Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 10

Ten Johnson City Press Thursday August 15 1940 i 'tifti apB 'J i tart nc ociay tG5E3 S3WWWVSFV' ZZi Detroit PersbnnePW ants Flag -And Expects To Be In Series Tigers Made Up Of Old Players Eye September Stretch And Say Next Year Will Handle Itself VolsHoldiii'T" Firm Lead In Southern Smokies Fall Twice Crax Pels Chicks All Win Contests (By The Aeeooleted Free) The Nashville Vols were six and a half games out in front of second-place Cracker today and geared by new hurling strength for the sweep down the Southern association home stretch The Vols took both ends of 'a doubleheader from the Hapless Knoxville Smokies last night 5 to 2 and 4 to 2 chalking up their tenth triumph in 11 starts and extending their winning streak to six straight Greek George with three hits in four trips to the plate led Nashville's 12-hit assault on John Hubbell in the opener while Knoxville errors contributed to the victory in the seven-inning nightcap Already well fortified on the mound the Vols announced the signing of Pierce Corley young southpaw from the Florida State league bringing their hurling staff to eight members With three doubleheaders scheduled in the next four days Corley is looked upon to provide additional strength for the heavy doubleduty test While the Crackers were making two in a row by winning 3 to 1 behind Herman five-hit twirling against Chattanooga the New Orleans Pelicans eased the Birmingham Barons out of fifth place by winning both ends of a doubleheader 7 to 2 and 7 to 5 A free-hitting affair at Memphis saw the Little Rock Travelers win 11 to 7 games and probable pitchers: (Three night games) Atlanta (Poindexter) at Chattanooga (Pollj) Knoxville (Cain) at Nashville (Jeffcoat) Little Rock (Katz) at Memphis (Matuzak) Only games scheduled otatcOian Square Off In Doublelieader Knoxville Engages St Louis With Louisville Playing East Chicago Temporarily halted by rain es-terday the Ameflcan Legion Junior baseball tournament will try again today with the champions of Missouri Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee fighting for the right to be one of the 12 teams to enter further tournaments for the national title Meeting today in the first round of play the Knoxville boys take on the St Louis Missouri champs in the opening tilt at 1:30 Immediately following that the Louisville team champions of Kentucky will engage the East Chicago lnd team A steady 36 hours rain so soaked the diamond at the Mountain Home that even the burning of gasoline And oil on the field early yesterday afternoon failed to dry it to any degree As late as 1 30 yesterday some idea was given to playing at leas One game but the rains came again to dispel such thoughts In the event of riin causing a postponement today-the first games will be played on Friday All Teams Staying At Mountain Home Players arrived Tuesday after-nvn and were feted by a banquet at the John Sevier hotel Tuesday night Fifteen players coach and a manager represent the Tennessee Indiana and Missouri contingent while Kentucky sent only 12 players and A coach AH the players are being quartered at the Mountain Home All four squads were kept inside again yesterday except for short warm up drills Managers allowed their pitchers a short practice session but it was impossible to conduct a real drill Legion officials said this morning that ticket sale and interest shown promised a crowd of nearly 4000 persons at the series openers today with possibly an even larger turnout tomorrow if the weather js good A large number of baseball fans are expected to come from surrounding towns where tickets have also been on sale Knoxville Opens With Missouri titlists will have their hands full In the Missouri boys in the opener today While the Tennessee champs defeated Chattanooga and Nashville with comparative ease to capture the crown the St Louis team is noted for its fighting finishes and stands a good chance to edge out the Knoxville contenders East Chicago advanced to the state title of Indiana" with a win in the finals over the Indianapolis nine while the Kentucky squad beat Lexington in their state meet Tickets will be on sale at the gate' at 1200 with the opening festivities beginning at 1 If the games should be postponed again today all three contests will be played Friday with one game being run off at 9 a one at 11 a1 and the champion- I as long as they kept on delivering guess tomorrow will have to take care of he said From Owner Walter Briggs down to the hot dog vendor in the bleachers the whole Tiger family wants