
better in a couple of months
when the two boys hook up for
the welterweight title.
Today's guest star, James S.
Kearns, Chicago Daily News:
"The Cubs almost are unanimous
in the hope that if they can't
win the pennant, the Reds will.
The Bruins don’t seem to want
St. Louis to have any part of the
flag.”
No Soap Dept. Alabama, Ten
nessee, Duke and North Carolina
can cease operations around
Greenville, S. C„ for "Booty”
Payne, the sensation triple threat
high school back, is headed for
Clemson. Also, Southwest Con
ference coaches can stop those
excursions to Hobbs, N. Mex., as
Bobby Kendricks and Red Crow,
schoolboy basket ball stars, have
decided U. of Mexico is the place
for them.
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Helen Wills
Moody withdrew from United
States national tennis champion
ships because of after-effects of
neuritis and refunded $1,309 ex
pense money to U. S. L. T. A.
Three years ago—St. Louis
i Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh Pi
rates, 17-5, and dropped into tie
for National League lead with
New York Giants.
MISLEADING EVIDENCE—Lou Ambers, who regained his lightweight crown from Henry Arm
strong with a 15-round decision at Yankee Stadium last night, is pictured as he slipped to the
canvas after absorbing a hard right in the fourth round. Referee Arthur Donovan rushed to
ward the fighters, but Lou was up without taking a count. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos.
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! Bad Round in Gaines
With Tribe Boosts
Chase's Defeats
Fault Enables Feller
To Win, 6-4, for Club
He Once Had Jinxed
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND, August 23.—Ken
Chase is well on his way toward
the unenviable distinction of lead
ing the American League in defeats,
but his record would be something
quite different from what it is to
day if he hadn't developed a habit
of blowing himself to one bad inning
against the Indians.
Chase was known for two years
as a jinx to the Cleveland team
and he has been a jinx this season
in about eight out of every nine
innings he has pitched against the
tribe. But in the odd session he
has managed to lose four games
and to be knocked out of the box in
another without being charged with
the defeat.
Twice the Indians have beaten
him in the ninth after he had
pitched masterful ball for eight in
nings. and twice they have trounced
him by six-run uprisings after he
had shut them out for more than
half the battle.
Has Beaten Tribe Once.
His only victory over the Red
| skins this year was a two-hit, 2
to-0 conquest of Bob Feller and
even then his ninth inning hoodoo
pursued him, for he had a no-hitter
in his grasp going into the last
heat.
Last night Feller got a 6-4 re
venge for that beating as Chase
suffered another of his six-run blow
uns
This one ocurred in the sixth
inning after the tall milkman had
1 held the Indians to two hits in the
first five and had allowed only one
man to reach second base. It wiped
out a three-run lead given him in
the third, when Buddy Lewis poled
a home run into the distant right
field stands of the huge Municipal
Stadium, with Giuliani and Chase
himself on the bases.
And it enabled Feller to gain his
18th victory of the season against
seven defeats, tying Charlie Ruffing
of the Yankees for top winning hon
ors among American League pitch
ers.
Feller Shows Control.
The 20-year-old star allowed nine
hits, including, besides Lewis’ homer,
a triple by George Case and a dou
ble by Cecil Travis. But he refused
to give the Nats the help which it
has been his habit to give opponents
through wildness. He issued only
one base on balls and thus set a
new record for his three-year ca
reer, he previously having given
two passes against Detroit in the
first month of this season.
The Indians made only eight hits
against Chase and Pete Appleton
and none at all off Alex Carrasquel,
who pitched the last two innings,
but they bunched six of them with
two bases on balls in their big sixth
inning.
With an open date today, the
Nats were to leave at noon for De
troit, where they will meet the Tig
ers tomorrow.
Official Score
WASHINGTON AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Case, rf _4 114 0 0
Lewis, ;tb _4 110 10
West, cf _ 4 0 1 3 0 0
Wright, if _ 4 0 3 1 0 0
Travis, ss _ 4 0 1 0 4 0
Bloodworth. 2b _ 4 0 0 1 2 1
Vernon, lb _3 HI 0 12 0 0
Giuliani, o_3 113 0 0
Myer xx _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Chase p _2 110 2 0
Appleton, p _ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wela) x _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carrasquel, p_ 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals _34 4 B 24 10 1
X—Batted for Appleton in seventh,
xx—Batted for Giuliani in ninth.
