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VOL. CLXXIV. No. 164 THE GAZETTE. MONTREAL? TUESDAY.

JULY 10, 1945. Playing the Field: WHEN BRUNO'S HEART STOOD STILL ROYALS RAINED OUT OF TORONTO GAME Picked by Many to Hold Flag, Browns Lag Near Bottom of AL JBy DINK CARROLL St. Louis July 9. Jfy Today was a blue Monday for St. Louis Browns The Threat from Brooklyn There is a decided nervousness around the Stadium now that the Dodgers have been knocked off the top rung of the National League ladder.

The Royals' executives are afraid that Mr. Rickey, in an attempt to provide Dem Bums with the shot in the arm that irught give them enough strength to climb back into first place, nay we some of the Royals as needle food. Les Webber Is the man the Royals fear may be summarily recalled by the Dodgers. "Webber the Wobbler" has become "Webber the Winner" since leaving the Dodgers for the Royals, and if he Sly I HtltTMinK Lying facedown on the ground is ED STEVENS, the Royals' big first baseman, who leads the International League in runs-batted-in and tops the Royals" home run hitters with 14. The picture was taken during the first game of the doubleheader at the Stadium between the Royals and the Toronto Leafs on Sunday.

Stevens, trapped between third and home, scampered back to third safely when the Toronto catcher, Ben Lady, threw wildly and hit him on the For a few minutes it looked as though Stevens might be seriously hurt. He retired from the game but recovered in time to take part in the nightcap. UMPIRE SOLODARE is standing over the prostrate Stevens and PITCHER WALTER SMOLA of the Leafs, is hurrying over to lend aid. Gir.tt piwto icocuticm mn. ALLEGED QSHLMOVE OPPOSED BY DAWE Major League Attendances Soar; 715,465 See Dodgers At Home New York.

July 9 P) Now that Brooklyn fans again are knocking down the fences trying to get into Ebbets Field, major league attendance figures are scaring toward pre-war standards with 5,074,775 customers paying their way into the 16 parks in the first half of the 1945 season. As the majors went into a three-day "vacation," normally reserved for the all-star game but now used for charity tilts, the Dodgers' home total of 715,465 was much the best. Not since the Larry MacPhail era in Flatbush have the Bums touched the 1.000,000 mark but that figure could be reached this year if Leo Durocher can keep his club in the race. Both the 1944 and 1943 home totals have been passed bv the current Brnoks, who have been seen by 100,000 more than turned out for the entire season a year ago. During an 11-game home stand Brooklyn drew 237,758 through the turnstiles to chortle and mourn as the Dodger fortunes rose and fell.

Although President Branch Rickey insists there will be no more night ere to be recalled it would leave a terrific gap in the Royals' pitching staff. He has won eight straight games for the Men of Eetzel and you don't come by fellows like that every day, Webber worked in a lot of gamea for the hopeless Dodgers of a year ago. and had Just a 50-50 sort of record. Mr, Rickey sent him here in June, he said he wanted to see if he couldn't be developed into a pretty good starting pitcher. Apparently Mr.

Rickey has seen by this time that he can, and would now like to see him start some game for The Bums. So it may be that the Royals are going to experience some of the trouble that has been visiting Gabby Hartnett and his Jersey City Giants. Gabby complained recently that he wouldn't hope to overtake the Royals if the parent Giants were going to keep on snatching his good players, a bleat that wu received with some complacence around here. But now it is easier to understand Gabby' state of mind and sympathize with his point of view. The Royals were afraid a few weeks ago that the Dodgers might lift Gladu to give them some extra punch in the clutch, but they relaxed when it was announced that Mr.

