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July 20,1949 The LOCK Haven Slumping Yankees' Lead Sliced to Games by Indians New York's Loss Is Fourth in Last Five Games By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is this the start of that long- awaited New York Yankee collapse? Baseball experts, who vowed the Yankees would finish no higher than fourth this year, wore that old wise look today. A good many of them were ready to give you that "I told you so" routine. And they may have something there. For the Bronx Bombers of iate have looked like anything but the league leaders they are. In losing yesterday, 5-4, to Cleveland, the Yankees extended their losing skein to three in a row.

They have now dropped four of their last five games, three of them to second division clubs. Whereas they once boasted an eightigame margin, their lead has shrunk to three and a half games over the advancing Indians. The Tribe battery of pitcher Bob Lemon and catcher Jim Hegan was responsible for the Yankees' most recent defeat. Lemon only whipped the Yankees for the third time this year in racking up his llth triumph, but hammered his fourth home run, with Hsgan on base, Hegan, broke up the game In the last of the ninth with a home run. Rookie is Loser Duane Pillette, the tall young righthander freshly arrived from Newark "yesterday morning, was the victim of Hegan's blow, The Boston Red Sox climbed back into third place, seven and a half games, off the pace, defeating the Chicago White Sox, 6-4.

Vern Stephens' two run -single highlighted the Red Sox three-run ninth inning' that kayoed starter Marino Pleretti. Bills Kinder allowed eight hits to register his 10th, triumph, The Tigers blew a 6-0 lead be- Hal NewhouSer, but bounced back to eke out a 7-6 triumph "over the Washington Senators. "Three successive eighth Inning plus a long fly by Johnny Lipon brought in the winning run. i Virgil Trucks, who Relieved Newhouser after the Nats had blasted the lefthander for five runs In'the' sixth, was credited his 12th victory. Four home runs helped the St.

Louis Browns sweep a twilight night doubleheader from Vthe Philadelphia Athletics, 9-4 and 5-4, It was the Browns' flfth straight victory. Jack "Graham and Sherm Lollar hit four baggers in the first game, Qerry Priddy and Dick Kokos slammed circuit clouts In the second. Bol? pillinger was the chief gun in the Brownie attack, turning in six consecutive hits three singles and a triple in the opener. Brooks Gain The Dod.jjers picked up a game on the cardinals, edging'out the Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Cleveland Boston S.I 46 46 31 34 39 41 42 50 47 S3 Philadelphia Detroit 4S Chicago 37 Washington 31 St. Louis Results Cleveland Mow 4 Boston 6, Chtcaflo 4 St.

Louis 0-5. Philadelphia 4-4 Detroit, 7, Washington 8 NATIONAL LEAGUE S2 32 Brooklyn St. Louis 40 47 Philadelphia 44 New York 41 Pittsburgh, 39 Cincinnati 34 Chicago 31 Results Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3 Boston St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 1, Chicago 0 New York 13, Cincinnati 3 Pet ,631 .500 .541 .529 ,517 .425 .420 ,345 Prt .619 .576 .513 .300 .470 .360 IVovIcc Tennis Players nt New Hoberman Courts Vets 4 to 3 Victors Over Elks for 3rd Second Half Win Little Leagues LOCK HAVEN While Tennis Director Harriett Underwood smooths off the playing surface in the foreground, youthful beginners at the new Hoberman Park courts try out the rackets furnished hy (he Cily Recreation Board. Underwood is also seeking old, unwanted rackets to add to the supply for novices, and Is holding clinics three times weekly to encourage the young- er set to take up the sport.

There are four courts In the newly-finished area. Van Horn, one-time national professional singles and doubes champion, will stage an exhibition ahcl a clinic there on Aug. 1. Final arrangements for the day's program will be made at a meeting tomorrow evening. (Express Photo.) V.

F. 3 0 of Italy 1 1 Moose 1 Elka 0 3 RESULTS V. W. 4, Elks 3 (7 innings) TODAY Sons of Italy vs. Moose TOMORROW Sons of Italy vs.

