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TSB DAILY REPUBLICAN, MONONGAHELA PA. PAGE FIVE THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930 ALEX ON WAY TO NEW YORK ANDY VELICAN BREAKS RECORD AT GREENE CO. CLUB Miniature Golf Tburnament Opens Connellsville at a cost of and financed under special aid. The project when completed will give an agricultural section in Forward township an outlet to Elizabeth and traffic route No. 31.

It will also form a part of the so-called Allegheny county outer belt line. UNIONTOWN WINS STATE LEGION TITLE "NewlJEagle Indians and I 41 Jessop-Gascos Tie In Free Scoring Game, 9-9 Chicago, Aug. 7 (INS) Grover Cleveland Alexander, veteran pitcher, "was reported to be on his way to New York today following his dismissal from" the Toledo baseball team for failure to report on Sunday, after being sighed to a contract. When Alex left his hotel here, he announced his intention of going to New York. He has lost three baseball Jobs in as.

many months. lentx42 for the course yesterday, negotiated four holes in one, getting aes on numbers 1, 2, 7 and 10 Wilkes Barre, August 7 (INS) Uniontown's classy American) Legion baseball team today is preparing to enter the sectional SEVERLY HURT WHEN TRUCK SCENERY HILL Tribe Deadlocks Count in Final Frame After Losing 7-1 Lead Byers Blanks Daisytown. Waynesburg, Aug. 7 Andy Vel-ican, pro at the Greene County Golf and Country club, yesterday broke all records for the course, including his own, when "he turned in a card of 70 strokes, four under- par for the tricky 18 holes. Velican has been playing smart golf all (season, and yesterday's was not exactly unexpected.

His companions in. a foursome in which he recorded the new low mark were Lee Albacher, John Daily and Dr." W. C. Brown. It is understood they all have a fine set of golf clubs: for sale.

Vel-ican's card: Velican Out 543 334 44335 In 454 325 4443570 Par Out 454 434 In 454 434 5443774 HUMBLED TEAM DESIGNATE "SHORT-CUT" AS ROUTE 905 NEMACOLIN round of the annual American Legion National Junior baseball championship following their victorious assault on the Reading nine here yesterday, which gave them the state title. The score was 11 to 7. as co Talley, six-foot colored hurler for the state champs, led a crushing eighth inning rally which netted Uniontown seven (Continued rrom Page One) driving and paid line of 25 and With Michael in the moving van, Paterlini and Villilla Turn in Good Cards for 54 fioles More to Play Today. Monongahela's first annual miniature golf championship tournament got under way at the tiny links in Chess street last evening with cards being turned in by three players. At least a score of others are expected to go around the course in tournament play today and tomorrow.

Entries will be received until Saturday when the first 36 holes must be completed. Seventy-two holes will constitute the tournament, the final 36 to be completed by next Wednesday. Chris Paiterlini and Fiore Villilla got the jump on the remainder of the field yesterday when they played 54 'holes, needing only 18 BY BUZZARDS GOLFERS WIN The New Eagle Indians and the of Washington, put on a free-scoring exhibition at Quinn Park last evening before a fairly large audience but darkness ended the contest1 at the end of five innings before anybody had won. The game ended in a 9-9 tie, Steam Shovels Tearing Up Earth in Heavy Grading on New Road BERG, KEED Joe McKibben, Veteran Spit Bail Hurler Stops Hill Team With Four Hits as Hawks Win, 4-2. 0 spit ball pitcher of the local sand-lots, hurled -the Van Voorhis Buzzards to a 5-2 victory over Scenery Hill at Van Voorhis last evening.

McKibben, allowed the visitors only four hits and fanned seven in the six inning struggle. Mikita, Buzzard cleanup man, runs1 just when defeat seemed imminent. This, was the second straight year that the soft coal town has won the state title. The victors counted a stogie tally in the first inning, but Reading countered with three runs and added another pair in the second. Uniontown counted twice in the third and Reading twice in the fifth.

Seven runs in the eighth in the Redmen doing a come-back in the last frame to deadlock matters after losing a 7-1 lead at one time in the battle. The Indiana opened strongly, scoring seven runs in the first two innings and were out in front 7-1 when the game entered the third. In this stanza, the county seat ball players' got to Butch Sessi, Tribe pitcher for five markers to cut the AWAIT GONG more to complete their requirement. Their scores were: Villilla 42 52 47141 Paterlini- 47 45 50142 Mrs. Helen McVicker was the Nemocolin County Club, Aug.

