Newspaper Page Text
PAGE SIX
iCANVAS— Boats in tha Hears! regatta on San Francisco bay spread
canvas as they start race for trophies.
JES’ ROLLIN’ ALONG!
(WWH SPORTS OBSERVERS)
LRtte Bibay Gram was handled the
ran test, rawest deal that ever befell
the lot of the hapless victim of the
drawings for the United States Davis
Cup team. Utterly ignored in the se
lections in the past three years, Bltsy
finally through public pressure
brought to bear upon the drawing
com mi tee by his blasting m e thods
used so effectively on the highly
touted darhngs of the courts, Allison
and Budge, got ian invitation to come
up to the Germantown Crickrt club
there to workout for tba benefit of
the powers that be. Well, he did,
and in the short time tha. ''e was
there he played Allison off the court
and ehowed up well enough t obe
named on anybody’s team, but those
flannel-clad, blue-striped coat figure
heads who go to make up the Davis
Oup committee, had to have someone
whose clothes fit them nicely and
who had the necessary temp?rment
for “crowd-play.’’ They decided that
Bitay wore pants which were dirty
after the first two days' play, and
his slapping the bail back and back
and back from baseline to baseline
•oon got on the payin
nerves and after all, they were the
ones to favor.
I’ve seen the “mighty atom” play
and I'm here to tell you that he can
lick anyone on the present Davis
olub team every day in the week and
twice on Sunday. Although his meth
ods are such as are not employed in
the flashy style of tennis wars, still,
he has had Bulge, Allison, Mako and
Shields, and anyother topnotcher for
that matter hanging on the ropes
wondering what they could do to stop
the unmerciful trouncing that he
was dishing out. And this has not
happened once but all through the
winter circuit! Tough luck Bitsy!
* * *
Sally League “Umping”—Not So
Good
Your wribar deplores the actual
umpiring apparent in the Sally
STUBBS OUTFIT
PRESSING ICEMEN
FOR LEAGUE LEAD
The leaders in the various loops
in the city's softall leagues are be
ginning to become Seriously threat
ened with the tailenders putting on
“steam” in a belated effort .to regain
some of the lost ground suffered by
prior defeats.
The Georgia Ice has the Stubbs
outfit hard on them with three
games separating the aggregations.
Meanwhile in the Commercial league
the high and mighty American Can
Co., was nailed in the last week to
slip a little. Stil with a comfortable
lead, they are watching the Savan
nah Gas Co., out of the corner of
their eyes. Nothing has happened
in the Railroad league, with the ex
ception of the Central Express team
still “pushing the middle valve down"
with their perfect average. The law
yers still are the class of the Civic
league with their entrenchment on
the mighty seat of banner position.
The court practitioners are using
every means for injunctions to hard
fought games to put their efforts in
the winning column.
PLAYGROUND LEAGUE
STANDINGS
City League
Georgia Ice Co 9 2 .819
Stubbs Hdw. Co 7 3 .700
The Jones Co 5 8 .500
WPA 6 5 500
So. States Iron Ruf .. 5 6 .455
Sables JColleglans ... 0 10 .000
C oanmerctol League
American Can Co ... 9 1 .900
Savannah Oas Co. ... 8 3 .728
So Bell Tel Co 6 5 M 6
Sav. Electric 4 8 .400
Certain teed Prod ... 4 . 8 .333
Colonial Oil Co 2 10 .187
Railroad League
Cent. Dixie Exp 13 0 1.000
Central Shops 9 4 593
Sav A Atlanta 7 5 ’5Bl
Central Flamingos ... 5 7 .415
Seavoard Air Line ... 4 9 [3OB
Atlantic oCast Line .0 13 .000
Civic CUb League
Lawyers 5 a 715
Ga. State Savings ... 3 3 500
Broadcasters 3 4 428
Exchange Club 2 3 400
Klwanls Club 2 3 .400
Municipal League
East Coast Paint Co .11 3 782
Bicker.. 9 5 639
Lindaner Jewelers ... 9 5 639
John O. Butler 8 5 'gig
Fulenwider Box Co .. 8 7 462
Solomons Drug Co ... 77 500
Bethusda Alumni ... 5 9 355
Bourne Lumber Co .. 0 14 000
Boys’ Baseball
Live Oak 5 j
Sav, Bulldogs 5 1
Troupe Square 3 1
32nd St. Tigers 1 3
Yatyiigans j 4
Warsaw Park 0 5
Mens* League
Rinky Dinks 2 1 667
Live Oak 2 2 isoo
Bolton St. Sluggers ..1 1 .500
Crawford Square ~, 0 l .000
league at the present time. Have
covered every game played by the
Indians in their home games. H has
bene my unhappy observation that
the "umping” is decidedly below aver
age. Maybe It is because of the fact
that the wage scale adopted by the
league is below standard or maybe
it is because of the fact that Presi
dent Wilder, headman for the circuit
has been a little too lax in his selec
tion, but whatever it is, things should
be remedied with either better umps
or better dec iso ns. Noticed that there
were two battles in one week, and
this is a condition that should not be
prevalent upon a ball field. Os course,
it is o.k- in a game to have the usual
arguments, but when it comes down
to talcing time out for happenings
which are even apparent to the “boys"
in the bleachers, why, that is the
time to take a tip, Mr. Wilder!
