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Washington, D. C., Friday, August 20, 1948—A—11 •
Lose, or Draw
ly FRANCIS STANN
One Question That Stumps the Old Fox
When he assembled his ball club at Orlando last spring. Clark
Griffith told reporters, "We don’t have a big winner. We re rebuilding.
But we’ll have a pitching staff as good as anybody’s, except maybe
Connie Mack’s."
Franrlt Rians.
That'* the way It looked last March. Today
the Washington pitching staff Is pretty close to
being the worst In the majors. What should have
been 'Manager Joe Kuhel's strength has been his
weakness.
It’s a mystery that nobody has explained, not
even Clark Griffith, who has been pitching and
watching pitching for 61 years. "I can't understand
It,” he says. “I can’t understand what's behind it.
"Of course, I know what’s happening. Our
pitchers aren't getting that ball over the plate.
They've got plenty of stuff. Scarborough, Master
son and Hudson have as much stuff as any pitcher
in the business. But Masterson, Hudson, Wynn
and those fellows are always behind the hitters
when they're not walking ’em. Then, when they
have to come in with a pitch, the hitters blast ’em,
"That much is there for everybody to see. But, by sin, I can’t
figure why they should oe so wild. They weren’t wild last year.
They’re not Just nervous kids. I Just can't understand it."
The Welterweight Who Fought the Big Boys
Frankie Mann, the old-time boxing promoter, writes: "In a
recent column you mentioned that today they would not match a
welterweight with a heavyweight. True enough. But think what a
great welterweight Joe Walcott must have been.
"In 1900 he kayoed Joe Choynski in seven rounds. Choynski was
a full-fledged heavyweight, both as to size and ability. He was good
enough to knock out Jack Johnson in three rounds and he went 20
rounds with Jim Jeffries.
“In 1903 Walcott fought 15 rounds with Heavyweight Sandy
Ferguson, losing a decision. In 1904 he drew with Ferguson. He also
fought ail the middleweight* of his time.
"Today, of course, a welterweight would not be permitted to box
a heavyweight. Very few would care to step Into the rjng with a big
fellow, anyway. But Walcott was an exception. How he stood up to
the heavyweights I'll never know. Fighters like him don't come
along any more.” x
What's Happened to the 1947 Hot Shots?
Off their 1947 records and reputations the top four pitchers in
the American League last spring were Bob Feller of the Indians, Phil
Marchildon of the Athletics, Frank Shea of the Yankees and Hal
Newhouser of tha Tigers. Bothered by a sore arm, Shea won only
14 gamee, but he also lost only 5 times and he came back brilliantly in
tha World Series. Newhouser had only a 17-17 record, but there
wasn't a manager in the majors who wouldn't choose him 1-2-3 among
all tha pitchers.
As a unit, they won 70 games and lost 41, but look what they are
doing, or rather^ not doing today. They show 40 wins as against 39
losses and the team that had Feller, Marchildon, Newhouser and Shea
wouldn’t be cIom to the first division.
Similarly, the National League's top 1947 pitchers are having a
rough time. Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn of the Braves, Ralph
Branca of the Dodgers and Ewell Blackwell of the Reds showed a
fabulous record of 85 wins as against 42 defeats. Each won more than
SO games.
Know what their record is this year so far? Something like
43 wins and 32 losses and that isn’t pennant-winning pitching, either.
Leahy Has the Squad to Beat the Pros
The football season officially opens tonight at Soldier Field,
Hhicago, where the Chicago Cardinals, champions of the National
League, play the Coliege All-Stars. The pros have been playing
exhibitions among themselves, but this is the traditional opener,
Arch Ward's annual extravaganza.
This is one year in which the pro champions find themselves the
underdogs. Coach Frank Leahy of the All-Stars has 70 of the beet
playere any coach ever took into a game. He’s divided them into
two units—a T formation unit and a single-wing unit.
This puts a lot of pressure on the pro*. It demands constant
shifting of defenses to cope with the ever-changing offenses of the
All-Stars. But the biggest handicap the Cardinals will have to lick
is heat.
