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Washington, D. C., Tuesday, July 20, 1948—A—16 •
W in, Lose, or Draw
By BURTON HAWKINS
The Nats' Kuhel Is Hot About Umpires
The Nats aren't going anywhere this year, but it's to their credit
that they’re steamed up about winning. It is to the credit of Man
ager Joe Kuhel, too, that he plans to carry to American League head
quarters the cursing of his players by Umpire Bill McGowan, the re
tusai or umpire Cal Hubbard to call a balk when
he admits having seen one. committed and the
inefficiency of umpiring in general this season. Joe
has reached his boiling point and with justifica
tion.
Umpiring is a time-honored profession, sup
posedly untainted by hint of suspicion. Before
umpires reach the major leagues they have been
scouted not only for ability to matte correct de
cisioas quickly and emphatically but also from a
standpoint of integrity, sobriety and appearance.
They are supposed to develop a studied indiffer
ence to inevitable abuse from fans and players.
Kuhel, in his freshman year as a major league
manager, is showing more courage than dozens
Burton Hawkins. who have preceded him. He is poised to question
the right of an umpire to shout profanity at his players. Joe prefers
to win, but he doesn't like his chances, for instance, when he dis
patches Ray Scarborough to the mound when McGowan is umpiring
behind the plate, as he is slated to tonight.
McGowan has been guilty of intolerable conduct in two recent
games here. On Thursday night he threw his ball-and-strike indicator
at Scarborough while Ray was pitching. The obvious implication was
that Ray could do his own umpiring, a little-boy gesture hardly
worthy of baseball standards.
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Nats Subjected to Profanity
Last night McGowan was umpiring at first base and directed un
printable abuse at Scarborough in the Nats’ dugout. He heaped
further profanity on Ed Stewart, the Nats’ right-fielder. Kuhel may
be excused for squawking. With McGowan behind the plate and
Scarborough and Stewart in the Nats' lineup there is a possibility of
ill feeling, to put it mildly and politely.
There is no place for umpire-player feuds in baseball. When
that occurs the entire structure of the game collapses. A player hasn’t
a chance of winning in sucn a situation and when his players are be
ing cursed, Kuhel has reason to suspect a feud exists. He's doing his
Job In protesting in the interests of his players and the Washington
club. •
Kuhel isn’t the meek manager umpires prefer. In a long career
as a player he never was thrown out of a game. As a manager he
has protested frequently. He is a type who will place himself on a
spot to protect the rights of his players. If he feels the Nats are
getting the worst of a decision he bellows, but until last night he
hadn't been tossed out of a regular game.
Earlier in the season Washington fans witnessed the amazing
spectacle of Eddie Yost being told to take first base by the plate um
pire, then being called out on strikes after reaching first base. Bill
McKinley, the plate umpire in that instance, apparently had caught
a signal from another umpire and changed his decision to set a new
record for the most delayed strikeout in baseball history.
It was Red Jones who was involved in a more visible and possibly
more excusable blunder here when he stood directly in the path of a
Mickey Vernon throw to the plate. Red s crime was in being out of po
sition and touched off an explosive episode featuring beer cans and
other debris. Those sort of incidents are forgivable if for no other
reason than they aren't intentional.
Reading the Rules Might Help
Umpires are kings of what they survey in their brief working
hours. If a player hits an umpire the player jeopardizes his career.
If a player protests a decision too vigorously and is thumbed from
the game he is fined. It's all in favor of the umpire, as it should be,
but there are indications the umpires aren't reading their instruc
tions. »
The rule book instructs umpires to "refrain from sarcasm to
players, spectators or club officials at all times. Always be courteous
and as the league representative uphold the dignity of that office.”
Concerning the field umpires, the book says, "They shall have
equal authority with the umpire in chief in the calling of 'balks’ on
the pitcher.” Hubbard, umpiring at third base last night, admitted to
Washington Coach Sam West that he had seen Satchel Pafge balk,
yet didn't call it.
Who checks on the umpires? Seventy-seven-year-old Tom Con
nolly is the American. League’s umpire in chief and as such is sup
posed to supervise such details. I’d say it’s time Mr. Connolly talked
to his boys in blue.
