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DIEGEL SHOOT
SENSATIONAL
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U. S. Pro Champion Leaps to
Lead In Qualifying Round
With Score of 70
NE, 8cot„ May 7.—(JF>—
rDiegel compiled a sensational
over the Guilane course today
to leap into the lead in the qualify
ing rounds for the British open
with a total of 144 strokes for 36
holes.
The professional champion of the
United States and holder of the Ca
nadian open title had a snappy 74
in the rain at Muirfield yesterday.
When he finished his round he took
the lead by six strokes from Cyril
Tolley. British amateur.
Phil Perkins. British amateur
champion, scored his way into the
select circle of qualifiers with 74 for
a total of 152.
Amaud Massey. F-**nch pro, had
77 today for a total . f 155.
CUB OUTHITS
IN NATIONALS
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Riggs Stephenson Jumps In
to Lead With .442 Aver
age, Gilbert Second
I' NEW YORK. May 7 —J.
Riggs Stephenson, the Chicago out
fielder. moved into the leadership of
the National league batters for the
period ending with Wednesdays
games, according to averages reveal
ed today, and Percy Malone, also of
the Cubs took the top perch among
the pitchers. Stephenson boasted an
average of 442 for thirteen games,
“lalone showed three victories
o defeats for a percentage of
henson had the greatest num
» «:■ ui hits in his league, twenty
three. and was tied with his team
mate Hack Wilson, and Hughie
Crtt* of Cincinnati for the lead in
scoring Each showed a total of
thirteen runs. Prank Frisch's
doubles put the St. Louis star ahead
in this useful specialty, but the
three-base leadership remained in
dispute. Rogers Hornsby and Kikl
} ’vlfr 6f Chicago. Delphage Bisson
f Brooklyn. Llovd Waner of
ireh. and Curt Walker of Cin
i each had two.
Hack Wilson and George Harper
finished the week in a tie for home
run honors, each having four. Wil
( ton led by himself tn battinsr runs
across the plate with a total of sev
enteen. Jake Flowers of Brooklyn
showed the way in bast stealing with
five thefts
Regulars following Stephenson in
the batting table were: Gilbert.
Brooklyn. .435; High. St. Louis. .433;
O'Doul, Philadelphia. .425; Harper,
Boston, and Jack.son. New York,
400: Frisch. St. Louis, .388: Herman,
Brooklyn. .386: Dressen. Cincinnati,
385; and Hoeran, New York. .375.
This list includes only players who
have appeared in six games or more.
Following Malone in the pitching
table were five men with two vic
tories and no debeats: Carl Hub
bell of New York. Burleigh Grimes
of Pittsburgh. Guy Bush of Chicago.
Bob Smith of Boston, and Jesse
Heines of St. Louis. Six others had
a single victory apiece, wiihout a re
verse.
The team batting table displayed
the Cubs out in front somewhat
alone with a handsome mark of .310.
The Reds were second with 293.
The Braves led in team fielding with
983. and the Cubs were second with
.972.
LABARBA TO TRY TO LOWER CUBAN.
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By JACK SWORDS
Central Press Sports Cartoonist-Writer
Kid Chocolate, the colorful young Cuban who has been creating a
sensaiton in bantamweight circles, will get the test of his short career,
May 21. when he meets Fide! LaBarba in New York.
LaBarba retired undefeated from the flyweight championship last
year and entered Stanford university. He is now regarded as a lcad
nig claimant for the disputed bantamweight title.
The National Boxing association has recognized A1 Brown as
champion, while the New York commission recognizes no one since it
disposed of Charlie Phil Rosenberg in February, 1927. for failing to
make the weight for a bout, scheduled as a championship affair, with
Bush Graham.
Both LaBarba and Kid Chocolate hold decisions over Graham.
LaBarba recently returned from a combined business trip and
honeymoon to Australia, where he won four matches. If he is suc
cessful in winning the bantamweight title, he plans to defend the title
a couple of times and then re-enter Stanford to complete his course,
never to fight again.
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John Salo and Gavuzzi are
Less Than TwoHours Apart
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HOLDENVILLE. Okla.. May 7.—
{&)—With 1,672 miles behind them,
less than two hours separated Pete
Gavuzzi, bearded Italian of South
ampton, England, and Johnny
Salo. flying cop of Passaic. N. J..
as C. C. Pyle's bunion derby left
Holdenville this morning for Coal
gate. Okla , on their day's jaunt
of approximately 52 miles.
Gavuzzi has been in the lead
since the bunioners entered Ohio,
but his margin over Salo. never
greater than four hours, has been
dwindling during the past few
days, until the policeman, who
finished second lest year, has cut
down the lead to one hour, 55 min
utes and 30 seconds.
The ten leaders in elapsed time.
I as the runners lined up this morn
ing are:
1— Pete Gavuzzi, England, 243:
52:42.
2— John Salo, Passaic, N. J„
245:48:12.
3. —Giusto Umek. Italy. 257:55:51.
4. —Paul Simpson, Burlington, N.
C.. 2«9:18:28.
5 —Sam Richman. New York,
273:07:45.
6. —Phillip Granville, Hamilton.
Ont., 277:44:20.
7. —M. B. McNamara, Australia,
298:53:32.
8. —H a r r y Abramowitz. New
York, 310:24:32.
9. —Herbert Hedeman, New York.
318:29:40. •
10. —Mile Joyce. Cleveland, 32r>
11:59.
