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The Belleville News-Democrat from Belleville, Illinois • 6

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4 MONDAY AUGUST 18 1937 PAGE SIX BEADY FOR Stan of tin net world wok Htl Forenl inila Loft to rifiht Vi Rjn rarker Gnat ui Budf JUST IN Cameraman captured thla action 8m Mate CaU aa Dick Griffith trick rider wm Injured if a 4 1 News of the Athletic World Written to Suit the Most Fastidious Fan Winners of I to 0 Tournament Battle Here Knipps Beat Mascoutah 1-0 in Game Featuring Baseball Tournament at Athletic Field STAR PITCHER IS TO PITCH HERE AGAINST STAGS TUESDAY NIGHT McAllister Will Face Locals in the Second Game of Series for Southern Illinois TOURNEY SCORES LEBANON STILL IN RUNNING FOR PLAYOFF SERIES AFTER VICTORY Burke Hurls Merchants to 5-2 Triumph the Pete Gaerdneri Fail to Put in Their Appearance for Venice Contest LEAGUE STANDINGS Club Won Lent Pet 765 688 647 625 588 588 412 353 235 118 FIRST GAME Loses 1-0 Game MA8C0UTAH Hofmeietrr Ilurli Dunn Diamonds to Third Straight Victory Smile Sodai and Summcrfield Alio Win Games The baseball tournament at the Belleville Athletic Field for the News-Democrat championship cup today had simmered down to eight teams and six of these will battle AB PO A i 0 111 0 0 0 4 0 0 Kissel lb Worms cf Grodeon rf Walthes If Bechtoldt Mueth Sb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 4 4 4 1 Moellman si Hund a Garbs ss 54 0 6 24 11 2 for Moellman In ninth ROOFERS PO A 0 5 2 0 News-Democrat Photo Here are the Knipps who with their star hurler Hulliung striking out 12 batten won the feature game of the amateur baseball tournament at the Belleville Athletic Field yeaterday afternoon The ecore waa 1 to 0 The players are left to right: Mllburn Krauaz William Iaaelhardt center field Lester Hoefflcen third base Carl Welker catcher Rusael Deeke second base and Edward Strltt-matter shortstop Herbert Knipp manager Vincent pitcher Arthur Schobert pitcher Clarence Mahlmnn first base Oliver Groennert left field and Cletus Hulliung pitcher 1 11 0 1 AB Decks 2b 4 0 Welker 8 0 Groennert IfI 0 Horffken lb 1 0 Mollman lb 0 Xsselhardt cf 8 1 Knipp rf 0 Strittmatter ss 0 Hulliung 8 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 Box Scores Standings of the Clubs NATIONAL LEAGUE Club Won Lost Chicago 66 40 Mews-Democrat Photo Ralph Hund star Mascoutah pUchn who lost a three-hit performance to the Knipp Roofers In the Belleville Athletic Field tour-nametiLAn error coat him the game FATHERANDSON TOURNEY TO BE HELD AT LINKS St Clair To Stage Event During Early Part of September Pet 623 587 544 538 486 431 398 393 Their batting eyes sharpened by their 14 to 9 victory over the East St Louis Colts yesterday the Stag Beers today prepared to face McAUcster one of the fin est Negro hurlers in the country tomorrow night at the Belleville Athletic Field McAllester will be on the hillock for the Mounds Blues who will be meeting the Stags In the second game of a three-game series for the championship of Southern Illinois The Stags won the first game 7 to 1 at Mounds but on that occasion McAllester was being saved for the Illinois State Tournament at Elgin' in-which the Blues later finished in the runner-up position Stags Get Four Homers The Stag Beers dragged out their long range guns to defeat the Colts In East St Louis Eleven of their 17 safeties were for extra bases "Bounding Campbell set the pace with two homers both crashes over the center field fence I and a double while Joe Savant and Glen Barthelme also contributed circuit clout each Ace Elliot and Ferd Seiler each got a pair of doubles while Cookson and Coiners had one each The game had Its feature Ball one-armed right fielder of the Colts hit a homerun and a double off Barthelme to account for five of the East SL Louisans runs With two on base and Ball up Manager Hoffman removed Barthelme and himself took the mound He caused the one-armed star to pop to Savant to end the game Bayne May Come Here With two games this week and another one Sunday Manager Hoffman began negotiating for a pitcher Unable to obtain the services of Paul