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EIGHT IV,».1S._ WASHINGTON, D, C„ SEPTEMBER 15, 1946. *
* Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E, STANN
Steam From the Bubbling Cauldron
The 200 square feet of sail carried by Star Class boats in the
Presidents Cup Regata cost S250 and are orettv well chewed up after
a year according to skippers, who also find fault with American
canvas and yearn for the return of the Egyptian product to the
Francis E. Stann.
mantei. . . . The two ball players most wanted
in trade by Clark Griffith this winter are Snuffy
Stimweiss of the Yankees and Frank Papish.
White Sox southpaw . . . Griff would use Stimweiss
on third base.
Lew Worsham. Congressionals touring golf
pro. returns from the Pacific Coast telling a story
of how Jimmy Demaret was signed to a movie
contract. ... At a Hollywood party one of the
Ritz brothers was to act as master of ceremonies.
... He failed to shew and Demaret, prevailed upon
to substitute, told gags and sang five songs. . . .
Sooo. a movie scout in the audience signed the
crack Texas golfer.
After the oil painting of Tuffy Leemans was
unveiled at the Touchdown Club last week came
the problem of where to hang it. ... By removing
one picture a spot was found in the amine'room.
» • • ine picture that was removed was that of Jim Thorpe!'
Add MacPhail-Dickey background: Before Dickey was offered
the job of managing the Yankees. MacPhail vainly tried to get the
Dodgers (who then owned him> to let him have Billy Herman for
his manager.
Now the Two Pro Leagues Have Separate Rules
Detroit Patrolman Harry Reeves, who rules the Nation's pistol
shooters, practices 30 minutes a day ‘ dry firing,” which means sighting
and squeezing the trigger of an unloaded pistol, in addition to shooting
120 round weekly of .22. .38 and .45 ammunition. . . . Yet the three
times national champion has never shot a man because, as he puts
it, "So far I've been able to figure out some other way of dealing with
a criminal.”
First Baseman-Outfielder Stan Musia! of the Cardinals definitely
has agreed to barnstorm with Bob Feller, but now that Gerrv Priddv
of the Nats is out for the year with a chipped bone in his knee Feller
will have to find another second baseman. ... He probably will sign
Johnny Berardino of the Browns.
As if the differences in professional and college football rules
weren't bewildering enough, the National League and the All-America
Conference are going to have separate sets of rules. . . . For example,
punts and unsuccessful field goals which cross the goal line are
automatic touchbaclcs in the All-America Conference, while in the
National League they may be advanced. . . And there are other dif
ferences to further confuse poor old John Q. Public.
Late dispatches from the Naval Academy reveal that Plebe Billy
Earl, the Arlington. Va. youngster, is making good progress in the
Midshipmen’s backfield.
Mauriello Publicity Setting Low tor Corn
A note from Chief Warrant Officer Sid Fischel. U S M. C sta
tioned at Camp Lejeune. contains: "The only middleweight in the
country that will give Geotgie Abrams any trouble is Jake LaMotta. j
I honestly believe Abrams can lick Rocky Graziano seven days a week.” j
. . . Fischel was Abrams' first manager.
A fight between the Football Officials' Association of the District
end local high schools will break out in the open, probably this week.
.. . And that other fight scheduled for this week (that hush hush affair i
between Joe Louis and Tami Maureillo) is setting an all-time low‘ for
corny publicity.
Examples: Mauriello is scared of jinxes but e's got a cure. . . . His
86-year-old grandfather has a gay '90s mustache and on the afternoon
of a fight Tami grabs one of the hairs and pulls it out. . . . "Sure it
hurts. ’ Mauriello is quoted as saying, "but he has got the same idea
as I have about busting any jinx that might show up in a ring and
he is proud about the part he plays in my victories.” . . . Also. Mauri- j
ello is supposed to set a store by numerals, saying, "Look, it's Joe's |
23rd defense of his title. I was born March 23, year 1923. So I'm 23
years old. And Louis is 32—that's nothing but 23 backwards, which I
is where Joe will go 23-skiddoo, you know.” '
Oh. brother. No wonder the fight's been dying.
