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Washington, D. C., Friday, August 6, 1948—A—11***
w in, Lose, or Draw
By FRANCIS STANN
; At the Two-Thirds Mark in Flag Races
At this stage of the baseball campaign, with the major league
- races two-thirds over, you'd have to say that at least half of the
. lfi teams are in the running. The American League is clearly di
vided into two divisions. In the National League the difference
Francis Stann.
between tne top mgnt ana tne secona aivision
is less clearly marked. For instance, it is not
impossible for the fifth-place Pirates or sixth
place Phillies to win. If you want to count them,
10 teams are in contention.
What it all means is that neither league has
a standout club. Right down the line the teams
are shot full of weaknesses. Even the Boston
Braves, who seemed to b^ piling up a safe margin,
have begun to stagger as the turn and run for
home approaches. The recent series with the |
lowly Cincinnati Reds has pointed up weaknesses
in the Braves’ lineup.
The pendulum has swung toward the East
in both leagues. The only Western club in the
American League fight is Cleveland and the St.
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six other contenders—Yankees. A’s, Red Sox. Braves. Dodgers and
Giants—are strictly from the East.
For the Eastern clubs in the American League it would seem
they now' have an edge. They are preparing to return home for
the next couple of crycial weeks. Lt works in reverse for the Braves,
Dodgers and Giants, however, and in the National League the home
ward-bound Cardinals appear to be in the best spot.
Yankees, Red Sox Always Toughest at Home
Year after year the tough “home teams" of the American
League have been the Yankees and Red Sox, presumably because
■ strict attention is paid to the unusual physical layouts of their
•parks and the types of hitters best fitted to capitalize on same are
gathered.
. Tire Red Sox, with their ridiculously short left-field fence, have
been murdering visiting teams for years with the likes of Foxx, Doerr,
Com oi Maggio, Stephens, Higgins and others drawing beads on
the easy target. The Yankees always have been strong from the
left side of the plate so as to drive balls into their short right-field
stands. ,
All home teams are considered to noio an edge over a uuu uu
the road. They’re eating home cooking and not rushing for trains ,
and cabs. They’re used to the backgrounds. And, when they can j
make the most of opportunities peculiar to their own parks, they’re |
so much better off.
The A's park is not so freakish as Yankee Stadium nor Fenway
Park and they never figure to win so often at home, although this
is one year in which Connie Mack's team, consistently accused of j
playing over its collective heads, is refusing to taper off. The same
holds for the Cardinals when they are entertaining in St. Louis.
The two toughest teams to beat at home are the Yanks and
Red Sox.
Stanky's Loss Did Braves No Good
• Back in April this bureau picked the Yankees and Braves and
i^jeats the selections now, although a great many things have
happened in the last four months.
• The Yankees looked solid because they had good pitching, on ;
paper. With Frank Shea and Joe Page having rough years, their j
pitching is no ^strong point today. Bucky Harris’ infield is holding j
up as expected and the same goes for his catching, but the Yanks !
aren't getting the power from the outfield that was expected in
. St. Petersburg.
Joe Di Maggio, crippled for weeks, is only some 50 per cent of
the ball player of former years. Charley Keller's comeback has J
been slow. Johnny Lindell has enjoyed better seasons and so has j
Tommy Henrich. But the tipoff on the other clubs—Indians, A's
and Red Sox—is that New York still is the team to beat.
The Braves sustained a cruel break when Eddie Stanky broke :
an ankle. He was making the Braves click. He was the league's ■[
best leadoff man and an inspiration to Rookie Shortstop Alvin Dark, j
With Stanky playing the Braves were gradually pulling away.
For a few weeks they hung close with substitutes playfng second
base, but inevitably the Braves are missing Stanky. They've peen
stumbling and. according to operatives, they’re metre tens# ^thaii a
pennant-winner should be. I i ' *
But this is a year in which they’re all tense and tight. The :
clubs that can loosen up a bit and get ,a few preaks arenhe .J>ae$, j
that'll meet In early October in the big gpow. . . « J
Smarts' Star Y<
Winner in Race
By tHe Associated Press
TORQUAY. England, Aug. 6.—The
United States’ two-man craft, Hilar
ius.; won the Star class race, the
fourth in a series of seven, today as
Olympic yachting continued in Tor
quay Bay in a misty rain.
