Kentucky New Era from Hopkinsville, Kentucky • 13

1 ft SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION 1 1 the won a battle of (Jock) Whitney Joaay's "Baseball 2 Help Keep Hopkinsville Clean get 126 pounds Native Dancer 10 7 1 5 Mayfield 010 034 9 12 3 ulton 270 101 11 14 4 aulconer Tomter (2) Burpoe (5) and Gostic Adkisson Gaski (6) and Uram Union City 000 000 2 6 7 Jackson 051 040 13 10 1 Sheridan Beaudry (2) Naylor (6) and Schlueter Gearhart and Italiano Wehman (8) Just look at the Rock affair last One paid worker In three 'la a woman in Great Britain The mass of the sun is about 332000 times that of the earth Atlanta 4 Birmingham Little Rock 9 Memphis 8 Nashville 13 Chattanooga 1 New Orleans 6 Mobile 2 against the Browns But the in dications were that Stengel would rest him for a vital double head er in Chicago Sunday The brash White Sox who have moved from fifth place to a chal lenging second in a month open their home stand with an all day light twin bill against Washing ton third place Indians play host to the Philadelphia Ath letics in a night game ourth place Boston begins its invasion with a night game in Detroit Lake Baikal in Asia is said to be the deepest lake in the world Californian weathered the re maining 20 seconds of the round and was punching with both hands when the bell sounded Gavilan 'weighing 152 to 148 for his foe stalked uentes most of the way The famed bolo punch was thrown often McGO WIDE HOPKINSVILU KENTUCKY NEW ERA Thundery July IS 1SS3 RAGE TMraiZCT 000 003 001 8 3 300 000 100 10 2 Williamson Little Rock Winner Of Home Run Battle A lot can happen between second out and the third in a baseball game Memphis Little night Little Rock home runs 9 8 and all 17 of the runs were scored after the sec ond out The victory pulled the Travelers to within two games of the first division Both Nashville and Atlanta won last night leaving the Vols two and a half games ahead of the Crackers Nashville walloped Chattanooga 13 1 Atlanta won its fifth straight with a 4 1 ver dict over Birmingham New Or leans beat last place Mobile 6 2 After being held to six hits in each of the last two games the Vols pounded two Lookout pitch ers for two home runs four dou bles and 10 singles for their lop sided victory The Crackers tied a league rec ord of only one assist in a game established by the 1931 Crackers Leo Cristante had the Barons popping and lining out directly to his teammates A seven hit pitching perform ance by Bob Purkey led New Or leans to victory before only 676 fans Two walks by starting and losing pitcher Bill Harris got the Pels off to a good start Memphis Entry Wins Horse Show eature Lexington Ky July 16 GT) An elght year old chestnut Stone walls Duke of Dixie won the featured five gaited gelding stake at the Junior League Horse Show last night The winner is owned by Mr and Mrs Clyde Patton of Mem phis The class was marred by an in jury to The Replica a 10 year old chestnut who has been a fre quent winner in shows through out the country He was kicked by another horse and suffered a broken leg The Replica is owned by Judy Marks of Chicago Master Genius entered by High Point arm of Springfield was the runnerup in the feature Third was Sam Spade owned by Osmundson of Perry Iowa The junior fine harness stake went to Miss America entry of Valley View arm at Barrington Ill Second was Linda Loraine entry of Mrs Jenkins of Kinston and third was Hi Note owned by Mrs A Kelly of Chester Vt STOCK CAR RACES LEGION SPEEDWAY RUSSELLVILLE KT Colonels Move Up Into Third Position Louisville the only first slon club to "win last night re placed Kansas City in the Amerl can Association third spot by blanking the Charleston Senators 2 0 vA Lefty Bill Kennedy and Hers chel reeman who relieved him'' in the eighth combined to hold Charleston to three hits Ttei Colonels scored both runs in thej third the winning tally with the help of a two base error by right! fielder Johnny Kropf League leading' lost to Minneapolis 6 4 in 13 in si nings Toledo still 1 games behind the Indians was belted A3 by St Paul Ted Bartz slammed four hits and Ray Coleman and Jack Lindsey collected three each to pace the Saints Columbus collected its 15th victory in 21 games trimmed i Kansas City 5 2 behind a atx nit ter by lefty Bob nocn and Walcott twice and also a feM low named Domonic fellow is altogether dif ferent from said lorio