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RIEiLD TfLZFBONl 3-441 THE HERALD MIAMI FLORIDA BBRiLD rililFIOHI 3-4411 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1939 MIAMI ALL-STARS TACKLE DAYTONA TODAY it it it $10000 Miami Open Scheduled For December 14-17 At Miami Springs Series Opener Will Start At 3 Jug To Defend Title PAGE A WHO WILL PILOT TiC DADE COUNTY IN THEIR TWO-CiAAe SERIES -AGAINST daytona- -beach- ffUNNER-UP IN TflET TLA STATC LEAGUE- THE OPENING GAME scheduled for this 'Afternoon At Miami HE THROWS FIRJJBALLS Joe Shroba 190-pound husky with a whip for a right arm will pitch for Daytona Beach's Islanders at 3 today when they match talent with the Miami All-Stars at Miami Field Joe although out with appendectomy tor six weeks won 13 games and lost seven this season GATORS LASH STETSON IN OPENING GAME 21-0 Second Game Booked Monday Night Schemer To Hurl For Home Forces The caliber of Dade County League baseball will get a stern test at 3 today when the Daytona Beach Islanders runnersup of the Florida State circuit match talent with the Miami All-Star the team you customers selected in the curtain raiser of a two-game series at Miami Field The second clash of the series which was arranged by The Herald sports department will be plaed Monday night under the Miami Field arcs Teen Gallegos and his home forces will carry an undefeated record of four triumphs into the game this afternoon The Miamians have trounced Les All-Americans 4-0 Kev West twice 3-1 and 7-2 and West Palm Beach 9-8 Miami in its first three games limited the opposition to three runs and all of these came on home runs over the left-field fence However last Wednesday against Palm Beach the locals committed seven costly errors and had to stage a last-ditch rally to win Lost Heartbreaker Daytona Beach which finished second to Sanford in league competition forced the Lookouts into a seven-game playoff only to drop a 3-2 heartbreaker in the seventh game when showers halted the tilt after six innings The Herald originally had arranged for Sanford to appear here this week end against the Dade Leaguers but the Lookouts are now playing Albany for the Southeastern Class championship and the Cardinals refused to delay the series long enough for Sanford to come to Miami Lefty Schemer burly University of Miami sophomore who has been running wild at halfback in the Hurricane football training camp in North Carolina Is slated to hurl for the Dade Leaguers today Schemer was far and away the outstanding pitcher of the Dade league during the second half Vernon Baleh Ready Vernon Baleh former Michigan University twirler also may see mound action today Baleh a stuff artist tossed for Railey-Milain last year in the Dade League Gallegos plans to make one change in the All-Star lineup He will send Shando Mobev to third base where Red Bogart has been performing Bogart is bruised up pretty bad from freshmen grid practice at the university and is not able to play Joe Shroba husky Daytona Beach speedball hurler looms as the starting mound choice for th einvaders today Shroba although out six weeks this season with appendectomy won 13 games and lost seven This is his second year in organized ball The All-Star infield will have Johnny Pare catching Doyle Me Neese at first base George Saab at second Mobley at third and Harold Rubin at shortstop Max Rosenfeld will play left field and Hugh Vickers will patrol center for the home team Billy Baker in right field completes the roster Dixie Series Opens Today Ancient Fort Worth Hurl-ers Will Face Nashville Vols For Crown Big Ball Game Today YOUR FRIEND Ev has been wondering which would be the better on newsprint mayonnaise or French dressing? Or do -you think salt and pepper and vinegar would be better still? just been wondering Not that he thinks he is going to have to eat his words newsprint and all after the Miami All-Stars the team selected from the Dade County Baseball League by you folks finish the two-game series with the Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League this afternoon and Monday night at Miami Field No indeed Ev think going to have to consume several piles of Heralds But no harm he opines in finding out hat would be the best way to eat papers just in case All summer long you see we have been blowing and bellowing about what an all-star team from the Dade County League could do to a Florida State League club And so this afternoon the Islanders are coming to town to find out about these doings Lookouts the State League champions were originally booked to play here this afternoon and Monday and Tuesday nights But the Albany Cardinals Georgia-Florida League winners flatly refused to rearrange the series with Sanford for the Southeastern Class championship and so the Lookouts must play this afternoon in the Georgia city If ho other difficulty arises they will appear here Sunday afternoon October and Monday and Tuesday 1 nights October 2 and 3 Daytona Beach was runner-up to Sanford in both the regular season and the Shaughnessey plgyoff The Islanders lost the fifth and deciding game of the playoff finals last Sunday at Sanford when rain interrupted play in the first of the sixth inning with the Lookouts out front 3-2 From all accounts the Islanders are a powerful crew They led the league in team batting Joe