Belleville Daily Advocate from Belleville, Illinois • 7

Grand American 7 Handicap Champ SHILOH SOX WIN OYER MONSANTO TO AVENGE LOSS BROWNIES DROP PAIR TO SENATORS face Pilot Killed jpREp GRID TEAMS AWAIT) FIRST DRILL THOMPSON IN FINALS OF JUNIOR SINGLES DOUBLES Title Tilts Of Annual Tennis Heel Delayed Until Coming Week-end Herbslreilh Toners Gain 12-11 Vicory For 16th Triumph Oi Season The Shiloh Blue Sox evened up all cores for the current campaign when they struck down the Monsanto Negro Giants 12 to 11 at Shiloh yesterday The Gianu are one of the two teams which have defeated the Sox this season and thus the victory carried revenge with it Manager Wesley Herbs trelth's outfit has already gained vengeance over the Mascoutah Merchants which also defeated the Sox in an early season game The win wss the sixteenth in eighteen starts for the Shiloh squad Chris Flnke started on the hill for the Sox hut Shortstop Cox was called to relieve the southpaw In the eighth and he stopped the Monsanto rally There were two outs and two on when Cox went on the hillock and he allowed only one hit and whiffed three in the one and one-third innings he worked Johnny Ball the one-armed Giants manager who batted in the ninth inning wss called out on strikes Box score: SHILOH Headed For 20 Curt Davis of the St Louis Cards who is among the within easy range of twenty victories He has a record of eighteen wins Centennial Fele Of Baseball Here Wednesday Night There will be a large turn -cut at the baseball centennial celebration of the St Clair County League next Wednesday night at the Athletic Field according to reports received by League Prexy Otey Miller Several innings of baseball as It wss played when Abner Doubleday developed the game and a dance will be among the features of the evening TTie Belleville drum and bugle corps which holds the state championship of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will play on the field All of the profits of the various concessions will go to the league to aid the various teams in next year's race Legion and Lebanon Win In Tourney (Continued from Page 6) Edwards Auto Parts vs Hecker White Pines at one o'clock Mascoutah Merchants vs Falling Springs Hufschmldta at five Dixie Gassers vs Mlllstadt Merchants at 7 and George Mayer Stern Braus vs Collinsville Merchants at nine The box score Leglon-Sammerfield game is among the county league box scores Tournament Scores ST libory Ritchie 48-year-old storekeeper of Goshen broke 22 out of 25 targets In a shoot-off to win the 40th annual Grand American Handicap trapshooting championship at Vandalia He defeated A Wagner of Dayton in the shootoff Here he is with his wife (Icltt and daughter Shirley who seem tickled over the victory Mavnard Thompson advanced to the finals in both singles and dou-bits over the weekend In the annual city Junnr tennis championships at the Maple Court with Mil Myies who is not playing in ths singles being his tandem mate The championships were supposed to be decided yesterday but the pre-liminary matches could not be run off per schedule delaying the finals until the coming weekend The other finalists In the two events are expected to be defending champs Calvin Birn in the singles and Calvin and Darwin Birn brother combination In the doubles Kwult of the matches pyed over the weekend: SINGLES First Round Jared Davis won over Bob Fischer by default Louis Soderholm defeated Ermin Braun 8-6 6-1 Bob Kiefer won over Don Velgel by default Maynard Thompson won ovrr Bill Demestri by default Rodney Bub defeated Dan Lentz 6-4 6-0 Bill Farthing won over John Bcchtold by default Darwin Bien defeated Art Four-nie 6-0 6-0 Quarterfinals Calvin Bien won over Jared Davis by default Soderholm and Kiefer to play I match later Maynard Thompson defeated Bub 6-4 6-0 Darwin Bien defeated Bill Farth-ing 0-1 6-0 Semifinals Maynard Thompson defeated Darwin Bien 6-2 8-6 no I DLES First Round Maynard Thompson and Mai Myres defeated Art Fournie and Elmer Tlion 6-1 6-1 