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"~T? ' or 1 ! fF'w <£*-. pna ¥ J <*•-' w* f W* ' ■ ' jf£ff' s'" ’te/ 4 ' : JME.W® SPLASH STARS—U. 8. Olympic divers, left to right. Dick Degener. Elbert Root, Marshall Wayne and Al Greene. LaMotte Assumes Full Credit For Indians* Triumph CITY SWIMMERS AFTER RECORD TODAY LUKE BOWYER AND SAMMY RHODE TO TRY FOR SA VANNAH TO TYBEE MARK—A 23-MILE GRIND. Two swimmers are breasting the current of the Savannah river today seeking to smash the record between Savannah and Tybee. Sammy Rhode, a veteran long distance swimmer and Luke Bowyer his protege, left the municipal docks this morning at 19:30, seeking to better the standing time record of 10 hors uand 31 min utes for the 23-mile grind. Rhode, haoving attempted to swim the distance beffore in 1930, is no novice in distance swimming. Being taken from the water at the mouth of the Savannah river after having clipped the dash record by some two hours, the veteran plans to take things easy in an effort to make the swim around the point at Fort Scre ven. Bowyer, the dimunKive sprint star whose feats on the Savannah High school swimming team, and whose records as a participant of the Savannah senior team has had the critics predicting big things for him. has been training daily with the hopes of completing the grind. HOW THEY STAND I AMERICAN LEAGUE Results Yesterday Detroit 8-9 Philadelphia 0-8. Washington 6, Chicago 5. Cleveland 6, Boston 5. St. Louis 5, New York 4. Team Won Lost Pct. New York 38 31 .652 Cleveland 50 29 .562 Detroit 48 40 .545 Boston 48 42 .533 Chicago 46 41 .529 Washington 46 42 .523 St. LOUIS 28 58 .326 Philadelphia 28 .59 .322 Games Today Pl 'ladelphia at Detroit New York at St. Louis Borton at Cleveland Washington at Chicago SALLY LEAGUE Results Yesterday Savannah 6, Jacksonville 0. Micon 6 Columbia 5. Columbus at Augusta (rain). Team Won Lost Pct. Columbus 17 8 .680 Jacksonville 17 9 .654 Macon 15 10 .600 Augusta 12 14 .462 SAVANNAH 9 16 .360 Columbia 7 20 .259 Games Today Augusta at Savannah (8:15 p. m.) Columbia at Jacksonville Columbus at Macon RESCUES REDSKINS By Jack Sords Sir A 1 uPo<mesi: louis I BRovJxr oAck ia) /F / /J- IHW WjfßU' # ■ wbfflv -?W7 (A camm / fezS-Xt? WgEQ Ks XtelfcßAM PilbWß Mxase spftMC aioctof h« Jer . uiAo is a 6i6- aid “-rx »r.uxhs Bor wSftJ Ib7teCL&/eLW I *tb CLCveLA*> tWis J 7 hJoiaMs w PA/LAPfc4PW/A 4 sk ; ■ ; Planning to take the South Chan nel down as far as the mouth of the river and then cutting out to the last bell bouy before tacking back into the comparative safety of the beach, the dup expressed hopes that the total elapsed time will consume not more than 9 hours which would establish a new record. Sills, a life guard at Tybee, in 1928 established the present record which has sur vived all attempts to shatter it. Tak ing the North Channel down the elongated star who later went on to higher glories in distance swimming, finally completed the swim after four tries. It was not ascertained who will make the trip with the swimmers but from all reports It will be three wel known Savannahians. To buck the tide here for at least two hours, comparatviely easy sailing will be the order of the dash down the river until the mouth is reached when a five mile grind against cross currents will be the next step. NATIONAL LEAGUE Results Yesterday Cincinnati 3, Boston 2. Chicago 5, Brooklyn 3. New York 2, St. Louis 1. Pittsburgh 17, Philadelphia 6. Team Won Lost Pct. Chicago 54 31 .635 St. Louis 53 34 .609 Pittsburgh 45 41 .523 New York 46 42 .523 Cincinnati 43 41 .512 Boston 41 47 466 Philadelphia 33 53. .384 Brooklyn 30 56 .349 Games Today < 1 Chicago at Brooklyn St. Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Boston - SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Atlanta 4, Birmingham 2. > Memphis 3, Nashville 2. Chattanooga 7, Little Rock 0. (Only games scheduled). Team Won Lost Pct. Atlanta 62 36 .633 Nashville 55 43 .561 Birmingham 51 46 .526 Chattanooga 48 45 .516 New Orleans 45 50 .474 Little Rock 41 51 .446 Memphis 40 55 .421 KnoxviUe 39 55 .415 Games Today Little Rock at Chattanooga Memphis at Nashville New Orleans at Knoxville (Only games scheduled) covEKAos Savannah Daily Times LOCAL k RADIO SPORTS jRk RF LEABED i □rU K To w ” INDIANS VS. AUGUSTA AT STADIUM TONIGHT ’ MUNY LINKS ‘OPEN’ GOES INTO PLAY POLICEMAN AND CLERK SHARE QUALIFYING s HONORS 5 t FARMINGDALE, L. 1., July 22 • (TP). —A San Francisco radio polloe , man and a Washington haberdashery I clerk share qualifying honors as 64 ; golfers begin match play this morn -1 Ing in the National Public Links ‘ championship. > By reason of their excellent play > in the two qualifying rounds, the po ; lyiceman, James Molinari, and the clerk, Claude Rippy, are now favor- I ites to win the links title. Molinari ( was runner-up in the Northern Call- > fornia amateur championship last : year, while Ripply recently won the , Washington Public Links title. Twenty-year old Frank Strafaci, of • Brooklyn, who won the national title i last year, is well up in the qualifying i list. He registered a 36-hole total of 149, four strokes behind Molinari and Rippy. Baseball Results NEW YORK. July 22 (TP).— Frankie Frisch's gas house gang— the St. Louis Cardinals —are two full games behind the Chicago Cube in the National league race this morn ing The St. Louis outfit dropped back in the pennant contest by losing a 2 to 1 decision to the New York Giants yesterday while Charley Grimms crew was putting an end to the Brooklyn Dodgers’ winning streak by a 5 to 3 score. The Cardinal twirling ace, Dizzy Dean, suffered his eighth defeat of the year In bow ing to the Giants. In other National league games, the Cincinnati Reds nosed out the Boston Bees, 3 to 2; and the Pitts burgh Pirates pounded out a 17 to 6 triumph over the Phillies. In the American league, the St. Louis Browns sprang a surprise by defeating the league-leading New York Yankees, 5 to 4. The Cleveland Indians put a slight dent in the Yankees’ lead by downing the Boston Red Sox, 6 to 4. The Detroit Tigers took a double-header from the Phil adelphia Athletics, 8 to 0 and 9 to 8, while the Washington Senators end ed the eight-game winning streak of the Chicago White Sox by a 6 to 5 margin. Sally League The Savannah Indians shoved the Jacksonville Tars down another niche In the Sally League last night, when they handed a 6-0 decision to the second place team In the circuit. Be hind the stVen hit hurling of ?.im little Morris Pickens the Indians blasted the offerings of Lamb for a total of twelve safeties to shove across the winning runs. Relying on the old squeeze p'ay In the last inning, the Macon Peaches won a close 6-5 decision from the low ly Columbia Senators. Way out In front, the Senators saw their com fortable lead go by the boards as the Maconltes got going In the last frame. Yesterday’s scores: AMERICAN LEAGUE R H Boston 5 14 Cleveland 6 13 New York 4 6 St. Louis 5 8 Washington 6 9 Chicago 10 Philadelphia 0 7 Detroit 8 13 Philadelphia 8 12 Detroit 9 12 NATIONAL LEAGUE R H St. Louis 1 9 New York 2 5 Chicago 5 6 Brooklyn 3 10 Cincinnati I 3 6 Boston 2 6 Pittsburgh 17 21 Philadelphia 6 11 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION R H Birmingham 2 7 Atlanta 4 8 Memphis 3 7 Nashville 1 5 Chattanooga 7 15 Little Rock 0 6 SALLY LEAGUE R H Savannah 6 12 Jacksonville ....0 7 Columbia 11 Macon 6 13 Words of Wisdom Do. not think that years leave us and find us the same.—Owen Mere dith. SAVANNAH. DAILY TIMM. WEDNMDAY. JULY 22. 