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. MONDAY, JULY 31, 1950 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE ELEVEN Guelph Leafs Making Bid For Playoffs Now it's a three-way fight for the Intercounty League's final play- off berth. Guelph's never-say-die Maple . Leafs entered the picture with a vengeance Saturday. They trounc- ed the seventh-place St. Thomas Legionnaires 9-3, while the sixth- spot Galt Terriers were dropping an 1:-4 decision to Brantford Red Sox The result: All three teams are but a few percentage points apart, and it's anybody's fight for that sixth-place position} Lefty Marty Philp turned in a brilliant three-hit pitching chore for Maple Leafs foi his fifth win of the season. He was in frequent trouble due to nine walks and . couple of errors. But with the ex- ception of the sixth inning kept Legion well in check. Philp aided his cause with a pair of timely hits. Walt Jeffries and Chuck Watson knocked out a pair each too. An inside-the-park grand slam homer by Johnny Lockington of Brantford sent the Galt Terriers down to defeat and kept Sox in second place. Alf Gav-y threw an eight-hitter for Sox, but he too was plagued by wildness. Galt may have lost more than the ly ball game. Goody Rosen, ex-big- league outfielder, was forced to retire in the fifth after pasting one of Jim Bagby's pitches for a triple. He had also hit a single for two hits in three times at bat. Kitchener and Stratford divided a heavy-hitting Saturday twin bill, Kitchener winning 11-6 in Strat- ford, and the Nats taking a 14-7 win in Brantford. Flashy Freddie Thomas continued his sensational Intercounty League play with two home runs in Kitch- ener's winning effort, and a triple and double in. his squad's loss to the Nats, The Kitchener game was marked by sloppy play all round, the losers making no less than six boots while Nats had two. Nat Veteran Irish Miskimmons, besides hitting three for thrée, robbed Thomas of another extra-base clout with an unbelieveable catch in right field. The league - leading Waterloo Tigers saw their margin shrink a bit over the week-end as they drop- ped a 4-3 game to London Majors. Steady Ted Alexander went the route' for Majors, and although he gave up 12 hits, was miserly in the pinches. Cy Bricker gave up only five hits to Majors in his eight-inning stint on the .iger mound, and young Mike Kvasnak polished up with one hitless, runless inning. But Bricker walked five, and a costly miscue by second-baseman Jim Muldoon in the sixth brought home the winning London run. In a viaduct major game in Pete "- borough, the host Marines downed Foronto Dovers 7-4 behind Bill Edger's five-hit pitching. The victory strengthened the Peterbor- ough Club's hcli on the league's third spot. In the Niagara District League, the last-place Cheektowaga Alcoves squeezed a 6-5 win over Niagara Falls Fords. Jiggs Rufrano of the Fords was tagged for 10 hits after 31 runless innings--five of them in the game with Alcoves. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT (For Hugh Fullerton, Jr.) New York, July 31--(AP) -- The talk had reached the watermelon course in the Giants' scoffing ~oom above the Harlem River when the man from Cincinnati demanded-- "yes, but who's going to win the National League?" "Why?" responded one of his companions, reasonably, "I'd say it's a pure toss-up between the Phils, Dodgers and Cards. Just take your choice and you might hit it." "Hah," jeered the man from Cin- cinnati: "And I suppose you're go- ing to leave those Braves out of it. Don't kid yourself -- those juys are tough. They've murdered us .. ."" 5 Those Young Phils "You've got to like those Phils," commented a Giant writer. "Some- body's doing a really wonderful job with those young pitchers. Maybe it's George Earnshaw, but whoever it is he's a genius for my dough ..." "They'd all better watch those Cards," warned another of the group. "Long as they hold together and that Musial keeps hitting the way he's been they'll be rough. They've still got plenty of pitching." "1 still want to know who's going to win it," interjected the man from Cincinnati. "What about the Brooks? Can they swing it again?" "Not the way Shotton's been handling those pitghers of his late- ," said a new voice. "One time he'll jerk a pitcher before he's hurt and the next time he'll let an old- timer like Roe stay in there and get his lumps when everybody in the park can see he's lost all his stuff." "Okay," said Cincinnati, "but that still isn't telling me who's go- ing to win the pennant. We might as well go down to the dugout." BASEBALL'S BIG Leading batsmen: Player and Club G AB Robinson, Dodgers 89 335 Musial, Cardinals 90 341 Kell, Tigers 94 385 Doby, Indians ... 