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4 JOPLLN GLOBE. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947. Joplin Gets 8-7 Win From Muskogee tor Even Split in FIVE TEAMS AFTER All-Stars Defeat N. CHAMPIONSHIP BY PORTER 1V1TTICH Virtually every Veterans of For- Wars and American Legion post in the district is sporting a semi-pro baseball team this summer, which has prompted H. P.

Weatherly of Jasper to come through with the practical thought that a semi-pro football league could be organized for next autumn, 'Mr. Weatherly, a keen athletic observer, is certain that Sunday afternoon games between league members would give this region a lot of October and November entertainment to say nothing of the fun the athletes themselves would en- Joy. The chances are there are numerous high school players whose ath- Dodgers Have Game Over Braves With Cardinals Charging Hard in Third Place. Miami, 7 to 5, in 11-lnning Contest! FOUR MINER HOMERS JOPLIN WOMEN'S CUP HIT, TWO BY LEAHEY TEAM IS COMPLETED! Meets Savoidi Here Tonight I reiUCLE SFJS NEJ Four Women Are on Four-Bout Program IN VICTORY i Miami, July team of KOM League all-stars pounded out a 7-5 win here tonight: New York "julv all-' over the loop-leading Miami Owls Muskogeei LeRoy McGuirk of Tulsa, who Gilmore and Kichesin Also Drive! Twelve Players to Oppose Spring- last week bumped off part of the tea which had caused him and i his opponent all sorts of trouble i last month, gets the other half of Out Clouts--BUI Harmsen Credited With Victory. field There Next Friday Wind Up Qualifying Play.

star game was just a mem- ory for the an 11-inning game, scores I 1UV111.11, i.111. July JopUn's team of 12 playeis to en- fae era cm tff i A eoliers in -f while the American Leaguers faced of fence Independence whea! Harmsen pitched Joplin to an i smuf clTTeam run to-T victory over Muskogee here competition at Springfield's Hickory tonight to give the Miners an even Hills Country Club course- a week Hoboken, N. in the the Returning- stars joir split in Harmsen the four-game series, held the Reds to nine from tomorrow was completed with from tomorrow was completed wiin wg champ i final qualifying rounds at Schif- Texas A the junior heavy- defeated Red up with their clubs for the second half of the races which finds the eastern game in the ninth a three-run home run by Zel) the time of the tying men were on base hits, but left in the face of a six- ferdecker and Oak Hill Golf and run rally by the Reds in the ninth. Country Club courses here yester- Chick led the tack with two. home runs and two Mrs Ray yeart cap- te races Qn ase National nines playing host to the I hV homer netted Snider sln les ln flve tn to late i tain, has called a meeting of all with the reverse situa- i i Roy Gilmore and Sam Richesm, ana alternates for westerners with the reverse situa-.

a of g4 0 co i lec ns tion in the junior circuit tiraated 2j30 fans who Cubs invade tbbets iield. clash In the National, Brooklyn's Dodgers were riding atop the heap it back in the lineup for the first clock thjs afternO on at Oak time in several days, also i to a and make with a game edge over the Boston Braves, with the New York Giants it i hio-o-pst homers for the Miners. The i Joplin Takes in Fifth. other plans toward the match. inning lied four runs.

Skipper Baas Jack Houston, a new Muskogee! The following qualified for the walkcdto the a righthander, was charged with loss. Lyons of Texas despite efforts of Savoidi to interfere as he served as Lyons' second. A police escort finally got Savoidi out of the auditorium, and McGuirk went on to finish off Lyons. Matchmaker Karl Applegate comes out with his second successive program of four bouts made up of four men and four 45 minutes or less, will bring together Lyons and Jet Harrell, the latter a former football star of Mississippi who made his first appearance here last month. Starting the program will be Dot Dotson of Detroit and June Byers of Houston who are rematched from last week when Miss Byers won the decision.

Second bout of the night will bring together Mae Weston of Chicago and Helen Hild of Denver. Miss Hild last week defeated Ann Laverne, -while Miss Weston, who should be widely known by district wrestling goers, will be making her first Joplin showing in two years. Each of the women's bouts will be for one fall with a 30-minute time limit. The McGuirk-Savoldi scrap, which will be a non-titular attraction, will be for the fcest two The temi-windup, to be timed for I falls out of three to a finish. letic careers were disrupted by the a half-length astern.

