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OVERHAND— Norman Burgass of the University of Chicago tennis
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HIGH SWIMMERS
SET FOR PURPLES
tOCAL AGGREGATION TO
MEET ATLANTA TEAM
HERE SATURDAY
The final scholastic swimming sea
son will ofiiclally close here Saturday
when the Savannah High aquatic
stars wffl meet the Atlanta Boy’s
High aggregation in a meet to be
staged in the General Oglethorpe
Pool.
Bringing a full squad here for
Competition against the renowned
strength of the Bluejackets, the Pur
ple Hurricane wil Iboast a bevy of
free style men wh have had the
G. I. A. A. conference swimmers
landing in second and third places.
Showing that they had the relay and
free style events in the last confer
ence swim cinched, the Boys' High
aggregation has their weakest form
in the back, breast and diving events
in which, Savannah is proficient. It
can bee seen by comparison that the
final outcome for the meet is a de
cided toss-up, due to the happy bal
ance struck in favor of the strong
and weak points of each team.
Running a duo of winners in on
the Atlantans, Bragg and McKenna,
is no small item to be overlooked in
the selection of the winning team in
this dual meet. Boy’s High nosed
Savannah out of second place in the
G. I. A. A. championships, and the
Jackets are eager to wipe this stain
from ther record.
Ellis, Neuberger, Weeks, McKenna,
Bragg, Hartnoll, Durden, and Weil
comprise the formidable array of lo
cal swimmers which will close the
season.
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CHICAGO, May 21 (TP)—Eight
bruised 'and battered amateur fighters
have their eyes on Olympic fame to
day.
The eight simon pure sluggers are
the winners of the Olympic team
finals held at Chicago stadium last
night before a roaring crowd of more
than 20,000 rabid fight fans. With
the exception of one of the eight final
bouts, each set-to was a whirlwind af
fair-
Cleveland scrappers took the first
three bouts in quick order, with Louis
Lauri beating Jimmie Urso of Detroit
in the 112-pound bout. Jackie Wilson
outpointing Johnny Brown of Chi
cago in the 118-pound set-to, and Ted
Kara whipping Joey Church, of
Batavia, N. Y„ in the 126-pound di
vision .
Chicago scored in the 135-pound
class when Andy Scrivani, golden
gloves champ, beat Tommy Tedesco,
of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Howell King,
of Detroit, punched out a victory
against Chester Rutecki of Chicago
in the 147-pound division.
A rip-roaring battle in the 165‘
pound class went to Jimmie Clark of
Jamestown, N. Y., over Ford Fink, of
Syracuse, N. Y., in the 175-pound
class, Carl Vinciquerla of Creighton
university outclassed William Town
send of the United States army's
Hawaiian team.
The only poor bout on the card
was turned in by Heavyweight Arthur
Oliver of Chicago and Willis Johnson
of Detroit. The two negro heavies
drew boos as they went through the
lackadaisical motions. Oliver was de
clared the winner.
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By WALTER JOHNS
(Central Press.)
HARRY GUMBTRT—
NEW YORK GIANTS
If you happen to see a big right
hander on the mound for the New
York Giants and exclaim, “Say, that's
Paul Dean, the c her half of me and
Dizzy,” hold your astonishment. For
the big righthander is not Paul Dean,
but Harry Edward Gumbert of the
Giants’ staff.
The physical resemblance of Gum
bert to the Dean boy is remarkable.
And, like Paul .Harry is a pretty fair
sort of pticher.
Harry came to the Giants at the
fag end of the 1935 season from
Baltimore of the International league,
having previously been given a trial
with the Phillies and sent back to
Baltimore. With the Giants he won
one game and lost two.
Gets Off to Good Start
With (Baltimore, Harry heaved them
up from the slab for 19 wins and 10
losses, hurling a total of 245 innings
and finishing with a .655 rating. He
struck out 114 men with the Orioles.
Possessing a dandy curve ball,
Harry got off to a good start with
the Gia • ; this year by winning two
of the first seven games won by the
New Yorkers. He is a big fellow,
standing more than six feet and
weighing 185 pounds. As a pitcher, he
is a poor hitter, having garnered but
a .132 average with the Baltimore
club. It’s his pitching the Giants are
after and it looks as if they wiU get
it, too.