got it in his mind that he fought the guy once and beat' hlrrt Wo urant 4s anything else He thinks 17 cinch I know whau happened yet He died on me the last day After the fight he went to his room and I went to minr I never saw him By JACK HAND New York July 16 fGP) Most fighters who have been hit by Rocky Marciano want to talk about it Roland LaStarza is different He wants more In fact Rollie thinks he has been hit harder by another guy Rocky knocked down I rolled over and got up on one he said yesterday at the be Ing commission where he had signed for a title match with Marciano at the Polo Grounds Sept 24 Gene Gosney hit me things went black I woke up at the count of three And he dump ed me twice in one LaStarza mean to be disrespectful of 'Mar i a punching power Why get the guy mad when going to be in there with him next time out? He claim he can punch with the power of the Brockton Blockbuster can punch faster sharper and he said as hard But I expect to get hit And I can Jilt hard too may be as hard as Rocky if I wound up like he i It will have been 3 years to the day since their first meet ing March 24 1950 when Roland gets his rematch sure not too late I think he said heavier stronger and I' punch better I guess Rocky has improved too Maybe he has a little more poise but he punch any harded and he box any better I think I beat him last time and sure win Downstairs on the sidewalk In i front of the Edison Hotel Dan loria was talking about the match Dan trains LaStarza You may remember he also handled Jersey Joe Walcott for his two matches with Rocky In fact Dan is well on his way to Ray old title of for he was in the other corner when Marciano flattened Joe Louis STILL IN AIR Regardless of recent developments in the proposal to move the Hoppers from Hopkins ville to Dyersburg Tenn General Manage? Russ Melvin said today he still plans to poll the Kitty League directors at today for per mission to move and he is confident of approv al Declares Melvin only way to assure would support pro Carter says HoptoWn of baseball is to get out and put on a The Paducah writer says the clubs which ticket campaign 7 What assurance is there that have long been threatening to pull out should the people just come out for those two be taken into consideration by the rest of the nights then sit back at home again like they league when plans are made next year nave all season? All we can do is wait and A The Hopkinsville general manager was slightly stunned at the Associated Press Story out of Dyersburg yesterday saying baseballsponsors there had not guaranteed any $1200 for opening might nor had they offered free use of the ball park if the Hops would move The Story quoted Dyersburg officials as saying Melvin had for the park for the MEN'S URNISHINGS Where Main Crosses Seventh Other Kitty games: Madisonville 100 000 320 6 Owensboro 001 000 Kincaid and Klein Davis (3) Pfautz and Liptak 1 The Hopkinsville Hoppers dropped a heart breaking 5 4 10 inning decision to the Chiefs in the rubber game of the five tussle split series last night at Padu cah The winning ruri came across in the bottom of the 10th while Hopper fielders were trying to decide who should catch a fly into short leftfield There were two out at the time Most of the Hopper players will nejoy a much needed rest tonight as the annual All Star game at ulton offers the only break in the 7120 Kitty League season Only Hops who cannot rest during the evening are Hal Crotts'and Boots Warrell who will be with the All Stars and trying to Ijelp whip the pecky The regular schedule will be resumed riday 1 night with the first of the two scheduled in Hopkinsville be tween the Hoppers and Union City The franchise is supposed to be moved to Dyersburg Tenn unless there is a big pick up in attendance for the riday and Saturday night games at Ken tucky Park 2 The loss was suffered last night despite some fine pitching by the Hopkinsville mound staff Stand ing out was the relief pitching of Tommy Williamson the Hop pers southpaw who struck out the first four men to face him in the ninth and tenth frames Most of the game was a mound duel between Skip iscel of the Hops and Gene Puckett of the Chiefs 'After a shaky start is cel allowed only one run from the 'first inning through the eighth He went out for a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth as the Hoppers tied the score at 4 