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Washington, D. C., Monday, September 1,1947—A—12 *
W in, Lose, or Draw j
By FRANCIS E. STANN
Lobor Day in a Football Suit
For the rest of the land this is Labor Day, capital L and capital D,
but for at least two football squads it is merely a day of labor, lower
case. These are the New York Giants of the National League and
Tuss McLaugbry's Eastern College All-Stats, who play Wednesday
night in the Polo Grounds.
Like the recent Chicago All-Star game—when
a majority of the collegians who starred fought for
the dear old All-America Conference to the subse
quent embarrassment of the National League
champions, the Chicago Bears—this New York ’
game is more than another exhibition. In this one
the Giants will be charged with the assignment of
taking the National League off the spot.
These games in August and early September,
when the temperature is hovering above the 90 j
mark, are not fair tests, especially from the pros’ j
viewpoint. The pros are older men, inclined to
weigh 10 to 30 pounds more than they'll scale in j
late October, and the collegians, or ex-collegians,
Francis e. stann. invariably are in better condition. Nevertheless, j
professional football realizes that it must win the majority of these
games to avoid loss of prestige.
The pros had been doing all right, too, until last season. Then
i an extraordinary good crop of collegians whipped the Green Bay
I Packers at Chicago, 16-0, and this year another better-than-average
All-Star squad socked the Bears by the identical score. Thus, in the
last two Pro All-Star games at Chicago the salaried clan has yet to
score.
Giants naven r une or i neir Best i earns
The Giants could restore a deal of this prestige. Only once
have the Eastern All-Stars ever beaten the Giants—that was several
years ago—but this time they probably will be favored. The All-Stars
won’t have Buody Young and George Ratterman,* but they’ll have
Glenn Davis and Arnold Tucker and if these duos aren’t two of a
kind, what are?
The Giants are not taking one of their good teams into the
game. At least, Steve Owen’s club doesn’t read impressively. The
Giants were hit hard by the scandal of December, 1946, when they lost
Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes. The loss of Filchock, now an out
law playing in Canada, was particularly hard on the Giants for he
was their only experienced quarterback and best passer, as well as a
running threat.
From a sentimental viewpoint the New York spectacle is dis
tinguished because it will present on a gridiron—for the last time,
probably—Army's B, D & T—Blanchard, Davis and Tucker.
They are lieutenants in the Army now, having turned their backs
on tempting offers to join the pros, and barring some unforeseen de- |
velopment this will be their swan song. The leaves they got to play for
the Chicago and New York All-Stars are running out and fans who
marveled at this trio in 1944, 1945 and 1946 will be watching them for
the last time.
No 'Notre Dame Show' This Time
In the Chicago All-Star game these three who are among the
all-time greats at West Point were overshadowed. Davis hurt a leg
and didn’t even suit up. Blanchard, like Davis, wasn’t in shape due to I
having worked in a Hollywood motion picture, although he played.
Tucker was obscured by Young and Ratterman. but not so obscured j
that veteran observers weren’t impressed by the blond quarterback’s I
ability to do anything asked or him.
Frank Leahy of Notre Dame, who coached the Chicago All-Stars,
was accused by some of the collegians of making the game “a Notre
Dame show." It is true that he selected the comparatively unfamous
Ratterman to be his offensive quarterback over Tucker, a 1946 All
Aiperica choice, and this move puzzled fans and critics. Tucker, a
very talented passer, strategist and ball handler, played only on de
fense, where he was the outstanding secondary.
But day after tomorrow' the Army’s big three figures to be in
better shape and to be given better opportunity. McLaughry, only
Eastern All-Sta: coach to beat the Giants, has built his offense around
Blanchard, Davis and Tucker and if they can even approach their
form of ’46 the All-Stars will give Owen's traditionally stsong defense
all the work it can stand.
Precedent Is Against Mize
In Quest of Ruth's Record
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Precedent
is against Johnny Mize in his fight
against time to break baseball’s
most coveted slugging record—
| Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs in a single
season.
The long-distance-clubbing first j.
' baseman of the New York Giants, I
who is entering the heretofore fatal
September month with 44 home runs
—one more than the Babe had at a
corresponding time in his record
setting season of 1927—is not the
first to be ahead of the all-time;
home-run king's pace.
Three Notable Failures.
Three others—Hank Greenberg.