Dean who has applied for voluntary retirement Hoffman today made an offer to Billy Bayne a southpaw formerly with the Browns and Red Sox 43 47 48 55' 58 62' 65 running for place In the four-team playoffs In the Southwestern Illinois Intercity League a result of its 5-to-2 victory over Edwards-Yille yesterday Burke on the hill for the Merchants kept eight Edwardsville hits fairly well scattered and struck out nine batters Busch got triple Only one more set of games is to be played before the league play offo Maryville remained In the running dropping Livingston from second to fourth place only a half game ahead of Maryville and Lebanon by trimming the Seals to 4 East St Louis clinched first place by walloping the Granite City Sacred Heart A A 16 to 2 while Glen Carbon eliminated Collinsville from the race to 2 and also hop-pod Into second place Venice took a forfeit from the Pete Gaerdners of Belleville when the latter failed to put In an appearance at Venice The tabulated score of the Leb-anon-Edwardsvllie game: EDWARDSVILLE New York 61 St Louis 56 Pittsburgh 56 Boston 52 Cincinnati 44 Brooklyn 41 Philadelphia 42 28 1 5 27 11 Score by Innings 000 000 0 000 000 1 Two-base hits Struck by Hulliung 8 Base on balls Wild Hut balji Welker FOURTH GAME JjUMMERFIELD Comers cf Peters 2b Cookson If Campbell rf Elliott lb Seiler 3b Savant ss White Barthelme lf 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE AB PO 0 0 1 Hassnstab sa Muckensturm lb 8 4 680 583 574 863 480 475 320 317 70 60 62 58 49 48 83 82 33 43 46 45 53 53 70 09 New York Detroit Chicago Boston Washington Cleveland St Louis Philadelphia Hoffman Totals 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 next Sunday In the third round Schubert 2b of the event The schedule for next Sunday follows: I Dsmmerichs vs Smith-ton 515 Shiloh vs Dunns 5:15 Knipps vs Summer-field Yesterday's round of games was featured by the Knipp 1-0 victory over Mascoutah The game was a mound battle between Cletus Hulliung who halls from Mascou-tah and Incldently had to boat his homo town and Hund the Mas-eoutah ace While Hund allowed but three hits to HuUlung's six the latter bested him In strikeouts by mowing down 12 to the former's three Error Derides Game An error decided the game In the seventh inning With two down Isselhardt the Knipps' center fielder singled Martin Hoefflcen vet' eran Knipp manager ordered him to steal and Catcher Bechfoldt's throw went through Schubert the second baseman to the center field fence allowing Isselhardt to score Mascoutah had numerous chances to score but Hulliung who will port to the St Louis Browns next generally nullified them with his strikeout balL -The Smile Sodas eliminated Free-burg from the tournament when they scored 11 runs In the last three Innings to gain a 16-5 victory Zink with a three-bagger double and single set the pace for the batters Hofmelkter Gains Third Win Mel HOftneister brilliant little northpaw pitched the Dunn Diamonds to his and their third straight victory of the tournament beating Smlthton 14 to 4 While he allowed eight hits two more than he permitted during his other two victories Hofmelster eased up after his team gained an early lead The Dunns got only eight hits off Mueller but his wildness and a weak defense caused downfall in the seventh Inning the Dunns scored eight runs on two hits The Summcrfield All-Stars scored four runs on two bases on balls a choice two doubles and a triple off Herbstreith in the first Inning and this was enough to gain them a 4-1 triumph over Shiloh Kreutzer who relieved Herbstreith with two down in the first frame allowed but four hits for the remainder of the game Harry Leng-felder gave Shiloh seven hits and held the Blue Sox scoreless until the seventh inning Totals Batted KNIPP Totals Mascoutah Knipp Roofers SUMMARY: Kissel 12 by Hund off Hulliung llung Passed i Borger p-Sb McDonald If Yeske rf-cf Wuest cf-p Heiligensteln Bauer 3b-lb Dlttman Burgard Batman If Fellner 2b Yocks If Klucker 2b Boden Zink Knefelkamp Foumle 3b Kulessa lb Lanter Fuhrmsn Totals Freeburg Smile 8odu SUMMARY: Fellner Foumle Fuhrmsn Hit by Yurgee Heiligensteln to