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i Chuck Klein’s Bat Rings Again, and New Chapter
Is Added to Story of Star Slugger’s Slump
By BILL BRAUCHER
Central Press Sports Writer
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October to the saga of -that Cubs’
slugger who didn’t slug. <<» -■•
The mill hand from Indianapolis*"
with wrists as tough.as the, ate el
with which he toiled as a youth,
may enact the big cojneback drama
of 1936 if spring training gesture®
mean anything—and sometihies
! they do.
Klein has been smacking laU
kinds of. pitching for all kinds of
bases since the Cubs left the Pa
cific coast and started their north
ward march through the grapefruit
and cotton belts. Foreman Charles
Grimm says he knew all the time
that Chuck was. only fooling the
last two years, during which, period
his batting activities resembled
mostly tho awkward activities of
a beginner at badminton. d
Coming in on High 4 *
Chuck has been blasting the old
apple so brutally in the cowboy
and hill-billy district through which
the Cubs pass on their way back
to Chicago that some of the Ijoys
have walked out of the stands pop
eyed after tho game, forgetting
their guitars. :
It has been only a matter of eight
years since Charles Herbert KMn
was a S2OO ball player. He was just
21 years old when he started the
season of 1927 with Evansville in
the Three. Eye league. He was ped
dled to Fort Wayne for $260, and a
year later Fort Wayne (a town inot
to be trustedjsold him to the Pillis
for $7,500. *[• ’
Klein became the Babe Ttuthj of
the National league. In his v*ery
first season with the. Phils he >hlt
.360. All the boys sat down h nd
wrote that he was a great natural
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Teams Chosen For Final
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Relay Races, Indoor Ball And
Other Tests On Busy j
Schedule
The final series of games in the Y.
M C. A. College Athletic lecgue com
petition has swung into action
the selection of teams. K
All boys of the winning teams in
each closs will be given the ‘‘Y’ ath
letic award when the contest (has
come to a close. The next seven weeks
will see the athletes vying in re.ay
races, indoor ball, sp -tsmanahip, >ahd
weekly aUletic tests. ’• ’ ‘
The line-up of the new teams ; fol
i lows:
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I Auburn— Bobby Laughlin, cauUin;
' Henry Groover, Ancil Anderson, Billy
i Clark, Wilmer Stewart, and. Ralph
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Vanderbilt - Charles Rich, sap-
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. Thomas Wren, Tr., and John Paulien.
Virginia Max Clifton, captain;
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■■■ CHUCK KLEIN . . a finally finds himself '■
hitter, with a stance like Joe Jack
son, and you know the rest.
He was a great natural hitter,
too. In 1929, still wtih the lowly
Phillies, he hit .356. The next year
was better yet—he flattened the
fences to the tune of .386 and
smacked 40 homers and the streets
of Philadelhia weren’t safe. The
late William Wrigley, Jr., offered
SIOO,OOO for his services but was
refused.
, Fred Sapp, Milton Chestnut, Herbert
Dubo's, and Carl Scott.
V . M. I.—Rudolph Davis, saptain;
William Rich, Calvin Hancock, John
L. Williams and John Hughes.
PREP CLASS
Citadel Bernard Addy, captain;
Jack Bright, Edward . Bleakley, and
Graham Hurst.
Furman Edward Morrison, cap
tain: Dean Smith, Jimmie Eliopolo,
Lance Mackey, and Keith Quarter
man. < . ; £ ;
Mercer George DeLoach, captain;
Bobby Paddison, George Rushing,
Dick Jessup, and Kent Knignt.
Oglethorpe Lester Gruver, cap
tain; Jack Rhodes, Harry Ulcus, Jr.,
Paul Palmer, end Jim Palmer.
Junior Business Boys* Class
California Charles Wheeler, cap
tain; Billy Searcy, Clinton Kelly,
Janies Davenport, Sam Smith, H. L,
James, H. Burnsed, Bill Williams.
I Nebraska William Douglas, cap
tain: Olin Burnsed, T. E. Adams, 1
i William_Kelly,Morion Forbee, H.