If it s hot as it usually is in Chicago in August—the pros suffer
more than the younger ex-colleglans. They are older, heavier and
fewer. Usually they are outnumbered 2 to 1 and in the third and
fourth periods each pro invariably finds himself facing a big kid
who is far fresher.
Brecheen Blasts Daytime Jinx,
Pitches Cards Close to Lead
By Joe Reichler
AstociaUd Pr««» Sports Writor
Now that Harry (the Cat) Bre
eheen has demonstrated he can
puzzle the hitters during the day
time as well as at night, the St.
Louis Cardinals' ace hurler appears
a cinch to realize his ambition to
become a 20-game winner.
For years the slender 33-year-old
aouthpaw from Ada, Okla., has
been known as a whiz at night, but
no more than a good pitcher under
the sunlight. That was one reason
he never reached 20 victories. In
bis five previous seasons with the
Cards the clever curve-baller racked
up 20 victories under the arclights
against only nine losses. His day
time record was 42-22.
Now the daytime jinx seems to be
conquered. Brecheen pitched one
of his best games of the year yes
terday. under a boiling sun, shut
ting out the Cincinnati Reds on four
scattered hits. 4-0.
It was his fourth victory against
two losses In day games and his
15th triumph of the year. He has
won 11 and lost two at night.
The triumph pushed the up-and
coming third-place Cardinals within
two games of the leading Boston
Braves.
Brecheen struck out seven to
wrest the strikeout, leadership from
Cincinnati's Fwell Blackwell. The
Cat has 107 strikeouts to 105 for the
Red ace. v
The Cards made only six hits
against Kenny RafTensberger, an
old Redbird nemesis, but put to
gether four in the sixth to acore
three runs. The other was tallied
In the fourth on Terry Moore's home
run. Moore also had a hand In the
big Inning, driving In Erv Dusak
and Marty Marlon with a single.
Rip Sewell hurled his fifth vic
tory of the season over the Chicago
Cubs as the fourth-place Pittsburgh
Pirates prevailed, 2-1. It was Sew
ell's eighth of the year. Sewell has
defeated the Cibs 31 times against
18 losses.
The 40-year-old right-hander was
touched for eight hits. He walked
three and two Cub runners reached
base on errors. He was rough in the
clutch, however, atranding 11 run
ners.
Both Pittsburgh runs off Doyle
Lade were tainted. The Pirates
tallied in the first when Andy Pafko
dropped Catcher Bob Schefflng’s
throw on a steal and pushed over
the winning run in the sixth when
Dixie Walker singled, reached sec
ond on Emil Verban’s error, and
scored on Danny Murtaugh’s single
The victory shoved the Pirates only
412 games behind the idle Braves.
The Philadelphia Athletics re
gained second place in the Ameri
can League race, turning back the
Boston Red Sox. 10-3, in Boston.
Connie Mack’s fighting A's, knocked
out of the runnerup spot by the Red
Sox the day before, pounded five
Boston pitchers for 14 hits. They
now trail the pace-setting Cleve
land Indians by 2'i games.
Tied 2-2 going into the seventh,
the A'g drove Joe Dobson to the
showers with a four-run rally to
give Dick Fowler his 12th victory
against 4 defeats. Fowler retired
in favor of Lou Brissie in the eighth
complaining of fatigue.
Baseball Standings and Schedules
_FRIDAY, AUGUST M, IMS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday
New York, 8; Wash., 1.
Phila., 10; Boston, 3.
Only games.
Games Today.
* Wash, at Boston (2), 1:30.
New York at Phila. (n>.
St. Louis at Detroit (n>,„ j
Chicago at Cleveland (n).
Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at Boston.
St Louis at Detroit.
Chicago at Cleveland.
New York at Phila.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Result* Yesterday.
Rt. Louis. 4; Cine., 0.
Pittsburgh, 2; Chicago. 1. i
Boston at New York, rain.
Only games.
