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TWENTY-FOUR Want Ad Headquarters, Court 4900 THE PITTSBURGH PRESS Other Press Departments, Court 7200 TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1939 TIMEOUT! By Chet Smith and Jack Berger West Penn Tennis Body Plans Biggest And Best Championships at Shady Side Cooperstown Refuted By Doubleday Baseball QrigiiLr Sports Historian F. G. Menke 3 C3 By HARRY J. WALD The biggest and best Western Pennsylvania Tennis championships ever is the goal toward which Chairman John R. Brown and his committee aides are directing activities these days.

The famed district net classic which has an honorable who created the game, and Mills became chairman of an investigating commission, he conceded he did not know that Double-day had anything to do with It until he learned about a "circumstantial statement by a reputable gentleman" who forever remains as the unknown man. his contest with Dr. Paul Lewis to win, 6-2, 6-3; Bob Lampus and Bob Grier, trimmed Dr. Dave O'Lough-lin and Lefty Mitchell. 6-4.

6-2; Ralph Bald and Jack Southworth edged out Paul Sullivan and Frank McClintock. 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, and Monjot and John Brown topped Lewis and Hasbaugh Miller. this West Penn will probably at World's Fair ScUction CHICAGO 131-34 NEW YORK 1939t BIG BOTTLE 5 A Sold Everywhere ball until 14 years after the army man's death, and the knowledge Mills then gained came from "a circumstantial statement by a reputable gentleman." Spalding Silent This circumstantial statement supposedly was made to A. G. Spalding, one of the early greats of the game, but Spalding never acknowledged the existence of such a statement in his nisrory or tne game written in 1910.

Doubleday went into literature after his retirement from the army. He wrote books and contributed to magazines. His subjects covered a wide range but he never wrote a line about base-ballr-and even in his day there was controversy as to the origin of the game. Again Historian Mills and Doubleday were members of the same Army post for 25 years. Mills was president of the National League in 1883 and 1884.

Without a doubt, Mills and Doubleday, meeting hundreds of times through a quarter of a century, discussed the increasing popularity of baseball. But when the furor was at its height over family tree dating back 51 years will be played this year on eight clay courts at Shady Side Academy from Saturday; June 24, through Sunday, July 2. Courts Being Dressed Authorities at Shady Side are cooperating in every way with officials of the Pittsburgh Tennis Association, and already this year's tourney shapes up as a highly attractive affair. When Committeman Ted Rosenthal gets through polishing up the courts work on which he will begin this Friday the feature clay surfaces will be smooth enough to satisfy the most exacting. And when the entertainment committee head, Don Monjot, completes plans for the lighter side of the chase for cups and glory, a highly enjoyable program of diversion is certain to be available for the edification of district and visiting racqueters.

And speaking of visiting netters, ill I 1 is Ain't that Mulrooney the umpire? -Streamlined Tennis- Sports Stew By CLAIRE Served Hot M. BURCKY Close In Plan Enables Quicker Return, Get to Net Faster DR. A. R. LANEVE, one of the longest hitters in Pittsburgh district golf circles, makes a specialty of the long holes-in-one.

Playing Sunday at East Palestine, O. Country Club, the one-time Pitt tract the largest group of outstanding tennis players from all over the TTi-State territory, as well as more; distant points, in many years. Industrial League Active The Pittsburgh Industrial twilight circuit continues competition at Frick Park this evening with another full slate of matches, as follows June 13 E. A. Woods Co.

vs. Mellon; Carnegie-Illinois vs. Main Company; Gulf Oil vs. Jones Laughlin; Union Switch vs. Peoples Gas; Bell Telephone vs.

United Fidelity vs. Peoples Pittsburgh. At Stanton Heights yesterday, Belmont's netters, defending champions in the Pittsburgh Tennis Association Inter-Club League took ail four remaining matches to whip P. A. 6-3.

Don Monjot finished Don Budge is the shining example of close-in play. The old position was well behind the base line. Playig close in is not a dangerous position and isn't hard to master. It is aggressive and essential for all future combat. NEXT The drive.

golfer, who captained the first Panther golf varsity, knocked off a spectacular ace on the 285-yard seventh hole, a par four stretch. A few years ago, DR. LANEVE aced the 315-yard 16th hole at St. Clair Country Club. On other occasions, he has performed the double-eagle trick on par five holes, whanging into the cup his second shots from far out on the course.

One of these was at Nemacolin, another a-t Highland. BILL GOLDSMITH, Carnegie Tech hockey defense and one of the toughest body checkers to play in the Ohio-Pennsylvania Intercollegiate League, has entered Montefiore Hospital to have an operation performed on a head injury he suffered playing hockey. BILL had a concussion in practice before the season began, but played regularly through the first half of the campaign. He was not permitted to be in the second half of the schedule. 0 7 -ti V- oo NO.

