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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1945. THE HERALD-PRESS, ST. JOSEPH, MICH. Page Thirteen ruisn LAJUU TWINS DEFEAT NATS HEARING He Got The Big Ones Gierke, who had singled, scored after a long fly by Snyder. Schumacher went all the way for the Twins, allowing eight hits and whiffing five Chica-goans.

Washington, late of the Percy Jones Purple Heart Field Day Is Big Success BATTLE CREEK, Aug. 23 -(AP) -Hundreds of wounded GI's, many' of whom lost an arm or a leg in combat overseas, turned in enviable performances at the second annual Percy Jones hospital Purple Heart field day Wednesday. Spirited competition marked all events on the sports program, which included baseball, swimming, track, tennis and golf events. LIST ENTRIES FORCLUBTITLE First Threesome Scheduled To Tee Off At 8:30 Manv of the soldier entries hobbled about on crutches, while others competed from wheel chairs and some took part in the program, even though they were confined to their beds. MORT COOPER if CHICAGO HE Schumacher and i Star In 8-1 Win Before the smallest crowd of the season, Tate EdgeU's Twin City In dependents last night clouted out a decisive 8-1 verdict over the Chicago Colored Monarchs in an abbreviated twilight tilt at the House of David ball park.

The game was to have been a benefit for lice Bohn, but chilly winds cut down the crowd so much that it was decided tm split the few cents garnered last night and stage a real rip-roaring benefit for the injured second baseman soon, with hop far a better crowd. Eddie Norrls, who will leave the club soon to coach football in Texas, pounded out two consecutive home runs last night to light the spark that set the Twins afire. Chicago scored first, Radcliffe doubling and scoring on Morehead's single in the second. In the home half of the same stanza. Manager Norm Snyder walked, then came home when Norris belted his first round-tripper.

Snyder reached first on Johnson's error in the fourth, took second on a passed ball, reached third on a wild pitch and scored on another wfid peg. Then Norris came up with another four-master. The Twins scored four runs on three hits in the fifth, as Snyder slammed one out of the park with the bases loaded. Pitcher Tyson, who relieved Lafayette Washington of the Monarchs in the fifth, walked Costello to force Eddie Schumacher home in the sixth, and then Glenn mnnvLs -r Cincinnati Clowns, worker four and one-third frames for the Monarchs, allowing six runs and as many hits. Tyson gave up two hits, walked three in one and two-thirds Innings.

Umpire Brookings called the game in the seventh on account of darkness. Today the Twins travel to Holland for a night tilt, and tomorrow night they'll be in Fort Wayne meeting the General-Electric club under the Mazdas. Sunday the travelins local nine will be back, at the Colony park to entertain the hot Notre Dame university club. AMBUCAN LEAGUE W. L.

Pet. l. Detroit 48 Washington S7 48 14 Chicago 60 56 .522 St. Louis 59 55 7 '4 Cleveland 57 New York 56 it MS Boston 55 63 .466 I '4 Philadelphia 36 76 .321 J4 Wednesday's Results Detroit 4, Philadelphia 1. Chicago 6.

New York (11 innings). Washington 3-6, Cleveland 0-1 (second game 11 innings). Boston 2-5, 8t. Louis 4-4. Thnnbsr'i Gasa Philadelphia at Detroit.

Only game scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Chicago 74 40 St. Louis 70 47 Brooklyn 63 S3 New York 64 4 Pittsburgh 12 96 Boston 54 88 Cincinnati 4S 69 Philadelphia 35 81 Wednesday's Results No games scheduled.

Tharsday's Gam Brooklyn at New York, night. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Only games scheduled. Pet. G.B.

.648 I .548 Uii .643 IS .517 It .450 23 .395 .303 48 i jPA READY TO GO Recovering From Removal Of Bone Chip ST. LOUIS, Aug. M-(AP)-Tt be ready to fog 'em through again by the middle of September." That was the threat hurled straight from a St. Louis hospital bed to National league batters yes terday by big Mort Cooper, Boston: Braves hurler of sore-arm fame. Cooper, who vent to the Braves from the Cardinals last May for a reported $60,000 plus Pitcher Charlie "Red" Barrett, is recov ering here, following the removal of a bone chip from his expensive Cooper and capracious pitching elbow, "This operation was just what I needed," said Cooper yesterday.

"All season my arm has ached and swelled, and it has been really torture to try to pitch. Doc Hyland (Dr. Robert Hyland, of St. Louis) said it was just like my trouble in 1941." The big right-hander, thea prop erty of the Cards, underwent a similar operation in June, 1941. And for the season he headed the senior cir cuit In total wins and shut-outs, and compiled the loop's lowest earned run Optimistic over his chances of making another post-operation comeback, Big Mort figures it this way: "Most ball players who have arm operations make the mistake of waiting until winter.

Way I dope it out, it should be done during the season. This way I'll be able to get back to pitching, soon as the incision heals." Dr. Hyland said he expected Mort to be able to throw again in about a month, but "It's too soon to-tell Just how- his- arm -will react, however." Pictured above is Cliff Martin, owner of the Cliff Martin Bicycle A Sports Shop on Ship street, St. Joseph, with the largest fish catch reported by local anglers this year. He is shown holding two trout weighing 22 and 19, pounds each.