Jimmy Foxx and Hack Wilson—
swatted their way into September'
well ahead of the Babe, but each;
failed to match his final figure, j
Greenberg and Foxx finished this!
season with 58 home runs, two short \
of Ruth’s record total, while Wilson
was stopped at 56. No other player j
has reached 50. Lou Gehrig, who
hit 49 in each of the 1934 and 1936
seasons, was closest. Mize, himself, |
mildly threatened Ruth's mark once
before. That was in 1940, when the
Georgia giant hit 43.
Each was stymied by the Septem-!
ber bugaboo, the month when Ruth!
shone at his greatest. It was thatj
month when Ruth slammed 17 home
runs, one short of the record for one
month, to attain his 60. Greenberg
hit 12, Foxx and Wilson hit 10, Mize
hit seven and Gehrig hit six and
five, respectively.
Greenberg, slugging first baseman j
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who back
. in 1938 was hammering home runs
for the Detroit Tigers, offered the!
, most serious threat to Ruth. On j
August 1 of 1938, Hank had 46 home
runs, three more than Ruth had atj
the same date 11 years before.
Actually, Greenberg* was much fur- j
ther ahead of Babe’s pace, ninej
games to be exact. Hank had belted
his 46th home run with 31 games
le?t to play. Ruth did not hit his
16th until September 6, with 22!
james to go.
Greenberg, in fact, kept well ahead
3f Ruth’s pace up until his final i
58th homer in his team's 150 game.
The Tigers that year played 155
games as did the Yankees of 1927,
so Greenberg had five games left in
which to clout three circuit blows
which would have enabled him to
shatter Ruth's record. But Hank,
in his two final games on home j
grounds and three in Cleveland,!
failed to get any hit longer than a
two bagger in 21 times at bat. He j
made five singles, a double and!
walked three times.
Foxx, the Philadelphia Athletics’
great slugger, had 48 home runs \
going into September of 1932, butj
had already played 121 of his team's
154 games. On September 13, he
was four games in front of Ruth J
with his 52d home run, but failed to
hit his 53d until the 18th and fell
sut of the running. Foxx closed fast,
hitting five home runs in his last
five games, including one in his last
time at bat during the regular sea
son, but fell two short.
Wilson, whose 56 round-trippers
for the Chicago Cubs stands as the
National League record, started
September with 46 homers, three 1
more than Ruth started that month I
with. In his final 26 games, how
ever, the stock outfielder slammed
only 10 four-baggers to fall short by
four. Wilson had 56 with two games
to go, but failed to knock one out of
the park.
And now comes Mize, the first
left-handed batter since Gehrig to
threaten Ruth. He is two games
ahead of the Babe's pace, needing
16 home runs in the Giants’ final
28 games for a tie. The Bambino
belted his final 16 homers in the
Yankees’ last 26 games.
Few Gaines Left at Home.
The moon-faced fence buster of
the Giants faces a difficult task
(See MIZE, Page A-13J
Major League Standings and Schedules
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1947.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
N. Y., 6-5; Wash., 5-1.
Boston, 5; Philadelphia,:
Chicago, 7-3; Cleve., 3-:
Detroit, 11-10; St. L., 2-:
Games Today.
Wash, at Phila. (2) (1:30
N. Y. at Boston (2).
Chicago at Detroit (2).
St. Louis at Cleve. (2).
Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at Phila. (n.).
St. Louis at Cleve. (n.).
'New York at Boston.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.
Brooklyn, 10; N. Y., 4.
St. L., 15, Cincinnati, 8.
Chicago, 6; Pitts., 3.
Boston, 3-2; Phila., 2-7.
Games Today.
Phil, at Bkl. (a.m.-pm.
Boston at N. Y. <2>.
Cin. at Chicago (2).
Pitts, at St. Louis (2).
Games Tomorrow.
(No Games
Scheduled.)
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Aussie Net Bid Held Futile Despite Doubles Win
Singles Triumph Rated
Beyond Title Seekers;
Final Matches Today
By Austin Bsalmear
Associated Press Sports Writer
FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Sept. 1.—
Davis Cup tennis teams of the
United States and Australia came
down to the wire today, battling in
the last two singles matches of the
1947 challenge round, with the issue
still officially in doubt.
Unofficially, however, there were
few, if any, who gave the courageous
Aussies the slightest chance of du
plicating their feat of 1939, when
they came off the floor to win a 3-2
decision at Philadelphia after drop
ping the first two singles tests.
