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SATURDAtTAFTERNOON, STEMBER 24, 1933. PAGE 12 Sports THE. PLAIN SPEAKER, -HAZLETON, i i 1 1 i in r. is gi iKiirafn tfarnnsiiFno IP1 Pins'? Kairarung rJ grid fei -iataoBJiiiiisiiio mmt -wummw l-up Star Lineup To I gossip i ti-(loiiitt'b Tritlc GufncSufidciv PVl BACKFIELD ACE. CLUB PRESIDENT.

A A -fc A A A A. A. A (By EDDIE BRIET7 NEW YORK. Sept. Louisiana State doei thing And West Hazleton Oppose Bay Parkway Squad At Cranberry KEEP IT CLEAN! No one is qualified to pas in just nought snappy f.ijr their seater airplane for or' 1 aeonla regarding tve eligibility ibni VnrA wut "uc rre Jeddo learns Keaciy annual statement: "Don't National League ahort" th.

llJC Lonz Island I hi b. 'jt i. Redskin Uniforms Like. Those Of Washington eligibility "of We it Hazleton' High's captain untilih K'H facts arc presented at the on the' ease tonicht Ai followers of scholastic football, however, should be interested in seeing that schools live up eligibility standards; for abuse of eligibility requirement? would rob scholastic sports of the fgrest appeal they hold for the public -N J' -V 1 1 Erie Worse Than Hartford for Beci basketbalt team which ha" barnstorming in Puerto Rico such a hit down there that of the lads have been i- mancnt jobs vmi Glennon Confident Nicholas Will Even Series. Campbell, Abbitt.

Sper-ida And Kotys Make UpBackficld. SURCENT, HORN AND OTHER L0CAI5 SIGN i I 4 the lettir. w.v.nam we have ceived for predicting Notre' bin, w.ll drop or gi gamf, an Also, the Big Ten readers are in arm Kermis PI NTS AND TASSES. JOE LEYlTSKY ON MOUND FOR BOROUGH nn sum the KA football in the pnnnf, u. 1 When Lou Reynolds trota his Hazleton Redskins onto the field tomorrow, fans will see the snappiest appearing team that has ever represented this region.

Hazleton has selected uniforms similar to those worn by the world champion Washington Redskins, with whom the locab; hare a working agreement Jerseys are of satin finished burgundy with a golden Indian head insignia on the front and gold numerals on the back, pants' are of satin finished orange and the helmets are of gold. Powerful Visitors Haye Array Of Former stick to both autements Vj we're wrong you can always sue Bill TerW Uran U-L 1 (Clash Center Of Attention For Baseball. Fans. Collegians. Another attempt at professional football in the Hazleton regiorr blossoms out tomorrow, when the Hazleton Redski-ris Jake the field at Cranberry for" their" exhibition with the Bay Parkways What the locai pro's have or have not got in the line of material will be on full view for fans to judge tomorrow It is certain that few former efforts at the pro grid (sport here had the advance preparation and the attactive tie-ups arranged for the present en mh'f.

(Sporting News.) With the announcement by Rustness Manager Jack O'Connor of the Erie club that it cost the parent Boston Bees $25,000 to operate the Sailors this season, fan are speculating as to whether the franchise would remain in Evie or be moved elsewhere. President Bob Quinn is sold on Erie, despite the heavy loss incurred this j'ear, but with construction work on the new park still being held up. he may figure he has waited long enough for definite action and decide to move to another city. However, thewErie club was not the only one to suffer "a large loss during the past year, as it is understood that the St. Louis Browns dropped around $20,000 operating their Johnstown This is about double the loss incurred during the 1937 PR.

FRANK VENEROSO. SUNSHINE CAMPBELL, uuuy nassett lor first next season and will gpBre time nor expense to land The California Teachers an.i Indiana Teachers are not from (V fornia and Indiana, but from ('! ma and Indiana, Starting lineups: Hazleton Ferry- (Hazleton, High) One of the stars sent to Hazleton by the Washington Redskins under- the farm agreement between the two clubs is Leroy 'Sun-hin. r.mr.k.11 (armrr Wftlnn Maryland star. A left hand passer. Bay Parkway Dudzinski (Virginia Rosenberg With the Eastern League pfeyoffs out of the picture, baseball interest of the region will tomorrow center on the Tri-County League pennant 4- long distance kicker and a hart driving runner, Campbell is a real left end.