Elki INTER-COMMUNITY Pet 1.000; ,000 'EASTERN LEAGUE Mill Hall Reds, Avis Win in CC Mill Hall Gold Tops McElhattan by 6 to 4 Albany 89 24 37 40 42 Mill Wliket-Barre 44 8cranton 42 Binghamton 42 Wllllamiport 3fl Utlca 36 Hartford 35 Elmlra 33 Results Wllllamsport 5-6, Utlca Hartford 7-7, 2-4 Albany 1ft, Scranton 4 Blnghamtpn 7, Elmira 1 46 45 81 Hall Scarlet, and Avis to run 1-2 in the 512J Clinton County Junior Baseball League after victories last Pa. Sportsmen to Raise League Has 85,000 Pheasants in 3-3 Games Pct 1.0001 .333 Orviston 2 Monument 1 Beech Creek 1 Blanchard 1 RESULTS Beech Creek 3, Blanchard 3 (called after 8th) Monjjment 3. Orvlston 3 (called after 1Hh) FRIDAY Blanchard at Monument Orviston at Beech Creek Pet continue .500 .439 evening. scarlets downed Castanea Avis laced Woolrlch 4-1 and 16-3. Mill Hall Gold gained on the third-place Castanea by edging ran t- A 1.11 i McElhattan 6-4.

Castanea's lead Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 while over the Gold is one and a half the Boston Braves knocked off the Redblrds, 5-2. Bruce Edwards singled with the bases loaded and n6ne out in the ninth to snap a 3-3 tie and give the Brooks the decision. Southpaw Warren Spahn posted his llth triumph, limiting the Cardinals to six hits as the Braves batted Max Lanler out of the box in the fourth. Elbie Fletcher socked a three-run homer oft the Card southpaw in the third. Scoring at least once in every inning, the New York Giants battered three Cincinnati hurlers for 20 hits Including three homers, to humble the Reds, 133.

Hank Thompson, Johnny Mlze and Marshall contributed home runs. LarryJJansen coasted to his 10th victory, with Howard Fox getting tagged with the defeat. Lefty Ken Heintzelman pitched another masterpiece as the Philadelphia Phils nipped the Chicago Cubs, 1-0. Heintzelman scattered nine hits for his 12th victory against three defeats. A single by Andy Seminick scored Willie Jones from second with two out in the last of the eighth for the only run.

REFKIGSRATION SERVICE AIR CONDITIONING CALL CHARLIE PHONE 4471 CHARLES HEVERLY Bear 52 E. Church St. Boudreau Tells Sitter Indians Be First CLEVELAND, (AP) The Cleveland Indians' staunchest follower had the personal assurance of Manager Lou Boudreau that he can desert his flagpile perch soon. Charles Lupica, the druggist who vows he won't leave his aerial seat until the Indians are in first place, Is 37 years old today. Last night, Boudreau gave with a pre-birthday call to cheer him up.

"'You'll be down pretty Tribe games. Four runs In the fifth inning won for the Scarlets who shut out Castanea until the last inning. Castanea outhlt the Mill Hall Learn getting eight, blows off Ken Condo who struck out 11. Jackie Baker and Dick Sig- mimd combined to hurl a five- hitter for the Castaneans but came out on the short end. Baker was called off the hill in the fifth in which the Scarlets scored all their runs.

He had given just three hits and two walks in four and two thirds innings. He fanned four. Sigmund finished the game allowing two hits and strlcking out six. Dick Wagner of the Scarlets was the Lop batter with a triple and a single in four trips to the plate, Ronny Baker and M. McKeague each had two singles in thrte.

Avis scored in every inning but the fourth in trimming Woolrich. While R. Warden was holding Woolrich to five hits and four bases on balls as he struck out six, the Avis team collected 19 safe ones. Mayes gave 16 in five and two thirds Innings in which he whiffed four and passed the same number. Fisher went in for the last third of an inning and gave three hits.

He did not strike out or walk any one. Warden not only pitched a fine game for Avis, he was the top batsman. He hit five for five including a home run, two two- HARRISBURG, fAP) Pennsylvania sportsmen will raise 85,000 pheasants this year for hunting purposes. The Game Commission disclosure came in a report of game birds and animals reared purchased and stocked by the state during the fiscal year from June 1, 1948 to May 31 this year. The commission said its pheasant program In general is due for expenslon this year both at game farms and through purchases.

Ringneck rjheasants raised at commission game farms and released in the state during the past year totaled 62,891. Another 30,575 were purchased and released by the commission. The number of bobwhite quail' shipped from game farms for I distributed from the state turkey farm totaled 5,965. "The story of the wild comeback in Pennsylvania is one," the commis-1 sion said. "Production of this prized bird has increased many innings last evening, fold at the turkey farm and The Beech Creek-Blanchard through natural propagation." game went for eight lnnlri Meanwhile, the commission Little Leaguers Go To 8 and 11 Innings The Inter-Community Little League standings we.re unchanged today after two 3-3 games which ran into extra said it was able to purchase only 39,155 cottontail rabbits from Missouri last winter because poor.