the pennant this season and to a man they expect to get it are so excited that we are scarcely thinking about the Zeller said Briggs told me he wanted a winner this year and our every effort has been made to achieve this He was asked his opinion of the American trade" rule preventing the champion from making deals with other clubs rule Is an unfair one and it should be rescinded whether we win the pennant or not" Zeller said leaves the club entirely at the mercy of the players who know they be What did Zeller think of pennant chances? he answered positively As the reporter left Zeller shouted: do you think our press box is big enough to handle all of the writers who will come to the World Semi-Pro Ball Congress Set 'WICHITA Kas Aug 15 WV-Sandlot big the National Semi-pro tournament-opens its sixth stand in Wichita tomorrow night with 32 teams from over the nation fighting it out for the title $5000 first prize and a junket to Puerto Rico The 32 entries survivors of tournament play in 45 states will battle more than two weeks in a camival-like atmosphere The tournament is a double got to lose twice before you are out Thanks-to Raymond Harry Dumont semi-pro president the fans will see in addition to baseball these added attractions: Umpires checkered coats an automatic plate duster and a disappearing microphone The is buried behind home plate and will pop up to relay to the most distant bleacherite just what an angry player says to an umpire The Duncan Okla Cementers are defending champions Two otheisj former champions Enid Okla: in 1937 and Buford Ga in 1938 also are in the field trr I cracked his right hand in 8 Pittsburgh fight the next year It was March 1939 before the hand was satisfactorily Soose said an operation performed on it by a Chicago surgeon did the trick At present the 23 year-old Western Pennsylvania boy has lost only four of 29 professional bouts After settling his middleweight championship claim he wants to return to Penn State and study physical education EYES ON She has we mean (we know you readers have) This young lady Marylois Brown 17 of St Petersburg Fla wants to be the Sonja Henie of the swimming pool Marylois who is free style swim champion of southeastern states recently woq five events irt one meet A' contender for national honors a high school student Spying On ports By Rutledge Miller MARYVILLE FRANCHISE The Maryville franchise is still Jt Maryville! Yep believe it or not No matter where the Canners are playing their gamra the franchise remains in Maryville It is explained this way Tho franchise cannot be moved officially until it is voted to do so by the league board of directors An- that has never been done All they can do is tranfer their games to Newport and this has to lpe done with the consent of the clubs that they play their lames with there So in reality he Newport team which an-lounced the first of this week that hey had shifted their franchise oack to Newport were talking without knowing that of which they spoke But then maybe the location of a franchise makes very little difference if the games can be played anywhere they choose to play them TO PLAY OR NOT The decision of whether to play the Legion baseball games or not yesterday left us in a dither First thing in the morning the report was that they would play Then some more ram came and whoever had the thing to decide decided that they would not play Next they said they would burn oil and gasoline on the field to dry off and then play This was tried and the game called again Then the sun came out and they wanted to play but since the radio and press had announced no game-well they called off aagin Whew! Soldiers Home officials wfere In a dither too as they had places for 60 boys and had prepared for only 66 and by yesterday noon a total-of 84 had showed up demanding to be taken care of They did it but fetill know how PLAYER INSURANCE We ran into a discussion yesterday of something of which we had often heard but never received any first hand information about It was on the Association of Professional Ball Players of America The association can be joined for a mere $5 a year by player of Class A and baseball and costa $10 a year for major league players The purpose of the association is -to look after retired and down and out bail players in a financial way It is sort of a depression Insurance For instance in the case of umpires (who were discussing it yesterday) If an ump is injured sick or for any other reason cannot support rhimself the association will step in and send him a monthly check until he Is able to for