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PAGE EIGHT BELLEVILLE DAILY NEWS-DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY JULY 24 1935 STAGS PLAY TWICE-POSTPONED GAME WITH TIGERS TONIGHT By Jack Sords REMEMBER 1934? Dizzy Dean to Attempt to Pitch Cardinals Back Into First Place in Today Hubbell Due for Giants in Fourth Game of Series Teams Split Doublehcadcr Ruffing vs Crowder in American League Test JESS DOYLE TO MOUNT HILLOCK AGAINSTSTRONG ARKANSAS NINE Game Between Grieie diecks and Negro Aggregation Rained Out Last Night Southpaw Hurler Who Beat Cards Played Here Al Smith the southpaw hurl-or for the Giants who turned back the Cardinals after the latter had taken the National League lead by a victory In the first game in the second contest of the doubleheader in St Louis yesterday once played In Belleville Martin lloeffken one-time baseball manager here recalled that he pitched for the Pevelys here in 1928 and In 1929 hurled for the South Sides managed by Lawrence Schneider in the three games of the city championship series against the Bicbel Roofers at North End Park He lost the first game 2-1 won the second 7-4 and was batted from the hill in the third encounter Smith was only 19 years old at the time Hocffken said I Brooklyn In a doublehcadcr day 5-0 and 6-4 winning their fourteenth and fifteenth victories in 21 starts The Giants lead the Cubs by three games In other National League games yesterday Wally Berger hit his nineteenth and twentieth homers to give the Braves a 7-6 twelfth Inning victory over Cincinnati 62516 at Yankee Stadium (Ity I'nlted 1'rrM) Crucial battles for leadership both the American and National Leagues engaged baseball fans today In New York the Tigers and the Yankees met in the third game of tehlr series with the Tigers trailing by 12 percentage points If they win today and tomorrow they go Into the lead of the American League In St Louis the Cardinals hoped to down the Giants and take over first place In the National League One half game separates the two teams ALLISON WINS 10 GIVE RIGHT TO MEET IN NET FINALS Texas Star Defeats Henkel in Straight Sets for Third Point in Challenge Round Against Germany Wimbledon England July 24 America's Davis Cup team today earned the right to challenge England for the historic tennis trophy when Wilmcr Allison of Austin Tex defeated Hcnrich Henkel 6-1 7-5 11-9 in the deciding match of the European zone final with Germany Allison's victory comprised the necessary third victory in the flvc-matfih series with Germany As a result the fifth Involving young Don Budge of Oakland Cal and Baron Gottfried Von Cramm which followed was reduced to an exhibition status other two points wn-e gained In Budge's singles victory over Henkel on Saturday and in tlw'JG doubles yesterday won by Allison and John Van Ryn over Von Cramm and Kay Lund Allison desite his gruelling five-set doubles match of yesterday which cost him nine pounds and brought his weight down to 1554 defeated the inexperienced Henkel easily The Texan always was able to lift his game a notch or two and take points when they were needed HOFFMAN LEADS HITTERS ON STAG TEAM Copyright 1935 by Centra' Press Association Inc New York July (UP) Yankees and Tigers still were a half-game apart today as they plunged Into the third game of a battle for the American League lead The struggle raged 4 hours and 30 minutes yesterday and ended In standoff The Yanks won the opener 7-5 and the Tigers the second 3-1 The year's record baseball crowd 62516 saw the Yanks conquer Detroit's vaunted Schoolboy Rowe and then succumb to the resurrected pitching wizardy of Victor (Baby Doll) Sorrell who was on the waiver list a few weeks ago Charlie the Red Ruffing and General Alvin Crowder veteran righthanders will be the opposing pitchers today Ruffing with eight victories and six defeats has broken even in two games against the Tigers this season Crowder who has won 10 and lost 6 has beaten the Yanks twice in three games Bitter feeling is likely to develop between the two clubs during the rest of the series as a result of the final play of second game In which Ben Chapman charged into Catcher Ray Hay worth at the plate knocking him to his knees mitt was wrested from his hand but he held the ball He almost keeled over as the crowd surged out on the field and around him Detroit players had to assist him to the dressing room In other American League games Vernon Kennedy pitched a 3-hlt game but lost it as the Athletics nosed out the White Sox 2-0 The Browns halted the Red Sox 