1239 ’ SETS 60 AUTO RECORDS IN TWO DAYS ’' . , - jkki £ * I 'W'4 w V •XL V'" ' . ! *' J’ I * - ’•'V IBM ! ; - I ' z 4 z.l i 4 Bert Denley )y ~ R | Captain Eyston | W v-jmk t I ~ ” H /AiMKa 4'*' if Eyston and record-smashing car Captain George Eyston receives congratulations, top. from his relief pilot, Bert Denley, after setting 60 auto records in a 48-hour drive covering 6,455 miles on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. Below is a view of Eyston and his two-ton car setting the records. The car had a continuous speed average of 136.354 miles an hour. HIGH PRICED PLAYERS ALONE DO NOT WIN MAJOR FLAGS RED SOX OWNER DISCOVERS KRONER, ROOKIE INFIELDER FROM MINORS. IS BOS. TON’S BRIGHTEST STAR AS COSTLY VETS FAIL AND TEAM FALLS. By WILLIAM RITT , (Central Press Sports Writer) There are almost as many answers to the question: "What is wrong with the Red Sox” as there are to the problem of how to solve America’s economic ills. The Boston team has been accused of having an overabundance of tem perament. Some of the players, we are told, have been unable to adjust themselves to their new home grounds and teammates there. It js believed, have passed their peak and are physi cally unable to regain that prowess for which they were purchased. There has even been a rumor, with no ap parent foundation, of front office in terference. Whatever the reason or combina tion of circumstances at fault it Is a fact the Boston Red. Sox have proven one of the greatest big league flops in many years. And the big headache—such is the irony of fate—goes to Owner Tom Yawkey, the one man connected with the team who could have no share in the blame. • • • Reports from Boston Indicate the Fenway park fans have turned against the ball club which they so confi dently expected last April would bring the first world series in 18 years to the Massachusetts capital this sea son. The truth is, the fans expected too much. Big league club owners do not buy their way to a pennant. Champion ship teams are built up, usually from material which came to the club through early development or at mod est prices paid minor league teams. That’s the way the late John Mc- Graw acquired his pennant-winning Giants. And that’s the way the cur rent St. Louis Cardinals, the recent Washington Senators and such earlier teams as the old Chicago Cubs, Phila delphia Athletics and Chicago White Sox came into prosperous being. The New York Yankee teams, of the early 1920’5, were the great ex ception. And even these would have been a failure save for the managerial genius of the late Miller Huggins. For three years generous Tom Yaw key has been paying very fancy prices for star players and has been giving handseme salaries to his stars. What the Red Sox have cost him since he took over the club cannot be figured but from the known prices he has paid the sum must be terrific. And. what has generous Mr. Yaw key gotten for his gold? Not a team fighting to retain first place but a club trying desperately to finish in the first division, on a par with such humbly priced outfits as the Washing ton Senators. Os course, the Sox still have a pennant chance. If the Yankees should collapse, and if Oelevland and Detroit would kill each other off and if the Red Sox put on a spec tacular and long winning spurt. Bos- I , ton can do it. But these are too many miracles to even hope for. • « • AU is not darkness in Fenway park, however. Manager Joe Cronin has done a fine job of pUoting his coUection of faded heroes and ambitious young sters. And he has been playing a great game himself. Lefty Grove has been pitching steady ball and Jimmy Foxx still looks a lot like the Jimmy Foxx of old- Wesley Ferrell and Johnny Marcum may again become consistent winners. Bill Werber, the old third baseman, seems to like his new outfield post. Brightest news of all is the play and batting of Rookie John Kroner, who came to the Re<’ Sox from Syra cuse. Kroner has been sensational leading the club by a wide margin in batting and his fielding pep (he plays third) has done much to revive the faltering veterans. He is a find. If Yawkey, General Manager Ed die Collins and Manager Joe Cronin could find a few more Kroners to re place some of the Sox’j high priced stars, the Boston Americans probably wouldn’t be the richest ball club dn the country but they might very well be the best. “DISCOVERT - RUNS AT SUFFOLK DOWNS BOSTON, July 22 (TP).