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I \ sh s«F ah. sKSr ’ Ww *•* -* 2z jHT r X". • - '.RELAYERS—The girls are members of the United States Olympic relay team. Left to right. Terwilliger, Harrington. Robinson, Kogers. *.• -w- - I ■ ■ Bobby Lamotte Fizzles As Indian Manager STRUTTING MASTER-MIND KNOWS ALL AND CAN BE TOLD NOTHING AS TRIBE CONTINUES PROLONGED LOSING STREAK HIGHLY - TOUTED BASEBALL KNOWLEDGE OF BOSS - MAN PROVES TO BE EXPEN SIVE ‘DUD’ AS FANS START WILD CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL OVER PLAYING OF TEAM; NEW HEAD IS NEEDED It has at last become apparent to the baseball fans of Savannah that the highly touted diamond knowledge of the Indian manager, Bobby La- Motte has been proven to be a dud. This fact in a few words, sums up /"the glaring fact that LaMotte sohuld be replaced with some person who can be qualified to run a baseball club and turn out a contender for the championship class. The players themselves are the best that can be obtained under the pres ent salary limit of the South Atlantic Baseball league, but need guidance by a manager of higher calibre in order to be fully equipped for the form needed to put them at the top of the pack. From the time that LaMotte took the reins from the hands of the hapless Bill Gould, until the present ’ day when the Indians are headed for the cellar, nothing has been done to forestall Savannah from landing at the bottom of the heap. There’s one thing certain, and that is the city can have a winning ball club with the support as being tendered by the baseball fans of this locality. It is not to be denied that LaMotte has been given every consideration and support for the maintenance of the Indians, and although the sporting public has turned out in such num bers as to put Savannah on top of the records from the attendance stand ance standpoint, the ball club itself is - at the bottom of the league. With their present roster, there Is but one answer to the question, and WITH MY K BRAND OF BEEH.. t YOU BE THE JUDGE F LET YOUR OWN TASTE .. A daring challenge? No t there’s nothing daring about it • • • because thousands of such comparisons have already proven I ' that Oertels 92 does taste better than ' other brands of beer . . . that Oertels ’92 I " iW actually is better. Naturally, we want you to make comparisons, too . . . because the ” quickest way to prove to you that Oertels ’92 is a finer quality beer, is to get you to actually compare it with other brands. IF YOUR DEALER CAN T SUPPLY YOU PHONE | J. S. Pinkussohn Cigar Co. 225 EAST BAY STREET PHONE 2-1131 PAGE SIX that is: (Bobby LaMotte is not the man to handle the job. From the time that the city of Savannah was assured that a ball club would be or ganized, LaMotte has been voicing his promises of trotting a winning com bination on the field, if given the proper support. The so-called master mind of the local club has certainly been given evrey support from the box-office standpoint, by the sporting public, and as yet, we haven't seen the winning combination come out on the field. LaMotte has stated time and time again that the so called slump of the Tribe was respon sible for their delayed start. Every sporting fan knows that a slump doesn’t continue for the entire sea son, and keep getting v orse day after day. It’s simply a case of too big a DIZZY DEAN HIT BY HARD DRIVE ST. LOUIS, July I 1 (TP)—D.zzy Dean was hit in the head today by a terific line drive from the bat of Burgess Whitehead, the New York Giant infielder- Dean was knocked unconscious. Dr. Hyland, the St. Louis club phy sician. examined Dean. The pitcher was then carried off the field on a stretcher. Dizzy was still unconscious. The Cards were leading the iGants, 2 to 0, at the end of the fifth in ning. FULL COVERAGE LOCAL SPORTS CENTRAL PRESS job for the shoes of Bobby LaMotte. The end of the first half of the schedule found the various clubs in the circuit, jockeying with their ros ters further improving their chances. Savannah did likewise, and did worse. This city with the support being given the Tribe certainly doesn't de serve a losing combination. 