I NO. 2. Dr. A. R.

Laneve The National Open tournament at Philadelphia Country Club last week attracted a variety of ex -champions in it galleries. One was GORDON (MICKEY) COCHRANE, former Detroit Tigers baseball manager. MICKEY was a champion player, with the Philadelphia A's, and a champion manager with the Tigers. uniform over Ohio Valley Netters Open With a full card of three doubles matches at various points of activ ity, the Ohio Valley Twilight Tennis League commences its season tonight. Two new clubs will feature the loop in North Boroughs by Maury Kern and Keystone School, by Bill 'Miller.

North Boroughs meets Key stone School on the latter's Beaver Avenue courts; Ambridge Presby terians opposes Sewickley at Se wickley; Coraopolis journeys to Dravo at Neville Island, and Ali quippa Moore tackles Aliquippa, last year's champions, at Aliquippa. Heading the league for the third season are President Bill McCabe Vice President Carl Wahl and Dave Hawthorne, and Treasurer John Snodgrass. The schedule follows: June 13 North Boroughs Y. M. C.

A. vs. Keystone School. Inc. Ambridge Presbyterians vs.

Sewickley Y. M. C. A. Cora- ppolis Y.

M. C. A. vs. Dravo.

moors vs. Aliquippa. June 20 Sewickley Y. M. C.

A. vs. Aliquippa. Ambridge Presbyterians vs. North Boroughs Y.

M. C. A. Dravo vs. Keystone School.

Inc. Coraopolis Y. M. C. A.

vs. Aliquippa Moors. June 27 AliauiDDa Moor vs. North Boroughs Y. M.

C. A. Aliquippa vs. Keystone School, Inc. Dravo vs.

Ambridge Presbyterians. Sewickley Y. M. C. A.

vs. Coraopolis Y. M. C. A.

July 11 sewicmey M. u. A. vs. Keystone School.

Inc. Dravo vs. Aliquippa. Coraopolis Y. M.

C. A. vs. North Boroughs r. M.

C. A. Ambridge Presbyterians vs. Aliquippa Moors. July 18 North Boroughs Y.

M. C. A. vs. Aliauinpi.

Keystone School. Inc. vs. Aliquippa Moors. Dravo vs.

Sewickley Y. M. C. A. Ambndie Presbyterians vs.

coraopolis Y. M. C. A. July 25 Aliauinoa vs.

Coraopolis Y. M. Keystone School. Inc. vs.

Ambridge Presbyterians. Aliquippa Moors vs. sewickley Y. M. C.

A. North Boroughs Y. M. C. A.

vs. Dravo. Aug. 1 Aliquippa vs. Ambridge Presbyterians.

Keystone School. Inc. vs. Coraopolis Y. M.

C. A. North Boroughs Y. M. C.

A. vs. Sewickley Y. M. C.

A. Aliquippa Moors vs. Dravo. Riggs Advances In French Net By The United Press PARIS, June 13 Three Americans Bobby Riggs, Chicago; Elwood Cooke, Portland, Ore, and Don Mc Neill, Oklahoma City yesterday gained the quarter-finals of the French Hard Court tennis cham pionships. Riggs, favorite to win the title Don Budge captured a year ago, defeated Marcel Combemarle, France, 6-8, 6-4, 6-4, 8-6, without exerting himself.

Cooke defeated John Kukuljevic, Yugoslavia. Cooke won the first set 6-2 after which Kukuljevic de faulted because his hands were so blistered he couldn't hold a racquet a great favorite with the spectators, advanced by defeating Bernard Destremeau, French Davis Cup star, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, in a spectacular match. McNeill won simply by overpowering his op ponent. He ran Destremeau ragged with a deep court attack as inter mittent showers fell. 79-Year-OId Golf Vets Play Tie, Score 84 By The United Press MONONGAHELA, June 15 Two 79-year-old but sprightly golfers divided honors in the fifteenth renewal of their private "Birthday Stakes" yesterday when each turned in a sizzling 84 for the 18 holes of Monongahela Valley Golf and Country Club.

The contestants, S. M. Downer, of Monongahela, and George V. L. Wickersham, of Homestead, celebrated their birthdays with their customary golf battle.

At a dinner following the dead heat round, they agreed to meet next year for the 16th time and settle the deadlock. The friendly contestants, both realtors, have been pals since school days. Later they worked together on the construction of the first residence in Duquesne, Pa. Diagram No. 1 indicates close-in positions (X) to receive service.

Diagram No. 2 indicates new positions in singles to get wider angle on service, and also shows close-in position to receive. Old positions (O) are indicated in both diagrams. Third of 12 instructive articles on streamlined tennis. By 3IARY K.

