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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. GOLF I FACTS NOT THEORIES/ ALEX. J. MORRISON ■ ■ i CtMml Vnem Amkwliow —■ 1 11 .J c ™ /{IT t a VI aao Fwrice 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 Butnett ■ | SPORT CELEBS | & di n . H JI i* It t Sfrlo*? 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. FULL COVERAGE LOCAL SPORTS CENTRAL PRESS 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. I S’: ’’’■Vi 5 ? I Vw ; : ■ •-V Aw lit * I i- -Hi TjZW I aw Bv - J Lou Gehrig f“" “ 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. • * • 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 S P ORT S if • Trosky) k I a Bk jlb * sar i \ [Bill Dickey L ! i. i Averill|B~ 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. • • • 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. \ 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. There are no speed limits on open roads of Spain. ■ ■ I Mr" I a. tj. f Jimmy Foxx f " 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- RADIO LEASED WIRE ' Baseball Results ■ ■ 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. A' ' / j 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! 8188 RESERVES LEAVE FOR MACON 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- | Compare ,ca A WolWUl SOU WITH 44T OTHER BRAND OF BEER YOU BE THE JUDGE In llnO let your °wn TASTE DECIDE We invite comparison ! We urge com parison f We want you to see tor your* R m A how much more creamy, more full- BHa bodied, more full- fig vored, more zest - AiJ Oertel's '92 really is. We don't ask SR- > Oh you to talce our wor< i f° r it. We simply say ’ “Actually compare the beers... let I* X2ET own taste decide.” H| I |H flB Bm < -° m P are n with j ■ Bn SB BB ar, y other brand nß| feg* 0/ price! IF YOUR DEALER CAN’T SUPPLY YOU PHONE J. S. Pinkussohn Cigar Co. 225 EAST BAY ST. PHONE 2-1131 PAGE FIVE tioners, including a boat ride, jaunt to Savannah Beach, lawn party in the De Soto Hotel garden, and a motion picture party. The group was chape roned by officials of the Bibb Com pany. E A R L 'S —SANDWICHES— Telephone 6989