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By FRANCIS E. STANN
Without a Gun Jacobs Makes It Pay
On the train from New York to Washington on the morning
after the Louis-Maurielio fight I talked with at least a dozen strangers
who witnessed the slaughter. They all occupied ringside seats, they
said, for free. And they all said, “I wouldn’t pay a nickePto see such
a fight. But this friend of mine had tickets and * * •”
Yet, according to the New York State Athletic Commission,
38.494 people paid $335,063 to watch a fight which
irom the beginning was increduously one-sided,
sit was a monumental piece of effrontery on the
part of Promoter Mike Jacobs to even suggest such
a show. You could have counted on the fingers
of one hand the spectators who were surprised
that Louis knocked out Mauriello in the first
round.
But Jacobs used no gun to hold up customers
i and relieve them of anywhere from $30 to $3.
Indeed. Mike for once got a bad press. There was
almost no local buildup, and even less nationally.
The press had no stomach for the thing,
coming so soon after the horrible Billy Conn
* affair for which the writers traveled from Europe,
$uba. Australia and South Africa. Jacobs in
advertently had made the press and radio look
pretty silly <it. really was Conn's faulti, and the
Francis E. Stann.
and radio was in no mood to look so silly again so soon.
But Somebody Must Have Bought Some Tickets
But even with the press ignoring the bout—which Louis, inci
dentally, didn't think would draw’ any money—people paid $335,063,
The Brown Bomber collected $101,619 and Mauriello picked up $44,458,
which is modest by high standards, but certainly sufficient to reoutfit
Tami’s Bronx bar.
Who contributed to the $335,000 gate? Ah, there's the mystery!
Nobody on the train admitted to paying. In front of New York bell
hops, cab drivers and hotel clerks it was better to say you hadn't
attended the fight; otherwise they sniffed openly and whispered
“Sucker” so loudly you could hear them in Jersey.
But somebody paid and you can bet that 90 per cent of the
strangers on the train anted up. In other words, John Q. Public,
ashamedly. As Jimmy Walker, ex-mayor of New York, put it, “Watch
ing a human fly climb the side of a skyscraper is macabre. So is any
fight involving Louis. You pay just in case he gets belted.”
All this, of course, has some faint relationship w'ith national
inflation Possibly the trend-seekers and the poll-takers will have
an authentic report in the near future. At any rate, when Jacobs
charged $100 for a ringside seat for Louis vs. Conn last June the
public gladly paid. And when Jacobs had the gall to charge $30 for
what is called a ringside seat for Louis vs. Mauriello the public didn't
pay gladly. Instead, John Q—reliable old J Q—held his nose, said
he wanted no parts of another farce . . . and then paid anyway!
Is It True Louis Will Campaign Elsewhere?
Jacobs catches a good deal of you-know-what but, to repeat, he's
never been found using a gun. Instead, the fellow’ seems to know
just how much the public will stand and spend. When a promoter
counts to $335,000 plus, and still finds nobody willing to admit that
he paid for a ticket, that promoter is a financier. He might even be
a potential Secretan of the Treasury.
If it is of any interest to Washington pulse-feelers, economists
and the OPA. there is a strong rumor around New York that Jacobs
will send Louis on tour. From a competitive point of view’ this is
understandable; Louis simply has nobody to fight.
From an economic .standpoint, however, it might indicate that
Jacobs is foreseeing the end of inflation, the wild rush to par $100
and even $30 for any fight.
There is talk of Louis' going to South America to fight Arturo
Godov and to England to fight Bruce Woodcock If Mike doesn't
think either match would draw here that could be a tipoff and, it's
here for all economists to surve\
Strictly from a sports waiter's viewpoint. Mike, take that Louis
fellow’ out of the country. Hes too good for what remains of our
heavyweight league.
Army, 'Bama, Indiana, Ole Miss
Early Grid Game Favorites
By Horold Cloossen
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK. Sept 20— Climbing
out on the football prediction limb
for the fourth straight year.
