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¢IURSDAY, JULY 13, 1950,
. BANNER - HERALD
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808 OLIVER, SPORTS EDITOR
YMCA SOFTBALL
Rocks Defeat Worms
To Gain First Win
Recent action in the Cub League at the local YMCA saw
1 Hardrocks emerge as victors over the Grubworms in a
‘v=e game by a score of 8-7.
it vas the first win for the
s againgt three previous de
s, The Worms remain the
o 0 place team in the league
\ : record of two wins against
t defoats,
geining their first win the
<l, -irocks got nine hits to tally
.1 cight runs. They were not
iked at any time but also did
: seq@ a single member of the
am go down via the strike-out
yute.
“Slugger” Jackson, Don Rhodes,
carlton James, “Skeet” Saye, and
Rocky”™ Campbell put the Rocks
n the right side of the scoring
olumn in scoring the much need
d runs, Jackson scored two runs
if one hit at six timhes at bat.
thodes crossed home plate once
n one hit for six times up. James
scored one tally on three hits, Saye
me run on one hit and Campbell
scored three runs on two .hits.
Hiaram Peeler got one hit but
‘ailed to score a run.
Grubworm Action
The Grubworms scored their
seven runs off eight hits and two
»ases-on~balls, Cleveland Garri
;on scored one of the Worms runs
sut was held hitless in six times
it the plate. “Speedy” Lester col
rected two hits and scored one run.
30obby Thompson got one hit and
scored one tally and “Homerun”
Kile scored three runs on only one
iit at the plate. “Babe” Perteet
it a grand-slam homer toadd to
s teams totals. Tommy Matthews
and Bobby Towns .got one hit
apiece but failed to score.
Both teams made the same
aumber of errors during the game
with a total of twelve miscues
maaqe. “
Yesterday’s Indian league game
resulted in a forfeit by the Bull
dogs to the Hawks. Only four of
the neeessary five men for a game
were present for the Bulldogs.
Johnny Biggs, “Bulldog” Bowers,
Baxter Crane and_“Nick” Nichol- -
son were the enly Dogs to show up
for the encounter, thus resulting in
the forfeif. -
Standings:
Cub League
Team W L Pet.
Crackers ....-ir v @ T
Grubworms ........ 2. 2 .500
Hardrocks .......&o I'% 250
Indian League
Eagles ... .7 i &1 .8800
Hawks c.oiies 008 '3 . 500
Bulldogs .../ . 00~ & 900
Fights Last Nite
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Jake La Motta,
159, New York, outpointed Tiberio
Mitri, 150, Italy, 15 (title).
PHILADELPHIA—George “Su
gar” Costner, 148, Camden, N. J.,
outpointed ITke Williams, 143,
Trenton, N. J. 10 (non-title).
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Irish
Jimmy Rooney, 1271, Bridgeport,
knocked out Carl Arakaki, 130,
Honoluly, 2.
SPOKANE—Harry “Kid” Mat
thews, 170, Seattle, outpointed An-~
ton Raadik, 165, Chicago, 10.
HAMILTON, Ont. — Alan Mec-
Fater 134, Toronto, knocked out
glanuel Correa, 125, Mexico City,
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LaMotta
Trims Mitri
On Decision
NEW YORK, July 13—(AP)—
Another Jake La Motta-Ray Rob
inson fight was In the making to
day following the middleweight
champion’s easy conquest of Italy’s
Tiberio Mitri.
La Motta was due to step into
the offices of the International
Boxing Club some time this after
noon to pick up a check of around
$33,700 and to discuss plans for a
ls{ijx'ch scrap with the Welterweight
ng.
The Bronx Bull paved the way
for that encounter by belting out
a 15-round unanimous decision
over Mitri in Madison Square Gar
den last night.
It was like old times in the pal
ace of sock as a surprisingly large
turnout of 16,369 paid $99,841 and
rocked the roof with cheers. It was
the biggest garden fight gate in
a couple of years. There was no
radio or television broadcast.
La Motta will cut into a richer
pot than that if he signs to take
on Sugar Ray outdoors in Septem
ber.
Abe Greene, Commissioner of
the NBA, said the champ had
agreed in writing months ago to
defend his crown against Robin
son within 90 days.