John Bromwich, one of the heroes
of the 1939 comeback, and Colin
Long, a newcomer to Davis Cup
competition, kept Australian slim
hopes alive yesterday when they
stopped Jack Kramer and Ted
Schroeder, 6—4, 2—6, 6—2, 6—4, in
the only doubles contest of the
series.
This turn of events, unexpected
in some quarters, prevented a 5—0
route, such as the Aussies suffered
at the hand of Kramer, Schroeder
and Gamar Mulloy at Melbourne
last year and set the stage for a re
peat performance ef the 1939 rally.
Schroeder in First Tilt.
The first crack at the clincher
today falls to Schroeder, who
tangles with Dinny Pails, the Aus
tralian champion, in the initial
singles match at 2:15 p.m.
Should Pails succeed in conquer
ing the No. 2 American and thus
square the series, the defense of the
big silver bowl will rest finally on
the broad shoulders of Kramer, who
meets Bromwich in the windup.
Off their showing in the opening
singles battles, both Australians en
tered today's competition as under
iogs. Pails was humbled by Kramer,
5—2, 6—1, 6—2, on Saturday, while
Bromwich went down before
Schroeder 6—4, 5—7, 6—3, 6—4,
But in 1939 Bromwich and Adrian
Quist had bowed to Bobby Higgs and
Frankie Parker in the first two
singles matches. Then they turned
back Kramer and the late Joe Hunt
in doubles to trail, 1-2, the same as
they do at the moment.
And after Quist had upset Riggs
in five sets to square that prewar
series, Bromwich crushed Parker in
a straight-set clincher that saw the
American capture only four games.
Bromwich at Peak.
Bromwich, recognized as one of
the world's finest doubles players,
seldom has been better than yester
day and Long brought his game to
an unexpected peak as they whipped
the United States national doubles
champions before some 6,000 fans
at the West Side Tennis Club.
Although they form the best com
bination this country has to offer,
Kramer and Schroeder never
achieved the methodical teamwork
which carried their opponents
through when the pressure was on.
The Aussies broke through Kram
er's usually reliable service three
times in the match and it was this
maneuver that gave them the ad
vantage they needed in each of the
three sets they won. The Americans
cracked the Australians’ delivery
twice, both times in the second set.
The challengers scored 43 place
ments during the match, compared
to 26 for the Americans, and these,
coupled with the fact that Kramer
and Schroeder netted the ball 39
times, told the story.
Alrick H. Man, jr„ nonplaying
captain of the American team, said
later he had no regrets for having
picked Kramer and Schroeder for
the doubles instead of his other
combination of Mulloy and Parker.
“After all,” he declared, "if we
can't beat ’em with our national
champions, we can't beat ’em at all.”
Coors Carry On Fight
For Semipro Laurels
By the Associated Press
WICHITA, Kans., Sept. 1—The
undefeated Fort Wayne (Ind.)
Electrics and the once - beaten
Golden (Colo.) Coors will meet
tonight in what may be the cham
pionship game of the national semi
pro baseball tournament.
Under the double elimination rule,
a victory by the Indianans would
make them the 1947 titleholders,
but a win by the Coloradoans would
necessitate a playoff game tomorrow
night.
The Coors’ only defeat was a 4-6
loss to Fort Wayne last Friday.
Last night the Coors trounced
the Jacksonville (Fla.) Terminals,
9-3, to earn their way into the finals.
Fort Wayne advanced into the final
round with a 7-2 victory Saturday
night over the Carmichael (Calif.)
Firemen, the 1946 runnerup. It was
Fort Wayne’s sixth victory.
Colesville, Potomac Tied
For Montgomery Lead
Colesville and Potomac are tied
for the Montgomery County League
lead after yesterday’s play which
found previously undefeated Poto
mac a 10-6 victim of the Rockville
nine. Colesville won over Morn
ingside, 8-4.
In other games, Bethesda de
feated Sandy Spring, 11-2; Silver
Spring won over Greenbelt, 4-2, and
Gaithersburg routed Cissel-Saxon,
13-0. _
New D. C. Softy Champions
Jump Info Regional Play
The District softball champions
were scheduled to jump from the
city series right into tomorrow
night’s regional tournament in
Philadelphia, where the men’s
champion Thrifty Beverages team
meets the Philadelphia winners and
Garvin’s Grill, girls’ champs, play
the Maryland winners.
