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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Big League Baseball Yesterday By JACK HAND Home sweet home has a strange tune in Brooklyn this year. Jeers instead of chee:s greet.the Dodgers after five straight defeats in "friendly" Ebbets rield. No longer does a return to Flat- bush guarantee success. First the Boston Braves and then the lea- gue-leading St. Louis Cards swept series in the flock's own backyard where the Dodgers are supposed be toughest. : Fireman Ablaze - Hugh Casey was bumped again Thursday in his second straight re- lief appearance when the Cards slugged their way to a 13-4 slaugh- ter. The loss was charged to starter Joe Hatten who was battered for six runs in the fifth inning. Tne Cards' Stan Musial contin- ued his red-hot batting, banging out four hits that included a homer, two doubles and a single. The second-place New York Giants lost ground when they 'were hog-tied by Cincinnati's Howie Fox, 3-1, Pox, an early season "bust," hurled a neat six-hitter for his vic- tory of the year. Elmer Ridale continued his re- markable comeback by blanking Boston Braves with four singles while Pittsburgh clubbed Red Bar- rett and two successors for 17 hits in a 13-0 romp. Ralph Kiner hit his ninth homer 'and two doubles to ease Riddle's path to his fourta victory, : Cubs Rap A's Chicago's Cus ... . .aree Phil- adelphia pitchers for 14 hits in a 5-3 decision over Walt Dubiel. Shortstop Roy Smalley added his first major league homer to the as- sault. Russ Meyer required relief help in the seventh in earning his fourth victory. Johnny Blatnik's hitting, streak was stopped after 10 games. Cleveland opened up a 1':i-game lead in the American League by drubbing Boston 13-4 at night after the runner-up Philadelphia 'As bowed to Detroit in the afternoon, 4-2. The Indians profited by the gen- erosity of southpaws Mickey Harris nad Maurice McDermott who tied the major league record by, walk- ing 18 men. The old mark was se! by Detroit May 9, 1916. Harris passed seven and McDermott walk- ed 11 while 43,158 watched. With Joe DiMaggio 'enjoying a fleld day, the Yankees whipped Chicago White Sox 13-2, DiMag hit two homers, a triple, double and single for five hits in six trips, driving in six runs. Brownies Hot St. Louis Browns hopped all over Washington for a 17-7 night ver- dict to soar into fifth place, passing both the Senators and Red Sox. It 4 was the highest run total of the Ey) vear in the league. Al Zar#la collected three of the 18 hits off loser Early Wynn and the other Washington chuckers. A International League Action Stan Lopata, husky young catch- er of Toronto Maple Leafs, is prov- nig to be one of the best: clutch hitters in the International League. The 22-year-old backstop, on op- tion to the Leafs from Philadelphia Phillies, has banged in 24 runs in 25 games on 33 hits, Lopata enjoyed one of his best nights at the plate Thursday night as he paced the Leafs to a 10-6 victory over Jersey City Giants. He drove in eight runs on two homers and a double. His second homer came in the ninth inning with the bases loaded to break up the game, His first tied the game in the seventh. The Giants jumped on starter Bubba Church for three runs in the first two innings and drove the rookie from the hill with three more in the fifth to take a 6-4 lead. Baltimore suffered a 9-0 trounc- ing at the hands of Newark Bears. Zeke Melignano held the Orioles to eight hits while his mates collected 11 safeties including homers by Jerry Coleman, Ted Sepkowski and Joe Collins. Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting--Boudreau, Cleveland .431. Runs batted in--Willlams, Boston. 32. Runs--Williams, Boston, and Tucker, Cleveland, 24. Hits--Boudreau, Cleveland, 37. Déubles--Boudreau, Cleveland, 11. Triples, Wertz, Detroit, 4. me runs--Keltner, Cleveland, 12, en bases--Vernon, Sy sanington 5. Ikeouts--Trucks, Detroit, 32. Pitching--Trucks, Detroit, 3-0, 1.000. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting--Holmes, Boston, .431. Runs batted in--Kiner, Pittsburgh, 25. Buns- Musil St. Louis, 23. th 3. Wait. Home _ ru Kiner, Pit 5 Stolen hases--Jansen, New Pitching--Brecheen and Pollet, St. Louts, 4-0, 1.000. Wane An then | ch The Rugged Way Javelin-ace Ingrid Almqvist (above), considers sawing wood good train- ing for her muscles, She is pictured at the training camp just outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, where the elite of the Swedish women althetes gathered for training in preparation for the London-Olympics. Canada Olympic Weight-Lifters Try Out Tomorrow Montreal, May 21 -- (OP) --Can- ada's Olympic weight-lifting hope- fuls converged here today for to- morrow's Oylmpic Trials, but the leading candidates for berths on the Dominion squad are expected to come from the Montreal district. Rosaire Smith of Drummondville, Que., 50 miles south-east of Mont- real is unchallenged in the bantam class, the Olympic Association said. He finished third in the world championship meet and established a new world's record in the "clean and jerk," which was disallowed overweight. In the Lightweight class, second in the World Trials, is rated a good chance to cop the Olympic title, . His. closest competitors are ex- pected to be John Sinclair, a husky gent from Winnipeg and Blondin of Peterborough. In their last per- formances, only five points sepa- rated Sinclair and Blondin. In the light heavyweight class, the leading candidate, the Assooi- ation said, is Jimmy Varaleau, a member of the R.C.AF. stationed at Trenton. The heavyweight division has no likely candidate in sight but offi- cials are hopeful that the Trials (may discover a new "Hercules." The Canadian National Cham- pionships are being held at the same time and several entries from the United States are expected Sta INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE WwW. L Syracuse ontreal Newark Baltimore Rochester Buffalo .... Jersey City .. Toronto -- 8 16 333 Thursday's Results 10 . Jersey City Baltimore Rochester at Syracuse--Postponed. Only games scheduled. Wednesday's Night Results 5-12 Toronto .. ... 3 Buffalo .. ..5 Baltimore 14 Jersey City ' 10 19 F Thursday's Results St. Louls .. -13 Brooklyn . Cincinnati Pittsburgh s va icago Philadelphi ht Results tsburgh .... Chicago Brooklyn AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland . 2 Philadelphia New York . Boston .. Philadelph St. Louis . .4.19 194 Thursday's Results 13 Chicago od Washington game, y's Night R J 6 Philadelphia .... ---------- Will Investigate Illegal Sale of Lottery Tickets Montreal, May 21 -- (CP)__Be- cause they estimate that the base- ball lottery ticket organization here takes in $25,000 weekly, offi- cials of The Sacred Heart League have decided to investigate meth- ods that might be taken to stop the illegal ticket sales. The tickets sell for.25 cents each, and prizes of $1,000 are offered in some cases. League officials de- clared they had not yet heard of anybody winning $1,000, Wed Cleveland PERFECT BARBERING ... is Our Business! Men! ... Then pay a BARBERS NO WAITING If you want a perfect job . . . us a visit. We don't keep you sitting in a chair all day, neither do we rush you through . . . because when we finish, the perfect job MUST be the result. NEXT TIME . .. Try either of . . . CHAS. JOHNSON'S TWO BARBER SHOPS 44 SIMCOE STREET NORTH 6 RICHMOND STREET WEST because he was one-quarter pound | John | Stuart of Montreal, wha finished | By ALEX J. MORRISON There are just two places, no more, just vwo, any swing where you are most likely to go wrong. I'r talking about the swing after you go into action. Of course, you can get into the wrong starting position, take the wrong grip, even use the wrong club. But, assuming that you are nearly right about these preliminaries you have often felt that you could go wrong, get off the track in any one of a hun- dred places during the swing. This isn't at all likely. When anything goes wrong, in- variably it is when you start your backswing or when you begin the downswing. Bach of these starts represent the most critical stages of the whole action. Here are some of the mistakes you can make in starting your backswing--dirop your head toward the ground or allow it to tum with your body, turn your hips instead of shifting them straight to your right, start your hands independent of your body, start your hands back ahead of the clubhead. Any one, or combination of these frults, makes it impossible for you to make a fundamentally correct swing. To simplify the comparison you can take just one fundamental, namely, co-ordination between body and hands, as a measure of your general efficiency. If, in start. ing the backswing, you allow your upper arms to move independent of your body, get away from your body, yg cannot enjoy the neces- sary co-ordination. As a rule this ARMS SNUG TO BODY 5 1 You can help your golf- a lot by holding your upper arms snug against your body in addressing the ball and particularly when starting | the backswing. This applies to all | shots, long and short. * co-ordination goes in direct pro- portion to the correctness of the position of your arms in relation to your body. The closer your upper arms remain to your body the easier it is to have co-ordination | between body and hands. | Make sure that your upper arms are held snug against your body in the starting position and surely when you make the first move in your backswing. This will improve your whole swing. Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By ED. ROMAINE Canadian Press Staff Writer Vancouver, May 20--(CP) -- An old saying goes "the best team doesn't always win" and some Paci- fic Coast sports writers are be- moaning the fate of Vancouver Clo- ver Leafs. The basketballing Leafs, who won the Dominion title last year as the Meralomas and successfully defend- ed their crown earlier this month, failed to make the grade in the Olympic Trials. Bill (Vancouver Province) Dun- ford says "Leafs collected a title as hollow as the Holland Tunnel. To make a 'service club holiday , . . Laurie Irwin, Sultan of the Cana- dian Amateur Basketball Associa- tion, has made them a burnt offer- ing." Leafs defeated Montreal Y.M.H. A, three games to two, in the Can- adian final. The following two evenings, Ledfs and YMH.A. jous- ted again in Toronto ----- on the same bill. were the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds and University of Western Ontario Mustangs. The Leafs lost sudden-death tiffs with Montreal and the Mustangs. Thunderbirds in turn whipped the Mustangs and YMH.A. Ofticials announced that Montreal and U.B. C. coaches would select the two teams to represent Canada in Lon- don. Dunford contends the Leafs were victim of the law of averages. Tough Schedule "Leafs played 14 games in 22 days. They travelled more than 2,- 50C miles to do it. In the East they feel the Leafs should have auto- matically qualified for the finals." "The C.A.B.A" says Dunford, "with its usual ineptitude, has suc- ceeded in forming an Olympic team on which the best team in the coun- try will be represented only by the kindness of either Thunderbirds or Montreal." Curtis Cup Play Gets Under Way Birkdale, England, May 21--(AP) --Hand-picked women's golf teams of the United States and Britain began their fight for the Curtis Cup today, with the Americans heavily favored to retain the tro- phy they have never lost. Seasoned British golf writers con- ceded the United States' amateur 4 stars should win by six points to three. Po Competition for the cup began in 1834. The Americans won it then, retained it in 1936 through a draw and won again in 1938 before war interrupted play. « _ YESTERDAY'S STARS By The Associated Press Batting--Joe DiMaggio, Yankees, bat- ting home six runs with two homers, triple, double and single in six trips as New York smothered White Sox 13-2. Stan Musial, Cards--Continued his hitting spree against Dodgers with four hits, including a homer, two doubles and single, in 13-4 win. Pitching--Elmer Riddle, Pirates, shut out Boston with four hits, 13-0 for fourth win. Strong Workout By Sweepblu Has Fans Wondering Torgnto, May 21--(CP)--Add to | the list of "good things" for the | classic King's Plate Monday, the name of Sweepblu, the brown sweepster colt owned by Carr Hatch, which was somewhat of a | disappointment in the Plate Trials | last Monday. | | Sweepblu was an also-ran in the | Trials but they 'were run at only six furlongs, whereas the 89th re- newal of the King's Plate is at a | mile and an eighth. And Sweepblu gained a host. of supporters after his impressive workout. on Thuys- | day, when he covered the mile in 1.45 1-5 over a track no better than | "good" and was held under wraps | all the way. Sweepblu was eased up as he fin- | ished the full Plate distance of a | mile and an eighth in 1.59 flat | under the veteran jockey Bobby Watson, The Winnipeg-owned "Lord Fair- mond" and the Toronto-owned | "All-British" continue top competi- | tors on the strength of their vic- | tories in the twin Plate Trials but | more and more of the other Plate entries were commanding respect. Of the few Plate contenders who did not run in the Trials, veteran Jim Fair's "Last Mark" was a com- manding - increased respect by his | latre workouts. "Last Mark" aon Thursday equalled Sweepblu's time | of 145 1-5, but he may have been | using more exertion than was | Sweepblu, | But workouts don't mean a race, | and the Plate Trials themselves | were benig given less attention, in view of prospects that the Plate may be run over a fast track, | compared with the mud last Mon- | day. The extra three furlongs in | the Plate, compared with the Trials, also have a vital bearing on the prospects. 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