Harry is a Pennsylvania boy. He
was born in Elizabeth, near Pitts
burgh, and makes his home on a
farm in Ellsworth. The Pittsburgh
angle had an odd twist. Harry says
he hadn’t even been in the Pirates
JIMMY MURDOCK
PLANS BIKE RACE
SIX-DAY EVENT WILL BE
STAGED AT JACKSON
VILLE IN JULY
It was announced yesterday in
Southern sport circles that the first
six-day bike race to be staged in th?
South will be held in Jacksonville the
first week in July. Being planned and
supervised by one of the country's
leading promoters. Jimmy Murdock,
this event promises to attract the
nation’s finest cyclists.
The grind actually to consume
eight days, in order that the sprint
times can be taken out and not
counted in the final standings, Mr.
Murdock stated in a special dispatch
to The Savannah Daily Times, that
the entry list is growing by leaps and
bounds, and that every section of the
South is represented at the present
time. Not being sure at the present
time as to the probable location of the
race, Murdock stated that the bowl
which will be shipped to the Florida
city in sections can be raised in three
days.
It is expected that Savannah will
have a team in the event, which will
consist of two men and their han
dlers. With one ran to take care of
th< sprints and the other rider as
suming control of the jams and >ard
riding, it is hoped that Savannah’s
entry into this leading field of sport
will be marked with success.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY. MAY 21. 1938
INDIANS VS. SENATORS AT COLUMBIA TONIGHT
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ball park before he came up to the
Giants, in fact, he claims he had seen
only one major league game before
his N?w York debut.
“BABE” RISKO TO DEFEND
TITLE AGAINST STEELE
SEATTLE, May 21 (TP)—The
world’s middleweight champion, Babe
Risko of Syracuse, N. Y., signed a
contract today to defend his title
against Freddie Steele of Tacoma.
The championship bout will be stag
ed July 10 at Seattle’s Civic Field.
Steele defeated the champion in
a recent non-title bout, and is a pre
figha favorite to dethrone the 160-
pound king. Both Risko and Steele
are training in the northwest.
ENGLAND’S TENNIS PAIR
DEFEATS FRENCH TEAM
PARIS, May 21 (TP)—Two Davis
cup doubles teams hauled up the vic
tory flag yesterday in the French
hard court tennis championships.
England’s Davis cup pair. Ray
Tucksy and G. P. Hughrs, trounced
Georles Glasser and Henri Bolelli of
France.
Baron Von Cramm and Karl Lund,
the German team, won eas ly from
Sanglier and Jamain of France.
YAWKEY LAUDS BOSOX
CHICAGO, May 21 <TP)—The mil
lionaire owner of the Boston Red Sox,
Tom Yawkey, visited Chicago today.
Yawkey paused long enough to say
a few kind words about his team.
Said Yawkey: “The boys are great.
That goes whether they finally win
the pennant or not. And—if any oth
er team has another pitcher like
Lefty Grove, I'm ready to pay SIOO,-
000 for him. Grove is the best base
ball Investment I ever made.”
JONES TO SPONSOR
TENNIS TOURNEY
LOCAL FIRM SIGNS CITY
STARS FOR TOURNEY
OPENING MAY 30
The Daffin Park tennis courts will
again ring to the tune of booming
serves and clearcut volley, ’it was
learned today that the Jones Com
pany will sponsor a men’s signles
tournament which will have its start
May 30th.
Led by John Tyre, the ranking ten
nis player of the city, this tourna
ment will get under way with one of
the fastest and most select fields to
play here in a number of years. Be
ing ably supported by a cast which
will number some of Savannah’s
finest scholastic stars and further
augumented by W. W. Gordon, A. A.
Morrison, Rodney Haines, Geo. Cope
and others, Savannah’s first summer
tournament will be watched with
considerable interest by leading ten
nis critics in the city.
Registration must be made at the
store on or before May 29 in order
that the pairings may be announced
the following day.
BASEBALL RESULTS
NEW YORK, May 21 (TP).—The
St. Louis Cardinals wil put up a
hard fight toregain command of the
National league today when the Gas
House Gang meets the New York
Giants at the Polo Grounds.
