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BASEBALL THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1941. RASEBA LL 2 8 Gordon's Homer Wins for Yankees Fleming Weakens In 7th, Gives 6 As Blues Drub Kens 7-0 1-0 Over Browns; Indians Drop A Ripnoy Holds Senators A9 Chisox Win Bv 5-1 DiMaggio Hits Safely Before Rain Slops 'Tilt Novikoff Hit fanned five or tne first seven inson and after Derry, first batter i batters to face him and for six to whom Relief Hurler Al Hodkey rounds was as hard to see as an pitched, had fanned, Blair singled Englishman's joke. to center to count Candini. Hodkey Buddy Blair singled in the first inveigled Glossop to force Blair and stole second and he was the and wheedled Chartak, batting for Candini Holds Louisville lo 7 As St. Louis, July 10 VDJoe Dl- Chicago, 111., July 10 The Streak Ends Indians Win Not only did Bob Feller have to pitch a Jive-hit game against the Athletics but he had to triple in the ninth and score the winning run as the Indians kept pace with the league-leading Yankees by edging past the Athletics 3-2 in a niflht game.

Afeantchile, the Yankees ran their current win streak to 10 by a 1-0 decision over the Broicns, thanks to a home run by Joe Gordon before the game was called at the end of the fifth because of rain. In the only other game played, the White Sox crushed the Senators 5-1. Feller Marks 17th Victory By 3-2 Edge And Also Scores Winning Run Before 32,820 Chicago White Sox backed up John Rigney's seven-hit pitching Maggio hit safely in his 49th consecutive game, but it was Joe Gordon's 13th homer of the year that with a 14-hit attack against Ken Chase and Alex Carrasquel Thurs boosted the New York Yankees winning streak to 10 with a 1-0 triumph over the Browns in a Indianapolis, July 10 The hitting streak of outfielder Lou Novikoff of the cellar-dwelling contest halted by rain after five full innings Thursday night. Milwaukee Brewers was broken at 18 games Thursday night as the Indianapolis Indians beat the As overcast skies threatened to break up the contest short of regulation length, DiMaggio Cleveland, July 10 OP) Bob Feller scored the winning run In his 17th victory of the year Thursday night by tripling in the ninth Brewers, 8-1, to sweep an Amer ican Association baseball series. Novikoff, a castoff of the Chi stepped to the plate in the first inning and coming home on Lou Boudreau's single to give Cleveland day night and took the opening game of a series from the Washington Senators 5-1 before 17,949.

Outfielders Mike Kreevich and Julius Solters led the White Sox attack, the former contributing a double and three singles and Solters driving in three runs wuh a double with the bases loaded and a single. With six passes, the Chicagoan3 had 20 runners on the bases, but left 14 stranded. The victory was the sixth for Rigney, bringing him up to tha 500 mark. a i-Z decision over Philadelphia. It was 'Bob Feller Night and cago Cubs, did not get the ball out of the infield once in four times 32.820 fans watched the 22-year-old frreballer notch the 99th inning and lashed a single off the glove of Shortstop Alan Strange.

Gordon's game-winning homer was a line drive into the left field seats in the second frame. Left Gomez chalked up his at bat. Sr'il! fwl TMKrloc only Clue who got tnat far in tne the second time in the inning, to Cilllt I KAl JJIllpIV-S Six heats excluding the third fly out to end the misery. chukker in which the Blues tal- Freddie Shaffer, who hurled the rnmrv mTrrnun lied their first run on a walk to eighth and the ninth for the uy iti.ti.Mi MiAutKAUi. Jack Robinson, a sacrifice and a Colonels, issued two of the Blues' r.arlrr.

Journal SUff Writer. sjngle by Derry. hjtg the eighth but was ex. After fanning 10 batters In the meantime the Colonels tricated by a neat Mazer- to nH hnlHinrr 'hn Kansas fitv doing so weU with Pesky-to-Lupien double play, ena noiamg die tvansas uny Candinit who gave the colonels Blues to one run and three only four hits in the first six LOAD SACKS Mri-o in civ inninoc Pill and permitted only two Candini, who held the Colonels Diows in six innings, 0f them, Lupien, who singled and to seven hitSf was almost as good Fleming, a newcomer from stole second in the fourth, and after the sixth as he was before. the Boston Bed Sox in the Tex arks- doubled in the sixth, nut iri a to penetrate as far as second.

in? stnous irouoie Jiugnson ticai, was put in a noie which he ran came in the seventh in the seventh round through ANDRES ERROR when the Colonels filled the snrr.e cheesy The luscious sixth for the Blues bases. With one away, Andres Swiss hits, speaking of cheese and rwtair doubled to left-center, Mazer holes and the Blues went on to opened wuh Chartak beating out walked andf afler LaCy had tally six runs in this round and a roller to Andres. Mills bunted popped, Judd swinging for Hod-brat the Colonels 7-0 Thursday sarely out of reach of Fleming, key, also strolled. Pesky stroked mpht at Tarkway Field. The bases were fmed when An into a force-out to end the inning.