1X? pub lic knows that a championship con tender is a hard nut to crack, but they also know that the least thing that a so-called manager can do would be to have a team that would some times win a ball game. The growing chorus of dissension against the playing of the locals has but one motive behind the move, let’s get a manager that knows the game and give Savannah what h rightfully deserves, a winning ball club. SEVERAL KILLED IN WAREHOUSE EXPLOSION BALTIMORE, July 11 (TP)—A dozen persons were badly injured, two are missing, and it is feared that sev eral may have been killed in a ter rific explosion and fire that raged through a Baltimore warehouse today. The cause of the explosion was not immediately determined. Six alarms of fire were sounded as firemen tried to keep the blaze from spreading to adjoining buildings. The explosion completely wrecked the building in which it occurred. SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES. SUNDAY. JUL? 12, 1936 <S H) Ji XT = - r/ZJ LEASED ™ T 'jr WIRE INDIANS VS. TIGERS AT AUGUSTA TODAY PLANS COMPLETE FOR ARRIVAL OF SEA ISLANDERS I DAILY PRACTICES GET LO CALS IN SHAPE FOR MEET With all plans complete for the swimming meet* to be staged in the DeSoto Pool next Friday night, the Savannah stars are set for the in vasion of the highly touted Sea Is land team. All members have been working out every day in the hopes of duplicating the team victory of last Sunday over the Islanders in the fast Casino Pool at the Island resort. Capt. Lindsey of the Sea Island team has been hinging his team work behind the performance of the stellar dash man and diving star Tom Pow ell. Being the high point man in the last meet between the two teams, Powell won the 50 and 100 free style events and to cop his day’s work went up on the high board and won the diving honors against the two Savan nahians, Burns Atkinson and Buddy Reese. The Savannahians have enlisted the aid of J. B. Holst to do the major div j ing chores for the locals. The elon gated diving star together with his teammate, Burns Atkinson, have been practicing daily on the difficult op tional dives. The high board holds no terror for this pair, and their work as teammates for the last two years has had the aquatic critics of the Southeast voicing their praises. Holst will also be the major dash man in the 50 yard free style, amply assist ed by Wilfred Ellis. The 100 yard free style event finds Frank Durkin and Luke Bowyer tak ing the spotlight. Both swimmers were decisively defeated by Powell in the Sea Island meet, but both attributed their loss to the distance of the pool. It is hoped that the shorter course will aid in the racing form of these swimmers against the bevy of fast men representing Brunswick. Bowyer is also slated to swim the 220 free style in which event he is acknow leged to be the peer in the South east. Winning this race in record smashing time at Sea Island, the diminuitive artist is counted on to tack up first place in the middle dis tance swim. The breast-stroke event will find the services of John McKenna very much in demand by the locals. Unable to make the last trip because of sick ness, the lithe speedster has been getting in shape for the last week and the clocking of his pace has shown to Savannah’s critics that he is on the up, with a possible record stand ing to be smashed in Friday night's event. To. swim with McKenna will be his pal and protege Burns Atkin son. Both boys are being hailed as probable first and second places in the breast stroke. Ellis is slated to fill a dual role for the evening as he is scheduled for the free style events together with taking the reins in the back stroke races. The