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Sittinln mm, WITH THE ATHLETES. Awkward 2-Year-Old. Bought for $105,000. Simmons Apologizes. DES MOINES, IOWA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1942.

Wants Another Chance. BY SEC TAYLOR- iba Ml (0) a clumsy colt. yj till I 111! 1 Mil II II S. GEORGE, Grinnell, who JL lUUUI writes that he lived on a farm adjoining Rush Park when the great ham ess horses, AUerton and Ax- iv.pc I irpk tni I rmnrir MEDVJICK AGAIN PHYLLIS OnO 1 there by C. W.

Williams of Inde- pendence, la. RANKS AMONG makes the follow I contribution TIES FOR 2ND IN QUALIFYING to recollections incident to the LEAGUE'S BEST old racing days "Axtell, as yearling, was nsidered awk t-tC 41 1 OK. ward by his train Miss Dudley Leader; er, John Hussey, and it was re I Overcomes Fear Being Hit Again. By Hudson Bailey. rwirtt-d he was offered for sale for I Casey Shoots 87.

TODAY'S PAIRINGS. $20 with no takers. Later on developed his smooth, rapid gait which cave him his low marks a "JCJT hi NEW YORK, N. Y. Mlaa ItadteT Marjarlo Haw trott.

Mlrk.t. Mia Mr. Freak Maer i bM-aia). a 2-year-old. There was a startling squib I nit ram rJaiaa "He was sold by Williams after he had lowered the 3-year-old mark in one of the New York news at Lexington, lor an even JT papers the other day when It hb-mat.

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I. Ml Mala Mary Wilder fci-raa. halllo helaa iMnkrwa, Mirk $10:1.000 to a syndicate from Terre Haute. where he was placed tne unicago uuds were in stud for a price of $1,000 for service. town.

Mr. A. H. NMlMrr lIM. Lou Novikoff told a writer he thought he ought to be included tHitol.

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I in the National league's all-star i ff .4 it 1 V3s- team. "AS TO THE dray load of silver dollars received from admission fees to the kite track it probably is exasperated. The money in question was from gate admissions the day of the race between Nancy Hanks, AUerton and Mar- xiriinia Ml lie i(klaii. Ml Jan a Aaa aae iMaaaa ll. la i.

'Ml. Wail Mr. TV.mil V-laa "I'm not the worst outfielder in the league," vouched the Mad Russian. "I'm not the best either. The best is Joe Don Griswold, Iowa State Halfback.

Neralle. feaa Mr. harte llenaeky I hleac rerr flake I -aaa bean. Wt.l. caret a race which made the 1 1 anCAGO, ILL.

Eleanor record racing time of 2:12, and the winners being in the Schwartz Gets AN IOWA STATE Dudley of Chicago, who This shows how times change, mvA rxrA Jazu or perhaps how history repeats Stanford Post pounds the ball like a feminine Babe Ruth, shot a par Five years ago when Muscles Med- or.ler named above. They were' driven, respectively, by Bud Doble, C. W. Williams and M. E.

Mc-Henry. It was said at the time that 30.0O0 persons were present and as the gate fee was one dollar and Mostly in silver dollars, it was wick was ripping all kinds of GRIDIRON STAR 76 at Elmhurst Country club As Head Man pitching to shreds for the St here Monday to win medal honors in the women's west iouis uarainais mere was no doubt about his supremacy. But it has been a long time since any DIES IN ACTION ern open eolf tournament. PALO ALTCC CAL. Stanford installed its third HEAD THE GOLFING PAUAOE Showing satisfaction at their score in the qualifying round of the women's western open golf tournament at 1'hlragn, Monday are, left to right: KJeanor Dudley, Chicago, who led with a Jeanne hue, Itloomin gton.

81; Phyllis Otto, Atlantic, and Dorothy Klrby, Atlanta. 78. WIRKPIIOTO but three of Iowa's four en body has thought of Medwick as the best, or even one of the best, players in the senior circuit. He said it took three two-bushel can-vms pram sacks to hold the money. However, no doubt a dray was employed to haul the silver to the lot al bunk.

