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b EDWIN POPE
[ SPORTS EDITOR
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: THAT'S IT
What are the Philadelphia Athletics doing on top
of the American League?
_ They certainly do not have the players. A collection
of castoffs is amazing the baseball world with an eight
game streak, longest winning skein for Connie Mack
since the A’s last pennant-winning season of 1931.
There is only one answer to the A’s meteoric rise:
competitive spirit. o '
The part that competitive spir
it plays in athletes is indisputa
ble. Any coach, any manager,
would rather find in his players
a violent will to win, a love of
victory, in short, a spirit of com
petition, than any excess of
talent.
The spirit sometimes wins
without the talent, but the talent
rarely wins without the spirit.
The point often arises as to
which athletes had the most
competitive spirit in their re
spective sports. It would be hard
to answer. In basebali Ty Cobb,
easily. In golf, Bobby Jones, more
than likely. Tennis, Bill Tilden
or Frank Parker. Football, a
moot question: one school such
as Georgia could make claims,
with broken-jawed Frankie
Sinkwich. |
Ty Cobb wof Royston, who
never thought twice about climb
ing into the stands to belabor
those who used him too severely,
put together a batting average
of .367 for 24 years in the major
leagues. And he didn't get it by
apologizing to pitchers or asking
the forgiveness of base-tenders
who obstructed his path.
The immortal Georgia Peach
is the only bhall-player ever to
hit 4,000 times. There may never
be another to do that.
The truth about Ty Cobb was
that he lacked a lot of havlng‘
the most natural ability of any
baseball player of history. He
woii not because of his latent
ability, which was only average.‘
but because of his tremem'lous|
desire. He never let sportsman
ship stand in the way of a stolen‘
base; yet, when all was said and
done, he was loved and revered
by the very opponents he spiked
and spit at.
Even when the Peach visited
‘here two years ago to accept a
memorial dinner for his Royston
hospital endowment, you could
see the glint of battle shining
from his eyes. It will be there
TROJANTILT WITH WASHINGTON
CANCELLED; WILL MEET WINDER
Athens High's scheduled game with Washington
this afternoon has been cancelled by the Washington
coach and the Trojans have replaced them with Win
der. This game will be played tonight, in Winder, at
8 o'clock. ‘ .
Coach Beefy Faves, Athens
mentor, made the cancellation
known last night. An immediate
arrangement was made with Wil-
Jard (Red) Boyd, Winder coach,
for tonight’s tilt.
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‘until he dies. ;
The Peuach, the very epitome
of Will to Win, once made a
startling true comment concern
ing competitive spirit.
Cobb was in Augusta to watch
hs son play tennis. Normally un
interested in the net game, he
was there only because of his
filial attachment for the young
er. He took a deep interest in
watching his boy play, mentally
recording the 4Rap*s reactions.
During the course of play one
of the ' players’ shots spurted
chalk from the baseline. The
umpire called it out. The player
who had benefitted by the de
cision protested, but the umpire’s
decision stood.
In diplomatic but effective re
fusal to take a point which did
not belone t» him. the nlayer nur
posely hit his next shot put of
bounds. - 1 e &_J'
vouu asked a companion,
“What did he do that for?”
“Because he felt that he had
benefitted unfairly by the offi
cial’'s decision,” explained the
friend.
..“Well, that’s a heck of a way
to play a game,” glowered the
Peach,
The friend, who happened to
be a sports writer, now thought
of an interesting question.
“What,” he inquired, “do you
suppose would happen if a base
runner was called safe and he
jumped up and said he was
out?”
Cobb, after a moment’s medi
tation, replied, “Well, there
would be three sudden deaths!”
“How do you mean?”
“First of all, the umpire would |
drop dead. Secondly, the play
er's manager would die of apo
plexy.”
But that's only two,” insisted
the writer. "
“Yes, but before the manager
died, he’d take & bat and knock
uu't‘ player’s confounded head
off!”
The Trojans very recently de
feated the Bulldogs 15-3, behind
the six-hit pitching of Billy Cook.
However, “Cookie” will be used
only in relief, if at all, this even~
ing when battle commences. ‘
Marshall To Toss |
John Marshall, . the long ball
hitter, will probably get the call
to handle the mound chores.
Marshall has turned in two gems
this season, although he was
beaten in his effort against
Gainesville. His lone victory i¢
over Royston.
The starting tearms will be Jack
Turner on first; Donald Shoe
maker at second; Don Seagraves
at third, with Nathan Williams at
shortstop. The outfield will be
composed of Tom (Greek) Lewv=-
ern, Charlie Sligh and Monk Col~-
lins. Ned (Bulldog) Brown will
be the receiver working with
Marshall.