Thrifty Beverages was forced to
play two games to eliminate Mount
Rainier yesterday as the Mounts
evened the series with a 5-1 triumph
in the first game. Fred Cramer
pitched two-hit ball in the night
cap, however, to win for Thrifty. 2-0.
Garvin’s Grill girls had little
trouble with FBI in the 7-0 title
game as Maroon Burke pitched one
hit balL
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Oakland. 5—4: Sacramento. 4—1.
Portland. 10—3: Los Angeles. 2—2.
Hollywood. 10—4: San Diego. 0—2.
Seattle. 4—0: San Francisco; 1—2.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Nashville. 5: Chattanooga. 4.
Memphis. 4—2: Little Rock. O—4.
Birmingham. O—1: Atlanta. 8—3.
New Orleans. 8—2; Mobile. 2—3.
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ON WAY TO TENNIS UPSET—Australia’s Jack Bromwich (left
forecourt) completes a smashing two-handed return to make a
point in the second set of the Davis Cup doubles match at Forest
Hills, N. Y., yesterday. Colin Long of Australia is at right. The
Aussie combination defeated the United States team of Ted
Schroeder (left backcourt) and Jack Kramer (right backcourt),
6—4, 2—6, 6—2, 6—4,
—AP Wirephoto.
Bums Hold to Margin
As Five Excel .300;
Kiner Tops 100 RBI
By Bob Grubb
A«iocioted Pr«j Sporti Writer
Brooklyn's Dodgers and the St.
Louis Cardinals embarked on the
final month of the National League
pennant chase today with the Brooks
hanging on to their 7%-game edgej
over the 1946 world champions.
Including today’s holiday twin
bills, the Dodgers have 24 games to
■play, the Cardinals 27. So now the
“magic number” is 19, which means
that any combination of Brooklyn
wins and St. Louis losses totaling
that number would see the Cards j
eliminated—by one game.
And, as of today, the Dodgers
nossess five wallopers in the magic
circle above the .300 mark, led by
Pistol Pete Reiser with a healthy
.315, Dixie Walker, Carl Furillo,
Jackie Robinson and Bruce Edwards.
The Dodgers ran their latest win
ning streak to four when they
flogged the New York Giants, 10-4,
yesterday to make a clean sweep of
the three-game Ebbets Field series,
while out in Cincinnati the Cardi
nals kept pace by mauling the
Reds, 15-8.
The Giants drew abreast of the
all-time team home-run record as
Willard Marshall’s seventh-inning
seat smasher matched the 182 piled
up by the 1936 New York Yankees.
Braves Split With Phils.
Meanwhile, the Boston Braves fell
8V4 games behind the league leaders
by splitting a double-header with the
Phils at Philadelphia, winning the
opener, 3-2, and dropping the night
cap, 7-2. At Chicago, the Cubs
beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3.
At Cincinnati both clubs were hot
with the stick, the Caras belting 14
hits and the Redlegs 11. The Cardi
nals broke the contest wide open in
the ninth with a five-run splurge,]
and before the day was over eight
pitchers had used the mound, five!
for Cincinnati and three for St.
Louis.
Al Uiiicago tile vyuua lajjpcu vuu
five consecutive singles in the sixth
to clinch a 6-3 triumph over Pitts
burgh. Ralph Kiner hit his* 39tfri
homer, with one aboard, to drive in
his 100th and 101st runs, and there
by earned Teammate Hank Green
berg a suit. Before the season
started Greenberg wagered Bucs’
President Frank McKinney the
clothes that Kiner would send across
more than 100 runs this year.
Ruffing Wins 273d Game.
Ted Williams belted home run No.
27, good for two runs, to pace Boston
to a 5-1 victory over Philadelphia for
the Red Sox's fifth straight and
their third in a row over the
Athletics.
The Chicago White Sox won the
first game, 7-3, from the Indians at
Cleveland, and the veteran Red
Ruffing (3-2) scored his 273d major
league triumph, a 3-1 decision, in
the nightcap. He had a two-hitter
going into the eighth when the
Indians drove him from the mound.
Hal Newhouser, returned to the
mound for the first time since he
was fined $250 for “indifference,”
made his record 14 and 15 in captur
ing Detroit's opener against the
Browns. 11-2, at St. Louis, where
only 4,943 sat in on a twin bill. The
Tigers had an easy time taking the
nightcap, 10-1.
