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THE OTTAWA JOURNAL 23 Yanks Win Two from Athletics to Keep Slim Hopes Alive FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2T, 1940. Ruffing, Bonham on Mound As Champions Keep Winning Yankees 2Vi Games Behind Idle Tigers After Capturing Eight Straight Reds Triumph PHILADELPHIA, Spt 26P) New York YankMs continued their winning ways today in a doubleheader with the Athletics, coring 5-4 and 2-0 triumph to keep alive a faint hope of retaining their American League championship. The moil the Yanks could.get out of the regular season now would be a tie, but they won't quit and today's victories gave them a winning streak of eight games. The Yanks are now 2ty games behind Tigers and half a game back of Cleveland. Tigers and Indians were both idle today.

The Yankees had to fight desperately in the first game as the A's nibbled at old Red Ruffing for 10 hits while Rookie Porter Vaughan gave nine. But Joe Cordon hit his 90th home run with one on in the third, Bill Dickey duplicated the performance with a mate aboard tn the fourth and finally with two out In the sixth Ruffing smacked a double and scored on Joe Cordon's single. Pitching Duel. The second game was a spectacular pitching show starring Em Bonham of the Yanks, and Buck Ros of the A's, each giving only four hits. Bel Bonham allowed ne mora thaa one In an Inning and had faaitleaa support te achieve bla eighth victory and second shutout alare joining the Yankees In August.

Ross was just as effective except in the sixth inning when New York scored both runs. Charley Keller walked to open the stanza and Joe DiMaggio and George Selkirk beat out infield hits to 01 the bases. Dickey walked to force in one run and Babe Dahlgreo hit a long fly to bring in the other. First game: R. H.

E. New York 002 201 0005 9 1 Phila'phU 012 001 000 4 10 0 Ruffing and Dickey; Vaughan and Hayes. Second game: H. E. New York 000 002 0002 4 0 Phila'phia 000 000 0000 4 1 Bonham and Dickey; Ross, Potter and Hayes.

Senators Win. BOSTON, Sept. 28. Washington Senators came from behind with a two-run ninth inning rally today to pin a 6-3 defeat on the fading Boston Red Sox in the first c-f a two-game series Score by innings: R. H.

E. Wash'gton 000 012 102 6 12 1 Bton 100 004 0008 7 2 Masterson. Carraequel and Terrell. Bagby and Desautels. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Reds Spilt. ST. LOUIS, Sept 26. The National League champion Cincinnati Red won their 98th victory" the season Today, putting" them one game ahead of the total by which they gained the 1939 pennant. After taking the first game of a doubleheader from the Cardinals 4-3 to better their last year's ree--! to a rookie-studded opposition, ord.

the Reds dropped the second Tirst game: R. H. E. Cincinnati 020 020 0004 12 1 Louis 001 000 200 3 6 0 Vander Meer and Wilson; Doyle, Bowman and Owen, Cooper. Second game: R.

H. E. Cincinnati 001 000 000 1 7 3 St. Lows 100 040 00x-8 8 1 A Riddle and Baker; Kimball -and Cooper. Dodgers Beaten Twice.

BROOKLYN. Sept. 26. The Dodgers closed their home season today by dropping a double, header to Boston Bees 3-2 and 8-4, First game: R. H.E.

Boston 000 003 000 3 9 2 Brooklyn 100 000 1002 7 2 Barnicle and Berres; Flowers and Franks. Second game: R. H.E. Boston 010 000 0048 9 0 Brooklyn 010 000 0034 9 1 Lamanna and Broskie; Rachunok and Mancuso. Giants "Salary NEW YORK, Sept.

26. (JP) The "September salary spurt" of New York Giants netted them two triumphs over Philadelphia Phillies today, 3-1 and 2-1, before 1.239 fans, smallest crowd of the season at the Polo Grounds. First game: R. H. E.

Philadelphia. 000 000 001 1 4 1 New York 002 010 OOx 3 6 0 Higbe and Millies, Warren; Gumbert and Danning. Second game: R. H. E.

Philadelphia. 000 000 0011 6 0 New York 000 002 OOx 2 6 0 SI Johnson and Warren; Carpenter and O'Dea. Pirstee Triumph. CHICAGO, Sept. 26.

Pittsburgh's Pirates, fighting to hold fourth place in the National League, beat off Chicago Cubs to-. day 7-6. They are now two games ahead of the Cubs. Score by innings: R. H.

