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SADDLES HIS OWN CANOE—Joseph Angyal, Star sculler, pictured
after a row on the Schuylkill at Philadelphia.
Lamotte’s Managership Causes Attendance Loss
PROVES MAXIM THAT “GOOD” PLAYERS
ARE NOT ALWAYS GOOD MANAGERS;
HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE WINNING CLUB
Forty-one thousand and thirty seven (41,037) paid admis
* .ions in Savannah for the first half of the Sally League schedule,
tiring the first thirty days of baseball with a record first night ’s
•ame of 3,163 cash customers should entitle the Savannah base
all fans to a first division club.
What are the causes of these defeats? Assuming that we
A., now nothing about baseball, it is safe to gay that professional
seball comes within the category of business when pay rolls
•ust be met. and when a professional baseball club fails to make
Recess, the causes of its failure rests upon the shoulders of
management, and not upon those who are mere employes, as
would not be such if their ability allowed them to assume
nanagement of the business.
t . .'The duties of a manager of a baseball club are to insure as
. • ar as possible, a winning team and should the club fail in this
*'<l ? <‘rformance a capable manager would remedy such causes,
whatever they might be. Should the losing streak of the Savan
nah Indians since the beginning of the season lie with the play
. ,g?|, the manager should acquire talent that can win. If this is
r' ? ? case, why has LaMotte continued to keep on the Savannah
I? Jtgr a string of losers, and this writer is of the opinion that
•/'nnah players are of first-rate caliber laboring under poor
’ V gement.
Summing "up the above statements, the total will give the
fans the reasons for Savannah’s losing club. It lies
KRSgihvithin the province of the managership of the Savannah
club; Bobby LaMotte. As the sports editor of the Sa-
Morning News states: LaMotte has been in major league
i> qseball. In this statement alone lies Savannah’s baseball diffi
' ! *lties. LaMotte is a “has-been” baseball player. Savannahians
' ' »,W n t a fighting team with a fighting manager which has not
/■‘.jk-en prevalent in the present Savannah set-up.
Baseball is a young man’s game and requires the vim and
which goes with youth. Savannah’s baseball public, will
fighters. Give Savannah that kind of management and
V>sLe*will bC no trouble with gate receipts. Regretful, but true.
7 loss will be Savannah’s gain.
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PUTTING LINUSUAJ—
ALEX MORRISON says:
During the recent open champ
ionship, Henry Picard said, "If I
could putt like John Revolta I’d
break 70 every round."
The Hershey pro has always
been a great admirer of Johnny’s
short game. In fact he thinks his
teammate is a super-putter. Com
pared with most putters he is all
of that.
The day following the tourna
ment Revolta came into my
studio. I asked him about his
mental attitude toward the shots
played on the greens. He said
that he figured that he could
make, or stood a very good chance
of making, every putt he went
for. Considering the long putts
he tries to make I told him that
I thought luck played a big part
in any putt over four feet.
He agreed with me and admit
ted that he felt rather lucky about
most putts. He added that this
feeling helped him to send the
ball firmly on the line to the hole.
His hitting of the ball on the
green certainly shows his atti
tude to be most helpful.
DIZZY DEAN ANXIOUS
TO GET STARTED TODAY
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 14 (TP)
Pitcher “Dizzy'’ Dean surveyed the
bump on his head In a mirror this
morning, grinned, and said he would
return to the baseball diamond today.
“Dizzy" was knocked out la?t Sat
urday when a batted ball him him on
the head. Doctors told Dean hi could
not play for a week.
But Dizzy thinks everyth ng is now
He rubbed the bump vigorous- I
he felt swell and announc’d: {
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RAIN BREAKS UP
SAVANNAH-MACON
OPENING GAME
INDIANS IN 4-3 LEAD WHEN
A DRIVING STORM
HALTS SETTO
In a game which was called off
because of rain, the Savannah Indians
last night, for a span of practically
three innings, led the Macon Peaches
4-3. Seeing the Peaches score two
runs in the first stanza with another
tally added in the second frame, the
Tribe, by Jake Hines parking a beaut
ifully hit ball in the left field stands
for a homer scoring Elliott and Dnwo
er, and Eddie Moore the next man
up duplicating the feat, put the game
on ice as far as the evening was
concerned.