Lindquist Among Top
Horseshoe Victors
By th« Associated Press
MURRAY, Utah, Sept. 1.—Fer
nando Isais held the national horse
shoe pitching tournament today
completing six days of competition
with a single loss and 34 victories
over the best tossers in the Nation.
Isais, who owns a Los Angeles
tennis shop and pitches horseshoes
for fun, lost his single match to
Champion Ted Allen of Boulder,
Colo., who finished in a tie for third
with 32 wins and three losses.
Wayne Nelson of Muncie, Ind.,
shared the tie.
Casey Jones of Waukesha, took
second with 33 wins and two losses.
Allen took honors for the highest
percentage of ringers, 84.7, closely
followed by Isais with 83.2.
Other winners included Amer
Lindquist of Darlington, Va., who
tied for 15th.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGLE.
Syracuse, fi—T: Jersey City. 3—12.
Newark. 11—3: Baltimore. 3—2.
Montreal. 5—2: Buffalo, 2—0.
Rochester. 4: Toronto. 2.
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Little Hope for Nats Next Year
With No Aid Due From Deals
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1 .—There’s
a comfortable cushion separating
the Nats from the American League
basement and Washington’s perch
this season doubtless will be seventh1
place, but there haven't been any
recent developments on the club to
indicate more proficiency in 1948.
Before squinting into the crystal
ball, a peek at the past is impera
tive. The Nats played their most
wretched baseball of the season dur-1
ing August, being defeated in 24
of 34 games, averaging only 2.7 runs;
per game and performing at a
.294 clip.
Soon the Nats will be Importing a
small contingent of hopefuls from!
their Chattanooga farm, but with1
the exception of Outfielder Gil Coan;
none is calculated to supply ad
ditional punch for Washington's
batting order. As currently consti
tuted, the Nats fail to kindle cus
tomers’ interest for the future.
When the Nats dropped a double
header to the Yankees, 6-5 and 5-1,
yesterday at New York before 44,
541 fans they extended their latest
losing streak to four games. In
competition against New York this
year, the Nats have lost 12 of 16
games. Incidentally, the Nats auto
matically passed out of the flag race
yesterday in the first game loss. By
winning all thereafter they couldn t
reach the top.
Invading Philadelphia for a dou
ble-header today and single games
tomorrow night and Wednesday
afternoon, the Nats display 12 de
feats in 18 games on their road trip,
with Cleveland and the Yankees
making sweeps of 4-game series.
Outlook for Nats Black.
It’s a bleak outlook for the Nats
unless Prexy Clark Griffith can
fortify them with more terrifying
hitters over the winter, for his pres
ent crop of athletes have demon
strated an allergy toward the league's
pitching. It’s a colorless collection
of employes sadly in need of a
spark plug.
Sid Hudson supplied the only run
the Nats scored in the second game
yesterday when he singled across
Mark Christman, who had doubled,
in the third. Charley Wensloff then
braced to hold the Nats and stopped
them on five hits, remaining the
route, for the first time this season.
Kensingfpn Racer Third
In 100-Mile Nationals
By th« Associated Pres*
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1. —Ed
Guill, 27-year-old Danville, Va.,
veteran racer grabbed the first title
of his career yesterday by beating
Jack Kulan of Detroit in the 100
mile national motorcycle champion
ship before 38,557 at Langhome
Speedway.
His time was 1 hour, 18 minutes,;
45.78 seconds.
Charles Smith, Kensington, Md.,
was third, followed by Raymond
Andstadt, Reading; Ted Edwards,!
•Atlanta; Lew Decosta, Taunton,
Mass.; Rod Coates, Pluckemin, N. J., j
Johnny Spiegelhoff, Muskego, Wis., j
Herb Reiber, Washington, D. C., \
John Butterfield, Jacksonville, Fla.,
Connie Kenner, Laumrel Springs,
N. J., and Hank Smith, Reading.
Grays Land League Tilt j
But Bow in Exhibition
Washington Homestead Grays
improved their Negro National
League standing with a 9-6 triumph
over the Philadelphia Stars in
Griffith Stadium yesterday, but lost
an exhibition afterpiece to the
House of David, 7-4.
Frank Thompson won his 11th
game m the opener although tagged
for 14 hits. Rookie Pitcher Bill
Edwards received poor support in
losing the exhibition.