Army over Villanova: A year ago
the Cadets, with Doc Blanchard and
denn Davis playing only 14 min
utes each, mastered the Philadel
phians, 54 to 0. Villanova has im
proved and it is doubtful that Army
could—so the score should be closer
this time, but the same team should
win.
Illinois over Pittsburgh: Fast
Buddy Young has returned to the
Illini backfield after a stretch in
the Navy.
Alabama over Furman: The firm
of Gilmer. Mancha and Cook will
find Furman no more difficult than
Joe Louis found Tann Mauriello
Indiana over Cincinnati: Cincin
nati is rated"as having one of the
best football teams representing a
small school. Indiana has most of
its 1945 Big Nine champions back
Kansas over Texas Christian:
George Sauer is the new Kansas
coach and his debut will be sw’eet.
It is on tomorrow night.
Mississippi over Kentucky: Al
most the entire Mississippi front
line is made up of ex-Marines and
Kentucky learns tomorrow night
what is meant bv the expression
"Leave it to the Marines.”
Oklahoma A. & M over Denver:
The Missouri Valley Conference
defending champion meets the 1945
Big Seven titleholder, but All-Amer
ica Bob Fenimore will be the differ
ence
Skipping over the others in a
hurry:
East: Kings Point over Lehigh.
West Virginia over Otterbein, Ca
nisius over Western Ontario.
Midwest: Detroit over W'ayne,
Iowa over North Dakota State,
Drake over St. Ambrose. Purdue
over Miami ' Ohio i, Wisconsin over
Marquette.
Far West: St Mary's over Port
land U. (Sunday, Colorado over
Iowa State, Wyoming over Colo
rado State, Brigham Young over
Western State, Colorado Aggies over
Fort^Warren.
Southwest: Baylor over South
western. Arkansas over Northwest
ern Louisiana State: Texas A. <V M
over North Texas State. Texas Tech
over West Texas State, New Mexico
over Arizona State of Flagstaff,
South: Richmond over Randolph
Macon, Milligan over Emory and
Henry, Clemson over Presbyterian.
Virginia Military over Catawba.
Children's Hospital Aided
As Grays Play Philly
Homestead Grays of the Negro
National League make their last
stand of the season here tonight
when they meet the Philadelphia
Stars at Griffith Stadium in a game
for the benefit of Children's Hos
pital Building Fund
Tonight’s pitching chores for the
Grays will be handled by either
Reds Fields or Eugene Smith, with
Josh Gibson catching and with such
other aces as Buck Leonard. Howard
Easterling and Jerry1 Benjamin add
ing batting support. Hurling for
Philadelphia will be Barney Brown.
Gene Benson and Frank Austin,
both with .325 batting averages, are
among the Stars’ big guns.
Entertainment will be provided
by the 766th AAF Band from Lock
bourne Army Air Base
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFF.
No games scheduled 'Memphis and At
lanta. the finalists, beam playoff to
night'.
London Seeking Mauriello
For Mills, Woodcock Tiffs
By the Associated ?re»$
LONDON. Sept. 20.—Promoter
Jack Solomons hopes to get Tami
Mauriello here this fall for fights
with both Freddie Mills and Bruce
Woodcock.
Solomons, following a telephone
talk with a representative of New
York Promoter Mike Jacobs, said he
wants Mauriello to meet Mills, Brit
ish light - heavyweight champion.
October 22 in London and fight
Woodcock in November.
By having Woodcock fight Mur
riello. Solomons apparently is point
ing for an eventual meeting of the
British champion and Joe Louis
Mauriello knocked out Woodcock in
New York last May.
(In New York Jacobs rejected any
idea that Louis might go to London
to fight Woodcock. "If Woodcock
wants to fight, Louis,” said Jacobs,
"he can do it here, but first he'll
have to go out and get himself some
victories.”)