The craft, handled by the lather
son Crew of Hilary H. Smart, sr..
and Hilary H. Smart, jr„ of Noroton,
Conn., covered the approximately 10
U. S. Cagers Beat
Peru; Will Play
Uruguay Monday
By the Associated Press
■LONDON. Aug. 6. — America's
Smoothly operating basket ball team
trounced Peru. 61 to 33, today to
wind up its five-game round robin
preliminary undefeated. It will
meet Uruguay in the first round of
the Olympic championship tourna
ment. opening Monday.
Eight teams qualified today for
the knockout" eliminations.
The Americans, heavy title favor
ites. won the first four games of
their round robin play. Uruguay
won three and lost two.
In the other upper half game,
Mexico, which won four in a row
without defeat in group D, was
cirawn against the second team of
the photo-finishing B division. This
teem may be China, Korea or Chile,
depending on the outcome of the
Chile-Korea game tonight.
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fvnals. Brazil, which won five straight
in group A, was paired with the No.
2 team in group C. to be decided by
the Czechoslovakia-Argentina game
tonight. The winner of group B
will play France, the runnerup in
group D.
jcht Hilarius
at Torquay
mile course in 2 hours and 53
seconds,
The victory gave the United States
a tighter hold on the lead in that
particular classification.
Cuba finished -second in 2 hours
1 minute and 7 seconds. Italy came
in third and Holland fourth.
In the Firefly 'dinghy class, in
which the United States rated third
through yesterday's events, Ralph
L, Evans. jr„ of Bay Shore, N. Y..
brought his boat home 10th today.
The race was won by Sweden with
a time of 1 hour 24 minutes 28 sec
onds for the 5.6 miles.
Canada was second in 1:24,40 and
Britain third in 1:25.37. The United
States time was 1:29.14.
The United States got third place
in the Swallow class, won by Britain,
with Italy second. Handled by Lock
wood Pirie and Owen C. Torry, jr.,,
the American craft covered the 10.
miles in 2 hours 27 minutes 32
seconds.
That was around 9 minutes be
hind the British boat, which finished
in 2:18.03. Canada was 11th.
Swiss Wins Rifle Crown;
Swanson of U. S. 10th
By the Associated Press
BISLEY, England, Aug. 6.—Emil
Grunig of Switzerland scored 1.120
points out of a possible 1,200 today
to win the Olympics' 300-meter foil
bore free rifle championship. Amer
ica's best showing was made by
Emmet G. Swanson of Minneapolis,
who registered 1,079 points to finish
10th.
P. A. J&fihonen of Finland was
second with 1,114 and W. Rogeberg
of Norway was third with 1,112.
Arthur C Jackson of Brooklyn.
N. Y., finished 16th in the field with
1.067, and Frank T. Parsons of
Chevy Chase, Md„ was 18th, with
1.057.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
FRIDAY. AUGUST 6, 1948.
AMERICAN LEAGUE. '
Results Yesterday.
Cleveland, 3; Wash., 0.
Phila.. 3—7; Chi.. 0—4.
New York, 2: Detroit, 1.
Boston, 8: St. Louis, 7.
Games Today.
Wash, at Detroit. 9:00.
Phila. at St. Louis <n).
Boston at Chicago tn).
New York at Cleve. <ni.
Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at Detroit.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Cleve. (2). ;
Phila. at St. Louis in).
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Brooklyn, 6: Chicago, 4.
Boston. 6; Cine., 4 (nt.
St. L. at New York. rain.
Pitts at Phila. (2). rain.
Games Today.
Chicago at Boston <n'.
Cine, at Brooklyn <n>.
St. Louis at Phila. (n>.
Pitts, at New York.
Games Tomorrow.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at Phila.
Pittsburgh at New York.
