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THE STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY JTTLY 29, 1973 LANSING HAS GLORIOUS AFTERNOON AT THE EXPENSE OF JACKSON Uhlan Sets "New Mark for Michigan Tracks, Stepping Mile in 1:59 3-4 at Grand Rapids Monday A fternoon The Star of Yesterday In the Major Leagues Senators Capture Both Games of Double Header at Jackson, 6-1 and 2-1 Two Thousand Fans Turn Out for Boosters Day Lansing Comes from Behind in First Game, and in Second Gets Early Lead-Fine Fielding Marks Play. Flannery Has Been Released Third Baseman Flannery haa been released by the Landing club. He one of the players who was secured in the trade with Flint a short time ago. Flannery expects to land a place with one of the Michigan State league clubs. Kazoo Thumps Champions by Score of 9 to 6 GRAND RAPIDS.

July 29. In the rresence of the largest audience over assembled here on the opening lay of a race meet and with Ideal weather conditions prevailing Grand Rapids' annual Grand Circuit race meeting wan opened Monday. Foeemost in Interest of thee was the lowering by Uhlan driven bv Trainer Doc Tanner, of all marks for Michigan tricks Filling great black gelding by. Bincen-Flonaelia. was sturted to lower th Comstock track record cf 2 OS 1-4 bv Dudia Archds two years in.

From the Lira he turned the quarter there was not the Slightest doubt i'f his succeeding it was er.ly a question of by how much Uhlan turned the quarter in 2 1-2: the hif in S-4. the heading into a stiff wind cn this stretch, in 1 1 1-4; ar.d finished the urcuit in 1 J-4 The record-the state was 2 ft S-4. stepped bv Hamburg Beile at Detroit four years ago. By rfm O. JAKSV.

July 29 'Boosters'' success, inm in stananoini or in It. there on Urne blot on the HOW THE CLUBS STAND day here Monday wai an unqualified ooster. But as Mr. Fan here looks day's program. That ii tha lobi of nunc.

It in by rtckonlr.es of to ys uptet tha fond expectations of the thuslasm to a marked degree. pirn a-ames oj a aouoie-nenaer 10 i 1 and 2 to 1 that ranny Collins' bo homo folks nl dampened their en Senator Itattln Valiantly. ADRIAN. July 29 In a slugging match Monday Kalamazoo went a little farther than the locals and won, 9 to 6. The feature of the game was the work of Held, a local sport, writer, who caught for Kalamaxoo.

in place of Cote, suspended. He drove In two runs with his triple, also bagged a single. Becker had a nice day with the bat. four hits in five times up. Troy was benched in the fourth with five runs in and Hewes finished.

He was also touched a little. Fulton fanned 12 but was also hit fairly hard. Coombs led the Adrian club with three hits, Huhn got his 100th hit. the sec Teams Break Even In Three Field Events Three Races On Card at Grand Rapids Today By Aaeoclated Pre. GRAND RAPIDS.

July 29 Thre races compose today's card at tho grand circuit harness meeting. Tho free-for-all pace, purse $1,000, scheduled for today, has been postponed to Thursdav, and the 2.14 trot, set for Thursoav. was placed on today program. The other two comests set for this afternoon are the trot and 2:09 pate. Fast racing is NATION AX.

LKAGCE. Won. Lost. Pet. New Tork 6 3 2 7 .7 00 Philadelphia 52 St Chicago 4 41 h22 Pittsburit 45 45 Brooklyn 42 44 Boston 3 51 .4 27 St.

Louis 3fi 55 Cincinnati 36 59 .379 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Won. xost Pet Philadelphia 65 2S Cleveland 56 3S .59 Washington 54 40 .574 Chicago 61 4 7 .5 20 Boston 44 4 .459 Detroit 40 .40 St. Louis 39 61 .59" New York 29 60 ond Adrian player to reach that Kalamazoo .00060040 0 9 13 1 Adrian 00100140 0 11 2 as xi if: IN til fmlLl V-f NiC -1 7. 1 With crowd numbering in tha neighborhood of two thousand ilmni alt in their power to a.siet Myers and h.a Ja konlana the Senators made an uphill battle in the nisi Kama and won after a hard hunt.

