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NASHVILLI nuunuiu u.j wwilimy MfWIWg, SaSSJt. 17, 1H7 Hall Handcuffs Vols With Two Hits, Bears Win 3 to 0 r7- i mmam Dodgers Boost Lead Over Cards to 8 1-2 MmOmioH rans Wonder If Boudreau Will Boss Tribe in '48 Wade Wild But Gives Spark Surprising Don Gridiron Machine RAYMOND JOHNSON Mobile Only 5 Blows Beat Reds 10-3; Cards May Lose 2nd, Giants Cop Rookie Poat Humbles Birds 7-2; Phils Pop Pirates, Leave Cellar ULUVttLAJND, unio Since Lou Boudreau's contract expires at the end of the current campaign, a lot of folks around here are wondering if he will be back with the Indians next season Lou's bevond a Hart Hammers Homer in 8th Inning To Clinch First Game of Playoff By DICK. MANSFIELD, Tennessean Sports Writer HARTWELL FIELD, Mobile John Hall was just too much for them and the Vols dropped a 3 to 0 decision here last night in the opener of the Shaughnessy playoffs against the Mobile Bears before doubt the top American League shortstop and many rate him the best in the game today. Boudreau would have been ousted as the manager a year ago when Prexy Bill Veeck and his associates took over the club but Jor the fact that the Cleveland writers went to bat for him Now some of them have turned on him. After Boudreau yanked A1 Lopez with two strikes on him Sunday and sent in Larry Doby, who promptly CINCINNATI UP) The pennant bound Brooklyn Dodgers moved 8 games ahead of the St.

Louie an overflow crowd of 7186 partisan fans. Not once did the Gang bats even so much as muster a strong whisper against Hall's steady, baffling slants, which permitted only two blows, but the Bears did any-l cardinals yesterday by taking tl third and final game of the serie hut plaster Ben Wade in winning. In fact, Ben's five-hit perform took a third strike, one scribe wrote "A guy's stretch irom the Cincinnati Reds 7 to 3. With' 10 games left to play, the Dodgers can clinch the National league flag by winning four of them. Four Cardinal defeats alio ance waa rather neat if you could possibly forget his streaks of wild- ness that even with the Vols, Wade just couldn't keep a tight grip on the situation and after a shaky first stanza he gave way to one Bear tally in the (Continued on Next Page) Hall of Fame -or Vice Versa would do the trick.

Ralph Branca scattered 12 hits tually led to his downfall. He gave BiidjFnaifl JH ilKtMLl HESHnflnH Belli BRSHPvH up six walks (two of which were effectively to register his 21t triumph, tying him with Cincinnati's EweM Blackwell for the most wins in the majors. The intentional and Dodgers made only six hits off ing managerial strategy too far when he dips into the prayer book as L. Boudreau did in Philadelphia After Lopez fouled off two pitches, Boudreau yanked him and sent in Larry Doby. It would seem that if such measures must be taken, they bespeak poor planning or schoolboy hunching." Boudreau has been quoted as saying he would not play for Bill McKechnie, former Cincinnati manager who is his uhief coach He draws approximately $35,000 per year as nlayer-manaerer it was chiefly these free tickets that spelled his defeat.

Homers in 8th AB PO A 2 i i a i 4 i 0 a i 1 i i 1 i NASHVII.LE Rlock. Sb bKrurkman Scheni. 2b leffroat. ef Byam. lb Walker, Mavnard.

If Ouirk. ss Bognskle, rf Wade. aTreadway Bucky Walters and Kent Peterson, but came through in the clutches to chase in the runs. Bruce Edwards clouted a three-run double in the first to start the ball rolling. Gene Hermanskl smacked his seventh home run in the seventh and Pete Reiser also cracked his seventh homer in the eighth with a man aboard.

