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MERRITT POUND, JR.—SPORTS EDITOR.
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PINE TOPS “X” CAMP .—Jeff Mills, Jim Hall, Billy Steadman and
pilly Allen were the winners in their respective groups yesterday in a
swimming meet held at the Pine Tops “Y” Camp near Athens,
Al four boys almost attained perfect scores of 30 points in the meet,
ith Mills coming nearest to it with 29 markers.
1n other activities at the camp the Gophers led both the football and
e softball leagues after the first week’s competition of the last two
week period.
pesults of the swimming meet and league games will appear in Mon
jay's Banner-Herald.
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Sice Walhalla, South Carolina,
softhall team was not able to make
the game scheduled at Legion
field at 8 p. m., last night, the two
local rivals played a practice
same. James Brothers Service Sta
tion downed Charlie James Clean
ers, 8-1.
Charlie James played with only
gight en, with second baseman
pot appearing. :
Dick Saye, James Brothers
pitcher, struck out nine and walk
«d only one man, Saye gave up
only two hits and one run. :
In the first inning the Cleaners
were the visitors, so they took the
first swings. Bobby Davis was the
first man up and walked, while
Pee Wee Hancock popped a fly
out e the second baseman. Dee
Allen, pitcher for the Cleaners,
popped a fly out to the third base
mran for the second out, while Tim
Cartey, catcher for the Cleaners,
was struck out by Saye.
In the bottom of the first, Lou
Lanard, jr., left fielder for James
8r05.,, popped and infield fly to
short stop Pee Wee Hancock.
Gene Hayes, short stop for James
Bros. banged an infield fly out to
Hancock for the second out, while
Charles Flanagan, centerfielder,
took first base on a walk and was
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Walker Harris
Enters Net
Tourney Here
Walker Harris a star perform
er on last years crack Tulane
University tennis squad, has en
tered the Crackerland Cham
pionships which are slated to
begin here on August 8. Harris
is a former resident of New Or
leans but is living in Monroe,
Georgia for the summer.
An outstanding array of ten
nis artists will compete in the
Crackerland from all parts of
the southeastern states includ
ing a number of players who are
ranked highly by the Southern
Lawn Tennis Association.
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were Dick Saye, who got a triple
and a single; and Ted Baker,
catcher for James Bros., who bang=
ed out a single and a double.
Best hitters for Charlie James
were Pee Wee Hancock, who
knocked a single between second
and shortstop, and Don Carnes who
rapped a single out in rightfield.
As incentives for outstanding
achievement in a better grooming
program, two top ranking 4-H
club girls in the nation are to re
ceive S3OO college scholarships and
trips to the National 4-H Club
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THE BIG FELLAH—Joe DiMaggio is meeting the ball well again
with his gorgeous swing, and the Yankees are higher than a cat’s
. back in their bid for a third consecutive vennant. (NEA)
Yanks, Indians Win;
Tigers Defeat Bosox
By The Associated Press
The New York Yankees
came to life in the late in
nings yesterday and hum
bled the last place St. Louis
Brown, 11-3, to protect their
slender lead in the American
League pennant race.
Cleveland remained a half game
astern of the Yanks. The Indians
defeated the Philadelphia Athlet
ics, 4-2, to break their second place
deadlock with the Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox dropped a 2-1 decis
ion to the Detroit Tigers and tum
bled to third place, 1% games
back of the Yanks.
Jim Suchecki checked the Yanks
on three hits over the first five in
nings but lost his touch in the
sixth when the Yanks exploded
for six runs to ice the game. Yogi
Berra’s three-run, two-out double
'was the big blow of the rally.
The Yanks added a pair in the
seventh on a two-run homer by.
Collins and closed out their scor
ing with two mrore in the eighth
against Bob Mahoney. Berra belt
ed a homer for the first run and
Hank Bauer scored the second on
the front end of a triple steal.
Kuzava limited the Browns to
six hits.
The loss was Suchecki’s sixth
without a victory. The triumph
was Kuzava's seventh compared to
five defeats and the Yanks’ 13th in
16 innings with the Browns.