Major League Standings and Schedules
_FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1946.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
tMteriir a Rraulti.
Cleceland, 5; Wash , 1.
Detroit, 14: Phila., 7.
St. Louis, 6; Boston, 5.
Only games scheduled.
Glfflri Todir.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at St. Louis, rain.
Only games scheduled.
Game! Tomorrow.
Boston at Wash., 8:30.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Phila. at New York.
Chicago at St. Louis (n).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yratrrdar’a R«*uita.
St. Louis, 5; Boston, 4.
Brooklyn. 7: Pitts., 0.
New York. 1; Chicago, 0
Cincinnati, 2; Phila., 1.
Games Today.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
Only game scheduled.
G»« Tomorrow.
Brooklyn at Boston.
St. Louis at Chicago.
Cine, at Pittsburgh.
New York at Phila.
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Army, Navy on Spot as Epic Grid Season Opens
Talent-Filled Schools
Out to Shatter Reign
Of Service Teams
By Austin Bealmear
Associated Press Sports Writer
Many of the Nation's collegiate1
football teams, including some of|
the championship favorites, raise;
the curtain tomorrow on a season j
destined to surpass all of its prede-!
cessors in the matter of interest.!
excitement and quality of play as
well as receipts at the gate.
There is hardly a team in the
’land that isn't admittedly loaded
to the locker room with playing
talent and preseason ticket sales in
dicate that the fans are going to
turn out in record numbers to see
the fun.
This is the season when the
1 teams which have watched Army
and Navy monopolize the spotlight
'in recent years can be expected to
! begin chopping the service acad
! emies down to their own size—a
task made simpler by the departure
of some players who no longer want
to mix football with a military
career.
Army, still the top team of the
country until proved otherwise,
cracks open its tough schedule this
w-eek end, as do a trio of West
Point's most serious challengers for
national honors—Alabama, Illinois
and Oklahoma A. and M.
Army Takes on Villannva.
The Cadets will begin their search
for a third straight all-victorious
season tomorrow afternoon by en-1
tertaining a tough Villanova teamj
j which stole a march on mast of the
others last week by knocking off
the United States Merchant Marine
Academy, 40-6.
Illinois, reinforced by the return
of Buddy Young and a benchful of
other service stars, will provide the
first test for Wes Fesler at Pitts
burgh in a game setting the stage
for next month's anticipated thrill
er between the Illini and Notre
Dame.
Oklahoma A and M.’s Sugar Bowl
champions, candidates for a Rose
Bowl bid as long as they have Bob
Fenimore. go after their 20th
straight triumph against Denver's
invading Big Seven titleholders,
while Alabama, Rose Bowi victor
and Southeastern favorite, meets
Furman at Birmingham tonight.
At Austin. Tex., Texas University’s
Southwest Conference favorites run
smack into a Missouri outfit that,
has been tabbed as the best in the
Big Six loop. Another contest in
volving title threats from the same
two leagues sends Texas Christian
into Kansas City to battle Kansas
at night.
Ole Miss Battles Kentucky.
Mississippi and Kentucky, both in
the process of rebuilding, get to
gether at Lexington tomorrow night
in the first Southeastern Conference
game of the year. Other pairings
in the South find Presbyterian at
Clemson. Erskine at Davidson, Ran
dolph-Macon at Richmond and
Catawby at V. M I.
Besides Illinois, four other teams
from the Big Nine open against non
conference opponents, all at home.
These starters send Cincinnati to
Indiana, North Dakota State to
Iowa. Marquette to Wisconsin and
Miami of Ohio to Purdue.
Three other Southwest Conference
teams also entertain nonleague op
position, with North Texas State at
Texas A and M., Southwestern of
Texas at Baylor and Northwest
Louisiana State at Arkansas.
Other top games in the wide open
spaces will find Tulsa at Wichita.
Arizona State at New Mexico and
West Texas at Texas Tech tomorrow
night.