slim youngster is laying for Sam Atkinson of the Sea Islanders, hop ing that he might be able to wipe out the defeat handed to him by the Is land ace. Joe Millikan is the mainstay of the relay and medley events, and the former Savannah High star is in bet ter form than ever with his flashing starts and quick turns so necessary to the performance of a varied event swimmer. POLICE BATTLE TO BREAK SIEGE FRENCH OFFICERS STORM GATES OF UTILITY PLANT PARIS, July 11 (TP)—French po lice stormed the gates of a large utility plant at St. Etienne today to break up a siege strike. The police battered down the doors of the plant where strikers had im prisoned the directors of the com pany. The workmen are demanding increased wages. To insure a prompt hearing of their appeals hey seized the company driectors and locked them in plant as hostages. The strik ers threatened to turn off the electric power serving the munitions plants at St. Etienne. The armament works there are the largest in France. The threats against the armament plants brought police on the run. Hitherto, the French government had ordered that police keep hands off in the strikes which swept France. The government announced a few days ago that force would not be used to crush the sit-down strikes. Ipr | xye INTO THE CLOUDS By Jack Sords ! ;■? ■ s A ■ —-J - ,-r >. •<; ® i->•: • J 1 * K* *• i If NAfioMAb A-A-d "4' w . < ■pdiMCefOM, JUtY R(SKeD rtlS S. ’ •ft 1 AM OFAC& p lKes I f ToMAk'eWfa’? ( waih y \ /Aryy4L Wil ' i fcAs-r Jp J# / XrrvoTr , A iOtyvpie •rfe/oiKs J Franciscos ZViEAR' Geoi»eiba< ouo pbtß VAULTING JANrtbR. XlO VAUL.T/AJ& Id • Bsca use-redd i 5 TAAdSPik&PSHOK—I C *A.F<te«s NEGRO SPRINTER STARS IN TRIALS JESSE OWENS BESTS THE FIELD IN RECORD DASH RANDALL’S ISLAND STADIUM, N. ¥., July 11 (TP)—Ths ebony flash from Ohio State, Jesse Owens, broke the tape today in the final Olympic tryout for the 100-meter dash. Owens beat the greatest sprinters in America in 10.4 seconds. Another negro ace, Ralph Metcalfe of the Marquette university club, was eecond. The former University of Cali fornia star, Frank Wyckoff, fin.shed third. Floy Draper, Marty Glick'man, Ben Stoller arid Mack Robin; \ brought-tip the rear in that order. All seven of the runners in the iOO - finals’wtlTmake the trip to the Olympic games in Berlin . The sensational Pitt freshman, Johnny Woodruff, cams from behind to nose out the world record-holder. Blazing Ben Eastman, in the first heat of the 800-meters. Woodruff’s time was one minute 50 seconds—just two tenths of a second under the Olympic record. Ross Busch of the Univers.ty of Southern California won the second heat in the 800-meters in ons min ute 51.8 seconds. The former Indiana star, Charley Hornbostel, tried game ly to beat (Kusch at the tape, but his driving finish fell short. The meet will be continued tomor row. TALES IN TIDBITS. Keeping track of wrestlers is more a job for a bureau than one man’s mind, but the set up in the mat in dustry is good for an occasional look when one is in the mood for good, clean fun. Young David Levin, trim-waisted, broad-shouldered Jewish boy, is the present champion of the Bowser league. Levin won his claim to the title n a match with All Baba, former sailorman, when Ali Baba was dis qualified lor grunting in the wrong key, twisting his own foot, or some similar faux pas. Ali Baba, you’ll recall, won the title from Dave Shikat, who in turn won it from the last clearly recog nized champion—Danno O'Mahoney, the Irish pride. Gate Receipts Sag But young Mister Levin hasn’t proved to be much of a drawing card, so one of these fine days something may be expected to happen which will change the scenery. Joe (Toots) Mondt, one of the heavy thinkers of teh Bowser league of pachyderms, is reported not exactly satisfied with the former New York butcher boy as champ. SPORT REVIEW LONDON, July 11 (TP)—The iron limbed Scottish runner McLeod