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15 Bill Holland, New Jersey Driver, Wins Feature Race at Local Speedway ALTOONA TRIBUNE, FRIDAy MORNING, MAY 31, 1940 ian RusselP First of America's 82,437 Fans See Yankees Halve Pair Wit Red Sox Walt Brown, 0 tis Stine, Buddy Rusch Also Score Triumphs In Holiday Speed Events Glamour Girls at the Olympic 8b Baseball Big Six By Th Associated Tress BATTING (Pint Three in Each League) layer, Club AH. II, Finney, Red Sox 30 1111 23 53 Radcliff, Tirowns 35 146 19 57 Hayes, Athletics 29 102 17 40 Danning, Giants 31 123 31 47 Her name iu lights! In the headlines! On thousands of lips! Men offered fortunes just to be seen in her company! And even kings acclaimed her! That was Lillian Russell, first 0 0 5 1 1 0 114 0 0 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 drove the car in which wen at AHoona two years ago and in which the Oklahoma Indian established a "-qualifying record, High wind and threatening weather flayed the start of the holiday pro-) pram but, once tinder way, it de-j veloped into tV equal of any previous I staaed on the asphalt-coated raceway BiH Holland, a newcomer from Pattcion. N. captured major honors in the automobile racing program at the Altoona speedway yesterday. Drivine Ins first race on tlie mile and one-eighth track Hoilnnd won the 25-3ap feature event.

His time was SO minutes. S.SJ siwnds. Beating a field of rivals. Holland Knickerbocker, Keller, rf DiMuggio, cf Selkirk, If Gordon, 2b Dahlgrcn. lb Pearson, Siuidra, Hadley, Hildebiand, Hcnricli, a 'and greatest of the glamour girls, 0 0 0 0 0 a ret, .596 .393 .393 .1154 .313 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 28 49 of the beautiful and vivid personality of America's most fabulous era.

As portrayed by lovely, blonde Alice Faye, Lillian Russell becomes one of the most colorful figures ever to face the cameras, Don Ameche Edward Solomon, her composer husband, and Henry Fonda, as Alexander Moore, the Pittsburg publisher, both turn in grand acting jobs, as do Edward Arnold, as Diamond Jim Brady Warren William and Leo Carrillo. Others who do outstanding work are Helen West ley, Dorothy Peterson, Ernest Tiuex, Nigel Bruce, Claude AUistcr. Lynn Barl, Weber and Fields, Eddie Foy, Una O'Connor and Joseph Cawthorn. NEW YORK, May 80 i) In a Mlr-ring show for S2.437 fans, the third largest crowd in baseball history, the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox divided a doubleheader today, New York winning the first 4-0 and dropping the second 11-4. Red Ruffing pitched magnificent two hit ball In the opener, the champions' sixth straight triumph, and had a no-hit game In his grasp until Joe Cronin singled In the eighth inning It was the big righthander's sqc-ond shutout and third victory.

The Yankees went to work on Lefty Grove in the second with three runs, including Bil' Dickey's third homer, and added another in the fourth. Rookie Herb Hash pitched the Red Sox to their victory in the nightcap wi'h the help of a 14-hit offensive by Ills teammates. Boston scored a run off Monte Pearson in the first and lie was removed complaining of a kink in his arm. The oficial scorer charged Steve Sundra with the subsequent loss. whose life and love are depicted and the song hits of whose era, as well as some new ones, are sung in Darryl P.

Zanuck's production "Lillian Russell," which opened yesterday at the. Olympic theatre with Alice Faye, Don Anieche and IT Totals H4 4 6 27 7 Boston 103 002 50011 Xow Yoi-k 000 200 002 4 Errors Knickerbocker'. Foxx. Runs oatted In Williams, Cronin 3. Dl-Maggio 3.

Peacock, Finney 2, Doorr, Tabor, Hash 2. Knickerbocker. Two base hits Knickerbocker. Finney, Tabor, Peacock, Henrich, Home runs Cronin, DiMagglo. Left on bases-New York 10.

Boston 9. Bases on balls off Hush 6. off Sundra 1. off Hn.tloy 3. Struck out by Sundra 2, l-nrnry runaa toe top leaturca roles.