Jared Davis and Rodney Bub defeated Don Veigel and Bob Fischer 6-4 6-1 Semifinals Calvin and Darwin Bien win play winner of match between Virgil Wagner and Louis Soderholm and Bob Kiefer and Bill Farthing Thompson and Myres defeated Davis and Bub 6-2 6-3 Champions Repeat In Annual Net Tournament (Continued from Page 6) Delbert Bush 26 of Leavenworth Kens who crashed and died at Cleveland in the racing plane In ahich he was preparing to take part In the speed events of the National Air Races More Qualifying Scores Reported For Golf Tourney Although unable to play golf for several weeks because of an injur ed hand defending champion Ted Becker turned in a neat qualifying score of 84 over the weekend in the annual Westharen tourney Art Buesch jr the manager of the course today reported the following other medal round cards: George DU tier 90 Cliff Biggs 90 Police Officer Monroe Hodo 92 and Les Groh 91 Fifteen scores were last Saturday Match play will be started next Saturday MERTZ GUNDLACH LOSE Harvey Merta and Norman Gund-lach of the St Clair Country Club lost to Frank Malone and Jim Spencer of Forest Park one up yesterday at St Clair In the St Louis district best-ball series Heavy Firing Starts Al (amp Perry Meet CAMP PERRY OHIO Aug 28-1 MV-Heavy firing started today in the national rifle and pistol matches as adult marksmen took over the ranges at thk Ohio National Guard camp where national junior matches were held last week Seven events were on today's program They were the Western trophy match first event In the small bore rifle championship five events Several New Faces Ini Coaching Ranks This Year Next Friday will be the first day that she nigh school football coaches can get their boys together for the 1939 season according to the rules and regulations of the Illinois High School AthUiie Association Not all teams win get their Initial light conditioning drills on the first day but quite a few squads will meet with their men- tors on Friday There win be several new faces in the eoaching ranks thk reason Brother Leo Rothermich at Cathedral High will be among the new h'tore suecee'Mn Brother William emer who will be at South Side High in St Louis the coming term The Southwestern EllnoU High School Conference will have two I-: fVi- lng at East St Louis who replaces Jack Nolen no longer coaching because of 111 health and Emil Lemanskl at Madison High successor to Karl Bemlnger who will confine his efftnta to teaching at the school Madison High failed to score a point In last football campaign But Side High will also have two new assktants Downing who waa an assistant last year will be aided by LewU (Pick) Dehoer and Frank Ficke Southwestern Conference coaches back thU year are Hubert Tabor who led Belleville to a conference championship last reason Byron Bozartfa starting his thirteenth season at Oranlte City Ray jack-son veteran Alum mentor Vis Burgholtx Wood River Glenn Smith Edwardsvffie and Lawson Fletcher Collinsville Tabor Bozarth and Smith will also again be the head basketball coaches at their respective schools Lemanskl will double In the cage sport In addition to Lemanskl the conference will have two other new head Pick Dehner at East St Louis and Bob Geddes at Alton where Henry Holt was In charge last season Charley Summers and Allen Met-temich will again be back to tutor the hardwood sport at Wood River and Collinsville respectively Wood River flrhei third in the state meet last year --O'- Duncan Semi-Pros Win Nalionai Tournament Guayama Insular champion in a series starting Sept 7 Duncan first won the tournament in 1938 Big League Figures STANDING OF THE CLUBS American Leagna Game Club New York Boetou Chicago Won Lost Pet B'hd THE GAME'S ODDS AND ENDS Joe Roesch Legion pitcher and former Cathedral High star is going to Notre Dame University the coming school term a strong possibility that the return tilt between the Stags and the Memphis Red Sox next Friday night may wind up the owl schedule for this season The Athletic Field