Nats' Rally Trims Browns, 3-1;
Vernon Increases Batting Lead
Special Dispatch to The Star
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 14.—Washing
ton's pitching was too good for the
Browns at Sportsman Park this
afftemoon and the fourth-place
Nationals won the odd game of the
series, 3 to 1, coming from behind
with two runs in the eighth and one
In the ninth.
Mickey Vernon, the Nats’ first
baseman, continued his heavy road
hitting with a brace of doubles in
lour times at bat. boosting his aver-,
age to .352. Mickey picked up a
point at the expense of his idle
challengers, Ted Williams and
Johnny Pesky of the Boston Red
Box. who are batting .344 and .337, ’
respectively.
Vernon now has collected 10 hits,
Including six doubles and a triple, in
Washington's five games on its cur
rent trip and is batting .555 over
that span.
Drowns nna 10 i mis.
Ray Scarborough held the Browns
to four hits, two very scratchy, in
eix innings and after Scarborough
left the game for a pinch-hitter,
Milo Candini retired nine batters in
•uccession in the last three frames.
The Browns’ lone tally was some
thing of a gift. Jerry Witte singled
with one out in the second frame,
took second on an infield out and
scored when shortstop Billy Hitch
cock ran into left-field and failed
to hold Hank Helf's pop fly, which
was scored as a double.
Sam Zoldak, the Brownie starter,
was knocked out in the seventh and
Frank Biscan after relieving Zoldak
with the bases filled and nobody
out, pitched out of that jam only to
run into trouble in the eighth. With
one out Buddy Lewis singled and
was forced by Joe Grace, who took
third on Vernon's double to right.
A1 Evans was passed intentionally.;
but Stan Spence, always rough on
the Browns, singled two runs home.
Kinder Stops Rally. •
Ellis Kinder then relieved and
•topped the rally. He yielded the
third Washington run in the ninth
on Hitchcock's triple and Cecil
Travis' squeeze play sacrifice.
While Washington took the series,
two games to one, the Browns fin
ished the season with Ossie Bluege's
team with a 13-9 edge.
The Nationals left tonight for De
troit. where they meet the Tigers
tomorrow, with Roger WolS or Bobo
Newsom due to pitch.
Wash. AB H. O A St L ABH O A,:
vost.Mb 3 0 1 3 C sunn.3b 4 ») O 7
Travis.3b <• 0 0 0 Zarilla.rf 4 12 0
Lewis.rf 3 12 0 Lenner.cf 4 10 0
Grace If 5 0 1 0 St’phns.ss 3 0 14
Vernon.lb 4 2 15 O Judnich.lf 3 0 2 0
Evans c 3 12 0 Witte.lb 4 1 12 0
Spence.cf 3 14 0 Br dino.2b 3 0 6 4
Torres.2b 3 10 4 Helf.c 3 14 2
Rbtsn,2b 1 0 o 0 Zoldak.p 2 0 0 2
H’chck.ss 4 2 2 1 Biscan.p 1 O O 0
Scr'bgh.p 2 0 0 1 Kinderp 0 O o 0
Wynn.x 1 o 0 0 Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Candini p 1 o 0 1
Totals 33 8 27 10 Totals 31 4 27 19
x—Batted for Scarborough in 7th
Washington ooo 000 021—3;
St. Louis _ 01 o 000 000—1
Runs—Grace Vernon Hitchrock. Witte, j
Errors—Stephens. Berardmo Runs ba ted
in—He if. Spence (2). Travis. Tv.o-base
hits—Heff. Vernon <2». Three-bn^e hit—
Hitchcock Sacrifice—Travis Double piays
—Zoldak Christman. Helf. Berardmo and
Wine Left on bases—Washington. 9 S'
Louis. 5. Bases on balls—Scarborough (2*.
7olrak «.'») Biscan (1). Johnson <1>.;
Strikeouts—Scarborough <2*. Biscan <2».