himself again It covers nost any conceivable accident or misfortune that may occur to a person A good thing as the membership of most ball players and umpires will vouch for BIG FIVE OUTLOOK lrt-fsur Ahutcut over Bees in fust season in the Big Five higfl schoolrfrune md fatter beat former mates' Canners Rain Stops Others Cardinals Play Twice In Pennington Today All Clubs Active Red Sox moved from the flood area yesterday and proved they could take wet grounds as well as the Newport Canners which they did last night 11-9 The Sox apparently sewed up the game when in the sixth frame they batted around and started around again to account for eight runs But the Canners also had their wild inning when in the last of the ninth they threatened to tie the score with a seven run outburst which was ended all too soon for Newport fans The victory put Elizabethton a full game ahead of the second place Johnson City Cardinals in the full season standings and three and one half games in front in the second half race All the other Appalachian league teams rained out yesterday wil attempt to get back in money earning way again today as all clubs play doubleheaders The Cards are scheduled to engage the Pennington Gap Miners there twice today with pne game In the afternoon and the second being played under lights Burley Cubs go to Bristol for a twin bill this afternoon and the Kingsport Cherokees play two games at Erwin tonight with the first beginning at 0 Elizabethton remains in Newport for a single game tonight Hal Bullock and Art Cyrulewski remain the pitching choices for the Cards in their double feature today Middleiveight Billy Soose Seeks Clear Claim To Title By DALE STAFFORD DETROIT Aug 15 The Detroit Tigers almost in the greybeard class as ball ages go are looking to the future but no farther than to late September and then perhaps the World Senes Club sentiments are for letting 1941 and take care of themselves Business Manager Jack Zeller the bald affable Texan who shouldered considerable criticism in the famous "Detroit by 'Baseball Commissioner Kene-saw Landis disclosed today that the Tigers were for "Admitting that the Detroit rosier is loaded down with men past 30 whose playing days are numbered Zeller said he didn't care Dots Arid Flashes By Eddie Brietz NEW YORK Aug 15 W)Hal Trosky and Rogers Hornsby are first and second in line to succeed Oscar Vitt next year Dope is Vitt is going rain or shine win lose or draw Billy Conn took off for Pittsburgh in a huff after bawling out Mike Jacobs for calling off the Bob Pastor fight The Philly front office is busy issuing denials that a group of fifth columnists met secretly in the clubhouse the other day and demanded Doc Prothro get the heave-ho Frankie Parker the tennis star had the bell hops gaping when he blew into Swanky Newport with 24 pieces of luggage WORRY DEPT Those football coaches who are worrying because the draft may catch some of their hot shots should dry their eyes They're bush leaguers compared to poor Jack Meagher of Auburn He not only stands to lose 41 of his squad of 53 but all but one of his six assistant coaches hold reserve commissions in the army Ouch STRANGE SIGHT Most folks think Bucky Walters did his first chunking with the Phils Fact is he lost six and five for High Point in the Piedmont league back in 1929 (Imagine the guy losing more than won) Anyway be strange see the former Philly battery Walters and Jimmy Wilson out toiling for a pennant contender Mike Jacobs took a $15000 loss on the Conn-Pastor postponement but laughed right loud about It Attendance so poor in Portland (Ore) last the Hollywood Stars had to home for railroad fare Terry Moore says an outfielder two steps slower in a night game too hard to judge flies GUEST 'VtctwO Boston Evening Globe: Cronin Jimmy Fnjtx Jim Tabor will lecture and demonstrate for the kids at the York Fair Now if Joe take the Red Sox pitchers out him they might pick up something from the kids" RAGTIME NEWS REVIEW Connie Mack has benched McCoy ranking glammer boy we should give the Red Sox thanks helping out the hapless Yanks played heck with Conn and Pastor And we say who runs the faster NAMES IS NAMES Opponents of Texas Tech this fall must put up with a pair of tackles named Bird Dog and Double Ug ACE OF CUBS Tnv't Pepper Martin Still Poison Even Without Former Skill when Martin hit a ball to Billy right with one out in the eighth Bill made a great play but Martin just simply beat the throw Fools Again was chance No 1 Then with Orsatti at bat Martin stole second on the first pitch They had him there too but he