Hudson was subjected to a four
run barrage in the fourth. With
one out, Johnny Lindell singled and
Joe Di Maggio shifted him to third
with another single. George Mc
Quinn rammed a lofty blast off the
right-field foul pole* for an auto
matic double, scoring Lindell, and
after Bill Johnson walked to fill the
bases, Sherman Lollar tripled to left.
The Yankees picked up another
run off Tom Ferrick in the eighth
when Di Maggio singled, McQuinn
sacrificed and Johnson singled.
The Nats grasped a 5-4 lead in the
seventh inning of the opener with
a four-run outburst, then promptly
threw themselves to defeat in New
York's half of the inning. Bobby
Brown, batting for Randy Gumpert,
walked and George Stirnweiss sacri
ficed. Tommy Henrich’s single to
right scored Brown with the tying
run and Henrich continued to second
on Buddy Lewis's throw to the plate.
Wild Toss Helps Yanks.
Lewis’ peg sailed over Frank Man
cuso’s head, permitting Henrich to
take third, and he scored when
Masterson retrieved the ball and
fired it into left field, attempting to
nail Henrich at third.
Mickey Vernon’s seventh homer,
leading off in the second inning,
boosted the Nats into a 1-0 lead, but
Stirnweiss blasted a home run with
two on in the third and the Yankees
moved into a 4-1 advantage when
Phil Rizzuto tripled in the fifth and
scored on Henrich’s grounder.
Washington belted Vic Raschi
from the mound in the seventh,
when singles‘by Sherry Robertson
and Vernon, a walk to Jerry Priddy,
Mancuso’s triple and Cecil Travis'
long fly accounted for four runs.
It was defeat No. 12 for Masterson,
who limited the Yankees to six hits.
The Nats collected seven hits off
Raschi, Joe Page and Gumpert, who
was credited with the victory.
Mickey Haefner and Scott Cary
were to face the A's here today in
an attempt to snap Washington's
string of losses.
Yanks, 6-5; Nats, 5-1
FIRST GAME.
Wash AB. H. O. A. N. York. AB. H. O. A
Yost..’ib 4 2 11 St'we's.2b 2 112
Lewis.rf 4 O 1 (I Henr’h.rf 4 2 3 0
Rob'son.lf 3 2 0 0 Lindell.lf 3 0 2 0
Vern'n.lb 4 2 0 0 Di M'o.cf 3 O 3 0
Spence,cf 3 0 2 0 McQ'n.lb 4 10 1
Pridd.v.2b 3 0 3 4 John n.3b 4 0 2 1
Manc’so.c 4 10 0 Rob'son.c 3 0 3 1
Sul'an.ss X 2 0 2 4 Riz'to.ss 3 2 3 3
•Travis 1 0 0 0 Raschi,p 2 0 11
Chr’an.ss 1 0 0 0 Gum'rt.p 0 0 0 0
Mas son.p 3 0 0 3 tBrown_ 0 0 0 O
Page p _ O 0 O 1
Totals 32 7 24 12 Totals 28 0 2710
•Flied oul for Sullivan In seventh.
tWalked for Gumpert In seventh.
Washington__ 010 000 400—5
New York _ 003 010 20x—6
Runs—Robertson. Vernon (21. Priddy.
Mancuso. Stirnweiss. Henrich. Rizzuto (2).
Raschi. Brown. Errors—Lewis. Masterson.
Runs batted in—Vernon. Stirnweiss (31,
Henrich. Spence, Mancuso (2). Travis
Three-base hits—Rizzuto, Mancuso. Home
runs—Vernon. Stirnweiss. Stolen bases—
Henrich Sacrifice — Stirnweiss. Double
plays—Sullivan to Priddy to Vernon. Riz
zuto to Stirnweiss to McQuinn. Left on
bases—Washington, 3; New York. 4 Bases
on balls—Off Raschi. 3: off Masterson. ft.
Struck out—By Masterson. 5: by Page, 1.
by Raschi. 1: by Gumpert. 1. Hits—Off
Raschi. 5 in 64 innings; off Gumpert, 0
in 4 inning, off Page, 2 in 2 innings
Winning pitcher—Gumpert. Umpires—
Messrs. Rommel, Passarella and Boyer.
Time—1:56.
SECOND GAME.
Wash. AB. H. O. A. N. York AB. H. O. A_.