I Zanuck has done it asrain, for "Lillian Russell' is certainly one I of the greatest entertainments of all time. It is a thrilling portrait Walker, Dodgers 24 79 11 Lelber. Cubs ....37 113 22 HOME RUNS American League Foxx, Red Sox Trosky. Indians Kuhel, White Sox National League Miae, Cardlua Dunning, Giants Werber, Reds KINS HATTED IN American League Foxx, Red Sox Trosky, Indiana Walker, Senators National League Danning, Giants Leiber, Cubs Lombardl, Reds .11 .11 9 .11 .39 .31 .3 27. iv HhcI'cv 1.

by Hlldc- Joe iron in nomerea wun two on oe crunm im iu in 1 in ie inira ana joe nu lor fi ounrtra in 5 innings. 7 i uie cm uu wi'ii v.iir iu u'l inc 4 in the fourth. It ceased to be a con off Hadley 4 in 1-3 inning, off Hildebiand 1 In 2 2-3 innings. Wild pitches Pearson, Sundra, Hadley. pitcher Sundra.

Attendance S2.437. Tribe Takes Both Ends Of Bill Willi Sox Spangler Tops Apprenties In Holiday Tilt test, howevet, in the sixth when Boston scored two runs on a single, a double and a single and exploded five more tallies in the seventh, tFIRST GAME) New York 031 000 OOx A Boston 000 000 ,1000 Error Knickerbocker. Runs batted In Dickey, Crosetti. Two base hits J. DiMaggio, Knickerbocker.

Home run Dickey. Left on bases New York 5. Boston 3. Bases on balls 3. off Grove 1.

off Bagby 1. Struck nut by Ruffing 2, by Grove 1, by Bagby 1. Hits off Grove 6 In 5 inn ings, otr nagoy in 3 inuigns. wua pitch Grove, Losing pitcher Grove Otis Stine, York, finished second in the closing rae with Buddy Rusch, Dallas, third. Other finishers and the order in which ihey covered the 25 laps were: Ora Beau, Philadelphia: Walt Brown, Maquaq.ua.

X. Y. Johnny Matera, Elizabeth, X. Elmer Nor-ns. Harrisburg; Joe Saoavase.

Sha-mokin: Amnion Kelchner, Lebanon; Men Simmons. Philadelphia, Walt Brown won the opening 8-lap race, finishing in 5:59.41 minutes. Kelchner was second. Bill Holland third. Buster Warke of Allentown.

fourth. Kelchner was out front for the first seven laps with Brown in second place. Brown wrested the lead from Kelchner as they roared over the backstretch in the eighth lap and finished a couple of car lengths ahead of the erstwhile pace setter. Winning the pole position for the second eight-lap race. Otis Sune grabbed the inside at the start and retained first place to the finish.

Mike Little of Johnstown was second, Mark Light of Lebanon third and Ora Bean fourth. The time was Deacon Liu and Med Sinunons failed to finish the sprint. LiU was injured in making a lap prior to the start and was forced to drop out of the running. He was treated at the field hospital for an abrasion above the right eye. some flying object rausing the cut.

That finished the popular DuBois driver for the afternoon. car, however, was not through for the dav. Buddy Riksc.lv whose own machine developed motor trouble and failed to qualify, was assigned to the wheel of Liti' Italian Masaxati for the next race a six-lap event. Rusch. who won the 1939 local feature, was as good a ever in the blue juggernaut owned by Lata.

He won the race in 4:55 05 after taking the lead from Meti Simmons in the third lap. As a matter of fact, Rusch came up from sixth to first place in three laps. Simmons was second. Elmer Xorris third and Johnny Matera fourth. Joe S-acavsge failed to start as scheduled.

The live-lap consolation was won bv Joe Sacavasre with Sammy Swam of Apollo second. Cliff Helman of Indiana third and Bob Chronister of Abbo'tstown fourth. Walt Lager of Detroit was counted out on the starting lap. Sacavage took the lead at the outset and was never headed but Swartt came up from fourth place to grab the runner-up purse. ialmvkouraSra The concluding and main event was open to 15 cars.