Hit«—off Zoldak 4 in 6 innings (none out;
bi 7th): off Biscan 3 in l2j off Scar
borough 4 n 6: off Candini. 0 in 3 ofT
Kinder > in 2j off Johnson o in 1
Winning pitcher—Candini. Losing pitcher
—Biscan Umpires—Berry. Weafer and 1
Rue. Time—1:55. Attendance—2,308;
(paid).
Nashville Golf Tourney
Is Paced l)y Palmer
By the Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 14.—
Johnny Palmer, young professional
golfer of Badin, N. C., took the
lead at the 54-hole mark of the
$10,000 Nashville invitational golf
tournament today with a score of
198—15 under par for the 6,343
yard Richland course.
Palmer not only equaled yester
day's tournament record for 18 holes
made by Clayton Haefner of Chi
cago by requiring only 63 strokes
but set a recqfd of 28 for the back
nine. The previous record was 30.
Gib Sellers of Hot Springs. Ark.,
turned in a 34—30—64 today on the
71-par course to take second place
at 199, while 230-pound Haefner.
who along with former Tennis Star
Ellsworth Vines of Chicago, led at
the halfway mark yesterday, was
in third place with 200. His score
today: 35—33—68.
Major League Standings and Schedules
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1946.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yelltriir i Reaulta.
Washington, 3. St. L., 1.
Phila., 1: Chicago, 0.
Detroit, 7; New York. 4.
Only games scheduled.
Gamea Today
Washington at Detroit.
Boston at Chicago <2).
New York at St. L. (2).
Phila. at Cleveland (2).
Gamea Tomorrow.
Washington at Detroit.
New York at St. Louis.
Only games scheduled
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Standing _im{2 ,s f f ?
at Club. 11 -1 S\f j I . § i!
sis si iE'S s ill*
Bostonj— 15 12 13 12 15 13 17 97 46 .678
Dotroit | 7—;13|10ll2il2|ll|15i~80; 58J580] 14Vi
NtwTwt_| 8 9 — 14 1312 13lllf 80 62 .563 16%
Wnk'liM__4 9' 8|—' 12 ldfj 91131 69j 72'.489i27~
Chicago_j 810 710 — |12j 7|12| 66 76.465 30}*
Clevoland ; 7 _3 10 6 9 — 15 14 64| 78 .45132T<i
St. Louis ; 7 7 6 13 8 7 — 12| 60 78 .435 34>* •
Pkil'phfa j 5 5 6 610 6 10 — ~48 94 .338 48!i
Lost 46 58' 62 72 76 78 78 94’ i i
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterday’s Result*.
Brooklyn. 5; St. Louis, 0.
Cincinnati, 4; N. York, 0.
Phila., 6; Chicago. 3
Boston. 9; Pitts., 3 <n).
Gmt T.d.r
Chicago at Brooklyn <2>.
Bt. Louis at N. York '2'.
Cincinn. at Boston «2j.
Pittsburgh at Phila. ■
G>.» Tomorrow.
Chicago at Brooklyn
Cincinnati at Boston
Only games scheduled
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St.lwil j— 14 11 14113:14 131 9 88 53 .624 ~
Brooklyn | 8 — 9 14 13 1512 15 86 52.623 ~ 2
Chicago 5 9|—| 9 13 12 10 16 *74 63.546 12"
Bolton ! 6 3 12!— 1115il4 11 72 67 .518 15 !
Cincinnati | 7 8 9; 7j—| 7| 8 14 60 77 .438 26 j
MifpMa | 8 410; 8 I2 - I2: 8| 62 80.437 26>*
Pittsburgh I 9 7| 8j 7 7| 8—112; 58 80 420 28H
How York 10 7' 4 8 8 10 10 —: 57 85.401 311*
loO *53:52,63.67,77;80;80,85( ill
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Dodgers' Unheralded Branca Topples Cards, 5-0
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NEAR-RECORD FLEET COMPETES IN CUP REGATTA REVIVAL—
One hundred and thirty-one craft opened the two-day phase of the
President's Cup Regatta sailing phase off Hains Point yesterday. Here
a portion of the Chesapeake 20s (round bottom) bears down on the
Committee boat from which this shot was snapped. Winner of both
races in this class was Shamrock, sailed by Eldridge Zang of Galesville,
Md. (shown in inset). The yacht on the left (99)—Joseph Blubaugh’s
Yankee of Washington—was in second place on points for the day.