7 Fusari Aug. 9
“Of course Robinson has his
own title fight with Charlie Fusari
in Jersey City Aug. 9 but if he
gets by that, La Motta and Robin
son should be able to get together
by September,” said Greene.
La Motta won only one of his
five bouts with Robinson but all
except one were very close.
-There was no doubt about last
night’s decision. You could al
most see La Motta, a shrev% busi
nessman, counting the house as he
started with Mitri., He hasn’t
looked that good in years. Making
159 pounds (Mi®ri weighed the
s:llme) didn’t bother the champ at
1.
He won just about as he pleased
over the previously unbeaten in
vader. He made the handsome, 24«
year-old Italian fight the La Mot
ta way and the end result was a
pair of unhandsome shiners for
Mitri and hardly a scratch for the
bull.
The officials voted for the 29-
year old La Motta this way: Refe
ree Mark Conn, 12-3; Judge Joe
Agnello, 9-16; Judge Bert Grant,
8-7. The AP scorecard had the
champ in front, 9-5-1.
Mitri will get around $11,500 to
console him for his shiners and
broken record.
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BY HUGH SCHUTTE
Associated Press Sports Writer
The Atlanta Crackers have
broken the Sulphur Dell
jinx whicl? lasted for nearly
two years and are still two
games out in front in the Sou
thern Association pennant
chase today.
After losing fourteen straight
games to Nashville’s Vols in the
Vols’ own “homrer heaven,” the
Crackers finally captured one and
at a crucial time. It was the first
Atlanta win in the Dell since Aug
ust 1948. The Crackers lost every
game they played there last sea
son and dropped the first two
played there so far this year, Had
the jinx persisted, Atlanta’s lead
over the on-rushing Birmingham
Barons would have been cut to
only one and one-half games as
the Barons split with Chattanoo
ga’s Lookouts.
The Vols took the opener from
Atlanta, 4-2, as Bert Flammini
twirled a three-hitter at the Loop
leaders for his best performance of
the season. The Crackers ended
the hex in the afterpiece with a 6-3
decision. The Barons took the
scheduled 7-inning first game of
a twi-night doubleheader, 6-2, in
11 innings, The Lookouts had to
come from behind to capture the
nightcap, 3-2, in 10 innings. There
were no other games scheduled.
Flamnrini’s performance only
slightly overshadowed that of
Cracker Art Fowler who held the
Vols to only five safeties, includ
ing Fred Richards’ 12th homerun.
Both pitchers fanned seven while
Flammini gave up five free passes
to two for Fowler, Ed Mathews
hit his eighth homer for Atlanta.
In the second game, Nashville
jumped out in front, 2-0, in the
second frame as Richards hit his
second homer of the evening. The
Crackers got one run back in the
fifth and then moved ahead with
a three-run uprising in the sixth,
routing starter Jim Atchley. Matk
ews singled, Ebba St. Claire and
Manager Dixie Walker doubled,
Ellis Clark and winning pitcher
Dick Hoover singled.. Hoover held
the Vols to six safeties while At
lanta pounded out 11 off Atchley,
Tony Jacobs and Flammini, who
made his second appearance of
the night in the eighth inning,
Birmingham’s Jim Atkins and
Norman Brown of the Lookouts
tied up in a pitcher’s battle in the
lid-lifter. The Barons were held to
six hits in nine innings by Brown.
When they pushed across a run in
the 10th, Bob Ross, sent down
from Washington for more season
ing, took over. He halted the rally,
but gave up the first of four Baron
runs in the 11th to be charged
with the loss. Vetera‘i Ear] Cald
well was credited with the win
‘after relieving Atkins who was
lifted for a pinchhitter in the
10th.
Two ex-major leaguers, the
Barons’ Dave “Boo” Ferris and
Bobo Newsom, staged another
hurling duel in the nightcap. Fer
riss held the Lookouts to two hits
for eight innings, but in the ninth
gave up the tying run on twe
safeties — a single to pinchhitter
Miit Byrnes and a double to John
Byrd, batting for Newsom who
was ejected by Umpire Mitchell in
the ninth. Royce Chandler took
over for Chattancoga and set the
Barons down in order in the tenth,
Charley Letchas scored the win
ning run after leading off with a
double, moving to third on Fred
Taylor’s bunt single and sliding
home under Lou Damman’s throw
to the plate on Charley Workman’s
beunding ball te second. ;
The Japanese merged three se
tions of Taipeh, the capital of For~
mosa, into one city in 1920.