In I was out Solenberger. loss. Mrs. Wilhani Stewart Mrs. Uuy UATFJFJT war and who had no chance to go I threatening positions were the up-, Bart i esv slnaled.

Reed, In-! The Miners opened the scoring, Waring, Mrs. Porter Wittich, Miss WWfUI nAlrlLLU Ar A i i i- -pin i i Thirrl nn a sinp-le bv Lea-hev. 1 Sn.Viwpidpr- O-enrFS to' college. There probably also are coming world champion St. Louis former college players who have a few good games in them.

are two things for sure before such a venture could succeed: The teams would have to be formed into a league in which victories i Only the Philadelphia Phils Cardinals, Chicago's Cubs and Cincinnati's Reds. The Cards were games behind the league leaders, with Chicago out and Cincinnati six. bunt to fill in tne third on a single by Leahey, Mildred Schweider, Mrs. George; AT of "lola which drove in Harmsen who Miller, Mrs. W.

D. Mardick, Mrs. HE.AD FOOTBALL UMU1 Al forcing in one "run, and Upright' reached first on an error by Bob F. H. Miller, Mrs.

Flick, Mrs. S. gf 5 SOLDAN "HI" of Bartlesville doubled, scoring; Falk. Muskogee tied the game Horn, Mrs. Ray S.

Cochran, three. He was thrown out trying' the fourth, when Don Meyers i Mrs. R. C. Tharrington and Mrs.

to stretch the hit Into a triple. Score innings: (13) ap- All Stars 001 004 000 02--7 10 1 walked, Horse Lane singled and! Robert Sailer. Bob Klein singled to score Meyers from second. -would mean something, and and Pittsburgh Pirates summer action for those interested 1 peared out of the chase. Miami 000 100 013 00--5 12 2 I Joplin took the lead the fifth would have to be taken to get The Brooks, Braves and Giants Brezesowski (Ponca City), Dial by was rangsments made.

moving in and out of (Bartlesville), Baas (Pittsburgh, walked, then Leahey hit a home the first three spots virtually all Struharick (Carthage) and Phil- rT 1 -The Springfield Memorial Base-j season and another shift could very lips (lola), Vrapani Association, to go i easily happen tomorrow when Morris. Mazzucco. through with purchase of a 17-acre Cubs invade Ebbets field for a dou-i insrton and Hansen, Neal. bafieball site at Springfield 1 1 1 i T. (Independ- Worth- last week, under terms of a contract.

'by which it was hoped Springfield bleheader with Brooklyn. St. Louis plays at New York and Cincinnati visits at Boston. Burt Shotton faces the third would be able to return to the West- ern Association next season. The I western invasion in an enviable po- hitch was described as only a tern- sition with his two top flingers, porary delay, however, and the! Ralph Branca (12-6) and Hand- realtors handling the deal are Harry Taylor (7-2) ready to tain things will go through.

The against Chicago's Hank Borowy OVvi AURORA GOLF TOURNEY TO BE HELD AUGUST run over the leftfield -wall. The Miners went on a home run spree in the seventh, when Gilmore con- iu tile a nen L.WAI- nected for one over the left-center AIrs Cochran. Alternates are Mrs. W. L.

Bohan, Mrs. Ralph Nolan, Mrs. George N. Spiva and Mrs. Robert Laster.

Six of the team members are holdovers from last year, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Waring, Mrs. Wittich, Mrs. Mardick, Mrs.

Flick and field fence, Leahey bagged 3 his second homer on hard hit inside the park, some 385 feet from home plate, and Richesin hit one over the 'wall with Jay Sousley, who had FOUR FLIGHTS PLANNED Balked, on base! Buddy Kern scored for the Mis- property -will cost an initial outlay of $10,000. Lloyd Wadkins, now professional at Odessa, is in Joplin from Chicago's elaborate Tarn O'Shanter tournament, with rounds of 77-7269-71--289, good for a tie for four- teenth place and worth $485. Wadkins, visiting friends and relatives here, will be off again in a day or so to Illinois, where Peoria is on a tourney and from there to the Canadian open. All rookies and making good in (8-3) and Bob Chipman (5-3). Mel Ott and his New York wrecking crew, still up in the chase despite mediocre moundwork, take on the surging Cards who to have straightened out their kinks for their usual second-half spurt.