CLEVELAND. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Boudreau, ss _3 110 3 0
Campbell, rf _3 110 0 0
Chapman cf_ 4 0 0 3 0 0
Trosky, lb _4 117 0 0
Heath. If _ 4 1 2 8 0 0
Keltner, 3b _4 112 10
Mack. 2b _ 3 0 0 3 3 0
Hemsley, c _4 116 0 0
Feller, p _ 3 0 1 0 3 0
Totals* _32 6 8 27 10 ~0
Washington _ 003 000 010—4
Cleveland _ 000 006 OOx—6
Runs batted in—Trosky (2), Boudreau,
Heath. Hemsley. Feller. Lewis (31. Two
base hits—Campbell-Travis. Trosky. Three
base hit—Case. Home run—Lewis. Double
plays—Keltner. Mack and Trosky: Bou
dreau, M8Ck and Trosky; Bloodworth and
Vernon. Left on bases—Washington. 4;
Cleveland. 5. Bases on balls—Off Feller.
1: off Chase, 3. Struck out—By Feller.
6: bv Chase, 2: bv Appleton. 1. Hits—Off
Chase, 5 in 5’s innings; off Appleton. 3
in 2*3 innings: off Carrasquel. 0 in 2 in
nings. Wild pitch—Feller. Losing pitcher
—Chase., Umpires—Messrs. Rommel, Kolls
and Hubbard. Tlmf—2:00. Attendance—
Mead Howling to Camouflage
Fading of Henry's 'Oomph';
Lou Clean-Cut Winner
By LEWIS ATCHISON,
Star Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Fat Eddie
Mead, Henry Armstrong's agent,
was sitting in the hotel lobby twid
dling his thumbs and awaiting a
call to the well-worn carpet from
the New York State Athletic Com
mission today, a call that is in
evitable because the gent with the
balloon-like figure fouled the com
mission last night in the dressing
room after his man returned the
lightweight title to Lou Ambers. He
fouled as often and more deliberately
than his fighter, whose submarine
punches directly were responsible for
his downfall.
Mr. Mead was as harsh as a dra
matic critic in his challenge of the
commission's honesty, efficiency, etc.,
but his bleat boiled down to nothing j
more than a loud, sour squawk,
which was not unexpected. After all
Fat Eddie couldn't stand by without
lifting his voice in defense of the |
title that Henry had tried vainly to
keep from Ambers’ eager paws dur
ing 60 minutes of grueling fighting.
He had to say something, and say
it loud and nasty to show his boy
that he was with him. so he picked
on the commission.
Henry's Zip Fading.
But all of Mead's verbal blasts,
all of his chest-beating, hair-pulling, j
nail-biting and threats of an in
vestigation of the committee couldn't
camouflage the glaring evidence that
Armstrong is nearing the end of his
fistic career. The little chocolate
soldier was a sorry figure in his
robing room after the bout. His
words came fiat and toneless from
thick, round lips. He spat blood
from an old wound in the mouth.
The flesh hung heavily over his half
closed eyes, and he was tired—
awfully tired.
Nothing will come of Mead's
charges of an expose, but he will not:
permit Henry to stake his welter
weight crown against Ambers in
November as Mike Jacobs says he
will. Lightning is not going to hit
the little stormcloud twice from the
same direction if his pilot can help
it. Armstrong has a lot of good fights
left in his system, but the incentive
is gone from his work. From now
on he'll be strictly a business battler,
trying to rake in as much hay as
possible. He can’t go on winning
much longer, but he's still good
enough to beat most of the light
weights of today.
Lou Wins Honestly.
Armstrong lost heavily because of
fouls last night, but without this
advantage Ambers would have out
pointed him easily. Ambers made
Henry fight the way he, Ambers,
wanted him to. He let Henry back
him up against the ropes, and then
took command of the situation as
Armstrong dug in for a long stand.