90 316 Evers, Tigers .... 86 336 Pesky, Red Sox .. 77 301 Slaughter, Cards. 93 365 Home runs National: Pirates, 28; Rosen, dians, £9. Runs batted In--National: Ennis, Phillies, 89; American: Stephens, Red Sox, 100. Kiner, In- American: PROXIMITY LEADING HARNESS WINNER Chicago, July 31 Proximity was the leading money winner of all time in harness racing Satur- day after winning one of two heats and $5250 of the $15,000 Sports- man's Trot. The win brought Proximity's total to $210,129. The previous record of $206,562 was held by Goldsmith Maid. THAT FLORIDA CLIMATE Miami--Four of the leading juv- enile race horses of the year were wintered in Florida's healthy sun- shine. They are, the colts Battle- field, Lord Putnam and Liberty Rab, and the filly, Sungari, Battle- field and Liberty were in sections of the Hialeah Juvenile Stakes, 'PEG SCOTTISH WIN . Regina, July 31--Winnipeg Scot- tish scored a 5-1 win over Regina Nationals Saturday to take the first game of a best-of-three series in the Western Canada soccer play- offs. ' PUTTING IS MANY A GOLFER S DOWNFAL Skip Alexander demonstrates how short the putt would have to be he didn't wear his regular high powered glasses. Alex Morrison claims his indifferent putting is not due to poor vision. * * « By ALEX J. MORRISON Central Press Canadian Golf Columnist Since we may have caused you to expect better performances from the fine southern gentleman, Skip Alexander, an explanation is in order. During the Western Open, held recently at Santa Monica, Calif, the Skipper himself came up with something like this, "I've played pretty good, but I haven't been able to score because of poor put- ting. I keep the ball on the fair- way well enough and have little 3 trouble getting it on to the greens; | "it's getting it into the hole that beats me." He added enough southern drawl to make his wail command deep sympathy. Not being of the same mind I walked along with him for a few holes just to see for myself He putted badly, no doubt about it. He sent the ball too far, too short or off line. His putting stroke wasn't really bad, but he consisténtly made a . i Judged this to be the major ~--Central Press Canadion. * fault in his putting. Others, pos- sibly Skip himself, consider his subnormal vision the deciding fac- tor. So 1 watched carefully his judging of the line and distance from his ball to the cup. He didn't seem to have any real trouble in that department. I called his attention* to the wide variety of striking points on the clubface and he favored me with a puzzled yet tolerant stare. I reminded him of the efforts I made many months ago to have him address the heel of the club- face to the ball in the starting position with all clubs. Also to have him continually strive to bring this part of the clubface to the ball at impact. He immediately went to work on this point and enjoyed marked improvement, enough to avoid three-putting, wfhich is the first step toward good putting. serious mistake. One time he would strike the ball with the toe of the clubface, the next time with the heel and never in the same place for two consecutive putts. ir) 8 Gus Mortson (left), Maple Leaf hockey ster, enjoyed spin with driver Twas Visitors Day Saturday At Miss Canada oh Harold Wilson. Sask. Roughriders | Hope End Famine With Strong Club ' Regina, July 31--(CP) -- Execu- tives of the Saskatchewan Rough- riders are confident this is the year 3381 they'll end their long famine in the Western Interprovincial Football Union, They have added more power and depth to the team which last year came within a point of dethroning Calgary Stampeders in a thrilling play-off. A title would be their first since 1936, United States college graduates carry much of the club's hopes in 1950. Coach Fred Grant signed the five newcomers to go with starry holdovers Del Wardien and Mike Cassidy for the Rdiers seven men import cast. Quarterback and passing duties in Grant's T-formation will fall on the sturdy shoulders of Jack Hartman, 24-year-old passing sensation from the Oklahoma Aggies. Hartman's performance in nightly drills has been impressive. Other Sturdy Hopes Blond Andy Pavich, powerful 200- pound battering ram from the University of Denver, will operate frorg the fullback spot. Another new backfield import is Al Bodine, cap- tain