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STANDS—Left to right Mrs. Lou Gehrig, Clark Griffith
and Griffith’s daughter, Thelma, at the ball game.
LaMottes Bad Management Millstone to Indians
INDIANS DROP 5 TO 2 GAME TO TARS
BUT SEEK REVENGE IN TILT TONIGHT
SAVANNAH HITS HARD BUT FAIL TO OVERCOME EARLY
LEAD; ETTEN GETS HOMER, ELLIOTT A TRIPLE.
Seeking to regain some of their lost
ground in the Sally league race, the
Savannah Indians are anxious to take
the field tonight against the Jack
sonville Tars.
Coming out of yesterday's setto
trailing behind the hard hitting Tars,
the Indians will shoot their best
against the Jacksonville aggregation
in what they hope will be a winning
game.
Drop Sunday’s Game
Behind the five-hit hurling of
Lefty Braun, the Jacksonville Tars
yesterday hung a 5-2 pasting on the
Cavanah Indians in a game which
found the Tars out in front all the
way, with the Tribe making a feeble
rally in the closing frames ' ‘he set
to, to close In on the Florit 1
Scoring all of their rum in the
fourth, fifth and sixth Innings the
Tars played masterful baseball be
hind their ace hurler and got to the
hurling of Art Kasky of the Indians
for eight safeties to push over the
AUSTRALIAN DOUBLES
WIN OVER GERMAN TEAM
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 20 (TP)
The Australian doubles-team won the
third match of the Davis cup compe
tition between Australia and Ger
many today.
The Australian McGrath and Craw
ford beat the Gsrmans Von Cramm
Henkel, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
SACRED FLAME BURNS
FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
OLYMPIA, Jluy 20
(TP)—-The first ceremony of the
1036 Olympic games was held to
day with the kindling of the sa
cred flame of Olympia. The fire
.was started at the original home
of the games at Olympia, Greece.
thousand people watched
, the flame kindled by the rays of
- Abe sun. The fire was then taken
off on a torch by a fleet runner
who started the 2,000 mite relay
•"Tin to Berlin. More than 3,000
runners wll race with the torch
through six countries to light the
Berlin flame before the games j
open on August 1.
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ALEX. J. MORRISON
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ALEX MORRISON says:
Os all t|ie shots that need prac
tice, putting seems to be the least
favored. Even though it is more
convenient to work on, this part
of the game is seldom practiced.
It is simple and easy to practice
putting and you can do it indoors
or out as you like. First of all,
get the habit of starting with
short putts. Then as you find that
you are hitting the ball properly,
work away from the hole. The
main thing to watch for in this
practice is the spot or part of the
clubface with which you are strik
ing the ball. All good putters
strike the ball off the inner part
of the clubface, that section closer
to the shaft.
If you will make it a point to
place the heel of the clubface op
posite the middle of the ball and
try to strike the ball with this
spot, you can be sure of more
consistency.
The next thing to watch is the
position of your head. Make sure
’ that your head dotes not turn or
raise until welt after the ball has
been hit You can best do this
by keeping your chin pointed back
of the ball.
, needed tallies. Savannah furnished
I the highlight of the game when Nick
Etten, big first baseman for the Tribe
nailed the apple into the rightfield
bleachers for a homer. The converted
outfielder got one to his liking and
parked it beyond Stratton, the Tar
rightfielder.
Triple for Elliott
Bob Elliott, leftfielder for the In
dians also got a triple to push Etten
for the batting honors of the Savan
nahians. Tive, Williams and Kasky
were the only other Tribesmen to get
hits off Braun. The game furnished
some fireworks in the first half of
the eighth when Eddie Moore and
Bobby LaMotte of the Indians were
ejected from the game for protesting
a decision. Involving a call'd strike,
the little shortstop soon got in the
way of Maddock and was sent to the
showers together with his manager.
The box score:
SAVANNAH AB R H PO A
Trice, rs. 4 0 12 0
Moore, ss 2 0 0 1 5
Pickens, If 0 0 0 1 0
Williams, 2b 3 0 11 2
Elliott, If.-ss 4 11 1 2
Etten, lb ........... 3 11 14. 0
Downer, cf . 4 0 0 0 0
Hines. 3b . 3 0 0 2 3
Horgan, c 4 0 0 2 1
Kasky, p. 3 0 1 0 3
♦Zubik 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 24 16
* Batted for Kasky in ninth.