On the right (86) is Endeavor, owned by N. Parks of Galesville, Md.
_ „ —Star Staff Photos.
World Turf Mark Tied
As Lucky Draw Wins
Over Pavot, Armed
By the Associated Press
PAWTUCKET, R. I., Sept. 14.—
Matching the world record for the
mile and three-sixteenths, George
D. Widener’s 5-year-old Lucky Draw
stamped himself as one of the
greatest geldings in turf history
with a smashing victory over three
outstanding rivals in the $35,000
Narragansett Special today before
a 38,614 crowd.
After leading from start to finish,
Lucky Draw, who had broken four
other track records this season,
came under the wire in 1:5435, 3’2
lengths in front of Walter M. Jef
ford’s Pavot, who necked out the
Calumet Farms’ mighty Armed, the
1-2 favorite, for the place. Armed
had five lengths on Ft. S. Howard's
Man O' Glory, the trailer all the
way.
Runs Away From Pavot. Armed.
Hustled out on top by Conn Mc
Creary, Lucky Draw didn't draw a
challenge until he rounded the far
turn, where Armed and Pavot made
their bids. But the Widener speed
ster ran away from them as they
came on and Pavot saved a bit more
han Armed for the run down to
.he wire.
Carrying 123 pounds, the same
as Pavot and seven less than Armed,
Lucky Draw matched the world
nark set by mighty Challedon, as
i 3-year-old, under 120 pounds, at
ECeeneland back in 1939, Narragan
sett’s old 1:55 record w’as made by
the then 3-vear-old Discovery, with
119 pounds, in this same^vent back
n 1934. w
With only four of the eight over
sight entries going, there was no
show betting. Lucky Draw closed
it 5-2. second choice to the 1-2
favored Armed, and paid $7.40 and
54.20. Pavot. winner of the $50,000
Massachusetts Handicap in his last
New England start, returned $6.20
tor place.
Armed Costs Bettors $110,416.
While running out of the money,
is far as the wagering was con
cerned, Armed who went postward
is the undisputed champion of the
handicap division, burned up $110,
416 of the race's $190,536 betting
total.
The net value of the victory was
$27,950, which boosted Lucky Draw’s
season earnings to $130,660. A
bowed tendon kept him away from
the races last season and his first
two campaigns were far from im
pressive ones. The other splits of
the purse were $6,000 for Pavot,
$3,000 for Armed, who had won his
last three starts lugging 130 pounds,
and $1,500 for Man O’ Glory.
McCann Is Named
Skin Press Chief
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star
NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 14 —
Dick McCann, former Washing
ton columnist, has been signed as
publicity director for the Red
skins, General Manager Sid Car
roll announced here tonight. Mc
Cann will assume his new duties
immediately.
McCann spent several weeks
with the Redskins at their Cali
fornia training camp. In addi
tion to his newspaper experience
he has written numerous maga
zine articles and handled pub
licity for several heavyweight
championship contenders.
DavisCup FinalGained
As U. S. Netmen Beat
Swedes in Doubles
By the Associated Press
FOREST HILLS. N. Y., Sept. 14.
—Uncle Sam's Davis Cup doubles
team of Gardnar Mulloy and Billy
Talbert defeated the Swedish pair
of Lennart Bergelin and Gorsten
Johansson today. 3—6, 9—7, 3—6,
6—0, 8—6, and put the United States
forces in the challenge round for
the huge international tennis trophy
for the 28th time in 35 years.
Bergelin and Johansson, who each
lost a singles match yesterday, were
turned back today and their defeat
made tomorrow's two remaining sin
gles duels a meaningless formality.
A crow'd of 2,500 watched the
matches at Forest Hills Stadium.
Although the Swedes were com
pletely outclassed in their one-sided
singles losses to Jack Kramer and
Frank Parker yesterday, they came
out swinging today and let it be
known from the outset that they
didn't plan to give the Americans
the series without a struggle.