FELLER WINS 17th
Bobbie Feller became the first
major league pitcher to win 17
games this season as Cleveland
“defeated the ghnadelphia Ath~
letics, 4 to 2, yesterday, to take
over second place in the red hot
American League race. Feller
has lost four.
Boston was defeated by De
troit, 2 to 1, to drop to third, a
game behind the Indians and 114
behind the league leading New
York Yankees.
Larry Doby’s only hit of the
game, a triple, brought in two
runs in the eighth inning to give
Cleveland the victory.
Feller needed mninth inning
help from Lou Brissie. The lat
ter came on after Feller walked
pinchhitter Dave Philley and
Eddie Joost singled with two
out to place the tying runs on
base.
Brissie, facing his former
teammates for the third time
this year, fanned Elmer Valo on
a 2 and 2 count to preserve Fel
ler’s win.
The victory was Feller’s third
straight over Philadelphia and
Cleveland’s ninth successive win
over the A’s.
Johnny Groth’s ninth inning
two-run homer, plus Lefty Ted
Gray’s spectacular relief pitching
yesterday gave the Detroit Tigers
a 2-1 win over the Boston Red
Sox. The setback dropped the lat
ter a game and a half behind the
top-place New York Yankees.
Until the final frame, Leo Kiely,
Boston’s rookie portsider, had a
three-hit shutout going, for Walt
Dropo had given him a lead with
a sixth inning homer.
Steve Souchock launched the
Tigers’ winning rally with a sin
gle to left and then Groth lashed
his second four-bagger of the sea
son over the left field wall. After
Hoot Evers lashed Kiely for a
third consecutive hit, that young
ster was replaced by Bill Wight,
who halted the Detroit drive.
Gray became the third Detroit
flinger in the low-scoring action
when the Red Sox came to bat in
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| Both sides totaled seven hits
and Hank Borowy, who relieved
starter Freddie Hutchinson in the
eighth, wound up with his first
win against a single loss.
REDS TAME BROOKS
The Cincinnati Reds hopped
on Don Newcombe for seven
runs in the fourth and fifth in
nings yesterday and then coast
ed to a 7 to 3 victory over the
Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the
Reds’ second straight triumph
over the National League lead
ing Dodgers.
Newcombe had won nine
straight before.
The Reds got to Newcombe
for four runs in the fourth and
three more in the fifth on a total
of only seven hits. He bowed out
after the fifth frame.
Ewell Blackwell had the
Brooklyns well under control
until the late innings. He had
his strikeout ball working and
fanned seven Dodgers.
Hank Edwards, whe Cincin
nati obtained from Brooklyn
only recently, clubbed out two
doubles to help lead the Cin
cinnati attack. .
Hank Bauer shook himself out of
a batting slump and drove in the
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winning run as the Chicago Cubs
staggered to a 7 to 6 victory over
the Boston Braves in an 11-inning
game before 13,866 here yesterday,
The victory, the Cubs’ third in
a row and seventh in their last
nine games, was credited to Joe
Hatten who turned in a superb
relief performance in the last two
and two-thirds innings.
Outhitting the Braves 16 to 5,
the Cubs did almost everything to
give the decision away after tak
ing a 5 to 1 lead in the eighth in
ning. The Braves had the benefit
of 12 walks and four errors.
Randy Jackson, Hal Jeffcoat
and Sauer teamed up to salvage
the win, the Cubs’ 10th in 15 jousts
with Boston.
PIRATES WIN
Little Murry Dickson, aided
by two home runs, pitched the
Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7 to 3
win over the Philadelphia Phil
lies yesterday.
Dickson scattered seven hits
to cop his 14th victory and give
the Pirates their first win over
the Phils at Forbes Field this
season.
Ralph Kiner smashed his 28th
home run of the season with no
body aboard in the fourth in
ning. Gus Bell also rapped a
round tripper for the Bues, his
12th, in the seventh after Tom
Saffel singled. °
Chicago at Washington in the
American, and New York at St.