will be the scene of ellmina-lijn tourney tilts tomorrow night Belleville's Manny Schluetcr tripled to the center wall for the Wlute Sox In their game Saturday gainst the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey park The three-bagger drove one of the runs of the 5 to 4 win of the Pale Hare The catcher went hltlcss in game against the Athletics Les Mulligan 0 died suddenly yesterday was well known in local sports circles He one time was a boxing promoter here" About 5500 persons visited the Fair-mount Jockey Club yesteiday for Day" Three Stags Bill LaPosha Eddie Fischer and Bob Keely were hitting stars for the St Louis Hires in their Trolley League victory yesterday Fischer was charged with two errors at third bare Belleville one of the biggest bowling towns for its size will done in the Southern Association and on May 26 1933 Bayne caught up with the no-hitter he missed buck in 1922 was hurling for Memphis and hia hitless bame came at the expenw of Birmingham and was well nigh a perfect effort Only one batsman reached base and that happened when an outfielder dropped an easy The Tribout sisters formrrly of Belleville were drfcalrd yesterday In the finals of the East St Louis city tennis championships Miss Margaret Tribout lost to Mrs Bert Thompson In the singles final Margaret and her sister Mrs Schsrf bowed to Mrs Thompson and Miss Frances Lane in the championship contest of the doubles Margaret and Mrs Schart had defeated their sister Mrs Dlugon and Miss Jerry McMahon in the semi-finals Captain Mcl Brewer of the 1939 University of Illinois football team will be in Belleville soon on hia tour to distribute posters and other material advertising the coming Illlni gridiron campaign Coach Hubert Tabor of the Township High School Is among the few prep mentors on the program of the second annual pre-season football clinic at open its 1939-40 league krgling the University of Illinois The Yankees Extend Their League Lead To 13 Full Games By The Associated Press Before the finish this baseball season 017 be notable for many including Joe DiMaggio first -400 hitter In nine but it seemed certain to have a bumper crop of pitchers winning 20 or more games In the first flush of mid -season enthusiasm over achievements of Bucky Walters Bob Feller Red Ruffing and their fellow tradesmen some fans even thought a 30-game winner might pop up This prospect faded when Wal ters was stalled two weeks trying to win his 21st game for the Cincinnati Reds However he's go ing to have plenty of company In the 20-class which last year num be red only Ruffing Bill Lee Buck Newsom and Paul Derringer Ruffing reached the goal for the fourth consecutive year yesterday as the New York Yankees tamed the Detroit Tigers 13-3 for their ninth straight victory extending their American League lead to 13 full games Feller pitched Cleveland a four' hit l-o shutout in the first game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox for his 19th triumph and virtually assured himself of a berth The Tribe also bumped Bos ton in the second game 5-3 Derringer hurled the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-2 decision over the New York Giants on six hits bringing his total of games won to 17 within easy range of the target He had the help of a six-run inning in which Ival Goodman and Harr? Craft hit homers to rout the veteran Carl Hubbell Among other pitchers aiming at the mark and with good chances of hitting were Curt Davis of the St Louis Cardinals with 18 already won Tommy Bridges of the Tigers and Bill Lee of the Chicago Cubs each with 16 victories and Buck Newsom of Detroit Luke Hamlin of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Dutch Leonard of the Washington Sena tors with 15 apiece Leonard got his 15th yesterday as the Senators performed an about-face against the St Louis Browns He had to have help in the ninth but got credit for the 8-7 victory In the first game Ken Chase went the route in the 11-lnning nightcap to win 4-3- Bill Lee