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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, August 12, 1947—A—15 **
W in, Lose, or Draw j
By FRANCIS E. STANN
SKor/Vl ours and Good Pay 0 ~
It looks as If It won’t be necessary to tell your grandchildren of
*>be smuggy Hursey. Danny Kapilow fights. They’ll grow up to see
them, probably, the way things are going.
Kapilow admits he Is becoming very tired of just looking at
nursey. ia me 10 ngnr someDoay else, just as
a vacation,” cracked the bruised Brooklynite in
his dressing room, “but if they want us back I’m
ready and willing. This thing pays too good for
me to drop.”
They are, of course, going to fight a fourth
time and there’s no telling how many more times
because in this elastic feud there appears to be
little danger of duplication. Kapilow has won by
a decision, Hursey has won by a knockout and
last night’s revival was pronounced a draw. A1
Weill, who manages Kapilow, predicts a knockout
for Danny Boy next time, which would be a new
ending, and there is another possibility—a decision
for Hursey.
irmoci. suaa. rne tougn-hided local middleweight, Hursey,
almost had a decision in Mr. Griffith’s ball park last eve. A good
many ringsiders thought he rated it because Smuggy gave Mr. Kapilow
a good going over in the body and cut open his left eye and on two
or three occasions indicated that he was going to put Danny to sleep
again. But at the finish Kapilow was on his feet, jiggling up and
down as he awaited the verdict, although the suspicion is that he wis
satisfied with the draw.
Danny's No King-Size Middleweight
The crowd seemed satisfied, too. The patrons appeared to get
, their *41,000 worth and, while Hursey was a 2-to-l favorite at past
time, Kapilow was a strong sentimental favorite. For the first time
. since the series started the customers seemed to realize that Danny
now was giving away a whole lot to the tireless young colored boy.
He was giving away at least 5 pounds, according to the Boxing
Commission's scales, and 7 years according to the way the respective
gladiators recall their birth dates. Danny also was trying to forget
that 41-second knockout he sustained a month ago. It had marked
the first time Kapilow had been stepped in 60 fights and if he wasn’t
thinking of the chances of it happening again that wrinkle in his ‘
brow was put there when he fell asleep on a hot outdoor grill.
Danny did a Job. all right, because actually he is only a 143
pounder and he was in there with a rubbery kid who won't be able
to make 155 pounds much longer, if ever again. Referee Charlie
Reynolds, one of the best, thought Kapilow won and wrote to that
effect on his score-pad. Mr. Harry Dwyer, a judge, thought it was a
draw, but Dr. J. E. Trigg, the other judge dissented and named
Hursey. One thing is certain; one of the voters was right.
Smuggy's Not Ready for the Big Time
Personally, this bureau is not going to beat any titular drums for
Hursey for a while. Until last night it was beginning to look as if our
Smuggy was headed for the heights in his division, which happens
to be the only real, tough class in boxing today. Hursey is all right,
mind you. He has been astonishingly durable in his local perform
ances. He punches fast and he keeps plodding forward, aping the
style of Henry Armstrong. But he isn’t ripe for the big time.
What Smuggy doesn’t know about boxing would fill a 5-foot shelf.
If Kapilow could hit a little harder (he used to hit infinitely harder)
and had he been a little less timid, he might well have shaken up
Hursey and possibly floored him. Smuggy has little or no defense. He
walks into his foe with his fists hip-high and asks for it. When asked
why such a gracious invitation, Hursey placidly explains that hell
nade on a 2-far-l basis.
That may be all right against a watered-up 143-pounder like
Kapilow, especialy when Smuggy is enjoying the unrecallable sap of
a 19-year-old, but how would this system go against Rocky Graziano,
who is Hursey’s size and who packs a king-size punch? How would
Smuggy, who was deprived of a decision over Danny Boy because of
the Brooklyn Kid’s body-punching, stack up against Tony Zale, best
body-puncher in a decade?
I don’t think our Smuggy is ready for Zale and Graziano yet.