Louis, National, were night games.
Country Club
Has Big Golt
Events Set
There's big golfing news from
the Athens Country Club for local
golf enthusiasts this week. Pooley
Hubert, club pro for the Country
Club, announced yesterday that
the Men's Club Championship
qualifying rounds are to be played
between now and August 12 in
preparation for the big Labor Day
finals.
Mr. Hubert stated that the
championship is for club members
only and that qualifying is to be
from scratch with 36 holes for
both the qualifying rounds and
the final.
The pro further warned that
matching cards with opponents
will be strictly prohibited during
the championship tourney.
Also on the horizon for local
golfers is the Junior Cup trophy
for players under 18 years of age.
Qualifying rounds will start on
téugust 15 and will end on August
2. ;
Players who desire to play in
both of these Country Club golf
matches are asked to enter at the
pro shop at the club and signify
their intentions to qualify before
playing their qualifying rounds.
The Georgia P. G. A. members
are to hold their State Champion
ship tourney at the Athens Coun
try Club on September 6 with an
Amateur-Pro event which is slat
ed for the sth of September. Prize
money will be $l5O for pro along
with the P. G. A. cup. Amateurs
will receive prizes of golf balls,
umbrellas, tees, ete.
Golfers who are interested in
entering this competition are to
get in touch with Pooley Hubert
at the pro shop and pay their reg
istration fee at their earliest con
venience. The registration fee is to
be $5.00.
Horseshoe Toss
Comes To Close
The Lyndon House horse-shoe
tournament was finished yesterday
with only the boys doubles being
played.
Taking first place were Kenneth
Wilcox and Clarence Franklin,
who edged out Jack Gordon and
Buddie Amox. The latter two end
ed up in second place in the tour
nament. Lyndon House officials
named Donald Smith, William
Kidd, Thurmon Alewine, and
Huge Dorsey Smith as other good
contenders in the tournament.
WALLARD HURT
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 4—(AP)
—Lee Wallard, 1951 Indianapolis
Speedway winner, seriously burn
ed in a race at Reading, Pa., June
3, received his 27th skin graft at
Albany Hospita! today. Grafts
have been made on both arms and
both legs. Wallard’s skin and that
of {ear donors have been used.
Doubleheaders Played
In Independent League
Club Owners
Meet To Pick
Commissioner
By TED SMITS
NEW YORK, Aug. 4—(AP)—A
confidential poll of big league club
owners made by the Associated
Press indicated today there is no
outstanding candidate in the field
for commissioner of baseball,
In fact, strong opposition wes
expressed against making a final
choice at the meeting to be held
here Tuesday.
Instead the sentiment seems to
be to narrow down the list of can
didates to three or four, with the
final ballot coming some weeks
later.
Salary Boost
In order to get the right man,
said one owner, baseball is ready
to boost the salary to $75,000 year=-
ly. A. B. Chandler, who was re
fused re-election after serving
since 1945, received $65,000.
Several owners mentioned the
possibility of a military man. The
name most widely discussed in this
connection is General Douglas
MacArthur.
Others talked of a business man.
So far no top flight business exe
cutive has been mentioned except
James A. Farley, former postmas
ter general, now with the Coca-
Cola Company., 2
Three big baseball names came
up spontaneously in the discus
sions—Ford Frick, president of
the National League; George
Trautman, head of the Minor
Leagues; and Warren Giles, presi
dent of the Cincinnati Reds.
Said a club owner close to the
screening commitiee;
“We had about 25 names on
our list, but you can discount 80
per cent of them.” He was asked
if MacArthur, Farley, Giles,
Trautman, and Frick sounded like
the hard core of first line candi
dates. “Yes,” he said, “but there is
one other name so highly placed
that it would embarrass him if it
were to be known.”
Settle Tuesday
One owner said he wanted to
settle Tuesday on about four can
didates—one each from the worlds
of baseball, public life, business,
and military affairs.
