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THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN : : MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1948 Big League Basehall Yesterday By JOE REICHLER sociated Press Sports Writer The National League, noted for its close pennant races, is staging one this year that promises to make all others look like runaways by comparison. With the season nearly one Fashion Plate | third gone, the gap between the |§ co-leading New York Giants | Boston Braves and theh fourth place /St. Louis Cardinals is only games, Pittsburgh is third, a game behind the leaders, Even Phillies Close | | | ~The fifth place Phillies of Phila- | delphia are only 2!'2 games off the pace. Only 8'2 games separate last place Chicago Cubs from the leaders. The Braves, who had dropped | out of the lead Saturday when they | suffered a double loss to Cincinnati, bounced back into a tie with the Giants by dumping the Reds twice in Cincinnati 8-7 and 10-5. Eddie Stanky drove in Bobby Sturgeon with the winning run to climax a four-run ninth-inning rally in the opener. In the second game Bob Elliott's fifth inning home run with two mates aboard, gave the Braves a commanding lead. Hank Sauer of the Reds hit his 18th and 19th home runs and tripled. Giants and Cards Split The Giants and Cardinals split a couple of close decisions. The Giants won the first game 8-7 and the Cards took the second, 3-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. Willard Marshall, Buddy Kerr, Bobby Thomson and Sid Gordon | paced a 16-hit attack against ig Po a ari {worn by a member of New York | Card pitchers in the first game. One of Marshall's hits was a home run. 16th and 17th home runs of the season to lead the Pirates to a 9-2 ond game victory over Phila- | phia after the Phils had copped me opener 8-7. Elmer Riddle coasted to his seventh victory in the second game. Ralph Kiner hammered out his | is Ruth (above), at long last bowing | to dame fashion, discards his famed | : N : | white camel's hair cap. in faver of a | straw topper. Could it be that now | that his life story is being screened, | the Babe aspires to be a fashion { plate? 'Babe Ruth's No. 3 Worn Last Time 'By 'Babe' Himself By RALPH RODEN New York, June 14 -- (AP) --No | Yankees. | terday at Yankee Stadium, by the man who made it Ruth, Ruth's uniform has been offi- |cially retired and presented to Baseball's Hall of Fame at Coopers- town, N.Y., where it may be seen |along with the bat the Babe used | The beloved figure of baseball, Babe | It was worn for the last time yes- | famous--Babe | Johnny Schmitz registered his! in clubbing his 60th home run in sixth victory of the season--a four- | 1927. hitter--when he hurled the Cubs | to a 3-1 victory over the Dodgers in Chicago. J . Yankees Beat Feller . New York Yankees salvaged the final of a four-game series with Cleveland Indians, defeating Bob Feller and the Tribe 3-5. Feller suffered his sixth setback. Philadelphia Athletics split doubleheader with St. Louis Browns 0 créep up within three games of e 'American League leading In- dians. They won the second game B-1 after having dropped the open- r 7-5. Carl Scheib scattered seven hits to register his fourth triumph n the afterpiece. Rookie Lou Brissie of the A's was coasting ong behind a 5-1 bulge when he ddenly lost his stuff in the eighth of the first game. The Browns quickly scored six runs ainst him and his reliever, Nel- oft Potter, to win the game. Potter | the losing pitcher. Two for Tigers The Tigers went over the .500 park' for the first time in weeks en they defeated the Senators nh both ends of a doubleheader in ashington, 9-3 and 9-2. Dizzy out and Virgil Trucks were the nners. KRYZANOWSKI GETS TRIAL The Babe was on hand yesterday | to participate in the celebration of | the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Yankee Stadium, along with {all living members of the 1923 | World-Champion Yankees. | A crowd of some 50,000 fans | thundered a tremendous ovation as the "Babe" pidgeon-toed out of the visiting teams dugout. The Babe, tears in his eyes, asked to'say a few words. A hushed silence fell. "Ladies and gentlemen, I just want to say one thing, I am proud I hit the first home run here against Boston in 1923, It is mar- vellous to see these 13 or 14 play- ers -who were my teammates going back 25 years. I'm telling you it makes me proud and happy to be here. Thank you." Dan Topping, President of the Yankees, then presented both Ruth and Barrow with inscribed watches. Inscribed on Ruth's watch were the words "Silver Anniversary (1923- 1948) Yankee Stadium--The house that Ruth built." Following the Ruth ceremonies, a two-inning game between mem- Yankee stars