Goes to Cubs, and Collapses
Klein slumped to .337 in 1931 but
still was one of the league’s great
batters. He came back up to .348
in 1932, leading the league in runs,
hits and stolen bases and being
named the circuit’s most valuable
player. The rampage continued
through 1933 when he led the lea
gue in hitting with an average of
.368, driving 38 home runs.
Then Philadelphia sold him to
GOLF FACTS
NOT THEO RI E S—By Alex Morrison
At the risk of being classified as
an insurance man, I’m going to
bring to your attention something
that I think is decidedly worthwhile.
There is no person on the course,
caddy, player, workman or spectator,
who doesn’t run some risk c* injury
from a ball or a club.
No doubt you’ve seen accounts In
your local paper of some accident
resulting in Injury to caddy or play
er. Such an accident has never
Pickard, Charles Wilson, W. B.
Weathers.
Stanford Billy Schou. captain;
Tom Hernandez, C. B. Miltiodes, R.
Cloud, Vernon Clifton, Nick Pranta
las, and Otis Fountain.
Texas Cicil GUI, Kenneth Bar
thelmess, L. F. Lane, Jr., Jordan,
George Johnsen, Jim Futch and Ed
ward Mcßride. . » * .
- Yale Willard Douglas, captain;
George Ribbins, alternate captain;
Prank Savage, Motte Edenfield, Gil-
Chicago for $65,000 and three or
four good-card players. And Klein
treat into almost total eclipse.
r In 1534, -Chuck -finished the sea
son with a measly .301. Yast year’s
mark of .293 was that much worse.
His batting was so bad, in fact,
that the sympathetic Mister Grimm
removed him from the premises
and hid him behind some anony
mous wind-breakers on the bench
While Ute Cubs were out there win
ning the penant.
ThO Cubs started the world series
last fall Without him. Forlorn, de
spairing* Chuck perched on the
bencMLWz his mates steped out and
bpener in Detroit, 8 to 0.
He was atif lon the' bench until
tho nlnlh iufaing of the third game.
Two rtfci behind, one but. Hack
signaled. Judges, who had been hav
ing trouble locating the ball, was
up. Mirtefr Grimm looked over the
bench, Thefc’Waa Kl^n,-with a
quarter s Worth of chewing tobacco
in hB right cheek and an eager
look j'h his eye. Mistep Grimm got
a hunch and sent Chuck up there
for C cut at it» f c
The Slump Is Ended I
Klein singled cleanly to left. That
was the start The Chbs tied the
score only to lose after two extra
innings.
It was in the fifth game, at Chi
cago, however, When Klein real
ly went to town. He came to bat
in the third inning after Herman
had tripled. Rowe gave him a fast
one ahd Chuck sent it singing into
the right field stands. It was all the
, Cube needed to Win the ball game,
; though they scored one after that
i to make it 3 to 1 at the payoff,
i It may have been the feel of that
• home run off Rowe that changed
t Chuck Klein’s whole outlook on
life. Things like that happen in
> baseball.
i revealed how easily the same thing
> could happen again and to anyone on
: the links. No player ean be so sure of
. what he U going to do with either
, club or ball and even if he could, he
, couldn’t keep others out of his way.
Ths answer is to get yourself some
golf insurance for your own as well
as the protection of others. It costs
but a few dollars per year and your
local agent should be able to make
’ the necessary arrangements.
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ibert Fritts, Donald Moody. Gtorge
Pinckney, and Charles Brady. 1
Harvard Dick Ward, captain;
Harold Wittkamp, alternate captain;
Danny Dlx L. Horton, Howard Fares,
CJames Purvis, Jack Hancock, and
Cornell McLamb.
The first games will be held Mon
day afternoon ! and ' night for the
Midgets, Preps, and Junior Business
Boys, and the Westerh Union and
Freshman class will go into action
Tueada afternoon and night. l
BATTLERS HARD
AT TRAINING FOR
ALLIANCE BOUTS
Leonard Prepares Boxers For
City-Wide Title Fights
This Month
Under he guiding hand of Coach
Dick -Leonard, boxers who will rep
resent the Jewish Alliance at the
first annual city wide amateur cham
pionship tourney this month have
been bard at work preparing for theft
elimination rounds which are but ten
days away. The city wide amateur
melee is set for April 28-29 at the
Municipal Auditorium.