Chicago at Boston tn). j
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’hiladelphiii 6 —| 6 8 9 8 11 13 6i 41.5980
taw York | 8 4|—| 6| 9' 8|12|12l 58 39 .5979
Joston | 9| 6 71—fll| 4|12 10: 59[ 41.590" U
Detroit |5;8 6 5 —| 8i 5| 9| 46| M|.474 |12
Washington ! 5 5| 5 5| 5{—(*'8 8: 41; 57[.418 117*4
St. Louis' I 3 3 515181 9|—: 6| 37| 581.389 20
Chicago ' | 2 4 4| 4| 5] 9*' 4 — 32 661.327 ;26>4
Lost 38 41 39 41515758 66; | j [
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Boston j— 5 7 610 8.1011 57 42 .576,
Brooklyn 3 — 7 8 7; 7 111 7| - 50 44, .532 4',
St. Louis 10 9 ~9 3>10: 5! 5 51 45 .531 4'i
New York l‘7i 5; f—| 7| 541;!) 50 46 ~J5iZlf5X
Pittsburgh 7 H 5!—~7| 6j~7 46 45 .505 7
Philadelphia 6| 6 4 Tll-lCi 13 48j 49; .495; 8“
Cincinnati . 7 2 8' 7 6 6 — 8 44 56 .44013!,
Chicago' 2 8 "7~8 “6 '6 _3 —: 40_59 T404 17
Lost j42 44 45;46,45;49|56]561 | ,| |
Vicki Draves, Mathias set U. S. Pace in Olympics
Pasadena Girl Sweeps
Diving; High School
Boy Tops Decathlon
By the Associated Press
LONDON, Aug. 6.—A lithe, bru
nette beauty from Pasadena, Calif.,
Mrs. Victoria Manalo Draves made
Olympic diving history today while
another Californian, young Bob
Mathias of Tulare, took a lead in
the track and field’s rugged de
cathlon.
The first track championships of
the day, however, went to a pair of
Europeans. Henri Erikkson of
Sweden won the gruelling 1,500
meter run, and Mrs. Fannie Blan
kers-Koen of Holland captured her
third championship—the 200-meter
dash—to become the first of her sex
ever to accomplish that feat.
Mrs. Draves won the high plat
form championship to become the
first woman ever to monopolize
Olympic diving honors. She had
captured the springboard event
earlier.
Mathias Has 5,500 Score.
The victory by the 23-year-old
Vicki gave America its seventh gold
medal in water events—five by the
men, two by the women.
Eighteen-year-old Patricia Ann
Elsener of San Francisco finished
in the runnerup spot in the tower
diving.
While a crowd of 50.000 gathered
in the big stadium in a cold drizzle,
the 17-year-old Mathias took a
lead toward the honor of being the
best all-around athlete of the 1948
games.
After seven events in the decath
lon, with three to go, the hardy
athlete led with 5,500 points.
He forged to the front on the
strength of a mighty discuss throw
of 144 feet 4 inches.
Floyd Simmons of Charlotte, N.
C., w'ho earlier in the day had
wrested the decathlon lead from
Argentina's Enrique Kistenmacher,
U. S. Girls Visiting
Lady AstorSunday
By the Associated Press
LONDON. Aug. 6.—Virginia
born Lady Astor has invited the
women's United States Olympic
team to tea at Cliveden next
Sunday.
A United States team official
said this would be the “only
really social engagement" for
the American woman athletes.
She remarked that there had
been no Embassy reception for
Americans, although nationals
of other countries had had such
receptions.:
slipped back to fourth place after a
discus toss of 107 feet, 4>/2 inches.
Second place was held by Ignace
Heinrich of France, with Kisten
macher third.
Mondschein Is Sixth.
The other American Decathlon
hope, Irving (Moon) Mondschein
of New York University, was in
sixth place with these events re
maining: Javelin, pole vault and
1,500 ipeter run.
A itrrQtnph in the decathlon would
give the Americans their ninth
track and field championship and
revive a victory string that was in
terrupted yesterday for the first
time since the first day.
But only in the men's division of
track and field were the Americans
meeting success. Women's honors
continue to fall to the sturdier
Europeans.
Mrs. Blankers-Koen, the 30-year
old Dutch housewife, streaked to
victory in the 200-meter dash in
24.4 seconds to add a gold medal in
that inaugural event to those won
previously in the 100-meter dash
and 80-meter hurdles.
Her amazing performance eclipsed
the show put on in 1932 at Los
Angeles by America’s Babe Didrik
son, who won two firsts and a second
Aubrey Patterson of New Orleans
was third in today's final.
Relay Team Qualifies.
America’s patched-up meter relay
team won its opening qualifying
heat in 41.1 seconds.