4 Without the aid of a hit' Pupkett walked two batters in the ninth then got two balls on the I third hitter Warrell Man Peterson went to the mound and wild pitched the ty ing run home' Kent Burgess took over for the Hoppers in the bottom of the ninth A hit and an error on an attempted sacrifice put runners on first and second base with no bodyfout Williamson came in at that i point and proceeded to strike out the next three men Williamson also whiffed the first batter in the 10th but Peter son was safe on an error Chuck Braun forced Peterson at second with' what should have been the third out Jack Chinchar walked and Pete Harbold replaced Wil liamson to pitch to Glenn Young Young hit what appeared to be a routine fly into short left and it was allowed to drop safely to break up the bal game fourth hit of the night Score by innings: Hoptown Paducah iscel Burgess Harbold and Wilson Puckett Petepson and Wilhelm EVERY RIDAY NIGHT 75 LAPS RACING Open Competition Hoppers Beaten In 10th Inning The Christian County baseball league named the players last night who will participate in the annual all star game that is scheduled for 2:30 Sunday afternoon at Kentucky Park The concensus team will op pose Pee Dee in the twinkle affair Pee Dee won the first half championship in a special play off game with Gracey last week after the two clubs had finished in a deadlock for regulation play Most of the players chosen for the all star squad last night were elected by directors of the lea gue The managers were allowed to pick four performers how ever to complete their squad The system is similar to that used for the major league all star contest The managers of the All Stars wilLbe Aldridge the Gracey pilot and Evans the Tren ton skipper Catchers named in the ballot ing were Steve Ledford of Gracey and Jack Meacham of Hoptown Pitchers will be Wright of Hop town Bond of Trenton Gentry of Gracey and Brown of the Hill toppers irst basemen are Livingston of the Hilltoppers and Mathews of the National Guard team Second basemen who were picked are Mason of National Guard and inley of Gracey Chosen for third base were Joiner of VW and Ned Glov er of Trenton The elected shortstops are Wayne Hall of Lacy and Everett of the Hilltoppers' Leftfielders are Capps of Tren ton and Baugh of Hoptown The Centerfielders include Kissbaugh of Lacy and inley of VW Rightfielders are Hancock of the Hilltoppers and Boyd of Gracey The players chosen as utility men by the managers last night are inley of Gracey Car ter of Trenton Nixon of Hop town and Banton of the Hilltop pers Paducah was one of the first two cities to throw in the sponge before World War II help ing to force the Kitty into a six club loop in 1942 Paducah was also the last of the present towns to come into the league this time It interested in coming in in the test years of 1946 47 but applied for membership after the Kitty was rolling along successfully It finally got in in 1951 Hopkinsville has had Kitty League base ball for eight consecutive summers Paducah with a huge atomic plant population has had all of three jd ft UN IN MAYIELD Manager Sam Lamitina may be the man of the hour in ulton where he is on his way to giving the town its third straight Kitty League pennant but he would win no popularity con test in Mayfield it appears The Mayfield Messenger reports that it took 15 minutes to evict Lamitina from a game in Mayfield Monday night and charges the rhu barb was a Seems Sam the man got into an argument over a called strike in the fourth Inning The debate raged and raged The public address system played the Na tional Anthem but when the record of the Star Spangled Banner was completed Manager Lamitina He was still on the field ar guing With the help of three policemen Lamitina was finally induced to leave the dia mond but he got only as far as the football stadium seats beyond first base rom that point the Mayfield paper claims the ulton manager continued to di rect his team by a wig wag signal method blame the Messenger concludes has been getting away with the same thing for three years The um pires last night had no more control over the and the Rev Kid Gavilan Scores Victory Over oe Wilwaukee July 16 G) Cuban Kid Gavilan world welterweight champion working earnestly but not under full steam scored an unanimous 10 round decision last night over busy and rugged Ram on uentes of Los