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S ; % XIF J£» *I w JKw O L x - ’-' ■b' .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. FULL COVERAGE LOCAL ' SPORTS CENTRAL PRESS GOTHAM RING TEAM INVADES CHI—SEEKS REVENGE ■ . . .. : ■ 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 : s I 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 then and there. , LEFT UNCROWNED By Jack Son Tmem /A) Mis PAj \ imm HA L 4is te,R£AT&Sf pi&nr * // >vL was i*i i<s2s* Mb- i —iHW/A MAUMgRBD O&T A oectsiod f /--v„.. v „. ' \ i 3V&R. CAM\IOAjBAU. MAJ ' .. - /\. V a<o oOpC-TWe-aifiSAf boitt. i THAT PI&MT BA£aJBP Am\THE. / * TiTte OrUAlCftflWAleoCMAmVU'' f J . \HL rn* TWM JBSH| 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