However, in the eighth frame Bill Hart poled a long home run the scoreboard in ieep lef that Boudreau 14 1 would have taken Total Brooklyn AB Cincinnati AB aStrurk out for Wade In 9th. hStro. out for Block In Ath. otanny. 3 11 Baumh'ts.

cf 4 1 Lukon. rf 4 MOBILE AB PO A Abrams. rf 1 1 7 Staff Photo by Charles Cowden Scoring an upset 6 to 0 triumph over Franklin last week, Donelten sets sail for Old Hickory tomorrow night, where the Dons seek to duplicate Friday's victory with a win over the respected Ou Pont Bulldogs. Brothers Senior Center Billy Spann (left) and Sophomore Tackle Bobby were standouts on defense, while Bill Ezell (right) scored. Waslak, 'lb 0 0 0 Shaba.

If 0 0 0 ft Dapper, 0 1 0 Robinson, lb 4 Reiser, cf-lf 4 Walker, rf 4 Hermanskl. If 2 FurlUo. cf 2 Edwards, 4 Jorgenson. 3b- 3 Reese, ss 4 Branca, 3 Hart. 4 I Hatton.

3b 1 Young, lb 1 Lamanno, 0 Oalan. If 2 Miller, ss 0 Adams. 2b SaKluszewskl Zientara. 2b Walters, Peterson, bPoland aTatum Connors, lb 1 11 ft fl Greer, ss 4 ft 1 3 ft Matney, ef 4 1 ft ft Hall, 1 2 0 Some close to the scene think he will be given a new one-year contract Others say he will give up the managerial worries The whole thing is as clear as' mud. Teller Due for Salary Amputation There's ateo talk that Bill Veeck is figuring on slicing some of Bob Feller's pay despite the fact that the Indians have had their greatest year at the gate in history Johnny Price, the acrobatic baseballer who twice played Nashville this summer, would like to get free of his contract which has another year to run with the Cleveland club.

Johnny figures he would make $150,000 on his own He'll probably end up with something like $50,000 or $60,000 this year. Les Fleming, who hit .412 as the Nashvol first sacker Ypung Dons Invade Totals 2S 27 ft see tee 06 NASHVILLE MOBILE the verdict any- John Hall way. But the walks gave the Bears an early and very important advantage. So great was Hall, the toast of Mobile and environs, that in only two innings did more than three Vols face him the first and ninth. The only two blows were early ones.

George Byam collared a pitch in the first stanza for a single to right and in the third Hank Schenz racked up a weak infield safety. Vol Infield Sluggish Although there were no errors chalked up against them, Vol in fielders just weren't up to par. Their reflexes seemed slow and somewhat hazy all the way just not the way that great combination can go that's all. Tonight when the clubs wind up 010 100 01s 3 3 12 33 7 Totals Filed out in 8th. bWalked for Peterson in 8th.

Summary: RBI Waslak t. Hart. SBH Matney 2. HR Hart. Wailak.

LOB Nashville Mobile 8. Hall 2l Wade mwg lor rotang in gin. Brooklyn inn nni no. SO Hall Wade 4. Time 1:51.

Cincinnati nnn nnn in? Dallas Downs Ft. Worth 1-0 Qualifies for Texas Shaughnessy Finals Against Houston 9 Summary Eriprs Youfig. Walters. RBI Du Pont, Seek 2nd Win Coach Thompson Looks to '48 Season As Club Preps for Old Hickorians By JOHN BIBB Lukon 2. Hatton.

2BH Edwards M.nV. 3BH Miller HR Hermanskl. Reiser. 8 Robinson. Branca 3.

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Cards Lose 3rd Straight Nine sophomores and a pair of seniors, fresh from an upset triumph FORT WORTH, Tex. UP) The the short stay here, Dick Conger will oppose Submariner Frank Laga on the mound, and chances are Larry Gilbert will shift his lineup to shake off the same atupor of louis-Wi-With all over ranKiin iign, will seek to make it two in a row tomorrow night when Donelson invade Du Pont for both clubs' Interscholastic debuts. But the road to victory appears much rockier for the insnired U. S. ROYAL TIRES tnougms of overtaking the pen nant bound Brooklyn Dodgers prac Dallas.

