Intelligencer Journal du lieu suivant : Lancaster, Pennsylvania • 11

DAILY INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL. LANCASTER. TUESDAY. JULY 8, 19471 1 FRICK RE-ELECTED "The Hat" Still Sits High With A .335 Batting Average; PRESIDENT OF N. Joe DiMaggio Creeping Up On Lou Boudreau In American Chicago (P) Ford Frick, who has held the office since 1934.

Mon Chicago Manager-s t- day was re-elected to a four-year term as president of the National New Holland Rod-Gun Club Title Shoot To Be Held This Saturday The New Holland Rod and Gun Club will hold their annual Club Championship Shoct this Saturday at the club. The Club championship will be decided on the 100 16-yard targets event and Charles curr.ent champion puts his title on the line in this feature attraction. 1 Two other local titles will be New York iJP) The National League's hitting leaders cooled off as the weather got hot last week V. League at a meeting of senior cir-: cuit club owners. stop Lou Boudreau of Cleveland still heads the American League race with a .350 percrnt- New York newspaperman and ra lage, but his consistency mav not of the Phillies remained on top fl of the heap despite a ten point drop in his batting average.

stave of( the onrush of New York's dio commentator, joined the Na Joe DiMasgio, who last week vOOU? 60BSf tional League front office in 1934 as publicitor and when John A. IHeydler resigned as league presi i-f climbed 15 points to a runner-up During the seven days of base- ball ending Sunday. Walker made fr HUNTING DOG BILL I REJECTEDBY DUFF Harrisburg A bill to extendi the time for training hunting dogs was rejected Monday by Governor James H. Duff with the explanation' that it would deplete the supply! of small game. The bill, the Governor said- in his veto message, would increase the period of dog training by In- eluding the last day of July and the fi rst 19 days of August to the present period.

"To further extend the time in which dogs may be trained would, almost surely result in the further decrease of our already seriously' depleted supply of small game." the executive said. "Considering the number of per-1 sons interested in hunting as com-' pared with the comparatively small number who will be benefited in! the further extension of the dog training period, it seems to me that the scales are very heavily weight-j ed in favor of the vastly greater; number primarily interested in' hunting." mark of .339 5 with the result that his average dropped from .345 to .335. 1 At tne same lime, wainer near- est rival. Enos Slauchter of the -TScse oyt Cardinals, also took a ten-point setback, skidding to .330, and Carl Furilln of Rrnnlrlvn uhrt hfA hn dent because of ill health Fnck was unannimously named as his successor on Nov. 8, 1934.

Frick also serves as league secretary-treasurer. His salary under the new term was not disclosed. The National League owners also passed a regulation requiring that any night game disrupted because of a power shortage must resume at the point of stoppage, instead of being re-started as a new game. UMPIRES MEETING THURS. Maples Still Set Pace In Torrid League Campaign 1 decided in the shoot -off.

In 50 Handicap Title Shoot, the winner will be adjudged the Lancaster County Handicap champion while the Lancaster County Doubles champion will be decided in the 25 pair Doubles Targets. The shooter scoring the highest aggregate score on the three events will be known tied with Walker, went clear down to .312 and a seventh-place tie, fi among the leading regulars. li V7 2 i i Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner. one of the few who showed improvement. in Heading into the final round of, as the Lancaster County All-around I A.

tc ff f. 1 I the schedule, the Lancaster Maples, Champion. While Boudreau marked time during the week with his 'unchanged listing, DiMaggio slammed 12 hits in 25 trips to the plate and moved ahead of Detroit's George Kell, who dropped 10 points from second place to a third-spot .329. George McQuinn, who like Yankee teammate DiMaggio, Boudreau and Kell will start this Tuesday's all-star game against the National Leaguers, kept fourth place with six-point rise to .328. Others in the top ten batters, according to official statistics computed through Sunday's games, included Bob Dillinger, St.

Ixwis. Luke Appling, Chicago, Jeff Heath. St. Louis, Ted Williams. Boston, Barney Mc-Coskv.