The other nine trout ranged from 10 to 18 pounds each. The catch was made this week at Guaganthau, Canada, on the northern shores of Lake Superior. Dr. R. C.

Riddle, Benton Harbor, and Martin made the record catch on giant spinners While trolling from small boats. "This is the best way to beat the meat shortage," Martin said as he rushed to clean and pack the fish for freezing. Berrien Hills golfers will tee off in three flights Sunday when the annual struggle for the coveted club championship opsns. The first 18 holes of medal play in the 72-hole event, top tournament of the i season here, are to be played Sunday. The first threesome will start swinging at 8:30, with other groups following at six-minute intervals.

Flight Competing in flight will be John Williams, Bob Criddle, S. E. Doster, Bill Mitchell, Ted Soper, Chick Zick, Dick Merrill. Mel Ross, Tom Ratcliffe, C. Blake, Prank Cleary, Ed Skibbe and Fred Lahr.

Flight Entered in flight are Al Gast, Doc Beistle, Al Zick, Moulton Davis, Ash Brecht. William Downey, Elmer Cress. E. Burns Pete Lovell, Ted Stone, Stan Zick, Nick Zitta, Bob Stahl, W. Hammersley, Charley Gore, D.

D. Merrill and Vic Palen-ske. Flight Flight includes Louis Filstrup, Ed Totzke. W. A.

Godfrey, e. Fillstrup, Bob Tol and, Frank Arford, Ken Ankli, Ross Lamb, Rex Edmunds, Carter uook Jfreo. urego, Dean Hoeue. Elden Butzbaugh, Morris Scott, Harry Diffenderfer, Byron Sheffer, and D. w.

vanae- inark. Flight Golfers in flight are Dr Bliesmer. C. Braamse, K. F.

Brooks, Alvin Fillstrup, Chuck Knipschild, L. C. Kreiser, Vic Moore, Louis Patton, Dr. Rahn, Karl Zick and Jack SoDer. The tournament Is open to all members, and any golfer not listed who wishes to compete can contact Fred Lahr.

Golfers will compete for 12 individual prices, including the coveted championship trophy. Bob Feller Ready For Duty With Cleveland CLEVELAND, Aug. 13- (AP)-Bob Feller, strikeout king of the major leagues, came back to Cleveland today back to the scene of some of his greatest pitching triumphs. The 26-year-old fireballer, released yesterday by the Navy after 44 months duty, arrived by plane from Chicago with some sad news for American lea ue pennant contenders. To reporters who met him at the 1 1 Feller said: "I think I'll surprise a lot ol fans who expect me to fill the bases with walks.

I've been working out every day at Great Lakes and am exceptionally well pleased with my control." Recalling that the Detroit Tigers defeated him 2 to 0 in the third last game of FELLER the 1940 season, game which cinched the pennant for Detroit and stranded the Indians in second. Bob said, "If I can dump them out of first place tomorrow night it peose me so mid. iaht and fresh 9 Typical was the performance of1 Cpl. Daniel P. Adams of Tarrytown, N.

who won top honors in the bed patients' division by doing 2,225 situps in 105 minutes. The New Yorker lost his left leg while serving with the quartermaster corps in the Italian sector. Tech. Sgt Charles R. Johnson of Madison, whose left arm was amputated after shell hit near him in Germany, was hard, pressed to win first place in a 20-yard free style swim for arm amputees.

Pfc. Kunio Kataoka of Hawaii and Pvt. Donald Rounds of Detroit took second and third places the event. An arm amputee baseball team from the main hospital pounded out a 9 to 0 win over a team of leg amputees from the hospital annex. The day's prograrri had its serious side as many of the patients were awarded battlefield decorations at an evening ceremony at which the soldiers also took a hand in judging beauty contests.

Miss Lois Fisher, a 20-year-old Cleveland secretary, edged out two Battle Creek girls for top honors. The Michigan girls, Betty Jane Hawkins and, June Carol Graham, are employed' at the hospital. Numerous prominent figures from the sports world took part in the day's festivities. The group included Walter "Rabbit" Maranville, former major league baseball player; Charlie Bachman, Ralph Young, Jack Adams, Ebbie Goodfellow, Charlie Baer, Lloyd Brazil, Frank Walsh, Al Watrous, Joe Gembis, Sid Howe and Lee Conroy. A Benton Harbor soldier, Pfc.

Connie Burleson, teamed with Pfc. Calvin Byers of North Branch to take second in badminton doubles play. SPORT'S MIRROR TODAY A YEAR AGO Mervyn (Red) Dm ton resigned as president ol the National hockey league. THREE YEARS AGO W. E.

Boling's Devils Thumb won the Grand union hotel stakes at Saratoga. FIVE YEARS AGO Bobby Riggs and Welby Van Horn were defeated 6-2, 7-5 3-6, 8-6 by Frank Guernsey and Russell Bobbitt in the quarter-final round of the national tennis doubles championship at Brookline, TEN YEARS AGO an Associated Press poll evidenced that, major league club owners were showing a definite trend to ward night baseball. The Washington Senators and Boston Bravesannounced they were going to follow the Cincinnati Reds In playing night ball. HuD fife rest and then continue the bout. Then Moore took a beating and gave Mr.