Cottontail weather rabbits was live- trapped and released in Pennsylvania last winter totaled 29,364, making total released for the year 68,519. Softball Sports Briefs CHURCH LEAGUE Pot East Main 17 2 .895 Teachers 15 3 Trl-Vans 13 7 .650 Church of Christ 11 8 .579 St. 10 10 .500 Salvation Army 5 15 .250 St. John's 3 1fi ,159 Reformed 3 16 .159 RESULTS East Main 19, St. John's 2 TODAY Church of Christ vs.

Trl-Vans, Hoberman. St. John'a vs. Teachers, Hotaer- man. TOMORROW East Main vs.

Salvation Army, Hoberman. W. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boxing: LOS ANGELES Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, named referee for Thursday night's world lightweight title bout between Ike Williams and Enrique Boianos. WASHINGTON- Harvey Miller, National Boxing Association secretary, said 47 NBA states will suspend GusLesne- 1 In the flnh Orviston vlch he fights Ezzard Charles tied on two more mteplays in The Monument-Orviston clash lasted 11 innings. Bob McCloskey and Joe Hills pitched for Beech Creek; Dick Weaver, a new find, for Blanchard.

Jerry Heverly pitched five-hit ball for Monument and struck out 16. Roney Barnhart of Orviston -gave seven hits and fanned 18. Monument went into the lead with two runs In the first inning. Barnhart walked the first two men to face him and then settled down but Ihose two scored to give the visitors a 2-0 lead as Paul Levy doubled. Orviston got a run in the second on Frank Walker's single coupled with a base gained by Tom Gray who was hit by the pitcher and another single by Ken Confer.

Monument, made it 3-1 in the third scoring on a couple of Piper vs. Hoover In Women's Golf Mrs. William T. Piper, was to meet Mrs. C.

O. Hoover this afternoon In the finals of the women's handicap golf tournament at the Clinton Country Club. Mrs. Piper yesterday defeated Mrs. A.

Arter 3 and 2 and Mrs. Hoover won from Miss Ruth Pursley 5 and 3. In the beaten division of the first flight, Mrs Roland W. Fredericks will Mrs. C.

F. Morrill. Mrs. Fredericks defeated Mrs. W.

T. Piper, Sr. 7 and 6 and. Mrs. Morrill won 2 up from C.

R. Armstrong. Mrs. Edward E. will meet Mrs.

Charles Pool in the second flight. Mrs. Wentz won by default from Miss Elizabeth Youngman and Mrs. Pool defeated Mrs. A.

E. Timms 7 and 5. Miss Nancy Esenwine will meet Miss Betty Stevenson in the finals of the beaten section. .384 .231 two singles. S.

double and two soon," the black-haired manager promised. And after the Indians whacked the Yanks, 5 to 4, yesterday, I three. Charley felt pretty much th same way. The club now is onl SMs games behind New York. baggers and Pecchia hit a singles.

Hanley pitched for the Mill Hall Gold while Dick Harnm and Daryl Gardner divided the hill duty for McElhattan. Hanley struck out eight; Hamm, six, and Gardner, one. Frank Swine- GIRLS LEAGUE (Standings Corrected to Date) Bows 11 2 Rlnkers 11 2 Millers 10 3 Daisies 8 5 Toms 5 Buttons 3 10 2 10 .167 Bellen 1 11 .083 RESULTS Millers 26, Daisies 17 TODAY Treka vs. Toms, Recreation Field Buttons vs. Millers, Mill Hall TOMORROW Rinkers vs Hoberman Field Belles vs.

Bows, Recreation Field New York Aug. 10. Sam That was all the scoring but i a pr te I (Monument nearly pulled threatened court action to halt I thrnnp-h' ft It UlliUUgll IT A 1 Ait Ulit fight because of Lesnevich scon-1 llth chet young doubled and Pct tract to fight Joey Maxim. Yacht Racing was hart of McElhattan hit two singles in four and Kline Mill Hall had two doubles Yanks Release Shea CHICAGO, (AP) The Ne York Yankees announced Mon day night the optional release pitcher'Frank Shea freshma hero of the 1947 season witl 14 wins to Newark of the In ternational League. Shea woi the 1947 All Star game for th American League.

Later he won two games in the World Serie of that season against Brook lyn. He will be replaced on thi Yankee pitching staff by Duani Pillette, 25-year-old right hand pitcher from Newark. Cards' Tryouts At Bloomsbiirg BEOOMSBURO, In the summer of 1935, a tall, lanky, 18-year-old travelled from Iva, S. to Rome, to attend a baseball try-out camp the St. Louis 1 Cardinals were conducting in that city.