capie in and knocked the ball away chance No 2 gone bad Then Orsatti hit back over second and Herman made another great stop knew he catch Orsatti at first but he figured Martin might overrun third Sure enough Martin was trapped 10 feet down hrterxiWJtH Pebtfer jumped back and forth in the rundown until Catcher hit him in the back and he got back to third safely and Orsatti was on second- There went chance No 3 wS had the infield drawn ia vp-htt 342 shortstop He threw home and Martin was out by 10 feet ex-cent that he whamged into O'dea and ell but put him up Into the grandstand Of course O'Dea dropped the ball" That was Pepper Martin the baserunner and Pepper Martin the slugged hope to overshadow him won he to of there out was week wire is and New will with The And For Rain Modern Sir Walter Gets Mud In His Eye OKLAHOMA CITY Okla W-An Oklahoma City reporter thought a woman newspaper reader was wrong when she complained that "women are losing their common He held open store doors for 60 turned drinking town? tain tap for 20 At store counters he stepped aside 10 times to permit women to be waited upon Thirty times he permitted' women to leave elevators ahead of him Four times he gave women his seat in streetcars In all he performed 124 Sir Walter Raleigh Two' women Sfifa Many gave him that flirt with me" haughty eye Baseball Standings APPALACHIAN Result Yesterday Ellabetltn 11 Newport 9 Other game reined out FULL' SEA8o'n By FRANKLIN BANKER (Ap Feature Service) FARRELL Pa A dream of eight years has come true for Billy Soose the kid who took up boxing because he was fascanated by the rat-a-tat-tat of the punching bag Billy is one of those fistic rarities a collegiate star with a title chanoe always wanted a big-time championship fight and a day of reckoning is about here through his 10-round decision at Scranton Pa over Ken Overlin last month Overlin is recognized in some states as the middleweight titleholder Now up to Billy He gets his next big test against Tony Zale the National Boxing middleweight king in a 10-round overweight bout at Chicago August 21 hope to beat Tony Zale and go on to the championship" said Soose fighk anyone who stands In my Wants Overlin Again He also wants a return bout with Overlin especially since some New York critics termed his victory at Scranton a decision Soose said he beat Overlin like this: better condition helped consider Solved his style which consisted ihiefly of counter-punching and then swinging both hands freely and wildly When I saw him tire I just stepped out and took command He was easy to handle in the close stage 1 Abe can frM again because: always fight better the second fight especially after winning once In this case licked a champion and will have more determination and confidence for the return Strange Starter When he was 15 Soose son of a steel worker heard some boys punching bag and was by the That decided him on boxing When he entered Pennsylvania States college in 1935 he had won 170 of his 176 amateur bouts besides acquiring several titles His defeat of all opponents by knockouts in two years of collegiate boxing was unprecedented This indirectly caused the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing association to bar boxers with previous A A competition After winning the EIBA 155-pound title in 1937 Soose quit college temporarily to turn professional Then came bad luck He a headache try this one on the New Orleans Pelicans Mr Whiskers could get Outfielder Carden Gillen water (303) Shortstop Frank Scalzi (299) third Base-man Bob Ludwig (212) and three pitchers Pete Hader Victor Horn and Bill with nothing more than a jerk of his thumb Which is a pretty nice deal even if you do have to pay tho transportation Hader has won 10 and lost 3 this year while Horn lists two wins against five losses and McLaughlin two defeats and nothing on the credit ledger Entire Baron Infield Eligible Just to make it interesting the Birmingham Barons might lose practically the entire infield Catcher Dee Moore (251) First Baseman Hank Sauer (280) Second Baseman Russ Bevell (2831 and Third Baseman Charles Al-eno (318) Little Rock is no bed of roses either Manager Herb Brett stands to Jose Wee Willie Duke the walloping outfielder and Shortstop Hal Selling who have been switching their bustles for a brisk 341 and 292 this year plus four pitchers Tred Shaffer Jim Prendergast Wilfrid Lefebvre and Cotton Brazle Ehaefer has won four and lost three Prendergast is up eight and with 8 hit nightcap job Fred Fitzsimmons Dodgers and Johnny Rizzo Phillies Former won 12th of season in