last year at the University of Georgia. Additions to the strong Rider line are Jimmy Kynes, six-foot-three, 215-pound centre from the Univer- sity of Florida, and 240-pound Max Druen from Tulane, To help Grant during the train- ing grind, executives have brought in Lew Bostick, line coach from the University of Alabama and a former coach of Grant's when he played at Alamaba. Bostick must return to Alabama by Sept. 1. Retain Three Stars Riders retained End Matt An- thony, Tackle Jim McFaul and Guard Dean Bandiera--all brought in from the east last fall. They have added Nelson Greene, chunky backfielder, who was named Ottawa Rough Riders rookie of the year in 1947, Riders' officials are happy at the two-for-one trade with Calgary which brought Lineman Bert Ian- none in exchange for youthful backs Bob Early and Wilf Godfrey. Ian- none, who started his grid career with Winnipeg Blue Bombers, boasts a record of five straight western ti- tles, three with Winnipeg and the last two with Stampeders. Coaches Grant and Bostick will get their first look at their charges under game conditions when they stage an inter-squad tilt at Moose Jaw August 3. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS . By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting--Robinson, Brooklyn, .370, Runs--Jones, Philadelphia, 75. Runs batted in--Ennis, Philadel- phia, 89.. . Hits--Robinson, Brooklyn, 124. Doubles--Musial, St. Louis, 32. ° Triples--Ashburn, Philadelphia, 11. Home runs--Kiner, Pittsburgh, 28. Stolen bases--Jethroe, Boston, 27. Strikeouts--Spahn, Boston, 128. Fiching--Milley, Philadelphia, 9-2, 18. > * AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting--Kell, Detroit, and Doby, Cleveland, .348. Runs--Stephens, Boston, 85. Runs batted in -- Stephens, Bos- on, 100. Hits--Kell, Detroit, 134. Doubles--Kell, Detroit, 31. Triples--Woodling, New York, 9. Home runs--Rosen, Cleveland, 29. Stolen bases--DiMaggio, Boston, 10. Strikeouts--Lemon, Cleveland, 98. a hing =Lemon, Cleveland, 16-4, HIT O by Sixta i wD et, pur eng 051 400) "I may not be doing so well, but my gallery is still faithful --here he comes now . .." SPORT SNAPSHOTS (Continued From Page 10) Slo-Mo-Shun, If Wilson is satisfied he can crack the record, he plans fo make official time trials, possibly at Picton, Ont., Aug. 7, where a measured mile has been laid out for a regatta there . .. Calumet Farm's stretch- running Ponder bounded out of 10th place Saturday to win the $75,000- added Arlington Handicap by three-quarters of a length at Arlington Park before a sweltering crowd of 26,000. Aegina, owned by Hal Price Headley Lexington, Ky., finished second. Inseparable was third and' Co- chise, one of two eastern invaders in the race, fourth in a field of ten .. . A record-smashing performance by a 16-year-old Toronto girl high- lighted the Ontario women's track and field championships at Pantry Park in Toronto Saturday. Pretty, blonde-taired Mildred Grosse set an Ontario mark of 7.7 seconds in the junior 60-metres sprint while her club, Toronto Malvernettes A.C., edged out East York Track Club for the club championship, by three points with a total 48. Hamilton Olympic Club, winners last year, placed third with 33 points. Miss Grosse's record is 1/10 of a second faster than the old mark of 7.8 set by Adelaide Adams of Toronto in 1935 and is only 1/10 of a second slower than the Canadian mark of 7.6 held by Isabell McKean of Toronto. * 4 * President J. C. McLeod of the Ontario Lacrosse Association yesterday slapped an indefinite suspension on Bob Hilson, Brampton junior, : for hitting a referee. Hilson struck referee Bill Fitzgerald of St. Catharines during a Brampton-Mimico game in Mimico Friday night. Hilson hit the referee when he was given a five-minute misconduct penalty after jostling the official during a dispute over a Brampton goal . . . Mahers of Toronto and Montreal's North End Hakoah are tied 1-1 in a best-of-five inter- provincial soccer series for the right to represent Eastern Canada against the winners of a Manitoba-Saskatchewan playoff. Hakoah won the opener of the series 5-3 in Montreal Saturday night after 30 minutes of overtime following a 1-1 deadlock at the end of the regular 50 minutes of play. Mahers came back Sunday to down the Montreal squad 1-0... Paddlers from the Gananoque Canoe and Motor Boat Club Saturday easily won the aggregate championship of the Canadian Canoe Association northern division regatta. The host club piled up 51 points before a rain-soaked