I think his best bet is to fight Kapilow the first and fifteenth of each
month and it's all right here if the show runs longer than “Oklahdma.”
Hursey Lacks His Former Zip,
Is Dull in Draw With Kapilow
Success may have taken some of
the zip and fire from Smuggy
Hursey. Less than a year ago, when
he was a hungry and practically
unknown boy fighting for recog
nition, he would wade in and throw
, leather from bell to bell. He’s in
the money now and the idol of a
large section of Washington’s fight
fans, but last night he wasn’t the
same ball of fire—he himself ad
mitted he was slower—while working
to a draw' against a fighter he
stopped in less than one round a
month ago.
He was up against a fancy boxer
and counterpuncher in Danny
Kapilow of New York and Danny
made no mistakes. But neither did
Danny make many offensive moves.
He kept Smuggy away with a left
jab, or danced backward and
counterpunched against Smuggy’s
shuffle. Neither did much damage
and the draw verdict was well re
ceived by the crowd of 13,745 at
Griffith Stadium. The Star's score
sheet had four rounds for each and
tw'o even, with Hursey ahead on
points. 94-92. Referee Charley Rey
Yanks' Berra Liked
As Rookie of Year
»y th« Associated Press
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.—Yogi
Berra of the Yankees, a journey
man catcher who plays the out
field, pinch hits and" is nice to
his family, is a leading candi
date for rookie of the year in
the American League.
It’s a wide-open race, with
Berra, Shea and possibly Cleve
land's Dale Mitchell in the front
row. Other possibilities are Bos
ton's Sam Mele, Chicago’s Dave^
Philley, St. Louis’ Paul “In
Again. Out Again” Lehner and
Ray Coleman, Philadelphia's Per
ris Pain and Washington’s Eddie
Yost.
nolds had it Kapilow. 92-88; Judge
Dr. Joe Trigg said Hursey, 96-84,
and Judge Bob Dwyer made it a
deadlock at 91-91.
Rematch In Winter Looms.
There's already some talk by
Liberty A. C. promoters about an
other fight between these two—
which would be the fourth in this
series—but it probably won’t come
this summer. It might be a good
fight to draw a big crowd to the
opening indood card at the National
Guard Armory—if and when that
plant opens for sports shows. "
Kapilow appeared overcautious
at the start—he still remembered
that 41-second knockout last time—
but Smuggy didn’t press him.
Danny was content to peck away
with long jabs and an occasional
hook, while Smuggy didn’t pour
leather as of old, but seemed rather
to be’looking for a spot to land a
knockout punch.
Hursey began pressing in the
third, but Kapilow kept out of
reach and countered with jabs and
crosses. He protected himself well
and the brief flurries of slugging
thereafter ended with honors about
even. Hursey did open a cut over
Danny’s left eye in the sixth, but
Otherwise the two were unmarkerf
Fight Seen by 13,745.
The crowd of 13,745 was about
2,000 less than saw these boys a
month ago. The gross gate was
$40,987.06 and the net $30,892.12.
The preliminaries were marked by
the end of a 12-match winning
string for Sonnyboy West, local
welter and Hursey stablemate. He
was outpointed in six rounds by
Harry (Tex) La Sane of Houston,
Tex. Only one knockout was reg
| istered and that just beat the last
| bell as Billy Lanham, local heavy,
stopped A1 Edwards, another local
boy at 2:52 of the sixth. In other
bouts, J. C. Wilkins took ah upset
over A1 Wright in six heats and
Roscoe Mercer decisioned Boy
Berry in four.
Lowly Cubs May Decide National League Pennant
Inept Chicagoans Losei
Mastery Over Cards,
Turn Heat on Bums
By Joe Reichler
Associated Pr«*s Sports Writor
If you can predict when the
currently clawless Chicago Cubs will
occupy the role of victims or vil
lains, you might be able to get an
idea of which team will win the
National League pennant.
Charley Grimm’s second-division
Cubs, goin^r nowhere themselves,
nevertheless have played an im
portant part in the fortunes of the
two top contenders, the front-run
ning Brooklyn Dodgers and run
nerup St. Louis Cardinals.