Rickey had signed the' venerable Babe Herman as a pinch-hitter. comes the tr.reat to kidnap Webber The weakest part of the Dodgers is their pitching, which undoubtedly needs bolstering if they are to stay in the pennant fight. Frank (Shagt Shaughnessy. in one of those round-table discussions which take place occasionally in the press room at the Stadium, expressed admiration a week or so ago for the job Leo Durocher wis doing in keeping the Dodgers up there with the kind of pitching he was getting. Bu'.

as long as The Bums maintained their lofty position, the Royals were comparatively safe. Now they are out of there and things may be different. To add to the uneasiness, Branch Rickey, made a crack when he was in here '10 days ago to the effect that the parent club hoped to draw a million people to it home games and that the head office needed the money. The one aure way to get it Is to come up with a winner. This, of course, is what is wrong with the farm system that the parent club in a time of extremity can dip down into one of the farm clubs and lift one or more of its players.

But its an old prebm and one that Mr. Rickey is all too familiar with. One day tha spring he was talking to several Montreal writers in Ebbcts F.eid about a case that had come up when he was with the Cardinals A player with one of the Cardinals' farm clubs was needed badly at Sportman's Park. "Of coure." said the Mahatma, "you couldn't take a player l.ke that unless you overwhelmed the farm club with player talent in exchange." Maybe that's what will happen here. If the Dodgers recall Webber, they might send two or three pitchers in exchange.

If those pitchers could win down here, that would be okay. But if they couldn't some harm might be done to the game here that would tae years to repair. Kr it Is. every time the telephone rings at the Stadium it sends a shiver up and down the spines of th Royals' executive. For their c- peace of mind, they might be better off to have the telephone disconnected.

Soccer's Lock Foreigners visiting this country can't understand why association football, or soccer, isn't more popular here. Some of the natives can't understand it, either. It the world's best known team game and the most popular. It was played in all European countries before the present war, in the Middle East and Far East, and in the lands Down Under. It's played in all South American countries.

In championship matches the British Isles the attendance is around the 200,000 mark and almost as many more are turned away. Soccer, popular everywhere else, has never gone over in a really big way in the United States or Canada. Soccer enthusiasts in the United States say the game has lacked proper leadership over there. The same complaint has been made here where there is lack cf unanimity among executives. Since there appears to be nothing wrong with the game judging by its popularity elsewhere lack of leadership may be what's holding it back in North America.

SHUTE TAKES LEAD IN GOLF TOURNEY Shoots 5 Under Par to Head Pro List at Dayton; Nelson Injures Back Dayton, July 9. (JP) Denny Shute. of Akron, bounced back today from a series of disappointing 1945 tournament appearances to blast out a five-under-par 67 and take a one-stroke lead at the end of the first 18 boles of the qualifying round of the National Professional Golf Tournament. Shute, among those caught in a brief but severe rain storm, was one of 15 players who bettered the Moraine Country Club's par 72 figures as 1943 of the top-ranking ros in the United States opened the fight for the right to enter the 32-man match play competition which begins Wednesday. Of equal importance was the fact that Byron Nelson, the Toledo.

top-heavy lavonte to take the title, was laid up tonight with an injured back. Nelson pulled a muscle under his left arm in winning a driving contest at the Victory National Open in Chicago last week and the ef fects of that injury popped up again today. He turned in a fine two-un- der-par 70 but from his hotel room tonight he reported, -I can hardly move." He took a heat treatment imme diately after finishing his round and visited an osteopath in an effort to get into shape for the second 18 holes of the qualifying play to morrow. Shute's round: 32 strokes on the front nine and 35 coming home was just one blow better than 68 reported by Sgt- E. J.

(Dutch) Harrison of Dayton. John Revolta of Evanston, 111., Sgt. Jim Turnesa of Mamaroneck, N.Y- and the veteran Herman Barron of White Plains, N.Y. Bracketed at 69 each were Verl Stinchcomb of Portsmouth, and Hank Schneiter of Colorado Springs Col. Four of golf's biggest names Nelson; Harold Jug McSpadcn of Philadelphia: Sam Byrd of Redford, and Jimmy Hines of Chicago shaved two strokes off par to finish with 70 each.

