Newspaper Page Text
PAGE EIGHT
Boston Opens Western Tour; Tigers Beat White Sox
3,000,000 Mark
. BY JACK HAND
(Associateq Press Sports Writer)
Big league attendance will
zoom. cver the 3,000,000 mark
on the way to a ~ecord high to
day as the sizzling Boston Red
SO% open their first western tour
and the puzzling St. Lopis Car
dinals come east to wrestle with
the first-place Br-ooklyn Dodg
ers.
When 10,51,502 paid to see
the 1943 games, many believed
the mark would stand as a record
for years. Now, a month after
the stary of the 24-week season,
the New York Yankees, Boston
Fed Sox, Phiadelphia Athletics
and Cincinnati Reds have drawn
about talf as much as they did
all last year. .
The Yanks, with 578,940 as a
starter, are regarded a cinch to
sinash the major league stand
&>d the Chicago Cubs hung up
in 1929 when they playeq before
1,485,766 at Wrigley Field. |
Detroit is beginning to catch
fire as the Tigers flash the form |
that led them to a pennant and
world series triumph last fall,
O'Neill’'s Champs
Steve O’Neill’s: .champs. who
iolled to thei- eight straight,
“vesterday, greet Washington,
Philadelphia, Boston and NL‘WI
York in order on their firsy pro- |
t acted hame stand.
As Boston rocketed thmughl
the east to win 22 of its 26 starts, |
the experts delayed final judg- |
ment on the ten pending its first i
western tour. Tae Sox open in |
C'hicago today and won’t be
back in Fenway Pavk until May
25 when they engage in ‘the
Yanks. So far they haven’t lost
a game to a western team. '
Detroit, only a game back of |
the sccond-place Yankees, ex-’
pects to close in on the Red Sox
during its long home stay. Tae |
team is beginning to click and
the pitching staff is rounding
into shape.
Although Hal Newhouser was
knocked from the box for the
first time this season, the Tige's
picked up six easy runs in a
wild second inning to gain a 6-5
edge over Chicago.
While the Yanks were flyingl
to St. Louis on the first of a se- |
lies of plane hops, the Browng
were splitting a doubleheader
at Cleveland. Red Emb-e turned
Lack St. Louis with five blows
in the opener, knocking in taree
rins of the Tribe’s 9-2 margin.
Al Milnar , making hig first
start, shut out Cleveland, 3-0,
with six hits in the second tilt.
All the eastern teams in the
American and the four western
clubs in tue National were Idle,
jumping across country for thel
second intersectional series.
Brooklyn warmed up for the
Cardinals by hanging another one ]
on the Phillies’ chin, 6-3, coming |
from behind to do it. Rete Keiser
stole home for the taird tlmel
this season as the Phil defense
ctumbled behind Oscar Judd |
% DON'T WAIT FOR
2 COSTLY NEEDLESS
2 REPAIRS DUE T 0
CALL ORKIN FOR
DEPENDABLE RESULTS
sacken BY A 5-YEAR
BONDED GUARANTEE
For Tuspections Phone
and Eoltimalea | 1726
We |
l u Erlenminale |
® < 3 N
N R s ST RN SR
- et \&m\ \ RN \ R
> " 7% BN
SN NS NN
LRSS 20 ,:'l‘ r" & m ) =LA 7
ve e e o 0 e rr p It E= i
IR Ry >y W rriT osa T TTR
VEae T Y e ,‘.._"A'f\;“»':,;»
=Y e e e Y R
! g 2 o e e o,
AT //,,/__é e N
B asle £. V] = e
REpoEe Tk e N 3 R - T O e
///'///, )sl ~ T
” RDY . S . . : L W ‘
N e L
On Beautiful Lake Fairfield
. Convenient to Smoky Mountains National Park |
F SAPPHIRE, NORTH CAROLINA !
A busy season ahead — make June reservations now! One of
America’s premier beauty spots. Altitude 3.300 feet: delightfully
cool and stimulating. Gels, tennis, boating. bathing. fishing.
riding, hiking, dancing, mevies. etc. Superb mountain scenerv,
Modern accommodations. Delicious menus. On U, S. Highway 64.