Pagnano (Catholic uic uope irriin the! ii: K1 'ti it i tn ti ii powerhouse. Frank VenerosoiNortft Wyoming street pn.rsicwn, is president of the Hazleton Redskins-dub, sponsors of the local team. (N.Y. i-u-Kv caairges our jnind we Possibly. InVt in the advance excite- ment over today's schedule of scho iiasuiiiKion to- beat Mi'ineo ta by six.

poinU today onp the best nest nm, lastic games was the announcement playoff game at the Jeddo field at .3 o'clock. West Hazleton, first half champions, hold an edge over the Je'ddo Stars, second half title holders, by virtue of a -win on September 11 and a win for the borough nine can sweep the scries aruHflveWhem the 1938 yesterday that the Elks will continue the country ia, being turned ti-A IN Whippets Hoping For Kinder Fate In Next Three Battles "'to sponsor post-season charily bat left tackle. Hom McDoneil (Duquesnc) (St. Louis.) left guard. Erickson Robillard (U.

of Wash.) (St. Bonaventure.) center. Surgent Fischer (Maryland) (N. Y. a.ti' ixea irisn wno publicizes the al Football League between selected all-stars from the crop of regional scholastic grid iron Patch Towners.

rt. against-ilie'1 Bay eleven of Brooklyn) New York at 2:30 o'clock. The game is a forerunner of the Eastern League season which opens next Sunday with the Hazleton club meeting the Wilkes-Barre Panthera at Artillery Park. Washington Stars In Backfield. Headed by four Washington Btara, Manager Lou Reynolds, of the locals, has assembled an all-star aggregation of former collegiate stars.

In the backfield will be Nick Kotys, former Villanova ace nt quarterback; Sunshine Campbell, Western Maryland and Jim "Jack-rabbit" Abbitt, Elon College, at the halfback posts; and Johnny Sperida of St. Anselm'j 'College at fullback. iuwii i j.exas innstian City Slickers games have proved to navB me oesi team in the count. I. Foxx-Lombardi Leading Hitters be that added touch to make the season a success; and certainly no more worthy cause could be found than helping to send unfortunate kiddies "to summer camps, out mey re sun arraid thev lose to Louisiana State which has Berwick Administers Third Straight Defeat to Free, land High Under Arcs 13-0.

championship. Jeddo Picks Nicholas. Manager Bob Glennon, of the Stars however, is confident that his youthful pitching ace; Nick Nicholas, can turn back the West Enders. In the game two weeks ago, Nicholas allowed only four hits but infield errors by his teammates payed the tne best warn of all down there from i wimv we can near Tiger Jack Fox, the light-heavyweight, is about to oe on lor 8outn America for Final Week Drive in Major Beaten in their first three games, series of bouts And so that is Football fans -throughout the region last night must have lahiented the draggy course of the post-season baseballjplay-offs. tha'tx caused post and a trio of SeptembeT night tilts, Free- way for scores that brought Workouts Thursday and Friday that until Monday we Leagues Myer Heath Closest Rivals, nig'ht show the Jeddo club is at top land Highs Whippets are looking forward" to better luck as they start October in the daylight next Satur- ponement -o, est.atazleton-Mc- Wrestling Last Night.

Woo thriller frohriKst night to Mon- form nd Glennon has no tears tnat Honochick Stars As Temple Wins, 6 To 0 PHILADELPHIA, Scjit. 21. (P) A sustained 55-yard drive last night gave Tempte'a Owls their only score in 6 to Djricr tory over a stubborn Albright College eleven. George Honochick, an Oneida, Pa, fullback, made a touchdown from the two-yard-line after Clem Stevens of Plymouth, Pa-, had paved the way with a yard dash on, Affidavits For Rockavicli Case XEW YORK, Sept 24. (IP) Jim-1 day at Nesquehonmg and then fac Aiav night A more perlect night wtr1" OT for night football would have been I oause for his team's downfall in the my Foxx of the Boston Red Sox, McAdoo and Haile Township on.suc- right guard.

Widzbor Greenberg (F.andM.) (N.Y.U.) right tackle. Roman Randazzo (Hazleton High) (St. Francis.) right end. i Kotys Cooper (Villanoya.) (C. O.

