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.OLYMPIC TRlO—Dorothy Poynton Hill, diver; Lenore Right Win*
*" v gard and Kitty Rawls, swimmers, en route to Berlin.
Indians Display Ability Despite Handicap of LaMotte
INDIANS COME HOME PRIMED TO START
ANEW ON LOCAL STAMPING GROUNDS;
MEET TARS IN OPENING GAME TONIGHT
MORRIS PICKENS SLATED TO TWIRL THIS EVENING;
TRIBE DIP JACKSONVILLE IN WHITEWASH
PAIL IN CONTEST THERE.
Coming back to their home field
after breaking even with Columbia
and Jacksonville on the road trip,
the Savannah Indians came to town
this morning set for the renewal of
their late conquests. To open a one
Baseball Results
NEW YORK, July 21 (TP).—The
fight for first place in the National
league centers in the New York area
today.
The Chicago Cubs, who are out In
front by one game, will troop into
Epbets field to take on the Brooklyn
Dodgers. Across the river at the
Polo Grounds, the St. Louis Cards
and the New York Giants are sched
uled to cross bats.
Two other western Invaders will
meet eastern clubs. At Boston the
Bees will play the Cincinnati Reds
and the Phillies will play host to the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Reversing the process, the eastern
ers of the American league are play
ing away from the Atlantic coast.
The Boston Red Sox, who are two
and a half games behind the second
place Cleveland Indians, will have a
chance to gain a game on that team.
They meet in Cleveland. The first
place New York Yankees play the
last place St. Louis Browns.
The other American league contests
find the Washington Senators visit
ing the Chicago White Sox and the
Philadelphia A’s playing the Detroit
Tigers.
Sally League
The Savannah Indians pulled a fast
one on the Jacksonville Tars last
night whrn th;y nailed the league
leading champs down with a 4-0 vic
tory. Forcing the Tan Into a lead
w th the Columbus Red Birds, the In
dians tock the highly touted Flor
idans in fcrm and backed up the five
hit performance of Bob Harris with
airtight f elding and hard httlng.
The Columbia Senators continued
their ownward path when they got
shut out by the mighty Macon
Peaches 10-0. Appearing to nothing
but a game which fattened the bat
ting averag-s of the Peaches the Co
lumba club was never in a scoring
position and at no times threatened
the high lead of the Maconites.
The last game of the circuit found
the Columbus Red Birds hammering
out a 5-2 decision over the Augusta
Tigers. The game served to push the
B : rds into a tie with the Jacksonville
Tars for first place. x
Yesterday's scores:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Open date.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Open date.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
R. H.
Birmingham 3 9
Nashville 1 6
SALLY LEAGUE
R. H.
Savananh 4 11
Jacksonville - 0 5
Columbia 0 5
Macon .10 12.
Columbus 5 10
Auguste 2 8
HOW THEY STAND
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterday’s Results
Open date.
Team W. L. Pet.
New York 58 30 .659
Cleveland 49 39 .557
Boston 48 41 .539
Dftrolt 46 40 .535
Chicago , 46 40 .535
Washington. 45 42 .517
Philadelphia 28 57 .329
St. Louis . 27 58 .318
Gaines Today
Philadelphia at Detroit.
New York at St. Louis.
Boston at Cleveland.
Washington at Chicago.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Yesterday’s Results
Birmingham 3, Nashville 1.
(Only game scheduled.)
Team W. L. Pet.
Atlanta 61 38 .629
Nashville 55 42 .567
Birmingham 51 45 .531
Chattanooga 47 45 .511
New Orleans < 45 50 .474
Little Rock 41 50 4.51
Knoxville 39 55 .415
Memphis . 39 55 .415
Gaines Today
Birmingham at Atlanta.
Little Rock at Chattanooga.
Memphis at Nashville
(Only game# scheduled.)
il
i game series with the Tars scheduled
i for tonight at 8-T5, the Indians will
, shoot the works with Morris Pickens
on the mound. Three players will be
added to the roster of the Indians
when they make their start of a week’s
engagement. A pitcher, infielder and
outfielder will augment the lists of
the Tribe as they strive to break Into
the first division of the League.
Whitewash Tara
The Savannah Indians got their eye
on the ball last night and pounded
a 4-0 decision over the league leading
Jacksonville Tars. Paced by Bob Har
ris, the huge righthander who finally
i got back Into the winning column,
the Indians fell to with vengeance
on the highly touted Goat Walker of
the Tars, and scored the winning
tallies in the second and fourth stan
zas to lick the hereto invincible Tars.