Both Hines and Moore hit long balls
which came at opportune times to
help put the Tribe in front for the
time played. The first inning pro
vided one of the few thrills in base
ball which an average fan hasn’t
seen: a triple play. The bases were
loaded by the Peaches with McDaniel
at bat. The Macon infielder caught
one of Pickens’ fadeaways on the
nose, which played into Eddie Moore’s
hands. Whipping the ball to Williams
who tagged the bag, forcing Prout.
Throwing the ball to first, Williams
caught McDaniel, and then the bail
in turn was pegged home to catch
D. Moore trying to make an extra
base.
Perhaps the most beautifully execut
ed play on the local diamond this sea
son, the Indians were given a big
han dfor handing the fans a real
treat. Moore the spark plug of tne
infield, started the play in full swing
by his toss to Williams for the first
out.
Renewing their series tonight, the
Indians will again try and hang a
loss on the Macon Peaces. Jake Levy
is scheduled to take the mound for
the Tribe, and the rotound hurler
with the fast breaking inshoot is set
for the fray. Having had hard luck
in his last few games Levy hopes to
again step into the winner’s class.
Scheduled for 8:15 o'clock, the same
lineup will be used in an effort to
regain some of the lost ground.
Baseball Results
NEW YORK, July 14 (TP)—The
Washington Senators are sitting in
third place in the American League
today. Their 9 to 3 victory over
Roger Hornsby’s St. Louis Browns
yesterday boosted them closer to the
league leaders. The veteran Wash
ington infielder, Ossie Bluege. drove
in three runs with four hits in as
many trips to the plate.
Joe Cronin’s Boston Red Sox look
ed bad losing to the Cleveland In
dians, 11 to 3. The Chicago White
Sox beat New York’s Yankees, 6 to
3, and the Detroit Tigers won over
the Philadelphia Athletics, 5 to 2,
in the remaining American League
game.
The National League lead went to
the Chicago Cubs when they nosed
out the New York Giants 1 to 0, on
only two hits. The St. Louis Card
inals were not scheduled and dropped
to second place by a fraction. The
Brooklyn Dodgers also did not play.
The Pittsburgh Pirates dropped a
4 to 1 verdict to the surprising Bos
ton Bees and the Cincinnati Reds
defeated the Phillies, 6 to 4.
Sally League
The only game played in the Sally
League found the Columbus Red
Birds thorougly shellacking the Au
gusta Tigers 14-0. The Birds racked
up a total of 17 hits to take the meas
ure of two Tiger hurlers. The other
games in the circcit were rained out.
Yesterday's scores:
Pick up scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Chicago 6 13
New York 2 5
St. Louis 3 12
Washington 9 14
Detroit 10
Philadelphia 2 9
Cleveland 11 17
Boston 3 8
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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New York o 4
Chicago i 2
Philadelphia 4 9
Cincinnati 6 9
Boston 4 7
Pittsburgh 1 6
SALLY LEAGUE
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Augusta 0 7
Columbus 17
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Savannah
Peter Delanoy was the first elected
I mayor of the City of New York He
was chosen by the votes of "Protes-
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SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1936
INDIANS VS. PEACHES AT STADIUM TONIGHT
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TO SWIM LOCALS
FRIDAY NIGHT
LOCALS PREPARED FOR IN
VASION OF BRUNS.
WICK TEAM
The Savannah swimmers are
entering into their final practices for
the invasion of the fast Sea Island
team Friday night at the DeSeto Pool.
With every swimmer in shape and
ready for the starter’s gun, the team
expects to duplicate their winning per
formance from the Islanders two
weeks ago in the fast Casino Pcol.
