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PAGSTEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1942. Maims, Fliers To Continue- Third Place BattL THE ANNISTON STAR Only Man Bomber Ducks Atlanta Hale Dodgers Begin Western Pensacola lakes Second Contest 17-2 Victory 6 To WORK AND PRACTICE MIAMI, June 3. If practice and strenuous competition wiU do the trick, Doris Hart ought to go far In the 1942 National Women's Tennis championships. The tall, 16-year-old Miamian, who hopes to become one of the youngest champions In the game's history, will scarcely lay down her racquet from now until after the national tournament next September. possession of perhaps the most severe service in women's tennis, Doris will combine her talents with those of Pauline Bets of Rollins College, the No.

2 play-er last in an efTot to Win the doubles championship. 15 I Today's Games SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE Montgomery at Jackson. Meridian at Mobile. Pensacola at Annlston. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Chicago.

Boston at St. Louis. (Two night games). Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Philadelph-ia-at- eirteirmatt AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at New York.

Cleveland at Boston. Detroit at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Washington (night.) SOUTHERN LEAGUE New Orleans at Knoxville (2). (Three night games) Memphis at Atlanta.

Little Rock at Chattanooga. Birmingham at Nashville. Baseball Results SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE Montgomery 7, Jackson 2. Pensacola 6, Anniston 1, Mobile 11, Meridian 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 17, Pittsburgh 2.

Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 0 (10 Innings.) New York 5, Chicago 1. Boston 3, St. Louis 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 7, Boston 2. Washington 4.

St. Louis 1. Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0. Chicago at New York postponed. SOUTHERN LEAGUE New Orleans at Knoxville, postponed.

Birmingham at Nashville" 2. Little Rock 3, Chattanooga 0, Memphis. 4, Atlanta 3. Naval Men Eligible For Varsity Action 4 y. 1 Box Score Pensacola Johnston, 3b Barnhart.

If Woyt, rf McGee, lb Mitchell, cf Chatham, ss Potocar, Pride. 2b Calfee, Totals Annlston McElreath, cf Schoendlenst, lb Moore, 37 6 11 27 12 1 Ab Po A 4 0 12 0 3 10 7 0 4 0 19 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murray. If 4 0 12 0 Holllday, cf 4 0 0 1 0 Harriman, ss Reys, 3b David. 2b Cain, Porterfield, a Williams .40013 3 0 0 3 2 10 0 11 2 0 111 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 27 8 1 (a) Batted for David In ninth. Score by innings: Pensacola 120 002 1008.11 1 Annlston 000 001 0001 4 1 Summary Runs batted in McGee 2.

Johnston 2, Mitchell, Potocar, Murray. Two base hits, Barnhart, Woyt. Stolen bases, Moore. Double plays, Harriman to Schoendlenst. Left on bases, Pensacola 6, Annlston 7.

Base on balls off: Cain 2, Calfee 4. Struck out, by Calfee 8, Cain 3. Porterfield 2. Hits off: Cain In 6 1-3 Innings, 10; off Porterfield in 3 2-3 innings, 1. Passed balls, Moore.

Umpires, Prince-Bullock. Time of game 2:06. League Standings SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE Team W. 33 25 22 22 21 L. 15 16 23 24 23 33 Pet.

.688 .610 .489 .478 .477 .250 Montgomery Jackson Pensacola Annlston Mobile Meridian SOUTHERN LEAGUE Team W. L. Pet. .635 .564 Memphis 33 Atlanta 31 Little Rock 28 New Orleans 26 'Birmingham 26 Nashville 24 Chattanooga 20 Knoxville 19 .538 ,531 .500 .471 .32 358 NATIONAL LEAGUE Team W. L.

13' St. Louis 26 18 Boston 25 23 New York 24 23 Cincinnati 22 23 Chicago 21 25 Pittsburgh 19 28 Philadelphia 15 32 "AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet VI17 .591 .521 311 .489 .457 .404 .318 Team w. 31 27 25 23 23 18 18 L. 11 22 21 21 2S 26 27 31 Pet. .738 351 343 323 .479 .408 .400 .380 New York Detroit Cleveland Boston St.