The Swedes took two of the first
three sets. They and their oppo
nents displayed a brand of tennis
generally listless, but punctuated
with flurries of brilliance.
In the eighth game of the third
set. with Sweden leading, 4—3, Tal
bert hurt a knee that has been wob
bly all season. When the Swedes
won that game with Bergelin serv
ing and the next one by breaking
through Mulloy’s service, it looked
bad for the Americans.
By turning his knee, however, Tal
bert unwittingly turned the tide.
The Americans came back from the
intermission *and sped through a
love set in seven minutes to square
the match, with Mulloy roaming all
over the court to make up for Tal
bert's handicap.
'Babies He Delivered to Send
Small Town Doctor to Series
By the Associated Press
DARRINGTON. Wash.. Sept.
14.—For 40 years Dr. B. T. Blake
ministered to the young and the
old. those coming into the world
and those going out—and all the
Mr. and Mrs. In-Betweens.
He’d never had a real vaca
tion from this small timber town.
Labor Day the folks presented
him with $1,300. a contribution
from many whom he had deliv
ered as babies, and whose babies
he also had delivered.
They wanted him to go to the
World Series.
But the answer came back
swiftly—no tickets in Boston,
where the Red Sox will hold
ft
forth In the baseball classic.
Spokesman Clyde Tatham went
down to Seattle and talked things
over with Royal Brougham,
sports editor of the Post-Intelli
gencer. Brougham did some per
sistent long-distance talking.
There will be World Series
seats waiting for "Or Doc'.’ Blake
when he flies to Boston next
week.
Crash Kills Midget Racer
PATERSON, N. J„ Sept. 14. UP)—
Roy Jackson, 32-year-old Paterson
driver, died at Paterson General
Hospital today as the result of in
juries suffered in a crash last night.
♦
Bishop Wins Amateur
When Quick Misses
3-Ft. Putt on 37th
By Gayle Talbot
Associated Press Sports Writer
SPRINGFIELD, N. J., Sept. 14.
Stanley Eugene (Ted) Bishop, a
lanky oil salesman and former pro
fessional from Dedham, Mass., won
the National Amateur Golf Cham
pionship at Baltusrol today when
Smiley Quick, the public links king
from Inglewood. Calif., missed a
3-foot putt on the 37th green.
While a gallery of 6.000 looked on.
the squat little man from the coast
stroked the biggest putt of his life,
and saw it go inside the rim of the
cup and come out and roll to rest
inches away.
Bishop won the hole and the
championship with a birdie 4. the
third time in the course of today s
play that he had shot Baltusrol's
478-yard first hole in 4. Just before
Quick missed the putt that decided
the title. Bishop had curled the win
ner in from 4 feet.
It settled the first extra-hole
final in the amateur championship
TED BISHOP.
~AP Wirephoto.
since 1936. when Johnny Fischer of
Cincinnati went to the 37th to de
feat Jock McLean of Scotland.
The new champion. 33 years old
and 6 feet 3 inches tall, finished the
; morning round two down to Quick,
j and then came back to catch him on
I the 24th hole in the afternoon and
battle him to a dogfall through the
regulation 36. Each had a medal
; of 146, two over par, for the two
' rounds.
Quick, striving gamely to become
the first public links player in his
tory to win the Amateur title, had
his chance on the 36th green, where
he laid his third shot only 10 feet
from the pin. A birdie 4 would
have done the trick, but Quick saw
his ball slide past. Then he went
to the 37th and defeat.
Bishop, the new champion, al
ready held the Massachusetts State
and New England titles. Yet he
had to play three extra holes to
qualify for the Amateur from his
'own section. His previous best
showing in the championship was
in 1941, where he carried Pat Ab
bott to 36 holes in the semifinal at
Omaha.
He was a professional 17 years
ago. reinstated as an amateur in
1934. He debated returning to pro
ranks last winter, but finally decided
against it.
Spent 3' t Years in Army.
Today the tall, somewhat deaf
ex-caddy, who spent 34 years in
(See BISHOP. Page B-2J
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Regatta Entries to Fight It Out
In Sailboat Finals Here Todav
'Continued From First Page.)
water where father and son bailed
out the boat and sailed back to
Capital Yacht Club.