Capt. Lindsey of the Brunswick ag
gregation will make the trip with his
team. Known throughout the country
as the swimming coach of Louisa
Roberts, the, noted backstroke star,
Lindsey will be on hand to coach his
latest find, Tom Powell. To compete
in the 50 and 100 free style events
together with the high diving contest.
Powell is the high point favorite of
the meet and Savannah fans are an
xious to meet the aquatic efforts of
the highly touted star.
Holst and Atkinson will share the
burden of being mainstays for the
Savannahians. These two veterans
have been practicing daily in their
various events, and seek to be right
in behind the rest of the team to
make them coms out on top. Compet
ing in the free style, diving and breast
stroke races, both Atkinson and Holst
are anxious to pit their wares against
the seeded favorite, Powell. The loss
cf Reese to the locals will strike a
heavy blow to the plans of the team.
Occasioned by abscesses of his ear.
the diminuitive breast stroke star will
not be able to take the water in sup
port of his teammate, John McKenna.
The whole burden of the breast stroke
events will be placed on John, whose
feats are legendary with the swim
ming public of the Scuth. Not ex
pecting any trouble from the Islanders
in this event, McKenna is counted
on to also take part in the free style
events.
Ellis, Bowyer Millikan and Durken
will take care of the major roles in
the free style events. This quartet of
young stars whose performances in
the home pool of the Islanders was
the talk of the sports scribes, are in
trim for their assaults on the barlous
time records in this particular sphere
of swimming. The events are slated
to start at 8 15 with the proceeds
going to the expenses of the Mid
Atlantic team.
With the exception of Connecticut,
Ind.ana and Tennessee, all ctales have
adopted an "official bird.’’ The
choices were made in most cases by
women’s clubs and Audubon sock Mes.
The robin is the official bird of Michi
gan end Wiscons n.
In one year the Republic of Fin
land exported more than 260.000 tons
of newsprint paper valued at ap
proximately $9,000,000.
TALES IN
TIDBITS
(Central Press Sports Eidtor)
It seems to me that most of the
boxing writers, having gone to one
extreme on Joe Louis, are now going
just as far the opposite way. Joe was
a superman. Joe is a bum. One point
of view is as bad as the other.
It is the opinion in this corner
that Joe will come back to reach new
heights as a battler. A good pasting,
of course, such as the Bomber took
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Winners in track and field events at Providence, R. 1., these young
ladies are chosen representatives of the United States in the Berlin
Olympic games. Left to right, in the front row: Betty Robinson,
Chicago; Evelyn Ferrara, Chicago; Harriet Bland, St. Louis; Tidye
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from Schmeling, doesn’t do a fellow
much good. But it was just what
Louis ne:ded, and what he was bound
to get sooner or later. Jo? was becom
ing just a little bit fat headed (who
wouldn’t), and he has learned that
he can be knocked off, too.
Joe was a little boy quite a bit stuck
on himslef before he ran into that
roaring right of Schmeling's. I’d say
he was a man now. Certainly he took
a man’s size beating. Schmeling didn’t
have a glass-chin job in front of him.
That hand bounced many times off
Joe’s jaw. Joe could have picked out
a nice clean spot on the canvas and
parked his tired body there any time
after the fourth round. Baer did it.
A lot of others have folded in the
same way. But Joe took it until they
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IN NOVA SCOTIA —Babe, with his wife and daughter in Nova
Scotia, is dividing his time between baseball and fishing.
HOW THEY STAND
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
Detroit 5, Philadelphia 2.
Cleveland 11, Boston 3.
Chicago 6. New York 3.
Washington 9, St. Louis 3.
Team W. L. Pct.
New York 53 27 .663’
Detroit 44 35 .557 1
Washington 43 37 .538 i
Boston 43 38 .531
Cleveland 43 38 .531 1
Chicago 39 Z '
Philadelphia 27 50 .351
St. Louis 24 51 ’.320
Games Today
Detroit at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
St. Louis at Washington.
turned out the lights. He’s a fighter
all right.