"Mr. William was a man of trants were well up amonjj the loaders. head football coach within a hasn't even been called the best Don Griswold, Ensign of his own team, the Brooklyn ew months Monday night Dodgers. Mrs. Stone Plays Mrs.

Lutz in Navy, Killed. CLARINDA, IA. Mr. and with the appointment of a nt (Marchie) well knuwn Integrity. He always paid the purses In full and never gamhlrd on horse racing.

"Hit breeding was well thought out and combined the pedigrees of well known racing strains." ON THE BASIS OF HIS PIY THIS SEASON, HOWEVER, MEDWICK DESERVES CONSIDERATION AGAIN AS THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE. Schwartz as acting director of Mrs. Don Griswold have been notified by the navy depart ootball. Club Standings STARS GROUPED The university rinllis Otto of Atlantic. who led her high school's lroys golf team to an Iowa championship not long ago, produced a pair of 39 for a 18, good enough to tie for runnerup honors with Dorothy Kirhy of Atlanta, (a.

Miss Kirby shot 41-37. Mrs. Riutsell Mann, who lives in Omaha, but who won golf fame as a native of Dea Moir.es, ment that their son, Ensign Don T. Griswold, United He has a batting average of CORPORAL LOUIS OFF TO MIDWEST board of athletic .350 and a batting streak of 25 National League. APOLOGIZES TO FANS.

EDDIE SIMMONS, Negro light-wt isht of Waterloo, is what I call a ctd sport. control said head coach Jim Law- IN ONE BRACKET consecutive games. He needs to Gantr States naval reserve, was w. Prt. Hrhlnd .717 hit in his next eight games to tie the National league record set He fought Buzz Lanning at the "killed in action as a result of Brooklyn 43 17 St.

Iiuln 24 It pi son, who succeeded Clark Mnrlniutll .1.1 Stt by Rogers Hornsby in 1922. By Bert MrGrane. engagement with the enemy NEW YORK, N. Y. UP) Corp.

Joe Louis entrained Monday night F.ivervicw park arena 10 days ago and was beaten all the way after the round. In my story of lark 33 33 Shaughnessy a IK 121 14 13 19 Monday, an open date for The close proximity of three for .3.18 JVOH .44 .410 .412 .288 the, end of last on June 14" in performance all major league clubs, Medwick rMIUhtirfh 30 32 hlrKa 3S Hoatim 2H 40 for an indefinite period of basic military training at the Cavalry the scrap I stated that Simmons season, had ac was six points behind his team of his duty and in service of cepted a commis htmdrlptila IS 43 26, Replacement center, Fort Riley, had a 40 on the out nine but found trouble coming back and oared to a 44 for an 84 total Sh easily qualified, however. mate, Pete Reiser, in the race for the circuit's battine chamDion- did not seem too anxious to fight and was guilty of considerable holding and of slapping with the mer city champions In the top half of the bracket following Mondays' qualifying test promises crucial battles in short order in the women's city golf tournament at Wakonda. sion in the navy. a was Kan.

Traveling alone, the heavy Monday's Results. OlR datr. Pitchers in Today's Games. side of his gloves. ship, but for one day last week Medwick was on top and he may be again before the season ends weight champion will not reach given a temporary leave of ab incinnati (Mrrrlngrr 3-3) at Nrw York his destination until Wednesday (HUIIIM-II i-.

Mrs. K. D. Stone, defending sence. MARCHY his country.

Griswold, a former Clar-inda High school and Iowa State college football star, was graduated from Iowa State in March, 1941, after enlistipg in the naval re afternoon. Did Simmons complain about the wnteup? He did not. Instead he wrote the following letter of apology- for his poor showing: Al Masters, schwartz. champion and qualifying leader Ann Casey, of Mason City. Ia, the present Iowa titleholder.

qualified with a 45-4287, but Edith Holt. Fort Madison. failed make the grade with a 47-4 95, High qualifying score was 89. Today's first-round matches TwIllKtii l'ltthurKli (Smell 7-3 al Brooklyn (Allen 4-4). St.

loul (Lanlrr 3-3 at Holloa (Tobla 3-lo. hlrao KrlrkMn 1-6) at rhiladrlphla (HorrM 3-7). for the fifth time since 1933. found Stanford graduate manager, in reporting the action emphasized that or when it ends. He not only has become able to hit righthanded pitching again, but he has overcome the fear of another beaning haunted him after he was hit by Bob Jean French and Suzanne 111, the "I am writing a little late but I think I owe you and the boxing other former titlcholders in the Schwartz had been given the new fans of Des Moines a little apol- field, snotted iust below her in American League.