Telephone and telegrabh service via S¢lva. N. C.
M. C. JENNINGS and W. B. HART. Directors
MAKE JUNE RESERVATIONS NOW!
|
| Takes Count.
|B e e
e .
| G- e
N e S
|e R T g
|8 2 B
| % 8% 3 R R
| G T
|B B e
R s
: b PE
| James J. Johi__.on, picturesque
| fight promoter and manager,
| dropped dead of a heart attack
' at his home as he prepated to
' leave for his office. Jimmy, past
70, died as he wished, “still
punching.”
Thomson Hitters,
. t
Union 26 Champs
-
Battle Tomorrow
A baseball game will be played
at West End Park Wednesday al
four o’clock between the Thom
son Hard Hitters and the Union
Institute champions of 1926 in a
benefit game for the Union gym
drive.
These 1926 performers will
again be seen in action: B. O
Briggery, Dan Young, John Cul
breath, Babe Davis, T. Pauldoe,
Harold Lee, James Allen, Hubert
Foster. Ples (Clegg) Starks, and
Cullis Arnold, with Harry Jones
coaching. Hal Thomas and stu
dents will complete the list.
A special section will be reser
ved for white fans. Tickets are
75 cents for adults and 40 cents
for children.
LESNEVICH-MILLS
LONDON, May 14—(AP)—
With ringside seats selling 1 SB4,
British fight fans may pile up a
record gate tonight to see Gus
Lesnevich, world light heavy
weight champion from Cliffside
N. J., risk his crown againsi the
British titieholder, Freddie Mills.
Eleven thousand customers are
expected to jam Harringay are
na to capaciy and pay a total of
soraething like 40,000 pounds
(160,000) to watch the 15-round
tlle about, begining at 5:20 p.m.
(Eastern daylight time).
Most critics predict that Mills
who was demobilized from the
Royal Air force only two months
ago and lacks experience against
bigtime opposition, will eb out
pointed by the veteran American,
f
Yesterday's
—Stars—
By The Associated Tress
Tommy Holmes, Braves—
touched off game-winning rally
with Ninth inning double in
Braves' 7-6 edge over New York.
Pete Reiser, Dodgers — stole
home as Brooks worked triple
steal against Phils second time
in three days during 6-3 triumph.
Ken Keltner, Indians and Al
Miluar, Browns—Keltner based
homer, double and single in first
game 9-2 win; Milnar blanked
Tribe with six singles in 3-0 fin
ale.
. I'redie Hptchinson, Tigers—-
saved Hal Newhouser's fifth de
cesion with two-inning hitiess re
llivl' job in 6-5 victory over White
Sox,
Ae s o e
and Dick Mauney to help Ed
t}{ead pick up win No. 2
| Boston spurted with four in
| the ninth to shade the New York
Giants, 7-6, giving reliefer Earl
,Ra:id his first big league victory
at Mike Budnick’s expense.
BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL ARE NOT COMPATIBLE,
BUT CHARLIE TRIPPI, SLENN DAVIS EXCEPTIONS
By HARRY GRAYSON G
NEA Sports Editor.
NEW YORK.— (NEA) —Base
ball scouts flinch every time they |
think of Glenn Davis and Charley
Trippi playing more football. For,
in addition to being among the
more formidable college backs, |
Junior Davis of Army and The |
Triphammer of Georgia are po—-]
tential major league ball players.l
An American League scout of
fered to buy this observer a
home in return for the 20-year
old Davis’ signature, which gives
you a rough idea of his ability |
in center field, at bat and on thc}
bases. The Claremont Comet, a|
line drive right-hand hitter, has
batted .350, stolen eight bases in
nine games this spring. He
throws a string from center field
to the plate. Professional bail
players who have opposed him‘g')|
into ecstacies about him.