N. quarterback. Campbell Siegel (W. Marj land) (N. Y.

TJ.) left halfback. Abbitt Makes (Elon) (Brooklyn right halfback Sperida Hauser (St Anselm.) (N. Y. fullback. Hazleton substitutes: Morgan, Freeland High; Yanchulas, Catholic Kahn, U.

of N. C.r Rogers, Shenandoah; T. Guido, Barachie, Nesquehoning High; Uhrin, Drifton; Curry, McAdoo High; Glodek, Catholic Castura, Hazleton High; Martinec, Susquehanna; Wassil, with a .349 mark in the Americafcessive Saturdays. hard to find: and it's a safe guess first The Rathcymcn's third straight that three or four- thousand would Levitsky On Mound. League, and Ernie Lombardi, of Cin.

w-f H.einn1. will be i cinnati. vith -342 averaged the defeat came last night at Berwick at the hands of a Berwick High teain National, still were out in front to Powerful Line. On the line such, stalwarts as Mike Paulie Widzbor, Fer. ry, Pagnano, Homes, and Bud Erickson, ace centerman of the University of Washington last year, will provide a forward wall that would bring out the full effectiveness of the Everyone of the Redskin backs is a triple threat' man who can kick, pass and run.

Campbell and Abbitt are left handed passers and Campbell also kicks from his left aide. The same deceptive style of play with forward passing always paramount that is used by Washington, will be Hazleton's system and Sammy Baugh's passes could not be better than rthose which will be rifled have been out' to see 'the. big battle last Sfeanwhile, West Hazleton and McAdoo will have their fin-fers crossed hoping for the same kind of a break'Mondy night'. Joe Levitskyr who holds four decisions over Jeddo this season and Managers Eddie Wassil and Leo.Le.vit- day as the big league hitting races they beat by a 25-0 score last year, prepared for final-week drive. 1 i This year, the Bulldogs were able to (By The Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA Bronko Na-gurski, 223, Minneapolis, threw Ji Savoldi, 205, Three Oaks, Mich Dr.

Patrick O'Callaghan, 22 Ireland, Threw Hank Methany, 2i? California. NORTH BERGEN, JC. J.Ed Meske, 220, Ohio, threw Rebel Rus-sell. 212, Texas. SALT LAKE CITY Gus Sonnen-berg, 205, Los Angeles, defeated Nick Lutze, 205pLos Angeles, two of threejalla.

Their closest rivals were a couple turn the tables, dominating the play i I. j. A Via mi I sy luuk of ex-cbamnions. Buddy Myer of the to run up 14 first downs to 6 and. ord and end the series ord ana ena me series wun inuuii i wasnington senators, wno was ueu i wl" eiure.

with Jeff Heath of Cleveland, and i Start Off Fast victory. Prepare For Big Turnout. The Jeddo management, is prepar Of last night's crop of scholastic games, Allcntown's inability to run up a bigger score on NVsquehoning was surprising, possibly indicating Arky Vaughan of the Pirates. The Bulldogs started righToff in the first ijuarter with a sustained drive that paid off in a touchdown. Farvcr kicked the extra point.

Free- Foxx, collecting eight nita in 16 batting chances this week, boosted bi markfoiir nointit and hoflnted 11 ing, to handle the biggest turnout of Hearing On Eligibility of trouble for Freeland Hieh and M. 1 for the interest on the West Hazleton High Play- rat" est Hazleton. DODGERS J3LANKED. five-point jurro. Lomoardi fell off er PotUville was expected to beat Lans- el, I.

No. 5, Uhr, C. C. N. Coach Khn Won't Start- ford by more than a single touch- West Hazleton will also take a down; and West Hazleton and Mc- large following and the series has not West Hazleton will also take No.

17, Umansky, Virginia U.j No. 6 to 0 in Coach Eddie Kahn. former Uni- "e'5nts "ae. Heights Dodgers Adoo may have their hands full with lnat was cauea in tne seventh m- secona quancr; dui mey came eacsr wkh another tally in the third canto, failing, however, to make the point. While the Ratheymen held the Bulldogs without any further score, they themselves were powerless in the second half, being unable to gain a single first down.

Freeland High one point and fond his lead cut to nine points over Vvughan, who raised his mark slightly duritig the se-enday span to .333. The threats of Joe DiMaggio and Ducky Medwick in the rival circuits seenv finally to have been killed off. will be a regular lineman in league of taken on the same regionwide inter1 est that has marked league championship playoffs for the past 30 years. John Honochick and George Baran are the umpires assigned. Ken Millen's boys later on.

of games included in the Thursday Round-up predictions will -be discussed in this column each' Tuesday sfiernoon. DiWfio-pio rfrnnnpH fiv nointjt. fans, who'swelled the crowd of 2,000 22, Mitchell, St Francis; No. 8, Ken-nan, Miami No. 16, DiGabrille, St.