The Giants jumped into first place
in the National league when they
downed the Cardinals, 10 to 7, yes
terday. In other National league
games, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat
ed the Phillies, 9 to 3; the Cincinnati
Reds took over the Boston Bees, 10 to
8, and the Brooklyn Dodgers lar
ruped the Chicago Cubs, 11 to 2.
In the American league, Detroit
used 10 innings to beat the New York
Yankees, 4 to 3. The Boston Red
Sox bowed to the St. Louis Browns,
12 to 8 and the Chicago White Sox
took the measure of the Philadelphia
Athletics, 4 .to 0. The Washington
Senators won, 7 to 6, over the Cleve
land Indians.
Sally League
Things are beginning to hum down
in the Sally circuit now, with the
rejuvenated Savannah Indians play
ing the leading role as the dark
horse for the circuit. Now in fourth
place as a result of three out of four
games against the Macon Peaches,
the Indians mowed the Peaches down
yesterday in Savannah by the score
of 10-3. Featured by the hurling of
Roy, who has won two straight over
the middle Georgia club, the Indians
thoroughly snowed the Peaches un
der to move into fourth place in
league standings.
The Jacksonville Tars finally got
going yesterday and turned in a vic
tory over the Columbia Senators, 9-2.
Playing tight ball the Tars garnered
a total of 12 hits off the offerings of
Perkins and Kurhan. In the last
game of the circuit, the Augusta Ti
gers lost a thriller to the Columbus
Red Birds. 10-9. Failing in their last
inning rally, the Tigers played with
out the services of their vociferous
TRANS
RADIO
LEASED
WIRE
INDIANS, DONNED IN FULL WAR PAINT,
WHOOP INTO COLUMBIA TO BATTLE
SENATCIS FOR THIRD PLACE POSITION
PEACH SCRAPPE
Manager Whitted of the Peaches
got into hot water yesterday when
he tried to argue Umpires Ham
mond and Bumsed out of a de
cision which eventually placed Ed
die Moore on third base, by rea
reason of the Macon second sacker
interfering with Moore stealing
third.
In some way, the keystone play
er had his hand around Eddie's
leg and the speedy little Indian
couldn't get going. The play wound
up with Mhore on third, and the
eritre Macon aggregation on the
field gesticulating wildly and led
by the diminutive Manager Whit
ted. The discussion became heated,
between Whitted and Hammond,
the head “ump.” The stands ex
pected every moment to see Whit
ted lay one on the “ump.” but he
regained his presence of mind after
walking around a Mt and went
back to the bench.
manager, Dixie Parker, for protest
ing one of Reeder’s decisions.
Yesterday’s Scores:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H.
New York 3 6
Detroit 4 6
Boston 8 9
St. Louis 12 9
Washington 7 12
Cleveland 6 01
Philadelphia 0 7
Chicago 4 12
NATIONAL LEAUGE
R. H.
St. Louis 7 14
New York 10 12
Pittsburgh 9 9
Philadelphia 3 8
Chicago 2 6
Brooklyn 11 3
Cincinnati 10 15
Boston 8 11
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Nashville 7 13
Little Dock 5 8
Knoxville 6 11
New Orleans 1 9
Knoxville 2 7
New Orleans 5 9
Chattanooga 7 41
Memphis 4 9
Birmingham 7 9
Atlanta 3 5
SALLY LEAGUE
R. H.
Savannah 10 13
Macon 3 12
Columbia 2 4
Jacksonville 9 12
Columbus 9 10
Augusta 10 14
PAM BARTON WINS
SOUTHPORT, England, May 21
(TP). —A 19-year-old London girl,
Pam Barton, won the British Wom
en’s Golf championship today.
The coveted crown went to Miss
Barton after she had mowed down
the finest British and American con
tenders.
HOW THEY STAND
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterday’s Results
Chicago, 4; Philadelphia, 0.
Detroit, 4; New York, 3.
Washington, 7; Cleveland, 6.
St. Louis, 12; Boston, 8.
Team Won Lost Pct.
New York 22 10 .688
Boston 22 12 .647
Cleveland 17 13 .567
Detroit 17 14 .548
Chicago 13 14 .481
Washington 16 18 .471
Philadelphia 10 19 .345
St. Louis 7 24 .226
Today’s Games
Philadelpia at Chicago
Boston at St. Louis
Washington at Cleveland
New York at Detroit
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Southern Association
Birmingham, 7; Atlanta, 3.