* * *
Boost for Bounds
Been waiting a long time to write
something about th? efficiency of H.
S. Bounds, the genial superintendent
of the playground epartment of the
city, and now that I have a little
time to play with the keys of the
trusty “machine,” I’m gonna put a
few things to the credit of the city’s
head of the sports programs. Now,
little as you know, H. S. is the cause
for Savannah having the advanced
type of softball leagues that we have.
Everything in the present set-up, and
every other set-up, for that matter,
was put across by the artful directing
of Bounds. Having what it takes to
whip a league in shape, the quiet
spoken director has inaugurated a
system of playgrounds in Savannah
that are second to none for actual
efficiency. Hampered by the absence
of sufficient funds to really do a
playground Justice with his talent. H.
S. has gone ahead and worked away
with what little he has had and “has
pushed the little valve down.” Our
thanks to you, H. S., we’re for every
thing that you sanction.
SPORT EVENTS IN SAVANNAH
TODAY
Golf
Weekly best ball foursome
at Hotel General Oglethorpe
Course. *
Swimming
Exhibition of the Savannah
swimming tern at the Hotel DeSoto
Pool, 3:00.
Baseball
Sugar Refinery vs. Beaufort at
the Sugar Refinery Diamond, 3:30.
WITH WAR YELLS
INDIANS RETURN
FROM ROAD TRIP
NIGHT BASEBALL TO MAKE
INAUGURAL BOW
TOMORROW
Breaking about even on their road
trip, the Savannah Indians will be
hosts again at the Municipal Stadium
tomorrow when they take on the
Augusta Tigers. Tentatively scheduled
as a night game, all that Is lacking
in the equipment needed is the re
flectors which, according to latest re
ports have been installed.
Coming here with the added zest
of winning their last three games, the
Tigers will be in foroe with the hopes
of increasing their win column at the
expense of the slow marching Indians.
It appears that the change of man
agement for the Tigers has done
much to add to the blank ink lead
of the boys from North Georgia.
Trouncing some of the leaders in the
league race is showing the cities
and on-lookers of the Sally League
that the Augusta boys are to be rec
koned With at the end of the season.
Bobby LaMotte, whose first trip of
the season had done wonders for the
Tribe Is optimistic that the change of
scenery for the Indians has done
them good. Showing up Well in Mac
on yesterday the Indians are holding
on to fourth place, recruiting their
strength for the final homestretch
dash.
SCOTSMAN TAKES
BRITISH AMATEUR
ST. ANDREWS. Scotland, May 30
(TP). —Hector Thomson of Scotland
defeated Jim Ferrier of Australia to
day for the British amateur golf
championship.
The smooth-stroking cotsman beat
the young Australian giant, two up,
in a 36-hole match. The play
ers were al square at the end of the
morning round. In the afternoon.
Thomson kept on playing steady golf
—despite a driving rain which swirl
ed over the course. Thomson suc
ceeds Lawson Little of California as
the British amateur titleholder. Lit
. tie, who recently turned professional.
| was ineligible to defend the title he
won in 1934 and 1935.