7-2 Dean to Start St Louis Mo July Having tasted the joys of first place for something like one hour yesterday the Cardinals today met the Giants determined to oust them more or less permanently from the top of the National League heap The Cardinals led the League from the final inning of the first game of yesterday's doublcheadcr the final inning of the second game They won the first game but lost the second If they can down Bill Terry's men this afternoon theyead will be theirs Jerome Dean will try to turn the trick for them while manager Terry the Giants most likely will send his ace flinger Carl Hubbell hold them back The teams will play a-doublchcader tomorrow Paul Dean pitched the Cardinals victory in the first game He struck out 12 Giants Joe Med-wlck drove out two homcruns and the final score was 6 to 1 Leroy Parmalee was the losing pitcher In the second game the Cards made four errors three by Pepper Martin and lost 8 to 2 Al Smith a Giant portsider slowed only eight scat tered hits A crowd of 31000 the twin-bill While baseball fans were concentrated on this crucial series the Chicago Cubs were quietly creeping up to within striking dis tance of the leaders They downed My Big Moment If John Rain who has licked the Stags more times than their opponents combined will desist the Gricsediecks will take on the Tigers fresh from the wilds around Claybrook Ark tonight for the entertainment of the ladies under the floodlights at the Belleville Athletic Field It will be Night" and all the women who care to make the trip to the park will be the guests of the management The Tigers and the Stags were all set to play last night but an Inspection of the field revealed that the 1 players would have to use boots and President Laurence Meyer of the club not having any handy promptly postponed the game to tonight Doyle to Hurl "Big Jess Doyle" whose celebrated right arm has been considerably strengthened by shoving schooners over the bar as a barkcep in Swan sea will do the chucking for Clarence "Red" Hoffman's outfit with the rejuvinated faller-downer Jawn White on the reception end The Stags lineup otherwise will he the same as that which defeated Edgemont and gained the Trolley League leadership here last Sun day The Claybrook team which also has been taking a licking from John it Rain Is on their second invasion of this territory On their first about a month ago when they were rained out here they won five out of six games played with the strong- i cst teams In Metropolitan St Louis Among their victims were the East i St Louis Colts who won from the Stags here last Friday night Indians Here Friday 'After game the Stags will turn their attention to the contest here Friday night with the Indianapolis tram of the American i Association The Indians are made up almost completely of former major leaguers and for this reason are in second place in the Association Among the players on the team well known to Belleville fans are "Old Hoss" Stephenson who was one of the mainstays of the Chicago Cubs during their pennant winning days Johnny Cooney who spent nine years with the Boston Braves and "Jumbo Jim" Elliott one of the largest pitchers in base-1 ball who was many years with the Phillies Logan a southpaw for whom Brooklyn paid Columbus $35000 last fall is also with the Indians on a recall agreement He Is with the club for further When Larry Schneider Advised Al Smith To Stay In Game WHO NOTE: This is the fifty-third in a series of articles telling of the thrills in the lives of Belleville baseball players past and present THREEPLAYERS HiniNG 500 IN OTALLON LOOP Rothkegel and Pfeiffer Each Have Made 11 Hits in 22 Times at Bat Three players Rothkegel and Quinn of the Church and Pfeiffer of the Barrows each with 500 lead the hitters in the O'Fallon Softball League dur-the first half averages released today revealed Rothkegel and Pfeiffer each had 11 hits in 22 trips to the plate while Quinn had 10 in 20 times at bat The averages: Pbjrer Team AB 1 Fit Rothkegel Church 31 Quinn Church 20 Pfeiffer Barrows S3 Dickerson Quality! 23 Proffitt Church 19 Rubin Qualltys 19 Homberger Church 33 Schmidt Barrows 23 Willard Eureku 18 Klucker Quality! 