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:: x#* Mbr ...jfci -a OVERHAND— Norman Burgass of the University of Chicago tennis s squad, caught during overhand smash on Maroons’ court.. * 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. ENTER THE BATHING BEAUTY CONTEST -SATURDAY— X MAY 30, 1936 k. MHB ft f f w>< WSwIPm MsmKMHafel O-w$M. i + ; WEsOiresa |. Ik'-’- . ,^£?.fc- ••> ■ ’ I x_, ' ill|k r 'A : ..r-'-' ; ;■ WtSot* '?'• •• ■ Wf JB >. wifi - - IN CASH PRIZES! !?jHSM FILL OUT COUPON LISTED BELOW FOR ENTRY TWO GROUPS—Those from Chatham County ami Those From Out of Chatham County. Same Prizes in Each Group. Mail the Coupon Listed Below to the Chamber of Commerce. Please enter my name as a contestant in the Bathing Beauty Ccutest at Savannah Beach on May 30, the Win ner to receive $50.00 in cash, first prize. Signed: NAME ADDRESS OLYMPIC BOXERS PICKED IN CHICAGO CROWD OF 20,000 SEE SI MON PURES VIE FOR BERLIN HONORS 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. At .PaO D \ T 1 C ® ST 15 FULL COVERAGE LOCAL SPORTS CENTRAL PRESS RALLIES TIGERS c By Jack Sords Bx'-;X:Xx> ? ' ’ X: . 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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 / Harry Gumbert ... dandy curve ba!!. 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. mMHU