SETS RECORD
MANHATTAN BEACH, N. Y.. May
30 (TP) —The world’s premier back
stroke swimmer. Mrs. Ehunor Holm
Jarrett, s:t a new American record
today in the first major A. A. U.
nvimming meet at Manhattan Beach.
Mrs. Jamifct set a new mark of two
minutes 35.85 seconds for ths 200-
• ard backstroke. Elizrbrth Kompa
va * third ip the backstroke ev;nt,
SPORTS
TO ™ * ESCUI '■
., IMI 1 , _ RJIMFAfLEP tbMAKS* *
Copyright, 19*», by Central Press, ,AAJ 1/UPfiesSlCVO v ,, SjP) 1 ■ ' ~ I
BASEBALL RESULTS
NEW YORK, May 30 (TP)— Bril
liant pitching gave the league-leading
New York Yanks a double-victory to
day over the Washington Senators.
Monte Pearson held the Senators
to six hits In beating them, 7 to 1,
in the first game. In the nightcap,
Red Ruffing allowed only two hits as
New York downed the Washingtons,
6 to 1.
The seoond-place Boston Red Sox
split a twin-bill with the Philadelphia
Athletics. Boston lost the first game,
6 to 4, but won the afterpleoe, 6 to 2.
St. Louis beat Detroit, 5 to 3. The
Brown* led, 4 to 0. at the end of the
sixth in the second game.
Cleveland took the first game from
Chioago, 4 to 3. The Indians led, 7
to 1, at the end of the fifth.
In the National leagu.e the Brook
lyn Dodgers beat the New York
Giants, 9 to 6 and 3 to 0.
The Phillies took two from the
Boston Bees, 5 to 4 and 9 to 8.
Pittsburgh beat the Chicago Cubs,
7 to 5, in the first game of a twin
bill but trailed in the second, 4 to
7, at the end of thestxth.
Cincinnati took the opener from
the St. Louis Cards, 10 to 1- The
Cards led, 3 to 1, at the end of the
second inning in the nightcap.
Sally League
The Savannah Indians came into
their own yesterday when they hung
a win on the Macon Peaches, 6-3.
Three Savannah pitchers awe used
to stop a last minute rally by the
Peaches, but the situation wound up
with Savannah in a commanding
lewd for the game. Harris, Gould and
Roy shared the spotlight for the Tribe
in coming through with a win for the
Savannahians. Augusta struck a tar
ter yesterday when the Columbia
Senators “resoluted” against them by
the score of 4-2. Starting late the
Sematons were luoky to win this game
from the second division Tiger*. In
the last game of the circuit, Jackson
ville, continued their winning streak
when they plastered the Red Birds
with a load of buckshot 5-4. Featured
by the pitching prowess of Braun, the
Tans more than took the number of
the (Hinds, in a game featured by
tight hurling on both sides.
Yesterday’s scores:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R H E
New York $ 8 3
Brooklyn 9 13 {
New York 0 3 2
Brooklyn 3 9 0
Philadelphia 5 10 2
Boston 4 10 o
Philadelphia 9 14 3
Boston « 9 !
Cincinnati ig 2
St. Louis 1 6 2
Cincinnati 4 0
St. Louis 7 2 2
Pittsburg 7 10 j
Chicago ... 5 10 1
Chicago 10 !
AMERICAN LEAGUE
ft H E
Washington 1 6 1
New York 7 14 1
Washington 11
New York 8 -2 o'
Boston 4 8 0
Philadelphia 6 8 0 |
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1936
INDIANS VS. PEACHES AT MACON TODAY
BOWYER TO TRY
FOR RIVER RECORD
IN TYBEE SWIM
LOCAL SWIMMER TRAINS
ARDOUSLY FOR GRUEL
LING EVENT
Luke Bowyer whose feats in the
water circles of the city in the past
few years has placed him the niche
of the young swimmers who have
made the grade in "big-time” swim
ming, last night announced definitely
that he would make the Savannah-
Tybee swim in the latter part of July.
Coached by Samuel Rhode, Jr., whose
attempt in 1930 was balked at Fort
Screven by adverse tides, Rhode is
extremely confident that Bowyer will
make the grade.
Slim built, but with worlds of en
durance, Bowyer, if successful, will
enter the Biloxi marathon In the lat
ter part of September in an attempt
to wrest Southern swimming honors
from mid-west swimmers who have
captured the event for the last three
years.