The second no ciruh either, but Dimi Fortunes Int. smile in one Inninr was enough to do th work. In the first gams the Senators er pitted their old team mte, Hal Chae. R.ght off the. reel Jackson scored one run for Hal to work on: but Hal needed more than one Danny Collir.s chose Jimmy alm to work the opener and after Lansing ha1 been retired In the first Innift? JacHaon hen their half of this per-loa with a single and stolen base by Ftreeti-r.

With two out Brown singled to renter. Streeter counting, and for Batteries Fulton sr.d Reld: Troy, Hewes and Huhn. Umpire Blake. Lansing and Jackson broke even in the tield events held between th games at Jackson yesterday. Mimpson won the long distance throw, Brown second Kerren won the bunt and run to first.

Hemingway second Dowllng und Kerren tied in circling the baaea. The original plan was to hold more events, but the fact that it took so long to arrange these ami start them, and wltli a long pro. tram to follow, made the decide, to run off only three. Love Suffers a Broken Arm as Flint Loses 52 Boosters'' Day Is Planned For Saginaw Aug. 6 GAMES TOMORROW several Innings this one run business locked h.d for C'haM- Weaken, and (irmti Wild.

FLINT. July 29. Curtis' wildness was responsible for Flint's defeat. 5 Not until the filth did the get anything tiiat looked like SOUTHERN MICHIGAN LEAGUE. Insing at Battle Creek.

Kalamazoo at Adrian. Jackson at Flint. Bay City at Saginaw. was safe and Streeter acored on th play. With Cosma cn first Brown hit a liner to right center that looked like a triple or homer, it did not seem that Stimpson had a chance to ret the ball, but he did Cahlll grounded to Thrailkill and ended the game.

Jackson. AB POA Streeer. cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 Runser. 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 SAGINAW. July 2 9.

Great preparations are being made for the Boost--er y. which will be held here Aug. 6. with the Crickets furnishing th! opposition. Funs have 5.000 tickets wh-ch they plan on disposing of.

and the promoters believe that tha leagues attendance record will ba broken. to 2. at the hands of Bay City Monday. After bunching hits for two runs in the first Inning, the Beavers scored another pair without the aid of a hit Inthe fourth. Curtis walked two batters and hit another, filling the bases.

A force play scored one run and Hernandez' error let the other Anher held the Vehics to four hits. One of the runs was presented Flint by Donnelly's wild throw and the other came on Curtis' two bagger followed by a single. Curtis allowed but five hits, but gave five bases on balls. Manager Jimmy Love of the Vehics, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Detroit at Washington.

Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia-Cleveland at Boston. 0 '-esrna. in 4 0 0 Brown, rf 4 0 2 0 Cahlll.

If 4 0 11 Cable. 2b 4 0 1 Warner, ss 4 0 0 2 Slevin. 4 0 0 Chase, 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 The het St. Louis could do with Christy yesterday was four scanty hits and not a run. Iliic Six scorns to Improve with age.

NATIONAL LEAGUE. Brooklyn at Pittsburg. New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Boston at St Louis.

a hit orf Hal Chase. Then with the beginning of the tilth was a maneuver by tne Senators leader that changed uppearanrea of things. Andy McCarthy was sent in to hit for Joy Heliner at the start of the f.fth refused to offer at a pitched ball and walked after working the lount to three-and-one. I'oc Thrall-kll after attempting to bunt a third strike was out and How den lifted a Sky-scraper foul that Plevin gobbled up. This waa the second out Galm hit a liner to right an1 McNeills followed immediately with a single to renter.

McCarthy scoring This tied It. Hal Chases own loose fielding In the next round paved the way lor the Senators' rally that sewed up the rame Hemingway singled to left to lead off. Mtmpson bunted to Chase, and though Hal had plenty of time to get Hemingway, he threw high and the ball went into center field. Hem my polng to third Todd grounded out to first and Hemmy held to third while Stimpson went to second ilc-Carthy hit to Cosma who tried for llemmy at the plate but failed to get him. McCarthy stole second and F.

R. Wins at Laingsburg. Totala 85 I 27 12 1 1 LanMnc. AB FOA had his right arm broken about the wrist by a fast ball in tho fourth. He stuck to the job until he had scored but was forced to quit.