Niedson who plays in the outfield broke the circuit record for doubles with 45 and set a new season home run mark of 11 He batted 299 Ernie Stefani the -third baseman hit a neat 321 And Freddy Leonhardt the first sacker who is famous for clouting the When he comes back to the dugout after flying out he always reports was a good hit but it was right at Daytona Beach seems well fortified for pitchers too A rookie southpaw from Detroit Wild Will Colone seems to be quite a mound prospect This is his first year in pro ball He beat Sanford twice in the Shaughnessey playoff He won 18 and lost 8 during the regular season and had an earned run average of 288 Blix Donnelly is the ace however a big righthander from Olivia Minn and won 19 and lost 4 this year Joe Shroba a six-foot 190-pounder is also right handy with his right hand He was out six weeks of the season with an appendectomy but finished up with 13 wins 7 losses and an earned run average of 239 Bill Leitz of Palatka Bus Kinard of St Augustine And Wes Trammell of DeLand are also coming along withthe Islanders Tommy West the Daytona manager and league batting champion Is unable to make the trip He was called to Montgomery Ala Saturday on business Lefty Schemer all-around athlete is hurrying back from the University of Miami football camp at Hendersonville to pitch for our All-Stars this afternoon Coach Jack Harding has said it will be all right for Lefty to play j- With one exception Manager Teen Gallegos will use the same Miami lineup that whipped the Key West Conchs 7-2 last Sunday Vnd the Palm Beach Merchants 9-8 Wednesday night Red Bogart was banged around quite a bit in freshman scrimmage last week the university and Shando Mobley will take his place at third "base Doyle McNeece will look after first with George Saab at second Harold Rubin at short Johnny Pare behind the plate and "Billy Baker Hugh Vickers and Max Rosenfeld in the outfield It looks like a real ball game friends see you there this afternoon year and his 278 seemed to give him the confidence that he needed to win scores of events since then The first tie for the title occurred in 1934 when Willie Dow another veteran Scot and Ralph Stonehouse of Indianapolis posted 279s In the playoff Stonehouse carded a 71 to 72 Tony Manero former National Open champion and Ray Mangrum also finished in a deadlock in January 1937 ith scores of 277 In the 18-hole play-off for the crown Mangrum won by three strokes with his par 70 Arkansas Uses Air To Take Inaugural Fayetteville Ark Sept 23 (IXS) Reverting to their traditional passing attack after being held on even terms along the ground the University of Arkansas successfully opened their 1939 season Saturday at Fayetteville by beating the Central Oklahoma Teachers of EdKsnd 32-6 Crack Field To Compete In Sixteenth Renewal of Rich Tourney By BOB HUGHES Herald Sports Writer Miami will be the golfing capital of the nation on December 14-17 For on those four days the sixteenth annual Miami Open Golf tournament will be played at the Miami Springs course with the leading professionals battling for a cut of the rich purse of $10000 The dates for the annual event one of the richest tournejs on the winter golf circuit were announced Saturday by Arnold manager of the municipal links The winner of the 72-hole Open ill receive $2500 The tournament is played each year in the middle of December to inaugurate extensive sports program which includes horse and dog races jai alai automobile racing sailing races boxing wrestling skeet trapshooting and pistol matches in addition to a series of amateur golf tournaments which attract the leading players of the game Harold (Jug) McSpaden the pipesmoking professional from Winchester Mass captured the tourna-mont last year in a photo finish beating Henry Picard now the A champion by a single stroke McSpaden posted a 275 for the four rounds 5 under par McSpaden 20-To-l Shot With the exception of the first round where he shared the lead McSpaden a 20-to-l shot led from start to finish McSpaden turned in a 66 for the first round early in the dav only to see it tied by John Geertsen the former candy maker from Salt Lake City just before dark He added a 69 for the second round to pace the field by four strokes at the half-way point McSpaden lost two strokes of his lead at the three-quarter pole as Johnny Revolta posted a 67 for the third round and a 54-hole total of 208 McSpaden turned in a 69 for his final round in the middle of the afternoon by the time Picard reached the turn The A champion then started burning up the back side of the municipal oourse and went to the seventeenth tee only needing a pair of par figures to tie McSpaden for the title Picard on this hole pushed his tee shot under a small bush and took a bogey 5 before holing out He came through with his par on the final hole and finished with a 276 one stroke behind the winner Will Defend Title McSpaden will be on hand to defend his title along with Sammy Snead who in 1938 set an all-time record for the tourney with a total of 267 or 13 strokes under par Gene Sarazen the won the title for four consecutive years And by the way his winning total of 300 in 1930 is the highest for the Open His first victory came in 1927 when he nosed out Willie Klein the big blond pro from the Miami Beach LaGorce course with