7 Dr. J. C. McGregor, long-driving Neimacolin veteran, led the field with a fine exhibition of golf here yesterday afternoon as Nemacolin club sharpshooters defeated visiting players from Cedar Rocks Country club of Wheeling, W. by a score of 37 to 11.

Play was scored tinder the Nassau system. Dr. McGregor, who has been turning in excellent golf all season, scored a 74, but two over par for the Nemacolin course. The feature match of the day was staged by Jimmp Devlin, popular Nemacolin professional, and Leo Shea, pro at the Cedar Rocks club. Both mentors navigated the hill and dale course under par, Shea leading the way home by a one stroke margin to defeat Dev which bore Maryland plates and was enroute from Pittsburgh to Baltimore with a load of furniture, were his wife and a helper.

Mrs. Michael was cut about the face by flying glass from the shattered windshield and was given attention by a local physician. Michael, travelling toward this city, lost control of the van on the Riverview curve and crashed into Hoskin's truck, which was en-route toward Riverview. The van then glanced off and continuing on, struck a telephone pole on the left side of the road. The van struck the truck about the middle of the left side and Hoskin was jolted against the side of the machine, suffering a fracture of his left knee cap.

He was treated by a local physician and then removed to the Memorial hospital. Damage to the truck, which Hoskin. had purchased only a month ago, will amount to between $50 and $75. The front axle and fender of the moving van were bent and the windshield broken, the damage being about $150. first woman entry to turn, in a i who had a try out with the Char leroi Governors last season, hit count to 7-6, still in favor of the ning changed the entire aspect of the game and snatched victory from the Reading nine.

Previous to the start of the game, George Farr, Uniontown shortstop and one of the leading sluggers, was taken to the Vanishing Americans. The fourth The Monongahela Elziabeth now under construction by the state road department, connecting Pangburn Hollow, just south cf Elizabeth with the river been officially designated as State bridge at East Monongahela, has Route 905, it has been announced. Steam shovels are tearing up the earth in the heavy grading that is a part of the construction. One of the shovels is rapidly cutting a roadway up the side of the hill, from a point opposite the bridge approach, toward the hill above the new addition to Coshocton where it will swing across country towards Elizabeth. The project consists of 2.26 miles of concrete road, 18 feet wide, and includes heavy excavation.

The contract was awarded to Corrado Galiardi Construction of By Davis J. Walsh International News Service Sports Editor New York, Aug. 7 Jackie "Kid" Berg of England, and "Kid" Chocolate of Cuba, the one rising to eminence'from the squalor of London's whitechapel, the other once a half-hakad street gamin in Havana, will fight ten rounds at the for the circuit in the fifth with two on to win the game. The Buzzards meet the Keenies Garage team at Yankee field here this evening. was scoreless but in the fifth Diamond, Washington centerfielder, hit a home run with two on to put the Gascos ahead 9-7.

Going into the last of the fifth and incidentally the last frame two runs behind, the Redskins ac- tournament card. She had a 46 for her first 18 cups. New, hazards have been placed at two holes on the local course. A small concrete arch has bean erected over the on number one, making a perfect lie on the green from the t'airwiay driver over the water hazard almost necessary to obtain a par. Hole 12 has been converted into a pipe shot.

It previously was almost a straight shot. Bill Ross, in turning in an excel- 1 The summary: Buzzards AB M. Rich, 3b 3 1 JRich, 3 1 vBughton, mf ...3 0 Mikita, ss 3 2 lin to 1 under Nassau carding. They both went out in a sparkling 35, which Shea duplicated on the return, while Devlin was forced to take an extra putt on the 12th hole to give him a card of 71 to Shea's 70. Their cards: Shea out 344, 544, 443 35; in 'Polo grounds tonight for a stake that is rich in money, but far richer in its promise of rewards to come.

The winner, they say, will be the next lightweight champion of the world, which is going pretty far, since the next lightweight champion is quite liable to be the COURTNEY WIN SLAB BATTLE ATWILSONJ-0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 Stevenson, If 3 Metro, 2b 2 Brezniak, lb 2 Zemko, rf 2 McKibben, 35 0 1 cepted a virtual donation to get 0 nothing worse than a tie score for 0 their evening's work. After Perry, 0 first mat tip had flied 0 J. Furiga and A. Smith drew ctin-0 secutive walks to fill the hassocks. 0 McGinty was safe on a fielder's 0 choice that saw A.

Smith put out at second but scored J. Furiga, 0 I Sessi having come home a minute before. Ackman grounded out to i end th ga me. 0 I McGinty was the batting star 0 for the Tribe with three hits, in-0 eluding a two bagger in four times 0 up. J.