JACKSONVILLE AB R H PO A
■Bonner, as. 3 0 2 1 3
B. Leitz, lb 4 0 0 10 0
Dunbar, If .. 4 0 0 3 0
Maxwell, cf. 2 11 3 0
Stratton, rs 4 0 0 0 D
Gulian, 2b 4 0 2 0 4
Ganzcl, 3b 3 1 10 2
A. Leitz, c 4 11 10 1
Braun, p 4 11 0 1
Totals 32 5 5 27 11
Score by innings:
Savannah 000 000 101—2
Jacksonville 000 122 OOx—s
Summary: Errors: Tice, Moore.
Hines, Bonner, Ganzel. Runs batted
in: Etten (2),8 onner, Maxwell, Guli
an, A. Leitz, Braun. Two-base hits:
Maxwell. Three-base hits: A. Leitz.
Elliott. Home run: Etten. Sacrifice
hits: Moore, Bonner. Stolen bases:
B. Leitz. Double plays: William to
Moore to Etten; Kasky to Hines.
Left on bases: Savannah 7; Jackson
ville 7. Bases on balls: off Braun,
2: off Kasky 3. Struck out: by B'raun,
10; by Kasky 2. Wild pitch: Kasky.
Time: 1:50. Umpires: Maddock and
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JACK QUINN
Contemporary with those famous
veterans of the major league dia-
Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth,
Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb, and other
all-time greats was John Quinn Picus.
Jack Quinn, who is out of the game
now and whose home is in Chicago,
played 23 years in the majors, being
at avrlous times a member of the
Yanks, White Sox, Red Sox, Ath
letics, Dodgers an dthe Reds. He end
ed his major league carer with the
Cincinnati Reds, in 1933, when nearly
50 years old.
The spitbailer,b om in Hazelton,
Pa., and a coal miner in the morn
ing and a sanclot ball player in the
afternoon in his early days, broke
in with the New York Yanks in 1909,
after two years in the minors. He had
several goods years in his career, per
haps the best in 1928, when he won 18
games while losing 7, for the Ath
letics.
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INDIANS VS. TARS AT JACKSONVILLE TONIGHT
NO BABE RUTH? A. L HAS FIVE!
GEHRIG, FOXX, TROSKY, DICKEY AND AVERILL LEADERS IN CIRCUIT DRIVE FOR
NEW LEAGUE HOME RUN RECORD.
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By WILLIAM RITT
Central Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, July 20—Five apple
knockers with brawny backs and
bulging biceps have been dominating
the American league scene these re
cent weeks like a heat wave dominat
ing a drouth-stricken area.
However, there is no drouth in the
specialty of the five young men,
which is the production and delivery
in wholesale lots of home runs. Since
mid-April the outer ramparts of
American league ball yards have
creaked and swayed -under the shat
tering impact of the young men’s ef
forts.
The artisans we refer to are the
Messrs. Lodis Henry Gehrig James
Emory Foxx, Harold Arthur Trosky,
Williaih Dickey and Howard Earl
Averill. Together they have sculpted
more than 100 home runs of graceful
line and beauts equal to some of the
masterpieces of that incomparable
artist. George Herman Ruth of saint
ed memory.
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THAT CENTURY and more of cir
cit smacks is approximately one-fourth
of the American league’s total pro
duction of homers to date which has
HOW THEY STAND |
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
New York, 10-4; St. Louis, 3-5.
Chicago, 11-8: Philadelphia, 5-2.
Cleveland, 11-5; Washington, 3-9.
Boston, 12; Detroit, 3.
Team: W. L. Pct.
New York 58 30 .659
Cleveland 49 39 .557
Boston 48 41 .539
Detroit 46 40 .535
Chicago 46 40 .535
Washington 45 42 .517
Philadelphia 28 57 .329
St. Louis 27 58 .318
Games Today
Opeft date.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Results Yesterday
Chattanooga, 2-1; Knoxville, 1-2.
Atlanta, 5-6; New Orleans, 10-4.
Memphis, 8-15; Little Rock, 1-3.
Nashville, 8; Birmingham, 0.
Team: W. L. Pct.
Atlanta 61 36 .623
Nashville 55 41 .573
Birmingham 50 45 .526
Chattanooga 47 45 .511
New Orleans 45 50 .474
Little Rock 41 50 .451
Knoxville 39 55 .415
Memphis 39 55 .415
Games Today
Nashville at Birmingham
Only games scheduled.
Most professional aviators have bad
teeth. Flying causes teeth to decay
more rapidly.
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1936
Savannah Daily Times
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passed the somewhat startling figure
of 400.
With the 1936 campaign just a bit
more than half gone the American
league is apparently headed for a new
high in homers in one season. The
current league record is 708, achieved
by the athletes of 1932 who were
largely aided and abetted by the one
and only Babe. The old smaullng
maestro that year contributed 41 cir
cuit smashes to the cause.
