Springfield News-Sun from Springfield, Ohio • 15

THURSDAY JULY 20 1939 THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY NEWS SPRINGFIELD OHIO PAGE IS BEN WEBSTER'S Once In Enough! By EDWIN ALGER Crippled Giants Absorb 4 Fifth Straight Setback As Hospital List Grows WITH ELECTION DAV LESS THAN A WEEK OFF BEN AND RUSTY INDEED FACED AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE -YOU COULD CUT THE BLOOM AROUND THEM WITH A KNIFE! D0660NE IT "Vw WONDER IF THAT LETTER'S ON THE LEVEL? DO YOU SUPPOSE WE COULD FIND OUT? IM MID-ATLANTIC LEAGUE raiDtra uaxh Portsmouth at Springfield Charleston at Dayton Akron at Youngstown Cantu at Erl 1:15 WEDNESDAY'S SCORES Springfield A Charleston 1 Dayton A Portsmouth A Akron 1 trie A Cantu A Youngstown A TEAK STANDING HIGHLIGHTS OF The Buckskin The End Of The Trail? By fioonr wont aswinc E5AVEVEBICUMTJ NO FAVOQf 7 THIS IS THE OPYOUMONK END NATIONAL LEAGUE FRIDAY'S OAKEN Clnrlnnatl at Brooklyn 2 games St Luis at Philadelphia 2 games Chk-sgo at Boston Pittsburgh at Mew York WEDNESDAY'S SCORES Cincinnati A Brooklyn 2 (10 Innings) St Louis A Philadelphia A Boston A Chicago A Pittsburgh 1A New York A TEAM STANDING Pitcher Welter Brown Hurt By Betted Bell From Vaughan's Bet By BILL WHITE NEW YORK July 20- Ul -If you're thinking of coming to New York to see the Giants you can take either the Eighth Avenue subway to the Polo Grounds or a cab to Polyclinic Hospital Either place you'll find lots of familiar Giant faces which Is the main reason why the Terry's are a five-game toeing streak and also why they finished yesterday's 10-3 licking at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a second-string first baseman Johnny McCarthy pitching for them With only Zeke Bonura at first and Alex Kampourls at second In their accustomed positions the Giants are In such a sorry shape they have asked to have Billy urges their scrappy shortstop reinstated That's so they can hold Jimmy the bat boy in reserve in cate somebody steps In front of a truck Their newest transfer to the hospital league Pitcher Walter Brown slowed up Arky Vaughan's line drive with his ritfit wrist which bent but didn't break Brown wu back at the Polo Grounds today leaving Harry Dannlng and Lou Chloua to play the Polyclinic Infield all atone In the leu crippled sectors of the league the Cincinnati Reds made the Dodgers go overtime again which wu merely prolonging the Brooklyn agony until the Reds could get a 4-2 victory They did it in 10 Innings when Bill Hershberger singled over a drawn-in Infield and sent two mates scampering home By a similar score 4-2 the Cardinals defeated the Phillies In the longest night game (2 hours 25 minutes) played at Shlbe Park this season Milt Shoffner hurled the rampaging Boston Bees to a 3-2 win over the Cubs In the other Na-tieflial League game He turned In sparkling eight-hit Job The Chicago While Sox fooled everybody when they rose up to greatneu to whack down the slipping Boston Red Sox 4-1 and 8-0 In the American League's only double bilL Johnny Rigney winning his seventh of the season produced the first shutout Job of the year for the Sox he held the Bostonians hllleis through the first seven Innings of the nightcap after Jack Knott had held the Invaders to eight hits in the opener In the only other American League game the Detroit Tigers whitewashed the Washington Sen-! atari 11-0 Schoolboy Rowe and' Archie McKaln turned to produce a three-hit performance Rowe wu forced to retire In the fourth when he wu struck above the left knee up by a line drive The Yankees and the SL Louis Browns were rained out 1939 Buckeye Football Squad' Lists Total Ol 70 Aspirants AMERICAN LEAGUE FRIDAY'S GAMES Washington at Cleveland Philadelphia at Detroit New York at Chicago -Boston at St Louis WEDNESDAY'S SCORES Chicago 4-A Boston 1-0 Detroit 11 Washlngtu A New York-SL Louis rain Only games scheduled TEAM STANDING erry Getting His Bumps' Giants' Manager Without Song On Lips Or Smile On Face For First Time Since He Took Over Team ASKIN' QUESTIONS? NOT Ml THROUGH FLAVIN1 WITH DYNAMITE CARROLL MANSFIELD cluding three centen three tackles three ends five guards and seven backs Steve Andrako senior from Trlnway to tho new captain Assisting Coach Schmidt again thia year will he Godfrey Frits Mackey Sid Gillman Eddie Blickle and Gomer Jones' brilliant-colored booklet also contains the informal tlon (three times) that Henry Taylor la director of ticket sales UMPIRES TO MEET Members of tho Southwestern Umpires Association will meet at 8 Thursday In the A Oar Entire Stock Of