Francis; No. 15, Kane, St. Mary's; No. 18, Feit, Missouri U. Kickoff 2:30 p.

m. Big time football has definitely arrived in Hazleton and tomorrow afternoon at Cranberry Park the great Hazleton Redskin, farm team of the world champion Washington Redskins, will make their debut Season records of the first ten in on hand at Crispin Field, were loyal each league:" I to the end; but their favorites ju3t games this season but he has decided not to play in the starting lineup tomorrow. Kahn, after practices hampered by rain this is sure that his team will come up to all expectations but only a test "under fire will show their real mettle and he wants (Contlnusd on Page '13) On last down: which ATTENTION MOTORISTS Save money 1st quality retread Tires. Guaranteed. All types Batteries and Tubes.

Stop in and look them ever. RICE SERVICE STATION Golf Gas Oils 8. Chorch Stl 24 Hour Service American League. couidn cope witn the defense of a Bucknell Takes Furman Without Trouble, 28-6 experienced Berwick eleven. THE has been worried about its game with Kulpmont later in the season since, the Kulpmont crew ran rough Foxx, Boston 141 538 130 188 .349 shod over Shenandoah last week i Signed, affidavits will be introduced by West Hazleton High and Hazle Township High, regard-" ing the eligibility of Captain Benny Rockovich, star West Hazleton halfback, at the hearing to be held ut Hazle, Township High before a board of officials from' District 2 of the P.I.A.A.

at 8 o'clock tonight, The Elain Speaker has learned. Bitterness is flaring between the two schools as a result of Hazle Township's filing charges that Rockovich has played-five seasons o'f football at West Hazleton. The flareup comes with the big" McAdoo HighWest Hazleton jrame Monday nightbnly two days off. Further complications are caused by the fact that McAdoo is a District 11 team and Township and West Hazleton members pf District 2. However, it is believed that the decision reached by.

the District 2 leads will be regarded as official. 74 137 .337 Berwick 96.157 .337 Bert 99 153 .336 I 85 149 .334 Ressa Myer, -Wash. 119 406 Heath," 466 Averill, Cleve. 128 455 C-hapman, Bos. 119 446 Travis, Wash.

138 539 probably wish it had scheduled thej; JLEWISBURG, Pa, Sept. 24. JP game for November JS instead of Oc-j Furmah University bowed 28 to 6 tober 8 when it hears that Ralph Mi- last night, to Bucknell University Freeland Potosky Dsitas Verbisky' left end left tackle 88 179 .332 I rellOj star fullback, Will be Tint to the and Lou Tomasetti. Kepner The Bucknell left halfback scored half his team's touchdowns and threw forward passes for the rst An opponents' fumble helped the Broad Lincoln Sts. TONIGHT 8:00 OVlock southerners to the first tally, butj left1 guard Kurtz Tomsho center Sipola Quinn right guard Bitler Rensinger right tackle Reese Mlschcssen right end- Tomasetti baffled them thereafter.

Trosky, 'Cleve. 143 5C8 101 175 .331 Vosmik, Bos. 137 583 115 193 .331 DiMag. N. Y.

135 5G1 123 185 .330 Radcliff, Chic. 116 458 58 150 .328 National League. G. Ab. R.

H. Pet. Lombardi, Cin. 120 453 54 155 .342 Vaughan, Pitts. 13? 513 81 171 .333 Mize, St.

Louis 139 492 83 163 .331 Cinc'in. 142 603 84 196 .325 Medwick, St. 138 563 97U83 .325 Garms, Boston 106 384 57 123 .320 Weintraub, Phil. 94 332 48 106 .319 Hack, Chicago 142 567 93 177 .312 Moore, N. Yr 117 469 73 146 .311 L.

Waner, 138 583 77 181 .310 Terrymen after October 31,. the rise of scholastic football, Muhlenberg is cutting the price of most seats at its home games to forty cents, less than Allentown High gets scoreboards installed at Tamaqua'and Berwick football fields emphasize that there also ii an improvement for Harman-Geist when the full program is developed Len Eshmont, Stan Pete Holovak, and John Kuz-man of the Panther Valley almost sure starters for Fordham this season. It looks as though the Rams GOING TO LAURELS. A fire in the Congressional Library in 1852 destroyed over 35,000 volumes, many of them Moli'd Guerriere quarterback Kahler Sharkey left halfback iFarver -i. Sdinee Inf ielders Wiklund and Budjy McLaughlin and Outfielder" Stanley Hoyniski havebefn advanced to the Hartford club of the Eastern League by Erie of the Middle Atlantic League, another farm of the Boston I Bees.