Furiga scores three of the present holder of the title, Al twie. Singer got there first, go to-! Singer. As a fighter, the latter is jinignt B6rg must g0 down to the 453, 434, 3453570. Devlin out 434, 544, 44335; in .444, 434, 4453671. nobody's chuckle head.

23 5 9 IS 5 Totals class below in order to prove that he is an adequate challenger in the lightweight division. New Monongahela New Eagle Natatorhim UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Admission Adults 25c Children 10c Phone 9981 However, only the whimsies of chance have kept Berg from being the champion today. It is obvious York is like that. Berg ruled a 6 Policemen of Berlin are to be equipped with gas pistols, which may be merely another defense against excess conversation. now that the first man to get to 5 favorite this morning and it Sammy Mandell was to win the is probable, that his price will tW'gWSWapg EEC D.

Marochek, Leadoff Man, Scores Only Run of Game in First Inning Berry Master Throughout. Courtney Fire Brick players defeated Wilson at Wilson last evening in one of those rarities of modern baseball since the advent 0 i Indian runs although only official Scenery Hill AB A Grabil, ss 3 0 0 0 1 0. Ames, If 3 0 1 1 1 K. Ames, 3b ....3 1 0 0 1 Guthrie, 3 0 1 0 0 S. Ames, imf ....3 0 0 2 0 Carroll, rf 3 0 1 2 0 Stout, 2b 3 0 0 2 1 jJVolfe, 2 0 0 4 0 5 fiJziak, lb 2 1 1 2 0 Campbell, 1 0 2 0 ly charged with one time at bat, an occasion on which he doubled.

Amee Byers was in form in Tuesday's game against Daisy- town, the cool right hander blank-! 0f the so-called rabbit ball, a 1-0 game. D. Marochek, Courtney leadoff mg the visitors on three hits while the Indians went out and won, 6-0. Gregory paced the In 26 2 4 15 4 0 Totals buzzards Scenery Hill man, scored the only run of the struggle in the first inning, Berry and Stripp waging a sparkling pit-1 9 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 x-0 0 0 0 11- dian attack with two hits, one a double and the other a triple. Only four invaders reached base chers battle the rest of the way.

in the seven inning contest, three1 Each pitcher allowed only two hits 011 singles and the other on a base and neither walked a man. Stripp's on balls. Byers fanned seven in downfall came when one of his Home run: Mikita. Stolen bases: Dziak. Base on balls: McKibben 1.

Struck out by McKibben by Guthrie 6. Umpire: Parson. bender's hit Marochek and a stolen bajwa apd errors the' applying the whitewash. The summaries: Fire Brick outfielder to score. Indians AB a Ei Not a Wilson player got past 0 0 0 "second base.

Berry was complete J. Fwiga, If 3 A. Smith, ss 1 McGinty, rf 2 Ackman, lb .....3 1 Gregory, 2b 3 0 Abbott, cf ...2 0 1 i master of the situation from the 10 0 first to the last ball. 4 The feature fielding tid-bit was 0 3 1 provided by Meliski, Wilson leflt-10 0 fielder, who; threw Spemce out at 1 i' the plate after snaring M. Posey's 6 0 0 long fly.

1 I no ganie- went only in- nings, because of darkness. EWING, LITTLE ENTER JUNIOR DOUBLES FINAL F. Furiga, 3b 3 0 0 Perry, 2 1 0 Sessi, .2 1 0 23 9 8 15 6 2 Totals The Monessen K. S. club will play at Courtney tomorrow even- ing.

Teams wishing games with 0 Courtney call Monongahela 774-R 0 and ask for Jimmy. The summary: 0 Jessop-Gasco AB A Diamond, cf 4 2 2 4 0 Viehrman, 3b 1 2 0 0 Anderson, ss 2 1 0 0 1 Sweitzer, 3 1 1 4 0 Yorke, 1Mb 3 1 2 2 0 Selway, lb-p ....3 11 1 0 Mawhinne, 2b ...3 0 0 3 2 Smith, rf ....3.1 1 1 0 Egan, p-lf 3 1 1 0 0 AB .1 .2 .2 .2 2 0 Courtney F. B. 0 D. Marochek, If 0 H.

Cook, cf 0 Ambrose, 3b 0 J. Posey, c-ss 0 Spence, ss-lb A 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 all the eggs 28 9 10 15 3 0 B. Cook, 2b 2 M. Posep, rf 2 Leech, lb 1 J. Berry, 2 Fritz, 1 Totals Jessop-Gasco Indians 0 11 6 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 3-2 5 0 0 2- mmt be perfect totals 17 1 "2 15 13 2 Wilson AB Meleski, If 2 0 Defeat Gilkey and Underwood, 6-2 and 6-4, in First Doubles Match--For-naciar! Bye.