Nashville, 7; Little Rock, 5.
Knoxville, 6-2; New Orleans, 1-5.
Chattanooga, 7; Memphis, 4.
Team Won Lost Pct.
Atlanta 27 6 .818
Nashville 21 15 .583
Little Rock 18 14 .563
New Orleans 17 15 .531
Chattanooga 16 17 .485 i '
Birmingham 15 21 .417 '
Memphis 11 23 .324 '
Knoxville 10 24 .294
TODAY’S GAMES
Chattanooga at Birmingham
Little Rock at Atlanta l
Memphis at Knoxville
Nashville at New Orleans
GENTLEMEN RlDE—Gentlemen rider* clear a barrier during the
r cf the CorintJron plate at Media, Pa.
SAVANNAH TRIBE JUBILANT AFTER “CANNING” MA
CON PEACHES IN HOME SERIES; HAVE TOMA
HAWKS SHARPENED FOR MORE SCALPS.
Moving into Columbia today for a game tonight against the
Columbia Senators, the Savannah Indians, hope, by aother vic
tory to push into third place behind the hard-playing Jackson,
ville Tars. Off to a flying start in their first division quest, the
Indians smashed the Macon Peaches for a total of three out of
four games, and moved into fourth place, with Columbia in front
of them.
Bob Harris will take the mound for the locals tonight and
with third place in front of him as a reward for the Tribe, the
genial right-hander is hoping for a complete rout by the Savan
nahians.
SEASON’S END FOR
ATHLETES AT B. C.
PICNIC SATURDAY TO RING
DOWN CURTAIN; ROB
BIE SAYS GOODBYE
The athletic season of the current
year at Benedictine college will close
Saturday at an outing planned for
the athletes who have won merit on
the teams of the Southside institu
tion. The outing will be held at Tybee
and the boys will be treated to a
picnic lunch. Track and field events
will be staged on the beach.
With all types awards ranging from
medals to the conventional letters,
the athletes will represent tennis,
football, basketball and boxing. The
afternoon session of the outing to be
featured by an indoor game between
the members of the teams and the
association, promises to be of inter
est with the final presentation taking
place at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
Being the swan song for Robbie
Thompson, whose coaching prowess
will cease at the BC school, the pop
ular coach will be on hand to award
the letters and awards to the note
worthy athlete.
HARVARD’S KELLY
FACES PROBLEM
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 21 (TP)
Harvard’s former football captain,
Shaun Kelly, Jr., is a man without
a country, as far as Cambridge of
ficials are concerned.
Kelly was football captain last year.
He is now a senior class marshal at
the university. He claims American
citizenship, but he has been refused
a fishing license because he couldn’t
prove it. He claims that even his of
fer to pay an additional five dollars
for an alien’s license has been refused
by the Cambridge city clerk.
Kelly’s father and grandfather
were born in France. Both were grad
uated from Harvard. Both were noted
as international lawyers.
Under French law three genera
tions cannot be bom in the same
country and exchange citizenship.
Consequently, Kelly’s father and
mother took up temporary residence
in a little hamlet in Germany. Shaun
was born there.
The international complications ap
parently were too deep for Cambridge
officials. They say Shaun will have
to do his fishing somewhere outside
the commonwealth.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday’s Results
Brooklyn, 11; Chicago, 2.
Pittsburgh, 9; Philadelphia, 3.
Cincinnati, 10; Boston, 8.
New York, 10; St. Louis, 7.
Team Won Lost Pct.
New York ?19 10 .655
St. Louis 18 10 .643
Pittsburgh 15 13 .536
Cincinnati 15 16 .484
Chicago 14 15 .483
Boston 13 16 .448
Brooklyn 12 18 .400
Philadelphia 12 20 .375
Today's Games
Chicago at Brooklyn
Cincinnati at Boston
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
St. Louis at New York
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Sally League
Savannah, 10; Hacon, 3.
Jacksonville, 9; Columbia, 2.
Augusta, 10; Columbus, 9.
Team Won Lost Pct.