Aurora, July annual Aurora invitation golf tournament will be played here Sunday, August 3, with S250 in merchandise prizes to be distributed in four flights. Officials, plan eight prizes in each bracket. No qualifying is necessary in the championship flight which will be the class KOM League, Bob Sig- AUhou gh thev were chuckling naigo, Bill McFarland and The Reds, cheered by the superb i over the 36-hole distance, officials slinging of Ewell (No-Hit) Black- well in the Chicago classic, open up against Billy Southworth's formidable Braves in Boston with an afternoon contest and then a night affair while the hapless Pirates and Phils will continue their battle of the cellar at Philadeplhia. said. Nine-hole qualifying rounds are required in flights and and may be played any time from July 26 to the day of the tourney.

The 18-hole finals in those divisions will start at 10 o'clock the day of the tournament. Play in the championship flight starts at 8:30 o'clock August 3. Con- pani, have been selected on the league all-star team which met the "'-loop-leading Miami Owls at Miami tenth all-star triumph, the American Leaguers, with the I exception of the New York group, were not too happy over the big te ants uld a 1 Sentries to thelr souri club in the eighth after he singled. Harmsen sacrificed the runner to second, then Jerry Snyder hit a liner to left field, where Charley King fumbled the ball, -with Kern scoring. Lane started the Muskogee scoring in the ninth with a single.

Klein walked, Falk singled to score Lane. Bill Neil, batting for Dudley Carson, singled to score Klein and Falk. Manager Ray Baker singled to send Neil to third and King walked to fill the bases. Red all game. The Merchants ccllected 10 hits Pitcher Parker, while C.

Haven held the Tipton Ford nine to seven hits. The laster Springs club is open for a game at home Sunday afternoon. Purcell, July base- iall team edged the Oronogo team, 13 to 2, at Alba last night. Purcell will meet Lsbury at home Sunday afternoon In a Home League game. McQuillen hit into fielder's choice, with Neil scoring.

Kelley Wingo popped out, then Meyers singled to score Baker and King. George Vondrashek went in to pitch for Joplin at this point of ur Ui nto force Leon D. Faucett of the last night. All were with the Jop- fi fe the Yankees. Unless lin Miners earlier this season.

Me- bombers Farland was sent to the Independ- ence club before the Western Association opened, but Trapani and Signaigo were carried on the Miner roster several weeks before going to the Yankee farm club. According to the latest averages, Signaigo is the fifth leading batter in the league with a .324 average; on this trip and whittle down some of the eight-game margin held by Bucky Harris' men, the turnstiles are likely to click at a much slower be accepted until 8 o'clock in the morning-. Starting times -will posted at 8:15 o'clock. Entrance lee is S2.50. Bramham Kites Today.

Durham, N. July services for William G. invaded St. Louis for tomorrow's Trapani, the off-season Illinois coal night clash with an eight-game miner, is hitting .293, and McFar- winning streak and an inspired ball land is clipping a .262 average. club.

Trapani has been catching, pitching I and even playing shortstop and McAlester club of the class Sooner rate for the rest of the season. Bramham, former head of base- The Yanks, with a terrific stadi- I ball's minor leagues who died in a um record and a -weak road mark, J.Durham hospital yesterday, will be held here tomorrow at 3 p. m. High baseball officials are expected to be among those who will attend the services, which will be conduct- the First Presbyterian Interment will be in Ma- third base for Independence. Paul Tretiak.

who was stationed at shortstop for the Miners for State League and a member of last year's Joplin team (before going to Fond du Lac), was named as the about 25 games, is hitting .259 at starting catcher for the league ail- ed in church, plewood cemetery. STANDINGS OF TlfE TE.OIS. Independence. Club-Ralina Western Association. i.

Pet. star team, which played Lawton last I Vopeka Hosea. PfeSffer, catcher for the i pf ifj was optioned to the Oklahoma club by Joplin last spring. Charlie Nichols, right-hand pitcher, also the Miners earlier, has a 5-4 record with the fourth-place ciub. Pfeiffer is hitting .220 according to the latest averages.

Fred Nachbar, rookie key- stoner, assigned to the McAlester learn by Juplin, is hitting .289. LANGTJEY CASTING SPORTING GOODS 211 MAIX PHO.VE 6684 Muskoxee St. Joseph Hutchiiiion Jopil: 1 Leai env i-rth Fort Smith 42 41 39 36 36 30 32 34 39 37 43 42 47 MO .580 .319 .526 .476 .462 .456 out to end the game. The Miners pulled five double plays. Joplin will open a three-game series at Topeka Thursday night.