Leo Durocher says Davis|
would be entitled to what Dick
Wakefield was given by the Tig
ers for signing—s4s,ooo and a se
dan. He has another season of
football, another year of school,
intends to play professionally.
peg Wes Rease, Who Never it Higher Than 273 Befure,
Tops Big Leagues With 411 Average; Pesky Batting .394
: . The Big Catch e 7
N VANKEE STIOWM NEXT MONTH ™ » o o
JOE LOUIS WILL TRY TO CATCH 4P {’”’*;,;:ZZ& +yef )
WITH BILLY CONN-AND ALSO ol T\ : /
W/TH SOME BACK TAXES* ,\@7 \‘-\\U}
s 4 7 \_ /5 Y ;
mfi\»/ APt W ’i 8.4 {@
\’?j'f \;};’\«< \. - . 79 !
(0 ixf' N 7 WHILE COM < !
: ) : |
\ A HOPES TO SWAG g |
- il t) > THAT iy
/ o BAUBLE - |
\. (> g JOE'S RO/ % \
9 /7, T iSy .)".-,,
" AN " Tޤ
T s & % s BTN "4 Wb
&S AY % ; s l”% sics -;;v_:;,;:.;?_., -» %’ \ .
.. 6@5.6 ghTE = R _
ol Gt 4 Lo L t,:;"* i 5 . S v":,-; R
: _*—zfibO P‘\'\' ; [2R ¢ 4{\ o ik io~
A; - ? . . 3 ‘r:” :1,: )v/- “' - ’i) ~‘; ‘\'M B
gt v 0 E B AN T
: i . TN
A s Pk e e ,@z;‘i."é?v U M S
?’ LRI R£f A.’-’i“"’ . "e:;i;‘f{;dmz,fi‘;:fi%%‘z‘% & }:,'"::j- i
q%fi?{ é*:{% ‘ S
LR Y AL A e g p——
LN o Qs N IR T
e \.( .NG 2
LS Catar ) A
coeEne Y NG UNCLE MIKE JACIBS
e L P LV FIGURES 70 MAKE
PR & e Y 4 PRETTY NEAT
Au SR ox 1 CATCH HIMSELF -
S ooy P 70 COMPLETE THE
- TN Lo TRIPLE-KILLING
Sk Vs /;@¢
‘Charleston’ . .<5::5 297 347 39%
‘. @ ea—— g
| &) [HOW THEY
| 52STAND
‘ American League
.| Teams— W L. Pct
xposton . k.O H 4 .846
JlNew York .. . .18 9 .640|
LEAIORIRIE 0 e RS ) .600’
Weshingion . .. ..M 12 .455!
86 Towtls . . ..M .440'
| Cleyeland .. .. . 6 15 .348!
Rk .. .. 1 H Al
| Philadelphia .. .... 7 18 .280‘
National League
| ' Teams— W. L. Pt
Bigokl¥n . . .0015 1 e '
Bl . oo 128 ey
B sLA D .545 l
Uhlome s o cinoir ot iy S e
Chatdnbadl . o oL W .524‘
) New'¥Yark & . .. %P 13-4
Pittsburgh .. .. .. 9. 12 .429]
l {’}‘:3!.‘::’?l‘!}:;.;4: ~ = o i 238 i
l Southern Association
Teams-— W. L. Pct.
| New Orleans .. .. 18 10 848
‘ Atlante ... i SN A BN
Membphis . .. 138 11 B3]
SaARGITIe 1 o AR e S
Chattanooga .... . 13 15 464
Little Bock .. .. '.v3] 10 488
Mobile -00 l ooy 37 SO
Birmingham Lean 918 08
Georgia-Florida League
Teams— W L Pek
Americus .. L. i.olo 2 833
VWayeress .. Ve P 3 790
Motlthie .. WO6 b A 8
Valdosta ™ . 10 8% 8 O
Tallzhassee .. .. .+ 'H & 580
Caordele ' -7 0 089Ny
Thomasville .; .. .. 3 3 2713
dlahy . .. e 8 U
South Atlantic League |
Teams— . 1. Peil
CEVERTION I e e s |
Jacksonville .. .... 14 12 538
Avgusts .o wl6 212 B 8 ’
Callywbag .0 .. 18 11 2%
| Greenville .. .. .. 14 13 519}
Macon .o o lA% N
‘quumbia NEERERN ©0 T T SRR
! TAE RANNER-HAFRALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA.