a total of 289 at the Miami Springs course and duplicated this score the following year at the Miami Country club In 1929 Sarazen again turned the trick with 294 to walk off with the first prize check of Tommy Armour who has held practically all of the major golfing honors and Klein each have won the crown twice The crashed through in 1932 with 285 and emerged as the winner again in 1935 with 281 Klein first attracted rational attention when at the age of 24 he defeated the leading starts of the day to win the Miami Open with 289 It was 10 long years before he repeated in 1936 posting a total of 272 First Open In 1925 The first Miami Open was played back in 1925 when boosters of the city gave $5000 to put Miami on the winter golf map Abe Mitchell the big English professional carried off the top honors that year with 291 Joe Turnesa of the Elmsford golfing family succeeded Sarazen as the champion in 1931 with a total of 294 Johnny Revolta scored his first major golf victory in 1933 He was just a golfing rookie that NOLAN -PEELER L10T0RS USED CAR CLEARANCE SALE Florida Football Team Uses Aerials To Overpower Hatters Harrison Heaves To Tate For Touchdown Beno Catches Pass From Houston For Six Points BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAINESVILLE Fla Sept 1939 football team got off on the right foot Saturday night with a 21-to-0 victory over a Stetson eleven that plugged up its defense and confined the Gator scoring to the first half The 5000 spectators who braved the inclement weather to see the opening battle were able to tell little about the strength Far weaker than the team whicho scored a major upset over Florida last year Stetson played a strictly defensive game The Hatters made only one first down to 15 for the Gators Florida pushed over its first touchdown early in the game as he climax of a 50-yard march personally inducted by Sophomore Halfback Red Harrison With an occasional lift from Charley Tate another sophomore Harrison reeled off consistept gains When the Stetson defense braced for three downs inside the five-yard line Harrison flipped a pass to Tate for the touchdown Tate place-kicked the extra point Pat Reen one of the few junior backs to see action played the major role in the next Florida scoring sortie which came before the second period was two minutes old Ed May sophomore halfback whose kicks played a big part in holding down the score sent a punt to Reen on the Florida 41 Reen sped back 29 yards Andy Beno chipped in with a pair of hard smashes to help Reen put the ball on the Stetson 1 from where Reen plunged over right tackle for the touchdown Bud Walton place-kicked the point this time The final touchdown drive was paced by Hubie Houston the lightest Florida player at 144 pounds in years Replacing Reen Houston promptly broke through the line and squirmed 29 yards to the Stetson 17 He added 6 yards on a try at end Stetson tightened then so Housion shot a pass to Beno for 14 yards and the touchdown Beno made good his place-kick Running plays from the Pittsburgh formation Florida stayed on the ground for the most part The two touchdown passes were the only completions of four attempts Stetson could not connect with any of its four heaves Outstanding Keglers Will Compete In Fort Lauderdale Sweepstakes FORT LAUDERDALE Fla Sept 23 The annual fall sweepstakes at the Lauderdale Bowling Center will come to a close Sunday night with the leading keglers from West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale rolling At 3 the leading women from Fort Lauderdale will compete and the Palm Beach bowlers will roll at 8 The top men kegglers in the city will compete at 9 Hetch is leading the duckpins division with a three-line total of 373 The five-man team from the Crescent Alleys in Miami is pacing the tenpin event with a 3053 Harry Hinkle is pacing tenpin single with 663 and Mildred Lockhart is setting the pace in the play with 511 Wake Forest Wins 19-7 This Polanski Runs Wild As Demon Deacons Smack Down South Carolina BY UNITED PRESS WAKE FOREST Sept 23 Wake Forest's 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AS LITTLE AS $2500 DOWN AND $250 A WEEKI longer the of fhe Southern Conference but a strong contender for national honors defeated a fighting but erratic South Carolina team 19-7 Saturday night before a crowd of 10000 The first period developed into a punting duel but the Deacons scored early in the second when John Polanski recovered a fumble on the 15 and Red Mayberry went over the goal line standing up on the next play Try for point was good The Deacons scored again in the second period when Polanski drove almost single-handedly from the 31 He passed to Edwards for nine yards and plunged' over from the third Mayberry made the last Deacon score in the third when he raced 16 yards around right end South Carolina on defensive most of the time made their lone touchdown in the final period The Gamecocks recovered blocked punt on the two and Stroud plunged over on the third try Ellison converted GOLF CHAMPION ST LOUIS Sept 23 Mrs Pepper of Kansas City found her final match in the Missouri State Women's golf championship Saturday one of the easiest of the tournament as she defeated Mrs Anderson of St Lcruis decisively 9 to 7 over the 36 holes I Gridmen Win BLACKSBURG Va Sept 23 (INS) Virginia