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Garcia Wins To
1! Cut Lead
By jO£ REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
That Cleveland flagpole sitter had
better get ready to come down.
Just seven weeks ago, one Charles
Lipuca climbed atop a 16 foot wood
en flagpole over his drug store and
vowed he would not come down un
til the Indians climbed to first
place in the American League.
At the time the Indians were
mired in seventh place and appeared
to have about as much chance of
displacing the front-running New
York Yankees as Lipuca had of re
placing Lou Boudreau as Tribe
manager. Indeed, it looked as if
the flagpole sitter had gotten him
self a permanent new home.
But what a difference the next
* 40 days made. The Tribe did an
about face and went on to win 31
of their next 47 games, rushing past
Legion
Plays In
Thomaston
Griffin’s American Legion Base
ball team travels to Thomaston to
night for a game with a Fourth
Distriot American Legion Champ
• ions, if the weather permits.
The weather hasn t permitted
them to play their last home game
yet. It as been scheduled three
times and three times it has been
washed out. It was scheduled or
iginally lor last Wednesday after
noon, but the rains came as they
did on the following Friday night.
Then on Monday night they were
scheduled to play at Tiger Park, but
again the rains washed it out. The
, date for the last home game has
now been set for Friday and the
game will be played if the weather
permits.
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five opponents into second place.
Today, the Indians are in their
best spot since May 10, Following
Monday night's 1-0 victory over
the Boston Red Sox, the Redmen
are only four and a half games be
hind the Yankees. The Yankees
helped the Indians along by blowing
a 6-5 decision to the White Sox in
Chicago. Five weeks ago, Cleveland
was lO'.i games in back of the lea
gue leaders.
The Tribe’s latest hero is rookie
righthander Mike Garcia, who beat
Mickey McDermott, the brilliant
Red Sox rookie, in a brilliant hurl
ing duel. Each struck out four and
walked four, but Garcia gave up
only six hits to seven for Boston's
young southpaw.
Th^ only run of the game came
in thi ist half -of the fifth, when
Boudr&au beat out an infield hit
and snared on a long double by
catcher) Jim Hegan.
A single with the bases loaded
and two out in the 10th inning by
George N^etkovich scored Fred Han
cock and Steve Souchock with the
runs that gave the White Sox their
victory over the Yankees.
Joe* DiMaggio did his best to put
the win in the Yankee locker. He
collected a triple and two singles,
drove in two runs and cut a poten
tial winning Chicago run down at
the plate in the ninth.
The Philadelphia Athletics wres
tet j third place from the Red Sox
by outlasting the Detroit Tigers,
13-8, in a 10-inning struggle. The
A’s blew an 8-1 lead when Detroit’s
Johnny Groth blasted two homers,
each with two mates aboard, but
rallied for five runs in the 10th
against Stubby Overmire and Dizzy
Trout.
fcarl Scheib who replaced starter
Alex Kellner in the seventh, won
his fourth game.
The Brooklyn Dodgers increased
their National League margin over
the St. Louis Cardinals to two and
a half the
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CLEAN-UP MAN —A batting
spree has George Metkovich
grinning happily. Purchased
from the Oakland Coasters
when Gus Zernial broke his col
larbone, Center Fielder Metko
vich has hit .420 for more than
two weeks as the White Sox’ i
clean-up man.
Cubs, 3-0, while the New York
Giants downed the Redbirds, 7-4.
Lefty Joe Hatten pitched the
shutout for the Dodgers, limiting
the Cubs to five hits. Jackie Rob
inson starred for the Brooks. He
walked in the sixth, stole second,
went to third on an error and swip
ed home for the third time this
season. In the eighth, he tripled
to score Gene Hermanski with
Brooklyn's final run.
Lefty Monte Kennedy lifted the
Giants out of a three-game tail
spin with the help of home runs
by Sid Gordon and Bobby Thomp
son.
The Cincinnati Reds, behind a
combination three-hitter by Ewell
Blackwell and Eddie Erautt, whip
ped the third place Boston Braves,
6-1.
Held scoreless for seven Innings,
the Pittsburgh Pirates erupted for
seven runs In the eighth to defeat
the Phillies in Philadelphia, 7-2.
Four pitchers vainly tried to stem
the rally, with Jim Konstanty get
ting plastered with the defeat. Mur
ry Dickson went all the way for
the Pirates.