' S %
e W T
i T ]
> s )
| i 15515555:& i & ...,4 .
' Charley Trippi { Junior Davis ;
f —
. In 15 games at shortstop and
in center field, Trippi has batted
| 450, manufactured eight home
| runs and has a base-stealing av—{
| erage of almost two a game.
| Teammates laughingly brag that
| opposing catchers throw twnl
| bases ahead of him,
| Exceptions Proving Rule ‘
' While Christy Mathewson,
| Frank Frisch, Charley Dressen,‘
| Mickey Cochrane and currently
| Spud Chandler and Snuffy Stirn—'
| weiss and others stood out in
| baseball following football (:ar-l
lccrs, the games, generally speak-
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
American League
Detroit 6, Chicgao 5.
St. Louis 2-3, Cleveland 9-0.
(Only games scheduled).
National League
Boston 7, New York 6.
Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 3.
(Only games scheduled).
Southern Association
Little Rock 6, Birmingham 3.
Memphis 6, Atlanta 4.
New .Orleans 8, Chattanooga 7.
Mobile at Nashville, postponed,
rain.
IN GEORGIA |
More people drink Atlantic Ale and Beer than any other.
It must be... fi ; :
i TR et %s‘ o ‘ N.Ti
Bl - \L) Do T ML e‘ o
TRI \‘3. €5 <~ . s-&7 == é
ANGLI A e, (TR
: A NN == ’/ . i B
N\ 2— L B ? 4 J))“\‘l‘T‘%
. 7 R 1 = / Au } ’;} = j"f"’,: o Y i
g g R T '\'éffl/'
it o | (HEs f et TP K
s ENE s 4 B N =k R
Al€amo BEER Tg v Nea g SR AR Sl
“FULL OF GOOD CNEIR" S 'i:‘égi‘ .Y
SR gN R iR et LT T
SR PR (R s
Atlantic Company— Breweries in Atla. Clsarm. Clmaa:ga, olk. ro
ing, are incompatible, .
Lou Boudreau of the Indians is
now paying the price for his kid
and coliege days on the court.
The basketball players suffer
from basketball feet. The small
bones of the feet are broken, the
ankles affected by the constant
pounding on hardwood.
But this doesn’t stop the lads
from competing in college.
Center fielder Frank Gilhooley,
jr., and shortstop Billy Hassett
stuck out in the cage sport for
Notre Dame, the latter formerly
with Georgetown, but it is for
professional baseball that they
are headed.
Hassett, a brother of Buddy,
formerly of the Braves and Yan
kees and now with the Newark
Bears, is a defensive gem who
contributes consistently to the of
fense as Notre Dame wins with
one of its hardest hitting teams
in its history.
It is to be hoped that Gilhoo
ley and Hassett come out of bas
ketball sans fallen arches, and
that Davis and Trippi join the
exceptions © proving the rule that
football and baseball don’t mix.
NEW YORK, May 14— (AP)—
Fee Wee Reese, Brooklyn flashy
shortstop who never has hit
higher than .272 for a major
league season, topped both big
leagues witla an average of .411
in figures including Sunday’s
games.
"he galloping Boston Red Sox
dominateq the American league
batting race with shortston John
ny Pesky out front at .294 and
teammate Ted Williams tied for
second place with Washington’s
Hi~key Vernon at .387.
Defending champion Phil Ca
varretta of the Chicago Cubs
was in fifth place in the Na
tional league with .381, but
George Stirnweiss., who won the
1v45 American league crown on
the final days of the season. was
far down in the lower 200’s.