Rebels outlasted the Fort Worth Cats, 1-0 here last night in the seventh and deciding game of tically eone now. the fast fa Hi no hitting that stymied the club young Dons than it did a week ago when they were underdogs to the Williamson county eleven. Du Pont has been selected as a threat to St. Louis Cardinals were faced with against New Orleans in the opener their preliminary playoff round last week. me prospect of losing second place Cohn and Montgomery Bell Acad and qualified to meet the Buffs in i as me ew iork uiants handed them their third straight lir-kimr After winding up here the clubs will travel tomorrow, opening in the championship series starting tonight at Houston.

7 to 2, yesterday. emy in this year's crown chase. Doyle (Froggy) Smith's outfit boasts 12 returning lettermen, and they are especially anxious to kayo Donelson remembering last spring sulphur Dell Friday night, with The Buffs i sly had eliminated Tulsa in four straight 1217-21 Broadway Phone 5-6627 single games also slated for Satur Kookie Ray Poat went all the way for the New Yorkers limit! day and Sunday, J- games. The Rebels gained their hard While Hall was having his way mo ueienaing- cnampions to seven hits for his fourth victorv acainst when an underdog Don baseball team blasted Du Pont from pennant Southern Playoff FINALS Clofc. Won Lost Pet sP mmmammmmmawMmmBm one defeat.

Harry Brecheen wan earned victory oh the veteran Rufus Gentry's second spectacular pitch recognition. Coach B. H. Thompson isn't look me loser, dropnine his 11th pm Mobile 1 0 1 000 against 15 wins. PAOnTILLB 1 ing for a victory egainst Du Pont, ing demonstration of the series as he handcuffed the Cats with three hits.

He also had won the third out he does believe that the Bull The Giants finished Brecheen off In the eighth with a four-rim nn. NOW AT MORSE'S YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Mobil NASHVILLE 0. dogs will know they've rtJlayed a game when the contest is over. game by 2-1 in 11 innings. The run that broke the scoreless deadlock was batted in by Johnny Durst wnich included five singles and Cooper's 33rd home run.

Nor-they's 14th homer gave the Cards "We don't have the experience, TONIGHT'S GAME NASHVILLE (CONGER) at (Laga), 9:15 p.m. Mobile Creel, who also broke up Gentry's speed or weight to do much with them, but I've a couple of fellows anorner tallv in the ninth 2. AB St. Louis AB Texas Playoff (FIBST BOUND) n-mucj. jo 112 Hcnoen 5h here who looked terrific against Franklin and they aren't likely to Kerr, ss rnomson.

cf Pel. Mlze. lb .571 let the odds slow them down opined Thompson. first game in the series. Mrs.

Dozier Wins Richland Medal .429 w. Cooper, Marshall, rf CInb Won Lit Dallas 4 3 Fort Worth 3 4 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Dallas Fort Worth 0. Spann, Pingston Glitter lordon. If i i Jones, rr 4 0 0 Muslal. lb 4 1 1 Slaughter.

If 4 2 Northey. 3b 4 1 2 Moore, cf 4 1 4 Marlon, ss 2 2 Cregar. ss 0 0 0 Rice, 3 Brecheen. 2 Wilks. 0 aMedwlck 1 Staley, 0 'ohrke.