BATHING TRUNKS AND ACCESSORIES ON SALE NOW AT A BIG REDUCTION Bay Now and Sava Plenty ITS EASY TO OWN A Johnson Outboard Motor Hmall weekly er menthiy payment Come In and Inquire abeut this new plan Bee the Johnson Hen-Hono Motors On Display MEEK'S Sporting Goods Store 34 NORTH FOUNTAIN AVI 4 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FRIDAY'S GAMES Columbus at SL Paul Toledo at Mlnneapolla Louisville at Kanus City Indianapolis at Milwaukee SCORES No games scheduled TEAM STANDING By FRITZ HOWELL COLUMBUS July James (Uncle Jim) Renick Ohio State University's athletic news service director came up today with his 1939 booklet of Buckeye football Information and between lta scarlet covers ia Included everything you might ask about Coach Frandi A boys with the exception of many are they going win this falir For Instance! The Buckeye varsity squad for the coming campaign numbers 70 with only four from outride the Ohio borders Two are from Pennsylvania one from Washington and tha other from the plain of Kansas Ohio State meets Missouri Oct 7 and then bangs into Northwestern Minnesota Cornell Indiana Chicago Illinois and Michigan on successive week-ends with the Minnesota Chicago and Michigan contests on foreign fields Missouri and Cornell are making their first appearance on the Buckeye state Coach Schmidt In hla five yeara at the Ohio helm haa won 29 lost 10 and tied one for an average of 717 a bit below the 308 mark he registered between 1915 and 1933 at Kendall Tulsa Arkansas and Texas Christian Despite the drop in percentage the showed a decided boost for the Bucke played to 179X740 fane In the 40 tilts an average of 44991 Of the oppenenti for 1939 only Michigan and Minnesota hold an all-time edge over Ohio in games won Minnesota haa beaten the Bucks twice lost one end tied one while Michigan has 11 decisions to 10 for Ohio Ohio hut met Minnesota in 1931 In winning 29 of 40 games at Ohio State Schmidt's teams out-scored the foe 910 to 204 had a 521 to 293 edge In first downs outgained the opposition 1X313 yards to 6981 and completed 265 of 600 passes while the foe waa connecting on 144 of 567 In fumblra the Bucks had 137 to 115 for the enemy and the Bucks drew 1006 yards In penalties as compared with 835 for tho other teams The booklet alio divulges that Ohio tones nine of its 1938 letter-men two hacki and seven linemen but has 21 returning in Reds Increase Lead To Games Flag Eight BROOKLYN July The Cincinnati Reds led the National League by eight garnet today after a 10-lnnlng bout with the Brooklyn Dodgers which ended 4-2 In favor of the leaders 1 Played under the lights of Eb-bets Field the game went to Cincinnati when Catcher Willard Hershberger subbing for injured Ernie Lombardi Texas -leagued with the tacks loaded scoring two runs Three Red pitchers Moore Thompson and Vendor were used In winning the first of a three-game series' Lloyd Moore pitched shutout ball In the ninth and won his eighth victory for the year Preceding hurlers Thompson and Vander Vteer allowed the Brooklynites eight hits in at many Innings Whitlow Wyatt pitching for the home team and handicapped by a swollen knee held the Reds to five blows In eight Innings Sideshow attractions by the entertaining Dodgers featured Manager Leo Durocher and Wyatt Durocher wu chased from the Gld In the third after much squawking after a decision that Wyatt' could not leave second before a long fly was caught The Dodgers pitcher supported by the entire team kept the show going in the next Inning when they descended on the first sack umpire and waged verbal war for five minutes over a close decision Both teams scored In the first Werber led off with a double off the right field wall and then trotted home on a sacrifice Stainback scored In the sixth to break the tie when after singling he came In on a ball that got away from Center Fielder Borda garay Wyatt weakened In the ninth by walking one Then Pilot Me-Kechnle saw an opening and sent Berger In to bat for Borda garay He tripled The curtain came down In the tenth when Werber was walked Frey singled and Gamble wu walked Then Hershberger knock ed Into field to win the game The teams are Idle today resting for a doubleheader Friday Star California Gridder It Hurt OAKLAND Calif July 31 Anderson ace passer and line plunger slated to be of California's fullback next fall may never play football again His right ankle wu crushed by an 1800-pound heat Interchanger he wu helping unload for an oil com-ny Bedtime By HOWARD MAKING MUD PIES The rain storm had left some lovely mud puddles around