The team Ileading ‘aitters in
each league were:
~National League
(Based on 50 times at bat)
Player — Club GAB R H Pct
Fesse, Brooklyn
LA 21 73 14.30 411
Musial, St. Louis
20 20 15 31 .388
Ilerman, Brooklyn
1761 13 28 3¢(
Wyrostek, Philadelphia
20 81 14 30 .370
C'avarretta, Chicago
; 217215 26 361
Mize, New York
22 89 15 28 .350
Waitkus, Claicago
16 63 35 22 .34D
Gustine. Pittsburgh
1768 5 20 345
Walker, Brooklyn
19 70 15 26 .343
Hopp, Boston
20 79 21 27 .342
American League
Pesky, Boston
| . 20109 31 43 .394
- Wiiliams, Boston
l 26 93 26 36 .387
Vernon, Washington
t 16 62 3 24 .387
Lodigiani. Chicago
| , 18 67 6 25 373
DiMaggio. Boston
} 21 79 16 29 .367
Stephens, St. Louig
1662 6 22 .355
Appling, Chicago
20777 28 -838
Keller, New York
21 68 18 22 .324
Fdwards, Cleveland
16 59 9 19 .322
Berardino, St. Louis
23100 12 32 .320
South Atlantic Learue
Savannah 4, Jacksonville 3.
Columbia 4. Greenville 2.
Charleston 3. Augusta 2.
Macon at Columbus, postponed,
' rain.
&{ v {
. Bogey‘Man “|
b TR
P vy,
oM N T
i% N |
i 4 koo SN G |
§ . oo g |
4f” , 7 ‘
79 .Y B
S‘ = ‘.-.‘.‘",. 4:; . ;,._A_..,N.,.
leR . i
¥ ~a;v‘. 2 ; /
-/7”77 o Vs S £
If Tami Mauriello could wear
#hat weird upholstery in the
king against@Bruce Woodcock
he might frighten the Brit
ish. heavyweight champion into
lunconsciousness. But Tami plans
to do it with his fists in Madi
i son Square Garden, May 117.
Jefferson Club
Wins FFA Prize
!_ The Future Farmers of Amer
'ica Purcébred Livestock Show
held at Hardman Hall, College
of Agriculture May 11, was won
’by the Jefferson F. F. A. Chap
‘ter. The Comer F. F. A. Chapter
placed second. The prizes for
‘these placings were a registered
Jersey bull for each chapter, val
ued at $125 each.
Five hundred witnessed the
showing which saw Wallace Poss
of Comer Chapter win first prize
of the boar class with an eight
months old Hampshire boar. C. L.
Potts, Jefferson Chapter, winning
second place of the Boar Class.
The award for first prize of this
class was a purebred Jersey hei
fer, with a purebred gilt going to
second place winner.
The boys winning a registered
Jersey heifer by placing first in
their chapter exhibits were Don
ald Mashburn, University Dem
onstration, Athens; Bobby Gab
riel, Winterville; J. D. Anthony,
Nicholson; Jack Legg, Jefferson;
DuPree Dotson, Colbert; Doyle
Carithers, Comer; James David,
Ila; Laroy Booth, Danielsville;
James Lance, Bogart; Stinson
Maxey, Watkinsville. The second
place winners from each chapter
received a registered boar.
Prizes were awarded by J. C.
Haynes, Sears-Roebuck, and Mrs.
Mildred Beussee, of the Athens
Mail Order Depratment.
This show was the result of
the project conducted by the Vo
cational Agriculture teachers, in
volving the Future Farmers of
America Chapters in their schools,
and was sponsored by the Sears-
Roebuck Foundation to stimulate
the development and progress of
purebred livestock in the Athens
trade area.
Bobby Martin of Colbert, was
awarded $lO in cash for having
the best fitted and shown ani
mal.
G, L. ORKelley, University
Demonstration Agriculture teach
er, was general chairman of the
show. with J."H. Mitchell, District
Supervisor of Agricultural Edu
cation, presiding. Dr. Tom Jones,
W. S. Rice and C. E. Bell were
judges.
The breed of hogs shown were
0. 1. C., Spotted Poland China,
Hampshire, and Berkshires.
ei g e
Georgia-Florida League
Tallahassee 7, Americus 2.
Wayecross 6, Albany 3.
Cordele 12, Thomasville 6.
Valdosta 5, Moultrie 2.