The Washington Senators and
St. Louis Browns enjoyed a day
off. >
Chicks
Pull Out
Of Cellar
By P.4TT PATTERSON
Associated Press Sports Writer
It was a tough fight, mom, but
the Memphis Chicks finally did it.
With Rocky (Sneeze' Krsnich
leading the way, the revitalized
Chicks climbed out of the South
ern Association cellar with a 9 to 8
victory over the Chattanooga Look
outs Monday night.
Krnish drove in five of Memphis’
nine tallies. He clouted a four
bagger in the first inning with a
mate on base. Another hit for the
circuit Was banged by Paul Arm
strong. Memphis leftfielder.
It was the first time the Chicks
have been out of last place since
way back at the beginning of the
season. The defeat dumped the
Lookouts down to the loop basement,.
Memphis began its drive to get
free of the bottom a little better
than a week ago. Since then, the
Chicks have won seven out of their
last eight games, including a cou
ple from the top-spot Nashville
Vols.
The Vols, meantime, increased
their lead with an 8-3 pasting of
the Little Rock Travelers. Big Babe
Barna doubled to bring in two run
ners and put the Vols ahead, 4-3.
in the seventh. The Vols added four
more in a big ninth frame. The win
was Ben Wade's ninth against four
defeats.
It was a brand new Baron that
won for Birmingham, 1 to 0. in a
game with Mobile's Bears. Ed (Red)
Lavigne smashed a homer in the
bottom of the second as he went
to the plate for the first time for
Birmingham. The Barons got him
from the Louisville Colonels of the
American Association. Lavigne got
three hits in three times at bat,
each on the first pitched ball.
Jim McDonald set the Bears down
on three blows for his tenth win
of the year. The loser, Charlie Sam
alkis, yielded seven scattered safe
ties.
Charlie Glock, who used to play
for Atlanta, and Pete Modiea. a
former Baron, teamed up to give
the Pelicans of New Orleans a 3-2
win over the Crackers. Glock tap
ped in the winning run and hand
led 11 fielding chances without a
bobble. Modiea limited the Crack
ers to three safe blows. He would
have had a shutout but for a wild
streak and dropped fly ball in the
eighth. Atlanta scored both their
tallies in that inning.
Walter Johnson struck out 3.497
batters in his 21 years with the
Washington Senators—an average
of better than 166 a season.
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second inning of nieht eame in Philadelphia, but Snuffy keeps his eye on the ball, dives to retrieve
it The Athletics’ outfielder tied the score when Mike Guerra hit a long fly to Jbe DiMaggio, but the
Yankees beat Lou Brissie, 6-2, lengthening their American League lead.
Tigers
Play Two
Tonight
Griffin's Tigers, rained out of
their game with Alexander City In
the fourth inning at Alex City
Monday night, gained a half game
on the Carrollton Hornet* as a
result of being idle. The Hornets
dropped one u the Newnan Browns
4 to 3.
The loss left them only two games
out of the cellar which is occupied
by the Griffin Tigers. Both the Ti
gers and the Hornets have double
headers scheduled for tonight and
a double victory for t{ie Tigers
coupled with a twin los* for- the
Hornets would enable the Tigers to
get out of that last place spot.
The Griffin Tigers tangle with
the Tallassee Cardinals in a twin
bill at Tiger Park tonight. The
first game Is scheduled to get start
ed at 7:15. Tallassee is in second
place, a half game away from third
place Valley who meets the Carroll
ton Hornets in a twin bill tonight
at Valley.
The Tigers are nine and a half
games away from first place, four
and^a half from first division and
only two games away from getting
off the bottom of the deck.
Maeon ltd.
Win* Tilt
Macon Road defeated Thomaston
j ■ Mills 10 to 6 in the only game play
e d in the Junior Baseball League
Monday morning,
Thomaston Mill led 5-3 going
into the fourth inning, but the
Macon Road boys scored seven runs
in the fourth for the victory.
Hicks and Pye pitched for the
Macon Road nine and Green caug
ht. Pye relieved Hicks at a time
that made the game his to win or
| lose. He was the winning pitcher,
Macon Road had three extra
base knocks, a two bagger by Green
a triple by Hicks/and a home run
by Harrison.
Stewart was on the mound for
Thomaston Mills and Bunn was
behind the plate.