Yost,3b 4 10 1 S'nw's.'lb 4 1 3 o
Rob's n lf 3 0 11 HTIch.rf 4 110
Grace.rf 4 110 Lindelblf 3 1 1 JJ
Vern'n.lb 4 0 7 2 Di M io.cf 4 2 1 0
Spence.cf 4 0 2 0 McQ'n.lb 1 1 13 1
Priddy,2b 3 O 5 3 J nson.3b 3 11 }
Ch'm'n.ss 3 2 2 6 Lollar.c 4 14 0
Ferrell.c 3 0 5 0 Rizz’to.ss 3 0 3 6
Hudson.p 2 15 0 Winsl'ff.P 2 0 0 0
Candini.p 0 0 10
•Travis 10 0 0
Ferrick.p 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 5 24 14 Totals 28 8 27 13
•Grounded out for Candini in eighth.
Washington - 001 000 000—1
Mpw York _____ 000 400 Olx—o
Runs—Christman. Linden. Di Maggio
(2i, McQuinn. Johnson. Error—Rizzuto.
Runs batted In—Hudson. McQuinn, Lol
lar (3). Johnson. Two-base bits-—Christ
man. McQuinn. Three-base hit—-Lollar.
Sacrifice — McQuinn. Double Dlajs —
Christmas, Priddy and Vernon: Priddy.
Christman and Vernon: 8tirnwei$s. Rizzuto
and McQuinn. Left on bases—Washing
ton. 4; New York. 5. Bases on balls—
Off Hudson. 5; Off Wensloff. 1. Struck
out—By Wenslo, 4: by Hudson. 3: by
Candini. 1. Hits—Off Hudson, 6 in 5 in
nings, off Candini. 0 in 2 innings: off Fer
rick, 2 in 1 inning. Losing pitcher—
Hudson. Umpires—Messrs. Passarella,
Boyer and Rommel. Time—1:49. Attend
ance, 44,541 paid.
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For. AABA Third D.C.
Outfit in U. S. Meets
Washington has been represented
by a winner and runnerup in Na
tion-wide amateur baseball com
petition this year and will send a
third team after national laurels
today when the city champion Heu
rich Brewers leave for Harrisburg,
Pa., and the All-America Amateur
Baseball Association unlimited
championship starting Wednesday.!
Marx Jewelery won the junior;
national title last week and the
Union Printers nine advanced to
the title round of the Printers'
championship.
Heurich, Industrial League cham
pions and undefeated winner of the
city series between champions of the
major sandlot leagues, reached the
AABA semifinals in 1944 in Balti
more in their only previous appear
ance in the tournament.
The Brewers have been strength
ened by the drafting of three players
from rival clubs, per regulations.
Manager George (Pepco) Barry se
lected Pitcher Boots Panella, Mary
land University ace, and Harry
Crauthamel from Cameo and
Catcher Sonny Moreland from Sun
nybrook.
Players who will make the trip in
addition to Barry and the draftees
are: Pitchers Otis Printz, Jack Ly
ons, Ernie Utz and Prank Mahon:
Catchers Knocky Thomas and Fee
Colliere; Infielders Bemie Good,
William Kaufman, Frank Brewer
and Max Coe and Outfielders Archie
Via, Jack Castro, Joe Valenti, Bobby
Horan and Red Giegerich.
Legion Final Struggle
Goes to Cincinnati
ByJh* Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1.—The kids
from the Robert Bentley Post 50 of
Cincinnati, Ohio, playing the brand
; of ball that has carried them to 37
! victories in 38 games this season,
j won the American Legion National
Junior baseball championship yes
terday by edging out Ebert Post 1
! of Little Rock, Ark., 3 to 2, in the1
.series final.
The boys from the Buckeye State
broke a 2-2 deadlock in the eighth
j inning to grab the 1947 title. It was
the second time the Bentley Post
of Cincinnati had entered r cham
pionship team in the annual series,
j having won the title in 1944.
Bob Andres, 17-year-old right
hander, had his curve ball working
right. He fanned 10 while his Cin
cinnati teammates were collecting
10 hits. Stewart Hein sprinted all
the way from second with the win
ning run when Jimmy Frey singled
to center in the eighth.
It was a tight pitching duel with
Little Rock's Ernie Funk the loser.