ALso under par at 71 each were Mike Turnesa of White Plains. N.Y.; Ky Laffoon of Miami. Gene Kunes of Sprinz Lake, N.J., and Gene Sarazen of New York. The par shooters included Bob Hamilton rt Evansville. Ind defending P.G.A.

champion. Hamilton was playing in the qualifying round only to sharpen his game as he automatically is qualified for match play. With more than 40 players shoot ing or Dener today it appeared as if those who finish the 36 holes of qualifying play with more than 146 strokes would be out of luck and out of the tournament. Shute'a round was a picture of golfing excellence. He one-putted the first seven greens and ued only 27 putts on the full round.

The final 18 holes of stroke play competition will be held tomorrow with the 31 low scorers joining Hamilton in the match play battles for the title. Beaconsfield: L. L. Sinclair "won the Captain's Prize in competition over the weekend. The following were winners in the Honeypot tournament: Class C.

Rankin, A. Morris, G. Taylor, and H. Pickens. Class L.

L. Sinclair, G. S. Mac-Lure, and L. Wheatley.

Bert Shepard to Hurl For Washington Nats Washington, July 9 (JD Bert Shepard. who lost his right leg after his plane was shot down over Germany, will make his formal pitching debut as Washington's starting hurler tomorrow against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Roy Pfund will take the mound for the Dodgers in the war relief benefit night game expected to attract a crowd of 30,000 fans. Shepard. now a coach, has been bidding for a place on the Nats' pitching staff.

A southpaw, he is scheduled to work three innings, but Manager Ossie Bleuge indicated he might leave him in longer if he has any luck. Proceeds of the game will go to war relief. There was a possibility that Bluege himself might get into the game. He said he would play an inning at shortstop if Manager Leo Durocher of the Dodgers would do likewise. Swimming Is Feature Of Boys' Urban Camp Main feature of the Hochelaga summer camp, to date been the distance swimming of the youthful campers.

According to Roy Locke, boys' secretary of the N.D.G. Y.M.C.A, the lads will have swum a distance equal to that of Lake Champlain by next week, if they continue ttieir present pace. This is only one of the activities of the 8-12 year olds attending the holiday pleasure arrangement Divided into sections, or tribes, the group bases many of its activities on Indian lore. This week was Discovery Week; next week will be STADIUM- TORONTO YI. ROYALS TONIGHT ot 6.30 end 8.30 p.m.

DOUBLEHEADER LADIES' NIGHT Resume Series Against Maple Leafs Tonight with Twin Bill The Royals and the Toronto Leafs were rained out in the third game of the current series scheduled for the Stadium last night, but they resume tonight with a twilight-night twin bill, the first game scheduled to start at 6.30. It was the intention of Bruno Betzel, of the Royals, to pitch either Tommy Warren or Leigb Davis last night, but it's unlikely that he will start either of them tonight. Les Webber is a virtual certainty to pitch one game, probably the long one, and Jack Banta may get the starting assignment in the seven-inning curtain-raiser. The pitching staff of the Leafs is not in the nest of shape the moment and Woody Crowson, who lasted only two-thirds of an inning in the opening game on Sunday, may be sent right back at the Roj'als in one of tonight's games. Al Jarlett is not ready yet, though he saw a little action in a relief role on Sunday, and Alex (Musta-kais) Martin, one of their regular starters, is not even with the club.

It may be that Manager Harry Davis will be forced to send Tom Ananicz, tall left-hander who hasn't been enjoying much success so far this season, to the mound in the other game. This was little news around the Stadium last night, which is a situation relished by the front office executives. "No news is good news," said Madcel Dufresne, the club's travelling secretary. "Any news we hear might be bad." Undoubtedly he was alluding to the possibility of the parent Brooklyn Dodgers, now partially on the chutes, recalling some players from the Royals in an effort to check their slide. After Sunday's large crowd, attendance at home games for the year up to the present time was materially increased.

It is now in comparison with 134,000 for the same period a year ago. Latest statistics reveal that Les Webber and John Gabbard, steady right-handers, are running one-two at the top of the list of I.L. hurlers Webber with eight wins and no losses has a mark of .1000, which is par for the course, and Gabbard with 12 wins-and one defeat rates .923. Jean Pierre Roy is seventh on the list with 15 wins and six defeats for a percentage of .714. The Royals also have three regulars hitting well over .300 and right up among the leaders.