A better system, perhaps, would be to have each manager submit
a monthly report on the ability of umpires. If a majority of managers
showed continual complaints against an umpire the American League
would have reason to suspect its umpiring could be improved. It can
be improved, Mr. Harridge.
Television to Help Baseball
As Much as Radio, Says Texan
By th« Associated Press
DALLAS, July 20.—President J.
Alvin Gardner of the Texas
League thinks television will help
rather than hurt baseball at
, tendance.
"Ten years ago X was bitterly
opposed to broadcasting baseball
games," he says. "I agreed with
other baseball men that it would
cut down the crowds. I know
row that it helps baseball and the
club owners feel the same way.
I think television will boost the
game just as much.”
Gardner declares radio only
whets the appetite of the people
for the game. "They hear it on
the radio, but do not have the
atmosphere and the pleasure that
comes from sitting in the stands,
yelling at the umpire, master
minding the managers and seeing
the stars they hear about in ac
tion. They go out to the game as
much as they can to get all that.”
The Texas League head point
ed out that in a city like Dallas
only a small percentage of the
people can see a baseball game,
anyway. "They can’t all go every
night, both for the reason of
finance and because the park
isn’t big enough,” he said. "But
they can go perhaps once a week.
The radio fills in the rest of the
time. And it keeps them in
terested."
Gardner noted that' some box
ing promoters were saying tele
vision hurt their gates. "That
may be true." he commented.
"But they don’t have a boxing
show every night, like baseball.
They must try to make at one
whack what the baseball men
make over a period. Their prices
also are much higher. But pic
tures never can dub in the at
mosphere of the baseball park or
take away the desire to see the
star players in the flesh.
"Baseball is the sport that
gives an American a chance to
explode. He can ride the umpire,
cuss the manager, criticize the
players, say anything he likes,
and he can do it when he wants
to. Nothing ever is going to take
the place of that for the sports
fan."
Gridder Szymanski
In Congress Race
By th* Associated Press
DETROIT, July 20 —Frank S.
Szymanski, 25-year-old center on
the Detroit Lions of the National
Football League, wants to be a
Congressman. He has filed nom
inating petitions on the Demo
cratic ticket for Representative
from Michigan’s 1st District.
A native of Detroit. Szymanski
came to the Lions in 1945 from
Notre Dame, where he was a
I star center for three years.
He has signed a 1948 contract
j with the Lions and said he w'ould
j play next fall. He did not ex
| plain when he would do his
campaigning.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
TUESDAY. JULY 20. 1948.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Cleve., 7; Wash., 6 in.).
Bost.. 4; St. L.. 1 <n >.
Phila., 6—6; Chi.. 0—4.
Det. at N. Y., rain.
Games Today.
Cleve. at Wash., 8:30.
St. L. at Bost.
Chi. at Phila.
Det. at N. Y.
Games Tomorrow.
Det. at Wash.
Cleve. at N. Y. (2>.
Chi. at Bost. (2*.
St. L. at Phila. tn.).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
N. Y., 14; Cinci., 2.
Phila.. 5; Chi.. 4
Pitts.. 1; Best., 0 <n.i.
Bklyn. at St. L.. rain.
Games Today.
N. Y. at St. L. <n.t.
Bklyn. at "Chi.
Phila. wt Pitts. <n.l.
Bost. at Cinci.
Games Tomorrow.
Bost. at Cinci. <n.).
Bklyn. at Chi. <2>.
N. Y. at St. L. tn.).
Phila. at Pitts.