Games Today.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Phila. at New York (n>. j
Cine, at Chicago.
Pittsb'gh at St. Louis (n).!
Games Tomorrow.
Boston at Brooklyn (2). j
Phila. at New Yorlt.
Cine, at Chicago.
Tittab’gh at St. Loul* <»). •
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100,000 to See All-Stars, Pro Grid Champs Battle
Twin Offense Planned
By Collegians Against
Chicards Tonight
ly Associot*d frmtt
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—The annual
lake-front football pageant will be
on display in Soldier Field tonight
when the College All-Stars meet
the champion Chicago Cardinals in
the fifteenth annual game of the
series.
A crowd of 100.000 or more is ex
pected to watch the collegians’
attempt to make it three victories
in a row over the professional
champions. Last year the Stars
defeated the Chicago Bears, 16 to 0,
while in 1946 they blanked the Los
Angeles Rams by the same score.
The National Football League
champions, however, hold the edge
in the series, with seven victories,
five defeats and two ties. Tonight
marks the first appearance of Coach
Jimmy Conzelman’s Cardinals in
the preseason football spectacle.
Notre Dame’s Frank Leahy, coach
of the All-Star squad for the second
consecutive year, will aim a twin
offensive at the Cardinal in the
form of a T-formation unit led by
Notre Dame's Johnny Lujack and a
single-wing combination spear
headed by Charley Conerly, Missis
sippi’s great passer. On the single
wing side also will be such expert
passers as Bob Chappuis, Michigan;
Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's,
and Howard Yerges, also of Michi
gan.
All-Star Leaders Ailing.
Hie college squad of 71 players
numbers 14 men from last season's
undefeated Notre Dame squad.
Michigan placed nine men.
College Injury lists are long,
though. It Included Capt. Bump
Elliott of Michigan and Pete Ash
baugh and Bob Livingstone of
Notre Dame. From the Cardinal
camp at Waukesha, Wis., came
word that Bill Campbell, Pat Har
der, Bill Blackburn and Charley
Trippi were ailing.
The collegians are expected to fill
the air with passes, with Lujack,
Conerly and Chappuis doing much
of the tossing. Included ^mong the
squad's talented receivers are Bob
Mann and Len Ford of Michigan,
Bill Swiacki, Columbia; Tom Fears,
U. C. L. A., and Paul Cleary of
Southern California.
The Cardinals have nowhere
near the depth of the team that
Leahy has, but they'll have splen
did passing as long as Mai Kutner
and Bill Dewell are around to catch
Paul Christman’s passes, and good
running If Trippi and Elmer Angs
man are sound of wind and limb.
Buddy Young, former Illinois
speedster, whose spectacular play
in last year's rout of the Bears
earned for him the most valuable
player honor, will be presented the
trophy by his former coach, Ray
Eliot, between the halves. Also,
the memory of Babe Ruth will be
honored by the crowd.
College Rules to Prevail.
Profits from tonight’s game will
be divided equally among the
United, Catholic and Jewish char
ities of Chicago.
College rules will be used in to
night's game, except in a few ex
ceptions. One of these is the plac
ing of the goal posts on the goal
line instead of 10 yards back.
Starting lineups;
Colley* All-Star*.
LE—Paul Cleary (Southern California).
LT—George Connor (Notre Dame).
IXj—^Arnold Weinmeister ‘Washington).
Center—Dick Scott (Navy).
RG—Howard Brown (Indiana).
RT—Ziggy Caarobski (Notre Dame).
RE—Len Ford (Michigan). • *
QB—Johnny Lujack (Notre Dame).
W*—Bob Cnappius (Michigan).
RH—Charley Conerly (Mississippi).
FB—Chalmers Elliott (Michigan).
__ Chicago Cardinal*.
LE—B!lly Dewell (Southern Methodist).
LT—Chet Bulger (Auburn).
LG—Lloyd Arms (Oklahoma A. & M >.
Center—Vince Banonis <U of Detroit'.
RG—Garrard Ramsey (William and Mary).