A practice swim from the bridge
at Port Wentworth to the Municipal
Dock on June 7th is the next event
in the swimmer’s catagory of training,
and the ten mile jaunt is not expect
ed to give him any trouble. To be
paced by a number of local aquatic
stars in alternation, Bowyer hopes
to make this stretch of the river in
record time.
* The Savannah River from Savan
nah to Tybee has always been a
source of worry to renowned swim
mers. Always appearing to make the
strip of water between Fort Screven
- and the city with little or no trouble,
the best efforts are balked by the
four mile run between Lovell’s Sta
tion and Tybrisa. Sills in 1928 is the
only swimmer who is known to have
made the swim. Taking a little more
than eleven hours for the grind. Sills’
record will be the boject of Bowyer’s
race.
Boston ..... 6 9 o
Philadelphia 2 5 1
St. Louis 5 10 0
Detroit 3 g 7
St. Louis 5 11 0
Detroit 0 4 1
Chicago 3 9 j
Cleveland 4 i 0 1
Chicago 3 6 0
Cleveland n 14 3
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
R H E
Knoxville 6 8 1
Nashville 1 g 2
New Orleans 4 g 2
Memphis 6 8 1
Atlanta 0 6 1
Chattanooga 5 g 0
SALLY LEAGUE
*
ft ft Jg
Savannah 6 12 2
Macon 3 4 2
Jacksonville 5 10 0
Columbus 4 6 3
Jacksonville 3 9 0
1 Columbus 4 8 0
1—
Columbia 4 6 1
1 Augusta 2 9 0
DIXIE CRYSTALS
PLAY BEAUFORT
AT SUGAR HILL
LOCALS TO PITCH GREVEM
BERG IN TODAY'S
GAME
The Dixie Crystals swing back into
action today with the arrival of the
Beaufort aggregation who will go to
the diamond wars with the oddts-on
favorite Savannahians. To display
their wares at the Sugar Refinery dia
mond, the two teams will vie for su
premacy in their sreond battle of the
season.
Donnie Grevemberg will take care
of ths mound duties today. Duggar
and McGaugbey in the roles of re
lief pitchers is the elongated first
stringer gets into serious difficulties.
Fuller, the right-header who lost the
game for the Beaufort club last week
in the gam? played on the South
Carolina field, will again assume the
roleof headman for the Carolinians
in an effort to recapture seme of the
lost prestige suffered when the Sa
vannahians hammered the Beaufort
club over the lost.
The “coming back to the fold” re
turn of Chuck Loncon, whose play
ing with the Crystals in their taking
on of the Savannah Indians et the
beginning of the season was the talk
of local baseball circles, has added
new zest to the hitting prowess of
the Sugar Hill team and Chuck is
expeobed to carry oh wh:re he left
off when resigning the team.
The probable line-ups:
Refinery
Jackson, 3b; Loncon, rs. M. Grevem
berg, cf.; Berotgcay, If.; Morgan, 2b;
C. Grevemberg, s-.; Linderman, c.;
Grevemberg, lb-ss.; Dugger, p.; D.
Grevemberg, p.; Mobley, lb.
Beaufort
Bringle, ss.; Ford ham, c.; Smith,
rs.; Fuller, p.; Morris, lb; Stewart,
3b; Caviler, cf.; Whisnant, If.; Bates,
2b; Miller, 2b.
CORNELL’S TEAM
TAKES HONORS
TRACK SQUAD WINS FIRST
NATIONAL EVENT IN
DECADE
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia,
May 30 (TP) —Cornell’s big red track
team won the National Intercollegiate
4-A track and field championships
tocay for the first time since 1919.
Harvard was second, and Dart
mouth third. Cornell chalked up a
total of 29 1-2 points. Harvard had
19 and 10-21sts. Dartmouth scored
19 and 9-21sts.
Cornell got off to a good start
when Walter Wood won the discus
throw with a toss cf 158 feet 1 1-2
inches. Cornell of Cornell took the
3,000 meter run in a stirring finish
with Rafferty of Fordham.
Tony Geniawicz of Dartmouth cap
tured first place in the shotput. Bon
net of Pittsburgh took the high jump
with a leap of six feet, three inches.