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Philadelphia 5—1 6; 8j 5| 810 11. 53J 35| .602 1
New York b 4—' 5 7 811 6 471 34 .580134
Boston | 5j 61 7[—| 9; 4| 9j _5| 45 36 J56| 54
Detroit I 5| 6| 5] 41—j 7| 5| 9 41| 41! .5<MH0
Washington I 4| 5| 5! 5j 3*—| 5|8| 35: 471 .427116
St.Louis i 3: 2 4| 41 6i 4—1 6| 291 50 .367 20 4
Chicago J 21 2! 2] 4| 5 7 4 - 26 53, .3291234
> Lost ^30 35 3436 4147,5053 j | |
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Boston — 5 5; 7; 6 8 8111 50, 33 .602:
Brooklyn , 3—I 4] 5] 8, 7111 ‘2 40 »j“3IS| 74
St. Louis f 51 91—I 3! 410! 5 5| 41| 39! J513j 74
Pittsburgh , 7j 6! 5'—! 5, 5j 6 , 7 411 391 .513! 74
NewYorK 7 4 5, 7— 5, 8~3 40,39 .506 *
Philadelphia «i 6 4| 5! 3—' 511 40! 441 .476:104
Cincinnati 3! 2 8: 6 7 4!—: 8 38: 46 .452124
Chicago 2 6; 7| 6 6 5 3— 35 47 .427 144
lost 73138 39!39139!44:46 47j | j |
Showdown Over Umpires Is Demanded by Nats
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McGowan’s Throwing
Of Objects at Players
Will Be Protested
By Burton Hawkins
A showdown with American
League Umpire Bill McGowan, who
the Nats say has cursed them on
several occasions and twice has
thrown objects at them within a
week, will be demanded by the
Washington baseball club, it was
learned today.
Outfielder Ed Stewart of the Nats,
who protested bitterly to Plate
Umpire Joe Paparella in the tenth
inning of last night's game won by
Cleveland, 7-6, in 11 innings, said
McGowan threw a baseball at him
while he was arguing with Papa
rella and later cursed him as he
was trotting to his position in right
field.
"McGowan cursed me and then
said, ’Ddon’t ever speak to me again
on or off the field,' ” Stewart said.
The Washington outfielder said he
replied, "You're not worth it.”
Ray' Scarborough, scheduled to
pitch tonight against Cleveland, was
called a “bush (one word deleted)’’
by McGowan last night, according
to several Nats. McGowan is
scheduled to umpire behind the
plate tonight. He is dean of Amer
ican League umpires, joining the
league in 1925.
Indicator Returned.
It was McGowan who threw his
ball and strike indicator at Scar
borough last Thursday night, claim
ing Scarborough was "showing him
up” by shaking his head at several
of McGowan’s decisions. McGowan
later came to the door of the Nats’
dressing room and requested return
of the indicator, which Scarborough
had tucked in his pocket. The in
dicator was returned to McGowan.
Manager Joe Kuhel of the Nats,
ejected from a regular game for
the first time in his major league
career spanning 19 years when he
protested a called ball on Cleveland's
Jim Hegan in the tenth inning last
night, plans a protest to American
League President Will Harridge con
cerning the cursing of his players
and the fact that no balk was called
against Satchel Page, Cleveland
pitcher.
Umpire Cal Hubbard, it was
bill mcgowan.
leareifd, told Coach Sammy West
of Washington that Paige had
balked in pitching to A1 Evans of the
Nats in the eighth inning at a time
when Washington had runners on
first and third bases. Asked by West
why- he did't call the balk, Hubbard
reportedly replied, “That -isn’t my
job.” Hubbard was umpiring at
third base last night.
Boudreau Also Argued.
Angry Washington players pointed
out that Manager Lou Boudreau of
the Indians argued longer and more
heatedly than Kuhel with Faparella
before Kuhel was waved out of the
game. Boudreau protested vehem
ently to Paparella in the sixth
inning when Hegan was nipped at
the plate on a close play.
Stewart, incensed over McGowan's
language to him, later asked Kuhel.
“Do I have to take that sort of talk
from him?” Kuhel’s answer was
"No.”
Kuhel was likely to receive notice
of a fine, suspension or both from
Harridge’s office today, but on re
ceipt of a telegram lie planned to
request a hearing and air his
grievances.
Two pitches . after Kuhel was
ejected. Coach Clyde Milan of the
Nats, who took ovefi as acting man
ager, was at the plate protesting a
third called ball on Hegan. Pitcher
Tom Perrick of Washington twice
had displayed disgust on called balls
while pitching to Hegan, who finally
was thrown out on a superb play by
Third Baseman Eddie Yost for the
final out of the inning Nvhen Cleve
land had two men on base.
Kuhel never before had been
thrown out of a game during the
regular season. This spring Umpire
Bill Stewart of the National League
ordered him from the field at Ander
son, S.* C., believing the Nats’ man
ager was “riding” him during an
exhibition game with the Philadel
phia Phillies. Evans later admitted
he had been shouting at Stewart.
Baseball Commissioner A. B. Chan
dler conferred with Kuhel about the
incident, but did not fine him. A
fine of $100 customarily is imposed
for being ejected from an exhibition
game.