RT—Stan Mauldin (Texas;.
RE—Mai Kutner (Texas).
QB—Paul Christman (Missouri).
LH—Charley Trippi (Georgia).
RH—Elmer Angsman (Notre Dame).
FB—Pat Harden (Wisconsin).
Coaches — College All-Start: Frank
Leahy. Notre Dams* head coach. Assist
ants; Wallace Butts. Georgia; Jeff Cravath. i
Southern California: Blair Cherry. Texas;
Bob Higgins. Penn State: Andy Kerr. Leb
anon Valley; Bob Voigts, Northwestern;
Eld Krause, Northwestern.
Chicago Cardinals: Jimmy Conselman.
Washington University of St. Louis, head
coach. Assistants. Phil Handler, Texas
Christian; Buddy Parker, Centenary; Dick
Plasman. Vanderbilt.
Referee—William Downes. Ulinoi* Tech
(N. F. L ). Umpire—Lyle Clarno, Bradley
Head linesman— Dan Tehan, Xavier (N.
F. L.). Field ludge—William Blake. Loras
Broadcasting—Mutual Broadcasting Sys
tem, WOL In Washington. 1260 on your
dial. 0:30 p m. Harry Wiamer and Red
Grange.
D. C. Air Force Colonel
Third in Golf Tourney
Special Dispatch to Tho Star
SONOMA, Calif., Aug. 20—Col.
James W. Wilson of Air Force head
quarters, Washington, D. C., today
has his eye on Lt. Col. Jamie Gough
of Barksdale Field, Shreveport, cur
rently leading the National Air
Force golf tournament here.
Col. Wilson, who is in third place,
four strokes behind Col. Gough,
with a 148 for 36 holes, turned in
the only sub-par card in yesterday’s |
action. He toured the Sonoma Golf
and Country Club course in 71, one
under par. Col. Gough turned in a
par 72.
Hurler's Win String
Halted by limp
•y th« Associated Pros*
LAWTON, Okla., Aug. 20.—
Buddy Yount, the 18-year-old
Sooner State League pitcher who
never has lost a pro game, had
to take a raip check instead of
his 15th victory.
'Hie wonder boy tossed 10 in- I
nings last night for the Me- |
Alester Rockets against Lawton
in the class D league—and then
the umpire tossed him.
Yount left the game in a 4-4
tie, and Rocky Shaneck came in
as relief to cop credit for Mc
Alester s 5-4 win in the 11th.
If it had been Yount, the
game would have been hi* 15th
straight win in professional base
ball—with not a single loss.
RACE FANS GET AN EYEFUL—Followers of harness horse
sport got more than they bargained for yesterday at Springfield,
111., In the form of a spectacular crackup. Colliding In front of
the grandstand Poplar Ann and Miss Morris Chief were the
principals In the spill on the Illinois State Fairgrounds track.
Driver Claire Wolverton of Miss Morris Chief Is at far right
getting first aid. Driver Joe O’Brien of Lexington, Ky. (In
driver’s coat, center), walks away. —AP Wlrephoto.
Australian Challenge
For Davis Cup Seen
As Czechs Falter
By Associated Press
j BROOKLINE, Mass., Aug. 20 —
After sweeping the Interzone final's
first two singles matches from the
Czechoslovakian Davis Cup forces,
Australia today appeared virtually
assured of meeting the United States
in the challenge round for the fourth
time running.
The Australians needed only *>ne
more victory out of a possible five
to qualify. They were expected to
clinch it today when their Geoff
Brown and Colin Long engage the
humbled Jaroslav Drobny and Vladi
mir Cernik in the doubles match.
The Czechs based their hopes on
Drobny, rated as Europe's top court
player, winning both of his singles
matches. But he stunned them, as
: well as a slim 500 gallery, by being
j widely outplayed by little Billy Sid
well, the freshman member of the
Australian team.
Battle Nearly Three Hours.