Score: Bav City 20020001 0 5 5 1 Flint 00110000 0 2 4 2 Batteries Asher and Donnelly; Curtis and Dobbins. Hitting the ball hard, and with Sa- McNeills. 2b Struck out North 9. Hlldreth 3. Neu-schafer 2.

Base on ball Hlldreth 1. Hits Off Hlldreth. 7 in 5 1-3 innings: Neuschafcr. 2 In 1 2-3 Innings. Wild pitch North.

Loft on bases Jackson 10. Landing 5. First -base on errors Jackson 1. I j. rising 2.

Time of game 1:43. I'mpires Green and Harris. leski pitching in fine form, the F. 60CTHERX MICHIGAN LEAGUE. Today.

Jackson at Flint. Lansing at Battle Creek. Kalamazoo at Adrian. Bay City at Saginaw. B.

club defeated Laingsburg by a score of 18 to 7. Howling. If 4 Hemingway, lb 5 Stimpson. cf 4 Todd, ss 1 Helmer. rf 1 McCarthv.

rf 2 Thrailkill. 3b 4 Bowden. Galm. 2 ARROW OLLAR 2 IW 2s efi. Cl.itl.

rnlxW. a (V, H.Wi BASEBALL EVERYWHERE Bra Cleveland Buys Outfielder Who Hits Many Homers iH.hr ugfflth'efS re en 27 Totals S4 Score by Innings: Thrailkill singled to left, scoring bOCTMERX MICHIGAN LEAGUE. Jackson, 1-1; Lansing, 6-2. Kalamazoo. 9: Adrian, 6.

Bay City, Flint, 2. Only three games scheduled. and Mac. Howden and Gal er out. ending the round.

rif: n.s inVr ami -Mac's Double Counts One. at sin inirs lawnr m-wisa i GRAND UNION IB HOTEL Station NEW YORK CITY upward Ba4ttT to and from Suitcfl Free Send 2c tamp for N. Y. Cr CujtW Brvk od Map hands, but pulled off some real plays on others that made Jackson fans wonder why lie was ever released. Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lansing 0 0 0 0 1 I 0 I 1 fi Stolen bases Streeter, Runser.

Cahlll. McCarthy. Sacrifice hits Galm. Todd Two-base hits McCarthy. Struck out By Chase 7.

Galm 5. Ban on balls Chase i. Wild pitch Chase. Double plays Slevln to Cable: Chase to to Cosma: McCarthy to Hemingway. Left on hases Jackson 7.

Lanaing s. First base on errors Jackson 2. Lansing 1 Time 2:00. I'mpires Green and Harris. DtrLlTH.

July 29. Elmer Smith, Duluth right fielder, will report to the Cleveland American league club after August 24. President Blume of the Northern league club here today closed the deal with th6 Cleveland management. The purchase price is not announced. Smith is carrying the Northern league record for home runs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE. Detroit-Philadelphia, rain. Chicago-Boston, rain. St. Louis.

Washington, 1. Cleveland, New York, 3. (galled rain first inning.) North kept up his strike-out pace by whiffing nine In seven Innings. If all of the fans felt as badly about It as on who sat near the press box. Jackson must have been a ad town Monday night.

Laving all Jokes aside, it took some baseball to beat Myers" bunch. They go soma on their own grounds. Lansing rooters were scattered widely through the multitude. You could hear them occasionally, when the Jackson din would cease. Umpires Green and Harrtg worked the games.

Bull Green gave absolute satisfaction, but the mob seemed to be "dead agin" Mr. Harris. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, 2. Brooklyn, Cincinnati, 7.

New York. St. Louis, 0. MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES SECOND GAME. Jackion.

The Lansing outfield looks pretty sweet Stimpson drew a walk at the start of the eighth. Todd sacrificed and McCarthy followed up with a double to left that -ored the Northville whirlwind. Lansing filled the bases In the ninth inning with none nut hut scored only one run as a double rlay cut the rally short Galm singled to left and McNeills to center. Dowllng beat out a bunt Heminswav hit to Chase ho pot tlalm at the plate, and Slevtn throw to first beat Hemingway. Ptimpson singled to left, s-oring Mac and Todd flew out to cable.