of later played. Ruth was manage the 1923 team but his Doc- tor decided that it was too chilly. ' years was YESTERDAY'S STARS By The Associated Press Batting--Ralph Kiner, Pirates, ham- mered his 16th and 17th home runs to Montreal--Ed Kryzanowski, cap- | n of the University of Toronto | Panadian Intercollegiate champion- hip hockey team, will be with Bos- on Bruins of the National Hockey gue when training camp sessions lead the Pirates to a 9-2 nightcap win and give Pittsburgh a split in its doubleheader with Philadelphia. The Phils won the opener 8-7 Pitching -- Paul Trout and Virgil Trucks, Tigers, Trout hurled a six- hitter and Trucks a seven-hitter to leader the Tigers to a double victory oa. the Washington Senators 9-3. and WAGGLE BEHIND THE BALL By ALEX J. MORRISON ar Professor: There are sev- | Al faults in my swing and I wish | pu would remove them by snap- | your fingers or waving your jagic wand," writes Mr. Average olfer. | Maybe you refuse to believe that h requests are sent in--certainly | wouldn't be silly enough to | such a thing. It all depends on you view the matter. Ninety- |* pe out of every hundred requests | had for help in eliminating | rors from a golfer's game are | png the lines of the tement. Players want only a | opening | # cial treatment of their i] i salve! to rub on the surface. To . down deep enough to get at eR1 cause of their troubles not | ly /hurts their feelings but also | ang some honest hard work, [To some extent the methods of ing golf are responsible for fis singe most of them lead the | ifer to believe it is practical to | eet a fault with a fault or to! faults around until they fi- | lose themselves. | concrete example of this is | d about faults in taking the | b up in the back-swing. Many | the errors made in the positions | the club, hands and arms are | ually invited, rehearsed in the | gele made before starting the | k-swing, This preliminary, erally regarded as insignificant dl of no bearing on the swing pper, actually determines whet will do once you start your | back from the ball. waggling so that the cluo- moves back and forth in the | e groove it should travel in! ing the up and down swings, | have a much better chance of neing properly. And it helps lerx arm. and hand to function | perly when you waggle only bhe- d the ball," and keep the club- d to 'the 'right of your hands. this before a mirror until e made it. a habit, lly | FR As you waggle so you swing," is a rule for golfers to remember. The clubhead should waggle back never forward, of the ball, in the you moves it mckes during the regu- {lar backswing. J 5 bérs of the 1923 Yankee team and | scheduled to | International League Action One of the prime candidates for the International League rookie~of- the-year honors is Johnny Groth, hard-hitting outfielder of Buffalo Bisons. | Groth, operating in the No. 2 slot | in the Bison's batting order, is bat- | ting .316. | He is in his second season of or- | ganized ball. Last year he played | for Williamsport of the Eastern League and batted .319 in 121 games. The lanky ballhawk hit his ninth and 10th homers of the season yes- terday as the Bisons divided a doubleheader with Baltimore Ori- oles. game which the Bisons lost 8-7. In the second tilt, he whacked his 10th with a man on to highlight a eight. run first inning. The Bisons went on to win 17-3. Rochester Red Wings and Tor- onto Maple Leafs also divided a double-header. The Wings won the opener 6-4 and the Leafs the after. math, 11-9, Max Surkont, with the id of Ed Blake in the eighth, gained credit for his fifth win in the first game. The Leafs pulled the second game out by scoring five runs after two were out in the seventh and final inning. Jersey City's Little Giants moved into a tie with the Wings for fourth place by trouncing Syracuse Chiefs 9-2 in a single game. Stafd INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Newark . Montreal Syracuse Rochester Toronto .. Baltimore 20 ults Rochester . Toronto . Baltimore .7-3 Buffalo Jersey City ...... 9 Syracuse ....... Montreal at Newark, postponed. | Saturday's Results | Toronto 3-2 Rochester .....2-0 | Buffalo at Baltimore, postponed. | Jersey City +++ 000 000 000--0 Syracuse .. ... 200 000 00x--3 5 © Bailey, (6), Bamberger (8) and Yvars; Bebber, Erautt (5) and Bosiack. Montreal .... 401 000 0--5 5 1 Newark 000000 0--0 6 1 | Minner- and Dapper; Keegan, Seber | (1) and Silvestri. | AMERICAN LEAGUE WW. L P Cleveland .....e0.. Philadelphia .... | New York | Detroit ct. GBL 1608 Boston St. Louis Chicago New York .. Detroit, ..,...... 1 HE, Philadelphia .. cago a on, tponed. Results Saturday's | Chicago ... 