Said another:
~ “I am emphatically not in favor
of a politician or a baseball man.
A politician might be in favor
‘now, and out of favor tomorrow.
A baseball man is sure to have
some petty grievances. I just want
ho narrow down the field, and
then take a good look at each man.
We don’t want to make a snap
judgment.”
To the direct question, “have
you a candidate,” every club own
er flatly said “no.”
Except for the owner who said
he was opposed both tc a poli
tician and to a baseball man, all
the rest indicated open-mindedness
on choosing between a man from
the game or a national figure,
Georgia To Have
Split Dove Season
Frank Thornton, State Wildlife
Ranger for this district, stated yes
terday that it is now cfficial that
Georgia will have a split dove
season this year with the early
portion running from September
15 through September 29. The
latter part of the season is set from
January 15 through January 29,
1952. Shooting hours will he the
same as last year from 12 noon un
til sunset but the daily bag limit
is now eight instead of ten.
Ranger Thornton also says that
anyone wishing to receive copies
of the Georgia Fish and Game
commission magazine should drop
a posteard to J. L. Stearns, Editor
of the magazine, Atlanta, Georgia
and it will be sent to them free of
charge.
Sports Contest
Set By W.G.A. U.
The WGAU Department of
Sports announces a new type of
contest for all listeners who are
interested in “Sports Parade,” a
regular station presentation of
WGAU each week-day evening at
6:15 p. m.
According to Dick Mendenhall,
Director of Sports, the rules for
the contest are as follows:
1. Deadline — Wednesday mid
night.(l2:oo p. m.)—August Bth.
11. Any person within Clarke
County line may enter—only one
contestant from each immediate
family.
111. Contestant must send in BY
MAIL either one sport oddity, one
sport laugh, or one dramatic sports
story—in 100 words or less. Mail
to “CONTEST, WGAU DEPT. OF
SPORTS, WGAU, Athens, Ga.”
IV. The judges will be selected
from the Sports Staff.
V. The winning article will be
featured over WGAU Thursday
ni%ht, August 9th, on “Sports Pa
rade.”
', VI. The winner will be in
formea and will be invited out
to WGAU for the Friday night
edition of Sports Parade at 6:15 in
person as the distinguished guest
of the Sports Department.
VII. Do not call by phone for
you~ entry or consult with an of
, ficial of the station about the
I contest. This is against the rules
I VIII. With your entry, please
I send a suggestion as to what you
think would make Sports Parade
‘ a better program.
BY LEON DRISKELL
Doubleheaders were seen
at several localities in the
Independent loop yesterday
as the teams jockeyed for
favorable positions in the
standings. This week-end’s
play will close the next to
last week-end of the compe
tition.
An unofficial report on the
Whitehall-Diamond Hill double
header at Whitehall wag recived
late Saturday night. The scores of
the two tilts were not reported but
it was learned that the two teams
split the honors with each aggre
gation taking a game.
The doubleheader at Farming
ton between the Farmington and
Winterville teams also resulted in
a split with the Winterville team
edging out the Farmers with a
5-3 score in the first frav. The
Farmington nine came back with
a vengence in the second game to
take that tilt with a very decisive
11-7 score. Burger was the losing
pitcher for the Farmington team
in the first game while Fred Hill
hurled in the second fray. Fowler
completed the battery for Farm
ington in both games.
Second place Comer which has
been making an outstanding re
cord in games—won recently, took
both games in a doubleheader
which was played at Comer yes
terday. Comer dropped the hard
playing Bogart nine with a 5-3 and
a 7-5 score in the two games.
Bob Steele began the day’s play
for the Comer team at the mound
and took the first game giving up
only four hits to the Bogarters.
Roberts was the only Bogart man
who connected for a svectacular
hit. Roberts was accredited with
one of the nicest homers of the
year’s Independent play early in
the scrap.
Moundsman Avery Harvill did a
good job of hurling for the out
classed Bogart team and gave up
only ten hits to the swinging Com
er boys. Bill Walsh caught for
Comer while Campbell completed
the battery for Bogart in the first
game.