Galm fins f.rcnt Support. Galm pitched a nice game and was plven grand support. In the hist and fifth Innings only did the Jackson bunch hlis. and then not to advantage except In the first inning. Several catches In the outfield of hiiih class pulled Jimmy out of a couple of bad holes.

McCarthy, who had replaced lleimer in right, made a catch In the eighth inning of a ball that looked good for thiee sacks. There wag on out. Urown on first when Cahlll wal- CENTRAL LEAGUE. Grand Rapids, Dayton, 2. Springfield, Fort Wayne, 2.

Terre Haute, Evansvllle, 0. National League At. St. Louis: R. H.

E. New York ..10000120 0 4 6 3 St. Louis. ...00000000 0 0 4 2 Batteries Mathewson and Meyers, Wilson: Harmon, Doak and Wlngo, Roberts. Frank J.

Navin. president of the Detroit club, and Jim McGuire. vet-ern big league catcher, now Detroit scout, acted as the oonvmlttee in presenting the automobile. The car, a Cutting, now belongs to M. A.

Nowlln. AI POA Streeter. cf 4 1 I 0 0 0 Runser. 3b 3 0 0 2 1 0 Cosma. lb 4 0 4 ft 0 0 Brown, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Cahlll.

If 4 1 2 0 O.hle. Tb 3 0 2 2 1 Warner, ss 2 0 0 1 1 Tavlor. ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 Plevin. 3 0 0 9 1 1 North, 3 0 0 1 1 1 Totals 31 1 9 21 3 Dcnnr Collins had the right dope on switching pitchers. Right when it looked as though Jackson was due to send in some runs.

Collins put Archie Neiisehafer on the rubber and Archie struck out two men retiring the side. Today the Senators open a series at Battle Creek. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, Kansas City. 1.

Louisville. Indianapolis. 0. Minneapolis. 6: St.

Paul, 2. Columbus, Toledo, 2. Niftv plav marked both games In the second game Jack Todd had about 10 chances in seven inning. He booted one. a line drive riant into his At Chicago: R.

H. E. Boston 0101)01002 4 9 2 Chicago ....2 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 9 11 2 Batteries Tyler, Noyes and Brown; Humphries and Bresnahan. At Cincinnati: R. H.

E. Brooklyn ...0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 2 Cincinnati ..0 0 a 1 2 1 0 0 7 10 3 Batteries Tingling. Allen, Stack and Fisher: Packard and Clarke. Lansing. AB POA SOUTHERN LEAGUE.

Birmingham, S-6; New Orleans, 1-1. Atlanta, 5. Nashville. Memphis, 5. Chattanooga-Montgomery, rain.

Southern Michigan League Complete Record 6 ped a line drive to right center. It was too far away tor t-timpaon nut 0 10 1 0 110 0 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 McNeills. 2b 4 Dowllng. If 2 Hemingway, lb I Stimpson. cf 3 Mac cut loose and got the ball, Prnwn had raced on and was easily doubled Plumbing Heating If you are going to put In a heating system In your house or place of business Do Now Do not wait for le to form before getting estimates and having same Installed ready for us when ice does form-Estimate furnished upon application on Hot Water or Steam Heating.

F. G. Leadley Pruddens Beat W. O. V.

In a fast game, tha Pruddens defeated the W. O. W. at East Side by a score of 5 to 2. 3 1 2 0 3 110 0 10 0 11 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Todd, ss Helmer.

rf Thrailkill. 3b Bowden. Hlldreth. Ncuschafer. At Pittsburg: R.