Angeles title was not at stake in the bout the first one ever televised nationally from Wis ponsin uentes eighth ranked welter weight in the country said in his dressing room after the fight that he had been bothered by the heat inside the Milwaukee Arena The opinion of the fight and his opponent was ween unanimous The only damaging blow of the bout was a solid right to the chin by Gavilan which sent uentes down for a nine count near the end of the seventh round The Jackson 13 Uniop City 2 Paducah 5 Hopkinsville 4 (10 innings) ulton 11 Mayfield 9 Madisonville 6 Owensboro 3 Schedule All Stars at ulton riday Night Schedule Union City at Hopkinsville Owensboro at ulton Paducah at Jackson Mayfield at Madisonville By 'tLe Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE A Standings unchanged Schedule Washington at Chicago' 2' New York at St Louis 2 Boston at Detroit night Philadelphia at Cleveland Results No games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings unchanged Schedule Night games A Milwaukee at Pittsburgh St "Louis at Brooklyn A Chicago at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Results Nogames scheduled Of the Hoptown set up Cartdr points out that the new owners of the Hoppers the situation in Hopkinsville before they purchased the franchise i jd SKELETON IN CLOSET While we agree in principle we only trust newly rich Paducah get too smug in its attitude toward the little towns Paducah is probably the only town in the rest of the season Kitty which has ever disowned its team turn Melvin had thought he was getting the ing it back to the league and saying run park without cost except tor paying the light i bill That might have run around $300 based on the bill at Kentucky Park here Twenty i games remained on the schedule when Russ was talking at Dyersburg and the light bill runs around $1250 a night here during June and July from $15 to $17 in May and probably AugUSt I know where that $620 figure came in that was used in the Associated Press Melvin said today never was As for the $1200 figure mentioned as the proceeds of the opening Hoppers Melvin said that was approximate He reported Dyersburg officials told him they could get at least 120 merchants to put up $10 apiece The Dyersburg cotton mill which em i ploys an estimated 700 persons was expected to put up at least $70 for Melvin said still hanging fire The league directors are appar ently for it What the merchants here who threw veiled hints at me realize is that al though baseball is a dog eat cat affair on the5 field when it comes to the business end base ball men will go out of their way to help one Melvin said he plans to telephone Dyers burg during the day to find out the exact score before he leaves for the Kitty meeting and All Star game in ulton jd THIS IS IT? That ulton meeting of the club officials which is not scheduled until after a 5 supper could result an informal discussion that would make the All Star game tonight an anti climax i our of the eight Kitty teams are reported facing financial crises hence what is said at the conference could have lasting results In trou ble are Hopkinsville Jackson Union City and Mayfield t)n the eve of the conference Sports Edi tor Bill Carter of Paducah makes some state ball game than the Rev ments which the club officials can afford to was not at the ball game1 Marciano's oe Said Not Awed County League Picks Its Stars By The Associated Press AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Pct Indianapolis 1 54 38 587 Toledo 54 41 JJ88 Louisville 47 42 528 Kansas City 46 43 517 St Paul 43 46 483 Columbus 39 47 453 Minneapolis 41 50 451 Charleston 36 53 404 1 Minneapolis 6 Indianapolis 4 13 innings 1 Columbus 5 Kansas City 1 St Paul 8 Toledo 3 Louisville 2 Charleston 0 Majors To Play 11 Games Today By The Associated Press Major league ballplayers put away their fishing poles and go back to work today after a three day midsummer All Star holiday As if to make up for lost time the majors scheduled 11 games for today and tonight with most of the action coming after dark Charlie Dressen awoke from his threc day dream during which he controlled the talents of such pitchers as Robin Roberts War ren Spahn and Curt Simmons and resumed his daily agony of trying to find a winning assort ment from among the throwers on his Brooklyn Dodgers The Dodgers return to action with a game and a half