Rob ertson, won the Marathon today in the British A. A. A. track and field championships. The games consti tuted Britain’s Olympic trials. , Robertson covered the course from Windsor to White City in two hours, 35 minutes 2.4 seconds. Six yards be hind in second place came the York shireman, Harper. A Welsh-Amsr ican, Albert Dengis of ’Baltimore, was fourth. England’s premier miler, Stanley Wooderson, beat Jack Lovelock of New Zealand by a yard in their spec ialty. The time was four minutrs, 15 seconds. D. O. Finlay won the 120-yard high hurdles in 14.6 seconds to set a new British record. The defending title holder, A. W. Sweeney, ran second to Osendarp of Holland in the 100 yard finals. Dizzy Talks ST. LOUIS, Mo. July 11 (TP) Dizzy Dean, the great hurler of the St. Louis Cardinals criticized Joe Mc- Carthy today for leaving Joe Diamag gio in the all star game Tuesday. Said Diz: “I’d have taken that kid out when he juggled his first ball. He wasn’t himself. What in thunder do you expect? A kid like that is under a big strain in one of those all star games. It might affect his playing the rest of the year.’’ Veteran Bought INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 11 (TP) —The Indianapolis Club of the Amer ican Association today announced the purchase of outfielder Danny Taylor from the Brooklyn Dodgers. Taylor, a veteran, was hitting 295 when he was sold. John Henry Lewis CHICAGO, July 11 (TP)—The world* champion light heavyweight, John Henry Lewis, is being touted today as one of the fighters the heavy weight champion will have to worry about. , In his scrap with Max Marek last night, John Henry gave away more than eight pounds but the lanky negro’s speed and body hammering more than made up for his lack of weight. Team Selected BALTIMORE, July 11 (TP)—The selection of the baseball team that will represent the United States in the Olympic games in Berlin was completed in Baltimore today. The names of the players will not be an nounced until the list is made official Monday. The team is made up of amateur stars who were chosen in local con tests in all parts of the country. The final Olympic squad was selected m Baltimore by a group of college base ball coaches. Baseball never before has been included in the official Olympic competitions. The United States' team will play a number of exhibition games in the Olympics in an attempt to convince officials that baseball should be in cluded. S _ ■ jM POOSH ’EM .UP—One of the weight men representing the United States in the Olympic games is Tony Terlazzo of New York. i Baseball Results The St. Louis Cards defeated the New York Giants, 9 to 3, today in what might well have been a tragic victory for the league-leading Gas House Gang. The Cardinals’ great and colorful pitcher, Dizzy Dean, was knocked un conscious by a batted ball in the sixth inning. A Urie .hrive from the bat of Burgess Whitehead struck Dean on the head. Dizzy crumpled to the ground. He was rushed to a hospital. X-rays will be taken to de termine if Dizzy’s skull has been frac tured. Boston's Bees nosed out the Cin cinnati Reds, 3 to 2. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the hCicago Cubs. 5 to 3, in the only other National league clash. It was the Dodger's first triumph at Wrigley field in 18 games. In the American circuit, the Cleve land Indians downed the New York Yanks, 10 to 2. Mel Harder held the Yanks to five hits. Chicago beat the Boston Red Sox, 9 to 1. Boston’s only run was Jim my Foxx’s 23rd homer. Washington defeated Detroit, 10 to 7. The Philadelphia Athletics trounc ed the St. Louis Browns, 10 to 7 and 7 to 6 in theremaining big league tilts. AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. St. Louis 7 12 Philadelphia 10 17 (Second Game) St. Louis ... • • 6 9 Philadelphia 7 11 Chicago . 9 12 Boston 1 6 Cleveland 10 19 New York • • 2 5 Detroit 7 8 Washington . 