The second game of the day saw
catcher Bill Walsh of the Comer
nine bang out a strategic homer
for his team in the third inning.
Walsh’s homer came with two men
on base and cinched the game for
Comer early in the playing period.
Walsh’s total batting record for
the game was two for three.
Bob Steele began doing mound
duties for the Comer team in the
second game but seemed to have
lost his spark after the hard play
of the first game and was relieved
in the fourth by hurler Fleeming
who was accredited with the sec
ond win of the day. Pitching for
the Bogart nine in the second
game was Wallace who gave up
nine hits.
Colbert was the scene of a
near shut-out fray yesterday as
the Colbert nine romped over the
visiting Statham team to gain a
valuable 9-3 victory. Big Tim
Cartey did the twirling for Col
bert and refused to relinquish but
five hits which the Statham boys
stretched out to score their three
tallies.
Miller’s hurling for the Statham
team was consistent and at times
even great as he surrendered only
seven hits to the inspired Colbert
team. Bill Condon was the out
standing hitter for the Colbert
team as he picked up two for three
time at bat including one triple,
Costly errors on the part of the
Statham nine were greatly the
cause of the Comer team’s rack
up of runs.
No report was made last night
on the Athens VFW-Bostwick
game; therefore no standings
could be made up in time for
printing.
Today’s Schedule:
Colbert at Bogart.
Winterville at Diamond Hill.
Comer at Statham.
Farmington at Athens VFW.
Bostwick at Whitehall.
GOOD OLD DAYS
MONTREAL.— (AP) —An ex
pense sheet for one James O’Brien,
who worked on the Lachine Canal
in 1822, was an eye-opener at the
McGill surmmer historical exhibi
tion. He received $1 a day but he
paid only 15 cents for a pound of
butter, and 10 cents for an ounce
of tea and loaf of bread. g
WHY WAIT TO BUY A NEW CAR?
10% Price Raises Forecast.
Government Asking For Increase Eicise Tax.
New Car Production Curtailed 35%
We have a few new Dodges and Plymouths
available for immediate delivery at the old
price.
Buy now while you can get delivery and save
money.
WE NEED YOUR USED CAR :
J. Swanton lvy, Inc.
Charlie Jones
Winner In
Fishing Contest
Charlie Jones, colored, is the
winner in this week’s Athens
Sporting Goods fishing contest
having caught a seven pound
blue eat in the Oconee River on
red worms,
Judged by impartial em
ployees of the Athens Sporting
Goods store the contest runs
weekly from 12 noon on Sat
urday to the following Saturday
at 12 noon, Winners receive $2.50
in trade at the sporting goods
store,
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EYE ON BALLS—Dr. Cary
Middlecoff sets the mood for,
another tournament with a clus
ter of flying balls. The Mem
phis dentist two years ago put
30 yards on his drive and won
the United States Open cham
pionship. He is one of the|
brighter stars of circuit. (NEA)'
SPORTS
BRIEFS
MONTREAL, AUG. 4—(AP)—
Canada swept into a 2-0 lead over
Cuba today in their Davis eup
North American zone tennis tie.
Brenda Macken of Montreal de
feated Dr. Juan Weiss of Havana,
3-6, 64, 6-1, 6-4, and Lorene Main
of Vancouver outclassed Jose
(Pepe) Aguero of Cuba, 6-4, 6-0,
7-5.
Canada ean elinch the best-of
five series with a victory in to
morrow’s doubles. The winner of
this series will meet the United
States in the North American
zone final.
KALAMAZOO, MICH., Aug. 4—
(AP)—Top-seeded Bob Perry dis
located his left knee in winning his
Junior singles semi-final of the
national junior and boys tennis
championships today.
The Los Angeles Star probably
will be hampered by the injury
tomorrow in the final title match
with Ted Rogers of Chevy Chase,
Md. Rogers won his semi-final
match with William Cranston of
San Marino, Calif., 8-6, 9-6.
FOLDBERG STATEMENT
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 4.