Iowa State of the Big Six meets
Colorado of the Big Seven at
Boulder, while Colorado State will
be at Wyoming and Peru State at
Colorado College.
In the East. Lehigh will be at
Kings Point and Otterbein at West
Virginia to round out a rather
skimpy lineup.
The Far West will delay its gen
eral opening, although St. Marys
tangles with Portland at San Fran
cisco on Sunday.
Col. Schriever Shoots 69
In Match at Belle Haven
In the first round of match play
for the Belle Haven club golf cham
pionship, Col. Ben Schriever, medal
ist and favorite, defeated Lt. How
ard Sias, U. S. N., 4 and 3 with a 3
under-par 69 yesterday. Schriever
was out in 34 and added a 35 on the
back nine to miss a tie for the course
record set by Tommy Ryan, Wiffy
Cox and Lew Worsham.
Other pairings for the champion
ship flight this week end:
Mike Duffy vs. C C Heath: Charles I
Holden, tr.. vs. H B Shame. Paul Lipps i
vs Frank Sinclair Alex Guyol vs. Jack !
Kurtz. .1 B Murphy vs Frank Clarke. I
Gerard Edwards vs. Comdr. H Thompson i
Jr . and Frank Voury vs. A1 Brooks
Conn Seeks Third Louis Go
To Prove He 'Didn't Quit' j
By th© Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20.—Billy]
Conn, whose sorry showing in his
second title fight with Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis last June
turned the widely ballyhooed brawl
into the “flop of the century,” to
day asked a third chance—to prove
"I didn't quit to Louis.”
Billy sought to end his self-im
posed retirement by telephoning
Promoter Mike Jacobs in New York
yesterday to tell him he would fight
Louis “any time and at any place”
and contribute his purse to charity
for the chance.
“Only this time I want to fight
him my way, with no advice from
my handlers,” Conn said. "I want
to prove to every one I never quit to
any man, any place. Nor did I freeze
i up against Joe. I listened to too
many people telling me this and
| that—mostly to keep away from
jhim, keep away from him. Well, I
1 did and look what happened.”
“I’ll have to talk it over with Louis
when he comes in to pick up his
check for the Mauriello fight,” said
Jacobs today.
Soccer Strike Is Off
i MANCHESTER. England. Sept.
20 (/P).—Threat of a strike by Brit
ish soccer players to enforce their
demands for higher pay apparently
had been dispelled today.
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PRESIDENTS CUP REGATTA PRIZES—Chairman Charles E. Pledger of the Trophy Committee
is shown with' the President’s Cup while Miss Miriam Sarchet (left* and Miss Jean Elvidge of
the 1800 block Mintwood place N.W. hold the Mexican and George D. Horning trophies, respec
tively- —Star Staff Photo.
. -— 1 -.. ■ .. ■ ♦ . . . ■ _ _
Red So* to Test Nats'
Shortened Left field;
Sunday ’Vernon Day'
Boston's regulars, who have been
resting recently, will oppose the
Nats here in games tomorrow night
and Sunday, it was announced to
day by Clark Griffith, who will give
local customers a peek at a new
1 seating arrangement which chops
30 feet off the distance to the left
and centerfield stands.
Tubular steel stands, installed In
front of the bleachers for the two
game series, will be welcomed by
right-hand hitters. They'll be shoot
ing at a 376-foot target instead of
a 405-foot one down the left field
line, a feature Griffith will adopt
next season and continue to use,
until construction costs decrease
sufficiently to permit the erection
of double-decked bleachers.
All reserved seats for both games
with the pennant-winning Red Sox
have been sold, assuring the Nats
of topping the million mark in home
attendance. Tire games will be the
last of the season here for the Nats,
who will wind up the year with
three games at Philadelphia and
three more at Boston.