3b The ruddy-faced whose Poat, thundering commands would wreck Cleveland Indians this season He hit both of them in a game at the Yankee Stadium last week and both landed in the upper tier of the stands One Cleveland writer tells us that Fleming will be traded during the winter Another thinks that if Fleming had been used regularly on first base instead of Eddie Robinson, the Indians would have wound up in second place without much trouble. Foxx Manages Semipro Team Jimmy Foxx, who threatened Babe Ruth's record with 58 home runs in 1932, is now managing a Staten Island semipro club He books the team in New York and surrounding territory for $250 per game Wonder what happened to all the money Foxx made when he was one of baseball's brightest luminaries? Officials working Big Nine conference games this fall will receive $100 and their expenses That's quite a bit more than the Southeastern and Southern conferences pay. Voigts Not Youngest Northwestern Coach Bob Voigts, only 31 years old, is not the youngest head coach Northwestern has had Charley Bach--JJian guided the Evanston Wildcats in 1919 when he was only 24 Bachman stepped from the Notre Dame eampus to the Northwestern job Illinois Tackle Les Bingaman has whittled 50 pounds off his huge frame of 8 year ago but still weighs 260 Contrary to denials irom certain folks, a Wall Street house is keenly interested in a possible sale of stock of the New York baseball Yankees Paul Brown, former Ohio State coach and now head of the Cleveland Browns of the All-America conference, finds time to conduct a weekly radio program. Frisch May Manage Browns Is it true that Frankie Frisch is going to give up his radio connections and manage the St. Louis Browns next year? Could be, you know Ohio Northern is finding it difficult for its football squad to practice these days The field has been converted into a trailer camp for ex-GIs attending the school The swimming team also is complaining because the pool is being used for washing machines, mainly for laundering diapers Madison Square Garden officials expect its 29 basketball program this winter to draw over 528,000 spectators Tulane will play in the Garden for the first time.

National League a seismograph, was thinking ot Mrs. R. L. Dozier won. medalist Club Won Lost Senior Center Bill Spann and Sophomore Blocking Back Eddie Pings 54 Pet.

.625 .567 Tot sis 38 7 12 Totals 32 2 ton. Spann made a big hit with Brooklyn 90 St. Louis 80 Boston 7J New York 74 Cincinnati' BB .541 honors as qualifying rounds in the annual Richland Club women's championship were shot yesterday. She posted a gross score of 90, aOrounded out In 8th. Thompson with great defensive CI 6T 7 78 77 85 88 New York 000 000 3407 St.

Louis 000 010 0012 work. Chicago 65 .525 .469 .458 .410 .407 which with her handicap of 20 "When they started running to Summary: Error Monre rrt Mnnr rmiactelphla 5 Pittsburgh 59 gave her a net 70 for the handicap ward the center of the line, that as far as they got Spann stopped tournament. Marshall, Oorden 2. Mlze 2. W.

Cooper 2. Northey. 2BH Rice. W. Cooper 3BH Northey.

HR Gordon. Cooper. Northey. 8 Marlon. DP Rlnney tr KeT to Mlze: rhOndienst to Muslnl Brerheen 1 She will tangle with Mrs.

Arnold a lot of them in their tracks up Mears in the opening round which YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Brooklyn 7: Cincinnati 3. New York 7: St. Louis 2. Philadelphia 2: Pittsburgh 1. Only games scheduled.

there, and Pingston gave us a lot SO Poat 4. Brecheen 2, Hits Off Brecheen must be completed Friday, Other of help with his blocking and tack line'." I i in i j-j: wilks 2 in 1-3: Staley 1 in 1. Loser Brecheen. pairings: First (light Mrs. W.

1. Rncker. live TODAY'S GAMES Another youngster who has im Mrs. F. M.

Vess vs. Mn. O. M. Trammel): Phils Beat Pirates 2-1 Brooklyn at Pittsburgh might) Gregg (3-5) vs.

Ostermueller 112-8). New York at Chicago (2 Iott (3-8) and mrs. vnanes uanner. bye; Mrs. Vy Young, love vs.

Mrs. Loa-aa Elsele: Mn si. pressed Thompson and makes him smile when he thinks of next sea Warner bye: Mrs. T. F.

SmaHing. bye; PITTSBURGH, Pa. UP) The liennear (-iai or Hansen (0-4) ts. Ham ner (1-0) and Boron-v 18-131. Philadelphia Phils bounced out of mrs.