The quartet, which now goes into
tomorrow’s finals, was composed ol
Barney Ewell of Lancaster, Pa.;
Lorenzo Wright of Wayne Univer
sity. Harrison Dillard of Baldwin
Wallace and Mel Patton of South
ern California.
Ed Con well of Jersey City, N. J.
who qualified in the United States
tryouts, developed asthma and had
to stay on the sidelines.
Strand Beaten in Stretch.
Eriksson, a hig, well-muscled
Swede, surprised the crowd by de
feating his countryman, the favored
Lennart Strand, in a fight down the
stretch in the 1.500.
Finally, 10 yards from the tape
Strand virtually gave up and wa;
almsot caught by Willi Slijkhuis ol
Holland. Eriksson’s time was
3:49.8, exactly two seconds off the
Olympic record set by Jack Love
lock of New Zealand at Berlin ir
1936.
It was excellent time considering
the bad going and was comparable
to a mile in 4:07. Strand, in seconc
place, and Slijkhuis. in third both
were clocked in 3:50.4
Indians, 3; Nats, 0
Wash. AB. H. O. A. Cleve AB. H. O. A
Yost.3b . 3 1 (i 1 Mltc'elUf 3 0 0 (
Kozar.2b 4 O 3 2 Tucker,cf 3 0 2 l
Coan.If 1 -ft 4 o Doby.rf 3 0 o (
tEvans 11 0 0 Kelt'er.rib 2 0 0 -1
M Br'e.rf 4 10 0 Gord'n.Sb 3 o ft i
Chr an.ss 4 12ft Bou au.ss 2 0 ft 1
Wooten.cf 2 -0 ft o Ber’no.ss <) 0 o 1
Vernon-lb 2 0 8 0 Ro’son4b 3 0 14 t
Okrle.c _ 3 2 2 3 Kegan.* 3 2 1 1
Scar gh.p 2 o o o Bearden,p 3 .1 o i
•Glll'ater 1 0 o 0
Ferrick.p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 24 11 Totals 25 3 27 21
•Hit Into double play for Scarborougf
in eighth.
‘Singled for Coan in ninth.
Washington _ _ . ooo ooo ooo—l
Cleveland __ . 002 OOO Olx—1
Runs—Hegan 12). Bearden. Errors—
none.- Runs batted in—Hegan (2). Bear
den. Home runs—Hegan 12), Bearden
Double plays—Keltner to Gordon to Rob
inson; Boudreau to Gordon to Robinson
Bearden to Boudreau to Robinson: Gordoi
! to Boudreau to Robinson: Beardon to Gor
don to Robinson: Berardlno to Gordon t<
Robinson. Left on bases—Washington. S
I Cleveland. 1. Bases on balls—Oft Scar
-borough. 2: of! Bearden. 4. Struck out—
By Scarborough. 3: by Bearden. 1. Hits—
Oft Scarborough. 2 in 7 innings: of Fer
i rick. L in 1 Inring Hit by pitched ball—
; By Scarborough (Mitchell): by Beardei
! i CoanLosing pitcher—Scarborough
Umpires—Messrs. Passarella Rommel
Bcsrr Tur.e -i .30 V.tfndance—1.3332
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OLYMPICS HIGH LIGHTS—Here are pictorial records of two of the outstand
ing incidents of 'yesterday’s international games in England. At left Greta
Andersen of Denmark, women’s 100-meter freestyle Olympic swim champion,
who collapsed during the heat of the 400-meter freestyle competition, is lifted
from the pool. Miss Andersen, who struggled and sank after completing the
first half of the test, was pulled to the surface by Nancy Merki Lees of Portland,
Oreg., and Elemer Szathmarry of Hungary. It was announced Miss Andersen
will be able to resume competition today. In the picture at right Arthur Wint
(left) of Jamaica. B. W. I., is shown winning the 400-meter run, leading his
teammate, Herb McKenley (right), who placed second, and the U. S. hope, Mai
Whitfield (center), who was third. Wint tied the Olympic record for the dis
tance of 46.2. —AP Wirephotos via radio from London.
Nats, Beaten by Tribe,
Invade Detroit for
5th-P!ace Battle
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Correspondent
DETROIT. Aug. 6.—The Nats, who
aren't within shouting distance of
the first division, drop down to the
■second section of the American
League race tonight and attempt to
decrease the gap .separating them
from the consolation prize of fifth
place.