202 001 000--5 9 1 | Boston 020 000 010--3 7 © Gettel and Robinson; Harris, Kinder (a), Johnston (9) and Tebbets, Batts (9). | First Game | Cleveland New Bearden, Gromek (6), mon (9) and Tipton; Reynolds, | Drews (9) and Niahros, Berra By. | Second Game Cleveland ......... 000 201 600--9 13 0 | New York 000 Muncrief, Christopher (9) and Tipton; Gumpert (7), Drews (7), Hiller (8 Berra. St. Louis ea, ) and ++ 000 000 200-2 8 1 | Philadsiphia 000 200 001--3 4 1 A Fannin (7), Dreisewerd (9) rtee; Fowler, Savage (7) and Detroit | Washington 000 Newhouser and Swift; Scarborough, Harrist (7), Welteroth (9) and Evans. NATIONAL LEAGUE WW IL New York eee... Boston .r | Pittsburgh | St. Louis .. Philadelphia Brooklyn .. Cincinnati IE St.' Louis -8-10 Cincinnati . 8-2 Pittsburgh 3 Brooklyn Saturday's Results Firs! | Boston ...... Philadelphia " Om Nw Be 70 102 000 00x--3 9 Barrett, Shoun (7) and Masi; vor dermeer, Gumbert (8) and Lamanno, Second Game Boston 300 004 020-- 9 14 Cincinnati . .... 430 200 02x--11 13 0 Bickford, Hogue (1), Shoun (4), White (6), Barrett (8), Prendergast (8), Jousles and Silke, Masi (8); Fox, erger 5 umbe: Williams, IR (9). 05), nel 8 1 New York St. Louis 003 020 000--5 13 0 Jansen, S. Jones (5) and Livingston; Hearn, Dickson (7), Staley (7), Papal (9) and Garagiola. 3 (Advertisement) Mike Sharpe To Wrestle Marvel Thursday Mike (The Body) Sharpe, who had to go all out to beat John Katan last week, is really going to have his hands full come Thursday evening. This time he is matched against none other than that Hooded Horror, the Masked Marv- el and there is NO time limit! We notice that Whipper Billy Watson came very close to | Mike to finish | the . job here. unmasking the Masked One in Toronto last week, and so are pulling for Pat Flanagan 5 In the semi- final, Pat Milosh has signed Col. | Pete Peterson to meet Jack Moore. | We don't know very much about Col. Peterson except that he was a full-fledged Colonel in the Ameri- can Army, working his way up through the ranks, This same Col- onel disposed of Wee Willie Davis recently in handy fashion using an aerial attack. The preliminary this Thursday, brings together ever popular Pat Flanagan and Tiger Tasker in what should prove to be | a lively do, He clouted his ninth in the first | SPORT SNAPSHOTS (Continued from Page 10) \ | held again this year on Lake St. Francols near Valleyfield on July 17 and 18. The regatta is expected to attract 150 entries from Quebec, Ontario and the United States . . . Mercury Athletic Club of Montreal took point honors in Saturday's provincial women's track and field championship held in Montieal. Mercury and Olympic A.C. of Montreal took 18 of the 20 events . . . Boxing promoter Frank Tunney failed to reach an agree- ment with Jack Solomons, British fight promoter, and Benny Huntman, in Toronto Saturday for a British Empire lightweight title fight between European champion Billy Thompson, and Arthur King, Canadian title- holder. Tunney, who wants to hold the scrap in Toronto on June 22, offered a flat guarantee of $6,000 or 27'% per cent of the gate. The British promoter wanted $8,020 or 33 1/3 per cent ., . Italy and Czechoslovakia joined Britain in the semi-finals of the European zone Davis Cup tennis eliminations Sunday and Sweden took a 2-1 lead in its quarter-final match with Hungary . .. Rocky Graxiano underwent a two-hour medical exami= nation in Rewark Sunday to put at rest rumors that he was seriously injured in losing. his middleweight title to Tony Zale Thursday night. The examination disclosed "no neurological impairment" in Graziano... Armondo and Rolando Vega have been expelled from the Mexican Davis Cup team. Failure to practice and train was given as the reason for expelling the two brothers. The team is scheduled to leave within two weeks for Montreal to meet Canada in the first round of the American zone Davis cup matches. N Future Yank Hero Ace pitcher of the Newark Bears in the International League, Bob Por- terfield, right-hander, has twirled 7 straight victories and boosted his club into a top spot in the loop. Marooned As Golfers Werb 4 i ETE aT Ge The annual Inquirer $15,000 Invitation Golf tournament got under way at Philadelphia, Pa., under cloudy skies, which later turned into rain causing suspension of the first day's playing after 10 threesomes had started on the course. A rain swollen creek overflowed its banks and completely submerged one of the bridges on the course. A jeep was pressed into service to shuttle the marooned golfers over the flooded span, as shown here. The weather cleared somewhat, however, and Johnny Palmer of Baden, N.C., with the wind and the rain in his hair, scored a four under par total of 281 to win the tournament, Bill Ezinicki, of the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey club, was one of the entrants in the tournament. It was his first time out as a professional golfer, He finished 30 strokes off the pace. They Won't Be This Way on June 23 Friendly enemies, Jersey Joe Walcott (left) and Heavy Champ Joe Louis are all smiles as they pose together in New York. The two fight for the title June 23. } Johnson and on March 15 met Al- len again. This time Walcott won the decision. ; In his Aug. 2 scrap with Joe Baksi One Good Punch Started Walcott, at Camden, N.J.,, Walcott won and . | overnight zoomed into the forefront Could Stop Him of heavyweight contenders. 