first game of doubleheader and latter pounded out three homers two in the jeCond game which Phils won Buddy Lewis Senators Tripled in ninth with two on to give Senators a 5-3 win over Charley Ruffing Pitched a six hitter as the Yanks won third straight over the Red Sox Dick Bartell Tigers Got three for four at the plate drove in two runs and handled six chances afield as Detroit beat St Louis 13-7 A1 Smith Superb one-hit performance shut out Chicago in American only night game Pepper Martin Cards Worked relief Pitcher Mace Brown of the Pirates for a walk with the bases loaded in the Ilth to give the Cards a 7-6 victory games 3 end 8 pm Kingsport at Erwin 1 gamei first at 8 Oreeneville at Brletol i gemee first at 2 16 EUeabethton at Newpor night AMERICAN Remit Yesterday Cleveland 4 Chicago 0 New York 8 Boston 8 "Washington 6 Philadelphia 2 Detroit 12 gt Louia 7 (AP Feature 8trvlce) ST Pepper so peppery on those basepaths any more Thirty-six years of living 10 of them in hectic National league warfare are pretty wearing on the legs But John Leonard Martin still ranks as an Important name in the loop a guy with a batting average that hangs consistently around 340 just be laughed off And what the Wild Horse of the Osage has been racking up this year Of course he been playing consistently but appeared in more than 50 games and batted 135 times often enough to show that Pepper is really pqau old age Timely Hitter Lest you get the mistaken impression that 341 average could be misleading consider that his 46 hits have brought in 25 runs HKa pa powder puff hitter Several of hW'UiawfraCe been homers and almost half of them for extra bases Even if Pepper finished up with 400 average for the year though his feat overshadow the original claim to fame base-running He do much stealing now but tales of his base-running prowess are tall and plentiful The one John Corrlden Chicago Cub coach tells is typical: "In 30 years of watching this dog-goned game never seen a guy who was as dangerous on base when he was carrying the big run the one that would win or tie a game as Pepper Martin "I remember one day six or seven years ago at Wngley Field It was the only time in 30 years that seen a guy have a play made on him at every base and still score Four we made to put him out and we had a good chance every time We had beat 4-3 as I remember it down 14 Lefebvre (bet that name baffles some top-kick) has won six and dropped 13 and Brazle has taken two and lost eight League leadmgNashville also may take it on theViose Infleld-er Tommy Tatum and Catcher Marvin Felderman batting about 320 apiece are spang In the middle of the draft bracket to say nothing of Pitchers Leo Twardy who has won 13 and lost 10 and Russell Meers who has a 4-3 record Even Smokies Would Lose (The going to be fair crawling with pitchers) catcher Hooks 281) Outfielder Earl Bol-yard (273) and Shortstop Ashley McDaniel 263) also would be subject to call along with Pitcher Ox Miller (what another one?) who has won seven and lost 11 Another four might wind up in the army from Memphis where the Chicks list Cully Rlkard (302) Utility Infltlder Earl Naylor (312) Shortstop Ray Honeycutt (258) and Catcher Vincent Smith (242) Even the Knoxville Smokies who couldn't afford to lose Aunt Nellie If going to keep away from the cellar may get nicked for at least one player Catcher Charlie Fallon who has been doing hi chores 7-hv Soote seweo Uncle Sam Could ScareUp Standout Ball Club In Southern Loop If Draft Bill Passed conference will be under way Coach Niles Brown of Elizabethton will begin even earlier as be gets through with the time-taking duty of giving out uniforms this week rnd From the looks of things before practice starts it will be Johnson City Kingsport and maybe a threat from Eilaabeth-ton The Hilltoppers will be better than last year according to our way of thinking and can do plenty of damage around the circuit Kingsport while losing Cifers thould just as good They will have a new unity and spirit of cooperation that is practically impossible on a team with one big star like Cifers was Tennessee high hag plenty of stuff and looks good on paper but despite the oeef and returning lettermen we pick them to be the disappointment of the conference Erwin too much ability returning and while always with a scrappy team Is due to take a beating this year from at least three of the conference members The Big Six Pv Ths Associated Press BATTING Three leaders In each league- Pleven-Club Ab Pet Radcllff Browns 108 409 67 148 898 Finney Red Sox 98 412 80 14 3495 McCosky Tigers 104 41 