Washington is far removed from
any interest in the pennant pursuit, |
but with a four-game series opening
here tonight against Detroit the
Nats find themselves in a position
to edge up on the fifth-place Tigers
and create confusion in the solace
sweepstakes.
The Nats have gained increasing
respect among first division clubs for
their fiery, never-say-die 'attitude,
but it's evident they’re outclassed.
Picked for seventh place in pre
season estimates, the Nats hope to
make a modest improvement on
those guesses by finishing fifth.
Washington's immediate hurdle is
Detroit, 4>2 games in front of the
Nats. Against the Tigers tonight
Manager Joe Kuhel will dispatch
Walter Masterson and otherwise
employ Mickey Haefner, Sid Hudson
and Early Wynn in the series.
Coan, Boudreau Hurt.
A doubtful starter for the Nats 4s
Left Fielder Gil Coan, injured slight- j
ly in a collision at second base yes- J
terday with Loti Boudreau as Cleve-!
land spanked the Nats, 3-0. on three
hits—all home runs. Coan was
nursing a stiff left shoulder as thei
aftermath of sliding heavily into,!
the Indians’ manager in the seventh1
inning.
Coan left a more jarred- Bou- j
dreau in his w-ake, however. Lou|
came out of the collision with a
damaged left shoulder, left knee!
and left ankle. Dr. Edward Kastle,;
Cleveland club physician, ordered j
Boudreau's shoulder taped, but said
he may be able to play a vital series j
jwith the New York Yankees unless
; the shoulder stiffens.
Coan, hit by a pitched ball in
; the seventh inning, slid into second
base when TOm McBride tapped to;
I Pitcher Gene Bearden. Boudreau
i was forced to dive over second base
to snatch Bearden’s low throw and
I was shaken up when Coan crashed1
! into him. Boudreau attempted to
j continue play, but later lifted him-;
I self lor a pinch hitter. Coan also
i was yanked for a pinch hitter, due
i to his shoulder injury.
Scsfrborough Yields Big Hits.
Ray Scarborough, who traveled
seven innings for the Nats, per
mitted only two hits, but they were
successive third-inning home runs
by Jim Hegan and Bearden. Tom
Ferrick, who pitched the eighth in
ning, yielded only one hit, but that
was Hegan’s second home rim.
The Nats w-ere getting nowhere
due to Bearden’s 6-hit pitching and
the Indians' wholesale production
of double plays. They reeled off
six, one short erf the major league!
record, and choked off potential
! Washington rallies with fourj
: straight double plays in the last j
four innings. *
Washington figured in establish-!
ing a new Cleveland record fori
I home attendance. Yesterday's at
tendance of 13 967 boosted the In-j
dians’ home figures to 1.530.224,
I nearly 9.000 over Cleveland's rec- j
j ord-breaking attendance of 1,521,
! 978 of last year.
Dodgers, Crescent Cafe
Play Softball Feature
The Dodgers and Crescent Cafe,
last night's winners in the start of
the local class B softball title tour
ney, meet in tonight’s feature game
at Taft Field at 6:15 o'clock.
Dodgers won over Agriculture,
10-1, and Crescent topped Hedin
Construction, 4-2. The two losers
also are playing at Taft tonight at
the same time.
j Two exhibition games are sched
uled tonight at Greenbelt as warm
fups for the class A series. Garvin’s
Grill girls and S. & M. Sports Store
play at 8:15, followed by Kavakos
against Wasco of Alexandria,
GUARANTEED
AGAINST
ANYTHING
EX-GOLF CHAMP DIES—Cyril j
Walker, United States Open i
golf champion in 1924, who
died today in a Hackensack |
(N. J.) police cell, is shown '
above while caddying in Flor
ida several years ago. Ill
health had compelled him to.
give up playing and he toted
bags for $1.10 a round—less
than his tip to the locker boy
when he was the toast of the
links. He is said to have earned
upward of $100,000 after win
ning the Open in a tourna
ment ,jn which he defeated
Bobby Jones by three strokes.
Hackensack police granted his
request for a night’s lodging.
(Story on Page A-l.)
—Wide World Photo.