Reminded by reporters that this was the fifth anniversary of his triumph over James J. Braddock in the battle for the ring's most prized possession Louis replied. "Yeah, but I got my biggest thrill the day I enlisted in the army." serve. assignment "with no time limit find the following assignments for the three Iowans: the same bracket. Mrs.

R. L. Rockholz, another former cham 4.mr IV t. Behind After schooling at Pensacola Bowman two years ago. Sunday Mort Cooper of the Cards, the 19 he was assigned active duty 1 ork Itnaton Irvrland pion, withdrew Monday after 7 outstanding hurler of the league, from Norfolk, Va.

shooting the qualifying round. one way or the other." He de- clined to say whether the action was temporary or for the duration. Schwartz formerly was head coach at Creighton university in Detroit w. .4.1 .33 .35 .37 .31 .28 .33 .24 Griswold was a backfield ace at threw a couple of head-high pitches that made Medwick dive M. I.ouU 14 23 30 -YtH 32' -VOI 33 .470 41 36 .410 40 .373 Iowa State during the fall of 1940 hlladrlphla gy for the bad fight I put up! against Buzz Lanning, June 12.

Buzz and I had an argument before the fight started and I got a Lttle upset. "Mr. Taylor, I am not using this a an excuse but I would like to put myself back In good standing witJi you and the fans. This Is the first time that has happened to so please accept my apology." and lettered the previous year hlrax into the dirt. But he got up to make one of Brooklyn's five hits IS 26 Washington He is the first World war II casu Omaha, Neb.

Mis Otto vv Shirley Ann Johnson. Winnetka. Ill-, acbool girl who is rated one of the top Illinois stars. Mrs. Mann vn.

Trance Ann McCanna. Rockford. 111. MU Caey v. Betty Jamon, San Antonio.

a former national champion who qualified in fourth place with a 41-33 79. Mi Dudley, who had a and continue his streak. alty reported in Clarinda. Louis sajd that army officials had not told him how long he would remain in Fort Riley to complete his original army schooling and "I didn't ask no questions." The champion enlisted Jan. 14 but the customary basic training period of 13 weeks was stretched over more than five months to Mrs.

Stone'a supremacy In the medal test rode on a 12-foot putt which dropped into be cup on the final green to give her an 86 and a one-stroke derision over Lois Penn. Wakonda challenger. Jean French, the 1935 city champion was another shot hack with an 88 to take oxer Monday's Results. Open date. Pitchers In Today's Games.

He also is fielding and better than he had since 1937. Schwartz is a graduate of Notre Dame where he played halfback under Knyte ftockne and Hunk Anderson. Thirty three years old, he is a native of New Night New York handler 7-2) St. I.OUU tMczellnc 6-3). Prior to getting an infield hit In Wafthlnclon rUtn.

tl.lt 5t MATCHES TODAY'. CINCINNATI, OHIO (A) A heavy card of 54 matches, with action by all seeded stars, was scheduled for today in the tri- al hlraio i nunipnrim Orleans and attended Loyola uni ItOMtlMt iJlldlt A -J at lBel the eighth inning Sunday that kept hi3 streak alive, Medwick. (Trout 3-. permit his appearances at various versity, New Orleans, in 1927 and third place. Mrs.