34 Zimmerm'n Church 30 Funk Eurekaa 30 Kombrink pitcher held all honors In 51 innings pitched he allowed only 088 runs per game and struck out 63 batters The first-half championship of the league will be determined tonight when the Shiloh Holy Name and the Church play off for honors beginning at 8 o'clock The LAWRENCE (who answers to the nicknames of Larry Its Itzie or Judge) SCHNEIDER Former star pitcher infielder and manager now the tenpin Impresario at the St Mary Bowling Alleys married and resides at 128 gouth Charles street: played with Terriers 1918-19-20 Imperials 1921 Nashville 1921 Packards 1922-23-24-25-26-27 South Sides 1928-29-30-31 Wirths 1932 softball pitcher 1933-34 Belle-Clair League umpire 1935 Cops Modify Challenge When Red Hoffman's Name Is Mentioned But Will Play the Brewery Workers Manager and Centerfield-er Batting at Fait Clip Doyle Paces Hurlers While his waistline is getting a bit more pronounced (yours would too If you were a beer salesman) Clarence Hoffman's ting eye has lost none of Its keenness that once took him into the major leagues the averages of the Griesedieck Stags released today by Statistician Augle Hausam revealed The big center fielder and manager of the Stags is hitting 468 to lead all the regulars who have been with the club all season Hoffman has been In 16 games and during that time has been at bat 62 times scored 17 runs and made 29 hits including 20 singles seven doubles and two homers His hitting streak ran through 12 straight games before he was stopped by Harry Lengfclder a local boy pitching for the Alpen Braus of the Trolley League Dahm Second Elmer Dahm the second baseman who left the club last week followed Hoffman among the regulars with a 458 mark 27 hits included five doubles and one triple Bob Campbell the Marissa slugger who has played second and third base and right field batted 448 and hit safely in his last 13 games His 26 hits included four doubles Following Campbell is the Stags' sensational 19-year-old shortstop who had an average of 444 with 19 hits that included four doubles Just back of Siemers is Ferd Seiler who has played every 1T -frnriiPoaition shortstop IN yLLT and centerfield for the Stags this 111 illLL I season Ford has 437 with three doubles a triple and a homer Cook son Has Most Homers Wally Cookson the left-handed batting outfielder has made the most homers three while Hoffman and Johnny Connors the mite first acker each have two Jess Doyle who is hitting 556 also leads the pitchers The big hurler has won six games without a loss and has an earned run average of 135 per game Gregory has won six games and lost two Barthelme has broken even in four games The Stags as a team have been hitting 348 to 252 for their opponents Eddie Fischer the star third baseman who has been with the club for only six games has a batting average of 500 White assistant manager and catcher whose age" is recorded at 38 years Is enjoying one of his greatest seasons Not only is he leading the club in fielding with a mark of 983 but he is hitting 327 and to of in to to i RIFLE Sets Pace In Shoot Score organized Spartan Its first official at its range at five miles west the Millstadt road Grange basement in the rifle range practice The the Spartan Rifle of Grange young men living in west of the city of the Spartan Towers officer and of the Legion the club Echart only shot one 96 score of last SlaidiiAs NATIONAL LEAGUE The COOky Police Department's baseball team and the boys who manufacture Stag beer will engage in a battle of baschits errors and commonly called baseball Belleville Athletic Field at 9 a Sunday The police following a victory over the Bdleville-SL Louis Coach Company's team promptly issued the Stags and Bill Walters will do the umpiring The Lineups Manager Luke has announced the following lineup: Boden 3b Luke cf Bill Klotz 2b Maurer lb Kaltenbronn ss "Wahoo Klotz Tiger Kirkwood Hassell If and Magln rf Substitutes SPARTAN a challenge to "one and The will Include Riesenberger Helwlg I two teams were tied at the end of WHITE SOX IN DOUBLEHEADER NEXT SUNDAY Hornsby's Latest Addition to Roster is Carey 26-Year-Old Shortstop St Louis Mo July With another new face in the lineup Rogers Hornsby and the Browns will return to Park this weekend to engage the Chicago White Sox in a three-day four-game scries A doubleheader is set for Sunday July 28 latest addition to his roster is Thomas Carey 26-year-- old shortstop from the Cardinal ffa farm at Rochester in the Interna-tional League In the deal Rochester obtained Bob Weiland southpaw who had been released on option by the Browns to Albany Carey a native of Hoboken is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 175 He broke into baseball with Cliambersburg of the Blue Ridge League in 1930 He was with Houston in the Texas League in 1931 at Columbus in 1932 and has been with Rochester for the last three seasons He was field