After battling for almost three
hours, the steady Sidwell pulled out
a 6—3, 6—2, 9—11, 14—12 upset win
over the Czech ace. That followed
Adrian Quist’s rather spotty 6—2,
13—11, 6—0 triumph over Cernik,
rated as a hopeless underdog for
that opening engagement.
Drobny’s downfall resulted because
he was unable to control enough of
his booming left-handed shots.
Sidwell, operating most of the time
on or behind the baseline, had such
success keeping the ball in play that
Drobny drove 78 shots over the lines
and 67 others into the net.
That huge total of miscues was
more than enough to offset the 64
placements and 25 service aces the
fireballing Czech blasted during the
almost three-hour battle.
Against Quist, Cernik was able to
hold his service only nine times out
of 19 tries and, as a result, the Czech
was able to make a determined,
stand only at intervals in the sec
ond set.
Quist Splutters to Win.
Quist spluttered through that
action by making 42 of the 59 errors
he committed during the 38-game
match. Cernik had a total of 95
nets and outs. Earned points were
36 for Quist and 46 for Cernik.
Before holding his service in the
24th game for the second set, Quist
saw four set points go to waste be
fore gaining the needed point. But|
then he cut loose and reeled off the
rest of the match with six straight
games.
The singles action will be resumed
tomorrow when Quist will take on
Drobny and Sidwell will engage
Cernik to complete the interzone
final program.
Government Nine Ahead
Government is in front of Dupont
in the C. A P. Telephone Softball
League playoff. The Southern di
vision crown holder defeated the
(Northern division leader, 6-4, yes
terday at West Potomac Park.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Roanoke. 3; Newport New*. 0.
Norfolk at Richmond, rain.
Lynchburg at Portsmouth, rain.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Grand Rapids. 8—0; Saginaw, 7—1.
Flint. 3; Dayton. 7.
Muskegon. 10; Fort Werne. 1.
Outlook Bleak for Weak Nats,
Beaten in 18 of Last 23 Tilts
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Correspondent
BOSTON, Aug. JO.—The familiar,
retreaded plea of "wait until next
year’—stock equipment witlr second
i division clubowners this time of
! year—doesn't apply to the Nats.
i Washington’s 1949 outlook is bleak.
The Nats are sagging worse than a
$1.98 sweater, what with having lost
18 of their last 2$ games, Including
an 8-1 defeat by the New York
Yankees yesterday at Washington.
More distressing than those losses,
however, is the fict that few Nats
are lending encouragement to the
hope that they’ll improve.
No aid will be forthcoming from
the Nats’ wheezing farm system. An
| indication of what to anticipate
from that source was the recent
I importation of Inflelder Jim Clark,
who was batting a tepid .256 with
j Chattanooga.
! Washington’s key players for the
, future—Third Baseman Eddie Yost,
; Second Baseman A1 Kozar and Out
fielder Gil Coan—can’t display bet
ter than a .245 average and the Nats’
leading batter, in fact, is 34-year-old
Mark Christman with a modest .275
average.
Little Promise Seen.
Yost, Kozar and Coan may benefit
by a season of regular activity in
major league surroundings, but the
burden of proof remains on them.
Down the stretch of this season,
though, they haven't indicated
they’ll be creating knee-knocking
among the league's pitchers. They
aren’t showing any sign of batting
improvement.
Among the Nats’ regular pitchers
only Ray Scarborough can produce
a respectable record. Early Wynn,
who absorbed his 14th defeat'yes
terday, Sid Hudson, Mickey Haefner
and Walter Masterson reveal a com
"bined record of 21 wins and 49
defeats.
First Baseman Mickey Vernon,!
two years ago the league’s top hit
ter, has slumped to an unfashion
able .251. Sherry Robertson is strug
gling along with a .250 average and j
has consicfcrable company in his
misery.