Cliff Helman dropped out in the second iap. Motor trouble removed Buster Warke in the ninth and Mark Lieht was forced to quit in the eleventh. Sammy Swarta lasted until the twentieth. Toughest break, however, hit Amnion Kelchner who had on Holland's tail throughout the first 17 laps. His car threw a rod in speeding along the back stretch and Otis Stine moved up to second place.

Holland, however, iaoped the entire field once and most of it twice enronte to his first major win of the season. The competing field and qualifying times follow Wait Brown. 43:39: Amnion Kelchner. 4371: Bill Holland. 44 23: Buster Warke.

Otis Stine. 45:05: Mark Lieht 45:05: Ora Bean, 46:05: Mike Little. Deacon Litz. 47:22: Meti Simmons. 47:41: Joe Sacavaee.

Bob Chronister. Elmer Xorris. 50:01: Johnnv Matera. 51:77: Cli3 Helman. 52:73: Sammy 54 Altoons's next automobile races will be held Labor day.

AR A BOSTON 6 2 5 3 6 0 0 3 2 2 13 5 0 0 4 2 12 5 12 1 5 2 3 0 4 2 17 5 0 11 FROM Finney, rf Cramer, cf Williams. If Foxx. lb Cronin. ss Doorr. 2b Tabor, Sb Peacock, Hash, Totnls NEW YORK Crosctii, ss ffjpjSffVI taste buds 1 fill CrunidthcF Ji By OS FIGAKD Altoona Works Apprentices dropped a 2-0 verdict to Spangler at the Cricket field yesterday.

Walter Stoncr, one time chucker for the old Kittan-nmg Trail team, was on the rubber for the locals and twirled a brilliant game, fanning six while issuing no walks. Armstrong, a seasoned mounds-man, pitched S-hit ball and only in the sixth and ninth inning, was lie in trouble. He fanned 12. Marshall and Leathers excelled in the field. Apprentices lost the game in the sixth frame on two singles, two bunts that were allowed to roll fair for hits and ha I a little mental trouble at second.

Apprentices will be at hour Saturdav with Cresson Merchants at Cricket field. Thev have Williamsburg back again at the Cricket field next Thursday evening for a 5 p. in. game Next Saturday will find the Gallitzin Catholic Union here for a 3 p. m.

game. Apprentices are willing to meet any tocal teams, and such games may be arranged bv calling the booking man A Berman's Jewelry 42 11 14 AB A 1 4 10 Us a happy graduate indeed who receives a gift from BERMAN'S. HER HATCH CLEVELAXD. May Cleveland Indians made a twin killing against the Chicago White Sox today, taking both ends of a double header by the same score 3 to 1 before a Memorial Day crowd of IS. 162.

Chicago scored its only tally of the first game on Mike Kreevich's circuit clout in the ninth inning. Hal Trosky, Tribe first baseman, got his 11th homer ol the season in the third inning of the nightcap. Two lefthanded pitchers named Smith Ed of Chicago and Al of Cleveland battled it out in the first contest, with the White Sox hurler yielding seven hits to Al's six. Two more southpaws worked in the second game, Al Miinar holding the Sox to five hits while Thornton Lee allowed onl six. Cleveland scored in the opener on Rollie Hemsley's double and Ray Mack's single, and tallied two more runs on a walk and three singles.

The Indiars opened the nightcap scoring two runs on two walks and as many singles. Chicago's lone tally came on Rosenthal's double, scoring Luke Appling, who hal walked. (FIRST GAME) Chicago 000 000 0011 6 0 Cleveland 000 010 02x 3 7 0 Runs batted in Mack. Trosky. Bell.

Kreevieh. Two base hi's A. Smith. Hemsley. Three base hits Kuhel.

Rosenthal. Home run-Kreerich. Left on bases Chicago 4. Cleveland 6. Bases on balls A.

Smith 3. E. Smith 2. Struck out A. Smith 1.

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Boston 0 (1st) Boston 11. New Y'ork 4 (2nd) Cleveland 3. Chicago 1 (1st) Cleveland 3. Chicago 1 t2nd) Detroit 2. St.

Louis 1 (1st) Detroit 15. St Louis 6 (2nd) STANDING OF TEAMS AB A 3 0 0 2 0 ager Os Fieard. 2-0171. APPRENTICES Baker. 2b I-obre.