Gas-burning appliances must be
altered to supply more air when
fuel is changed from manufactur
ed to natural gas.
“Pele is the mnative Hawaiian
goddess of fire.
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CHANNEL-SWIMMINC WITH SHIRLEY MAY—
Shirley May France, 17-year-old Mas
sachusetts high school girl, training in
Dover, England, for her second attempt to
swim the English Channel, is caught by a
cameraman in ecandid action during a
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Optimists Smashed
By Oconee, 25 To 4
Currently, the hottest thing in the Municipal Softball
League is Oconee Street Methodist Church. They showed
their heels to a desperate Optimist Club last night at Leg
ion Park, and when the dust finally subsided, the score
board read: Oconee Street 25, Optimist Club 4. i
Roy Rardin, mammoth Oconee
hurler, blanked the league-leading
Optimist until the bottom of the
seventh, when rival moundsmen
Dicky Saye led off the frame with
a home run to center-field. Char
ley Horne stepped in behind him
and pulled a replica, and in all,
the losers rallied for four runs in
the bottom half of the final canto.
The victory pulled Oconee up
into a tie for second place, along
side the TUniversity Professors.
Optimist, despite the ferrific lick
ing, is still in first place. Prince
Avenue Baptist now slips into rear
of the “Big Four” in the Red|
League.
In Blue League action last night,
the newly organized University
Courts scored two runs in the bot
tom of the eighth (extra inning)
to defeat Athens Manufacturing,
10-8. Ed Worley, with one on, hit
the game-winning four-master.
In the Oconee-Optimist fray,
Roy Rardin held the losers to six
hits. Meanwhile, the Methodist
wegg jumping on Saye for 18 base
blows. Saye aiso had very poor
team support, with his team com
mitting 10 errors. Five of this
number was charged against
shortstop Julius Bishop.
The outstanding defensive play
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ADD STARDINGS ...« .. ~ s
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
. W L Pl
ATLANTA. ... ... 55 3D 6483
Birmingham ...... 54 33 .621
Memphis ..... ..... 47 39 541
Nashollle ... ...... ¢l. 41 588
New Orleans ...... 40 45 471
Mobile .. .....i.x 98 49 431
Chattanooga ....... 39 53 .424
Titlle Roeke .. ..... 31 &7 321
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE
W ‘L P
Mevidian ... 5., 9281 Gi]
Pensacols .5 ..« 95 32 624
Montgomery ...... 50 33 .602
Tapkson ... i, D 035 BB
Gadsden ... v.ies 48 41 513
Vicksburg ....:... 41. 41 500
Sl - i 26 D 08
EANIStOn: <o, .o 20 88 8]
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
W L Peol
Macon :.....1..&...86 33 66}
Cohmbia o ..., 4v:31 44 531
Savannah ~........ 49 43 .533
Columbas ... o B 8 4T Q 0
Charleston ........ 47 49 490
Greenville .ii...... 81 51 440
AVRRtE 0. s 42 00 40P
Jacksonville ....... 36 60 .375
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York at Pittsburgh.
Boston at Cincinnati (night).
CHAMPIONSHIP
MOTORCYCLE
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ATLANTA
to make it across the Channel during bad
weather last fall, is determined to become
the youngest person to complete the gruel
ling swim this summer. Her Channel bid is
sponsored by NEA Service.
of the game was a sensational
catch by Oconee’s leftfielder, Rich
ard Saye. Bishop slammed a long
drive into left-center in the third
inning, that Saye barely got with
his glove hand after a long run
to his left.
Tonight’s schedule has the Jay
cees and Post Office opening pro
ceedings in a Blue League game at
6:45. This game will be broadcast
over WGAU-FM. In the second
tilt, University Profs and Prince
Avenue battle ip a Blue League
game, -
Tomorrow night, the Jaycees
|and Athens Manufacturing will
play a make-up game, beginning
at 7 o’clock. The third round
schedule will be anncunced in
Sunday’s Banner-flerald.