Score: JOPLUf AB PO A Snyder. 4 0 1 4 Gilmore, 3 2 1 0 Leahey, 2b 5 2 4 6 Eousley, Ib Hafenecher, 3b RlcHesin, If Skaggs. Kern, rf Harmsen, Vondrashelc, ToUiE MUSKOGES 0 5 i 4 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 11 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .37 8 11 27 19 AB PO-A King; "if" 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 11 0 1 2 1 7 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 IfcQuillen, Wingo. 2b 4 Meyers, 4 111 Klein, 3b Falk, ss 4 Carson, 2 Neal. Houston, Ross, Minmi Pitisburc IVnica C.iy loia Carthage Chanutt KOM 2S 40 35 25 3d 29 37 44 44 Totals 35 710 2713 "Carrol popped out for Houston in seventb.

singled for ROBS in ninth. Score by innings: Joplin uskogee 001 oso 000 100 OOfr-7 4't 3S National Iv Brooklyn Boston New York St. Loufs C'hicapo 3ti Cincinnati Pr.tladeiphla 30 Pittsburgh 2S American 1 New 4 Detroit 37 Boslon 3S Hulailelph.a 36 33 3f, 31 31 3n 35 3fi 38 44 43 26 32 30 32 39 3S 43 Spring-field -women are playing qualifying rounds this week and lave until tomorro-w to- card their cores. AMATEUR BASEBAIX. Baxter Springs, July 9.

The Bas- Springs Merchants defeated Tiptou 'ord, to 3, here last night in a base- Kclier, July Picher Mer- hants defeated the Picher Miners here iunday, 7 to 4. The Merchants collected 2 hits off Leonard and Green, with Third- laseman Steve Green and Rightfielder Vernon Begga leading the attack a home aad double apiece. The Merchants will meet the Joplin Insulators here next Sunday. The Merchants are open "or evening or night games and have some Sunday open dates. For games call Art Wallcenshaw.

Picher 236-J, or write 600 South Cherokee. St. Louis, June T. Hatfield, former University of Missouri football, basketball and track standout of the early 1930's, was named head football coach and physical education instructor at Soldan high school here, Henry A. Miller, assistant superintendent of instruction, said today.

Hatfield, working for a doctor's degree this summer at Columbia university at New York, had been head coach at Columbia high school, Columbia, for the past eight seasons. He will replace Arnold Von Lehsten, who was transferred to Central high school at St. Louis last winter. Hatfield began his coaching career at Lamar, where he starred as an athlete, before going to Columbia. His football teams at Columbia won 46 games, lost 13 and tied four.

His cage squads gained 90 victories against 47 losses. From 1938 through 1940 his grid teams were undefeated. JOPL1N, CARTHAGE MEN HIGH SKEET SHOOTERS Carthage, July Schilkett of Joplin and Bill Haughawout of Carthage, were high score winners in the skeet shoot held Sunday at the field south of Carthage. Vern Wilder of Joplin won second place and Roy Roper and D. C.

Barnes, both of Joplin, tied for third place. It was announced today that no skeet shoot will be held at the Carthage field this week-end as the Missouri Central Zone ehoot will be held at Lebanon at that time and most of the shooters plan to attend the shoot there. Alba, July 9. Webb City American Lesion team of the Fifteenth District League meet the Alba Aces of the Cardinal Junior League in a night game at o'clock Friday night at the Alba Baseball park. Start Cage Workouts.

Norman, July Drake, University of Oklahoma basketball coach, today assembled remnants of his N. C. A. A. runner-up equad to begin summer workouts.

Among the cagers back from last season are Bill Waters, Ken Pryor, Paul Merchant, Don Jones, Harley Day, Paul Courty, Wayne Speegle, Doug Lynn and Gus Hendrix. Negro Team to Play Biverton. Baxter Springs. July The team of the Sunflower post No. 344, of the American Legion Negro, will play Riverton at 8:15 o'clock Thursday night at Kiwanls park here.

For games contact Ed Turner, telephone 340, Baxter Springs. Hal Price Headley's Thoroughbred Runs to New Grass Course Mark at Chicago. Chicago, July Price Headley's Pellicle smashed an American grass course record for the second consecutive time when he galloper home an easy winner of the $25,000 Grassland handicap before 19,000 spectators at Arlington park today. Pellicle, handled by Al Snider, finished two and one-half lengths in front of Mrs. J.