Roland Gladu is the real league leader with a mark of .353. Gus Brittain has a mark tf .360, but he hasn't played in a great many games. Salty Parker is still belting the ball at a .340 clip and Ed Stevens is also in the charmed circle. The Royals as a team lead in hitting and fielding, all of which explains their lofty position at the top of the standings. BASEBALL RESULTS and STANDINGS Yesterday's Results AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Toronto at Montreal (postponed) Syracuse IS, Newark 14. Today's Games AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled. INTERNATIONAL.

LEAGUE Toronto at Montreal. Syracuse at Newark. Buffalo at Rochester. Jersey City at Baltimore. Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE P.

W. PC Detroit 71 43 28 .606 Washington 70 38 32 .543 New York 72 39 33 .542 Chicago 75 39 36 .520 Boston 72 37 38 .514 St. Louis 69 34 35 Cleveland 70 33 37 .471 Philadelphia 71 22 49 .310 NATIONAL LEAGUE P. PC Chicago 70 42 28 .600 Brooklyn 74 43 31 .581 St. Louis 73 42 31 .575 New York 77 41 36 .532 Pittsburgh 73 37 36 .507 Boston 72 36 36 .500 Cincinnati 70 33 37 .471 Philadelphia 79 20 59 .253 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE P.

W. L. PC. Montreal 80 54 2R .615 Jersey City 74 41 33 .554 Newark 73 40 33 .548 Baltimore 77 39 38 .506 Toronto 77 38 39 .494 Rochester 74 31 43 .419 Buffalo 72 29 43 .403 Syracuse 71 27 44 .380 CHIEFS OUTLAST BEARS Syracuse Wins Wild Game by 15-14 Score Newark, N.J., July 9. kff) Scoring five times in the ninth inning, the last-place Syracuse Chiefs snatched a wild International League game from Newark Bears 15-14 to even the series two games apiece.

Errors by Relief Pitcher Phil Page and Outfielder Steve Kuk were important factors in the Syracuse finish. Page was Newark's fifth pitcher and ninth in the marathon battle which produced 19 runs in the first four innings. Jake Daniel, first baseman, drove it the tying marker with his third safety in the ninth, and scored with the deciding marker after Kuk fumbled Marv Olson's single. Daniel also homered in the third. Hal Douglas and Jerry Crosby were leading batters for Newark with four safeties apiece while Roy Zimmerman poled his 21st homer.

Syracuse 203 202 01515 14 0 Newark .424 201 01014 16 3 Batteries: Bebber, Blue, Krall, Kalski and Just: Houtz, McKinney, Pfennig, Page, Wehmeier and Taylor. Berthiaume Is Decisioned Providence. R.I., July 9. George J. Wite, 2Ui4, Buffalo, tonight decisioned Jerry Berthiaume, I8OV4, Montreal, in eight rounds.

Picked by many experts to re peat this year, the 1944. American League champions are in sixth place, eignt games behind the leading Detroit Tigers. On this date a year ago they were in first place by 2'i games over Boston. The Browns closed a noma stand Sunday against the seven other clubs in which they lost 12 games while winning 11. George McQuian Ability to win a big majority of their home games last season was an important factory in bringing tnem their first American Lea2ue flag.

What accounts for the team's re versal of form? On paper it looks as good as last year. The pitching has been consistently good. Sig Jakucki and Jack Kramer are keeping pace wit a their 1944 performances. whJe Nelson Potter and Tex Shirley have done better than records would indicate. The team racks second in team but errors have been costly at times.

The chief weakness lies in the. run-production department. The Browns stand sixth in team battin? and have suffered 15 of thej- 25 defeats by one-run margins, several of them affairs. One thing that has kept th Browns down has been Inability to cope with the against whom they have lost mr. of 13 encounters.

Drab as the outlook appears. ter are several bright spots. Browru fans point to the following: The team has won nine of ita last 13 games, closing its home stand by getting an even break with th high-flying Washington Senators, something no other Western club wa able to do. Players like George McQuinn and Mike Kreevich have started hitting Vern Stephens continues to lead the league in homers. One- armed Pete Gray, who for a time had trouble wtih American League pitching, is getting his share of hits and proving an aset on the field as well as at the box office.