The Nats’ reserve strength, if i
that's the word for it, isn’t calcu-|
lated to strike fear into the opposi-j
tion. It’s a sad state of aflairs for
the seventh-place Nats, present and
Yankees, 8; Nats, 1
N. T. AB H. O A. Wash. AB. H. O A
8tw'ss.2b 6 3 0 1 You,3b _ 4 0 2 o
Brown,3b 4 2 3 2 Vern'n.lb 4 2 7 2
H rich, lb 4 2 6 1 Coan,if.. 4 0 3 0
Mapes.cf 10 10 Stew’rt.ef 3 16 0
D'M'gio.ef 4 1 4 «0 R'b'ts’n.rf 4 0 3 0;
Berra.rf 4 18 0 Kozar.2b 3 0 4 2
Keller.if 6 0 10 Chf’an.ss 3 12 2
Rizsuto.ss 6 2 6 1 Early,e_ 3 0 10
Niarhos.e 3 12 1 Wynn.p. 3 10 1
R yn'lds.p 4 10 1
Totalsfifo 13 27 7 Totals 31 ~6 27 "7
New York_ 000 600 110—6 IS 0
Washington _ 001 000 000—1 6 0
Runs—Stlrnweis* (2), Brown, Berra
12) . Rlzsuto, Niarhot, Reynolds. Christ
man. Errors—None. Runs batted In—
Wynn. Reynolds (2). Stirnwelss. Brown
13) , Henrtch, Riaiuto. Two-base hits—
Christman. Rlziuto. Henrlch. Vernon.
Berra. Brown. Three-base ntt—Brown.
Double playa—Vernon to Christman to
Vernon. Left on bates—New York. 8;
Washington, 4. Bases on balls—OB Wynn,
4: ofl Reynolds, 1. Strikeouts—By Wynn.
1; by Reynolds. 1. Umpires—Messrs. Hub
bard. Paparella and Berry. Time—1:63.
Attendance—4.247,
Not Interested in Pro Football
This Year, Terps' Gambino Says
Lu Gamblno, University of Mary
land's stellar halfback, said today
he is "not even thinking of” turning
professional this year if he is de
clared ineligible.
Gamblno, a bright All7America
j prospect, has been declared ineligible
by Col. William Couper, president
of the Southern Conference.
Maryland officials plan to appeal
the ruling at an executive board
meeting next month.
The Baltimore Colts yesterday
disclosed they are negotiating for
Gambino’s rights with the Cleve
land Browns, who drafted him in
the All-America Conference. The
Chicago Bears of the rival National
League also have Gamblno on their
draft list. •
"I am not interested in playing
pro ball (this year) because I think
I will be declared eligible,” the 200
pounder told the Associated Press.
"Coach Jim Tatum and Dr. Byrd
(university president) feel that 1
will be able to play, and so do I.”
Gamblno said he is interested
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gree. "I am the first person In our
family to have chance for a de-1
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| get it,” the Baltimorean declared.
Couper ruled that Gambino had
his allotted three years of varsity
competition with one at Indiana in
1942 and the past two seasons at
Maryland. Maryland officials claim
the Indiana y$pr shouldn't count
because Gambino was a freshman,
didn’t get mto any games and was
in the Army Reserve.
future, with their salvation looming
as no easy assignment.
President Clark Griffith recog
nized the Nats’ plight the other
night in Washington when he step
ped to the microphone as the climax
of a tribute to him and requested
Washington's fans to stick with the
Nats a few years longer. It’s a Job
which won’t be accomplished in a
year, that task of transforming the
Nats into winners.
Over the winter Griffith may be
more inclined to part with some of
his so-called “name” players—
Wynn, Vernon and Masterson—in
the hope of plucking minor league
stars or promising yovjng major
leaguers from his more richly en
dowed rivals.
Meanwhile the Nats were hoping
to slip the shackles of their slump
here today when they battle Boston
in a double-header, with Scarbor
ough and Earl Harrist slated to face
the Red Sox.
Rationed to one run in each of
their last three games, the Nats \
were limited to five hits by Allie;
Reynolds yesterday, mani^acturing:
their only run in the third inning
when Christman doubled and Wynn
singled him across.
Yanks Splurge in Fourth.