Capsized Near Finish.
Robert Broad of Washington In
the Washington-type sailing canoe
Royal Barge, capsized near the finish
line in the afternoon race but was
rescued by Harry Dorman of Arling
ton in a passing speedboat. During
the morning race. Joseph and David
Weeks from Patchogue. L. I., sail
ing their snipe. Peep, went over on
the first lap. and were towed ashore
by police.
The 131-boat fleet was only nine
short of equalling the record set in
1940 when 140 yachts competed.
Sailing events of the regatta have
not been held since 1941 and power
events not since 1940.
These skippers swept both races
yesterday and stood a good chance
of taking the series when the final
races for 12 classes are run at 10
a m. today:
Eldridge Zang, Galesville, Md.
sailing Shamrock in the round-bot
tom Chesapeake twenties.
Enos Ray. Fairhaven. Md., in Fir
ing Cloud II, 16-foot class.
John R. Reckord, Baltimore, In
! Side Car. penguin dinghy class.
Ties for No. 1 position cropped
up in two classes. In the star divi
sion, Arthur M. Deacon, sailing
Armade from Larchmont, N. Y., was
tied with a fellow Long Island Sound
sailor, Owen C. Torrey, jr„ of Scars
| dale, Long Island, skippering Cygnet.
Snipes Had Largest Fleet.
It was the same story in the snipe
class, which produced the second
largest fleet of any class. Eric Hans
child from Lake Mohawk. N. J.,
sailing the snipe Lake Mohawk. W’as
| tied with J. F. Stillman, jr.. of
| Philadelphia, skippering Rub-A-Dub.
If Hanschild had not called the
i error to the attention of the Race
; Committee, he might not have been
credited with a win in the morning
race. The committee aboard the
165-foot Coast Guard cutter Dione.
busy with a flock of finishers, failed
to clock him in and listed the Phila
delphia sailor as winner.
During the lunch period the two
: skippers apparently compared notes
| at Hains Point, where all contest
ants were served free lunch, and
j Hanschild lost little time in sailing
i Olit to thft Dinnp tn sot r>nm
mittee straight.
Other leading skippers at the
close of the day's events were R.
Ernest Covert of Alexandria, sail
ing Scandal in the comet class;
Charles Nelms of Norfolk in Ho
gans, Hampton one-design class;
Robert I. Walsh, Millersville, Md„
in Indian Maid, in the chine-bot
tom Chesapeake twenties; Joel Van
Sant, Elizabeth City, N. C., skipper
ing Gretchen in the moth class;
Charles MacMullan of Bethesda,
skipper of Black Streka in the
Washington-type sailing canoes,
and the Corinthian Sea Scouts, sail
ing Wildcat, in a special race for
two catbaots.
Van Sant, winner of the after
noon race and third place scorer in
the morning event, was believed to
be the oldest skipper in the regatta.
He is 61 years old. He designed the
moth boat, a perky little craft only
11 feet long.
Aged Catboats Appear.
The Sea Scouts’ two aged cat
boats made an unscheduled appear
ance after the committee agreed to
a request that the boats sail what
may be their last rtgatta. Fred
erick Tilp, head of the Sea Scout
[group, told the committee that the
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advanced age of the "cats” would
put than out of commission soon.
The second craft in the races was
Bobcat. Both boats have taken
hundreds of Washington youngsters
on long cruises of the Potomac River
for many years.
Deacon, who won the Interna
i tional star class championships in
1943, had a stiff fight to take the
opening race. At the half-way
mark, Torrey tyas leading, but be
fore the second and final lap of
a triangular course off Hains Point
was completed. Deacon had moved
his Armade into first position. The
next race saw Torrey in the lead
throughout, with Deacon second.
In the comet division, which drew
a record 27 starters, hard luck befell
the morning winner, R. Hammond
Gibson, sailing Star Baby II from
Easton. Md. He was disqualified In
the afternoon race for improperly
rounding the half-way mark. Covert,
however, led the fleet most of'the
way in the afternoon and was second
to Gibson in the morning.