Bogley Battles Devoe
In Net Quarter-Finals
By the Associated Press
KALAMAZOO. Mich., Aug. 6 —
California hopes in the national
junior tennis championships the
3olden State has ruled six of the
last seven years rested on two
jnderdogs today and the luck of
;he draw pitted them against each
Dther in the quarterfinals.
Last California chance to put a
successor on the throne vacated by
Herbert (Buddy) Behrens of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., lay today between
fourth - seeded George Gentry of
Lajolia and unseeded Charles
Hickok of Berkeley, who tangled in
the fifth round.
Top-seeded Dick Mouledous of
New Ofleans tackled Tom Boys of
Forest Hills, N. Y., in the other
lower bracket junior quarterfinal
while upper-bracket matches paired
second-seeded Tony Trabert of Cin
cinnati against Canadian Lome
Main from Vancouver, B. C., and
National Scholastic Champion Gil
Bogley of Chevy Chase, Md., against
unseeded Charles Devoe of Indiana
polis.
The California sun shone bright
er on the boys’ division, where hali
of the eight quarter-finalists were
representatives of that juvenile ten
nis hot spot. No two of them col
lided today as defending champ
Bob Perry of Los Angeles faced
Ted Rogers of Chevy Chase, Md.
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Verdeur Leads Yanks'
Trio Into Final Swim
For 200-Meter Title
I
By th« Associated Press
WEMBLEY, England, Aug. 6.—
Philadelphia's Joe Verdeur qualified
easily for the finals in the men’s
Olympic 200-meter breaststroke by;
winning his semifinal heat today
over .teammate Keith Carter of
Purdue University, who finished
second.
Verdeur was timed at 2:40.7, again
beating the old Olympic record of
2:42.5 set by T. Hamuro of Japan
at the 1936 Berlin games, but shy:
of Verdeur’s own new Olympic mark
of 2:40 flat in the heats last night.
Bob Sohl of the University of
Michigan led through most of the
other breaststroke semi, but was
passed in the last 20 yards by Egyp
tian Ahmed Kandill who won in
2:43.7 W. Jordan of Brazil was
second and Sohl placed third.
Thus all three Americans qualified
for the breaststroke final on the
windup of the Olympic swim pro
gram tomorrow afternoon.
The first five events of the eight
in men’s w’ater competition all went
to Americans, who have hung up
four new Olympic records.
Ann Curtis Ties Old Mark.
Ann Curtis of the United States
women’s team equalled the Olympic
400-meter freestyle time in winning
a semifinal heat in 5:26.4
The time equalled the old Oypmpic
record which had been broken a
few moments earlier by Karen
Harup of Denmark, who won her
: heat in 5:25.7.
The previous record had been
set by H. Mastenbroek of Holland
in Berlin in 1936.
Brenda Helser of Los Angeles was
second in the heat won by Miss
Curtis. Her time was 5:28.1. In
\ third place was Mrs. F. Nathansun
Cartensen of Denmark.
Miss Curtis got a lead at the
ijumpoff and maintained it as the
race progressed. She was pressed at
the 200-meter mark by Miss Helser.
Competing In the first heat, the
Danish girl Jumped into early lead
and never was headed.
Swimming in second place in the
semifinal event and also below the
old record was F. Kroen of Belgium,
who was timed in 5:26.1 seconds. In
third place was P. C. S. Tarvares of
Brazil in 5:31.1. Nancy Lee of the
United States finished fourth.
The finals in 4Q0-meter women's
event will be held tomorrow. The
first three in each semifinal and
the two fastest loosers qualify for
championship.
McLane Takes Semifinal.
Jimmy McLane, the 17-year-old
Akron, Ohio, and Andover Academy
ace, loafed through his 1,500-meter
semifinal heat to win in 19:52.2.
After consultatidn with Olympic
Swim Coach Bob Kiphuth of Yale.
McLane decided to save himself for
\ an all-out crack tomorrow at the
Olympic mark of 19:12.4 made by
K. Kitamura of Japan at Los An
geles in 1932.
Hungary's G. Csordas was second
to McLane, follpwed by Forbes
Norris of Harvard University. Don
ald Bland of Britain was fourth.
The first three placers in each heat
and the two fastest also-rans quali
fied for tomorrow’s metric mile
finals.