M. I. Lutr. of Hyperion. ieaa uie a er.irsr.u I'hllnilelnhla I It Hani 2-7) at tlee- benefits.

AISOL'T KDDLEMAN. EDDIE JAQUIN. recently to the managing editorship hy The Champaign, 111., News-Gazette after several years of state tennis tournament after land HaKl who will begin five days of match 1928, playing freshman football when Clark Shaughnessy was var- weather canceled Monday's pro who qualified with the medalist play today, finished three shots in sity coach there. gram. WHIRLY SETS front of Miss Jameson.

who always seems to get himself embroiled in controversies, had the press box in a high state of excitement over a ball he hit through Secondbascman Creepy Crespi in the sixth inning. The ball was not hit hard but somehow RIGNEY DEFEATS Other low scores were l's by TRACK MARK Virginia Ingram. Winnetka, 111- Waves Big Town Goodbye Monday, provides first round opposition for Mrs. Stone today, when all of the 16 title contenders play their opening matches. The field of 64 starters furnished no outstanding qualifying failures a raw and Jeanne Cline.

Bloomington, OLD MATES, 7-3 NEW YORK. N. Y. (VP) War it got through Cresni. The official 82 by Kileen Stulb.

Augusta, and 84 by Georgia Taanter. ren Wright's Whirlaway nosed out service as sports editor apparently lead the sports pages as diligently as ever. I have a note from him in which he states that I am wrong about Dwight Eddie-man, crack Illinois high school basketball player and broad jumper, in that the boy will not enroll in the University of Illinois until fall. scorer called it an error. The Brooklyn bench and even Mrs.

Parker Coming's Attention wind and the heavy Wakonda fair at Aqueduct Monday in a mile ways took a toll in strokes. Larry MacPhail, Dodger president, questioned the official scorer's UKEAT LAKES, ILL. VP) Johnny Rigney pitched and batted Fargo, X. Mary Agnes WalL Menominee, Mich, and Jane Crum, Orangeburg. S.

C. Mary JaT. Carman, Hammond. and Dorothy Foster. Springfield.

I'd. and eighth warmup for Satur waKonua players won day's $25,000 Brooklyn handicap. judgment. MacPhail sent an usher up to Whirlaway came from off the the Great Lakes baseball team to a 7 to 3 victory over his former 1 7 places in the top flight but honors in the team championship went to the Country club. Mrs.

Joe Furnas, pace, as usual, just getting up to nip Attention, who raced second Chicago White Sox teammates TOLEDO WHIPS fourth in the qualifying field with a 94, teamed with Mrs. Stone, Miss to Mrs. Payne Whitney's Swing and Sway most of the way. Swing This means that he will not be eligible to play basketball next winter unless the Big Ten conference heads change their rules when they meet in Iowa City in August. Jaquln states further that Fred C.reen, I'rhann High' 6-foot, 6 inch race star, who was a scoring and Sway was third.

the press box to inquire as to who ruled Medwick's grounder an error. Medwick looked at the scoreboard to find out what it was called but when he saw go up for error he merely clapped his hands as if to say "Come on gang, let'a go." With Georgie Wolf in the Monday, clinching his own game in a big eighth inning rally by hitting a home run with two on base. It was the Sailors' twenty-sixth victory in their last 27 games and Rigney's fourth straight since his enlistment. Sc-ore hy Inning: R. M.

E. saddle, Whirlaway stepped the French and Mrs. Rockholz to total 375 for the team trophy. Mrs. Ileury Nollen of Wakonda extended what Is believed to be a city tournament record by clinching a place In the chani- YANKEES, 5-1 TOLF.DO.

MICH. CT The current slump of the New Yorlc Yankees extended into an exhibition game Monday as the Toledo Mudhens of the American association defeated the world charr. ptons, 5 to 1. censatlon, will also matriculate st In Ii Illinois. distance in track record time of 1:49 2-5 under 122 pounds.

The old mark of 1:50 was established by Whirly's rival. Market Wise, last vear. The entire press box was unanimous in backing up the official cmrni; iAi. 010 020 HITS THIS AV THAT. l.aKen OlO JOO 05x 7 12 2 Baiierie Wilde.

Applrtnn and Dickey. Women Continued oh Pagr. Two. scorer's judgment. HAYUSS LEVERETT, the rVore rir F.