10 15 NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. Brooklyn 5 14 Chicago- 3 7 Boston 3 5 Cincinnati .' 2 7 New York 3 6 St. Louis -• 9 14 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION R. H. Knoxville 10 13 New Orleans 7 14 Chattanooga 6 8 Memphis 3 10 SALLY LEAGUE R. H. Columbus 3 10 Jacksonville ••. 9 10 Columbus 8 .7 Jacksonville ...--. 9 7 Savannah . 2 7 Augusta 5 10 Macon 8 16 Columbia 2 9 LEADERS MAINTAIN SAFE MARGINS IN SOFT-BALL CIRCUIT TWO TEAMS ARE CLASS OF FIELD IN TOP LOOP Play in the local softball leagues is going on steadily, with leads gained in the early pa.rt of the season being maintained in most cases. In the City league, the Georgia Ice Company team still shares the top of the score sheet with a precentage of .875, that nine having won seven games and lost but Also with top-flight honors in this league is the Southam States Iron and Roofing Company, with the same percentage. Other standings: City League Team W. L. Pct. Georgia Ice Co 71 .875 So. State Iron Roofing Co. 71 ,857 Savannah Gas Co 6 2 .750 Stubbs Hdw. Co 5 3 .625 W. P. A 3 5 .375 Becersk 2 6 .250 The Jones Co 2 6 .250 Colonial Oil Co./ 0 8 .000 . Civic Club League Lawyers 3 1 .750 Georgia State Savings ... 3 1 .750 Broadcasters 1 2 .333 The Club Boys 0 3 .000 Railroad League Central Dixie Express ... 9 2 .819 Central -Flamingo’s 6 5 .546 Savannah and Atlanta .. 6 5 .546 Atlantic Coast Line .... 5 6 .455 Seaboard Air Line 4 7 .361 Central Shops • 3 8 .271 Forsyth League Jefferson Athletic Club ... 4 0 1.000 Tigers 2 1 .667 Crackers 1 2 .333 Indians ( ... 1 2 .333 Washington Square 0 3 .000 Final Standing of Young Men’s League Bolton St. Sluggers 7 5 .852 Rinkeydinks 6 6 .500 Live Oak ............... 5 6 .455 Crawford Square . ■ 5 6 .455 Second Half of Young Men’s League Live Oak 2 0 1.000 Bolton St. Sluggers 11 .500 Rinkeydinks 0 1 .000 Crawford Square 0 1 .000 FASTSPFEDCOPS KING’S CUP RACE YOUNG BRITON PILOTS PLANE MORE THAN 200 MILES PER HOUR HATFIELD, Airdrome, Eng., July 11 (TP) —A young Briton, Charles Gardner, drove his airplane at more than 200 miles an hour today to win one of the most tricky air races in the world—the king’s - cup. Fourteen crack planes entered the handicap race which is marked out on a triangular, 26-mile course. The con testants had to bank their speeding planes 12 times to complete the run, a feat that requires great skill. The winner started off with the heavy handicap of 25 minutes. The favorite as the race started was Capt. Percival, flying a plane of his own design under the colors of the Duke of Kent. The captain wound up in fourth place. HEAT WAVE BLAMED FOR DEATH OF CENTENARIAN EAST RUTHERFORD N. J„ July 11 (TP) —The intense heat was blam ed today for the death of one of East Rutherford's leading citizens—Mrs. Emma Zimmerman, who was just 100 years old. Mrs. Zimmerman had been active until the heat blasted into the east from the plains states. She could heat as well as anyone and read her news paper without the use of glasses. Three sons survive the aged heat vic tim. The youngest of them is 70 years old. Baseball Averages The New York Yanks first sacker, Lou Gehrig, got only one hit in four times at bat today, but managed to hold a 12 point advantage over his nearest rival in the American league batting race. Gehrig’s mark is .389. His teammate, Bill Dickey, is sec ond with 377- In the National circuit, Ducky- Wucky Medwick of the St. Louis Cards jumped into the lead with a battin mark of 358. The five leading hitters in each ma jor leaue, including today’s games, are: American League z AB H Pct. Gehrig. New York ... 299 116 .389 Dickey, New York ... 236 89 .377 Appling, Chicago .... 225 84 .373 Radcliff, Chicago .... 260 96 .369 National League M?dwick,. St. Louis .. 316 113 .358 Waner, Pittsburgh ... 282 100 .355 Camilli, Philadelphia. 279 98 .351 Jordan. Boston 325 1,13 .348 Suhr, Pittsburgh .... 293 100 .341 Macon 5 9 Columbia . 2 6