on the other hand failed to Increase his total as the Phillies nudged out the Cubs 4-3 and 3-1 He gave onlv six hits In losing the first game The combination of Ray four-hit pitching and a two-run homer by Gua Suhr decided the second game The Boston Bees and Cardinals split with Bill Posedel winning the first game 10-4 for Boston helped by a four-run homer of Henry Ma-Jeski The Cards came from behind to take the second 6-5 in eight Innings Cy Blanton stopped the Dodgers 9-5 in his first start since April 23 after they had beaten the Pi rates 3-2 in the opener Bill Beckman shut out the Chi' cago White Sox for the Philadelphia Athletics 2-0 in a pitching duel with Thornton Lee Big League Leaden By The Associated Press NATIONAL Batting Mize St Louis 1361 Amovlch Philadelphia 337 Runs Werber Cincinnati and Hack Chicago 86 Runs batted McCormick Cin cinnati 102 Camilll Brooklyn 86 McCormick Cincinnati 160 Mize St Louis 155 Slaughter St Louis 36 Mize St Louis 35 Triples Herman Chicago 14 Vaughan Pittsburgh 12 Home Ott New York 26 Mize St Louis and Camilll Brook lyn 22 Stolen Handley Pittsburgh 18 Harnett Boston 13 Wyatt Brooklyn and Thompson Cincinnati 8-3 AMERICAN Batting Di Magglo New York 401 Foxx Boston 367 Runs Foxx Boston 119 Rolfe New York 111 Runs batted Williams Boston 106 Foxx Boston 100 Rolfe New York 166 Foxx Boston 154 Rolfe New York 37 Greenberg Detroit 35 TMples Lewis Washington 12 McCosky Detroit 11 Home runs Foxx 34 Gordon New York 23 Stolen Case Washington 44 Chapman Cleveland and Kree- vlrh Chicago 16 Pitching -Donald New Yoik and Grove Boston 13-2 THE THING two-day clinic opened today 0 Legion Millstadt and Lebanon Tied For Second Place (Continued from Page 6) eight and walking only one New Athens scored first as they pushed over a run In the third Inning on a triple by Jackie Goodall and a sacrifice by Lincoln Kiefer the Merchant chucker Mascoutah came back in their half of Use third to take the lead tallying twice on a walk to Worms a stolen base a single by Pcrsch-bacher and a single by E- Mueth which scored both runners In the sixth doubles by Walthes and Neumann tallied the third Mas-coutah run and then the Merchants tied the score on Freeh's homer in the seventh and Jackie Good-all's hit a double by Phillips and a passed ball in the eighth Millrtadt 19 Marl mis The Mlllstadt Merchants poured it on the Marissa Tigers 10 to 3 at Marissa yesterday afternoon to score their fourth straight county league victory after losing their two open- campaign tonight The twelve-team Turner Handicap circuit including a quintet of southpaws will have the honor of inaugurating another big bowling year There will be more teams here than last year due to further interest in the sport among the women WICHITA KAS Aug 28-P) Okla undefeated in the National Semipro Baseball Tourna-tors blank-! ment is the tournament's first re-ets peatlng winner The Booner nine beat Mt Pleas-prellmlnaty ant Tex 5-2 last night to win 85-the Inter-! 119 56 first money and an all-ex-national nextjpenxe trip to Puerto Rico to meet perfect bunt to score Mueth Proffiltt being safe at first on the Play Mueth's and Walthes singles and Billy Bayne the Stag southpaw a ufe bunt by Neumann filled the Maurice "Sport- aisles to ret up the squeeze ing Mill" yesterday Excerpts of the pitcher Grodcon al-article: I lowed but six hits while fanning Marissa 6-3 2-6 6-4 Semifinals Crain defeated Powless 6-4 7-5 Rosebrough defeated Kinneman 6-2 6-3 Finak Crain defeated Rosebrough 6-4 6-1 6-3 DOUBLES Second Round Monroe Haege Carbondale and Bruce Church Marissa defeated Howard Braun Champaign and Elmer Hirth Webster roves Mo 6-3 3-6 6-3 1 Don Wood and Harold Cole Mt Vernon defeated Harry Meng and Roy Lelllch New Athens 6-3 0-6 6-4 Quarlerfinak Dick Rosebrough Maplewood Mo and Bill Kreuger St Louis defeated I Haege and Church 2-6 6-2 6-4 I Tom Shanklln and Carl Neureu-jther East 81 Louis defeated Paul Kinneman and Powless Flora 6-2 6-4 Bob Hamm and Elmer Lukeman Jacksonville defeated