That trip started Marty Marion on a journey which has ended in the major leagues. When he entered the camp, Marlon followed a pattern of activities amazingly similar to those which will be offered to boys who attend the Cardinal camp at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College field on July 25 and 26. Any boys 17 to 23 years of age this area who would like to a chance to follow in the 'ootsteps of "Mr. Shortstop" are urged to turn out for the workouts. They are asked to bring heir own gloves and shoes, and uniforms if they have them.

Any xpenses incident to attending he camp will be refunded to all boys signed. Millers Beat Daisies The Miners won 26-17 over the Daisies in a postponed game in the Girls Softball League last evening. Shirley Earner pitched for Mill Hall; Shady, for the Daisies. The Millers, in third place, boosted their lead over the fourth place Daisies to two games. Tigers Surprise, Win Two More By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Albany and an aged 17-game winner have turned the Eastern League race' into a rout.

The Senators and 44-year-old flinger Orle Arntzen blasted Scranton, 16-4, last night to run Albany's margin over second-place Wilkes-Barre to 14 games. The defeat dropped the Miners 3 games off the pace. Ben Flowers was the victim but three other Scranton hurlers also took their bumps in the 18-hit Albany barrage. Arntzen didn't yield a He might COMES, States won third race in British-Am-1 erica Yacht Series after British struck out won first two. Ilanoria, skip- pered by Emil Mosbacher, of White Plains, N.

put U. S. back into event. Nation taking i four races wins event. HONOLULU Kitten.

46-ft sloop from Newport Harbor, won 1949 Los Angeles- Honolulu yacht race on corrected time of nine 'days, 10 hours, 24 49 seconds. Temple was safe on a fielder's choice with only one out. However, the rally ended as Young trapped between second third' and Bob Thomas hit until the sixth, have escaped with a shutout save for Fred Lanlfero's fumble of a potential side-retiring double play ball in the ninth. It was the Senators' eighth straight victory. Binghamton handed the Pioneers a 7-1 thumping at Elmira to move within one game of the third-place Miners.

Williamsport came within shouting distance of the first division by beating Utica 5-4 and 6-2. Hartford took a pair from Wilkes- Barre, 7-4 and 7-2. piays rt Horse Racing NEW YORK Purses for fall stakes at Belmont Park were cut by $112,500 and Aqueduct stakes reduced by $20,000. Move was seen as forced by drop in betting at spring meeting. Belmont stake purses will total Aqueduct, $195.000.

NEW YORK Jockey Bobby Hernhardt rode, both ends of $1,199.50 dally double in Safa- toga-at-Jamaica meeting, largest of New York season. Earn- First Ward Tops CasfanealO-7 hardt rode first race, Aigee and ($223.50) in Red Banjo game at 8 o'clock, three-day stand. Games tonight: Albany at Wilkes-Barre. Hartford at Scranton. Utica at Elmira.

Binghamton at Williamsport, ($10.40) in second. CHICAGO Three winners including feature-race and $88 daily double, scored by Jockey Logan Batcheller at Arlington Park. Batcheller won Durazna purse on Roman Candle ($27.20) after scoring in D. D. with Merry Zac and Imoact Baseball CLEVELAND Outfielder Gene Woodling of New York Yankees suffered "fractured left knee when he crashed into fence making spectacular catch of Bob Kennedy's line drive.

Football LOS ANGELES Bert Labrucherie, former UCLA coach, named coach of Cal Tech engineers of Pasadena. Junior Leagues CLINTON COUNTY Mill Hal Scarlet 18 5 Avis 15 8 Castanea 12 10 Mill Hall Gold 11 12 Me ElhaUan 9 13 Woolrlch 3 20 RESULTS Mill Hall Scarlet 4, Castanea 1 Aylj 16, Woolrlch 3 Mill Hall Gold 6. McElhattan 4 TOMORROW Woolrlch at McElhattan Mill Hall Gold Mill Hall Scartet Castanea at Avlt Ollie Byers Resigns As Bridgeport Manager WILLIAMSPORT Ollie Byers, former Lock Haven Teachers athlete, has resigned as manager of Bridgeport in the Colonial League, the Sporting! News reported. The paper said Byers quit because of an attack of inflammatory bursitis that prevented from filling his contract as pitcher-pilot. The club was tied with Stamford for first place at the time the local athlete quit.

At the time he resigned, the paper said, Byers was under suspension as a result of a brawl in Stamford July 3. First Ward defeated first- place Castanea 10-7 last evening in the Y. M. G. Baseball League.