Uncle hollow stump bungalow Some of the puddles were small but other were large enough to ail tiny boats Buster and Custer made some boats out of pieces of wood with bits of paper which Nurse Jane gave them for sails have a boat called Buster "Sure!" agreed Custer boat that gets to the other aide of the mud puddle pond first wins the race" HI" laughed Buster Baby Bunty with Tootsie and Wootrie had taken off their shoes and atocklngs The three little rabbit girls were going paddling In the little mud puddtoa Buster and Custer were paddling In a big mud puddle They were alio ailing their boats I think paddling la more fun than boat sailing" said Toot-ale said her sister mud feela so lckle like when It aquldgee up between your toes" "So does!" agreed Baby JA)nty Then the orphan rabbit teid: "Let's make some mud ptee" yes!" laughed Tootsie and Wootsto maybe we can sell them and earn money so we can build lemonade stand" added Wootsto don't believe we can even give our mud plea away" said Baby Bunty wa can have fun making them" This only goes to show you never can tell what la going to happen For the little rabbit girls gave some mud plea away In a very funny fashion as you shall hear The mud was just right on the edge of some of the little puddle for making pies Bunty got some dam shells and some tin box coven for herself Tootsie and Wootsto Into these were put the gobs of mud Ukt the gobs of dough of which ml pies an made By turning the shells and the box coven upside down on board the mud pies In them dropped out and wen placed In row on board "I'm making strawberry pie1 aid Tootsie making apple pie 7 said Wootsto making carrot pie" laugh' Baby Bunty Behind the bushel near the mud puddle when the little nbblt girls wen making their make believe plea waa slinking the Bob Fad Little Boy And when he ard Tootsie Wootsto and Bunty talking about making itnwberry applt and carrot pies ht thought in a By HENRY McLEMORE NEW YORK July 20 UJ!) The sun isn't so bright today There is a moan in tha breeze and even the local birds sound despondent Skies are tinged with gray trees droop sadly and life hardly eeema worth the living Know whyf 111 tell you Colonel William Tern of the New York Giant la getting his bumps For the first time that many of us ran remember Colonel Terry is without a song on his lips a smile on his face and a happy heartening gleam In his eye To see Colonel Terry despondent ia depressing It to unusual Warmth friendship the cheery clasp of hand all go with him as naturally the horn goes with a cow the comb with a rooster Now for the first time since he took over the management of the New York Giants he la seriously troubled with hla team Gradually it hu been falling apart until today it can only be described by borrowing that lovely French phrase shot to hell" In the game with the Pirates yesterday which they tort for the unenviable record of five sue-' cesetva defeats they presented a lineup that resembled nothing so much as a cryptogram A substitute first baseman was on the mound A right fielder was at third base A center fielder wu in right field A second baseman wu at shortstop Tha only Greek In baseball wu at second base and a second string catcher wu behind the plate In the press box suffering at the sight of such a team were the aportiwrltera Acknowledged to be among Terry! closest friends they sat and wept silently Into their hot doge mild aweet William tried to bring order from this chsoa There wu scarcely a dry eye among the writera when the Giants lost deeply did the boys feel for the disheartened leader of the Giants There wu only one consolation for them and the fens If there to any man who can bring the Giants to the top riddled aa they are Terry Is the man Hla sweet-i of character hla outward softness mask a mighty baseball Intellect Students of such things uy that In his head Terry hu more brain cells than any baseball manager In history and Terry probably to prevent a discussion that would offend hla modesty hu never denied It In a way thou of ui who love and adore Terry should be glad that the Giants are In such dire traits Because the situation will afford Terry the opportunity to prove that It la not the players who make a winning team but tha (kill and sagacity of the man ager Come sweet William and prove to those scant few who do not clue you baseball's mightiest manager that you are Don't let us down Win that or else! Mel Harder To Face Athletics In Final Game CLEVELAND July Veteran Mel Harder for many seasons regarded as Cleveland's most dependable pitcher will