Bauer to SECOND GAME FREEBURG AB PO A 2 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 2 2 8 0 ss 5 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 0 7 8 1 100810 lb-rf 8 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1110 1 14 17 27 16 1 COLTS Seelman If Poaa cf Schilling rf GoodalL 2b Zellmer Sb Maxfieid Lengfelder a Jones cf Taylor 2b Adams sa Page lb Jettroe Totals 82 4 8 27 11 1 SHILOH Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 8-4 SL Louis 4-0 Cincinnati 13-9 Chicago 6-8 1 New York 5 Philadelphia 3 Boston 5-9 Brooklyn 7-L -87 11 24 18 5 Arrangements are being completed for a father and son tournament to be conducted at the St Clair Country CSub Golf Course The tournament a handicap affair will be held next month Joe Gundlach surprised himself and the rest of his friends yesterday when he shot the course in 85 his best score in five years of play Other scores shot yesterday: Johnson 91 Walter Weidman 121 Austin Cole 95 Norman Gundlach 79 A Fritz 82 John Griffin 79 Ike Wilson 87 Joseph Campbell 75 Braznell 84 Fred Waller 94 Mrs Catherine Minton 88 Miss Irma Krabbe 103 Fred Lieber 79 Colonel Mayer 99 Lieutenant Bell 95 Costello 91 Frank Robinson 93 Fred Mer-singer 91 Wayne Merrills 95 Bob Costello 91 Dr Cardonnler 92 Dr Earl Mullard Bob Heinemann 88 Dr Eugene McQuillan 92 Dr Foulon 90 Dr McQuillan 88 Dr Henry Voris 86 Joseph Murray 94 Pfeifer 83 Claude Osier 88 Mrs Ozler 99 Homer Bate 88 Kenneth Wagner 85 Lieutenant Eaton 110 SMILE SODAS AB PO A Cox ss 8 1 2 2 4 0 1 11 1 1 Perschbacher lb 4 Zemitus 3b 4 0 0 0 1 Calhoun If Ball rf 4 Young 3b 3 Robinson 2 Jackson 1 Meyers 1 Schneider 2b 4 Strobe if 4 Louis -e ef 4 I Mueller rf 1 Herbstreit 0 Kreutzer 3 Zimmerman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE St Louis 9 Detroit 7 Washington 8-9' Boston 3-3 Chicago 5-8 Cleveland 8-2 Philadelphia 5 New York 4 Schedlue NATIONAL LEAGUE Open date for all dubs AMERICAN LEAGUE Open date for all clube Totals 39 9 14 27 10 The score by innings: Stag Beers 012 230 Colts 000 034 9 SUMMARY: Earned runs Stags 12 Colts 7 Two-base hits Cookson Elliott 2 Campbell Conners Seiler 2 BalL Homeruna Savant Campbell 2 Jones BalL Stolen bases Savant Taylor Adams Bases on off Barthelme 2 off Robinson 2 off Jack-son 2 Struck out by Barthelme 4 by Robinson 3 by Jackson 1 Left on bases Stags 6 Colts 5 Double Savant to Peters to Elliott 2 Hit by pitcher by Robinson Conners by Barthelme Young Calhoun cf 38 16 15 24 2 5 Score by innings 100 103 5 041 004 Two-base hits Klucker Zink Three-base Bue on off 4 Wild Wuest Boden Passed 2 Double plays Totals 32 1 7 27 15 0 Score by Innings Summerfleld 400 000 4 Shiloh 000 000 1 SUMMARY Two-base hits Schilling Zellmer Muckensturm Zimmeimann Zemitus Cox Three-base GoodalL Struck 'to Fellner Burgard! 7 Kreutzer 7 by Lengfel Zink 7 Base on off Herb streit 2 off Lengfelder 4 off NEWS FOR ALL ROLL-YOUR-OWNERS This must be milder tastier -OR IT COSTS YOU NOTHING! Kreutzer 4 Hit by pitcher Lengfelder Passed balls Louis Left on Summerfleld 0 Shiloh 9 Earned Summcrfield 4 Shiloh Score by Innings Edwardsville 000 200 2 Lebanon 101 030 5 Runs Mehmkln Jenkins Yaeger (2) Busch (2) Errors Southard Krupski Million Two-base Kubicek Yaeger eJnklns Three-base Busch Sacrifice Southard Busch Burke Stolen bases Krupski Rsble Monroe Struck by Burke 0 by Paproth 6 by Mehmkln 1 Bases on off Burke 2 off Paproth 3 Wild pitch Paproth Left an Edwards-ville 8 Lebanon 9 Pitching off Paproth 0 hits 5 runs in 7 Innings off Mehmkln no hits no runs in Losing Paproth Ruff and Fischer Time of game 1:45:00 THIRD GAME SMITHTON AB A Brenner ss 411101 Vahlkamp 4 0 1 10 0 1 Benedick lb4 0 0 1 1 1 Schmltling 4 0 0 4 0 1 Tylka cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 Acker rf 4 112 0 0 Forcade If 4 0 1 0 0 0 Schaeffer lb 211101 Mueller 2 0 1 0 0 1 Luekemeyer cf 000100 Eckert lb 2 12 110 Dixie Gas Awarded Game On a Forfeit The Dixie Gas baseball team of the Mon-Clair League was awarded a victory over the Valmeyer team on a forfeit yesterday Valmeyer had been defeated by the focal aggregation on three consecutive occasions Last week Dixie Gas defeated Columbia