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0 0 10 0 13 6 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 Won Lost Pet, 10 13 15 Scratch Pads FOR Ink Work At Bargain Pi'ices 27 0 3 27 12 AB A 4 1110 Boston Clevealnd Detroit New York Chicago Washington St. Louis Marshall. 3b TVe-ansky, lb Williams, Hobson, 2b Totals SPANGLER Linsky. ss Magulick. cf Potonic.

3b Zultanskv. 2b Miller, lb Lesnock. Finney, If Soviik. rf Armstrong, 22 23 20 17 16 16 14 13 .639 .571 .432 .421 .400 .382 0 0 1 3 1 1 18 21 22 21 21 0 0 Kuhel, lb 3 0 0 Kreevieh. cf 4 0 12 Philadelphia TODAY'S GAMES 0 3 2 0 15 0 0 12 0 1 1 0 12 1 1 0 0 1 8 1 3 0 3 1 Wright, rf 4 0 0 Appiine.

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1 0 0 0 0 Lee 3 0 10 0 Webb, xx 0 0 0 0 0 Spangler 000 902 0002 Boston at New York Harris (2-1) vs Chandler (2-3) NATIONAL LEAGl'E YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Philadelphia 5. Boston 1 (1st) Boston 5, Philadelphia 1 (2nd 11 Innings) New York 7. Brooklvn 0 (1st) Xew York 12, Brooklyn 5 (2nd 12 Innings) Cincinnati 4, Chicago 2 (1st) Cincinnati 9. Chicago 8 (2nd 12 innings) St. Louis at Pittsburg postponed, rain.

STANDING OF TEAMS 34 1 5 24 7 AB A Bond and Ledger Papers in Scratch Pads suitable for writing with pen or pencil. Bees Divide Doubleheader With Phillies 3 114 Apnrentices 000 000 uw Erors Eaker. Two base hitsFinney. Sovick. Earned runs Spangler 2.

Left on bases Apprentices 5. Spancler 6. Smirk out by Stoner 6. by Armstrong 12. Double plavs Leathers unassisted.

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If Chapman, rf Treskv. lb Bell, rf Keltr.er. 3b Pvllak, Mack. 2b Miinar. 0 1 2 9 0 2 1 1 Won Lost Pet.

20 lbs. 0 0 0 1 0 0 714 Cincinnati 10 JEWELER SINCE 19O0 10 12 19 IS 20 18 21 677 .613 .486 .400 .394 .379 .300 Brooklyn 21 New York 19 Chicago 18 Philadelphia 12 St. Louis 13 Boston 11 Pittsburg 9 Wednesday's Scores NATIONAL LEAGl'E Boston 3. Phillies 1. Cincinnati 4.

Pittsburg 0. St Louis S. Chicago 2. Xow York-Brooklvn. not scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGl'E Boston S. Athletics 3. Xtw York 2. Washington 1. Cleveland 7.

Detroit 4. Chicago 4. St. Louis 3. We reserve the right to withdraw these prices when these odd lots are sold.

Totals -9 3 6 27 9 Chicaeo 000 100 0001 Cleveland 201 CM OOx 3 Errors Keltner. Mack. Runs batted in Rosenthal. Trosky 2. Keltner.

Two base ht Rosenthal. Home runs Trosky. Left on bases Chicago 9. Cleveland 5. Bases on balls off Lee 3.

Miinar 3. Struck out by Lee 2, by Miinar 6. Attendance 15.162. 1311 ELEVENTH AVE. TODAY'S GAMES Open date for all teams.

BOSTOX. May 30 JwEddie Miller's grand-slam homer with one out in the 13th inning of the nightcap gave the Bees a 5-1 victory and an even split of today's doubleheader with the Phillies. The visitors took the opener by that same margin behind the five-hit pitching of Kirby Kigbe. Miller's circuit smash over the left field wall, his fourth of the season, was made when Sy! Johnson relieved Si Johnson. The latter had filled the oas's The Phillies tied it up in the eighth when Art Mnhan singled and Herman doubled.

(FIRST GAME) Philadelphia OX) 32! 0105 9 2 Boston 00.) 100 0001 5 2 Errors Bragan. Cuceinello. Runs batted in Atwood 2. I Klein. Marty, Ross.