Potter, the team's leading pitcher last year, has finally ended a seven-game losing streak, and figures he is due to win a few games to offset the touch ones he has lst. Rookie Weldon West and Younj Sam Zoldak have done well in recent mound appearances. The season is half over fey the calendar, but the Browns still' have 85 of iheir 154 scheduled games tr play. The backlog of postponements will give them a chance to improve their percentage, which now is a measly .493. FORM GIRLS' LEAGUE Miss Irene Wall Organiies Nine-team Loop In conjunction with tho St.

CharW Athletic Association and the Women's Athletic Federation of Canada. Irene Wall has organized a nine-team junior girls softball loop. Some of the girls in the district approached Miss last summer with the idea of forming an all-girls softball team which would play exhibition matches. This first team was known as the Poirt St. Charles Athletic Association Olympics.

Shortly afterward, the Rose-mount Mansfields joined the circuit. At the end of August. PAA. Mansfields were taken into the lea sue. The C.N.R.

Oxfords became a fourth team. Discussions over the winter culminated in a scheme by which each team was to bring another into the loop. This brought the membership to eight teams. Girls working at the No. 12 Equipment Depot of the R.C.A.F.

formed the ninth entry. The nine teams have been divided into two sections. Western and Northern. The breakdown. Western P.

A A- Mansfield. PA A. Olympics. Redettes. Oxford Rovals.

ari C.N.R. Recreation Club; Northern Rosemount Mansfields. Park Extension. University Settlement, ani No. 12 Eouior.ient Depot.

R.C.A.F. Miss Wall told The Gazette last night that the average age of girls in the league was between 16 and 17. "However, there is no age limit this year." she said. Planning ahead. Miss Wall thicks that she will form an League next spring.

This Intermediate loop will be designed absorb the overflow from the Junior ranks, which in turn will hare an ase limit. Exploration Week. The program calls for moving pictures and visits to local historic sites in conjunction with the topic under study. In addition, athletic contests are a regular phae of the camps program. Lsst Saturday, five teams from the west end played off a softball series with representative squads from the Central Y.MCA Thursday afternoon, the youngsters have scheduled a full-scale swim meet in the pool.

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ROUTH General Insurance Broker 24 Notre Dame Street West Telephone ilA. 2101 rail REDS SCALP TRIBE IN CHARITY GAME Three Hurlers Stop Cleveland 6-0, in Ohio Tribute to Servicemen Cleveland, July 9. (P)-A trio of Cincinnati Reds' pitchers blanked Cleveland Indians, 6-0, on six hits tonight to coast to victory before 6,066 fans in Ohio's war fund tribute to athletic servicemen. Frank Dasso, who limited the Tribe to four bingles in four innings, was credited with the win. Howard Fox yielded two hits in as many innings but Vernon Kennedy, former Tribesman, was the individual star as he held his former mates hitless in three frames, facing only nine opponents.

1 A triple by Steve Mesner started the Reds' winning rally in the fourth and four runs were tallied off Jack Salveson, the losing pitcher, before Rookie Earl Henry came to his rescue. Mesner's three-bagger was followed with singles by Kermit Wahl. Woody Williams, Dain Clay and Eric Tipton to send Salveson from the mound. National-Cincinnati 100 410 0006 13 0 American-Cleveland 000 000 0000 6 1 Batteries: Kennedy, Fox and Unser; Salveson, Henry and Steiner, McDonnell. YANKS TRIP GIANTS Take Exhibition Contest, 7-1, As Martin Hits Homer New York, July 9.