and gained a tie for first place The Dixie Gas team will meet Mlllstadt Sunday Totals -32 4 8 20 2 6 THE Prince Albert money-back offer dowa there below is sincere aa an honest handshake Shake hands with A younelfl Meet up with the mildest tastiest "makin tobacco in the county A has the rich full-bodied taste that you get only from choice mellow tobaccos "Crimp cut for cool even burning And Prince Albert rolls np quick and handsome Get onto A Try it at our risk (Similar offer standsfor pips smokers!) DUNN DIAMONDS AB A Green If 5 0 0 1 0 Keller ss 5 10 0 2 Kiskamp 3b 5 12 2 2 LeTempt 2b I 2 118 Hoffman rf 2 1110 Stemau lb 8 2 1 12 0 Fitzgerald cf 4 2 0 4 0 Fitzgerald 4 3 2 3 Hofmelster 3 2 0 0 1 Musil rf 1110 0 Riggs Win Third Major Net Title In Three Weeks Rye Aug Three major tennis titles in as many weeks was the record boasted today by Robert I Riggs 19-year-old Los Angeles sensation who seems destined for No 2 national ranking next year Riggs followed triumphs at Sea Charles (Gus) Dorais of the Uni-! bright and Southampton by win-versity of Detroit drove the All-: nlng the Eastern Grass Court Star football squad at double-quick Championships defeating Frankie 9 24 11 2 time today attempting in two Parker of Spring Lake In abort weeks to teach them the the finals at Westchester Country Notre Dame offense they will throw! Club yesterday 4 Columbus Takes Twin Bill Millers Lose To St Paul By UNITED PRESS Columbua was back In second place in the American Association race today after defeating Toledo In both games of the dounlcheader yesterday The scores were 14-3 and 11-7 In the first game Columbus collected 15 hits Macon was the winning pitcher The double vic-tory put Toledo two full games behind the Red Birds Rizzo and Slaughter each with four hits led the 22-hit Columbus attack in the nightcap Slaughter hit two homers and hammered across five runs Minneapolis cracked up against seventh-place SL Paul and was beaten 13-3 Bill Cox permitted the Millers only 8 hits in winning Louisville and Indianapolis divided honors with Louisville taking the second game of a twin bill 6-3 The Indians won the opener 6-2 Morgan hit a homer with two on fai Louisville's half of the mnth Milwaukee and Kansas City divided a doufcleheader with the Blues Insin gthe first game 5-3 but taking the nightcap 4-3-Two players were injured: Mar-cvhand of Kansas City when struck in the face by a ball hit by Marshall and Bill Brenzei hit on the forehead by one of Kansu City's Joe Gibbs wild pitches RAY SIMMONS (at extreme right gets in a lick too in favor of Prince Albert Saya he: "Speaking for myself I like the way Prince Albert rolls up trim and firm It burns slow and cooL A doesn't WW fammi GET A STRAIGHT LINE on Prince Albert from lineman Jim Menders (left) big red A tin holds a lot of tasty for the money" says Jim "and every bit of that mild satisfying cool-smoking tobacco stays fresh right to the Totals The score by Innings: 85 15 030 410 10- 15 000 002 Smlthton Dunns against the Green Bay Packers on September with his four assistants Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern Elmer Leyden of Notre Dame Riggs seeded No 3 scored a convincing straight set victory over Parker top seeded here The score was 6-3 7-5 7-5 The men's doubles title was taken Money-Back GUARANTEE SUMMARY: Two-base hits Vahlkamp Hoffman Fltxgerold Three-base Wlskarap For jo mn cicaietms freai Ptuce Albwt If 4-e find then the fine taadew roll your own cigarettes yn tw moked recurs the pocket with tha raw of the tebacw it to as st any tint within a month from this date and we will refund full puKhan peiok plus poe (Sitntdf Raynoids Tobacco Company NC against Parker and former Davis Make were the only to retain their Americans and honor players elect- WU MueLer (2): Hofmefo- to tte NaUonll Pro Les ter 1 2) Passed baLs Fi-zgerald champions Vahlkamp: left on Smith- Despite the heaL mornLng and ton 5: Dunn 3 Earned runs afternoon drills were scheduled to- 1936 champions Dunna I Smlthton 1 Jiay ltltlea 6-2 8-6 6-3 Frank Shields CUp star Budge and rnD annus rrruTTra.

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