At the rate they are hitting them
at this time three of the five Amer
ican league home run pace setters —
Gehrig, Foxx and Trosky—have ev
cellent chances of nearing 50 each
before the season ends. However,
there is little ground for hope that
any of the three or their cloest col
leagues. Dickey and Averill, will this
year approach the Ruthian high wat
er mark of 60, established by the
Babe of 1927.
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BASEBALL clients may find it a
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
Chicago, 2-1; Philadelphia. 1-4.
New York, 4-2; Cincinnati, 3-3.
St. Louis, 3-7; Boston, 1-2.
Brooklyn, 4; Pittsburgh, 2.
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Team: W. L. Pct.
Chicago 53 31 .631
St. Louis 53 33 .616
Pittsburgh 44 41 .518
• New York 45 42 .517
Cincinnati 42 41 .506
Boston . 41 46 .471
Philadelphia 33 52 .388
Brooklyn 30 55 .353
Games Today
Open date.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
Jacksonville, 5; Savannah, 2.
Augusta, 8; Columbus, 0.
Columbia at Macon, postponed 1
rain.
Team: w. L. Pct.
Jacksonville 17 7 ".708
Columbus 16 8 .66"
Macon 13 10 .565
Augusta 12 12 .500
SAVANNAH 7 16 .304
Columbia 7 19 .269
Games Today
Savannah at Jacksonville
Columbus at Augista
Columbia at Macon.
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roads of Spain.
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matter of interest that the five poten
tial successors to the regal robes which
Ruth wore so long as home-run king,
are all associated with so-called pen
nant contenders. Only the Detroits
are not represented and this is due
to thb regrettable absence of one
Henry Greenberg, Tiger first baseman
and a connoisseur of hammered horse
hide ot wide renown, who has been
on the shelf for many weeks due to
injury.
Greenberg smote 36 home runs last
season approximately six per cent
of the circuit clouts (a total of 663)
producedby his entire league. It can
be seen from this that if Hank were
in there with his usual good health
he might be leading the pack thk
year.
American league pitching this year
has been of such a stripe baseball
fans are moved more to pity than
pride. And deep is the disappoint
ment of the followers of several clubs
which have failed by a wide margin
to live up to pre-season expectations.
But A. L. mans really have no kick
coming—the circuit’s home run hit
ters, led by the Fearless Five, ar»
treating the customers to a homer
orgy not equalled even in the days
of the Big Bamgino himself.
EX-AMBASSADOR
LIKES ROOSEVELT
WILLING TO BET $20,000 ON
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
NEW YORK, July 20 (TP).—The
World war ambassador to Belgium
James W. Gerard, announced today
that he has $20,00 to bet that Presi
dent Roosevelt will be re-elected.
Gerard said he had placed the
money with his brokrrs to bet at two
to one on Mr. Roosevelt. So far he
hasn't found any takers.
Gerard made the announcement
just before he sailed for Europe on
the Italian liner Rex. He intends to
return in August to take up his duties
as chairman of the finance committee
of the Democratic party. His job will
be to raise money to finance Mr.
Roosevelt’s campaign.
WARD MOREHOUSE
WRITES TRAVELS
“North America After Dark,” under
which head Ward Morehouse has
been writing in the New York Sun
a description of an 11,500 mil? jour
ney he took through all of North
America and parts of Canada, is in
terestingly described in the current
edition of “Editor and Publishsr."
Mr. Morehouse is the son of Mr.
, and Mrs. A. W. Morehouse of this
city. He began his journalistic career
on a local newspaper, and is now a
featured writer for the Sun. in addi
tion to having written several success
ful plays and motion picture scenarios.
TRAN 8-
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' Baseball Results
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NEW YORK, July 20 (TP)—The
St. Louis Cardinals are only one
game behind the National league
leaders, the Chicago Cubs, this morn
ing.
While the Cubs were splitting a dou
ble-header with the Phillies, Frankie
Frisch’s gas house gang pinned two
defeats on the Boston Bees in St.
Louis. The score were 8 to 1, and 2
to 0. The Cubs nosed out Philadel
phia, 2 to 1, in the first game and
lost the second by a 4 to 1 score.
The New York Giants split even in
a twin bill with the Cincinnati Reds.
New York won the opener, 4 tb 3 but
dropped the night cap, 3 to 2. In the
other National league contest the
Brooklyn Dodgers took the Pitts
burgh Pirates into camp to the tune
of 4 to 2.
The Chicago White Sox featured
the American league Sunday games.
Jimmy Dykes’ charges won two games
from the Philadelphia Athletics, 11
to 5 and 8 to 2. The Boston Red Sox
trounced the Detroit Tigers, 12 to 3.