Hershel Martin's grand slam homer in a six-run third inning helped New York Yankees to a 7-1 romp over New York Giants tonight before 41,267 who paid $50,518 to see the Red Cross charity exhibition. The Yank victory, "won in a drizzling rain, tossed the Big Town City series into a three-way tie as the Brooklyn Dodgers had beaten the Yanks but bowed to the Giants in pre-season exhibitions. George Stirnweiss opened the game with a double off Andy Hansen and scored on Bud Metheny's single to right and there was no more scoring until the Yanks knocked out Hansen in the third when 12 men went to bat. Singles by Ernie Bonham, Stirnweiss and a walk to Metheny set the stage for Martin's clout into the upper right field stands. Fischer was taken out after his error had put Nick Etten on first and he had walked Russ Derry.

Reliefer Rube Fischer passed Oscar Grimes to load them up and Mike Garbark counted Derry with a single. After retiring two men, another pass to Stirnweiss forced in Grimes with the sixth score. The Giants broke the shutout off Joe Page, who replaced Bonham on Buddy Kerr's single. Page's wild peg to first on a pick-off try and Whitey Lockman's single to centre in the fifth. (Called end 7th rain and wet grounds.) Amn New York 106 000 0 7 9 2 Nat New York 000 010 0 1 10 2 Batteries: Bonham.

Page and Garbark: Hansen, Fischer, Phillips and Kluttz. CHIS0X STOP CUBS Earl Caldwell Wins 5-4 in 10 Innings Chicago, July 9. (JP) Before a capacity crowd of 47,144, the American League White Sox defeated their cross-town rivals and National League leaders, the Cubs 5-4 in 10 innings in the war fund game here tonight. Outfielder Johnny Dickshot's sharp single to centre with one out in the extra inning scored Wally Moses, with the winning run off bi' Paul Derringer, who went the route for the North Siders. Earl Caldwell, who shut out the Cubs with one hit for 5 2-3 innings after the Cubs kayoed Southpaw Ed Lopat to take a 4-3 lead in the fifth, was the winning pitcher.

A home run by Moses tied the score with two out in the eighth inning. Bill Nicholson hit a disputed drive in the tenth which the Cubs claimed had entered the right field pavilion and had been knocked out by a fan grasping for the ball. Moses played the ball and held Nicholson to a double while Second Baseman Dan Reynolds' relay nipped Don Johnson, who was on first after a walk and force play, at the plate. The Umpires ruled the ball was in play. War fund exhibition game.

Nat. Chicago 000 220 000 04 10 2 Amn. Chicago 003 000 100 15 7 1 (10 innings). Batteries: Derringer and Wil- Q.A.H.A. Prexy Says Amateur Hockey Would Suffer from New Set-up Amateur hockey in the Province of Quebec will receive a serious jolt next season if the alleged formation of the Quebec Senior Hockey League to a minor professional league goes through.

This was the opinion expressed to The Gazette last night by Norman Dawe, president of the Q.A.H.A. and C.A.H.A. vice-president. Mr. Dawe also said that the Q.A.H.A.

realizes a large amount of its revenue from the Q.S.H.L. gate and if the proposed professional plan was to materialize, then the revenue would be lost. This would restrict the association's operation considerably and therefore the future hockey players of the province would be the chief losers, he said. The C.A.H.A. would also suffer financial difficulties through the move and again the hockey-minded youth would be the ones to suffer most.

Under the proposed, senior group plan," amateur organized hockey in Quebec could hardly expect to unless another source of income was found," said Norman Dawe. 'I am going to oppose the plan to the fullest and when I attend the C.A.H.A. meeting in Toronto on August 12. 1 certainly will make the strongest bid to protect Quebec Amateur Hockey." Continuing Dawe said. "There is no reason why amateur hockey should suffer in this province.

I've always maintained that the senior clubs which derive their player strength from the junior ranks should be responsible for the lat-ter's upkeep. This set-up worked out to the benefit of all concerned until last season when at that time the Senior Group threatened to break from the C.A.H.A. and become an "outlaw League." GORMAN IS SILENT The original story which appeared in a local newspaper stated that the Montreal Royals Hockey Club would be agreeable to the proposal. This was denied last night by Ernie Hamilton, president of Royals. In his denial Hamilton said, "I don't know anything about the plan.