Johnston a chance to exercise his first love conversation. "Anywhere in the United States of America," "he declared, "we win the fight. Referee Jackie Davis, after counting Moore out after the foul punch, as he was supposed to do, came over to our corner and told us not to worry, that everything was all right and that we get the duke. "But what happens? Ths boxing commission rules all we get Is, a PEiffiFLAP Return East Only Half Game From Lead BY JACK HAND (Associated Press Sport Writer) Washington has a decided schedule advantage in the American league race today as the Sen- 1 ators head east only a half a game behind Detroit after com-1 pleting their final western trip. Only 14 of the Nats' 38 remaining contests will be played away from the home lot while the Tigers will be on the road for 29 of their 39 games.

The Senators have copped 27 of 44 starts on their three jaunts to Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis. The Tigers have fount the road rough on the Atlantic seaboard where they have captured only 11 of 25 tilts. Eleven more games with the New York Yankees, who are beginning to show signs of life With Red Ruffing and Charley Keller back in harness, bar the path of Ossie Bluege's men to the flag but Steve O'Neill's Bengals still have 10 more meetings with now strengthened by the return of Bobby Feller. In fact, the Tigers get first hand information on Rapid Robert's condition when he faces them tomorrow night.

The Senators ended their western wanderings yesterday by knocking over Cleveland in both ends of a doubleheader, 3-0 and 6-N in 11 innings. Roger Wolff, who owned a 4-15 won and lost record in 1944, earned his 15th decision of the year by blanking the Tribe with five blows in the first game. Pete Center was tagged with his second setback in the. finale when singles by Mike Kreevlch and short stop Dick- Kimble and Buddy Lewis' fly gave reliefer Mickey Haeiner a one-run margin in the second overtime heat. Washington copped the series six out of seven and ran its latest win streak to five.

Dizzy Trout, apparently recovered from his aching back, stopped Philadelphia, 4-1, as the Tigers made it five out of seven over the A's. Connie Mack gambled and lost with a 19-year-old righthander, Billy Connelly from Alberta, who was making his first start in organized ball. The youngster yielded three runs in the first and that was more than enough although Hank Greenberg, touched Luther Knerr for his seventh homer in the eighth. It was Trout's fourth successive' victory and his 13th of the campaign. New York's hopes had a relapse in Chicago where the Yankees blew a three-run lead in the last of the ninth and finally lost to the White Sox in the 11th, 6-5.

Mike Tresh's double followed by Kirby Farrell's single did the trick, dooming Milkman Jim Turner to his foOrthloss. Ed Lppat went all the way to his ninth triumph despite 12 Yank hits. The St. Louis Browns fin-ished their stand against the invaders with a fancy 14 out of 20 record but failed to gain appreciably on the leaders. After Bob Muncrief had earned his eighth success in a 4-2 opener, Boston turned around and took a 5-4 evener despite a desperate two-run St.

Louis rally in the last of the ninth. All' National leagus clubs were idle and only two National and one American games are listed for today. Of? 1 I mi Moore Loses Weird Scrap To Bivins CLEVELAND, Aug. 23-(AP) "There was a time," said iron-hat ted James J. Johnston, the New York fight manager-sphinx, "when you had to take your own referes along If you wanted to win.

But it seems that if you want to win in Cleveland, you have to bring along your own boxing commissioners. Mr. Johnston, who never uses single word if, a million will do as welLJvas speaking of lastrnigh t's Cleveland stadium scrap in which his No. 1 boy, Archie Moore, king of the civilian light-heavyweights, was blasted into oblivion in six heats by heavyweight Jimmy Bivins of Cleveland. Moore, while resting on his knees after a Bivins blow in the second round, was belted an- other rousing wallop which sent him into dreamland as the referee tolled off the fatal ten.

The Cleveland boxing commission, however, headed by Chairman Stan Cofall, decided Moore should get a five-minute would, do me a lot of good." Feller said he was ready to take his regular tarn every fourth day. When a reporter commented that "ought to mean seven or eight additional victories for V) iiimako tut. rau. M. .5 i tlfimm 'fluKBii vsuajflp, li vc-iiiuiu lc rcat.

isay uuy nevn recovers from that dastardly, foul blow. Cofall, following the fight, said the commission had no definite rule covering-the incidents He declared he thought Moore's knees were not on the canvas when Bivins deliver ed the kayo punch in the second. At that Manager Johnston waxed eloquent. "The commission," Triple-J. said, "ruled that the round should be taken away from Bivins for a foul blow.

That shows they knew my boy had been fouled. If he wasn't fouled, the knockout should have counted. If he was fouled, while on his knees, then we win the fight under any rules I've ever seen anywhere, and I've seen 'em all in my half-century of managing fighters. "And the commission chairman said he had had to consider the 10,000 who paid to see the fight. Ii seems a little consideration should have been shown my boy, who had his whole future at stake, but who lost it on a foul.

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