It was the Cubs’ early season
ineptness against Brooklyn that was
laregly responsible for the Dodgers’
lofty position. In their 15 clashes,
the Brooks emerged the victors 13
times. At the same time, it was
the Bruins’ early season mastery
over the Cards that had a hand
in keeping the Redbirds buried in
the league cellar for nearly two
months. In their first 10 clashes,
the Cubs came out on top seven
times.
On August 1, the Dodgers, flying
high on th^ wings of a 10-game
lead over the Cards, rode into Chi
cago expecting to fatten their lead
still more at the expense of the
Cubs. But the Bruins knocked off
the Brooks three times in a row
to send the Dodgers into a tail
spin which saw them drop seven
of their next 10 games.
Cards Break Cubs’ Spell.
But when St. Louis—the same
Cards wrho had fallen seven times
in 10 tussles with them—showed up,
the Cubs just as suddenly lost their
bite and succumbed meekly three
straight times, the latest being last
night, when they bowed. 3-1, to the
southpaw slants of Harry (the Cat)
Brecheen.
CLUCC11 a VXUlAJiy, XX1Z5 XUUXLIX UVCi
the Cubs this season and his 18th
in 23 lifetime decisions against them,
enabled the Redbirds to reduce the
idle Dodgers’ lead to three games.
Brooklyn’s margin over the Cubs
now is 13-5, while the Cards have
an 11-7 edge over Chicago.
Bucky Walters, Cincinnati right
hander, twirled a neat eight-*hit 8-3
victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates,
his sixth of the season and 196th
of his big league career, to send
the Reds past the Cubs into fifth
place.
Dave Koslo of the New York
Giants handcuffed the Phillies, 3-0,
on five hits in a night game in
Philadelphia to register nis 14th vic
tory against seven defeats. The
win left the Giants six games off
the pace.
Rookie Beats Newsom Again.
Rookie Bill McCahan of the Phila
delphia Athletics made it two in a
row over the American League
leading -New York Yankees and
Bobo Newsom, limiting the Bronx
Bombers to seven hits Including a
triple by Joe Di Maggio, frho re
turned to the Yankee lineup after
week’s layoff due to ripped muscle
between the shoulder and neck.
Virgil Trucks limited the Cleve
land Indians to nine Tiits as the
Detroit Tigers, with only six safe
ties, won, 3-1, in Cleveland.
Rudy York hit a homer in each
game to raise his season’s total to
16 as the Chicago White Sox and
St. Louis Browns divided a double
header in Chicago. The Sox, helped
by York's first homer, won the
opener, 5-2, but the Browns bounced
back to win the second game, 8-4.
Brooklyn and the Boston Braves
were not scheduled.
harry Davis, Homer King
Early in Century, Dies
By th» Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12 —Harry
H. Davis, 74, home-run king of the
American League while playing first
base for the Philadelphia Athletics
in the early days of the century, died
last night at his home here.
Davis, a native of this city, held
down first base for the A's from 1901
until 1910, when he was replaced by
Stuffy Mclnnis. He paced the circuit
in home runs in 1904 with 10, in 1905
with 8, in 1906 with 12 and in 1907
with 7. He also led the league in
doubles in 1902, 1905 and 1907 with
43, 47 and 37, respectively.
Before joining the Athletics he
played with the New York Giants,
Pittsburgh Pirates and the Provi
dence and Pawtucket (R. I.) clubs.
He also was manager of the Cleve
land Indians for part of the 1912
campaign, resigning to return to the
Athletics as coach—a position he
held until he retired from baseball
in 1918
FiveU.S. Netwomen Named
To Defend Wighfman Cup
By tha Associated Press
NE WYORK, Aug. 12—Five of the
Nation's leading women tennis stars
will defend the Wightman Cup
against the British at Forest Hills
Saturday and Sunday.