Those Other Champions
Plenty of fighters before Joe Louis
came along have taken beatings early
in their careers. Many have been
knocked out and have become cham
pions eventually. One fine day in
1917, the record of Jack Dempsey
himself was punctured by a sleeper
punch from Fireman Jim Flynn. Joe
Louis absorbed cozens ‘of stiffer
punches than Jim Flynn ever could
administer before he finally toppled.
When Jim Corbett was 20 years
old he was outpointed by a battler
named Billy He came back
later to knock Welch out and still
later to win the heavyweight title.
Bob Fitzsimmons was only starting
on the paths to glory when he
dropped the duke to a blighter named
Jim Hall in Sydney. Mike Schreck
gave Tommy Burns a generous past
ing early in the Canadian ciouter’s
career, but Tommy came on to take
the title.
Jim Jeffries is one of the excep
tions. Jack Johnson, who is rated a
greater fighter than Jeff, however,
was outfought by Marvin Hart, and
Johnson had been fighting for five
years at the time and was rated
pretty cute with his dukes. Jack
Sharkey was iced by Romero Rojas
several years before he got his chance
at the championship. Max Schmeling
was knocked out by Gypsy Daniels
before he cam? to America the first
time in quest of the crown he finally
won.
In all of the other classes con
spicuous examples can be found to
indicate that a lad needn’t go into
the p:anut brittle business just be
cause he has been outsmacekd once.
George (Elbows) McFadden knocked
Joe Gans for a loop in 23 rounds in
1899 after the oyster shucker had
been beating good fighters for eight
years. Terry McGovern knocked Gans
out a year later. Frank Erne beat
the Old Master, but Gans came along
to become not only a champion but
Pickett, Chicago; Betty Burch, Boston, and Olive Hasenfus, Boston.
Back row, Anne O’Brien, Los Angeles; Annette Rogers, Chicago
Dee Boeckmann, coach, St. Louis; Helen Stephens, Fulton, Mo.;
Gertrude Wilhelmson, Seattle, and Louise Stokes, Boston., ' i
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
Boston 4, Pittsburgh 1.
Chicago 1, New York 0.
Cincinnati 6, Philidelphia 4.
Brooklyn at St. Louis, played on 1
former date.
Team W. L. Pct.
Chicago 48 29 -.623
1 St. Louis 49 30 .620
Pittsburgh 42 36 .538
, Cincinnati , 40 37 . 519
New York 40 39 .506
Boston 39 41 .488
Philadelphia 29 49 .372
Brooklyn 27 53 .338
Games Today
New York at Chicago.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.
Boston at Pittsburgh.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
Macon at Savannah (postponed—
ram).
Jacksonville at Columbia (postponed
—rain).
Columbus 14, Augusta 0,
Team W. L. Pct.
Columbus 13 5 .722
Jacksonville 11 6 .647
Macon 9 8 .529
Augusta 9 8 .529
SAVANNAH 5 12 .294
Columbia 5 13 .278
Games Today
Macon at Savannah (8:15 p.m.)
Augusta at Columbus.
Jacksonville at Columbia.
Queen Catherine of Rusia paid the
highest medical fee ever recorded in
history—sso,ooo and an annual pen
sion of $2,500 for life —just for being
vaccinated!
to be called the greatest fighter that
ever lived.
Leonard Too It on Chin
Benny Leonard was knocked out in
four rounds in 1912, the first year
he fought. That was a lesson for him,
but he was knocked out in the follow
ing year by Frankie Fleming. Four
years later he won the world light
weight title. Mickey Walker took
generous beatings from Louis Bogash
and Jack Malone early in his career
and later became one of the greatest
fighting machines the world has seen.
Tony Canzoneri is one of the great
modern champions, but he had an
off night 10 years ago when Davey
Abad dunced him around for 10
rounds, and two years later Harry
Blitman and Andre Routis pinned
back his ears.
The Brown Bomber's beating ap
pears right now to be a terrible back
set for the boy. But Joe Louis still
has his best years ahead. He’ll be
right back!