2 By TED MEIER New York, June 14 (AP)--Jersey | Joe Walcott isn't superstitious. Nevertheless the turning point in the career of the fighter some think may be the next heavyweight cham- pion, came 13 years ago. : The occasion was his fight with | Roxie Allen of Camden, N.J, in | 1935. Among the spectators was Felix Bocchicchio, Camden sports- | man, In the first round Allen floored Walcott. It didn't look as if Jersey Joe would get up. But he did and in the eighth knocked out Alen with a terrific punch, The sgck made an indelible im- pression on Bocchicchio. Years later | when he entered the boxing game in Camden, he got in touch with Jersey Joe. "I never forgot that fight with Allen," Felix explained. "Anyone who can punch like that always is dangerous." | Joe was working in the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Corpor= | ation, early in 1945 when Bocchic- | chio asked him to drop around. "We put Joe on a weekly payoll;! fixed up his home and arranged | with the neighborhood grocer to i send him anything he needed," | | Bocchicchio said. "We restored his i confidence. It made him a changed ' man." . Walcott's first fight under his new | advisor resulted in a two-round | knockout over Jackie Saunders. Next cut he lost an eight- / nd decision to Johnny Allen. A nionth later, on Feb 1945, he took a | six-round decision over Heavyweight boxing champ, Joe Louis (above), 'is shown playing table tennis at his training camp at Bloomingdale, Mich, Joe is do- bout with Jersey Joe Walcott, to be held at Yankee Stadium in New | Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. Pompton Lakes, N. J., June 14 -- (AP) -- Joe Louis didn't go to see Tony Zale maltreat Rocky Grazi- ano the other night, but he's heard | all about it and feels pretty good | as a result .. . . "Guess us 34-year- olds can do all right," Joe grins . , . Louis looks to be in better condi- tion than he was before the first Walcott fight last fall and Trainer Manny Seamon maintains that the | improvement goes beyond appear- ances . . . "He's relaxed: In good | shape mentally . . . He's had a good | training period here--taking off | weight and putting it on again," | Seamon explains. "Hig legs? Well, he's been doing plenty of road work. Of course, Joe"s legs always were heavy. If they seemed too big be- fore the other fight, maybe it was one of those things you never think about until you go looking for some sign he isn't in condition. But Joe did play a lot of golf then and he isn't doing it now." Monday Matinee Prize understatement of the week came from Eddie Arcaro after rid- ing Citation in the Belmont: "Ben and Jimmy Jones don't want to break track records with the colt, They don't want to punish him. But today means so much I let him win by a little more than neces- sary." BIG FOUR GRID TEAMS INCREASE NO U.S. IMPORTS Ottawa, June 14 (CP).--Big Four moguls huddled in the countryside near Ottawa over the week-end and decided Sunday football was here to stay. They also decided more American players were in order and increased import quotas from five to six for Hamilton Wildcats, Toronto Argo- nauts and Ottawa Rough Riders. Montreal Alouettes' quota re- mains at seven in accordance with a previous 'meeting which restricted the other teams to five each. The new import deal was believed an appeaser to squelch whimpers by Hamilton Wildcats against week= end doubleheaders. Rugged Toronto Argos are the only club not doing doubles. They sald two years ago they wouldn't play Sunday ball .. and are sticking by their guns. Meeting" in the secluded cottage owned by league president E. K. (Eddie) Emerson, the Interprovin- cial Rugby Football executives' semi-annual get-together thrashed out kinks to make certain the Big Four opens in Montreal, under the light Tuesday, August 31. Another innovation was a deci- sion to number officials in the same way that players are numbered. Officials approved the recommen- dation by referee-in-chief Bill Foulds, who also suggested a pre- season training course for officials to obtain a common interpretation of playing rules. Limit for CR.U. playoffs still is five