I've never been approached by anybody on it and Royals will certainly be unable to make a statement until an executive meeting is called." Mr Slater, president of the Q.S. H. stated last night that he would be unable to make a statement on the status of the loop until after the Senior Group meeting in August. Commenting on the proposal, one prominent Montreal sportsman who requested to remain annonymous suggested that the move "is just an attempt to boost admission prices." The original story which appeared under a Quebec City date line and named Jimmy McCaffrey as the source, suggested that Quebec and Ottawa could benefit most through the move. But it is felt locally by a large number of Senior Group followers that Montreal would be on the short end of the deal.

It is to be realized at the present time that Royals are the senior Q.S.H.L. club and that the last word in the proposed arrangement will be that the Club's executive. Mr. Tommy Gorman, manager of the Canadian Arena Company refused to make any comment on the development. 'Tinker' Sails to Win In Sloop Dinghy Race John Hamilton and his crew, C.

T. V. Craxton, sailed Tinker to victory in the sloop dinghy championship race at the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club on Sunday morning. This event was sailed in choppy seas churned by a fresh to heavy southwest wind.

Hamilton established an early lead to finish well ahead of his rivals. E. J. Jowett and Peter F. Kerrigan, fighting it out for first position in total points for the series, were both forced to retire temporarily from the race at different times due to difficulties, but managed to resume and finish third and second respectively.

As a result Jowett and Kerrigan are now tied for first place in the series, best 4 out of 6 races counting, with a total of 9 points each. In the class event W. F. Black skippered Vamos to victory, to retain his lad in the championship series with a total of 14 points. Results are as follows: SLOOPS I.

Tinker, J. Hamilton, C. T. V. Craxton 1:25:07 2.

Pheon, P. T. Kerrigan, Jim Peck 1:8430 3. Witch II. E.

L. Jowett, A. Abbey 1:39:27 Pheasant. Miss Claire Fisher Miss J. Kerrigan D.N.r.

CLASS 1. Vamos, W. Black 1 .30 OS Camp, Miss M. Woodward Dig- Around and About Bill Durnan and Leo Lamoureux will be the battery for when they tackle Peoples jn a softball game at Kew Gardens is Toronto this coming Thursday. Toe Blake, Rocket "Richard, Marph Chamberlain.

Butch Bouchard and others will make the trip. Pete Campbell told Andy Lytle that the Leafs have already spent 127.000 for ball players this season. His most recent acquisition is B-31 Norman, who was with the Royals for a spell back about 1940. Clyde Sukeforth brought him up from the Eastern League. Johnny Goodman, who was beaten by Sandy Somerville for the U.S.

Amateur title in 1834 (the only time a Canadian ever won it), is still playing golf. Now a Pfc in the American Army, he was recently defeated in the semifinal of a golf tournament at Calcutta, India. Have the St. Louis Cardinals peddled another Dizzy Dean? When the Cards sold Mort Cooper to the Braves it was believed the deal was a result of the big pitcher's salary row with the champions. But X-rayi now indicate Cooper may require an operation on his pitching arm.

Dean, by the way, is reported to have a five-vear radio contract with a St. Louis brewing corporation for a total cf $200 000. He is not broadcasting play by play this year. And Tony Canzoneri, who stated here last fall that when the war was over be like to re-enter boxing as a manager, now divulges re has a heavyweight named Jim Kimball, presently in the Navy, who may provide the medium for his return to the business. Kimball, who hails from Brooklyn, has won 40 fights by knockouts in the Navy, none of his opponents going more than five rounds with him.

games, now that the customary 14 have been played, the unofficial books show the after-dark tilts pulled 357,858 of the grand total. Hank Greenberg already has repaid Detroit for the $55,000 salary he draws with the Tigers showing the pace in the American League on a home attendance of about 577,238 of which 270.182 was rung up during the latest Bnggs Stadium stand. Despite the Bengals' spurt at the gate, New York Giants are second in the Majors with 589,328, most of which was amassed in the early-season days when Mel Ott's gang was in first place. Fourth Place goes to New York Yankees with 363.975, not a true picture because Joe McCarthy's gang is just coming home to open a long stand against the western clubs. Boston reflects the far sighted spending of the new Braves' owners by turning out 259,704 for the first half, about 15,000 more than the club drew all last year.