Downer was the first man to make
the circuit as the second sacker was
issued a walk and then came In on
Hagan’s single to right field. The
fourth started with a bang 'as Nick
Etten slammed a double into short
right field and then came home with
the first run of the game when Lettz
threw wild to catoh Downer who had
laid down a bunt. Doner made third
on the play and then came in when
Hines got a single. Horgan then came
in for the last rim of the game when
i Moore’s bounder got through the in
field.
Williams, Etten, Hines and Horgan
were the spark plugs of the Indian’s
attack. Getting two out of four
apiece, the quartet supplied the nec
essary' punch to put the Tars back
a niche and into a tie with the Col
umbus Red Birds for the league lead
ership.
The box score:
SAVANNAH AB. R. H.PO.A.
Tice, If 5 0 1 2 0
Moore, ss .. 5 0 0 2 6
Williams, 2b 4 0 2 1 2
Elliott, If 4 1 2 12 0
Downer, cf 2 2 0 0 0
Hines, 3b. ........ 4 0 2 0 3
Horgan, c 4 1 2 8 1
karris, p 3 0 11 3
Totals 35 4 11 27 15
JACKSONVILLE AB. R. H. PO. A.
Bonner, ss 4 0 0 3 6
B. Leitz, lb 4 0 2 10 1
Dunbar. If 4 0 1 2 0
Maxwell, cf . 4 0 1 4 0
Stratton rs 3 0 0 1 0
Gullan, 2b 4 0 0 2 2
Qanzel, 3b. 1 0 0 1 2
Early, c 1 0 0 2 0
, A. Leitz, c.-3b 3 0 0 2 2
Walker, p 3 0 1 0 1
Totals 31 0 5 27 14
Score by innings:
Savannah 010 300 000 —4
Jacksonville 000 000 000 —0
Summary: Errors, Etten, Bonner,
Dunbar, A. Leitz. Runs batted in,
Horgan. Moore, Downer. Hines. Two
base hits. Williams, Etten. Sacrifice
hits, Downer, Harris. Double plays,
William to Moore to Etten; Morgan
to Moore: Walker to Bonner to B.
Leitz to Bonner. Left on bases, Sa
vannah, 8; Jacksonville, 6. Bases on
balls, off Harris, 1; off Walker, 1.
Struck out. by Walker, 2; by Harris.
7. Balk, Harris. Hit by pitcher, by
Harris (Stratton). Passed balls, A.
Leitz. Time, 1:48. Umpires, Burnett
and Maddock.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday’s Results
Open data. \
Team W. L. P?t.
Chicago 53 31 .631
St. Louis . 53 33 .616
Pittsburgh 44 41 .518
New York 45 42 .517
Cincinnati 42 41 .506
Boston • 41 45 .471
Philadelphia 33 52 .388
Brooklyn 30 55 .353
Games Today
Chicago at Brooklyn.
St. Louis at New York.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Boston.
SALLY LEAGUE
Yesterday’s Results
Savannah 4, Jacksonville 0.
Macon 10 .Columbia 0.
Columbus 5, Augusta 2.
Team W. L. Pet.
Columbus ......... 17 8 6.80
Jacksonville 17 8 .680
Macon 14 10 .583
Augusta 12 14 .462
SAVANNAH . ..1.. 8 1 .333
Columbia 7 19 .269
Games Today
Jacksonville at Savannah (8:15 p.m.)
Columbus at Augusta.
Columbia atwjacon.
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GOTHAM RING TEAM INVADES CHI—SEEKS REVENGE
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Lapera, Schuk, Markell, Ross. Valan, McGovern. Cooper. Deegan and Healey
Here is New York’s nine-man squad of Catholic
Youth association boxers to compete in the annual
CYA inter-city tourney in Chicago, July 22. Left
to right, Sol Lapera, heavyweight; Larry Schuk,
CHUCK KLEIN NO LONGER “FORGOTTEN MAN”
OF MAJORS AS HE TIES HOME RUN MARK
By WILLIAM RITT
(Central Press Sports Writer)
The forgotten man of the National
league has been found again. In fact,
he seems to have found himself.
However, Charles Herbert (Qhuck)
Klein, the gloomy-faced slugger of
the Phillies, first needed to find him
self “home” again.