—A. G. Vanderbilt’s great thoroughbred, the five-year-old "Discovery,’’ goes to the post for the $25,000 Massachusetts handicap at Suffolk Downs today. Despite the fact the stallion will carry 136 ponds, “Discovery” is fa vored to annex the mile-and-an-eighth classic. Walter M. Jeffords "Firethorn” and F. A. Carreaud’s "Time Supply” figure to offer the chief contention to the VanderbUt entry. 12 HORSES READY FOR BOSTON RACE MASSACHUSETTS HANDI CAP TO PAY WINNER PURSE OF $25,000 SUFFOLK DOWNS, BOSTON, Mass., July 22 (TP).—A field of 12 horses is expected to go to the post this afternoon in the $25,000 Massa chusetts handicap at Suffolk Downs Heading the list wil be A. G. Van derbilt’s champion of 1935, "Discov ery-” Although he will carry top weight of 136 pounds, the five-year old thoroughbred is favored to win. "Discovery’’ was beaten in the same race a year ago by “Top Row” and ’ Whopper.’ His ehte* opposition today is ex i AUGUSTA TIGERS ARRIVE IN TOWN TO MEET INDIANS TRIBE CHEERED BY WIN OVER TARS PRIMED FOR VICTORY Opening a series against the Au gusta Tigers, the Savannah Indians will trot out onto the field toinght seeking to put themselves back into the select circle of the Sally league by sweeping the series with the Au gustans. Showing a convincing 6 0 victory over the fast flying Jacksonville Tars last night, the Indians flashed some of their old time form as they slammed the ball out into the lot to shut the Tars out. Emil Roy is the man slated to take the mound for the Indians and the chunky right hander is set to duplicate Morris Plcken's work on the mound last night. Paint Tars 6 to 0 Flashing an offensive that the Jacksonville Tars was unable to cope with, the Savannah Indians last night handed a 6-0 trouncing onto the plat ter of the Floridians. Headed by the diminutive Morris Pickens, who let the Tara down with seven hits, the Indians swept on throughout the game, never in danger and using their sticks like a club inspired. The second, tnlrd, fifth and eighth stanzas were the scoring frames for the Tribe, as the heavy ciouters came to bat and thoroughly blasted the of ferings of Lamb, the Tar hurler, to the four corners of the lot to make another game history for the Indians. Getting their eye on the ball in the second stanza when Pickens hit a easy grounder to Lamb which the hurler lost in the grass, scoring Downer. Get ting another tally in the next inning when Nick Etten slammed a homer into the leftfield bleachers, the In dians skipped a frame coming into their own again in the fifth, when Elliott hit a single into leftfield, scor ing Morales who came in from sec ond on a fast play. The Tars made ineffective gestures to close the scoring gap but found that the task was too great for them, as the Indians continued on their high and mighty way. The barrage of runs in the eight inning more than did the trick for the Tribe which contributed to the fluke inning of the evening. The Tars did everything wrong, and coupled with the fact that the Indians were hitting everything thrown across the plate certainly didn’t help matters any. Pickens and Moore scored the first two runs of that inning when Williams hit a hot one to Bonner, the shortstop for the Tr r, who let the ball get away from L m. The last run of the stanza found the speedy Williams coming home when Elliott hit to Bonner who threw wild to first. The box score: JACKSONVILLE AB R H POA Bonner, sss 0 11 1 B. Leitz, lb 3 0 0 8 2 Dunbar, If 4 0 1 2 0 Maxwell, cf 3 0 2 3-1 Stratton, rs 3 0 10 0 Fafly, c 4 0 0 5 0 Gullan, 2b • 3 0 0 4 3 A. Leitz,3 b 4 0 2 0 6 Lamb, p 3 0 0 11 ♦Bazner, 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 0 7 24 14 •Batted for Lamb in ninth. SAVANNAH AB R H PO A Moore, ss. . 