91 14- 83 Ron ell Bees 86 298 83 100 318 Pnning Giants 99 83 61 12 37 Walker Dodgers 9 3sl 60 123 322 Home American Foxx Ke3 Box 28 Ytnkew Home National Mi Cardinal 83: Nicholson Cub 19 llune batted American: Creen-berir 103 PiMagglO Me-CrSk RcS 88 HIM Cardinals 83 Fletcher Pirates 74 FRANK FRISCII LEADS IN HEAVO DERBY NEW Leo Bondy vice president of the New York Giants and Eddie Brannlck club secretary are getting plenty of action tfcttr on whether Manager Frankie Frisch of the Pirates or Leo Durocher of the Dodgers is chased by umpires most fr-eQuetit-ly this" season Frisch gave Ban nick great sense of security ZSS gaining hope Ten states have educational progiams ghway pedestrians Inaugurated for rural Fisherettes May Fish Without Male Advice JEFFERSON CITY Mo Reserved strictly for women is a choice fishing spot at Montauk state park Members of the state conservation commission said they thought the feminine anglers were entitled to a place where they could fish without interference or advice from men By Jack Sords fdiS IS LAKE'S llSeASOAj AS A 6i 6 UAG0UR 46)0 MAS tkai 15 efcAtoeeeAMss iGrtT CP rtiS Al'eARS' SeeV ice- So cuss'mcxjud a ce aaJp tWe sMotudr When You Wfsh Upon A Fish It Comes True CHANUTE Xas W-A couple of young fellows were fishing on the Neosho and had caught 19 when the fish quit biting we oould get one said they Just then a nice plump bass jumped from the water and landed in a net Or so they say Straight Line Shortest Distance To Erosion MOSCOW Idaho It seems that the farmers who build fences in a straight line according to tradition are doing it all at least part of the time For hilly land University of Idaho experts urge fences that follow the contour of the ground Reason: It helps check erosion NO HALF-WAY MEASURES In the eyes of other people there is no such thing as clothing Your dress collar stockings and gloves are either clean or net clean If they are clean you stand much more than a 50-50 chance of making a good impression If not the odds are against you every time foolish tc risk making a bad impression by leaving any doubt about the cleanliness of any garment There is only one safe rule about clothing Anything that is doubtful Is definitely too dirty to weaCx- a FOR EASIER SCRUBBING A metal knee pad resting on ball-bearing casters makes the business of washing floors baseboards and Other low woodwork good clean fun The housewife scoots smoothly about while doing the soaping rinsing and drying To protect her house dress from wet splashes there is a handy little upstanding shield About 350000 acres of dust bowl land have been restored tol grass and sra being leased by the Federal govemment to ranchers! Amerhan Today's Qamei Boaton at New York Having (8-2) ve Bonham fl-1 Waahlngtbn at Philadelphia 2 Maetereon (2-8) and Monteagudo (3-6) va Beckman (4-1) and Caater (-16) Chicago at Geteland Lea (9-8) vs Milner (15-7) fit Louie at Detroit Mill (0-3) vs Neseom (14-2) NATIONAL Results Yesterday St Louie 7 Pltteburgh 8 11 In-ntngn night game New "Vork 1-0 Boston 0-8 Philadelphia 8-9 Brookljn 8-8 Cincinnati at Chicago rain By ROMNEY WHEELER ATLANTA Aug 15 MV-Uncle Sam will get a pretty fair country ball team if he calls' up all the eligible apple-knockers of the Southern association for military service In fact you can reach in a hat and grope around until next Michaelmas for the name of a manager who wouldn't give his false teeth and a mortgage on next gate to have Santa Claus leave one like it And It cost Mr Whiskers a dime Crax Could Give Up Several Stars Take the Atlanta Crackers for instance Right at the head of the list with the is Shortstop Alf Anderson He may not know the business end of a gun from cracker barrel but healthy unmarried and 24 years old He was poking that ball around an assortment of parks at a 354 clip at last reports Then there is baseman Lester Burge trudging along with 239 Throw in Larry Miller and Emil Lochbaum a couple of pitchers who have won 25 games and lost 14 between and where would that leave the Crackers? right Albert and you may take the mourning to Minager Richards as you go out i If you think the Ci ackers have National Today' Gamea New York at Boston Iton (8 va Posed! 8-14) or Bfrincevlth (2-5 Philadelphia at Brooklyn High (8-H) va Wyatt OS-9 Cincinnati at Chicago: Mobra (8-8) va Paeaeau (12-11 -Only gamea SOMETHING NEW OLD FOSSIL Or a farm wagon going back to the principle of the two-wheeled cart has been developed here A distinctive feature is a sled runner in front affording three points of support The runner alio act at a brake on downhill trips.