attempt to regain some tost prestige today when he faces the Philadelphia Athletics In the closing contest of a two-gams scries Bill Beckman wu the Philadelphia choice for mound duty Off to a slow start due to arm trouble Harder hu won only three games this season while toeing seven In his last start he wu pounded freely by the Yankees Manager Oscar Vitt wu expected to stand on his present Ijneup for the remaining four games of the home stay The Tribe goes east after meeting Washington In three-game serin starting tomorrow Vitt planned to return Bruce Campbell to right field for Tuesday'! night game but changed his mind at the last minute and decided to give the injured Scot a few more daya rest However Roy Weatherly banged a triple and two single! in that contest and likely will stay in the etarting nine for the remainder of the gomes here at least Jimmy Webb due to remain at shortstop despite an injured leg with Oscar Grimes at second base and Sammy Hale in a utility role Two Tennis Matches Are Won By Default Dl Kuenzll triumphed over Dagan 8-X 2-6 6-3 In the only Junior event match played in the Lagonda Tennis Club's tournament Wednesday Jobe defaulted to Youngs in tha other Junior match on the card while Morrison defaulted to Hutted in the men's division Thursday's schedule in tha junior division is: Lawson vs Curtis 10 a Martin vs Storm 7 Laub vs Gemperline 10 a and Kuenzll vs Janson 11 a In the men's class Rinehart will play Cole at 6 and Jensen will meet Hustead at 6 Owners Scoff At Rumor Of Club Change ST LOUIS July MV-All this talk about moving one of the St Louis major league baseball teams to another city apparently Is Just more diamond gossip The rumors grew out of the lack of attendance at Sportsmans Park thia year for both the Cardinal! and Browni games And although both dubs stand to lose money thia season officials scoff at the persistent rumblings of possible' franchise transfers According to the latest rumors transfer of the Cards to Columbus Ohio where the organization owns a fine park and a lighting plant for night baseball waa discussed at the recent National League meeting in New York Sam Breadon president of the club however denies the story not crazy" ho declared never considered It and I'm not considering any place to which to transfer the Cardinals The whole idea Is ridiculous" Donald Barnes president of the Browns followed suit In stating that he had no Intention of packing up his last place club and pulling out for some spot where the grass might look a little greener entered baseball as a ilvlc move for SL Louis" Barnes pleaded hoped to build up the Browns Into a winner and I still have those hope Louie to my home and If the Browne were to be moved I'd have no part in it However so far aa I know there's no plan to move and I'd know about it If there were such a plan" Night baseball enthusiasts Insist night ball is the only answer to the attendance problem here 3 Deadlocked For High Gun Honors At Airport Club Shoot Dr Grant Minnich and Charles Ell of this city and Fred Kunkle of Columbus shared hlgh-gun honors at the trapshoot held Wednesday at the range of the Airport Gun Club Each broke 48 out of 50 targets from the 22-yard mark Charles A Young Bart Sax by and Tom Titus were deadlocked with 47 out of 50 from the 21-yard line Fred Kramer ''followed with 46 out of 50 from the 20-yard mark Other leading ahooten were: Roy Dillon and Carl Edge 43 out of 50 from 20 yards Baldwin 38 out of 50 from IB yards William Kohl 34 out of 50 from 16 yards Bus Elliott 30 out of 50 from 16 yards William Julian 21 out of 25 from 19 yards Richardson 20 out of 25 from 18 yards and Haley 22 put of 25 from 20 yards Grim Oddity Dead Man Scored Tying Run In 1903 Game With Semi-Pro Nines ST PAUL Minn July Grimmest of baseball's oddities took place when the Willmar and Benson semi-pro nines played at Willmar Minn on July 14 1903 The community's baseball fans were at fever pitch ai the teams battled nine Innings to a scoreless tie In the first half of the tenth their heart sank low when Benson sent a run across the plate In the home team's half Thlel-man Willmar pitcher came out nearly exhausted but slapped a cratch single O'Toole next batter responded to the crowd's appeals for a hit with a smash to centerfleld Calling on hla hut burst of energy Thielman rounded second then staggered Into third and collapsed O'Toole tore around the bases came to third realized that he'd be out If he paaied Thielman so he lifted the prostrate player In hto arms and carried him to homo plate' then touched