Philadelphia and Johnny Lindell, New York. .304. WILLIAMS HAS IS HOMERS In the specialized department, Williams grabbed undisputed homer leadership, belting two for a 15 total, while DiMaggio broke up a three-way tie with Williams and Bill Johnson of New York IMRtt UlntK tVtNIS 7 continue to hold onto first place in the hotly contested City-County Softball League race. took over third place at .31. a five-point improvement over last week.

The same group also ruled the slugging records with little change in the figures. Mize belted four home runs during the week to hold the lead in that department with 24. four more than Kiner, and in scoring with 70 runs. BASEBALL FAN DIES Besides the local championship shoot-offs, three other Lewis Class events wil be held. The extra events include Lewis Class on first 50 targets, Lewis Class on second 50 targets and Lewis Class on 100 total.

The New Holland Club has just completed an extensive program of improvement to their grounds. Four western traps are in use, the grounds have been graded and all obstructions have been removed i AretiA Ewell Blackwell of' Cincinnat A meeting of the Lancaster City and County Board of Approved Umpires Association will be held this Thursday. July 10, at 7:30 p. m. at 32 W.

King St. Frank X. McLain, president, said the roster is still open for new memben. in RBI's by banging across eight for a bag of 50. New York's Frank Shea added twoJ more victories during the week, keeping the pitching leadership with an 11-2 record.

LEAGUE STANDINGS Team W. L. Pf. Maples 1 Hamilton Letort 4 Anderson's 4 El Capltan 7 .53 Hoaks 4 East End 11 .14 Safe Harbor 3 11 .14 registered his 13th and 14th pitch-j ing victories against two defeats! iff Vs" I Pittsburgh i.JP) Stricken during; the excitement of the Pittsburgh; i Pirates' first doubleheader victory! of the season, the Rev. Thomas iB.

Roche. 62, died Monday of aj stroke. He collapsed Sunday at I the games in which Pittsburgh; I'll to bring his league-leading average up to .875. which was matched by George Mungcr's seven games won and one lost for St. Louis.

beat Chicago 6-2 and 10-0. I 11 from the area in front of the traps. Saturday's shoot will open at noon. Winners of ten games while dropping only two, the Maples are currently enjoying a full game lead over second place Hamilton. It 9 was the Hamilton, incidentally, that handed the Maples both defeats and is still the team to be beaten in this round if the Maples are to 1 come out on top.

WALLY K1LREA GETS POST AS COACH OF PHILA. ROCKETS Three other teams, Letort Ander-t son's and El Capitan, are over tfiej .500 mark in the circuit standings and can't be counted out of the race as yet. Philadelphia UP) The Philadel- Don Horst, of the Maples, is still; phia Rockets Monday signed the the League's top pitcher, boasting veteran Wally Kilrea as coach of their 1947-48 entry in the American recuru VI seven wins emu unc uc- feat, while Red Fitzgerald, of Hamilton, is hot on his heels with a 6-1 record. Four Kansas City Players Draw Fines In American Assn. Columbus, O.

VP) Four Kansas City Blues were fined a total of $80 for incidents at Milwaukee July 6, and Kansas City July 4, President Frank C. Lane of the American Association announced Monday. A "prolonged verbal run-in" with I i to 1 Hockey League. Kilrea will take over the coaching duties from Phil Hergesheimer, who finished last season on a temporary basis as player-coach. Hergesheimer, the circuit's leading scorer although he played with a last place entry, thus will be free to spend full time defending his scoring title.

He made 48 goals and had 44 assists for a total of 92 points. Kilrea and his brother, Ken, a center, signed with the Rockets at the same time. COMES FROM U. S. LEAGUE Wally, 38, coached the Fort Worth team in the United States League last year and moved it into second place in the final southern division standings.

Ken played in 33 games on his brother's squad and scored 39 points, before he went to Springfield of the American loop. The deal for the Kilreas was made with Eddie Shore, who owns a hockey system which includes teams in Springfield, Fort Worth and San Diego. RODEO OPENS THURSDAY AT WILLIAMS GROVE "I've smoked Chesterfield for years and find they completely Satisfy7 (km mt umpire Charley Moore at Milwaukee Sunday led to fines of $25 each for manager Bill Meyer and outfielder Hal Douglas, and a $15 fine for catcher Gus Niarhos. Lane said. That incident which began when Moore urged Kansas City to speed up the game, ended with Moore ruling off the field the entire Blues bench, except coach Don Ilendrick-son and the bat boy.