1 (Continued on Page 13) Used Tires Will Start Drilling Junior IIih Gridmen Tight halfback Kupsky Morris fullback Touchdowns. Berwick, Kupsky and Point after touchdown, Farver. Score by periods: Berwick 7.0 6 013 Freeland 0' 0 0 0-1 AUTO GLASS SHOP ine and Mine Sts. Safety Glass for All Cars- Pirates And Greenberg May Show "It Can Happen Here" UsoWV (By The Associated Press). So it ean't happen here, So no club coiil'd ever do.

what the of- -away a aix- for pure refreshment HOME With preparation of material, while it is UU in Junior High an important factor in Hazleton High's football success, Johnny Kowalsky, Bill Gucka-vn and Danny McKelvey will jejd a couple ofjicore Junior High gMddrer-fhrough their paces- it the eastern end of Harman-Grist field starting Monday. Fundamental ill be stressed so that Coaches Olenlczak and Shaw of Hazleton High will -haveeaneUdete well versed with football technique with? which to work when the present Junior High studenU arrive at the Mountaineer institution. game lead in the closing days of a pennant fight? And no slugger, particularly a right-handed could come down the September stretch to equal Babe Ruth's t'r record of 1927? land. That pair, of pokes put big Hank three games up on the Barn's pace, and left him with nine more) starts te-eacb-the mark. Byttha t'a only one angle.

Remember that back in -7, the Babe really turned on the heat in the final month. That's what Big; Hank i doing, ahhougb the- pressure is on him all the way. Yesterday' two wallops-marked a total -of nine in 32 days for big fellbwT and gave, him sole possession of major Jeague record that for having hit two homers in a game ten times-this season. The die-hards have been saying it for but now they're not so sure that history won't repeat. Remember those Pirates 17 Bueky Walters was the big noise I JOINS SCOUTING STAFFS in tne nttsburgb iinng.

He Jield the Bucs to seven hits, over the 12 I Leo Prendergast, former Bethle- innings, and won his own ball game. 1 em High football coach, has joinci years back? That- team was just about "in" "with the pennant, then bad the door slammed in its face. -And remember the Babe in September '27. He waved that big wagon tongue for 17 homers in that 30-day stretch. OuUide Well, there's more than an out-ide chance that the Pirates of today, particularly after that 12-inning beatirg they absorbed from Cincin 5-4, with a run-producing single.

(the scouting staff of Muhlenberc In Philadelphia, Augie Galan'si College at Allentown. He has ean-eighth-inning homer gae the Cubs celled a number of engagements for o-A urcibiun in ioe orner, ana Kip i Collins two doubles and four runs I 1 batted in turned the trick, 7-6, in tbe HARRISON PARK TEAM nightcap. Each time the Cubs came TO MEET WHITE HAVEN i from behind. DEE the latest and best entertainment of the year in sound moUon pictures. A thrm-a-minute-alaugta-minute! News drama-comedy-action.

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BROAD AND LINCOLN STREETS. AH this left the situation like this The second same of the final nlav. Club W. 83" 82 77, 77 58 61 64 64 Pet. G.B.

T.P. .589 9 .573 2 9 .546 6 10 .546 6 a i 1 I Pituburgh Chicago New York Cincinnati nati's Reds yesterday; will put ditto warkp in the record books. That defeat, coupled with the pair of decisions the second-place Chicago Cube took from the Phillies, sliced the lues' league lead to a "tremendous" two games, and, what's more the Pirates with aix game vith the Reds and three with the Cubs still to play. Then there' big Hank Greenberg Vhu rlouted his 55th and 66th honj-r of tb seon even -1 i In the lone American League lar off series for the championship of the Pocono Mountain League between White Haven and Harrison Park teams will be -staged tomorrow afternoon at White- Havert. Hauze, former Tri-County League pitcher, will be on the mound -for White Haven, with Reiner catching.

One-arm McGee will hurl to Har-' rison, with Edwards doing the receiving. Harrison won the first game of the wries 6 to S. Iceold Coca-Cola is every place eke; It belongs In your family refrigerator. Buy a case (24 bottles) from your dealer and enjoy the pause that ttfnshes at home. ruping, the Indians took the Tigers, -l, in the opener, Bobby Feller -tcssirg a six-hitter, fnnnirg ten.

and (surprise) walking only one. drove in four runs in a WILKES-BARRE COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. wuubij iu ueyoic iigera were 6-5 nightcap victory that was ended 219 W. 10th St. Phone 857-J, O.

J. Beckennaa, Mgr, Hstleteni Pa. handed double hippiog by Cleve-- by darkness after seven lnniogg. i.

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