Margaret Osborne of San Fran
cisco, Wimbledon champion, heads
the group named yesterday, which
also includes Louise Brough of Bev
erly Hills, Califs Mrs. Patricia Can
ning Todd, Hidden Valle}’, Calif.;
Doris Hart, Miami, Fla., and Shirley
Fry, Akron, Ohio.
The Misses Osborne and Brough
and Mrs. Todd and Miss Hart likely
will comprise the United States
teams for the two doubles mathes
Five singles will be played.
D. C. Printer Golf Leader
LAKE DELTON, Wis., Aug. 12
(Special!.—Edgar Heimer of Wash
ington, D. C., took the lead yesterday
in the Union Printcraft Inter
national Golf Association golf
tournament qualifying round with
an 18-hole score of 36—38—74.
INTERNATIONAL league.
Newari. «: Montreal. 6.
Jersey City. 3—2; Toronto, 0—5,
Baltimore, 4; Buffalo. 3.
Syracuse, 4; Rochester, 0.
PICK THE VICTOR!—That’s right, you’re wrong. The fatigued
looking chap at the right is Nick Carter of New York just after
he had administered a 4—6, 6—2, 15—13 defeat to the peppy and
smiling Dick Gonzales of Los Angeles (left). This was in the
Casino Invitation tennis tournament at Newport, R. I„ yesterday.
—AP Wirephoto.
Boston Fans' Flareup Livelier
Than Nats, Easy for Bosox
cy Durron nawKins
Star Staff Correspondent
BOSTON, Aug. 12.—There's a
sneaking suspicion a B-29 could be
rolled across home plate and the
Nats wouldn't succeed in . denting
the fabric with cleavers. They’ve
averaged 5 Vi hits a game for their
last nine contests and over that
span haven’t registered more than
seven hits a game.
The Nats are participating in no
merriment these days, but at least
they’re sharing in excitement.
When they dropped a 1-0 verdict
to the Boston Red Sox here last
night, Fenway Park virtually erupt
ed after Joe Rue, umpiring at third
base, called Bobby Doerr out on
an attempted steal in the eighth in
ning.
Rue's decision was greeted with
explosive disapproval by 24,043 cus
tomers, who saw Earl Johnson limit
the Nats to three hits. Doerr pro
tested vigorously before walking
away, at which point Coach Del
Baker took over the verbal blast
ing. He promptly was waved from
the proceedings by Rue, but re
mained on the premises momentarily
to unload additional naughty words
in Rue’s direction.
A seething manager, Joe Cronin,
then stormed to the third-base
coaching line, but didn’t get around
Parker Beaten, Upsets
Mark Newport^ennis
(y th* Associated Prut
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 12.—With
Frankie Parker, twice, national sin
gles champion, and all but one
seeded foreign entry already elim
inated from singles competition,
spectators at the once more glitter
ing Casino tennis tourney today
looked for more upsets.
Sole survivor among the top-flight
foreigners in singles was France s
Raoul Abdesselman, who did not
swing a racket yesteday. Officials
of. this 28th annual tournament,
which resumed its prewar brilliance,
said that Abdesselman would meet
Baltimore’s Dever Hobbs today.
Parker was eliminated in the sec
ond round yesterday by Herb Flam,
national junior titlist in 1946. The
Beverly Hills, Calif., youngster oust
ed Parker 8—6 and 11—9.
In justice to Parker, it should be
recorded that he recently suffered a
shoulder strain and twice fought
back from 0—3 counts in the first
set and 0—4 in the second but was
unable to outplay Flam.
Foreigners who were eliminated
included Argentina’s first seeded
Enrique Morea. Belgium’s Jan Peteny
Bill Sid well of Australia, Armando
Viera of Brazil, and S. C. Misra of
India’s Davis Cup team.
Saratoga Yearling Sale
Gets Under Way Tonight
By the Associated Press
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y„ Aug.
12.—Saratoga’s annual sale of year
lings opens tonight with small con
signments from well-known breed
ing establishments in Maryland and
Virginia and a group of four from
Dr. Fraflk Porter Miller’s Riverside,
Califn farm on the block.