—(AP)—Henry (Hank) Foldberg,
former Army football star, said to
day he had information indicating
15 or 20 varsity gridders are in
volved in charges cadets cheated
on exanrinations at West Point.
Middlecoff
Takes lead:«
In Pro Golf
By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN
CHICAGO Aug. 4—(AP)—Cary
Middlecoff of Memphis, banking
on bulleye approach shots blasted
Tam O’Shanter for 66 today tq
bounce into the 54-hole lead in the
$15,000 All-American Pro Golf
Tournament with 206, ten under
par.
The high-strung 30-ear-old for=
mer dentist needed only two long
putts—of 25 and 45 feet—in deco
rating his third round card with
six birdies. Four other putts:for
birdies were less than eight feet
as he knocked his approaches with
machine-like precision.
Middlecoff bidding stronglyfor
the first prize of $2250 to be
awarded tomorrow at the end of
the 72-hole grind was never over
par today. He booked 34 on the
front side and then came back in
32 to shave six strokes from'the
36-36 standard.
The only time he was trappec
was on the 17th where he thrillec
8000 spectators by smashing ou.
three feet from the cup to cinch
par three,
“My Day”
“] was pretty sure this was mv
day” said the 1951 Western Open
runner-up and fifth leading mon
ey winner for the season, “when
dropped that 45 foot putt for =z
birdie on the 12th. Then I tappec.
in a 25 footer on 14.”
Middlecoff’s tourney earnings to
date amount to $10,561.
Middlecoff, the 1949 Nationa!
Open winner, could relax on the
patio with a glass of ice tea .and
watch the remainder of the late
starting pro field of 120 try to
come to him. All of the halfwayx
pacesetters were still on the course
when the lean southerner finishec.
But hole = by = hole accounts
showed they never had a chance.
None of them even could match
par on the front nine.
Meanwhile, Ralph Blomquist of
Glendale, Calif., who has never
finished better than 15th onithe
1951 circuit, coupled 34’s for a 68
and a 54-hole tally of 211. Skee
Riegel, husy Tulsa, Okla., pro
playing with Middlecoff, wgzd
45’s for 70 and a 211. Tommy Bolt
of Durham, N. C., scored 35-86—
71 today to bring his total to:211.
Norm Von Nida of Sydney, Aus
tralia, headed the foreign con
tigent with 34-33—69 and 212. De
fending champion Bobby Locke
ballooned to a 77 for 220 and was
battling to finish in the money.
One of the best rounds of:the
day, however, was fashioned: by
Babe Zaharias. She carved a rec
ord-breaking last nine of 33 for a
71, five under women’s par, te
wheel into a 10-stroke margin
with 223, G
Nearest Rival
Her nearest rival was Betsy
Rawls, Austin, Tex., with 77 for
233.
| Her finishing kick was even
'greater. She one-putted four of
the last six holes for birdies as
the large gallery gasped. Her long~
est putt was a 25-footer on the
26th hole. The match ended in dis
appointment for 25-year-old Mary
Ann on the 28th when they halved
the par five hole.
Marjorie, driving, ehipping and
putting masterfully, blistered the
6.727 yard Plum Hollow course in
four strokes under par (women’s
18 hole par is 77).
Barbara Romack, promising 18
year old Sacramento Californian,
won the consolation championship
by defeating Clara Jane Mosack
of Detroit 5 and 4,
Women Golfers
To Hold Luncheon
The Women’s Golf Association
of Athens will hold their monthly
luncheon this coming Tuesday at
the Athens Country Club. Dis
cussion at the luncheon, which will
be an “order your own” affair,
will be on the August golf tourna
ment. Members of the association
may bring guests to the djinner
and meeting.
Tempting prizes will be offered
to winners of the 72-hole madal
play tourney which is to run from
August 1 through August i3l.
Handicaps will apply for ‘the
tourney and there will be no en
trance fee. The August festivity
is planned to give the girls a
warm-up for the Labor and Fall
tournaments this year.