The quaint and quiet city of Phila
delphia has many critics, most of
whom live in and prefer New York
or Chicago. But there is something
about the Quaker City that suits
Chuck Klein perfectly, especially that
portion of Philadelphia which con
stitutes Baker Bowl, home park of
the Phillies.
In the brief weeks since Chuck’s
return to his old team after two
years’ dolorous exile in Chicago, the
hammering Hoosler farm boy has re
gained much of his old batting vigor
and, apparently, all of his horn? run
hitting scale which made him the
idol of Benjamin Franklin's home
town.
* • •
Klein definitely notified league
sluggers that he was one of them
again when he achieved the tremen
dous deed of fashioning four home
runs in one game against the Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Baseball historians say that this
feat is so extremely rare that only
one other modem player, Lou Gehrig
of the Yankees, in 1932, has ever per
formed in like manner. Not even Babe
Ruth collected four homers in the
same game.
Only two others in all baseball his--
tory have hit four in a game—Ed
Delehanty, 1896, and Bobby Lowe,
1894. They were giants in their day,
but not New York Giants. Ed was
with the Phils at the time and Bob
with the club now known as the Bos
ton Bees.
Klefo became a professional player
with the Evansville, Ind.. Three-I club
In 1927 and hit .327. Next year he
was with the Ft. Wayne, Ind.. Cen
trals and hit .331. He was sold to the
Phils in mid-season and wound up
with a .360 average for his major
league bosses in his first campaign
under the big tent.
Chuck continued to hit well over
.300. It looked as though he would
prove one of the greatest National
league batters of all time. In 1931 he
batted in most runs in the National.
AUSTRALIA WILL
PLAY IN FINAL
DAVIS CUP TILT
CAPTURES RIGHT BY DE
FEAT GERMAN TEAM
INTER-ZONE FINALS
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 21 (TP)
Australia qualified to play in
the challenge round of the Davis cup
for the first time since 1924.
Australia won the right to meet
Great Britain in the challenge round
by defeating Germany in the inter
zone finals. The Anza.cs Ambi-Dex
terous star, Vivian McGrath, clinched
the victory when he efeated the Ger
man player, Henkel, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
in today's opening singles match.
Australia previously had won a
singles match and yesterday’s doubles
in the five-match series.
Before the World war Australia’s
SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1936
Savannah Daily Times
SPORTS
INDIANS VS JACKSONVILLE AT STADIUM TONIGHT
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In 1932 he led the league in runs,
hits and stolen bases. He was selected
most valuable player in hs circuit
that year. In 1933 he led in total hits
and won the batting average. During
these three years he led the National
in slugging percentage.
At the close of the 1933 campaign
during which Chuck enjoyed a very
great team of Brookes and Patterson,
a leading contender for the cup. At
one time the Anzacs held the cup for
four straight years. Australia won
again in the first matches after the
World war, but has not been able to
take the cup since. She reached the
challenge round in 1922, 1923 and
1924 but since that time has been
eliminated in earlier competition.
This year, with Jack Crawford,
Adrian Quist and McGrath, Australia,
is conceded an even chance of regain
ing the cup she last held in 1919.
One-Minute Test
1. What are the membership re
quirements of the Caterpillar club?
2. Where is the Isle of Man locat
ed?
3. In politios, who is Gerald P. Nye?
One- Minute Test Answers
1. Any aviator who resorts to a
parachute to save his life in an air
plane disaster is considered a member
of the club.
2. In the Irish sea, nearly equally
distant from the coasts of Ireland,
Scotland and England.
3. U. S. senator from North Da
, kota.
light-heavy; John Markell, welterweight; Don Ross
1 lightweight; Harold Valan and Val McGovern ban
tamweights: George Cooper, lightweight; Dennis
Deegan, welterweight, and Johnny Healey, flyweight.
handsome .368 batting percentage,
the Chicago Cubs offered the Phils
three ball players and an estimated
$65,000 for Klein’s services. They got
him.
A little slow music, please, and if
you have tears prefer to use your
handkerchief for Chuck Klein found
the distance between Baker Bowl and
Wrigley Field, Chicago, exactly
spanned the grim road that led from
the heights of the vale of despair.
Finding himself in a Cub uniform
and w>ith a team that could and did
win pennants instead of the humble,
oft-beaten group of athletes known
as the Phils, must have been too
great a shock for Chuck. He enjoyed
one of the experienced by a great ball
player.
His first season he hit a mere .301.