Mewart Caught at Plate.
Last night's game, witnessed by
a crowd of lf‘,035, was rescued by
the Indians in the 10th and lltii
innings, Bob Kennedy, dispatched
to rightfield a moment previously
by Boudreau as a defensive measure
with the score locked at 6-6 and
Stewart on third base, snared A.
Kozar’s fly and whipped a crisp
accurate throw to Hegan, catching
Stewart at the plate.
In the Nats' eleventh, after Cleve
land had taken a 7-6 lead, Ear
Wooten singled and Eddie Yost dou
bled with one out. Tom McBride
was passed purposely to fill the
bases and Carden Gillenwater «ni
a fly to short leftfield which Dale
Mitchell caught. Wooten attemptec
to score and was out by 10 feet.
It was with two out in the eleventl
that the Indians produced the win
I ning run. Larry Dobv, who hac
forced Mitchell at second, stole sec
ond and scored on Kennedy's sing
!gle to left.
Cleveland had spurted into a 3
'run lead in the first inning, whei
Joe Gordon rammed his 18th home
into the left-field bleachers witl
two on, but the Nats mauled Boi
Lemon for five runs in the secom
and constructed a 6-3 lead off E<
Klieman in the third. Clevelam
tied the score at 6-6 with anothe:
3-run outburst against Forres
'Thompson in the sixth.
DOUBLE-O IS DOUBLED—Not just the usual one set of um
pirical orbs, but a brace of twin lamps focused on this play at
Chicago yesterday when the Phillies nosed out the Cubs, 5-4.
Side by side, Babe Pinelli (right, rear), plate arbitor, and Douglas
(Scotty) Robb (front), first-base umpire, take a close look at this
home-plate play. Unanimous verdict: Cubs Peanuts Lowrey is
safe as Phils’ Catcher Andy Seminick awaits ball following
Andy Pafko’s safety. —AP Wirephoto.
Harness Racing Threat
Even to Mile Tracks,
Laurel Meet Proves
.
Harness horse racing with pari
mutuel betting is in Maryland to
stay, and not as just a minor ad
; junct to flat racing. Laurel Race
way, first track to operate after
betting was legalized, proved that
with a highly successful 20-night
meeting which closed last night.
The sport was quick tq catch on.
Popularity of the track increased as
I the meeting progressed and toward
; the end records in attendance and
.betting were set almost nightly.
Aided by last night's 15,000 record
crowd and $336,973 record mutuel
handle, the track attracted a total
crowd of 202.500 and handled $3,
700.023 through the windows. •
Those figures are not as high as
at the good flat tracks in Maryland,
but they indicate increasing pop
ularity of harness racing hereabout.
[Harness racing definitely threatens
to be real competition to other horse
racing. Part of the drop in betting
at the recent Havre de Grace meet
ing was attributed to the fact that
Laurel operated at the same time.
! Indications are that in the future
horsemen will attempt to avoid such
conflicts.
Two other proposed tracks, at
Oxon Hill and Ocean City, have
permits to operate, but are not
I doing so this summer. With Laurel
| as a successful guide, it’s likely that
! construction will be speeded on them
for dates next year.
Dick Hutchison, jr., president of
Laurel Raceway, already has an
nounced a program of improving
j the nearby plant for next year. This
includes enlarged seating capacity,
doubling the parking facilities and
additional stables. All these facili
j ties were taxed at this meeting.
More parimutual windows also will
be needed. Last night's handle
could have been 25 per cent larger
if more facilities were available.
Hutchison indicated that he likes
the dates assigned his track this
year—from the middle of June to
the middle of July—but he is not
yet ready to say whether he'll apply
for the same next season. Dates
of other harness tracks and of the
flat tracks must be taken into con
sideration. Laurel officials also
would be willing to run more than
20 nights, but the present law limits
racing to that length in each county.
Grid Merchants Organize
Southwest Merchants football
team, last year’s champion In the
1160-pound Metropolitan League, will
hold an organization meeting to
j night at 639 Maryland avenue S.W.
at 8:30 o’clock. Last year's players
and candidates for the year’s team
are invited.
Indians, 7; Nats, 6
'Cleve. AB.H.O A. Wash. AB. H. O. A.