Columbus 23 7 .761
Jacksonville 20 12 .625
Columbia 14 17 .433
SAVANNAH 12 17 .414
Macon 11 17 .393
Augusta 10 19 .545
TODAY’S GAMES
Savannah at Columbia (night)
Augusta at Macon
Columbus at Jacksonville
PAGE THREE
The Savannah Indians, decked out
in their war paint, and with thair as
sortment of war clubs in hand, went
out yesterday and “canned” the Ma
con Peaches 10-3. Featured by three,
homers on the part of the Tribe, they
connected with the ball at will and
collected a total of 15 hits off the
offerings of the hot-tempered Peach *
hurler, Williams. .
Savannah fans were treated to a •’
bit of by play on the part of Man
ager Whitted of the Peaches and
Umpires Hammond and Burnset.
Quick to sense impending trouble the
stands sat with bated breath as
Mammond waved Whitted to the’- ■
bench.
Roy Makes Debut
Roy. the new Indian hurler, made ..
his debut in the select few of Savan
nah hurlers who have won a ball
game for the locals. Giving up a
total of an even dozen hits, the
chunky built right hander eased the
middle valve down when he had men X
on bases, and gave the Peaches the
works when in danger.
The Indians got away to an early,
start, when in the ocening stanza,.
Moore, Lunak and Etten who got -
on as results of a walk, error and
gle, came in on a single by Hilcher
and a outfield fly by Elliott, Tribe . „
gardener. Macon got ther eye on the
ball in the third inning when Moore
scored on a double by Blaemire. The ‘
Maconites crept within a one run
margin of the fast stepping Tribe in
the next stanza when Blaemire put
one into the left field bleachers.
Indians on Warpath
Savannah, in their half of the
fourth put on the steam and scored ‘ '
three more runs when Moore cleaned ' = '
the bases with his second consecutive
homer in two days. Knocking a
high one into the left field stands, '
I the short stop brought Hines and
Tuckey in ahead of him. Scoring
again in the fifth, sixth and eighth
stanzas the Tribe coasted, with no
trouble from the Maconites. :
Elliott and Roy were the other two
Indians who smacked the rock into
the bleachers for hmers, both in the
right field stands with none aboard.
This victory putting them into
fourth place, the rejuvenated Indi
ans have won the last four out of
five games and appear to be well on
the way to the first division, only
one-half game separating them from
the Columbia Senators.
Yesterday’s box score:
MACON AB R H PO A
Gamble, cf 5 1 2 4 0
Sorenson, 2b 5 0 2 3 2
Masucci, 3b 5 0 3 1 4
McDaniel, ss 5 0 11 I*.
D. Moore, rs 4 0 0 0 0
Blaemire, c 4 1 2 5 1
Prout, If 4 0 0 1 0
McMullen, lb 3 0 2 8 0 L
Williams, p 4 10 10
Totals 39 3 12 24 10
SAVANNAH AB R H PO A
E. Moore, ss 4 3 2 6 2
Celbern, 2b 5 0 0 0 4
Lunak, cf 4 1 3 4 0
Etten, rs 4 1 2 0 0
Hilcher, lb 5 0 1 8 0
Elliott, If 5 112 8
Hines, 3b 4 2 2 2 3
Tuckey, c 4 11 6 0
Roy, p 4 11 0 1
Totals 39 10 13 27 10
Score by innings:
Macon 001 100 001— 3
Savannah 300 321 02x— 10
Summary: Errors, Hasucci 2, Mc-
Daniel, McMullen, Williams, E.
Moore. Runs batted in, Masucci 2,
Blaemire, E. Moore 4, Lunak, Hil
cher 2, Elliott 2. Two-base hits:
Masucci 2, Hilcher, E. Moore. Home ■>'
runs, Blaemire, E. Moore, Elliott, u
Roy. Stolen bases: E. Moore, 3, Lu- .eV
nak. Double plays: Sorenson to Mc-
Daniel to McMullen; Colbern to
Moore to Hilcher. Left on bases:
Macon, 9; Savannah, 8. Base on
balls off Williams, 3; off Roy, 1.-
Struck out by Williams. 2; by Roy
6. Umpires, Hammond and Burnett.
Time 2:12.
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