STANDINGS
RED LEAGUE
Team— W L Pet
Optimist Club ........ 4 2 .667
Oconee Street ........ 3 3 .500
Unlv. Frost ........ .5 9%
PoA Baptist i....... % 3 N
BLUE LEAGUE
Team— W L Pet
Past Office ... ... & 1 8290
Athens Mfg. Co. ...... 3 2 .600
Uy, Courls . ...:i.+ 3 & 59
Jeveees ... . .......e 8 P BN
Brooklyn at. Chicago.
Philadelphia at St." Louis (night).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at New York (night).
Chicago at Boston (night).
St. louis at Philadelphia
(night).
Detroit at Washington (night).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
l Rirmingham at Chattanooga.
: tlanta at Nashville,
Memphis at Mobile.
Little Rock at New Orleans.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Columbus at Milwaukee.
Toledo at Kansas City.
Indianapolis at St. Paul.
Louisville at Minneapolis.
| SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
' Macon at Augusta. -
i Columbus at Charleston.
Savannah at Columbia.
Jacksonville at Greenville.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Dallas at Shreveport.
Oklahoma City at Houston.
| Fort Worth at Beaumont.
l ~Tulsa at San Antonio.
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE
Jesup at Tifton.
Vidalia at Eastman.
Fitzgerald at Baxley.
Dublin at Douglas.
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE
Selma at Pensacola.
Montgomery at Meridian.
Anniston at Jackson.
Gadsden at Vicksburg.
GFORGIA-FI.ORTDA LEAGUE
Albanv gt Tallohassee,
Cordele at Valdosta.
Moultrie at Americus.
Waveross at Thomasville.
INTERNATINNAY, LEAGUE
Toronto at Mantres],
Rochester at Ruffaln
Svracuse at Jercev City. f
Sprinefield at Bsltimore.
TOVNRROAW'S SCHENTLE
NATIONAT, YTEAGIE
Philadelnhia ~t St. Louis.
Rrooklyn at Chicasa,
Roston at Cineinnati,
New York at Pittsburgh.
AMERICAN T¥AGUE
Meveland ot New York.
St. Louis at Philadelphia (2).
Chicaso at Roston.
Detrait at Wachinoton.
YESTERNAW'R mASEBALL
RESTILTS
AMERICAN JEAGUE
No games scheduled.
NATYONAL TEAGUE
No games scheduled.
SOUTHERN ASSQOYATION
‘ Birmingh>m 6-2. Chattancnoa
{9-3, (Ist gome 11 innines; 2nd
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L Nachyilla 4.3 A4lawis 9.6,
Only games scheduled.
Two Athenians
Qualify In
Jaycee Golf
Two Athenians have both made
thé championship flight in the
Georgia Jaycees Junior Golf Tour
nament being held at Savannah.
Jack Lumpkin gualified yester
day with an 83 while Bobby Moody
qualified with an 84. Both are rep
resenting the Athens Jaycees.
Youths playing in the tourney,
which is sponsored by the Georgia
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
must be under 19 years of age.
The many players represent the
various Jaycee chapters through
out the state. :
Bob Maupin, local Jaycee Sports
director, said this morning that the
state winner will go to the Na
tional Junior Jaycees Golf Champ
ionship. This affair will be held at
Towa State College, Ames, lowa,
on August 13-19.
Winners of both tournaments are
determined by medal play.
Both Moody and Lumpkin were
outstanding golfers for Athens
High School during. the past sea
son.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Oakland 1, Hollywood 0.
San Francisco 3, Los Angeles 1
Sacramento 4, Portland 3.
Seattle 3, San Diego 0.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Augusta 5-4, Macon 2-7.
. Jacksonville 2-5, Greenville
-10.
Charleston 3, Columbus 2.
Columbia 3, Savannah 3 (8 in
nings tie). »
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Phils, Cards
In Crucial Tilt
By The Associated Press
The chips will be down tonight when Philadelphia risks
its hard won first place in the National League against the
second place Cardinals in the opening of a vital three-game
series at St. Louis. ; B . 4 -
This is the big game of the day
as the majors return to family
feuding after the All-Star melo
drama, although an important
series opens tonight also at Yan
kee Stadium.