Mickey Vernon returns to the
Capital with the batting champion
ship virtually in his grasp, for bar
ring a sudden collapse by the Nats’
first baseman, he's in. Mickey, who
will be honored in pre-game cere
monies on Sunday, has a 12-point
lead over runnerup Ted Williams
of the Bosox. Vernon has eight
games remaining to play, while Wil
liams has only seven.
Vernon could go hitless for the
remainder of the season and finish
with no worse than a .335 average
If both Ted and Mickey average
four times at bat in their remaining
games,’ Vernon could hit .312 to Wil
liams’ .500 and still edge Boston's
shigger. .352 to .351.
, The Nats, meanwhile, are happy
, to escape the fast ball firing of Bob
Feller, who achieved five victories
at their expense this season. Bob
notched his 25th triumph yesterday
at Cleveland, beating the Nats, 5-1,
but struck out only five.
Feller’s strikeout total now is 320
for the season and with only three
starts remaining he needs an aver
age of eight a game to break the
disputed Rube Waddell record of
343. Recent search of the files by
the Associated Pi ess Indicated Wad
dell fanned 350 batters in 1904. but
American League headquarters says
the record will be Feller's if he fans
344.
Ray Scarborough gave Feller a
tussle for eight innings. He was
leading, 1-0. when the Indians
sprayed five runs across the plate
on four hits, a Scarborough error !
and a balk.
Washington's only run off Feller.;
who permitted four hits, came in I
the first inning when Bob walked
Sherry Robertson with the bases j
loaded. B H.
Wash. AB H O A Cleve AB H O A !
R Ison.2b 2 0 « 2 Moss.Ilb 5 1 2 1 i
Lewis.r! 4 10 0 Price,ss a O 3 2
Grace,If 4 0 5 0 ‘Flemlna 1 o 0 0!
Vernon, lb 3 1 5 2 Peters.ss o o 0 n
Spence.rf 4 0 2 0 R'bson.lb 3 1 » 01
Travis,3b 4 10 0 Edw ds rf 4 2 10
Early.c 4 18 1 M’cheli.cf 3 2 2 0
H’cock.ss 2 0 12 Seerey.lf 3 0 1 0
S bugh.p 3 0 12 rBerker I o o 111
Case.If o O 0 oj
Mack.2b 3 o 3
Hegan.c 4 3 5 I
Feller.p 4 110
Totals 30 4 24 H Totals .14 10 27 til
•Batted for Price in eighth
r Batted for Seerey in eighth
Washington oio non non !
Cleveland ooo non 05x—6|
Runs—Travis. Robinson. Mitchell Beck-|
a Mack Hegan Eriors—Hitchcock.!
Scarborough Runs batted in—Robeitson,
Edwards. Hegan. Frller Two-base hu«*—j
Travis. Hegan. Robinson Three-base
hits—Edwards Left, on ba.ses—Washing
ton. b. Cleveland x Bases on balls -Off
Scarborough. .T off Feller, 4 Strikeouts—
By Scarborough. 7 by teller. 5. Balk—!
Scarborough Umpires—Messrs McKinley.
Boyer and Rommel Time. 2.01. Attend
ance. 2.44 J.
Horseshoe Pitchers End
Qualifying Test Tonight
Qualifying in the Recreation De
oartment horseshoe tournament on
the Commerce Building courts will
end tonight, with the top 16 pitch
ers to shoot it out in a round robin
opening next Tuesday night.
Joe Maloney, hailing from St. Al
bans. N. Y„ is leading the qualifiers
with 116 points in the 50-shoe test.
The event is for medium and low
average pitchers with recognized
stars ineligible.
Medal scores to date:
Jot Maloney. 116: Willard Nellis. 10-’;,
W. Haley, 09, Strgt J. Mains. 99 M
Osfosky. 99: Woody Wilson, SS. H H
Clift. 88: Prentis Mabry. 85 R Woodltv.