Louis' Chicago Washington Philadelphia 19 Ab Po A 5 13 13 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 X. 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 8 0 0 4 0 110 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 1 10 3 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 .4 0 0 0 3 0 Trip With New Season Scoring Record Set As Brooklyn Pounds Pirates For 17 Runs By GEORGE KIRKSEY NEW YORK, June 3. (U.R) The way the Brooklyn Dodgers began their second Western Invasion cer tainly was enough to cause other contenders to curl up and Inquire, "Aw, what's the use?" Tb.eL.Dadgeis..set.a.new high- scoring record for the National League season yesterday when they shelled Pittsburgh lor a 17-2 victory. Led by Pete Reiser, who had a perfect day at bat, "5 for 5," the Dodgers blasted out 20 hits for a total of 32 bases against three pitchers, Al-don Wilkie, Johnny Lanning and Ken Jungels. After the Dodgers had run up a big lead.

Manager Leo Durocher sent in his junior-varsity end they continued the bombardment of the hapless Pirates. Prankie Frisch, was fit to be tied after the slaughter. The Pirates have now lost ten straight and. 16 out of their last 18 games. Reiser Potnds Ball Reiser hit" a homer, single, three doubles and added 23 points to his batting average as he climbed from .343 to .366, only seven points behind Babe Phelps, the league-leader who presently is iiding the Pirate bench.

Reiser might have Joined the exclusive "6 for 6," club if he hadn't injured his instep slightly trying to score from third in the seventh. In sliding into the plate his foot came down heavily on Catcher Ai Lopez's mask. Behind such murderous hitting rookie Les Webber, drafted from Seattle last fall, had an easy time registering his second straight victory. He previously had beaten the Cubs. The St.

Louis Cardinals had close call in their night game against the Boston Braves before 11,516 at St. Louis but pulled through to win, 4-3. Going into the ninth, the Cards led 4-1 but Sibby Sisti's triple scored two runs with one out. Johnnv Beazley then came In to relieve the tiring Mor Cooper and. got Jim Tobin and Tommy Holmes for the two final outs.

It was Cooper's fifth victory and Tobin's seventh defeat and fourth in a row. He hasn't won since he hit the four homers against the Cubs May 13: The Braves' outfield didn't make a putout. Paul Waner sot two hits and now near) only nine to reach the charmed 3,000 circle Hoodoo On Riddle A hoodoo still is hounding Elmer Riddle, lasi gear's leading pitcher In the National League. He held the Phils to three hits i nine Innings but the Reds lost, 1-0, in the tenth when Joe Abreu, filling in at third, hobbled a bunt- Abreau previously had killed a Cincinnati rally In the ninth by hitting into a double play. Hal Schumacher returned to form and outpitched Bill Lee as the Giants defeated the Cubs.

5-L Will Marshall. Mel Ott and Johnny Mlze each made three hits. Virgil (Fire) Trucks, Detroit rookie, pitched the Tigers into second place in the American League n'ttVi a 1 de-lphia Athletics before a night crowd of 4.103 at -Philadelphia; Trucks allowed only six hits and fanned nine in handing the A their first shutout. Early Wynn registered his fifth triumph by pitching Washington to 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Browns before an estimated 5.000 at I mm Golfers Seek Seven Places Field Of 65 Contenders Are Entered In Qualifying Play In Atlanta ATLANTA.

June 3. Sixty- five contenders, including 35 amateurs and 30 professionals, will compete Saturday and Sunday for the seven qualifying places in Atlanta's sectional test for the Hale American golf. June 18-21. Bobby Jones, former golf emperor, is automatically qualified, but will play anyway. Cliff McOaughey of.

Atlanta ana Donald Smith of Mobile, lead off the pairings at 1 p. m. Saturday at East Lake Country Club. Eighteen holes will be played Saturday and 36 Sunday. Including in the field are Sam Perry, Southern champion from Birmingham; Otey Crlsman of Selma, Earl L.

Christiansen, Miami's golfing policeman; William S. Alexander of Charlotte. N. R. V.

Van Kleeck of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fred Haas, six times city champion of New Orleans; Joe Burch, of Mobile; Gordon Smith, also of Mobile; Johnny Morris of Tuscaloosa, Grover Poole of Duke University, Southern intercollegiate champion; Frank Stranahan of Miami University, runner-up In the Southern: and Al Nelson, Ponte Vedra Beach. Carded as a wartime substitute for the abandoned National Open championship and played for the benefit of the Navy Relief Society, the Hale America Open has been marked by special efforts to attract spectators. Among the golfing stars Invited are Jim Turnesa, Vic Ghezzl, Paul Runyan, Jug McSpaden, Herman Barron. Craig Wood. Ben Hottan.