Six Protests Filed.
The protest committee worked
overtime at Capital Yacht Club
after the races, straightening out a
total of six protests. At least three
of them involved boats striking
marks. It was easily understood,
; however, because the Potomac at
| times was thick with sails. And
some sailors were racing in na
tional competition for the first time
in years.
With the wind from the northeast
in the morning, tire fleet was sent
off on a reverse course down river.
But as the wind lightened and
backed around to the north, the
committee signalled a course that
took the boats upstream toward the
railroad bridge for their first leg.
As the breeze became more fitful,'
some of the classes just managed to
get across the finish before the two
hour time limit expired.
The finale, of the regatta Is sched
uled next weekend, beginning on;
Friday with outboard races. Sat
urday and Sunday the inboard
boats, including the Gold Cup and
225-cubic-inch hydroplane boats,:
will have their innings. General
Chairman R. Aubrey Bogley came
out for the afternoon races yester
day.
(Summaries on Page Jt-2.)
Villanova Opens Season
By Routing Kings Point
By th» Associated Press
VILLANOVA, Pa.. Sept. 14.—Villa
nova’s Wildcats opened the college
football season in the Philadelphia
area today with a 40-to-6 victory
over the Kings Point (N. Y.) Mer
chant Marine Academy before a
homecoming crowd of 12,000.
Coach Jordan Ollvar used more
than three teams. They scored in
every period, but showed a pass de
fense weakness.
Nimitz Will Crown
Queen of Regatta
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of
ficially will crown the Queen of
the President’s Cup Regatta. 21- j
year-old Edith “Drucie’’ Snyder,
daughter of the Secretary of the
Treasury Snyder, at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday at the Sylvan Theater
on the Monument Grounds.
Miss Snyder will be attended
by 10 maids of honor. She will !
be escorted by Lt. Col. James
Batte. White House aide.
Tlie coronation will be preceded
by a half-hour concert by the
Marine Band.
Pitching Gamble
Puts Bums Only
Point Off Lead
Second-Stringer Hurls
' 3-Hit Job; Lavagetto
Homer Starts Rout
By Jack Hand,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
BROOKLYN. N. Y.. Sept. 14-Leo
Durocher got away with one of the
most colossal gambles in recent years
today when Ralph Branca, an ob
scure bullpen tosser who hadn't
pitched a complete game all season,
shut out the St. Louis Cardinals with
a three-hit job in the most impor
tant gair- of the season. 5-0. to re
duce the Redbirds' first place margin
over Brooklyn to one-half game, or
one skinny percentage point.
Before the "rubber” game of the
•■series-of-the-year.” Durocher had
told reporters he was going to use
Branca to pitch to one hitter and
then shift to Lefty Vic Lombardi
after Eddie Dyer of the Cards had
committed himself to a surplus of
left-handed hitters in his batting
order.
According to the pregame script.
Branca was to come up with a "sore
arm” after the first pitch and gave
way to the southpaw, but he got the
first man out on the first throw, re
tired the second on another fling
and had the Cards out on six tosses.
Big: Win For Dodgers.
That changed the Durocher strate
gy plan and Branca was left in to
shut the door in the faces of the
wounded Cards. It , was only the
eighth time in 22 meetings that the
Brooks had beaten St. Louis this
season, but this victory, coming in
their final meeting of the campaign,
may have been the payoff.
Leaving for New York and a Sun.
day double-header with the Giants
while the Dodgers prepared to en
tertain Chicago in two games St
Louis had only 13 tilts to plav. eight
of them on the road. Of the Brooks'
16 remaining contests, 13 will be
played in the friendly confines of
Ebbets Field that was jammed with
a sellout crowd of 32,960 for the
series finale.
Actually Brooklyn was one game
ahead on the losing side of the
ledger, but St. Louis had won two
more, leaving the standings
T . W. L. Pet.