H9: E. Clift, 89; Frank Felton, 80: Ed
Henry. 79, Lew Mattingly, 75; L 8te
nienski. 74; Charles Rosier. 69, W Hart
<«»• «*: J- Harrington, 59; I. Bergstein.
54; J. Bahnsen, 49. _
Program for President's Cup
Races Tomorrow and Sunday
This is the program for inboard events, including the President's
Cup races:
Tomorrow.
Startine time Event. Laps. Miles. Heat
! 12:10 PM •President’? Cup qualification (contingent) ...... 6 15 First
J 4o PM Outboard runabout?, class C-E service (open) . 2 5 Final
I #<)0 PM. Pl cubic inch hydroplane 2 5 First
1 20 PM Outboard runabouts, class C-F racing (open) 2 5 Final
J 40 P M. ■» All inboards—racing and service runabouts, except E
and K 2 5 First
2 00 PM Presidents Cup first qualification 0 15 First
2 20 PM Water ski race (short course' 2 2-3 Final
2 '»o PM Presidents Cup second qualification 0 15 Final
2 2o PM ,125 and 151 cubic inch hydroplanes 2 5 First
2 4<> PM. §225 cubic inch hydroplanes. A P B A championship 2 5 First
4 no PM 'All-Washington Sweepstakes. _ __ .2 5 Final
4 20 PM Wafer ski exhibition?
4 50 PM. tAII inboards—racing and service runabouts, except
E and K *2 5 Final
6 10 PM §225 cubic inch hydroplanes. A P B A championship 2 5 Final
•Will be run in the event oi more than 24 entries.
tlf two or more racing, or two or more service runabout? start in any class,
a first prize will be awarded the winner in each classification If two or more boats
of the same classification do not start in any class, the boat will be considered racing
in its classification In the next larger class A second prize will be awarded in each
classification having four or more starters A grana prize will be awarded on the
basis of all boats racing together
Will "race together for separate prizes
‘American power boat championship—Palais Royal Trophv for Division I 225
cubic inch Division II boats will compete in this race for separate prizes
•All-Washington Sweepstakes race for George Horning Trophv (Washington
owned boats’.
Sunday.
S.'*r.!.l1nVw,er. «iPn' .. Lap- Mlirf H*a'
1 . 20 P M Pacific one design •» 5 First
1‘ to PM. • 225 cubic inch hvriroplane?. national < hampionship t ]•. Firs(
105 P M f»! cubic inch hydroplane •_* Final
1 2o pm Cia.s K inboard (open* Final
1:4" PM Pn-deni > Cup o j*5 Second
2 lo PM. 125 and 151 cubic inch hydroplanes 2 FL.ai
2 2o P M. Ladies’ free-for-all 2 5 Final
5o P M •225 c bir inch hydroplanes national championship 4 ] <* Second
2 I P M ‘Class F, inboard only, racing and service runabouts ° F’na'
•• »5 P M *225 cubn imh hydroplanes national championship 4 to Final
4oo P M Pacific one design - \ p
4 2o PM President o Cup « 15 Final
t 5o PM. 'American speedboat championship 4 Final
5 15 PM Cruiser ihance 'short course* 2 ?!3 Fina:
•National championship 225 cubic inch hydroplanes for .John Charle? Thomas
Trophy is for *he first 10 high-point scoring boats of the country.
• Will race together for separate prizes,
iFrench Line Normandie Trophy.
• Mexican ReDubli Trophy
•William Randolph Hearsr Trophy
Law Rates Above Grid
With Whizzer White
Byron R < Whizzer* White, who
packed the pigskin for the Pitts
burgh Steelers several, years ago, will
tote law books for5 Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson this season. Thr
former football star's appointmeiv
as a law clerk in the Chief Justice,
office was announced today.
. White, who won All-America foot
ball fame at Colorado, as well as a
Phi Beta Kappa key and Rhodes
scholarship, studied law at Yale,
but the Associated Press said he
would withdraw from school to ac
cept his new appointment. He will
be one of three clerks assisting the
Chief Justice.