Horton Smith, Walter Hagen, Jimmy Demaret. Denny Shute, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Sam Snead, Marvin Ward. Bing Crosby. Gene Sarazen, Ralph Guldahl. Lawson Little, Lloyd Mangrum, Chick Evans, Jock Hutchison and others.

ii Fight To Finish" Is Raymond's Plan NEW ORLEANS, June 3. (U.R) Matchmaker Lew Raymond of the American Boxing Club today scheduled a "fight to the finish" against the Louisiana State Athletic Commission after it suspended him and "Broadway Johnny" Cox. manager of the club. The commission charged that Raymond and Cox falsely accused one of its Mattes, of giving the matchmaker 500 on condition that the commissioner participate in fight profits. "The time has passed when the members of this commission are going to allow themselves to be slandered or pushed around," the commission Said.

"Nobody- is going to use us for a football and nobody is going to get away with any highhanded stuff and tell this commis sion how to run Its business." Raymond said he would "light to a finish any attempt made to deprive me of a chance to earn a liv ing. JUNIOR COMMANDOS SAN FRANCISCO. CaL (UJ- Btudents representing nine Junior High Schools have launched a "Jun ior Commando" movement. They propose physical witness program that will fit any member for ny future Commando assignment the way may bring. 13 Ocean.

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of to ATHENS, June 3. (A Naval officers, cadets and enlisted men stationed here at the naval aviation 1 pre-fllght school will be eligible for varsity football next fall. Captain E. C- Smith, commanding officer, says. Mello Bettina fpbove) is the Lou's refu is to meet.

Joi ouoks right hard and left fcot extended. says Louis emphatically. Pleasant Max Baer finds this much more I 1 only Already some ten major collegiate opponents have been booked, he ad- i ded in announcement yester- I day regarded as the firsttindtca tlon of athletic policy at pre-flight i schools. Ensigns among the instructors are Jim Poole, University of Mississippi and New York Giants; William Davis, Texas Tech and Chicago Cardf Ernie Tulane. Hey ward Allen, Georgia.

jf Enlisted football stars included 1 Frank Filchock, Indiana and Wash- I In Fay Calfee Returns To Hold Former Mates To Total Of Four Scattered Hits By TE YORK Last night was Fay Calfee's Meeting Annlston for the first time since he tu sold to the Fliers by the local club hardly two weeks ago. the right handed moundsraan held hla former mates to four scattered hits all (Ingles. Pensacola evened the current series at one-all by taking the Rams last night by a 6-1 count. Calfee had Annlston handcuffed through out. the game.

The visitors touched Cain for ten hits In six and one- third innings and then beat out a single against relief hurler Porter- field. Rams Score In Sixth Paul Schoendlenst came home with Annlston 's lone counter In the sixth inning. First up in that frame, Paul walked and went to third when Skipper Moore got on first via an error. Be scored on Murray's single to center. In addition to Murray.

McElreath, Moore and Cain hit safely for Annlston. Pensacola Jumped to an Initial lead by pushing across a single run in the first inning on a double, by Barnhart and a single by "Fibber" McGee. The visitors combined a walk, a Ram error and a single by Johnston to add two more runs in the second. Woyt led off at the top of the sixth with a double to right field and McGee followed with a slnglertVoyt scored on Mitchell's one base blow and the latter came in not long afterwards when Potocar jSlngledA. lasJL JUnWM in the seventh on singles by Johnston, Barnhart and McGee, with the first 'mentioned crossing the plate.

Fliers In Third By winning last night. Buster Chatham and company: retook possession of third place in the league's standing. Annlston, gained that spot Monday night by taking the Filers In the series opener. The two teams are separated by one-half game. The victory was Pensacola'! second of the year over Annlston.

The Rams, on the other hand, have taken the Fliers to the cleaners in no less than ten 1943 meetings. The. battle for third place will conunue between Aruaiston and Pensacola for the next two nights, ending Thursday night. Friday ere ning, the Rama open a new road Journey by, taking on Mobile's Ship pen in the coast town. Leo Pukas Is slated for Annlston mound duty tonight.