crowd of 1,000. Ottawa's Rideau Canoe Club was second with 24, Carleton Place C.C. had 19, and Ottawa New Edinburgh, C.C. had 17. * * * My Sweetie, still Detroit's top-ranking powerboat, won her second major triumph of the speedboating season Saturday by taking all three heats of the. Memorial Trophy race on the Detroit River. Such Crust I placed second to My Sweetie, and Tempo VI, driven by Bandleader Guy Lombardo, ran third in the 45-mile race . . . Favorites advanced without serious trouble Saturday in first-round matches of the Ontario Tennis championships at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club. The firing was largely confined to Toronto entrants. The big guns--first-seeded Bren Macken of Montreal and brother Jimmy, seeded second--swing into action today. All seeded and out-of-town players will see action today. Play also begins in the junior events, with players from Ontario, Quebec and the United States competing . . . Jack Burke, Jr, won the Sioux City open golf tournament Sunday with a 268 total, Skip.Alexander, the Knoxville, Tenn., professional, took over second place at 271. Sam Snead, the top money winner along the P.G.A. circuit, faded in the stretch and had to accept a four-way tie for third position . . . Australia and Sweden will meet for the right to play the United States for the Davis Cup. Australia's tennis team wound up with a 4-1 victory over Mexico at Mexico City < PLENTY OF ROOKIES Detroit--When Coach Bo McMil- lin opens his Detroit Lions' train- ing camp on July 31, 33 of the members of his 60-man squad will be trying to make a pro football team for the first time. N.Y. GAELICS WIN Dublin, Ireland, July 31--An un- derdog team from America, the red, white and blue-clad New York Gaelics, upset Ireland's crack Cavan team, 14 to 12, in Sunday's Nation- al Roowsal League final at Croke Park. : 49 IN 54 Detroit -- George Kell hit safely in 40 of the Tigers' first 54 games this year. day while Sweden made it a clean sweep over Denmark in the Euro- pean zone final NOTICE THE OFFICE OF E. MARKS Will Be Closed For Holidays From 4 AUGUST to 12 AUGUST INCLUSIVE Plans to Swim Channel To End Self-Exile Self-exiled Elna Andersen, stocky Danish girl swimmer, who is now a physical training instructor at Bristol, # training hard to fulfill her vow that she will swim the Eng- lish Channel before she goes back to Denmark. She has already made two attempts, the first in July, 1948, when she fought rough seas for eight miles befor: giving up; the second in the following September when she had to admit defeat only six miles from the English coast. She hopes to make her successful attempt on Aug, 19 this year. Elna is no novice in long-distance swim- ming--in 1947 she covered the 18 miles between Denmark and Swe- den in 12 hours. In 1939 she swam 56 miles in the Kattegat in 25 hours, =-Central Press Canadian. TOP GROUND GAINERS Philadelphia--Steve Van Buren of the Philadelphia Eagles holds the National Football League all-time individual ground gaining record-- 4904 yards in six seasons -- but Cliff Battles holds the NFL single game mark, Battles, playing for Boston, gained 215 yards in 16 tries against the New York Giants on Oct. 8, 1933, to set the one-game high. Want to buy or sell or trade - :, Classified Ad and the deal is made. BICYCLES $5.00 SMALL WEEKLY PAYMENTS Priced From STANDARD Models Boys' and Girls ..... 39.95 SALON Meat 58,95 SIDE'VALK Models B.F.Goodrich Stores King E. at Ritson Del Ennis Is Pacing Phillies + As They Cling To Top Spot; __ Yankees Gain On Detroit Phillies Take Pirates Twice As Robin Rob- erts Wins His 13th -- Yankees Down White Sox Twice As Tigers Rally to Edge A's -- Cards, Braves and Dodgers All Win In N.L. . By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer When the time comes to vote for the National League's most valuable player don't overlook Del Ennis, You'll never get Manager Eddie Sawyer to admit it, but the mus- clar Philly outfielder has been the most vital performer among the host of good looking kids on the hustling Philadelphia club that is on top of the heap today by three games, Every 'Philly has done his bit. The three bonus pitchers--Robin Rob- erts, Curt Simmons and Bob Miller --own 36 victories. Roberts won his 13th game yesterday as the Phils swept a doubleheader from Pitts- burgh Pirates, 10-0 and 4-2. i But in the final analysis, it has been Ennis and his big bat that has put the Phils in first place--and is keeping them up there. In the Phils' last eight