The "Whizzer” created a sensa
tion by drawing $15,000 as a rookie
with the Steelers in 1938. The fol
lowing year he gave up football to
study at Oxford and when the war
broke out he returned to this coun
try, entering Yale. He played briefly
with the Detroit Lions in 1941. then
accepted a Navy commission as an
intelligence officer. He was deco
rated while serving on the Bunker
Hill.
Two District Canoeists
Enter 57-Mile Contest
Two Washington paddlers. win
ners of the half-mile national
double-blade championships this
summer, will compete In the second
annual 57-mile Delaware River ca-!
noe marathon October 12.
They are Commodore Herman C.
Vollmer of Washington Canoe Club,
and William J. Rhodes.
Vollmer invites other local canoe
ists. not members of any club, to get
in touch with him if they are inter
ested in entering the event, which
begins at Easton, Pa., and ends off
the Trenton Yacht Club.
His address is 4724 Butterworth
place N.W.
FOOTBALL
Variety Club Charity Game
Washington
RED SKINS
VS
Chicago
BEARS
Baltimore, Sun., Sept. 22
£ Round Trip
Coach Faro
lad. Tax
Ptnniylvonla fa»t electric train »or
vict depart* ovary hour on tho hour
from Wathington Union Station. Hourly
departure* from Baltimore returning.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Major Leaders
By tti« As»ocio*ed Pr«i
AMffcKAN LEAGUE
Batting—Vernon Washington. 355.
Williams. Boston. 343
Runs—Williams Boston. 14"; Pesky.
Boston. 113
Runs batted in—Williams. Boston.
Ilf York. Boston. 118.
Hits—Peskv. Boston. 200: Vernon.
Washington. 195
Doubles—.Vernon. Washington. 45.
Spence, Washington 44
Triples — Edwards Cleveland. 15
Lewis. Cleveland. 13
Homp runs—Williams Boston and
Greenberg. Detroit. 38
Stolen bases—Ca>». Cleveland 29
3 mnweiss New York. ]',
Pitching — Ferriss. Boston. 35-6
$06. Gumpert. New York. 11-3. 786
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Battmg—Musial. St. Louis. .373:
Hodp. Boston. 343
Runs—Musial. St. Louis. 117.
Slaughter. St Louis. 98
Runs batted in—Slaughter. St Louis.
125: W'alker. Brooklyn 111
Hits—Musial. St. Louis. 218: WTaiker.
Brooklyn. 75.
Doubles—Musial 8t. Louis. 48
Holmes. Boston. 32.
Triples—Musial. 8c Louis. 18.
Cavarretia. Chicago, in
Home runs—Mize. New York. 22:
Kiner. Pittsburgh. 31
Stolen bases—Reiser. Brooklyn 35;
Haas. Cincinnati. 22
Pitching Rowe. Philadelphia 11-4.
.733; Dickson. S’ Louis 13-5, 722
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Williams Rates Musial
N. L.'s Greatest After
Stan Blasts Braves
By Joe Reichler
Associated Pr*ss Sports Writer
Ted Williams. Stan Musial's chief
rival for the title of baseball s most
dangerous hitter today, believes that
the St. Louis Cardinal clouter is—
in Ted's own words—the "greatest
player in the National League."
The Boston Red Sox socker, who
with his manager, Joe Cronin, and
others of the team's top-flight stars
were interested spectators at the
Cards-Braves game in Boston, got
a large eyeful of Mr. Musial in ac
tion yesterday afternoon.
While admitting he hadn't seen
much of the National League ex
cept for a few games in Brooklyn.
New York and Boston, Williams
said, "Musial has shown me more
than anybody else with the stick.'
Blasts Five Hits in Row.