lead in the too close for comfort Nation al League pennant chase facing St Louis tonight in the first of a four game series at home Dressen whose National Lea gue All Stars came out on top at Cincinnati as expected decided to give Preacher Roe another chance to recover his once power ful wizardry over the Cards in the first game second place Bra ves open their third Eastern in vasion' with a night game in Pittsburgh and the homer happy Cincinnati Redlegs visit Philadel phia for a twilight night twin The New' York Giants winner of seven straight before the Dod gers stopped them last Sunday renew their battle for a first di vision spot in a night game against Chicago The New York Yankees who won every game on their last Western swing open their third tour with a twi night double header against the lowly St Louis Browns Casey biggest problem at the moment is young Mickey Mantle his All Star center fieldeY now report ed suffering with water on the knee rom his Commerce Okla home Maqtle reported he was ready to play in all four games IRE an ALL Jac by joe dorris read and mull over The Paducah scribe points out that each spring the same cities declare they are ready to start the season but within a few weeks they begin yelling about finances and threatening either to transfer or quit altogether it some ot me league members make it there are nearby cities that could and Racing Duel Is Thought Likely New York July 16 (JI It seem ed certain today that Tom ool and Native Dancer will tangle this fall in dream race The race and date however be decided for a long time as Tom ool the Greentree handicap ace and Alfred Native Dancer the 3 year old champion follow a carefully planned summer pro gram Belmont Park made big bid to bring the two horses together when it changed conditions of the Sysonby Mile Oct 6 from a handicap to a weight for age race This means if they both started in the Sysonby 4 year old lorn ool would while 3 year old would carry 120 Johnny Hay Greentree owner with his sister Mrs Charles Payson said it was his intention to start Tom ool in the Sysonby Vanderbilt and his trainer Bill Winfrey must consider the Law rence Realization one of the prizes for 3 year olds at Belmont Sept 30 Only Man in 1920 and Zev in 1923 have been able to win the Withers Belmont Stakes and Lawrence Realization three races more comparable to the English triple crown' than the US' triple Kentucky 'Derby Preakness and Belmont Vander bilt may want to shoot for the mile and five eighths Lawrence since the Dancer already has won the Withers and Belmont In that case it seems possible that the stable would pass up the Sysonby and shoot for another weight for age race the $75000 Jockey Club Gold Cup Lassie Stakes Winner Proves Profitable Buy Chicago July 16 UP) Queen Hopeful brown 2 year old filly has become one of the best bar gain buys in years Last summer Allie Reuben of Toledo owner of Hasty House arm picked up the daughter of Roman Playful for $5800 at the yearling sales Yesterday one year Queen Hopeful won the biggest prize ever offered in her division That was the share of the richest event for 2 year old fillies in racing history the $105 735 Arlington Lassie Stakes at Arlington Park The 10 1 longshot given a masterful ride by veteran John Adams made a dazzling mid stretch drive to nip the 1 2 favor ite Calumet unbeaten Miz Clementine by a nose in a photo finish Eddie Arcaro was aboard the Calumet darling trying for a third straight Victory with her Also in the bunched finish was Mrs Otto Beanir who finished a half length back in third place The 25th running of the lassie drew a field of 13 Pct Nashville 55 40 579 Atlanta 51 41 554 Memphis 50 46 521 Birmingham 49 46 516 Little Rock 45 46 495 New Orleans 45 50 474 Chattanooga 45 53 459 Mobile' 38 56 404 SPORT COATS SLACKS 20 ONE GROUP Summer Suits Reduced QDEfMAI $3950 Values $2195 SUMMER SUITS $2295 $1895 URNISHING SALE NATIONALLY KNOWN BRANDS DOBBS AND ITH AVENUE i STRAW nca nrt NECKWEAR HATS 25 3S PAJAMAS SPORT SHIRTS 20 20 dress Shirts sport belts 20 I 20 SUMMER SPORT JACKETS 20 SPORT SHOES SPORT SOCKS BOSTONIAN AND MANSIELD $885 '50 $985 650 $1295 Values ClAfiC NOW $100 Values OCrf $UJ95 Values $1J85 NOW KITTY LEAGUE Pct ulton 41 28 627 Madisonville 41 33 554 Paducah 39 39 500 Mayfield 35 36 493 Union City 37 38 493 Hopkinsville 35 41 461 Jackson '35 42 455 Owensboro 32 44 421 Results.