Polytechnic football warriors made it an easy romp Saturday in defeating Randolph-Macon 26 to 0 cte-t' Around Our Toicn Mortimer Auerbach the water-winged Miamian is seriously considering changing the Judge Emil Auerbach Trophy speedboat classic from Atlantic City to Biscayne Bay and making it the feature of our big March regatta Auerbach plans to make the race a '225 hydroplane affair and offer rich purses that will bring the best boats in the country here The A juniors and seniors will tangle in a grudge softball game at 3 today at Flamingo Park The First Christian Church Bowling League is rolling in high again and Cook McKee is trying to get a league started among Miami churches Bob Scott of New Haven Conn has bought the famous 53-foot Elco Motor Yacht which is one of the big nautical attractions of the Fair and will bring it to Miami this season Andrew Jackson's upset of Miami Edison Friday night muddles things in more ways than one What about the city championship and the Christmas day game? The winner of the Miami Tldison-Miami High game Thanksgiving day have a clear claim to the city title until it has beaten Tony band of Generals Bob Franks former Miami Edison fullback has out of the University of Miami Jo Grossman the Miami Jockey efficient publicity director writes from New York that he will be back pounding a typewriter at Hialeah Park early in November Francis Christie Miami Beach High water-charm guard of a couple of seasons back has enrolled at the University of Miami and will major in football Our friend Ben Finkle was working in Kenny corner the other night in Washington when Sam welterweight outpointed Steve Mamakos in 10 rounds Mrs Worth Schomberg is handling the ticket sale for the Coral Gables Golf dance next Saturday night at the Country Club of Coral Gables Proceeds will be used to buy prizes for the big tournament October 23-26 Johnny Unick the freshman halfback mentioned in this corner a few weeks ago has been stepping high wide and handsome among the Baby Hurricanes Lloyd Butler promoter extraordinary will positively open his downtown gymnasium Tuesday BY UNITED PRESS FORT WORTH Texas Sept 23 Three elderly gentlemen as baseball ages are figured Saturday night stood out as the hope of the Texas League to turn back the Nashville Vols of the Southern Association in the Dixie series which opens Sunday with the Fort Worth Cats The three elders of the Fort Worth team they pitched to a cham pionship despite a team average of only 261 at bat are Fred (Firpo) Marberry Ed Greer and Ray Starr Their baseball experience totals about 60 years and their hope in the short series lies in the efficacy of a fine defense They are going up against a team whose batting average is 307 but the Texas League backers believe that the cunning of their pitchers will silence the bats from the Old South The Fort Worth trio affection ally called three old won 51 and lost 27 games during the regular season Behind this staff is the best baserunning team in Fort Worth history plus an excellent defense The Nashville star is young Charlev Gilbert son of the manager Gilbert plavs centerfield hit 317 during the regular season and sparkled on defense Brooklyn in the National League has claimed his services for next year CAVALIERS WIN CHARLOTTESVILLE Va Sept 23 (JF) The University of Virginia football eleven heralded as the most assuring Calavlier squad in two decades crushed an outclassed Hampden-Sydnev College team 26 to 0 Saturday A crowd of 7000 turned out for the opener Presbyterian Eleven Crushed By Clemson Clemson Sept 23 (IXS) Second half momentum brought Clemson an 18-to-0 victory Saturday as it opened the football season against Presbyterian College The Tiger offense clicked soon after the second half began when Shad Bryant cut through left tackle for a 51-yard touchdown ran BOXING! BEACH ARENA 49 OCEAN DRIVE MONDAY 8:45 M- MAIN 10 ROUNDS FINAZZO BALTIMORE MD VS YUCATAN MEXICO CITY 4 GOOD PRELIM BOUTS BOX SEATS $250 RINGSIDE 200 RESERVED 150 1500 uMin SI-00 MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW PHONE 5-4154 3 iscavne: WOLFPACK PUSHED BY DAVIDSON 18-14 GREENSBORO Sept 23 North Carolina State's Wolfpack was pushed to the limit Saturday night before nosing out a fighting Davidson eleven 18 to 14 in the Southern Conference opener be tween the teams A crowd of 11000 saw Davidson score tw ice by air in the third quarter to go ahead 14 to 12 but State came back in the third period with an aerial touchdown also to win State seemed to have things well in hand at the half-intermis-sion with a 12-point lead Davidson had tried without material success to bombard the State goal line with passes The third period saw Wild cat passes click beautifully however and they were working again as the game ended Iowa Stale Blanks Coe AMES Iowa Sept 23 Coe was no match Saturday for Iowa State University and was shut out 19 to 0 in the season football opener Western Kentucky Wins ATHENS Ohio Sept 23 Playing in first class early season form Western Kentucky Saturday won a hard-fought 14-to-7 victory over Ohio University IIOLAD-PEELED MOTORS 2036 II 2ND AVE PHONE 3-5366 4 HB ASEIB A1LIL MIAMI VS DAYTONA BEACH (Comprised Dad County Lsaqus Playors) (Ssccnd-Placs Team of Florida State League) Removes the Donbt! 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