It was a costly defeat since ih, The St. Paul Apostles come to league-leading Minneapolis was dies threw Christopher sacrifice town Friday wWch has rained out and stretched its lead wild to first. Hitchcock singled to been designated Herb Hash Night rver the second-place Colonels to piate Chartak and Mills and move jn appreciation of the services of 8 game. Christopher to second. Robirfson Hash, the Colonel flinger who has FASTBALL.

slashed safely to center to regis- forced out of baseball be- tcr Christopher and deposit Hitch- cause of illness. Hash is to be the Ileming. throwing a fast ball cock on third. Candini bounced a recipient of several awards from you couldn see with bifocals, double off Cazen's glove in right admiring fans and civic organiza- Grimes, Feller and Gene Desau-tels, an error and a walk. Indianapolis, hanging tip its fourth straight victory, scored Phil.

ab.h.po.a. viand, ab.h.po.a. Brancato 4 2 2 0 B'dreau 4 1 2 3 five runs in the sixth inning to knock John Schmitz from the pitcher's box. Jess Dobernic took seventh victory of the' season against three defeats, allowing live safeties two more than the Collins 3 1 5 0 Keltner 3 3 0 1 2 McCoy 2 3 0 0 4 WVerly 4 0 3 0 Johnson I 3 0 2 Heath 4 0 10 Schmitz place. George Gill be Wajrn ab.h po.a.

Chicago ab.h no a. Yanks collected off Johnny Nic Siebert lb 3 0 7 Walker 1 4 12 0 Cane 1 came the fourth Indianapolis 0 Kn bker2 S. p'n 3 2 3 1 Grimes lb 4 4 8 0 geling, knuckle ball righthander. Hayes 3 0 5 0 Mack 2 3 17 2 hurler in a row to go the route. The Indians' five-run rally fea 4 2 0 6 N.

York, ab.h.po.a. S. Louis ab.h.po.a Sudrr 3 3 1 0 3 Feller Dean 2 0 0 1 Fetrick 0 0 1 0 Sturm lb 2 3 Haffner2 3 2 1 1 Rolfe 3 1 Henrich 2 l-abns 3 Judnich 2 1 0 1 0 Cramer Travis Ver lb Archie 3 Karlv Bl'dk th 2 Chase Bolton Car'qu'l 0 Kuhel lb 1 Kr'vich 0 ApplinKS 3 Wright 0 Solters 1 1 Kennedy 3 3 Tre.vh 1 Rigney 1 tured a triple by Joe Bestudik that brought in two runs and three successive burses on balls Totals 27 6 25-U Totals 33 10 27 13 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 C'l'bme lb 2 8 0 Clift 3 0 0 One out when winning run scored. issued by Dobernic. 1 0 D'M'mo Keller 1 Dickey Ciordon 2 Hizzuto Goinei Philadelphia 100 010 ono 2 2 1 Estla 1 Ferret St rnniie Nig'ling ab.h.po.a.

Ind'p'a b.h po.i Cleveland U20 tMK) 001 3 13 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 triumph of his major league career. Bob limited the Athletics to six scattered hits, but the visitors tallied a run in the fifth inning without a hit as three batters walked and another grounded out. Philadelphia had scored in the opening inning on al Brancato's single, a walk, a sacrifice and a fly. GRIMES LEADS p.scar Grimes, playing first base, in place of Hal Trosky, paced Cleveland's 10-hit attack against Chubby Dean and Tom Ferrick with a double and three singles. Ferrick was charged with the defeat.

William Feller, Bob's father, presented the young pitcher with the Sporting News scroll as "player of 1940" in pre-game ceremonies. More than 4,000 of the city's sandlot stars attended and gave Bob a plaque. The Indians' first two runs came in the second inning on Gerry Walker's double, singles by loio 0 2 4 Bl'kli'n in 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 Frrors Collins. Heath. Runs Batted In 1 3 1 2 Totals 17 3 8 Totals 18 5 15 3 Grimes, Keller, Johnson, Brancato, Boudreau.