5 1 2 1 3 Morales, rs. ’ 5 1 2 0 0 Williams, 2b 5 11 4 3 Elliott, If 4 1 2 2 0 Etten, lb 4 0 2 9 1 Downer, cf 4 11 1 0 Hines, 3b 4 0 0 0 3 Horgan, c 4 0 1 9 0 Pickens, p 3 11 11 Totals 38 6 12 27 11 Score by Innings: Jacksonville 000 000 000—0 Savannah 011 010 03x—6 Summary: Errors, Bonner (4), Dun bar, Lamb, Maxwell. Runs batted in, Elliott (3), Williams (2). Home run: Elliott. Double plays: Moore to Wil liams to Etten; A. Leitz to Gulian to B. Leitz; Gulian to Bonner to A. Leitz to B. Leitz. Left on bases: Jacksonville, 10; Savannah 11, Base on balls, off Lamb 3; off Pickens 4. Struck out, by Lamb, 1; by Pickens, 7. Wild pitch, Lamb. Umpires, Mad dock and Burnett. Time: 2:00. pected to come from F. A. Carreauds “Time Supply.” and Walter a Jef fords’ “Firethom,” the speedy “Clang” and “Stand Pat” recent win ner of the SIO,OOO Stars and Stripes handicap at Arlington Park. . The mile and three-sixteenths event is scheduled to get under way about 5 p.m. E. D. T. | EARL’S I —SANDWICHES— Telephone 6989 | W w * — l OFF THEY GO—Bikers In 90-mlle road race lined up for start at Great Lakes exposition in Cleveland. ■ ■* „ . —.. ... 1 ii■■swaimawHWWMlia VICTORY ALTERS BOB’S ALIBI THE TEAM NEEDS BOLSTERING; FANS STILL KNOW TRIBE NEEDS NEW PILOT TO SUCCEED The law of averages eaught up with the Savannah Indians and the ancient standard coupled with good playing on the part of the Tribe, won a game for them last night against a hard playing and hard-fighting club. Or maybe it is because LaMotte the “know-it-all” manager discreetly kept his mouth shut in last night’s game. The fans themselves know that LaMotte didn’t have any part of last night’s victory, both from the way the club was run, and from the way that the men handled themselves. It’s funny to note that LaMotte is coming out of his shell now and beginning to voice some of the old-time bragadoeio which so marked his advent into the managerial ranks of minor league baseball. Admittedly a person who won’t concede to facts, .the strutting manager with his antiquated ideas of baseball, now that the Indians has won a few games, is beginning with a little enthusiasm. Always a good fellow heat isn’t turned on him, LaMotte belongs in the "category of those people who are front runners, as long as they are winning every thing is fine, but when something causes a downfall, they go back into comparative oblivion, there to stay until they make their debut back into the limelight. The sports editorial in the Savannah Morning News of July 22nd date line, depicts LaMotte as a fighter and a man who hates to take it on the chin. Granted as to taking- it on the chin, but in addition to that the fans also know that he is quick to shunt the blame for any poor showing on the players. Why can’t he face the facts that he is not the man for the and that a man who knows the game should be in the position? Why didn’t the Sa vannah Morning News make the statement when the Indians were on the losing end of the streak? Anyone can talk when they are out in front. The baseball critics who are anxious for the scalp of LaMotte were anxious to watch the reaction of the Sa vannah Morning News when the Indians won a game and their expectations certainly didn’t fall short, because with the winning of a brace of games, the Savannah Morning News took it as a standard of measurement that the Indians were definitely on the upgrade. Oh, yes, LaMotte can take it. He can take it as long as * he can win a game but when they lose, it’s just a case of “Sadie Bar the Door,” because Bobby LaMotte is not at home I U. S. CANOEISTS NOT BOTHERED BY UNLUCKY NUMBER NEW YORK, July 22 (TP)—lf thirteen is an unlucky number, the American canoe team has a ready made jinx to beat at the Berlin Olym pics. The 13-man team sails today aboard the United States liner, “President Harding.” The canoeists are heading Compare WITH AW OTMIR KaO BRAND OF BEER YOU BE THE JUDGE Mi HU kiXjfoiiß owr lIIMH - DECIF iflF YIK » • » Il \ Hl il»1 -fM 1 1 ■ l ▼ c X * H IF YOUR DEALIX* J. S. Pinki 225 EAST BAi ** PAGE FIVE for Germany, where they will join the 334 U. S. Olympic stars who for Europe a week ago. Despite the "131” hoodoo, Coach Albert. C. Bauer has high hopes that the stars and stripes will be hoisted to the top of the Olympic flag-staff*** after the American canoeists finis!' their contests. “Thirteen,” he said, "doesn’t me? a thing when you have a top-n- ‘ team.” ’ ,