, M’chell.lf 6 4 2 1 Yost..‘tb_ 5 2 13
Jud'ch.cf 5 1 6 II Coan,If 6 2 6 1
Doby.cf 1 0 0 O IlMcBride 0 0 0 0
Clark.rf 5 110 G’w’ter.cf 5 O 3 0
IKnedy.rf 1111 St'art.rf 5 5 10
jB’dr’au.ss 4)01 Chr’t’n.ss 2 o 2 2
| G’rdon.2b 4 2 5 1 Vern n.lb 4 210 I
K tner,3b 3 1 2 1 Kozar,2b 5 2 3 4
| R b on.lb 4 10 0 Evans,c 4 0 6 0
i Hegan,c 4 17 2 Th’pson.p 2 111
I Lemon,p 1 o 0 1 iRob'tson 110 0
Kl’inan.p l o O 3 ssullivan 0 0 0 0
•Tipton 1 o 0 o W roth.p 0 0 o 1
|Ch'pher,p 0 o o 1 £Wynn 1 O o o
t Peck 1 0 0 o Ferrick.p 0 0 0 1
' Paige.p 0 0 0 1 IWooten 110 0
jZoldak.p o O o o
Gromek.p 10 0 0
j Bearden,PO 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 33 13 Totals 4116 33 14
• Fliea cut for Klieman An sixth.,
t Filed out for Christoph®- in eighth,
t Singled lor Thompson in seventh.
5 Ran for Robertson in seventh.
£ Struck out for Welteroth in ninth.
S Singled for Ferrick in eleventh.
11 Walked for Coan in eleventh.
Cleveland _ 300 003 000 01—7
Washington _ 051 000 000 00—6
Runs—Mitchell, Doby. Boudreau (2).
Gordon (2). Keltner, Stewart <2), Ver
non. Kozar. Evans. Thompson. Runs
batied in—Gordon i3). Vernon 12), Kozar.
Thomosor. (2), Coan. Keltner. Hegan
<21.. Kennedy Two-base hlU—Mitchell.
Clark. Coan. Stewart, Yost. Three-base
hits—Vernon. Thompson, Hegan. Home
run — Gordon. Stolen bases — Coan,
Doby. Sacrifices—Christman (2), Yost,
Keltner (2). Double plays—Thompson to
Kozar to Vernon, Hegan to Robinson.
Coan to Kvans, Kennedy to Hegan.
Mitchell to Hegan. Left on bases—
Cleveland, 9: Washington, 10. Bases on
balls—Off Lemon. 1; off Thompson. 1; off
Welteroth, 2: off Paige, 2; off Ferrick
<21. off Bearden. 1. Strikeouts—By
Thompson. 4: by Lemon. 1; by Klleman.
: 2: by Paige. 1: by Ferrick, 1. Hits—Off
Lemon. 4 in 1 Mi innings; off Klleman, 8
i in 3*3 inninss; off Christopher. 1 in 2 in
nings: off Paige. 3 in 2 innings: off Zol
dak. o in V% inning; off Gromek. 2 in 1
inning: ’off Bearden. (I In S inning; off
Thompson. 11 in 7 Innings; off Welteroth,
‘ , <1 in 2 innings: off Ferrick. 2 in 2 Innings.
Wild pitch—Paige Winning pitcher—
Gromek Losing pitcher—Ferrick. Um
1 Oires—Messrs. Psparella. McGowan and
Hubbard. .Time—2:56. Attendance—18,
035. __
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Norfolk. 9; Richmond, 6
Lynchburg. 8; Portsmouth. 3.
Newport News. 7; Roanoke. 5.
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Boudreau Takes League Lead
In Hits From Idle Williams
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, July 20.—Although
sidelined last week with a side in
jury, Boston’s Ted Williams main
tained the American League leader
ship in batting, runs scored and
two-base hits.
Cleveland’s Lou Boudreau, how
ever, captured one specialized lead
from the idle Williams—going ahead
in hits with 106. The Beantown
slugger has 102.
Boudreau also took advantage of
Williams’ idleness to make a four
point gain in the batting race. The
Indians' shortstop-manager boosted
his bat mark to .359—29 points be
hind Williams’ leading .388 clip.