the rubber himself to win the game It wasn't until a doctor come down from the stands that they discovered a dead man had scored the tying run Heart failure killed Thielman on that fateful dash around the bases! HO FT BALL RESULTS Ingomar 13 All-Stara Junior Legion 9 Frogs 5 8 Federal 3 Second Lutheran 2 Joe'a 7 Belmont Sluggers 5 Nolle 7 Shoppers 6 Co-Stars 2 De Molay 0 forfeit) IHC 3 and 0 Nicks 2 Jamisons 0 (forfeit) City Market 7 Metallic 3 Murphy's 6 Hl-Speed Crowells Steel 0 Rockway 4 Bevena 100 GOLFERS TO COMPETE YOUNGSTOWN July (JPi Nearly 100 golfers are expected to compete in the 1000 Poland open tournament which opens here Sunday Ted Luther to defending champion The tourney starts with an lS-hoto pro-amateur event Eighteen holea of medal play are scheduled for Mon' day and Tucaday PLAN KNOT HOLE GAME Member of the Springfield Knot Hole Gang will be guests of the Springfield baseball club Friday night club officials announced Wedneaday The Gang wu originally scheduled to see Saturday's contest but official! of the local team preferred to have it in attendance at Friday's tilt 144 A DTO Stories GARIS they meant ml pies not just pretend mud ones "Ohi ho!" snickered the Bob Cat's Bad Little Boy to himself as he heard the talk' aounda good! Three kinds of pie! And I am very hungry! Little nbblta too!" he gurgled as he looked through the bushes eat a rabbit and then Til have a pie for dessert" All of a sudden the Bob Cat's Bad Little Boy jumped through the bushes He nn toward the rabbit girla '1 want your pies!" he snarled I want you! Gurr-r-r-r-r!" "This Isn't store! We ell mud plea We- give them away!" shouted' Baby Bunty on!" she called to Tootsie and Wootsto him some mud So the rabbit girla threw mud plea at the Bob Cat! Bad Little Boy The pies plastered his eyes shut so he see to bite the little rabbit girla who hopped safely home RACE RESULTS OLD ORCHARD REACH MS (Grand Circuit) Fran irarks slaw Hu Stt puns MM I MSI Min hr Nnria G-india mum kr th matin (ParalMlI) Ill Dusty Hsnovsr (dukay) 3 13 Jnhn Dillard a (V Flaming) -3 3 3 Quran's Mao rh I Berry) 3 4 4 Also starisds Royal Nspotenn 3-S-dr 4-M Tins 303 304 303 Tams weald tmttan puns Mi Nad Abhcy a by Guy AMuy-Nadd Atlantic hprraa (Cral 1 1 RtMa Vnto I (Short) 3 3 Has it Hsnovsr ch (Palin) 3 Madasuy (Cslon) 3 3 Also atarlad: Carts Hsnovsr 4-4 Tina 10714: 2U Tratlsts issards slaw Una Ml neat Mias Vermont by Sod land-(Mdm Locks ky General Walls tUllon) 1 1 Protectors Is hr (ParshaU) 3 3 Amy Jane IPownall) 3 3 Balkan Hanover (Lacey) 4 4 Also started: Dnetor Lee Alton Onondaga Tuna 103: 10314 Tkua pi aid tndlhw puns $4Mi Lacmila a ky VotanlM-Sualaa ky Las Axworthy (Berry) 1 1 Playdate a (Panhail) -3 3 Clay Hanover Rodney I Hoiymod Happy Thought (Dndgs) Alio itarted: BrttUnk Tima 106)4: 10614 4 Desperado TWO OHIOANS TRIUMPH NEENAH Wls July 2X-UPI-Two Ohioans today were In the third round of the Fox River Valley tennis tournament Bill Talbert of Cincinnati defeated George Bant Jr of Neenah 6-1 6-4 and Morey Lewla of Kenyon College Gambler won from Bill Strange of Neenah 6-L 6-L NAMED BELLEVUE COAC11 BELLEVUE 0 July UP) Stephen Lewis of Columbus1 Ohio State University graduate to-' day wu named basketball coach at Bellevue High School succeeding Vern Hoffman recently named to a similar poit at Mansfield High School inn vm mu mmmmsmmm WRIGHT ARCH PRESERVER SHOES For Active Men $10 SHOES LEGION TEAM CALLED Members of the George Vulllce Post No American Legion Jr team are requested to report promptly at 4:30 Friday at the Legion Field for practice by Manager Aaron Halloran The team district champions will practice dally next week to be in top form for the state tournament to be held in this city from August 2 through August TEAM TO PRACTICE The International turn of the Clark County Baseball League will practice at 6 Friday at Legion Field All players uked to report promptly The Internationals are echeduled play City Grill at Legion Field I Sunday afternoon MANSFIELD SHOES NOW 3 YEARS OLD OLD POLK GIVES YOU SAME NO PROOF RICHNESS AS MOST HIGHEST-WHISKIES You are entitled to strength -whioky Get in hearty Old Polk and enjoy the tame full 100 proof richness of moat highest priced whiskies at no extra coat irowsfoimm Dunum to wcorwratu Late a bate) tea in THIS WHISKY IS 3 YEARS OLD IOO PROOF BRAND KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKY A AV- 4 f'A IBROWN-FORMAM-QUAIITVPRODUCT uvriMwaarnranwaeaOwiallaw)in imturffriatuM isf--jhirria ipawr i -it am tattmrtwn if waa uni irertarrtr mi roe OLD POLK al Year FAVORITE BAR Wl Gl I.