E. Pittsburgh 202 000 3007 12 0 Chicago 012 102 000 6 12 0 Heintzehnan, Lanning, Sewell and Davis; French, Raffensberger, Bryant, Passeau, Page and Todd. Senior City League Meets Next Week The Senior City Hockey League hopes to have its lineup of teams for this Winter set for a meeting early next week, Len McKinley. secretary treasurer, said last night The meeting will be either Monday or Wednesday in President Lorenzo Lafleur's office. It will be an organization meeting, though it is not the deadline for entry.

However, since practices will likely start at the Auditorium soon after-there is ice on October 7 it is likely next week's session will give the definite line on entries. "Mmek's" Your Men's Shop MACK'S SAILIE EN'S HIGH-GRADE Value to 7.00 REDUCED TO .45 Menl Here is your opportunity to purchase high grade Oxfords at a real sale price. A sale of discontinued lines and broken size ranges of Better Quality Shoes. All sizes in this group, but not in each line. Black and Brown in a wide assortment of style.

Sizes Sty to 11. BUDGET PLAN If ye prefer to boy mm Time Terms" inquire regarding ear Convenient Budxet Flan. wmm Cec. Ride, and Sums Streets Dial I-4IU Barry Passes Up Coaching Job Here Definite word was received last night by Manager James P. McCaffrey that Marty Barry, Detroit NJi.L.

veteran, would be unable to coach Ottawa's entry in the Quebec Senior Hockey League this season. Barry wired the Ottawa management that he had decided to accept an offer to coaeb Minneapolis Millers of the American Association. Although several applications hare been received for the Job here, it believed the field has been narrowed down to Allle Garland and Gene Chouinard following Barry's decision. Fielding Won For Cincinnati CINCINNATI, Sept. 26.

(CP) The other trtree National League first division clubs may well ask of the Cincinnati Reds, who have nailed the pennant to the mast for the second straight year, "What have they got that we haven't got?" Certainly not batting, the power which wins ball games simply by breaking the opposing pitcher's heart. The Reds barely stayed in first division in team batting with an average of some .260, says John Frye, Associated Press baseball reviewer. Pitching perhaps, although neither Paul Derringer nor Bucky Walters has been able to match their 1939 feats. Other teams, even the Boston Bees, have been showing fine pitching and the league is studded with boys who can throw curves around a hound's hind leg. Ah, but fielding! Gentlemen, there's the thing.

You don't win all those one-run victories with any holes in your infield or sluggards in your outfield. In this era of the lively ball home run kings, and the alleged public distaste for the fine points of the game, the 1940 Reds have restored science to the game. When you go to the ball park here, you go to see Bill Werber throw red-hot strikes to Frank McCormick at first base. You go to see Harry Craft or Mike McCormick patter hack to the centre field wall, go up in the air, and turn a triple into an out There isn't a pitcher on the team who can't field. Bucky Walters, a former third-baseman, is the peer of them all.

So to the World Series. Another Angle By JACK MAUNDER yJARTY Bsrry has decided against coming to Senators for this Winter's Q.S.H.L. race. And Jim McCaffrey is probably sorry such a good thing is finished. The possibilities on the former pro made a fine publicity angle.

Ne one eould accuse the Senators' manager of overlooking any angles. Last Fall lie announced the new arrivals to his team, one by one, extracting the last drop of Ink from them. This season, in a burst of exuberance, it seemed, he announced a lot of new candidates all at one sitting. Then Marty Barry came along as a fine pinch hitter. Considering the difference there was in the offers Barry had, it's a wonder he took so long.

Jerry Brown, who only lately returned to Cornwall from Hamilton, is listed for a try-out with Cleveland Barons' amateur school at Windsor on October 5, with Bert Corbeau in charge. Word from Montreal that a team will definitely operate out of Verdun In the Q.S.H.L. That ends any uncertainty which has been fostered by the league's policy of talking of Its seventh team without naming It The official word will be along soon. They can hang up the baseball spikes for another year after the week-end, in Junior company. Morrisburgs are at Prescott Saturday for the third game of the championship.

Hull's intermediate champions art hosts to Farnham on Sunday. With the team over the river there may be a further search for laurels. If they win Sunday, a series with Joliette Is In the makinr. but It may be too cold by then. Senators' coaching derby has narrowed down to two entries, some say.

Allle Garland and Gene Chouinard are on the inside track in one book. Garland's Primroses and Chouinard's Blue Wings are their recommendations. And Allle handled Sen' a tors well for one game last year. Inclusion of Jess Spring's name among the applicants as pilot of the red, white and black indicates the de-emphasizing in the North. He went to Wright-Hargreaves Mines at Kirkland Lake as sports director.