Eiitrii\* In
Tourney
Are Slow
Entries for the Griffin-Spalding
County Tennis Tournament to be
held at the Municipal Park August
1-14 are slow, in coming in. A1
Bishop, recreation director, said
So far there have been very few
entries and more are needed to
make the tournament a success,
There will be matches in
age divisions. They wil 1 be for those
14 and under, 18 and under and
19 and over in singles matches,
doubles and mixed doubles with the
winners rer dying trophies.
Each contestant must furnish his
own equipment and two tennis
balls. The bails will be returned
after each natch.
Anyone Interested in entering !h“
tournament can do so at Municipal
park concession stand, the Munici
pal Pool or contact A1 Bishop or
Virginia Price. The entry fee is
50 rents.
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George DOWN Barr TO EARTH— into When George Hausmann is at bat, JTrripire
goes a crouch with the catch to get a better per
spective for calling balls and strikes. Just under five feet, five inches,
the Mexican Jumping Bean at second base for the Giants is the
shortest player in the National League.
Sammy Snead Win*
In Dappt*r Dan Open
Pittsburgh, Pa., — r JP >— One rea
son why Sammy Snead has ac
qmred a reputation for cracking
under pressure in a golf tourna
ment is that he's always under
pressure.
Snead, the slugge- from White
Jr. Teams Will
Play In Neuman
Wednesday morning A1 Bishop,
recreation director of the Griffin- !
Spalding County Recreation Dep
artment, will take three ball teams
and a group of swimmers and
divers to Newnan. t
The group will leave 'at 10 o'clock
by bus and everyone making the
trip will carry a lunch.
The two ball teams wl'l be bov.s
teams from the Junior Baseball
League. They are Kincaid managed
by Leo Brown and the Griffin Colts
managed by Police Chief Joe Bur
son.
The two teams will play two
'cams of the Newnan Recreation
Department . ponsore.1 sandlot lea
gue.
A softball team composed of girls
from North, Side and West Griffin
will be the third ball team makinv
the trip. They will p'av one of the
girls softball teams of Newnan.
The* swimmers and divers will
compete with Newnan
end divers in the Newnan Munici
pal Pool. The age 1 mit for con
testants is 15 years.
Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby
were the only nffltjo- leaguers to
bat over .400 three times.
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DAILY NEWS
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• GEORGIA ALABAMA LEAGUE
Team W L 3
Newnan 44 34 $
Tallassee 41 37 i
Valley 41 38 s
LaOrange 40 40 I
Alex City 38 38 i
Opelika 38 41 S
Carrollton 36 41 i
GRIFFIN 35 44 .443
Games Tonight
Alexander City at LaGrange
Tallassee at GRIFFIN (2) at 7:15
Opelika at Newnan
Carrollton at Valley (?)
Results Monday
Tallassee 5, LaGrange 0
Newnan 4, Carrollton 3
Valley 9, Opelika 5 (called end 8th
rain)
GRIFFIN at Alexander City (called
end 4th, rain)
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Team W L 'OOOOCftQtCtOCCtO”
Nashville 57 34 05
Birmingham 51 36 CJ
Atlanta 47 42 O’
New Orleans 48 44 Ui
Mobile 44 43 01
Little Rock 41 47 4*
Memphis 34 54 , W
Chattanooga 36 58 w
Games Today
New Orleans at Atlanta
Mobile at Birmingham
Nashville at Little Rock
Chattanooga at Memphis
Results Monday
Nashville 8. Little Rock 3
New Orleans 3, Atlanta 2
Birmingham 1, Mobile 0
Memphis 9, Chattanooga 8
Locke's Derision Is
llcaclaelic For PGA
r l'ou I Director
r n a in e ii
By HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
• Pittsburg —(,1*)— When BOBBY
LOCKE won the Birtish Open Golf
Title and decided to stay in Eng
land, it was just another headache
for GEORGE SCHNKTER, although
some other golf pros may have been
relieved . . . Schneither is a round
faced, bespectacled, serious guy from
Utah who specializes in handling
headaches. He's tournament direct
or for the P. G. A . . . Before he
went to England, Locke had ag
reed to appear in the Inverness
Four-Ball Matches at Toledo next
week, The Western Open and some
exhibitions . . Now the sponsors
are complaining and the P. G. A.
may have to take action . . .