The New York Yankees split even
with the St. Louis Browns in a dou
ble-header. New York won the first
game, 10 to 3, and lost the second, 5
to 4. The Cleveland Indians and the
Washington Senators also divided a
double-header. Cleveland took the
first game, 11 to 3, but lost the clos
ing contest, 9 to 5.
Sally League
The Jacksonville Tars yesterday
gained a game on the idle Columbus
Red Birds when they hung a 5-2
victory on the Savannah Indians.
Paced by Lefty Braun who let the
Indians down with five hits, the
Floridians garnered a total of eight
safeties off Richard Kasky of the
Tribesmen to sew up the game. The
last game of the circuit found the
Augusta Tigers winning from the Co
lumbia Senators 8-0. Art Patchin of
the Tigers hurled his 13th win to cop
the game for the Tigers.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R H
Cleveland ,11 14
Washington ...,3 8
Cleveland 5 12
Washington 9 11
St. Louis 3 10
New York 13
St. Louis 5 7
New York 4 6
Chicago 11 17
’ Philadelphia 5 9
Detroit 3 10
Boston 12 16
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R H
ladelphia 1 13
Chicago 2 8
Philadelphia 4 9
Chicago 1 4
Boston 1 10
St. Louis 8 9
Boston 2 4
' St. Louis •• 77
Brooklyn 4 8
' Pittsburgh 2 9
New York 4 14
Cincinnati .' 3 10
New York 2 6
Cincinnati 3 10
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
R H
. Nashville 811
Birmingham o 4
Chattanooga 2 9
' Knoxville 17
Chattanooga • •........ 1 8
Knoxville 2 6
Memphis 8 10
Little Rock 1 9
Memphis •• 15 19
Little Rock 3 8
Atlanta 5 7
New Orleans 10 18
Atlanta 6 11
New Orleans 4 7
SALLY LEAGUE
R H
Savannah 2 5
| Jacksonville 5 8
1 Columbia 0 6
Augusta 11
WOODEN NICKELS
F OR CELEBRATION
DECATUR, Ind. July 20 (TP)
Wooden nickels are flooding Decatur
| today, but there isn’t a ‘G” man
! around to stop their circulation. Mer
chants started the ic'ea.
They distributed the wooden nick
els, dimes and quarters, and quar
antee to accept them at face value
during the week of August 2.
The wooden money is part of De
catur’s centennial celebration to be
held during the first week in August.
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KEEPING COOL—Modem mermaids escape the heat on a swift
speedboat at the Great Lakes exposition in Cleveland.
TRIBE MAKES EFFORTS TO CLIMB
BUT DUMB AND POOR PILOTING
STEERS THEM DEEPER INTO RUT
Continuing to manage the Savannah Indians with the same
lack of baseball foresight, Bobby LaMotte steered the Tribe into
a 5-2 setback at the hands of the Jacksonville Tars. Displaying
the identical boners which has so characterized his advent into
Class B managing, the “know-it-all” pilot is held mainly
responsible for the defeat of the Savannahians yesterday.
Savannah fans are hammering away day after day on the
removal of the one time big league player as manager of the
Savannah Indians. They realize his background in the major
leagues was certainly no boost to his baseball tactics and
strategy as displayed on the various diamonds of the Sally
League. Really a good player in the “big-time,” LaMotte tried
to apply antiquated ideas of baseball to the present set-up of the
circuit, and as a result the Indians are squarely behind the eight
ball, much to his chagrin.
Desperately searching for so-called new talent, LaMotte is
striving at top speed to work out a new combination, but is in
the position of knowing that he lacks ability to trot a winning
combination out on the field, even if he had a Class AA ball club
behind him. He just can’t produce a first division club, it isn’t
in him, simply because he lacks the baseball brains to swing a
club out of the doldrums of the second division into the winning
ranks. Savannah fans are not griped because of the fact that
he is not on top. All they ask is that the Savannah come
out in the first division and at least win some ball games. Their
present record speaks for themselves, as it shows that they
haven’t won but seven games in the entire second half.
Everyone realizes why Bobby LaMotte is becoming feverish
as he watches the days slip by in the second half with Savannah
still losing games. It is a natural result of a job being too big for
someone to fill and that someone is LaMotte. It seems that he
would wake up and realize that a glaring fact is staring him in
the face, a fact that no one denies; LaMotte is on the way out,
a move that should have been taken a few days after he assumed
the managerial post of the Indians!
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The 350 Girl Reserves of the Bibb
Manufacturing Company who have
been enjoying a mass vacation in Sa
vannah for the past several days en
trained for home aboard • seven-car
special of the Central of Georgia last
night.
While here, the girls enjoyed Sa
vannah's many attractions for vaca-
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to Savannah Beach, lawn party in the
De Soto Hotel garden, and a motion
picture party. The group was chape
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