That was a briefly enjoyed ad
vantage, for in the fourth inning,
the Nats’ defense betrayed Wynn
and as a result six New York runs
poured across the plate.
Ed Stewart and Robertson
lounched the ludicrous inning when
they permuted Joe Di Maggio’s fly
to fall between them. Vernon could
have converted Yogi Berra’s liner
into a double play, but he dropped
the ball and Instead had to be con
tent with forcing pi Maggio at sec
ond.
Then came disaster. Charley Kel
ler filed out, but Phil Rizzuto dou
bled, Gus Niarhos was passed. Allie
Reynolds singled, George Stirnweiss
singled. Robertson misjudged Bobby
Brown’s fly into a triple and Tom
my Henrich singled.
The Yankees added single runs
in the seventh and eighth in maul- j
ing Wynn for 13 hits.
Lefty's Seven Birdies
Win National Title
iy *ho Associated Frost
FRENCH LICK, Ind., Aug. 20 —
Loddle Kempa of Stillwater, Okla.,1
who stands on the wrong side of the
ball, but does everything else right,
was national left-handed golf cham
pion today.
Kempa, 27-year-old student at
Oklahoma A. and M., won the title
yesterday by outclassing Don Scott
of Llnworth, Ohio, 9 and 7. Scott,
31-year-old telephone installer,
never had played in match before
the tourney at French Lick Springs
Hill course.
Kempa was 3 under par for the
final match, not counting one hole
on which he picked up. He had
seven birdies in 28 holes.
Bob Romberger of Toledo, Ohio,
executive secretary of the National
Association of Lefthanded Golfers,
wag so Impressed that he said he
would seek automatic qualification
for Kempa in the National Amateur
tournament.
Kempa won the second hole with
a birdie, but Sccftt squared it with a
birdie on the fifth. They were even
through the seventh, but Kempa
won five of the next seven holes,
halving two others and Scott never
had a chance.
Wildness off the tee ruined 8cott's
chances.
Bunker Hill Calls Gridmen
New candidates for the Bunker
Hill Post 180-pound football team
are to report for practice Sunday
at Turkey Thicket at 3 p.m. For
mer members of the team, which
is entered in the Maryland-Virginia
District League, are to bring their
uniforms.
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Newport Tennis Meet
Now Seen Wide Open
With Schroeder Out
By th« Auociatod Preii
NEWPORT, R. I„ Aug. 30.—With
last year's winner, the second na
tionally ranking Ted Schroeder of
La Crescenta, Calif., in the discard,
the singles division in the historic
Newport Casino tennis tournament
j today became a wide-open battle.
Schroeder, who had been counted
upon to be the United States Davis
Cup team’s No. 1 performer, was
virtually swept oft the courts yester
day as upcoming Vie Seixas of
Philadelphia gained a well-earned
2—6, 6—4, 8—6, 6—4 victory in their
quarter-final match.
Only one of the other round of
eight matches was played. It end
ed with Bill Talbert of New York'
cooling off Earl Cochell of Los An
geles, 11—13, 3—6, 6—1, 6—1, 6—2.
Today Gardner Mulloy of Miami!
will match strokes with Sam Match
of San Francisco in the third quar
ter-final and Harry Likas of San
Francisco will meet Budge Patty of
Los Angeles to complete that round. I
During yesterday’s doubles action
Schroeder and Frank Parker of Los
Angfles disposed of San Francis
cans Clarence Carter and Eddie
Moylan, 6—1, 6—4, and Seixas and
Match ridded the tourney of its last
foreign threats by topping Enrique
Morea of Argentina and Eric Stur
giss of South Africa, 8—6, 6—4.
Hart-Fry Clash Heads
Essex Tennis Card
By th* Atftociotvd Prats
MANCHESTER, Mass., Aug. 20.—
Top-seeded Doris Hart of Jackson
ville, Fla., will attempt to gain the
final round through Shirley Fry of
Akron, Ohio, today in the Essex
County women's invitation tennis
play.