Cleveland’s Indians, a game and
one-half back of the second place
New York Yankees in the Ameri
can circuit, have a three-game job
at the stadium. The injury-rid
dled Yanks are three games back
of the league-leading Detroit Tig
ers, who meet the Senators at
Washington in another night tus- ‘
sle.
But the Phillies vs. Cardinals
affair dominates the scene, and}
upon the outcome rests temporary
leadership in the National loop.
The amazing Phillies, holding a
~one-game edge over St. Louis, are
expected to shoot Curt Simmons
(10-5) against Howie Pollet (9-5)
_in a battle of southpaws.
Both the Phils and Cards have
to take into consideration the fast
stepping Boston Braves, slamming
along in third place only two
games out of the lead.
Billy Southworth’s boys are in
Cincinnati for a night game with
the Reds, and Johnny Sain with a
12-5 record is due to be on the
mound for the Beantowners. 5
The Brooklyn Dodgers, in fourth
place, four and one-half games
back of Philadelphia, meet the
ever-troublesome Cubs in Chica
go,
Preacher Roe, with a 10-4 mark,
is scheduled for duty against the
Cubs. For Brooklyn, it brings up
a major mid-season question. Can
the Bums bounce back after stick
ing up near the top for most of
the first half of the season?
In the American League, the
hospital list is drawing as much
attention as the schedule, which
i;es the four Western clubs in the
st.
The loss of Ted Williams, who
may be out for the season because
of a left elbow fractured in Tues
day's All-Star game at Chicago,
is a stiff blow to the Boston Red
Sox. They meet Chicago in Bos
ton tonight.
The Yankees also are consulting
the physicians, with Joe DiMag
gio, Yogi Berra and Hank Bauer
ld‘ol:'bttul starters against Cleve
nd.
DiMaggio aggravated a groin
muscle in the All-Star accident
ward contest. Berra banged his
knee at Boston 10 days ago and
has been limping since. Bauer has
a jammed ankle. In addition, the
Yanks have had only spot service
from Tommy Henrich for weeks
due to his trick knee.
Detroit’'s Freddie Hutchinson
(9-5) is scheduled to oppose sml
Hudson (8-7), at Washington,
PAGE NINE
where the Tigers hope to make
some pennant hay beefre coming
in to Boston and New York later
next week.
Legion Nine
Nips Monroe
The Post 20 Panthers captured
the.Northern division of the junior
American Legion baseball tourney
here yesterday with a thrilling
9-8 win over Monroe.
With all the opposition in the
Northern bracket subsided, the
Panthers now await a playoff with
the Southern winner,
In yesterday’s game, Jimmy
Williams was eredited with the
win, although he gave way to
Avery Harvill in the seventh with
the score 6-5 in favor of Athens.
Sonny “Saye, Panther shortstop,
paced Post 20 at the plate, col
lecting three for four—=all singles.
Post 20 was outhit in the tilt,
11-10, and made five errors to
four miscues for Monroe.
LINE-SCORE
Monroe — 031 001 0308 (11) 4
Post 20 — 802 400 3x—9 (10) 5
Palmer and Hegwood; Williams,
Harvill (7) and Booth.
Williams May Be
Out For Season
BOSTON, July 13—(AP)—Ted
Williams, the Boston Red Sox
$125,000-a-year outfielder, under=
goes an operation for a fracture
of the left elbow today, but his
teammates st!ll have their sights
set on the American League pen
nant.
“There is a good possibility Wil
liams will be out for the rest of
the season,” Dr. Joseph Shortell
said as he prepared to perform the
operation ata Santa Maria Hospi=
tal in Cambridge.
But the Red Sox took the news
of their lanky slugger’s injury in
the All-Star game as “part of the
game” and refused to admit they
were out of the pennant race, al
though eight games behind the
front-running Detroit Tigers.
Williams suffered his injuty
after hauling down Ralph Kiner’s
long smash in the first inning of
the All-Star classie Tuesday.
“T hit the wall with the heel
of my hand,” Ted explained. “But
it was in the elbow that I noticed
the pain”
~ Dr. Shortell described the in
jury as “very serious” and “very
painful.”