The tnterscholasUc night game for the Gyro Club geta a good tUU la October 25. It's Just before an open week-end la the Big Four at Lansdowne Park, Rough Riders being at Toronto the aext day. And another top gate can be expected. THEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIME. Tigers Need Only Two More To Capture American Pennant The threat of-New York Yankees continues to hover over Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians as they come up to their final three-game teries.

The world champions won't give up. They beat Philadelphia Athletics twice yesterday, 5-4 and 2-0, and extended their winning streak to eight games. They have four more remaining, one with the A's today and three with Washington during the week-end. If they should win them all, the Yanks could tie with Detroit if the Tigers lose two games, or they could tie with Cleveland if the Indians sweep the series against the Tigers. Cleveland will be eliminated if it loses one game and if it loses two the Tigers are in, no matter what the Yanks do.

The standings: Games Club Won Lost Pel. Behind To Play Detroit 80 62 .589 3 Cleveland 87 64 .576 2 3 New York 86 64 .573 2'i 4 Exhausting Stretch Battle Helps Cincinnati's Chances American Leaguers Wearing Selves Out In Flag Fight Reds Sharpen Up Bv Jt nUON BAILEY. AttocUtcd Prtti Sport Writer. NEW YORK, Sept. 26.

It's been a long time since a National League team went into the world series with a certified chance to win, but this year Cincinnati Reds not only have a chance, they are likely to be rated favorites. The exhausting finish of the American League campaign has served to enhance the prospects of the Reds, who already were a good bet on their own merits. There is little question thnt Cincinnati's foe cvcntiiiilly will be Detroit Tigers, but the rare isn't over yet and they are being forced to go "all out" in order to win. Tiger Hurler Overworked. At one time this season Detroit had one of the best pitching staffs in the American League, but the boys don't look it now.

Buck Newsom had to work in two games yesterday. Tommy Bridges hasn't Len able to finish his last three starts. Young Hal Newhouser, one of the best rookies to come up this year, has had a sore arm. Schoolboy Rowe will have to pitch his heart out to beat Bob Feller tomorrow and If he falls, Newsom may have to go back to the hill Saturday or Sunday. On the other hand the Reds are coasting to their goal with Bill McKechnie sharpening his pitchers to a razor edge.

You could see it the way Junior Thompson pitched that two-hitter against St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. The Tigers have power. Rut after you've said that you've said everything and dynamite won't hurt anybody as long as it doesn't go off. The Reds have a technique for snuffing out fuses; they simply souse the foe's batting averages.

Besides excellent pitching, Cincinnati has a slick defence and the best balanced club in baseball. It might get bowled over in a single inning of any game, but in the long run of the series this "balance" should have a telling effect. Tight on Defence. 1 The Reds make such habit of airtight defensive play and wln-I ning games by one run in the ninth inning that the fact they can score at all sometimes is overlooked. Cincinnati can't pump balls over the fences as can the Tigers, but it can needle a lot of hits between Detroit's veteran inflelders, and once on base the Reds are poison.

A few days ago they pulled off a triple steal. Not since Pepper Martin ran wild against Philadelphia Athletics In 1931 has a base-running team of the Reds' calibre come up to the series ani not since the Gas House gang gave its last glorious gasp to beat the Tigers in 1934 has a National League club had as good a chance as this year. The Reds can keep their shenanigans going indefinitely and they usually jmanage to worry their opponent to death along about the eighth or ninth inning. Won't Be Shut Out Detroit may have an easier way of getting a run by having Hank Oreenberg or Rudy York or some other slugger step up and pound the ball into the stands. But Cincinnati cfi usually score anytime it's worth the work and they are a cinch to rnd the freeze-out the National League has been handed the last two years.

Big Six Leaders i Baseball Scores Ratting (thr Irideri Iracur AB Carmv Piratm, 1(11 3.V) 7 137 DiMggio. Yanks 123 490 91 171 Appling. W. Sox 17 54S 93 191 RadchfT. Browns 147 S71 93 IBS each Pet .383 .149 J44 .343 Hack.

Cubs 146 590 103 191 J24 Reds 109 378 50 130 J19 Home runs: American League Greenberg. Tigers. 41; National League Mize. Cards. 42.

Runs batted in: American League Greenberg. Tiger. 150; National League Mtze. Cards, 133. Wduck hunters A A.