Proctor Wright St Louis and Larry Harper East St Louis 6-1 7-5 Cy Braun and Ellar Daab Belle-vllle defeated Don Wood and Harold COle 6-3 6-1 Semifinals state amateur soft ball champion- Rorebrough and Kreuger won over ship last night defeating DcKalb Shanklln and Neureuther by default 1 6 to 1 Lamm and Lukeman defeated Braun and Daab 8-6 1-6 6-4 8-6 Finak Rosebrough and Kreuger defeated Hamm and Lukeman 3-6 9-7 6-3 Only three sets were played by mutual agreement because of approaching darkness for center-fire pistols and revolvers and the Coast Guard trophy event for the 30 -cal tore rapid-fire championship National Rifle Association officials reported 4108 marksmen registered for the championship events which continue through Sept 9 Competl- live in tents using army cots and other equipment Nearly 800 fired yesterday In the DeWar match first of qualifying events for the DeWar team tryouts Friday The preliminary was won by William Boone Woodring of Alton Illinois three times national small bore champion who scored 399 out of 400 with 33 shots In the small ring In the center of the bulls-eye A Pope of Los Angeles was second with 399 and 28 X's DANVILLE ILL Aug M-WV- Peoria Caterpillars paced by Lou Abreo who allowed only one hit and truck out 15 won the Illinois games Sunday afternoon Peoria eliminated the 1931 champions Urbans when Bob Sass'i home-run Totals 42 11 16 24 12 3 430 120n Shiloh 000 204 12 Summary: Two-base Schneider Schmidt Three-base Frys Home Griggs Sacrifice Zlmmermann Frye Flnke Wheatley Struck Flnke 5 Cox 3 Copper 1 Ward 3 Smith 1 Base on Flnke 3 Copper 4 Ward 1 Hit by Schneider Flnke Boyce Left on Shiloh 1 Giants 5 Earned runs 8 Giants 7- Winning Finke Losing Ward man 2 Three base Harris B-G rod eon Stolen bases Rabel Struck by Brewer 2 Hund 4 Nevel 1 Base on off Brewer 4 Hund 5 Nevel 2 Wild pitch 1 Nevel 3 Hit by pitcher Mueth by Brewer Tiley by Hund Left on Lebanon 8 Mascoutah 4 Passed Nau-man 1 Nevel Double Rlthman to Tiley Tiley unassisted Losing Hund COLLINSVILLE MERCHANTS ABR A Taylor 2b 4 0 0 4 2 1 Gerper cf 3 1 2 1 0 0 Richter lb 3 0 0 6 1 0 Evers ss 4 0 1 1 4 1 Evers If 3 0 0 1 0 0 Richter 3b 3 110 0 1 Moore 3 0 0 8 0 1 Albert urs rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 Lockman rf 2 0 10 19 Frtrait 3 0 0 0 1 0 Richter 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 5 21 10 4 HECKER WKVJE FINES AB A JS barker ss 4 1 2 0 2 0 McCarthy rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 Likert 2b 4 1 2 3 0 1 Kapp lb 2 0 1 1 0 0 Acker lb -2 0 0 2 0 0 Sieve cf 2 2 2 4 0 0 Muskopf 3 1 0 11 1 1 IMttcnauer If 2 0 0 0 0 0 Frits If 1 0 0 0 0 0 Miller If 1 0 10 10 Sadcwiske 3b 3 2 1 2 0 1 Tonies 3 1 2 0 3 0 Totals 32 13 24 7 3 8core by innings: Collinsville 001 000 01-2 Hecker 110 100 -8 bummery: Two-base McCarthy Tonjea Miller Three-bare hit Stolen bases Tavlor Gerfen (3) Parker (3) McCarthy Miller badowskl Struck Ton-Jes 11 Petrelt 0: A Richter 1 Bare on Tonics 5 Petralt 4 Petrslt Hit by by Tonies Richter Richter Passed Moore Left on bases -Collinsville 8 Keeker 7 Earned Score by Innings: St Libory 010 016 300-5 Fulling Springs 004 000 8ummary: Two-bare hits: Hurst Bena Three base hits: Bena Seiler Sacrifice hits: Bennett Stolen bases: Canty Struck by Bchrman 12 Smith O' Eppe 5 Bare on balls Bcrhman Smith 4 Wild pitch: Behrman 2 Eppe 1 Left on bases: St Libory 7 Falling Springs 10 Earned Runs: St Libory 1 Filling Springs 4 Pitching record: Smith 5 runs 7 hits In 7 Innings Losing pitcher: Smith LEBANON MERCHANTS was a member of the greatest of all Brownie the squad of 1922 which barely missed winning the American League championship Billy didn't pitch often but he was a good spot hurier and stepped hi now and then One of those chances arrived cm May 5 against the Tigers In Detroit ard it was that day that Bayne twirled his greatest major league contest For eight innings he blanked the Tigers without a hit and Ty Cobb newly named manager of the Detroiters was frantic the spell was broken in the ninth