H. E. Phila 20200110 0 6 11 1 Pittsburg ..00200000 0 2 6 0 Batteries Seaton and Klllifer; Camnlts. Adams, Cooper and Simon, Coleman. 1 i A 5 8 10 11 7 57 23 .713 4 8 A 1 7 0 10 47 34 .580 55 95657 42 40 .512 444 7788 42 41 4 7 8 5 3 5 10 40 40 .500 4 3 5 3 A 6 5 35 45 .438 1 4 8 5 8 3 1 34 46 .425 13 8 3 3 7 2 25 54 .308 For game won.

read arrow. For game lost, read down. Oub. Battle Crock Adrian InrkFon Flint Saginaw Kalamazoo Kay City Lansing out. retiring the sine.

ftlmpsons work in this game was also a feature, as ha pulled down six flies in renter field. The Second Following nearlv an intermission between the first and second games. In which an automobile was given away and a short program of f.eld sports held, the second game was started the late hour it was decided to play only seven Mo Myers chose I.ouis North to oppose Hlldreth. North, who hss been going like a house aflr. had been raved up for this game.

It has been circulated around that the Detroit According to the report submitted to the annual meeting of the Durban (South Africa) Chamber of Commerce, on April 15. there were 12 whaling companies at work during the year 1912 on the south and east coasts of Africa, mostly on the east coast. The five Natal companies captured 98 4 whales last year. Total 2S 2 21 10 1 Score by Innings: Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Lansing 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Stolen bases Cosma Sacrifice hits Dowlmg. Thrailkill.

Two-base hits Cosma. Cable. Streeter. Helmer American League. At Washington: R.

H. E. St. Iouis 30000010 0 4 4 3 Washington 00001000 0 1 6 5 Batteries Mitchell and Alexander; Boehling and Henry. Lost 23 SI 40 41 11 44 40 54 NOW FOR THE FINAL CLEAN UP 1 leers icon iv "rai'ty upi'n i.uiih tiii this was substantiated by the pres- I nce of Frank J.

Navin. president of the Detroit club, and also his right hand man. Jim McGuir. They had a good look at I.ouis. but saw him drop the game.

One bad inning did it. In which the Senators took every advantage of the way things broke. Was Veiep Pleats! f.ans1nc There waa on big handicap under whlh Aula wnpkt Tliif Tl fact that he has not beaten Lansing this year. Other clubs do not seem to worry him a lot but th Lansing 14.50- Buys any of our stocky of fine hand tailored suits that sold for $20.00, $18.00, $16.50 and $15.00. All new this season.

Buys any of our high-eat grade suit3 that sold for $30.00, $27.00, $25.00. $22.50. $22.00 and $20.00. All new this season. For the purpose of quickly moving the balance of our spring and summer stock, we are making the greatest cut that has ever been made on high grade clothing in Lansing Sv NOTHING IS RESERVED THESE TWO LOTS INCLUDE OUR ENTIRE STOCK At Fourteen Dollars and Fifty Cents you may buy your absolute choice of any of our finest Hart, Schaffner Marx suits that sold new this season at from $30.00 to $20.00.

At Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents you have the choice of all our high grade hand tailored suits that sold for from $20 to new this season. Think of the saving when you can buy clothes like these at cost or below THE MAPES CO. bunch has his number. The big inning was the second, when with one out Todd beat out a hit. Helmer drove a long double to left.

Cahlll Just getting his hands on th ball and Todd stopped at third Thrailkill poked a long fly to Cahlll. who had no chance to get Todd, who scored. Bowden singled to center and ftreeter's throw to Slevln beat Helmer: but Plevin. standing in the line. 1roppef the ball when Helmer went Into the plate, in a tangled up mess of spiked shoes and arms almost obscured by dust.

Ptimpson and Archie Save it. This was all of th scoring for as North was air tight during the rest of the battle. Hlldreth waa not steady for Lansing, and Jackson got one hit each Inning off him until the sixth, when they led off with a single and douhle. With Cahlll on third. Taylor, batting for Warner, drove a liner to left.

Dowllng mad a swell catch and threw to th plat and Cahlll could not score At thla stag Collin Jerked Hlldreth, sending Neu-schafer to the front. Archie proved this to be good mov by striking out th next two batters, retiring th aid. A peculiar break gav Jackson one run in th seventh and swell catch by Ptimpson saved the game. Street-er led off with a double to right. Runser fouled out to Bowden.

Cosma hit a sharp roller to McNeill. Just before the ball reached Mae It hit something and bounded straight into th air about 14 or 20 feet. Cosma. Alterations charged at cost during sale These prices are for cah only ASK ANY MAN IN TOWN LANSING'S LEADING CLOTHIERS.

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