The game will begin' at Johnston Field at 8:15 o'clock. REBELS TAKE FIRMER HOLD ON FIRST PLACE MOBTLE. Ala, June 3. VP) The Montgomery Rebels took a firmer grip on first place ir. the South eastern League standings today af ter turning back second place Jackson's bid for.

the second successive night, The Rebels, with Youkovich hit ting home run in th first in ning with one on, defeated the Sen ators, 7 to 2. Kanagy hurled five hit ball for the leaders, who have scored seven triumphs hi their last eight starts. The defeat was Jack son Pitcher McClure's first of the season against 10 victories. In other league action, Mobile's Shippers pounded out a 11-4 victory over tne Meridian Eagles. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By UNITED PRESS Leading batsmen: AMERICAN LEAGUE Player-Club: AB H.

Pet. Gordon, New York 7 150 87 380 Doerr, Boston 150 58 .373 Dickey, New York i 96 35 .365 pence, Washington 179 85 .363 Fleming, Cleveland 168 87 339 Pesky, Boston 165 56 339 NATIONAL LEAGUE Flayer-Club: AB Pet'. Phelps, Pittsburgh 83 31 373 Reiser, Brooklyn 145 53 366 Owen, Brooklyn 93 31 333 Lamanno, Cincinnati 98 32 327 Boston 101 33 327 Home Rons Williams, Red Sox 15 Runs Batted la Williams, Red Sox Runs Williams, Red Sox 96 46 TAJIK PHONE 81 SAFE! CLEAN! Black White Cab Co. KEEP 'EM ROLLIN FOR IM IGG2 IT A MTV ICTORY i TV'S BOWLING CENTER ffcont 810 i rt. Oa tViimer Series, Chicks Best Crax, 4 To 3 Birmingham Advances With Win Over Nashville BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Birmingham's Barons edged closer to a first division berth today as they prepared for a second attack on Nashville, while the Memphis Chicks lengthened their Southern Association lead.

The Barons last night ganged up on tne Vols in the first game ol their current series and won 4 to 2. This put them just one and a half games behind New Orleans, idle yesterday at Knoxville when the game with the Smokies was postponed. Memphis took a head start on Atlanta when Marion Adair homered in the first inning for three markers. The Chicks took advantage of the breaks from then on and emerged with a 4 to 3 victory. The Crackers outhit the Chicks 7 to 6.

but couldn't overcome that initial poling. Adair's homer in the left field stands was the third so placed in the Atlanta park's history. Chattanooga's Lookouts outhit. Little Rock, but the Pebbles won 3 to 0 behind the steady hurling of Al Moran, who. marked up his third, victory of the season over the Pebs.

Moran kept the Lookouts' six hits well scattered. Gunter's, Monsanto Get Softball Wins Gunter's softball team Increased its lead in the city league yester day by defeating Hudsons, 4-2. The loop leaders have won five straight games, one of which has teen protested by the losing team. Monsanto, number two outfit in the six -team loop, advanced in the win column yesterday by virtue of a forfeitv over Bynum, the latter team failing to appear for the game. In the Gunter-Hudson game.

Vaughan pitched for the winners and Hinson went the route for the losers. Jones, Hudsons, and Holland, Gunters, each got two hits. Score by innings: Gunters 020 110 04 Hudsons 200 000 02 Thirteen Sectional TOUrnamentS 'Slated NEW YORK, June 3. (0.W---A field of 584 golfers will participate in 13 sectional tournaments during the next week to determine 80 more starters in the Hale America National Open, the United States Golf Association has announced. They are the survivors of an original 540 competitors.

The 80 new qualifiers plus 22 men who qualified automatically and two Canadians who qualified at Toronto last week will comprise the 104-man field 4 which will tee off in the tourney at Chicago's Ridge-moor Country Club, June 18-21. A Buenos Aires bird fancier now rears black canaries. BUY REAL ESTATE This is the time to buy a building: lot. Never have we offered such bargains. East side, west side, all around the town.

How's this one Blue Ridge (Lindbergh), sessments paid Drive AH. as- $375 andlhls Between 28th and 29th Scores of other real bargains on Coleman Drive, Forest Lane, Pine, Walnut, McCoy, etc. 2- See Ed McCall about low down payments and EZ terms. land 16 W. llth St Phone 74 i aay Joe Louis.