CHARLIE STILL
LEADS HITTERS
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Cleveland Outfielder’* Mark
At End of Second Week
.437, Lou Blue Next
CHICAGO, May 6.—<;P)—Charlie
Jamieson's hatting average dropped
: 87 points within one week, but he
; still kept an edge over the field in
the race for American league club
I bing honors, unofficial averages in
! eluding Wednesday's games, reveal.
The Cleveland outfielder’s mark
at the end of the second week of
the campaign is .437 compared to
524 a week ago. but his chief rivals
also slumped. Lou Blue of St. Louis
who clung to second place, dropped
from .500 to .435 in seven games.
Several hitters made great gains,
! especially Marty McManus of De
troit. who lifted his average from
1.324 to .410 to go into fourth place
, Bud Clancy of the White Sox gained
[nine to take third with a .426 av
erage. Other leaders were: Foxx.
Philadelphia. .409; Ooslin, Washing
ton. .405; Simmons. Philadelphia.
400; Judge. Washington. .382; Hale.
Philadelphia. .381. and Metzler, Chi
cago. .380.
Sammy Gray, sturdy right hand
er of the St. Louis Browns, hung
up two more victories during the
week and went into the lead in
the pitching race with four straight
triumphs. In 37 innings Gray has
allowed nine runs. Uhle of Detroit
and Hoyt of New- York had three
victories each.
Feeding upon Boston pitching, the
Philadelphia Athletic sjumped to
the top of the heap in team bat
ting with an average of .326. De
troit was second with .317. while
ithe Yankees were in eighth place
with .255. Washington clung to the
top in fielding with a .985 percent
age.
Philadelphia led in runs with 95
in* 12 games and the White Sox
weer the hardest to score on as only
41 have been tallied against them
in 12 games.
Other leaders:
Home runs. Philadelphia 14: dou
ble plays. Cleveland 18; triple play. |
Chicago 1; Blue. St. Louis. 19; runs
batted in. Alexander, Detroit;
Stolen bases, Fonseca, Cleveland,
and Averrill. Cleveland. 4 each;
strikeouts. Gray. St.'Louis. 16.
R. M. A. Secretaries
To Plan For State
Meet Here Tonight
A clean up of all details sur
rounding the state convention of
the Retail Merchants association
to be held at Ban Benito soon, is
expected here tonight at a meet
ing of the secretaries of the or
ganizatlon In the Valley. The ses
sion will be staged in the offices1
of the R. ML A. here beginning at
8 p. m.
Representatives from all eight
associations in the Valley are ex
pected to attend, according to lo
cal officers. There are a number
of loose ends yet connected with
the state convention expected to
be cleared up tonight.
The meeting tonight will be the
last to be held by the Valley secre
taries prior to the state conven
tion.
BRAVES SHOW FANS THEY MEAN IT
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Getting off to a flying start, smacking Brooklyn's touted pitchers
(including mighty Dazzy Vance) with great gusto, and leading the
National league for first few days of season, Boston's rejuvenated
Braves have demonstrated they meant it when they said their “door
mat" days were over. Above are Jumping Joe Dugan, right, and Pat
Collins, former Yankees, trying for comebacks with the Braves. Inset
is Judge Emil Fuchs. Braves' president-manager.
COX’S BAT IS
TEXAS’ WORST
.Cat Outfielder Has Average
Of .447v Sanguinet Leads
In Home Runs
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DALLAS. Texas. May 7.—hiJPV—
La r man Cox. hard-hitting Fort
Worth Cat outfielder, had 1ft points
the best of Dick Cox. Shreveport
ball buster, in a race for the batting
leadership of the Texas league
through Thursday's games, in which
three players still boasted .400 av
erages. Claude oberteon. veteran
catcher and manager of Beaumont,
was in third place. The ten lead
ing hitters w\re:
Larman Cox. Fort Worth. 447; D.
Cox. Shreveport. 408; Robertson.
Beaumont. .400; Blackerby, Waco.
397: Sanguinet. Waco. J9I; Wetel
San Antonio. .391; Benton. Wichita
Falls. .391; Tate. San Antonio. 38ft;
Easterling. Beaumont. 383; Whelan.
Shreveport. 382.
The Fort Worth Cox also leads in
base hits with 34. Whelan had 9
and Blackerby 27. Shreveport
claimed both of the leading run
scorers. Whelan with 23 and Hut
son 20.
Sanguinet. Waco slugger, has
pelted seven homers through Thurs
day to lead the league in that de
partment. with Starr, rookie "hrere
port catcher, second with live.
Pepper Martin. Houston speed
merchant, promises to give Ray
Flaskamper. Dallas swift, a real
race for base stealing honors this
season. He had 10 to his credit,
compared to five for Flaskamper.
last year's leader.
Earl Caldwell. Waco sensation,
was the leading pitcher of the
league with four straight victories.
Dumovich snd Thurman. of
Waco, had three victories apiece,
and Schelburg. Houston, three;
Wiltse. Wichita Falls. led in strike
outs with 21.
I Why Sit at
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| neighbors go driving
Spring is here . . . automobile days are here. Why
be without a car, when the down payment on a good
used one is so small and the payments so convenient?
• A whole summers pleasure is possible for only $50.
A car is no longer a luxury—it’s an investment in
health, pleasure and it is a necessity. Turn now to
the Used Car columns of The Herald, there you will
find just the car you want to call your own at the
price you can afford to
pay. Often, it means
a saving of $50 to $300.
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