Two base Hits Walker, Grimes. Three-base Hit Feller. Sacrifices McCoy, Suder. Double Plays Boud to send home Hitchcock and Rob- tions. It also is readies Night.

1 1 0 14 0 New York 010 00 1 1 2 ilw. Guile Peck r-m Novik'ff 1 Todd Abreu 3 Olsen Moser Lats'w lb Walls 2 Schmitz Dob'n'c Just 2 10 AmWers 0 2 0 Zientara 2 2 2 0 Lewis 2 0 3 Hunt 1 0 2 0 Bestu 3 0 11 Shokes lb 0 10 1 Pasek 13 2 GlUp 0 13 10 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 reau. Mack and Grimes; Keltner. Mack and Grimes. Left On Bases Philadelphia St.

Louis ooo Oft 0 Errors Cullenbine, Keller. Run Batted In Gordon. Home Run Gordon. Double 1-2 0 fi. Cleveland 9.

Bases On Balls Off 'J nay Murm. Hl.zuto and Sturm. Left Feller ft, Dean 3. Ferrick 1. Struck Out By Feller 3.

Ferrick 2. Hits Off Dean KANSAS CITY. AB. R. H.

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5 0 110 0 Ulair. 3b. 5 0 2 1 2 0 Oiosop, 2h. 4 0 0 3 2 0 rnanak. lb.

4 1 1 10 1 0 Mills, if 4 112 0 0 ChrKtnpher. rf. 4 110 0 0 Hurhntrk. M. 1 3 3 7 0 linbinsnn.

c. 3 2 10 10 Candini. p. 3 11110 Totals 33 7 24 10 Totals 35 14 27 1 2 Batted for Chase in se-enth. Washington ono ooo lnfi Chicauo fHi2 101 Mx 5 Errors Travis.

Archie. Chase. Tresh. Runs Batted In Bolton. Kuhel.

Kree. vich. Solters 3. Two-base Hit: Vernon. Kreevich.

Solters. Three-base Hit Bloodworth. Stolen Bases Lewis. Kreevich. Sacrifices Knickerbocker.

Kiiinev, Double Play Appling and Knickerbocker. Left On Bases Whlncton 7. Chi-rKO 14. Bases On Balls Off Chine 5. Carrasquel 1, Rigney 2.

Struck Out By Chase fi. Rigney 3. Hits Off Cha 11 In innrngs. Carrasquel 3 In 2. Wild Titch Chase.

Pitcher-Chase. Umpires Pipgras. Hubbard and Ormsby. Time 2 02. On Bases New York 2.

St. Louis 5. Bases On Balls Off Gomez 2. Niggeling 1. Struck Out By Gomez I.

Niggeling I. 7 tn 6 1-3 Innings, Ferrick 3 In 2. Losing Pitcher Ferrick. Umpire Geisel. Basil.

Rommel and Passarella. Time 2:20. At Totali 35 8 24 14 Totals 3 10 27 8 umpires urleve. McUowan and Qmnn. Time 1:07.

Attendance 12.662 (paid). tendance 32,820 tactual). Batted for Dobernic in "ninth. Milwaukee ooo 010 1 Indianapolis 100 005 OBx 8 Total LOUISVILLE. 3 7 11 27 14 AB.

R. H. PO. A. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE.

Anniston 7. Gatsden 0. Selma 4. Montgomery 1. Pensacola 4.

Mobile 0. Jackson at Meridian, rain. Errors Latshaw. Abreu. Ambler.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Baltimore 2, Montreal 1. Syracuse- 13, Rochester 2. Jersey Citv 4. Toronto 1.

Newark 5-. Buffalo 3-7. Runs Batted In Hunt. Lewis. Bestudik 4 2.

Shokes, Ambler 2, Latshaw, Black-bum. Two-base Hits Zientnra. Walls, Ambler. Sliokes. Three-haw Hit lie- atudik.

Left On Bases Milwaukee 10, Indianapolis 8. Buses On lialls Off Schmitz 1. Gill 3, Dobernic 3. Struck Out By Schmitz 2, Gill 1. Hits Off Schmitz 6 in 5 1-3 innings, Dobernic 4 Prkv.

ss. 4 0 0 4 1 MoTEHn. rf. 4 0 14 0 rrk. If 4 0 110 upirn.