Elimination bouts for the J. E. A.
city wide affair will be sponsored by
the J. E. A. Men’s Club. It is creat-
8 ® great deal of interest in local
fighting circles. Those who intend
to enter may secure entry blanks
from the desks of sports’ editors of
the various newspapers.
When Coach Leonard looked around
■ to see who Was on hand for practice
yesterday morning he found a flock
of youngsters confronting him. Amo-g
them were: Cockv Alpert, Sammy
Schatz, Jay Shoob, K. Mopper. Ros
enweig, Maxcus, Babe Alpert, Walter
n u< e ’ t Henty Ka P la “- Nat Nathan,
Rubinitz, Joe Dinerman, Al Horn
stein and others.
Among those which have already
arr 3 to enter the city wide
match is an Impressive squad being
coached by Meyer Sable which will
?? IT L-*? e ray under the banner of
the Kollegians Athletic Club.
SO. ATLANTIC LOOP
GAME CHANGES MADE
Two Clubs Planning Play Sun
day Games Causes
Shakeup
Several changes are to be made in
the schedule of teams of the South
Atlantic League as a result of a
meeting yesterday of directors of the
league at the Richmond Hotel In
Augusta, Robert LaMotte, vice presi
dent and general manager of the
Savannah Indians announced this
morning. Mr. LaMotte returned early
today. J
He said it was made known at the
meeting that two clubs in the league
are planning to play Sunday baseball,
his development made changes nec
essary In the schedule. However, Bob
said this revision would not cause
the fndUnl 5 h ° me gameS ° f
There was a hundred percent at
tendance of directors. The gathering
t _s lle elated before the season
opens on April 19.
movie team to play
FOR U.S. IN GERMANY
Universal Five Wine Right
To Trip By Victory
Over Oilers
NEW YORK, April 6 (TPI
Sam’s Olympic basketball
hopes rest on the capable shoulders
of the Universal Pictures team of
California today.
The Universals wan the trip to
Germany for the Olympics when
they defeated the towering Me-
Pherson Oilers of Kansas in a rip- i
roaring Madison Square Garden i
contest that ended in the 44 to 43
score. ,
The Oilers, despite last night’s i
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CONNIE MACK BETTER, i
TO REJOIN ATHLETICS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 6—(TB)
—The veteran manager of the Phil
adelphia Athtetica, CoCnnie Mack,
will leave for Asheville, N. C„ tdoay
to rejoin his team.
Mack was stricken with a severe
cod last week and lost his voice
while in Knoxville. He says he has
his voice back now. and win soon be
out there using it plenty as the
boys whip into shape.
defeat, will share the trip abroad
with the Universals. The Olympics
squad will consist of seven Univer
sals and seven oilers. The Olympics
Basketball Tournament, in which
more than 20 nations will compete,
are due to open in August.
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Sugar Tossers Have Sweet Time
In Nipping Cochran’ Coalers
FIGHTEfe MANAGER’S
WIDOW TO CARRY ON
AS PILOT OF BQXERS
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 6
Mrs. Bernard J. Fox entered the
fistic limelight today as the first
woman fight manager in the his
tory of Massachusetts.
Mrs. Fox is the widow of “Bar
ney” Fok, veteran fight manager,
who died last Thursday after an
operation. Fox will be buried today
~fter funeral services at St. Pat
rick’s church, Cambridge.
The fight manager’s widow, soon
-after hi' de Uh. signed contracts
■with Bill Brennan, “Barney’s”
nartner, to handle her husband’s
Interest In the boxing stable. List
ed among Fo?f’s battlers is Al
McCoy, regarded by many as a
logical contender for John Henry
Lewis’s light heavyweight cham
pionship crown.