He moved around, flicking left hooks
that hit Armstrong's eyes like hot
cinders. He kept low, well under
Armstrong's most dangerous blows,
and he kept busy—which was the
UlipUI UUll UlUlg,
He satisfactorily demonstrated
that a good boxer can hurdle Henry’s
unorthodox style if he boxes; but
there were times when he gave his
followers anxious and heart-clutch
ing moments. The first and worst
occurred in round 4, when the Negro
banged a jarring left hook to the
head and followed with a potent
right to the same sector. The second
was in round 14, when Henry
desperately strove for a knockout
Only by a knockout could he have
retained the title after the 10th
round.
Armstrong's one-two in the fourth
was his best effort of the fight and
when he failed to derail the Herki
mer Express it was evident his most
damaging weapon was not effective
enough to halt Lou. But he kept
trying to the finish, forcing the
fight all the way.
Lou’s Feat Unique.
Ambers, the second man in the
history of the division to regain
the title, and the first to win it
back from the opponent he lost it
to, will take a brief rest and then
strike out for the hinterlands and
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another barnstorming tour. He may
go to Washington, but Manager A1
Weill’s plans are indefinite.
Weill, incidentally, accused Arm
strong of deliberately fouling with
the intention of wearing down Lou
to a point where he would be an
easy kayo target for even a light
punch in the closing rounds. Al
though Referee Arthur Donovan
penalized Henry five rounds for low
blows. Weill was dissatisfied, charg
ing the colored boy with no less
than seven distinct low punches.
But A1 was satisfied with the out
come and confident that Ambers
would retain the title until he went
into retirement.
Ambers himself was jubilant and
insisted on singing in his dressing
room. The village blacksmith of
Herkimer, C. D. Cole, was on hand
to collect the gloves, as he has been
after all of Lou's bouts, and Lou
promised him much more leather
for his collection.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus 5—2: 8t. Paul. 4—2 (sec
ond earn? called end sixth».
Indianapolis. 5—3; Milwaukee. 3—4.
Minneapolis. 5: Toledo. 4.
Kansas City 5; Louisville. 8.
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Key Man'Brown
Lost as Cards
Drop Game
Injury Seen as Blow
To Pennant Hopes;
Reds Also Bow
By JUDSON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
Injuries, always baseball's buga
boo, may decide the National League
pennant. It had begun to look like
nothing else but time could.
The St. Louis Cardinals lost In
fielder Jimmy Brown yesterday as
well as their second straight ball
game to the Brooklyn Dodgers. 8-5.
Even though Brown may be back In
the lineup within a week, his absence
isn’t going to help the Cardinals’
challenge during this critical inter
val.
On Monday, Manager Ray Blades
singled out Brown as the key to the
Redbirds’ rampage.
“Johnny Mize is hititng everything
in sight," Blades told newspaper
men. “We’re getting great pitching,
and the whole team is clicking—but
the fellow who has done more than
we expected of him and has made
the difference between where we are
and w’here we might have been is
Brown.”
Collision Kayoes Brown.
The slender little shortstop-sec
ond baseman collided with Mize as
they raced to take a throw from
the outfield. Mize wasn't hurt, but'
Brown was knocked unconscious and
will be in a hospital three or four
days convalescing from concussion.
The Cards have had only one
other injury of importance this sea
son—the mishap to Pepper Martin’s
leg which kept him out of most of
the June games. The Cincinnati
Reds, on the other hand, have been
staggering along without Ival Good
man. Bill Werber, Harry Craft, Lou
Myers and Lonnie Frey, at one time
or another.
The Reds were shut out by the
Phillies, 4-0, yesterday as Kirby
Higbe recorded his fourth consecu
tive victory on five-hit pitching.
Homers defeat Cards.
However, the Cardinals’ defeat
kept the leaders from losing ground.
' A couple of home runs, including
Dolph Camilli's 21st of the season,
helped Brooklyn collect seven runs
in the first four frames.
Home runs also gave the New
York Giants an early start against
the Chicago Cubs, and Cliff Melton
protected it with eight-hit hurling
to win his third In a row, 4-3.
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