The other semifinal heat was
■ won bv John Marshall of Australia
in 19:53.8 with G. Mitro of Hungary
second. M. Stipetic of Yugoslavia
was third and Bill Heusner, jr., of
:: Northwestern University fourth.
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Liberal British Bookie Posting
Odds on All Olympic Rowing
By the Associated Press
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England,
Aug. 6—You can wager anything
from a sixpence (dime) to a new
car here on the outcome of the
Olympic regatta.
The English, in case you aren't
hep, are betting fools. Even simon
pure amateur sports is fair game
for multiplying the silver you can't
spend on cigarettes, anyway, be
cause there aren't any.
Over in the Angel Pub at the end
of Stone Arch Bridge last night Sam
Cowan, the local bookmaker, had
his odds on the Olympics posted for
one and all to see.
Jack Kelly. jr„ of Philadelphia is
a 4-to-6 odds-on favorite to capture
the single sculls after the manner
of his pop, who did it 28 years ago.
“Ah, but that’s only because of a
lot of American money on him,"
explained John Guzzwell, a local
resident, looking over the rim of a
pint of mild and bitter. “Mervyn
Wood of Australia will win it."
Mr. G. acknowledged readily to
be an expert on rowers. Accepting
Yank Pair-Oars Loser
In 'Screwball' Race
By th# Associated Press •
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England,
Aug. 6.—The United States lost its
first rowing representative in the
Olympics today when1 the pair-oars
withoutrCoxswain drew was elimi
nated In 'a repechage, or second
chance, heat.
The crew —Ralph Stephan of
Shaker Heights. Ohio, and .Festus
Wade of St. Louis—was ousted in a
''screwball'' race that was started
twice.
The first time off the Yanks
gained a three-quarter length lead.
But the trailers, Italy and France,
collided after 250 meters of the
1,900-meter course and the umpires
ordered a new start. Italy won the
second Bry. with the U. S. A. second.
Italy’s wining time was 7 minutes,
24 6 seconds. The U. S. A. crew did
7:30.5.
The coach of the United States
crew, Allen Walz. made a heated
complaint about the second start,
but did not enter a formal protest.
Indianapolis Clowns
Play Grays Tonight
The Indianapolis Clowns baseball
team is back in town for a repeat
performance tonight against the
Homestead Grays at Griffith Sta
dium. Game time is 8 o'clock.
Among the Clown's stars, who
play a good brand of ball in addition
to furnishing comic entertainment,
are Goose Tatum, first baseman, and
Johnny Williams, pitcher.
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a refill at our expense, ne explained
why Kelly and the University of
California eight were favorites, the
latter at odds-on of 1 to 3.
"It’s the grub that does it,” he
said, glancing with embarrassment
at his 38-inch waistline. “You
Yanks get more food."
Remembering the half-starved kip
pers for breakfast and breadburger
for lunch, we sidestepped Guzzwell’a
argument and concentrated on Cow
an’s poster: “For rowing events,
temporary visitors to Henley are *
invited to open an account by ar
rangement. Please phone or call."
The United States fours crew with
coxswain from the University of
Washington are such outstanding
favorites that Cowan has refused
any more bets. Italy is second choice
at 5 to 4. The rest are all long shots.
The United States double scull
team is a 5-to-4 favorite, followed
by Britain, Argentina and Belgium
at 4-to-l.
The local bettors taKing tne same
dim view of the Yale four without
coxswain that one might expect of
a Harvard man. Britain is favorite
(no more bets), with Italy second
chpice at 6-to-4, and Yale next
at 4-to-l.
The book is closed on pairs with
coxswain for fear any more money
might break Cowan's back. In pairs
without coxswain. Britain is 6-to-4
favorite, with Italy and Switzerland
2-to-l second choices.
For those not included among
“temporary yisitors," Cowan's tele
grapjfr-ftfirirpss is "Certainty, Henley.”
Jake ’tfiat any way you want—but
don’t blame us.
\ Cooper Reported
In Critical Shape
By the Associated Press
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Aug. 6.—
Jack (Pops i Cooper, 68-yesr-old
Kansas City (Mo.) speedboat,
racer, who was injured on Lake
Ontario, was reported in critical
condition today.
His physician said Cooper's
condition changed from serious
to critical prior to a second brain
operation last night for removal
of a blood clot.
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