The following season—l93s com
pleted his shame. Klein’s average last
season was a feeble .293. At this point
the Cub ownership was reaoy to ad
mit it had made a great mistake and
would the Phils like to have their
shattered idol back, all in one piece:
The Phils would.
• • •
Chuck came back to Baker Bowl.
Now he has come back in more ways
than one. Not so robust is his hit
ting as in Ms days of glory, but his
average Is steadily climbing and at
this writing was well over .300.
What there Is about Philadelphia’s
atmosphere to work such a rejuvena
tion in Klein, is a deep mystery. More
than 1,000,000 people (1930 census)
prefer the tonic breezes of Chicago’s
Lake Michigan to the zephyrs which
blow off Philadelpia’s Schuylkill river.
But not Cuck Klein.
Chuck is home again. And if he
keeps on hitting them the way he is
doing now the ome fans will be as
happy over that fact as Klein, him
self, seems to be.
SHARKEY ANXIOUS
TO GET FEEL OF
NEW YORK PULSE
“LOQUACIOUS
IAN” SPECULATES AS
TO LOUIS FIGHT
BOSTON, July 21 (TP).—The
“Squire of Chestnut Hill,” Jack Shar
key, is wondering today what sort of
a reception, he is going to get from
New York fight fans next month.
The former heavyweight champ says
hfe’s not wondering about the out
come of his August 18 fight with Joe
Louis. According to the loquacious
Lithuanian, he’s going to stop Louis
in less time than it took Max Schmel
ing to do it.
Jack’s last New York appearance
was when he lost his heavyweight
crown to' Primo Camera. The Boston
heavyweight went down from a slum
sy uppercut delivered by Camera.
Sharkey was roundly booed after the
knockout and has been the target of
severe criticism since then. Now
Squire Sharkey is wondering how the
spectators will behave when he
climb’s through the ropes at Yankee
Stadium to do battle with the Brown
Bomber.
Even Sharkey's closest friends don’t
know what effect a hostile demon
stration will have on him. It might
make him mad enough to tear into
Louis and put up a whale of & fight.
On the other hand, Bostonians fam
iliar with the vagaries of Sharkey’s
make-up point out taut boos might
discourage him. If so they admit a
TRANS.
RADIO
LEASED
WIRE
SUGAR TOSSERS
NIP NEWINGTON
REFINERY NINE STEM AT
TEMPTED RALLY BY
VISITORS
The Sugar Refinery nine yesterday
added another win to its already i
mounting toll by defeating the New- |
ington team 10-8. A ninth inning
rally which threatened to put the visi
tors within striking distance of the
Refnery’s lead came to nothing in
the end.
Grevemberg, pitching for the Sugar
Hills, allowed but ten safeties. Hol
lingsworth, for Newington, was er
ratic, and Mallory, who replaced him,
continued along the same lines.
The box score:
SUGAR REF. AB R H PO A E
Lindermaji, rs 4 3 2 2 0 0
Jackson, 3b 5 2 3 3 3 2
M. Grevemberg, cf. 4 11 3 11
Bercegeay, If 4 0 2 2 0 0
F. Morgan, 2b .... 3 0 1 2 2 1
O. Grevemberg, lb . 4 11 10 2 0
C. Grevemberg, ss. . 4 1 2 2 2 3
Tuckey, c 3 1 2 3 2 l
D. Grevemberg, p. . 4 11 0 5 0
Loncon, ss 1 0 0 0 1 0
T. Dugger, 2b .... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 15 27 18 8
NEWINGTON AB R H PO A E
O. Weitman, 3b .. 4 11 1 3 0
R. Weitman, If 4 2 2 2 0 1
Smoak, 2b 5 11 3 2 2
R. Dugger, ss 5 0 2 2 3 1
Morgan, lb 4 0 1 5 11
Fuleher, cf 4 2 11 0.1
Mobley, r 4 11 1 0 0
O. Downing, c 4 1 6 3 1
Hollingsworth, p... 2 0 0 1 2 0
Mallory, p 1 0 0 11 0
♦Brinson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ........ 38 8 10 24 15 7
Newington 112 000 004— 8
Bugar Refinery 102 ICO 24x—10
Summary: Stolen bases, Linderman.
Jackson (2), Bercegeay, D. Grevem
berg. Sacrifice hits: D. Grevemberg,
Jackson, Bercegeay. Two-base hits:
Tuckey, C. Grevemberg. Mobley, R.