Other winners today were' Gene
Venzke of Pennsylvania in the 1500-
meters. Eddie O’Brien cf Syracuse in
the 400-meters and Edgar Mason of
Pitts burgh. Mason flashed to victory
in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes.
Harvard’s Milt Green won the run
ning broad jump and finished second
in the 110-meter hurdles.
I don’t like hot weather.
I ran stand the cold better.
I don’t iik? bullies.
But I like a f'llow who won’t stand
for any nonsense.
SPEED DAREDEVIL
GIVES INTERVIEW
ON AUTO RACING
808 JENKINS. SOUTHERN
DIRT TRACK STAR
REMINISCENT
Bob Jenkins, the quiet-spoken dirt
track daredevil whose feats on the
Eastern speed mills have won him
the recognition of a membership in
the AAA driving annuals, yesterday
in an interview to a corespondent of
The DMly Times, gave his interpreta
tion of the grind which takes place
at Indianapolis ev;ry year. Queried
at length as to his nearest impression
of the track with its whirling
devrishes of mechanical death, Bob
stated: “Those boys have but one
rule that they follow religiously, and
that is to put your foot in the gas
' tank, and don’t rest it at the ankles!”
Recalls Memoirs
Dropping back Into some of the
memoirs which have foljpwed, him
down in the last few years, Jenkins
naturally was questioned as to his
closest call from a serious accident,
and with much prompting tha black
wavy haired speed artist lit one of
his brown stogies and prooeeded:
“It was on the Tampa track in
February, 1935. This track has the
formal name of the Plant one-half
mile dirt track, but we drivers call
It Tampa’ and let »t go at that. I
brought a driver named Johnny Stew
art, who originally hailed from At
lanta, but who was making his home
in Savannah, with me to drive one
of my cars. Johnny was wheeling a
fast Miller-Schofield Sp cial which
had thi enviable reputetion of the
fastest car in the South on a half
mile oval. Driving a Frontenac Spe
cial myself, I figured that Johnny
and myself would certainly break
into one of the largest purses if we
were lucky to survive the eliminating
heats and get into the final feature
which was a 10-mile race, or 20 laps.
Well, we made the grace, with both
cars qualifying and Johnny bring in
the pole position. We started out and
I Jumped into the lead on the open
ing lap, but with Shorty Drexel, of
Altoona fame, Stewart and a noted
Mid-West driver, Crash Waller, hard
cn the tail of my car.
Johnny grabbed the lead at the
five-mile marker and it was while he
was going into the south turn com
ing out of the back straightaway that
it happened.
Tells of Crash
He must have dumped his car in
the curve with a little too much Juice
and the tall came around and hit a
soft spot, causing him to spin out of
control. I was on him before I knew
what it was all about and hit his car
as it was spinning in the center of
the track. The force threw him out
onto the track with my machine pass
ing over his body, with Shorty Drexal
and Waller running over him in turn.
Needless to say, Stewart was killed
instantly, which I found out after
they had lifted the wreckage of my
job off me. I wasn’t hurt, but the
race was stopped at this point due
to the condition of the track at the
scene of the accident. Everything
happened so quickly that I didn’t
even have time to think, it w»3 there
and A hen it was gone and that is all
that I could se, or for that matter
think of.”
At this Juncture. Jenkins wiped the
perspiration of his brow as the
thoughts of the fatality came back
to him in stronger force, and as if
hi silent tribute to the mqn who died
in the art of thrill-making for the
customers, he said, “When your time
comes, whether you are knocking
them off at 125, or whether you are
walking, your somber is up.”
WEEKLY MATCHES
TO BE RESUMED
LEADING LOCAL GOLFERS
TO VIE TODAY FOR
PRIZES
Tomorrow’s golf battles will be con
fined strictly to the best-ball four
some matches whic hhave turned out
to be a weekly event at the General
Oglethorpe hotel. Boasting some of
the leading fairway talent in these
matches as entrants. Savannah’s
golfing addicts wil lbe treated to a
dose of double-barrelled driving
thrills, when the long hitters line up
for their shot t Savannah’s honors.
It appears that pros and amateurs
alike have their fling at the weekly
title, because a resume of the last
Sunday’s match sohwed that Steven
son, the genial professional and czar
of the golf courses here in the city,
was lined up on the winning quartet.