Helen Pastall Seeks Second
Title in Girls' Tennis
By th* Associated Pr**§
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—Helen
Pastall, smooth-stroking miss from
Los Angeles, tries for her second
straight United States girls’ lawn
tennis championship today at the
Philadelphia Cricket Club.
Her rival will be Nancy Chaffee
of Ventura.
Miss Pastall gained the final
round by trouncing Doris Newcomer
of Burbank, Calif., 6—2, 6—2
yesterday.
Miss Chaffee, 17-year-old sopho
more at the University of Southern
California, put out Beverly Baker
of Santa Monica, Calif., in an up
set, 3—6, 7—4, 6—3.
But tne stout, rea-iacea veteran,
who won the Western Open the last
time he played it in 1941, showed
his courage by shooting birdies on
the next two holes to get back the
ost strokes and wind up with a score
that was terrific under the circum
stances.
Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind ,
who was tied with Oliver for the
leadership after the second round,
missed five putts of four feet or less
and finished with a 70 for 204 and
third place.
Utah's picturesque course in the
canyons below the Wasatch moun
tain range continued to be an easy
target for the Nation's top profes
sionals and amateurs as 35 broke
par for the day. Thirty-one of the
54-hole scores were under par.
Dick Metz of Arkansas City. Kans.,
and Edward Furgol of Pontiac,
Mich., were deadlocked in fourth
place at 205. Tied at 206 were Bobby
Locke of Johannesburg, South Af
rica, the leading 1947 money winner;
George Payton of Hampton. Va.,
and Clayton Heafner of Charlotte,
N.C.
Worsham Has 207 Total.
Next at 207 came National Open
Champion Lew Worsham of Wash
ington, D. C.; Dr. Cary Middlecoff of
Memphis, Tenn,; Jim Ferrier of San
Francisco, Calif., and Lloyd Man
grum of Chicago.
Locke, the pre-tournament fav
orite, complained that poor putting
was responsible for his sixth-place
position, five strokes off the pace.
He declared that he had made “Just
three long putts in the whole tour
nament.”
Defending Champion Ben Hogan
of Hershey, Pa., was so far down
the list at 214 that the crowning
of a new champion was certain.
A tournament oddity was the ex
perience of George Schneiter of
Ogden, Utah, who has a 209. On the
15th green yesterday, Schneiter said
he was forced ‘to three-putt because
each time he drew back to hit the
bail a big horsefly lit on it and
spoiled his aim.
Four Midget Car Cards
Finish Lanham Season
Announcement that four more
midget automobile racing dates have
been definitely approved for the
West Lanham. Md., Speedway this
season was made today by General
Manager Howard Livingston. The
little car competition goes into its
12th week there Friday night.
Well over 100,000 persons are ex
pected to set a new attendance rec
ord at Lanham this season. An ag
gregate of approximately 85.000 per
sons—an average of 7,800 per pro
gram—haveturnedouttodate.
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Palmer 2 Strokes Up
On Oliver in Western
After Sizzling 64
By the Auocioted Preii
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 1 —
Dark-skinned Johnny Palmer, the
young Badin, N. C., professional, was
hot on the trail of first-place money
today as a star-bedecked field teed
off for the fourth and final round
of the $12,500 Western Open golf
tournament.
The 29-year-old Palmer has been
runnerup in five major 1947 tourna
ments, but never so close to the win
ner’s circle as he was after shooting
yesterday’s 64, just one stroke off the
competitive record for the Salt Lake
City Country Club course.
Strong on the scent of the $2,200
first prize, the Southerner fired
deadly approach shots and putted
magnificently as he ran his 54-hole
total to 201, 15 under par, and
jumped into the third round lead.
After watching Palmer run down
one 30-foot putt for a birdie deuce
on the 247-yard fifth hole and one
putt eight greens, his playing com
panion, Jimmy Demaret of Houston,
Tex., declared "I've never seen any
better golf than Johnny dished out
today.”
Two strokes behind Palmer was
a deadly competitor, Ed “Porky''
Oliver of Wilmington, Del., who
might have been In first place ex
cept for some bad luck with a bras
sie as he shot a 69 yesterday for a
three-round total of 203.
Oliver Has Brassie Trouble.
Oliver was sailing along 3-under
par when a brassie shot on the 536
yard 11th dropped in a creek and
he wound up with a 2-over-par 7.
"I’ve never had confidence in that
club and never should have used it."
he commented. “I’m putting it away
for keeps.”