JEWS TO OPEN DRIVE -
FOR PALESTINE FUNDS
NEW YORK, April 6—(TP)—Two
thousand rabbis in all parts of the
United States have instructions today
to feature their passover holiday
ceremonies with a drive for united
Palestine appeal funds.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, national co
chairman of the Palestine appeal,
voiced the request from the pulpit
of his Bnai Jeshurun synagogue. The
appeal is seeking $3,500,000 to be
spent in aiding German, Polish and
Roumanian jews to emigrate to Pal
estine. i
NOON MARKETS
NEW YORK, April 6 (TP)—
Trading in high priced shares led
the stock market into higher ground
today. Steels, rails, and motors re
mained in the van. Favorable in
dustrial news sent the whole list
from fractions to a point higher.
Utilities however, were laggards.
Corporate bonds were steady. U.
S. government issues improved
slightly.
Wheat and cotton tended lower.
American Girl—Are you sure you
want to marry me so rmyself and
not for my money?
European Count—Just to prove my
good intentions I’ll promise you that
as scon as we are married I’ll help
you get rid of your money as quick
ly as possible.
Oldman—See here, young man, I
am going to give you some good ad
vice— >
Upstart—Never mind. My mind is
already overworked trying to remem
ber that already given me.
Bildad—Why don’t yo utake a day
off and go fishing with me? Ca’nt
your boss get along without you?
Wigmore—Sure he can. But I can’t
take any chances on his finding it
out.
• Chalking up three runs in tha
second inning, the Savannah Sugar
Refinery’s baseball brigade downed
the nine of the Cochran Coal Com
pany by a score of 4 to 1 at tha
refinery field yesterday afternoon
Regardless of the fact that this
was their initial game the coal com
pany team was credited with but
one error. Pitcher Shannon allow
ed the refinery boys only five hits.
D. Grevemberg and McGaughy,
hurling for the sugar plant, between
them allowed the rivals four hits.
Harvard of Cochran’s led in hit
ting for his side. Top sluggers of
the Sugar Refinery were McGauhy,
D. and M. Grevemberg.
The box score:
SUGAR REFINERY
AB. R. H. E.
M. Grevemberg, cf 3 0 0 0
Bercegeay, If 4 0 0 0
Loncon, 2b 4 0 0 0
, C. Grevemberg. ss2 111’
O. Grevemberg, s 3 110 1
Morgan, 3b 2__l 0 1 '
Mobley, lb 13 0 10
D. Grevemberg, p„ rs. __2 0 0 0
McGaughey, rs., p 2 12 1
Totals2s 4 5 3
COCHRAN’S
AB. R. H. E.
L. Carn, ss 4 0 10
S. White, 2b 3 0 0 1
B. Stevens, c 2 1 0 0 !
W. Whalfen, 3b4 0 0 0
J. Harvard, lb 3 0 2 0
E. Smith. If 2 0 0 0
, G. Thompson, cf 3 0 0 0
J Way, rs 2 0 10
V. Shannon, p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 14 1
Score by innings:
Cochran’sooo 001 000—1
Sugar Refineryo3o 000 lOx —4
Sumary: Three.base hit, Me-
Guaghey. Two-base hits, C. Grevem
berg. 1/IdGaughey. Double plays,
Loncon to Mobley: White to Har
vard; Carn to White to Harvard. j
Bases on balls, off Shannon, 2; off
McGaughey, 1. Struck out, by Shan
non. 5; by McGaughey 2; by Grev
emberg, 3; Winning pitcher, Me.
Gaughey. Losing pitcher, Shannon.
Umpire, Sherlock and Grevem
berg. Scorer, Carter.
DETROIT RED WINGS
NEED 2 MORE GAMES
TO COP PRIZED CUP
Detroit, April 6 (TP) —The De
troit Red-Wings have two more
hockey games to win to take, the
Stanley Cup from the Toronto Map
le leafs.
The Detroiters took the opening
game of the three-out.of-five series
from the Leafs by a 3 to 1 score
at Detroit last night. A capacity
crowd was on hand to see the Red-
Wings score their victory.
The cup, which goes to the win
ner of an involved series of play- .
offs, represents the world hockey j
championship.
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