A1 Zarilla of St, Louis retained
third place with .333, followed by
George Kell,* Detroit, .332; Bob.;
Brown, New York, .327; Walt Evers,
Detroit, .323; Dale Mitchell, Cleve
land, .319; Bob Dillinger, St. Louis,
.308; Hank Majeski, Philadelphia,
.306; and Luke Appling, Chicago,
.304.
Williams’ 66 runs scored and 21
doubles kept him in front of those
departments. Vern Stephens of
Boston was tops in runs batted in
with 77, and New York's Joe Di
Maggio led in triple production with
10. Ken Keltner of Cleveland still
set the pace through Sunday’s game
in home run output with 22. Wash
ington's Gil Coan failed to filch a
base during the week but retained
his lead with 13 thefts.
Best pitching record belonged to
Philadelphia’s Dick Fowler with 8-2
for .800. Bob Feller of Cleveland
kept the strikeout lead with 88.
Giants Blazing Under Durocher,
Pull Up Close to Second Place i
By Joe Reichler
Associated Press Sports Writer
Leo Durocher is off to a splendid
start in the toughest baseball job
he’s ever tackled — managing his
erstwhile enemies, the New York
Giants.
Preparing to tangle with thg St.
Louis Cardinals in a crucial series,
with second place perhaps at stake,
the Giants under Durocher have
won three out of four games to pull
up within a half game of the runner
up spot, now in a three-way dead
lock. x
More Important than their vic
tories, however, is the way these
"new’’ Giants havwso quickly caught
the spark and fire of Durocher. Leo
has been iiweharge only three play
ing days, but already* he has his
team hustling and running as never
before this season. Yesterday the
Giants scored a 14-2 rout of the
Reds In Cincinnati.
Giants Get 18 Hits.
The Giants collected 18 hits against
Kent Peterson, Tom Hughes and
Walker Cress in one of their biggest
batting days of the year. Larry
Jansen went the route for his 11th
victory. He permitted only seven
hits, including Hank Sauer’s 26th
home run. That tied Sauer with
Ralph Kiner of Pittsburgh for the
major league lead.
The Pitsburgh Pirates moved into
a three-way tie with Brooklyn and
St. Louis for second place when
they scored a 1-0 shoutout victory
over the League-leading Boston
Braves. All three teams now trail
by 7 Vi games. Danny Murtaugh s
infield single off the glove of Pitcher
Johnny Sain in the seventh scored
Kiner from third with the only
run of the game.
Although tagged for 11 hits in
cluding Andy Pafko’s 16th home
run, Emil (Dutch) Leonard pitched
the sixth-place Philadelphia Phil
lies to a 5-4 victory over the cellar
dwelling Chicago Cubs.
The Philadelphia Athletics nar
rowed Cleveland’s American League
lead to one game when they swept
both ends of a twilight-night double
header from the Chicago White
Sox, 6-0 and 6-4. Dick Fowler
pitched a seven-hit shutout in the
opener for his ninth victory. He
has lost only two.
Marchildon Wins No. 7.
Phil Marchildon gained credit for
his seventh victory in the nightcap.
He also limited the Sox to seven
hits, but five came in the fourth
I to give the Chisox all their runs.
The Indians overcame an early
6-3 deficit to win an 11-inning
thriller from Washington, 7-6.
Bobby Doerr slammed a home run
off Fred Sanford with the bases
i loaded in the first inning for all of
: Boston’s runs as the Red Sox de
feated the St. Louis Browns, 4-1, at
'Boston. It was Doerr's seventeenth
of the season. .
Rain washed out a game between
New York and Detroit at the Yan
'kee Stadium after only one inning
had been completed. The Yankees
had taken a 3-0 lead, Yogi Berra
supplying two of the runs with a
ihome run.
Women's Net Doubles
Is Marked by Upset
An upset was registered in the
women's section of the District dou-;
bles tennis tournament at Kenwood I
yesterday by Betty Smith and Helen
Teaze. They defeated Charlotte
Decker and Glenore Hall, 6—3, 6—4,
to reach the semifinals.
No women's competition is sched
uled today, as the men play four
matches to fill out their quarterfinal
brackets. Top match may be that
sending Barney Welsh and Hugh
Lynch against AI McCarroll and
Doyle Royal.
Today's Piirinii.