captain of the Red Wings this year Carey has been regarded as the Cliff Le Pere First Official With 271 A tall thin good-looking man in his early thirties sat before the radio listening to the running play-by-play story of the second game of a doubleheader between the St Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants On the outcome of the game depended the leadership of the National League The Giants were leading 3-0 and the fourth inning had just arrived "Al Smith pitching for the Giants has allowed the Red Birds only three hits" came the voice from the radio The tall good-looking face twisted into a smile as he turned to Hugo Fix who was also taking in the game and said: "Hugo this is my big moment I guess you know that I had something to do with that Smith boy being up there and here he is turning back the Cardinals when the leadership of the league is threatened" IBs Story "What are you talking about?" sneered Fix "Are you having a pipe "No let me tell you a returned the good-looking young man who if like to know was Larry Schneider who before he became a well-known tenpin impresario at the St Mary Alleys was one of finest baseball players and managers "It was like this: you know he's from St was pitching for me when I managed the South Sides here and we met the Biebei Roofers in a three-game series for the city championship" continued Schneider "He dropped the first which we should have won the Biebels 2-L We won the second 7 to 4 behind his excellent pitching but in the final and deciding game they batted him off the hill His Advice "When I jerked him he came to me on the bench and said: Mr Schneider Tm going to chuck this Urn afraid it the game for He was certainly disheartened I said to him: Never mind that AL because you've got great possibilities I wouldn't be surprised if I'd see you in the big show some day' And I meant that too for he was just a kid and had and all other officers available for the day Captain LePere Ad Kaiser and "Grandpa" Saeger will be the coaches and these boys are reputed to be the very best in coaching business having recently completed a course under the tutorship of Herman Dean Esquire For the brewery workers the lineup will be: Schlfferdecker 3b Scher ss: Al Latin 2b Henry Bichl If Schilling cf Poleski rf Voland and Joe Novack who are Griesedieck-Westem Brewery was the first to accept but right off the bat the coppers modified the challenge "Yes well said Lincoln Luke the gabby manager of finest "but you play Hoffman" go shouted the brewery workers give you Red spot you ten runs and then beat you Accept Challenge That got the cops pretty mad so they accepted the challenge Another thing that worked under the coppers' skin was the formal acceptance of the challenge by the brewery workers It seems that the boy who wrote the acceptance attached the following: All of you fellows except Captain LePere can bring your guns along" A year ago LePere shot and killed two robbers and apparently the brewery works respect his marksmanship but think little of the remainder of the force Christy Louth who works in th city engineer's office when he's not calling balls and strikes for The recently Rifle Club held hoot last night the Bluff Grange of Belleville on The Bluff which is situated is ideal for shooting membership of Club is composed members and other Belleville and The officers Club are: Eugene president and executive Henry Schaefer secretary-treasurer William Eckart rifle team visited arrived late and card He shot a The official shoot follows: LePere 90 Hoeflinger 7s Schaefer ST Kosar SO Griffin 70 VT LePere S3 LePere 78 91-271 86-223 Results NATIONAL LEAGUE St Louis 6-2 New York 1-8 Chicago 8-6: Brooklyn 0-4 Boston 7 Cincinnati 6 (12 innings) Philadelphia at Pittsburgh postponed rain AMERICAN LEAGUE St Louis 7 Boston 2 Philadelphia 2: Chicago 0 Detroit 5-3: New York 7-1 Cleveland at Washington called in fourth Inning rain showing a speed-of-foot that is reminiscent of his days the regular first half In the following schedule for the second half of the season the first game listed in each instance is girls' game while the second and third are men's contests: July Thomas Hardware vs Shiloh Eureka Steel vs Church and Barrows vs Quality Dairy July Progress vs Shiloh St Ellen Mine vs Tavern and Schwarz Brothers vs Shiloh Holy Name August Allens vs Thomas Hardware Ernie's Tavern vs Schwarz Brothers and Church vs Shiloh Holy Name August Allens vs Shiloh Quality Dairy vs St Ellen Mine and Eureka Steel Range vs Bar-rows August Progress vs Thomas Hardware