games, of which they've won seven, Ennis has clubbed enemy pitching for 13 hits in 30 times at bat, He's driven in 21 runs. His base knocks included five home runs--two with the bases loaded in three days. Although his average is only .293, he leads the legaue with 89 runs batted in and is tide for second with team-mate Willie Jones in home runs with 22, Breaks Up Ballgame Except for driving in seven runs with a pair of home runs ,a double and single, Ennis had a somewhat mild afternoon Sunday. His grand- slam homer in the eighth inning of the opener was added dressing as Roberts coasted to his third suc- cessive shutout with a four-hitter. But Del's other four-base clout-- also in the eighth inning--decided the second game. It climaxed a four-run rally that overcame a 2-0 lead. Jim Konstanty, who relieved Ken Heintzelman in the seventh, was the winner. : While the Phils were increasing their National League lead, New York Yankees moved to within two percentage points of the American League's pace-settling Detroit Ti- gers. The Yankees swept both ends of a doubleheader from Chicago's White Sox, 15-7 and 4-3. The Tigers came from behind to outlast Philadelphia Athletics, 12-10. then came up with eight runs in the fifth, Vic Wertz banged his 20th homer for Detroit. Indians In Split Win Cleveland's third-place Indians fell two games off the pace, splitting a doubleheader with Boston Red Sox. The Indians won the opener 6-5 in the 10th. Home runs by Bob- by Doerr and Walt Dropo helped Rookie Willard Nixon and the Sox win the nightcap 6-3. Washington swept a twin bill from St. Louis Browns, 9-5 and 13-8. Home runs by Sam Mele and Irv Noren featured the Nats first- game triumph, An eight-run upris- ing in the ninth won the nightcap. Three National League contend- ers, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers all won. The Cards snapped New York's nine-game winning streak, whip- ping the Giants, 6-3. The Braves wrested third place They spotted the A'S a 7-2 lead, Tom Poholsky Wins His No. 14 Over Jersey City ' By The Associated Press If the St. Louis Cardinals desire another starting pitcher for the stretch run in the National League, they need only to look to Rochester, where 20-year-old Tom Poholsky is setting the International League afire with his blazing righthanded curve balls, Two More For Wings Poholsky, who failed with the Cardinals last spring, is the leading pitcher in the loop with 14 victories and only three losses. He has start- ed 17 games for the Red Wings--and completed all but one. Poholsky registered win No. 14 yesterday as the league-leading Red Wings swept a doubleheader from Jersey City, 7-5 and 5-0. Rochester supported Poholsky's seven-hit hurling with four home runs, all off loser Red Hardy. Don Bollweg, Hal Rice, Ed Mierkowicz and Russ Derry hit the homers. Larry Ciaffone led Rochester's 11- hit attack in the opener with a single and two home runs, Neal Watlington and Pete Pavlick hit homers for the losers. Baltimore climbed into second place by one-half percentage point, shading Buffalo 6-5. Catcher Clyde Kluttz clubbed a home run for Bal- timore, while Herb Adams hit an inside-the-park homer for Buffalo. Royals Break Even Montreal, which split a double- header with Syracuse, slipped to third place. The' Royals, however, are five games behind Rochester, while Baltimore is 5%, Kent Peterson stopped Montreal with three hits in the opener to win 2-1. Jack Banta pitched five-hit ball in the nightcap as Montreal re- bounded 10-3. Toronto scored eight times in the sixth inning in a 13-4 romp over Springfield Cubs. Connie Mack's Sons Hold 30-Day Option On Philadelphia A's Philadelphia, July 31 -- (AP) -- Connie Mack's two oldest sons, Roy and Earle were reported today to have obtained a 30-day option on the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Inquirer in a special dispatch from Detroit said the option has an additional 45-day period of grace in which to pay off the Shibe-MacFarland interests, along with those of Mrs. Mack and Connie Mack, Jr., representing 56.5 per cent of the stock of the Phila- delphia American League baseball club. The option carries a stipulation, The Inquirer reported, that if Roy and Earle are not prepared to take possession of the club at the time of the final settlement, the Shibe- MacFarland-Mack combination will step into control. from the Dodgers by three percen- tage points with a double victory over Cincinnati, 4-2 and 10-0. 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