St. Louis..38 53 .62*
Brooklyn- 86 52 .623
Branca was the whole story today,
his greatest day of triumph since
leaving New York University. The
dark-haired Mount Vernon <N. Y.i
native never gave the Cards a
chance, striking out nine men and
walking only two. He allowed only
three men to advance as far as
second base and retired 12 men in
succession from the fifth, when he
was in his only jam. until the ninth
when Sta« Musial singled with two
out.
The 20-year-old fast-baller struck
out the side in the eighth, getting
Joe Garagiola. Marty Marion and
Pinch-hitter Nippy Jones to look at
a called third strike.
With two gone in the fifth. Garag
lola singled past Branca s head into
center field and Marion walked
Dyer sent up Walter Sessi. the home
run hero of an important victorv
over the Giants, but the big fellow,
batting for Starter Harry Brecheen.
went down on three straight strikes.
Musial's single with two gone in
the ninth was the last Card hope,
but he died on second where he
had gone unmolested while Branca
was inducing Enos Slaughter to pop
to Ed Stevens.
Cookie Lavagetto actually won tha
game for the Bums with his second
inning homer that bounced off the
railing of the upper left field stand.
It was his third of the season and
enough to doom Brecheen with his
14th loss to 13 wins.
Branca, who set the hitting pace
with two singles and two runs,
opened the third inning with a
smash off Red Schoendienst’s glove.
After Ed Stanky had lined to left,
Peewee Reese dropped a single into
left field that Dick Sisler barely
reached after a hard run, but
couldn’t hold. Dixie Walker smacked
a vital blowr at St. Louis’ hopes with
a two-run double to the far right
center field corner.
laras Defense Cracks.
Again in the fifth, after Ted Wilks
had taken up the pitching burden
for St. Louis, Branca led off with
a single, this time a shot into right
held. He moved to second on Stan
ly s single and the bases were
loaded after Wilks slipped while
fielding Reeses bunt for an error
Wilks gummed up things good
after striking out Pinch-hitter Augie
Galan. Fielding Dixie Walkers
smash to the hill. Wilks suddenly
decided to try for a play as second
mstead of the plate, although
Branca had hardly moved off third.
. e Card pitcher again slipped and
lust did get the ball to Marty Marion
in time to force Reese, Branca
scoring.
The final run strolled home in
the eighth when Reliefer Fred
Schmidt walked Edwards with the
bases full. A pass to Galan, FuriUo's
single and an error by Marion on
Lavagetto’s easy roller loaded them
up. Red Barrett, the fourth Card
burler, finally put out the fire by
retiring the next two hitters.
hfetffll aSHT 11
H|? ? * ? s
*3001 F. W er.rf 4 1 0 n
laraui*.. 2 ? ? ? furilte.ef 4 l & 0
Jara la.e 2 15 1 Lav to,3b 4 110
darion.ss 2 0 3 4 Edwards.c 3 19 1
*sS«in'D fUSS Schul™ b 3 0 7 1
I 5 0 0 Stev'i.lb 10 10
"ones” ? « « 2 Br.nc.,p_4 J_i_i
ichmidt.p 0 0 0 0
iarrett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 24 S Totals S3 * 37 t
•Batted lor Brecheen in sth
tBatted for Wilks in 8th.
L‘- t?“*s - ooo ooo ooo—o
Jrooklyn .. - - 013 010 Olx—5
Runs—Reese. T. WaSker. Lavagetto,
*r‘n^» '21. Errors—Wilks Marion Runs
latted in—Lavagetto, JP. Walker (3) Ed
rards Two-base hit—p. Walker. Home
“n—Lavagetto. Sacrifice—Reese Double
’ rd*. t0„ Reese.—Left on bases
—St. 4i. Bro<>kl7n. 1. Bases on
Brecheen. 1: off Branca. 2; off
ichmidt. 2. Struck out—By Branca. 9;
Brecheen. 2: by Wilks. 2: by Barrett, I,
fit*—Off Brecheen, ft in 4 innings. oix
Vilks. •> in 3 innings: off Schmidt, 1 1*
•a inning: off Barrett o in 2s :nnin«.
-osing pitcher—Brecheen. Umpires—
dessrs. Henline Ballanfant. Barlick and
*jn«ni.Time—2:18. Attendance—32,
260 paid.
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