ROMANCE, BUT NO
; SMUGGLING :
SYDNEY+—-(AK) +~ Australia
had an aerial gold-smuggling
scare recently because R. A. A.
F. fliers like romance and vita
mins. In January there were fre
quent reports of mystery planes
landing on unused air strips in
the remote Northern Territory
at night, and taking off again
before dawn. It was widely sug
gested the planes were used to
smuggle gold out of the country
to the gold blackmarket of the
East, especially Singapore.
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SALINA, Kas. , May 10—
(AP)—You didn't have to be
a hitter to get on base in the
four game series the Topeka
Owls of the Class C Western
Association finished here to
day.
Pitchers for the Owls and
the Salina Bluejays issued 81
walks.
Eight flingers were on the
mound in Sunday’s second
game. That contest took three
hours and 12 minutes. Satur
day the two teams staged a
three-hour 50-minute affair,
Fourteen Bowling
Tilts Slated In
Banner-Herald Loop
Ten men's matches and
four ladies’ tilts are on tap
this week in the Banner-
Herald Bowling League.
Matches are played
nightly at the Bulldog
Bowl on Broad Street,
The schedlé! .. viip oo 0w
Monday -— J. C. Penney Vs.
Athens Fire Department; Dick
Ferguson vs. Athens Police De
partment.
Tuesday—National Cash Reg
ister vs. Industrial Laundry;
Gallant Belk vs. Choke’'s Dry
Cleaners.
Wednesday~—Sterchi’ Furniture
vs. Bush Jewelers; New Way
Laundry vs. Cosby-Hodges Mill
ing Company. L
Thursday -- Rosenthal Shoes
vs. Royal ,T{rge\)vfl't'ers; C. L. Up
church and Sons vs. Keller Ma
chine Shop; -Remington-Rand vs.
Coca-Cola,
(Ladies)
Monday — Seagraves Barbecue
vs. Industrial Ladies.
Wednesday -~ Eleventh Dis
trict Nurses vs. AFHW No. 176.
Thursday — Southern Bells vs.
Entre Nous.
Friday — Pilot Club vs. Beta
Sigma Phi.
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Bulldogs’ SEC Chances Dim
After Series With Auburn
FACE GEORGIA TECH FOUR TIMES,
KENTUCKY TWICE IN NEXT 12 DAYS
Georgia's Bulldogs have six chances to push their
baseball record to the top of the Southeastern Con
ference in the next 12 days—but it will be a miracle
if they are able to finish in front.
With a 5-6 record, Coach
Charley Trippi’'s boys must en
counter Georgia Teeh (8-4)
twice in Atlanta and tiwce here,
and Kentucky (4-6) twice here.
Even if they win every game,
which is unlikely it will only
give them a 11-6 mark for the
season, not to be compared with
Auburn’s 10-3 record. And the
Plainsmen show every sign of
increasing their percentage be
fore the season is out.
Friday the Bulldogs encounter
the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta,
and return to home base for a
Saturday engagement. They take
It's Been A Long, Dong Time: I
MACK'S GATH YEAR IN GAME
PROMISES TO BE HAPPIEST
AS A’S ROOST ATOP STANDINGS
By JOE REICHLER
Associated Press Sports Writer
This is kindly old Connie Mack’s 86th year—his
64th in baseball—and it promises to be one of his
happiest.
The venerable manager of the patched-up Philadel
phia Athletics, who has experienced innumerable
thrills in his 48 seasons as boss of the same club, must |
be having the time of his life watching his “castoffl
crew’’ make monkeys out of the so-called elite of the
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a greater kick out of the work of
such greats as Waddell, Coombs,
Bender, Baker, Collins, Grove,
Simmons and Cochrane than he is
getting today out of such compara
tive nobodys as Heinie Majeski,
Pete Suder, Eddie Joost, Elmer
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on Kentucky here May 19-20,
Tech the following day, and close
the campaign against the Jackets
there May 22,
With what seemed like a valid
chance to at least salvage one
game of the Auburn series over
the week-end, the Bulldogs ran
into air-tight pitching by Willard
Nixon and some timely Plains
men knocking, to drop “Bs¢h
games. Nixon let the Georgians
down on one fluke hit Friday
and came out of right field in
the eighth inning Saturday to
choke off a threat for his second
victory in as many days.
Valo and a couple of upstart pitch
ers.
Only a mathematical oddity
keeps this much-abused outfit |
from occupying first place in the|
American League. After yester-‘
day’s victory over the Detroit Tig- l
ers, 10-5 and 5-3, the Athletics
actually lead the first place Cleve
land Indians by a half game. The
percentage table, however, shows
the Indians in f{ront by eight
points.