S. Letellier's Jack S. in 1:56 flat for the mile and three-sixteenths. Breaks 1943 Run. This was two-fifths of a second better than the old mark established by Put In at Washington pajjji in 1943.

In his first race over a grass course last week. Pellicle won a mile and a furlong overnight handicap in 1:49 4-5. Favored in the betting, Pellicle paid $6.20, and $3.40. Jack S. L.

was good for $8.20 and $6.40. Mrs. Clyde Troutt's Tnke Wing, which nosed out Jacob Sher's Frere Jacques for show money, returned $10.00. The Grassland, the richest turf race in America, -was -worth $20,000 to Headley, noted Lexington, breeder and owner. Pellicle was shuffled back on the first turn and was not better than seventh early in the backstretch as Be Faithful set a hot early pace.

Alexis, Jack S. II and South Dakota followed in that order. Be Faithful gave up going into the far turn and Alexis took a momentary 'lead. Then Jack S. L.

zoomed to the front, as Pellicla started to pick up speed on the outside. Pellicle reached Jack S. L. at the eighth pole, and after a brief tussle put him away. BOWL For Health, Recreation, Slim Figure Rental shoes are sterilized by Westinghouse St'erilray Machine.

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Klein. Home runs--Gilmore, Fachesin, Leahey 2. Stolen bases--Gilmore Sousley Snyder, Hafenecker. Double plays --Snyder, Leahey and Sousiey (2); LeaSey t-nyder and Sousley; Hafenecker, Leaoej and Sousley (2): Klein, Carson and Lane Sacrifice--Harmsen. Lett on base--Joplin 0 Muskogee S.

Base on balls--Off Harm sen Houston 3, Ross 1. Struck out--By Harmsen 2. Houston 3, Ross 2. Wild pitches--Harmsen, Rosa. Kit by pitcher-By Houston, Gtlreore.

winning pitcher-Harmsen. fcalina 3, Hutchlixion 0. Sallnn. July Paul Stufiel tonight shut out Hutchlnson with two hits to give Sallna a 3-to-O vlc- i The -win Increased Salina's lead to a I half same over idle Topeka. The Salina righthander struck out 12 bitters while registering his sixth win of the season, and he accomplished the feat without throwing one curve ball the whole two hits the Sallna hurlcr al- I i 0 Aei i were Tom Clemente's line single to 52 1 I left in the second and Denny Alschlltnan's Texas League double in the eighth.

Score by innings: -152 Hutchinson 000 000 000--0 2 1 47 .460 Sa 102 000 OOx--3 7 1 30 30 40 41 44 VEr-TERDAVls KESUI.TS. Assoc I.eavenworth -J. Jos Hutch in son 0 Salina 3. Only Barnes scheduled. LIQUOtS FOIX LESS Joplin's Largest Liquor Retailers Seventh and Joplin Streets 301 Main Street 1608 Main Street 7.

Miami 3 'II National 47 .440 Kotiilk. "Baker ar.d Vicfcery; StuHel and Brookey. i St. Jowph Ijcavenworth 4. St.

Joserh. July Ijmdis doubled ar.d Bill Cloude singled him home to break a tie in the last of the ninth and git-e St. Joseph's Cardinals a 15-to-4 Western Association victory over the Leavenworth Braves here tonight. Score by innings: Leavemvorth 200 Oil 8 4 St Joseph 003001001--5 9 2 Van Hoose and Welbrock; Haughey and TUpp. Anirrirnn No pames scheduled.

American Association. Kansas City 3, Indianapolis 2 (protested Kansas City 2, Indianapolis 6 (regular 'Milwaukee S-3, Louisville 3-7. Minneapolis at Columbus, rain. International Huchester 2. Bulfalo 0.

Toronto 4. Montreal 3. Jersey Ciiy 4. Baltimore 2 7. Newark 0, All-Stars 4, Houston 2.

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I-outs Rt New York (night)--Munger (7-1) vs. Koslo (X-4). Cincinnati at Boston (2) (day anJ night) P.affensbcrgar (3-6) and Hetki 2 4 i vi. Bnrrett (6-6) and Volselle (3-5). American league.

Washington at Chicago (2)--Masterson (6-61 and Wynn (0-6) vs. Lopat (6-7) and Papist) (5-4). Boston at Detroit (twilight) Ferriss (7-7) or Hughson (5-7) vs. Newhouser Philadelphia at Cleveland (2 (twilight inj night)--Flores (3-S) and Fowler (5-6) Black (6-M and Feller (10-61. York at St.

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