In view of the drop in prices at
both the California and Keeneland
sales this year, there is much spec
ulation as to how the sales here this
week will compare with those of 1946
when 234 head brought a total of
$1,585,600.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
PCL All-Stars, 12; Los Angeles, 2,
Only game.
to tuBtiuu*. xie launcnea a uraae
at Rue, who also ordered Cronin
Horn the contest. Cronin slammed
a glove at Rue’s feet, ranted and
raved some more, then departed.
Wynn Challenges Customer.
That touched off a shower of seat
covers filled with an assortment oi
debris, plus whisky bottles, news
papers, hot dogs and both shofes oi
an irate woman. The bombard
ment of Rue failed, but Pitcher
Early Wynn of the Nats was clipped
on the shoulder by a stuffed seat
cover while he was assisting in
clearing the field. He invited the
fan under the stands and waited
f<jr him after the game, but it never
developed beyond the sniffing stage
because the customer failed to ap
pear.
The game itself was less interest
ing to the Nats, who were defeated
by Sam Mele's home run over the
left-field fence in the third inning
at Mickey Haefner’s expense. Haef
ner, bidding for his fifth straight
victory, pitched a highly creditable
10-hitter, but was foiled by the
Nats’ failure to fathom Johnson’s
southpaw hurling.
Johnson, who dropped a 1-0. two
hitter to Haefner last week at
Washington, has pitched 16 succes
sive scoreless innings against the
Nats, who have slammed one hit
hoVnn H the infield orroinct Viim Avar
that stretch. „
Washington’s only hit In the first
seven innings was a meek bounder
by Haefner which trickled off
Johnson s glove with one out in
the third inning.
Two Nats Reach Third.
Twice the Nats advanced runners
to third. In the second inning,
Mickey Vernon walked and went
to third on infield outs by Stan
Spence and -Mark Christman, but
Jerry Priddy s deep drive was snared
by Dom Di Maggio.
In the sixth, Haefner walked
with one out and romped to third
when Doerr fumbled Yost’s grounder,
but Buddy Lewis slapped a double
play grounder at Shortstop Johnny
Pesky. A1 Evans beat out an in
field hit with two out in the eighth,
but Haefner was tossed out by Doerr
With two out in the ninth, Tom
McBride singled to center, but Ver
non was disposed of on an easy
grounder to Doerr.
It was the fifth straight game
In which Haefner permitted no more
than one run, but he bumped into
a hotter hurler in Johnson and the
continued feeble hitting of the Nats.
Early Wynn was to seek victory
No. 13 here today, with Denny Gale
house slated to pitch for Boston.
The Nats and Red Sox will battle
in another night game tomorrow
niflrVlf
Wash AB. H. O. A Boston. AB. H. O. A
Yost,3b 4 0 4 2 Merle,rf . 4 3 3 0
Lewis,rf 3 0 1 0 Pesky,ss 3 0 3 4
M'BNde If 4 110 D'M'glo.cf 4 2 2 0
Vem'n.lb 3 0 3 0 Will'ms.lf. 4 2 10
Spence,cf 3000 Doerr,2b 3118
Chr'an.ss 3 0 11 Jones.lb 4 0 15 0
Priddy.lb 3 0 3 0 Tebb'tts.c 3 2 2 0
Evans.c 3 14 3 Dente,3b .2 0 0 2
Haefner.p 2 110 Johns’n.p 4 0 0 3
Totals 28 3 24 5 Totals 31 To 27 17
Washington __ 000 000 000—0
Boston . __ 001 000 OOx—1
Bun—Mele. Errors—McBride. Doerr.
Runs batted In—Mele. Two-base hit—
Williams. Home run—Mele. Sacrifice—
Pesky. Double plays—Johnson to Pesky to
Jones (2), Pesky to Doerr to Jones. Left
on bases—Washington, 4: Boston, 11.
Bases on balls—Off Haefner. 4: off John
son. 3. Strikeouts—By Haefner, 4: by
Johnson, 2. Umpires—-Messrs. Hurley.