Former heavyweight champion puts Gice Bradley through paces for movie, "Bridget from Bivuklyn," in which he returns to screen. mgton Redskins and Edgar (Mickey) Parsk. Oklahoma and- Columbus, Ohio. Both are yeomen, sec-con class. Washington last night.

He yielded only five hits, two of them in the ninth. George MCQulrrrr'ar homer was the only run-made off him. YESTERDAY'S HERO Pete Reiser. Brooklyn's dashing center fielder who slapped out five hits, including his fifth homer, in five times at bat against the Pirates. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT heavyweight ring mn that Joe a be use la.

w.th "And I don't iiglit soJUipaws," Training Dleasant than Dieoarinff tr foM SHORTS November 7, and Washington and Lee, November 14. The change was made because of the gasoline shortage, Shepard said. Naval Coach Named PENSACOLA, June 3. VP) Lieut. Commander George (Potsy) Clark, USNR.

veteran football coach, has assumed his duties as athletic officer -at the -Naval Air Station here. Among his assistants are Lieut. Weems O. Baskin. former football and track coach at Georgia and Mississippi; Lieut.

(JO) Willard M. Keyser, football and basketball coach at the University of Chatta nooga. and Lieut. (JO) B. W.

Mc-Leod, former coach at Miller High School, Brewton, Ala. HOBO HAS AN ANSWER PITTSBURG, Cal. (U.R-Edward Klnlock, 67, self-styled hobo, re vealed ih court here' the secret of his success in life. After boast ing he had not worked in 20 years, ''except the little necessary to get food," Judge M. J.

Gatto asked him to what he attributed this success. "I eat very he re plied. Save Money By Buying Sale Goods With Cash Take advantage of the bar- gains offered In June Buy now and save. We will lend you the cash on convenient, dignified terms. ANNISTON -FINATMCECOMPANY 1 tQ8 Ann.

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56 Bobolink. SPORT Conn Cast Removed NEW YORK, June 3. IJPh-Al though Pvt. Billy Conn 6till is in the Governors Island Hospital, the cast has been removed from the left hand he fractured in a kitchen scrap with his father-in-law, James Smith of Pittsburgh. Draft Hits Miami MIAMI, Fla- June S.

fPH-The draft and voluntary enlistments have hit the 1942 University of Miami football team hard, but it seems likely that at least 21 players will return to perform for Coach Jack Harding. The 21 have been accepted for officer training under, the plan which permits them to complete their college educations before be' ginning active duty. Bataaa Hero Honored THOMSON, Qa, June 3. MP) Headlining a celebration in honor Lieut. Commander Richard 'T.

Hawes of Thomson, the Augusta Tigers and Greenville Spinners play here today. The two South Atlantic League teams will come here from Augusta take part in ceremonies dedi cated to the hero of Cavite" Base, Philippine Islands, recently. -dec orated lor bravery. Belief Game Audited June 3. m-An "audit ed report of the Army-Navy game here May 25 between the Browns and the Detroit Tigers shows that while only 8,522 persons attended, 10.144 tickets were sold and.

net receipts were $9,948.22. Camden Track Completed CAMDEN, June 3. MV- Construction on the 11.500,000 track of the Garden State Racing Asso- ciauon near Camden hat been com pleted, association officials report. ana the park will be In shape before the Saturday midnight deadline set on this type of construction by tne government Davidson Names Site DAVIDSON. N.

June 3. WV- Davidson College's three home games this 'fall will be played at Charlotte. 20 miles' awsy; Athletic Director Norman Shepard announc ed last night The games are with Rollins, October 3, North Carolina, UP AND AT 'EM-Vilh Your Savings Plus 10 Of Your Pay See that tank going over the top? You've helped pay for it, and you're needed to help pay for many moreplus ships and guns and planes- How? Just stick to your regular plan of saving (tliose funds are helping Uncle Sam) and buy as many War Savings Bonds and Stamps as you can! i 4 7" io" ii vrrfrmz a ifr" gv it 7S 2T WIST 33 35 361 47 r- Ze.3T- 39 40 4T 42 4J 44 45 4T 47 4 so Ts 7 5T 54 TT! 1 1 II TH I I 5 TIILFIR5T NATIONAL BANK -ANMISTON, ALA..