Weitman. Three-base hit: Bercegeay.
Bases on balls: off Hollingsworth 2;
off Mallory 2; off Grevemberg 2.
Struck out, my Hollingsworth 1; fry
Mallory 1; by Grevemberg 4. Left
on bases: Refinery 5; Newington, 7.
Double plays: C. Grevemberg to Mor
gan to O. Grevemberg; M. Grevem
berg to O. Grevemberg. Wild pitches
Hollingsworth (2). Losing pitcher,
Mallory. Winning pitcher, Grevem
berg. Hits: off Holl'ngsworth 8 in 5
innings: off Mallory 7 in 4 innings.
Time of game 2:05. Umpires, H.
Grevemberg and Jessie.
Today’s Horoscope
Persons whose birthday is today
are apt to be neat and precise to a
fault. They will stick to a friend
through thick and thin and are very
generous, depriving themselves to as
sist anyone whose circumstances ap
peal to their sympathy.
disappointing Sharkey will probably
put the end to his comeback right
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MUSCLE MAN—Anthony Terlazzo, U. S. Olympic welghtiifter, dem
onstrates the two-hand snatch.
POOR EXCUSE OF MANAGER BOBBY
THAT PLAYERS ARE NOT UP TO PAR
IS KNOCKED INTO “COCKED” HAT
Proving that the Savannah Indians can win ball games i£
given the proper management, the showing as displayed by the
Tribe in defeating the Jacksonville Tars last night in the Florida
city clearly dispells the thought that the Indians need a re
vamped squad. Showing that the team has the proper ball play
ers despite Manager Bobby LaMottestatement to the contrary,
the Tribe went ahead in last night’s game and pushed the Tars
down a niche. . ‘ j u, :i; .<j|§|§B
It is the common plea with small-time managers when the
team starts falling from grace, to put all the blame on the play
ers and start altering the batting lineup and roster of the club.*
Its natural for the club manager to shift the blame, and LaMotte
is no exception. Everyone knows that the one-time vociferous
manager is discreetly keeping his mouth shut because of the
showing by the Tribe. The victories on the last road trip proves
two things: That LaMotte was wrong about the calibre of his
players, and that the team can play better if left alone from the
dominating influence of the so-called manager.
When LaMotte saw the handwriting on the wall he turned
to the nearest thing which came to his attention and that was
the excuse of a slump. When that failed and the Indians passed
the ordinary period of a lasting slump, the next thing that came
as an excuse was, the need of players, and since the success en
joyed by the Indians on the last road trip has dispelled that ex
cuse, then it must be that LaMotte is the sole cause and he
alone.
It will be amusing to know the answer that he will concoct
to this fact. Since the “know-it-all” bossman has secured three
new players the Tribe has started winning ball games, and so
whatl It makes LaMotte’s judgment of a baseball club fall down
into the sandlot type baseball. Now that he has three, players
coming in, who will he flounder around and choose for the axe to
fall upon? It is perhaps a case of ‘eny-meeny-miny-mo!* Every
one understands Bobby, don’t get panicky, when a job is too
big for you, use your head and fade out. That’s the sensible
thing to do!
SAVANNAH TEAM
IN STATE TOURNEY
AMERICAN LEGION POST
TO SPONSOR LOCAL
BALL TEAM
Savannah is to be represented in
the state-wide amateur baseball tour
nament begining in Macon Thurs
day, the local American Legion Poet
No. 135 having announced its inten
tion of sponsoring the trip for a Sa
vannah team.
The local boys’ first encounter will
be with Americus, and winning this,
next with the winner of the Macon-
Dawson game.
The nine winning the state cham
pionship is matched with another
city’s winner in a district meet.
From there the regional tourney and
then a national meet is portable.
As the tournaments are entirely for
PAGE FIVE
amateur players, the age limit of 17
will be strictly adhered to.
’ The following team, which also
made up last year’s aggregation, w4H
make the trip:
, William Mobley, lb; Sam SikeS, 3b;
David Haines, c.; Harry Byers, p.; Joe
Harvard, rs.; John Way, rs.-p.; Ed
ward Cam, ss.; Edward Whits, 3b;
Albert Pound, c.; Loy Hagan, If.;
Irvine Cam, p.; and Edmund Ste
venson, c.
Hints on Etiquette
Never use the name of a friend
as a business or credit reference un
less you ask his permission to do so.
GOOD FOR