Men's doubles—5 pm. Welsh »nd LEnch
vs. McCarroll and Royal. Leavens and
Thackara vs. Pavitt and McNair.
5:20—Adair and Miller vs. Antignat and
Barclay. Smith and Murphy vs. Curtiss
and Giffords.
Mixed doubles—Welsh and Herbert vs.
Teaze and Teaze. Jurdue and Estes, vs.
Leavens and Barry.
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Results Yesterday.
Women's doubles—Smith and Teaze de
feated Decker and Hall. 8—.'!, 6—i.
Men's doubles—Leavens and Thackara
defeated Evans and Palfry. 8—2, 4—8.
8—2. Johnsen and Boglev defeated Moore j
and Spottswood. 8—2. 8—2, Curtis and
Gifford defeated Radcllfle and McCardle.
8—(I. 4—8, 8—1. Adair and Miller de
feated Cowan and Beight. 7—5. 8—1.
Mixed doubles—Dunham and Bassett
defeated Herbert and Glrgsian, 8—4, 8—2.;
Carlton Wins at Softball
Carlton defeated Mayflower, 4-3,
yesterday in a Hotel Softball League
game on the Polo Grounds. Joe
Hegerty’s single with two out in
the last inning drove in two runs!
for Carlton.
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Opens Title Defense
By the Associated Press
PELHAM MANOR, N. Y., July 20.
—Defending Champion Ladislav
Hecht of New York, former Czecno
slovak Davis Cup member, makes
his first appearance today in they
Eastern clay courts tennis cham
pionship.
Seeded fifth and recipient of a
first-round b>«, Hecht takes on
Phillip Goldman of New York in a
second-round contest. . I
Other seeded players, meanwhile,
were well ahead of the champion,
six of them already safely settled in
the round of 16.
Top-seeded Frank Parker of Los
Angeles and Second-Seeded Billy
Talbert of New York overwhelmed
two opponents each yesterday to
move forward.
Others to advance to the 16
oracket were Edward Moylan of
San Francisco, No. 3; Jack Tuero
of New Orleans, No. 4; Jack Geller
of Yale, No. 7, and Tony Vincent;
of Miami, No. 8.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Montreal. 9: Buffalo, 1.
Rochester, S: Toronto, 5s (11).
Syracuse. 3; Newark, 2.
Jersey City, 5: Baltimore, 4.
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League Batting Title
Is Likely for Musial,
Ahead by 39 Points
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, July 20.—Barring a
complete collapse, Stan Musial, the
Donora (Pa.) gift to the St. Louis
Cardinals, should capture the Na
tional League batting title.
Although he dropped 11 points
during the abbreviated week of
play, his .392 still is 39 points better
than any other player in official
averages through Sunday.
Second spot fell to Andy Pafko of
the Chicago Cubs. The converted
third baseman surged past Richie
Ashburn of tjie Philadelphia Phils
into the runner-up spot with .353.
Ashburn, the fleet-footed rookie
outfielder, fell to third with .340.
Alvin Dark, the rookie shortstop
of the Boston Braves, who came to
life after a slow start, is in fourth
place at .322. Following Dark in
that order were three of his team
mates, Tommy Holmes and the in
capaciated Eddie Stanky, each at
.320, and Jeff Heath, .315.
Sid Gordon, the handy man of
the New York Giants, was eighth
with .312. Nin>h spot fell to Pee
Wee Reese, who climbed over the
.300 mark for the first time this
season. His average was .310.
Johnny Blatnik, rookie Philly fly
chaser, who began so well rounded
out the big ten with .307. Ten^lead
ing battters:
Player and club. G A.B R. H. Pet.
Musial. St. Louis HI 317 71 124 .392
Pafko. Chicago 76 283 49 100 .363
Ashburn. Philad'pbia 80 321 49 109 .340
Dark. Boston _ 88 239 40 77 .322.
Holmes, Boston_ 71 294 4 7 94 .320 ;
Stanky, Boston _ 82 231 47 74 .3201
Heath. Boston ... - 87 213 38 87 .3151
Gordon. New York _ 72 263 56 79 .312
Reese. Brooklyn _ 75 281 54 87 .310
Blatnik, Phil'phia 82 212 34 85 .30,
Garvin's Girls to Flay
Fathers in Annual Tilt
The Garvin's Grill girls softball
team plays its annual game against
their fathers at 7 p.m. tomorrow at
the Sixteenth and Kennedy streets
No. 1 diamond. The daughters are
favored.\
Garvin's yesterday tuned up for
tomorrow's tilt by defeating the
Waves, 6-5, in a Recreation League
game. Jean Vicquiera tossed a
three-hitter for the winners.