The Green Sox claimed a for- 'feit from the team. First Ward took a big lead but had to fight off a series of Castanea rallies. The game was tied in the sixth but First Ward came back with three runs in the seventh to pull through with a vibtory. Castanea still had a two and a half game lead over the First Ward, second-place team. Dick Chilcot hit a triple for First Ward with the bases loaded in the first inning.

Ed King of First Ward pitched a five-hitter walking one and fanning nine and had the best batting mark. He hit a double and two' singles in four. Lapriola of First Ward hit a double and a three-bagger in four. Hakin fed Castanea withi a double and a single in four; Bob Jacobs pitched for Castanea giving up 12 hits and one pass. He struck out eight.

Yanks Mad as Late Tilt- Derives Them of Sleep CLEVELAND, (AP) Players of the New York Yankees were incensed at the management yesterday for permitting the White Sox to schedule a getaway game in Chicago Monday night. The late getaway from Chicago, after the Yankees' 6-5 loss to the White Sox in 10 innings, consumed more than three hours. kept the players from getting more than five hours sleep on the train. Bubb's Timely Hitting Feature Of Close Game Lack of control played hob last evening with two little League Elks' Steve Romeo and Dynamite Condo, of the V. F.

W. with the result that Romeo lost a heart-breaking 4-3 decision in seven innings and Condo was forced to leave the hill. It was the Vets' third consecutive second half victory. For four innings, Romeo was superb, allowing no hits and striking out seven. Condo had given up but one bingle, but in the fourth he lost his control and three walks and one hit, combined with two errors by his mates, led to two Elk runs.

Romeo made it 3-0 in the fifth when he singled home Snitz McNerney. But, in the last of the fifth it was the veteran Elks fllnger's turn to weaken and he did. He walked the first two batters after which Bob Bubb came through with a two- run single, the first hit of the game. Mike Quiggle took over on the hill for theWets in the sixth and 'set the Elks down in order. In the bottom half, Bubb was again the hero as he drove out a two- bagger chasing home the tying run.

A double play in the top of the seventh cut short an Elks threat, and in the last of the extra frame, Condo made first on a Bucky Miller error at second, sped around on another bobble and tallied the winning run on a passed ball. Romeo had 13 strikeouts, one less than the league record. Quiggle, the loop's top pitcher, was the winner. ELKS AB 0 A McNerney, 1b 21030 W. Kuntz, 2 1 0 14 1 Shady, ss 31100 Romeo, 30112 W.

Smtih, If 2 0 0 0 0 Msnclnl, rf 20000 Coleman. cf 20000 Womeldorf, 3b 3 0000 Miller, 2b 30001 Totals 22 3 2 4 College Net Stars In Merion Spotlight HAVERFORD. fAP) A pair of college kids stole the thunder from more experienced players in the second day of the 50th Pennsylvania state men's lawn tennis tournament at Merion Cricket Club. While most matches went pretty much according to the draw, Grant Golden, Northwestern University, and Sidney Schwartz, University of Miami, caused some eyebrows to be lifted with victories over two seeded players. Golden eliminated Edd Moylan, Trentoji, sixth seeded.

Schwartz disposed of William G. Vogt, of Merion, seventh seeded, 6-2, 6-8, 6-3. In other matches played yesterday, Richard Gonzales, U. S. champion from Los Angeles, defeated Jack Geller, New York, 6-1, 6-3; second seeded Victor Seixas, Cynwd, defeated Calhoun Dlckson, Tampa, 6-4, 6-0.

F. W. Slgmund, 3b 3 R. Condo, J. Englert, cf Lantz, If AB 0 A Quiggle, ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0000 0000 4 4 21 4 210 021 RACKETS RESTRUNG Either Tennis or Badminton EXPERTLY QUICKLY HITTER'S SPORT SHOP Main at Jay St.

Probst, 1b T. Walters, 2b 3 Bubb, 3 Reichard, rf 1 J. Guerriero, rf 2 Totals 22 Elks 000 Vets 000 out when winning run scored. Errors: Quiggle, Miller. Runs batted In: C.

Shady, Romeo, Bubb 3. Two-base hits: Bubb, Romeo. Three-ba'se hit: Shady. Double play: Quiggle unassisted. Bases on balls; Off Romeo 7.

Condo 7, Quiggle 1. Strike-outs: By Romeo 13, Condo 6, Quiggle 3. ball: Kuntz. Winning pitcher: Quiggle. Umpires: B.

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