BROWNE Famous Coach and Three-Time National Women's Singles Champion Close-in play is becoming increasingly important in tennis. The position to receive the swiftest service is on the base line. Stick to it until you adapt your strokes, train your eye and learn timing. Play inside the base line for a twist second service or an easy first. TolrA Vi kn'l 4-- ELMER VORDERB VBG, former Carnegie Tech blocking halfback in the 1931, '33 and football seasons, has been appointed assistant grid coach and teacher of Science at Scott High, Toledo, his home town.

TORDERBVRG had taught science and directed the physical education program at Birmingham School in Toledo since his graduation from Tech. The Jersey Club farm of the New York Giants rapidly is becoming a team of discarded Pirates. WOODY JEXSEN, the most recent to go, joined TOMMY PADDEN and JOHNNY DICKSHOT on the Jersey Club. here is your chance to try out 3 Great Products at a "Sampling" Price. here is what you get A GENUINE SCHICK Two ex-Open titleholders on hand WALTER HAGEN and Long JIM BARNES.

Two ex-Amateur champions present were BOBBY JONES and JESS SVVEETSER, the latter being a United States Golf Association official. Another ex-champion seen at the tournament was VINCENT RICHARDS, former tennis star. Track Star Takes His Bride Along By The United Press OVERTON, Texas, June 13 Wayne Rideout, North Texas Teach er's College track star, left last night for Saturday's cinder met at Princeton, N. with a bride. He was married yesterday to his college sweetheart, Miss Emma Jean Watson, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph Watson, Henderson. His twin brother and the other half of the famed Texas racing team, Blaine Rideout, was best man. The Rideouts are sons of Mrs. Ellen Rideout, Tuscola, HI.

Hildebrand's Wife Seeking Divorce By The United Press INDIANAPOLIS, June 13- Mrs. Gladys Hildebrand sought a divorce today from Pitcher Oral Hildebrand of the New York Yankees on the grounds of cruelty. She filed her suit in Circuit Court and asked $400 monthly alimony for five years. Deni in St. Louis Walk John Deni, versatile local amateur athlete, will compete in the national Senior A.

A. u. 10,000 meters walk ing championship tomorrow in St. LOUIS. By JOE WILLIAMS HOBOKEN, June 13 They didn't do much to celebrate the birth of baseball here yesterday.

Didn't do anything, in fact. There were no parades, no speeches by stuffed shirts, no ball game, no gath ering of old time greats. It was just an' other day in the old river front town. The 1 e-brating, for some strange reason, took place miles away, in a little upstate New York village called Coo perstown. There amid all the pomp and glory Joe Williams that can he created by modern press agentry the nursery moments of the national pastime were honored.

It was like going to Liverpool, England, to rhapsodize the birth of George Washington. The first baseball diamond wasn't laid out in Cooperstown in 1839, which was what all the shooting was for yesterday. It was laid out right here in dear old Hoboken and the date was June 19, 1846. And it was called a "baseball square." Nor was Gen. Abner Double-day the genius who laid it out.

Alexander Cartwright, a New York draftsman, who had campaigned long and vehemently for standard distances between the bases, drew the design during the winter of 1845. Menke Authority This information comes from Frank G. Menke, outstanding sports historian, and is convincingly supported by other authorities and authentic library documents. None of these documents, by the way, seems to tie Double-day in with the genesis of the sport in any way. Fail even to indicate that he ever played baseball.

Historian Menke insists everything the brass hats and publicity men of baseball celebrated yesterday is incorrect in point of place, date and persons, which would seem to make the show a fine, rousing joke on everybody, except the Cooperstown inn-keepers and hot dog vendors. How did the myth of Cooperstown develop? A controversy over the origin and development of baseball in 1907 led to the appointment of a fact finding commission of eight interested parties. The report of the commission proved an epic in vacuity. Mainly it was a tribute to Double-day's military exploits. It was about as factual as a misty love sonnet.

Rips Findings The report, signed by A. G. Mills, third president of the National League, did little more than dreamily assume that Doubleday created the game, that it was first played in 1839 and that a cow field in Cooperstown was the cradle. It was on the strength of this vague report that the brass hats of the game decided to put on the Centennial show. Historian Menke tears large, gaping holes in the findings.

(1) The Mills report pictures Double-day as a "Schoolboy in Cooperstown in 1839." The fact is he was already enrolled at West Point and was 21 years old at the time. (2) Doubleday is credited with designing the square and introducing bases to replace the primitive stakes. In all the countless papers on baseball, dating back generations, no reference to Doubleday in this or any other connection can be found. On the contrary, it is a matter of fact that bases were not introduced until some time in 1840. "But the most fantastic thing about the Mills report," writes historian Menke, "Is, that although Mills knew Doubleday intimately for 25 years, he did not know that Doubleday had anything whatsoever to do with base- dog these days because transportation facilities are of the best.

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