Knocking the ball around the course
in under 75, The Muny pro, had
such elp as Lane Fluenwider and
Billy McWilliams to help shoulder
the day’s burdens.
Little being known of the entrants
in tomorrow’s games, local specta
tors can more than expect their
share of the thrills folowing a golf
match. '
MILES OF SMILES
IN GOOD USED TIRES
COATS TIRE COMPANY
Henry and West Broad St.
JOE COOLS OFF—After slamming a few sparring partners, Joe
Louis enjoys a cool drink at his Lakewood, N. J., training camp.
MEYER TAKES CLASSIC
I FROM SPEED ARTISTS
TO WIN COVETED CROWN
VETERAN, THREE TIMES RACE WINNER, HANGS UP
TRACK RECORD AS CLIMAX TO THRILLING RACE
WITH COUNTRY’S FOREMOST DRIVERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 30
(TP).—The California driver, Louis
Meyer, won the 500-mile' Memorial
Day auto race today with an aver
age speed of a fraction over 109-
miles-an-hour. Meyer slounched
down into the driving seat at noon,
Eastern Daylight time, and drove his
Gilmore special like a bullet for four
and a half hours.
'' ''' \
*-■> - •. ' v " V
t ' - 4b
Louis Meyer
‘FIRETHORN' WINS
SUBURRBAN RACE
IN HARD FINISH
BELMONT PARK, N. Y„ May 30
(TP). —Firethorn made up seven j
lengths in the home stretch today to
win the famous Suburban Handicap
at Belmont Park. Granville was sec
ond in the mile and a quarter test
for three-year-olds, First prize was
worth about $16,000.
Granville led from the half mile
but the long-shot Firethorn came
from far back to nip him just at the
finish. Whopper was third. Time
for the race was 2:04 3-5.
WHITEHEAD COPS
MADISON, N. J., May 30 (TP) —
Charles Whitehead of Forsgate won
the New Jersey Amateur Golf Champ
ionship today. Whitehead defeated J.
Wolcott Brown, 5 and 3, In their 36-
hole final match.
. ' t”,
compare the tastes! We could
tell you a lot of technical tests |Hj| lip
to make, but it won’t be neces- fljj «
«ry. lust taste the difference! WSk IKP %|P
IF YOUR DEALER CAN’T SUPPLY YOU, PHONE
J. S. Pinkussohn Cigar Co.
325 EAST RAY ST, PHONE 2-113|
His speed set a new record for the
brick track.
<Ten Horn of Glendale, Cal.,
brought his Hart# Special across the
line in second place and Maurice
Rcx-e came in third. Kelly Petillo
and Chet Miller were fourth and
fifth.
Petillo set the previous record for
the Indianapolis race at a little bet
ter than 106-miles-an-hour, last year.
Meyer is the first man to chalk up
three wins in the annual classic.
Only one major accident marred
the race which was run off before
150,000 fans. The car driven by Al
Miller plunged through a fence when
a steering knuckle broker. Miller
and his mechanic were thrown clear.
The driver was taken to a hospital
for an X-ray. The mechanic was not
seriously hurt.
Shorty Cantlon held onto third
place until he reached the last few
laps of the race. He was forced to
roll his car to the pits when his al
lotted gasoline supply gave out.
Thirty-three low-slung cars roared
away from the starting line, with
Rex Mays of California in the lead.
The oval track is two and a half
miles long and the drivers who fin
ished made 200 circuits of the bowl.
Meyer’s face was a grinning smear
of grease as he climbed from the
cockpit of his car., He had reason to
smile for he had won the $30,000
first prize. Second place was worth
$15,000 and SIO,OOO was paid to the
third*car. Mays held onto the first
position for about 10 laps. Babe
Stapp was leading at 50 miles, and
Mays dropped steadily behind.
Wilbur Shaw, Stap and Billy Winn
were fighting for the lead as the cars
roared past the 200-mile mark, then
Ted Horn came up to challenge for
the lead. Shorty Cantlon was among
the challengers by the time the cars
had reached half-way.
Meyer forced himself in front at
250 miles and withstood all challeng
ers from then on out.
-SPECIAL TODAY
\ Giant Ice Cream Sodas
ALL FLAVUKS
Sc
VARSITY SODA SHOP
BULL AT 338 D STS.