—
—————————— e {
AN |
J ;/é E \l
=" b ‘
{
| { DIGGING WON'T HELP SCALP
But rub on a few drops of Moroline
Hair Tonic and get real relief for
dry itchy scalp. Aids natural oils, l
helps remove loose dandruff flakes |
MORGOLINE HAIR TONIC l
NATION’S LINKS STARS MOVE |
TO FORT WORTH FOR $15,000
COLONIAL INVITATION TOURNEY
Twenty-nine players — 24 of
them professionals — will test
Colonial Country Ciub course in
cpening war-up rounds tomor
row. Thae tournament proper
starts Thursday and will continue
for four days. -
Byron Nelson, winner of four
tournaments this year and victor
yesterday in Houston’s SIO,OOO
tournament of champions, ,leads
the select field into Texas’ third
ci;en tourney of 1946. The first
was the Texas open at San An
tonio in February which Ben
Hogan won.
Thae Colonial invitation is the
‘tcurnament in which there will
ke ro entry fees, no caddie fees
and no clubhouse expense of any
' kind for the participants
} Demaret. Todd, Hogam
Professionals playing in the
touw'nament are Neison Hogan,
Jimmie Demaret. Harry Todd,
I ioyd Mangrum, Herman Keiser,
Ellsworth Vines, Lawson Little,
Herman Barrow, Johnny Bulla,
Vic Ghezzi, E- J. Harrison, Jim
mie Hines, Harold MeSpaden,
Toney Penna, George Schneiter,
Sam Snead, Jimmy Thomason,
T'red Haas, jr., Dick Metz, Bob
Hamilton, Ed Dudley, Henry
Picard and Charles Akey, the
Ihome pro.
Craig Wood, who won the last
National Open championsghip
cver this course, was invited and
accepted but later withdrew. He
eaid he wag off ‘his game and
not shooting a brand of golf that
’v.'huld be fair to the galleries.
| The five amateurs who have
! neccepted irvitations are Wilford
!Wehrle of Louisville, Bob Coch
rap of St. Louis, Lt. Carey Mid
WANT - ADS WANT - ADS
i OST AT W e, B
INSURANCE
TO FIT YOUR NEEDS
SMITH - BOLEY - BROWN
PHONE (9) 109 SHACKELFORD BLDG.
For New Motor Life:
CHEVROLET - ENGINEERED
PARTS
Throughout the nation, Chevrolet
engineered parts are famous for their
durable efficiency and precision ac
tion—for new power, new cconomy
in performance. Revitalize your car
now. Let us install nationally-famous
Chevrolet-engineered parts today.
UNIVERSITY CHEVROLET CO.
DURWARD WATSON,
' President,
Hancock at Pulaski - Phone 1856
11,000,000
American Homes
HAVE BEEN FINANCED LIKE THIS
WHY Is Our Morigage
Loan Plan Belier for You!
C ATHENS |
FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
Phone 779 114 College Avenuse
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1946,
alecoff of the Army Medicy
Corps. Reynolds Smith of Daliag
and Royal Hogan of Fort Wo-tp
IN SOUTHERN
BY LICKING "NOOGA
By The Associated Press
Tht iead switched again in thq
torrid Southern Asociation hat.
tle last night as New Orleang
pulled & last-inning rally ‘o beat
Chattanooga, 8-7, and climb g
few perceritage points above At.
lanta.
The Atlanta Crackers, who hag
vaclted from fifth to first place
with a seven-game winrfing
streak, fell victim to a 14-hjt
Memphis attack ®iat won the
game, 6 to 4, and put the Chicks
just a half game behind Atlants,
/tlanta’s Dewey Adkins, who
had allowed no earned runs in his
last 18 innings on the mound, wxg
rclieved by Emil Lochbaum ip
the seventh as the pitching that
had shot the Crackers forward
sucddenly fell apart.
New Orleans spotted the Chat
tanooga Lookouts a 5-0 margin at
the end of the second and then
fought an wuphill battle all the
way. Outhit 15 to 10, the Pelicans
finally came through to steal the
The Little Rock Travelers dis
posed of Birmingham, 8 to 3, be
hind six-hit mound work by
righthander Jim Mains.