Benny Johnson, bye. Second fUs-ht Mrs. T. T. Herbert vi son, was Tackle Red Blair, a gritty sophomore who has shown plenty of drive in practice and against the National League cellar yester Philadelphia at Cincinnati Judd (4-14) vs.

Vander Mser (8-13). Boston at St. Louis (night) Voiseile Mrs. Al Batts; Mrs. K.

O. stacker vi Mrs. Frank Vernon: Mrs. Hayes Jakes vi Franklin. Mrs.

Jack Norman; Mrs. B. W. Hooper iv-iu vs. Munger 114-4).

day as Blix Donnelly scattered nine Pittsburgh hits to beat the Pirates, 2-1 before 2568 fans. vs. sua. w. Napier.

Dons To Be Tough in 1948 Pro Charley Danner announced American League 'If we don't get hurt this season, An unearned run by Charley Gil that a mixed 2-ball foursome tour Club we'll be in great shape for 1948," Won Loot ret, nament is scheduled for the club New York 91 54 .628 Thompson predicted. bert in the fourth, and another by Del Ennis in the eighth, with the aid of an error and two walks, gave Sunday afternoon. .542 With only two seniors on the Back Again .538 .524 squad, and if the Dons keep work uonneliv his victory. Detroit 7 Boston 77 Cleveland 75 Philadelphia 72 Chicago 67 Washington 60 St. Louis 54" 8 6t 66 72 77 83 88 .500 .465 ing as hard as they were in rehear Mel Queen, who' retired the first vi i i JSj sals yesterday, the prep grid power 10 Phils in order, was charted with .420 .380 vT uriu rerrawnco I HJf may shift to Donelson, and the Ma- the defeat, giving up the winning room and White may enjoy its first run wnen ne walked Ennis across thp nlatp championship in history next sea son.

Philadelphia AB Plillhnrrh An YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 8-2: St. Louis 3-8. Boston 5-3: Chicago 0-8. Cleveland 5-3: Philadelphia. 3-T.

Washington 4: Detroit 1. TODAY'S GAMES uapomie, ss a Russell, rf Injuries to both teams may turn Ollbert. rf Ennis If the West-Cohn battle Friday night into a much more closely contested ChicaffO at New Yark tLmm ItM Wyrostek. ef 4 Padgett, 2 1 0 Woodllng. cf 3 1 2 Gustine.

3b 3 0 2 Klner. If 2 0 0 Qreen'rg, lb 3 0 0 Cox. It 4 0 0 Kluttt. 4 wension game than waa anticipated at this Jones. 3b the "Beer (MM3 at.

Louis at Boston (2) Kramer (10.M1 tune last week. Handler. 3b Schults. lb and Munorlef (7-14) TS. Johnson Ul-t) wietern.

2b 3 Cobb Speeds 394.196 MPH Average; Hits 403 Mark Both clubs participated in bruis Drinker's" Beer ana rine i-4t. 1 flSnlk-pM Detroit at Phlladelnhlm 111 Rmiltjm.n verban. 2b Donnelly, ing debuts last Friday, and defend ana itucks iu-iuj vs. Dietrich H-l ing champion Cohn a heavy favor 0 hSlngleton Queen, Bewell. cRlkard ana aiarcauaon lo-tf at Washlncton (nihtl omel ite over its nelghDorhooa rival, (10-10) vs.

Scarborough (4-13). Totals 33 32 1 9 Totals HATS I' West seems, to have suffered con siderably more than the Jays. Tigers Lose Hendrickton BONNEVILLE SPEEDWAY, Utah -INS John Cobb streaked to a new world land speed record of 394.196 miles per hour yesterday at aDoubled In t(h bRon for Salkeld In th. (-Filed out In 8th. Disaster hit the Tigers" practice the wheel of his roaring 2600 horsepower racer on the Bonneville alt flats.

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