The Mort Cooper purchase, Tommy Holmes' hitting streak and the run-scoring power of Bob Coleman's lineup appears to be the answer. Cincinnati attendance is the poorest of the majors, approximately 143,258 to date but that's only 5.000 behind the champion St. Louis Cardinals. Boston, Philadelphia and Cleveland are the low team? in the American although the Indians just finished a long stay at home. MONTGOMERY WINS OVER NICK MORAN Chairs and Pillows Hurled After Unpopular 10-round Decision Philadelphia, July 9.

JP) Bob Montgomery, recognized as lightweight champion of New York and Pennsylvania, won an unpopular split 10-round decision over Nick Moran in their return non-title bout before 13,000 at Shibe Park tonight. Chairs and seat pillows were hurled into the ring after the decision was announced. Moran, 140Mi, a Mexican City newcomer, had beaten the Philadelphia Bobcat, now an army corporal at Luke Field, in their first match at Los Angeles May 8, and it appeared he had again turned the trick as 2 to 1 underdog. Montgomery scaled 135i pounds. However.

Judge Harry Lasky and Referee Charley Daggert voted for Montgomery. Lasky gave Montgomery five rounds, Moran four and called one even. Daggert saw it as 6-2-1. Judge Lou Costello voted for Moran. giving the Mexican scrapper seven rounds, Montgomery one and calling two even.

The Associated Press score had Moran on top six rounds to four. Montgomery concentrating on his usual style of body attack, hurt Moran in several rounds with hard rights to the pit of the stomach, but the champion never was able to folio up his advantage. Lippy's Case Postponed New York, July 9. UP) Hearing of the case of Leo (Lippy) Durocher, Brooklyn Baseball Club manager, charged with felonious assault, was postponed today until August 9. The postponement was asked by the complainant, John Christian, who is still in hospital.

Durocher and Joseph Moore, a guard at Ebbets Field, were charged with assaulting Christian following a night game June 9. Hams Livingston; Lopat, Caldwell and Tresh. Monkland Tennis Club Has Active Schedule The Monkland Tennis Club is currently enjoying the most successful season in its history according to Johnny Parker, hard-working treasurer of the organization. With 2f0 active members participating in the numerous interclub matches, Mr. Parker feels that the schedule is full enough without inter-club participation.

There are nine courts on the Royal avenue premises, eight of which are in playing condition. One method of maintaining club spirit and interest has been found, which might prove valuable to other sport club executives. The Monkland people publish, monthly, a lively, chatty, and informative newspaper. In addition to providing such data as tournament dates, the mimeographed journal also contains a "Mail Bag," reserved mainly for memDers on active service. The latest edition, dated May 15, is a nine-paze affair, and includes a smartly mimeographed title page.

Give to the Red Cross. difficulty in getting the signatures. He announced that ie Forum ring and elevated ringside seats would be transferred to the ball-park for the match. Two Duseks to Meet Yvon Robert, Moquin The two Duseks. Emil and Rudy, last -ght accepted terms to match team-play technique against Yvon Robert and Larry Moquin.

in a f.n..n wrestling battle between tre four cf them at the baseball park a week from Wednesday rnt. Matchmaker Eddie Quinn. wno is transferring mat activities to the great outdoors while the FTum is undergoing a summer overhauling, expected to sign Robert and Moquin today. Delay in signing the Duseka was de to the fact that only brother was on hand, locally, and some difficulty was experienced in Rudy. When found, he accepted readily.

"We've never been beaten in a team match," said Emil. agreeing to sign, "and we don't expect to start now. Win or lose, I have one satisfaction I gave Robert sucn a going-over in Ottawa that he was in no shape for Savoldi." "I never thought any outsider Culd pry Robert's title loose in a Montreal r.re. but I beat him up badly in Ottawa, where you get a reasonably even break from the referee, that he had nothing left for Savoldi" The Du.tfk's have not yet signed, fact, has the Canadian pair i rr.ed up, but Qumn anticipated no.