Bummers. Paparella and Rue. Time—
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Boudreau, Kell in Hot
Duel for Baiting Lead
In American League
•y th« A,tociat*d Pr*ss
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Harry
“Little Dixie” Walker of the Phil
adelphia Phillies continues to enjoy
a comfortable first-place margin in
the National League batting derby
today, while Lou Boudreau of Cleve
land and George Kell of Detroit
virtually are tied for the top rung
In the American League’s race for
individual batting honors.
Boudreau, the Indians’ player
manager, who was one point behind
Kell a week ago, leads the- Tiger
third-sacker by only .006 of a point
today. Boudreau sports a .3401
mark, while Kell is moving along
at a .3395 clip.
Ten leading batsmen (250 or more
times at bat>:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
t!!ii,T*rw.£ile”Iand 344 63 1 17 .3401
Kell. Detroit .. __ 98 377 48 138 3‘tQR
Dt M.«,lo N. Y.;i 08 371 73 121 :32fl
Appling. Chicago __ 102 307 54 128.322
WUUamg. Boston 106 348 80 110 „3l8
{f cCosky. Phlla- 89 349 64 110 .315
Pesky. Boston _ 104 420 07 134 31"
SHSiSU1’ New York 104 370 04 114 i303
New York 87 315 45 95 .302
Dllllnger. St. Louis 88 373 45 112 .300
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Walker, Phlla 102 375 59 129 .344*'
Cooper. New York. 91345 58 112 326
Qalan. Cincinnati 94 284 41 90 317
Gustlne. Pittsburgh 110 427 72 134 314
CaYaretta. Chieaso. 90 337 43 104 .309
Walker. Brooklyn. 107 378 51 110.307
Pafko, Chicago... 86 349 44 107.307
Mlse. New York... 102 382 100 117.300
Hopp. Boston . 98 298 53 91 .300
Holmes, Boston 104 411 09 126.304
Robinson, Secreet Matched
AKRON, Ohio' Aug. 12 <£>).— Wel
terweight Champion Ray (Sugar)
Robinson of New York and Sammy
Secreet of Pittsburgh have been
signed for a 10-round non-title fight
in the Akron Rubber Bowl August
21. ,
Boxing at Andrews Field
Andrews Field boxing tournament
opens tonight and runs through
Thursday at the nearby Army air
field. Winners in nine weight divi
sions will represent that post in
future bouts against other teams.
Feller'to Hurl in Cuban League
After Barnstorming in U. S.
By Hi* Associated rross
CLEVELAND. Aug. 12.—The Cu
ban League’s winter season appeared
today to be in for a 30-day boost
from United States baseball, with a
five-game appearance by Bob Fel
ler a feature of the month.
Feller announced he would wind
up a 10-game barnstorming tour of
the States on October 19, and be
tween October 21 and November 8
would hurl five times for the Al
mandares team of the Cube*
League. Almandares will be man-:
aged by Catcher Mike Guerra of the;
Athletics.
His announcement brought a dis
closure by Rudy Schaffer, business
manager of the Indians, that after
the Cuban League was admitted to
the National Association of Profes
sional Baseball Leagues (the mi
nors), the association arranged for
the Cubans a special concession "for
the purpose of helping them get es
tablished. ’
Chandler Clears Way.
Players from United States teams i
may play, on Cuban teams—wmen i
start then schedule October 9—un-!
aer tne provisions or the post-season
rule promulgated by Baseball Com
missioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler.
This allows them 30 days of post-;
season barnstorming, beginning Oc-!
tober 8.
Shaner said he believed there was
no limit on the number of piayert
from one major league ciub appear-'
ing in Cuba, and that no permission;
was required irom tne major league j
clubs involved. But for minor league I
clubs, the limit would be two play-!
ers, and club permission would be
required. i
In return for this agreement, the'
Cuban League agreed to "keep out';
any outlaw players," said the Tribes'
business manager.
Feller said his contract stipulated
that no ineligible players appear
against him.