Eureka Range vs Quality Dairy and St Ellen Mine vs Schwarz Brothers August Thomas Hardware vs Shiloh Church vs Bar-rows and Tavern vs Shi Ioh Holy Name August 15 Allens vs Progress Barrows vs Ernie's Tavern and Quality Dairy vs Shiloh Holy Name August 19 Allens vs Thomas Hardware Eureka Range vs 8t Ellen Mine and Church vs Schwarz Brothers August Progress vs Shiloh Church vs Quality Dairy i plenty of stuff He had an ex-and St Ellen Mine vs Shiloh Holy ceptionally fine sidearm balL you know what that kid another meaning of course that August Progress vs Thom- Mid to me? It was this: Tm go- if they lost the game they'd beat as Hardware Barrows vs Schwarz ifig to take your advice Mr us up afterwards Boy I was Brothers and Eureka Range vs Schneider You've made me feel shaking in my boots and when my Ernie's Tavern a lot better and I'm going to con- players got a lead I Just didn't August Allens vs Shiloh tinue In baseball And he did The know what to da Well we lost Barrows vs St Ellen Mine and next season he went to one of the an right for saw to that" Eureka Range vs Shiloh Holy smaller leagues and kept going up I "Why hello there Mr Big Mo-Xzme until he reached the Giants several 1 ment!" greeted Schekk to the "My September Girls game Qual-! seasons aga Now he's at his best Big Moment column conductor ity Dairy vs Schwarz Brothers and 31 Church i Ernie's Tavern September Girts game Eureka Range vs Schwarz Brothers and Church vs St Ellen cred Al Smith?" broke in the ever- shot out Schneider Notre Dame All-American football Kin- present "Dotty" Schcick walking I put any of that in the newspaper 'star to his crew of wrestling part- Scptember Girls' game Qual- over to the radia "You might be a I don't like publicity" Iren who are preparing him for the tty Dairy vs Ernie's Tavern and great breading aSey manager as TOMORROW: Another "My championship match with Danno i Barrows vs Shiloh Holy Name they believe out at SL Mary's tut Big Moment" 'OMihoney in Boston next Tuesday outstanding prospect among the leagui infielders He is been hitting a bit below 300 but has never failed to sparkle on the defense Above all he's an aggressive fighting player who will go after any ball and run out the weakest of pop flies He never quits and that's the kind of a ballplayer Hornsby likes Carey is badly needed at the moment Ollie Bejma spiked in the arm at Washington is likely to be out for some time so the pride of Hoboken will be s' dony cd at second base with Lyn Lary" at short and Harland Clift at third Carey is the seventh new man to join the Browns since the start of the season added proof that Hornsby is determined to juggle the squad until he finds a winning combination Other additions include Pitchers Cain and Van Atta (with Roy Hansen for a brief trial) Outfielders Bolters and Coleman and Shortstop Lyn Lary There has been moreover not a few departures Gone are Pitchers George Blaeholder Buck Newsom and Bob Weiland Catcher Frank Grube Inficldcrs Oscar Melillo and Al Strange Outfielders Debs Ganns and Hcinie Mueller And unless all signs faiL there will be more comings and goings After their visit this weekend the Browns will be home only once more during the 1935 season They take to the road Tuesday July 30 return on August 8 and on September 2 start the Ion £3 road trip that will wind up the season And when that's over Rogers Hornsby wi sit himself down for the winter dickering that who knows produce that long awaited American League winner for St Louis in 1936 STAGS' AM OPPONENTS' BECORD9 74-218 Sliments Towers Pacho Favored To Whip Canzonerl Chicago EL July 2' (UP) Sonnenberg Pinned By Jim Browning and Educated Moth Albany July Wrestler Jim Browning and a moth teamed up last night to defeat Gus Sonnenberg foimer champion of I Boston Sonnenberg was in on the mat a victim of scissors Sullenly a moth circling the overhead light 'took a nose dive into Sonrenberg's mouth The 202-pound giant went into a coughing spell Browning lost his hold and Sonnenberg a blood vessel" An era-jination revealed the moth lodged in the giant's throat It interfered with kis breathing so the physician advised Sonnenberg not to from Cal lamia today stead a 6-5 favorite to beat Tony Canzonerl 5b world's lightweight bcxirg charn- ulrad 10-round fight at Mills stadium The fight win be a non-title affair Pacho who scored a smash-trg victory over Frankie in his last Chicago appearance win weigh in for the bout at 138 pounds lghtly over the light weight clvx Carzorert a natural lightweight wan weigh ia around 134 pounds.