)b. 3 0 14 1 Carn. rf. 4 0 0 1 0 Andres. 3b.

4 0 2 1 0 Mar.er. 2b. 3 0 0 1 2 1 cv. c. 4 0 2 11 1 i leimne, p.

2 0 0 0 0 p. 0 0 0 0 0 Jurtd 0 0 0 0 0 E-haffer, p. 0 0 0 0 0 1Gwm 1 0 0 0 0 in 2 2-3. Wild Pitch Dobernic. Losing Pitcher Schmitz.

Umpires Austin and Johnson. Time 1:43. Attendance (esti mated) 1,500. Totals 33 0 7 27 1 Store Hours Saturdays during July and August 8:45 A.M. to 6 P.M.

Brews Buy Lawson Rattrrl for Hodkey In Kevaiith. Batted for Shaffer in ninth. Milwaukee, July 10 OP) The Milwaukee Brewers have purchased Pitcher Roxie Lawson, former Toledo moundsman, in another move at strengthening the team holding the bottom rung currently in American Association standings. K.ma Citv 001 000 60(1 1 LOUISVILLE 000 000 000 0 in Baltpd In Derry. Hitrhcock 2, Frbmon.

Candini 2. Blair. Two-base lU's Cfritorher. Candini. Parks, An-tfre.

Stolen Bases Blair. Lupien. Sac-r'fires Candini. Christopher. Double Lacy and Pecky; Mazer.

Pesky Lupicn. Left On Bases Kansas Crv 5. Louisville 8. Bases On Balls Off Candini 2: Fleming 1. Struck Out Fy Fleming 10; Hodkey 1: Candini 6.

Off Homing. 8 in 8 (pitched to 6 in 7th Hodkey. 1 in 1 Shaffer. 2 in 2. 1 nsint Pitcher Hemmu.

Umpires Kelly and Oenshlea. Time 1:55. Attendance (Actual) 1,644. wvV 1 I i i I Lawson, who was to report to the Brewers at Toledo Friday was purchased from Montreal of the International League. lie was with Detroit and the St.

Louis Browns before he joined Montreal. verages Colonel A BAITING Player AB 2b Tc-kv 1H4 12 Morgan ..277 72 7 Parss 2S7 Rl 14 lupirn 24 S3 11 3b Hr RBi SB Prt. Iff Vi 0 24 0 .329 3 42 2 7 44 5 5 43 10 .321 5 42 12 .309 Caen 15 rhoto. Emerson Dickman, new Colonel pitcher lio will face St. Paul Friday night at Parkway Field.

AuUrci ..314 88 18 85 12 L.icv 130 28 4 V.aish 7 3 0 O'A-ln 0 12 2 Glenn 144 32 7 Gelbart 50 13 2 55 40 12 1 2 23 6 1 .280 .254 0 .213 0. 425 3 .200 2 .222 1 .260 CALENDAR riTCHING. Plaver W. L. Ip Er Bbb So ErA.

..0 1 11 7 11 4 15 5.73 Hodkev .0 1 14 8 14 5 9 5.14 P'iaffer. 2 31 10 26 13 7 2.79 0 3 0 1 0 1 0.0(1 Judd fi 1 59 14 52 47 30 2.13 SiheeU ...4 3 43 lti 44 19 12 3 06 lFcbvr .5 4 81 28 83 26 20 3.10 r. mtland 5 114 48 M5 43 63 3.78 ivies 8 7 110 48 109 47 75 3.92 y.Mh 3 4 59 31 68 15 23 4.70 One Minute SPORTS PAGE Louisville missed a golden opportunity to edge nearer the A.A. lead by losing to Kansas City. Meanwhile, Minneapolis was rained out.

A home run by Joe Gordon gave the Yankees their win over the Browns in a bulb battle. Bob Feller scored his 17th win over the Athletics. Brooklyn and St. Louis traded wins in the National League. Kirby Higbe won his 12th name and the Card dropped the Giants.

Frankie Parker took the semi-final round in the Spring Lake Tennis Tourney. Delaware horses had a field day at Empire City when three from that State were winners. Fishermen asain face a week-end of poor prospects. BASEBALL Standing of the Teams AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Team.

W. L. Pet. Minneapolis 49 32 .605 LOUISVILLE 49 ,34 .590 Columbus 45 33 .577 Kansas City 43 34 .558 Toledo 42 42 .500 St. 1'aul 30 4 .444 lntlliinapoli 3fl 47 .4.14 Milwaukee 24 57 NATIONAL LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LBAGt'E. Cincinnati At Brooklyn Walters (10-6) vs. Wyatt (13-41. Chicago At Boston French (4-9) vs. Tobin (4-4).

Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York At St. Louis Russo (7-5) vs. Cialehouse (4-31 or Muncrief (4-3 1.

Washington At Chicago Leonard (8-11) vs. Dietrich (4-4 1. I I i Boston At Detroit Grove (8-2) vs. Refrigerate Yourself in a Featherweight McMillcii Eyes Sixth Win In Allen Show Team W. L.

Pet. Team. W. L. Prt.

Brooklyn 51 24 .680 Pittsburgh 34 35 .493 St. LouU 49 28 .636 Chicago 35 42 .455 N. York 39 33 .542 Boston 29 43 .403 Newsom (5-11). Only games iicheduled. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.

Atlanta at Birmingham. Chattanooga at New Orleans. Nashville at Memphis. Knoxville at Little Rock. KITTY LEAGUE.

Mayfield at Hopklnsvilla, Owensboro at Jackson. Fulton at Bowling Green. Paducah at Union City. Cincin ati 39 36 .520 Philadel'a 20 55 .267 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Team.

W. L. Pet. Team. W.

L. Pet. New York 49 26 .653 Detroit 39 40 .494 Cleveland 47 31.603 Phila'phia 34 41.453 HI Title Contender Meets Nan jo Sinjih to Finish Boston 40 33 .548 St. Louis 27 40 .370 Chicago 39 36 .520 Washmg'n 26 48 .351 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Team.

W. L. Pet. Team. W.

L. Pet. Atlanta 59 30 .663 Chatta'sa 41 48 .471 Nashville 50 36 .581 Memphis 39 45 .464 N.Orl'aOA 44 45 .494 Birm'ham 39 48 .448 i h4 I lu I yvi Vt I I Jim McMillen of Antioch, 111., the former Big Ten heavyweight champion currently ranked No. 3 among the challengers for the world's heavy title, bids for his sixth straight victory Tuesday night at the Sports Arena, on Burnett between Preston and Floyd Streets. Conqueror of four heavyweights and unmasker and twice winner over the "Monster Man," Jim wades into Nanjo Singh, the Hindu behemoth, for a finish match in the feature of the Allen Athletic Club's resumption of wrestling warfare after a "week's vacation." Singh, likewise, seeks his third win in a row, and both Knoxv'te 43 35 .489 Lit.

Kock 32 52 .381 KITTY LEAGUE. Team. W. L. Pet, Team.

W. L. Pet. Jaekson 37 24 .607 Fulton 31 30 .508 Mavlield 34 24 .588 Ow'sboro 26 33 .441 Hop'ville 31 28 .525 Paducah 24 34 .414 Un. City 31 29 .517 B.

Green 23 35 .397 Yesterday's Games AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Kansas City 7, LOUISVILLE 0. Indianapolis 8, Milwaukee 1. St. Paul at Columbus, rain.

Minneapolis at Toledo, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati S. Chicago 3, Boston 1. Pittsburgh 6.

Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 13, New York 9. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago 5, Washington 1.

New York 1, St. Louis 0 (5 innings, rain). 'Cleveland 3. Philadelphia 2. Boston at Detroit, threatening weather.

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Atlanta at Birmingham, wet grounds. New Orleans 3. Chattanooga 0. Nashville 9, Memphis 7.

Little Rock 11. Knoxville 10. KITTY LEAGUE. No games scheduled. Today's Games AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

St. Paul at LOUISVILLE. Kansas City at Columbus. Minneapolis at Indianapolis. Milwaukee at Toledo.

a chance at either Sandor You maintain your own air-conditioning system despite the heat when you wear this 36-ounce, porous and resilient S.7-abo or Orville Brown, Kinship claimants, here this month. Sinqh, who met Ivan "Whis kers" Rasputin, Bull Curry and ethers at Columbia Gym and the Airmore suit. eld Tunch Bowl, returned two weeks ago and disposed of Joe I.Iiaich with his "cobra coil. Referee Billy Anderson said the hold was legal, as far as he could see, but McMillen, who the "Monster" in the Hundreds of tiny windows per square inch of fabric afford the ventilation which makes us say, "Refrigerate yourself in an Air-more suit." natch following Singh's, questioned its legality. McMillen and Singh wrestle for two out of three falls, in the main go of an all-heavy program.

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