The fireball hurler has not yet
completed his United States barn
storming team, but said the three
Indians who were on his squad last
year would repeat—Catcher Jim
Hegan. Third Baseman Keir Keltner
and Pitcher Bob Lemon.
Chartered Plane to Be Used.
Traveling in a chartered plane,
the group will play pick-up teams
through rtost of the South and.
Southwest, then appear against
Negro all-star teams on the West
Coast. At Birmingham, Ala., the
opposition will be a squad organized
by Ben Chapman of the Phillies.
The United States schedule: At
lanta October 8, Birmingham Octo
ber 9, Chattanooga October 10, ei
ther Memphis or New Orleans Octo
ber 11, either Dallas or Houston
October 12, Los Angeles October 14,
San Diego October 15. Oakland
October 17, Sar» Francisco October
18 and Los Angeles October 19. An
other stop, Oklahoma City, was ten
tatively listed for October 13.
lase first Nat Pensioner
Under New Baseball Plan
George Case will be the rtrst
Washington baseball player to
benefit' from the pension plan
adopted by the major leagues
this year when he officially
retires next month.
Case, who decided last week to
drop from the game because of
back trouble, visited President
Clark Griffith of the Nats yes
terday and asked to be put on
the voluntary retired list. Griff
consulted the records and found
that Case broke into the Major
leagues on September 7, 1936,
with Washington. That would
make him a 10-year-man on
September 7 this year, and he
easily persuaded Case to with
hold his retirement until that
date.
As a 10-year-man. the six
times base stealing champ will
be eligible for the $100-a-month
pension under the new league
plan.
Major League Standings and Schedules
_TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1947.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Boston, 1; Wash., 0 (n).
Chi., 5—4: St. L.. 2—8.
Phila.. 3: N. Y„ 2 (n).
Det., 3; Clev., 1 (n>.
Games Today.
Wash, at Boston, 2:00.
Detroit at Clev. (2).
St. Louis at Chicago (n).
Only games scheduled.
Galhes Tomorrow.
Wash, at Boston (n>.
Clev. at Chicago (n).
Det. at S. L. tt-n).
Phila., at New York.
NAT|ONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
N. Y„ 3: Phila.. 0 (n).
St. L.. 3; Chi., 1 (n).
Cin., 8; Pitts., 3 (n).
Only games scheduled.
Games Today.
Boston at Brooklyn (n.)
New York at Phila.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
Chicago at St. Louis.
Games Tomorrow.
Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Phila.
Chicago at Pittsburgh,
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Wr>Ma I 7| 81 8j—| 8 9! 51111 56! 52! .519114"
IlwttoBd 4 9| 5| 81—1 7| 7| 9. 49 52T48517»i
Matt | 8[ 2) 6 8! 51—113! 81 501 59! .459 20«4
Wnfc'ltM ! 4j 7j 6! 7! 91 51—1 81 461 56! .45121“
St. Louis 5 6 3 6 3] 7| 8;—7 38| 69“j55 3lTi
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St. Ltali j 8(—| 9|lljl0j~6j 8|10j 62 45| .5791 3
Maw Tort 1 5| 8 —I 6j SjlljlO; 91 57! 46 .553! 6
Marita 1 7j 6j 8—10 9(10! 8! 58['50|_.537l 7<A
IlatitMil | 7 7 8j 7j—| 5(10! 9! 53| 68| .469(15'
Olk«|t | 51 71 41 6( 9|—j 6|13! 50 58! .463 15^
Mithbargb ! 5| 4j 5] 6| 6|lli—j 8| 45| 64! .41321
Philadelphia 6 6 4 6 8 3 8 — 41 66 .383 24
Ltd ,43.45.46 50 60 58,64 66| | | | !
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Fine tasting tobacco rates the Robt. Bums Panatela the
panatela de luxe. Always 100% choice All-Havana filler, its
modem, streamlined length gives a world of luscious taste.
The Net: More Robt. Burns Panatelas smoked than all other
high grade panatelas added together.
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