imports and any Big Four club winning the title and playing for the Canadian championship will have to adhere to the rule. Melson Potter Takes Connie's Remark As Is Philadelphia, June 14 (AP)-- Nelson Potter, 36-year-old veteran relief pitcher for Philadelphia Athletics, refused to be reinstated after he was fired by Manager Connie Mack during Sunday's dou- bleheader with St. Louis Browns, the Philadelphia Inquirer says to- day. Potter relieved Lou Brissie in the eighth inning of the first game yes- terday with the A's leading 5-2, the bases loaded and none out. Potter walked in a run, yielded a single, got one man out and then gave up two more singles before being re- placed by Charlie Harris. Potter, who was charged with the loss, was told by Mack as he re- turned to the dugout: "If that's the best you can do, get your check." It was reported Mter that Mack had another talk with Potter and a reconciliation was effected, but the Inquirier says Potter considered himself fired and boarded a train | for his home in Chicago, when the A's entrained Sunday night, READY MIXED CONCRETE CURRAN & BRIGGS LTD. ing some strenuous training for his | Austin York on June 23. ... sev 40s seis | Crushed and washed sand and gravel for PAVEMENTS FOUNDATIONS or any concrete work For further information call SIMCOE ST. SOUTH Phone: Oshawa 4145-R Pickering 97-r-23 Gerard Cote Clinches Spot On Olympic Team Hamilton, June 14 (CP).--Can- ada's track stock in-the 1948 Olym- pic games rose a little here Satur- day when 34-year-old Gerard Cote virtually made sure of a berth on the Dominion's Olympic team. The little policeman from St. Hyacinthe, Que., outsped a field of 26 competitors to take his popular victory over the 26-mile, 385-yard marathon route for the official trial title. His time was 2:46.06. Cote, four-time winner of the amous Boston Marathon, took the ace handily after the 20-mile mark. Until that point it was a three-way rate, as the veteran marathoner pulled away from Wal- ter Fedorick, Hamilton Olympic Club star, and Lloyd Evans, veteran Montreal runner, Fedorick, who placed second, set the pace for more than half of the official Olympic distance, crossing the Civic Stadia finish line only | 22 seconds behin:! Cote. In third spot was Evans, more than a min- ute slower than Fedorick. Although weather conditions were ideal for the run, the French- Canadian's time was 15 minutes Spicy Bits | | From Other | Sports Cols. | Mootreal, June 14 --(CP)-- Can=- ada's Olympic expenses, and short-: age of money to meet same is a mere drop in a bucket compared with the similar United States item says Elmer (Montreal Herald) Fer- guson, "It isn't surprising in view of the huge team that the United States: will send to the games in London that the expenses are about $500,- 000. But it is surprising thatwin a very rich, and extremely sports- minded country like our neighbors just south, .there is an amount of $200,000 lacking inthe bank-roll to send the athletes over. No doubt this deficit will be made up," Fergy adds. Charlie (Le Petit Journal) Mayer and Andy (Standard) O'Brien are the first two Montreal newspaper men to signify their intention of taking in the Olympics . . . Gus Pell Mell, who only two years ago was fighting as a lightweight, meets Sol- ly Zalter here next week in a middleweight contest. . . Dr. Phil Edwards, Canada's Olympic point-maker of yesteryear, slower than his last Boston race, and three minutes slower than his victory in the Los Angeles mara- thon May 21. Cote had expressed fears of burning himself out against competition of distance runner Ab Morton of Galt, Ont. Morton, however, suffered a cramp early in the race and was forced to fall back. C. Clegg of Toronto added a side- | light to the meet Saturday when he walked the marathon route in protest to the Olympic committee's | decision to "ignore the heel and | toe artists." His time was four | hours and 30 minutes. | Royals) will accompany the Canadian Olym- pic team overseas next month as team doctor. The report by Leo Macdonnell of the Detroit Times that Dick Irvin and Elmer Lach . { would join the Boston Bruins was squelched by Frank Selke, General : manager of the Forum here, . . El- | mer Lach and Pete (Montreal Morin, recent competitors in the provincial pro-amatear golf * meet. Elmer finished high up with a 76 net while Pete strolled home with 101. . . . Buddy O'Connor, now a Ranger and a "rich man," teams up with his former Canadiens' | mates in weekly golf matches. . . a A OF PROGRESS Established 1868 GENTLEMEN PREFER . . . ~COOLIES «ne. Coolies are preferred for leadership in patterns. For the way their colours blend with summer clothes. 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