I ork fi ftn fAl 9 1 gf(l-cK)king auto racer who was so severely injured and burned in an accident on the Indianola, jledo K1 a 11 1 BaMerte Linden mad Krare; aacfwd ettina to Mk Ikmy to Fight Louis'! New track two years ago, has com pletely recovered and is now oper atmg sn auto repair shop in Glen dale. Cal. war vjonrasns Melio 7-5 Favor. in JERKY KLTT, quite widely known as a motorcycle racer in the midwest and who wintered in Dps Moines for several years left v. iwrs asniSnniiSimD I'll just have to wait until the champ retires, because he doesn't want to fight me." Odds on Bettina in his rematch with the Pittsburgh Negro dropped to 7-5 from 3-2 California to take oer a defense Job at Kmliak, Alaska, just in time to arrive there when the Japs string of impressive victories.

Bettina will bo after his thirty-third straight victory an a heavyweight, while the young IMttsburgher lias a record of 23 triumphs in 30 fights, 10 of them by knockouts. The veteran New York south-I aw claimed not to be impressed by the decided height and weight advantage of the hard-hitting Bobo. who stands six feet three inches and weighs 205 pounds. "He's a big boy and he can hit hard," he aaid, "but not hard enough to end me." bombed Dutch Harbor. lOC PR.OTHO.

manager of the in his first tieeting with Bobo in Pittsburgh last December, with the burly Italian winning a split-decision verdict in 10 rounds of furious battling after getting up from the canvas in the final frame. "Tomorrow's fight will be different," Bettina said. "I haven't figured out any plan of attack but I'm heavier now than in our last meeting and I know I can beat him. I only weighed 181 in the Pittsburgh fight, but I expect to come in at about. 1S! tomorrow night.

That will make a lot of difference and besides that I can out-last and outsmart the big boy." Both fighters are riding in a Memphis ball club, wore a pedom A la. '1 etcr while on the coaching lines in MP? Jj'f si lw nm ifyV- a i I 1 'if, 'i ft Bout Tonight. CLEVELAND, OHIO (U.P.) Melio Bettina, swarthy Italian puncher from Beacon, was rated a 7-5 favorite over Harry Bobo for their 10-round heavyweight "grudge" fight in Cleveland stadium tonight, but the confident former lightheavy king dismissed the battle Monday as "just another step toward Joe Louis' title." Bettina, third ranking heavyweight contender, said he had the solution to meeting Louis, whom the army has barred from further professional fights until he completes his basic training, "all doped out." "I'm going to Join either the army or navy within a month," Bettina declared, "And then hope that the army will make Louis fight me for a service fund. If that doesn't work out. a recent game and found that he alked 2.3 miles.

A READER from Indianola, nays It was Dan Patch and not AUerton or Attell, that was exhibited In a glass house at the Iowa State fair man) years ago. THE GREAT Lakes Naval Training Station team will play RUB ON this greaseless cream before you start work. It helps to protect you from oil-, paint and grime which may SALE of GENUINE Palm Beach Suits Tailored la yor anea a remetil a. rhl law prlee laCaf AOC Introdi.ea ir fine the Sioux City American Legion MF.I.IO BETTINA. IIAKRV RORO.

Leo cause infection. Alter work, just wash your hands in running water. This dissolves the protective film and carries away the grime. Sold at drug, hardware and auto supply stores. p.ed Rirds at Sioux City Friday niht.

The Sailors wanted to play tallorlrc Offered 111 limited lime. awly. hue on that date or the night before, but couldn't because Des Moines has no ball park at which Corp. Joseph Louis Barrow of the United States army doffed his cap to New York as he entrained Monday night for a period of basic military training at the cavalry replacement center, Fort Riley, Kan. He headed back to the midwest five years to the night when he won the heavyweight crown In Chicago, 111., from James J.

Braddock. UTREPHOTO CP). Sunday, and Matchmaker Larry Atkins said he expected the drop to continue, with the "distinct" possibility that they would be even-up by ringtime. Bettina had plenty of trouble Kl tAl IKW I'AKK Kl. RAY STEELE BILL BAKTRUSH A5e, S5e llrket nala at feeartea Cigar Mora CUSTOM TAILORS a crowd could be accommodated 1 718 Locust Street In half way decent surroundings..