Here is why. Cleveland, with its
two triumphs over the Red Sox in
Boston yesterday, 4-1 and 9-5, has
won 10 games and lost four for a
.714 percentage. The A’s have won
12 and lost iive for .706. The New
York Yankees, in third place, have
a 10-6 mark, a game and a half
behind the Athletics, but only one
game back of the leading Indians.
The Yankees drubbed the Chicago
White Sox, 8-0.
Joe Coleman and Rookie Lou
Brissie were the winning pitchers,
each going the route to make it
six complete games by Philadel
phia pitchers in the last eight.
The Indians surprised Joe Mec-
Carthy’s Red Sox by coming from
behind twice to capture their
doubleheader.
The St. Louis Cardinals moved
into fifth place in the National
League. They pushed a half game
ahead .of the New York Giants by
downing the Boston Braves, 6-4,
while the Cubs were shutting out
the Giants, 2-0, in Chicago.
Trailing 3-2, the Cards tallied
four times in the last of the
seventh to gain the nod. Murry
Dickson received credit for the
victory althcugh he needed assis
tance from Ted Wilks. Warren
Spahn was the loser.
Frank Shea held the White Sox
hitless for six and two-thirds in
nings, to record his first shutout
and second victory.
Washington turned back the St.
Louis Browns, 3-1, to move into
fourth place in the American Lea
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The third place Pittsburgh
Pirates remained a game off the
pace in the National League by
dividing a doubleheader with the
Brooklyn Dodgers before a capaci
ty 40,797 crowd at Forbes Field.
The Dodgers won the opener, 14-2.
Ralph Kiner swatted his fourth
and fifth round trippers to lead
the Pirates to a 10-8 nightcap de
cision.
The Philadelphia Phils clubbed
the Reds twice in Cirfcinnati, 14-2
and 8-0.
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SILVEY TEAM WHACKS JEFFERSON, 10-6;
JOYCE, WILKES PACE EIGHTH VICTORY
Athens’ Silvey Motors nine, slated to begin home
competition in less than three weeks, ran their record
thfferr;git r\filfisst]aotfg Sunday afternoon by pounding
Joe Ferguson kept Jefferson’s
eight hits well-scattered while
the Silveymen were collecting
nine safeties. First baseman
Dupree Wilkes and catcher Nor
man Joyée contributed seven of
the nine bingles. Wilkes with
four for five and Joyce with
three for five. Third baseman
Miller paced the Jefferson nine
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, By R. M. “Pooley” Hubert |
A few recollections on the Southeastern Inter
collegiate Golf Tournament: :
The 16th hole was the hardest. | took the scores of
114 players, added them up and divided by 114, then
multiplied it by par for the hole played. The 16th
average was 5.72; there was only one eagle made on
this hole. j, i s A e )
The easiest hole was the
eighth, on which the golfers
averaged 3.43. strokes. There was
one eagle made on the 15th hole.
The 171-yard No. 5 hole play=-
ed harder than the 210-yard No.
12 by just .19 of a stroke per
player. The 6th hole came next
as a difficulty. This 454-yard
hole averaged 5.51. 3
Tough Game
“Red” Leathers and Frank
Dudley are now admitting golf
is a tough game. As businessmen
they both claim they have dif
ficulty breaking 90. That is as it
should be; playing golf once a
week makes it a tough game.i
Frank has a fine swing when
practicing and hits long, straight
shots.
“Red” is having some trouble.
with his back and isn’t quite as
flexiblé as in years gone Dby.
“Grandpa” Taylor says that
everything happens to him.
Jack Daniel is having putter‘
trouble. He claims someone
moves the hole after the ball
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MONDAY, MAY 10, 1548.
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with three hits in five trips.
Manager Wayne Satterfield
said the Motors nine may play
at Commerce Wednesday. A def
inite affair is carded for Elber.
Jon Saturday. The semi-pro out
fit expects to open here May 29,
Line score::
Silvey 004 200 130—10 9 4
Jeff., Mills 000 002 004—6 8 5
|leaves his putter blade,
You can tell how Dr, J, A,
Simpson is: playing by listening
to his laughter as he goes around
the course,
Pro-Amateur
Fain Slaughter now has a new
title, He has some new irons and
won the handicap tournament.
He’s now Foxey, The Giant Kil
ler. Speaking of handicaps, I
need scores to help establish'
fairly your playing handicap,
Turn your cards into the pro.
shop after each round. I need
not less than ten scores.
If you will do this, I will try
to bring the Georgia pros here,
using members of the club as
playing partners for them in a
Pro - Amateur Tournament in
July or August.
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