when Larry Woodall the catcher lined a hit to left center The Tigers also got another hit In that final inning but It was a futile gesture as the Browns won 6 to 1 And Bayne had the further satisfaction of forcing the great Cobb one of the greatest hitters of all tune to remove himself for a pinch-hitter Detroit Washington Philadelphia Louis National League Games broke up a hurling duel between Abreo and Hank Mileham In the 14th Inning and Peoria won 3 to 9 DcKalb edged out Danville 1 to 0 Abreo pitched and won three of his team's four victories allowing only five hits and striking out 59 men (By The Aum-laied Press! Leo Durocher Dodgers and Blanton Pirate Former tripled cne run in and scored liimsclf to win first game Latter made three hits and drove In three runs besides pitching effectively to take nightcap Bill Beckman Athletics His steady seven-hit pitching brought shut out over White Sox Jim Vernon and Jim Bloodworth Cy Bayne left the Browns and was ing encounters in the second-half with the Red Sox for a while and) Manager Eddie Buechrr's fast-finally a ended his way back to the 'stepping Merchants basted out flf-mlnors Most of his hurling was teen hits off McGougb and Guztk The Tigers collected elevrn hits but Wayne "WIrkIcs" Fuhrman (he Millstadters southpaw kept them plenty scattered Young Team Named To Defend Davis (up HAVERFORD PA Aug 28-M --One of the youngest teams ever to represent the United States will Wal-' 1 RESULTS American League Washington 8-4 St Louis 7-3 (second game 11 Innings) Philadelphia 2 Chicago 0b Cleveland 1-5: Boston 0-3 New York 13 Detroit 3 National League Boston 19-5 St Louis 4-4 (second game called after eight inning Sunday law) Philadelphia 4-3 Chicago 3-3-Brooklyn 3-5 Pittsburgh 2-8 Cincinnati 7 New York 3 TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE American League Washington at Sc Louie New York at Detroit Boston at Cleveland Philadelphia at Chicago National League St Louis at Boston Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Brooklyn- Two Champion Teams To Receive Sweaters Caseyvllle win meet Prairie du Long in the first game and Slookey and 'Smlthton will clash in the finale of tomorrow night'i St Clair County Farm Bureau League program at the Smlthton aoftbal! park Between games Prof Leo Lentz agricultural teacher at the runs-ColllnsvUle Ij Hecker I Dou-j Township High school will present sweaters to the Stookey team champlona of the Farm Bureau Lraaue and to the Turkey Hill boys winners of the 4-H Club bie Even to Taylor to Richter Pitching Petrrit 7 runs 13 hiu in 64 innings Lebanon MftOTutah 010 Ml- summary Two base hlU-Rith-( 425 £42-19 i New Athens 4 Marissa 8 New Athens had to go a dozen Innings to beat Martssa in their county league tussle yesterday morning at New Athens Tt was a playoff of a recent rained -out game Mel Hofmeistrr who relieved FIs- rher was the winning chucker while Hewitt who replaced Calbreath was 1 after Australia had beaten Yugo the loser slavla tn the inter zone final at Manager Paddy Darmstatter drove Brookline Mass yesterday in the inning run after Catcher Bob Fitzgerald pushed over two tallica in the ninth to tie lip the game Both teams coilertrd ten Ingle: defend the Davis Cup against Australia in the challenge round here next week-end Sept 2-4 Bobby Riggs Rank Parker Joe Hunt and Jack Kramer whose aver- age age Is only 204 yearn were named defenders of the cup by ter Patet non-playing captain Spud Davis and Ray Harrell Davia singled two runs' home to decide first game Harrell's Ival Goodman Rrdi Batted in four runs with homer and single as Cincinnati crushed Giants 7-3 Sena tors-Former hit double in first game Latter mt double and single batting in three four hit pitching captured second Inins in second game to point way chapter of doublcheader from Cubs I to double triumph over Browns triple and League The sweaters for both teams are being donated by Abe Small of the Small's store with the New Alhrna safeties Includ 'ing a home run by Freeh.