Two base hits i Mav. Eragan, Atwood. Home The Times-Tribune Co, 1000 ELEVENTH ALTOOIVA, PA. A COMPLETE REFRIGERATOR I run Ross. Left on bases Philadel- 1 pliia 8.

Boston Bases on balls off 1 I Higbe 3. off Fette 2. Struck out by i Htgbe 3. by Fette 1. by Strincevich 1 1.

Hits off Fette 8 in 5 innings (none 1 out in 6th): eff Strincevich 1 in 3: off Javery 0 in 1. Losing pitcher AMAZING- LOW PRICE! Tl Al Fette. i (SECOND GAME) PHILADELPHIA AB A I Mahan. lb 5 1 1 14 1 Schulte. 2b 5 0 1 5 2' Arnovich.

If 3 0 0 1 0 i Bercer. rf 5 0 2 1 0 Martin, rf 0 0 0 0: Martv, cf 4 0 1 3 0 Mav. 3b 4 0 1 3 5 Braean. ss 3 0 0 2 5 Atvoed. 2 0 0 2 0' Pearson, 2 0 0 0 3 Warren, 1 0 0 0 0 S.

Johnson, 1 0 0 0 1 Svl Johnson, 0 0 0 0 0, EDISON GET ALL THIS FOR ONLY Full Al. Total3 35 1 6y31 17 yOne out in 11th when winning run 'iiK roof sizt w9 noogh fo hold AB A 5 0 14 5 4 0 13 0 scored. BOSTON Sisii. 2d Cooney. cf Hassetl.

lb West, rf Ross. If 4 0 1 15 0 WMfc'f SUpp- Cobiiwf Unto forcololn-oihstotl 11a. Big V.fl.tohl. 4 10 1 2 10 2 1 2 1 Cuccinello. 3b 4 4 10 4 5 13 Lopez, Miller, ss Sullivan, -mm rnilKUH Hm 0 0 4 light Hilll-ffw.

Totals 36 5 8 33 1 9 Philadelphia 000 000 010 001 Boston 000 001 000 045 Runs batted In Schulte. Miller 4. Cuceinello. Two base hits SchJlte. Cuceinello.

Home run Miller. Left on bases Philadelphia 6. Boston 8. Bases on balls off Pearson 2. off Si Tohnson 5.

off Sul- livan 5. Struck out by Pearson 2. bv Sullivan 5. Hits off Pearson 6 7' innings, of Si Johnson 1 in 3 1-3. off Svl Johnson 1 in 0.

Losing pitcherSi Johnson. Attendance 14. 73S. Tracy as "Edison the 5Ian" now showing at State -wvi nannt. Sandlot Summary WEDNESDAY'S SCORES GREATER CITY LEAGl'E Juniata 10.

Llyswen 0. Columbia Park 8. Millville 1. Fairview 8. Eldorado 0.

YESTERDAY'S SCORES BLAIR- COl'NTY LEAGl'E Williamsburg 7, Martinsburg 6 Innings) Uuneansville 14-3. Hollidaysburg Claysburg 3, Roaring Spring 2. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL Adds to the Joy of Living! I (12 6-5. THE STANDINGS GREATER CITY LEAGl'E Team Won Lost Pet. Columbia Park 10 0 1.000 Juniata 8 1 ,89 Fairview 5 4 .556 Eldorado 6 7 .462 Llvswen 2 9 .12 Millville 1 11 Thomas A.

Edison brought more pleasure, comfort, health, and entertainment into our lives than any other great American. His most important contribution was the development of electricity. The modern home with Us myriads of electrical appliances which make life worth living is the direct result of Edison's work. PENNSYLVANIA EDISON COMPANY No Other Dollar Buys As Much As the Dollar You Spend For Public Utility Service. BLAIR COENTl LEAGl'E Team Won Lost lrt.

600 .600 SINCE I6 8 Small Monthly Pay inert laHaBaM .600 .600 1 Roaring Spring 3 2 Duncansville 3 2 Claysburg 3 2 William-burg- 3 2 Martinsburg 2 3 Hollidaysburg 1 4 .400 .200 ALTOONA, PA. 12TH AVE. and 12TH ST. TODAY'S GAMES GREATER CITY I.EAGI'E Columbia Park at Llyswcr.