In the other singles semifinal
match, fourth-seeded Dorothy Head
of Alameda, Calif., will encounter
Mrs. Helen Pedersen Rlhbany of
Boston, who was unranked in the
tourney’s draw.
The doubles teams idled yesterday |
when the top-seeded tandem of
Miss Hart and Mrs. Patricia Can
ning Todd of La Jolla, Calif., de
faulted because of the latter’s sore
arm. That automatically placed Mrs.
Louise Snow Isaacs of Bakersfield,
Calif., and Mrs. Eleanor - Purdy
Cushingham of Los Angeles in the
semifinals against Miss Fry and
Mrs. Sheila Summers of South'
Africa.
The pairings for the other dou
bles semifinal are second-seeded
Mrs. Virginia Wolfenden Kovacs of
Oakland, Calif., and Mrs. Marjorie
Gladman Buck of New York and
Mr*. Baba Madden Lewis of South
Africa and Marta Barnett of New
York.
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Middlecoff Presses
Record to Set Pace
In Denver Golf
•y th* Associated Pr*n
DENVER, Aug. 20.—A slender, ex
dentist from Memphis, Tenn., Dr.
Cary Middlecoff, held a one-stroke
lead today as the Nation's leading
par-busters teed off in the second
round of the $12,500 Denver Open
golf tournament.
Middlecoff’s drives were long and
his iron shots deadly yesterday as he
covered the first 18 holes of the 72
hole grind in 65, 7 under par and
one stroke off the competitive record
for the Wellshire Municipal course.
Despite his low score, Middlecoff's
putting was weak. Except for that,
he might have tied or beaten the
record set by Jimmy Clark of Engle
wood, Calif., in the National Public
Links tournament in 1946.
After starting out with an eagle
and four straight birdies, he missed
easy putts to go over par on the
sixth and ninth holes.
Hogan. Bulla Strike Bark.
But the freckled young man, who
quit pulling teeth because he figured
there was more money in golf, was
well on the way to proving his point
as he took a temporary grip on the
$2,150 first-place prize. His $10,981
earnings so far this year make him
the ninth leading cash winner of
the 1948 tournament circuit.
Just one stroke behind Middlecoff
at the end of the first round were
Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., and
John Bulla of Phoenix, Ariz.
Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago, the
number-one money maker of the
year, was tied for 13th with a 70
! and Jimmy Demaret of Ojai. Calif.,
jthe fourth cash winner, was in a
seventh-place deadlock at 68.
Despite unfavorable weather dur
ing the morning, 26 players broke
par and there were plenty of spec
tacular shots for the galleryites,
including Mangrum's drive on the
236-yard 14th, which hit the pole
and missed a hole-ln-one by less
than an inch.
Greiner Hu Trouble.
Among those who ran Into trouble
was Otto Greiner of Baltimore, Md..
the professional who narrowly missed
winning top money In last week's
St. Paul open when he lost to De
maret by two strokes in a playoff.
Greiner was tied for 20th at 71.
There was a three-way tie for
fourth place at 67 among Ky Laf
foon of St. Andrews, 111., Fred Haas,
jr„ of New Orleans and Harold Had
dock of Denver. The latter, a young
Wellshlre player, was top amateur.
Deadlocked with Demaret at 68
were Eric Monti of Santa Monica,
Calif.; Bill Nary of Phoenix, Aria.,
and F. G. Winlnger of Stillwater,
Okla.
After today's second round, the
original field of 96 entries will be
trimmed to the low 64. Two more
18-hole rounds are scheduled to
morrow and Sunday.
Quantico Nine Wins Way
To All-Navy Tourney
Special Ditpotch to Th« Star
QUANTICO, Va.. Aug. 20,-The
Quantico Marines baseball team will
represent the 6th Naval group in
the East Coast all-Navy tourna
ment. The Marines won fhe berth
with a 9-2 victory over Paris Island
yesterday *
Lefty Volk hurled eight-hit ball
to keep the invaders in check, while
Bob Johnson hit a pair of horn*
runs to lead Quantico at the plate.
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