Jack Ewing and Hamilton Little won way into the final 'round of the junior doubles in the sec-, pnd annual city tennis tournament, now being played, when they defeated Willis Gilkey and Charles Underwood, 6-2 and 6-4, at the municipal courts at Seventh street la evening in the first doubles m(Ssh of the tournament. As only four teams were entered, a victory in the opening match of the junior doubles autoniotical-ly advanced the winning team into the championship round. Ewing and Little will meet the winner of ithe match between the Arnold Miale and Thomas, Wilson team and the James Nicholls and Jack iBarnhart combintion. This match will probably "be played today or tomorrow. An oversight which failed to include the name of Sam Fornaciari, 1929 junior singles champion in "the list of entries for the 1930 senior singles when the draw was jfcwle on Tuesday, resulted in townament directors awarding the flashy little Catsburgher a first round bye yesterday.

Fornaciari was the first player to enter the singles but his entry blank Two-base hits: J. Furiga; A. Smith; McGinty; Sweitzer; Selway. Home run Diamond. Stolen bases: McGinty.

Hit with pitched ball: Anderson. Base on balls: Off Egan off Selway 1. Struck out by Sessi 4 by Egan 4. 0 1 0 2 1 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 B. Jonas, 3b 2 Goodie, lb 2 S.

Daerr, 2 J. Shawl, ss 2 Taylor, cf 2 Stripp, 2 And to be a perfect gasoline it must have all of the qualities needed for efficient all-round performance. jOne-feature gasolines are plentiful but in Atlantic you get a motor fuel that gives you EXTRA POWER EASY Halt, 2b B. Evans, rf Totals Courtney F. B.

Wilson 18 0 2 15 9 3 .1 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 o' 00 A 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 STARTING -INSTANT PICK-UP CLEAN BURNING and "KNOCKLESS combustion everything! It is strictly a superquality motor fuel produced by one of the oldest largest and most progressive refining organizations in the world and is sold at no extra cost to you. 6 0 Indians AB RHP J. Furiga, If .....4 0 1 1 A. Smith, ss ....4 0 0 2 iF. Furiga, 3b ....2 0 0 1 Ackman, lb .....3 2 1 6 Abbott, cf ......2 2 1 Sessi, rf ........3 0 0 0 Gregory, 2b 3 1 2 2 Perry, 2 (1 0 8 Byers, ...3 0 1 0 Totals 26 6 6 21 Daisytown AB Blozic, ss 2 0 0 1 Widoker, 2b ....3 0 I Fisher, 3b 3 0 0 3 W.

Wilson, If 3 0 0 1 Woodring, ....3 0 0 1 Zohorawicz, rf ..3 0 2 0 J. Wilson, lb ....2 0 0 Kurtic, cf 2 0 1 1 Solak, 2 0 0 4 Two-base hit: Stripp. Sacrifice hits: H. Cook, B. Cook, Ambrose.

Stolen bases: D. Marochek, M. Posey. Hit with pitched ball: D. Marochek.

Struck out by J. Berry 8, by Stripp 2. First base on errors: Meleski. Umpire: Campbell. Time of game: 55 minutes.

A 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 II llilAILMHUSI MUSKETEERS WIN OVER LOCK FOUR 23 0 3 18 7 3 was overlooked when the drawings were made. At that time, there was an uneven number of 5 entries, with Fornaciari's left out, and the bye which resulted was drawn by Phil Scott, defending senior champion. Rather than com-pell Fornaciari to face Scott in the opening round when he did not get a chance to draw another opponent when parings were made tournament directors gave him a bye in the first round and placed his name at the top of the bracket. Several matches have been arranged for today, weather premit-tikng. With uncertain weather eon-'dflffttoa appearing in the are again urged to complete their first round matches at their earliest convenience.

All first round games must be played by next Wednesday. Totals The Monongahela Musketeers' defeated Lock Four in a one-sided game at the High School field on Tuesday evening. The final 6core was 15 to 5. Ballard let the visitors' down with eight hits and fanned seven. Galston, J.

Thomtys and Adail did the heavy hitting for the win-ners. The Musketeers play the Palmer A. C. at the High School field tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock. Daisytown .000000 00 Indians 011 2 2 0 6 Two-base hit: Gregory.

Three-bas hit: Gregory. Hit by pitched ball: By Byers by Woodring 3. Base on balls: Off Byers off Woodring 3. Umpire: C. Silko.

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