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Washington, Boston, 5. (Only games played.) Detroit Cleveland'. New York Chicago Boston St. Louis Washington Philadelphia Standing. Won Lost 89 62 87 86 80 77 66 63 53 64 64 71 72 85 87 96 NATIONAL LEAGUE.

New York, New York, Philadelphia. 1 Philadelphia, 1. St. Loui.t, 3. St.

Louis, Cincinnati, 1. Huston, Brooklyn. 4. Boston, Brooklyn, 2. Pittsburgh, :7: Chicago, 6.

Standing. Won Cincinnati 98 Brooklyn 87 St. Louis 81 Pittsburgh 77 Chicago 75 New York 70 Boston 65 Philadelphia 48 Lost 52 64 69 74 76 79 85 102 Pet. .589 .576 .573 .530 .517 .437 .420 .356 Pet. .633 .376 .340 .310 .497 .470 .433 .320 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Best-of-Seven Final. Newark. Baltimore, 4. (Newark leads 2-1.) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Be st-of-Beven Final.

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Kuno, Spencer Scott and Eton, each a heat winner, will fight it out for the victory. Eton won the first heat with Earl's Moody Guy second and Kuno third. Spencer Scott, Ham-bletonian champion, broke and was Jast but he captured the hecticsecond heat which saw several drivers set down for beating the barrier. Kuno was second and Earl's Moody Guy was third. In the third heat Kuno outlasted Spencer Scott with Eton third.

Spencer Scott made the best time in winning the second heat in 2.02. The 2.14 trot also was unfinished. The six-race program was built up by two postponements because of inclement weather or track Men's Wear Bowling League Opens The Men's Wear Bowling League season was opened last night and some good bowling scores were made lor so early in the season. The teams and scores follow: Larocques, Kritsch. 1.

Bryson Graham, Devlins, 1. Murphy Gamble. Travellers, 1. McGif-fm Preston, 2: Fishers, 1. High cross posted by H.

Smith of Fishers. 714; J. Armstrong of DevUns, 710. High singles posted by C. Char-ron of Murphys, 303; H.

Smith of Fishers. 296. r. i 1 Detroit Attendance Figures Show Over 1,000,000 Mark Tigers Big Drawing Card With Indians Next National League Below Last Year NEW YORK, Sept. 26.

The American League has the race and yi attendance in baseball this year, but in view of bad weather, war and politics, both big leagues can well look upon 1940 as another banner season. With the season about to end. 10,617.100 fans already have pushed their way through the turnstiles and nine of the 16 clubs can boast increases in their attendance this year over last. Passed Million "Mark. The Detroit Tigers, heading for the American league pennant, have pa5sed the coveted 1,000,000 mark and Cleveland seems certain to do so this week with the lure of its final series with the Tigers.

According to unofficial figures compiled by The Associated Press, Detroit has drawn 1.168,000 paying fans to its home games while the Indians have attracted 968.300 with three games to go. The New York Yankees missed the 1,000,000 level by being rained out of their final game, finishing their home program with 989,000. This was a gain of 51,000 over last year, however, and showed the effect of this season's tight pennant struggle. Only Washington in the American League failed to do better than in 1939 and the league as a whole upped Its figures 1,126.900, making 5,869,000 for the season. Meanwhile the National League fell nearly half a million under Its 4 total of last year, chiefly due to the runaway race made by the Cincinnati Reds, and has 4,7 4 League President Ford Fhck said today that his circuit in other years has drawn 1,000,000 fans during the month of September, but because of the dwindling Interest this year, would fall as much as 200,000 under its usual level in this one month alone.

Pirates Show Increase. The great comeback of the Pittsburgh Pirates since mid-season has enabled that club to show an Increase of 149,300 over last year. The New York Giants also showed a minor gain, 6,500, but other National League clubs fell short. The chief losers were the Chicago Cubs, who dropped 193.200. and the Philadelphia Phillies, who fell 99,800 and the Reds, who lost 95,700.

Last year Brooklyn passed the 1,000,000 admission mark and Cincinnati almost touched It SPORTS WRITERS' GOLF. KITCHENER, Sept. 26. Ivan Miller of the Hamilton Spectator toured the Kitchener Westmount golf course In 84 today to take low gross honors in the third annual tournament for Ontario sports writers. Bill Herbert of the Gait Reporter won the low net award-Fourth low gross went to Fred Thompson of the Montreal OVERCOATS SUITS TOPCOATS Jiook Ion tUe.

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