Alexandria Midgets Win
And Lose in Loop Games
Alexandria A defeated Trinidad,
4-1, and Peoples Drug topped Alex
andria B, 3-2, yesterday in Western
Division Boys' Club midget baseball
games.
In a nonleague junior tilt, Hutch
ison Furniture won its 15th game,
downing Police Boys' Club No. 10,
3-7.
BASEBALL
TONIGHT—8:30 P.M.
Washington vs. Cleveland
AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK
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ATLANTA, July 20.—With a for
mer champion and many other
favored players out of the running,
134' golfers went into the second
round of the National Public Links
tournament today chasing the crown
Wilfred Crossley is defending.
Crossley, a Brooklyn insurance
executive, drew a tough tournament
golfer in James Levenhagen of West
Allis, Wis., as his opponent in the
second round defense of the cham
pionship he won last summer in
Minneapolis.
Crossley won his way into the
second round with a 4 and 3 victory
over Alfred Serian of Troy, N. Y,
Levenhagen defeated Leon Butler,
an Atlanta entry who was thor
oughly familiar with the long 6.762 -
yard, par 71 North Pulton Park
Course.
Another former public links title
holder who won yesterday was An
drew Szwedko of Sharpsburg, Pa.,
the 1939 winner. He defeated Shed
ric McKaln of Memphis, Tenn.,
2 and 1, and today runs against
Julio Campagni of Highwood, 111.
The champion who unexpectedly
fell trying to pass the first milepost
was Robert C. Clark, the 1940 win
ner from St. Paul. Mina. Clark and
Jack C. Russell of Memphis played
to a dog-fall over the regulation 18
holes at North Fulton, but Russell
captured the 19th hole to take the
match.
Russell, now considered one of the
tournament darkhorses, is paired
against Alvin Gustafson, a Spo
kane, Wash., entry, this afternoon.
Four sets of brothers remain in
the running. They are Daqte and
Fred Vicini, glass workers from Ot
tawa, 111.; Mike and Andy Szwedko,
Birmingham's James and Carl Dorr
and the Levenhagen brothers, James
and Ted.
Dante Vicini went into the second
round after one of the most notable
'wins of the first day in which he
eliminated well-regarded Oliver C.
Sleppy, Los Angeles, 1 up. Brother
Fred also was a 1-up victor, but his
win came on the 19th hole against
Arthur Jenneman, St. Louis.
Dante plays Lewis W. McLennan
of Atlanta today, while Fred plays
Michael Ferenti of Long Beach,
Calif.
S Michael Szwedko tangled with
Michael Skowran of Pittsburgh In
an early match.
Carl Dorr drew Percy Taylor,
Santa Monica, Calif., in the second
round and James Dorr got ofT early
against Herman H. Nitsch, Houston,
Tex.
Ted Levenhagen drew a bye in the
first round and today plays Russell
Buchen of Peoria, 111.
Washintgon, D. C.’s only entrant,
Patrick V. Martino, is playing James
G. Iavan of Cleveland in today's
second round after drawing a bye
yesterday. <
Four of the five Baltimore golfers
who qualified with Martino at Mount
Pleasant won their first round
matches. Frank MicHalek routed
Rudolph Supan of Cleveland, 6 and
5; Bill Collins, > semiflnalist in the
Maryland amateur edged John
Daniel of Spokane, Wash., 2 up; Ed
Finnessy, the Annapolis Roads Open
champ defeated Robert McKenna
of Brighton, Mass., 4 and 2, "and
William Cole defeated Willard
Nesmith of Houston, 4 and 3. Henry
Defries was the only Baltimore loser
as he bowed to Richard Jungen of
Rockford, 111., 4 and 3.
Michalek meets Collins today.
Today a year ago—Marvin
Ward defeated Frank Strana
han, one up, to win the Western
Amateur golf championship.
Five years ago—Luke Sewell
signed to manage the St. Louis
Browns for two more years.
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