The clouter from Donora. Pa .
currently leading the National
League batters with a mark of .373.
slammed out five straight hits in as
many times at bat and drove in the
winning run in St. Louis’ 5-4 vic
tory with his final safety, a ninth
inning single. Two of his hits were
doubles, which boosted his league
leading total in that department to
48 Musial also leads the loop in
hits, runs scored and triples in ad
dition to his 14 home runs and 97
runs batted in.
The Musial-made victory enabled
the Cardinals to preserve their first
place margin of 1!- games over the
Brooklyn Dodgers, who kept close to
the leaders bv whipping the Pitts
burgh Pirates, 7-0, at Ebbets Field.
As matters stand now. the Car
dinals need any combination of eight
wins or Brooklyn losses to clinch the
pennant. The Redbirds have eight
games left to play as compared to
nine for the Brooks, including today's
playoff of the 19-inning 0-0 tie with
Cincinnati.
Giants' Koslo Blanks Cubs.
Lefty Dave Koslo hurled the New*
York Giants to a three-hit 1-0 vic
tory over the Chicago Cubs.
Clay Lambert outpitched Dick
Maunev to give the Cincinnati Reds
a 2-1 victory over the Phils under
the lights in Philadelphia.
In the American League the Tigers
outslugged the Philadelphia Ath
letics, 14-7, for their 17th victory in
22 meetings with the Mackmen.
After losing a 4-0 lead the St
Louis Browns came back with two
runs in the last of the ninth to
defeat the American League Cham
pion Red Sox, 6-5, in a night game.
Lockbourne Eleven Subs
Lockbourne Army Air Base eleven
of Columbus. Ohio, replaces Mitchel
Field on Fort Belvoirs football
schedule for the game tomorrow
afternoon at Fort Belvoir.
Meade Wins Title
On Disputed Play
By A*soc»ated Pr#$*
FORT KNOX. Kv.. Sept. 20 —
Fort Meade. Md . is the baseball
champion of the 2d Army, having
edged Camp Campbell, Ky., 3-2,
here last night as the result of a
weird play in the top half of the
ninth which was disputed, but not
protested officially.
A Fort Meade runner on third
scored before a batter, trapped
between home and first after a
hard bunt, and another man on
first were tagged for the second
and third outs. Tire umpire held
the disputed run from third legal
for the winning score.
Jumper Class Heads
Shrine Horse Show
Program Sunday
By Larry Lawrence
Best hunters and jumpers of ths
Capital area will vie for champion
ship honors at the second annual
Shrine horse show next Sunday at
Meadow’brook Show Grounds on the
East-West highway.
A feature of the program of 22
classes, which gets under way at 10
a m.. Is a skyscraper with $150 added
This event is to mark a renewal of
the fine timber competition of a
few years ago when such celebrated
jumpers as Rocksie. national
champ; Black Caddie. Hi-Ho. Sandy
of Fort Myer and a score of other
noted horses were breaking records.
Three of those famous competi
tors still are in the ring and going
strong Cateer, with a record of 7
feet and jumper championship win
ner at Suitland last Sunday, Dr.
Alvin I Kay's Smacko, twice winner
of the Scott International, and
Cherrie McKey's Applejack will
compete. Also in the lists will be
Mrs. Richard Hume's Tabu. J. B.
Bland's Greystone, Bettie Hurst’s
Greylark. Bobby Lee’s Bon Fille and
W C. Viar’s Hi Jack.
The hunter division of six classes
has attracted a strong entry of fox
chasers from the Virginia and
Maryland hunt country Among the
foremost hunters on the card are
Mrs. Lee Counselman’s Kristi.
Maryland hunter champ; Kav
Stables’ Portmaker. conformation
hunter champ at Warrenton: Ad
miral and Mrs, Forrest Sherman's
Beale Walk, George Mueller's Ba
lella, Marbert Farm's Ferry Land
ing. Morton ’Cappy" Smith's Bill
Star. 3-year-old champion, and
Anne Hagner's After Dark.
The management expects over 70
top hunters will show.
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