Schneiter's theory is that the peo
ple who put up $15,000 or so a
week for golf prizes should get
their money's worth. And one pro
vision in the standard player con
tract Is that when a golfer puts his
name on the list 30 days in ad
vance saying he'll definitely ap
pear in a tournament, he must live
up to that agreement . . . "One
nice thing about golf these days."
says George, "is that most golfers’
word Is absolutely good.”
LEGAL AND FINANCIAL DEPT.
The workings of the P. G. A
Tournament Bureau aren't very
j well understood, but the basic the
ory is to run golf like a big business
and to protect the sponsors, accord
ing to Schneiter . For instance.
| a few years ago,, the big stars were
j demanding and getting huge sums
as "appearance” money , . . The
P G. A decided t.h°t W'as unfair,
so the contracts now provide $250
extra for the appe.'canre of the
Sulphur Springs, W. Va„ is the
leading money winner on the tour
nament circuit again after his vic
tory Monday in the Dapper Dan
Open. He's always up among the
leaders and he'll be the man who
draws the galleries. A.s a result,
every time he misses a shot blows
a short putt it s the same as blow
ing several hundred doliars—and
everybody sees him d v it.
Sammy missed one on the last
green at reading, Pa. and it cost
him $700. Monday he was under
the same kind of pressure. Last off
the tee in the rain-delayed final
round and hearing from time to
time that Lloyd Mangrum was
slashing trokes off oar and off the
five-troke lead Snead held after
the third round.
Dapper . Lloyd finished with a
five-under-par. 67 for. a 275 and
Snead needed to finish in par fi
gures to match that. The big and
troublesome gallery closed around
Snead but, instead of cracking, he
fired hLs.second shot on the 470
yard, par-five hole to the green,
got down in two put’s and parred
the next two holes td win by a
stroke with 274.
Mangrum collected $1,900 second
money for his great finish. Snead
collected $2,600. bringing his total
for tire year to $20,960.83 and put
ting him ahead of Onen Champion
Cary Middlecoff on the “official"
money list. .
Middlecoff shot 279 to tie with
Herman Barron of White Plainr,
N. Y . for 'bird place They earned
$1,275 apiei a.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Team W L mmm
New York M SO
Cleveland 48 S4
Philadelphia 48 SO
Boston 48 SO
Detroit 44 43
Chicago 37 40
Washington 34 48
St. Louis 37 66
Gam Today
Washington at Detroit (night)
New York at Cleveland
Boston at Chicago (night)
Philadelphia at St. Louts (3) (
Results Monday
Philadelphia 13. Detroit 8 (M Sa
ilings i
Cleveland 1, Boston 0 (night)
Chicago 6, New York 6 (18
night)
(Only Games Scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Team W L Pot.
Brooklyn 51 38 .614
8t. Louis 49 36 .583
Boston 48 39 Ml
Philadelphia 43 41 J13
New York 40 41 .484
Pittsburgh 39 43 .476
Cincinnati 34 48 .415
Chicago 31 84 .306
Game* Today
Cincinnati at New York (night)
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn
Chicago at Philadelphia (night)
St. Louis at Boston (night)
Result* Monday
Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia t . .
New York 7, 8t. Loula 4
Cincinnati 6, Boston 1
Brooklyn 3. Chicago 0 (night)
19 , 1949 .
National Open and P, G. A.
long and the leading money
ner of the previous year. Nobody
else gets an extra cent just Mr
playing . . . The organisation col
lects an extra fee for the teV
‘'clinic" and splits ft with the pier
ers who participate. Hie
n't actually oover the eoet o t pro
viding a starter, scoreboard- k lip —.
program material and various ether
sevlces. But that* aR part at Mm
big show.
FAMILY EXIT
The Dodgers’ publicity dept. j*.
ports that MB. AND MBS. AEYA
WHEELER of Miami,
Brooklyn resident*, named 1
fant daughter BROOK LTNN* • • •
She's not related to thorn
flat wheelers on the D ro uUym
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Graziano’s KO
May Be Costly
WEST SPRNGIELD,
—Rocky Oraxlano’a 60th vtetewy to
day appeared to be one of Km
costly In hi* seven-y ear
career.
That former Middleweight
pion registered his 38th knoehow t to
84 starts by stopping Jo* A g noeta,
another New Yorker, la the
end round of their sc h e d uled IE
round feature bout Monday
before a 4,500 crowd here la
Century Stadium.
But while *0 doing,
.suffered a deep gash over Mi Ml
eye that, his management
would sideline him “from three to
four week*.’’
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