Catcher Ken Silvestri was fined $15 for a squabble with umpire Bob Hicks July 4 at Kansas City. Silvestri, ejected tor a violent protest, kicked dirt over home plate with both feet and told the umpire to "clean it off," the Association president Williams Grove, Pa. Col. Cliff SOON TO BE SEEN IN ROBERT RISKIN'S NEW PICTURE "MAGIC TOWN1' RELEASED BY RADIO fICTURBS Gatewood's "Flying Rodeo will be presented for four days on the Williams Grove Speedway, starting on Thursday evening, July 10, if was announced Monday by Roy Richwine, owner. SOME STORY! SOME FISH! The Gatewood rodeo will bring to the Williams Grove Speedway scores of cowboys and cowgirls, many of them experts and champions in their specialities of rop ing, bronco busting, bull dogging and trick riding.

Fort Erie, Ont. OT Witnesses say that Robert H. Carlson, 13, of Buffalo, N. dived in after a fish had broken the surface of the water here Sunday, grabbed it by the tail and came up with 7V pound, 30-inch Pike. About 50 persons were there.

PITTSBURGH FIGHT DELAYED Pittsburgh Monday night's scheduled 10-round welterweight fight between Chuck Taylor, Coal- port, and Sammy Adragna, of Carnegie, was postponed until Penn State and Washington State will exchange their 1946 motion pictures prior to their inaugural football game in 1947. this Tuesday night because of threatening weather. Lawson Robertson, Track Coach At U. Of P. And Former U.S.

Olympic Mentor, Retires Philadelphia Lawson Robertson, head coach" of the University of Pennsylvania track squad and former U. S. Olympic track coach, retired Monday. Dr. E.

Leroy Mercer, dean of tne Department of Physical Education, said Robertson's retirement was made "by mutual agreement" and, in announcing "Robbie's" de- cision, lauded the Penn mentor his long and loyal service. No successor has been named Mercer said, adding that Univer sity authorities do not expect to "i IT); firfi -s. "Si-. Tj 0' ml. rpw mmm wsmmmm make a decision for some time.

"Coach Robertson came to the University in 1916 with an established reputation as a track coach and has added lustre to his name and to the annals of sport during his 31 years as head coach." Mercer said. 'Jj Since coming to Penn in February 1916, Robertson has developed some of the outstanding athletes of the nation. His fame as an athlete and coach was firmly established before he took over on Franklin Field. STARTED CAREER IN 1901 Robertson started his athletic career in 1901, later turning from the business world to coaching in 1909. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on September 23, 1883.

he was brought to this country by his par- ents when he was nine years oM. Robertson joined the Brooklvn, YMCA in 1901 and from the moment he entered the his athletic career started. Beiore the LAWSON ROBERTSON ords from 60 yards to 120 yards belonging to the two famous mentors of college trackmen. These records were made in 1904 and 1905 and included one of 11 seconds for the 100. He was appointed assistant coach of the U.

S. OJvmDic track team 0Ul f'Ooenson naa won 1920 and in 1024 was named the all-around chamoionhin. head coach of the U. S. Olympic He was a memoer of the 1904 tract f-r-oe w.

a. viympic tracK team and Olympic coach in 1928, 1332 and ill iDWftlfj 'itSTuj "-cu econa in inc iianaino is As coach at Penn he won the mgn jump. In 1906, 1907 and 1308 he won the 300 yeard dash National Indoor championship. national Senior Indoor Track, and Field championships and the ne also won the 150 yard dash cross-country intercollegiate cham-; Mi-8nal championship in Ipionships in 1918 su. Hi.

im iqo.i imh ini ijli. ijou auu Asoi. i run teams won the Indoor Intercollegiate championships, and the 1920 Cop7ti) 1X7. lieBcn Mm Tatwn Co. Along with Harry Hillman, now rack coach at Dartmouth, Robertson held the world's record for three-legged racing all rec- Penn team captured the outdoor Intercollegiate championships.

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